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production at the camp would not 

exceed 500 gallons per day. 

• Limited boating would be allowed 

through the Grand Canyon of the 

Tuolumne, from Pothole Dome to Pate 

Valley. Overnight boating would be 

permitted under the Wilderness 

overnight trailhead quota system used to 

manage the user capacity in Wilderness 

zones; only noncommercial boating 

would be permitted. The NPS would 

provide for such use on a trial basis, 

monitoring and adjusting the 

management of this recreational 

opportunity as needed. 

• Twenty-one campsites in Loop A of 

the Tuolumne Meadows Campground 

that are within 100 feet of the river 

would be relocated within the 

campground to protect riparian 

vegetation along the Lyell Fork. 

• The mountaineering school 

function would be retained and 

accommodated at the Tuolumne 

Meadows Lodge. 

• The NPS would seek to move the 

dining hall and kitchen at Tuolumne 

Meadows Lodge upslope within the 

Tuolumne Meadows Lodge complex, 

more than 150 feet from the banks of the 

Dana Fork. This move would be 

dependent on identification of a suitable 

site and consultation with the California 

State Historic Preservation Officer. 

• The grazing capacity for meadows 

along the Lyell Fork would be adjusted 

from a capacity of 192 grazing-nights 

per season to a flexible capacity of 167– 

249 grazing-nights per season, 

depending on snowfall and rainfall 

patterns. 

• The percentage of total use 

allocated to commercial use in 

Wilderness portions of the Tuolumne 

River Corridor would be adjusted to a 

slightly higher percentage. Such uses 

would consist of no more than 15% of 

total use in the Lyell Canyon portion of 

the river corridor. 

• The Draft EIS mistakenly showed 

that the ranger station in Tuolumne 

Meadows would be relocated to the 

existing visitor center. The Final EIS 

confirms that the ranger station would 

remain in its existing location. The 

maintenance offices would occupy the 

old visitor center once the new visitor 

contact station is constructed. 

• An employee fuel station would be 

provided at the maintenance yard. 

Visitors who ran out of gas could also 

obtain fuel. 

Decision Process: The Record of 

Decision will be prepared not sooner 

than 30 days after release of the Final 

Tuolumne River Plan/EIS. As a 

delegated EIS process, the official 

responsible for final approval of the 

Tuolumne River Plan is the Regional 

Director, Pacific West Region, NPS; 

subsequently the official responsible for 

implementation of the approved 

Tuolumne River Plan is the 

Superintendent, Yosemite National 

Park. 

Dated: November 22, 2013. 

Martha J. Lee, 

Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region. 

Editorial Note: This document was 

received by the Office of the Federal Register 

on March 11, 2014. 

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BILLING CODE 4312–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[OMB Number 1010—New] 

Information Collection: Social 

Indicators in Coastal Alaska: Arctic 

Communities Survey; Proposed 

Collection for OMB Review; Comment 

Request; MMAA104000 

ACTION: 60-Day notice. 

SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM) is inviting 

comments on a new collection of 

information that we will submit to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval. The 

information collection request (ICR) 

pertains to a survey conducted in 

northern coastal Alaska communities. 

DATES: Submit written comments by 

May 13, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Please send your comments 

on this ICR to the BOEM Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, Arlene 

Bajusz, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, 381 Elden Street, HM– 

3127, Herndon, Virginia 20170 (mail); or 

arlene.bajusz@boem.gov (email); or 

703–787–1209 (fax). Please reference 

ICR 1010—New Alaska Survey in your 

comment and include your name and 

return address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Arlene Bajusz, Office of Policy, 

Regulations, and Analysis at (703) 787– 

1025. You may also request a free copy 

of the survey. For more information on 

the survey, contact Chris Campbell in 

the BOEM Alaska Regional Office at 

(907) 334–5264. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 1010—New. 

Title: Social Indicators in Coastal 

Alaska: Arctic Communities Survey. 

Abstract: This is a new collection that 

involves a survey of the Alaska coastal 

area along the Arctic. Section 20 of the 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Lands 

Act (OCSLA) requires the Secretary of 

the Department of the Interior (DOI) to 

monitor and assess the impacts of 

resource development activities in 

Federal waters on human, marine, and 

coastal environments. The OCSLA 

authorizes the Secretary of the Interior 

to conduct studies in areas or regions of 

lease sales to ascertain the 

‘‘environmental impacts on the marine 

and coastal environments of the outer 

Continental shelf and the coastal areas 

which may be affected by oil and gas 

development’’ (43 U.S.C. 1346) (Pub. L. 

95–372). 

The National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321– 

4347) requires that all Federal agencies 

use a systematic, interdisciplinary 

approach to ensure the integrated use of 

the natural and social sciences in any 

planning and decision making that may 

have an effect on the human 

environment. The Council on 

Environmental Quality’s Regulations for 

Implementing Procedural Provisions of 

NEPA (40 CFR 1500–1508) state that the 

‘‘human environment’’ is to be 

‘‘interpreted comprehensively’’ to 

include ‘‘the natural and physical 

environment and the relationship of 

people with that environment’’ (40 CFR 

1508.14). An action’s ‘‘aesthetic, 

historic, cultural, economic, social or 

health’’ effects must be assessed, 

‘‘whether direct, indirect, or 

cumulative’’ (40 CFR 1508.8). 

The BOEM is the DOI agency that 

conducts OCS lease sales and monitors 

and mitigates adverse impacts that 

might be associated with offshore 

resource development. The BOEM 

Environmental Studies Program 

implements and manages the 

responsibilities of research. This new 

survey will facilitate the meeting of 

DOI/BOEM information needs by 

quantifying measures of well-being and 

the living conditions of residents in 

coastal Alaska areas, with specific focus 

on six In ̃upiat coastal Alaska Native 

communities in the North Slope 

Borough (Barrow, Point Hope, 

Wainwright, Nuiqsut, Kaktovik, Point 

Lay). 

The BOEM will use the information 

collected from this survey to learn about 

local social systems and well-being in a 

way that may shape development 

strategies and serve as an interim 

baseline for impact mitigation and/or 

monitoring to compare against future 

research in these areas. Without these 

data, BOEM will not have sufficient 

information to make informed oil and 

gas leasing and development decisions 

for these areas. The studies will help 


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BOEM identify and mitigate impacts of 

offshore oil and gas exploration and 

development on Alaska Native 

communities. 

Survey Instrument: The Social 

Indicators survey is voluntary and will 

be given to the head of each selected 

household in the study communities. 

The survey instrument was developed 

through collaborative discussions with 

key community members tasked to serve 

on the North Slope Management Board, 

specifically established to deal with this 

study. 

Interview Methods: The interviews 

will be conducted in person in a setting 

most comfortable for the respondents. 

This personal method is more expensive 

and time consuming for the researchers, 

but these drawbacks are outweighed by 

improvements in the quality of 

information obtained and the rapport 

established between the surveyor and 

the person interviewed. Telephone 

interviews have not been successful on 

the North Slope. Each respondent will 

be paid an honorarium for taking part in 

the study. Responses are voluntary. 

Frequency: One-time event. 

Description of Respondents: 

Respondents are members of the 

Alaskan coastal communities in the 

North Slope Borough. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Hour Burden: We 

estimate 1,001 respondents and expect 

each interview to last 1 hour for a total 

of 1,001 burden hours. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: 

We have identified no non-hour 

paperwork cost burdens for this 

collection. 

Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA 

(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. Until OMB approves a 

collection of information, you are not 

obligated to respond. 

Comments: We invite comments on: 

(1) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the agency 

to perform its duties, including whether 

the information is useful; (2) the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, usefulness, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden on the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

We will summarize written responses 

to this notice and address them in our 

submission for OMB approval. As a 

result of your comments, we will make 

any necessary adjustments to the burden 

in our submission to OMB. 

Public Availability of Comments: 

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. 

Dated: March 5, 2014. 

Deanna Meyer-Pietruszka, 

Chief, Office of Policy, Regulations, and 

Analysis. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2014–0009] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for 

Proposed Wind Energy-Related 

Research Activities on the Atlantic 

Outer Continental Shelf Offshore 

Virginia and Notice of Public Scoping 

Meeting MMAA104000 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

4231 et seq.), BOEM intends to prepare 

an Environmental Assessment (EA) to 

consider the reasonably foreseeable 

environmental consequences associated 

with the approval of wind energyrelated research activities offshore 

Virginia as proposed by the Virginia 

Department of Mines, Minerals and 

Energy (DMME). BOEM is seeking 

public input regarding important 

environmental issues and the 

identification of reasonable alternatives 

that should be considered in the EA. 

In addition to the request for written 

comments, BOEM is holding a public 

scoping meeting to solicit comments on 

the scope of the EA. The meeting will 

be held from 5:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. EDT 

on Thursday, April 3, 2014, at the 

Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science 

Center, 717 General Booth Boulevard, 

Virginia Beach, Virginia 23451. 

Authority: The Notice of Intent to prepare 

an EA is published pursuant to 43 CFR 

46.305. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

no later than April 14, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Morin, BOEM, Environment 

Branch for Renewable Energy, 381 

Elden Street, HM 1328, Herndon, 

Virginia 20170–4817; (703) 787–1340 or 

michelle.morin@boem.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Background 

On December 9, 2013, BOEM 

published a Determination of No 

Competitive Interest (78 FR 73882) for a 

research lease requested by DMME. 

BOEM may issue DMME a research 

lease. A lease issued to DMME would be 

considered under BOEM’s Finding of 

No Significant Impact (FONSI) and EA 

for Lease Issuance and Site Assessment 

Activities on the Atlantic Outer 

Continental Shelf Offshore New Jersey, 

Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, 

which can be found at http://

www.boem.gov/Renewable-EnergyProgram/Smart-From-The-Start/

index.aspx. DMME has submitted a 

Research Activities Plan (RAP) to 

BOEM. The RAP describes the proposed 

construction, operation, maintenance, 

and decommissioning of the Virginia 

Offshore Wind Technology 

Advancement Project (VOWTAP), and 

includes the results of site 

characterization studies, such as 

geophysical, geotechnical, 

archaeological, and biological surveys. 

The RAP can be found at the following 

URL: http://www.boem.gov/RenewableEnergy-Program/State-Activities/

Virginia.aspx. 

DMME’s proposed project, VOWTAP, 

would consist of two 6-MW wind 

turbine generators (WTGs), a 34.5- 

kilovolt (kV) alternating current (AC) 

submarine cable interconnecting the 

WTGs (inter-array cable), a 34.5 kV AC 

submarine transmission cable (export 

cable), and a 34.5 kV underground cable 

(onshore interconnection cable) that 

would connect the VOWTAP with 

existing infrastructure located in the 

City of Virginia Beach. Interconnection 

with the existing infrastructure also 

would require an onshore switch 

cabinet, an underground fiber optic 

cable, and a new interconnection station 

to be located entirely within the 

boundaries of the Camp Pendleton State 

Military Reservation (Camp Pendleton), 

in the City of Virginia Beach. 

The offshore components of the 

VOWTAP, including the WTGs and 

inter-array cable, would be located on 

the Outer Continental Shelf 

approximately 24 nautical miles 

offshore Virginia Beach, Virginia, while 

the export cable would traverse both 


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