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participants. Please direct all requests
for sign language interpreting services,
closed captioning, or other
accommodation needs to the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT, TTY 800–877–8339, with your
request by close of business on June 14,
2017.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[Docket No. FWS–HQ–MB–2017–0028;
FF09M21200–178–FXMB1231099BPP0]
RIN 1018–BB73

Migratory Bird Hunting; Service
Regulations Committee Meeting
AGENCY:

Dated: May 15, 2017.
Jerome Ford,
Assistant Director, Migratory Birds, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.

Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.
Notice of meeting.

ACTION:

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (hereinafter Service) will
conduct an open meeting in June 2017
to identify and discuss preliminary
issues concerning the 2018–19
migratory bird hunting regulations.
DATES: The meeting will be held June
21, 2017. The meeting will commence at
approximately 11:00 a.m. and is open to
the public.
ADDRESSES: The Service Regulations
Committee meeting will be in the
Rachel Carson conference room at 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Virginia
22041.
SUMMARY:

Ron
W. Kokel, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Department of the Interior, MS:
MB, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church,
VA 22041–3803; (703) 358–1967.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
authority of the Migratory Bird Treaty
Act (16 U.S.C. 703–712), the Service
regulates the hunting of migratory game
birds. We update the migratory game
bird hunting regulations, located in title
50 of the Code of Federal Regulations in
part 20, annually. Through these
regulations, we establish the
frameworks, or outside limits, for season
lengths, bag limits, and areas for
migratory game bird hunting. To help us
in this process, we have
administratively divided the nation into
four Flyways (Atlantic, Mississippi,
Central, and Pacific), each of which has
a Flyway Council. Representatives from
the Service, the Service’s Migratory Bird
Regulations Committee, and Flyway
Council Consultants will meet on June
21, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. to identify
preliminary issues concerning the 2018–
19 migratory bird hunting regulations
for discussion and review by the Flyway
Councils at their August and September
meetings.
In accordance with Department of the
Interior (hereinafter Department) policy
regarding meetings of the Service
Regulations Committee attended by any
person outside the Department, these
meetings are open to public observation.
The Service is committed to providing

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: OMB Control Number 1076–
0177; Tribal Energy Development
Capacity Program
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs is
seeking comments on the renewal of
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) approval for the collection of
information for the Tribal Energy
Development Capacity (TEDC) program
authorized by OMB Control Number
1076–0177. This information collection
expires August 31, 2017.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
August 14, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on the information collection to Mr.
Chandler Allen, Division of Energy and
Mineral Development, Office of Indian
Energy and Economic Development,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs,
13922 Denver West Parkway, Suite 200,
Lakewood, CO 80401; facsimile: (303)
969–5273; email: Chandler.Allen@
bia.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Chandler Allen, telephone: (720)
407–0607.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

I. Abstract
The Energy Policy Act of 2005
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior
to provide assistance to Indian Tribes
and Tribal energy resource development
organizations for energy development
and appropriates funds for such projects
on a year-to-year basis. See 25 U.S.C.

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3502. When funding is available, the
Office of Indian Energy and Economic
Development (IEED) may solicit
proposals for projects for building
capacity for Tribal energy resource
development on Indian land from Tribal
energy resource development
organizations and Indian Tribes,
including Alaska Native regional and
village corporations under the TEDC
program. For the purposes of this
program, ‘‘Indian land’’ includes: All
land within the boundaries of an Indian
reservation, pueblo, or rancheria; any
land outside those boundaries that is
held by the United States in trust for a
Tribe or individual Indian or by a Tribe
or individual Indian with restrictions on
alienation; and land owned by an
Alaska Native regional or village
corporation.
Those who would like to submit a
TEDC project proposal must submit an
application that includes certain
information and, once funding is
received must submit reports on how
they are using the funding. A complete
application must contain the following:
• A formal signed resolution of the
governing body of the Tribe or Tribal
energy resource development
organization demonstrating authority to
apply;
• A proposal describing the planned
activities and deliverable products; and
• A detailed budget estimate,
including contracted personnel costs,
travel estimates, data collection and
analysis costs, and other expenses.
The project proposal must include the
information about the Tribe or Tribal
energy resource development
organization sufficient to allow IEED to
evaluate the proposal based on the
following criteria:
(a) Energy resource potential;
(b) Applicant’s energy resource
development history and current status;
(c) Applicant’s existing energy
resource development capabilities;
(d) Demonstrated willingness of the
applicant to establish and maintain an
independent energy resource
development business entity;
(e) Intent to develop and retain energy
development capacity within the
applicant’s government or business
entities; and
(f) Applicant commitment of staff,
training, or monetary resources.
The IEED requires this information to
ensure that it provides funding only to
those projects that meet the goals of the
TEDC and the purposes for which
Congress provides the appropriations.
II. Request for Comments
The IEED requests your comments on
this collection concerning: (a) The

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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.

Respondents: Indian Tribes and Tribal
energy resource development
organizations under 25 U.S.C. 3502.
Number of Respondents: 27 per year,
on average; 13 project participants each
year, on average.
Frequency of Response: Once per year
for applications; 4 times per year for
progress reports.
Estimated Time per Response: 40
hours per application; 1.5 hours per
progress report.
Obligation to Respond: Response is
required to obtain a benefit.
Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:
1,158 hours (1,080 for applications and
78 for progress reports).
Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour
Dollar Cost: $0.
Authority
The authorities for this action are the
Energy Policy Act of 2005, 25 U.S.C.
3502, and the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.

Carolyn Bragg, (916) 414–2433, fax (916)
414–2439, or email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Agencies Involved

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Reclamation

OMB Control Number: 1076–0177.
Title: Tribal Energy Development
Capacity Program Grants.
Brief Description of Collection: Indian
Tribes and Tribal energy resource
development organizations that would
like to apply for TEDC funding must
submit an application that includes
certain information. A complete
application must contain a formal
signed resolution of the governing body
of the Tribe or Tribal energy resource
development organization, a proposal
describing the planned activities and
deliverable products; and a detailed
budget estimate, including contracted
personnel costs, travel estimates, data
collection and analysis costs, and other
expenses. The IEED requires this
information to ensure that it provides
funding only to those projects that meet
the goals of the TEDC program and
purposes for which Congress provides
the appropriation. Upon acceptance of
an application, the successful applicant
must then submit one- to two-page
progress reports twice during the grant
period summarizing events,
accomplishments, problems and/or
results in executing the project.
Type of Review: Extension without
change of currently approved collection.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elizabeth K. Appel,
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and
Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs.

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Oral and written comments will also
be accepted during two scoping
meetings held to solicit public input on
alternatives, concerns, and issues to be
addressed in the EIS:
1. Tuesday, June 27, 2017, 2–4 p.m.,
Sacramento, CA.
2. Wednesday, June 28, 2017, 6–8
p.m., Lakehead, CA.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to
Carolyn Bragg, Natural Resources
Specialist, Bureau of Reclamation, BayDelta Office, 801 I Street, Suite 140,
Sacramento, CA 95814–2536; fax to
(916) 414–2439; or email at cbragg@
usbr.gov.
The scoping meetings will be held at
the following locations:
1. Sacramento—Federal Building,
Cafeteria Room C–1001, 2800 Cottage
Way, Sacramento, CA 95825.
2. Lakehead—Lakehead Lions Club,
20814 Mammoth Drive, Lakehead, CA
96051.

Draft Environmental Impact Statement
for Shasta Dam Fish Passage
Evaluation, California
Bureau of Reclamation,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent and scoping
meetings.
AGENCY:

The Bureau of Reclamation
intends to prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) for the Shasta
Dam Fish Passage Evaluation. The
document will evaluate the program
that will be used to implement the nearterm actions identified under Action V
in the National Marine Fisheries
Service’s 2009 Biological Opinion and
Conference Opinion on the Long-Term
Operation of the Central Valley Project
and State Water Project Reasonable and
Prudent Alternative. This EIS will
evaluate the near-term actions of
reintroducing Federally-listed
endangered winter-run Chinook salmon
and potentially spring-run Chinook
salmon to historical habitats.
DATES: Submit written comments on the
scope of the EIS on or before July 21,
2017.
SUMMARY:

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The Bureau of Reclamation
(Reclamation) will invite the following
agencies to participate as cooperating
agencies for the preparation of the EIS
in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA):
National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest
Service, California Department of Fish
and Wildlife, California Department of
Water Resources, California State Water
Resources Control Board, Shasta
County, Siskiyou County, and
additional Federal and State agencies
with jurisdiction in the project area.
II. Why We Are Taking This Action
The National Marine Fisheries
Service’s 2009 Biological Opinion and
Conference Opinion on the Long-term
Operation of the Central Valley Project
and State Water Project (NMFS BO)
concluded that the continued operation
of the Central Valley Project and the
State Water Project were likely to
jeopardize the continued existence of
four anadromous species listed under
the federal Endangered Species Act:
Sacramento River winter-run Chinook
salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha),
Central Valley spring-run Chinook
salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha),
California Central Valley steelhead
(Oncorhynchus mykiss), and the
Southern Distinct Population Segment
of North American green sturgeon
(Acipenser medirostris). The NMFS BO
sets forth a Reasonable and Prudent

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