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2. The SD series requires critical 

pipeline owner/operators to appoint 

cybersecurity coordinator(s) or 

alternate(s) at the corporate level and to 

provide contact information for the 

coordinators to TSA. To ensure that 

information reported pursuant to the SD 

series is identifiable within the system, 

TSA requires these owners/operators to 

indicate that they are providing the 

information pursuant to the SD series. 

TSA expects voluntary reporting of 

pipeline security incidents will occur 

on an irregular basis. TSA estimates that 

pipeline owner/operators will report 

approximately 118 incidents annually, 

requiring an average of 30 minutes (0.50 

hour) to collect, review, and submit 

event information. The total potential 

burden to the public for this task is 

estimated to be 59 hours. 

Using the CISA Incident Reporting 

System, TSA expects the mandatory 

reporting of pipeline cybersecurity 

incidents to CISA will occur 20 times 

per year for each covered pipeline 

owner/operator. TSA estimates that 100 

pipeline owner/operators will take 

approximately 2 hours to gather the 

appropriate information to submit each 

incident report. The potential burden to 

the public for this task is 20 × 100 × 2 

hours = 4,000 hours. 

TSA estimates that approximately 100 

pipeline owner/operators will report 

their cybersecurity manager and 

alternate point of contact information. It 

will take the pipeline owner/operator 

approximately 30 minutes (0.50 hour) to 

do so, and the potential burden for this 

task is 100 × 0.50 hour = 50 hours. 

Therefore, the total hour burden to the 

public for this information collection 

request is estimated to be 59 hours 

(Security Incidents) + 4,000 hours (CISA 

Reporting) + 50 hours (Cyber POC) = 

4,109 hours annually. 

Dated: November 8, 2024. 

Christina A. Walsh, 

TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, 

Information Technology. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[Docket No. FWS–R7–NWRS–2023–0072; 

FF07R00000–245–FXRS12610700000] 

Notice of Availability; Draft 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement for a Potential Land 

Exchange Involving Izembek National 

Wildlife Refuge Lands; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended, and the Alaska 

National Interest Lands Conservation 

Act of 1980, as amended, along with 

other laws as applicable, we, the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), 

announce the availability of a draft 

supplemental environmental impact 

statement (draft supplemental EIS) to 

consider the effects of a potential land 

exchange of certain lands owned by the 

King Cove Corporation with certain 

lands owned by the U.S. Government 

and located within the Izembek 

National Wildlife Refuge and Izembek 

Wilderness Area. If a land exchange is 

approved, King Cove Corporation would 

use the acquired land for a road corridor 

for noncommercial use. We invite 

comment on the draft supplemental EIS 

from the public and local, State, Tribal, 

and Federal agencies. We will 

separately be announcing public 

meetings. 

DATES: 

Submitting Comments: We must 

receive your written comments on or 

before December 30, 2024. Comments 

submitted online at https://

www.regulations.gov/ must be received 

by 11:59 p.m. eastern time on December 

30, 2024. 

Public Meetings: Meeting locations, 

dates, and times will be announced at 

https://www.fws.gov/project/potentialland-exchange-road-between-king-coveand-cold-bay. 

ADDRESSES: 

Obtaining Documents: The draft 

supplemental EIS, as well as any 

comments and other materials that we 

receive, will be available for public 

inspection online in Docket No. FWS– 

R7–NWRS–2023–0072 at https://

www.regulations.gov. In addition, to 

inform public comment, we are also 

making FWS’s 2013 EIS and record of 

decision (ROD) documents available for 

review at https://www.regulations.gov in 

Docket No. FWS–R7–NWRS–2023– 

0072. However, we are not taking public 

comments on those documents at this 

time. 

Submitting Public Comments: You 

may submit comments by any of the 

following methods: 

• Online: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on Docket No. FWS–R7–NWRS–2023– 

0072. 

• U.S. Mail: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R7– 

NWRS–2023–0072; U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, MS: PRB/3W; 5275 

Leesburg Pike; Falls Church, VA 22041– 

3803. 

• Public Meetings and any 

Subsistence Hearings: Comments will 

also be accepted at the in-person and 

virtual public meetings/hearings. 

Meeting locations, dates, and times will 

be announced at https://www.fws.gov/ 

project/potential-land-exchange-roadbetween-king-cove-and-cold-bay. 

We will post all written comments on 

https://www.regulations.gov. This 

generally means that we will post any 

personal information you provide us 

(see Public Review Process for more 

information). 

Reasonable Accommodations for 

Meetings: Persons needing reasonable 

accommodations to attend and 

participate in the public meetings 

should contact Bobbie Jo Skibo as soon 

as possible (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). To allow 

sufficient time to process requests, 

please make contact no later than 1 

week before the desired public meeting. 

Information and documents are 

available in alternative formats upon 

request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bobbie Jo Skibo, Project Leader, by 

telephone at 907–441–1539; by email at 

bobbiejo_skibo@fws.gov; or by U.S. mail 

at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Alaska Region, National Wildlife Refuge 

System, 1011 East Tudor Road, 

Anchorage, AK 99503. Contact Bobbie 

Jo Skibo to have your name added to our 

mailing list. 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.), and the Alaska National Interest 

Lands Conservation Act of 1980, as 

amended (ANILCA; Pub. L. 96–487, sec. 

1302(h), Dec. 2, 1980; 16 U.S.C. 

3192(h)), along with other laws as 

applicable, we, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (FWS), announce the 

availability of a draft supplemental 

environmental impact statement (draft 

supplemental EIS) to consider the 

effects of a potential land exchange of 

certain lands owned by the King Cove 

Corporation with certain lands that are 

owned by the U.S. Government and 


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located within the Izembek National 

Wildlife Refuge and Izembek 

Wilderness Area. If a land exchange is 

approved, King Cove would use the 

acquired land for a road corridor for 

noncommercial health, safety, and 

subsistence uses. The draft 

supplemental EIS updates information 

used in FWS’s 2013 analysis on the 

impacts of a then-proposed land 

exchange and proposed road corridor 

and the viability of alternatives to 

provide safe and reliable transportation 

between the City of King Cove, Alaska, 

and the airport at Cold Bay, Alaska, and 

also includes a new land exchange and 

road corridor alternative. We invite 

comments on the draft supplemental 

EIS from the public and local, State, 

Tribal, and Federal agencies. 

Potentially Affected Land Areas 

The Izembek National Wildlife Refuge 

(417,533 acres (ac)) and the North Creek 

(8,452 ac) and Pavlof (1,447,264 ac) 

units of the Alaska Peninsula National 

Wildlife Refuge are located at the 

westernmost tip of the Alaska 

Peninsula. To the north of the Izembek 

Refuge is the Bering Sea; to the south is 

the Pacific Ocean. The Izembek 

Wilderness covers much of the Izembek 

National Wildlife Refuge and includes 

pristine streams, extensive wetlands, 

steep mountains, tundra, and sand 

dunes, and provides high scenic, 

wildlife, and scientific values, as well as 

opportunities for solitude and 

recreation. The Izembek National 

Wildlife Refuge includes the traditional 

homelands of the Unangaxˆ people. 

The King Cove Corporation is an 

Alaska Native Village Corporation 

established under the Alaska Native 

Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA; 

43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). Under the 

authority of ANCSA, Congress granted 

to King Cove Corporation land 

entitlements within and adjacent to 

Izembek Refuge. 

Previous Actions 

In the Omnibus Public Land 

Management Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111– 

11, title VI, subtitle E (herein referred to 

as the 2009 Act)), Congress directed 

FWS to prepare an EIS under NEPA and 

its implementing regulations (40 CFR 

parts 1500–1508) to evaluate the 

impacts of a proposed land exchange 

with the State of Alaska and the King 

Cove Corporation for the purpose of 

constructing a single-lane gravel road 

between the communities of King Cove 

and Cold Bay, Alaska. The 2009 Act 

required that the road ‘‘shall be used 

primarily for health and safety purposes 

(including access to and from the Cold 

Bay Airport) and only for 

noncommercial purposes,’’ with limited 

exceptions. The land exchange 

contemplated by the 2009 Act would 

have involved the conveyance of 

approximately 206 ac within the 

Izembek Wilderness portion of Izembek 

National Wildlife Refuge for the road 

corridor and approximately 1,600 ac of 

Federal land within the Alaska 

Maritime National Wildlife Refuge on 

Sitkinak Island. In exchange, FWS 

would have received approximately 

43,093 ac of land owned by the State of 

Alaska and approximately 13,300 ac of 

land owned by the King Cove 

Corporation. These lands are located 

around Cold Bay and are adjacent to the 

North Creek Unit of the Alaska 

Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge. 

In accordance with section 

6402(b)(2)(B) of the 2009 Act, an EIS 

completed in 2013 (2013 EIS; February 

6, 2013, 78 FR 8577) analyzed the 

proposed land exchange and the 

potential construction and operation of 

a road between the communities of King 

Cove and Cold Bay, Alaska, and, among 

other alternatives, evaluated a specific 

road corridor through the Izembek 

Refuge that was identified in 

consultation with the State of Alaska, 

the City of King Cove, and the Agdaagux 

Tribe of King Cove. In accordance with 

the 2009 Act, subsequent to the 

preparation of the 2013 EIS and in 

conjunction with the 2013 record of 

decision (2013 ROD; February 20, 2014, 

79 FR 9759), Secretary of the Interior 

Sally Jewell decided not to enter a land 

exchange after determining that the 

proposed land exchange (including the 

construction of the proposed road) was 

not in the public interest. 

On July 3, 2019, Secretary of the 

Interior David Bernhardt signed a 

memorandum titled ‘‘Findings and 

Conclusions Concerning a Proposed 

Land Exchange Between the Secretary of 

the Interior and King Cove Corporation 

for Lands Within Izembek National 

Wildlife Refuge, Alaska’’ (2019 

Secretarial Memorandum). That 

memorandum laid the foundation for 

the concurrent approval of a land 

exchange agreement (2019 Exchange 

Agreement) between the Department of 

the Interior (Department) and King Cove 

Corporation. The 2019 Secretarial 

Memorandum stated that the purpose of 

the 2019 Exchange Agreement was to 

allow a road across the Izembek 

National Wildlife Refuge to improve 

access by the residents of King Cove to 

the airport at Cold Bay. Since the 

authorities under the 2009 Act had 

expired, the 2019 Exchange Agreement 

relied on the general exchange authority 

found at in section 1302(h) of ANILCA. 

However, the 2019 Exchange Agreement 

relied in large part on the record 

developed for the exchange analyzed 

under the 2013 EIS and rejected by 

Secretary Jewell in the 2013 ROD. 

On June 1, 2020, the District Court for 

the District of Alaska vacated the 2019 

Exchange Agreement based on several 

legal defects in the decision. On appeal 

to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, a 

three-judge appellate panel reversed the 

district court. However, an en banc 

panel of the Ninth Circuit then vacated 

the three-judge panel’s decision and 

agreed to a new review. On March 14, 

2023, Secretary of the Interior Deb 

Haaland issued a new decision 

memorandum withdrawing the 

Department from the 2019 Exchange 

Agreement. That decision memorandum 

identified as a procedural flaw the 

failure to consider the effects of the 

exchange on subsistence uses, and 

highlighted shortcomings in the record 

regarding NEPA and ESA analyses. In 

addition, the Secretary expressed 

significant policy concerns regarding 

the nonpublic manner in which the 

2019 Exchange Agreement was 

accomplished, as well as the terms of 

the Exchange Agreement, which 

differed from the exchange evaluated in 

the 2013 EIS. In June 2023, the Ninth 

Circuit dismissed the lawsuit because 

the issue had become moot due to 

Secretary Haaland’s decision 

memorandum. 

Notice of Intent 

On May 18, 2023 (88 FR 31813), we 

published a Federal Register notice of 

intent to prepare a supplemental EIS to 

consider the effects of a potential land 

exchange. In that notice, we requested 

information and suggestions on the 

proposed supplemental EIS. In 

particular, we sought information to 

assist us in updating information we 

used in our 2013 analysis on the 

impacts of the then-proposed exchange 

and road corridor and the viability of 

alternatives to provide safe and reliable 

transportation between the City of King 

Cove, Alaska, and the airport at Cold 

Bay, Alaska. Comments we received are 

at https://www.regulations.gov in 

Docket No. FWS–R7–NWRS–2023– 

0072. The final scoping report, which 

summarizes comments, is attached as an 

appendix to the draft SEIS. 

Current Action 

While the authorities in the 2009 Act 

remain expired, the FWS has prepared 

a draft supplemental EIS to address a 

potential exchange under section 

1302(h) of ANILCA. The FWS’s draft 

supplemental EIS analysis assesses the 

potential impacts of a land exchange 

and road construction and use, allows 


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for public participation, and integrates 

the NEPA analysis with an evaluation 

under ANILCA section 810. The FWS is 

also using and coordinating the NEPA 

process to help inform the Department’s 

processes and analysis under section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. 306108), the 

ESA, ANILCA (including any land 

exchange’s furtherance of the statute’s 

conservation and subsistence purposes), 

ANCSA, the National Wildlife Refuge 

System Improvement Act of 1997 (16 

U.S.C. 668dd), and the Wilderness Act 

of 1964 (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). 

Alternatives reviewed include the 2013 

EIS alternatives and an additional new 

alternative for the terms of the proposed 

land exchange involving the same road 

corridor in the 2019 Exchange 

Agreement but involving different 

terms. 

Public Review Process 

Request for Public Comments 

You may submit written comments 

and materials concerning the draft 

supplemental EIS by one of the methods 

listed in ADDRESSES. 

Public Availability of Comments 

If you submit a comment via https:// 

www.regulations.gov, your entire 

comment, including any personal 

identifying information such as your 

address, phone number, and email 

address, will be posted on the website. 

If you submit a hardcopy comment that 

includes personal identifying 

information, you may request at the top 

of your document that we withhold this 

information from public review. 

However, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. We will post all 

hardcopy comments on https://

www.regulations.gov. 

Tribal Consultation and Comment 

The meaningful input of Alaska 

Native Tribes and Alaska Native 

Corporations is of critical importance to 

the supplemental EIS. Therefore, and as 

expressed in Executive Order 13175, 

‘‘Consultation and Coordination with 

Indian Tribal Governments,’’ the 

Federal officials that have been 

delegated authority by the Secretary are 

committed to honoring the unique 

government-to-government political 

relationship that exists between the 

Federal Government and federally 

recognized Tribes. Consultation with 

Alaska Native Corporations is based on 

Public Law 108–199, div. H, sec. 161, 

January 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 452, as 

amended by Public Law 108–447, div. 

H, title V, sec. 518, December 8, 2004, 

118 Stat. 3267, which provides that: 

‘‘The Director of the Office of 

Management and Budget and all Federal 

agencies shall hereafter consult with 

Alaska Native corporations on the same 

basis as Indian Tribes under Executive 

Order No. 13175.’’ FWS will hold 

individual consultation meetings upon 

request. The Secretary of the Interior 

will consider Alaska Native Tribes’ and 

Alaska Native Corporations’ 

information, input, and 

recommendations, and address their 

concerns as much as practicable. 

Shannon Estenoz, 

Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and 

Parks. 

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BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX25EE000101100] 

Public Meeting of the National 

Geospatial Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) of 1972, the U.S. Geological 

Survey (USGS) is publishing this notice 

to announce that a Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting of the National 

Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) 

will take place and is open to members 

of the public. 

DATES: The following meetings will be 

held as a webinar: 

• Wednesday, December 4, 2024 from 

1 p.m.–5 p.m. eastern standard time; 

• Wednesday, February 19, 2025 from 

1 p.m.–5 p.m.; and Thursday, February 

20, 2025 from 1 p.m.–5 p.m. eastern 

standard time. 

The following meeting will be held in 

person: 

• Wednesday, June 11, 2025 from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m.; and on Thursday, June 

12, 2025 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. eastern 

daylight time. 

ADDRESSES: The December 2024 and 

February 2025 meetings will be held 

online and via teleconference. The June 

2025 meeting will be held in the South 

Penthouse Conference Room of the 

Department of the Interior Building, 

1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC. 

Members of the public may attend the 

meeting in person or can attend via 

webinar. Registration instructions for 

both the online and in person meetings 

will be posted at www.fgdc.gov/ngac. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Josh Delmonico, Federal Geographic 

Data Committee (FGDC), USGS, by mail 

at 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 590, 

Reston, VA 20192; by email at 

jdelmonico@usgs.gov; or by telephone at 

(703) 648–5752. Comments can be sent 

by email to gs-faca@usgs.gov. 

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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is being held under the 

provisions of the FACA of 1972 (5 

U.S.C. ch. 10), the Government in the 

Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as 

amended), and 41 CFR part 102–3. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The NGAC 

provides advice and recommendations 

to the FGDC related to management of 

federal and national geospatial 

programs, the development of the 

National Spatial Data Infrastructure 

(NSDI), and the implementation of the 

Geospatial Data Act (GDA) of 2018 and 

the Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–16. The NGAC reviews and 

comments on geospatial policy and 

management issues and provides a 

forum to convey views representative of 

non-federal stakeholders in the 

geospatial community. The NGAC is 

one of the primary ways that the FGDC 

collaborates with its broad network of 

partners. Additional information about 

the NGAC is available at: www.fgdc.gov/ 

ngac. 

Agenda Topics: 

—FGDC Update 

—Landsat Advisory Group 

—3D Elevation Program 

—GDA 

—NSDI 

—GeoPlatform 

—Standards and Data Access 

—Public Comment 

Meeting Accessibility/Special 

Accommodations: Please make requests 

in advance for sign language interpreter 

services, assistive listening devices, 

language translation services, or other 

reasonable accommodations. We ask 

that you contact the person listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice at least seven (7) 

business days prior to the meeting to 

give the Department of the Interior 

sufficient time to process your request. 

All reasonable accommodation requests 

are managed on a case-by-case basis. 

Seating for in person attendees may be 


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