6536 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 25 / Monday, February 8, 2016 / Notices 

information collection described in 

Section A. 

A. Overview of Information Collection 

Title of Information Collection: 

Validating Estimates of CPD Grantee 

Accrued Expenses. 

OMB Approval Number: 2506—New. 

Type of Request: New. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use: 

Respondents: Grantees. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

200. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 200. 

Frequency of Response: Yearly. 

Average Hours per Response: 4hrs. 

Total Estimated Burdens: 4hrs. 

Information 

collection 

Number of 

respondents 

Frequency of 

response 

Responses 

per annum 

Burden hour 

per response 

Annual burden 

hours 

Hourly cost 

per response Annual cost 

200 Annually ................ 200 4 4 0.00 0.00 

Total ............... 200 Annually ................ 200 4 4 0.00 0.00 

B. Solicitation of Public Comment 

This notice is soliciting comments 

from members of the public and affected 

parties concerning the collection of 

information described in Section A on 

the following: 

(1) 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; 

(2) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond; including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

HUD encourages interested parties to 

submit comment in response to these 

questions. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35. 

Dated: February 2, 2016. 

Harriet Tregoning, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Community Planning and Development. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02388 Filed 2–5–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R5–NCTC–2016–N018; FF09X35000– 

167–FXGO16610900600] 

Information Collection Request Sent to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for Approval; UCAN Survey— 

National Initiative To Understand and 

Connect Americans and Nature 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service) have sent an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for 

review and approval. We summarize the 

ICR below and describe the nature of the 

collection and the estimated burden and 

cost. We 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. 

DATES: You must submit comments on 

or before March 9, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments and 

suggestions on this information 

collection to the Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior at OMB– 

OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov 

(email). Please provide a copy of your 

comments to the Service Information 

Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275 

Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041– 

3803 (mail), or hope_grey@fws.gov 

(email). Please include ‘‘1018–UCAN 

Survey’’ in the subject line of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Hope Grey at 

hope_grey@fws.gov (email) or 703–358– 

2482 (telephone). You may review the 

ICR online at http://www.reginfo.gov. 

Follow the instructions to review 

Department of the Interior collections 

under review by OMB. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Information Collection Request 

OMB Control Number: 1018—New. 

Title: UCAN Survey—National 

Initiative to Understand and Connect 

Americans and Nature. 

Service Form Number: None. 

Type of Request: Request for a new 

OMB control number. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

8,950. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: One time. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

8,950. 

Completion Time per Response: 20 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 2,983. 

Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden 

Cost: None. 

Abstract: Nature and the outdoors 

have always been an important part of 

the fabric of American life. However, 

there are major questions about the 

present and future role of nature and the 

outdoors in our increasingly diverse, 

technologically oriented, and rapidly 

changing society. For our programs to 

remain relevant to American life today 

and tomorrow, we must be aware of 

public sentiment toward the part nature 

plays in the quality of our lifestyles. 

It is for these reasons that we plan to 

use a quantitative survey to collect 

information on the attitudes that the 

public maintains towards the natural 

environment; the effects of contact with 

nature on participants’ health and 

quality of life; the extent of contact with 

nature and obstacles to greater contact 

with nature; general knowledge of 

nature and wildlife; concerns toward 

selected environmental issues; and 

socio-demographic variables. Results 

will help improve the design and 

delivery of new or existing programs 

aimed at engaging the public in naturerelated activities (e.g., outreach and 

educational programming at national 

wildlife refuges and national fish 

hatcheries). 

Comments Received and Our Responses 

On May 19, 2015, we published in the 

Federal Register (80 FR 28638) a notice 

of our intent to request that OMB 

approve this information collection. In 

that notice, we solicited comments for 

60 days, ending on July 20, 2015. We 

received one comment. The commenter 

objected to the use of taxpayer dollars 

for the survey, but did not address the 

information collection requirements. We 

did not make any changes to the survey 

based on this comment. 


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Request for Public Comments 

We again invite comments concerning 

this information collection on: 

• Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; 

• The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information; 

• Ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• Ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. 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 OMB and us in your 

comment to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that it will 

be done. 

Dated: February 2, 2016. 

Tina A. Campbell, 

Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and 

Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02352 Filed 2–5–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

[15XD5141GM DGM000000.000000 

6100.241A0 DN18000000] 

Proposed Appointment to the National 

Indian Gaming Commission 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Indian Gaming 

Regulatory Act provides for a threeperson National Indian Gaming 

Commission. One member, the Chair, is 

appointed by the President with the 

advice and consent of the Senate. Two 

associate members are appointed by the 

Secretary of the Interior (Secretary). 

Before appointing members, the 

Secretary is required to provide public 

notice of a proposed appointment and 

allow a comment period. Notice is 

hereby given of the proposed 

appointment of Kathryn Isom-Clause as 

an associate member of the National 

Indian Gaming Commission for a term 

of 3 years. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

March 9, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the 

Director, Office of the Executive 

Secretariat and Regulatory Affairs, U.S. 

Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street 

NW., Mail Stop 7328, Washington, DC 

20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Michael Hoenig, National Indian 

Gaming Commission, c/o Department of 

the Interior, 1849 C Street NW., Mail 

Stop 1621, Washington, DC 20240; 

telephone (202) 632–7003; facsimile 

(202) 632–7066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, 25 

U.S.C. 2701 et seq., established the 

National Indian Gaming Commission 

(Commission), composed of three fulltime members. Commission members 

serve for a term of 3 years. The Chair is 

appointed by the President with the 

advice and consent of the Senate. The 

two associate members are appointed by 

the Secretary. Before appointing an 

associate member to the Commission, 

the Secretary is required to ‘‘publish in 

the Federal Register the name and other 

information the Secretary deems 

pertinent regarding a nominee for 

membership on the Commission and 

. . . allow a period of not less than 

thirty days for receipt of public 

comments.’’ See 25 U.S.C. 2704(b)(2)(B). 

The Secretary proposes to appoint 

Kathryn Isom-Clause as an associate 

member of the Commission for a term of 

3 years. Ms. Isom-Clause is a citizen of 

the Taos Pueblo and is well qualified to 

be a member of the National Indian 

Gaming Commission by virtue of her 

extensive background and experience in 

Indian gaming, as well as a broad 

spectrum of other Native American 

issues. 

In her current position as Senior 

Counselor to the Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs at the Department of the 

Interior, Ms. Isom-Clause provides 

policy guidance to the Assistant 

Secretary on gaming matters, including 

the review and analysis of revenue 

allocation plans, tribal-state gaming 

compacts, and environmental 

compliance issues. In addition to her 

work on gaming issues, Ms. Isom-Clause 

chairs and participates on a number of 

working groups and committees 

covering a variety of issues important to 

Indian Affairs. Before serving as Senior 

Counselor to the Assistant Secretary— 

Indian Affairs, Ms. Isom-Clause served 

as an attorney representing tribal clients 

throughout the United States. 

Ms. Isom-Clause’s experience with 

Indian gaming specifically, as well as 

her wide experience in Federal Indian 

law and policy, makes her a highly 

qualified candidate for membership on 

the National Indian Gaming 

Commission. Her extensive knowledge 

and experience will enrich the 

Commission’s deliberations and 

contribute to informed decisions that 

promote the integrity and economic 

viability of Indian gaming. 

Ms. Isom-Clause does not have any 

financial interests that would make her 

ineligible to serve on the Commission 

under 25 U.S.C. 2704(b)(5)(B) or (C). 

Any person wishing to submit 

comments on this proposed 

appointment of Kathryn Isom-Clause 

may submit written comments to the 

address listed above. Comments must be 

received by March 9, 2016. 

Dated: February 2, 2016. 

Sally Jewell, 

Secretary of the Interior. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02349 Filed 2–5–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4334–63–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement 

[S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 

167S180110; S2D2S SS08011000 

SX064A000 16XS501520] 

North Cumberland Wildlife 

Management Area, Tennessee Lands 

Unsuitable for Mining Draft Petition 

Evaluation Document and 

Environmental Impact Statement— 

OSM–EIS–37 

AGENCY: Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Interior. 

ACTION: Reopening of the public 

comment period. 

SUMMARY: On December 11, 2015, the 

Office of Surface Mining Reclamation 

and Enforcement (OSMRE) announced 

the availability for public review and 

comment of the draft Petition 

Evaluation Document and 

Environmental Impact Statement (PED/ 

EIS) for the North Cumberland Wildlife 

Management Area Petition to Find 

Certain Lands Unsuitable for Surface 

Coal Mining Operations. The comment 

period ended on January 25, 2016. After 

receiving multiple requests for 

additional time to prepare and submit 

comments, OSMRE has decided to 

reopen the comment period for 

submitting comments regarding the 

draft PED/EIS. The comment period is 

reopened through February 26, 2016. 

DATES: Electronic or written comments: 

OSMRE will accept electronic or written 

comments, data, and information in 


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