Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 105 / Friday, June 2, 2017 / Notices 25617 

published a notice establishing the 

Royalty Policy Committee (Committee) 

and requesting nominations and 

comments. This notice extends the 

nomination period end date by 30 

additional days. 

DATES: The deadline for nominations 

published in the notice of April 3, 2017 

(82 FR 16222) is extended. Nominations 

for the Committee must be submitted by 

July 3, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit 

nominations by any of the following 

methods: 

• Mail or hand-carry nominations to 

Ms. Kim Oliver, Department of the 

Interior, Office of Natural Resources 

Revenue, 1849 C Street, NW., MS 

5134, Washington, DC 20240. 

• Email nominations to: Kimiko.oliver@

onrr.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Judy Wilson, Office of Natural 

Resources Revenue; telephone (202) 

208–4410; email: judith.wilson@

onrr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee is established under the 

authority of the Secretary of the Interior 

(Secretary) and regulated by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act. The purpose 

of the Committee is to ensure that the 

public receives the full value of the 

natural resources produced from 

Federal lands. The duties of the 

Committee are solely advisory in nature. 

The Committee will not exceed 28 

members and will be composed of 

Federal and non-Federal members in 

order to ensure fair and balanced 

representation. 

The Secretary will appoint nonFederal members in the following 

categories: 

• Up to six members representing the 

Governors of States that receive more 

than $10,000,000 annually in royalty 

revenues from onshore and offshore 

Federal leases 

• Up to four members representing the 

Indian Tribes that are engaged in 

activities subject to laws relating to 

mineral development that is specific 

to one or more Indian Tribes 

• Up to six members representing 

various mineral and/or energy 

stakeholders in Federal and Indian 

royalty policy 

• Up to four members representing 

academia and public interest groups 

Nominations should include a resume 

providing an adequate description of the 

nominee’s qualifications, including 

information that would enable DOI to 

make an informed decision regarding 

meeting the membership requirements 

of the Committee and to permit DOI to 

contact a potential member. If you 

already submitted a nomination by one 

of the methods described in the 

ADDRESSES section of this Notice, you 

need not re-submit the nomination. We 

will consider all nominations received 

by these methods from April 3, 2017 

through July 3, 2017. Additional 

information is available in the Royalty 

Policy Committee Establishment; 

Request for Nominations notice 

published on April 3, 2017 (82 FR 

16222). 

Public Disclosure 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 nomination submission— 

including your personal identifying 

information—may be made publicly 

available at any time. While you can ask 

us in your submission to withhold your 

personal identifying information from 

public review, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2. 

Gregory J. Gould, 

Director, Office of Natural Resources 

Revenue. 

[FR Doc. 2017–11441 Filed 6–1–17; 8:45 am] 

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NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING 

COMMISSION 

2017 Final Fee Rate and Fingerprint 

Fees 

AGENCY: National Indian Gaming 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to 25 CFR 514.2, that the 

National Indian Gaming Commission 

has adopted its 2017 final annual fee 

rates of 0.00% for tier 1 and 0.062% 

(.00062) for tier 2, which remain the 

same as the 2017 preliminary fee rates. 

The tier 2 annual fee rate maintains the 

lowest fee rate adopted by the 

Commission since 2010. These rates 

shall apply to all assessable gross 

revenues from each gaming operation 

under the jurisdiction of the 

Commission. If a tribe has a certificate 

of self-regulation under 25 CFR part 

518, the 2017 final fee rate on Class II 

revenues shall be 0.031% (.00031) 

which is one-half of the annual fee rate. 

The final fee rates being adopted here 

are effective June 1, 2017, and will 

remain in effect until new rates are 

adopted. 

Pursuant to 25 CFR 514.16, the 

National Indian Gaming Commission 

has also adopted its 2017 final 

fingerprint processing fees of $18 per 

card effective June 1, 2017. These fees 

remain the same as the 2017 

preliminary fingerprint processing fees. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Yvonne Lee, National Indian Gaming 

Commission, 1849 C Street NW., Mail 

Stop #1621, Washington, DC 20240; 

telephone (202) 632–7003; fax (202) 

632–7066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) 

established the National Indian Gaming 

Commission, which is charged with 

regulating gaming on Indian lands. 

Commission regulations (25 CFR part 

514) provide for a system of fee 

assessment and payment that is selfadministered by gaming operations. 

Pursuant to those regulations, the 

Commission is required to adopt and 

communicate assessment rates and the 

gaming operations are required to apply 

those rates to their revenues, compute 

the fees to be paid, report the revenues, 

and remit the fees to the Commission. 

All gaming operations within the 

jurisdiction of the Commission are 

required to self-administer the 

provisions of these regulations, and 

report and pay any fees that are due to 

the Commission. 

Pursuant to 25 CFR part 514, the 

Commission must also review regularly 

the costs involved in processing 

fingerprint cards and set a fee based on 

fees charged by the Federal Bureau of 

Investigation and costs incurred by the 

Commission. Commission costs include 

Commission personnel, supplies, 

equipment costs, and postage to submit 

the results to the requesting tribe. 

Dated: May 25, 2017. 

Jonodev Osceola Chaudhuri, 

Chairman. 

Dated: May 25, 2017. 

Kathryn C. Isom-Clause, 

Vice Chair. 

Dated: May 25, 2017. 

E. Sequoyah Simermeyer, 

Associate Commissioner. 

[FR Doc. 2017–11434 Filed 6–1–17; 8:45 am] 

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