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and Intellectual Property, to review and 

take appropriate action, as necessary. 

DOI will consider and take 

appropriate actions, as necessary, such 

as requiring and enforcing a corrective 

action plan and imposing specific award 

conditions under 2 CFR 200.208 as 

necessary. As appropriate, DOI will also 

utilize available remedies for noncompliance and terminations provisions 

pursuant to 2 CFR 200.339 through 

200.343, as appropriate under the 

circumstances. Available remedies 

include but are not limited to: (a) 

temporarily withholding payment; (b) 

disallowing all or part of the cost of an 

award activity; (c) wholly or partly 

suspending or terminating the award; 

(d) initiating referrals for consideration 

of suspension or debarment 

proceedings, and (e) withholding further 

Federal awards for the project or 

program. 

Conflict of Interest Award Term and 

Conditions 

DOI’s COI financial assistance award 

term and condition will be revised as 

follows: 

The DOI COI policy for financial 

assistance can be found at the Office of 

Grants Management website. This 

policy is applicable to all non-Federal 

entities applying for, or that receive, 

DOI funding by means of a financial 

assistance award (e.g., a grant or 

cooperative agreement) and, through the 

implementation of this policy by the 

entity, to each investigator who is 

planning to participate in, or is 

participating in, the project funded 

wholly or in part under the DOI 

financial assistance award. 

The DOI COI policy establishes 

standards that provide a reasonable 

expectation that the design, conduct, 

and reporting of projects funded wholly 

or in part under DOI financial assistance 

awards will be free from bias resulting 

from financial conflict of interest or 

conflict of commitment. The recipient is 

subject to the requirements of the DOI 

COI policy and within each award for 

financial assistance, the recipient must 

certify that it is, compliant with all 

requirements in the DOI COI policy. The 

recipient must pass-through the 

requirements of the DOI COI policy to 

any subrecipient non-Federal entity. 

Authority 

The authority for this action is the 

Department’s Financial Assistance 

Regulations at 2 CFR part 1402. 

Cara Whitehead, 

Director, Office of Grants Management, 

Department of the Interior. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27421 Filed 11–21–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4334–63–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_AK_FRN_MO4500181119] 

Notice of Availability of the Record of 

Decision and Approved Resource 

Management Plan for the Central 

Yukon Resource Management Plan/ 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Alaska 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) announces the 

availability of the Record of Decision 

(ROD) and Approved Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) for the Central 

Yukon planning area of Alaska, located 

in Central and Northern Alaska. The 

State Director, Alaska, signed the ROD 

on November 12, 2024, which 

constitutes the decision of the BLM and 

makes the Approved RMP effective 

immediately. 

DATES: The State Director, Alaska, 

signed the ROD/Approved RMP on 

November 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: The ROD/Approved RMP is 

available online at the BLM National 

Environmental Policy Act Register at 

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

project/35315/510. Printed copies of the 

ROD/Approved RMP will also be 

available for public inspection within 

weeks of publication of this notice at the 

following locations: 

BLM Fairbanks District Office, 222 

University Avenue, Fairbanks, AK 

99709, telephone: (907) 474–2200. 

BLM Alaska Public Information 

Center, James M. Fitzgerald Federal 

Building, 222 West 7th Avenue, 

Anchorage, AK 99513, telephone: (907) 

271–5960. 

Alaska Resources Library & 

Information Services, 3211 Providence 

Drive, Suite 111, Anchorage, AK 99508, 

telephone: (907) 272–7547. 

Printed copies can be provided upon 

request by contacting the BLM Alaska 

Public Information Center listed above. 

A copy of the Protest Resolution 

Report is available at: https://

www.blm.gov/programs/planning-andnepa/public-participation/protestresolution-reports. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melinda Bolton, BLM Alaska State 

Office; telephone: (907) 271–3342, 

email: mbolton@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. Bolton. 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 

Approved RMP replaces the Utility 

Corridor RMP (1991), the original 

Central Yukon RMP (1986), and 

portions of the Southwest Management 

Framework Plan (1981), and provides 

RMP-level decisions for unplanned 

lands west of Fairbanks. The Approved 

RMP provides a consolidated direction 

under one RMP to address land and 

resource use and development on BLMmanaged public lands within the 

planning area. 

The Approved RMP and ROD set forth 

a comprehensive framework for future 

public land management actions in the 

Central Yukon region of Alaska. The 

planning area consists of about 55.7 

million acres of land, including 

approximately 13.3 million acres of 

public lands administered by the BLM 

Central Yukon Field Office. 

The Approved RMP will guide 

management of these public lands for 

the next 15 to 20 years for the benefit 

of current and future generations as part 

of the BLM’s multiple-use mission. This 

planning effort is updating management 

decisions for public land uses and 

resources, including subsistence 

resources, mineral exploration and 

development, and recreation. 

The Central Yukon Proposed RMP/ 

Final EIS evaluated six alternatives for 

managing the planning area. 

Alternatives B, C1, C2 (preferred 

alternative from the Draft RMP/EIS), and 

D were developed using input from the 

public, Tribes, stakeholders, and 

cooperating agencies. Alternative E is 

the BLM’s Approved RMP. This 

alternative was developed after 

considering public comments on the 

Draft RMP/EIS and provided in the 

Alaska National Interest Lands 

Conservation Act section 810 hearings, 

internal BLM discussions, governmentto-government consultation, and 

cooperating agency input. 


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The Approved RMP does not 

recommend full revocation of the 

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

17(d)(1) Public Land Orders (PLOs) but 

does recommend revoking the 

withdrawals in part for the limited 

purpose of allotment selection by 

Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans 

under Section 1119 of the Dingell Act. 

The Approved RMP also designates 21 

Areas of Critical Environmental Concern 

(ACEC) or Research Natural Areas, 

encompassing approximately 3,601,000 

acres (see Appendix M of the Approved 

RMP). 

The BLM provided the Proposed 

RMP/Final EIS for a 30-day public 

protest period starting on April 26, 

2024, and received six letters containing 

valid protest issues. The Assistant 

Director addressed the protests and 

issued a Protest Resolution Report (see 

ADDRESSES); no changes to the Central 

Yukon Proposed RMP/Final EIS were 

necessary. 

The BLM provided the Proposed 

RMP/Final EIS to the Governor of 

Alaska for a 60-day Governor’s 

consistency review on April 26, 2024. 

The Governor’s Office identified 

concerns and potential inconsistencies 

between the Proposed RMP/Final EIS 

and State and local plans, policies, and 

programs. The BLM considered the 

concerns and potential inconsistencies 

and responded on August 13, 2024. 

While the BLM determined that the 

Proposed RMP/Final EIS was consistent 

with the State’s land use plans, policies, 

and programs, it did add the three State 

plans to the Approved RMP, Appendix 

C. The additions were made in the 

interest of open discussion, were minor, 

and did not represent a change requiring 

the BLM to provide the public with an 

opportunity to comment as discussed in 

43 CFR 1610.2(f)(5) and 1610.5–1. On 

September 13, 2024, the Governor of 

Alaska appealed the State Director’s 

decision not to accept the State’s 

recommendations to the BLM Director. 

After careful review and consideration, 

the BLM Director determined that the 

Alaska State Director properly 

considered all applicable State and local 

plans, policies, and programs in the 

Central Yukon planning effort, and that 

no changes are necessary to provide for 

a reasonable balance between the 

national interest and the State’s interest. 

The Director’s response to the State of 

Alaska’s Appeal was transmitted to 

State Officials on November 12, 2024, 

prior to approval of the ROD. Consistent 

with the BLM regulations at 43 CFR 

1610.3–2 the Director’s Response will 

also be published in the Federal 

Register. 

(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3120(a); 40 CFR 

1506.6(b)) 

Steven Cohn, 

State Director, Alaska. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27443 Filed 11–21–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4331–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

[S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 

256S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 

SX064A000 25XS501520; OMB Control 

Number 1029–0087] 

Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Abandoned Mine Land 

Problem Area Description Form 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE), 

are proposing to renew an information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

21, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

by mail to Mark Gehlhar, Office of 

Surface Mining Reclamation and 

Enforcement, 1849 C Street NW, Room 

1544–MIB, Washington, DC 20240, or by 

email to mgehlhar@osmre.gov. Please 

reference OMB Control Number 1029– 

0087 in the subject line of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Mark Gehlhar by email 

at mgehlhar@osmre.gov, or by telephone 

at 202–208–2716. 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 the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

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

We are 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 agency; (2) 

will this information be processed and 

used in a timely manner; (3) is the 

estimate of burden accurate; (4) how 

might the agency enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (5) how might the 

agency 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. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. 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 problem area 

description (PAD) form is used to 

update the Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement’s 

electronic inventory of abandoned mine 

lands (e-AMLIS). From this inventory, 

the most serious problem areas are 

selected for reclamation through the 

apportionment of funds to States and 

Indian tribes. 

Title of Collection: Abandoned Mine 

Land Problem Area Description Form. 

OMB Control Number: 1029–0087. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State 

and Tribal governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 27. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 1,710. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies from 1.5 hours to 8 

hours, depending on activity. 


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