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The Board is comprised of 13 

members appointed for 4-year terms, as 

follows: (a) one member serving as the 

Secretary’s designee; (b) six members 

who represent appropriate Federal, 

State, and local agencies, State and local 

historic preservation commissions, and 

other public and international 

organizations; and (c) six members on 

the basis of outstanding professional 

qualifications who represent major 

organizations in the fields of archeology, 

architecture, conservation, curation, 

engineering, history, historic 

preservation, landscape architecture, 

planning, or preservation education. 

We are currently seeking members in 

category (c). Nominations should be 

typed and should include a resume 

providing an adequate description of the 

nominee’s qualifications, including 

information that would enable the 

Department of the Interior to make an 

informed decision regarding meeting the 

membership requirements of the Board 

and permit the Department to contact a 

potential member. All documentation, 

including letters of recommendation, 

must be compiled and submitted in one 

complete package. All those interested 

in membership, including current 

members whose terms are expiring, 

must follow the nomination process. 

Members may not appoint deputies or 

alternates. 

Members of the Board serve without 

compensation. However, while away 

from their homes or regular places of 

business in the performance of services 

for the Board as approved by the NPS, 

members may be allowed travel 

expenses, including per diem in lieu of 

subsistence, in the same manner as 

persons employed intermittently in 

Government service are allowed such 

expenses under section 5703 of Title 5 

of the United States Code. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. ch. 10 

Alma Ripps, 

Chief, Office of Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–PCE–LWCF–NPS0036373; 

PPWOSLAD00 PGWS1S181.Y00000 

XXXP503581 PS.SSLAD0R21.00.1 (223); 

OMB Control Number 1024–0031] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Land and Water 

Conservation Fund State Assistance 

Program 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 we, 

the National Park Service (NPS), are 

proposing to renew an information 

collection with revisions. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 1, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

suggestions on the information 

collection requirements should be 

submitted by the date specified above in 

DATES to http://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 Phadrea Ponds, 

NPS Information Collection Clearance 

Officer (ADIR–ICCO), 13461 Sunrise 

Valley Drive (MS–244) Reston, VA 

20192 (mail); or phadrea_ponds@

nps.gov (email). Please include 1024– 

0031 (LWCF) in the subject line of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Elisabeth Morgan, 

Recreation Grant Branch Chief by email 

at elisabeth_fondriest@nps.gov (email); 

or by telephone at 202–354–6916. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 1024– 

0031(LWCF) in the subject line of your 

comments. 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 of 

contact in the United States. 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 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. 

A Federal Register notice with a 60- 

day public comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published (87 FR 

55843) on September 12, 2022. We 

received written comments from 

Washington State Recreation and 

Conservation Office and Oregon Parks 

and Recreation Department. The 

comments and NPS responses are 

summarized below. 

Washington State Recreation and 

Conservation Office: 

It would be most helpful if NPS 

revised and expanded A&R questions to 

clarify the information sought. In our 

experience, incomplete information 

provided on this form (often due to 

misunderstanding what is required) 

creates additional work, expense and 

time lags for RCO’s subgrantees as well 

as NPS. We all share the same goal of 

wanting to provide a complete accurate 

initial application, within reason of 

what information that an applicant 

would have without promise of any 

grant funding. The commenter also 

provided specific feedback on ways to 

provide clarity to the instructions in 

each section. 

NPS Response/Action Taken: The 

comments and suggestions for 

rewording to improve the clarity and to 

remove duplication of questions were 

accepted. To accommodate the request 

proposing additional instructions for 

questions the NPS will create annotated 

versions of the A&R and C&S forms to 

provide additional guidance. 

Oregon Parks and Recreation 

Department: 

The comments from this respondent 

were mainly technical in nature, 

addressing the wording of some 

questions on both the A&R and C&S 

Forms, as well as describing issues with 

formatting on these forms that make the 

forms more difficult for applicants to 

use, including ‘‘an unnecessary amount 

of time to correct.’’ The respondent also 

noted that Section 3.0, Subsection C. 

Environmental Resources Survey should 

be improved. The respondent 

recommended that Tables 1 and 2 have 

a column added to indicate neutral 

impacts (impacts that are neither 

positive or negative) and a Not 

Applicable column (resource does not 

exist). 

NPS Response/Action Taken: 

• We will revisit the forms to try to 

address the issues the commenter 

identified, such as possibly placing form 

fields in the document for responses so 

that applicants don’t feel the need to 

enter their responses in colored text. We 

note that some of the issues the 

commenter described can be caused by 

how these documents are saved and 

shared for use, which may erase 

formatting. 

• The tables in Section 3.C were 

revised to remove the response 

indicating more research is needed and 

to restore a ‘‘not present or N/A’’ option 

in Table 1. (Conforming changes were 


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made to the same tables in Section 3.A 

of the C&S Form.) 

• To accommodate the request 

proposing additional instructions for 

questions the NPS will create annotated 

versions of the forms to provide 

additional guidance. 

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. 

(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. 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 Land and Water 

Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as 

amended (LWCF Act) (54 U.S.C. 200305 

et. seq.) was enacted to help preserve, 

develop, and ensure access for the 

public to outdoor recreation 

opportunities. Among other programs, 

the LWCF Act provides funds for and 

authorizes federal assistance to the 

States for planning, acquisition, and 

development of needed land and water 

areas and facilities for outdoor 

recreation purposes. In accordance with 

the LWCF Act, the National Park 

Service (we, NPS) administers the 

LWCF State Assistance Program, which 

provides matching grants to States, 

LWCF grants are provided to states 

(including the 50 states; the 

Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the 

Northern Mariana Islands; the District of 

Columbia; and the Territories of Guam, 

the U.S. Virgin Islands, and American 

Samoa) on a matching basis for up to 50 

percent of the total project-related 

allowable costs. Grants to eligible 

insular areas may be for 100 percent 

assistance. Payments for all projects are 

made to the state organization that is 

authorized to accept and administer 

funds paid for approved projects. Local 

units of government participate in the 

program as sub-grantees of the state 

with the state retaining primary grant 

compliance responsibility. The 

following updates are included as 

revisions to this collection: 

1. New Requirement—Standard Form 

SF–429. In accordance with DOI’s 

regulations at 2 CFR 1402, the SF–429 

Real Property Status Report Cover Sheet 

and Attachment B, Request to Acquire, 

Furnish, or Improve, is required for 

projects requesting LWCF assistance for 

land acquisition. For post-grant 

completion stewardship reporting, the 

Cover Sheet and Attachment A, General 

Reporting are required. 

Title of Collection: Land and Water 

Conservation Fund State Assistance 

Program. 

OMB Control Number: 1024–0031. 

Form Number: NPS Forms 10–902A, 

10–903, 10–904, 10–904A, 10–905 and 

Standard Form SF429. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: States 

Governments; the Commonwealths of 

Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana 

Islands; the District of Columbia; and 

the territories of Guam, U.S. Virgin 

Islands, and American Samoa. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 423. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 7,797. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 56,249. 

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.). 

Phadrea Ponds, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

National Park Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

Notice of Availability of the 2024–2029 

National Outer Continental Shelf Oil 

and Gas Leasing Proposed Final 

Program and Final Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: BOEM is announcing the 

availability of the Proposed Final 

Program (PFP) for the 2024–2029 

National Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 

Oil and Gas Leasing Program (2024– 

2029 Program, National OCS Program, 

or Program), as well as the Final 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement for the 2024–2029 Program 

(Final Programmatic EIS). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the 2024–2029 Program 

process or BOEM’s policies associated 

with this notice, please contact Ms. 

Kelly Hammerle, Chief, National OCS 

Oil and Gas Leasing Program 

Development and Coordination Branch, 

at (703) 787–1613 or Kelly.Hammerle@

boem.gov. For information on the 2024– 

2029 Final Programmatic EIS, please 

contact Jennifer Bosyk, Chief, Branch of 

Environmental Coordination, at (703) 

787–1834 or Jennifer.Bosyk@boem.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BOEM is 

responsible for administering the 

leasing program for oil and gas 

resources on the OCS and advising the 

Secretary of the Interior on the National 

OCS Program. The PFP is the last in a 

series of three proposals made by the 

Secretary, pursuant to section 18 of the 

OCS Lands Act, before final action may 

be taken to approve the 2024–2029 

National OCS Program. The three 

analytical phases used to develop a new 

National OCS Program are the (1) Draft 

Proposed Program (DPP); (2) Proposed 

Program; and (3) PFP. 

The first proposal, the DPP, was 

published on July 3, 2017 (82 FR 

30886), and was followed by a 60-day 

comment period. The second proposal, 

the Proposed Program, was published 


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