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funding for the HCP will be provided; 

(4) the taking will not appreciably 

reduce the likelihood of the survival 

and recovery of the species in the wild; 

and (5) the measures, if any, required by 

the Service will be met, and we have 

received assurances that the plan will be 

implemented, the Service will issue SPI 

its requested permit. Regulations 

governing permits for endangered and 

threatened species are at 50 CFR 17.22 

and 17.32. 

Proposed Sierra Pacific Industries 

Habitat Conservation Plan 

The SPI HCP will encompass land 

within the State of California where SPI 

timber management operations occur. 

SPI currently manages about 1.6 million 

acres of timber land in the State of 

California. Activities to be covered by 

the proposed HCP include those 

necessary to manage and harvest timber 

land within the State of California. 

Covered activities also include 

development and management of 

mitigation measures and monitoring. 

The SPI HCP will cover the federally 

listed Northern spotted owl and the 

unlisted California spotted owl. Both 

species are subject to injury or mortality 

during timber harvest operations and 

management activities. 

Alternatively, the California Spotted 

owl will potentially be covered by a SPI 

CCAA, and the Northern spotted owl 

will be covered under the SPI HCP. 

Environmental Impact Statement 

NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) requires 

that Federal agencies conduct an 

environmental analysis of their 

proposed actions to determine if the 

actions may significantly affect the 

human environment. Through our early 

analysis and based on 40 CFR 1502.3, 

we have determined that 

implementation of the proposed SPI 

HCP may have significant impacts on 

the human environment and, because it 

involves spotted owls and timber 

harvest, is likely to be controversial. 

Therefore, before deciding whether to 

issue an ITP to SPI, we will prepare an 

EIS to analyze the environmental 

impacts associated with issuance of the 

ITP. The EIS will also include analysis 

of a reasonable range of alternatives to 

the proposed action. Alternatives 

considered in the EIS may include, but 

are not limited to, variations in the 

permit term or permit structure; the No 

Surprises timeframe allowed under the 

ITP; the level of take allowed; the level, 

location, or type of conservation, 

monitoring, or mitigation provided; the 

scope of covered activities; the list of 

covered species; or a combination of 

these factors. Additionally, a no action 

alternative will be included. 

Request for Information 

We request data, comments, new 

information, or suggestions from the 

public, other concerned governmental 

agencies, the scientific community, 

Tribes, industry, or any other interested 

party on this notice. We will consider 

these comments in developing the draft 

EIS. We seek specific comments on: 

1. Biological information and relevant 

data concerning covered species; 

2. Additional information concerning 

the range, distribution, population size, 

and population trends of covered 

species; 

3. Direct, indirect, and cumulative 

impacts that implementation of the 

proposed covered activities could have 

on endangered, threatened, and other 

covered species, and their communities 

or habitats; 

4. Other possible alternatives to the 

proposed action(s) that the Service 

should consider; 

5. Other current or planned activities 

in the subject area and their possible 

impacts on covered species; 

6. The presence of archaeological 

sites, buildings and structures, historic 

events, sacred and traditional areas, and 

other historic preservation concerns, 

which are required to be considered in 

project planning by the National 

Historic Preservation Act; and 

7. Any other environmental issues 

that should be considered with regard to 

the proposed SPI HCP, and permit 

action(s). 

Public Availability of Comments 

You may submit your comments and 

materials by one of the methods listed 

above in the ADDRESSES section. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, you 

should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—might 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. 

Comments and materials we receive, 

as well as supporting documentation we 

use in preparing the EIS, will be 

available for public inspection by 

appointment, during normal business 

hours, at the Service’s Sacramento Fish 

and Wildlife Office in Sacramento, 

California (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT). 

Scoping Meetings 

See DATES for the dates and times of 

the public scoping meetings. The 

primary purpose of these meetings and 

public comment period is to provide the 

public with a general understanding of 

the background of the proposed action 

and to solicit suggestions and 

information on the scope of issues and 

alternatives we should consider when 

drafting the EIS. Written comments will 

be accepted at the meetings. Comments 

can also be submitted by methods listed 

in ADDRESSES. Once the draft EIS and 

proposed SPI HCP are complete and 

made available for review, there will be 

additional opportunity for public 

comment on the content of those 

documents. 

Persons needing reasonable 

accommodations in order to attend and 

participate in the public meetings 

should contact the Service using one of 

the methods listed in ADDRESSES as soon 

as possible. In order to allow sufficient 

time to process requests, please make 

contact no later than one week before 

the public meeting. Information 

regarding this proposed action is 

available in alternative formats, upon 

request. 

Authority 

We provide this notice under section 

10 of the ESA and per NEPA regulations 

(40 CFR 1501.7, 1506.5 and 1508.22). 

Michael Senn, 

Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological 

Services, Pacific Southwest Region. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[178A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900 253G]; OMB Control 

Number 1076–0177] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Tribal Energy 

Development Capacity Program 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) are 

proposing to renew an information 

collection. 


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DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

September 22, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments on 

this information collection request (ICR) 

to the Office of Management and 

Budget’s Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior by email at 

OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via 

facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please 

provide a copy of your comments to Mr. 

Chandler Allen, Division of Energy and 

Mineral Development, Office of Indian 

Energy and Economic Development, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs, 

13922 Denver West Parkway, Suite 200, 

Lakewood, CO 80401; facsimile: (303) 

969–5273; email: Chandler.Allen@

bia.gov. Please reference OMB Control 

Number 1076–0177 in the subject line of 

your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this ICR, contact Mr. Chandler Allen by 

email at Chandler.Allen@bia.gov, or by 

telephone at (720) 407–0607. You may 

also view the ICR at http://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on new, proposed, revised, 

and continuing collections of 

information. This helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. It also helps the 

public understand our information 

collection requirements and provide the 

requested data in the desired format. 

A Federal Register notice with a 60- 

day public comment period soliciting 

comments on this collection of 

information was published on June 15, 

2017 (82 FR 27521). No comments were 

received. 

We are again soliciting comments on 

the proposed ICR that is described 

below. We are especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is the collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

BIA (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the BIA enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the BIA minimize the burden of 

this collection on the respondents, 

including through the use of 

information technology. 

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 us in your comment to 

withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Abstract: The Energy Policy Act of 

2005 authorizes the Secretary of the 

Interior to provide assistance to Indian 

Tribes and Tribal energy resource 

development organizations for energy 

development and appropriates funds for 

such projects on a year-to-year basis. 

See 25 U.S.C. 3502. When funding is 

available, the Office of Indian Energy 

and Economic Development (IEED) may 

solicit proposals for projects for 

building capacity for Tribal energy 

resource development on Indian land 

from Tribal energy resource 

development organizations and Indian 

Tribes, including Alaska Native regional 

and village corporations under the 

TEDC program. For the purposes of this 

program, ‘‘Indian land’’ includes: All 

land within the boundaries of an Indian 

reservation, pueblo, or rancheria; any 

land outside those boundaries that is 

held by the United States in trust for a 

Tribe or individual Indian or by a Tribe 

or individual Indian with restrictions on 

alienation; and land owned by an 

Alaska Native regional or village 

corporation. 

Those who would like to submit a 

TEDC project proposal must submit an 

application that includes certain 

information and, once funding is 

received must submit reports on how 

they are using the funding. A complete 

application must contain the following: 

• A formal signed resolution of the 

governing body of the Tribe or Tribal 

energy resource development 

organization demonstrating authority to 

apply; 

• A proposal describing the planned 

activities and deliverable products; and 

• A detailed budget estimate, 

including contracted personnel costs, 

travel estimates, data collection and 

analysis costs, and other expenses. 

The project proposal must include the 

information about the Tribe or Tribal 

energy resource development 

organization sufficient to allow IEED to 

evaluate the proposal based on the 

following criteria: 

(a) Energy resource potential; 

(b) Applicant’s energy resource 

development history and current status; 

(c) Applicant’s existing energy 

resource development capabilities; 

(d) Demonstrated willingness of the 

applicant to establish and maintain an 

independent energy resource 

development business entity; 

(e) Intent to develop and retain energy 

development capacity within the 

applicant’s government or business 

entities; and 

(f) Applicant commitment of staff, 

training, or monetary resources. 

The IEED requires this information to 

ensure that it provides funding only to 

those projects that meet the goals of the 

TEDC and the purposes for which 

Congress provides the appropriations. 

Title of Collection: Tribal Energy 

Development Capacity Program. 

OMB Control Number: 1076–0177. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Indian 

Tribes and Tribal energy resource 

development organizations under 25 

U.S.C. 3502. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 26 per year, on average; 9 

project participants each year, on 

average. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 26 applications per year, on 

average; 18 progress reports per year, on 

average. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 40 hours per application; 1.5 

hours per progress report. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,067 hours (1,040 for 

applications and 27 for progress 

reports). 

Respondent’s Obligation: Responses 

required to receive a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: Once per 

year for applications; 2 times per year 

for progress reports. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: $0. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq). 

Elizabeth K. Appel, 

Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs and 

Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs. 

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