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operations, techniques, and locations. 

Because of the range of activities 

covered by special use permits and the 

different management needs and 

resources at each refuge, respondents 

may not be required to answer all 

questions. Depending on the requested 

activity, refuge managers have the 

discretion to ask for less information 

than appears on the forms. However, 

refuge managers must not ask for more 

or different information. 

We issue permits for a specific period 

as determined by the type and location 

of the use or service provided. We use 

these permits to ensure that the 

applicant is aware of the requirements 

of the permit and the permit holder’s 

legal rights. Refuge-specific special 

conditions may be required for the 

permit. We identify conditions as an 

addendum to the permit. Most of the 

special conditions pertain to how a 

permitted activity may be conducted 

and do not require the collection of 

information. However, some special 

conditions, such as activity reports, 

before and after site photographs, or 

data sharing, would qualify as an 

information collection, and we have 

included the associated burden below. 

We also use FWS Form 3–1384, ‘‘Bid 

Sheet—National Wildlife Refuge 

System,’’ to streamline collection of the 

necessary pre-award information from 

applicants during bidding processes to 

conduct economic uses on Service 

lands, such as grazing livestock, 

harvesting hay and stock feed, or 

removing timber (50 CFR 29.21). This 

form simplifies the pre-award selection/ 

bidding process for bidders and for 

refuge staff by enabling them to 

understand what information the refuge 

needs in order to select bids for 

economic use, and, therefore, reduces 

the time and burden for the public and 

Service staff in the pre-award selection 

bidding process. This form is 

customizable to the individual 

economic use being awarded. We will 

use the Commercial Special Use Permit 

(FWS Form 3–1383–C) as the actual 

award document that will outline the 

terms and conditions of the economic 

use on Service lands. 

Proposed Revisions to This Information 

Collection 

With this submission, we propose to 

revise OMB Control No. 1018–0102 as 

follows: 

1. With this submission, we propose 

to add an additional form, Form 3– 

1383–EZ, General Activities Special Use 

Permit Simplified Application, which is 

a simplified version of 3–1383–G, 

General Activities Special Use Permit 

Application. The intent of this form is 

to provide a less intimidating and less 

intensive application for individuals 

wishing to engage in common, noneconomic activities such as recreational 

berry picking or boat mooring. 

We expect this optional ‘‘EZ’’ form 

will reduce public burden, because, 

filling out form 3–1383–G, applicants 

will often consider even questions that 

are not relevant to them in order to 

determine whether a response is 

warranted. Our staff will have the 

option to offer this form after an initial 

request is received if the majority of 

questions on the full 1383–G form are 

expected to be left blank. 

Finally, there are no new questions on 

this new form. We pulled the questions 

on the streamlined Form 3–1383–EZ 

from the currently approved Form 3– 

1383–G. It simply asks fewer questions 

than the regular Form 3–1383–G in 

order to reduce burden on respondents, 

where appropriate. 

2. We are making alterations to the 

options available to select on question 

13a in Form 3–1383–C, Commercial 

Activities Special Use Permit 

Application. Some of the existing 

options are rarely selected and certain 

types of activity are often entered as 

‘‘Other.’’ We are adding some of these 

common activities in an effort to 

streamline completion of the form and 

collection of the activity type. 

Specifically, Form 3–1383–C includes 

an option for mineral lease that is rarely 

used. We propose to strike that option 

and add an option for food and beverage 

vendors such as food trucks. We 

propose to change ‘‘Recreation Events ’’ 

to ‘‘Events’’ to make it more broadly 

applicable. We also propose to remove 

‘‘Cabins’’ and add ‘‘Fishing/Frogging’’ to 

cover these types of commercial use. 

On Form 3–1383–C, we also propose 

to modify the wording of question 14 to 

clarify the requested information. The 

present wording often leads to an 

answer which provides only a portion of 

the timing information that we require. 

The new question is worded, ‘‘Describe 

the specific dates, times, and frequency 

of activities. Provide an occupancy 

timeline showing how the activity is 

expected to proceed.’’ 

We highlighted the updated fields on 

the Form 3–1383–C uploaded to the ICR 

posted to https://www.reginfo.gov/ 

public/do/PRAMain. 

3. Non-substantive changes are being 

made to Forms 3–1383–G, 3–1383–R, or 

3–3–1384; however, we plan to make 

minor updates to the forms’ layout to 

improve readability and functionality. 

The order of questions will be altered to 

improve the flow, keeping related 

questions together. In some cases, 

selection boxes come after an option 

and in other cases the boxes come 

before; we will make the presentation 

consistent. We are also updating the 

forms to be more consistent with other 

DOI forms. 

Title of Collection: National Wildlife 

Refuge Special Use Permit Applications 

and Reports, 50 CFR 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 

31, 32, 36, and 43 CFR 5. 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0102. 

Form Numbers: 3–1383–EZ, 3–1383– 

G, 3–1383–C, 3–1383–R, and 3–1384. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals and households; businesses 

and other for-profit organizations; 

nonprofit organizations; farms; and 

State, local, or Tribal governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 14,511. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 14,511. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies from 10 minutes to 5 

hours, depending on activity. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 22,495. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion 

for applications; annually or on 

occasion for reports. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: $370,100 for fees 

associated with applications for 

commercial use activities ($100.00 per 

application for individuals and private 

sector respondents only). 

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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[256A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900] 

Land Acquisitions; Koi Nation of 

Northern California, Shiloh Site, 

Sonoma County, California 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Director, Bureau of 

Indian Education, exercising authority 


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by delegation of the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs, made a final 

agency determination to acquire in trust 

68.60 acres, more or less, of land known 

as the Shiloh Site in Sonoma County, 

California, for the Koi Nation of 

Northern California for gaming and 

other purposes. 

DATES: This final determination was 

made January 13, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian 

Gaming, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs, Washington, 

DC 20240, IndianGaming@bia.gov; (202) 

219–4066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On the 

date listed in the DATES section of this 

notice, the Director, Bureau of Indian 

Education, exercising authority by 

delegation of the Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs, made a final agency 

determination to acquire the Shiloh Site 

(Site), consisting of 68.60 acres, more or 

less, in trust for the Koi Nation of 

Northern California under the authority 

of the section 20 of the Indian Gaming 

Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. 2719 

(b)(1)(B)(iii). 

The Director, Bureau of Indian 

Education, exercising authority by 

delegation of the Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs, on behalf of the Secretary 

of the Interior, will immediately acquire 

the title to the Site in the name of the 

United States of America in trust for the 

Koi Nation of Northern California upon 

fulfillment of all Departmental 

requirements. The 68.60 acres, more or 

less, are described as follows: 

Legal Description of Property 

For APN/Parcel ID(s): 059–300–003– 

000 

The land referred to herein below is 

situated in the unincorporated area in 

County of Sonoma, State of California 

and is described as follows: 

Being a tract of land in Section 20, 

Township 8 North, Range 8 West, 

M.D.B. and M. and beginning at a iron 

pin which marks the 1⁄4 section corner 

between Sections 19 and 20; thence East 

along the Northerly line of the 

Southwest 1⁄4 of said Section 20, a 

distance of 40.00 chains, more or less, 

to the center of Section 20; thence 

South, along the Easterly line of said 

Southwest 1⁄4, 17.01 chains, more or 

less, to the Northeast corner of a tract of 

land conveyed by Elisha C. Mayo to 

Charles T. Mathisen and Cynthia E. 

Mathisen, his wife, by Deed dated 

January 28, 1905 in Book 216 of Deeds 

at Page 298, Sonoma County Records; 

thence South 76° 15′ West, along the 

Northerly boundary of said tract of land 

conveyed to said Mathison, 25.69 

chains, more or less, to the center of the 

State Highway leading from Santa Rosa 

to Healdsburg; thence Northwesterly 

along the center of said State Highway, 

26.85 chains, more or less, to the section 

line between Section 19 and 20; thence 

North along said section line, 1.62 

chains, more or less, to the point of 

beginning. 

Excepting therefrom that portion 

thereof conveyed to the County of 

Sonoma by deed recorded April 25, 

1950 in Book 955 at Page 376, Sonoma 

County Records. 

Also excepting therefrom that portion 

conveyed to the County of Sonoma by 

Deed recorded October 27, 2006 as 

Instrument No. 2006132956, of Official 

Records. 

Authority: This notice is published in the 

exercise of authority delegated by the 

Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs by the 

Departmental Manual in part 209, chapter 8, 

paragraph 8.1 and is published to comply 

with the requirements of 25 CFR 151.13 

(c)(2)(ii) that notice of the decision to acquire 

land in trust be promptly provided in the 

Federal Register. 

Tony Dearman, 

Director, Bureau of Indian 

Education,Exercising authority by delegation 

of the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

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National Environmental Policy Act 

Implementing Procedures for the 

Bureau of Land Management (516 DM 

11) 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

Department of the Interior’s 

(Department) proposal to revise the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) implementing procedures for 

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

at chapter 11 of part 516 of the 

Departmental Manual (DM) to add a 

new categorical exclusion (CX) for 

geothermal resource exploration 

operations. 

DATES: Comments must be postmarked 

(for mailed comments), delivered (for 

personal or messenger delivery 

comments), or filed (for electronic 

comments) no later than February 18, 

2025. 

ADDRESSES: The public can review the 

substantiation report for the new 

proposed CX online at: http://

eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/ 

project/2034945/510. Comments can be 

submitted using: 

BLM National NEPA Register: http://

eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/ 

project/2034945/510. Follow the 

instructions at this website. 

Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Land Management, 

Attention: BLM HQ330 Geothermal 

Exploration Operations Categorical 

Exclusion, 1849 C Street NW, 

Washington, DC 20240. 

Personal or messenger delivery: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management, Attention: BLM 

HQ330 Geothermal Exploration 

Operations Categorical Exclusion, 

1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC 

20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heather Bernier, Division Chief, 

Decision Support, Planning, and NEPA, 

at (303) 239–3635, or hbernier@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 Ms. Bernier. Individuals 

outside the United States should use the 

relay services offered within their 

country to make international calls to 

the point-of-contact in the United 

States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., requires 

Federal agencies to consider the 

environmental effects of their proposed 

actions in their decision-making 

processes and inform and engage the 

public in that process. Section 101(a) of 

NEPA sets forth a national policy to use 

all practicable means and measures, 

including financial and technical 

assistance, in a manner calculated to 

foster and promote the general welfare, 

to create and maintain conditions under 

which humans and nature can exist in 

productive harmony, and to fulfill the 

social, economic, and other 

requirements of present and future 

generations of Americans. 42 U.S.C. 

4331(a). Section 102 of NEPA directs 

agencies to interpret and administer 

Federal policies, regulations, and laws 

consistent with NEPA’s policies. 42 

U.S.C. 4332. 

To comply with NEPA, agencies 

determine the appropriate level of 

review for a proposed action: an 

environmental impact statement (EIS), 

an environmental assessment (EA), or a 

CX. 40 CFR 1501.3(c). If a proposed 

action is likely to have significant 


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