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rare, threatened, and endangered
species. We agree with the commenter
that use of existing information reduces
the burden on respondents. The
Guidelines encourage use of credible,
publicly available information,
including published studies, technical
reports, databases, and information from
agencies, local conservation
organizations, and/or local experts. We
also agree that burdens are reduced by
siting projects in areas with least risk to
wildlife and their habitats, and note that
this is exactly what we hope to
accomplish by working with developers
to implement the Guidelines.

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Other Comments
Several other comments were
provided that were not pertinent to the
questions asked in the notice. These
comments addressed regulatory tools for
migratory bird conservation, BGEPA
programmatic permits for incidental
take of eagles, suggestions for what
types of mitigation methods should be
acceptable as compensation for loss of
protected species, enforcement actions
by the Office of Law Enforcement
against wind facilities compared with
other energy technologies, splitting
environmental study responsibilities
among separate consultants, and
stakeholder involvement in the
development of adaptive management
plans. One commenter also noted that
the Service did not estimate the burden
on the public to access the information
collected via Freedom of Information
Act requests, administrative appeals,
and lawsuits. The Paperwork Reduction
Act requires that we analyze the burden
placed on those who submit information
to us, not on the burden of others
attempting to access that information.
Request for Public Comments
We again invite comments concerning
this information collection on:
• Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility;
• The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information;
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your
address, phone number, email address,
or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
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comment, including your personal
identifying information, may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask OMB in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that it will be done.
Dated: December 23, 2014.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
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Information Collection Request Sent to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; Application for
Training, National Conservation
Training Center
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for
review and approval. We summarize the
ICR below and describe the nature of the
collection and the estimated burden and
cost. This information collection is
scheduled to expire on December 31,
2014. We may not conduct or sponsor
and a person is not required to respond
to a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. However, under OMB
regulations, we may continue to
conduct or sponsor this information
collection while it is pending at OMB.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before January 29, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on this information
collection to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior at OMB–
OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or OIRA_
[email protected] (email).
Please provide a copy of your comments
to the Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803 (mail), or [email protected]
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–0115’’ in
the subject line of your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Hope Grey at hope_
[email protected] (email) or 703–358–2482
(telephone). You may review the ICR
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online at http://www.reginfo.gov. Follow
the instructions to review Department of
the Interior collections under review by
OMB.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request
OMB Control Number: 1018–0115.
Title: Application for Training,
National Conservation Training Center.
Service Form Number: 3–2193.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Description of Respondents:
Individuals, businesses, organizations,
and State, local, and tribal governments.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 500.
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
500.
Estimated Time per Response: 10
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 84.
Abstract: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service National Conservation Training
Center (NCTC) in Shepherdstown, West
Virginia, provides natural resource and
other professional training for Service
employees, employees of other Federal
agencies, and other affiliations,
including State agencies, private
individuals, not-for-profit organizations,
and university personnel. FWS Form 3–
2193 (Training Application) is a quick
and easy method for prospective
students who are not from the
Department of the Interior to request
training. We encourage applicants to use
FWS Form 3–2193 and to submit their
requests electronically. However, we do
not require applicants to complete both
a training form required by their agency
and FWS Form 3–2193. NCTC will
accept a training request in any format
as long as it identifies the name,
address, and phone number of the
applicant; sponsoring agency; class
name; start date; and all required
financial payment information.
NCTC uses data from FWS Form 3–
2193 to generate class rosters, class
transcripts, and statistics, and as a
budgeting tool for projecting training
requirements. It is also used to track
attendance, mandatory requirements,
tuition, and invoicing for all NCTCsponsored courses both onsite and
offsite.
Comments Received and Our Responses
Comments: On July 3, 2014, we
published in the Federal Register (79
FR 38055) a notice of our intent to
request that OMB renew approval for
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notice, we solicited comments for 60
days, ending on September 2, 2014. We
received one comment. The comment
was directed to the subject matter,
validity, and necessity of the training
and not to the information collection
requirements. The commenter believes
that employees should obtain training
prior to employment and that further
training is unnecessary. We have not
made any changes to the collection in
response to this comment.
Request for Public Comments
We again invite comments concerning
this information collection on:
• Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility;
• The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information;
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• Ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. 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 OMB in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that it will be done.
Dated: December 23, 2014.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy and Directives
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Proposed Hycroft Mine Expansion
Phase II, Humboldt and Pershing
Counties, NV
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act

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(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM), Black Rock
Field Office in Winnemucca, Nevada,
intends to prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze the
potential impacts of approving an
expansion of the Hycroft Mine in
Humboldt and Pershing Counties,
Nevada. This notice announces the
beginning of the scoping process to
solicit public comments and identify
issues to be considered in the EIS, and
serves to initiate consultation, as
required, under the National Historic
Preservation Act.
DATES: This notice initiates the public
scoping process for the EIS. Comments
may be submitted in writing until
January 29, 2015. The date(s) and
location(s) of any scoping meetings will
be announced at least 15 days in
advance through local media,
newspapers and the BLM Web site at:
http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/
wfo.html. In order to be included in the
Draft EIS, all comments must be
received prior to the close of the 30-day
scoping period or 15 days after the last
public meeting, whichever is later. We
will provide additional opportunities
for public participation upon
publication of the Draft EIS.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
related to the Hycroft Mine Phase II
Expansion Project EIS/land use plan
amendment by any of the following
methods:
• Web site: http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/
en/fo/wfo.html
• Email: [email protected]
• Fax: 775–623–1503
• Mail: BLM Winnemucca District,
Black Rock Field Office 5100 E.
Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca, NV
89445
Documents pertinent to this proposal
may be examined at the Black Rock
Field Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken
Loda, Project Lead, telephone 775–623–
1500; address BLM Winnemucca
District, Black Rock Field Office, 5100
E. Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca, NV
89445; email [email protected]. Contact
Mr. Loda to have your name added to
our mailing list. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
to contact the above individual during
normal business hours. The FIRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question with the
above individual. You will receive a
reply during normal business hours.

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The
applicant, Hycroft Resources and
Development, Inc, (HRDI) has proposed
an expansion of their operations at the
existing Hycroft Mine, which is located
approximately 55 miles west of
Winnemucca, Nevada, in Humboldt and
Pershing Counties. The mine is
currently authorized to disturb 6,144
acres (approximately 1,784 acres of
private land and 4,360 acres of public
land), and the BLM analyzed the
impacts of that disturbance in an EIS in
2012, and an Environmental Assessment
for the mine plan modification in 2014.
The expansion to HRDI’s operations
presented would include:
• Expanding the Plan boundary to the
east;
• Extending mining and processing
activities until 2034;
• Increasing the rate of process water
pumping until 2034;
• Constructing and operating the
Northeast Tailings Storage Facility
(TSF) and associated pipeline corridor
and haul road;
• Constructing and operating the
North Heap Leach Facility (HLF) East
expansion and associated solution
ponds;
• Constructing a new 65 to 80 mile
345 kV power-line to the mine site;
• Expanding the existing Brimstone
pit and mine below the measured
groundwater table, between 4,210 to
2,860 feet above mean sea level;
• Conducting active dewatering of the
Brimstone pit through installation and
operation of dewatering wells;
• Conducting passive dewatering
within the expanded pit footprint;
• Expanding the South Waste Rock
Facility (WRF);
• Modifying the approved land use in
the South Processing Complex area to
allow the option of constructing the
Southwest WRF in place of the complex
if desired;
• Modifying waste backfill plans with
respect to the proposed mining plan;
• Expanding haul and secondary
roads around the pits, WRFs, HLFs, and
TSF;
• Constructing storm water diversion,
installing culverts, and other storm
water controls;
• Constructing growth media
stockpiles; and
• Possible construction of a solar
energy installation after closure and
reclamation.
Total surface disturbance related
directly to the modified plan of
operations would be 14,909 acres on
public and private lands. Disturbance
on public land will increase by 8,796
acres, from 4,360 acres to 13,156 acres.
Disturbance on private land would

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