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were made to this information 

collection. 

The BIA requests your comments on 

this collection concerning: (a) The 

necessity of this information collection 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) The accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden (hours 

and cost) of the collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) Ways we could enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Ways we could 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

the information on the respondents. 

Please note that an agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and an individual 

need not respond to, a collection of 

information unless it has a valid OMB 

Control Number. 

It is our policy to make all comments 

available to the public for review at the 

location listed in the ADDRESSES section. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address or other 

personally identifiable 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. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1076–0169. 

Title: Probate of Indian Estates, Except 

for Members of the Osage Nation and 

Five Civilized Tribes. 

Brief Description of Collection: This 

part contains the procedures that the 

Secretary of the Interior follows to 

initiate the probate of the trust estate for 

a deceased person who owns an interest 

in trust or restricted property. The 

Secretary must perform the information 

collection requests in this part to obtain 

the information necessary to compile an 

accurate and complete probate file. This 

file will be forwarded to the Office of 

Hearing and Appeals (OHA) for 

disposition. Responses to these 

information collection requests are 

required to create a probate file for the 

decedent’s estate so that OHA can 

determine the heirs of the decedent and 

order distribution of the trust assets in 

the decedent’s estate. A response is 

required to obtain or retain a benefit. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Indians, businesses, and 

tribal authorities. 

Number of Respondents: 65,751. 

Frequency of Response: One per 

respondent each year with the exception 

of tribes that may be required to provide 

enrollment information on an average of 

approximately 10 times/year. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

76,695. 

Estimated Time per Response: Ranges 

from 0.5 hours to 45.5 hours (see table 

below). 

CFR Section Description of info collection requirement 

Number of 

responses 

per yr 

Hours per 

response 

Total burden 

hours 

15.9 ........................................ File affidavit to self-prove will, codicil, or revocation ............. 1,000 0 .5 500 

15.9 ........................................ File supporting affidavit to self-prove will, codicil, or revocation.2,000 0 .5 1,000 

15.104 .................................... Reporting req.-death certificate ............................................. 5,850 5 29,250 

15.105 .................................... Provide probate documents .................................................. 21,235 45 .5 966,193 

15.203 .................................... Provide tribal information for probate file .............................. 5,660 2 11,320 

15.301 .................................... Reporting funeral expenses .................................................. 5,850 2 11,700 

15.305 .................................... Provide info on creditor claim (6 per probate) ...................... 35,100 0 .5 17,550 

Total ................................ ................................................................................................ 76,695 .......................... 1,037,513 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

1,037,513. 

Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour 

Dollar Cost: $0. 

Dated: February 10, 2015. 

Elizabeth K. Appel, 

Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and 

Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–W7–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCOS06000 L10200000.EE0000] 

Notice of Intent To Amend the 

Resource Management Plan for the 

Bureau of Land Management Gunnison 

Field Office and Prepare an Associated 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Colorado 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

Gunnison Field Office, Gunnison, 

Colorado, intends to prepare a Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) amendment 

with an associated Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) and by this 

notice is announcing the beginning of 

the scoping process to solicit public 

comments and identify issues. 

DATES: This notice initiates the public 

scoping process for the RMP 

amendment with associated EIS. 

Comments on issues may be submitted 

in writing until March 16, 2015. The 

date(s) and location(s) of any scoping 

meetings will be announced at least 15 

days in advance through local media, 

newspapers and the BLM Web site at: 

http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/fo/

gfo.html. In order to be included in the 

Draft EIS, all comments must be 

received prior to the close of the 30-day 

scoping period or 15 days after the last 

public meeting, whichever is later. The 

BLM will provide additional 

opportunities for public participation as 

appropriate. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on issues and planning criteria related 

to the Gunnison Field Office RMP 

amendment/EIS by any of the following 

methods: 

• Email: blm_co_gfo_nepa_

comments@blm.gov. 

• Fax: 970–642–4990. 

• Mail: 210 West Spencer Street, 

Suite A, Gunnison, CO 81230. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined at the BLM Gunnison 

Field Office at the address above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristi Murphy, Outdoor Recreation 

Planner; telephone, 970–642–4955; 

address, 210 West Spencer Street, Suite 

A, Gunnison, CO 81230; email, blm_


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co_gfo_nepa_comments@blm.gov. 

Persons who use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the 

above individual during normal 

business hours. The FIRS 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: This 

document provides notice that the BLM 

Gunnison Field Office intends to 

prepare an RMP amendment with an 

associated EIS for 16 domestic sheep 

grazing allotments, announces the 

beginning of the scoping process and 

seeks public input on issues and 

planning criteria. The planning area is 

located in Gunnison, Hinsdale, and 

portions of Montrose, Ouray, and San 

Juan counties, Colorado. The planning 

area encompasses approximately 

115,000 acres of public land. The BLM 

will analyze grazing that is currently 

authorized by five livestock grazing 

permits in the planning area. The five 

livestock grazing permits authorize 

sheep grazing on twelve grazing 

allotments. Eight of those allotments 

completely or partly overlap with 

mapped Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep 

(RMBS) habitat. Livestock grazing 

authorized by these five permits has not 

yet been fully analyzed in compliance 

with NEPA; therefore, these permits are 

currently being authorized under the 

authority of Public Law 108–108 and 

Public Law 111–8. In addition, the BLM 

will analyze livestock grazing on four 

other livestock grazing allotments 

located in areas south and west of Lake 

City, Colorado, which are currently 

vacant (domestic livestock grazing is not 

currently permitted on those 

allotments). Although there is no 

demand for livestock grazing on these 

four vacant allotments, the risk of 

contact with RMBS is high if permitted. 

Because the BLM may change livestock 

grazing allocations through this process, 

the BLM may need to amend its 

Resource Management Plan. These 

changes could include making some 

areas and related allotments unavailable 

to livestock grazing; adjusting area-wide 

forage availability for livestock; and 

making some areas or allotments that 

are currently unavailable to livestock 

grazing available for that use. 

Over the past 30 years, the bighorn 

sheep population in the area has 

increased to a level indicating a healthy, 

stable population. New information 

about disease transmission between 

domestic sheep and RMBS indicates 

that contact between the species can 

pose a risk to the health of the RMBS 

population. The potential for disease 

transmission is a particular concern in 

areas where the risk of contact between 

species is high and design criteria or 

mitigation measures to achieve 

separation may not be effective. To fully 

analyze the direct, indirect and 

cumulative impacts of authorizing 

livestock grazing in bighorn sheep 

habitat areas, the EIS will consider the 

five livestock grazing permits, including 

the associated grazing allotments 

outside of RMBS habitat, as well as four 

allotments that are currently vacant and 

unpermitted. 

The purpose of the public scoping 

process is to determine relevant issues 

that will influence the scope of the 

environmental analysis, including 

alternatives, and guide the planning 

process. Preliminary issues for the plan 

amendment area have been identified by 

BLM personnel; Federal, State, and local 

agencies; and other stakeholders. The 

issues include: RMBS population 

health, domestic sheep grazing, socioeconomics, riparian area conditions, 

noxious weeds, Canada lynx habitat, 

Gunnison Sage-Grouse habitat and 

upland soils. Preliminary planning 

criteria include: 

1. The BLM will continue to manage 

the Gunnison Field Office in accordance 

with the Federal Land Policy and 

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

1701 (et seq.), other applicable laws and 

regulations and all existing public land 

laws. 

2. The RMP amendment will be 

developed using an interdisciplinary 

approach to identify alternatives and 

analyze resource impacts, including 

cumulative impacts to natural and 

cultural resources and the social and 

economic environment. 

3. The amendment process will follow 

the FLPMA planning process and the 

BLM will develop an EIS analyzing the 

amendment, consistent with NEPA. 

You may submit comments on issues 

and planning criteria in writing to the 

BLM at any public scoping meeting, or 

you may submit them to the BLM using 

one of the methods listed earlier in the 

ADDRESSES section. To be most helpful, 

you should submit comments by the 

close of the 30-day scoping period or 

within 15 days after the last public 

meeting, whichever is later. 

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. The minutes and list of attendees 

for each scoping meeting will be 

available to the public and open for 30 

days after the meeting to any participant 

who wishes to clarify the views he or 

she expressed. 

The BLM will evaluate identified 

issues to be addressed in the plan 

amendment, and will place them into 

one of three categories: 

1. Issues to be resolved in the plan 

amendment; 

2. Issues to be resolved through policy 

or administrative action; or 

3. Issues beyond the scope of this plan 

amendment. 

The BLM will provide an explanation 

in the Draft RMP amendment/Draft EIS 

as to why an issue was placed in 

category two or three. The public is also 

encouraged to help identify any 

management questions and concerns 

that should be addressed in the plan 

amendment. The BLM will work 

collaboratively with interested parties to 

identify the management decisions that 

are best suited to local, regional, and 

national needs and concerns. 

The BLM will use the NEPA public 

participation requirements to assist the 

agency in satisfying the public 

involvement requirements under 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (NHPA) (16 U.S.C. 

470(f)) pursuant to 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3). 

The information about historic and 

cultural resources within the area 

potentially affected by the proposed 

action will assist the BLM in identifying 

and evaluating impacts to such 

resources in the context of both NEPA 

and Section 106 of the NHPA. 

The BLM will consult with Indian 

tribes on a government-to-government 

basis in accordance with Executive 

Order 13175 and other policies. Tribal 

concerns, including impacts on Indian 

trust assets and potential impacts to 

cultural resources, will be given due 

consideration. Federal, State and local 

agencies, along with tribes and other 

stakeholders that may be interested in or 

affected by the proposed action the BLM 

is evaluating, are invited to participate 

in the scoping process and, if eligible, 

may request or be requested by the BLM 

to participate in the development of the 

environmental analysis as a cooperating 

agency. The BLM will use an 

interdisciplinary approach to develop 

the plan amendment in order to 

consider the variety of resource issues 

and concerns identified. Specialists 

with expertise in the following 

disciplines will be involved in the 

planning process: rangeland 

management, minerals and geology, 


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forestry, outdoor recreation, 

archaeology, paleontology, wildlife and 

fisheries, lands and realty, hydrology, 

soils, sociology, and economics. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7 and 43 CFR 

1610.2 

Ruth Welch, 

BLM Colorado State Director. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVL01000. 

L51100000.GN0000.LVEMF1402520. 

241A.14X; MO#4500069499] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Gold Rock Mine Project, White Pine 

County, NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended, and the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of 1976, as 

amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) Egan Field Office, 

Ely, Nevada has prepared a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (Draft 

EIS) for the proposed Gold Rock Mine 

Project in White Pine County, NV, and 

by this notice is announcing the 

opening of the public comment period 

on the Draft EIS. 

DATES: To ensure comments will be 

considered, the BLM must receive 

written comments on the Draft EIS 

within 45 days following the date the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes its Notice of Availability in 

the Federal Register. The BLM will 

announce any public meetings or other 

public involvement activities at least 15 

days in advance through public notices, 

media releases, and/or mailings. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

related to the Gold Rock Mine Project by 

any of the following methods: 

• Web site: http://on.doi.gov/

1zAxyW9. 

• fax: 775–289–1910. 

• mail: BLM Ely District, Egan Field 

Office, HC 33 Box 33500, Ely, NV 

89301–9408. 

Copies of the Draft EIS are available 

in the Egan Field Office at the above 

address and on the Ely District’s Web 

page at http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/ 

ely_field_office/blm_programs/

minerals/mining_projects/gold_rock_

project.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information contact Dan 

Netcher, Project Manager, telephone 

775–289–1872; address BLM Ely 

District, Egan Field Office, HC 33 Box 

33500, Ely, NV 89301–9408; email 

dnetcher@blm.gov. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

to contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FIRS 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: 

Midway Gold US Inc. (Midway) 

proposes to construct and operate an 

open-pit gold mining operation on the 

eastern side of the Pancake Mountain 

Range, approximately 50 miles west of 

Ely in White Pine County, Nevada. The 

proposed location is 15 miles south of 

U.S. Route 50 near Newark Valley and 

the northern Railroad Valley, in the 

same geographic area as the reclaimed 

and closed Easy Junior Mine. Midway 

submitted the Gold Rock Mine Project 

Plan of Operations on March 21, 2013. 

The BLM’s approval of the mine plan as 

proposed (the Proposed Action) would 

authorize approximately 3,946 acres of 

disturbance on land administered by the 

BLM. Under the Proposed Action, the 

proposed operations and associated 

disturbance would include a proposed 

power line extending south from the 

Pan Mine to the west side of the 

proposed Gold Rock Mine Project site. 

Also under the Proposed Action, a 

county road that currently passes 

through the Gold Rock Mine Project area 

would be re-located onto existing and 

new BLM and county roads. An updated 

inventory of lands with wilderness 

characteristics was completed and 

found no lands with wilderness 

characteristics in the project area. 

The projected life of the project is 48 

years: 10 years of mining and additional 

time for associated construction, 

reclamation, closure, and post-closure 

monitoring periods. Midway is 

currently conducting exploration 

activities in the project area; which 

activities were analyzed in two separate 

environmental assessments (EAs): The 

Midway Gold Rock Project Final 

Environmental Assessment (June 2012), 

and the Environmental Assessment for 

the Midway Gold Rock Project, 

Exploration Amendment (October 

2012). 

On September 5, 2013, a Notice of 

Intent (NOI) was published in the 

Federal Register inviting scoping 

comments on the Proposed Action. A 

legal notice was prepared by the BLM 

and published in the Ely Times, the 

Eureka Sentinel, the High Desert 

Advocate, and the Reno Gazette-Journal 

informing the public of the BLM’s 

intention to prepare the Gold Rock Mine 

EIS. Public scoping meetings were held 

in September 2013 in Ely, Eureka, and 

Reno, Nevada. On November 7, 2013, 

the BLM learned that the email account 

set up to receive scoping comments on 

the Gold Rock Mine Project EIS, along 

with all of its contents, had disappeared 

during the first week of October 2013 

and was not recoverable. On March 28, 

2014, the BLM published a second 

Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS in the 

Federal Register, extending the scoping 

period for another 30-day public input 

period, inviting the public to submit 

comments, and requesting that anyone 

who submitted scoping comments by 

email during the initial 30-day scoping 

period (September 5, 2013, through 

October 7, 2013) resubmit their 

comments by mail, by fax, or through 

the ePlanning system during this 30-day 

extension of the public input period. No 

changes were made to the Proposed 

Action. No scoping meetings were held 

during this 30-day extension of the 

public input period, as these meetings 

were not affected by the technical 

difficulties with the email account. In 

total, 60 comment documents were 

received during scoping. The comments 

were incorporated in a Scoping 

Summary Report and were considered 

in the preparation of this Draft EIS. 

Concerns raised during scoping 

include: Positive and negative 

socioeconomic impacts on the 

communities of Ely and Eureka, and to 

White Pine County; changes to the 

quantity and quality of surface water 

and groundwater; potential occurrence 

of acid drainage from waste rock 

disposal areas into surface or 

groundwater; impacts to soils through 

reduced infiltration or increased 

erosion; potential occurrence of a 

release of pollutants and hazardous 

materials to the environment during 

operations or following closure; impacts 

to wild horses and their habitat; impacts 

to vegetation communities, and 

vegetative food resources for wildlife; 

short- and long-term impacts on wildlife 

population dynamics and habitats; 

potential impacts to population and 

habitat of greater sage-grouse; potential 

impacts to Native American traditional 

and religious values regarding greater 

sage-grouse, antelope traps and geologic 

and mineral resources; impacts to air 

quality through point (equipment) and 

non-point (site roads and facilities) 

pollution sources; potential impacts to 


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