99270 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 237 / Tuesday, December 10, 2024 / Notices 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor and, notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, 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 

PRA of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Darrin King, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28948 Filed 12–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–84–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_HQ_FRN_MO4500183156] 

Notice of Lease Sale and Notice of 

Availability of the Detailed Statement 

of Sale for the Coastal Plain 2025 Oil 

and Gas Lease Sale 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management’s (BLM) Alaska State 

Office will hold an oil and gas lease sale 

bid opening for twelve tracts in the 

Coastal Plain of the Arctic National 

Wildlife Refuge. 

DATES: The oil and gas lease sale bid 

opening will be at 10 a.m. (AKST) on 

January 9, 2025. The BLM must receive 

all sealed bids by 4 p.m. (AKST), 

January 6th, 2025. The Detailed 

Statement of Sale for the Coastal Plain 

Oil and Gas Lease Sale 2025 will be 

available to the public on BLM’s website 

on the date of this Notice’s publication 

in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Sealed bids must be 

received at the BLM-Alaska State Office, 

ATTN: Wayne Svejnoha (AK932); 222 

West 7th Avenue, #13; Anchorage, AK 

99513–7504. The Detailed Statement of 

Sale is available from the BLM Alaska 

website at https://www.blm.gov/alaska. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wayne Svejnoha, Supervisory Minerals 

and Energy Specialist, phone 907–271– 

4407 or email, wsvejnoh@blm.gov. 

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 for 

contacting Mr. Svejnoha. Individuals 

outside the United States should use the 

relay services within their country to 

make international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Bidder Disclosure 

Several tracts available for bid in the 

sale are the subject of ongoing litigation 

in the U.S. District Court for the District 

of Alaska. Tract 29 covers the StainesCanning River area along the 

northwestern boundary of the Arctic 

Refuge, which the State of Alaska claims 

an entitlement to under the Alaska 

Statehood Act in State of Alaska v. U.S. 

Department of the Interior, et al. (Case 

No. 3:22–cv–00078–SLG). Tracts 16, 17, 

24, 26, 27, 30 and 31 were leased to the 

Alaska Industrial Development and 

Export Authority (AIDEA) in January 

2021, but those leases were 

subsequently cancelled by the U.S. 

Department of the Interior in September 

2023 due to pre-leasing legal defects. 

AIDEA challenges those cancellations 

and seeks reinstatement of the leases in 

Alaska Industrial Development and 

Export Authority v. United States 

Department of the Interior (Case No. 

3:24–cv–00051–SLG). In the event that 

one or more of these cases results in a 

decision adverse to the Department and 

a remedy that changes the status quo, a 

court or the Department may ultimately 

determine the validity of any lease 

issued in this sale to the extent it is for 

a disputed tract. 

The 2025 Coastal Plain Oil and Gas 

Lease Sale will include 12 tracts 

(approximately 400,000 acres) that are 

available for leasing under the Coastal 

Plain Environmental Impact Statement 

Record of Decision issued in December 

2024. 

The opening and reading of the bids 

for the 2025 lease sale will be available 

for online public viewing via video 

livestreaming at https://www.blm.gov/ 

live. 

The Detailed Statement of Sale 

includes a description of the areas the 

BLM is offering for lease, as well as the 

lease terms, conditions, special 

stipulations, required operating 

procedures, and directions for how to 

submit bids. If you plan to submit a 

bid(s), please note that all bids must be 

sealed in accordance with the 

provisions identified in the Detailed 

Statement of Sale. 

The United States reserves the right to 

withdraw any tract from this sale prior 

to issuance of a written acceptance of a 

bid. 

Authority: Section 20001 of the Tax 

Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (Pub. L. 115– 

97); 43 CFR 3131.4–1. 

Steven M. Cohn, 

State Director, Alaska. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28989 Filed 12–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLHQ310000.L13100000.PP0000; OMB 

Control No. 1004–0137] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Onshore Oil and Gas 

Operations and Production 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) has submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) a 

request to renew an information 

collection with revisions. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

9, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

should be sent within 30 days of 

publication of this notice to 

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments’’ or by using the search 

function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Jennifer Spencer by 

email at j35spenc@blm.gov, or by 

telephone at 202–912–7146. 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. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. You may 

also view the ICR at http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the PRA (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq. and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1)), we 

provide the general public and other 

Federal agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on new, proposed, revised, 

and continuing collections of 

information. This helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. It also helps the 

public understand our information 


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collection requirements and provide the 

requested data in the desired format. 

A Federal Register notice with a 60- 

day public comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published on August 

28, 2024 (89 FR 68923). 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we are again soliciting 

comments from the public and other 

Federal agencies on the proposed ICR 

that is described below. We are 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following: 

(1) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How the agency could minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of response. 

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 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. 

Abstract: Various Federal and Indian 

mineral leasing statutes authorize the 

BLM to grant and manage onshore oil 

and gas leases on Federal and Indian 

(except Osage Tribe) lands. In order to 

fulfill its responsibilities under these 

statutes, the BLM needs to perform the 

information collection activities set 

forth in the regulations at 43 CFR part 

3170. There are no program or policy 

changes associated with this ICR. The 

changes involve moving burdens 

associated with 43 CFR part 3160 to 

OMB control number 1004–0220 and 

clarifying certain remaining burden 

estimates. The ICR submitted to OMB 

contains a detailed explanation of these 

changes. This OMB control number is 

currently scheduled to expire January 

31, 2025. The BLM requests that OMB 

renew this OMB control number for an 

additional three (3) years. 

Title of Collection: Onshore Oil and 

Gas Operations and Production (43 CFR 

part 3170). 

OMB Control Number: 1004–0137. 

Form Numbers: BLM Form 3160–005. 

Type of Review: Extension with 

revision of a currently approved 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Oil and 

gas operators on public lands and some 

Indian lands. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 864. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 102,439. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies depending on activity. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 278,904. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion; 

One-time; and Monthly. 

Total Estimated Annual Non-hour 

Burden Cost: None. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor and, notwithstanding any other 

provision of law, 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.). 

Darrin A. King, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2024–28950 Filed 12–9–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4331–84–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_AZ_FRN; AZAZ105869032] 

Notice of Application for Withdrawal 

and Opportunity for Public Meeting; 

John R. Fox Range, Fort Huachuca, 

Arizona 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States Army 

(Army) has filed an application with the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

requesting that the Secretary of the 

Interior (Secretary) withdraw 1,840 

acres of Federal subsurface estate lands 

from location and entry under the 

United States mining laws, and from 

leasing under the mineral and 

geothermal leasing laws, but not from 

disposal under the Mineral Materials 

Act of 1947, subject to valid existing 

rights, for a 20-year period. 

Additionally, the Army requests that the 

Secretary withdraw 53.48 acres of nonFederal lands, upon Federal acquisition, 

from all forms of appropriation under 

the public land laws, including the 

United States mining laws and mineral 

leasing laws, and reserved for use by the 

Army for military purposes (except as 

indicated in Public Land Order No. 

1471), subject to valid existing rights, 

for an indefinite period. The purpose of 

the withdrawal requested is to protect 

the John R. Fox Range, located on Fort 

Huachuca, Arizona, from potential 

adverse impacts from mining. 

Publication of this notice temporarily 

segregates the lands for up to two years, 

initiates a 90-day public comment 

period, and announces to the public an 

opportunity to request a public meeting 

on the Army’s withdrawal application. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

March 10, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: All comments or requests 

for a public meeting should be sent to 

the BLM Arizona State Office, 1 North 

Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 

85004; or sent by email to BLM_AZ_

Withdrawal_Comments@blm.gov. The 

BLM will not consider comments via 

telephone calls. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Ouellett, Realty Specialist, 

BLM Arizona State Office, telephone 

(602) 417–9561, email at mouellett@

blm.gov; or you may contact the BLM 

office at the address noted above. 

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. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. You will 

receive a reply during normal business 

hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Army 

requests this withdrawal to protect the 

military training and testing mission at 

Fort Huachuca’s John R. Fox Range. 

This request is for a new 20-year 

withdrawal encompassing 1,840 acres of 

Army lands previously withdrawn by 

Public Land Order (PLO) No. 6788 

(expired August 8, 2010). The Army has 

also identified an additional 53.48 acres 

(both the surface and subsurface estate) 

of non-Federal lands within the John R. 

Fox Range that the Army is requesting 

be withdrawn, upon Federal 

acquisition, and reserved for use by the 

Department of the Army for military 


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