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Covered Activities; variations in the 

locations, amount, and type of 

conservation and land exchange; 

variations in permit duration; or a 

combination of these elements. The 

BLM may address other considerations 

in the SDEIS. In compliance with NEPA, 

the Service and BLM will be responsible 

for the scope and preparation of the EIS 

component of the joint EIS/EIR. 

The SDEIS will identify and analyze 

potentially significant direct, indirect, 

and cumulative impacts of the Service’s 

authorization of incidental take (permit 

issuance) and the implementation of the 

proposed Upper Santa Ana River Wash 

Plan on biological resources, land uses, 

utilities, air quality, water resources 

(including surface and groundwater 

supply and water quality), cultural 

resources, socioeconomics and 

environmental justice, outdoor 

recreation, visual resources, induced 

growth, climate change and greenhouse 

gases, and other environmental issues 

that could occur with implementation of 

the proposed action and alternatives. 

The Service and the BLM will use all 

practicable means, consistent with 

NEPA and other essential 

considerations of national policy, to 

avoid or minimize significant effects of 

their actions upon the quality of the 

human environment. 

The CDFW has requested and agreed 

to be a State cooperating agency. The 

Service, BLM, and CDFW agree that 

establishing a cooperating agency 

relationship will create a more 

streamlined and coordinated approach 

in developing this joint EIS/EIR. 

Reasonable Accommodation 

The Service and BLM are committed 

to providing access to these scoping 

meetings for all participants. Please 

direct all requests for sign language 

interpreting services, closed captioning, 

or other accommodation needs to 

Kennon Corey at 760–322–2070 

(telephone), ken_corey@fws.gov (email), 

or 800–877–8339 (TTY), as soon as 

possible. To allow sufficient time to 

process requests, please call no later 

than 1 week before the public meeting. 

Information regarding this proposed 

action is available in alternative formats 

upon request. 

Public Comments 

We invite other government agencies, 

Native American Tribes, the scientific 

community, industry, nongovernmental 

organizations, and all other interested 

parties to participate in this scoping 

process and provide comments and 

information. Comments on issues and 

potential impacts, or suggestions for 

additional or different alternatives, may 

be submitted in writing at any public 

scoping meeting or through one of the 

methods listed in the ADDRESSES section 

of this notice. 

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.) 

and by NEPA regulations (40 CFR 

1501.7, 1506.6, and 1508.22). 

Dated: February 23, 2015. 

Alexandra Pitts, 

Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Southwest 

Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Sacramento, California. 

Dated: February 23, 2015. 

Tom Pogacnik, 

Deputy State Director, Natural Resources, 

California State Office, Bureau of Land 

Management, Sacramento, California. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04341 Filed 3–2–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[145D0102DR DS5A300000 

DR.5A311.IA000514] 

Availability of Funds for Climate 

Change Adaptation and Coastal 

Management to Federally Recognized 

Indian Tribes 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs 

(BIA) has funding available for support 

of tribal climate change adaptation and 

ocean and coastal management 

planning. Any federally recognized tribe 

(or tribal organization whose 

application is supported by a tribal 

resolution) may submit an application 

for these funds. The BIA is mailing 

application packets to each tribal leader. 

Funds will be awarded under the Indian 

Self-Determination and Education 

Assistance Act (ISDEAA). 

DATES: Applications must be submitted 

by April 24, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: An application packet has 

been mailed to tribal leaders. Submit 

your ISDEAA contract proposal in 

accordance with the directions in the 

application packet to climate.funding@

bia.gov or Ms. Helen Riggs, Deputy 

Bureau Director, Office of Trust 

Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 

C St. NW., MS–4620, Washington, DC 

20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you do not receive an application packet 

or if you would like additional 

information on how to apply, please 

contact Helen Riggs, BIA Office of Trust 

Services, at helen.riggs@bia.gov or (202) 

208–5770. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BIA 

has up to $8 million in funding 

available for federally recognized tribes 

for climate change adaptation and for 

ocean and coastal management 

planning. Because limited funding is 

available, no more than $250,000 is 

available for any one proposal. The 

funds are awarded pursuant to ISDEAA, 

25 U.S.C. 450 et seq., and are subject to 

25 CFR part 900 (for self-determination 

contracts) or 25 CFR part 1000 (for selfgovernance funding agreements). Tribes 

that seek for BIA to perform a project via 

direct service should contact their BIA 

Regional Director for additional 

information. Applicants may request 

funding for the following: 

Climate Adaptation Planning 

• Category 1. Trainings & Workshops. 

Design and host tribal training(s) or 

workshop(s) to support tribal leaders, 

climate change coordinators, planners, 

and program managers to build skills 

and gather information needed to 

coordinate the tribal adaptation 

planning process. 

• Category 2. Climate Adaptation 

Planning. Develop tribal government 

climate adaptation plans, vulnerability 

assessments, or data analysis. 

• Category 3. Travel. Provide travel 

support for tribal leaders and staff to 

attend training(s) or workshop(s) or to 

participate in cooperative climate 

change adaptation efforts (including 

Landscape Conservation Cooperatives, 

Climate Science Centers, and other 

adaptation management forums). 

Ocean and Coastal Management 

Planning 

• Category 4. Ocean and Coastal 

Management Planning. Develop ocean 

and coastal management planning; build 

tribal capacity; implement a pilot 

project for restoration and resilience of 

coastal resources; perform inventories or 

vulnerability assessments; identify 

monitoring protocols and critical 

indicator species; marine spatial 

planning; coast climate adaptation 

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analysis; or cooperative marine resource 

plans. 

• Category 5. Travel. Provide travel 

support for tribal representatives to 

attend organizational meetings, working 

sessions, or official meetings in support 

of collaborative planning efforts, 

including meetings of Regional Planning 

Bodies (RPBs). 

The application packets mailed to 

tribal leaders will provide additional 

information, including tips on preparing 

a proposal, and information on BIA’s 

review and ranking of proposals. 

Dated: February 23, 2015. 

Kevin K. Washburn, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04306 Filed 3–2–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–W7–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[DR5B211IA000715] 

Notice of Deadline for Submitting 

Completed Applications To Begin 

Participation in the Tribal SelfGovernance Program in Fiscal Year 

2016 or Calendar Year 2016 

AGENCY: Office of Self-Governance, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of application deadline. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Office of 

Self-Governance (OSG) establishes a 

March 20, 2015, deadline for Indian 

tribes/consortia to submit completed 

applications to begin participation in 

the tribal self-governance program in 

Fiscal Year 2016 or Calendar Year 2016. 

DATES: Completed application packages 

must be received by the Director, Office 

of Self-Governance, by March 20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Application packages for 

inclusion in the applicant pool should 

be sent to Sharee M. Freeman, Director, 

Office of Self-Governance, Department 

of the Interior, Mail Stop 355–G–SIB, 

1951 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Kenneth D. Reinfeld, Office of SelfGovernance, telephone (703) 390–6551. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994 

(Pub. L. 103–413) (Act), as amended by 

the Fiscal Year 1997 Omnibus 

Appropriations Bill (Pub. L. 104–208) 

and section 1000.15(a) of Title 25 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations, the 

Director, Office of Self-Governance may 

select up to 50 additional participating 

tribes/consortia per year for the tribal 

self-governance program and negotiate 

and enter into a written funding 

agreement with each participating tribe. 

The Act mandates that the Secretary of 

the Interior submit copies of the funding 

agreements at least 90 days before the 

proposed effective date to the 

appropriate committees of the Congress 

and to each tribe that is served by the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs’ agency that is 

serving the tribe that is a party to the 

funding agreement. Initial negotiations 

with a tribe/consortium located in a 

region and/or agency which has not 

previously been involved with selfgovernance negotiations will take 

approximately 2 months from start to 

finish. Agreements for an October 1 to 

September 30 funding year need to be 

signed and submitted by July 1. 

Agreements for a January 1 to December 

31 funding year need to be signed and 

submitted by October 1. 

Purpose of Notice 

The regulations at 25 CFR 1000.10 to 

1000.31 will be used to govern the 

application and selection process for 

tribes/consortia to begin their 

participation in the tribal selfgovernance program in Fiscal Year 2016 

and Calendar Year 2016. Applicants 

should be guided by the requirements in 

these subparts in preparing their 

applications. Copies of these subparts 

may be obtained from the information 

contact person identified in this notice. 

Tribes/consortia wishing to be 

considered for participation in the tribal 

self-governance program in fiscal year 

2016 or calendar year 2016 must 

respond to this notice, except for those 

tribes/consortia which are: (1) Currently 

involved in negotiations with the 

Department of the Interior (Interior); or 

(2) one of the 114 tribal entities with 

signed agreements. 

Paperwork Reduction Act Statement 

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995 (PRA), as implemented by the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) in 5 CFR 1320, a person is not 

required to respond to a collection of 

information by a Federal agency unless 

the collection displays a valid OMB 

control number. The application and 

reporting requirements related to this 

program are considered to be a 

collection of information subject to the 

requirements of the PRA. These 

submissions are required to obtain and/ 

or retain a benefit. OMB has approved 

the information collections related to 

this program and has assigned control 

number 1076–0143, Tribal SelfGovernance Program, which expires 

January 31, 2016. We estimate the 

annual burden associated with this 

collection to average 55 hours per 

respondent. This includes the time for 

reviewing instructions, gathering, and 

submitting the information to the 

Department. Comments regarding the 

burden or other aspects of this 

information collection may be directed 

to: Information Collection Officer, Office 

of Regulatory Affairs & Collaborative 

Action—Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street 

NW., MS–3642–MIB, Washington, DC 

20240. 

Dated: February 20, 2015. 

Kevin K. Washburn, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04308 Filed 3–2–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–W8–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Indian Gaming Commission 

2015 Preliminary Fee Rate and 

Fingerprint Fees 

AGENCY: National Indian Gaming 

Commission, Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to 25 CFR 514.2, that the 

National Indian Gaming Commission 

has adopted its 2015 preliminary annual 

fee rates of 0.00% for tier 1 and 0.065% 

(.00065) for tier 2. These rates shall 

apply to all assessable gross revenues 

from each gaming operation under the 

jurisdiction of the Commission. If a tribe 

has a certificate of self-regulation under 

25 CFR part 518, the 2015 preliminary 

fee rate on Class II revenues shall be 

0.0325% (.000325) which is one-half of 

the annual fee rate. The preliminary fee 

rates being adopted here are effective 

March 1, 2015 and will remain in effect 

until new rates are adopted. 

Pursuant to 25 CFR 514.16, the 

National Indian Gaming Commission 

has also adopted its fingerprint 

processing fees of $21 per card effective 

March 1, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yvonne Lee, National Indian Gaming 

Commission, C/O Department of the 

Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Mail Stop 

#1621, Washington, DC 20240; 

telephone (202) 632–7003; fax (202) 

632–7066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) 

established the National Indian Gaming 

Commission, which is charged with 

regulating gaming on Indian lands. 

Commission regulations (25 CFR 514) 

provide for a system of fee assessment 

and payment that is self-administered 

by gaming operations. Pursuant to those 

regulations, the Commission is required 

to adopt and communicate assessment 

rates and the gaming operations are 

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