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FR 25204) on April 30, 2013, amended 

BLM regulations found in 43 CFR 2090 

and 2800 to allow the BLM to 

temporarily segregate from the operation 

of the public land laws, by publication 

of a Federal Register notice, public 

lands included in a pending wind 

energy generation ROW application. 

The Final Rule for segregation allows a 

State Director to extend the projectspecific segregation if that segregation 

would expire before a decision can be 

made. 

This segregation is necessary to allow 

the BLM to complete additional analysis 

on the Final Environmental Impact 

Statement (FEIS) for the Searchlight 

project. The additional analysis is 

necessitated by the October 30, 2015, 

Order from the United States District 

Court for the District of Nevada, 

vacating the March 13, 2013, 

Searchlight Wind Record of Decision 

and supporting FEIS. This segregation 

does not affect valid existing rights. 

Licenses, permits, cooperative 

agreements, or discretionary land use 

authorizations of a temporary nature, 

which would not impact lands 

identified in this notice, may be allowed 

with the approval of an authorized 

officer of the BLM during the period of 

segregation. The lands segregated under 

this notice are legally described as 

follows: 

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada 

T. 28 S., R. 63 E., 

sec. 22, that portion of the E1⁄2SE1⁄4 lying 

east of the easterly right-of-way of S.R. 

95 NVCC–20733; 

sec. 23, that portion lying east of the 

easterly right-of-way of S.R. 95 NVCC– 

20733, excepting Patent No. 27–72–0013, 

and patented mineral surveys; 

sec. 24, excepting patented mineral 

surveys; 

sec. 25, excepting patented mineral 

surveys; 

sec. 26, excepting patented mineral 

surveys; and 

sec. 27, those portions of lots 1, 8, 9, 10, 

14, and 15 lying east of the easterly rightof-way of S.R. 95 NVCC–20733. 

T. 29 S., R. 63 E., 

sec. 1; 

sec. 11, that portion lying east of airport 

leases Nev-65340 and N–81843; 

sec. 13; 

sec. 14, that portion lying east of the 

easterly right-of-way of S.R. 95 NVCC– 

20845, excepting airport lease Nev65340; 

sec. 24, that portion lying east of the 

easterly right-of-way of S.R. 95 NVCC– 

20845; and 

sec. 25, that portion lying east of the 

easterly right-of-way of S.R. 95 NVCC– 

20845. 

T. 28 S., R. 64 E., 

secs. 19 and 20; 

sec. 26, those portions of the 

N1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, N1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, and 

W1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, lying north of the 

northerly right-of-way of Cottonwood Cove 

Road; 

secs. 27 and 28; 

sec. 29, excepting patented mineral 

surveys; 

sec. 30, excepting patented mineral 

surveys; 

sec. 31, excepting patented mineral 

surveys; 

sec. 32, excepting patented mineral 

surveys; and 

secs. 33 and 34. 

T. 29 S., R. 64 E., 

sec. 4; 

sec. 5, excepting patented mineral surveys; 

and 

secs. 6 through 8 inclusive, 17 through 20 

inclusive, 29 and 30. 

The area described contains 18,790 acres in 

Clark County, Nevada. 

As provided in the Final Rule, the 

segregation of lands in this notice will 

not exceed 2 years from the date of 

publication unless extended for up to 2 

additional years, through publication of 

a new notice in the Federal Register. 

Termination of the segregation occurs 

on the earliest of the following dates: 

upon issuance of a decision by the 

authorized officer granting, granting 

with modifications, or denying the 

application for a ROW; automatically at 

the end of the segregation; or upon 

publication of a Federal Register notice 

of termination of the segregation. 

Upon termination of segregation of 

these lands, all lands subject to this 

segregation will automatically reopen to 

appropriation under the public land 

laws. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 2800 and 2090) 

John F. Ruhs, 

Nevada State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02664 Filed 2–9–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLWO320000 L19900000 PO0000] 

Renewal of Approved Information 

Collection; OMB Control No. 1004– 

0025 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: 30-day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has submitted an 

information collection request to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) to continue the collection of 

information regarding applications for 

fee title to Federal Lands embraced in 

hardrock mineral claims. The Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

previously approved this information 

collection activity, and assigned it 

control number 1004–0025. 

DATES: The OMB is required to respond 

to this information collection request 

within 60 days but may respond after 30 

days. For maximum consideration, 

written comments should be received 

on or before March 11, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments 

directly to the Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior (OMB #1004- 

0025), Office of Management and 

Budget, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, fax 202–395–5806, 

or by electronic mail at oira_

submission@omb.eop.gov. Please 

provide a copy of your comments to the 

BLM. You may do so via mail, fax, or 

electronic mail. 

Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C 

Street NW., Room 2134LM, Attention: 

Jean Sonneman, Washington, DC 20240. 

Fax: to Jean Sonneman at 202–245– 

0050. 

Electronic mail: Jean_Sonneman@

blm.gov. 

Please indicate ‘‘Attn: 1004–0025’’ 

regardless of the form of your 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sonia Santillan, at 202–912–7123. 

Persons who use a telecommunication 

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339, to leave a 

message for Ms. Santillan. You may also 

review the information collection 

request online at http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501–3521) and OMB regulations at 5 

CFR part 1320 provide that an agency 

may not conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Until OMB approves a collection of 

information, you are not obligated to 

respond. In order to obtain and renew 

an OMB control number, Federal 

agencies are required to seek public 

comment on information collection and 

recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 

1320.8(d) and 1320.12(a)). 

As required at 5 CFR 1320.8(d), the 

BLM published a 60-day notice in the 

Federal Register on October 7, 2015 (80 

FR 60709), and the comment period 

ended December 7, 2015. The BLM 

received no comments. The BLM now 

requests comments on the following 

subjects: 

1. Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

functioning of the BLM, including 


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whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. The accuracy of the BLM’s estimate 

of the burden of collecting the 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

3. The quality, utility and clarity of 

the information to be collected; and 

4. How to minimize the information 

collection burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other forms of 

information technology. 

Please send comments as directed 

under ADDRESSES and DATES. Please 

refer to OMB control number 1004–0025 

in your correspondence. 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. 

The following information is provided 

for the information collection: 

Title: Mineral Surveys, Mineral Patent 

Applications, Adverse Claims, Protests, 

and Contests (43 CFR parts 3860 and 

3870). 

OMB Control Number: 1004–0025. 

Abstract: On its face, the General 

Mining Law (30 U.S.C. 29, 30, and 39) 

authorizes a holder of an unpatented 

claim for hardrock minerals to apply for 

fee title (patent) to the federal land (as 

well as minerals) embraced in the claim. 

Since 1994, a rider on the annual 

appropriation bill for the Department of 

the Interior has prevented the BLM from 

processing mineral patent applications 

unless the applications were 

grandfathered under the initial 

legislation. While grandfathered 

applications are rare at present, the 

approval to collect the information 

continues to be necessary because of the 

possibility that the moratorium will be 

lifted. 

Frequency of Collection: Once. 

Form: Certificate of Title on Mining 

Claims (Form 3860–2) and Application 

for Survey on Mining Claim (Form 

3860–5). 

Description of Respondents: Owners 

of unpatented mining claims and mill 

sites upon the public lands, and of 

reserved mineral lands of the United 

States, National Forests, and National 

Parks. 

Estimated Annual Burdens: 10 

responses. 

Estimated Hour Burden: 559 hours. 

Estimated ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’ Burden: 

$174,205. 

The ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’ burden 

estimate includes $14,005 for fixed 

document processing fees, $1,200 for 

publication cost, and $159,000 for caseby-case fee for validity examinations. 

Anna Atkinson, 

Bureau of Land Management, Information 

Collection Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02667 Filed 2–9–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–84–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2015–0068] 

Outer Continental Shelf, Alaska 

Region, Beaufort Sea Planning Area, 

Liberty Development and Production 

Plan, Extension of Public Scoping 

Comment Period, MMAA10400 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Extension of Public Scoping 

Comment Period, Liberty Development 

and Production Plan. 

SUMMARY: On September 25, 2015, 

BOEM published a Notice of Intent 

(NOI) to Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the Liberty 

Development and Production Plan 

(DPP) in the Beaufort Sea Planning Area 

(80 FR 57873). In response to the 

scoping meetings held in November 

2015, BOEM extended the original 

comment period by 60 days to January 

26, 2016. On January 20, 2016, BOEM 

received a 60 day extension request 

from the operator. BOEM has granted 

this extension to support the intent of 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), to collect information to define 

the scope of issues to be addressed in 

depth in the analyses that will be 

included in the EIS, and to provide an 

additional opportunity for interested 

and affected parties to comment. BOEM 

is extending the scoping comment 

period for an additional 62 days to 

March 28, 2016. 

DATES: Scoping comments should be 

submitted by March 28, 2016. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the Liberty DPP EIS or 

BOEM’s policies associated with this 

notice, please contact Lauren Boldrick, 

Project Manager, BOEM, Alaska OCS 

Region, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 

500, Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone 

(907) 334–5227. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Federal, 

state, tribal, and local governments and/ 

or agencies and other interested parties 

may submit written comments on the 

scope of the EIS through the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. In the field 

entitled ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter 

[Docket No. BOEM–2015–0068], and 

then click ‘‘search.’’ Follow the 

instructions to submit public comments 

and view supporting and related 

materials available for this notice. 

BOEM does not consider anonymous 

comments; please include your name 

and address as part of your submittal. 

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 comments 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

BOEM held scoping meetings in 

Fairbanks, Kaktovik, Nuiqsut, Barrow, 

and Anchorage in November, 2015. 

Pursuant to the regulations 

implementing the procedural provisions 

of NEPA, BOEM may, at the request of 

the communities potentially affected by 

the Liberty Project, hold additional 

public scoping meetings to solicit 

comments on the scope of the Liberty 

Development and Production Plan EIS. 

If additional scoping meetings are to be 

held, a notice will be published in the 

local newspapers or other means of 

notification to the community at least 15 

days in advance of the meeting date. 

Dated: February 1, 2016. 

Abigail Ross Hopper, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02654 Filed 2–9–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–969] 

Certain Blood Cholesterol Test Strips 

and Associated Systems Containing 

the Same; Commission’s 

Determination Not To Review an Initial 

Determination Terminating the 

Investigation; Termination of the 

Investigation 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. International Trade 

Commission has determined not to 


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