11312 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 31 / Wednesday, February 14, 2024 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[245A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900] 

Indian Gaming; Approval of TribalState Class III Gaming Compact 

Amendment Between the Confederated 

Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation and 

the State of Washington 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes the 

approval of the Seventh Amendment to 

the Tribal-State Compact for Class III 

Gaming between the Confederated 

Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation and 

the State of Washington. 

DATES: The Amendment takes effect on 

February 14, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian 

Gaming, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs, Washington, 

DC 20240, IndianGaming@bia.gov; (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 25 CFR 

293.4, all compacts and amendments are 

subject to review and approval by the 

Secretary. The Amendment authorizes 

the Tribe to offer certain Electronic 

Table Games and increases fee 

contributions related to problem 

gambling. 

The Amendment is approved. 

Bryan Newland, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03014 Filed 2–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4337–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_HQ_FRN_MO4500177510] 

Second Call for Nominations for the 

National Wild Horse and Burro 

Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of second call for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to solicit public nominations for one 

position on the Wild Horse and Burro 

Advisory Board (Board) that expired on 

January 11, 2024. The Board provides 

advice concerning the management, 

protection, and control of wild freeroaming horses and burros on public 

lands administered by the Department 

of the Interior, through the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM), and the 

Department of Agriculture, through the 

U.S. Forest Service. 

DATES: Nominations must be post 

marked or submitted to the following 

address no later than March 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: All mail and packages sent 

via the U.S. Postal Service, FedEx, or 

UPS should be addressed as follows: 

U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Land Management, Wild 

Horse and Burro Division, Attn: 

Dorothea Boothe, HQ–260; 9828 31st 

Avenue; Phoenix, AZ 85051. 

Please consider emailing PDF 

documents to Ms. Boothe at dboothe@

blm.gov. 

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 for 

contacting Ms. Boothe. Individuals 

outside the United States should use the 

relay services offered within their 

country to make international calls to 

the point-of-contact in the United 

States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the Board serve without 

compensation; however, while away 

from their homes or regular places of 

business, Board and subcommittee 

members engaged in Board or 

subcommittee business approved by the 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO) may 

be allowed travel expenses, including 

per diem in lieu of subsistence under 5 

U.S.C. 5703, in the same manner as 

persons employed intermittently in 

government service. Nominations for a 

term of 3 years are needed to represent 

the following category of interest: 

• Natural Resource Management 

The Board will meet one to four times 

annually. The DFO may call additional 

meetings in connection with special 

needs for advice. Individuals may 

nominate themselves or others. Any 

individual or organization may 

nominate one or more persons to serve 

on the Board. 

The BLM and U.S Forest Service first 

issued a call soliciting nominations for 

the positions of natural resource 

management, public interest (with 

special knowledge of equine behavior), 

and wild horse and burro research on 

October 2, 2023, for 45 days. Due to the 

limited number of nomination packets 

received, BLM determined that a second 

call for nominations is warranted for the 

natural resource position. 

Nominations should include a resume 

providing an adequate description of the 

nominee’s qualifications, including 

information that would enable the 

Departments of the Interior and 

Agriculture to make an informed 

decision regarding meeting the 

membership requirements of the Board 

and permit the Departments to contact 

a potential member. Nominations are to 

be sent to the address listed under 

ADDRESSES. To assist nominees in 

developing nominations packets, please 

visit the BLM website at https://

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

use the document template Applying to 

Serve on the Advisory Board. 

As appropriate, certain Board 

members may be appointed as Special 

Government Employees (SGEs). Please 

be aware that applicants selected to 

serve as SGEs will be required, prior to 

appointment, to file a Confidential 

Financial Disclosure Report in order to 

avoid involvement in real or apparent 

conflicts of interest. You may find a 

copy of the Confidential Financial 

Disclosure Report at the following Web 

site: https://www.doi.gov/ethics/ 

financial-disclosure. 

Additionally, after appointment, 

members appointed as SGEs will be 

required to meet applicable financial 

disclosure and ethics training 

requirements. Please contact the at 

Department of the Interior’s Ethics 

Office (202) 202–208–7960 or email: 

DOI_Ethics@sol.doi.gov with any 

questions about the ethics requirements 

for members appointed as SGEs. 

Membership Selection: Individuals 

shall qualify to serve on the Board 

because of their education, training, or 

experience that enables them to give 

informed and objective advice regarding 

the interest they represent. They should 

demonstrate experience or knowledge of 

the area of their expertise and a 

commitment to collaborate in seeking 

solutions to resource management 

issues. The Board is structured to 

provide fair membership and balance, 

both geographic and interest specific, in 

terms of the functions to be performed 

and points of view to be represented. 

Members are selected with the objective 

of providing representative counsel and 

advice about public land and resource 

planning. 


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Pursuant to Section 7 of the Wild 

Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, 

members of the Board cannot be 

employed by the State or Federal 

Government. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–1) 

Sharif D. Branham, 

Assistant Director, Resources and Planning. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02979 Filed 2–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4331–27–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2023–0065] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for 

Commercial Wind Leasing and Site 

Assessment Activities on the U.S. 

Outer Continental Shelf Offshore 

Oregon 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM) intends to prepare 

an environmental assessment (EA) to 

consider the potential environmental 

impacts associated with possible wind 

energy-related leasing, site assessment, 

and site characterization activities on 

the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 

offshore Oregon. BOEM seeks public 

input regarding important 

environmental issues and the 

identification of reasonable alternatives 

that should be considered in the EA. 

BOEM will assess the environmental 

impacts of any proposed wind energy 

projects after a lease is issued and before 

deciding whether or not to approve any 

lessee’s construction and operations 

plan. 

DATES: BOEM must receive your 

comments no later than 11:59 p.m. 

eastern time on March 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by either of the following methods: 

• Through the regulations.gov web 

portal: Navigate to https://

www.regulations.gov and search for 

Docket No. BOEM–2023–0065 to submit 

public comments and view supporting 

and related materials available for this 

notice. Click on the ‘‘Comment’’ button 

below the document link. Enter your 

information and comment, then click 

‘‘Submit Comment’’; or 

• By U.S. Postal Service or other 

delivery service: Send your comments 

and information to: ‘‘OREGON 

Environmental Assessment’’ addressed 

to Chief, Environmental Assessment 

Section, Office of Environment, Bureau 

of Ocean Energy Management, 760 

Paseo Camarillo, Suite 102, Camarillo, 

California 93010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Gilbane, BOEM Pacific Region Office of 

Environment, 760 Paseo Camarillo, 

Suite 102, Camarillo, California 93010, 

(805) 384–6387 or lisa.gilbane@

boem.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: On August 15, 2023, 

BOEM announced two draft wind 

energy areas (WEAs) on the U.S. OCS 

offshore Oregon for public review and 

comment. BOEM has now finalized the 

WEAs. The final WEAs offshore Oregon 

cover approximately 195,000 acres, an 

11 percent reduction from the draft 

WEAs. Before finalizing the WEAs, 

BOEM considered feedback from Tribes, 

government partners, ocean users, and 

stakeholders, and potential conflicts 

with commercial and recreational 

fishing, seafloor habitat, marine 

mammals, sea turtles, and the National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration’s (NOAA) scientific 

survey locations. 

Proposed Action and Scope of 

Analysis: The EA’s proposed action is 

issuing wind energy leases in the WEAs 

offshore Oregon. The EA will consider 

project easements and grants for subsea 

cable corridors associated with leasing. 

The EA also will consider the potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

site characterization surveys (biological, 

archeological, geological, and 

geophysical surveys and core samples) 

and site assessment activities (e.g., 

installation of meteorological buoys) 

that are expected to take place following 

leasing. The EA’s proposed action does 

not include the installation of 

meteorological towers because buoys 

have become the preferred 

meteorological and oceanographic data 

collection platforms for developers. In 

addition to the no-action alternative, 

other alternatives may be considered, 

such as exclusion of certain areas. 

BOEM is preparing an EA for this 

proposed action to assist its planning 

and decision-making (40 CFR 1501.3). 

This notice starts the scoping process 

for the EA and solicits information 

regarding additional important 

environmental issues and alternatives 

that should be considered (43 CFR 

46.305). Additionally, BOEM will use 

the scoping process to identify and 

eliminate from detailed analysis issues 

that are not significant or that have been 

analyzed by prior environmental 

reviews (40 CFR 1501.9(f)(1)). 

BOEM will use responses to this 

notice and the EA public input process 

to satisfy the public involvement 

requirements of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (NHPA) (36 CFR 

800.2(d)(3)). Specific to NHPA, BOEM 

seeks information from the public on 

the identification and assessment of 

potential impacts to cultural resources 

and historic properties that might be 

impacted by possible wind energyrelated leasing, site characterization, 

and site assessment activities in the 

WEAs. 

The EA analyses will also support 

compliance with other environmental 

statutes (e.g., Coastal Zone Management 

Act, Endangered Species Act, 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, and 

Marine Mammal Protection Act). 

Wind energy leases do not authorize 

any activities on the OCS. Instead, 

leases grant lessees the exclusive right 

to submit plans for BOEM approval. 

Prior to deciding whether to approve 

any construction and operation plan for 

commercial wind energy facilities, 

BOEM will prepare a plan-specific 

environmental analysis and will comply 

with all consultation requirements. 

Therefore, this EA will not consider the 

construction and operation of any 

commercial wind energy facilities in the 

WEAs. 

Cooperating Agencies: BOEM invites 

Tribal governments and Federal, State, 

and local government agencies to 

consider becoming cooperating agencies 

in the preparation of this EA. Council 

on Environmental Quality (CEQ) 

regulations implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

define cooperating agencies as those 

with ‘‘jurisdiction by law or special 

expertise with respect to any 

environmental impact involved in a 

proposal (or a reasonable alternative)’’ 

(40 CFR 1508.1(e)). Potential 

cooperating agencies should consider 

their authority and capacity to assume 

the responsibilities of a cooperating 

agency. A cooperating agency’s role in 

the environmental analysis neither 

enlarges nor diminishes the final 

decision-making authority of any other 

agency involved in the NEPA process. 

Upon request, BOEM will provide 

potential cooperating Tribal 

governments and agencies with a draft 

memorandum of agreement that 

includes a schedule with critical action 

dates and milestones, mutual 

responsibilities, designated points of 

contact, and expectations for handling 

pre-decisional information. Agencies 

should also consider the ‘‘Factors for 

Determining Whether to Invite, Decline 

or End Cooperating Agency Status’’ in 


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