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America v. State of Alaska, Civil Action 

No. A91–081 CV. 

The EVOS PAC meeting agenda will 

include the FY22 Work Plan. An 

opportunity for public comments will 

be provided. The final agenda and 

materials for the meeting will be posted 

on the EVOS Trustee Council website at 

www.evostc.state.ak.us. All EVOS PAC 

meetings are open to the public. 

Public Input 

Interested persons may choose to 

make oral comments at the meeting 

during the designated time. Depending 

on the number of people wishing to 

comment and the time available, the 

amount of time for oral comments may 

be limited. Interested parties should 

contact the Designated Federal Officer 

(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) 

for advance placement on the public 

speaker list for this meeting. 

Submitting Written Information or 

Questions 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant information or 

questions for the Committee to consider 

during the public meeting. Written 

statements must be received by 

September 22, 2021, so that the 

information may be made available to 

the Committee for their consideration 

prior to this meeting. Written statements 

must be supplied to the Designated 

Federal Officer via email at philip_

johnson@ios.doi.gov. 

Public Disclosure of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comments, please 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: 5 U.S.C. appendix 2. 

Philip Johnson, 

Regional Environmental Officer, Office of 

Environmental Policy and Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 4334–63–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[21X.LLAK930100.L16100000.PN0000] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Coastal Plain Oil and 

Gas Leasing Program, Alaska 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with 

Secretary’s Order 3401, Comprehensive 

Analysis and Temporary Halt on all 

Activities in the Arctic National Wildlife 

Refuge Relating to the Coastal Plain Oil 

and Gas Leasing Program, the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Alaska State 

Office, Anchorage, Alaska, intends to 

prepare a Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) to the September 

2019 Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing 

Program EIS. The Supplemental EIS will 

provide a comprehensive analysis of the 

potential environmental impacts of the 

Program, including by addressing the 

deficiencies identified in Secretary’s 

Order 3401. 

DATES: This Notice initiates the public 

scoping process for the Supplemental 

EIS. Comments on issues, impacts, and 

potential new alternatives to be 

analyzed may be submitted in writing 

until October 4, 2021. The BLM will 

announce on its website any additional 

venues for commenting during scoping. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Website: https://eplanning.blm.gov/ 

eplanning-ui/project/102555/510. 

• Mail: BLM, Alaska State Office, 

Attention—Coastal Plain Supplemental 

EIS, 222 West 7th Avenue, #13, 

Anchorage, AK 99513–7599. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Serena Sweet, Project Lead, via email at 

blm_ak_coastalplain_supplementalEIS@

blm.gov, or via telephone at 907–271– 

5960; or by mail at Bureau of Land 

Management, 222 West 7th Avenue, 

#13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513–7599. 

You may also request to be added to the 

mailing list for the Supplemental EIS. 

Additional background information and 

supporting documents may be found at 

the https://eplanning.blm.gov/ 

eplanning-ui/project/102555/510. 

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. 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The area 

comprising the Coastal Plain includes 

approximately 1.6 million acres within 

the approximately 19.3 million-acre 

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. In 

September 2019 and in connection with 

Public Law 115–97, Dec. 22, 2017, the 

BLM completed the Coastal Plain Oil 

and Gas Leasing Final EIS. The BLM 

then issued a Record of Decision (ROD) 

for the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas 

Leasing Program on August 8, 2020 (85 

FR 51754). The ROD approved a 

program to implement Section 20001 of 

Public Law 115–97, which directed the 

BLM to manage the oil and gas leasing 

program on the Coastal Plain in a 

manner similar to lease sales under the 

Naval Petroleum Reserves Production 

Act of 1976 (including regulations). 

On June 1, 2021, the Secretary of the 

Interior issued Secretary’s Order 3401, 

Section 4 of which directed ‘‘a 

temporary halt on all Department 

activities related to the [Leasing] 

Program in the Arctic Refuge’’ pending 

‘‘a new, comprehensive analysis of the 

potential environmental impacts of the 

Program’’ to ‘‘address . . . identified 

legal deficiencies.’’ 

The purpose of this public scoping 

process is to determine the scope of 

issues to be addressed and to identify 

the significant issues, including any 

legal deficiencies in the Final EIS, 

related to an oil and gas leasing program 

within the Coastal Plain. Information 

received during this process will 

influence the development of the 

Supplemental EIS and guide the scope 

of the environmental analysis. The BLM 

will work collaboratively with 

interested parties to identify the 

management decisions best suited to 

local, regional, and national needs and 

concerns. 

The purpose and need of the 

Supplemental EIS is bound by statute 

and remains the same as for the 

September 2019 Final EIS, i.e., to 

implement Section 20001 of Public Law 

115–97. Potential new alternatives to be 

considered in the Supplemental EIS 

include, but are not limited to, those 

that would: Designate certain areas of 

the Coastal Plain as open or closed to 

leasing; permit less than 2,000 acres of 

surface development throughout the 

Coastal Plain; prohibit surface 

infrastructure in sensitive areas; and 

otherwise avoid or mitigate impacts 

from oil and gas activities. 

The Supplemental EIS will evaluate 

impacts to various surface resources 

including, but not limited to, caribou, 

polar bears, birds, vegetation, and 


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surface waters including wetlands, as 

well as to other uses of the Coastal 

Plain, including subsistence uses. The 

Supplemental EIS will also consider 

impacts from greenhouse gas emissions 

from any Leasing Program. 

After the scoping comment period is 

closed, the BLM will review and 

consider the scoping comments received 

and will develop a Draft Supplemental 

EIS, which BLM estimates will be 

completed approximately 6 to 8 months 

after the scoping period ends. At that 

time the Draft Supplemental EIS will be 

made available for public comment for 

at least 45 days. After the close of the 

Draft Supplemental EIS comment 

period, BLM will develop a Final 

Supplemental EIS incorporating 

comments received on the Draft, which 

BLM estimates will be completed 

approximately 6 months after the Draft 

Supplemental EIS comment period 

ends. A record of decision selecting a 

program alternative from the Final 

Supplemental EIS would be issued no 

sooner than 30 days after notice of the 

availability of the Final Supplemental 

EIS is published in the Federal Register. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.9(d), 40 CFR 

1501.7 (2019). 

Laura Daniel-Davis, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land 

and Minerals Management. 

[FR Doc. 2021–16572 Filed 8–3–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

[RR85672000, 21XR0680A2, 

RX.31480001.0040000; OMB Control 

Number 1006–0003] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Bureau of Reclamation Use 

Authorization Application 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation) are proposing to renew an 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

4, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

by mail to Jason Kirby, Bureau of 

Reclamation, P.O. Box 25007, Denver, 

CO 80225–0007; or by email to jkirby@

usbr.gov. Please reference Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) Control 

Number 1006–0003 in the subject line of 

your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Jason Kirby by email at 

jkirby@usbr.gov, or by telephone at (303) 

445–2895. Individuals who are hearing 

or speech impaired may call the Federal 

Relay Service at (800) 877–8339 for TTY 

assistance. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 

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

information collections require approval 

under the PRA. We may not conduct or 

sponsor and you are not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we invite the public and other 

Federal agencies 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 collection requirements and 

provide the requested data in the 

desired format. 

We are especially interested in public 

comment addressing the following: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether or not 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 might the agency 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. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this ICR. 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: Reclamation is responsible 

for approximately 6.5 million acres of 

land which directly support 

Reclamation’s Federal water projects in 

the 17 Western States. Under Title 43 

CFR part 429, individuals or entities 

wanting to use Reclamation’s lands, 

facilities, or waterbodies must apply 

using Form 7–2540. Examples of such 

uses are: 

—Agricultural uses such as grazing and 

farming; 

—commercial or organized recreation 

and sporting activities; 

—other commercial activities such as 

‘‘guiding and outfitting’’ and ‘‘filming 

and photography;’’ and, 

—resource exploration and extraction, 

including sand and gravel removal 

and timber harvesting. 

We review applications to determine 

whether granting individual use 

authorizations are compatible with 

Reclamation’s present or future uses of 

the lands, facilities, or waterbodies. 

When we find a proposed use 

compatible, we advise the applicant of 

the estimated administrative costs and 

estimated application processing time. 

In addition to the administrative costs, 

we require the applicant to pay a use fee 

based on a valuation or by competitive 

bidding. If the application is for 

construction of a bridge, building, or 

other significant construction project, 

Reclamation may require that all plans 

and specifications be signed and sealed 

by a licensed professional engineer. 

Title of Collection: Bureau of 

Reclamation Use Authorization 

Application. 

OMB Control Number: 1006–0003. 

Form Number: Form 7–2540. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals, corporations, companies, 

and State and local entities who want to 

use Reclamation lands, facilities, or 

waterbodies. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 225. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 225. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 2 hours. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 450 hours. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: Each time a 

use authorization is requested. 


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