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We do not plan to make changes to 

the annual report forms contained in 

this collection. We do make note that 

some permits are issued with specific 

reporting requirements at the 

termination of the permitted activity. 

The information varies based on the 

permitted activities. The report is 

submitted at the time a permit renewal 

is requested or at the termination of the 

permitted activity. 

The public may request copies of any 

form or document contained in this 

information collection by sending a 

request to the Service Information 

Collection Clearance Officer (see 

ADDRESSES, above). 

Title of Collection: Federal Fish and 

Wildlife Permit Applications and 

Reports—Management Authority; 50 

CFR 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23. 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0093. 

Form Numbers: FWS Forms 3–200–19 

through 3–200–37, 3–200–39 through 

3–200–43, 3–200–46 through 3–200–53, 

3–200–58, 3–200–61, 3–200–64 through 

3–200–66, 3–200–69, 3–200–70, 3–200– 

73 through 3–200–76, 3–200–80, and 

3–200–85 through 3–200–88. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Description of Respondents/Affected 

Public: Individuals (including hunters); 

private sector (including biomedical 

companies, circuses, zoological parks, 

botanical gardens, nurseries, museums, 

universities, antique dealers, exotic pet 

industry, taxidermists, commercial 

importers/exporters of wildlife and 

plants, freight forwarders/brokers); and 

State, local, Tribal, and Federal 

governments. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 6,659. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 8,912. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies from 15 minutes to 

43.5 hours, depending on activity. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 

7,961. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion 

or annually, depending on activity. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: $629,400 for costs 

associated with application processing 

fees, which range from $0 to $250. 

There is no fee for reports. State, local, 

Tribal, and Federal government agencies 

and those acting on their behalf are 

exempt from processing fees. 

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 

[2231A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900] 

Indian Gaming; Extension of TribalState Class III Gaming Compacts in 

California 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

extension of the Class III gaming 

compacts between several tribes in 

California and the State of California. 

DATES: The extension takes effect on 

June 30, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian 

Gaming, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs, Washington, 

DC 20240, (202) 219–4066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An 

extension to an existing Tribal-State 

Class III gaming compact does not 

require approval by the Secretary if the 

extension does not modify any other 

terms of the compact. 25 CFR 293.5. The 

following tribes and the State of 

California have reached an agreement to 

extend the expiration date of their 

existing Tribal-State Class III gaming 

compacts to December 31, 2023: the 

Alturas Indian Rancheria, California; the 

Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians, 

California; the Bear River Band of the 

Rohnerville Rancheria, California; the 

Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians 

of California; the Big Sandy Rancheria 

of Western Mono Indians of California; 

the Bishop Paiute Tribe; the Blue Lake 

Rancheria; the Cachil Dehe Band of 

Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian 

Community of the Colusa Rancheria, 

California; the Cahto Tribe of the 

Laytonville Rancheria; the Cahuilla 

Band of Indians; the Campo Band of 

Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo 

Indian Reservation, California; the 

Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the 

Chemehuevi Reservation, California; the 

Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of 

the Trinidad Rancheria, California; the 

Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk 

Indians of California; the Elem Indian 

Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur 

Bank Rancheria, California; the 

Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay 

Indians, California; the Hopland Band of 

Pomo Indians, California; the 

Manchester Band of Pomo Indians of the 

Manchester Rancheria, California; the 

Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians 

of California; the Pauma Band of 

Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma 

& Yuima Reservation, California; the 

Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi 

Indians of California; the Pit River 

Tribe, California; the Redding 

Rancheria, California; the Resighini 

Rancheria, California; the Robinson 

Rancheria; the Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California; the Sherwood 

Valley Rancheria of Pomo Indians of 

California; the Soboba Band of Luiseno 

Indians, California; and the Table 

Mountain Rancheria. This publication 

provides notice of the new expiration 

date of the compacts. 

Bryan Newland, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management, Interior 

[LLNVB01000.L13400000.DN0000.223. 

LXSIGEOT0000.MO: 4500161169] 

Notice of Availability of Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Nevada Gold Mines LLC Goldrush 

Mine Project, Lander and Eureka 

Counties, Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

announces the availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Nevada Gold Mines LLC 

Goldrush Mine Project and requests the 

public review and provide comments on 

the Draft EIS. 

DATES: All comments must be received 

by August 15, 2022. The BLM will 

announce the date of a public meeting 

on the Draft EIS at least 15 days in 

advance of the meeting on the BLM 

National ePlanning website https://

go.usa.gov/xsVs8. The public meeting 

will be held online. 


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ADDRESSES: The Draft EIS is available 

for review on the BLM ePlanning project 

website at https://go.usa.gov/xsVs8. 

Written comments related to the 

Nevada Gold Mines (NGM) LLC 

Goldrush Mine Project may be 

submitted by any of the following 

methods: 

• ePlanning website: https://

go.usa.gov/xsVs8. 

• Email: BLM_NV_BMDO_P&EC_

NEPA@blm.gov. 

• Mail: Goldrush Mine EIS c/o BLM 

Mount Lewis Field Office, 50 Bastian 

Road, Battle Mountain, NV 89820. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Distel, Project Manager, telephone: 

(775) 635–4093; address: 50 Bastian 

Road, Battle Mountain, Nevada, 89820; 

email: sdistel@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. 

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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose and Need for the Proposed 

Action 

The BLM’s purpose for the action is 

to respond to NGM’s proposal as 

described in the proposed Plan of 

Operations and to analyze the 

environmental effects associated with 

the proponent’s Proposed Action and 

alternatives to the Proposed Action. The 

BLM’s need for the action is established 

by the BLM’s responsibilities under 

FLPMA and the BLM Surface 

Management Regulations at 43 CFR part 

3809 to respond to a proposed Plan of 

Operations. 

Proposed Action and Alternatives 

The Proposed Action would include 

construction, operation, reclamation, 

and closure of a new underground 

mining project in the Cortez Mining 

District of Lander and Eureka Counties, 

Nevada. The proposed mine plan 

boundary encompasses a total of 19,853 

acres, of which 772 acres would be on 

private land controlled by NGM and 

19,081 acres would be on public lands 

administered by the BLM Battle 

Mountain District, Mount Lewis Field 

Office and BLM Elko District, Tuscarora 

Field Office. Most of this area is within 

existing exploration and mine plans 

approved by the BLM and includes 

facilities and surface disturbance 

associated with these authorized plans. 

To create the new Goldrush mine plan 

boundary, NGM proposes boundary 

modifications and/or reclassification of 

acres within the existing NGMcontrolled exploration and mine plan 

boundaries. 

The Proposed Action would create an 

additional 1,658 acres of surface 

disturbance on public land 

administered by the BLM, including 

approximately 210 acres of exploration 

disturbance that could occur anywhere 

within the proposed Goldrush Mine 

Plan boundary. In addition, 

approximately 1,024 acres of existing 

authorized disturbance would be within 

the Proposed Action footprint, and 

approximately 12 acres of existing 

authorized disturbance would be 

reclassified as part of the Proposed 

Action. 

Under the No Action Alternative, the 

development of the Goldrush Mine 

would not be authorized and NGM 

would not construct, operate, or close a 

new underground mine (i.e., the 

Goldrush Mine). Modifications or 

reclassification of acres as proposed 

under the Proposed Action, and the 

dual use of facilities between the Cortez 

Mine and Goldrush Mine operations, 

would not occur. NGM would continue 

current authorized mining and 

exploration activities under the four 

separate previously approved Plans. 

All authorized activities would be 

expected to continue under the No 

Action Alternative. Total authorized 

disturbance under the No Action 

Alternative is 22,433 acres and the 

additional disturbance from the 

Proposed Action would not occur. 

Descriptions of the anticipated impacts 

under the No Action Alternative are 

included per previously authorized 

NEPA analyses. 

Schedule for the Decision-Making 

Process 

The final EIS is tentatively scheduled 

for Fall of 2022 with a Record of 

Decision in early 2023. 

Draft EIS Review Process 

On August 10, 2021, a notice of intent 

to prepare an EIS was published in the 

Federal Register, announcing the 

beginning of the public scoping process. 

The BLM held virtual public scoping 

meetings for the Project on August 25 

and 26, 2021. During the scoping 

period, 16 comment documents were 

received containing a total of 327 

individual comments. 

This notice of availability initiates the 

draft EIS review process. A public 

meeting to discuss the draft EIS will be 

held via virtual platform. An 

announcement regarding when and how 

to access the virtual meeting online will 

be posted on the BLM’s project website. 

The purpose of public review of the 

draft EIS is to provide an opportunity 

for meaningful collaborative public 

engagement and for the public to 

provide substantive comments, such as 

identification of factual errors, data 

gaps, relevant methods, or scientific 

studies. The BLM will respond to 

substantive comments by making 

appropriate revisions to the EIS or 

explaining why a comment did not 

warrant a change. 

The BLM has and will continue to use 

and coordinate the draft EIS review 

process to help fulfill the public 

involvement requirements under the 

National Historic Preservation Act (54 

U.S.C. 306108) as provided in 36 CFR 

800.2(d)(3). The information about 

historic and cultural resources within 

the area potentially affected by the 

proposed action will assist the BLM in 

identifying and evaluating impacts to 

such resources. The BLM has and will 

continue to conduct government-togovernment consultation with Indian 

Tribes in accordance with Executive 

Order 13175 and other policies. 

Agencies will give due consideration to 

Tribal concerns, including impacts on 

Indian trust assets and treaty rights and 

potential impacts to cultural resources. 

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. 

(Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 40 CFR 1506.10) 

Jon D. Sherve, 

Field Manager, Mount Lewis Field Office, 

Battle Mountain District. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[L14400000.LLAZ920000.ET0000.223.AZA– 

38445] 

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and 

Notice of Public Meetings, Arizona 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On behalf of the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) and subject to 


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