80138 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 239 / Friday, December 11, 2020 / Notices 

Information Collections Officer, 12201 

Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 159, Reston, 

VA 20192; or by email to gs-info_

collections@usgs.gov. Please reference 

OMB Control Number 1028–xxxx in the 

subject line of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Michael Tinker by 

email at mdtinker@usgs.gov, or by 

telephone at 303–202–4476. 

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. 

We are 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 USGS; (2) 

will this information be processed and 

used in a timely manner; (3) is the 

estimate of burden accurate; (4) how 

might the USGS enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (5) how might the 

USGS 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. 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 Hydrography 

Maintenance Portal (HMP) is a website 

used by trained editors to access data 

from the USGS National Hydrography 

Dataset (NHD) or Watershed Boundary 

Dataset (WBD) national databases for the 

purpose of editing the data to update, 

correct, or otherwise improve it. HMP is 

used by federal employees of the USGS 

National Geospatial Program (NGP) and 

state partners with which USGS has a 

signed Stewardship Program 

Memorandums of Understanding 

(MOU). USGS employees use the HMP 

as their primary means of accessing 

NHD and WBD for data management. 

State partners use the HMP to check out 

areas of the NHD and/or WBD to 

perform edits and updates to the data 

using their specialized, local knowledge 

of the streams in their areas. These data 

contributions are very important to 

maintaining the datasets as A–16 

National Geospatial Data Assets, as well 

as helping to prevent duplication of data 

by supporting editing of one primary 

dataset by many. 

Using HMP, NHD or WBD data is 

‘‘checked out’’ from a national database 

for a select area. No other editor can 

check out the data for an area when the 

data is already checked out. The HMP 

is not used to directly edit or submit 

(‘‘check in’’) data to the national 

database. Data checked out with HMP 

must be edited with USGS hydrography 

editing tools, such as the WBD Edit Tool 

or the NHD Update Tool. To check in 

data, editors must use the USGS 

hydrography editing tools. 

An HMP user must take special 

training from USGS staff before they can 

register for an HMP user account. After 

training, users register an HMP user 

account with their business contact 

information including first/last name, 

business phone, state, and work 

organization. Registered users are then 

assigned check out permissions by the 

HMP administrators. HMP 

administrators are a limited group of the 

USGS NHD/WBD Partner Support 

Team. HMP user accounts are necessary 

because they allow HMP administrators 

to provide assistance if needed, to 

coordinate production needs, and 

enable tracking on the editing history 

for the datasets through reporting. 

HMP has reporting functions to 

generate production statistics. These 

reports detail active and previous 

checkout histories within specified date 

ranges. The business contact 

information of the users who checked 

out the data are visible on these reports. 

Any registered user can generate reports 

with HMP. 

HMP reports are frequently used to 

coordinate essential production needs 

between states, or between USGS staff 

and state partners. The reports allow 

USGS staff to contact partners if there is 

a problem with their data or allow 

partners to contact partners in others 

states to confirm if editing work is 

planned or occurring in an adjacent 

watershed. 

Title of Collection: Hydrography 

Maintenance Portal. 

OMB Control Number: New. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: New. 

Respondents/Affected Public: General 

public. NHD stewards and editors. 

affiliated with Federal, State, Local 

governments, and universities. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 200. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 200. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 1 hour. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 200. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: 

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.). 

David Brostuen, 

Acting Director, National Geospatial 

Technical Operations Center. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27293 Filed 12–10–20; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[212A2100DD AAK6006201 

AOR3030.999900] 

Final Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Proposed 

Arrow Canyon Solar Project, Clark 

County, Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 

as the lead Federal agency, with the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(USFWS), and the Moapa Band of Paiute 

Indians (Moapa Band) as cooperating 

agencies, intends to file a final 

supplemental environmental impact 

statement (FSEIS) with the EPA for the 

proposed Arrow Canyon Solar Project 

(ACSP or Project). The FSEIS evaluates 

the expansion of the previously 

approved Moapa Solar Energy Center 

(MSEC) Project on the Moapa River 

Indian Reservation (Reservation) in 

Clark County, Nevada. This notice also 

announces that the FSEIS is now 

available for public review. 


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DATES: The FSEIS is available at the 

following website: 

www.arrowcanyonsolarseis.com. In 

order to be fully considered, written 

comments on the FSEIS must arrive no 

later than 30 days after EPA publishes 

its Notice of Availability in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: You may mail, hand carry, 

fax, or email written comments to Mr. 

Chip Lewis, Regional Environmental 

Protection Officer, BIA Western 

Regional Office, Branch of 

Environmental Quality Services, 2600 

North Central Avenue, 4th Floor Mail 

Room, Phoenix, Arizona 85004–3008; 

fax (602) 379–3833; email: chip.lewis@

bia.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Chip Lewis, BIA Western Regional 

Office, Branch of Environmental Quality 

Services at (602) 379–6750 or Mr. Garry 

Cantley at (602) 379–6750. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed Federal action, taken under 25 

U.S.C. 415, is BIA’s approval of a lease 

to accommodate the expansion of the 

solar field previously approved for the 

MSEC Project and the modification of 

the existing solar energy ground lease 

and related agreements entered into by 

the Moapa Band with the Applicant. 

The agreements provide for 

construction, operation and 

maintenance (O&M), and 

decommissioning of a 200-megawatt 

(MW) alternating current solar 

photovoltaic (PV) electricity generation 

facility located entirely on the 

Reservation and specifically on lands 

held in trust for the Moapa Band. 

The MSEC Project was originally 

developed by Moapa Solar LLC and 

included an 850-acre solar site on the 

Reservation and associated rights-ofway (ROWs) on BLM-managed lands for 

an access road, gen-tie line, and water 

pipeline. Records of Decision (RODs) 

were issued by the BIA and BLM in May 

2014 and BIA approved the lease one 

month later. The ROW was issued by 

BLM in August 2015 for the linear 

facilities. In March 2017, EDF 

Renewables Development, Inc. (EDFR) 

purchased the MSEC Project from the 

original owner and renamed the Project 

the Arrow Canyon Solar Project. EDFR 

subsequently transferred the Project to 

Arrow Canyon Solar, LLC. Currently, 

the approved MSEC Project and 

associated facilities have not yet been 

constructed. 

The Applicant currently plans to 

expand the solar field on the 

Reservation from 850 acres to 2,200 

acres. This expansion would occur on 

Tribal lands identified by the Moapa 

Band that are adjacent to the originally 

approved MSEC site. The linear 

facilities, (i.e. main access road, 230kV 

gen-tie line, and water pipeline) as 

previously approved by the BLM would 

remain a part of the Project description; 

therefore, these facilities are not 

reevaluated. The FSEIS focuses on the 

expansion of the solar field only. 

Construction of the Project is 

expected to take approximately 18 to 20 

months. The Applicant is expected to 

operate the energy facility up to 50 

years. Major components of the solar 

site would include multiple blocks of 

solar PV panels mounted on tracking 

systems, inverters, transformers, 

collection lines, battery storage 

facilities, project substation, and O&M 

facilities. Water will be needed during 

construction primarily for dust control 

and a minimal amount will be needed 

during operations for administrative and 

sanitary water use and panel washing. 

The water supply required for the 

Project would be from wells owned by 

the Moapa Band and delivered to the 

site via the previously approved water 

pipeline or trucks. Access to the ACSP 

will be provided via North Las Vegas 

Boulevard from the I–15/US 93 

interchange. 

The purposes of the proposed Project 

are, among other things, to: (1) help 

provide a long-term, diverse, and viable 

economic revenue base and job 

opportunities for the Moapa Band; (2) 

meet the terms of the existing Power 

Purchase Agreement for the output of 

the Project; (3) help Nevada and 

neighboring states to meet their State 

renewable energy needs; and (4) allow 

the Moapa Band, in partnership with 

the Applicant, to optimize the use of the 

lease site while maximizing the 

potential economic benefit to the Moapa 

Band. 

The BIA will use the FSEIS to make 

a decision on the land lease application 

under its jurisdiction; the EPA may use 

the document to make decisions under 

its authorities; the Band may use the 

FSEIS to make decisions under its 

Environmental Policy Ordinance; and 

the USFWS may use the FSEIS to 

support its decision under the 

Endangered Species Act. 

Directions for Submitting Comments: 

Please include your name, return 

address and the caption: ‘‘FSEIS 

Comments, Proposed Arrow Canyon 

Solar Project’’ on the first page of your 

written comments and send to the 

address listed above in the ADDRESSES

section. 

Locations Where the FSEIS is 

Available for Review: The FSEIS will be 

available for review at: BIA Western 

Regional Office, 2600 North Central 

Avenue, 12th Floor, Suite 210, Phoenix, 

Arizona and the BIA Southern Paiute 

Agency, 180 North 200 East, Suite 111, 

St. George, Utah. The FSEIS is also 

available on line at: 

www.arrowcanyonsolarseis.com. 

To obtain an electronic copy of the 

FSEIS, please provide your name and 

address in writing or by voicemail to 

Mr. Chip Lewis or Mr. Garry Cantley. 

Their contact information is listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice. Individual paper 

copies of the FSEIS will be provided 

only upon request. 

Public Comment Availability: Written 

comments, including names and 

addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the BIA 

Western Regional Office, 2600 North 

Central Avenue, 12th Floor, Suite 210, 

Phoenix, Arizona during regular 

business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. Before including your address, 

telephone 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. 

Authority: This notice is published in 

accordance with section 1503.1 of the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations (40 CFR 1500 et seq.) and 

the Department of the Interior 

Regulations (43 CFR part 46) 

implementing the procedural 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), and in accordance with 

the exercise of authority delegated to the 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs by 

part 209 of the Department Manual. 

Tara Sweeney, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27220 Filed 12–10–20; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[212A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900253G] 

Indian Gaming; Approval of TribalState Class III Gaming Compact Taking 

Effect in the State of Washington 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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