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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 160 / Monday, August 23, 2021 / Notices public comment period soliciting comments on this collection of information 86 FR 17634. We received no comments in response to that notice.
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 OSOEPC; 2 will this information be processed and used in a timely manner;
3 is the estimate of burden accurate;
4 how might the OSOEPC enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and 5 how might the OSOEPC 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 commentincluding your personal identifying informationmay 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 OMB regulations at 5
CFR part 1320, which implement the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq., require that interested members of the public and affected agencies have an opportunity to comment on information collection and recordkeeping activities see 5 CFR
1320.8 d.
On November 23, 2016, the Departments of Agriculture, the Interior, and Commerce published a final rule on the March 31, 2015 revised interim final rule to the interim rule originally published in November 2005 at 7 CFR
part 1, 43 CFR part 45, and 50 CFR part 221, to implement section 241 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 EP Act, Public Law 10958, enacted on August 8, 2005. Section 241 of the EP Act added a new section 33 to the Federal Power Act FPA, 16 U.S.C. 823d, that allowed the license applicant or any other party to the license proceeding to propose an alternative to a condition or prescription that one or more of the Departments develop for inclusion in a hydropower license issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FERC under the FPA. This provision required that the Department of Agriculture, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Commerce collect the information covered by 10940001.

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Under FPA section 33, the Secretary of the Department involved must accept the proposed alternative if the Secretary determines, based on substantial evidence provided by a party to the license proceeding or otherwise available to the Secretary, a that the alternative condition provides for the adequate protection and utilization of the reservation, or that the alternative prescription will be no less protective than the fishway initially proposed by the Secretary, and b that the alternative will either cost significantly less to implement or result in improved operation of the project works for electricity production.
In order to make this determination, the regulations require that all of the following information be collected: 1
A description of the alternative, in an equivalent level of detail to the Departments preliminary condition or prescription; 2 an explanation of how the alternative: i If a condition, will provide for the adequate protection and utilization of the reservation; or ii if a prescription, will be no less protective than the fishway prescribed by the bureau; 3 an explanation of how the alternative, as compared to the preliminary condition or prescription, will: i Cost significantly less to implement; or ii result in improved operation of the project works for electricity production; 4 an explanation of how the alternative or revised alternative will affect: i Energy supply, distribution, cost, and use; ii flood control; iii navigation; iv water supply; v air quality; and vi other aspects of environmental quality; and 5 specific citations to any scientific studies, literature, and other documented information relied on to support the proposal.
This notice of proposed renewal of an existing information collection is being published by the Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, Department of the Interior, on behalf of all three Departments, and the data provided below covers anticipated responses alternative conditions/
prescriptions and associated information for all three Departments.
Title of Collection: 7 CFR part 1; 43
CFR part 45; 50 CFR part 221; The Alternatives Process in Hydropower Licensing.
OMB Control Number: 10940001.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public:
Business or for-profit entities.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Respondents: 5.

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Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 5.
Estimated Completion Time per Response: 500 hours.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 2,500 hours.
Respondents Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Once per alternative proposed.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden Cost: None.
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..
Stephen G. Tryon, Director, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management DOIBLMNVW01020200030EIS;
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Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Gold Acquisition CorporationRelief Canyon Gold MineMine Expansion Amendment, Pershing County, NV
Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended, and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of Land Management BLM Humboldt River Field Office, Winnemucca, Nevada has prepared the Relief Canyon Mine Final Environmental Impact Statement EIS
for the proposed expansion to the Relief Canyon gold mining operation in Pershing County, Nevada, and by this notice announces the availability of the Final EIS.
DATES: The BLM will not issue a final decision on the proposal for a minimum of 30-days after the Environmental Protection Agency publishes its notice of availability of the Gold Acquisition CorporationRelief Canyon Gold MineMine Expansion Amendment Final EIS DOIBLMNVW0102020
0030EIS in the Federal Register.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Relief Canyon Mine Plan Expansion and the Final EIS
SUMMARY:

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