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The Secretaries appoint members and 

their alternates to the Council to serve 

up to a 3-year term. The Council will 

not exceed 18 discretionary primary 

members, up to 18 alternate members, 

and 4 ex officio members. Ex officio 

members include: 

• Secretary of the Interior or 

designated DOI representatives; 

• Secretary of Agriculture or 

designated Department of Agriculture 

representatives; and 

• Executive Director, Association of 

Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 

The Secretaries select remaining 

members from among, but not limited 

to, the organization/interests listed 

below. These members must be seniorlevel representatives of their 

organization and/or have the ability to 

represent their designated 

constituencies. 

• State fish and wildlife management 

agencies; 

• Wildlife and habitat conservation/ 

management organizations; 

• Upland bird hunting organizations; 

• Waterfowl hunting organizations; 

• Big game hunting organizations; 

• Shooting sports interests; 

• Archery interests; 

• Wildlife-associated recreation 

interests; 

• Tourism, outfitter, and/or guide 

industries related to hunting and/or 

wildlife conservation; 

• Tribal resource management 

organizations; 

• Agriculture interests; 

• Ranching interests; and 

• Veterans’ service organizations. 

Vacancies To Fill 

Nominations are sought to fill one 

primary member vacancy to represent 

State fish and wildlife management 

agencies. 

Nomination Method and Information 

Nominations should include a cover 

letter or email and a resume providing 

an adequate description of the 

nominee’s qualifications, including 

information that would enable DOI to 

make an informed decision regarding 

meeting the membership requirements 

of the Council and to permit DOI to 

contact a potential member. 

Members of the Council serve without 

compensation. However, while away 

from their homes or regular places of 

business, Council and subcommittee 

members engaged in Council or 

subcommittee business that the DFO 

approves may be allowed travel 

expenses, including per diem in lieu of 

subsistence, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

5703, in the same manner as persons 

employed intermittently in Federal 

Government service. 

Authority 5 U.S.C. ch. 10. 

Lesli Gray, 

Assistant Director—Office of 

Communications. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[256A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900; OMB Control Number 

1076–0160] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Verification of Indian 

Preference for Employment in the BIA 

and the IHS 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are 

proposing to renew an information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) 

should be sent within 30 days of 

publication of this notice to the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs 

(OIRA) through https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRA/ 

icrPublicCommentRequest?ref_

nbr=202405-1076-005 or by visiting 

https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain and selecting ‘‘Currently 

under Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ and then scrolling down to 

the ‘‘Department of the Interior.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Steven Mullen, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Office of Regulatory Affairs and 

Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs, 

U.S. Department of the Interior, 1001 

Indian School Road NW, Suite 229, 

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104; 

comments@bia.gov; (202) 924–2650. 

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. You 

may also view the ICR at https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/Forward?

SearchTarget=PRA&textfield=1076- 

0160. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

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

3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), 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 June 21, 

2024 (89 FR 52076). No comments were 

received. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we are again soliciting 

comments from the public and other 

Federal agencies on the proposed ICR 

that is described below. We are 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether or not the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How might the agency minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of response. 

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: The BIA is seeking renewal 

of the approval for the information 


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collection conducted under 25 U.S.C. 

43, 36 Stat. 472, inter alia, and 

implementing regulations, at 25 CFR 

part 5, regarding verification of Indian 

preference for employment. The 

purpose of Indian preference is to 

encourage qualified Indian persons to 

seek employment with the BIA and the 

Indian Health Service (IHS) by offering 

preferential treatment to qualified 

candidates of Indian heritage. The BIA 

collects the information to ensure 

compliance with Indian preference 

hiring requirements. The information 

collection relates only to individuals 

applying for employment with the BIA 

and/or IHS. The tribe’s involvement is 

limited to verifying membership 

information submitted by the applicant. 

The collection of information allows 

certain persons who are of Indian 

descent to receive preference when 

appointments are made to vacancies in 

positions with the BIA and the IHS as 

well as in any unit that has been 

transferred intact from the BIA to a 

Bureau or office within the Department 

of the Interior or the Department of 

Health and Human Services and that 

continues to perform functions formerly 

performed as part of the BIA and the 

IHS. You are eligible for preference if (a) 

you are a member of a federally 

recognized Indian tribe; (b) you are a 

descendent of a member and you were 

residing within the present boundaries 

of any Indian reservation on June 1, 

1934; (c) you are an Alaska native; or (d) 

you possess one-half degree Indian 

blood derived from tribes that are 

indigenous to the United States. 

Title of Collection: Verification of 

Indian Preference for Employment in 

the BIA and the IHS. 

OMB Control Number: 1076–0160. 

Form Number: BIA 4432. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Qualified Indian persons who are 

seeking preference in employment with 

the BIA and the IHS. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 5,000 per year, on average. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 5,000 per year, on average. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 30 minutes. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,500 hours. 

Respondent’s Obligation: A response 

is required to obtain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: $7,640. 

Authority 

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. The authority for this 

action is the Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Steven Mullen, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative 

Action—Indian Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

[245D0102DM DS61100000 

DLSN00000.000000 DX61101; OMB Control 

Number 1094–0001] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; the Alternatives Process 

in Hydropower Licensing 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office 

of Environmental Policy and 

Compliance, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the Office of the Secretary, Office of 

Environmental Policy and Compliance, 

Department of the Interior (we, OS– 

OEPC) are proposing to renew an 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 12, 2024. 

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 

National Environmental Policy Act and 

Environmental Review Coordination 

Division, Office of Environmental Policy 

and Compliance, U.S. Department of the 

Interior, MS 2629–MIB, 1849 C Street 

NW, Washington, DC 20240; or by email 

to Environmental_Review@ios.doi.gov. 

Please reference OMB Control Number 

1094–0001 in the subject line of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Shawn Alam, National 

Environmental Policy Act and 

Environmental Review Coordination 

Division by email at Environmental_

Review@ios.doi.gov, or by telephone at 

(771) 216–5846. 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. 

On June 7, 2024, we published a 

Federal Register notice with a 60-day 

public comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information (89 FR 48673). We received 

no comments in response to that notice. 

We are again 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 

OS–OEPC; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the OS–OEPC enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the OS–OEPC 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: The OMB regulations at 5 

CFR part 1320, which implement the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq., require that 

interested members of the public and 

affected agencies have an opportunity to 

comment on information collection and 

recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 

1320.8 (d)). 

On November 23, 2016, the 

Departments of Agriculture, the Interior, 

and Commerce published a final rule on 

the March 31, 2015 revised interim final 

rule to the interim rule originally 

published in November 2005 at 7 CFR 


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