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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.).
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R7–MB–2023–N053; FF07M01000–
234–FXMB12310700000; OMB Control
Number 1018–0168]

Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget; Northeast
Region Alaska Native Handicrafts
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, we, the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, are proposing
to renew an information collection
without change.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before July 31,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be
submitted within 30 days of publication
of this notice at https://
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
Find this particular information
collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under
Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or
by using the search function. Please
provide a copy of your comments to the
Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS: PRB (JAO/3W),
5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA
22041–3803 (mail); or by email to Info_
[email protected]. Please reference ‘‘1018–
0168’’ in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Madonna L. Baucum, Service
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, by email at [email protected],
or by telephone at (703) 358–2503.
Individuals in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have
a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY,
TDD, or TeleBraille) to access

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telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA; 44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.) and its implementing regulations
at 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all information
collections require approval under the
PRA. We may not conduct or sponsor
and you are not required to respond to
a collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number.
On March 20, 2023, we published in
the Federal Register (88 FR 16660) a
notice of our intent to request that OMB
approve this information collection. In
that notice, we solicited comments for
60 days, ending on May 19, 2023. In an
effort to increase public awareness of,
and participation in, our public
commenting processes associated with
information collection requests, the
Service also published the Federal
Register notice on Regulations.gov
(Docket No. FWS–R7–MB–2023–0001)
to provide the public with an additional
method to submit comments (in
addition to the typical Info_Coll@
fws.gov email and U.S. mail submission
methods). We received two comments
in response to that notice; however, they
did not address the information
collection requirements. No response to
those comments is required.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we invite the public and other
Federal agencies 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.
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

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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. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. 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 Migratory Bird Treaty
Act of 1918 (16 U.S.C. 712(1))
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior,
in accordance with the treaties with
Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Russia, to
‘‘issue such regulations as may be
necessary to assure that the taking of
migratory birds and the collection of
their eggs, by the indigenous inhabitants
of the State of Alaska, shall be permitted
for their own nutritional and other
essential needs, as determined by the
Secretary of the Interior, during the
Alaska spring and summer migratory
bird subsistence harvest seasons so as to
provide for the preservation and
maintenance of stocks of migratory
birds.’’ Article II(4)(b) of the Protocol
between the United States and Canada
amending the 1916 Convention for the
Protection of Migratory Birds in Canada
and the United States (Protocol)
provides a legal basis for Alaska Native
people to be able to sell handicrafts that
contain the inedible parts of birds taken
for food during the Alaska spring and
summer migratory bird subsistence
harvest. The Protocol also dictates that
sales would be allowed in strictly
limited situations, pursuant to a
regulation by a competent authority in
cooperation with management bodies.
The Protocol does not authorize the
taking of migratory birds for commercial
purposes.
In 2017, we issued a final rule (July
24, 2017, 82 FR 34263), developed
under a co-management process
involving the Alaska Department of Fish
and Game and Alaska Native
representatives, that amended the
permanent migratory bird subsistence
harvest regulations at 50 CFR 92.6 to
enable Alaska Native people to sell
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clothing that contain inedible
byproducts from migratory birds that
were taken for food during the Alaska
migratory bird subsistence harvest
season. Article II(4)(b) of the Protocol
dictates that sales will be under strictly
limited situations. The sale by Alaska
Native people of a limited number of
handicrafts containing inedible
migratory bird parts provides a small
source of additional income that we
conclude is necessary for the ‘‘essential
needs’’ of Alaska Native people in
predominantly rural Alaska. This
limited opportunity for sale is
consistent with the language of the
Protocol and is expressly noted in the
Letter of Submittal dated May 20, 1996,
for the Treaty Protocol, specifically
Article II(4)(b) of the Protocol, to be
consistent with the customary and
traditional uses of Alaska Native people.
The activity by Alaska Native people is
also consistent with the preservation
and maintenance of migratory bird
stocks.
Alaska Native artists will show
eligibility with a Tribal enrollment card,
Bureau of Indian Affairs card, or
membership in the Silver Hand
program. The State of Alaska Silver
Hand program helps Alaska Native
artists promote their work in the
marketplace and enables consumers to
identify and purchase authentic Alaska
Native art. The Silver Hand insignia
indicates that the artwork on which it
appears is created by hand in Alaska by
an individual Alaska Native artist. Only
original contemporary and traditional
Alaska Native artwork, not
reproductions or manufactured work,
may be identified and marketed with
the Silver Hand insignia. To be eligible
for a 2-year Silver Hand permit, an
Alaska Native artist must be a full-time
resident of Alaska, be at least 18 years
old, and provide documentation of
membership in a federally recognized
Alaska Native tribe. The Silver Hand
insignia may only be attached to
original work that is produced in the
State of Alaska.
The final rule requires that FWS Form
3–2484 (a simple certification which is
not subject to the PRA) or a Silver Hand
insignia accompany each Alaska Native
article of handicraft or clothing that
contains inedible migratory bird parts. It
also requires all consignees, sellers, and
purchasers to retain this documentation
with each item and produce it upon the
request of a law enforcement officer.
The final rule also requires that artists
maintain adequate records of the
certification or Silver Hand insignia
with each item and requires artists and
sellers/consignees to provide the
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recordkeeping and third-party
notification requirements are subject to
the PRA and require OMB approval.
The public may request copies of a
Form 3–2484 contained in this
information collection by sending a
request to the Service Information
Collection Clearance Officer (see
ADDRESSES).
Title of Collection: Alaska Native
Handicrafts, 50 CFR 92.6.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0168.
Form Numbers: 3–2484.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Individuals and businesses.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 2 (placeholder of 1
respondent associated with the
regulatory requirement for each
respondent category).
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 2.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 5 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 0.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
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.).

The extension takes effect on
June 30, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian
Gaming, Office of the Assistant
Secretary—Indian Affairs, Washington,
DC 20240, (202) 219–4066.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An
extension to an existing Tribal-State
Class III gaming compact does not
require approval by the Secretary if the
extension does not modify any other
terms of the compact. 25 CFR 293.5. The
Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians
of California and the State of California
have reached an agreement to extend
the expiration date of their existing
Tribal-State Class III gaming compact to
December 31st, 2024. This publication
provides notice of the new expiration
date of the compact.
DATES:

Bryan Newland,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM 2023–0037]

Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Proposed Beacon Wind Project on
the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf
Offshore Massachusetts

Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.

Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent (NOI) to prepare
an environmental impact statement
(EIS); request for comments.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Indian Gaming; Extension of TribalState Class III Gaming Compact
(Middletown Rancheria of Pomo
Indians of California & State of
California)
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

This notice announces the
extension of the Class III gaming
compact between the Middletown
Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California
& State of California.

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AGENCY:

Consistent with the
regulations implementing the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),
BOEM announces its intent to prepare
an EIS for a construction and operations
plan (COP) submitted by Beacon Wind
LLC (Beacon Wind). This NOI initiates
the public scoping and comment
process under NEPA and also seeks
public comments under section 106 of
the National Historic Preservation Act
(NHPA) and its implementing
regulations. Beacon Wind proposes to
construct and operate an offshore wind
facility located in Renewable Energy
Lease Area OCS–A 0520 (Lease Area),
which is approximately 128,811 acres
and 17 nautical miles (nm) south of
Nantucket, Massachusetts, and 52 nm
east of Montauk, New York. Beacon
Wind, a joint venture owned by Equinor
U.S. Holdings, Inc. and BP Wind Energy
North America, Inc., proposes to
develop the entire Lease Area in two

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