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Regulatory Affairs & Collaborative 

Action, (202) 273–4680; 

elizabeth.appel@bia.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Tribal 

consultation sessions on the proposed 

rule published in the Federal Register 

of January 2, 2015 (80 FR 13) will be 

held at the following dates and 

locations: 

Date Time Location 

Tuesday, February 3, 2015, 

*NOTE: The session will be held 

February 3, not February 4..

1 p.m.–5 p.m. (Eastern Standard 

Time).

(in conjunction with the National American Indian Housing Council 

legislative conference), Mayflower Renaissance Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Ave. NW. Washington, DC 20036. 

Wednesday, February 11, 2015 ..... 1 p.m.– 5 p.m. (Alaska Standard 

Time).

Frontier Building, 3601 C Street, Room 896, Anchorage, AK 99503. 

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 ..... 1 p.m.– 4 p.m. (Eastern Standard 

Time).

Teleconference Call-In Number: (888) 455–0045; passcode 1185469. 

Thursday, February 26, 2015 ......... 1 p.m.–5 p.m. (Eastern Standard 

Time).

(following the National Congress of American Indian Executive Council Winter Session), Capital Hilton, Room Federal A, 1001 16th 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20036. 

These dates supersede the dates listed 

in the January 2, 2015, Federal Register. 

Please visit the following Web site for 

additional updates: http://www.bia.gov/ 

WhoWeAre/AS-IA/ORM/HIP/index.htm. 

Dated: January 14, 2015. 

Kevin K. Washburn, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01582 Filed 1–27–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–4J–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

36 CFR Part 242 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

50 CFR Part 100 

[Docket No. FWS–R7–SM–2014–0063; 

FXFR13350700640–156–FF07J00000; 

FBMS#4500075014] 

RIN 1018–BA62 

Subsistence Management Regulations 

for Public Lands in Alaska; Rural 

Determination Process 

AGENCIES: Forest Service, Agriculture; 

Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Secretaries propose to 

revise the regulations governing the 

rural determination process for the 

Federal Subsistence Program in Alaska. 

Under current regulations, the Federal 

Subsistence Board (Board) defines 

which community or area of Alaska is 

rural using guidelines and 

characteristics defined by the 

Secretaries. This new process will 

enable the Board to be more flexible in 

making decisions and take into account 

the regional differences found 

throughout the State. 

DATES: Public comments: Comments 

and proposals to change this proposed 

rule must be received or postmarked by 

April 1, 2015. 

Public meetings: The Secretaries, 

through the Board, will hold public 

meetings in conjunction with the 

Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory 

Councils (Councils) to receive 

comments on this proposed rule on 

several dates between February 10 and 

March 19, 2015. In addition, the 

Councils will discuss and make their 

recommendations to the Board. The 

Board will discuss and evaluate 

proposed regulatory changes during a 

public meeting in Anchorage, AK, on or 

before April 2016 and make 

recommendations on the proposed rule 

to the Secretary of the Interior and the 

Secretary of Agriculture. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 

information on dates and locations of 

the public meetings and for requesting 

reasonable accommodations. 

ADDRESSES: Public comments: You may 

submit comments by one of the 

following methods: 

• Electronically: Go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov and search for 

FWS–R7–SM–2014–0063, which is the 

docket number for this rulemaking. 

• By hard copy: U.S. mail or handdelivery to: USFWS, Office of 

Subsistence Management, 1011 East 

Tudor Road, MS 121, Attn: Theo 

Matuskowitz, Anchorage, AK 99503– 

6199, or hand delivery to the Designated 

Federal Official attending any of the 

Federal Subsistence Regional Advisory 

Council public meetings. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

additional information on locations of 

the public meetings. 

We will post all comments on 

http://www.regulations.gov. This 

generally means that we will post any 

personal information you provide us 

(see the Public Review Process section 

below for more information). 

Public meetings: The Federal 

Subsistence Board and the Councils’ 

public meetings will be held at various 

locations in Alaska. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific information on 

dates and locations of the public 

meetings. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chair, Federal Subsistence Board, c/o 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Attention: Eugene R. Peltola, Jr., Office 

of Subsistence Management; (907) 786– 

3888 or subsistence@fws.gov. For 

questions specific to National Forest 

System lands, contact Thomas Whitford, 

Regional Subsistence Program Leader, 

USDA, Forest Service, Alaska Region; 

(907) 743–9461 or twhitford@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Under Title VIII of the Alaska 

National Interest Lands Conservation 

Act (ANILCA) (16 U.S.C. 3111–3126), 

the Secretary of the Interior and the 

Secretary of Agriculture (Secretaries) 

jointly implement the Federal 

Subsistence Management Program 

(Program). The Program provides a 

preference to rural Alaskan residents for 

taking fish and wildlife resources for 

subsistence uses on Federal public 

lands and waters in Alaska. Because the 

Program is a joint effort between Interior 

and Agriculture, these regulations are 

located in two titles of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR): Title 36, 

‘‘Parks, Forests, and Public Property,’’ 

and Title 50, ‘‘Wildlife and Fisheries,’’ 

at 36 CFR 242.1–242.28 and 50 CFR 

100.1–100.28, respectively. The 

regulations contain subparts as follows: 

Subpart A, General Provisions; Subpart 

B, Program Structure; Subpart C, Board 

Determinations; and Subpart D, 

Subsistence Taking of Fish and Wildlife. 

Consistent with subpart B of these 

regulations, the Secretaries established a 

Federal Subsistence Board to administer 

the Program. The Board comprises: 

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• A Chair appointed by the Secretary 

of the Interior with concurrence of the 

Secretary of Agriculture; 

• The Alaska Regional Director, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service; 

• The Alaska Regional Director, U.S. 

National Park Service; 

• The Alaska State Director, U.S. 

Bureau of Land Management; 

• The Alaska Regional Director, U.S. 

Bureau of Indian Affairs; 

• The Alaska Regional Forester, U.S. 

Forest Service; and 

• Two public members appointed by 

the Secretary of the Interior with 

concurrence of the Secretary of 

Agriculture. 

Through the Board, these agencies 

and public members participate in the 

development of regulations for subparts 

C and D, which, among other things, set 

forth program eligibility and specific 

harvest seasons and limits. The Board 

determines which areas of Alaska are 

rural and which areas are nonrural. 

Alaska residents living in areas 

determined to be nonrural are not 

eligible to participate in the Program. 

In administering the Program, the 

Secretaries divided Alaska into 10 

subsistence resource regions, each of 

which is represented by a Regional 

Advisory Council. The Regional 

Advisory Councils provide a forum for 

rural residents with personal knowledge 

of local conditions and resource 

requirements to have a meaningful role 

in the subsistence management of fish 

and wildlife on Federal public lands in 

Alaska. The Regional Advisory Council 

members represent varied geographical, 

cultural, and user interests within each 

region. 

Prior Rulemaking 

On November 23, 1990 (55 FR 48877), 

the Board published a notice in the 

Federal Register explaining the 

proposed Federal process for making 

rural determinations, the criteria to be 

used, and the application of those 

criteria in preliminary determinations. 

On December 17, 1990, the Board 

adopted final rural and nonrural 

determinations, which were published 

on January 3, 1991 (56 FR 236). Final 

programmatic regulations were 

published on May 29, 1992, with only 

slight variations in the rural 

determination process (57 FR 22940). As 

a result of this rulemaking, Federal 

subsistence regulations at 36 CFR 

242.15 and 50 CFR 100.15 require that 

the rural or nonrural status of 

communities or areas be reviewed every 

10 years, beginning with the availability 

of the 2000 census data. 

Because some data from the 2000 

census were not compiled and available 

until 2005, the Board published a 

proposed rule in 2006 to revise the list 

of nonrural areas recognized by the 

Board (71 FR 46416, August 14, 2006). 

The final rule published in the Federal 

Register on May 7, 2007 (72 FR 25688). 

Secretarial Review 

On October 23, 2009, Secretary of the 

Interior Salazar announced the 

initiation of a Departmental review of 

the Federal Subsistence Management 

Program in Alaska; Secretary of 

Agriculture Vilsack later concurred with 

this course of action. The review 

focused on how the Program is meeting 

the purposes and subsistence provisions 

of Title VIII of ANILCA, and how the 

Program is serving rural subsistence 

users as envisioned when it began in the 

early 1990s. 

On August 31, 2010, the Secretaries 

announced the findings of the review, 

which included several proposed 

administrative and regulatory reviews 

and/or revisions to strengthen the 

Program and make it more responsive to 

those who rely on it for their 

subsistence uses. One proposal called 

for a review, with Council input, of the 

rural and nonrural determination 

process and, if needed, 

recommendations for regulatory 

changes. 

The Board met on January 20, 2012, 

to consider the Secretarial directive, 

consider the Councils’ 

recommendations, and review all 

public, Tribal, and Native Corporation 

comments on the initial review of the 

rural determination process. After 

discussion and careful review, the 

Board voted unanimously to initiate a 

review of the rural determination 

process and the 2010 decennial review. 

Consequently, based on that action, the 

Board found that it was in the public’s 

best interest to extend the compliance 

date of its 2007 final rule (72 FR 25688; 

May 7, 2007) on rural and nonrural 

determinations until after the review of 

the rural determination process and the 

decennial review are complete or in 5 

years, whichever comes first. The Board 

published a final rule (77 FR 12477; 

March 1, 2012) extending the 

compliance date. 

The Board followed this action with 

a request for comments and 

announcement of public meetings 

(77 FR 77005; December 31, 2012) to 

receive public, Tribal, and Alaska 

Native Corporations input on the rural 

determination process. 

Due to a lapse in appropriations on 

October 1, 2013, and the subsequent 

closure of the Federal Government, 

some of the preannounced public 

meetings and Tribal consultations to 

receive comments on the rural 

determination process during the 

closure were cancelled. The Board 

decided that an extension to the 

comment period was needed to allow 

for the complete participation from the 

Councils, public and Tribes to address 

this issue (78 FR 66885; November 7, 

2013). 

The Councils were briefed on the 

Board’s Federal Register notice during 

their winter 2013 meetings. At their fall 

2013 meetings, the Councils provided a 

public forum to hear from residents of 

their regions, deliberate on the rural 

determination process, and provide 

recommendations for changes to the 

Board. 

The Secretaries, through the Board, 

also held hearings in Barrow, Ketchikan, 

Sitka, Kodiak, Bethel, Anchorage, 

Fairbanks, Kotzebue, Nome, and 

Dillingham to solicit comments on the 

rural determination process. Public 

testimony was recorded during these 

hearings. Government-to-government 

consultations on the rural determination 

process were held between members of 

the Board and Federally recognized 

Tribes of Alaska, and additional 

consultations were held between 

members of the Board and Alaska 

Native Corporations. 

Altogether, the Board received 475 

substantive comments from various 

sources, including individuals, 

members of the Councils, and other 

entities or organizations, such as Alaska 

Native Corporations and borough 

governments. In general, this 

information indicated a broad 

dissatisfaction with the current rural 

determination process. The aggregation 

criteria were perceived as arbitrary. The 

current population thresholds were seen 

as inadequate to capture the reality of 

rural Alaska. Additionally, the 

decennial review was widely viewed to 

be unnecessary. 

Based on this information, the Board 

at their public meeting held on April 17, 

2014, elected to recommend a 

simplification of the process by 

determining which areas or 

communities are nonrural in Alaska; all 

other communities or areas would, 

therefore, be rural. The Board would 

make nonrural determinations using a 

comprehensive approach that takes into 

consideration population size and 

density, economic indicators, military 

presence, industrial facilities, use of fish 

and wildlife, degree of remoteness and 

isolation, any other relevant material, 

and information provided by the public. 

The Board would rely heavily on the 

recommendations of the Subsistence 

Regional Advisory Councils. 

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In summary, based on Council and 

public comments, Tribal and Alaska 

Native Corporation consultations, and 

briefing materials from the Office of 

Subsistence Management, the Board 

developed a proposal that simplifies the 

process of rural and nonrural 

determinations and submitted its 

recommendation to the Secretaries on 

August 15, 2014. 

On November 24, 2014, the 

Secretaries requested that the Board 

initiate rulemaking to pursue the 

regulatory changes recommended by the 

Board. The Secretaries also requested 

that the Board obtain Council 

recommendations and public input, and 

conduct Tribal and Alaska Native 

Corporation consultation on the 

proposed changes. If adopted through 

the rulemaking process, the current 

regulations would be revised to remove 

specific guidelines, including 

requirements regarding population data, 

the aggregation of communities, and the 

decennial review, for making rural 

determinations. 

Public Review Process—Comments, 

Proposals, and Public Meetings 

The Federal Subsistence Regional 

Advisory Councils will have a 

substantial role in reviewing this 

proposed rule and making 

recommendations for the final rule. The 

Federal Subsistence Board, through the 

Councils, will hold public meetings on 

this proposed rule at the following 

locations in Alaska, on the following 

dates: 

Region 1—Southeast Regional Council ............................................................................... Yakutat .................................. March 17, 2015. 

Region 2—Southcentral Regional Council ........................................................................... Anchorage ............................ February 18, 2015. 

Region 3—Kodiak/Aleutians Regional Council .................................................................... Kodiak ................................... February 10, 2015. 

Region 4—Bristol Bay Regional Council .............................................................................. Naknek .................................. February 24, 2015. 

Region 5—Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta Regional Council ....................................................... Bethel .................................... February 25, 2015. 

Region 6—Western Interior Regional Council ..................................................................... Fairbanks .............................. March 3, 2015. 

Region 7—Seward Peninsula Regional Council .................................................................. Nome .................................... February 18, 2015. 

Region 8—Northwest Arctic Regional Council ..................................................................... Kotzebue ............................... March 9, 2015. 

Region 9—Eastern Interior Regional Council ...................................................................... Fairbanks .............................. March 4, 2015. 

Region 10—North Slope Regional Council .......................................................................... Barrow .................................. March 17, 2015. 

A notice will be published of specific 

dates, times, and meeting locations in 

local and statewide newspapers prior to 

the meetings. Locations and dates may 

change based on weather or local 

circumstances. The amount of work on 

each Council’s agenda determines the 

length of each Council meeting. 

The Board will conduct tribal and 

Alaska Native Corporations 

consultations and discuss and evaluate 

proposed changes to the rural 

determination regulations during a 

public meeting scheduled to be held in 

Anchorage, Alaska, on or before April 

2016. The Council Chairs, or their 

designated representatives, will present 

their respective Council’s 

recommendations at the Board meeting. 

Additional public testimony to the 

Board will be allowed during the 

meeting. At that public meeting, the 

Board will deliberate and make final 

recommendations to the Secretaries on 

this proposed rule. 

You may submit written comments 

and materials concerning this proposed 

rule by one of the methods listed in 

ADDRESSES. If you submit a comment via 

http://www.regulations.gov, your entire 

comment, including any personal 

identifying information, will be posted 

on the Web site. 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 

http://www.regulations.gov. 

Comments and materials we receive, 

as well as supporting documentation we 

used in preparing this proposed rule, 

will be available for public inspection 

on http://www.regulations.gov, or by 

appointment, between 8 a.m. and 3 

p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays, at: USFWS, Office of 

Subsistence Management, 1011 East 

Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99503. 

Reasonable Accommodations 

The Federal Subsistence Board is 

committed to providing access to these 

meetings for all participants. Please 

direct all requests for sign language 

interpreting services, closed captioning, 

or other accommodation needs to 

Deborah Coble, 907–786–3880, 

subsistence@fws.gov, or 800–877–8339 

(TTY), seven business days prior to the 

meeting in which you would like to 

participate. 

Tribal Consultation and Comment 

As expressed in Executive Order 

13175, ‘‘Consultation and Coordination 

with Indian Tribal Governments,’’ the 

Federal officials that have been 

delegated authority by the Secretaries 

are committed to honoring the unique 

government-to-government political 

relationship that exists between the 

Federal Government and Federally 

Recognized Indian Tribes (Tribes) as 

listed in 79 FR 4748 (January 29, 2014). 

Consultation with Alaska Native 

Corporations is based on Public Law 

108–199, div. H, Sec. 161, Jan. 23, 2004, 

118 Stat. 452, as amended by Public 

Law 108–447, div. H, title V, Sec. 518, 

Dec. 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.’’ 

ANILCA does not provide specific 

rights to Tribes for the subsistence 

taking of wildlife, fish, and shellfish. 

However, because Tribal members are 

affected by subsistence regulations, the 

Secretaries, through the Board, will 

provide Federally recognized Tribes and 

Alaska Native Corporations an 

opportunity to consult on this proposed 

rule. 

The Board will engage in outreach 

efforts for this proposed rule, including 

a notification letter, to ensure that 

Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations 

are advised of the mechanisms by which 

they can participate. The Board 

provides a variety of opportunities for 

consultation: Commenting on proposed 

changes to the existing rule; engaging in 

dialogue at the Regional Council 

meetings; engaging in dialogue at the 

Board’s meetings; and providing input 

in person, by mail, email, or phone at 

any time during the rulemaking process. 

The Board commits to efficiently and 

adequately providing an opportunity to 

Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations 

for consultation in regard to subsistence 

rulemaking. 

The Board will consider Tribes’ and 

Alaska Native Corporations’ 

information, input, and 

recommendations, and address their 

concerns as much as practicable. 

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Compliance With Statutory and 

Regulatory Authorities 

National Environmental Policy Act 

A Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement that described four 

alternatives for developing a Federal 

Subsistence Management Program was 

distributed for public comment on 

October 7, 1991. The Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) 

was published on February 28, 1992. 

The Record of Decision (ROD) on 

Subsistence Management for Federal 

Public Lands in Alaska was signed April 

6, 1992. The selected alternative in the 

FEIS (Alternative IV) defined the 

administrative framework of an annual 

regulatory cycle for subsistence 

regulations. 

A 1997 environmental assessment 

dealt with the expansion of Federal 

jurisdiction over fisheries and is 

available at the office listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. The 

Secretary of the Interior, with 

concurrence of the Secretary of 

Agriculture, determined that expansion 

of Federal jurisdiction does not 

constitute a major Federal action 

significantly affecting the human 

environment and, therefore, signed a 

Finding of No Significant Impact. 

Section 810 of ANILCA 

An ANILCA section 810 analysis was 

completed as part of the FEIS process on 

the Federal Subsistence Management 

Program. The intent of all Federal 

subsistence regulations is to accord 

subsistence uses of fish and wildlife on 

public lands a priority over the taking 

of fish and wildlife on such lands for 

other purposes, unless restriction is 

necessary to conserve healthy fish and 

wildlife populations. The final section 

810 analysis determination appeared in 

the April 6, 1992, ROD and concluded 

that the Federal Subsistence 

Management Program, under 

Alternative IV with an annual process 

for setting subsistence regulations, may 

have some local impacts on subsistence 

uses, but will not likely restrict 

subsistence uses significantly. 

During the subsequent environmental 

assessment process for extending 

fisheries jurisdiction, an evaluation of 

the effects of this rule was conducted in 

accordance with section 810. That 

evaluation also supported the 

Secretaries’ determination that the rule 

will not reach the ‘‘may significantly 

restrict’’ threshold that would require 

notice and hearings under ANILCA 

section 810(a). 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor and you are not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) control number. This proposed 

rule does not contain any new 

collections of information that require 

OMB approval. OMB has reviewed and 

approved the collections of information 

associated with the subsistence 

regulations at 36 CFR part 242 and 50 

CFR part 100, and assigned OMB 

Control Number 1018–0075, which 

expires February 29, 2016. 

Regulatory Planning and Review 

(Executive Orders 12866 and 13563) 

Executive Order 12866 provides that 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs (OIRA) in the Office of 

Management and Budget will review all 

significant rules. OIRA has reviewed 

this rule and has determined that this 

rule is not significant. 

Executive Order 13563 reaffirms the 

principles of E.O. 12866 while calling 

for improvements in the nation’s 

regulatory system to promote 

predictability, to reduce uncertainty, 

and to use the best, most innovative, 

and least burdensome tools for 

achieving regulatory ends. The 

executive order directs agencies to 

consider regulatory approaches that 

reduce burdens and maintain flexibility 

and freedom of choice for the public 

where these approaches are relevant, 

feasible, and consistent with regulatory 

objectives. E.O. 13563 emphasizes 

further that regulations must be based 

on the best available science and that 

the rulemaking process must allow for 

public participation and an open 

exchange of ideas. We have developed 

this rule in a manner consistent with 

these requirements. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 

(5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) requires 

preparation of flexibility analyses for 

rules that will have a significant effect 

on a substantial number of small 

entities, which include small 

businesses, organizations, or 

governmental jurisdictions. In general, 

the resources to be harvested under this 

rule are already being harvested and 

consumed by the local harvester and do 

not result in an additional dollar benefit 

to the economy. However, we estimate 

that two million pounds of meat are 

harvested by subsistence users annually 

and, if given an estimated dollar value 

of $3.00 per pound, this amount would 

equate to about $6 million in food value 

statewide. Based upon the amounts and 

values cited above, the Departments 

certify that this rulemaking will not 

have a significant economic effect on a 

substantial number of small entities 

within the meaning of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act. 

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act 

Under the Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act (5 U.S.C. 801 

et seq.), this rule is not a major rule. It 

does not have an effect on the economy 

of $100 million or more, will not cause 

a major increase in costs or prices for 

consumers, and does not have 

significant adverse effects on 

competition, employment, investment, 

productivity, innovation, or the ability 

of U.S.-based enterprises to compete 

with foreign-based enterprises. 

Executive Order 12630 

Title VIII of ANILCA requires the 

Secretaries to administer a subsistence 

priority on public lands. The scope of 

this program is limited by definition to 

certain public lands. Likewise, these 

regulations have no potential takings of 

private property implications as defined 

by Executive Order 12630. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

The Secretaries have determined and 

certify pursuant to the Unfunded 

Mandates Reform Act, 2 U.S.C. 1502 et 

seq., that this rulemaking will not 

impose a cost of $100 million or more 

in any given year on local or State 

governments or private entities. The 

implementation of this rule would be by 

Federal agencies, and no cost would be 

imposed on any State or local entities or 

tribal governments. 

Executive Order 12988 

The Secretaries have determined that 

these regulations meet the applicable 

standards provided in sections 3(a) and 

3(b)(2) of Executive Order 12988, 

regarding civil justice reform. 

Executive Order 13132 

In accordance with Executive Order 

13132, the proposed rule does not have 

sufficient Federalism implications to 

warrant the preparation of a Federalism 

Assessment. Title VIII of ANILCA 

precludes the State from exercising 

subsistence management authority over 

fish and wildlife resources on Federal 

lands unless it meets certain 

requirements. 

Executive Order 13175 

Title VIII of ANILCA does not provide 

specific rights to tribes for the 

subsistence taking of wildlife, fish, and 

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shellfish. However, the Board will 

provide Federally recognized Tribes and 

Alaska Native Corporations an 

opportunity to consult on this proposed 

rule. Consultation with Alaska Native 

Corporations are based on Public Law 

108–199, div. H, Sec. 161, Jan. 23, 2004, 

118 Stat. 452, as amended by Public 

Law 108–447, div. H, title V, Sec. 518, 

Dec. 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.’’ 

The Secretaries, through the Board, 

will provide a variety of opportunities 

for consultation: Engaging in dialogue at 

the Regional Council meetings; engaging 

in dialogue at the Board’s meetings; and 

providing input in person, by mail, 

email, or phone at any time during the 

rulemaking process. 

Executive Order 13211 

This Executive Order requires 

agencies to prepare Statements of 

Energy Effects when undertaking certain 

actions. However, this proposed rule is 

not a significant regulatory action under 

E.O. 13211, affecting energy supply, 

distribution, or use, and no Statement of 

Energy Effects is required. 

Clarity of the Rule 

We are required by Executive Orders 

12866 and 12988, and by the 

Presidential Memorandum of June 1, 

1998, to write all rules in plain 

language. This means that each rule we 

publish must: 

(a) Be logically organized; 

(b) Use the active voice to address 

readers directly; 

(c) Use clear language rather than 

jargon; 

(d) Be divided into short sections and 

sentences; and 

(e) Use lists and tables wherever 

possible. 

If you feel that we have not met these 

requirements, send us comments by one 

of the methods listed in ADDRESSES. To 

better help us revise the proposed rule, 

your comments should be as specific as 

possible. 

Drafting Information 

Theo Matuskowitz drafted these 

regulations under the guidance of 

Eugene R. Peltola, Jr. of the Office of 

Subsistence Management, Alaska 

Regional Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Anchorage, Alaska. Additional 

assistance was provided by: 

• Daniel Sharp, Alaska State Office, 

Bureau of Land Management; 

• Mary McBurney, Alaska Regional 

Office, National Park Service; 

• Dr. Glenn Chen, Alaska Regional 

Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs; 

• Trevor Fox, Alaska Regional Office, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; and 

• Steve Kessler and Thomas 

Whitford, Alaska Regional Office, U.S. 

Forest Service. 

List of Subjects 

36 CFR Part 242 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Alaska, Fish, National 

forests, Public lands, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Wildlife. 

50 CFR Part 100 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Alaska, Fish, National 

forests, Public lands, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Wildlife. 

Proposed Regulation Promulgation 

For the reasons set out in the 

preamble, the Secretaries propose to 

amend 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part 

100 as set forth below. 

PART—SUBSISTENCE MANAGEMENT 

REGULATIONS FOR PUBLIC LANDS IN 

ALASKA 

■ 1. The authority citation for both 36 

CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part 100 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3, 472, 551, 668dd, 

3101–3126; 18 U.S.C. 3551–3586; 43 U.S.C. 

1733. 

Subpart B—Program Structure 

■ 2. In subpart B of 36 CFR part 242 and 

50 CFR part 100, § __.15 is revised to 

read as follows: 

§ __.15 Rural determination process. 

(a) The Board determines which areas 

or communities in Alaska are nonrural. 

Current determinations are listed at 

§ ___.23. 

(b) All other communities and areas 

are, therefore, rural. 

Sally Jewell, 

Secretary of the Interior. 

Dated: December 12, 2014. 

Beth G. Pendleton, 

Regional Forester, USDA-Forest Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01621 Filed 1–26–15; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–11–P;4310–55–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Parts 174 and 180 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0008; FRL–9921–55] 

Receipt of Several Pesticide Petitions 

Filed for Residues of Pesticide 

Chemicals in or on Various 

Commodities 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of filing of petitions and 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

EPA’s receipt of several initial filings of 

pesticide petitions requesting the 

establishment or modification of 

regulations for residues of pesticide 

chemicals in or on various commodities. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 27, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by the Docket Identification 

(ID) Number and the Pesticide Petition 

Number (PP) of interest as shown in the 

body of this document, by one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http://

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. 

Additional instructions on commenting 

or visiting the docket, along with more 

information about dockets generally, is 

available at http://www.epa.gov/

dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert McNally, Biopesticides and 

Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD) 

(7511P), main telephone number: (703) 

305–7090, email address: 

BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov; or Susan 

Lewis, Registration Division (RD) 

(7505P), main telephone number: (703) 

305–7090, email address: 

RDFRNotices@epa.gov. The mailing 

address for each contact person is: 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. As part of the mailing 

address, include the contact person’s 

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