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Number of 

respondents 

Frequency 

of 

response 

Responses 

per year 

Average burden hours 

per response 

Annual 

burden 

hours 

Hourly cost 

per 

response 

Total 

annual 

cost 

Copy of lease on land in Hawaiian Homelands area 1 200.00 1.00 200.00 .08 (5 minutes per loan) ...... 16.00 23.06 368.96 

Notice of Delinquency 2 .............................................. 46.00 1.00 46.00 .42 (25 minutes per loan) .... 19.32 23.06 445.51 

Totals ................................................................... 446.00 .................. 446.00 .............................................. 51.32 .................. 1183.43 

Notes: 

1. Respondents are lenders (The total number of approved lenders equal 15,871). 

2. Lenders reporting delinquent loans to DHHL monthly. 

3. The $23.06/hour cost is based on a lender’s clerical staff average annual salary of $47,960. 

B. Solicitation of Public Comment 

This notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

parties concerning the collection of 

information described in Section A on 

the following: 

(1) Whether the proposed collection 

of information is necessary for the 

proper performance of the functions of 

the agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond: Including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

HUD encourages interested parties to 

submit comment in response to these 

questions. 

C. Authority 

Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 

Chapter 35. 

Dated: August 3, 2018. 

Colette Pollard, 

Department Reports Management Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–ES–2018–N054; 

FXES11130400000C2–156–FF04E00000] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Draft Recovery Plan for 

Neosho Mucket 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, announce the 

availability of the draft recovery plan for 

the endangered Neosho mucket. The 

draft recovery plan includes specific 

recovery objectives and criteria that 

must be met in order for us to delist this 

species under the Endangered Species 

Act. We request review and comment on 

this draft recovery plan from local, 

State, and Federal agencies; Tribes; and 

the public. 

DATES: In order to be considered, 

comments on the draft recovery plan 

must be received on or before October 

16, 2018. 

ADDRESSES:

Obtaining Documents: If you wish to 

review this draft recovery plan or a list 

of the references cited in this notice, 

you may obtain copies by contacting 

Melvin Tobin, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Arkansas Ecological Services 

Field Office, 110 S. Amity Road, Suite 

300, Conway, AR 72032; tel. (501) 513– 

4473; or by visiting the Service’s 

Arkansas Field Office website at http:// 

www.fws.gov/arkansas-es. 

Submitting Comments: If you wish to 

comment on the draft recovery plan, 

you may submit your written comments 

by one of the following methods: 

U.S. Mail or Hand-Delivery: Arkansas 

Ecological Services Field Office (address 

above). 

Fax: 501–513–4480, attn. ‘‘Neosho 

Mucket Draft Recovery Plan Comment.’’ 

Email: chris_davidson@fws.gov. 

Please include ‘‘Neosho Mucket Draft 

Recovery Plan Comment’’ in the subject 

line. 

For additional information about 

submitting comments, see Request for 

Public Comments, below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melvin Tobin, by telephone at 501–513– 

4473, or via email at melvin_tobin@

fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), 

announce the availability of the draft 

recovery plan for the endangered 

Neosho mucket (Lampsilis 

rafinesqueana). The draft recovery plan 

includes specific recovery objectives 

and criteria that must be met in order 

for us to delist this species under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

We request review and comment on this 

draft recovery plan from local, State, 

and Federal agencies; Tribes; and the 

public. 

Background 

The Neosho mucket is a freshwater 

mussel. The shell is up to 5 inches (18 

cm) long. The species is sexually 

dimorphic, as is typical of Lampsilis. 

The mantle lure is well developed in 

young females 2–5 years of age, but may 

be less developed in older individuals 

(Oesch 1984; McMurray et al. 2012). 

Neosho mucket glochidia (larvae) are 

obligate parasites on smallmouth bass 

(Micropterus dolomieu), largemouth 

bass (Micropterus salmoides), and 

spotted bass (Micropterus punctulatus) 

(Barnhart and Roberts 1997; Service 

2005). The Neosho mucket spawns in 

late April and May, and female brooding 

occurs May through August. Little is 

known about habitat requirements of 

Neosho mucket. It is associated with 

shallow riffles and runs comprising 

gravel substrate and moderate-to-swift 

currents. The species is most often 

found in areas with swift current, but in 

Shoal Creek and the Illinois River it 

prefers nearshore areas or areas out of 

the main current (Oesch 1984; 

Obermeyer 2000). The Neosho mucket 

does not occur in reservoirs lacking 

riverine characteristics (Obermeyer et 

al. 1997b). 

The ESA specifies five factors for 

listing species as endangered or 

threatened. The Neosho mucket is 

threatened primarily by the destruction, 

modification, or curtailment of its 

habitat or range (Listing Factor A of the 

ESA). Specific threats include 

impoundment, sedimentation, chemical 

contaminants, mining, the inadequacy 

of existing regulatory mechanisms, 

population fragmentation and isolation, 

invasive nonindigenous species, and 

water temperature. Climate change 

(Listing Factor E) is also likely to have 

adverse effects on the species due to 

alteration of hydrologic cycles of rivers 

that support Neosho mucket, but the 

extent or magnitude of this threat has 

not been quantified at this time. We 

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regulatory mechanisms were inadequate 

to reduce these threats (Listing Factor 

D). 

As a result of these threats, the 

Neosho mucket was listed as 

endangered on the Federal List of 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife in 

title 50 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (50 CFR 17.11) on 

September 17, 2013 (78 FR 57076). A 

total of 483 river miles (777 river 

kilometers) in seven rivers and one 

creek (Elk, Fall, Illinois, Neosho, Spring, 

North Fork Spring, and Verdigris Rivers 

and Shoal Creek) has been designated as 

critical habitat for the Neosho mucket 

(80 FR 24692, April 30, 2015). Critical 

habitat as set forth in 50 CFR 17.95(f) is 

located in Benton and Washington 

Counties, Arkansas; Allen, Cherokee, 

Coffey, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, 

Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson, and 

Woodson Counties, Kansas; Jasper, 

Lawrence, McDonald, and Newton 

Counties, Missouri; and Adair, 

Cherokee, and Delaware Counties, 

Oklahoma. 

Recovery Plan 

Section 4(f) of the ESA requires the 

development of recovery plans for listed 

species, unless such a plan would not 

promote the conservation of a particular 

species. Recovery plans describe actions 

considered necessary for conservation of 

the species, establish recovery criteria, 

and estimate time and cost for 

implementing recovery measures. 

Section 4(f) of the ESA also requires us 

to provide public notice and an 

opportunity for public review and 

comment during recovery plan 

development. We will consider all 

information presented during a public 

comment period prior to approval of 

each new or revised recovery plan. We 

and other Federal agencies will take 

these comments into account in the 

course of implementing approved 

recovery plans. 

The goal of this recovery plan is to 

ensure the long-term viability of the 

Neosho mucket in the wild to the point 

that it can be removed (‘‘delisted’’) from 

the Federal List of Endangered and 

Threatened Wildlife. To achieve this 

goal, it will be necessary to establish 

naturally self-sustaining populations 

with healthy long-term demographic 

traits and trends. We are defining the 

following reasonable delisting criteria 

based on the best available information 

on this species. These criteria will be 

reevaluated as new information 

becomes available: 

Recovery Criteria 

The Neosho mucket will be 

considered for delisting when: 

(1) Two of four targeted river basins 

(Illinois, Verdigris, Neosho, and Spring 

River basins) contain viable populations 

with positive or stable basin-wide 

population trend, as evidenced by a 

population number measured with 

sufficient precision to detect change of 

±25 percent (Factors A, D, and E); 

(2) Spatial distribution of natural or 

stocked aggregations distributed 

throughout the basin is sufficient to 

protect against local catastrophic or 

stochastic events (Factors A and E); 

(3) All life stages are supported by 

sufficient habitat quantity and quality 

(see Primary Constituent Elements in 

the Species Biological Report for Neosho 

Mucket) and appropriate presence and 

abundance of fish hosts necessary for 

recruitment (Factors A, D, and E); and 

(4) Threats and causes of decline have 

been reduced or eliminated (Factors A, 

D, and E). 

A viable population is defined as a 

wild, naturally reproducing population 

that is able to persist and maintain 

sufficient genetic variation to evolve 

and respond to natural changes and 

stochastic events without further human 

intervention. Viable populations are 

expected to be large and genetically 

diverse, include at least five age classes 

with at least one cohort ≤7 years of age, 

and recruit at sufficient rates to 

maintain or increase population size. 

Request for Public Comments 

We request written comments on the 

draft recovery plan. We will consider all 

comments we receive by the date 

specified in DATES prior to final 

approval of the plan. 

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 

The authority for this action is section 

4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16 

U.S.C. 1533 (f). 

Dated: August 10, 2018. 

Mike Oetker, 

Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region. 

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BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[189A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900253G] 

Indian Gaming; Approval of TribalState Class III Gaming Compact 

Amendments in the State of Oklahoma 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The State of Oklahoma 

entered into compact amendments with 

the Absentee Shawnee Tribe, Cherokee 

Nation, Chickasaw Nation, Citizen 

Potawatomi Nation, Eastern Shawnee 

Tribe of Oklahoma, Iowa Tribe of 

Oklahoma, Kaw Nation, Muscogee 

(Creek) Nation, Seneca-Cayuga Nation, 

Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, and 

Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma 

governing certain forms of class III 

gaming; this notice announces the 

approval of the State of Oklahoma 

Gaming Compact Non-house-Banked 

Table Games Supplement between the 

State of Oklahoma and the Absentee 

Shawnee Tribe, Cherokee Nation, 

Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Eastern 

Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Iowa Tribe 

of Oklahoma, Kaw Nation, Muscogee 

(Creek) Nation, Seneca-Cayuga Nation, 

Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, and 

Wyandotte Nation. 

DATES: The compact amendments take 

effect on August 17, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian 

Gaming, Office of the Deputy Assistant 

Secretary—Policy and Economic 

Development, Washington, DC 20240, 

(202) 219–4066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

section 11 of the Indian Gaming 

Regulatory Act (IGRA) Public Law 100– 

497, 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq., the 

Secretary of the Interior shall publish in 

the Federal Register notice of approved 

Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of 

engaging in Class III gaming activities 

on Indian lands. As required by IGRA 

and 25 CFR 293.4, all compacts and 

amendments are subject to review and 

approval by the Secretary. The compact 

amendments authorize the Tribes to 

engage in certain additional class III 

gaming activities, provide for the 

application of existing revenue sharing 

agreements to the additional forms of 

class III gaming, and designate how the 

State will distribute revenue sharing 

funds. 


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