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experimental or condition-dependent
triggered actions under Alternative F.

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Alternative G
The objective of Alternative G is to
maximize the conservation of sediment,
in order to maintain and increase
sandbar size. Under Alternative G, flows
would be delivered in a steady pattern
throughout the year with no monthly
differences in flow other than those
needed to adjust operations in response
to changes in forecast and other
operating requirements such as
equalization. In an 8.23 maf year, steady
flow would be approximately 11,400
cfs.
Experimentation under Alternative G
includes testing the effects of the
following actions: (1) Sedimenttriggered spring and fall HFEs through
the entire 20-year LTEMP period, (2) 24hour proactive spring HFEs in high
volume years (≥10 maf release volume),
(3) extension of the duration of up to
45,000 cfs fall HFEs for as many as 250
hours depending on sediment
availability, (4) mechanical removal of
trout near the Little Colorado River
confluence, and (5) trout management
flows.

working days prior to the meeting. A
telephone device for the hearing
impaired (TTY) is available at 1–800–
877–8339.
Public Disclosure
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.
Dated: December 21, 2015.
Jennifer Gimbel,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Water
and Science.
Michael Bean,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Fish
and Wildlife and Parks.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Public Review and Where to Find
Copies of the DEIS

Office of the Special Trustee for
American Indians

The DEIS is available for reviewing on
the internet at: http://ltempeis.anl.gov/.
Compact disc copies of the DEIS are
available for public review at the
following locations:
• J. Willard Marriott Library,
University of Utah, 295 South 1500 East,
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112.
• Cline Library, Northern Arizona
University, 1001 S. Knoles Drive,
Flagstaff, Arizona 86011–6022.
• Burton Barr Central Library, 1221
North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona
85004.
• Page Public Library, 479 South Lake
Powell Boulevard, Page, Arizona 86040.
• Grand County Library, Moab
Branch, 257 East Center Street, Moab,
Utah 84532.
• Sunrise Library, 5400 East Harris
Avenue, Las Vegas, Nevada 89110.
• Denver Public Library, 10 West 14th
Avenue Parkway, Denver, Colorado
80204.
• Natural Resources Library, U.S.
Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street
NW., Main Interior Building,
Washington, DC 20240–0001.

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Notice of Proposed Renewal of
Information Collection: OMB Control
Number 1035–0003, Application to
Withdraw Tribal Funds From Trust
Status
Office of the Special Trustee for
American Indians, Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with section
3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of the
Special Trustee for American Indians,
Department of the Interior, is
announcing its intention to request
renewal approval for the collection of
information for Application to
Withdraw Tribal Funds from Trust
Status, OMB Control Number 1035–
0003. This collection request has been
forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval. The information collection
request (ICR) describes the nature of the
information collection and the expected
burden and cost.
DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to
approve or disapprove the information
collection request, but may respond
after 30 days; therefore, public
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comments should be submitted to OMB
by February 8, 2016, in order to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior (1035–0003),
by telefax at (202) 395–5806 or via email
to [email protected].
Also, please send a copy of your
comments to the Office of the Special
Trustee, Office of External Affairs, Attn:
Roberson D. Becenti, 4400 Masthead St.
NE., Room 259A, Albuquerque, New
Mexico 87109. You may also email
comments to roberson_becenti@
ost.doi.gov. Individuals providing
comments should reference OMB
control number 1035–0003,
‘‘Application to Withdraw Tribal Funds
from Trust Status, 25 CFR 1200.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request more information on this
information collection or to obtain a
copy of the collection instrument, see
the contact information provided in the
ADDRESSES section above. To see a copy
of the entire ICR submitted to OMB, go
to: http://www.reginfo.gov and select
Information Collection Review,
Currently Under Review.
SUPPLEMTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which
implement the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–131), require
that interested members of the public
and affected parties have an opportunity
to comment on information collection
and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8(d). This notice identifies an
information collection activity that the
Office of the Special Trustee for
American Indians has submitted to
OMB for renewal.
Public Law 103–412, The American
Indian Trust Fund Management Reform
Act of 1994 (Act), allows Indian tribes
on a voluntary basis to take their funds
out of trust status within the
Department of the Interior (and the
Federal Government) in order to manage
and invest such funds on their own. 25
CFR part 1200, subpart B, Sec. 1200.13,
‘‘How does a tribe apply to withdraw
funds?’’ describes the requirements for
application for withdrawal. The Act
covers all tribal trust funds including
judgment funds as well as some
settlements funds, but excludes funds
held in Individual Indian Money
accounts. Both the Act and the
regulations state that upon withdrawal
of the funds, the Department of the
Interior (and the Federal Government)

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have no further liability for such funds.
Accompanying their application for
withdrawal of trust funds, tribes are
required to submit a Management Plan
for managing the funds being
withdrawn, to protect the funds once
they are out of trust status.
This information collection allows the
Office of the Special Trustee for
American Indians to collect the tribes’
applications for withdrawal of funds
held in trust by the Department of the
Interior. If this information were not
collected, the Office of the Special
Trustee for American Indians would not
be able to comply with the American
Indian Trust Fund Management Reform
Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103–412), and
tribes would not be able to withdraw
funds held for them in trust by the
Department of the Interior.

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II. Data
(1) Title: Application to Withdraw
Tribal Funds from Trust Status, 25 CFR
1200.
OMB Control Number: 1035–0003.
Current Expiration Date: January 31,
2016
Type of Review: Extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Affected Entities: Tribal Governments.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: One respondent per year.
Frequency of response: Once per tribe
per trust fund withdrawal application.
(2) Annual reporting and record
keeping burden:
Total annualized reporting per
respondent: 1.
Total annualized reporting: 750
hours.
(3) Description of the need and use of
the information: The statutorilyrequired information is needed to
approve tribal applications to withdraw
funds from accounts held in trust for
tribes by the United States Government,
for self-management.
(4) As required under 5 CFR
1320.8(d), a Federal Register notice
soliciting comments on the information
collection was published on October 19,
2015 (80 FR 63253). No comments were
received. This notice provides the
public with an additional 30 days in
which to comment on the proposed
information collection activity.
III. Request for Comments
The Department of the Interior invites
comments on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary 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
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and the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
collection techniques or other forms of
information techniques.
‘‘Burden’’ means the total time, effort,
or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide information to or for
a Federal agency. This includes the time
needed to review instructions; to
develop, acquire, install and utilize
technology and systems for the purpose
of collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
It is our policy to make all comments
available to the public for review. Before
including Personally Identifiable
Information (PII), such as your address,
phone number, email address, or other
personal information in your
comments(s), you should be aware that
your entire comment (including PII)
may be made available to the public at
any time. While you may ask us in your
comment to withhold PII from public
view, we cannot guarantee that we will
be able to do so. If you wish to view any
comments received, you may do so by
scheduling an appointment with the
Office of the Special Trustee for
American Indians by using the contact
information in the ADDRESSES section
above. A valid picture identification is
required for entry into the Department
of the Interior.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
control number.
Dated: December 30, 2015.
David Beeksma,
Director, Office of External Affairs, Office of
the Special Trustee for American Indians.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Request for Information; Comment
Request; Department of Labor
Research and Evaluation Plan for 2016
Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Policy, Chief Evaluation
Office.
ACTION: Request for information.
AGENCY:

The Department of Labor
(DOL), as part of its continuing effort to
improve the quality and use of research
and evaluation, is requesting comments
from the public on its 2016 Research
and Evaluation Plan.
DATES: Written comments must be
received by the office listed in the
addressee section below on or before
February 8, 2016.
ADDRESSES: A copy of this research and
evaluation plan may be obtained free of
charge by contacting Jonathan
Simonetta, Chief Evaluation Office, U.S.
Department of Labor, Room S–2312, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20210, Email:
[email protected].
You may submit comments by one of
the following methods: Email:
[email protected]; Mail or
Courier: Jonathan Simonetta, Chief
Evaluation Office, U.S. Department of
Labor, Room S–2312, 200 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.
Instructions: Please submit one copy of
your comments, preferably by email. We
continue to experience delays in
receiving mail in the Washington, DC
area, therefore commenters are strongly
encouraged to transmit their comments
electronically via email or to submit
them early by mail.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonathan Simonetta, Chief Evaluation
Office, U.S. Department of Labor, Room
S–2312, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC, 20210, by telephone at
202–693–5959 (this is not a toll-free
number), or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: U.S.
Department of Labor, Chief Evaluation
Office, Fiscal Year 2016 Evaluation Plan
Priorities and Themes.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Chief
Evaluation Office (CEO) directly funds
and sponsors evaluations and also
collaborates with other DOL agencies
and programs to design and conduct
evaluations that those agencies sponsor.
The Department’s annual evaluation
plan is based mainly on agencies’
priorities, the Department’s Strategic
Plan priorities, statutory requirements
for evaluations, and continuing
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