45606 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 188 / Friday, September 29, 2017 / Notices 

information was published on July 26, 

2017 (82 FR 34686). 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 Division of Economic 

Development (DED), within the Office of 

Indian Energy and Economic 

Development (IEED), established the 

Native American Business Development 

Institute (NABDI) to provide technical 

assistance funding to federally 

recognized American Indian Tribes 

seeking to retain universities and 

colleges, private consulting firms, nonacademic/non-profit entities, or others 

to prepare studies of economic 

development opportunities or plans. 

These studies and plans will empower 

American Indian Tribes and Tribal 

businesses to make informed decisions 

regarding their economic futures. 

Studies may concern the viability of an 

economic development project or 

business or the practicality of a 

technology a Tribe may choose to 

pursue. The DED will specifically 

exclude from consideration proposals 

for research and development projects, 

requests for funding of salaries for 

Tribal government personnel, funding to 

pay legal fees, and requests for funding 

for the purchase or lease of structures, 

machinery, hardware or other capital 

items. Plans may encompass future 

periods of five years or more and 

include one or more economic 

development factors including but not 

limited to land and retail use, industrial 

development, tourism, energy, resource 

development and transportation. 

This is an annual program whose 

primary objective is to create jobs and 

foster economic activity within Tribal 

communities. The DED will administer 

the program within IEED; and studies 

and plans as described herein will be 

sole discretionary projects DED will 

consider or fund absent a competitive 

bidding process. When funding is 

available, DED will solicit proposals for 

studies and plans. To receive these 

funds, Tribes may use the contracting 

mechanism established by Public Law 

93–638, the Indian Self-Determination 

Act or may obtain adjustments to their 

funding from the Office of SelfGovernance. See 25 U.S.C. 450 et seq. 

Interested applicants must submit a 

Tribal resolution requesting funding, a 

statement of work describing the project 

for which the study is requested or the 

scope of the plan envisioned, the 

identity of the academic institution or 

other entity the applicant wishes to 

retain (if known) and a budget 

indicating the funding amount 

requested and how it will be spent. The 

DED expressly retains the authority to 

reduce or otherwise modify proposed 

budgets and funding amounts. 

Applications for funding will be 

juried and evaluated on the basis of a 

proposed project’s potential to generate 

jobs and economic activity on the 

reservation. 

Title of Collection: Native American 

Business Development Institute 

(NABDI) Funding Solicitations and 

Reporting. 

OMB Control Number: 1076–0178. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Indian 

Tribes with trust or restricted land. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 20 applicants per year; 20 

project participants each year, on 

average. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 40. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 50 hours per application; 1.5 

hours per progress report. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 1,030 hours (1,000 for 

applications and 30 for final reports). 

Respondent’s Obligation: Response is 

required to obtain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: Once per 

year for applications and final report. 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20932 Filed 9–28–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4337–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLWYR02000 L14400000.ER0000.17X, 

WYW–166003] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Leavitt Reservoir Expansion 

Project, Big Horn County, Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (NEPA), and the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of 1976, as 

amended (FLPMA), the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM), through the Cody 

Field Office, Cody, Wyoming, intends to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for the proposed Leavitt 

Reservoir Expansion Project (Project) in 

Big Horn County, Wyoming. The BLM is 

announcing the beginning of the 

scoping process to solicit public 

comments and identify issues. 

DATES: Comments may be submitted in 

writing until November 13, 2017. In 

order to be included in the analysis, all 

comments must be received prior to the 

close of the 45-day scoping period or 15 

days after the last public meeting, 

whichever is later. The BLM will 

provide additional opportunities for 

public participation as appropriate. The 

dates and locations of any scoping 

meetings will be announced at least 15 

days in advance through the local news 

media, newspapers, and the BLM 

ePlanning Web site at: http://bit.ly/ 

Leavitt_Reservoir_EIS_2bcgpgW. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments by any of the following 

methods: 

• Email: blm_wy_cody_comments@

blm.gov. 

• Fax: 307–578–5939. 

• Mail: NEPA Coordinator, BLM Cody 

Field Office, 1002 Blackburn Street, 

Cody, Wyoming 82414. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

are available for public review at the 

BLM Cody Field Office and on the BLM 

ePlanning Web site at: http://bit.ly/ 

Leavitt_Reservoir_EIS_2bcgpgW. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bradley Johnson, Planning & 

Environmental Coordinator, telephone: 

307–578–5928; address: 1002 Blackburn 

Street, Cody, Wyoming 82414; email: 

bbjohnson@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 Mr. Johnson 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. You may 

call either of these numbers to have 

your name added to the project mailing 

list. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

Notice initiates the public scoping 

process for the EIS. The BLM intends to 

prepare an EIS to support the decision 

making for the proposed Project and 

conduct a public scoping period to seek 

input on the preliminary issues 

identified regarding this proposal. The 

Wyoming Water Development 

Commission proposes to enlarge the 

water storage capacity of Leavitt 

Reservoir to a total capacity of 6,604 

acre feet for the purposes of multiple 

use that include late season irrigation, 

flood attenuation and recreation. A 1.5- 

mile sub-surface pipeline from Beaver 

Creek will divert water to the reservoir 

inlet via a 42-inch diameter pipeline 

across private lands. A permanent subsurface transfer pipeline, approximately 

three miles long, is proposed 

downstream in the Beaver Creek 

drainage to efficiently convey reservoir 

release water to irrigation 

infrastructure.The proposal area is 

between the towns of Greybull and 

Shell, Wyoming, in the Sixth Principal 

Meridian, Wyoming, T. 54 N., R. 92 W., 

sec. 13, NW1/4SW1/4 and SW1/4SW1/ 

4; sec. 14, NE1/4SE1/4 and SE1/4SE1/4; 

sec. 23, NE1/4NE1/4 and SE1/4NE1/4; 

sec. 24, lots 3 and 4, SW1/4NW1/4, SE1/ 

4NW1/4, NW1/4SW1/4, NE1/4SW1/4, 

and SW1/4SE1/4. 

Preliminary issues include: Potential 

impacts to wetlands and cultural sites 

(properties), ground and surface waters, 

mineral development, wildlife habitat, 

and the county road right-of-way. The 

BLM will identify, analyze, and require 

mitigation, as appropriate, to address 

the reasonably foreseeable impacts to 

resources from the approval of this 

Project. Mitigation may include 

avoidance, minimization, rectification, 

reduction or elimination over time, and 

compensatory mitigation; and may be 

considered at multiple scales, including 

the landscape-scale. 

The BLM seeks resource information 

and data for public land values (e.g., air 

quality, cultural and historic resources, 

fire/fuels, fisheries, forestry, lands and 

realty, non-energy minerals and geology, 

oil and gas, paleontology, rangeland 

management, recreation, soil, water, and 

wildlife) in the project area. As 

proposed, approximately 48 percent of 

the project area would take place on 

BLM-managed public lands. The 

proposed dam and nearly the entirety of 

the expanded reservoir would reside on 

BLM lands. The proposed pipeline and 

borrow areas both cross or take place 

nearly in their entirety on private lands. 

The purpose of this request is to ensure 

that the project analysis has sufficient 

information and data to consider a 

reasonable range of resource uses, 

management options, and alternatives 

for managing public lands. 

Please submit information to the Cody 

Field Manager at the address above. The 

BLM will treat proprietary information 

submissions marked as ‘‘Confidential’’ 

in accordance with the laws and 

regulations governing the 

confidentiality of such information. To 

provide the public with an opportunity 

to review the proposal and associated 

information, as well as any proposed 

plan amendments, the BLM will host 

meetings before October 30, 2017. The 

BLM will notify the public of meetings 

and any other opportunities for the 

public to be involved in the process for 

this proposal at least 15 days prior to 

the event. Meeting dates, locations and 

times will be announced by a news 

release to the media, individual 

emailings, and postings on the project 

Web site. The purpose of the public 

scoping process is to determine relevant 

issues that will influence the scope of 

the environmental analysis, including 

alternatives, and guide the process for 

developing the EIS. 

The BLM will use and coordinate the 

NEPA commenting process to help 

fulfill the public involvement process 

under Section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) (54 

U.S.C. 306108), as provided for in 36 

CFR 800.2(d)(3). The information about 

historic and cultural resources in the 

area potentially affected by the proposal 

will assist the lead agency in identifying 

and evaluating impacts to such 

resources in the context of both NEPA 

and Section 106 of the NHPA. Native 

American tribal consultations will be 

conducted in accordance with policy, 

and tribal concerns will be given due 

consideration. Federal, state and local 

agencies, along with other stakeholders 

that may be interested or affected by the 

BLM’s decisions on this proposal, are 

invited to participate in the scoping 

process and, if eligible, may request or 

be requested by the BLM to participate 

as a cooperating agency. 

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 may 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: 40 CFR 1501.7. 

Mary Jo Rugwell, 

BLM Wyoming State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21140 Filed 9–28–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2017–0059; 

MMAA104000] 

Record of Decision for the Cape Wind 

Energy Project 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of a 

Record of Decision. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM) is announcing the 

availability of a Record of Decision 

(ROD) for the Cape Wind Energy Project 

Final Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement (SEIS) in this Notice 

of Availability (NOA). The SEIS was 

prepared in response to a 2016 remand 

order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for 

the District of Columbia Circuit in 

Public Employees for Environmental 

Responsibility v. Hopper, 827 F.3d 1077 

(D.C. Cir. 2016), in which the Court 

vacated the 2009 Cape Wind Energy 

Project Final Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) and ordered BOEM to 

supplement the EIS with adequate 

geological surveys before Cape Wind 

Associates LLC (Cape Wind) may begin 

construction. The SEIS presented two 

alternatives: The Proposed Action 

(affirming BOEM’s issuance of the 

existing lease) and the No Action 

Alternative (requiring BOEM to rescind 

lease issuance). BOEM has decided to 

select the Proposed Action Alternative. 

ADDRESSES: The ROD and associated 

information are available on BOEM’s 

Web site at https://www.boem.gov/ 

Massachusetts-Cape-Wind/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information on the ROD, you may 


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