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goals express the intentions of the Polar
Bear Plan and will be used to guide
management, research, monitoring, and
communication. They include the goals
of the MMPA and the ESA, as they
relate to polar bear conservation and
recovery. Beyond the statutory
mandates, the fundamental goals also
reflect the input and aspirations of
stakeholders closely connected with
polar bears and their habitat, including
the State of Alaska, the North Slope
Borough, Alaska Native peoples, the
Polar Bear Range States, conservation
groups, and the oil and gas industry. In
most cases, the fundamental goals
represent range-wide objectives, but the
specific applications under this Polar
Bear Plan pertain primarily to the polar
bear subpopulations (or stocks) present
in Alaska. The goals call for a focus on
conservation of polar bears while
recognizing values associated with
subsistence take, human safety, and
economic activity. The draft Polar Bear
Plan also contains specific recovery
criteria, expressed in demographic and
threats-based terms, to determine when
the polar bear should be considered for
delisting under the ESA, and
demographic criteria to guide satisfying
the conservation goals of the MMPA.
Conservation and recovery actions are
specified in the Polar Bear Plan. The
single most important action for the
recovery of polar bears is global
reduction of atmospheric greenhouse
gases, which, if achieved, should result
in reduced global climate change,
including Arctic warming and sea ice
loss. Along with communicating that
fact, the Polar Bear Plan identifies a
suite of high-profile actions designed to
ensure that polar bears remain in
sufficient number and diversity so that
they are in a position to recover once
climate change is addressed. Those
actions include the following:
• Limit global atmospheric levels of
greenhouse gases to levels appropriate
for supporting polar bear recovery and
conservation, primarily by reducing
greenhouse gas emissions Support
international conservation efforts
through the Range States relationships
• Manage human–bear conflicts
• Collaboratively manage subsistence
harvest
• Protect denning habitat
• Minimize risks of contamination
from spills
• Conduct strategic monitoring and
research
The full cost of implementing this
Polar Bear Plan over the next 5 years is
approximately $12,921,200.

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Request for Public Comments
We request written comments on the
draft Polar Bear Plan. All comments
received by the date specified in DATES
will be considered prior to finalization
of the Polar Bear Plan. If you wish to
comment, you may submit your
comments and materials concerning this
Plan by one of the methods listed in
ADDRESSES.
Comments and materials received, as
well as supporting documentation used
in preparation of the recovery plan, will
be available for inspection, during
normal business hours at the Service’s
Anchorage office (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT).
This draft Polar Bear Plan represents
the views and interpretations of the
Service regarding the conservation and
recovery of the polar bear only. The
Service’s approach set forth in this draft
Polar Bear Plan does not necessarily
preclude other approaches in
developing ESA recovery plans or
MMPA conservation plans. We seek
comments from the public regarding
viable alternatives for plans involving
ice-dependent species and will consider
all comments prior to finalizing this
plan.
In addition, we specifically seek
comments on the following:
(1) The scope and description of the
six fundamental goals.
(2) The suitability and feasibility of
the MMPA demographic criteria related
to human-caused removals and to the
health of the marine ecosystem of which
polar bears are part.
(3) The suitability and feasibility of
the ESA fundamental, demographic, and
threats-based recovery criteria.
(4) The use of ecoregions as recovery
units to represent the genetic,
behavioral, life-history, and ecological
diversity of the species.
(5) The conservation strategy and
specific suite of high-priority
conservation and recovery actions.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Authority
We developed our draft recovery plan
under the authority of ESA section 4(f),

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16 U.S.C. 1533(f), as well as section
115(b) of the MMPA, 16 U.S.C.
1383b(b). We publish this notice under
ESA section 4(f) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: June 5, 2015.
Geoffrey L. Haskett,
Regional Director, Alaska Region, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Renewal of Approved Information
Collection
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: 30-day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has submitted an
information collection request to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to continue the collection of
information from respondents who
provide certain information in order to
conduct onshore oil and gas geophysical
exploration on lands managed by the
BLM or the U.S. Forest Service. The
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) previously approved this
information collection activity, and
assigned it control number 1004–0162.
DATES: The OMB is required to respond
to this information collection request
within 60 days but may respond after 30
days. For maximum consideration,
written comments should be received
on or before August 5, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Please submit comments
directly to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior (OMB #1004–
0162), Office of Management and
Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, fax 202–395–5806,
or by electronic mail at OIRA_
[email protected].
Please provide a copy of your
comments to the BLM. You may do so
via mail, fax, or electronic mail.
Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C
Street, NW., Room 2134LM, Attention:
Jean Sonneman, Washington, DC 20240.
Fax: to Jean Sonneman at 202–245–
0050.
Electronic mail: Jean_Sonneman@
blm.gov.
Please indicate ‘‘Attn: 1004–0162’’
regardless of the form of your
comments.
SUMMARY:

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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Jennifer Spencer, at 202–912–7146.
Persons who use a telecommunication
device for the deaf may call the Federal
Information Relay Service at 1–800–
877–8339, to leave a message for Ms.
Spencer. You may also review the
information collection request online at
http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501–3521) and OMB regulations at 5
CFR part 1320 provide that an agency
may not conduct or sponsor a collection
of information unless it displays a
currently valid OMB control number.
Until OMB approves a collection of
information, you are not obligated to
respond. In order to obtain and renew
an OMB control number, Federal
agencies are required to seek public
comment on information collection and
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8(d) and 1320.12(a)).
As required at 5 CFR 1320.8(d), the
BLM published a 60-day notice in the
Federal Register on December 24, 2014
(79 FR 77523), and the comment period
ended February 23, 2015. The BLM
received one comment in response to
the notice, from DJ Environmental, Inc.
The commenter expressed confusion
owing to the lack of a specific proposal
in the notice, and asked if the notice is
a simple matter of continuing a
geophysical Notice of Intent as currently
written. The BLM responded to the
commenter via email, explaining that
the notice pertains to a collection of
information defined in the PRA, the
BLM is planning to seek renewal of
control number 1004–0162, and the
notice is the first step in the renewal
process. The collection of information
was not modified in response to this
comment.
During the approval period, the BLM
consulted with several respondents via
email, to solicit comments on the
burden hours and cost estimates,
availability of data, frequency of
collection, and clarity of instructions.
Two respondents provided feedback.
One respondent suggested limiting
the scope of what is reported on item 5,
page 1 of the Notice of Completion form,
to places where surface disturbance has
not been reclaimed and to show those
areas on a U.S. Geological Survey
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reads, ‘‘Describe any surface disturbance
and how you reclaimed it.’’ In response
to the respondent’s comment, the BLM
decided to change this item to ‘‘Describe
any surface disturbance, its location,
and how you reclaimed it.’’ The BLM
needs this description in order to locate
all disturbed areas and ensure that
reclamation is completed adequately.
Both respondents addressed items on
the Notice of Intent form. One
respondent requested better guidance on
what is needed for ‘‘Describe the survey
type’’ and better definition for ‘‘Describe
the survey method.’’ The other
respondent suggested changing
‘‘Describe the survey type’’ to seismic
type, and the ‘‘Describe the survey
method’’ to seismic method. This
respondent also suggested that item 1
include geographic information system
(GIS) shape files, and that item 4 should
ask when the starting date will be for
the casual use survey, as well as for
exploration.
Item 1 of the Notice of Intent form
already requires submission of GIS data
in a format that is useful for the BLM
and will not be modified to include GIS
shape files. However, item 1 will be
changed to ‘‘A separate Plan of
Operations is attached addressing items
1–5 below, in order to improve the
clarity of the instruction.’’ The BLM will
leave item 4 the same since it is
common for the casual use surveys to be
started and completed as soon as
possible. The BLM’s main concern is
when the equipment will be on location.
Regarding the survey type and method,
the BLM will not make the requested
change. Seismic is a type of survey or
method, in addition to other types of
surveys or methods used, for example,
electromagnetic.
The BLM now requests comments on
the following subjects:
1. Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
functioning of the BLM, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
2. The accuracy of the BLM’s estimate
of the burden of collecting the
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
3. The quality, utility and clarity of
the information to be collected; and
4. How to minimize the information
collection burden on those who are to
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appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other forms of
information technology.
Please send comments as directed
under ADDRESSES and DATES. Please
refer to OMB control number 1004–0162
in your correspondence. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
The following information pertains to
this request:
Title: Onshore Oil and Gas
Geophysical Exploration (43 CFR Part
3150 and 36 CFR Parts 228 and 251).
Forms: BLM Form 3150–4/FS Form
2800–16, Notice of Intent and
Authorization to Conduct Oil and Gas
Geophysical Exploration Operations;
and
BLM Form 3150–5/FS Form 2800–
16a, Notice of Completion of Oil and
Gas Geophysical Exploration
Operations.
OMB Control Number: 1004–0162.
Abstract: Respondents supply
information that enables the BLM and
the U.S. Forest Service (FS) to ensure
that geophysical exploration is
conducted in a manner consistent with
applicable statutes, regulations, land use
plans, and environmental documents.
Frequency: On occasion.
Description of Respondents: 100
entities undertaking oil and gas
geophysical exploration, i.e., activity
relating to the search for evidence of oil
and gas on lands managed by the BLM
and the FS.
Estimated Number of Responses
Annually: 100.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden
Annually: 65.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden Annually: $25.
The following table details the
individual components and respective
hour burdens of this information
collection request:

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A.

B.

C.

D.

Type of response

Number of responses

Time per response

Total hours
(Column B ×
Column C)

Notice of Intent and Request to Conduct Geophysical Exploration Operations/Outside Alaska. 43 CFR 3151.1 BLM
Form 3150–4/FS Form 2800–16.
Notice of Intent and Request to Conduct Geophysical Exploration Operations/Alaska 43 CFR 3152.1, 3152.3, 3152.4,
and 3152.5 BLM Form 3150–4.
Notice of Completion of Geophysical Exploration Operations
43 CFR 3151.2 and 3152.7 BLM Form 3150–5/FS Form
2800–16a.
Data and Information Obtained in Carrying Out Exploration
Plan (Alaska only) 43 CFR 3152.6.
Totals .................................................................................

Jean Sonneman,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Bureau of Land Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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PPMPSD1Z.YM0000]

Notice of July 20, 2015, Meeting for
Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory
Commission
National Park Service, Interior.
Meeting notice.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

This notice sets forth the date
of the 299th Meeting of the Cape Cod
National Seashore Advisory
Commission.

SUMMARY:

The public meeting of the Cape
Cod National Seashore Advisory
Commission will be held on Monday,
July 20, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. (EASTERN).
ADDRESSES: The Commission members
will meet in the conference room at park
headquarters, 99 Marconi Site Road,
Wellfleet, Massachusetts 02667.
The 299th meeting of the Cape Cod
National Seashore Advisory
Commission will take place on Monday,
July 20, 2015, at 1:00 p.m., in the
conference room at Headquarters, 99
Marconi Station Road, in Wellfleet,
Massachusetts to discuss the following:
1. Adoption of Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes of Previous
Meeting (March 30, 2015)
3. Reports of Officers
4. Reports of Subcommittees
Update of Pilgrim Nuclear Plant
Emergency Planning Subcommittee
State Legislation Proposals
Nickerson Fellowship
5. Superintendent’s Report

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65

Shorebird Management Plan
Hydro-clamming Update
Nauset Spit Update
Recreational Fee Increase
National Park Service Centennial
Improved Properties/Town Bylaws
Herring River Wetland Restoration
Highlands Center Update
Ocean Stewardship Topics—
Shoreline Change
Climate Friendly Parks
6. Old Business
Live Lightly Campaign Progress
Report
7. New Business
8. Date and Agenda for Next Meeting
9. Public comment
10. Adjournment
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Further information concerning the
meeting may be obtained from George E.
Price, Jr. Superintendent, Cape Cod
National Seashore, 99 Marconi Site
Road, Wellfleet, MA 02667, or via
telephone at (508) 771–2144.
The meeting is open to the public. It
is expected that 15 persons will be able
to attend in addition to the Commission
members. Interested persons may make
oral/written presentations to the
Commission during the business
meeting or file written statements. Such
requests should be made to the Park
Superintendent prior to the meeting.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Commission was reestablished pursuant
to Public Law 87–126, as amended by
Public Law 105–280. The purpose of the
Commission is to consult with the
Secretary of the Interior, or her
designee, with respect to matters
relating to the development of Cape Cod
National Seashore, and with respect to
carrying out the provisions of sections 4
and 5 of the Act establishing the
Seashore.
Before including your address,
telephone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information

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in your comment, you should be aware
that your entire comment—including
your personal identifying information—
may be made publicly available at any
time. While you may ask us in your
comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
Dated: June 29, 2015.
Alma Ripps,
Chief, Office of Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Open Public Meetings and
Teleconferences for the National Park
Service Alaska Region Subsistence
Resource Commission Program
National Park Service, Interior.
Meeting Notices.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

As required by the Federal
Advisory Committee Act (16 U.S.C.
Appendix 1–16), the National Park
Service (NPS) is hereby giving notice
that the Cape Krusenstern National
Monument Subsistence Resource
Commission (SRC), the Kobuk Valley
National Park SRC, and the Denali
National Park SRC will hold public
meetings to develop and continue work
on NPS subsistence program
recommendations, and other related
regulatory proposals and resource
management issues. The NPS SRC
program is authorized by Section 808 of
the Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act, (16 U.S.C. 3118), title
VIII.

SUMMARY:

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