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funding for the HCP will be provided;
(4) the taking will not appreciably
reduce the likelihood of the survival
and recovery of the species in the wild;
and (5) the measures, if any, required by
the Service will be met, and we have
received assurances that the plan will be
implemented, the Service will issue SPI
its requested permit. Regulations
governing permits for endangered and
threatened species are at 50 CFR 17.22
and 17.32.
Proposed Sierra Pacific Industries
Habitat Conservation Plan
The SPI HCP will encompass land
within the State of California where SPI
timber management operations occur.
SPI currently manages about 1.6 million
acres of timber land in the State of
California. Activities to be covered by
the proposed HCP include those
necessary to manage and harvest timber
land within the State of California.
Covered activities also include
development and management of
mitigation measures and monitoring.
The SPI HCP will cover the federally
listed Northern spotted owl and the
unlisted California spotted owl. Both
species are subject to injury or mortality
during timber harvest operations and
management activities.
Alternatively, the California Spotted
owl will potentially be covered by a SPI
CCAA, and the Northern spotted owl
will be covered under the SPI HCP.

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Environmental Impact Statement
NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) requires
that Federal agencies conduct an
environmental analysis of their
proposed actions to determine if the
actions may significantly affect the
human environment. Through our early
analysis and based on 40 CFR 1502.3,
we have determined that
implementation of the proposed SPI
HCP may have significant impacts on
the human environment and, because it
involves spotted owls and timber
harvest, is likely to be controversial.
Therefore, before deciding whether to
issue an ITP to SPI, we will prepare an
EIS to analyze the environmental
impacts associated with issuance of the
ITP. The EIS will also include analysis
of a reasonable range of alternatives to
the proposed action. Alternatives
considered in the EIS may include, but
are not limited to, variations in the
permit term or permit structure; the No
Surprises timeframe allowed under the
ITP; the level of take allowed; the level,
location, or type of conservation,
monitoring, or mitigation provided; the
scope of covered activities; the list of
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these factors. Additionally, a no action
alternative will be included.
Request for Information
We request data, comments, new
information, or suggestions from the
public, other concerned governmental
agencies, the scientific community,
Tribes, industry, or any other interested
party on this notice. We will consider
these comments in developing the draft
EIS. We seek specific comments on:
1. Biological information and relevant
data concerning covered species;
2. Additional information concerning
the range, distribution, population size,
and population trends of covered
species;
3. Direct, indirect, and cumulative
impacts that implementation of the
proposed covered activities could have
on endangered, threatened, and other
covered species, and their communities
or habitats;
4. Other possible alternatives to the
proposed action(s) that the Service
should consider;
5. Other current or planned activities
in the subject area and their possible
impacts on covered species;
6. The presence of archaeological
sites, buildings and structures, historic
events, sacred and traditional areas, and
other historic preservation concerns,
which are required to be considered in
project planning by the National
Historic Preservation Act; and
7. Any other environmental issues
that should be considered with regard to
the proposed SPI HCP, and permit
action(s).

Scoping Meetings
See DATES for the dates and times of
the public scoping meetings. The
primary purpose of these meetings and
public comment period is to provide the
public with a general understanding of
the background of the proposed action
and to solicit suggestions and
information on the scope of issues and
alternatives we should consider when
drafting the EIS. Written comments will
be accepted at the meetings. Comments
can also be submitted by methods listed
in ADDRESSES. Once the draft EIS and
proposed SPI HCP are complete and
made available for review, there will be
additional opportunity for public
comment on the content of those
documents.
Persons needing reasonable
accommodations in order to attend and
participate in the public meetings
should contact the Service using one of
the methods listed in ADDRESSES as soon
as possible. In order to allow sufficient
time to process requests, please make
contact no later than one week before
the public meeting. Information
regarding this proposed action is
available in alternative formats, upon
request.
Authority
We provide this notice under section
10 of the ESA and per NEPA regulations
(40 CFR 1501.7, 1506.5 and 1508.22).
Michael Senn,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological
Services, Pacific Southwest Region.
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Public Availability of Comments
You may submit your comments and
materials by one of the methods listed
above in the ADDRESSES section. Before
including your address, phone number,
or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—might 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.
Comments and materials we receive,
as well as supporting documentation we
use in preparing the EIS, will be
available for public inspection by
appointment, during normal business
hours, at the Service’s Sacramento Fish
and Wildlife Office in Sacramento,
California (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT).

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[178A2100DD/AAKC001030/
A0A501010.999900 253G]; OMB Control
Number 1076–0177]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Tribal Energy
Development Capacity Program
AGENCY:

Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.
Notice of information collection;
request for comment.

ACTION:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are
proposing to renew an information
collection.

SUMMARY:

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Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
September 22, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments on
this information collection request (ICR)
to the Office of Management and
Budget’s Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior by email at
[email protected]; or via
facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please
provide a copy of your comments 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. Please reference OMB Control
Number 1076–0177 in the subject line of
your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Mr. Chandler Allen by
email at [email protected], or by
telephone at (720) 407–0607. You may
also view the ICR at http://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
general public and other Federal
agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on June 15,
2017 (82 FR 27521). No comments were
received.
We are again soliciting comments on
the proposed ICR that is described
below. We are especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is the collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
BIA (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the BIA enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the BIA minimize the burden of
this collection on the respondents,
including through the use of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. Before including your
address, phone number, email address,

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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.
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. 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
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(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.
Title of Collection: Tribal Energy
Development Capacity Program.
OMB Control Number: 1076–0177.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Indian
Tribes and Tribal energy resource
development organizations under 25
U.S.C. 3502.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 26 per year, on average; 9
project participants each year, on
average.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 26 applications per year, on
average; 18 progress reports per year, on
average.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 40 hours per application; 1.5
hours per progress report.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 1,067 hours (1,040 for
applications and 27 for progress
reports).
Respondent’s Obligation: Responses
required to receive a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Once per
year for applications; 2 times per year
for progress reports.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: $0.
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 OMB
control number.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq).
Elizabeth K. Appel,
Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and
Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs.
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