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security screening provided by TSA 

Federal employees. TSA will initially 

acknowledge receipt of the application, 

then provide an official response within 

120 days from the date of 

acknowledgement. 

The application collects the following 

information from each airport operator 

seeking to participate in SPP: 

• Basic airport information: airport 

name, Federal Aviation Administration 

identifier, and airport operating 

authority. 

• Authorized Requestor information: 

name, position, primary and alternate 

phone number, mailing address, and 

email address. 

• An indication of whether or not the 

airport authority plans to provide its 

own private security screening services. 

• A recommendation on which 

private screening company should 

perform the screening function and the 

basis for the recommendation. 

• Information on any major activities 

scheduled to occur at the airport within 

the next 18 months that could impact 

the transition from Federal screening to 

private screening (for example, major 

construction). 

• Optional information may be 

provided to support the consideration of 

their application. 

The application contains no 

personally identifiable information, 

sensitive security information, or 

classified information, so no special 

handling or protection is required. 

Twenty airports are currently 

participating in SPP. TSA estimates the 

annual burden for the information 

collection related to SPP is 30 minutes 

(0.50 hours). While TSA anticipates that 

only two airport operators will respond 

annually, the burden estimates presume 

that 10 or more airport operators could 

respond. The agency estimates that each 

respondent airport operator will spend 

approximately 15 minutes (.25) hour to 

complete the application for a total 

burden of 30 minutes (0.50 hours). TSA 

does not require the airport operators to 

maintain records of the application 

submission. If the airport operator 

chooses to do so, the estimated burden 

associated with this action is minimal. 

Dated: October 21, 2024. 

Christina A. Walsh, 

TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, 

Information Technology. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[256A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900; OMB Control Number 

1076–0153] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Request for Certificate 

of Degree of Indian or Alaska Native 

Blood 

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 25, 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=202405-1076-010 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- 

0153. 

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 

collection conducted under the 

numerous laws authorizing BIA to 

administer program services to Indians, 

provided that the individual possesses a 

minimum degree of Indian or Alaska 

Native blood. When applying for 

program services authorized by these 

laws, an applicant must provide 

acceptable documentation to prove that 


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1On May 1, 2024, CEQ issued a final rule to 

amend its NEPA implementing regulations, which 

became effective July 1, 2024. 89 FR 35442 (May 1, 

2024). The Department’s February 26, 2024, Federal 

Register Notice seeking public comment on these 

revisions predated the CEQ final rule and thus cited 

to the CEQ regulations in effect at the time. 89 FR 

14087 (Feb. 26, 2024). The Department has 

determined that the amendments to the CEQ 

regulations do not have a material impact on these 

revisions, which comply with the requirements of 

CEQ’s regulations both before and after the recent 

amendments. 

he or she meets the minimum required 

degree of Indian or Alaska Native blood. 

Currently, the BIA certifies an 

individual’s degree of Indian or Alaska 

Native blood if the individual can 

provide sufficient information to prove 

his or her identity and prove his or her 

descent from an Indian ancestor(s) listed 

on historic documents approved by the 

Secretary of the Interior that include 

blood degree information. To obtain the 

CDIB, the applicant must fill out an 

application form and provide 

supporting documents. 

Title of Collection: Request for 

Certificate of Degree of Indian or Alaska 

Native Blood. 

OMB Control Number: 1076–0153. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 100,000 per year, on 

average. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 100,000 per year, on average. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 1.5 hours. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 150,000. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

Obtain a Benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: Once. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: $2,500,000. 

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. 2024–24581 Filed 10–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4337–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

[BLM_HQ_FRN_MO4500180157] 

National Environmental Policy Act 

Implementing Procedures for the 

Bureau of Land Management (516 DM 

11) 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of revisions. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces 

revisions to the Bureau of Land 

Management’s (BLM) procedures for 

compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), as 

amended, which remove four 

administratively established categorical 

exclusions (CXs) and incorporate two 

CXs statutorily created by Congress. 

DATES: The revisions are incorporated 

into BLM’s NEPA procedures, located at 

chapter 11 of part 516 of the 

Departmental Manual (516 DM 11), 

effective October 24, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: The BLM’s NEPA 

procedures can be found on the 

Department of the Interior’s 

(Department or Interior) Electronic 

Library of Interior Policies (ELIPS) at: 

https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/ 

elips/documents/516-dm-11_0.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heather Bernier, Division Chief, 

Decision Support, Planning, and NEPA, 

at (303) 239–3635, or hbernier@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 Heather Bernier. 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: The 

Department is revising the list of BLM 

actions that are categorically excluded 

from the requirement to complete an 

environmental assessment (EA) or 

environmental impact statement (EIS), 

unless any extraordinary circumstances 

exist that make application of the 

categorical exclusion (CX) inappropriate 

(42 U.S.C. 4336e(1); 40 CFR 1501.4(a); 

1508.1(e)).1 The BLM’s NEPA 

procedures, 516 DM 11, were last 

updated December 10, 2020. 

With this revision, the Department 

removes four administrative CXs from 

the BLM’s NEPA procedures due to 

consideration of sound land 

management, legal frameworks, and 

other factors. The BLM is removing the 

following CXs: 516 DM 11.9 C(10) 

regarding the salvaging of dead and 

dying trees; 516 DM 11.9 D(10) 

regarding vegetation management 

activities; 516 DM 11.9 D(11) regarding 

issuance of livestock grazing permits or 

leases; and 516 DM 11.9 J(1) regarding 

certain activities within sagebrush and 

sagebrush-steppe plant communities to 

manage pinyon pine and juniper trees 

for the benefit of mule deer or sagegrouse habitats. The BLM previously 

discontinued use of these four CXs 

through instruction memoranda (IMs) 

(available online at https://

www.blm.gov/policy/instructionmemorandum). The BLM discontinued 

use of 516 DM 11.9 D(10) and 516 DM 

11.9 D(11) on August 21, 2009, through 

IM 2009–199; discontinued use of 516 

DM 11.9 C(10) on August 3, 2022, 

through permanent IM (PIM) 2022–010; 

and discontinued use of 516 DM 11.9 

J(1) on November 30, 2022, through PIM 

2023–002. When proposing actions to 

which these CXs would have applied, 

the BLM now must assess whether 

another CX applies or whether it will 

prepare an EA or EIS. 

The Department also is incorporating 

two CXs statutorily created by Congress 

in the Infrastructure Investment and 

Jobs Act (Pub. L. 117–58) (IIJA) into the 

BLM NEPA procedures. Section 11318 

of the IIJA created a CX for issuance of 

sundry notices or rights-of-way for 

gathering lines and associated field 

compression or pumping units on 

Federal land servicing oil and gas wells 

under certain conditions described in 

the statute. Section 40806 of the IIJA 

created a CX for forest management 

activities for the establishment of fuel 

breaks in forests and other wildland 

vegetation. Because these are statutory 

CXs, the Department does not have the 

discretion to change their terms. 

However, before applying either of the 

CXs, the BLM will evaluate the 

proposed action for extraordinary 

circumstances consistent with Section 

40806 of the IIJA and 40 CFR 1501.4(b). 

Comments on the Proposed Revisions 

The proposed revisions to the BLM’s 

NEPA procedures were available for 

public review and comment for 30 days, 

beginning with the publication of a 

Federal Register notice on February 26, 

2024 (89 FR 14087). The BLM received 

33 comment submissions. Comments 

were submitted by State and local 

governments, interest groups, and 

private citizens. The BLM received 

comments both in support of and 

opposition to the proposed revisions. 

Some comments were beyond the scope 

of the proposal to modify the BLM’s 

NEPA procedures to add and remove 

CXs and included critiques of the BLM’s 

NEPA analysis and management of 

livestock grazing as well as requests to 


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