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amended (Act), prohibits certain 

activities with endangered species 

unless a Federal permit allows such 

activity. The Act also requires that we 

invite public comment before issuing 

such permits. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, please 

send your written comments by March 

16, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Program Manager for 

Restoration and Endangered Species 

Classification, Ecological Services, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific 

Regional Office, 911 NE. 11th Avenue, 

Portland, OR 97232–4181. Please refer 

to the permit number for the application 

when submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colleen Henson, Fish and Wildlife 

Biologist, at the above address, or by 

telephone (503–231–6131) or fax (503– 

231–6243). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

prohibits certain activities with respect 

to endangered and threatened species 

unless a Federal permit allows such 

activity. Along with our implementing 

regulations in the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17, the Act 

provides for certain permits, and 

requires that we invite public comment 

before issuing these permits for 

endangered species. 

A permit granted by us under section 

10(a)(1)(A) of the Act authorizes the 

permittee to conduct activities 

(including take or interstate commerce) 

with respect to U.S. endangered or 

threatened species for scientific 

purposes or enhancement of 

propagation or survival. Our regulations 

implementing section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

Act for these permits are found at 50 

CFR 17.22 for endangered wildlife 

species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened 

wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.62 for 

endangered plant species, and 50 CFR 

17.72 for threatened plant species. 

Application Available for Review and 

Comment 

We invite local, State, and Federal 

agencies and the public to comment on 

the following application. Please refer to 

the permit number for the application 

when submitting comments. 

Documents and other information 

submitted with this application are 

available for review by request from the 

Program Manager for Restoration and 

Endangered Species Classification at the 

address listed in the ADDRESSES section 

of this notice, subject to the 

requirements of the Privacy Act (5 

U.S.C. 552a) and the Freedom of 

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). 

Permit Number: TE–017352 

Applicant: Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands, Division of 

Fish and Wildlife, Saipan, MP 

The applicant requests amendment of 

a permit to take (playback survey) 

Mariana common moorhens (Gallinula 

chloropus guami) and to take (playback 

survey, photograph, and videograph) 

Micronesian megapodes (Megapodius 

laperouse) throughout the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Islands 

in conjunction with research for the 

purpose of enhancing species’ survival. 

Public Availability of Comments 

All comments and materials we 

receive in response to this request will 

be available for public inspection, by 

appointment, during normal business 

hours at the address listed in the 

ADDRESSES section. 

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. 

Authority 

We provide this notice under section 

10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Dated: January 21, 2015. 

Richard R. Hannan, 

Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03016 Filed 2–12–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[145A2100DD AAK4000000 

A0R9B0000.999900] 

Renewal of Agency Information 

Collection for Probate of Indian 

Estates 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is 

submitting to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request for renewal 

for the collection of information titled 

‘‘Probate of Indian Estates, Except for 

Members of the Osage Nation and the 

Five Civilized Tribes.’’ The information 

collection is currently authorized by 

OMB Control Number 1076–0169, 

which expires February 28, 2015. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

16, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on the information collection to the 

Desk Officer for the Department of the 

Interior at the Office of Management and 

Budget, by facsimile to (202) 395–5806 

or you may send an email to: OIRA_

Submission@omb.eop.gov. Please send a 

copy of your comments to Charlene 

Toledo, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office 

of Trust Services, Division of Probate 

Services 2600 N Central Ave STE MS 

102, Phoenix, AZ 85004: 

Charlene.Toledo@bia.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charlene Toledo, (505) 563–3371. You 

may review the information collection 

request online at http://

www.reginfo.gov. Follow the 

instructions to review Department of the 

Interior collections under review by 

OMB. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The Secretary of the Interior probates 

the estates of individual Indians owning 

trust or restricted property in 

accordance with 25 U.S.C. 372–373. In 

order to compile the probate file, the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) must 

obtain information regarding the 

deceased from individuals and the tribe. 

This request for renewal makes 

adjustments to reflect the accurate 

number of respondents. As a result, the 

estimated burden hours has increased 

from 1,037,493 to 1,037,513 hours. No 

other changes were made to the 

information collection. 

II. Request for Comments 

On October 28, 2014, the BIA 

published a notice announcing the 

renewal of this information collection 

and provided a 60-day comment period 

in the Federal Register (79 FR 64210). 

The BIA received one comment in 

response to this notice. The commenter 

expressed disagreement with the 

application of the Act of August 4, 1947, 

61 Stat. 731, and proposed repealing of 

the 1947 Act would reduce the burden 

in collecting information for probate of 

restricted land. However, the data for 

this information collection is collected 

under 25 U.S.C. 372–373, which does 

not apply to members of the Five 

Civilized Tribes. Therefore, no changes 


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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. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03045 Filed 2–12–15; 8:45 am] 

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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