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• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collocation of information 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• 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 submissions of responses. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Dr. 

Mary Downs, Research Officer, Institute 

of Museum and Library Services, 1800 

M St., NW., Washington, DC 20036. 

Telephone: 202–653–4682, Fax: 202–

653–4625 or by e-mail at 

mdowns@imls.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background 

The Institute of Museum and Library 

Services is an independent Federal 

grant-making agency authorized by the 

Museum and Library Services Act, 

Public Law 1104–208. The IMLS 

provides a variety of grant programs to 

assist the nation’s museums and 

libraries in improving their operations 

and enhancing their services to the 

public. Museums and libraries of all 

sizes and types may receive support 

from IMLS programs. The Museum and 

Library Services Act of 2003 includes a 

strong emphasis on supporting 

museums and libraries to carry out their 

educational role as core providers of 

learning and in conjunction with 

schools, families and communities. This 

solicitation is to develop plans to collect 

information to assist IMLS in 

understanding the needs and trends of 

museums and libraries, as well as the 

impact and effectiveness of museum 

and library programs that provide 

services to America’s youth. 

II. Current Actions 

The Institute of Museum and Library 

Services, in accordance with the 

Museum and Library Services Act of 

2003, is authorized to identify needs 

and trends of museum and library 

services, report on the impact and 

effectiveness, and identify best practices 

of programs conducted with funds made 

available by the Institute. Current 

research initiatives include analysis of 

grants made to museums and libraries in 

the area of youth development services 

between 1997 and 2003 to identify 

needs, trends, and exemplary practices, 

and to gain an understanding of the 

outcomes of such grants. A survey will 

be undertaken to solicit information 

from past grantees about the results of 

their programs. A small number of these 

grantees will be interviewed by phone. 

These information collections will be 

developed based on what is needed to 

undertake an analysis and case studies 

of grant results. The information IMLS 

collects will build on, but not duplicate 

existing or ongoing collections. 

Agency: Institute of Museum and 

Library Services. 

Title: Youth Development Grants 

Survey. 

OMB Number: n/a. 

Agency Number: 3137. 

Frequency: One time. 

Affected Public: Museums, libraries 

and archives. 

Number of Respondents: 600. 

Estimated Time Per Respondent: 30 

minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 300. 

Total Annualized capital/startup 

costs: 0. 

Total Annual costs: 0. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Mary Downs, Research Officer, Officer 

of Research and Technology, Institute of 

Museum and Library Services, 1800 M 

St., NW., Washington, DC 20036, e-mail: 

mdowns@imls.gov or telephone (202) 

653–4682. 

Dated: September 23, 2005. 

Rebecca Danvers, 

Director, Office of Research and Technology. 

[FR Doc. 05–19423 Filed 9–28–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7036–01–M 

NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING 

COMMISSION 

Supplemental Notice of Intent to 

Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Proposed Federated 

Indians of the Graton Rancheria 

Casino and Hotel Project, Sonoma, CA 

AGENCY: National Indian Gaming 

Commission (NIGC). 

ACTION: Supplemental Notice of Intent 

(SNOI). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 

102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) 42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq., the NIGC, in cooperation with the 

Federated Indians of the Graton 

Rancheria (the ‘‘Graton Rancheria’’), 

intends to gather information necessary 

for preparing an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for a proposed casino 

and hotel project to be located in 

Sonoma, California. This notice 

supplements the Notice of Intent (NOI) 

which appeared in the Federal Register 

on February 12, 2004 (69 FR 7022 (Feb. 

12, 2004)) and advises the public that 

the NIGC and BIA intends to gather 

further information necessary to prepare 

an EIS for a proposed casino and hotel 

project to be located in Sonoma County, 

California. The purpose of the proposed 

action is to help address the socioeconomic needs of the Federated 

Indians of Graton Rancheria. The 

proposed action is very similar to that 

proposed in the February 12, 2004, NOI, 

with the exception that the casino and 

hotel would be constructed adjacent to 

and on the east side of the previously 

proposed site. The shift of the proposed 

construction site is being considered to 

avoid environmental constraints 

discovered on the original site, 

particularly, to avoid wetlands 

identified on the original site. 

Additional details of the new proposed 

action and location are provided below 

in the Supplemental Information 

section. The supplemental scoping 

process will include notification of and 

opportunity for the general public and 

Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 

to comment on the new proposed 

action. The purpose of scoping is to 

identify public and agency concerns on 

environmental issues, and alternatives 

to be considered in the EIS. All the 

information and comments gathered in 

response to the earlier NOI remain in 

the record, and there is no need to 

repeat information submitted at that 

time. 

DATES: A public scoping meeting will be 

held on October 19, 2005 from 6 p.m. 

to 8:30 p.m., or until the last public 

comment is received. Written comments 

on the scope of the EIS should arrive by 

November 4, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

scope of the EIS should be addressed to: 

Brad Mehaffy, NEPA Compliance 

Officer, National Indian Gaming 

Commission, 1441 L Street, NW., Suite 

9100, Washington DC 20005. 

Please include your name, return 

address, and caption: ‘‘EIS Scoping 

Comments, Graton Rancheria Casino 

and Hotel Project’’, on the first page of 

your written comments. The agency 

scoping meeting will be hosted by the 

NIGC and the Federated Indians of the 

Graton Rancheria. The public scoping 

meeting will also be hosted by the NIGC 

and the Federated Indians of the Graton 

Rancheria. The public scoping meeting 

will be held at the Spreckels Performing 

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Arts Center, Nellie W. Codding Theatre, 

5409 Snyder Lane, Rohnert Park, CA 

94928. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information on the NEPA review 

procedures or status of the NEPA 

review, contact Brad Mehaffy, NIGC 

NEPA Compliance Officer, 202–632–

7003. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed federal action is the NIGC’s 

approval of a gaming management 

contract between the Federated Indians 

of Graton Rancheria and SC Sonoma 

Management LLC. The approval of the 

gaming management contract would 

result in the development of a resort 

hotel, casino, and supporting facilities. 

The facility will be managed by SC 

Sonoma Management LLC on behalf of 

the Federated Indians of Graton 

Rancheria, pursuant to the terms of a 

gaming management contract. 

A NOI was originally published on 

February 12, 2004 for an EIS to analyze 

the approval of a management contract 

between the Federated Indians of Graton 

Rancheria and SC Sonoma Management 

LLC. Preparation of the EIS commenced 

after a 46-day scoping period, during 

which 768 public comments were 

received both in writing and orally at a 

scoping meeting held on March 10, 

2004. As displayed in a handout at the 

March 2004 scoping meeting, 

development of a casino and hotel resort 

was proposed on a 363 acre site 

bordered by Wilfred Avenue to the 

north; Stony Point Road to the west; 

Rohnert Park Expressway, farmland, 

and the Laguna de Santa Rosa to the 

south; and a mobile home park, a 

business park, and farmland to the east. 

During preparation of the EIS, 

numerous environmental constraints to 

development of this location were 

discovered, including wetlands, 

endangered species, and the 100-year 

floodplain. Therefore, in an effort to 

minimize environmental effects, a new 

project site is proposed which includes 

approximately 180 acres within the 

southern portion of the original 360-acre 

site along with an approximately 73- 

acre property located adjacent to the 

eastern boundary of the previously 

proposed site. The new property is 

bounded to the north by Wilfred 

Avenue and rural residential parcels, to 

the east by farmland, to the west by 

Langner Avenue, and to the south by 

Business Park Drive and light industrial 

development. The previously proposed 

sites will remain as alternatives in the 

EIS. The proposed action consists of 

approval of a gaming management 

contract between the Federated Indians 

of Graton Rancheria and SC Sonoma 

Management LLC. Approval of this 

contract would result in development of 

a casino and hotel resort on the new 

253-acre site, assuming this alternative 

is selected at the conclusion of the EIS 

process. 

Nearby land uses include agricultural 

uses such as livestock grazing and dairy 

operations, rural residential uses, 

industrial and commercial 

development, and open space. In 

addition to the proposed action, a 

reasonable range of alternatives, 

including a no action alternative, will be 

analyzed in the EIS. These alternatives 

are expected to include, but are not 

limited to: (1) A casino and hotel in the 

northwest corner of the original site, (2) 

a casino and hotel in the northeast 

corner of the original site, (3) a reduced 

intensity alternative, (4) an alternative 

use, (5) an additional off-site location, 

and (6) no action. Areas of 

environmental concern to be addressed 

in the EIS include: Land use, geology 

and soils, water resources, agricultural 

resources, biological resources, cultural 

resources, mineral resources, 

paleontological resources, traffic and 

transportation, noise, air quality, public 

health/environmental hazards, public 

services, and utilities, hazardous waste 

and materials, socioeconomics, 

environmental justice, and visual 

resources/aesthetics. The list of issues 

and alternatives may be expanded based 

on comments received during the 

scoping process. 

The Federated Indians of Graton 

Rancheria is a Federally recognized 

Indian tribe with approximately 1082 

members. It is governed by a tribal 

council, consisting of seven members, 

under a constitution that was passed by 

vote of the members on December 14, 

2002 and approved by the Secretary of 

the Interior on December 23, 2002. The 

Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria 

presently has no land in trust with the 

U.S. Government and is eligible to 

acquire land for reservation purposes to 

be placed in trust. 

The NIGC will serve as lead agency 

for compliance with NEPA. The Bureau 

of Indian Affairs, U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, and Sonoma County will 

serve as Cooperating Agencies. 

Public Comment and Solicitation: 

Written comments pertaining to the 

proposed action will be accepted 

throughout the EIS planning process. 

However, to ensure proper 

consideration in preparation of the draft 

EIS, scoping comments should be 

received by November 4, 2005. The draft 

EIS is planned for publication and 

distribution in early 2006. 

Individual commenters may request 

confidentiality. If you wish us to 

withhold your name and/or address 

from public review or from disclosure 

under the Freedom of Information Act, 

you must state this prominently at the 

beginning of your written comment. 

Such requests will be honored to the 

extent allowed by law. Anonymous 

comments will not, however, be 

considered. All submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public inspection in 

their entirety. 

Authority: This notice is published in 

accordance with Sections 1501.7, 1506.6, and 

1508.22 of the Council of Environmental 

Quality Regulations 40 CFR, Parts 1500 

through 1508 implementing the procedural 

requirements of the NEPA of 1969, as 

amended 42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq., and the BIA 

NEPA Handbook. 

Dated: September 21, 2005. 

Philip N. Hogen, 

Chairman. 

[FR Doc. 05–19429 Filed 9–28–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7565–01–P 

NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: National Mediation Board 

(NMB). 

SUMMARY: The Director, Office of 

Administration, invites comments on 

the proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments within 30 days from 

the date of this publication. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) provide interested Federal 

agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The Director, 

Office of Administration, publishes that 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection 

contains the following: (1) Type of 

review requested, e.g. new, revision