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necessity of this information collection 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, 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 

conduct or sponsor, and an individual 

need not respond to, a collection of 

information unless it has 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. 

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. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1076–0131. 

Title: Indian Child Welfare Quarterly 

and Annual Report. 

Brief Description of Collection: The 

BIA is seeking to revise the information 

collection conducted under 25 CFR part 

23, related to the Indian Child Welfare 

Act (ICWA). The revisions includes 

changing the name of the collection 

(previously identified as Indian Child 

Welfare Assistance Report, 25 CFR part 

83) to ‘‘Indian Child Welfare Quarterly 

and Annual Report.’’ BIA simplified the 

previous form, which is now Part A— 

Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Data. 

The changes includes few categories 

that are no longer considered useful for 

planning purposes, based on feedback 

received from BIA regional staff. In 

addition, a new form has been added, 

Part B—Tribal Child Abuse and Neglect 

Data. This form must completed by 

tribes that operate child protection 

programs. 

Submission of this information by 

Indian tribes allows BIA to consolidate 

and review selected data on Indian 

child welfare cases. The data is useful 

on a local level, to the tribes and tribal 

entities that collect it, for case 

management purposes. The data are 

useful on a nationwide basis for 

planning and budget purposes. 

Response is required to obtain or retain 

a benefit. 

Type of Review: Revision of currently 

approved collection. 

Respondents: Indian tribes or tribal 

entities that are operating programs for 

Indian tribes. 

Number of Respondents: 

Approximately 536 per year, on average, 

for Part A—ICWA Data; approximately 

200 per year, on average, for Part B— 

Tribal Child Abuse Neglect Data. 

Frequency of Response: Four times 

per year for the Part A—ICWA Data; if 

applicable, four times per year for Part 

B—Tribal Child Abuse Neglect Data. 

Estimated Time per Response: 

Approximately 15 minutes for Part A— 

ICWA Data; approximately 15 minutes 

for Part B—Tribal Child Abuse and 

Neglect Data. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

736 hours, on average. 

Estimated Total Annual Non-Hour 

Dollar Cost: $0. 

Dated: November 13, 2014. 

Elizabeth K. Appel, 

Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and 

Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27375 Filed 11–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–4J–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[AAK6006201 145A2100DD 

AOR3030.999900] 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Snow 

Mountain Solar Project on the Las 

Vegas Paiute Indian Reservation, Clark 

County, Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In order to comply with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

(BIA), as lead agency in cooperation 

with the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe (Tribe), 

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 

and other Federal agencies, intend to 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) that will evaluate a 

proposed photovoltaic (PV) solar energy 

generation project on the Las Vegas 

Paiute Indian Reservation and a 

transmission line located on tribal 

lands, private lands and/or Federal 

lands administered and managed by 

BLM in Clark County, Nevada. 

This notice announces the beginning 

of the scoping process to solicit public 

comments and identify potential issues 

related to the EIS. It also announces that 

public scoping meetings will be held in 

Nevada to identify potential issues, 

alternatives, and mitigation to be 

considered in the EIS. 

DATES: The date and location of the 

public scoping meeting will be 

published in the Las Vegas Sun and Las 

Vegas Review-Journal at least 15 days 

before the scoping meeting. Written 

comments on the scope of the EIS or 

implementation of the proposal must 

arrive by December 19, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may mail, email, or 

hand carry written comments to either 

Mr. Paul Schlafly, Natural Resource 

Specialist, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Southern Paiute Agency, 180 North 200 

East, Suite 111, P.O. Box 720, St. 

George, Utah 84770; telephone: (435) 

674–9720; email: paul.schlafly@bia.gov, 

or Mr. Chip Lewis, BIA Western 

Regional Office, 2600 North Central 

Avenue, 4th Floor Mailroom, Phoenix, 

Arizona 85004; telephone: (602) 379– 

6782; email: chip.lewis@bia.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed Federal action, taken under 25 

U.S.C. 415, is BIA’s approval of a solar 

energy ground lease and associated 

agreements entered into by the Las 

Vegas Paiute Tribe with a subsidiary of 

First Solar, Inc. (First Solar) to provide 

for construction and operation of an upto 100 megawatt (MW) alternating 

current solar photovoltaic (PV) 

electricity generation facility located 

entirely on the Las Vegas Paiute Snow 

Mountain Reservation and specifically 

on lands held in trust by the United 

States for the Tribe. The Project would 

interconnect to an adjacent substation 

via a short 138 kilovolt or 230 kilovolt 

(kV) line that may be located on Tribal 

lands, private lands and/or Federal 

lands administered and managed by 

BLM. First Solar has accordingly 

requested that the BIA and BLM 

additionally approve right-of-ways 

(ROWs) authorizing the construction 

and operation of the transmission line. 

Together, the proposed solar energy 

facility, transmission line, and other 

associated facilities will make up the 

proposed Snow Mountain Solar Project 

(Project). 

The Project would be located in 

Township 18 South, Range 59 East, 

Sections 34, 35, and 36 Mount Diablo 

Meridian, Nevada, and access to the 

Project would be provided by U.S. 

Highway 95, Paiute Drive, and/or an 

upgrade to an existing road that crosses 

next to the proposed Project site. The 

generation facility would generate 

electricity using First Solar’s solar PV 

panels. Also included would be 

inverters, a collection system, an on-site 

substation to step-up the voltage to 

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transmission-level voltage at 138 or 

230kV, an operations and maintenance 

building, and other related facilities. A 

short single overhead 138 or 230 kV 

generation-tie transmission line would 

connect the solar project to the adjacent 

Northwest Substation. 

Construction of the Project is 

expected to take approximately 12 to 15 

months. First Solar is expected to 

operate the energy facility for 30 years, 

with two options to renew the lease for 

an additional 10 years, if mutually 

acceptable to the Tribe and First Solar. 

The Project is expected to be built in 

one phase of up to 100 MW, per the 

demand of potential off-takers or 

utilities. During construction, the PV 

panels will be placed on top of fixed-tilt 

and/or single-axis tracking mounting 

systems that are set on steel posts 

embedded in the ground. Other 

foundation design techniques may be 

used depending on the site topography 

and conditions. No water will be used 

to generate electricity during operations. 

Water will be needed during 

construction for dust control and a 

minimal amount will be needed during 

operations for administrative and 

sanitary water use on-site. The water 

supply required for the Project would be 

leased from the Tribe and the EIS will 

consider the impacts of alternative 

sources and delivery methods. 

The purposes of the proposed actions 

are to: (1) Help to provide long-term, 

diverse, and viable economic revenue 

base and job opportunities for the Tribe; 

(2) help Nevada and neighboring States 

to meet their State renewable energy 

needs; and (3) allow the Tribe, in 

partnership with First Solar, to optimize 

the use of the lease site while 

maximizing the potential economic 

benefit to the Tribe. 

The BIA will prepare the EIS in 

cooperation with the Tribe, BLM, and 

possibly the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (USACE), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA), and the 

Department of Defense (DOD). In 

addition, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (USFWS) will provide input on 

the analysis. The resulting EIS will aim 

to: (1) Provide agency decision makers, 

the Tribe, and the general public with 

a comprehensive understanding of the 

impacts of the proposed Project and 

alternatives on the Reservation; (2) 

describe the cumulative impacts of 

increased development on the 

Reservation; and (3) identify and 

propose mitigation measures that would 

minimize or prevent significant adverse 

impacts. Consistent with these 

objectives, the EIS will analyze the 

proposed Project and appurtenant 

features, viable alternatives including 

other interconnection options, modified 

footprint alternatives, alternate routing 

for Project ROWs, and the No Action 

alternative. Other alternatives may be 

identified in response to issues raised 

during the scoping process. 

The EIS will provide a framework for 

BIA and BLM to make determinations 

and to decide whether to take the 

aforementioned Federal actions. In 

addition, BIA will use and coordinate 

the NEPA commenting process to satisfy 

its obligations under Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act 

(NHPA) (16 U.S.C. 470f) as provided for 

in 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3). Tribal 

consultations will be conducted in 

accordance with policy and tribal 

concerns will be given due 

consideration, including impacts on 

Indian trust assets. Other Federal 

agencies may rely on the EIS to make 

decisions under their authority and the 

Tribe may also use the EIS to make 

decisions. The USFWS will review the 

EIS for consistency with the Endangered 

Species Act, as amended, and other 

implementing acts, and may rely on the 

EIS to support its decisions and 

opinions regarding the Project’s impact 

on federally listed species. 

Issues to be covered during the 

scoping process may include, but would 

not be limited to, Project impacts on air 

quality, geology and soils, surface and 

groundwater resources, biological 

resources, threatened and endangered 

species, cultural resources, 

socioeconomic conditions, land use, 

aesthetics, environmental justice, and 

Indian trust resources. In addition to 

those already identified above, other 

Federal, State, and local agencies, along 

with other stakeholders that may be 

interested or affected by the BIA’s 

decision on the proposed Project, are 

invited to participate in the scoping 

process. 

Submission of Public Comments 

Please include your name, return 

address, and the caption ‘‘EIS, Snow 

Mountain Solar Project,’’ on the first 

page of any written comments. You may 

also submit comments at the public 

scoping meeting. 

A public scoping meeting will be held 

on the Reservation to further describe 

the Project and identify potential issues 

and alternatives to be considered in the 

EIS. The date of the public scoping 

meeting will be included in notices to 

be posted in the Las Vegas Sun and Las 

Vegas Review-Journal at least 15 days 

before the meeting. 

Public Comment Availability 

Comments, including names and 

addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the 

mailing address shown in the 

ADDRESSES section during regular 

business hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. 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. 

Authority 

This notice is published in 

accordance with 40 CFR 1501.7 of the 

Council of Environmental Quality 

regulations and 43 CFR 46.235 of the 

Department of the Interior Regulations 

implementing the procedural 

requirements of the NEPA (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), and in accordance with 

the exercise of authority delegated to the 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs by 

part 209 of the Department Manual. 

Dated: November 10, 2014. 

Kevin K. Washburn, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2014–27379 Filed 11–18–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–W7–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[DR.5B711.IA000815] 

Indian Gaming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Tribal-State Class III 

Gaming Compact taking effect. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes the 

Class III Gaming Compact between the 

Karuk Tribe and the State of California 

taking effect. 

DATES: Effective Date: November 19, 

2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian 

Gaming, Office of the Deputy Assistant 

Secretary—Policy and Economic 

Development, Washington, DC 20240, 

(202) 219–4066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

section 11 of the Indian Gaming 

Regulatory Act (IGRA), Public Law 100– 

497, 25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq., the 

Secretary of the Interior shall publish in 

the Federal Register notice of approved 

Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of 

engaging in Class III gaming activities 

on Indian lands. The Compact between 

the State of California and the Karuk 

Tribe allows for one gaming facility and 

authorizes the Tribe to operate up to 

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