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issues for the RMP amendment 

identified by BLM personnel, Federal, 

State and local agencies, and other 

stakeholders include: Recreational use, 

big game winter range, grazing, cultural 

resources and water rights. Preliminary 

planning criteria include: (1) The BLM 

will continue to manage the public 

lands within the CRVFO in accordance 

with FLPMA, and other applicable laws 

and regulations including all existing 

public land laws; (2) the BLM will 

complete the RMP Amendment using an 

interdisciplinary approach to identify 

alternatives and analyze resource 

impacts, including cumulative impacts 

to natural and cultural resources, and 

the social and economic environment; 

and (3) the RMP Amendment process 

will follow the FLPMA planning 

process and the BLM will develop an 

EA with appropriate environmental 

analysis of the alternatives, consistent 

with NEPA. 

You may submit comments on issues 

and planning criteria in writing to the 

BLM at any public scoping meeting, or 

you may submit them to the BLM using 

one of the methods listed in the 

ADDRESSES section above. Comments 

must be submitted by the close of the 

30-day scoping period or within 15 days 

after the last public meeting, whichever 

is later. 

The BLM will use the NEPA public 

participation requirements to assist the 

agency in satisfying the public 

involvement requirements under 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (NHPA) (16 U.S.C. 

470(f)) pursuant to 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 Section 106 of the NHPA. 

The BLM will consult with Indian 

Tribes on a government-to-government 

basis in accordance with Executive 

Order 13175 and other policies. Tribal 

concerns, including impacts on Indian 

trust assets and potential impacts to 

cultural resources, will be given due 

consideration. Federal, State and local 

agencies, along with Tribes and other 

stakeholders that may be interested in or 

affected by the proposed action that the 

BLM is evaluating, 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 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. The BLM will evaluate identified 

issues to be addressed in the plan, and 

will place them into one of three 

categories: 

1. Issues to be resolved in the plan 

amendment; 

2. Issues to be resolved through policy 

or administrative action; or 

3. Issues beyond the scope of this plan 

amendment. 

The BLM will provide an explanation 

in the Draft RMP Amendment/ 

Preliminary EA as to why an issue was 

placed in category two or three. The 

public is also encouraged to help 

identify any management questions and 

concerns that should be addressed in 

the plan. The BLM will work 

collaboratively with interested parties to 

identify the management decisions that 

are best suited to local, regional, and 

national needs and concerns. 

The BLM will use an interdisciplinary 

approach to develop the plan 

amendment in order to consider the 

variety of resource issues and concerns 

identified. Specialists with expertise in 

the following disciplines will be 

involved in the planning process: 

Rangeland management, minerals and 

geology, fuels, outdoor recreation, 

archaeology, paleontology, wildlife and 

fisheries, lands and realty, hydrology, 

soils, botany and ecology. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 CFR 

1610.2 

Andy Tenney, 

Acting BLM Colorado State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14442 Filed 7–5–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLAK940000.L14100000.BX0000.18X.

LXSS001L0100] 

Filing of Plats of Survey: Alaska 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of official filing. 

SUMMARY: The plats of survey of lands 

described in this notice are scheduled to 

be officially filed in the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM), Alaska State Office, 

Anchorage, Alaska. The surveys, which 

were executed at the request of the 

BLM, are necessary for the management 

of these lands. 

DATES: Protests must be received by the 

BLM by August 6, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the plats may be 

obtained from the Alaska Public 

Information Center at the BLM Alaska 

State Office, 222 W 7th Avenue, 

Anchorage, Alaska 99513, upon 

required payment. The plats may be 

viewed at this location at no cost. Please 

use this address when filing written 

protests. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Douglas N. Haywood, Chief, Branch of 

Cadastral Survey, Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 222 W 

7th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99513; 

1–907–271–5481; dhaywood@blm.gov. 

Persons who use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf may call the Federal 

Relay Service (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 question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands 

surveyed are: 

Seward Meridian, Alaska 

T. 23 N., R. 37 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 23 N., R. 38 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 23 N., R. 39 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 23 N., R. 40 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 24 N., R. 37 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 24 N., R. 38 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 24 N., R. 39 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 24 N., R. 40 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 25 N., R. 37 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 25 N., R. 38 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 25 N., R. 39 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 26 N., R. 36 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 26 N., R. 37 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 26 N., R. 38 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 26 N., R. 39 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 27 N., R. 35 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 27 N., R. 36 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 27 N., R. 37 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 27 N., R. 38 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 28 N., R. 35 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 28 N., R. 36 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 28 N., R. 37 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 28 N., R. 38 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 29 N., R. 34 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 29 N., R. 35 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 29 N., R. 36 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 29 N., R. 37 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 29 N., R. 38 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 30 N., R. 34 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 30 N., R. 35 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 30 N., R. 36 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 30 N., R. 37 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 30 N., R. 38 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 31 N., R. 36 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 31 N., R. 37 W., accepted March 19, 2018 

T. 31 N., R. 38 W., accepted March 16, 2018 

T. 13 S., R. 51 W., accepted March 27, 2018 

T. 50 S., R. 77 W., accepted January 25, 2018 

A person or party who wishes to 

protest one or more plats of survey 

identified above must file a written 

notice of protest with the State Director 


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for Alaska, BLM. The notice of protest 

must identify the plat(s) of survey that 

the person or party wishes to protest. 

The notice of protest must be filed 

before the scheduled date of official 

filing for the plat(s) of survey being 

protested. Any notice of protest filed 

after the scheduled date of official filing 

will not be considered. A notice of 

protest is considered filed on the date it 

is received by the State Director for 

Alaska during regular business hours; if 

received after regular business hours, a 

notice of protest will be considered filed 

the next business day. A written 

statement of reasons in support of a 

protest, if not filed with the notice of 

protest, must be filed with the State 

Director for Alaska within 30 calendar 

days after the notice of protest is filed. 

If a notice of protest against a plat of 

survey is received prior to the 

scheduled date of official filing, the 

official filing of the plat of survey 

identified in the notice of protest will be 

stayed pending consideration of the 

protest. A plat of survey will not be 

officially filed until the dismissal or 

resolution of all protests of the plat. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in a 

notice of protest or statement of reasons, 

you should be aware that the documents 

you submit, including your personal 

identifying information, may be made 

publicly available in their entirety 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. 

Authority: 43 U.S.C. Chap. 3. 

Douglas N. Haywood, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Alaska. 

[FR Doc. 2018–14505 Filed 7–5–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

[S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 

189S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 

SX064A000 18XS501520; OMB Control 

Number 1029–0027] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: General Requirements for 

Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation 

Operations on Federal Lands 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Information 

Collection; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), 

are announcing our intention to request 

renewed approval for the collection of 

information which requires that a 

Federal lands program be established to 

govern surface coal mining and 

reclamation operations on Federal 

lands. The information requested is 

needed to assist the regulatory authority 

to determine the eligibility of an 

applicant to conduct surface coal 

mining operations on Federal lands. 

This information collection activity was 

previously approved by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), and 

assigned control number 1029–0027. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

September 4, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

by mail to: The Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Attn: John Trelease, 1849 C 

Street NW; Mail Stop 4559, Washington, 

DC 20240. Comments may also be 

submitted electronically to jtrelease@

osmre.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact John Trelease by email 

at jtrelease@osmre.gov, or by telephone 

at (202) 208–2783. 

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. 

We are soliciting comments on the 

proposed 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 OSMRE; (2) 

is the estimate of burden accurate; (3) 

how might the OSMRE enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) how 

might the OSMRE 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. 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. 

This notice provides the public with 

60 days in which to comment on the 

following information collection 

activity: 

Title of Collection: 30 CFR part 740— 

General Requirements for Surface Coal 

Mining and Reclamation Operations on 

Federal Lands. 

OMB Control Number: 1029–0027. 

Abstract: Section 523 of the Surface 

Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 

1977 requires that a Federal lands 

program be established to govern 

surface coal mining and reclamation 

operations on Federal lands. The 

information requested is needed to 

assist the regulatory authority to 

determine the eligibility of an applicant 

to conduct surface coal mining 

operations on Federal lands. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Applicants for surface coal mine 

permits on Federal lands, and State 

Regulatory Authorities. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 6 applicants and 6 States. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 6 applicants and 6 States. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 780 hours. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 780 hours for applicants 

and 1,425 hours for States. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: Once. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: $0. 

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. 

Authority: The authorities for this action 

are the Surface Mining Control and 

Reclamation Act of 1977, as amended (30 

U.S.C. 1201 et seq.), and the Paperwork 


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