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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. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23405 Filed 10–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4337–15–P 

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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part 1, 43 CFR part 45, and 50 CFR part 

221, to implement section 241 of the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EP Act), 

Public Law 109–58, enacted on August 

8, 2005. Section 241 of the EP Act added 

a new section 33 to the Federal Power 

Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 823d, that allowed 

the license applicant or any other party 

to the license proceeding to propose an 

alternative to a condition or prescription 

that one or more of the Departments 

develop for inclusion in a hydropower 

license issued by the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC) under 

the FPA. This provision required that 

the Department of Agriculture, the 

Department of the Interior, and the 

Department of Commerce collect the 

information covered by 1094–0001. 

Under FPA section 33, the Secretary 

of the Department involved must accept 

the proposed alternative if the Secretary 

determines, based on substantial 

evidence provided by a party to the 

license proceeding or otherwise 

available to the Secretary, (a) that the 

alternative condition provides for the 

adequate protection and utilization of 

the reservation, or that the alternative 

prescription will be no less protective 

than the fishway initially proposed by 

the Secretary, and (b) that the 

alternative will either cost significantly 

less to implement or result in improved 

operation of the project works for 

electricity production. 

In order to make this determination, 

the regulations require that all of the 

following information be collected: (1) a 

description of the alternative, in an 

equivalent level of detail to the 

Department’s preliminary condition or 

prescription; (2) an explanation of how 

the alternative: (i) if a condition, will 

provide for the adequate protection and 

utilization of the reservation; or (ii) if a 

prescription, will be no less protective 

than the fishway prescribed by the 

bureau; (3) an explanation of how the 

alternative, as compared to the 

preliminary condition or prescription, 

will: (i) cost significantly less to 

implement; or (ii) result in improved 

operation of the project works for 

electricity production; (4) an 

explanation of how the alternative or 

revised alternative will affect: (i) energy 

supply, distribution, cost, and use; (ii) 

flood control; (iii) navigation; (iv) water 

supply; (v) air quality; and (vi) other 

aspects of environmental quality; and 

(5) specific citations to any scientific 

studies, literature, and other 

documented information relied on to 

support the proposal. 

This notice of proposed renewal of an 

existing information collection is being 

published by the Office of 

Environmental Policy and Compliance, 

Department of the Interior, on behalf of 

all three Departments, and the data 

provided below covers anticipated 

responses (alternative conditions/ 

prescriptions and associated 

information) for all three Departments. 

Title of Collection: 7 CFR part 1; 43 

CFR part 45; 50 CFR part 221; The 

Alternatives Process in Hydropower 

Licensing. 

OMB Control Number: 1094–0001. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Business or for-profit entities. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 5. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 5. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 500 hours. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,500 hours. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: Once per 

alternative proposed. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: None. 

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). 

Stephen G. Tryon, 

Director, Office of Environmental Policy and 

Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23481 Filed 10–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4334–63–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–1412] 

Certain NAND Memory Devices and 

Electronic Devices Containing Same; 

Notice of the Commission’s 

Determination Not To Review an Initial 

Determination Terminating the 

Investigation 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. International Trade 

Commission has determined not to 

review the presiding administrative law 

judge’s (‘‘ALJ’’) initial determination 

(‘‘ID’’) (Order No. 7) terminating the 

investigation based on a settlement 

agreement and withdrawal of the 

complaint. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edward S. Jou, Esq., Office of the 

General Counsel, U.S. International 

Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 

205–3316. Copies of non-confidential 

documents filed in connection with this 

investigation may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at https://edis.usitc.gov. For help 

accessing EDIS, please email 

EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. General 

information concerning the Commission 

may also be obtained by accessing its 

internet server at https://www.usitc.gov. 

Hearing-impaired persons are advised 

that information on this matter can be 

obtained by contacting the 

Commission’s TDD terminal on (202) 

205–1810. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission instituted this investigation 

on August 13, 2024, based on a 

complaint filed by MimirIP LLC of 

Dallas, Texas (‘‘Mimir’’). 89 FR 65931– 

32 (Aug. 13, 2024). The complaint, as 

supplemented, alleges violations of 

section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, based upon 

the importation into the United States, 

the sale for importation, and the sale 

within the United States after 

importation of certain NAND memory 

devices and electronic devices 

containing same by reason of 

infringement of certain claims of U.S. 

Patent Nos. 8,637,919; 9,245,962; and 

10,896,918. The notice of investigation 

named as respondents: Micron 

Technology, Inc. (‘‘Micron’’) of Boise, 

Idaho; Acer Inc. of New Taipei City, 

Taiwan; Acer America Corp. of San Jose, 

California; HP, Inc. of Palo Alto, 

California; Kingston Technology 

Company, Inc. of Fountain Valley, 

California; Lenovo Group Limited of 

Hong Kong, China; and Lenovo (United 

States) Inc. of Morrisville, North 

Carolina (collectively, ‘‘Respondents’’). 

The Office of Unfair Import 

Investigations (‘‘OUII’’) is also a party in 

this investigation. 

On August 28, 2024, Mimir and 

Respondents filed a joint motion to 

terminate the investigation based on a 

settlement between Mimir and Micron 

that resolves all issues as to all 

Respondents in this investigation. On 

September 5, 2024, OUII filed a 

response in support of the motion. On 

September 6, 2024, the ALJ issued Order 

No. 6 requesting additional clarification 

regarding the motion. On September 10, 

2024, Mimir and Micron jointly filed a 

supplement to the motion stating that 

Mimir requests termination of the 

investigation based on withdrawal of 


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