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As previously stated, a tribe or tribal 

organization that expends TEDC funds 

on unapproved project functions is 

subject to forfeiture of any remaining 

funds in that project year as well as 

sanctions against receipt of any future 

year TEDC funding. 

C. Submission of Application in Digital 

Format 

Submit the application in digital 

form. Acceptable formats are MS Word, 

WordPerfect, and Adobe Acrobat PDF. 

Image and graphic files may be JPG, TIF, 

or other PC bit image file formats. 

Files must be saved with filenames 

that clearly identify the file being 

submitted. File name extensions must 

clearly indicate the software application 

used for preparation of the documents 

(i.e., .wpd, .doc, .pdf.) 

Documents requiring an original 

signature, such as cover letters, tribal 

resolutions, and other letters of tribal 

authorization must also be submitted in 

hard copy (paper) form. 

If you have any additional questions 

concerning the Tribal Energy 

Development Capacity proposal 

submission process, please contact 

Darryl Francois, IEED’s TEDC 

Coordinator at (202) 208–7253. 

D. Award Evalaution and 

Administrative Information 

1. Ranking Criteria 

The proposal ranking criteria factors 

and associated scores as follows: 

(a) Resource potential, 25 points. 

(b) Energy development history and 

current status, 15 points. 

(c) Existing energy development 

capabilities, 20 points. 

(d) Demonstrated willingness to 

develop independent energy 

development business entity, 20 points. 

(e) Tribal funding commitment, 20 

points. 

2. Ranking of Proposals and Award 

Letters 

The TEDC review committee will rank 

the tribal energy development capacity 

proposals using the ranking criteria. The 

evaluation team will then forward the 

rated requests to the Director of IEED 

(Director) for approval. Once approved, 

the Director will submit all proposals to 

the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs 

for concurrence and announcement of 

awards to the selected tribes, via written 

notice. Those tribes not receiving an 

award will also be notified immediately 

in writing. 

E. When to Submit 

The IEED will accept applications at 

any time before August 6, 2007, and will 

send a notification of receipt to the 

return address on the application 

package, along with a determination of 

whether or not the application is 

complete. However, the technical 

evaluation of the proposal will begin 

only after August 6, 2007. 

F. Where to Submit 

Applicants must submit the Tribal 

Energy Development Capacity proposals 

to IEED at the following address: ATTN: 

Tribal Energy Development Capacity 

Proposal, South Interior Building—

Room 20, 1951 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20245. 

A tribe may fax a complete TEDC 

proposal to IEED prior to the deadline 

for submission of proposals; however, 

an original signature copy, including all 

signed tribal resolutions and/or letters 

of tribal authorization, must also be 

received in IEED’s office within five 

working days after the deadline. 

G. Transfer of Funds 

IEED will transfer a tribe’s TEDC 

funds to the BIA Regional Office that 

serves that tribe, via a sub-allotment 

funding document coded for the tribe’s 

TEDC project. The tribe should be 

anticipating the transfer of funds and be 

in contact with their budget personnel 

contacts at the Regional and Agency 

office levels. Tribes receiving TEDC 

awards must establish a new 638 

contract to complete the transfer 

process, or use an existing 638 contract, 

as applicable. 

H. Reporting Requirements for Award 

Recipients 

1. Quarterly Reporting Requirements 

During the life of the TEDC project, 

quarterly reports are to be submitted to 

the IEED project coordinator assigned to 

your project. The beginning and ending 

quarter periods are to be based on the 

actual start date of the TEDC project. 

This date can be determined between 

the IEED project coordinator and the 

tribe. 

The quarterly report can be a one to 

two page summary of events, 

accomplishments, problems and/or 

results that took place during the 

quarter. Quarterly reports are due two 

weeks after the end of a project’s fiscal 

quarter. 

2. Final Reporting Requirements 

• Delivery Schedules: The tribe must 

deliver all products and data generated 

by the proposed assessment project to 

IEED through the TEDC project 

coordinator within two weeks after 

completion of the project. 

• Provide Reports and Data in Digital 

Form. IEED requires that deliverable 

products be provided in digital format, 

along with printed hard copies. Reports 

can be provided in either MS Word or 

PDF format. Spreadsheet data can be 

provided in MS Excel or PDF formats. 

Images can be provided in PDF, JPEG, 

TIFF, or any of the Windows metafile 

formats. 

• Number of Copies. When a tribe 

prepares a proposal for a TEDC project, 

it must describe the deliverable 

products and include a requirement that 

the products be prepared in standard 

format (see format description above). 

Each proposal’s budget estimate will 

provide funding for a total of six printed 

and six digital copies of the final report 

to be distributed as follows: 

(a) The tribe will receive two printed 

and two digital copies of the TEDC 

report. 

(b) IEED will receive four printed 

copies and four digital copies of the 

report. IEED will transmit one of these 

copies to the tribe’s BIA Regional Office, 

and one copy to the tribe’s BIA Agency 

office. 

(c) Two printed and two digital copies 

will then reside with IEED. These copies 

should be forwarded to the IEED office 

in Washington, DC, to the attention of 

the Tribal Energy Resource Agreement 

Office. 

Dated: June 26, 2007. 

Carl J. Artman, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–40–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

Steens Mountain Advisory Council—

Notice of Renewal 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Oregon State Office, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Renewal of the Steens 

Mountain Advisory Council. 

SUMMARY: This notice is published in 

accordance with section 9(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, Public Law 92–463. Notice is 

hereby given that the Secretary of the 

Interior (Secretary) has renewed the 

Bureau of Land Management’s Steens 

Mountain Advisory Council. 

The purpose of the Council will be to 

advise the Secretary in managing and 

promoting cooperative management of 

the Steens Mountain Cooperative 

Management and Protection Area. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doug Herrema, National Landscape 

Conservation System (171), Bureau of 

Land Management, 1620 L Street, NW., 

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Room 301 LS, Washington, DC 20236, 

telephone (202) 452–7787. 

Certification Statement 

I hereby certify that the renewal of the 

Steens Mountain Advisory Council is 

necessary and in the public interest in 

connection with the Secretary’s 

responsibilities to manage the lands, 

resources, and facilities administered by 

the Bureau of Land Management. 

Dated: June 22, 2007. 

Dirk Kempthorne, 

Secretary of the Interior. 

[FR Doc. 07–3276 Filed 7–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–33–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NV–050–5853–EU] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement to the Las Vegas Valley 

Disposal Boundary Final 

Environmental Impact Statement to 

Analyze Boundary Adjustments to and 

Management of the Conservation 

Transfer Area 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, the Bureau 

of Land Management (BLM) Las Vegas 

Field Office, Nevada intends to prepare 

a Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (SEIS) to the Las Vegas 

Disposal Boundary Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (FEIS) to analyze a 

possible adjustment of the boundary of 

the Conservation Transfer Area (CTA) 

referenced in the December 2004 FEIS 

and Record of Decision (ROD). Analysis 

of this possible boundary adjustment 

will include the management of 

approximately 13,400 acres of lands 

managed by the BLM. Under the ROD 

for the 2004 FEIS, approximately 5,000 

acres were determined to be subject to 

a process of more study, collaboration, 

further NEPA analysis, and approval of 

a conservation agreement, prior to the 

transfer of title. The conservation 

agreement would determine the 

allowable uses to protect the resources 

within the CTA. Furthermore, the ROD 

stated that the boundary of the CTA 

would be adaptable to the needs and 

concerns of interested parties. The 

option was open to increase or decrease 

the size of the CTA with additional 

analysis. The SEIS to be prepared will 

analyze the effects of a variety of 

options for a final boundary for the 

CTA, as well as the impacts of several 

proposed uses, and the effect of 

retention of the CTA by the United 

States for management by the BLM. This 

analysis, and any decision made on the 

basis of this analysis, will ensure the 

direction reflected in the 2004 FEIS and 

ROD is met. This action is consistent 

with the Las Vegas Resource 

Management Plan of 1998, as 

superseded by the Southern Nevada 

Public Lands Management Act 

(SNPLMA) of 1998 and the Clark 

County Conservation of Public Land and 

Natural Resources Act (Clark County 

Act) of 2002. 

DATES: Publication of this notice 

initiates the public scoping process. 

Scoping meetings will be held in Las 

Vegas, Nevada. All public meetings will 

be announced through the local news 

media, newsletters, and the BLM Web 

site at http://www.nv.blm.gov at least 15 

days prior to the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and information 

should be submitted to the BLM within 

30 days of publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. You may submit 

comments by any of the following 

methods: 

• E-mail: 

Jeffrey_Steinmetz@nv.blm.gov. 

• Fax: 702–515–5023. 

• Mail: Bureau of Land Management, 

Las Vegas Field Office, Attention: Jeffrey 

Steinmetz, 4701 North Torrey Pines 

Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89130–2301. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined at the Las Vegas Field 

Office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: For further 

information and/or to have your name 

added to our mailing list, contact Jeffrey 

Steinmetz, BLM Las Vegas Field Office, 

by telephone (702) 515–5097 or by email (Jeffrey_Steinmetz@nv.blm.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM 

conducted 10 public stakeholder 

meetings from November, 2004 to 

August, 2005. More than 160 members 

of the public participated in this 

process. Input was received on behalf of 

(1) the City of Las Vegas, (2) the City of 

North Las Vegas, (3) conservation 

groups, (4) recreation groups, (5) 

regional governmental entities (flood, 

water, transportation), (6) State of 

Nevada, (7) U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (both Ecological Services and 

Refuge), (8) Clark County, (9) education 

institutions, (10) utilities, (11) builders/ 

developers, and (12) Native American 

Tribes. All meetings were open to the 

public. The BLM received preliminary 

input on a variety of topics, including 

vision statements, goals and objectives, 

boundaries, infrastructure, recreation, 

education, and management options. By 

the end of this process, the BLM 

determined that a SEIS was warranted 

to analyze proposed boundaries and 

management of the CTA because the 

complexity of issues surrounding the 

CTA and the interest of local 

governments and citizens necessitates a 

comprehensive analysis of any 

adjustment to the boundary and/or 

management of the CTA, as referenced 

in the 2004 FEIS and ROD. The major 

issue themes anticipated to be 

addressed in the SEIS include: Impacts 

to air quality; impacts to surface water 

hydrology and water quality; protection 

of fossil-bearing formations; protection 

of federally-listed species, state-listed 

species, and BLM sensitive species; 

analysis of development scenarios based 

on updated local community 

development land use plans; impacts to 

visual resources; balancing conflicting 

and compatible land uses; protection of 

cultural and paleontological resources; 

environmental justice, social and 

economic impacts, cumulative impacts 

of the project based on build-out (buildout will include land sales and other 

land use authorizations); and 

assessment of land surface conditions. 

The purpose of the public scoping 

process is to determine relevant issues 

that will influence the scope of the 

environmental analysis as well as 

alternatives analyzed in the SEIS. You 

may submit comments on issues and 

planning criteria in writing to the BLM 

at any public scoping meeting, or you 

may submit them to the BLM using one 

of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES

section above. To be most helpful, you 

should submit formal scoping 

comments within 30 days after 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. Before including your address, 

phone number, e-mail 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. All submissions from 

organizations and businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

available for public inspection in their 

entirety. The minutes and list of 

attendees for each scoping meeting will 

be available to the public and open for 

30 days after the meeting to any 

participant who wishes to clarify the 

view he or she expressed. 

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