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on the respondents, including through 

the use of information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. Before including your 

address, phone number, email address, 

or other personally identifiable 

information (PII) in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your PII—may be 

made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your PII from public review, 

we cannot guarantee that we will be 

able to do so. 

Abstract: The Susquehanna River 

Angler Survey collects information from 

anglers in Pennsylvania about their 

preferences for fishing, including 

information about their general fishing 

preferences, their most recent fishing 

trip, if they would have gone on their 

most recent fishing trip under different 

circumstances, and demographic 

information. The survey results will be 

used to determine the economic value of 

recreational fishing in the Susquehanna 

River and its tributaries under various 

best-management scenarios. The results 

will inform resource managers in 

considering the costs and benefits of 

alternative management actions. 

Title of Collection: Susquehanna River 

Angler Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: New. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 3,100. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 3,100. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 15 minutes. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 775. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: One time. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: None. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Emily Pindilli, 

Director, Science and Decisions Center. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02417 Filed 2–3–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4338–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVL0000.L16100000.DP0000, N–96543 

MO #4500156699] 

Notice of Intent/Notice of Realty 

Action: Proposed Resource 

Management Plan Amendment and an 

Associated Environmental 

Assessment for the Direct Sale of 0.66 

Acres in the Ely District Office, White 

Pine County, Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of realty action and 

notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) of 1976, as amended, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ely 

District Office, Ely, Nevada, intends to 

prepare a Resource Management Plan 

(RMP) amendment (RMPA), with an 

associated Environmental Assessment 

(EA), to the 2008 Ely District Record of 

Decision and Approved RMP. The 

proposed RMPA would evaluate 

whether the subject parcel of public 

land meets the disposal criteria 

described in Section 203 of the FLPMA, 

as amended, and allow the direct sale 

(without competition) of 0.66 acres of 

BLM managed public land to Nina 

Higgs, Trustee for Shirley Schena, if the 

parcel is determined to meet the 

disposal criteria. The purpose of the sale 

would be to resolve an inadvertent 

trespass and the EA would analyze the 

environmental effects of the direct sale 

of the land identified for disposal. The 

sale would be for no less than the 

appraised fair market value of $10,000. 

The sale would be subject to the 

applicable provisions of Section 203 of 

FLPMA and the BLM land sale 

regulations. Section 203 of FLPMA 

states that tracts of public land may be 

sold because of land use planning 

required under Section 202 of FLPMA; 

the subject parcel was not previously 

identified for disposal in the RMP, 

therefore the BLM must amend the RMP 

to allow the proposed sale to proceed. 

This notice serves to notify the public 

of the BLM’s proposed realty action and 

initiates the public scoping process to 

solicit public comments on anticipated 

issues and planning criteria. 

DATES: Interested parties may submit 

written comments regarding the RMPA 

planning criteria and proposed land sale 

during the 45-day scoping and comment 

period initiated by publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register and 

ending on March 21, 2022. All timely 

comments will be considered during 

analysis of the RMPA and land sale 

proposal. Interested parties will have 

the following additional opportunities 

to participate in this process: 

Interested parties will be notified 

when the Draft RMPA, EA, and 

unsigned Finding of No Significant 

Impact (FONSI) are ready for review and 

will be provided another 30-day 

comment period. Upon review of 

comments to the Draft RMPA, EA, and 

unsigned FONSI, a Proposed RMPA, 

EA, and signed FONSI will be 

completed. Interested parties will be 

notified again when the Proposed 

RMPA, EA, and signed FONSI are ready 

for review which will initiate three, 

separate external engagement 

opportunities. First, interested parties 

will be provided a 30-day protest 

period, subject to 43 CFR 1610.5–2, on 

the Proposed RMPA to the BLM Nevada 

State Director. The BLM Nevada State 

Director will review all protests and 

must render land use planning 

decisions, which shall be the final 

decisions for the Department of the 

Interior (43 CFR 1610.5–2(b)). Second, 

the notification will also begin a 

separate, concurrent 60-day Governor’s 

consistency review of the Proposed 

RMPA (43 CFR 1610.3–2(e)). The BLM 

Nevada State Director may negotiate a 

shorter Governor’s consistency review 

period. The BLM Nevada State Director 

will review any inconsistencies with 

state plans, policies, or programs raised 

by the Governor and accept or reject 

recommendations proposed to resolve 

the inconsistencies. Any rejection of the 

recommendations will further initiate a 

30-day appeal period for the Governor 

on the BLM Nevada State Director’s 

rejection of the recommendations. 

Third, the notification of the Proposed 

RMPA, EA, and signed FONSI will also 

begin a separate, concurrent 30-day 

protest period subject to MS2711.4(d) 

on the land sale decision. The BLM 

Nevada State Director will review all 

protests and may sustain, vacate, or 

modify the Proposed RMPA and land 

sale, in whole or in part. In the absence 

of any protests, the BLM will develop 

the approved RMPA and Decision 

Record, which will document the final 

determination of the Department of the 

Interior for the land sale. In addition to 

publication in the Federal Register, the 

BLM will publish this notice in the Ely 

Times newspaper once a week for three 

consecutive weeks. Any other 

subsequent notices related to the RMPA 

and land sale may also be published in 

the Ely Times newspaper. 


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ADDRESSES: Comments concerning the 

realty action and issues and planning 

criteria related to the RMPA, EA, and 

direct sale may be submitted by mail to: 

BLM, Bristlecone Field Office, 702 

North Industrial Way, Ely, Nevada 

89301, ATTN: Jared Bybee, Field 

Manager. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicole Cummings, Realty Specialist, Ely 

District Office, at 775–289–1809, or by 

email at ncummings@blm.gov; or Jared 

Bybee, Field Manager, Bristlecone Field 

Office, at 775–289–1847, or by email at 

jbybee@blm.gov. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to 

contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FRS 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. 

Project information, documents, and 

associated maps will be available for 

review during associated public 

comment and review periods during 

business hours, Monday through Friday, 

at the Bristlecone Field Office, except 

during Federally recognized holidays. 

Project information will also be 

available on the BLM’s e-Planning 

website: https://go.usa.gov/xMDeX. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document provides notice that the BLM 

Ely District Office, Ely, Nevada, 

proposes to segregate the identified 

public land, amend the relevant RMP, 

and prepare an associated EA that 

proposes to offer the land for direct sale 

to resolve the issue of an inadvertent 

trespass. The BLM will examine the 

following described public lands 

located in White Pine County, Nevada, 

for disposal suitability under the 

authority of Sections 202 and 203 of 

FLPMA: 

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada 

T. 14 N., R. 70 E., 

Sec. 19, lot 20. 

The area described contains 0.66 acres, 

according to the official plats of the said 

land, on file with the BLM. 

Upon publication of this Notice in the 

Federal Register, the public land 

described above will be segregated from 

all forms of appropriation under the 

public land laws, including the mining 

laws, except for the sale provisions of 

the FLPMA. The segregation will 

terminate upon (1) issuance of a 

conveyance document; (2) publication 

in the Federal Register terminating the 

segregation; or (3) two years from 

publication of this notice, unless 

extended by the BLM Nevada State 

Director in accordance with 43 CFR 

2711.1–2(d). Until completion of the 

sale, the BLM will no longer accept land 

use applications affecting the identified 

public land in accordance with 43 CFR 

2807.15. 

The BLM may sell a tract of public 

land because of approved land use 

planning if the sale of the tract meets 

the disposal criteria. The 2008 Ely 

District Record of Decision and 

Approved RMP does not identify the 

0.66 acres of public land in question as 

suitable for disposal. Therefore, to 

dispose of the tract, the BLM must 

amend the RMP to meet the 

requirements of FLPMA Section 203 

through land use planning. If 

authorized, the underlying decision will 

amend the 2008 Ely District RMP, 

establishing that ‘‘such tract, because of 

its location or other characteristics, is 

difficult and uneconomic to manage as 

part of the public lands and is not 

suitable for management by another 

Federal department or agency.’’ 

The BLM will analyze the parcel and 

develop an EA to evaluate the 

environmental effects of the proposed 

RMPA and the sale criteria under 

FLPMA Section 203(a)(3) and 43 CFR 

2710.0–3(a)(3) to ensure the disposal of 

the tract will serve important public 

objectives, including but not limited to 

relieving BLM authority for a parcel of 

public land that, because of its location 

or other characteristics, is difficult and 

uneconomic to manage as part of the 

public lands and is not suitable for 

management by another Federal 

department or agency. After the BLM 

has analyzed public scoping comments 

and prepared the analysis, the EA will 

be available for a 30-day protest period. 

The parcel being considered for direct 

sale is not required for any other Federal 

purpose. Regulations contained in 43 

CFR 2710.0–6(c)(3)(iii) and 2711.3– 

3(a)(5) make allowances for direct sales 

to resolve inadvertent unauthorized use 

or occupancy of public land. The BLM 

will consider selling this parcel if it is 

determined that the public interest 

would best be served by selling the 0.66- 

acre parcel to Nina Higgs, Trustee for 

Shirley Schena, for the fair market value 

of at least $10,000 to resolve the 

inadvertent trespass and ensure the 

federal government receives fair 

compensation for the sale of the parcel. 

The BLM has determined the parcel is 

not an access point for recreation in 

accordance with Secretary’s Order 3373, 

Evaluating Public Access in Bureau of 

Land Management Public Land 

Disposals and Exchanges. Disposal of 

this tract will have no anticipated 

impacts on recreational access to 

adjacent tracts of publicly accessible 

lands. 

The conveyance document, if issued, 

will contain the following reservations, 

excepting and reserving to the United 

States: 

(1) A right-of way thereon for ditches 

or canals constructed by the authority of 

the United States, Act of August 30, 

1890 (43 U.S.C. 945); 

(2) All the mineral deposits in the 

land so patented pursuant to the Act of 

October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1719), 

including, without limitation, 

substances subject to disposition under 

the general mining laws, the general 

mineral leasing laws, the Materials Act 

and the Geothermal Steam Act, and to 

it, its permittees, licensees, lessees, and 

mining claimants, the right to prospect 

for, mine, and remove the minerals 

owned by the United States under 

applicable law and such regulations as 

the Secretary of the Interior may 

prescribe. This reservation includes 

necessary access and exit rights and the 

right to conduct all necessary and 

incidental activities including, without 

limitation, all drilling, underground, 

open pit or surface mining operations, 

storage, and transportation facilities 

deemed reasonably necessary. 

Unless otherwise provided by 

separate agreement with the surface 

owner, mining claimants, permittees, 

licensees, and lessees of the United 

States shall reclaim disturbed areas to 

the extent prescribed by regulations 

issued by the Secretary of the Interior. 

All causes of action brought to enforce 

the rights of the surface owner under the 

regulations above referred to shall be 

instituted against mining claimants, 

permittees, licensees, and lessees of the 

United States; and the United States 

shall not be liable for the acts or 

omissions of its mining claimants, 

permittees, licensees, and lessees. 

(3) An appropriate indemnification 

clause protecting the United States from 

claims arising out of the patentee’s use, 

occupancy, or occupation on the 

patented lands. 

The conveyance document, if issued, 

will be subject to all valid existing 

rights. The BLM will publish this notice 

in the Ely Times newspaper once a week 

for three consecutive weeks. Comments 

will be accepted as discussed in the 

ADDRESSES section above. 

Any adverse comments regarding the 

sale will be reviewed by the BLM 

Nevada State Director or other 

authorized official of the Department of 

the Interior, who may sustain, vacate, or 

modify this realty action in response to 

such comments. In the absence of 

comments, this realty action will 


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become the final determination of the 

Department of the Interior. 

This document also announces the 

beginning of the scoping process and 

seeks public input on preliminary issues 

and planning criteria. 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. The following preliminary 

issues and planning criteria for the plan 

amendment have been identified by 

BLM personnel: 

Preliminary Issues—(1) What impacts 

would the proposed sale have on 

resources potentially eligible for the 

National Register of Historic Places; (2) 

How would lands and realty be 

impacted or impact the proposed sale; 

and (3) What impacts would the 

proposed sale have on fish and wildlife, 

special status species, and migratory 

birds and their habitat? Preliminary 

Planning Criteria—(1) The Proposed 

RMP Amendment and associated EA 

will be in compliance with the FLPMA 

and all other applicable laws, 

regulations and policies; (2) the 

Proposed RMP Amendment will be in 

compliance with 43 CFR part 2711.3–3; 

(3) Impacts of the proposed direct land 

sale and RMP Amendment will be 

analyzed in an EA, in accordance with 

43 CFR part 1500 and 43 CFR part 1600; 

(4) the EA and RMP Amendment will be 

developed in a manner consistent as 

possible with plans and policies of 

adjacent local, state, Tribal, and Federal 

agencies, within the parameters set by 

Federal laws, regulations, and policies; 

and (5) All data and graphic material in 

this plan amendment will be displayed 

electronically, using Geographic 

Information System (GIS) format. All 

applicable BLM data standards will be 

followed. 

The BLM will evaluate identified 

issues to be addressed in the RMP 

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/Preliminary EA as to why 

an issue was placed in Category Two or 

Three. The BLM will use an 

interdisciplinary approach to develop 

the RMPA and EA and consider the 

variety of resource issues and concerns 

identified. Additionally, the BLM or the 

Tribes can initiate, at any time during 

this process, consultation 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 and will be analyzed in 

the EA. 

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: 43 CFR subpart 1500; 43 CFR 

subpart 1600; 43 CFR 2710; 43 CFR 2711) 

Robbie McAboy, 

District Manager, Ely District Office. 

[FR Doc. 2022–01396 Filed 2–3–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLMT929000–223–L14400000.BK0000; MO# 

4500160249] 

Filing of Plats of Survey; Montana 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of official filing. 

SUMMARY: The plats of surveys for the 

lands described in this notice are 

scheduled to be officially filed in the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

Montana State Office, Billings, Montana, 

30 calendar days from the date of this 

publication. The surveys, which were 

executed at the request of the BLM 

Billings Field Office are necessary for 

the management of these lands. 

DATES: A person or party who wishes to 

protest this decision must file a notice 

of protest in time for it to be received 

in the BLM Montana State Office no 

later than March 7, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

protests to the BLM Montana State 

Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, 

Montana 59101. A copy of the plats may 

be obtained from the Public Room at 

this same location upon required 

payment. The plats may be viewed at no 

cost. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sonja (Suzie) Sparks, BLM Acting Chief 

Cadastral Surveyor for Montana; 

telephone: (307) 775–6225; email: 

s75spark@blm.gov. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at (800) 877–8339 to 

contact Ms. Sparks during normal 

business hours. The FRS is available 24 

hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a 

message or question. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lands 

surveyed are: 

Principal Meridian, Montana 

T. 3 S., R. 24 E. 

Sec. 21. 

A person or party who wishes to 

protest an official filing of a plat of 

survey identified above must file a 

written notice of protest with the BLM 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Montana at 

the address listed in the ADDRESSES

section of this notice. The notice of 

protest must identify the plat(s) of 

survey that the person or party wishes 

to protest. The notice of protest must be 

received in the BLM Montana State 

Office no later than the scheduled date 

of the proposed official filing for the 

plat(s) of survey being protested; if 

received after regular business hours, a 

notice of protest will be considered filed 

the next business day. A written 

statement of reasons in support of the 

protest, if not filed with the notice of 

protest, must be filed with the BLM 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Montana 

within 30 calendar days after the notice 

of protest is received. 

If a notice of protest of the plat(s) of 

survey is received prior to the 

scheduled date of official filing or 

during the 10-calendar-day grace period 

provided in 43 CFR 4.401(a) and the 

delay in filing is waived, the official 

filing of the plat(s) of survey identified 

in the notice of protest will be stayed 

pending consideration of the protest. 

Upon receipt of a timely protest, and 

after a review of the protest, the 

Authorized Officer will issue a decision 

either dismissing or otherwise resolving 

the protest. A plat of survey will then 

be officially filed 30 days after the 

protest decision has been issued in 

accordance with 43 CFR part 4. 

If a notice of protest is received after 

the scheduled date of official filing and 

the 10-calendar-day grace period 

provided in 43 CFR 4.401(a), the notice 

of protest will be untimely, may not be 

considered, and may be dismissed. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in a 

notice of protest or statement of reasons, 

you should be aware that the documents 

you submit—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available in their entirety at 

any time. While you can ask us to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 


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