Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 189 / Monday, October 2, 2023 / Notices 67795 

Mode 

Annual estimates 

Number of 

respondents 

Completion 

time per 

response 

(avg. 

minutes) 

Burden 

hours ** 

All non-response surveys ............................................................................................................ 784 5 65 

Focus groups/In-person interviews .............................................................................................. 59 60 59 

Annual Total ......................................................................................................................... 22,009 ........................ 7,249 

3 Year Total .......................................................................................................................... 66,027 ........................ 21,747 

* Includes 2-minute contact time for some surveys, interviews, and focus groups, and approximately 2,500 electronic surveys. 

** All figures are rounded. 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21665 Filed 9–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_HQ_FRN_MO4500173718] 

Call for Nominations for the National 

Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of call for nominations. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to solicit public nominations for three 

positions on the Wild Horse and Burro 

Advisory Board (Board) that will 

become vacant on January 11, 2024. The 

Board provides advice concerning the 

management, protection, and control of 

wild free-roaming horses and burros on 

public lands administered by the 

Department of the Interior, through the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and 

the Department of Agriculture, through 

the U.S. Forest Service. 

DATES: Nominations must be post 

marked or submitted to the following 

addresses no later than November 16, 

2023. 

ADDRESSES: All mail sent via the U.S. 

Postal Service should be addressed as 

follows: 

Wild Horses and Burro Division, U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management, Attn: Dorothea 

Boothe, HQ–260, 9828 31st Avenue; 

Phoenix, AZ 85051. 

All packages that are sent via FedEx 

or UPS should be addressed as follows: 

U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Land Management, Wild 

Horse and Burro Division, Attn: 

Dorothea Boothe, 9828 31st Avenue, 

Phoenix, AZ 85051. Please consider 

emailing PDF documents to Ms. Boothe 

at dboothe@blm.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dorothea Boothe, Wild Horse and Burro 

Program Coordinator, telephone: 602– 

906–5543, email: dboothe@blm.gov. 

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: Members 

of the Board serve without 

compensation; however, while away 

from their homes or regular places of 

business, Board and subcommittee 

members engaged in Board or 

subcommittee business approved by the 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO) may 

be allowed travel expenses, including 

per diem in lieu of subsistence under 5 

U.S.C. 5703, in the same manner as 

persons employed intermittently in 

government service. Nominations for a 

term of 3 years are needed to represent 

the following categories of interest: 

• Natural Resource Management; 

• Public Interest (Equine Behavior); 

and 

• Wild Horse and Burro Research. 

The Board will meet one to four times 

annually. The DFO may call additional 

meetings in connection with special 

needs for advice. Individuals may 

nominate themselves or others. Any 

individual or organization may 

nominate one or more persons to serve 

on the Board. 

Nominations should include a resume 

providing an adequate description of the 

nominee’s qualifications, including 

information that would enable the 

Departments of the Interior and 

Agriculture to make an informed 

decision regarding meeting the 

membership requirements of the Board 

and permit the Departments to contact 

a potential member. Nominations are to 

be sent to the address listed under 

ADDRESSES. To assist nominees in 

developing nominations packets, please 

visit the BLM website at https://

www.blm.gov/programs/wild-horse-andburro/get-involved/advisory-board and 

use the document template, Applying to 

Serve on the Advisory Board. 

As appropriate, certain Board 

members may be appointed as special 

government employees (SGEs). Please 

be aware that applicants selected to 

serve as SGEs will be required, prior to 

appointment, to file a Confidential 

Financial Disclosure Report in order to 

avoid involvement in real or apparent 

conflicts of interest. You may find a 

copy of the Confidential Financial 

Disclosure Report at the following Web 

site: https://www.doi.gov/ethics/ 

financial-disclosure. Additionally, after 

appointment, members appointed as 

SGEs will be required to meet 

applicable financial disclosure and 

ethics training requirements. Please 

contact (202) 202–208–7960 or DOI_

Ethics@sol.doi.gov with any questions 

about the ethics requirements for 

members appointed as SGEs. 

Membership Selection: Individuals 

shall qualify to serve on the Board 

because of their education, training, or 

experience that enables them to give 

informed and objective advice regarding 

the interest they represent. They should 

demonstrate experience or knowledge of 

the area of their expertise and a 

commitment to collaborate in seeking 

solutions to resource management 

issues. The Board is structured to 

provide fair membership and balance, 

both geographic and interest specific, in 

terms of the functions to be performed 

and points of view to be represented. 


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Members are selected with the objective 

of providing representative counsel and 

advice about public land and resource 

planning. 

Pursuant to section 7 of the Wild 

Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, 

members of the Board cannot be 

employed by the State or Federal 

Government. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–1) 

Brian St George, 

Acting Assistant Director, Resources and 

Planning. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21721 Filed 9–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4331–27–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–NERO–GATE–36563; PPNEGATEB0, 

PPMVSCS1Z.Y00000] 

Notice of Cancellation and 

Rescheduling of the Public Meeting of 

the Gateway National Recreation Area 

Fort Hancock 21st Century Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Meeting notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, the National Park Service (NPS) is 

hereby giving notice that the Gateway 

National Recreation Area Fort Hancock 

21st Century Advisory Committee 

(Committee) has rescheduled a public 

meeting originally scheduled for 

September 19, 2023. 

DATES: The virtual meeting will take 

place on Thursday, November 16, 2023. 

The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. until 

2 p.m., with a public comment period 

at 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. (eastern), with 

advance registration required. 

Individuals that wish to participate 

must contact the person listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section no later than November 11, 

2023, to receive instructions for 

accessing the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: This 

will be a virtual meeting. Anyone 

interested in attending should contact 

Daphne Yun, Acting Public Affairs 

Officer, Gateway National Recreation 

Area, 210 New York Avenue, Staten 

Island, New York 10305, by telephone 

(718) 815–3651, or by email daphne_

yun@nps.gov. 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 

Committee was established on April 18, 

2012, by authority of the Secretary of 

the Interior (Secretary) under 54 U.S.C. 

100906(a) and is regulated by the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act. The 

Committee provides advice to the 

Secretary, through the Director of the 

NPS, on matters relating to the Fort 

Hancock Historic District of Gateway 

National Recreation Area. All meetings 

are open to the public. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The Gateway 

National Recreation Area will discuss 

leasing updates, working group updates, 

social equity related to leasing, and 

general park updates. The final agenda 

will be posted on the Committee’s 

website at https://www.nps.gov/gate/ 

learn/management/forthancock21.htm. 

The website includes meeting minutes 

from all prior meetings. 

Interested persons may present, either 

orally or through written comments, 

information for the Committee to 

consider during the public meeting. 

Written comments will be accepted 

prior to, during, or after the meeting. 

Members of the public may submit 

written comments by mailing them to 

the person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Due to time constraints during the 

meeting, the Committee is not able to 

read written public comments 

submitted into the record. Individuals 

or groups requesting to make oral 

comments at the public Committee 

meeting will be limited to no more than 

three minutes per speaker. All 

comments will be made part of the 

public record and will be electronically 

distributed to all Committee members. 

Detailed minutes of the meeting will be 

available for public inspection within 

90 days of the meeting. 

Meeting Accessibility/Special 

Accommodations: The meeting is open 

to the public. Please make requests in 

advance for sign language interpreter 

services, assistive listening devices, or 

other reasonable accommodations. We 

ask that you contact the person listed in 

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice at least seven (7) 

business days prior to the meeting to 

give the Department of the Interior 

sufficient time to process your request. 

All reasonable accommodation requests 

are managed on a case-by-case basis. 

Public Disclosure of Comments: 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

written comments, you should be aware 

that your entire comment including 

your personal identifying information 

will be publicly available. 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: 5 U.S.C. ch. 10. 

Alma Ripps, 

Chief, Office of Policy. 

[FR Doc. 2023–21579 Filed 9–29–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–SERO–NCPTT–36535; 

PPWOCRADS2, PCU00PT14.GT0000] 

Request for Nominations for the 

Preservation Technology and Training 

Board 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Request for nominations. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS), U.S. Department of the Interior, 

is requesting nominations for qualified 

persons to serve as members of the 

Preservation Technology and Training 

Board (Board). 

DATES: Written nominations must be 

postmarked by November 1, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent 

to Kirk A. Cordell, Executive Director, 

National Center for Preservation 

Technology and Training, National Park 

Service, 645 University Parkway, 

Natchitoches, Louisiana 71457, or email 

at ncptt@nps.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kirk 

A. Cordell, via telephone (318) 356– 

7444. 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: 

Established within the Department of 

the Interior, the National Center for 

Preservation Technology and Training 

(Center) is located at Northwestern State 

University of Louisiana in Natchitoches, 

Louisiana. Title IV, section 404 of 

Public Law 102–575, October 30, 1992, 

established the Board to provide advice 

and professional oversight to the 

Secretary of the Interior and the Center 

regarding the activities of the Center and 

to submit an annual report to the 

President and the Congress. 


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