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and Gas Industry Conservation Plan 

(ICP) Endangered Species Act Section 

10(a)(1)(B) Permit Issuance in 

Oklahoma. The original ICP was 

approved on May 21, 2014, and the ‘‘no 

significant impact’’ finding notice was 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 25, 2014 (79 FR 43504). The draft 

amended ICP was made available for 

comment on March 8, 2016 (81 FR 

12113), and approved on April 13, 2016. 

The ICP and the associated 

environmental assessment/finding of no 

significant impact are available on the 

Web site at http://www.fws.gov/ 

southwest/es/oklahoma/ABBICP. 

However, we are no longer taking 

comments on these finalized, approved 

documents. 

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Comment 

We invite local, State, Tribal, and 

Federal agencies, and the public to 

comment on the following applications 

under the ICP, for incidentally taking 

the federally listed American burying 

beetle. Please refer to the appropriate 

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Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) 

requirements. 

Permit TE35998C 

Applicant: NGPL PipeCo, LLC and 

Subsidiaries, Tulsa, OK. 

Applicant requests a permit for oil 

and gas upstream and midstream 

production, including oil and gas well 

field infrastructure geophysical 

exploration (seismic) and construction, 

maintenance, operation, repair, and 

decommissioning, as well as oil and gas 

gathering, transmission, and 

distribution pipeline infrastructure 

construction, maintenance, operation, 

repair, decommissioning, and 

reclamation in Oklahoma. 

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Houston, TX. 

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field infrastructure geophysical 

exploration (seismic) and construction, 

maintenance, operation, repair, and 

decommissioning, as well as oil and gas 

gathering, transmission, and 

distribution pipeline infrastructure 

construction, maintenance, operation, 

repair, decommissioning, and 

reclamation in Oklahoma. 

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Applicant: Antioch Operating, LLC, 

Oklahoma City, OK. 

Applicant requests a permit for oil 

and gas upstream and midstream 

production, including oil and gas well 

field infrastructure geophysical 

exploration (seismic) and construction, 

maintenance, operation, repair, and 

decommissioning, as well as oil and gas 

gathering, transmission, and 

distribution pipeline infrastructure 

construction, maintenance, operation, 

repair, decommissioning, and 

reclamation in Oklahoma. 

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Authority 

We provide this notice under section 

10(c) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

and its implementing regulations (50 

CFR 17.22) and the National 

Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.) and its implementing 

regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). 

Joy E. Nicholopoulos, 

Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17533 Filed 8–17–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[178A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900 253G] 

Pueblo of Santa Clara Liquor 

Ordinance; Amendments 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes 

amendments to the Santa Clara Pueblo 

Liquor Code (Code). The Code regulates 

the control, possession, and sale of 

liquor on the Santa Clara Pueblo trust 

lands, in conformity with the laws of 

the State of New Mexico, where 

applicable and necessary. 

DATES: The amended Code becomes 

applicable September 18, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Patricia L. Mattingly, Tribal Government 

Officer, Southwest Regional Office, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1001 Indian 

School Road NW., Albuquerque, New 

Mexico 87104, Phone: (505) 563–3446; 

Fax: (602) 563–3101. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Act of August 15, 1953, Public 

Law 83–277, 67 Stat. 586, 18 U.S.C. 

1161, as interpreted by the Supreme 

Court in Rice v. Rehner, 463 U.S. 713 

(1983), the Secretary of the Interior shall 

certify and publish in the Federal 

Register notice of adopted liquor 

ordinances for the purpose of regulating 

liquor transactions in Indian country. 

The Santa Clara Pueblo Liquor Code, 

Resolution No. 2016–113, was duly 

adopted by the Tribal Council on 

September 12, 2016. The Santa Clara 

Pueblo, in furtherance of its economic 

and social goals, has taken positive 

steps to regulate retail sales of alcohol 

and use of revenues to combat alcohol 

abuse and its debilitating effects among 

individuals and family members within 

the reservation of Santa Clara Pueblo. 

This notice is being published in 

accordance with the authority delegated 

by the Secretary of the Interior to the 

Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs 

(Department of Interior-Departmental 

Manual, 209 DM 8). I certify that 

Resolution No. 2016–113, the Santa 

Clara Pueblo Liquor Code, was duly 

adopted by the Tribal Council on 

September 12, 2016. This Code amends 

the previous liquor code as published in 

the Federal Register on June 27, 2001 

(66 FR 34233). 

Dated: July 13, 2017. 

Michael S. Black, 

Acting Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

The Santa Clara Pueblo Liquor Code 

is amended to read as follows: 

CHAPTER 108—LIQUOR CODE 

Subchapter 1: General Provisions. 

Sec. 108.1 Findings 

The Tribal Council finds as follows: 

A. The introduction, possession and 

sale of alcoholic beverages into Santa 

Clara Indian Lands has long been 

regarded as a matter of special concern 

to the Pueblo, that bears directly on the 

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health, welfare and security of the 

Pueblo and its members; and 

B. Under federal law and New Mexico 

state law, and as a matter of inherent 

Tribal sovereignty, the question of to 

what extent and under what 

circumstances alcoholic beverages may 

be introduced into and sold or 

consumed within Santa Clara Indian 

Lands is to be decided by the governing 

body of the Tribe; and 

C. It is desirable that the Tribal 

Council legislate comprehensively on 

the subject of the sale and possession of 

alcoholic beverages within Santa Clara 

Indian Lands, both to establish a 

consistent and reasonable Tribal policy 

on this important subject, as well as to 

facilitate economic development 

projects within Santa Clara Indian 

Lands that may involve outlets for the 

sale and consumption of alcoholic 

beverages; and 

D. It is the policy of the Tribal 

Council that the introduction, sale and 

consumption of alcoholic beverages 

within Santa Clara Indian Lands be 

carefully regulated so as to protect the 

public health, safety and welfare, and 

that licensees be made fully accountable 

for violations of conditions of their 

licenses and the consequences thereof. 

Sec. 108.2 Definitions 

As used in this chapter, the following 

words shall have the following 

meanings: 

A. ‘‘Pueblo’’ or ‘‘Tribe’’ means the 

Pueblo of Santa Clara. 

B. ‘‘Tribal Council’’ or ‘‘Council’’ 

means the Tribal Council of the Pueblo 

of Santa Clara. 

C. ‘‘Governor’’ means the Governor of 

the Pueblo of Santa Clara. 

D. ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Tax 

Administrator of the Pueblo of Santa 

Clara. 

E. ‘‘Person’’ means any natural 

person, partnership, corporation, joint 

venture, association, or other legal 

entity. 

F. ‘‘Sale’’ or ‘‘sell’’ means any 

exchange, barter, or other transfer of 

goods from one person to another for 

commercial purposes, whether with or 

without consideration. 

G. ‘‘Liquor’’ or ‘‘Alcoholic Beverage’’ 

includes the four varieties of liquor 

commonly referred to as alcohol, spirits, 

wine and beer, and all fermented, 

spirituous, vinous or malt liquors or 

combinations thereof, mixed liquor, any 

part of which is fermented, spirituous, 

vinous, or malt liquor, or any otherwise 

intoxicating liquid, including every 

liquid or solid or semi-solid or other 

substance, patented or not, containing 

alcohol, spirits, wine or beer and 

intended for oral consumption. 

H. ‘‘Licensee’’ means a person who 

has been issued a license to sell 

alcoholic beverages on the licensed 

premises under the provisions of this 

Liquor Code. 

I. ‘‘Licensed Premises’’ means the 

location within Santa Clara Indian 

Lands at which a licensee is permitted 

to sell and allow the consumption of 

alcoholic beverages, and may, if 

requested by the applicant and 

approved by the Tribal Council, include 

any related or associated areas or 

facilities under the control of the 

licensee, or within which the licensee is 

otherwise authorized to conduct 

business (but subject to any conditions 

or limitations as to sales within such 

area that may be imposed by the 

Governor in issuance of the license). 

J. ‘‘Santa Clara Indian Lands’’ means 

all lands within the exterior boundaries 

of the Santa Clara Indian Reservation, 

all lands within the exterior boundaries 

of the Santa Clara Pueblo Grant, and all 

other lands owned by the Pueblo subject 

to federal law restrictions on alienation 

or held by the United States for the use 

and benefit of the Pueblo. 

K. ‘‘Special Event’’ means a bona fide 

special occasion such as a fair, fiesta, 

show, tournament, contest, meeting, 

picnic or similar event held on Santa 

Clara Indian Lands that is sponsored by 

an established business or nongovernmental organization, lasting no 

more than three days. A special event 

may be open to the public or to a 

designated group, and it may be a onetime event or periodic, provided, 

however, that such events held more 

than four times a year by the same 

business or organization shall not be 

deemed special events for purposes of 

this Liquor Code. 

L. ‘‘Server’’ means an individual who 

sells, serves or dispenses alcoholic 

beverages for consumption on or off 

licensed premises, and including 

persons who manage, direct or control 

the sale or service of such beverages. 

M. ‘‘Liquor Code’’ means the Santa 

Clara Pueblo Liquor Code, this chapter. 

Sec. 108.3 Sovereign Immunity 

Nothing in the Liquor Code shall be 

construed as a waiver or limitation of 

the sovereign immunity of the Pueblo. 

Sec. 108.4 Initial Compliance 

No person shall be disqualified from 

being issued a license under the 

provisions of this Liquor Code, or shall 

be found to have violated any provision 

of this Liquor Code, solely because such 

person, having been duly authorized to 

engage in the sale of alcoholic beverages 

within Santa Clara Indian Lands under 

the law as it existed prior to enactment 

of this Liquor Code, continues to engage 

in such business without a license 

issued under the provisions of this 

Liquor Code after the effective date 

hereof, so long as such person complies 

with the provisions of this Section. 

Within 90 days after the effective date 

of this Liquor Code (or within 30 days 

after receiving written notice from the 

Pueblo of the enactment of the Liquor 

Code, whichever is later) any person 

who is licensed to sell alcoholic 

beverages within Santa Clara Pueblo 

Indian Lands under the law as it existed 

prior to the enactment of this Liquor 

Code shall submit an application for a 

license under the provisions of this 

Liquor Code. Upon the issuance of a 

license under the provisions of this 

Liquor Code to such person, or upon the 

rejection of an application for such 

license by such person, no license 

issued by the State of New Mexico or 

issued under the provisions of any prior 

law of the Pueblo that is held by such 

person, or that purports to authorize the 

possession, sale or consumption of 

alcoholic beverages on premises covered 

by a license issued (or a license 

application rejected) under the 

provisions of this Liquor Code, shall 

have any further validity or effect 

within Santa Clara Indian Lands. 

Sec. 108.5 Severability 

In the event any provision of this 

Liquor Code is held invalid or 

unenforceable by any court of 

competent jurisdiction, the remainder of 

the Code shall continue in full force and 

effect, notwithstanding the invalidity or 

unenforceability of such provision, to 

the fullest extent practicable. 

Sec. 108.6 Issuance of Regulations 

The Administrator shall have the 

authority to issue such regulations, 

consistent with the provisions of this 

Liquor Code, as may be helpful to the 

effective administration of the Liquor 

Code, provided that such regulations 

shall be provided to the Tribal Council 

no less than 90 days prior to their 

effective date. If the Council votes to 

reject the regulations, or any particular 

provisions thereof, within such 90-day 

time period, the regulations, or such 

provisions as were rejected, shall not 

take effect. 

Subchapter 2: Sale, Possession and 

Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages. 

Sec. 108.7 Prohibition 

The sale, introduction for sale, 

purchase, or other commercial dealing 

in alcoholic beverages, except as is 

specifically authorized by the Liquor 

Code, is prohibited within Santa Clara 

Indian Lands. 

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Sec. 108.8 Possession for Personal 

Use 

Possession of alcoholic beverages for 

personal use shall be lawful within 

Santa Clara Indian Lands only if such 

alcoholic beverages were lawfully 

purchased from an establishment duly 

licensed to sell such beverages, whether 

on or off Santa Clara Indian Lands, and 

are possessed by a person or persons 21 

years of age or older. Such possession is 

otherwise prohibited. 

Sec. 108.9 Transportation Through 

Reservation Not Affected 

Nothing herein shall pertain to the 

otherwise lawful transportation of 

alcoholic beverages through Santa Clara 

Indian Lands by persons remaining 

upon public highways (or other paved 

public facilities for motor vehicles) and 

where such beverages are not delivered, 

sold or offered for sale to anyone within 

Santa Clara Indian Lands. 

Sec. 108.10 Requirement of Public 

License 

No person shall sell any alcoholic 

beverage within Santa Clara Indian 

Lands, or offer any such beverage for 

sale, unless such person holds a license 

issued by the Pueblo under the 

provisions of this chapter that is in 

effect, or unless such person holds a 

license authorizing such sales issued by 

the State of New Mexico that is in effect. 

Sec. 108.11 All Sales for Personal 

Use 

No person licensed to sell alcoholic 

beverages within Santa Clara Indian 

Lands shall sell any such beverage for 

resale, but all such sales shall be for the 

personal use of the purchaser. Nothing 

herein shall prohibit a duly licensed 

wholesale dealer in alcoholic beverages 

from selling and delivering such 

beverages to properly licensed retailers 

within Santa Clara Indian Lands, so 

long as such sales and deliveries are 

otherwise in conformity with the laws 

of the State of New Mexico and this 

Liquor Code, and so long as such 

wholesale dealer registers with the 

Administrator and pays any taxes due 

on such sales. 

Sec. 108.12 Package Sales and 

Sales of Liquor by the Drink 

Permitted 

Sales of alcoholic beverages on Santa 

Clara Indian Lands may be in package 

form or for consumption on the 

premises, or both, so long as the seller 

is properly licensed by the Pueblo to 

make sales of that type. No seller of 

alcoholic beverages shall permit any 

person to consume, on premises where 

liquor by the drink is authorized to be 

sold, any alcoholic beverages purchased 

elsewhere by the consumer, except that 

a restaurant holding a premises license 

may allow a customer who is ordering 

a meal, and who is legally entitled to 

consume alcoholic beverages, to bring 

onto the premises one or more bottles of 

wine that were legally acquired 

elsewhere and came from a New Mexico 

licensed wholesaler (but not to exceed 

one bottle per person at the table), for 

consumption with such customer’s 

meal, provided that any such bottle is 

opened by an employee of the restaurant 

who is legally entitled to serve alcoholic 

beverages, and the restaurant may 

charge a corkage fee for each such bottle 

opened. 

Sec. 108.13 No Sales to Minors 

No alcoholic beverages may be sold 

within Santa Clara Indian Lands to any 

person under the age of 21 years. 

Sec. 108.14 Hours and Days of Sale 

Alcoholic beverages may be sold, 

offered for sale, delivered or consumed 

on licensed premises within Santa Clara 

Indian Lands every day during the 

following hours: 

A. From 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 

midnight; and 

B. From 12:00 midnight of the 

previous day until 2:00 a.m.; provided, 

however, that any such sales made 

between 12:00 midnight and 2:00 a.m. 

shall only be for consumption on the 

premises, and may only be made by a 

licensee holding a premises license. 

Sec. 108.15 Sales on Election Day 

[Repealed.] 

Sec. 108.16 Other Prohibitions on 

Sales 

The Tribal Council may, by duly 

enacted resolution, establish other days 

on which or times at which sales or 

consumption of alcoholic beverages are 

not permitted within Santa Clara Indian 

Lands, or specified portions thereof. The 

Council shall give notice of any such 

enactment promptly to all licensees 

within Santa Clara Indian Lands. In 

addition, the Governor of the Pueblo 

may, in the event of a bona fide 

emergency, and by written order, 

prohibit the sale of any alcoholic 

beverages within Santa Clara Indian 

Lands, or any specified portions thereof, 

for a period of time not to exceed 48 

hours. The Governor shall give prompt 

notice of such emergency order to all 

licensees within Santa Clara Indian 

Lands. No such emergency order may 

extend beyond 48 hours, unless during 

that time the Tribal Council meets and 

determines by resolution that the 

emergency requires a further extension 

of such order. 

Sec. 108.17 Location of Sales, 

Consumption 

No person licensed to sell alcoholic 

beverages within Santa Clara Indian 

Lands shall make such sales except at 

the licensed premises specifically 

designated in such license. No person 

holding only a premises license shall 

permit alcoholic beverages purchased 

from such licensee for consumption on 

the premises to be consumed off of the 

licensed premises; except that nothing 

herein shall prohibit a premises licensee 

that is a restaurant from permitting a 

customer who has purchased a bottle of 

wine with a meal, but only partially 

consumed the contents of such bottle, 

from taking the partially consumed 

bottle off of the premises, after such 

bottle has been recorked by the licensee 

and placed in a sealed bag, to which a 

receipt for the purchase of the bottle has 

been affixed. 

Sec. 108.18 Sales to be Made by 

Adults 

No person shall take any order, make 

any delivery, or accept payment for any 

sale of alcoholic beverages within Santa 

Clara Indian Lands, or otherwise have 

any direct involvement in any such sale, 

who is less than 21 years of age. 

Sec. 108.19 All Sales Cash 

No licensee shall make any sale of any 

alcoholic beverages within Santa Clara 

Indian Lands without receiving 

payment therefor by cash, check, credit 

card or cash equivalent, such as, in the 

case of a licensee that is a gaming 

establishment, chips, or player’s club 

points in accordance with policies of 

the licensee applicable to the 

redemption of such points, at or about 

the time the sale is made; provided, that 

nothing herein shall preclude a licensee 

from receiving a delivery of alcoholic 

beverages from a duly authorized 

wholesaler where arrangements have 

been made to pay for such delivery at 

a different time; and provided further 

that nothing herein shall preclude a 

licensee from allowing a customer to 

purchase more than one alcoholic 

beverage in sequence, and to pay for all 

such purchases at the conclusion 

thereof, so long as payment is made in 

full before the customer has left the 

licensed premises; and provided further 

that nothing herein shall prevent a 

licensee from distributing alcoholic 

beverages to customers without charge, 

so long as such distribution is not 

otherwise in violation of any provision 

of this Liquor Code. 

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Sec. 108.20 Nuisances Prohibited 

No licensee shall knowingly conduct 

its business in such a location, or in 

such a manner, or at such times of day 

or night, as to amount to a nuisance, in 

that such activity is injurious to public 

health, safety or morals, or interferes 

with the exercise and enjoyment of 

public rights, including the right to use 

public property. 

Subchapter 3: Licensing and Regulation 

Sec. 108.21 Requirement of License 

[Repealed.] 

Sec. 108.22 Classes of Licenses 

The following types or classes of 

licenses for the sale or distribution of 

alcoholic beverages within Santa Clara 

Indian Lands shall be permitted: 

A. Package license, which shall 

authorize the licensee to store, possess, 

sell and offer for sale alcoholic 

beverages in sealed containers, for 

consumption only off of the licensed 

premises. 

B. Premises license, which shall 

authorize the licensee to store, possess 

and sell alcoholic beverages in open 

containers, for consumption on the 

licensed premises only, and to permit 

such consumption on the licensed 

premises only. 

C. Special event license, which shall 

authorize the licensee to possess, 

distribute, sell and offer for sale 

alcoholic beverages for consumption 

only on the licensed premises, and to 

permit such consumption on the 

licensed premises only, but only for a 

bona fide special event, and only during 

the period or periods specified in such 

license, which period or periods shall 

be limited to the periods during which 

the special event is occurring and from 

beginning to end shall not exceed 72 

hours. 

Sec. 108.23 Prohibited Zone 

Notwithstanding any other provision 

of this chapter, no license shall be 

issued under the provisions of this 

Liquor Code for any location as the 

proposed licensed premises that is 

within the geographical area 

encompassed by Sections 9, 10, 15 and 

16, Township 20 North, Range 8 East, 

New Mexico Principal Meridian, and 

the area located south of said Sections 

15 and 16, bounded on the east by the 

Rio Grande and on the west by the rightof-way line for NM Rte. 30, to the south 

boundary of the Santa Clara Pueblo 

Grant. The area described herein from 

which licenses are excluded is 

hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘Prohibited 

Zone.’’ 

Sec. 108.24 Qualifications for 

License 

A. No person shall be entitled to be 

issued a license under the provisions of 

this Liquor Code who has previously 

been the subject of any proceeding 

resulting in the revocation of any 

license for the sale of alcoholic 

beverages issued by the Pueblo or by 

any state or other jurisdiction, or who 

has been convicted of any felony in any 

jurisdiction involving theft, dishonesty, 

corruption, embezzlement or violation 

of laws regulating the sale, possession 

and use of alcoholic beverages, or who 

(if a natural person) has not at the time 

the application for license is submitted 

attained the age of 25 years, or who is 

otherwise determined by the Pueblo to 

be unfit to be licensed to sell alcoholic 

beverages, or (if a natural person) whose 

spouse is a person not qualified to hold 

a license under the provisions of this 

section. 

B. No partnership, corporation or 

other legal entity shall be entitled to be 

issued a license under the provisions of 

this Liquor Code if any individual 

occupying any management or 

supervisory position within such entity, 

or who sits on the management 

committee or board of directors or 

trustees thereof, or who holds or 

controls a financial interest of ten 

percent or more in such entity, is a 

person who would not be entitled to be 

issued a license under the provisions of 

this section. 

C. No person shall be entitled to be 

issued a package or premises license 

hereunder unless such person owns, or 

has an approved lease or other valid 

interest in, land within Santa Clara 

Indian Lands, is lawfully entitled to 

engage in a business on such land with 

which such license would be 

compatible, and can demonstrate that 

such person is otherwise capable of 

complying with all of the requirements 

imposed on licensees by this Liquor 

Code. 

D. An applicant for a package or 

premises license hereunder, including, 

if the applicant is not a natural person, 

each principal in the applicant entity 

who will have any direct involvement 

in the proposed business, must have 

successfully completed within the three 

years preceding the date of the 

application an alcohol server education 

program and examination that is 

approved by the director of the New 

Mexico Alcohol and Gaming Division. 

E. Notwithstanding anything in this 

section to the contrary, the Pueblo and 

its wholly owned commercial entities 

shall be entitled to be issued licenses 

hereunder upon application therefor to 

the Administrator, provided that all 

other provisions of this Liquor Code are 

complied with. 

Sec. 108.25 Package and Premises 

License Application; Procedure; 

Fees 

A. Every person seeking a package or 

premises license under the provisions of 

this Liquor Code (other than the Pueblo 

or any of its wholly owned commercial 

entities) shall submit to the 

Administrator a written application, 

under oath, in the form prescribed by 

and containing the information required 

by this section. 

B. If the applicant is a natural person, 

the application shall contain, at a 

minimum, all of the following 

information: 

1. The full legal name of the 

applicant, plus any other names under 

which the applicant has been known or 

done business during the previous 20 

years, and the applicant’s date and place 

of birth, as shown by a certified copy of 

the applicant’s birth certificate. 

2. The applicant’s current legal 

residence address and business address, 

if any, and every residence address that 

the applicant has maintained during the 

previous ten years, with the dates 

during which each such address was 

current. 

3. The trade name, business address 

and description of every business in 

which the applicant has engaged or had 

any interest (other than stock ownership 

or partnership interest amounting to less 

than five percent of total capital) during 

the previous ten years, and the dates 

during which the applicant engaged in 

or held an interest in any such business. 

4. A listing of every other jurisdiction 

in which the applicant has ever applied 

for a license to sell or distribute 

alcoholic beverages, the date on which 

each such application was filed, the 

name of the regulatory agency with 

which the application was filed, the 

action taken on each such application, 

and if any such license was issued, the 

dates during which it remained in 

effect, and as to each such license a 

statement whether any action was ever 

taken by the regulatory body to suspend 

or revoke such license, with full dates 

and details of any such incident. 

5. A listing of every crime with which 

the applicant has ever been charged, 

other than routine traffic offenses (but 

including any charge of driving while 

intoxicated or the like), giving as to each 

the date on which the charge was made, 

the location, the jurisdiction, the court 

in which the matter was heard, and the 

outcome or ultimate disposition thereof. 

6. The name and address of every 

person or entity holding any security 

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interest in any of the assets of the 

business to be conducted by the 

applicant, or in any of the proceeds of 

such business. 

7. A detailed plat of the applicant’s 

business premises within Santa Clara 

Indian Lands including the floor plans 

of any structure and the details of any 

exterior areas intended to be part of the 

licensed premises, together with 

evidence of the applicant’s right to 

conduct business on such premises. 

8. A detailed description of the 

business conducted or intended to be 

conducted on the licensed premises, 

and including (but not limited to) hours 

of operation and number of employees. 

9. The type(s) of license(s) requested. 

C. If the applicant is a corporation, the 

corporation, each officer of the 

corporation and every person holding 

10% or more of the outstanding stock in 

the corporation shall submit an 

application complying with the 

provisions of paragraph B of this 

section, and in addition, the applicant 

shall also submit the following: 

1. A certified copy of its Articles of 

Incorporation and Bylaws. 

2. The names and addresses of all 

officers and directors and those 

stockholders owning 5% or more of the 

voting stock of the corporation, and the 

amount of stock held by each such 

stockholder. 

3. The name of the resident agent of 

the corporation who would be 

authorized to accept service of process, 

including orders and notices issued by 

the Pueblo, and who will have principal 

supervisory responsibility for the 

business to be conducted on the 

licensed premises. 

4. Such additional information 

regarding the corporation as the 

Administrator may require to assure a 

full disclosure of the corporation’s 

structure and financial responsibility. 

D. If the applicant is a partnership, or 

a limited liability corporation (‘‘LLC’’), 

the partnership or LLC, the managing 

partner or manager and every person or 

entity having an interest amounting to 

10% or more of the total equity interest 

in the partnership or LLC shall submit 

an application complying with the 

provisions of paragraph B of this 

section, and in addition, the applicant 

shall submit the following: 

1. A certified copy of the Partnership 

Agreement or, in the case of an LLC, the 

Articles of Organization and Operating 

Agreement. 

2. The names and addresses of all 

general partners and of all limited 

partners contributing 10% or more of 

the total value of contributions made to 

the limited partnership or who are 

entitled to 10% or more of any 

distributions of the limited partnership; 

and in the case of an LLC, the names 

and addresses of every person or entity 

holding an ownership interest of 10% or 

more. 

3. The name and address of the 

partner, manager or other agent of the 

partnership or LLC who or which is 

authorized to accept service of process, 

including orders and notices issued by 

the Pueblo, and who will have principal 

supervisory responsibility for the 

business to be conducted in the licensed 

premises. 

4. Such additional information 

regarding the partnership or LLC as the 

Administrator may require to assure a 

full disclosure of the partnership’s or 

LLC’s structure and financial 

responsibility. 

E. Every applicant who is a natural 

person, and every person required by 

paragraphs C or D of this section to 

comply with the provisions of 

paragraph B, shall also submit with the 

application a complete set of 

fingerprints, taken under the 

supervision of and certified to by an 

officer of an authorized law enforcement 

agency located within the State of New 

Mexico. 

F. The applicant shall also submit 

proof that applicant, if a natural person, 

and every person who will be directly 

involved in the sale or service of 

alcoholic beverages as part of the 

applicant’s business, has successfully 

completed, within the three years next 

preceding the date of the application, an 

alcohol server education program and 

examination approved by the director of 

the New Mexico Alcohol and Gaming 

Division. 

G. Every applicant for either a 

package license or a premises license 

shall submit with the completed license 

application a non-refundable license 

processing fee, in the amount set forth 

below: 

Package license—$5,000.00 

Premises license—$1,000.00 

In addition, each such applicant shall 

pay a fee to cover the cost of a 

background investigation, in an amount 

to be set by the Administrator from time 

to time, but which shall not exceed the 

sum of $1000.00. 

H. Upon receiving a completed 

license application together with the 

required fees, the Administrator shall 

cause a background investigation to be 

performed of the applicant, to determine 

whether the applicant is qualified to be 

licensed under the provisions of this 

Liquor Code. Upon the written 

recommendation of the Administrator 

(if requested by the applicant), the 

Tribal Council may, in its discretion, 

approve the issuance of a preliminary 

license to the applicant effective for a 

period of no more than 90 days, but 

which shall be renewable for one 

additional period of 90 days in the event 

the background investigation cannot be 

completed within the first 90-day 

period; provided, however, that in no 

event shall the issuance of a preliminary 

license, or the renewal of such license 

for an additional 90-day period, entitle 

the applicant to favorable consideration 

with respect to the application for a 

package or premises license. 

I. The Pueblo or any of its wholly 

owned commercial entities may apply 

for a package or premises license by 

submitting an application to the 

Administrator identifying the applicant, 

describing in detail the purpose of the 

license, including a detailed description 

of the proposed licensed premises, and 

including the appropriate fee as set forth 

in Paragraph G of this section. 

Sec. 108.26 Action on Application 

A. Upon making a determination that 

an applicant for a package or premises 

license satisfies the requirements of this 

chapter, the Administrator shall prepare 

a written recommendation for the 

issuance of such license, setting forth 

sufficient information about the 

applicant, the proposed business, and 

any other matters deemed relevant by 

the Administrator, to enable the Tribal 

Council to evaluate the merits of the 

license, together with any and all 

supporting data deemed suitable by the 

Administrator. The recommendation 

shall include a detailed description of 

the proposed leased premises, and any 

limitations or conditions the 

Administrator recommends be included 

in the license. The Administrator shall 

deliver the recommendation to the 

Governor, who shall place the matter on 

the agenda for the Tribal Council’s next 

regular meeting that is at least fifteen 

days after the recommendation was 

received by the Governor, and shall give 

written notice thereof to the 

Administrator and the applicant, and to 

the public. The Governor shall provide 

a complete copy of the Administrator’s 

recommendation, with all supporting 

documentation, to each member of the 

Tribal Council, by no later than ten days 

before the meeting at which the matter 

is to be heard. 

B. The Tribal Council shall take up 

the Administrator’s recommendation at 

its next regular meeting. The 

Administrator shall explain the 

application and the basis for his or her 

recommendation, and the applicant 

shall be permitted to speak in favor of 

the application. Any interested member 

of the public may also be heard on the 

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matter. The Tribal Council shall vote 

either to approve or deny the 

application, and if it votes to approve 

the license, it shall specify whether the 

Administrator’s recommendations as to 

the description of the licensed premises 

and any limitations or conditions on the 

license are accepted, rejected, or 

modified, and may add any additional 

limitations or conditions it deems 

appropriate. 

C. If the Administrator concludes that 

the applicant is not qualified for a 

license under the provisions of Section 

108.24 of this chapter, or that the 

application is otherwise not allowable 

under the provisions of this chapter, he 

or she shall give written notice to the 

applicant that the license is rejected, by 

certified mail, return receipt requested. 

The applicant may appeal that decision 

to the Tribal Council, by delivering 

written notice of such appeal to the 

office of the Governor, with a copy to 

the Administrator, within thirty days of 

the date the notice of rejection was 

received. Upon receipt of the notice of 

appeal, the Governor shall set the matter 

for hearing before the Tribal Council at 

a regular meeting that is no less than 

thirty days, but no more than forty-five 

days, from the date of receipt of the 

notice. The Governor shall send written 

notice to the applicant and the 

Administrator of the date and time the 

appeal is to be heard, and shall give 

such notice to the public. 

D. By no less than fifteen days before 

the hearing, the Administrator shall 

prepare and submit to the Governor a 

report explaining in detail the basis for 

his or her decision to reject the 

application, to which shall be attached 

the complete application submitted by 

the applicant and any additional 

information concerning the application 

obtained by the Administrator. By the 

same deadline, the applicant may 

submit to the Governor its argument in 

support of the application, together with 

such documents as the applicant deems 

relevant. The Governor shall provide 

each member of the Council with 

complete copies of both submissions by 

no less than ten days before the date of 

the hearing. 

E. At the hearing on the applicant’s 

appeal, the applicant or its 

representative shall present argument in 

favor of the application, and the 

Administrator or his or her 

representative shall present argument in 

favor of the Administrator’s decision. 

The Council may permit members of the 

public to speak. The Council shall vote 

either to uphold or reverse the 

Administrator’s decision on the 

application. If the Council votes to 

reverse the decision, and to approve the 

application, it shall further determine 

whether any limitations or conditions 

should be attached to the license. 

F. In the event the Council approves 

the issuance of a license, the 

Administrator shall issue the license 

forthwith, incorporating therein any 

limitations or conditions thereon 

approved by the Tribal Council. 

Sec. 108.27 Term; Renewal; Fee 

A. Each package or premises license 

issued hereunder shall have a term of 

one (1) year from the date of issuance, 

provided that such license shall be 

renewable for additional periods of one 

year each by any licensee who has 

complied fully with the terms and 

provisions of the license and of this 

Liquor Code during the term of the 

license, and who remains fully qualified 

to be licensed under the provisions of 

Section 108.24 of this Chapter. A 

licensee who is eligible for renewal of 

his or her license shall submit to the 

Administrator an application for 

renewal on a form specified by the 

Administrator, together with proof that 

the licensee and each person employed 

by the licensee as a server has 

successfully completed, within the past 

five years, an alcohol server education 

program and examination approved by 

the director of the New Mexico Alcohol 

and Gaming Division, and a license 

renewal fee in the amount of $500.00, 

no less than thirty (30) days prior to the 

expiration date of the license. 

B. The failure to submit a timely 

renewal application, with the required 

fee, may subject the licensee to a late 

charge of $500.00. If the renewal 

application is not submitted prior to 

expiration of the license, the 

Administrator may treat the license as 

having expired, and may require the 

licensee to file a new application in 

compliance with Section 108.25 of this 

chapter. 

C. The Administrator may, in his or 

her discretion, conduct an update on the 

applicant’s background investigation 

prior to acting on any renewal 

application, and the Administrator shall 

update such investigation prior to 

issuing a third renewal of a license since 

the last such investigation was 

performed, or if the Administrator has 

acquired information indicating that the 

applicant is not qualified for a license 

under the provisions of Section 108.24 

of this chapter. Whenever any such 

investigation is performed, the 

Administrator shall require the 

applicant to pay an additional fee to 

cover the costs of such investigation, in 

an amount to be determined by the 

Administrator but in no event in excess 

of the sum of $1000.00. 

D. The Administrator may refuse to 

approve a renewal of a license in the 

event a background investigation reveals 

facts that would disqualify the applicant 

from being licensed under this Liquor 

Code, or if the Administrator determines 

that the licensee has operated in a 

manner violative of the provisions of 

this chapter. In that event, the applicant 

shall have the right to appeal the 

Administrator’s decision to the Tribal 

Council, which appeal shall be 

governed by and conducted in 

accordance with the same requirements 

and procedures that apply an appeal of 

a denial of an original application, as set 

forth in Section 108.26 (C), (D), and (E) 

of this chapter. 

Sec. 108.28 Conditions of License 

No licensee shall have any property 

interest in any license issued under the 

provisions of this Liquor Code, and 

every such license shall be deemed to 

confer a non-transferable privilege, 

revocable by the Pueblo in accordance 

with the provisions of this Chapter. The 

continued validity of every package and 

premises license issued hereunder shall 

be dependent upon the following 

conditions: 

A. Every representation made by the 

licensee and any of its officers, 

directors, shareholders, partners or 

other persons required to submit 

information in support of the 

application, shall have been true at the 

time such information was submitted, 

and shall continue to be true, except to 

the extent the licensee advises the 

Administrator in writing of any change 

in any such information, and 

notwithstanding any such change, the 

licensee shall continue to be qualified to 

be licensed under the provisions of this 

Liquor Code. 

B. The licensee shall at all times 

conduct its business on Santa Clara 

Indian Lands in full compliance with 

the provisions of this Liquor Code and 

with the other laws of the Pueblo. 

C. The licensee shall maintain in 

force, public liability insurance covering 

the licensed premises, insuring the 

licensee and the Pueblo against any 

claims, losses or liability whatsoever for 

any acts or omissions of the licensee or 

of any business invitee on the licensed 

premises resulting in injury, loss or 

damage to any other party, with 

coverage limits of at least $1 million per 

injured person, and the Administrator 

shall at all times have written evidence 

of the continued existence of such 

policy of insurance. 

D. The licensee shall be lawfully 

entitled to engage in business within 

Santa Clara Indian Lands, and shall 

have paid all required rentals, 

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assessments, taxes, or other payments 

due the Pueblo. 

E. The business conducted on the 

licensed premises shall be conducted by 

the licensee or its employees directly, 

and shall not be conducted by any 

lessee, sublessee, assignee or other 

transferee, nor shall any license issued 

hereunder or any interest therein be 

sold, assigned, leased or otherwise 

transferred to any other person. 

F. All alcoholic beverages sold on the 

licensed premises shall have been 

obtained from a New Mexico licensed 

wholesaler. 

G. No person shall be employed by 

the licensee as a server who has not, 

within the past five years, successfully 

completed an alcohol server education 

program and examination approved by 

the director of the New Mexico Alcohol 

and Gaming Division. 

H. No licensee shall sell, serve or 

deliver any alcoholic beverage to a 

customer through a drive-up window, or 

otherwise to a customer who at the time 

of the transaction is in a motor vehicle. 

I. By having applied for and obtained 

a license hereunder, the licensee shall 

be deemed to have submitted to the 

jurisdiction of the Tribal Court of the 

Pueblo with respect to any action 

brought by the Pueblo or any of its 

agencies or offices to enforce the 

provisions of this Liquor Code or any 

other provision of tribal law, or by any 

person claiming to have suffered loss or 

damage due to any act or omission of 

the licensee in the course of the conduct 

of its business on Santa Clara Indian 

Lands. 

Sec. 108.29 Sanctions for Violation 

of License 

A. Upon determining that any person 

licensed by the Pueblo to sell alcoholic 

beverages under the provisions of the 

Liquor Code is for any reason no longer 

qualified to hold such license under the 

provisions of Section 108.24 of the 

Liquor Code, or has violated any of the 

conditions set forth in Section 108.28, 

the Administrator shall immediately 

serve written notice upon such licensee 

directing that he show cause within ten 

calendar days why his license should 

not be suspended or revoked, or a fine 

imposed, or both. The notice shall 

specify the precise grounds relied upon 

and the action proposed. 

B. If the licensee fails to respond to 

such notice within ten calendar days of 

service of such notice, the 

Administrator shall issue an order 

suspending the license for such period 

as the Administrator deems appropriate, 

or revoking the license, effective 

immediately, or imposing a fine, in such 

amount as the Administrator deems 

reasonable. The licensee may request a 

hearing on such notice, by filing a 

written response and a request for 

hearing, within the ten-day period, with 

the Administrator and with the Clerk of 

the Santa Clara Tribal Court. The 

hearing shall be held before the Tribal 

Court, no later than 30 calendar days 

after receipt of such request, unless the 

Court for good cause extends such time 

period. 

C. At the hearing, the Administrator 

shall have the burden to prove facts 

supporting the contentions set forth in 

the notice, and justifying the sanctions 

proposed in the notice. The licensee 

shall have the right to present its 

evidence in response. 

D. The Court after considering all of 

the evidence and arguments shall issue 

a written decision, within fifteen days 

after the hearing concludes, either 

upholding the proposed action of the 

Administrator, modifying such action 

by imposing some lesser penalty, or 

ruling in favor of the licensee, and such 

decision shall be final and conclusive. 

Sec. 108.30 Special Event License 

A. Any established business or any 

non-governmental organization that 

includes any member of the Pueblo, that 

has authority to conduct any activities 

within Santa Clara Indian Lands and 

that is not a licensee hereunder, may 

apply to the Administrator for a special 

event license, which shall entitle the 

applicant to distribute alcoholic 

beverages, whether or not for 

consideration, in connection with a 

bona fide special event to be held by the 

applicant within Santa Clara Indian 

Lands. Any such application must be 

filed in writing, in a form prescribed by 

the Administrator, no later than 45 

calendar days prior to the event, must 

be accompanied by a fee in the amount 

of $50.00, and must contain at least the 

following information: 

1. The nature and purpose of the 

event, the identity of the applicant and 

its relationship to the event, and a 

description of the persons who are 

invited to participate in the event, 

including their ages; 

2. The precise location within Santa 

Clara Indian Lands where the event will 

occur, and where alcoholic beverages 

will be distributed, no part of which 

shall be within the Prohibited Zone; 

3. The exact days and times during 

which the event will occur (provided, 

that in no event shall any license be in 

effect for a period exceeding 72 hours, 

from the beginning of the first day of the 

event until the end of the last day); 

4. The nature of any food and 

beverages to be distributed, and the 

manner in which such distribution shall 

occur; 

5. Details of all provisions made by 

the applicant for sanitation, security and 

other measures to protect the health and 

welfare of participants at the event; 

6. Certification that the event will be 

covered by a policy of public liability 

insurance as described in Section 

108.28 (C) of this Liquor Code, that 

includes the Pueblo as a co-insured. 

7. Any other information required by 

the Administrator relative to the event. 

B. The Administrator shall review the 

application, and shall prepare a written 

recommendation as to whether the 

application should be approved or 

denied, and whether it should be 

conditioned or limited in any respect, 

by no later than ten days following 

receipt of the complete application, 

which recommendation, together with 

any supporting documents, shall be 

delivered to the office of the Governor. 

C. The Governor shall place the 

application on the agenda of the next 

regular Tribal Council meeting that is at 

least fifteen days after the 

Administrator’s recommendation is 

received, and shall give written notice 

of the date and time of such meeting to 

the applicant and the Administrator. 

The Governor shall provide complete 

copies of the Administrator’s 

recommendation to each member of the 

Council by no later than ten days before 

the meeting. The Tribal Council shall 

hear presentations from the applicant 

and the administrator on the 

application, and shall vote to approve or 

reject the application. If the Council 

votes to approve the application, it shall 

also decide whether the license should 

be conditioned or limited in any 

fashion. If the application is approved, 

the Administrator shall issue the 

license, including any conditions or 

limitations approved by the Council, 

and specifying the hours during which 

and the premises within which sales, 

distribution and consumption of 

alcoholic beverages may occur. 

D. Alcoholic beverages may be sold or 

distributed pursuant to a special event 

license only at the location and during 

the hours specified in such license, in 

connection with the special event, only 

to participants in such special event, 

and only for consumption on the 

premises described in the license. Such 

sales or distribution must comply with 

any conditions imposed by the license, 

and with all other applicable provisions 

of this Liquor Code. All such alcoholic 

beverages must have been obtained from 

a New Mexico licensed wholesaler or 

retailer. 

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Sec. 108.31 Display of License 

Every person licensed by the Pueblo 

to sell alcoholic beverages within Santa 

Clara Indian Lands shall prominently 

display the license on the licensed 

premises during hours of operation. 

Sec. 108.32 Alcoholism Treatment 

Tax 

There is hereby imposed a tax, that is 

in addition to any other applicable tax, 

in the amount of two percent of the 

gross receipts of each licensee from 

sales of alcoholic beverages, which shall 

be paid monthly by each licensee to the 

Administrator. The proceeds of this tax 

shall be maintained by the 

Administrator in a special fund, which 

shall be utilized solely to fund programs 

for the prevention and treatment of 

alcoholism and related problems, as 

determined from time to time by the 

Tribal Council. The Administrator may, 

by the issuance of appropriate 

regulations, establish procedures for the 

enforcement of this Section. 

Subchapter 4: Offenses 

Sec. 108.33 Purchase From or Sale 

to Unauthorized Persons 

Within Santa Clara Indian Lands, no 

person shall purchase any alcoholic 

beverage at retail except from a person 

licensed by the Pueblo under the 

provisions of this title; no person except 

a person licensed by the Pueblo under 

the provisions of this title shall sell any 

alcoholic beverage at retail; nor shall 

any person sell any alcoholic beverage 

for resale within Santa Clara Indian 

Lands to any person other than a person 

properly licensed by the Pueblo under 

the provisions of this chapter. 

Sec. 108.34 Sale to Minors 

A. No person shall sell or provide any 

alcoholic beverage to any person under 

the age of 21 years. 

B. It shall be a defense to an alleged 

violation of this Section that the 

purchaser presented to the seller an 

apparently valid identification 

document showing the purchaser’s age 

to be 21 years or older, and that the 

seller had no actual or constructive 

knowledge of the falsity of the 

identification document and relied in 

good faith on its apparent validity. 

Sec. 108.35 Purchase by Minor 

No person under the age of 21 years 

shall purchase, attempt to purchase or 

possess any alcoholic beverage. 

Sec. 108.36 Sale to Person Under 

the Influence of Alcohol 

No person shall sell any alcoholic 

beverage to a person who the seller has 

reason to believe is under the influence 

of alcohol or who the seller has reason 

to believe intends to provide such 

alcoholic beverage to a person under the 

influence of alcohol. 

Sec. 108.37 Purchase by Person 

Under the Influence of Alcohol 

No person under the influence of 

alcohol shall purchase any alcoholic 

beverage. 

Sec. 108.38 Bringing Liquor Onto 

Licensed Premises 

No person shall bring any alcoholic 

beverage for personal consumption onto 

any premises within Santa Clara Indian 

Lands where liquor is authorized to be 

sold by the drink, unless such beverage 

was purchased on such premises, or 

unless the possession or distribution of 

such beverages on such premises is 

otherwise licensed under the provisions 

of this Liquor Code. 

Sec. 108.39 Use of False or Altered 

Identification 

No person shall purchase or attempt 

to purchase any alcoholic beverage by 

the use of any false or altered 

identification document that falsely 

purports to show the individual to be 21 

years of age or older. 

Sec. 108.40 Penalties 

A. Any person convicted of 

committing any violation of this Chapter 

shall be subject to punishment of up to 

one (1) year imprisonment or a fine not 

to exceed Five Thousand Dollars 

($5,000.00), or to both such 

imprisonment and fine. 

B. Any person not a member of a 

federally recognized Indian tribe, upon 

committing any violation of any 

provision of this Chapter, may be 

subject to a civil action for trespass, and 

upon having been determined by the 

court to have committed the alleged 

violation, shall be found to have 

trespassed upon the Lands of the 

Pueblo, and shall be assessed such 

damages as the court deems appropriate 

in the circumstances. 

C. Any person suspected of having 

violated any provision of this Chapter 

shall, in addition to any other penalty 

imposed hereunder, be required to 

surrender any alcoholic beverages in 

such person’s possession to the officer 

making the arrest or issuing the 

complaint. 

Sec. 108.41 Jurisdiction 

Any and all actions, whether civil or 

criminal, pertaining to alleged 

violations of this title, or seeking any 

relief against the Pueblo or any officer 

or employee of the Pueblo with respect 

to any matter addressed by this Liquor 

Code, shall be brought in the Tribal 

Court of the Pueblo, which court shall 

have exclusive jurisdiction thereof. 

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BILLING CODE 4337–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2015–0068] 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

on the Liberty Development and 

Production Plan in the Beaufort Sea 

Planning Area; MMAA104000 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of a Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM) is announcing the 

availability of a Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) for the Liberty 

Development and Production Plan 

(DPP) in the Beaufort Sea Planning 

Area. The Draft EIS analyzes the 

potential environmental impacts of the 

proposed action described in the Liberty 

DPP and reasonable alternatives to the 

proposed action. This Notice of 

Availability announces the start of the 

public review and comment period, as 

well as the dates and locations of public 

hearings on the Draft EIS. After BOEM 

holds the public hearings and reviews 

comments on the Draft EIS, BOEM will 

prepare a Final EIS. 

DATES: Comments on the Draft EIS may 

be submitted through November 16, 

2017. Public hearings on the Draft EIS 

are scheduled for: 

1. Monday, October 2, 2017, 7 p.m. to 

10 p.m., Nuiqsut, Alaska. 

2. Tuesday, October 3, 2017, 7 p.m. to 

10 p.m., Fairbanks, Alaska. 

3. Wednesday, October 4, 2017, 7 p.m. 

to 10 p.m., Kaktovik, Alaska. 

4. Thursday, October 5, 2017, 7 p.m. 

to 10 p.m., Utqiagvik (Barrow), Alaska. 

5. Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 7 p.m. 

to 10 p.m., Anchorage, Alaska. 

ADDRESSES: The Draft EIS, Liberty DPP, 

and associated information are available 

on the BOEM Web site at https://

www.boem.gov/Hilcorp-Liberty/ or by 

calling the Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Alaska OCS Region, at 

(907) 334–5200 as described in 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. The public 

hearings will be held at the following 

locations: 

1. Nuiqsut, AK—Kisik Community 

Center, 2230 2nd Avenue. 

2. Fairbanks AK—Westmark Hotel & 

Convention Center, 813 Noble Street. 

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