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Public Availability of Comments 

All comments we receive become part 

of the public record associated with this 

action. Requests for copies of comments 

will be handled in accordance with the 

Freedom of Information Act, NEPA, and 

Service and Department of the Interior 

policies and procedures. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

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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 to withhold your 

personal identifying information from 

public review, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. All 

submissions from organizations or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public disclosure in 

their entirety. 

Authority 

We provide this notice under section 

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

Amy L. Lueders, 

Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03056 Filed 2–11–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[223A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900] 

Request for Nominations of Members 

To Serve on the Bureau of Indian 

Education Advisory Board for 

Exceptional Children 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of request for 

nominations. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act and the 

Individuals with Disabilities Education 

Act of 2004 (IDEA), the Bureau of Indian 

Education (BIE) requests nominations of 

individuals to serve on the Advisory 

Board for Exceptional Children 

(Advisory Board). There will be three 

positions available to specifically serve 

in the areas of Indian parents or 

guardians of children with disabilities 

within the BIE school system or Indian 

persons with disabilities. Board 

members shall serve a staggered term of 

two years or three years from the date 

of their appointment. The BIE will 

consider nominations received in 

response to this request for 

nominations, as well as other sources. 

DATES: Please submit nominations by 

April 15, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations 

to Ms. Jennifer Davis, Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO), Bureau of Indian 

Education, Division of Performance and 

Accountability, 2600 N Central Ave., 

Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 85004, or Fax to 

(602) 265–0293 or email to 

jennifer.davis@bie.edu. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Davis, DFO, at Telephone (202) 

860–7845; or email jennifer.davis@

bie.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Advisory Board was established in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463. The 

following provides information about 

the Committee, the membership and the 

nomination process. 

1. Objective and Duties 

(a) Members of the Advisory Board 

will provide guidance, advice and 

recommendations with respect to 

special education and related services 

for children with disabilities in BIE 

funded schools in accordance with the 

requirements of IDEA; and 

(b) The Advisory Board will: (1) 

Provide advice and recommendations 

for the coordination of services within 

the BIE and with other local, State and 

Federal agencies; (2) Provide advice and 

recommendations on a broad range of 

policy issues dealing with the provision 

of educational services to American 

Indian children with disabilities; (3) 

Serve as advocates for American Indian 

students with special education needs 

by providing advice and 

recommendations regarding best 

practices, effective program 

coordination strategies, and 

recommendations for improved 

educational programming; (4) Provide 

advice and recommendations for the 

preparation of information required to 

be submitted to the Secretary of 

Education under 20 U.S.C. 1411(h)(2); 

(5) Provide advice and recommend 

policies concerning effective inter/intra 

agency collaboration, including 

modifications to regulations, and the 

elimination of barriers to inter- and 

intra-agency programs and activities; 

and (6) Will report and direct all 

correspondence to the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs through the 

Director, BIE with a courtesy copy to the 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO). 

2. Membership 

(a) Pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 1411(h)(6), 

the Advisory Board will be composed of 

up to fifteen individuals involved in or 

concerned with the education and 

provision of services to American 

Indian infants, toddlers, children, and 

youth with disabilities. The Advisory 

Board composition will reflect a broad 

range of viewpoints and will include at 

least one member representing each of 

the following interests: American 

Indians with disabilities; teachers of 

children with disabilities; American 

Indian parents or guardians of children 

with disabilities; service providers; state 

education officials; local education 

officials; state interagency coordinating 

councils (for states having Indian 

reservations); tribal representatives or 

tribal organization representatives; and 

other members representing the various 

divisions and entities of the BIE; and 

(b) The Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs may provide the Secretary of the 

Interior recommendations for the 

chairperson; however, the chairperson 

and other Advisory Board members will 

be appointed by the Secretary of the 

Interior. Advisory Board members shall 

serve staggered terms of two years or 

three years from the date of their 

appointment. 

3. Miscellaneous 

(a) Members of the Advisory Board 

will not receive compensation, but will 

be reimbursed for travel, including 

subsistence, and other necessary 

expenses incurred in the performance of 

their duties in the same manner as 

persons employed intermittently in 

Government Service under 5 U.S.C. 

5703; 

(b) A member may not participate in 

matters that will directly affect, or 

appear to affect, the financial interests 

of the member or the member’s spouse 

or minor children, unless authorized by 

the appropriate ethics official. 

Compensation from employment does 

not constitute a financial interest of the 

member so long as the matter before the 

committee will not have a special or 

distinct effect on the member or the 

member’s employer, other than as part 

of a class. The provisions of this 

paragraph do not affect any other 

statutory or regulatory ethical 

obligations to which a member may be 

subject; 

(c) The Advisory Board meets at least 

twice a year, budget permitting, but 

additional meetings may be held as 

deemed necessary by the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs or the DFO; 

and 

(d) All Advisory Board meetings are 

open to the public in accordance with 


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the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

regulations. 

4. Nomination Information 

(a) Nominations are requested from 

individuals, organizations, and federally 

recognized tribes, as well as from State 

Directors of Special Education (within 

the 23 states in which BIE-funded 

schools are located) concerned with the 

education of Indian children with 

disabilities as described above; 

(b) Nominees should have expertise 

and knowledge of the issues and/or 

needs of American Indian children with 

disabilities. Such knowledge and 

expertise are needed to provide advice 

and recommendations to the BIE 

regarding the needs of American Indian 

children with disabilities; 

(c) A summary of the candidates’ 

qualifications (resume or curriculum 

vitae) must be included with a 

completed nomination application form, 

which is located on the Bureau of 

Indian Education website. Nominees 

must have the ability to attend Advisory 

Board meetings, carry out Advisory 

Board assignments, participate in 

teleconference calls, and work in 

groups; and 

(d) The Department of the Interior is 

committed to equal opportunities in the 

workplace and seeks diverse Committee 

membership, which is bound by Indian 

Preference Act of 1990 (25 U.S.C. 472). 

5. Basis for Nominations 

If you wish to nominate someone for 

appointment to the Advisory Board, 

please do not make the nomination until 

the person has agreed to have his or her 

name submitted to the BIE for this 

purpose. A person can also selfnominate. 

6. Nomination Application 

Please submit a complete application 

form and a copy of the nominee’s 

resume or curriculum vitae to the DFO 

by Friday, March 18, 2022. The 

nomination application form can be 

found on the BIE website at https://

www.bie.edu/landing-page/specialeducation. 

7. Information Collection 

This collection of information is 

authorized by OMB Control Number 

1076–0179, ‘‘Solicitation of 

Nominations for the Advisory Board for 

Exceptional Children’’ which expires 

June 30, 2024. 

(Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 5; 20 U.S.C. 

1400 et seq.). 

Bryan Newland, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03028 Filed 2–11–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4337–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[223 LLUT925000 L14400000.BJ0000 

LXSSJ0730000 241A] 

Filing of Plats of Survey; Utah 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of filing. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) will file the plats of 

survey of the lands described below in 

the BLM Utah State Office, Salt Lake 

City, Utah, 30 calendar days from the 

date of this publication. 

DATES: A person or party who wishes to 

protest one or more of the plats of 

survey must file a written notice by 

March 16, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written notices protesting a 

survey must be sent to the Utah State 

Director, BLM Utah State Office, 440 

West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake 

City, Utah 84101–1345. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew J. Kurchinski, Chief Cadastral 

Surveyor for Utah, BLM, Branch of 

Geographic Sciences, 440 West 200 

South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah 

84101–1345, telephone (801) 539–4139, 

or email mkurchin@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 the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FRS is 

available 24 hours a day, seven days a 

week, to leave a message or question 

with the above individual. Replies are 

provided during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These 

surveys were executed at the request of 

the BLM’s Price Field Office and are 

necessary for the management of these 

lands. The lands surveyed are 

represented on the following plats of 

survey: 

Salt Lake Meridian, Utah 

T. 22 S., R. 6 E., Group No. 1444, accepted 

December 28, 2021. 

T. 17 S., R. 9 E., Group No. 1431, accepted 

December 28, 2021. 

T. 19 S., R. 10 E., Group No. 1433, accepted 

December 30, 2021. 

T. 26 S., R. 10 E., Group No. 1446, accepted 

December 14, 2021. 

T. 25 S., R. 11 E., Group No. 1446, accepted 

December 14, 2021. 

T. 26 S., R. 11 E., Group No. 1446, accepted 

December 14, 2021. 

T. 19 S., R. 14 E., Group No. 1445, accepted 

December 28, 2021. 

Copies of the plats of survey and 

related field notes will be placed in the 

open files. They will be available for 

public review in the BLM Utah State 

Office as a matter of information. 

A person or party who wishes to 

protest one or more of the above surveys 

must file a written notice within 30 

calendar days from the date of this 

publication with the Utah State 

Director, BLM, at the address listed in 

the ADDRESSES section, stating they wish 

to protest. The notice of protest must 

identify the plat(s) of survey the person 

or party wishes to protest. A statement 

of reasons for the protest, if not filed 

with the notice of protest, must be filed 

with the Utah State Director within 30 

calendar days after the notice of protest 

is filed. If a notice of protest against a 

plat of survey is received prior to the 

date of official filing, the filing will be 

stayed pending consideration of the 

protest. The plat will not be officially 

filed until the day after all protests have 

been dismissed or otherwise resolved. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

protest, you should be aware that your 

entire protest—including your personal 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. While 

you can ask us to withhold your 

personal identifying information from 

public review, we cannot guarantee we 

will be able to do so. 

Authority: 43 U.S.C. Chap. 3. 

Matthew J. Kurchinski, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Utah. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03093 Filed 2–11–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HQ–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCOS08000.L71220000.EU0000.

LVTFCX5C6400.15X; COC–76543] 

Notice of Realty Action: Direct Sale of 

Public Lands in Mesa County, CO 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of realty action. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) is proposing a 

noncompetitive (direct) sale of 48.53 

acres of public land in Mesa County, 

Colorado, to Merial I. Currier of Currier 

Gravel Pit Inc., to resolve an inadvertent 

and unauthorized use of public lands. 


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