Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 66 / Tuesday, April 7, 2015 / Notices 18599 

United States Forest Service (D. Colo. 

June 27, 2014). 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing by May 22, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted electronically at https://

cara.ecosystem-management.org/Public/ 

CommentInput?Project=46470. In 

addition written comments can be 

submitted via hard-copy mail to: 

Colorado Roadless Rule, 740 Simms 

Street, Golden, CO 80401. 

All comments, including names and 

addresses, are placed in the record and 

are available for public inspection and 

copying. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken 

Tu at 303–275–5156. Individuals using 

telecommunication devices for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Services at 1–800–877–8339 

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Eastern Time, 

Monday through Friday. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 3, 

2012 (77 FR 39576), the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture promulgated 

the Colorado Roadless Rule, a statespecific regulation for management of 

Colorado Roadless Areas. This Rule 

addressed State-specific concerns while 

conserving roadless area characteristics. 

One State-specific concern was to avoid 

foreclosing exploration and 

development of coal resources on the 

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, and 

Gunnison (GMUG) National Forests. 

The Colorado Roadless Rule addressed 

this by defining a 19,100-acre area as the 

North Fork Coal Mining Area, and 

developing an exception that allows 

temporary road construction for coalrelated activities within that defined 

area. 

In July 2013, High Country 

Conservation Advocates, WildEarth 

Guardians, and Sierra Club challenged 

the Forest Service’s decision to consent 

to the Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) modifying two existing coal 

leases, the BLM’s companion decision 

to modify the leases, BLM’s 

authorization of an exploration plan in 

the lease modification areas, and the 

North Fork Coal Mining Area exception 

of the Colorado Roadless Rule. In June 

2014, the District Court of Colorado 

found the environmental documents 

supporting the four decisions to be in 

violation of the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) due to analysis 

deficiencies. In September 2014, the 

District Court of Colorado vacated the 

lease modifications, the exploration 

plan, and the North Fork Coal Mining 

Area exception of the Colorado Roadless 

Rule (36 CFR 294.43(c)(1)(ix)). 

This supplemental NEPA process will 

only address the Colorado Roadless 

Rule. The lease modifications and 

exploration plan authorization will be 

addressed in future environmental 

analyses, if needed. 

Purpose and Need 

The purpose and need for this 

supplemental EIS is to provide 

management direction for conserving 

roadless characteristics within the area 

while addressing the State interest in 

not foreclosing exploration and 

development of the coal resources in the 

North Fork Coal Mining Area. 

Proposed Action 

The proposed action for the Colorado 

Roadless Rule supplemental is to 

reinstate the North Fork Coal Mining 

Area exception as written in 36 CFR 

294.43(c)(1)(ix). In addition, the Forest 

Service is proposing to administratively 

correct the North Fork Coal Mining Area 

boundary to remedy clerical errors. 

Alternative to the Proposed Action 

The other alternative being 

considered is the no-action alternative, 

which is the continuation of current 

management following the District 

Court ruling to vacate the North Fork 

Coal Mining Area exception. The 

Colorado Roadless Rule contains a 

severability clause (36 CFR 294.48(f)), 

which allows the rest of the Rule to 

remain in effect. Therefore, the District 

Court of Colorado’s ruling only changed 

management of Colorado Roadless Areas 

in the North Fork Coal Mining Area. 

Currently, the North Fork Coal Mining 

Area is being managed the same as other 

non-upper tier Colorado Roadless Areas. 

Valid existing coal leases would operate 

according the terms of their leases. 

Cooperating Agencies 

The Colorado Department of Natural 

Resources and the BLM will participate 

as cooperating agencies in the 

preparation of the SEIS. 

Responsible Official 

The Responsible Official for the 

rulemaking and SEIS is the Secretary of 

Agriculture or his designee. 

Decision To Be Made 

The Responsible Official will 

determine whether to reinstate the 

North Fork Coal Mining Area exception, 

or continue to manage the area without 

the exception. In addition, the Forest 

Service will determine if corrections to 

the North Fork Coal Mining Area 

boundary should be made to adjust for 

clerical errors. 

Scoping Process 

The Forest Service is seeking public 

comments for 45 days from the 

publication date of this notice. 

Comments should be limited to issues 

related to the proposed action, which is 

limited only to reinstating the North 

Fork Coal Mining Area exception of the 

Colorado Roadless Rule. The Forest 

Service is not seeking comments on the 

other portions of the Colorado Roadless 

Rule, roadless area boundary 

modifications, or other roadless areas in 

Colorado. 

Due to the extensive public 

participation process that occurred with 

the development of the Colorado 

Roadless Rule, no public meetings are 

planned for this 45 day scoping effort. 

However, public meetings may be held 

in Denver and Paonia, Colorado after the 

release of the Supplemental Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(SDEIS) and proposed rule. 

Estimated Timeline 

The SDEIS and proposed rule is 

estimated to be released in early fall 

2015. The Supplemental Final EIS is 

estimated spring 2016. 

Brian Ferebee, 

Deputy Regional Forester, Rocky Mountain 

Region. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of Administrative Settlement 

Agreement and Order on Consent for 

Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis 

Nacimiento Mine Site, Santa Fe 

National Forest, New Mexico 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of Settlement. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

122(i) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, Compensation 

and Liability Act of 1980, as amended 

(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is 

hereby given of an Administrative 

Settlement Agreement and Order on 

Consent (ASAOC), between the United 

States Department of Agriculture Forest 

Service (Forest Service) and Williams 

Express LLC (Williams), under Sections 

104, 107 and 122 of CERCLA, regarding 

the Nacimiento Mine Site located on the 

Santa Fe National Forest near Cuba, 

New Mexico. The property that is the 

subject of this proposed ASAOC is areas 

where hazardous substances and/or 

pollutants or contaminants are located 

on the surface features of the federally 

owned portion of the Site designated as 

Operable Unit 1 (OU1). 

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This ASAOC requires Williams 

perform an Engineering Evaluation and 

Cost Analysis (EE/CA) report to 

develop, evaluate, and select cleanup 

alternatives involving mining waste 

piles and other surface features located 

on the federally owned portion of OU1 

at the Site. The performance of this 

work must be approved and monitored 

by the Forest Service. Also under the 

ASAOC, Williams will reimburse up to 

$7,500 of the Forest Service’s oversight 

costs related to the EE/CA. 

For thirty (30) days following the date 

of publication of this notice, the United 

States will receive written comments 

relating to the ASAOC. The United 

States will consider all comments 

received and may modify or withdraw 

its consent to the ASAOC if comments 

received disclose facts or considerations 

that indicate that the settlement is 

inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. 

The United States’ response to any 

comments received will be available for 

public inspection at the USDA, Office of 

General Counsel, Mountain Region, 740 

Simms Street, Golden, Colorado 80401, 

and the Forest Service’s Southwestern 

Regional Office, 333 Broadway SE., 

Albuquerque, NM 87102. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before May 7, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement 

and additional background information 

relating to the settlement are available 

for public inspection at the offices 

located at the United States Department 

of Agriculture, Forest Service, 

Southwestern Regional Office, 333 

Broadway SE., Albuquerque, NM 87102, 

or from Kirk M. Minckler with USDA’s 

Office of the General Counsel, (303) 

275–5549. Comments should reference 

the Nacimiento Mine, Santa Fe National 

Forest, Sandoval County, New Mexico, 

and should be addressed to Kirk M. 

Minckler, USDA Office of the General 

Counsel, P.O. Box 25005, Denver, CO 

80225–005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information, contact Steven J. 

McDonald, USDA Forest Service 

Southwestern Region, 333 Broadway 

SE., Albuquerque, NM 87102, phone 

(505) 842–3838. For legal information, 

contact Kirk M. Minckler, USDA Office 

of the General Counsel, P.O. Box 25005, 

Denver, CO 80225–0005; phone (303) 

275–5549, Fax: (303) 275–5557; email: 

kirk.minckler@ogc.usda.gov. 

Dated: March 31, 2015. 

Danny R. Montoya, 

Acting Deputy Regional Forester, USDA 

Forest Service, Southwestern Region. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

U.S. Census Bureau 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Geographic 

Partnership Programs 

AGENCY: U.S. Census Bureau, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)). 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be submitted on or 

before June 8, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW, 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at jjessup@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Direct requests for additional 

information or copies of the information 

collection instrument(s) and 

instructions to Laura Waggoner, U.S. 

Census Bureau, Washington, DC 20233 

(or via the Internet at laura.l.waggoner@

census.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The mission of the Geography 

Division (GEO) within the Census 

Bureau is to plan, coordinate, and 

administer all geographic and 

cartographic activities needed to 

facilitate Census Bureau statistical 

programs throughout the United States 

and its territories. GEO manages 

programs to continuously update 

geographic data including addresses, 

spatial features, boundaries, and 

geographic entities in the Master 

Address File/Topologically Integrated 

Geographic Encoding and Referencing 

System (MAF/TIGER) System. GEO also 

conducts research into geographic 

concepts, methods, and standards 

needed to facilitate Census Bureau data 

collection and dissemination programs. 

Geographic Partnership Programs 

(GPPs) encourages participants, 

following Census Bureau guidelines, to 

review, update, and suggest 

modifications to geographic data to 

maintain MAF/TIGER and to ensure the 

accurate reporting of data from censuses 

and surveys. Because state, local, and 

tribal governments have geographic data 

and current knowledge about where 

growth and change are occurring in 

their jurisdictions, their input into the 

overall development of a continually 

maintained address list for censuses and 

surveys makes a vital contribution. The 

Census Bureau recognizes that state, 

local, and tribal governments have 

authoritative geographic data for their 

jurisdiction. The benefits to local 

governments in sharing that information 

as part of the Census Bureau’s GPPs are 

realized with quality data for more 

accurate results of censuses and 

surveys. 

II. Method of Collection 

This notice is for a generic clearance 

that will cover a number of activities 

required for updating MAF/TIGER with 

participant-provided address and other 

geographic information, or obtain 

address and spatial data for research 

and evaluation purposes. The 

information collected in these programs 

in cooperation with state, local, and 

tribal governments and other partners is 

essential to the mission of the Census 

Bureau and directly contributes to the 

successful outcome of censuses and 

surveys conducted by the Census 

Bureau. The generic clearance allows 

the Census Bureau to focus its resources 

on actual operational planning, 

development of procedures, and 

implementation of programs to update 

and improve the geographic data 

maintained in MAF/TIGER. 

The Census Bureau will develop 

guidelines and procedures for state, 

local, and tribal government 

submissions of address data and 

geographic boundaries, and will outline 

the mutual roles and responsibilities of 

each party within each GPP. The GPP 

listed below, is not exhaustive of all 

activities that may be performed under 

this generic clearance. The Census 

Bureau will follow the approved 

procedure when submitting any 

additional activities not specifically 

listed here. 

Geographic Support System Initiative 

(GSS–I) 

The GSS–I is an integrated program 

designed to improve geographic data 

and enhance the quality assessment and 

measurement for MAF/TIGER. The 

GSS–I builds on the accomplishments of 

the last decade’s MAF/TIGER 

Enhancement Program (MTEP), which 

redesigned MAF/TGER, improved the 

positional accuracy of TIGER spatial 

features, and emphasized quality 

measurement. The Census Bureau plans 

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