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tests or point out why old tests are not 

needed to help enable acceptance of 

these new materials in the marketplace. 

No proprietary information will be 

shared as part of the Consortium. 

Participants will not be required to 

contribute any funds or pay any fee. 

Contributions of sample low carbon 

cements, concretes, and associated 

aggregates are highly encouraged. 

Participation Process 

Eligibility will be determined by NIST 

based on the information provided by 

prospective participants in response to 

this notice. NIST will evaluate the 

submitted responses from prospective 

participants to determine eligibility to 

participate in this Consortium. 

Prospective participants should provide 

a letter of interest with the following 

information to NIST’s Consortium 

Manager: 

(1) A description of their experience 

in low carbon cements and concretes, 

production and characterization of 

cements, concretes, and associated 

starting materials such as aggregates, 

standard methods to evaluate cements 

and concretes, and related expertise to 

contribute to the Consortium. 

(2) List of interested party’s 

anticipated participants. 

Letters of interest must not include 

business proprietary information. NIST 

will not treat any information provided 

in response to this notice as proprietary 

information. NIST will notify each 

organization of its eligibility. In order to 

participate in this Consortium, each 

eligible organization must sign a 

CRADA for this Consortium. All 

participants in this Consortium will be 

bound by the same terms and 

conditions. NIST does not guarantee 

participation in the Consortium to any 

organization submitting a letter of 

interest. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3710a. 

Alicia Chambers, 

NIST Executive Secretariat. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XC091] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Marine 

Fisheries Service (NMFS) has received 

an incidental take permit (ITP) 

application from Port Blakely, 

associated with the Port Blakely Habitat 

Conservation Plan (HCP) for the John 

Franklin Eddy Forestlands located in 

Clackamas County, Oregon. Port Blakely 

submitted the ITP application pursuant 

to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 

as amended (ESA). The permit, if 

issued, would authorize incidental take 

of the covered species under NMFS 

jurisdiction resulting from the timber 

harvest, silviculture, and road 

management activities, as well as take 

resulting from activities carried out as 

part of the HCP’s conservation strategy 

on the John Franklin Eddy Forestlands 

for a permit term of 50 years. In 

accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (NEPA), NMFS announces the 

availability of a draft environmental 

assessment (Draft EA). NMFS is the lead 

Federal agency under NEPA, and the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) 

is a cooperating agency. The Draft EA 

analyzes the potential effects of issuance 

of the ITPs and approval of the HCP. 

DATES: Comments on any of the 

documents or requests for a hearing on 

the application must be received at the 

appropriate address (see ADDRESSES) no 

later than 5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time 

on July 14, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on any 

documents should be addressed by 

email to portblakely.hcp@noaa.gov. 

Include in the subject line of the email 

comment the following identifier: 

Comments on Port Blakely’s Habitat 

Conservation Plan for the John Franklin 

Eddy Forestlands. Please specify 

whether the comments provided are 

associated with the HCP or the Draft EA. 

When commenting, please refer to the 

specific page number and line number 

of the subject of your comment. The 

HCP and Draft EA are available on the 

internet at https://www.fisheries.

noaa.gov/action/port-blakely-habitatconservation-plan-john-franklin-eddyforestlands. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Annie Birnie, NMFS, via phone at 503– 

230–5407 or via email at annie.birnie@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

(NMFS) received an incidental take 

permit application from Port Blakely, 

which includes a habitat conservation 

plan (HCP) that contain measures to 

minimize and mitigate the impacts of 

taking of five ESA-listed species under 

the jurisdiction of NMFS. Port Blakely 

also submitted an incidental take permit 

application, including the HCP, to the 

USFWS for 17 species under USFWS 

jurisdiction. The applicant is seeking 

authorization for the incidental take of 

the species covered by the HCP 

pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Species Included in the HCP 

ESA-listed species covered by NMFS: 

• Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 

tshawytscha): threatened Lower 

Columbia River (LCR) 

evolutionarily significant unit 

(ESU); threatened Upper Willamette 

River (UWR) ESU; 

• Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus 

kisutch): threatened LCR ESU; 

• Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss): 

threatened LCR distinct population 

segment (DPS); threatened UWR 

DPS. 

ESA-listed species covered by USFWS: 

• Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus); 

• Gray wolf (Canis lupus); and 

• Northern spotted owl (Strix 

occidentalis caurina). 

Non-ESA-Listed Species Covered by 

USFWS: 

• Pacific lamprey (Lampetra 

tridentata); 

• Cascades frog (Rana cascadae); 

• Coastal tailed frog (Ascaphus truei); 

• Cascade torrent salamander 

(Rhyacotriton cascadae); 

• Oregon slender salamander 

(Batrachoseps wright); 

• Western/North Pacific pond turtle 

(Actinemys marmorata marmorata); 

• Northern goshawk (Accipiter 

gentilis); 

• Pacific Fisher (Pekania pennanti); 

• Townsend’s big-eared bat 

(Corynorhinus townsendii spp.); 

• Hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus); 

• Silver-haired bat (Lasionycteris 

noctivagans); 

• Fringed myotis bat (Myotis 

thysanodes); 

• Long-eared myotis bat (Myotis 

evotis); 

• Long-legged myotis bat (Myotis 

Volans). 

Background 

Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 

authorizes the NMFS and USFWS to 

issue ITPs to non-Federal parties for 

potential incidental take of endangered 

or threatened species as a result of 

covered activities. In support of its 

applications for such ITPs, Port Blakely 

prepared an HCP that provides an 


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assessment of impacts of its timber 

harvest, silviculture, and road 

management activities in the Clackamas 

River and Molalla River basins of 

Oregon on the identified species; 

measures to monitor, minimize and 

mitigate for those impacts on those 

species; and procedures to account for 

unforeseen or extraordinary 

circumstances. 

Authority 

Section 9 of the ESA and Federal 

regulations prohibit the taking of a 

species listed as endangered or 

threatened. The ESA defines ‘‘take’’ to 

mean harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, 

wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or 

to attempt to engage in any such 

conduct. NMFS and USFWS may issue 

permits, under limited circumstances to 

take listed species incidental to, and not 

the purpose of, otherwise lawful 

activities. Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA 

and implementing regulations (50 CFR 

222.307 for NMFS and 50 CFR 17.22(b) 

and 17.32(b) for USFWS) provide for 

authorizing such incidental take of 

listed species. 

The proposed issuance of the ITPs is 

a Federal action requiring evaluation 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended 

(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and 

implementing regulations at 40 CFR 

parts 1500–1508. Pursuant to the 

requirements of NEPA, NMFS prepared 

the Draft EA to evaluate the potential 

environmental impacts of 

implementation of the proposed HCP. 

USFWS is a cooperating agency in this 

NEPA process. 

After public review, NMFS will 

review the comments in coordination 

with the USFWS. NMFS will finalize 

the EA and determine whether the 

proposed action warrants a finding of no 

significant impact or whether an 

environmental impact statement should 

be prepared pursuant to NEPA. NMFS 

will evaluate the permit application 

submitted by Port Blakely, the 

associated documents, and any 

comments received, to determine 

whether the permit application meets 

the requirements of section 10(a)(1)(B) 

of the ESA and its implementing 

regulations. NMFS will also evaluate 

whether issuance of the requested 

permit would comply with the ESA by 

conducting consultation under section 

7(a)(2) of the ESA on the proposed ITP 

action. The final NEPA and permit 

determinations will not be completed 

until after the end of the 30-day 

comment period, and NMFS will fully 

consider all comments received during 

the comment period. If NMFS 

determines that all requirements are 

met, it will issue ITPs under section 

10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA to Port Blakely for 

the take of the covered species under 

NMFS jurisdiction, incidental to 

otherwise lawful covered activities. 

Dated: June 7, 2022. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Telecommunications and 

Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Connecting Minority 

Communities Pilot Program 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

comment on proposed and continuing 

information collections, which helps us 

assess the impact of our information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on February 16, 

2022 during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: National 

Telecommunications and Information 

Administration (NTIA), Commerce. 

Title: Connecting Minority 

Communities Pilot Program. 

OMB Control Number: 0660–XXXX. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: New information 

collection. 

Number of Respondents: 100. 

Average Hours per Response: 33.22. 

Burden Hours: 13,288. 

Needs and Uses: With this 

information collection, NTIA will 

monitor the grant recipients’ spending 

for compliance with grant terms and 

conditions. In the absence of collecting 

this information, NTIA would fail to 

evaluate effectively the award 

recipients’ progress toward completing 

project activities and achieving core 

purposes of the CMC. Moreover, 

without these reports, NTIA would lack 

the ability to monitor effectively the 

award recipients’ expenditure of funds 

to deter waste, fraud, ad abuse of CMC 

funds. Therefore, it is necessary for 

NTIA to collect information using the 

Baseline Report, Semi-Annual 

Performance (Technical) Reports and 

Annual Report. 

Affected Public: Grant award 

recipients consisting of Historically 

Black colleges or universities (HBCUs); 

Tribal Colleges or Universities (TCUs); 

Minority-serving institutions (MSIs); or 

consortiums that are led by a 

historically Black college or university, 

a Tribal College or University, or a 

Minority-serving institution and that 

also include: (a) an MBE; or (b) an 

organization described in section 

501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 and exempt from tax under 

section 501(a) of such Code. 

Frequency: Semi-annually and 

Annually; The Baseline Report is a onetime collection of information from 

award recipients covering project plans 

and details about key outputs and 

outcomes. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2021, Division N, 

Title IX, Section 905, Public Law 116– 

260, 134 Stat. 1182 (Dec. 27, 2020) 

This information collection request 

may be viewed at www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to view the 

Department of Commerce collections 

currently under review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website 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 and 

entering the title of the collection. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Chief Information Officer, Department of 

Commerce. 

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