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A reasonable range of alternatives will 

be formulated. In addition to the 

proposed action, two alternatives have 

been identified for analysis. The No 

Action alternative will analyze 

continuation of the existing event with 

paid population of 70,000 and up to 

10,000 volunteers and paid staff. The No 

Event alternative will analyze not 

having the event in the Black Rock-High 

Rock National Conservation Area. 

Additional alternatives may be 

determined. The EIS will assess the 

direct, indirect and cumulative effects of 

BRC’s proposal as well as any 

recommended mitigation. 

The purpose of the public scoping 

process is to determine relevant issues 

that will influence the scope of the 

environmental analysis, including 

alternatives and guide the process for 

developing the EIS. At present, the BLM 

has identified the following preliminary 

key issues: 

• With the increase in participants, 

both the Pershing and Washoe County 

Sheriff offices may express concerns 

over public health and safety, and 

deputy staffing. Associated with this is 

the question of how the BLM will 

enforce applicable federal, state and 

local laws; 

• With the increase in participants, 

increased amounts of airborne dust may 

be created, with associated air quality 

impacts; 

• Surrounding communities and the 

Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation may 

express concerns on the amount of solid 

waste (trash and refuse) generated by 

participants and how it will be disposed 

as participants depart the event; 

• A variety of groups may want to 

know how BLM will monitor the event 

to insure that there is no unnecessary or 

undue degradation of federal land, and 

that the BLM receives appropriate 

financial compensation and cost 

recovery under the law; and 

• With the increase in participants, 

both the Nevada Department of 

Transportation and County of Washoe 

may raise concerns with traffic and load 

capacity issues on public roads that 

access the event. 

The BLM will utilize and coordinate 

the NEPA scoping process to help fulfill 

the public involvement process under 

the NHPA as provided in 36 CFR 

800.2(d)(3). The information about 

historic and cultural resources within 

the area potentially affected by the 

proposed action will assist the BLM in 

identifying and evaluating impacts to 

such resources in the context of both 

NEPA and the NHPA. 

The BLM will consult with Native 

American tribes on a government-togovernment basis in accordance with 

Executive Order 13175, Secretarial 

Order 3317 and other policies. Tribal 

concerns, including but not limited to 

impacts on Indian trust assets and 

potential impacts to cultural resources, 

will be given due consideration. 

Federal, State and local agencies and 

other stakeholders that may be 

interested in or affected by BRC’s 

proposal are invited to participate in the 

scoping process and, if eligible, may 

request or be requested by the BLM to 

participate in the development of the 

environmental analysis as a cooperating 

agency. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address or other 

personally identifiable information in 

your comment, you should be aware 

that your entire comment—including 

your personally identifiable 

information—may be made publicly 

available at any time. While you can ask 

the BLM in your comment to withhold 

your personally identifiable information 

from public review, we cannot 

guarantee that we will be able to do so. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7. 

Mark E. Hall, 

Field Manager, Black Rock Field Office. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[12X.LLAK942000.L54200000.FR0000.LVDIL

12L0550; AA094268] 

Notice of Application for a Recordable 

Disclaimer of Interest for Lands 

Underlying the Taku River in Alaska 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The State of Alaska has filed 

an application with the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) for a Recordable 

Disclaimer of Interest (RDI) from the 

United States in those lands underlying 

the Taku River located in southeast 

Alaska. The State of Alaska asserts that 

the Taku River was navigable and 

unreserved at the time of Alaska 

Statehood in 1959. 

DATES: The BLM must receive all 

comments to this action on or before 

September 18, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by mail or email on the State of Alaska’s 

application for an RDI or on the BLM 

draft ‘‘Summary Report on Federal 

Interest in Lands underlying the Taku 

River in Alaska.’’ To file comments by 

mail, send to RDI Program Manager 

(AK–942), Division of Lands and 

Cadastral, BLM Alaska State Office, 222 

West 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, AK 

99513. To submit comments by email, 

send to anichols@blm.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angie Nichols, RDI Program Manager, 

222 West 7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

AK 99513; 907–271–3359; anichols@

blm.gov; or visit the BLM Recordable 

Disclaimer of Interest website at https:// 

www.blm.gov/programs/lands-andrealty/regional-information/alaska/RDI/ 

southeast. 

People who use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Relay System (FRS) at 1–800– 

877–8339 to contact the above 

individual during normal business 

hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 

or a question with the above individual. 

You will receive a reply during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

14, 2017, the State of Alaska filed an 

application (AA–94268) for an RDI 

pursuant to Section 315 of the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976 (FLPMA) and the regulations 

contained in 43 CFR 1864 for the lands 

underlying the Taku River in Alaska. 

The State asserts that this river was 

navigable at the time of Alaska 

Statehood. As such, the State contends 

that ownership of the lands underlying 

the Taku River automatically passed 

from the United States to the State of 

Alaska in 1959 at the time of Statehood 

under the Equal Footing Doctrine, the 

Submerged Lands Act of 1953, the 

Alaska Statehood Act, and other title 

navigability law. 

Section 315 of FLPMA authorizes the 

BLM to issue an RDI when it determines 

that a record interest of the United 

States in lands has terminated by law or 

is otherwise invalid, and a disclaimer 

would help remove a cloud on title to 

such lands. 

The State’s application is for an RDI 

for all submerged lands between the 

ordinary high water mark of the left and 

right banks of the Taku River, beginning 

at the 60-foot boundary reserve within 

sections 10, 11, and 14; township 38 

south; range 71 east; Copper River 

Meridian, Alaska; to the extent of tidal 

influence, regardless of location. The 

State listed the Taku River’s coverage on 

the USGS 1:63,360 series topographic 

map Taku River B–6, (1951, minor 

revisions 1971); Taku River C–6 (1995); 

Taku River C–5, (1960) and Juneau B– 

1 quadrangles. The precise location may 

be within other townships due to the 

ambulatory nature of these water bodies. 


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The RDI is a legal document through 

which the BLM disclaims the United 

States’ interest in or ownership of 

specified lands, but the disclaimer does 

not grant, convey, transfer, or renounce 

any title or interest in the lands, nor 

does it release any tax, judgment, or 

lien. This Notice of Application for a 

RDI is to inform the public of the 

pending application and the State of 

Alaska’s supporting evidence, as well as 

to provide the opportunity to comment 

or provide additional information to the 

BLM. 

The BLM will not make a final 

decision on the merits of the State’s 

application before September 18, 2018. 

During this 90-day period, interested 

parties may comment on the State’s 

application, AA–94268, and supporting 

evidence. Interested parties may also 

comment on the BLM’s draft ‘‘Summary 

Report on Federal Interest in Lands 

underlying the Taku River in Alaska’’ 

for the State’s application for the RDI, 

which is available on the BLM’s RDI 

website (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT above). 

Copies of the State application, 

supporting evidence, the BLM Draft 

Summary Report, and comments, 

including names and street addresses of 

commenters, will be available in 

Anchorage for public review at the BLM 

Alaska State Office, Public Information 

Center (Public Room), Fitzgerald 

Federal Building, 222 West 8th Avenue, 

Monday through Friday, during regular 

business hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., except 

holidays. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personally identifying information in 

your comment, you should be aware 

that your entire comment, including 

your personally identifying information, 

may be made publicly available at any 

time. While you can ask the BLM in 

your comment to withhold your 

personally identifying information from 

public review, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. 

If the BLM determines the State’s 

evidence, and any additional 

information the agency receives 

concerning the State’s application, are 

sufficient to find a favorable 

determination, and neither the records 

nor a valid objection discloses a reason 

not to disclaim, the BLM may decide to 

approve the application for the RDI. 

Authority: 43 CFR 1864.2 

Erika L. Reed, 

Deputy State Director, Division of Lands and 

Cadastral, Alaska. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLWO250000.18XL1109AF.L12200000.PM0

000; OMB Control Number 1004–0165] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Cave Management: 

Cave Nominations and Confidential 

Information 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 

are proposing to renew an information 

collection with revisions. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before July 20, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

to the Office of Management and 

Budget’s Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior by email at 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via 

facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please 

provide a copy of your comments to the 

BLM at U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C 

Street NW, Room 2134LM, Washington, 

DC 20240, Attention: Jean Sonneman; or 

by email to jesonnem@blm.gov. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 1004– 

0165 in the subject line of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Jonathan Jasper by 

email at jjasper@blm.gov, or by 

telephone at 435–688–3264. 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, we provide the 

general 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 on January 

16, 2018 (83 FR 2180). The comment 

period closed on March 19, 2018. On 

April 12, 2018, 24 days after the 

comment period closed, the BLM 

received one comment via email. The 

comment referred specifically to the 

Bears Ears and Grand Staircase 

Escalante National Monuments. 

Except for the mention of the OMB 

control number in the title of the 

comment, the comment did not mention 

the information collection, and the BLM 

has taken no action to revise the 

information collection in response to 

the comment. The BLM Information 

Collection Clearance Officer has 

forwarded the comments to the 

appropriate BLM staff for consideration. 

We are again soliciting comments on 

the ICR that is described below. We are 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following issues: (1) Is 

the collection necessary to the proper 

functions of the BLM; (2) will this 

information be processed and used in a 

timely manner; (3) is the estimate of 

burden accurate; (4) how might the BLM 

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 

of the information to be collected; and 

(5) how might the BLM minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. 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: Land-management agencies 

within the Department of the Interior 

use the information in order to comply 

with the Federal Cave Resources 

Protection Act (FCRPA), 16 U.S.C. 4301 

through 4310 and the Department’s 

regulations at 43 CFR part 37. The 

FRCPA requires these agencies to 

identify and protect ‘‘significant’’ caves 

on Federal lands within their respective 

jurisdictions, and allows agencies to 

disclose to the public the location of 

significant caves only in limited 

circumstances. However, the FRCPA 

and BLM regulations also authorize 

certain individuals, organizations, and 

governmental agencies to request 

confidential cave information. 

Previously, the activities in this 

control number were not separated into 

collections from individuals, from the 

private sector, and from state, local, and 


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