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Reintroduction Study Captive 

Propagation Team 2023) cooperatively 

developed by the East Foundation, 

Service, and other partners. Monitoring 

of reintroduced ocelots and their 

descendants will occur via geolocation 

devices and cameras and will allow the 

East Foundation to evaluate the survival 

and behavior of individual ocelots on 

the San Antonio Viejo Ranch and 

enrolled properties. Habitat 

management activities are additional, 

optional measures to further benefit 

ocelot survival in the reintroduction 

area. These activities may include 

wildfire mitigation practices, 

minimization of brush clearing, habitat 

restoration, construction of 

supplemental drinking sources, and 

potential predator or competitor control. 

The East Foundation, with the 

cooperation of partners as appropriate, 

may also pursue opportunities for 

additional research in support of ocelot 

reintroduction. 

Proposed management practices 

include otherwise lawful activities such 

as cattle grazing, building and 

maintaining ranch infrastructure, 

agriculture operations, agritourism, 

vegetation and wildlife management, 

and energy development interests. Any 

negative impacts to ocelots or their 

habitat due to management practices are 

anticipated to be minimal and 

temporary. The ocelot reintroduction 

program is expected to have a net 

conservation benefit and contribute to 

recovery by supporting multiple 

recovery actions identified in the 

species’ current recovery plan (Service 

2016), exceeding any possible negative 

impacts that may occur on the San 

Antonio Viejo Ranch or other 

participating properties due to the 

covered and otherwise legal activities. 

Next Steps 

We will evaluate the permit 

application, SHA, draft screening form, 

and comments we receive to determine 

whether the SHA application meets the 

requirements of the ESA, NEPA, and 

implementing regulations. If we 

determine that all requirements are met, 

we will approve the SHA and issue the 

enhancement of survival permit under 

section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA to the 

applicant in accordance with the terms 

of the SHA and specific terms and 

conditions of the authorizing permit. 

We will not make our final decision 

until after the 30-day comment period 

ends and we have fully considered all 

comments received during the public 

comment period. 

Public Availability of Comments 

All comments we receive become part 

of the public record associated with this 

action. Requests for copies of comments 

will be handled in accordance with the 

Freedom of Information Act, NEPA, and 

Service and Department of the Interior 

policies and procedures. 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 to withhold your 

personal identifying information from 

public review, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. All 

submissions from organizations or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public disclosure in 

their entirety. 

Authority 

We provide this notice under the 

authority of section 10(c) of the ESA and 

its implementing regulations (50 CFR 

17.22 and 17.32) and NEPA (42 U.S.C. 

4371 et seq.) and its implementing 

regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). 

Amy L. Lueders, 

Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX23WC000JU4200; OMB Control Number 

1028–NEW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Next Generation Volcano 

Hazards Assessment (NGVHA) 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the U.S. Geological Survey 

(USGS) is proposing a new information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 14, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

by mail to Jessica Ball, P.O. Box 158, 

Moffett Field, CA 94035; or by email to 

jlball@usgs.gov. Please reference OMB 

Control Number 1028–NEW Next 

Generation Volcano Hazards 

Assessments in the subject line of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Jessica Ball by email at 

jlball@usgs.gov, or by telephone at 650– 

439–2597. 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 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 PRA (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), all 

information collections require 

approval. We may not conduct or 

sponsor, nor are you required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

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 the agency might 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, 


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or other personally identifiable 

information (PII) in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your PII—may be 

made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your PII from public review, 

we cannot guarantee that we will be 

able to do so. 

Abstract: This project will collect 

usability data and user feedback for the 

purpose of updating and improving 

USGS Volcano Hazards Assessment 

(VHAs) and associated hazard 

communication products. This 

collection may take place via survey, 

direct interview, focus groups, listening 

sessions, workshops, or visual exercises 

such as eye-movement tracking or map 

annotation. Collection may be done 

either in-person or virtually (to reduce 

travel burdens). The questions asked 

will be consistent across all various 

methods of collection. This information 

will be used to assess partner needs 

with regard to the VHAs and derivative 

products created by the USGS Volcano 

Science Center and will ultimately be 

published in the form of white papers 

and journal articles as well as being 

used to create internal templates for the 

future production (and co-production) 

of hazard products. 

Title of Collection: Next Generation 

Volcano Hazards Assessments. 

OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: New. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Federal, 

state, local, and Tribal government 

officials; emergency managers; first 

responders; community groups; 

individuals/households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 500 (across all methods). 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 500. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies from 15 minutes to 8 

hours, depending on activity. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 300 hours. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: None. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, nor are you required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Christina Neal, 

Director, USGS Volcano Science Center. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource 

Damage Assessment Open Ocean 

Trustee Implementation Group Final 

Restoration Plan 3 and Environmental 

Assessment: Birds and Finding of No 

Significant Impact 

AGENCY: Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces that 

the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) natural 

resource Trustees for the Open Ocean 

Trustee Implementation Group (Open 

Ocean TIG, or TIG) have prepared and 

are making available to the public the 

Final Restoration Plan 3 and 

Environmental Assessment: Birds (Final 

RP/EA) and Finding of No Significant 

Impact (FONSI). The Final RP/EA 

proposes alternatives to help restore 

birds injured by the DWH oil spill. The 

Final RP/EA evaluates a reasonable 

range of project alternatives under the 

Oil Pollution Act (OPA) and the OPA 

Natural Resource Damage Assessment 

regulations, and the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

its implementing regulations, and 

selects seven projects for funding and 

implementation. A no action alternative 

is also evaluated pursuant to NEPA. 

ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You 

may view and download the Final RP/ 

EA and FONSI at https://

www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/ 

restoration-areas/open-ocean. You may 

also request a CD–ROM containing the 

Final RP/EA and FONSI (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nanciann Regalado, at nanciann_

regalado@fws.gov or 678–296–6805. 

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 

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: The 

Deepwater Horizon (DWH) natural 

resource Trustees for the Open Ocean 

Trustee Implementation Group (Open 

Ocean TIG, or TIG) have prepared the 

Final Restoration Plan 3 and 

Environmental Assessment: Birds (Final 

RP/EA) and Finding of No Significant 

Impact (FONSI). The Final RP/EA 

proposes alternatives to help restore 

birds injured by the DWH oil spill. The 

Final RP/EA evaluates a reasonable 

range of 11 project alternatives under 

the Oil Pollution Act (OPA) and the 

OPA Natural Resource Damage 

Assessment (NRDA) regulations (15 CFR 

990), and the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) and its implementing 

regulations (40 CFR 1500–1508), and 

selects seven projects under the Birds 

Restoration Type for funding and 

implementation. A no action alternative 

is also evaluated pursuant to NEPA. The 

total estimated cost to implement the 

Open Ocean TIG’s seven selected 

alternatives is approximately 

$33,280,000. The purpose of this notice 

is to inform the public of the availability 

of the Final RP/EA and FONSI. 

Introduction 

On April 20, 2010, the mobile 

offshore drilling unit Deepwater 

Horizon (DWH), which was drilling a 

well for BP Exploration and Production, 

Inc. (BP), experienced a significant 

explosion, fire, and subsequent sinking 

in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in the 

release of millions of barrels of oil and 

other discharges into the gulf. Under the 

authority of OPA, designated Federal 

and State Trustees, acting on behalf of 

the public, assessed the injuries to 

natural resources, and the services they 

provide, and prepared the Deepwater 

Horizon Oil Spill Final Programmatic 

Damage Assessment Restoration Plan 

and Final Programmatic Environmental 

Impact Statement (Final PDARP/PEIS) 

and subsequent record of decision 

(ROD), which sets forth the governance 

structure and process for DWH 

restoration planning under the OPA 

NRDA regulations. On April 4, 2016, the 

United States District Court for the 

Eastern District of Louisiana entered a 

consent decree resolving civil claims by 

the Trustees against BP. 

The Open Ocean TIG, which is 

composed of four Federal agencies—the 

Department of the Interior, the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency, and 

the United States Department of 

Agriculture—selects and implements 

restoration projects within the TIG’s 

Restoration Area in accordance with the 

consent decree. The PDARP/PEIS, ROD, 

consent decree, and information on the 

DWH Trustees can be found at https:// 

www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/ 

restoration-planning/gulf-plan. 

Background 

On March 25, 2021, the Open Ocean 

TIG issued a notice of solicitation on the 

Gulf Spill Restoration website 

requesting project ideas for the Sturgeon 

and Birds Restoration Types. On March 


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