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resolution-reports. Upon resolution of 

protests, the BLM will issue a ROD and 

Approved RMP. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1501.9, 40 CFR 1506.9, 43 

CFR 1610.2, 43 CFR 1610.5) 

Barry R. Bushue, 

State Director. 

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BILLING CODE 4331–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_WY_FRN_MO4500181872; 

WYW034993] 

Public Land Order No. 7951; Extension 

of Public Land Order No. 6578, as 

Extended; for Castle Garden 

Recreation Area, Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Public Land Order. 

SUMMARY: This Order extends the 

duration of the withdrawal created by 

Public Land Order (PLO) No. 6578, as 

extended by PLO No. 7612, for an 

additional 20-year period. PLO No. 

6578, as extended, withdrew 110 acres 

of public land administered by the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in 

Washakie County, Wyoming, from 

settlement, sale, location, or entry under 

the general land laws, including the 

United States mining laws, but not from 

leasing under the mineral leasing laws, 

to protect the Castle Garden Recreation 

Area. The withdrawal extension is 

necessary to protect the recreational and 

aesthetic values as well as the capital 

investment of Castle Garden Recreation 

Area. 

DATES: This Order takes effect on 

November 8, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sarah Naranjo, Realty Specialist, at 

(307) 775–6189, Bureau of Land

Management, Wyoming State Office,

5353 Yellowstone Rd, Cheyenne,

Wyoming 82009. Individuals in the

United States who are deaf, blind, hard

of hearing, or have a speech disability

may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille)

to access telecommunications relay

services. Individuals outside the United

States should use the relay services

offered within their country to make

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. The service

is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a

week, to leave a message or question

with the above individual. You will

receive a reply during normal business

hours.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

extension of PLO No. 6578, as extended 

by PLO No. 7612, is required in order 

to continue the protection of 

recreational and aesthetic values as well 

as the capital investment of the Castle 

Garden Recreation Area. 

Order 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

the Secretary of the Interior by section 

204(f) of the Federal Land Policy and 

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

1714(f), it is ordered as follows: 

1. PLO No. 6578 (49 FR 46144 (1984)),

as extended by PLO No. 7612 (69 FR 

51320 (2004)), which withdrew 110 

acres of public land from settlement, 

sale, location, or entry under the general 

land laws, including the United States 

mining laws, but not from leasing under 

the mineral leasing laws, subject to 

existing rights, to protect the Castle 

Garden Recreation Area, is hereby 

extended for an additional 20-year 

period. The following lands are affected 

by this Order: 

Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming 

T. 46 N., R. 89 W.,

Sec. 15, S1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4,

NE1⁄4SE1⁄4NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

S1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

E1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

N1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and 

N1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4. 

The area described contains 110 acres. 

2. This withdrawal will expire 20

years from the effective date of this 

Order unless, as a result of a review 

conducted prior to the expiration date 

pursuant to section 204(f) of the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f), the Secretary 

determines that the withdrawal shall be 

further extended. 

(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714) 

Robert T. Anderson, 

Solicitor. 

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BILLING CODE 4331–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[BLM_UT_FRN_MO4500183475] 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement To Reconsider a Highway 

Right-of-Way Application and 

Associated Amendment of an 

Incidental Take Permit, Washington 

County, UT 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976, as amended (FLPMA), and the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (ESA), the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) and the Fish and 

Wildlife Service (FWS), as co-lead 

agencies, announce the availability of 

the Final Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) to further 

consider the effects of granting a rightof-way (ROW) to the Utah Department 

of Transportation (UDOT) for the 

Northern Corridor Project (a proposed 

highway) as well as a potential 

amendment to the Incidental Take 

Permit (ITP) issued to Washington 

County, Utah, under the ESA. 

DATES: The BLM and FWS will not issue 

decisions on the proposal for a 

minimum of 30 days after the date the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

publishes its Notice of Availability 

(NOA) for the Final Supplemental EIS 

DOI–BLM–UT–C030–2023–0038–EIS in 

the Federal Register. The EPA usually 

publishes its NOAs on Fridays. 

ADDRESSES: The Final Supplemental EIS 

and documents pertinent to this 

proposal are available for review on the 

BLM ePlanning project website at 

https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/ 

project/2026562/510. Click the 

Documents link on the left side of the 

screen to find the electronic versions of 

these materials. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dawna Ferris-Rowley, National 

Conservation Area (NCA) Manager, Red 

Cliffs and Beaver Dam Wash NCAs, 

telephone (435) 688–3200; address 345 

East Riverside Drive, St. George, UT 

84790; email BLM_UT_

NorthernCorridor@blm.gov. Individuals 

in the United States who are deaf, 

deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a 

speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 


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TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services for 

contacting Ms. Ferris-Rowley. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. Replies are 

provided during normal business hours. 

If you would like to request to view a 

hard copy, please call the St. George 

Field Office for more information at 

(435) 688–3200, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM 

and FWS are issuing this NOA pursuant 

to NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; the 

Council on Environmental Quality’s 

regulations for implementing NEPA, 40 

CFR parts 1500 through1508 (as 

amended on May 20, 2022, 87 FR 

23453); and the Department of the 

Interior’s NEPA regulations, 43 CFR part 

46. 

The Final Supplemental EIS has been 

prepared to supplement the analysis 

contained in the 2020 Final EIS by BLM 

and FWS (the entire Final EIS can be 

found at: https://eplanning.blm.gov/ 

eplanning-ui/project/1502103/570). 

On September 4, 2018, UDOT applied 

for a ROW grant for the Northern 

Corridor project north of the City of St. 

George, Utah, on BLM-managed and 

non-Federal lands within the Red Cliffs 

NCA and the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve. 

The Red Cliffs NCA was established 

through the passage of the Omnibus 

Public Land Management Act of 2009 

(16 U.S.C. 460www). Prior to the NCA’s 

designation, the Red Cliffs Desert 

Reserve was established for the 

protection of the Mojave desert tortoise 

as part of the 1995 Washington County 

Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). In 

2015, pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of 

the ESA, Washington County applied to 

renew and amend the HCP and 

associated ITP. The restated and 

amended HCP described the Northern 

Corridor highway as a potential changed 

circumstance, which would be partially 

offset with the addition of a new sixth 

zone to the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve 

(Reserve Zone 6) as the primary 

conservation strategy. To consider the 

application and the proposed Zone 6, 

the BLM needed to also consider 

amending the St. George Field Office 

and Red Cliffs NCA Resource 

Management Plans (RMPs). 

During 2019 and 2020, in accordance 

with NEPA, the BLM and FWS prepared 

an EIS to analyze the environmental 

impacts associated with the proposed 

actions and reasonable alternatives. The 

BLM also consulted with the FWS to 

meet the requirements in section 7(a)(2) 

of the ESA. The FWS issued a biological 

opinion to the BLM that determined the 

ROW and the amendments to the RMPs 

were not likely to jeopardize the 

continued existence of the Mojave 

desert tortoise or destroy or adversely 

modify designated critical habitat for 

the Mojave desert tortoise. In addition, 

the FWS also issued an intra-agency 

biological opinion that determined the 

ITP is not likely to jeopardize the 

continued existence of the Mojave 

desert tortoise, Holmgren milkvetch, 

Shivwits milkvetch, dwarf bear-poppy, 

Siler pincushion cactus, Gierisch 

mallow, and Fickeisen plains cactus or 

result in the adverse modification of 

critical habitat for any of the abovelisted species. 

On January 13, 2021, the Secretary of 

the Interior signed a Record of Decision 

that approved the Northern Corridor 

ROW application and approved the 

amendments to the RMPs. The decision 

approving the ROW was effective 

immediately. The BLM then signed and 

issued the ROW grant to UDOT on the 

same day. Also on January 13, 2021, the 

FWS Regional Director for Interior 

Regions 5 and 7 signed a Record of 

Decision approving the issuance of an 

ITP to Washington County. The FWS 

issued the ITP to Washington County on 

January 13, 2021. Because the BLM 

approved the UDOT ROW application, 

the changed circumstance was triggered, 

and Zone 6 was formally added to the 

Reserve. 

On June 3, 2021, seven conservation 

organizations (collectively, Plaintiffs) 

filed an initial complaint in the United 

States District Court for the District of 

Columbia, Case No. 1:21–cv–01506. 

Among other claims, plaintiffs alleged 

the BLM’s ROW decision violated both 

NEPA and the National Historic 

Preservation Act (NHPA). The Plaintiffs 

stated, in part, the Final EIS did not 

fully address the changed circumstances 

of wildfire in the region and the impacts 

it may have on the Mojave desert 

tortoise, desert tortoise habitat, and the 

spread of invasive annual grasses. The 

Plaintiffs also alleged that the BLM 

failed to comply with the consultation 

requirements under section 106 of the 

NHPA. On July 27, 2021, Plaintiffs 

amended their complaint to include the 

FWS and additional claims related to 

NEPA and the ESA. 

During the litigation, the United 

States and plaintiffs reached a 

settlement agreement that was signed on 

August 30, 2023. Prior to executing that 

agreement, the United States moved for 

the remand and partial vacatur of the 

BLM’s and FWS’s 2021 decisions. In the 

motion, the United States acknowledged 

the BLM did not comply with the NHPA 

and the agencies had substantial and 

legitimate concerns that the Final EIS 

may lack sufficient analysis of certain 

resource effects, including the effects of 

the construction and use of the Northern 

Corridor project in the context of the 

protection of the values for which the 

NCA was created and the following: (1) 

the trend in the increasing frequency 

and extent of wildfires in the Mojave 

Desert; (2) the rise of non-native/exotic 

and invasive vegetation in post-burn 

areas; and (3) the impacts increased fire 

and new non-native/exotic and invasive 

vegetation have on desert tortoise. On 

November 16, 2023, the court issued an 

Order that granted the remand of all 

decisions associated with the January 

2021 Records of Decision issued by the 

BLM and FWS and denied the BLM’s 

request to vacate the ROW grant issued 

to UDOT in January 2021. On March 8, 

2024, at the request of the BLM and 

pursuant to paragraph 3(c) of the 

Settlement Agreement, the FWS 

withdrew the Biological Opinion for the 

Northern Corridor ROW grant. 

Purpose and Need for the Proposed 

Action 

The BLM’s purpose and need for this 

action is to determine whether the BLM 

will affirm, affirm with modifications, 

or terminate the 2021 UDOT ROW grant. 

The FWS’s purpose and need for action 

is to consider whether to amend 

Washington County’s ITP so that it 

reflects the BLM’s reconsideration of 

UDOT’s ROW. 

Proposed Action and Alternatives 

The Final Supplemental EIS considers 

six alternatives, five of which include a 

specific ROW alignment and a sixth that 

includes termination of the ROW. All of 

the alternatives identify the 

corresponding action required of the 

FWS regarding the Washington County 

ITP. The six alternatives analyzed in 

detail in the Final Supplemental EIS are 

similar to those included in the Final 

EIS published in November 2020. No 

new highway alignments that meet 

UDOT’s stated purpose and need for the 

Northern Corridor highway were 

identified by the public during the 

scoping period for the Supplemental EIS 

or during the public comment period on 

the Draft Supplemental EIS. 

• UDOT ROW Alignment alternative 

(No Action, or No Change): the BLM 

would affirm the ROW grant issued to 

UDOT in 2021, which follows an 

alignment that is approximately 4.5 

miles long, 1.9 miles of which would be 

across BLM-managed lands. In this case, 

the FWS would affirm Washington 

County’s ITP. The changed 


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circumstance related to the construction 

of the Northern Corridor across the 

Reserve described in the HCP remains 

triggered, and Zone 6 of the Reserve 

would remain. 

• T-Bone Mesa Alignment alternative: 

the BLM would modify UDOT’s ROW 

grant across public lands in the NCA. 

This alignment would connect Green 

Springs Drive on the east to Red Hills 

Parkway on the west just north of the 

Pioneer Hills trailhead parking area. 

Under this alternative, the Northern 

Corridor would skirt the southern edge 

of T-Bone Mesa. The Northern Corridor 

would be approximately 4.2 miles long, 

2.2 miles of which would be across 

BLM-administered lands. In this case, 

the FWS would affirm Washington 

County’s ITP. The changed 

circumstance related to the construction 

of the Northern Corridor across the 

Reserve described in the HCP remains 

triggered, and Zone 6 of the Reserve 

would remain. 

• Southern Alignment alternative: the 

BLM would modify UDOT’s ROW grant 

across public lands in the NCA. This 

alignment would nearly skirt the 

southern border of the NCA, connecting 

Green Springs Drive on the east to Red 

Hills Parkway on the west just south of, 

and slightly encroaching onto, the 

Pioneer Hills trailhead parking area. The 

Northern Corridor would be 

approximately 5.5 miles long, 

approximately 1.5 miles of which would 

be across BLM-administered lands. In 

this case, the FWS would affirm 

Washington County’s ITP. The changed 

circumstance related to the construction 

of the Northern Corridor across the 

Reserve described in the HCP remains 

triggered, and Zone 6 of the Reserve 

would remain. 

• Red Hills Parkway Expressway 

alternative: UDOT would no longer hold 

the ROW grant. This alternative 

proposes changes to the existing Red 

Hills Parkway so that it would function 

as an expressway between I–15 and 

Bluff Street. The BLM may need to grant 

necessary amendments to the City of St. 

George’s existing FLPMA Title V ROW 

for the Red Hills Parkway. Under this 

alternative, the FWS would amend 

Washington County’s ITP because the 

Northern Corridor changed 

circumstance would not occur, thus 

eliminating Zone 6 as mitigation for the 

Northern Corridor Highway. 

• St. George Boulevard/100 South 

One-Way Couplet alternative: UDOT 

would no longer hold the ROW grant. 

This alternative would include 

modifications to St. George Boulevard 

and 100 South to convert the two 

roadways into a one-way couplet system 

between I–15 and Bluff Street, wherein 

St. George Boulevard would only 

accommodate westbound traffic and 100 

South would only accommodate 

eastbound traffic. While this alternative 

meets the purpose and need of the 

project, it would have to be 

implemented by the City of St. George 

because it does not cross any BLMadministered lands. Under this 

alternative, the FWS would amend 

Washington County’s ITP because the 

Northern Corridor changed 

circumstance would not occur, thus 

eliminating Zone 6 as mitigation for the 

Northern Corridor Highway. 

• Terminate UDOT’s ROW 

alternative: UDOT would no longer hold 

the ROW grant for the Northern 

Corridor. Under this alternative, the 

FWS would amend Washington 

County’s ITP because the Northern 

Corridor changed circumstance would 

not occur, thus eliminating Zone 6 as 

mitigation for the Northern Corridor 

Highway. This alternative represents an 

equivalency with the No Action 

Alternative in the 2020 Final EIS. 

Under the Red Hills Parkway 

Expressway, St. George Boulevard/100 

South One-Way Couplet, and Terminate 

UDOT’s ROW alternatives, the 6,812- 

acre mitigation area in the southwest 

area of St. George, known as Reserve 

Zone 6, would be removed from the Red 

Cliffs Desert Reserve. However, the 

3,471 acres managed by the BLM within 

Zone 6 would continue to be managed 

with the protections put in place under 

the 2021 St. George Field Office RMP 

amendment. The remaining 3,341 acres 

of land, which are either privately 

owned or managed by the Utah Trust 

Lands Administration, would no longer 

be afforded special protections by 

Washington County and could be 

developed under the amended ITP. 

The Final Supplemental EIS does not 

reconsider any amendments to the 

BLM’s RMPs or to Washington County’s 

amended HCP. 

The BLM, in coordination with the 

FWS, identified the Red Hills Parkway 

Expressway as the BLM’s preferred 

alternative. Based on this selection, 

Reserve Zone 6 would be removed from 

the Red Cliffs Desert Reserve. The 

FWS’s preferred alternative is to amend 

Washington County’s ITP to authorize 

incidental take of the Mojave desert 

tortoise associated with the 

implementation of covered activities 

that could occur on 3,341 acres of nonFederal lands in the previous Reserve 

Zone 6. Identification of these 

alternatives does not represent final 

agency decisions. 

Public Involvement Process 

A 30-day public scoping period was 

initiated with the publication of a 

Notice of Intent in the Federal Register 

on November 16, 2023 (88 FRN 78781), 

and was extended at the request of 

Washington County and the State of 

Utah until December 28, 2023. The 

scoping period included a public open 

house held in St. George, Utah, on 

December 6, 2023, with over 200 

attendees. A total of 8,993 comment 

submissions were received, of which 

8,145 were form letters, 793 were 

unique comments, and 55 did not 

include a comment or were comments 

not relevant to scoping. The BLM and 

FWS considered all comments received 

during the scoping period in 

preparation of the Draft Supplemental 

EIS. A scoping report is available for 

public review on the BLM ePlanning 

project website (see ADDRESSES). 

A Notice of Availability for the Draft 

Supplemental EIS was published in the 

Federal Register on May 10, 2024, (89 

FRN 40504) initiating a 45-day public 

review and comment period. In 

addition, the BLM issued media releases 

and sent notifications via email to 

cooperating agencies, Tribal Nations, 

and the updated project mailing list. 

The BLM and FWS held an in-person 

public open house on June 4, 2024, at 

the Dixie Convention Center in St. 

George, Utah, during the public 

comment period. The BLM and FWS 

announced the date and time for this 

meeting at least 15 days prior to the 

event, through media releases and 

posting on the BLM ePlanning project 

website (see ADDRESSES). 

Agencies, organizations, and 

individual stakeholders were able to 

submit comments through the U.S. 

Postal Service and the BLM ePlanning 

project website (see ADDRESSES). The 

comment period was extended until 

July 9, 2024, after an updated Traffic 

Analysis Memorandum, prepared by the 

Dixie Metropolitan Planning 

Organization, and an Assessment, 

Inventory, and Monitoring Vegetation 

Survey Technical Report were made 

available for public review on the BLM 

ePlanning project website. The BLM and 

FWS announced the availability of these 

documents, and the date of the extended 

public review and comment period, 

through social media releases, a posting 

on the BLM ePlanning project website, 

and email messages to the project 

mailing list. 

A total of 4,255 comment submissions 

were received during the 60-day public 

comment period, of which 3,354 were 

part of organized letter writing 

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1BOEM acknowledges that the generally and 

scientifically accepted spelling for this compound 

is sulfur. Throughout this notice, BOEM uses the 

spelling consistent with its current regulations. 

comment submissions. The BLM and 

FWS considered all comments received 

during the extended comment period in 

the preparation of the Final 

Supplemental EIS. 

Substantive public comments and 

ongoing agency coordination led to 

several changes from the Draft 

Supplemental EIS. Additional data 

became available after publication of the 

Draft Supplemental EIS that is 

incorporated into the analysis in the 

Final Supplemental EIS, including 

vegetation Assessment, Inventory, and 

Monitoring data for the three ROW 

alternatives in the NCA, corrected 

boundaries for two Land and Water 

Conservation Fund-acquired parcels, 

updated traffic modeling results for each 

ROW alternative, and the identification 

of additional environmental justice 

concerns, primarily for the ROW 

alternatives that would reconfigure 

existing roadways. The BLM and FWS 

responded to substantive comments and 

made appropriate revisions in the Final 

Supplemental EIS or explained why a 

comment did not warrant a change, as 

documented in Appendix F of the Final 

Supplemental EIS. 

Lead and Cooperating Agencies 

The BLM and FWS are co-lead 

agencies. Cooperating agencies are the 

State of Utah Public Lands Policy 

Coordinating Office, State of Utah 

Department of Environmental Quality, 

State of Utah Trust Lands 

Administration, Washington City, Dixie 

Metropolitan Planning Organization, 

City of St. George, City of Ivins, Santa 

Clara City, City of Hurricane, the Paiute 

Indian Tribe of Utah, and the Shivwits 

Band of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah. 

Additional Information 

The BLM is using the NEPA process 

to comply with section 106 of the NHPA 

(54 U.S.C. 306108) as provided in 36 

CFR 800.2(d)(3), including the public 

involvement requirements of section 

106. Information about historic and 

cultural resources within the area 

potentially affected by the proposed 

project has been included in the Final 

Supplemental EIS. The BLM, in 

consultation with the Utah State 

Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and 

consulting parties, initially began 

developing a Memorandum of 

Agreement to resolve adverse effects to 

historic properties. Based on ongoing 

consultation with the SHPO, the BLM 

determined that a Programmatic 

Agreement—rather than a Memorandum 

of Agreement—is more appropriate to 

document its compliance with section 

106 because of the uncertainties 

associated with non-Federal lands 

within Zone 6, which may lose their 

enhanced protections and become 

subject to future development and other 

activities that could result in subsequent 

adverse effects to historic properties. 

The BLM will develop, sign, and 

implement a programmatic agreement in 

accordance with 36 CFR 800.14(b) to 

serve as the binding commitment to 

resolve adverse effects to historic 

properties on Federal lands. The 

programmatic agreement will lay out the 

framework that the BLM, UDOT, Tribes, 

and other signatories to the agreement 

will use to fund, develop, and 

implement a Historic Properties 

Treatment Plan for historic properties 

that may be adversely affected by 

project-related actions. 

The BLM and FWS will continue to 

consult with Tribal Nations on a 

government-to-government basis in 

accordance with Executive Order 13175, 

BLM Manual Section 1780, and other 

Departmental policies. Tribal concerns, 

including impacts on Indian trust assets 

and potential impacts to cultural 

resources, will be given due 

consideration. 

Matthew A. Preston, 

Acting State Director. 

Anna Munoz, 

Deputy Regional Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[OMB Control Number 1010–0072; Docket 

ID: BOEM–2024–0007] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Commercial Prospecting, 

Noncommercial Exploration, and 

Scientific Research for Minerals Other 

Than Oil, Gas, and Sulfur on the Outer 

Continental Shelf 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

(BOEM) proposes this information 

collection request (ICR) to renew Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

control number 1010–0072 with 

revisions. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

the OMB desk officer no later than 

December 9, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your written 

comments on this ICR to the OMB’s 

desk officer for the Department of the 

Interior at www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. From the www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain landing page, find 

this information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under Review—Open for 

Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Please provide a copy 

of your comments by parcel delivery 

service or U.S. mail to the BOEM 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Anna Atkinson, Bureau of 

Ocean Energy Management, 45600 

Woodland Road, Sterling, Virginia 

20166; or by email to anna.atkinson@

boem.gov. Please reference OMB Control 

Number 1010–0072 in the subject line of 

your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anna Atkinson by email at 

anna.atkinson@boem.gov, or by 

telephone at 703–787–1025. 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. 

Individuals outside of the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, BOEM provides 

the general public and other Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on new, proposed, revised, 

and continuing collections of 

information. This helps BOEM assess 

the impact of its information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. It also helps the 

public understand BOEM’s information 

collection requirements and provide the 

requested data in the desired format. 

Title of Collection: Commercial 

Prospecting, Noncommercial 

Exploration, and Scientific Research for 

Minerals Other Than Oil, Gas, and 

Sulfur on the Outer Continental Shelf 

(Applicable, in part, to 30 CFR part 

580). 

Abstract: This ICR covers the 

information collection requirements in 

30 CFR part 580, ‘‘Prospecting for 

Minerals Other than Oil, Gas, and 

Sulphur 1 on the Outer Continental 

Shelf [OCS],’’ which involves 

commercial prospecting and scientific 

research. This request also includes 

information collection requirements 

related to authorizations of 

noncommercial geological and 


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