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be collected; and (d) Ways we could
minimize the burden of the collection of
the information on the respondents,
such as through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Please note that an agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and an individual
need not respond to, a collection of
information unless it has a valid OMB
Control Number.
It is our policy to make all comments
available to the public for review at the
location listed in the ADDRESSES section.
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.

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III. Data
OMB Control Number: 1076–0185.
Title: Tribal Education Department
Grant Program.
Brief Description of Collection: The
Secretary of the Interior, through the
Bureau of Indian Education, may solicit
grant proposals from Federallyrecognized tribes and their Tribal
Education Departments (TEDs) for
projects defined under 25 U.S.C. 2020.
These funds are necessary to assist TEDs
to improve educational outcomes for
students and improve efficiencies and
effectiveness by planning and
coordinating all educational programs
for Bureau-funded schools for the
respondent to receive or maintain a
benefit.
Type of Review: Revision to a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Federally-recognized
tribes and their Tribal Education
Departments (TEDs).
Number of Respondents: 13.
Total Number of Responses: 63.
Frequency of Response: One time
proposal submission, quarterly, and
annual reports.
Obligation to Respond: Response
required to obtain or retain a benefit.
Estimated Time per Response: One
time proposal submission is 111 hours,
1 hour to prepare a quarterly report, and
2 hours to prepare an annual report.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
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Dollar Cost: $5,359.
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Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and
Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Renewal of Agency Information
Collection for Leases and Permits
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB.
AGENCY:

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information collection conducted under
25 CFR 162, Leases and Permits, for the
review and approval of leases and
permits on land the United States holds
in trust or restricted status for
individual Indians and Indian Tribes.
This information collection allows BIA
to review applications for leases and
permits, modifications, and
assignments, and to determine:
(a) Whether or not a lease may be
approved or granted;
(b) The value of each lease;
(c) The appropriate compensation to
landowners; and
(d) Provisions for violations of
trespass.
A response is required to obtain or
retain a benefit.
II. Request for Comments

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

On September 14, 2015, BIA
published a notice announcing the
renewal of this information collection
and provided a 60-day comment period
in the Federal Register (80 FR 55146).
There were no comments received in
response to this notice.
The BIA requests your comments on
this collection concerning: (a) The
necessity of this information collection
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden (hours
and cost) of the collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Ways we could enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Ways we could
minimize the burden of the collection of
the information on the respondents.
Please note that an agency may not
conduct or sponsor, and an individual
need not respond to, a collection of
information unless it has a valid OMB
Control Number.
It is our policy to make all comments
available to the public for review at the
location listed in the ADDRESSES section.
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.

I. Abstract

III. Data

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is
submitting to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) a request for
approval for the collection of
information for Leases and Permits. The
information collection is currently
authorized by OMB Control Number
1076–0155, which expires November
30, 2015.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
December 30, 2015.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on the information collection to the
Desk Officer for the Department of the
Interior at the Office of Management and
Budget, by facsimile to (202) 395–5806
or you may send an email to: OIRA_
[email protected]. Please send a
copy of your comments to: Ms. Sharlene
Round Face, Office of Trust Services,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street
NW., Mailstop 3642—MIB, Washington,
DC 20240; email: Sharlene.Roundface@
bia.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Sharlene Round Face, Office of Trust
Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849
C Street NW., Mailstop 3642—MIB,
Washington, DC 20240; email:
[email protected]. You may
review the information collection
request online at http://
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the
instructions to review Department of the
Interior collections under review by
OMB.
SUMMARY:

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is
seeking renewal of the approval for

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Brief Description of Collection:
Generally trust and restricted land may
be leased by Indian land owners, with
the approval of the Secretary of the
Interior, except when specified by
statute. Submission of this information
allows BIA to review applications for
obtaining, modifying and assigning
leases and permits of land that the
United States holds in trust or restricted
status for individual Indians and Indian
Tribes. The information is used to
determine approval of a lease,
amendment, assignment, sublease,
mortgage or related document. A
response is required to obtain or retain
a benefit.
Type of Review: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents: Individual Indians and
Indian Tribes seeking to lease their trust
or restricted land and businesses that
lease trust and restricted land.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
99,340.
Frequency of Response: In general,
once per approval per lease. Some
collections occur upon request for
modification or assignment or upon a
trespass violation, which occur, on
average, fewer than once per lease.
Additionally, rent payments occur, on
average, once per month.
Obligation To Respond: Response
required to obtain a benefit.
Estimated Time per Response: Ranges
from 15 minutes to 3 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
82,913 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour
Dollar Cost: $1,813,000.
Elizabeth K. Appel,
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and
Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Copper Flat
Copper Mine Draft Environmental
Impact Statement, Sierra County, NM
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.

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AGENCY:

In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, and the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976, as
amended, the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (Draft

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EIS) for the Copper Flat Copper Mine
and by this notice is announcing the
opening of the comment period.
DATES: To ensure comments will be
considered, the BLM must receive
written comments on the Copper Flat
Copper Mine Draft EIS within 45 days
following the date the Environmental
Protection Agency publishes its Notice
of Availability in the Federal Register.
The BLM will announce future meetings
or hearings and any other public
involvement activities at least 15 days
in advance through public notices,
media releases, and/or mailings.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
related to the Copper Flat Copper Mine
by any of the following methods:
• Email:
[email protected].
• Fax: (575) 525–4412.
• Mail: BLM Las Cruces District
Office, Attention: Doug Haywood, 1800
Marquess Street, Las Cruces, NM 88005.
Copies of the Copper Flat Copper
Mine Draft EIS are available at the Las
Cruces District Office at the above
address and public libraries in
Hillsboro, New Mexico, at 158 Elenora
Street, and Truth or Consequences, New
Mexico, at 325 Library Lane. The Draft
EIS and supporting documents are also
available electronically on the Copper
Flat Project (Project) Web site at:
www.blm.gov/nm/copperflateis.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doug Haywood, telephone (575) 525–
4498; address 1800 Marquess Street, Las
Cruces, NM 88005; email
[email protected]. 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Copper Flat Copper Mine is the
proposed reestablishment of a polymetallic mine and processing facility
located near Hillsboro, New Mexico,
that would produces copper, gold,
silver, and molybdenum. The Proposed
Action is to approve the Project as
proposed, consisting of an open pit
mine, flotation mill, tailings
impoundment, waste rock disposal
areas, a low-grade ore stockpile, and
ancillary facilities. In most respects, the
facilities, disturbance, and operations
would be similar to the former
operation. The Project is owned and
operated by the New Mexico Copper
Corporation (Copper Corporation), a
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Resources Group Limited. The Project is
comprised of 963 acres (841 acres of
proposed disturbance and 122 acres
undisturbed) of private land and 1,227
acres (745 acres of proposed disturbance
and 482 acres undisturbed) of public
land, for a total of 2,190 acres. The
proposed mining plan of operations was
submitted by the Copper Corporation to
the BLM in June 2011and is based upon
the plan of development that Quintana
Mineral Corporation used in the
previous operation of Copper Flat
mining activities in 1982. The Project
includes upgrades and modifications
based on current engineering designs
and regulations and was intentionally
developed to re-use the existing
foundations, production wells, and
water pipeline that were employed by
the previous Quintana operation. Four
Alternatives are analyzed: No Action,
Proposed Action, Alternative A, and
Alternative B. The Preferred Alternative
(Alternative B) is different than the
Proposed Action in that ore would be
processed at a faster rate, therefore
shortening the mine life of the Project.
Under the Proposed Action, the BLM
would approve the Copper
Corporation’s plan to process 17,500
tons per day of copper ore over a mine
operations period of 16 years, resulting
in 100 million tons of ore processed
over the mine life. Alternative A would
process 25,000 tons per day of copper
ore over a mine operations period of 11
years, resulting in 103 million tons of
ore processed over the mine life.
Alternative B would process 30,000 tons
per day of copper ore over a mine
operations period of 12 years, resulting
in 125 million tons of ore processed
over the mine life.
Mitigation of impacts are proposed in
the mining plan of operations for
reducing water quality effects; reducing
the effects of the spread of nonnative
vegetation and noxious weeds;
providing protection to special-status
bird species; pre-development surveying
for bat species; developing measures to
avoid, minimize, or mitigate the adverse
effects to historic properties; reducing
adverse impacts on historic properties;
informational signing for mining as a
resource to reduce visual impacts;
fencing to prevent injury or loss of
livestock from mining operations;
reducing ‘‘boom and bust’’
socioeconomic impacts; reducing public
concerns about potential company
bankruptcy; and reducing effects to
environmental justice populations.
The scoping period began on January
9, 2012, and ended on March 9, 2012.
Scoping meetings were held in
Hillsboro and Truth or Consequences,
New Mexico, on February 22 and 23,

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