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MARINE MAMMALS

Permit No. Applicant Receipt of application Federal 

Register notice Permit issuance date 

10941B ........................................... Northwest Fisheries Science Center Forensics Laboratory.79 FR 15768; March 21, 2014 ..... October 1, 2014. 

Availability of Documents 

Documents and other information 

submitted with these applications are 

available for review, subject to the 

requirements of the Privacy Act and 

Freedom of Information Act, by any 

party who submits a written request for 

a copy of such documents to: U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Division of 

Management Authority, Branch of 

Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike, 

Falls Church, VA 22041; fax (703) 358– 

2281. 

Brenda Tapia, 

Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch 

of Permits, Division of Management 

Authority. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24794 Filed 10–17–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[145A2100DD/A0T501010.999900/

AAK3000000] 

Renewal of Agency Information 

Collection for Certificate of Degree of 

Indian or Alaska Native Blood (CDIB) 

AGENCIES: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of submission to OMB. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is 

submitting to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request for renewal 

for the collection of information, 

‘‘Request for Certificate of Degree of 

Indian or Alaska Native Blood (CDIB).’’ 

The information collection is currently 

authorized by OMB Control Number 

1076–0153, which expires October 31, 

2014. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

November 19, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on the information collection to the 

Desk Officer for the Department of the 

Interior at the Office of Management and 

Budget, by facsimile to (202) 395–5806 

or you may send an email to: OIRA_

Submission@omb.eop.gov. Please send a 

copy of your comments to: Ms. Laurel 

Iron Cloud, Chief, Division of Tribal 

Government Services, Office of Indian 

Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849 

C Street NW., Mail Stop 4513 MIB, 

Washington, DC 20240; facsimile: (202) 

208–5113; email: laurel.ironcloud@

bia.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Laurel Iron Cloud, telephone (202) 513– 

7641. You may review the information 

collection request online at http://

www.reginfo.gov. Follow the 

instructions to review Department of the 

Interior collections under review by 

OMB. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

BIA is seeking renewal of the 

approval for the information collection 

conducted under the numerous laws 

authorizing BIA to administer program 

services to Indians, provided that the 

individual possess a minimum degree of 

Indian or Alaska Native blood. When 

applying for program services 

authorized by these laws, an applicant 

must provide acceptable documentation 

to prove that he or she meets the 

minimum required degree of Indian or 

Alaska Native blood. Currently, the BIA 

certifies an individual’s degree of Indian 

or Alaska Native blood if the individual 

can provide sufficient information to 

prove his or her identity and prove his 

or her descent from an Indian 

ancestor(s) listed on historic documents 

approved by the Secretary of the Interior 

that include blood degree information. 

To obtain the CDIB, the applicant must 

fill out an application form and provide 

supporting documents. No changes are 

being made to the form or the approved 

burden hours for this information 

collection. 

II. Request for Comments 

On July 18, 2014, BIA published a 

notice announcing the renewal of this 

information collection and provided a 

60-day comment period in the Federal 

Register (79 FR 42032). There were no 

comments received in response to this 

notice. 

The BIA requests your comments on 

this collection concerning: (a) The 

necessity of the information collection 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agencies, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden (hours 

and cost) of the collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways we could enhance the quality, 

utility and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) ways we could 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

the information on the respondents. 

Please note that an agency may not 

sponsor or conduct, and an individual 

need not respond to, a collection of 

information unless it displays a valid 

OMB Control Number. 

It is our policy to make all comments 

available to the public for review at the 

location listed in the ADDRESSES section 

during the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through 

Friday except for legal holidays. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address or other personally 

identifiable information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personally identifiable information— 

may be made publicly available at any 

time. While you can ask us in your 

comment to withhold your personally 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1076–0153. 

Title: Request for Certificate of Degree 

of Indian or Alaska Native Blood. 

Brief description of collection: 

Submission of this information allows 

BIA to verify the applicant’s Indian 

ancestry and to determine the 

applicant’s degree of Indian blood. The 

applicant will provide information, 

such as birth certificates, death 

certificates, and probates to document 

the applicant’s descent from an Indian 

ancestor(s). BIA uses historic roll(s) or 

other documents that list the ancestors’ 

name, gender, date of birth, date of 

death, blood degree and other 

identifying information to verify the 

applicant’s descent. After the 

information and supporting 

documentation has been verified, BIA 

will issue a CDIB to the applicant. The 

applicant may use the CDIB to help 

document their eligibility for BIA 

programs and services. Other agencies 

may also rely on a CDIB as proof of 


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eligibility for certain programs and 

services. CDIBs do not establish 

membership in an Indian tribe. A CDIB 

is not an enrollment document. The 

collection of this information is 

voluntary. Response is required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Respondents: Individuals. 

Number of Respondents: 154,980 per 

year, on average. 

Number of Responses: 154,980 per 

year, on average. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Estimated Time per Response: 1.5 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

232,470 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour 

Dollar Cost: $6,199,200. 

Dated: October 10, 2014. 

Phillip L. Brinkley, 

Senior Advisor for Information Resources— 

Indian Affairs (Interim). 

[FR Doc. 2014–24825 Filed 10–17–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–4J–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNV920000 L13300000 EP0000; MO 

4500067809] 

Call for Expressions of Competitive 

Interest; Possible Sale of Federal 

Minerals, Esmeralda County, NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) Nevada State Office 

is seeking expressions of interest for a 

possible competitive mineral materials 

sale of three stockpiles containing 

potassium and sodium salts, 

constructed by the layering of salt 

mechanically scraped from the 

evaporative ponds belonging to 

Rockwood Lithium (Rockwood), 

formerly doing business as Chemetall 

Foote Corporation/Cyprus Foote 

Mineral Company. The stockpiles are a 

byproduct of lithium carbonate 

processing of Rockwood’s lithium brine 

operations and are stockpiled on 

approximately 340 acres of private land 

owned by Rockwood Lithium in Clayton 

Valley, Esmeralda County, Nevada at 

Silver Peak. 

DATES: Parties interested in participating 

in a competitive sale for the materials 

described in this notice should notify 

BLM at the address below by December 

19, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submissions expressing 

interest in participating in a competitive 

sale for the Federal Mineral Salt 

Stockpiles should be sent to the Bureau 

of Land Management, Nevada State 

Office, Attention: Gary Johnson, Deputy 

State Director, Minerals Management, 

1340 Financial Blvd., Reno, NV 89502. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: T. 

Scott Murrellwright, by telephone at 

775–881–6581; or by email at tmurrell@

blm.gov. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–775–861–6511 

to contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FIRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 3 

stockpiles are located approximately 50 

miles southwest of Tonopah, Nevada. 

The nearest major roads accessing the 

Rockwood operations area are U.S. 95 S. 

and Silver Peak Road. The stockpiles are 

located on the north and south side of 

Silver Peak Road approximately 2 miles 

west of Silver Peak. The subject 

stockpiles are located on Rockwood 

private lands and a portion of BLM 

lands described approximately as: 

Mount Diablo Meridian 

45 Pond Pile Located on Rockwood Private 

Lands & BLM Land 

T. 2 S., R. 39 E., 

Sec. 13, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4. 

Sec. 13, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4 (BLM land) 

10 Pond Pile Located on Rockwood Private 

Lands 

T. 2 S., R 40 E., 

Sec. 18, lots 10, 11 and 12, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 19, lots 5 and 8, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

SE1⁄4NW1⁄4. 

R3 Pond Pile Located on Rockwood Private 

Lands 

T. 2 S., R. 39 E., 

Sec. 24, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4. 

T. 2 S., R. 40 E., 

Sec. 18, lot 12; 

Sec, 19, lots 5 and 6. 

The combined volume of the 3 stockpiles 

is approximately 5,500,000 metric tons. 

Map Location Link: https://

maps.google.com/maps?q=silver+

peak+nevada&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=

0x80be998255daf4bb:

0xff5564b360df52de,Silver+

Peak,+NV+89047&gl=us&ei=DOqNU6q_

HMyIogTC7YDgCA&sqi=2&ved=

0CI8BEPIBMA4. 

Map Stockpiles Link: http://

www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/prog/minerals/

saleable_minerals.html. 

The material in these stockpiles is 

composed of semi-crystalline 

heterogeneous salt, composed of 

approximately 70 percent Sodium 

Chloride (NaCl) and 19 percent 

Potassium Chloride (KCl). The NaCl and 

KCl may be marketable, but in its 

present form, the salt(s) cannot be used. 

The salts must first be processed to a 

higher percentage of sodium and/or 

potassium in order to be marketable. 

The stockpiles also contain lithium 

(Li) at approximately 1⁄2 percent of the 

total volume. The lithium in the 

stockpiles is the property of Rockwood 

(see 1991 Settlement Agreement below). 

Rockwood or its predecessor-ininterest has been operating a lithium 

brine solution mining operation on 

lands in Clayton Valley, Esmeralda 

County, Nevada near the town of Silver 

Peak since the 1970’s, first on Federal 

public domain lands, and then on 

private lands after the Federal lands 

were patented to Rockwood’s 

predecessor, Chemetall Foote 

Corporation, subject to a reservation of 

Mineral Leasing Act minerals within the 

patented lands. The lithium solution 

mine pumps lithium-containing brine 

from ancient aquifers into large solar 

evaporative ponds for the purpose of 

precipitating and concentrating salts 

before they are processed into lithium 

carbonate for use in lithium ion 

batteries and other industrial 

applications. As part of this process, 

Rockwood has created stockpiles over 

the years when harvesting lithium that 

contain lithium, potassium and sodium 

salts. These salts are being stockpiled on 

Rockwood’s patented land within the 

operational boundary of the solution 

mine. 

A 1991 Settlement Agreement to 

resolve litigation between the United 

States and Rockwood’s predecessor 

allows for shared rights to the minerals 

in these stockpiles. The settlement 

agreement provides that Rockwood 

maintains first rights to any remaining 

lithium in the salt stockpiles. It further 

provides that the United States 

maintains the rights to the potassium 

and sodium in the stockpiles, but may 

not dispose of those minerals until the 

stockpiles no longer contain lithium in 

economic quantities. A copy of the June 

1991 Settlement Agreement between the 

Cyprus Foote Mineral Company and the 

United States of America/Department of 

Justice can be accessed at, http://

www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/prog/minerals/

saleable_minerals.html. 

The settlement agreement provides 

that special terms would need to be 

negotiated with Rockwood before any 

third party could gain access to the 

stockpiles. Any negotiated access 

agreement would need to ensure that 

the activities of such third party would 


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