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While the NOI identified the end date 

of the scoping period as May 31, 2022, 

the BLM ultimately extended it until 

June 1, 2022. Two virtual public scoping 

meetings were held on May 17 and May 

18, 2022. During the scoping period, the 

BLM received 59 unique submittals 

totaling 416 discrete comments. The 

Environmental Impact Statement 

Scoping Report for the Cross-Tie 500-kV 

Transmission Project can be found on 

BLM’s ePlanning Project website (see 

ADDRESSES). 

This NOA initiates the Draft EIS 

review process. The BLM will hold one 

virtual and up to four in-person public 

information meetings associated with 

the Project. Possible in-person meeting 

locations include: Ely, Nevada, and 

Delta, Milford, and Nephi, Utah. The 

specific date(s) and location(s) of these 

meetings will be announced at least 10 

days in advance through news releases, 

local media, social media, and the 

BLM’s ePlanning Project website (see 

ADDRESSES). During the public comment 

period, the BLM will accept comments 

through email, mail, and hotline. 

The BLM will continue to consult 

with Indian Tribal Nations on a 

government-to-government basis in 

accordance with Executive Order 13175, 

BLM Manual Section 1780, and other 

Departmental policies. Tribal concerns, 

including impacts on Indian trust assets 

and potential impacts to cultural 

resources, will be given due 

consideration. Consultation will 

continue on an individual basis with 

interested Tribes. 

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. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10) 

Gregory Sheehan, 

BLM Utah State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24748 Filed 11–8–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4331–25–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_HQ_FRN_MO4500175781] 

Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Wild Horse 

and Burro Advisory Board (Board) will 

hold a public meeting. 

DATES: The Board will meet in person 

from December 12 through 14, 2023; 8 

a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Time (MT) 

Tuesday through Thursday. The BLM 

will host two educational field tours for 

the Board on Tuesday, December 12, 8 

a.m. to 2:30 p.m. MT, and on Thursday, 

December 14, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. MT, 

which are open to the public. The 

December 14 public meeting will 

resume at 2:15 p.m. at the BLM National 

Training Center (see ADDRESSES section 

below). 

ADDRESSES: The Board will meet in 

Phoenix, Arizona, at the BLM National 

Training Center in the Arizona room 

located at 9828 N 31st Ave., Phoenix, 

AZ 85051. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

The public may attend the meeting in 

person or watch via live stream at 

www.blm.gov/live. 

The final agenda will be posted 2 

weeks prior to the meeting and can be 

found on the following website: 

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

The tours will commence and 

conclude at the BLM National Training 

Center. Due to limited space, those 

wishing to attend the educational field 

tours should register via email to 

dboothe@blm.gov no later than 5 p.m. 

MT on November 29, 2023. Those 

attending the tours should bring a high 

clearance vehicle and any necessary 

food, health, and safety items for a full 

day in the field. 

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: The Board 

advises the Secretary of the Interior, the 

BLM Director, the Secretary of 

Agriculture, and the Chief of the U.S. 

Forest Service on matters pertaining to 

the management and protection of wild, 

free-roaming horses and burros on the 

Nation’s public lands. The Board 

operates in accordance with 43 CFR 

1784. 

Advisory Board Meeting Agenda 

Tuesday, December 12, 2023 

8 a.m.–2:30 p.m. Mountain Time (MT) 

Board Educational Field Tour to Lake 

Pleasant Herd Management Area 

(HMA) 

(High clearance vehicle recommended, 

limited space and advance 

registration required) 

Wednesday, December 13, 2023 

Session 1—8 a.m. to 10 a.m. MT 

Meeting Called to Order 

Administrative Announcements 

Welcome Remarks from BLM Arizona 

BLM Arizona Wild Horse and Burro 

Program Overview 

U.S. Forest Service Wild Horse and 

Burro Program Region 3 Update 

Approval of Meeting Minutes: June 2023 

Discussion: BLM and USFS Responses 

to Board Recommendations from 

June 2023 

Board Meeting 

BREAK—10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. MT 

Session 2—10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. MT 

Public Comment Period (First) 

LUNCH BREAK—11:15 a.m. to 12:45 

p.m. MT 

Session 3—12:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. MT 

Panel Discussion: Livestock, Wild 

Horses and Burros and Landscapes 

BREAK—2:45 p.m. to 3 p.m. MT 

Session 4—3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. MT 

BLM and U.S. Forest Service Program 

Updates 

Session 5—4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. MT 

Advisory Board Discussion and Wrap 

Up 

Adjourn 

Thursday, December 14, 2023 

8 a.m. to 2 p.m. MT 

Board Educational Field Trip to 

Florence Wild Horse and Burro OffRange Corral and Training Facility 

(Limited space; advance registration 

required) 

BREAK—2 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. MT 

Session 6—2:15 p.m. to 3 p.m. MT 

Advisory Board Subcommittee Reports 

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Session 7—3 p.m. to 4 p.m. MT 

Public Comment Period (Second) 

Session 8—4 p.m. to 5 p.m. MT 

Advisory Board Discussion and Finalize 

Recommendations (Board vote) 

Adjourn 

Agenda may be subject to change. 

Public Participation: Due to limited 

space, those wishing to attend the 

educational tour to the Lake Pleasant 

Herd Management Area on December 12 

must register via email to dboothe@

blm.gov no later than 5 p.m. MT on 

November 29, 2023. Attendees must 

provide their own high clearance 

transportation and any necessary food, 

health and safety items needed for a full 

day in the field. 

The Board, the BLM, and the USFS 

welcome comments from all interested 

parties. The public will have an 

opportunity to make a verbal statement 

to the Advisory Board in person and 

virtually via Zoom (audio only) on 

Wednesday, December 13, from 10:15 

a.m. to 11:15 a.m. MT and on Thursday, 

December 14, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. MT. 

To provide comments via Zoom, 

interested parties must register by 

December 8, 2023 at the following 

website: https://www.blm.gov/ 

programs/wild-horse-and-burro/ 

advisory-board. To provide comments 

in-person, interested parties may 

register on-site up to one hour before the 

comment period commences. 

Individuals who have not registered in 

advance may be permitted to offer 

comment if time allows. Participants 

using desktops, laptops, smartphones, 

and other personal digital devices will 

be able to participate with audio only 

via a link provided by the BLM. Those 

with phone-only access will be able to 

participate via a phone number and 

meeting ID provided by the BLM at the 

time of registration. The Board may 

limit the length of comments, 

depending on the number of 

participants who register in advance. 

The public may also submit written 

comments to the Board in addition to, 

or in lieu of, providing verbal comment. 

Written comments should be submitted 

to the Advisory Board at BLM_WO_

Advisory_Board_Comments@blm.gov. 

Comments emailed three days prior to 

the meeting no later than 5 p.m. MT will 

be provided to the Advisory Board for 

consideration during the meeting. The 

BLM will record the entire meeting, 

including the allotted public comment 

sessions. Comments should be specific 

and explain the reason for the 

recommendation(s). Comments 

supported by quantitative information, 

studies, or those that include citations 

and analysis of applicable laws and 

regulations are most useful, and more 

likely to assist the decision-making 

process for the management and 

protection of wild horses and burros. 

Beyond live captioning, any person(s) 

with special needs, such as for an 

auxiliary aid, interpreting service, 

assistive listening device, or materials in 

an alternate format, must notify Ms. 

Boothe 2 weeks before the scheduled 

meeting date. It is important to adhere 

to the 2-week notice to allow enough 

time to arrange for the auxiliary aid or 

special service. Live captioning will be 

available throughout the event on the 

BLM livestream page at www.blm.gov/ 

live. 

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, the 

BLM cannot guarantee that it will be 

able to do so. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2) 

Sharif D. Branham, 

Assistant Director, Resources and Planning. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24769 Filed 11–8–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4331–27–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Indian Gaming Commission 

Fee Rate and Fingerprint Fees 

AGENCY: National Indian Gaming 

Commission, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the National Indian Gaming 

Commission has adopted its annual fee 

rates of 0.00% for tier 1 and 0.08% 

(.0008) for tier 2, which maintain the 

current fee rates. These rates shall apply 

to all assessable gross revenues from 

each gaming operation under the 

jurisdiction of the Commission. If a tribe 

has a certificate of self-regulation, the 

fee rate on Class II revenues shall be 

0.04% (.0004) which is one-half of the 

annual fee rate. The annual fee rates are 

effective November 1, 2023, and will 

remain in effect until new rates are 

adopted. The National Indian Gaming 

Commission has also adopted its 

fingerprint processing fee of $53 per 

card which represents an increase of $8 

per card. The fingerprint processing fee 

is effective November 1, 2023, and will 

remain in effect until the Commission 

adopts a new rate. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yvonne Lee, National Indian Gaming 

Commission, 1849 C Street NW, Mail 

Stop #1621, Washington, DC 20240; 

telephone (202) 632–7003; fax (202) 

632–7066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) 

established the National Indian Gaming 

Commission, which is charged with 

regulating gaming on Indian lands. 

Commission regulations (25 CFR 514) 

provide for a system of fee assessment 

and payment that is self-administered 

by gaming operations. 

Pursuant to those regulations, the 

Commission is required to adopt and 

communicate assessment rates and the 

gaming operations are required to apply 

those rates to their revenues, compute 

the fees to be paid, report the revenues, 

and remit the fees to the Commission. 

All gaming operations within the 

jurisdiction of the Commission are 

required to self-administer the 

provisions of these regulations, and 

report and pay any fees that are due to 

the Commission. It is necessary for the 

Commission to maintain the fee rate to 

ensure that the agency has sufficient 

funding to fully meet its statutory and 

regulatory responsibilities as the gaming 

industry continues to emerge from the 

pandemic. In addition, it is critical for 

the Commission to maintain constantly 

an adequate transition carryover balance 

to cover any cash flow variations. 

Pursuant to 25 CFR 514, the 

Commission must also review annually 

the costs involved in processing 

fingerprint cards and set a fee based on 

fees charged by the Federal Bureau of 

Investigation and costs incurred by the 

Commission. Commission costs include 

Commission personnel, supplies, 

equipment & infrastructure costs, and 

postage to submit the results to the 

requesting tribe. The number of 

fingerprint cards submitted to the NIGC 

for processing has significantly 

decreased since the pandemic. The 

fingerprint processing fee increase is a 

result of spreading the fixed costs 

allocated to fingerprint processing over 

a smaller number of cards processed. In 

addition, the FY24 fingerprint 

processing fee includes the cost 

allocation from the one-time capital 

investments associated with the 

Washington, DC headquarters office 

relocation and the Agency’s hardware 

refresh of core networking and server 

computing devices required to support 

the Agency’s infrastructure operations. 

Maintaining valid support agreements 

and replacing aging hardware when 

needed is vital to ensure maximum 

uptime for IT operations while 


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