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Each State approved to participate in 

the program must provide the following 

information, on a regular basis (not to 

exceed 7 days post purchase), to the 

Service-approved stamp distribution 

company, to enable that company to 

issue the physical stamp within the 

required 45-day period: 

• Full name (first, middle, last, and 

any prefixes/suffixes), and complete 

mailing address of each individual who 

purchases an electronic stamp from the 

State. 

• Date of e-stamp purchase. 

We do not plan to make any 

substantive changes to the application 

form (FWS Form 3–2341); however, we 

updated the formatting of the form to be 

compliant with the requirements of 

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 

1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d), and to conform 

with formatting requirements of the 

Department of the Interior and the 

Service. No substantive changes were 

made to the information collected from 

States. Upon request, a copy of the draft 

form is available by sending a request to 

the Service Information Collection 

Clearance Officer at Info_Coll@fws.gov. 

Title of Collection: Electronic Federal 

Duck Stamp Program. 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0135. 

Form Number: FWS Form 3–2341. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State 

fish and wildlife agencies. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 6 respondents for 

applications and 33 respondents for 

fulfillment reports. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 6 responses for applications 

and 1,353 responses for fulfillment 

reports. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 40 hours for applications and 

1 hour for fulfillment reports. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 240 hours for 

applications and 1,353 hours for 

fulfillment reports, totaling 1,593 hours. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: One time for 

applications, and an average of once 

every 9 days per respondent for 

fulfillment reports. 

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.). 

Madonna Baucum, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04520 Filed 3–3–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[223A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900253G] 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Proposed Chuckwalla Solar 

Projects, Clark County, Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 

as the lead Federal agency, with the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 

Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), National 

Park Service (NPS), Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (USFWS), Department 

of the Air Force (DAF), Nevada 

Department of Wildlife (NDOW), and 

the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians 

(Moapa Band) as cooperating agencies, 

intends to file a draft environmental 

impact statement (DEIS) with the EPA 

for the proposed Chuckwalla Solar 

Projects (Projects). The DEIS evaluates 

four photovoltaic (PV) solar energy 

generation and storage projects on the 

Moapa River Indian Reservation 

(Reservation) and generation 

interconnection (gen-tie) lines along 

with the use of existing access roads and 

an existing gen-tie line located on the 

Reservation, Reservation lands managed 

by BLM, BLM lands, and private land. 

This notice also announces that the 

DEIS is now available for public review 

and that public meetings will be held to 

solicit comments on the DEIS. 

DATES: In order to be fully considered, 

written comments on the DEIS must 

arrive no later than 45 days after EPA 

publishes its Notice of Availability in 

the Federal Register. 

Meeting dates: The dates and times of 

the virtual public meetings will be 

published in the Las Vegas ReviewJournal and Moapa Valley Progress and 

on the following website 15 days before 

the public meetings: 

www.chuckwallasolarprojectsEIS.com. 

ADDRESSES: You may mail, email, hand 

carry or telefax written comments to Mr. 

Chip Lewis, Regional Environmental 

Protection Officer, BIA Western 

Regional Office, Branch of 

Environmental Quality Services, 2600 

North Central Avenue, 4th Floor Mail 

Room, Phoenix, Arizona 85004–3008. 

Comment may also be sent via email to: 

chip.lewis@bia.gov or on the Projects 

website at 

www.ChuckwallaSolarProjectsEIS.com. 

Please see the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice for 

directions on submitting comments. The 

public meetings can be joined online 

through the Projects website at 

www.ChuckwallaSolarProjectsEIS.com. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Chip Lewis, BIA Western Regional 

Office, Branch of Environmental Quality 

Services at 602–379–6750 or Mr. Garry 

Cantley at 602–379–6750. Individuals in 

the United States who are deaf, 

deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a 

speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed Federal action, taken under 25 

U.S.C. 415, is the BIA’s approval of a 

solar energy ground lease and associated 

agreements entered into by the Moapa 

Band with EDF Renewables 

Development, Inc. (Applicant). The 

agreements provide for construction, 

operation and maintenance (O&M), and 

eventual decommissioning of the four 

PV electricity generation and battery 

storage facilities located entirely on the 

Reservation and specifically on lands 

held in trust for the Moapa Band, in 

Clark County Nevada. 

The PV electricity generation and 

battery storage facilities would be 

located on up to 6,500 acres of tribal 

trust land (1,977 acres for Project 1A, 

689 acres for Project 1B, 1,573 acres for 

Project 2, and 2,016 acres for Project 3) 

and would have a combined capacity of 

up to 700 megawatts (MW)—200 MW 

for 1A, 50 MW for 1B, 200 MW for 2 and 

250 MW for 3. The four solar Projects 

include the solar fields, access roads, 

temporary water pipeline and 

connection with an existing 

transmission gen-tie line. 

Projects 1A and 1B would be built at 

the same time and would take up to 20 

months. Construction of Projects 2 and 

3 would each also take up to 20 months. 

The electricity generation and storage 

facilities are expected to be operated for 

up to 35 years under the terms of the 

leases, with time for construction and 

decommissioning. Major onsite facilities 

include multiple blocks of solar PV 

panels mounted on fixed tilt or tracking 

systems, pad mounted inverters and 

transformers, battery storage, access 

roads, and O&M facilities. Water will be 


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needed during construction for dust 

control and a minimal amount will be 

needed during operations for 

administrative and sanitary water use 

and for panel washing. The water 

supply required for the Projects would 

be leased from the Moapa Band. Access 

to the Projects will be provided via 

North Las Vegas Boulevard from the I– 

15/US 93 interchange. 

The purposes of the proposed Projects 

are, among other things, to: (1) Provide 

a long-term, diverse, and viable 

economic revenue base and job 

opportunities for the Moapa Band; (2) 

assist Nevada to meet their State 

renewable energy needs; and (3) allow 

the Moapa Band, in partnership with 

the Applicant, to optimize the use of the 

lease site while maximizing the 

potential economic benefit to the Moapa 

Band. 

The BIA and BLM will use the EIS to 

make decisions on the land lease and 

right-of-way applications under their 

respective jurisdiction; the BOR will use 

the document to make a decision 

regarding the approval of an 

interconnection agreement, the NPS and 

EPA may use the document to make 

decisions under its authorities; the 

Moapa Band may use the DEIS to make 

decisions under its Environmental 

Policy Ordinance; and the USFWS may 

use the DEIS to support its decision 

under the Endangered Species Act. 

Directions for Submitting Comments: 

Please include your name, return 

address and the caption: ‘‘DEIS 

Comments, Proposed Chuckwalla Solar 

Projects’’ on the first page of your 

written comments. You may also submit 

comments verbally during one of the 

virtual public meeting presentations or 

provide written comments to the 

address listed above in the ADDRESSES

section. 

To help protect the public and limit 

the spread of the COVID–19 virus, 

virtual public meetings will be held, 

where team members will provide a 

short presentation and remain available 

to discuss and answer questions. The 

PowerPoint presentation will be posted 

to the project website prior to the virtual 

meetings. Those who cannot live stream 

the presentation would be able to access 

the meeting presentation on the website 

and could join by telephone. 

Additionally, the live presentation will 

be recorded and made accessible for 

viewing throughout the comment 

period. The first public meeting will be 

held in the afternoon by video and 

telephone conference and the second 

public meeting will be held in the 

evening by video and telephone 

conference. The dates, times, and access 

information for the virtual meetings will 

be included in notices to be published 

in the Las Vegas Review-Journal and 

Moapa Valley Progress and on the 

project website at 

www.chuckwallasolarprojectsEIS.com 

15 days before the meetings. 

Locations Where the DEIS is Available 

for Review: The DEIS will be available 

for review at: BIA Western Regional 

Office, 2600 North Central Avenue, 12th 

Floor, Suite 210, Phoenix, Arizona; BIA 

Southern Paiute Agency, 180 North 200 

East, Suite 111, St. George, Utah; and 

the BLM Southern Nevada District 

Office, 4701 North Torrey Pines Drive, 

Las Vegas, Nevada. The DEIS is also 

available online at: 

www.chuckwallasolarprojectsEIS.com. 

To obtain an electronic copy of the 

DEIS, please provide your name and 

address in writing or by voicemail to 

Mr. Chip Lewis or Mr. Garry Cantley. 

Their contact information is listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice. Individual paper 

copies of the DEIS will be provided only 

upon request. 

Public Comment Availability: Written 

comments, including names and 

addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the BIA 

Western Regional Office, at the mailing 

address shown in the ADDRESSES section 

during regular business hours, 8:00 a.m. 

to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except holidays. Before including your 

address, telephone 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: This notice is published in 

accordance with section 1503.1 of the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations (40 CFR 1500 et seq.) and 

the Department of the Interior 

Regulations (43 CFR part 46) 

implementing the procedural 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), and in accordance with 

the exercise of authority delegated to the 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs by part 209 of the 

Department Manual. 

Bryan Newland, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04545 Filed 3–3–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNM910000 L07772200.XX0000 

223L1109AF] 

Call for Nominations for Bureau of 

Land Management New Mexico 

Resource Advisory Councils 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to request public nominations for the 

Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) 

Northern New Mexico Resource 

Advisory Council (RAC) and Southern 

New Mexico RAC that have vacant 

positions and/or members whose terms 

are scheduled to or have expired. These 

RACs provide advice and 

recommendations to the BLM on land 

use planning and management of the 

National System of Public Lands within 

their geographic areas. 

DATES: All nominations must be 

received no later than April 4, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations and completed 

applications should be sent to the 

appropriate BLM offices listed in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Allison Sandoval, BLM New Mexico 

State Office, 301 Dinosaur Trail, Santa 

Fe, NM 87508, email: aesandoval@

blm.gov, or by telephone at (505) 954– 

2019. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Telecommunications 

Relay Service (TRS) at 7–1–1 to contact 

the above individual during normal 

business hours. The TRS 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) directs the Secretary of the 

Interior to involve the public in 

planning and issues related to 

management of lands administered by 

the BLM through the establishment of 

10- to 15-member citizen-based advisory 

councils that are managed in accordance 

with the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (FACA). As required by FACA, RAC 

membership must be balanced and 

representative of the various interests 

concerned with the management of the 

public lands. The rules governing RACs 

are found at 43 CFR subpart 1784. The 

RACs include the following three 

membership categories: 

Category One—Holders of Federal 

grazing permits or leases within the area 


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