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notice, we solicited comments for 60 

days, ending on September 2, 2014. We 

received one comment. The comment 

was directed to the subject matter, 

validity, and necessity of the training 

and not to the information collection 

requirements. The commenter believes 

that employees should obtain training 

prior to employment and that further 

training is unnecessary. We have not 

made any changes to the collection in 

response to this comment. 

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 in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that it will be done. 

Dated: December 23, 2014. 

Tina A. Campbell, 

Chief, Division of Policy and Directives 

Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30480 Filed 12–29–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVW0300.L5110000.GN0000.

LVEMF1402860.14X MO 4500073913] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed Hycroft Mine Expansion 

Phase II, Humboldt and Pershing 

Counties, NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM), Black Rock 

Field Office in Winnemucca, Nevada, 

intends to prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) to analyze the 

potential impacts of approving an 

expansion of the Hycroft Mine in 

Humboldt and Pershing Counties, 

Nevada. This notice announces the 

beginning of the scoping process to 

solicit public comments and identify 

issues to be considered in the EIS, and 

serves to initiate consultation, as 

required, under the National Historic 

Preservation Act. 

DATES: This notice initiates the public 

scoping process for the EIS. Comments 

may be submitted in writing until 

January 29, 2015. The date(s) and 

location(s) of any scoping meetings will 

be announced at least 15 days in 

advance through local media, 

newspapers and the BLM Web site at: 

http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/

wfo.html. In order to be included in the 

Draft EIS, all comments must be 

received prior to the close of the 30-day 

scoping period or 15 days after the last 

public meeting, whichever is later. We 

will provide additional opportunities 

for public participation upon 

publication of the Draft EIS. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

related to the Hycroft Mine Phase II 

Expansion Project EIS/land use plan 

amendment by any of the following 

methods: 

• Web site: http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/ 

en/fo/wfo.html 

• Email: wfoweb@blm.gov 

• Fax: 775–623–1503 

• Mail: BLM Winnemucca District, 

Black Rock Field Office 5100 E. 

Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca, NV 

89445 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined at the Black Rock 

Field Office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken 

Loda, Project Lead, telephone 775–623– 

1500; address BLM Winnemucca 

District, Black Rock Field Office, 5100 

E. Winnemucca Blvd., Winnemucca, NV 

89445; email wfoweb@blm.gov. Contact 

Mr. Loda to have your name added to 

our mailing list. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

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 

applicant, Hycroft Resources and 

Development, Inc, (HRDI) has proposed 

an expansion of their operations at the 

existing Hycroft Mine, which is located 

approximately 55 miles west of 

Winnemucca, Nevada, in Humboldt and 

Pershing Counties. The mine is 

currently authorized to disturb 6,144 

acres (approximately 1,784 acres of 

private land and 4,360 acres of public 

land), and the BLM analyzed the 

impacts of that disturbance in an EIS in 

2012, and an Environmental Assessment 

for the mine plan modification in 2014. 

The expansion to HRDI’s operations 

presented would include: 

• Expanding the Plan boundary to the 

east; 

• Extending mining and processing 

activities until 2034; 

• Increasing the rate of process water 

pumping until 2034; 

• Constructing and operating the 

Northeast Tailings Storage Facility 

(TSF) and associated pipeline corridor 

and haul road; 

• Constructing and operating the 

North Heap Leach Facility (HLF) East 

expansion and associated solution 

ponds; 

• Constructing a new 65 to 80 mile 

345 kV power-line to the mine site; 

• Expanding the existing Brimstone 

pit and mine below the measured 

groundwater table, between 4,210 to 

2,860 feet above mean sea level; 

• Conducting active dewatering of the 

Brimstone pit through installation and 

operation of dewatering wells; 

• Conducting passive dewatering 

within the expanded pit footprint; 

• Expanding the South Waste Rock 

Facility (WRF); 

• Modifying the approved land use in 

the South Processing Complex area to 

allow the option of constructing the 

Southwest WRF in place of the complex 

if desired; 

• Modifying waste backfill plans with 

respect to the proposed mining plan; 

• Expanding haul and secondary 

roads around the pits, WRFs, HLFs, and 

TSF; 

• Constructing storm water diversion, 

installing culverts, and other storm 

water controls; 

• Constructing growth media 

stockpiles; and 

• Possible construction of a solar 

energy installation after closure and 

reclamation. 

Total surface disturbance related 

directly to the modified plan of 

operations would be 14,909 acres on 

public and private lands. Disturbance 

on public land will increase by 8,796 

acres, from 4,360 acres to 13,156 acres. 

Disturbance on private land would 

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decrease by 31 acres, from 1,784 acres 

to 1,753 acres. The BLM’s approval of 

the proposed plan of operations 

modification would extend the mining 

and processing until 2034. 

The purpose of the public scoping 

process is to determine relevant issues 

that will influence the scope of the 

environmental analysis, including 

alternatives, and guide the process for 

developing the EIS. At present, the BLM 

has identified the following preliminary 

issues: (a) Potential to create acid rock 

or heavy metals drainage from mining 

activities, and ensuring that there is no 

degradation of waters of the state or 

unnecessary or undue degradation of 

public lands; (b) Potential for an acidic 

pit lake to form after mining activities 

cease; (c) Potential impacts to Golden 

Eagle habitat and wildlife habitat; and 

(d) Potential impacts to cultural sites. 

The BLM will analyze a combination of 

proposed environmental measures and 

possible mitigation to reduce or 

eliminate any impacts associated with 

the proposed action. 

The BLM will use NEPA public 

participation requirements to assist the 

agency in satisfying the public 

involvement requirements under section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (NHPA) (16 U.S.C. 

470(f)) pursuant to 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3). 

The information about historic and 

cultural resources within the area 

potentially affected by the proposed 

plan of operations modification will 

assist the BLM in identifying and 

evaluating impacts of approving the 

mine expansion to such resources in the 

context of both NEPA and section 106 

of the NHPA. 

The BLM will consult with Native 

American tribes on a government-togovernment basis in accordance with 

Executive Order 13175 and other 

policies. Tribal concerns, including 

impacts on Indian trust assets and 

potential impacts to cultural resources, 

will be given due consideration. 

Federal, State, and local agencies, along 

with tribes and other stakeholders that 

may be interested in or affected by the 

proposed plan of operations 

modification that the BLM is evaluating, 

are invited to participate in the scoping 

process and, if eligible, may request or 

be requested by the BLM to participate 

in the development of the 

environmental analysis as a cooperating 

agency. 

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. 

Authority: 40 CFR 1501.7. 

William Mack, Jr., 

Black Rock Field Manager. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–CONC–16844; PPWOBSADC0, 

PPMVSCS1Y.Y00000] 

Notice of Extension of Concession 

Contracts 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Public Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

hereby gives public notice that it 

proposes to extend the following 

expiring concession contracts for a 

period of up to one (1) year, or until the 

effective date of a new contract, 

whichever occurs sooner. 

DATES: Effective January 1, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo 

A. Pendry, Acting Chief, Commercial 

Services Program, National Park 

Service, 1201 Eye Street NW., 11th 

Floor, Washington, DC 20005, 

Telephone: 202–513–7156. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All of the 

listed concession authorizations will 

expire by their terms on or before 

December 31, 2014. Pursuant to 36 CFR 

51.23, the National Park Service has 

determined the proposed short-term 

extensions are necessary to avoid 

interruption of visitor services and has 

taken all reasonable and appropriate 

steps to consider alternatives to avoid 

such interruption. The publication of 

this notice merely reflects the intent of 

the National Park Service but does not 

bind the National Park Service to extend 

any of the contracts listed below. 

CONCID Concessioner Park unit 

ACAD010–04 ............ National Park Tours and Transport, Inc ............................... Acadia National Park. 

ACAD011–04 ............ Oli’s Trolley ........................................................................... Acadia National Park. 

FIIS007–05 ................ Fire Island Concessions, LLC .............................................. Fire Island National Seashore. 

GATE017–03 ............. JEN Marine Development, LLC ............................................ Gateway National Recreation Area.

GATE020–04 ............. Global Golf Services, Inc ...................................................... Gateway National Recreation Area. 

NERO001–05 ............ Eastern National ................................................................... Northeast Region, National Park Service. 

SAHI001–05 .............. The Theodore Roosevelt Association .................................. Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. 

BISO005–10 .............. The View ............................................................................... Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area. 

BLRI003–04 .............. Parkway Inn, Inc ................................................................... Blue Ridge Parkway. 

CUIS001–04 .............. Lang Seafood Company, Inc ................................................ Cumberland Island National Seashore. 

GRSM007–08 ............ Elizabeth Burns Cook ........................................................... Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 

HOSP001–04 ............ Hot Springs Advertising and Promotion Commission .......... Hot Springs National Park. 

ISRO006–04 .............. Royale Air Service, Inc ......................................................... Isle Royale National Park. 

MORU001–05 ........... Xanterra Parks & Resorts, Inc ............................................. Mount Rushmore National Memorial. 

OZAR002–05 ............ George Eugene and Eleanor Maggard ................................ Ozark National Scenic Riverways. 

OZAR005–05 ............ George Eugene and Eleanor Maggard ................................ Ozark National Scenic Riverways. 

OZAR007–05 ............ Joe and Darlene Devall ........................................................ Ozark National Scenic Riverways. 

OZAR008–05 ............ George Eugene and Eleanor Maggard ................................ Ozark National Scenic Riverways. 

OZAR010–05 ............ River Run Canoe & Tube Rental ......................................... Ozark National Scenic Riverways. 

OZAR013–05 ............ Yellow Paddle Adventures, LLC ........................................... Ozark National Scenic Riverways. 

OZAR014–05 ............ C & R Boating Company, Inc ............................................... Ozark National Scenic Riverways.

OZAR020–05 ............ Darrel Blackwell .................................................................... Ozark National Scenic Riverways. 

OZAR023–05 ............ The Landing Canoe Rental .................................................. Ozark National Scenic Riverways. 

OZAR024–05 ............ Tom and Della Bedell ........................................................... Ozark National Scenic Riverways. 

OZAR025–05 ............ The Landing and Rosecliff Lodge ........................................ Ozark National Scenic Riverways. 

OZAR028–05 ............ Jack and Lois Peters ............................................................ Ozark National Scenic Riverways. 

OZAR036–05 ............ George Eugene and Eleanor Maggard ................................ Ozark National Scenic Riverways. 

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