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number (FR–5654–P–01) and must be 

sent to: 

HUD Desk Officer, Office of 

Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20503, Fax number: 

202–395–6947 

and 

Reports Liaison Officer, Office of 

Housing, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 7th Street 

SW., Room 9128, Washington, DC 

20410. 

Interested persons may submit 

comments regarding the information 

collection requirements electronically 

through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 

at http://www.regulations.gov. HUD 

strongly encourages commenters to 

submit comments electronically. 

Electronic submission of comments 

allows the commenter maximum time to 

prepare and submit a comment, ensures 

timely receipt by HUD, and enables 

HUD to make them immediately 

available to the public. Comments 

submitted electronically through the 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site can 

be viewed by other commenters and 

interested members of the public. 

Commenters should follow the 

instructions provided on that site to 

submit comments electronically. 

Environmental Review 

This notice provides operating 

instructions and procedures in 

connection with activities under 

provisions of Section 8 project-based 

assistance program regulations that have 

been the subject of a required 

environmental review. Accordingly, 

under 24 CFR 50.19(c)(4), this notice is 

categorically excluded from 

environmental review under the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321). 

Dated: December 11, 2014. 

Biniam Gebre, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for HousingFederal Housing Commissioner. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00353 Filed 1–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

[ONRR–2012–0003; DS63600000 

DR2PS0000.PX8000 156D0102R2] 

U.S. Extractive Industries 

Transparency Initiative MultiStakeholder Group (USEITI MSG) 

Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Natural Resource 

Revenue, Interior. 

ACTION: Meetings. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

next four meetings of the United States 

Extractive Industries Transparency 

Initiative (USEITI) Multi-Stakeholder 

Group (MSG) Advisory Committee. 

Dates and Times: The four meetings 

in 2015 will occur on February 24–25, 

2015; May 20–21, 2015; September 16– 

17, 2015; and December 15–16, 2015; in 

Washington, DC, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 

p.m. Eastern Time, unless we indicate 

otherwise at www.doi.gov/eiti/faca, 

where we will post agendas, meeting 

logistics, and meeting materials prior to 

the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held 

in the North and South Penthouse of the 

Stewart Lee Udall Department of the 

Interior Building located at 1849 C 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20240. 

Members of the public may attend in 

person or view documents and 

presentations under discussion via 

WebEx at http://bit.ly/1cR9W6t and 

listen to the proceedings at telephone 

number 1–888–455–2910 and 

International Toll number 210–839– 

8953 (passcode: 7741096). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rosita Compton Christian, USEITI 

Secretariat; 1849 C Street NW., MS 

4211; Washington, DC 20240. You may 

also contact the USEITI Secretariat via 

email at useiti@ios.doi.gov, by phone at 

202–208–0272, or by fax at 202–513– 

0682. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Department of the Interior established 

the USEITI Advisory Committee 

(Committee) on July 26, 2012, to serve 

as the USEITI multi-stakeholder group. 

More information about the Committee, 

including its charter, is available at 

www.doi.gov/eiti/faca. 

Meeting Agenda: Agenda items for the 

February 24–25, 2015, meeting will 

include review, discussion, and 

agreement on the Independent 

Administrator’s (IA) proposed revenue 

reporting template, the Data Collection 

and Reconciliation, and the Contextual 

Data Report Plans for the 2015 USEITI 

Report. The agenda for the May 20–21, 

2015, meeting will include the review 

and discussion of the IA draft 

Reconciliation Report and discussion of 

the contextual information for the 2015 

USEITI Report. The agenda for the 

September 16–17, 2015, meeting will 

include a review and discussion of the 

initial draft USEITI Report and 

determination of consistency with EITI 

requirements. The agenda for the 

December 15–16, 2015, meeting will 

include discussion and agreement on 

the final USEITI Report, drafting of the 

annual work-plan to meet all EITI 

requirements, and planning for 2016. 

We will post the final agendas and 

materials for all meetings on the USEITI 

MSG Web site at www.doi.gov/eiti/faca. 

All Committee meetings are open to the 

public. 

Whenever possible, we encourage 

those participating by telephone to 

gather in conference rooms in order to 

share teleconference lines. Please plan 

to dial into the meeting and/or log into 

WebEx at least 10–15 minutes prior to 

the scheduled start time in order to 

avoid possible technical difficulties. We 

will accommodate individuals with 

special needs whenever possible. If you 

require special assistance (such as an 

interpreter for the hearing impaired), 

please notify Interior staff in advance of 

the meeting at 202–208–0272 or via 

email at useiti@ios.doi.gov. 

We will post the minutes from these 

proceedings on the USEITI MSG Web 

site at www.doi.gov/eiti/faca and they 

will also be available for public 

inspection and copying at our office at 

the Stewart Lee Udall Department of the 

Interior Building in Washington, DC, by 

contacting Interior staff at useiti@

ios.doi.gov or by telephone at 202–208– 

0272. For more information on USEITI, 

visit www.doi.gov/eiti. 

Dated: December 18, 2014. 

Paul A. Mussenden, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary—Natural 

Resource Revenue Management. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00508 Filed 1–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4335–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–ES–2014–N103; 

FXES11130400000C2–145–FF04E00000] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Notice of Availability of a 

Technical/Agency Draft Recovery Plan 

for the Laurel Dace 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service, announce the availability of the 

technical/agency draft recovery plan for 

the endangered laurel dace, a small fish 

native to the Tennessee River Basin in 

Tennessee. The draft recovery plan 

includes specific recovery objectives 

and criteria to be met in order for us to 

downlist the species to threatened status 

or delist it under the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). 

We request review and comment on this 

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draft recovery plan from local, State, 

and Federal agencies, and the public. 

DATES: In order to be considered, 

comments on the draft recovery plan 

must be received on or before March 16, 

2015. 

ADDRESSES: If you wish to review this 

technical/agency draft recovery plan, 

you may obtain a copy by contacting 

Geoff Call, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Tennessee Field Office, 446 

Neal Street, Cookeville, TN 38501; tel. 

(931) 525–4983, or by visiting either the 

Service’s recovery plan Web site at 

http://www.fws.gov/endangered/

species/recovery-plans.html or the 

Tennessee Field Office Web site at 

http://www.fws.gov/cookeville. If you 

wish to comment, you may submit your 

comments by one of the following 

methods: 

1. You may submit written comments 

and materials to Geoff Call, at the above 

address. 

2. You may hand-deliver written 

comments to our Tennessee Field 

Office, at the above address. 

3. You may send comments by email 

to geoff_call@fws.gov. 

For additional information about 

submitting comments, see the ‘‘Request 

for Public Comments’’ section below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Geoff Call (see ADDRESSES, above). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

We listed the laurel dace (Chrosomus 

saylori) as an endangered species under 

the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) on 

August 9, 2011 (76 FR 48722), and 

designated critical habitat for the 

species on October 16, 2012 (77 FR 

63604). The laurel dace is a small fish 

native to the Tennessee River Basin in 

Tennessee. Laurel dace are known from 

headwater tributaries. This fish, from 

the family Cyprinidae, is found or 

collected from pools or slow runs from 

undercut banks or under slab boulders. 

The vegetation surrounding the first or 

second order streams where laurel dace 

occur includes mountain laurel, 

rhododendron, and hemlocks. 

Historically, laurel dace is known 

from seven streams, and it currently 

occupies six of these, persisting in three 

creek systems on the Walden Ridge of 

the Cumberland Plateau. Only a few 

individuals have been collected from 

headwaters of the two creek systems in 

the southern part of their range, Soddy 

and Sale Creeks, although laurel dace 

are more abundant in headwaters of the 

Piney River system in their northern 

range. Threats to the laurel dace 

include: Land use activities that affect 

silt levels, temperature, or hydrologic 

processes of these small tributaries; 

invasive species, including sunfishes, 

basses, and hemlock woolly adelgid; the 

species’ naturally small population size 

and geographic range; and climate 

change. 

Background 

Restoring an endangered or 

threatened animal or plant to the point 

where it is again a secure, selfsustaining member of its ecosystem is a 

primary goal of our endangered species 

program. To help guide the recovery 

effort, we prepare recovery plans for 

most listed species. Recovery plans 

describe actions considered necessary 

for conservation of the species, establish 

criteria for downlisting or delisting, and 

estimate time and cost for implementing 

recovery measures. 

The Act requires the development of 

recovery plans for listed species, unless 

such a plan would not promote the 

conservation of a particular species. 

Section 4(f) of the Act requires us to 

provide a public notice and an 

opportunity for public review and 

comment during recovery plan 

development. We will consider all 

information we receive during a public 

comment period prior to approval of 

each new or revised recovery plan. We 

and other Federal agencies will take 

these comments into account in the 

course of implementing approved 

recovery plans. 

Recovery Plan Specifics 

Objectives for Reclassification and 

Delisting 

The goal for this recovery plan is to 

conserve and recover populations of 

laurel dace to the point that listing 

under the Act is no longer necessary, 

which will require the following 

objectives to be accomplished. Because 

recovery and delisting will be a long 

and potentially unachievable goal, an 

intermediate goal for this recovery plan 

is to recover the species to the point that 

it could be reclassified from endangered 

to threatened. 

Delisting 

In order to recover laurel dace to the 

point that listing under the Act is no 

longer necessary, it will be necessary to 

conserve all existing populations by 

maintaining, and in some cases 

restoring, suitable habitat conditions in 

all streams where the species currently 

occurs. It will also be necessary to 

discover or establish one additional 

population. 

Reclassification to Threatened 

Reclassification to threatened status 

will be possible when habitat conditions 

in occupied streams are suitable for the 

conservation of the species, and viable 

populations are present throughout 

suitable habitat in five of the six 

currently occupied streams. 

Criteria for Reclassification From 

Endangered to Threatened or Delisting 

The following criteria will be used to 

determine whether the objectives for 

reclassification and delisting described 

above have been met. The criteria will 

be achieved by reducing or removing 

threats to the species’ habitat and 

conserving or establishing viable 

populations throughout the species’ 

range, as determined by monitoring of 

demographic and genetic parameters. 

Reclassification From Endangered to 

Threatened 

Criterion 1: Suitable instream habitat, 

flows, and water quality for laurel dace, 

as defined by Recovery Tasks 5.1 and 

5.2, exist in occupied streams. 

Criterion 2: Viable populations * are 

present throughout suitable habitat in 

Bumbee, Moccasin, and Youngs Creeks, 

and at least two of the following 

streams: Soddy or Cupp Creek or Horn 

Branch. 

Delisting 

Criterion 1: Suitable instream habitat, 

flows, and water quality for laurel dace 

exist in all occupied streams, and 

mechanisms exist to ensure that land 

use activities (including road 

maintenance) in catchments of streams 

inhabited by laurel dace will be 

compatible with the species’ 

conservation for the foreseeable future. 

Such mechanisms could include, but 

are not necessarily limited to, 

conservation agreements, conservation 

easements, land acquisition, and habitat 

conservation plans. 

Criterion 2: Viable populations * are 

present throughout suitable habitat in 

Bumbee, Moccasin, Youngs, Soddy, and 

Cupp Creeks and Horn Branch, and one 

additional viable population exists, 

either through reintroduction into 

Laurel Branch or discovery of an 

additional wild population. 

* Viability: Populations will be 

considered viable when the following 

demographic and genetic conditions 

exist: 

• Demographics—Monitoring data 

demonstrate that (a) populations are 

stable or increasing, (b) two or more ageclasses are consistently present over a 

period of time encompassing five 

generations (i.e., 15 years), and (c) 

evidence of recruitment is not absent in 

more than three years or during 

consecutive years at any point within 

that period of time. 

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• Genetics—Populations will be 

considered to have sufficient genetic 

variation to be viable if measurements of 

observed number of alleles and 

estimates of heterozygosity and effective 

population size have remained stable or 

increased during the five generations 

used to establish demographic viability. 

Request for Public Comments 

We request written comments on the 

draft recovery plan. We will consider all 

comments we receive by the date 

specified in DATES prior to final 

approval of the plan. 

Public Availability of Comments 

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 

The authority for this action is section 

4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16 

U.S.C. 1533(f). 

Dated: December 3, 2014. 

Cynthia K. Dohner, 

Regional Director, Southeast Region, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00414 Filed 1–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[156A2100DD.AADD001000] 

Request for Nominations of Members 

To Serve on the Bureau of Indian 

Education Advisory Board for 

Exceptional Children 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Education, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Request for 

Nominations. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act—Public Law 

92–463, 5 United States Code, Appendix 

2, Section 10 (a) (b); and the Individuals 

with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 

(IDEA), (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), the 

Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) 

requests nominations of individuals to 

serve on the Advisory Board for 

Exceptional Children (Advisory Board). 

There are six positions available. The 

BIE will consider nominations received 

in response to this request for 

nominations, as well as other sources. 

The ‘‘Supplementary Information’’ 

section for this notice provides 

committee and membership criteria. 

DATES: Please submit nominations by 

February 20, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit nominations 

to Ms. Sue Bement, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), Bureau of Indian 

Education, Division of Performance and 

Accountability, 1011 Indian School 

Road NW., Suite 332, Albuquerque, 

New Mexico 87104, Telephone (505) 

563–5274, or Fax to (505) 563–5281. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Sue Bement, DFO, at the address and 

telephone number listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Advisory Board was established in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463. The 

following provides information about 

the Committee, the membership and the 

nomination process. 

1. Objective and Duties 

(a) Members of the Advisory Board 

will provide guidance, advice and 

recommendations with respect to 

special education and related services 

for children with disabilities in BIEfunded schools in accordance with the 

requirements of IDEA; 

(b) The Advisory Board will: 

(1) Provide advice and 

recommendations for the coordination 

of services within the BIE and with 

other local, State and Federal agencies; 

(2) Provide advice and 

recommendations on a broad range of 

policy issues dealing with the provision 

of educational services to American 

Indian children with disabilities; 

(3) Serve as advocates for American 

Indian students with special education 

needs by providing advice and 

recommendations regarding best 

practices, effective program 

coordination strategies, and 

recommendations for improved 

educational programming; 

(4) Provide advice and 

recommendations for the preparation of 

information required to be submitted to 

the Secretary of Education under 20 

U.S.C. 1411 (h)(2); 

(5) Provide advice and recommend 

policies concerning effective inter- and 

intra- agency collaboration, including 

modifications to regulations, and the 

elimination of barriers to inter- and 

intra- agency programs and activities; 

and 

(6) Will report and direct all 

correspondence to the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs through the 

Director, BIE with a courtesy copy to the 

DFO. 

2. Membership 

(a) Pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 1411(h)(6), 

the Advisory Board will be composed of 

up to 15 individuals involved in or 

concerned with the education and 

provision of services to Indian infants, 

toddlers, children, and youth with 

disabilities. The Advisory Board 

composition will reflect a broad range of 

viewpoints and will include at least one 

member representing each of the 

following interests: Indians with 

disabilities; teachers of children with 

disabilities; Indian parents or guardians 

of children with disabilities; service 

providers; state education officials; local 

education officials; state interagency 

coordinating councils (for states having 

Indian reservations); tribal 

representatives or tribal organization 

representatives; and other members 

representing the various divisions and 

entities of BIE. 

(b) The Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs may provide the Secretary of the 

Interior recommendations for the 

chairperson; however, the chairperson 

and other Advisory Board members will 

be appointed by the Secretary of the 

Interior. Advisory Board members shall 

serve staggered terms of two years or 

three years from the date of their 

appointment. 

3. Miscellaneous 

(a) Members of the Advisory Board 

will not receive compensation, but will 

be reimbursed for travel, including 

subsistence, and other necessary 

expenses incurred in the performance of 

their duties in the same manner as 

persons employed intermittently in 

Government Service under 5 U.S.C. 

5703. 

(b) A member may not participate in 

matters that will directly affect, or 

appear to affect, the financial interests 

of the member or the member’s spouse 

or minor children, unless authorized by 

the appropriate ethics official. 

Compensation from employment does 

not constitute a financial interest of the 

member so long as the matter before the 

committee will not have a special or 

distinct effect on the member or the 

member’s employer, other than as part 

of a class. The provisions of this 

paragraph do not affect any other 

statutory or regulatory ethical 

obligations to which a member may be 

subject. 

(c) The Advisory Board meets at least 

twice a year, budget permitting. 

Additional meetings may be held as 

deemed necessary by the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs or the DFO. 

(d) All Committee meetings are open 

to the public in accordance with the 

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