10544 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 22, 2012 / Notices 

Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 

have renewed the Wildlife and Hunting 

Heritage Conservation Council (Council) 

charter for 2 years. 

DATES: The charter will be filed with the 

Senate and House of Representatives 

and the Library of Congress on March 8, 

2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joshua Winchell, Council Coordinator, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, (703) 

358–2639. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council will conduct its operations in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

FACA. It will report to the Secretary of 

the Interior and the Secretary of 

Agriculture through the Fish and 

Wildlife Service. The Council will 

function solely as an advisory body. The 

Council’s duties will consist of, but are 

not limited to, providing 

recommendations for: 

(a) Implementing the Recreational 

Hunting and Wildlife Resource 

Conservation Plan—A Ten-Year Plan for 

Implementation; 

(b) Increasing public awareness of and 

support for the Wildlife Restoration 

Program; 

(c) Fostering wildlife and habitat 

conservation and ethics in hunting and 

shooting sports recreation; 

(d) Stimulating sportsmen and 

women’s participation in conservation 

and management of wildlife and habitat 

resources through outreach and 

education; 

(e) Fostering communication and 

coordination among State, tribal, and 

Federal governments; industry; 

sportsmen and women who hunt and 

shoot; wildlife and habitat conservation 

and management organizations; and the 

public; 

(f) Providing appropriate access to 

Federal lands for recreational shooting 

and hunting; 

(g) Providing recommendations to 

improve implementation of Federal 

conservation programs that benefit 

wildlife, hunting, and outdoor 

recreation on private lands; and 

(h) When requested by the Designated 

Federal Officer in consultation with the 

Council Chairman, performing a variety 

of assessments or reviews of policies, 

programs, and efforts through the 

Council’s designated subcommittees or 

workgroups. 

The Council will consist of no more 

than 18 discretionary and 7 ex officio 

members. The Secretary of the Interior 

and the Secretary of Agriculture will 

appoint discretionary members for 3- 

year terms. 

(a) Ex officio members: 

(1) Director, Fish and Wildlife 

Service, or designated representative; 

(2) Director, Bureau of Land 

Management, or designated 

representative; 

(3) Director, National Park Service, or 

designated representative; 

(4) Chief, U.S. Forest Service, or 

designated representative; 

(5) Chief, Natural Resources 

Conservation Service, or designated 

representative; 

(6) Administrator, Farm Service 

Agency, or designated representative; 

and 

(7) Executive Director, Association of 

Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 

(b) The remaining (discretionary) 

members will be selected from among 

the national interest groups listed 

below. These members must be seniorlevel representatives of their 

organizations and/or have the ability to 

represent their designated constituency. 

(1) State fish and wildlife resource 

management agencies; 

(2) Wildlife and habitat conservation/ 

management organizations; 

(3) Game bird hunting organizations; 

(4) Waterfowl hunting organizations; 

(5) Big game hunting organizations; 

(6) Sportsmen and women community 

at large; 

(7) Archery, hunting, and/or shooting 

sports industry; 

(8) Hunting and shooting sports 

outreach and education organizations; 

(9) Tourism, outfitter, and/or guide 

industries related to hunting and/or 

shooting sports; 

(10) Tribal resource management 

organizations. 

The Council will function solely as an 

advisory body and in compliance with 

provisions of the FACA (5 U.S.C. 

Appendix 2). This notice is published in 

accordance with section 9a(2) of the 

FACA. The certification of renewal is 

published below. 

Certification: I hereby certify that the 

Wildlife and Hunting Heritage 

Conservation Council is necessary and 

is in the public interest in connection 

with the performance of duties imposed 

on the Department of the Interior and 

the Department of Agriculture in 

furtherance of the provisions of the Fish 

and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 

742a), the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 

1701), the National Wildlife Refuge 

System Improvement Act of 1997 (16 

U.S.C. 668dd), and Executive Order 

13443, ‘‘Facilitation of Hunting Heritage 

and Wildlife Conservation.’’ 

Dated: January 11, 2012. 

Ken Salazar, 

Secretary of the Interior. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4028 Filed 2–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[USGS–GX12LR000F60100] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request for the 

Nonferrous Metals Surveys (30 Forms) 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of a revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection (1028–0053). 

SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), we are notifying the public that 

we have submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) an 

information collection request (ICR) for 

the revision of the currently approved 

paperwork requirements for the 

Nonferrous Metals Surveys. This 

collection consists of 30 forms. The 

revision includes adding the following 

form: USGS Form 9–4128–A; and 

removing the following forms: USGS 

Form 9–4054–M and USGS Form 9– 

4061–A. This notice provides the public 

and other Federal agencies an 

opportunity to comment on the nature 

of this collection which is scheduled to 

expire on March 31, 2012. 

DATES: Please submit your comments on 

or before March 23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit written 

comments on this ICR to the OMB 

Office of Regulatory Affairs, Attention: 

Desk Officer for the Department of the 

Interior via email to 

oira_docket@omb.eop.gov or fax at 202– 

395–5806; and reference Information 

Collection 1028–0053 in the subject 

line. Please also submit a copy of your 

comments to Shari Baloch, Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley 

Drive, Mail Stop 807, Reston, VA 20192 

(mail); 703–648–7174 (telephone); 703– 

648–7199 (fax); or smbaloch@usgs.gov 

(email); and reference Information 

Collection 1028–0053 in the subject 

line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Carleen Kostick at 703– 

648–7940 (telephone); 

ckostick@usgs.gov (email); or by mail at 

U.S. Geological Survey, 985 National 

Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, 

Reston, VA 20192. To see a copy of the 

entire ICR submitted to OMB, go to 

http://www.reginfo.gov (Information 

Collection Review, Currently under 

Review). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 35 / Wednesday, February 22, 2012 / Notices 10545 

I. Abstract 

Respondents use these forms to 

supply the USGS with domestic 

production and consumption data of 

nonferrous and related nonfuel mineral 

commodities, some of which are 

considered strategic and critical. This 

information will be published as 

chapters in Minerals Yearbook, monthly 

Mineral Industry Surveys, annual 

Mineral Commodity Summaries, and 

special publications, for use by 

Government agencies, industry, 

education programs, and the general 

public. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1028–0053. 

Form Number: Various (30 forms). 

Title: Nonferrous Metals Surveys. 

Type of Request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Private sector: U.S. 

nonfuel minerals producers and 

consumers of nonferrous and related 

metals. 

Respondent Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Monthly, 

quarterly, and annually. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 4,971. 

Annual Burden Hours: 3,683 hours. 

We expect to receive 4,971 annual 

responses. We estimate an average of 20 

minutes to 2 hours per response. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’ 

Burden: We have not identified any 

‘‘non-hour cost’’ burdens associated 

with this collection of information. 

III. Request for Comments 

On August 23, 2011, we published a 

Federal Register Notice (76 FR 52686) 

announcing that we would submit this 

ICR to OMB for approval and soliciting 

comments. The comment period closed 

on October 24, 2011. We did not receive 

any comments in response to that 

notice. 

We again invite comments concerning 

this ICR on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the agency to perform its duties, 

including whether the information is 

useful; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; (c) how to 

enhance the quality, usefulness, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) how to minimize the 

burden on the respondents, including 

the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that the comments 

submitted 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 anytime. 

Although you can ask OMB in your 

comment to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that it will 

be done. 

USGS Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Shari Baloch 703– 

648–7174. 

Dated February 15, 2012. 

John H. DeYoung, Jr., 

Director, National Minerals Information 

Center, U.S. Geological Survey. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4038 Filed 2–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana— 

Alcoholic Beverage Control Ordinance 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes the 

Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Alcoholic 

Beverage Control Ordinance. The 

Ordinance regulates and controls the 

possession, sale and consumption of 

liquor within the Coushatta Tribe’s 

Indian country. This Ordinance will 

increase the ability of the tribal 

government to control the distribution 

and possession of liquor within its 

reservation and at the same time will 

provide an important source of revenue 

and strengthening of the tribal 

government and the delivery of tribal 

services. 

DATES: Effective Date: This Act is 

effective as of February 22, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chanda M. Joseph, Tribal Relations 

Specialist, Eastern Regional Office, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, 545 Marriott 

Drive, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37214; 

Telephone (615) 564–6750; Fax (615) 

564–6701; or De Springer, Office of 

Indian Services, 1849 C Street NW., MS/ 

4513/MIB, Washington, DC 20240; 

Telephone (202) 513–7626; Fax (202) 

208–5113. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Act of August 15, 1953; Public 

Law 83–277, 67 Stat. 586, 18 U.S.C. 

1161, as interpreted by the Supreme 

Court in Rice v. Rehner, 463 U.S. 713 

(1983), the Secretary of the Interior shall 

certify and publish in the Federal 

Register notice of adopted liquor 

ordinances for the purpose of regulating 

liquor transactions in Indian country. 

The Coushatta Tribal Council adopted 

the Ordinance, by Coushatta Tribe of 

Louisiana Tribal Council Resolution No. 

2011–32, on March 30, 2011. 

This notice is published in 

accordance with the authority delegated 

by the Secretary of the Interior to the 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. I 

certify that the Tribal Council duly 

adopted the Coushatta Tribe of 

Louisiana Alcoholic Beverage Control 

Ordinance on March 30, 2011. 

Dated: February 13, 2012. 

Larry Echo Hawk, 

Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs . 

The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana 

Alcoholic Beverage Control Ordinance 

reads as follows: 

Section 1. Title 

This Ordinance shall be known as the 

Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Alcoholic 

Beverage Control Ordinance. 

Section 2. Purpose 

The purpose of this Ordinance is to 

authorize, regulate and control the 

possession, transportation, purchase, 

sale and serving of alcoholic beverages 

within the Indian Country of the 

Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana in 

accordance with federal law, the laws of 

the State of Louisiana and the laws of 

the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana. 

Section 3. Definitions 

As used in this Ordinance, the 

following words shall have the 

following meanings unless the context 

clearly requires otherwise: 

(a) ‘‘Alcoholic beverage’’ means any 

fluid or any solid capable of being 

converted into fluid, suitable for human 

consumption, and containing more than 

one-half of one percent alcohol by 

volume, including malt, vinous, 

spirituous, alcoholic or intoxicating 

liquors, beer, porter, ale, stout fruit 

juices, cider, or wine. 

(b) ‘‘Gaming Enterprise’’ includes all 

businesses whose employees are subject 

to licensing by the Coushatta Gaming 

Commission. 

(c) ‘‘Indian Country’’ means the 

Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana’s Indian 

country as that term is defined in 18 

U.S.C. § 1151. 

(d) ‘‘Liquors’’ means all distilled or 

rectified alcoholic spirits, brandy, 

whiskey, rum, gin, and all similar 

distilled alcoholic beverages, including 

all dilutions and mixtures of one or 

more of the foregoing, such as liquors, 

cordials, and similar compounds. 


srobinson on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES