42702 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 174 / Monday, September 11, 2017 / Notices 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian 

Education (BIE) is announcing a public 

meeting of the Advisory Board for 

Exceptional Children (Advisory Board). 

The purpose of the meeting is to meet 

the mandates of the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act of 2004 

(IDEA) for Indian children with 

disabilities. 

DATES: Orientation training will be 

conducted for new Advisory Board 

members on Wednesday, September 20, 

2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Mountain Time. Thereafter, on 

Thursday, September 21, 2017, and 

Friday, September 22, 2017, all 

Advisory Board members will meet insession from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Mountain Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the 1011 Indian School Rd. NW., Room 

240, Albuquerque, NM 87104; telephone 

number (952) 851–5423. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Jennifer Davis, Designated Federal 

Officer, Bureau of Indian Education, 

2600 North Central Avenue, Suite 800, 

Phoenix, Arizona 85004, telephone 

number (505) 259–4731. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, the BIE is announcing 

that the Advisory Board will hold its 

next meeting in Albuquerque, New 

Mexico. The Advisory Board was 

established under the Individuals with 

Disabilities Act of 2004 (20 U.S.C. 1400 

et seq.) to advise the Secretary of the 

Interior, through the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs, on the needs 

of Indian children with disabilities. The 

meetings are open to the public. 

The following items will be on the 

agenda: 

• Introduction of Advisory Board 

members 

• Report from Tony Dearman, Director, 

BIE Director’s Office 

• Report from Dr. Jeffrey Hamley 

Associate Deputy Director, BIE, 

Division of Performance and 

Accountability (DPA) 

• Report from Donald Griffin, 

Supervisory Education Specialist, 

BIE, DPA/Special Education 

• Board work on Priorities for 2017 

• Public Comment (via conference call, 

Friday, September 22nd meeting 

only*). 

• BIE Advisory Board—Advice and 

Recommendations 

Æ *During the September 22, 2017, 

meeting, time has been set aside for 

public comment via conference call 

from 11:30–12:00 p.m. Mountain 

Time. The call-in information is: 

Conference Number 1–888–417–0376, 

Passcode 1509140 

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: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 5; 20 U.S.C. 

1400 et seq. 

Dated: August 29, 2017. 

Michael S. Black, 

Acting Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19110 Filed 9–8–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4337–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLMT921000–17X–L51100000.GA0000– 

LVEME17CE530; NDM 107039; MO 

#4500107901] 

Competitive Coal Lease Sale, North 

Dakota 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of coal lease sale. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the coal resources in the lands described 

below in McLean County, North Dakota, 

will be offered for competitive lease by 

sealed bid in accordance with the 

provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 

1920, as amended. 

DATES: The lease sale will be held at 11 

a.m. on October 17, 2017. Sealed bids 

must be submitted on or before 10 a.m. 

on October 17, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: The lease sale will be held 

in the 920 Conference Room of the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

Montana-Dakotas State Office, 5001 

Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana 

59101–4669. The Detailed Statement of 

Lease Sale, the proposed coal lease, and 

Casefile NDM 107039 are available at 

this address. Sealed bids must be 

submitted to the Cashier, BLM MontanaDakotas State Office, at this same 

address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg 

Fesko by telephone at 406–896–5080 or 

by email at gfesko@blm.gov; or Connie 

Schaff by telephone at 406–896–5060 or 

by email at cschaff@blm.gov. Persons 

who use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

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

to contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This sale 

is being held in response to a Lease by 

Application (LBA) filed by the Falkirk 

Mining Company. The Federal coal 

resource to be offered consists of the 

Federal 50 percent interest in the 

mineable lignite coal in the following 

described lands: 

T 146 N., R. 82 W., 5th P.M. 

Sec. 10: E1⁄2. 

The 320-acre tract, located in McLean 

County, North Dakota, contains an 

estimated 2.2 million tons of Federal inplace coal resources. The tract contains 

two mineable coal beds, the Hagel A 

and Hagel B beds. The Hagel A bed 

averages 7.6 feet in thickness with an 

average overburden depth of 89 feet, 

and the Hagel B bed averages 3.7 feet in 

thickness with an average interburden 

thickness of 36 feet. The coal quality for 

the Hagel A and Hagel B beds combined 

averages 6,320 BTU’s per pound in 

heating value, 7.7 percent ash, and 0.59 

percent sulfur content. 

The tract will be leased to the 

qualified bidder of the highest cash 

amount, provided that the high bid 

meets or exceeds the BLM’s estimate of 

the fair-market value of the tract. The 

minimum bid for the tract is $100 per 

acre or fraction thereof. The minimum 

bid is not intended to represent fair 

market value. The fair-market value will 

be determined by the authorized officer 

after the sale. 

The sealed bids should be sent by 

certified mail, return-receipt requested, 

or be hand delivered to the Cashier, 

BLM Montana-Dakotas State Office, at 

the address given above and clearly 

marked ‘‘Sealed Bid for NDM 107039 

Coal Sale—Not to be opened before 11 

a.m. October 17, 2017.’’ The cashier will 

issue a receipt for each hand-delivered 

bid. Bids received after 10 a.m. will not 

be considered. If identical high bids are 

received, the tying high bidders will be 

requested to submit follow-up sealed 

bids until a high bid is received. All tiebreaking sealed bids must be submitted 

within 15 minutes following the sale 

official’s announcement at the sale that 

identical high bids have been received. 

Prior to lease issuance, the high bidder, 

if other than the applicant, must pay to 

the BLM the cost-recovery fees in the 

amount of $121,806 in addition to all 

processing costs the BLM incurs after 


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the date of this sale notice (43 CFR 

3473.2). 

A lease issued as a result of this 

offering will provide for payment of an 

annual rental of $3 per acre, or fraction 

thereof, and a royalty payable to the 

United States of 12.5 percent of the 

value of coal mined by surface methods 

and 8 percent of the value of coal mined 

by underground methods. Bidding 

instructions for the tract offered and the 

terms and conditions of the proposed 

coal lease are included in the Detailed 

Statement of Lease Sale. Copies of the 

statement and the proposed coal lease 

are available at the Montana-Dakotas 

State Office. Casefile NDM 107039 is 

also available for public inspection at 

the Montana-Dakotas State Office. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 3422.3–2) 

Richard M. Hotaling, 

Acting Associate State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2017–19179 Filed 9–8–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–PWR–PWRO–23152; PPPWGOGAP0 

PPMPSAS1Z.YP0000] 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

for Vista Grande Drainage Basin 

Improvement Project, Golden Gate 

National Recreation Area, San 

Francisco and San Mateo Counties, 

California 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) announces the availability of the 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(Final EIS) for the proposed Vista 

Grande Drainage Basin Project (Project), 

prepared in cooperation with the City of 

Daly City (Daly City). The Final EIS 

incorporates the Final Environmental 

Impact Report (EIR) prepared by Daly 

City. Daly City is seeking a Special Use 

Permit from the NPS for construction 

activities proposed at Fort Funston, a 

possible Right of Way approval for 

outfall-related infrastructure on the 

beach below Fort Funston, and 

modernization of an existing easement 

to clarify the rights and obligations of 

the parties with regard to proposed 

structures within Fort Funston. 

DATES: The NPS will execute a Record 

of Decision no sooner than 30 days after 

the date of publication by the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

of the notice of filing and availability of 

the Final EIS in the Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Please contact Steve Ortega at the 

Golden Gate National Recreation Area 

(GGNRA) Planning Division at (415) 

561–4930 or goga_planning@nps.gov. 

ADDRESSES: An electronic copy of the 

Final EIS is available on the project Web 

site (http://parkplanning.nps.gov/Vista_

Grande). A limited number of printed 

copies of the Final EIS are available for 

public inspection, and may be requested 

by contacting the GGNRA Planning 

Division as noted above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose and need for the Project is to 

alleviate flooding in the Vista Grande 

Drainage Basin and Canal and provide 

a sustainable source of water for 

management of Lake Merced water 

levels and quality, and to ensure that 

the portion of the Project within 

federally managed lands, if authorized, 

is constructed, operated, and 

maintained in a manner that is 

consistent with the protection and 

enhancement of resources, values, and 

uses of lands and waters under federal 

jurisdiction. NPS’s objectives for the 

Project include the following: (1) Avoid, 

minimize, or mitigate environmental 

impacts to Park natural and cultural 

resources; (2) during construction, 

ensure the health and safety of park 

visitors and staff, maintain access to and 

through Fort Funston, and minimize 

impacts to the visitor experience; (3) 

permanently improve public access 

along the beach; and (4) minimize 

impacts on park assets and sustain or 

restore all park assets (e.g., facilities, 

features, grounds) to pre-construction or 

better conditions. 

Range of Alternatives: The Project 

would address storm-related flooding in 

the Vista Grande Drainage Basin, while 

providing the additional benefit of 

augmenting the level of Lake Merced. 

The project would also improve 

recreational access and reduce litter 

transfer and deposition along the beach 

below Fort Funston and maximize the 

use of existing rights-of-way, easements, 

and infrastructure to minimize 

construction-related costs, habitat 

disturbance, and disruption to 

recreational users. The Final EIS 

describes and analyzes the following 

four alternatives: 

No Project/No Action Alternative 

would result in no construction of the 

physical components of the proposed 

Project, and none of the proposed 

operational changes to stormwater 

routing or Lake Merced water 

management would be made. The NPS 

would not grant the Special Use Permit 

or amend the existing easement, and no 

construction could occur within NPSmanaged lands. Annual Canal sediment 

removal activities would continue, as 

well as as-needed maintenance 

activities. Because Canal and Tunnel 

capacity would not be improved, 

occasional flooding of the Canal and 

associated flooding of John Muir Drive 

into Lake Merced and in local 

neighborhoods would continue. This 

alternative serves as the environmental 

baseline from which potential effects of 

the ‘‘action’’ alternatives were 

compared. 

Proposed Project, identified as the 

NPS preferred alternative, would consist 

of the following: (1) Improvements 

within the Vista Grande Basin storm 

drain system upstream of the Vista 

Grande Canal; (2) Partial replacement of 

the existing Vista Grande Canal to 

incorporate a gross solid screening 

device, an approximately 2.6-acre 

constructed treatment wetland, and 

diversion and discharge structures to 

route some stormwater (and authorized 

non-stormwater) flows from the Vista 

Grande Canal to Lake Merced and to 

allow lake water to be used for summer 

treatment wetland maintenance; (3) 

Modification of the existing effluent 

gravity pipeline so that it may be used 

year round to convey treated effluent 

from the nearby North San Mateo 

County Sanitation District Wastewater 

Treatment Plant to the existing outlet 

and diffuser by gravity, and abandoning 

the force main pipeline; (4) 

Modification of the existing lake 

overflow structure to include an 

adjustable weir and siphon that allows 

water from the lake to flow into the 

Canal and Tunnel; (5) Replacement of 

the existing Vista Grande Tunnel to 

expand its hydraulic capacity and 

extend its operating lifetime and 

replacement of the Lake Merced Portal 

to the Tunnel; and (6) Replacement of 

the existing Ocean Outlet structure and 

a portion of the existing 33-inch 

submarine outfall pipeline that crosses 

the beach at Fort Funston. 

Tunnel Alignment Alternative would 

include the construction of a 

replacement tunnel south of the existing 

Tunnel. The new tunnel would run 

from a new east portal at the Canal to 

a new or rehabilitated Ocean Outlet 

structure at Fort Funston. The Tunnel 

would run beneath the Olympic Club, 

Highway 35, and the GGNRA lands. 

This alternative could be paired with 

either the proposed Canal 

improvements or the Canal 

Configuration Alternative. 

Canal Configuration Alternative 

would not construct the box culvert 

replacing the first 1,500 feet of the 

Canal; rather, the diversion structure 

described for the proposed Project 


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