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suited to local, regional, and national
needs and concerns. The BLM will use
an interdisciplinary approach including,
among others, specialists in the fields of
wildlife, threatened and endangered
species, rangeland, invasive species,
fuels, energy and minerals, and
recreation management to develop any
land use plan amendment(s) to address
the variety of resource issues and
concerns identified. The BLM will
consider all comments received during
this scoping effort and utilize the
substantive comments received to
identify alternatives, analysis issues,
and refinements to the scope of this
planning initiative.
The BLM will utilize and coordinate
the NEPA and land use planning
processes for this planning initiative to
help support procedural requirements
under the National Historic Preservation
Act (54 U.S.C. 306108) and Endangered
Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1536). The
information about historic and cultural
resources and threatened and
endangered species within the area
potentially affected by the proposed
action will assist the BLM in identifying
and evaluating impacts to such
resources.
The BLM will consult with Indian
Tribes on a government-to-government
basis in accordance with Executive
Order 13175 and other policies. Tribal
concerns, including impacts on Indian
trust assets and potential impacts to
cultural resources, will be given due
consideration.
Federal, State, and local agencies,
along with Tribes and other
stakeholders that may be interested in or
affected by the proposed action that the
BLM is evaluating, are invited to
participate in the scoping process and,
if eligible, may request or be requested
by the BLM to participate in the
development of the EISs as a
cooperating agency.
You may submit comments through
the methods described in the ADDRESSES
section listed earlier. 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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1610.2)
David Jenkins,
Assistant Director, Resources and Planning.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLHQ310000.L13100000.PP0000; OMB
Control No. 1004–0185]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Onshore Oil and Gas
Leasing, and Drainage Protection
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), the Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) proposes to renew an information
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
December 22, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection request (ICR)
should be sent within 30 days of
publication of this notice to
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
30-day Review—Open for Public
Comments’’ or by using the search
function.
SUMMARY:

To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Jennifer Spencer by
email at [email protected], or by
telephone at 307–775–6261. Individuals
who are hearing or speech impaired
may call the Federal Relay Service at 1–
800–877–8339 for TTY assistance. 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 (PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), 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.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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A Federal Register notice with a 60day public comment period soliciting
comments on this collection of
information was published on August 9,
2021 (86 FR 43563). One comment was
received in response to that notice. The
commentor noted that an annual
frequency of collection was too frequent
for this collection of information and
that the frequency should be every three
years. However, the information is not
collected annually but rather on
occasion initiated by certain events
pursuant to covered onshore oil and gas
leases.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting
comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR
that is described below. We are
especially interested in public comment
addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How might the agency 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 technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of response.
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 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 BLM collects
information to monitor and enforce
compliance with drainage protection
and other requirements pertaining to
Federal and Indian oil and gas leasing
and operations (except on the Osage
Reservation). This request of for OMB to
renew this OMB control number for an
additional three years.

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There are no program or policy
changes proposed with this renewal
request. However, the BLM is projecting
that the estimated burden for this OMB
control number will be adjusted
downward. Therefore, the BLM request
a reduction of 5,241 annual burden
hours (from 42,936 to 37,695) and a
reduction of $2,526,933 annual nonhour burden cost (from $3,278,348 to
$751,415). These adjustments are a
result of a reduction in the number of
respondents to the collections of
information under OMB control number
1004–0185 (from 19,711 to 9,131) and
updating the number of responses for
certain information collections
activities.
Title of Collection: Onshore Oil and
Gas Leasing, and Drainage Protection
(43 CFR parts 3100, 3120, and 3150, and
Subpart 3162).
OMB Control Number: 1004–0185.
Form Numbers: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Holders
of onshore oil and gas lease and public
lands and Indian lands (except on the
Osage Reservation), operators of such
leases, and holders of operating rights
on such leases.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 9,131.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 9,132.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: Varies from 1 hour to 24
hours per response, depending on
activity.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 37,695.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: ‘‘On
occasion,’’ except for the activity titled
‘‘Option statement,’’ which is required
twice a year.
Total Estimated Annual Non-Hour
Burden Cost: $751,415.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor and, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, 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.).

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

20166, (703) 787–1832, or
[email protected].

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Darrin King,
Information Collection Clearance Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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Notice of Additional Public Scoping
and Name Change for the Vineyard
Wind South Project Offshore
Massachusetts Environmental Impact
Statement
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of additional public
scoping; request for comments.
AGENCY:

On June 30, 2021, BOEM
published the ‘‘Notice of Intent to
Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement for the Vineyard Wind South
Project Offshore Massachusetts’’ in the
Federal Register. The Notice of Intent
(NOI) announced that BOEM will
prepare an environmental impact
statement (EIS) to inform its review of
a construction and operations plan
(COP) submitted by Vineyard Wind,
LLC (Vineyard Wind). This notice
provides updated project information
related to potential changes in cable
routing and announces an additional
EIS public scoping comment period to
account for the new information.
Detailed information about the proposed
wind energy facilities, including an
updated COP, can be found on BOEM’s
website at: www.BOEM.gov/NewEngland-Wind. Also, this notice
formally announces that the project’s
name has changed from Vineyard Wind
South to New England Wind.
DATES: Comments are due to BOEM no
later than December 22, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments can be
submitted in any of the following ways:
• Delivered by mail or delivery
service, enclosed in an envelope labeled
‘‘NEW ENGLAND WIND COP EIS’’ and
addressed to Program Manager, Office of
Renewable Energy, Bureau of Ocean
Energy Management, 45600 Woodland
Road, Sterling, Virginia 20166; or
• Through the regulations.gov web
portal: Navigate to http://
www.regulations.gov and search for
‘‘Docket No. BOEM–2021–0047.’’ Select
this document from the search results
and, once on the document page, click
on the ‘‘Comment’’ button below the
document title. Enter your information
and comment, then scroll to bottom of
the web page and click ‘‘Submit
Comment.’’
SUMMARY:

Stephanie Fiori, BOEM Office of
Environmental Programs, 45600
Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia

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On June
30, 2021, BOEM published the ‘‘Notice
of Intent to Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement for the Vineyard Wind
South Project Offshore Massachusetts’’
in the Federal Register (86 FR 34782).
The NOI announced that BOEM will
prepare an EIS as part of its review of
a COP submitted by Vineyard Wind and
provided project information. This
notice provides revised project
information and announces an
additional EIS public scoping comment
process to account for the new
information.
Vineyard Wind intends to install all
Phase 2 offshore export cables within
the offshore export cable corridor
(OECC) through the Muskeget Channel
to reach landfall sites in the Town of
Barnstable, Massachusetts. However,
Vineyard Wind has identified two
variations of the Phase 2 OECC. These
variations are necessary to provide
Vineyard Wind with commercial
flexibility should technical, logistical,
grid interconnection, or other
unforeseen issues arise during project
review that would preclude or limit
placement of Phase 2 export cables
through the initial OECC in vicinity of
the Muskeget Channel. The two
variations of the Phase 2 OECC are as
follows:
(1) The Western Muskeget Variant is
an OECC variant that was included in
the Vineyard Wind 1 project and
includes the installation of one or two
Phase 2 export cables in the western
Muskeget Channel.
(2) The South Coast Variant diverges
from the initial OECC at the northern
boundary of Lease Area OCS–A 0501
and travels west-northwest to the state
waters boundary near Buzzard’s Bay,
Massachusetts, through state waters,
and onshore to a substation. The South
Coast Variant includes an offshore
routing envelope that indicates a region
within Buzzards Bay where the Phase 2
offshore export cables may be installed
before making landfall. It also includes
an onshore routing envelope that
indicates a region within southwest
Massachusetts where the Phase 2
onshore cables may be installed. The
location of a potential substation in
southwest Massachusetts has not been
identified.
Public Participation
This notice commences an additional
public scoping process to identify issues
and potential alternatives related to the
two newly proposed variations of the
New England Wind Phase 2 OECC.
Throughout the scoping process,

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