Notice2022-01118
Review and Comment of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Tribal Consultation Policy and Procedures: Extension of Public Comment Period
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Published
January 21, 2022
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Commerce Department
Abstract
NOAA is extending the public comment period associated with its request for information (RFI) on its policies and guidance documents for government-to-government consultation with federally recognized Indian Tribes. The RFI was published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, November 24, 2021. The public comment period on the RFI was originally scheduled to end January 24, 2022. NOAA is extending that comment period by 30 days and will now consider comments received through February 24, 2022.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 14 (Friday, January 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3280-3281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01118]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[RTID 0648-XB398]
Review and Comment of National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Tribal Consultation Policy and Procedures: Extension of
Public Comment Period
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; extension of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: NOAA is extending the public comment period associated with
its request for information (RFI) on its policies and guidance
documents for government-to-government consultation with federally
recognized Indian Tribes. The RFI was published in the Federal Register
on Wednesday, November 24, 2021. The public comment period on the RFI
was originally scheduled to end January 24, 2022. NOAA is extending
that comment period by 30 days and will now consider comments received
through February 24, 2022.
DATES: The deadline for receipt of comments on the RFI published on
November 24, 2021 (83 FR 26009), is extended by 30 days to February 24,
2022.
ADDRESSES: Responses should be submitted via email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#28404d495c404d5a065b494f495a6846474949064f475e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="85ede0e4f1ede0f7abf6e4e2e4f7c5ebeae4e4abe2eaf3">[email protected]</span></a>. Include ``NOAA Tribal Consultation Policy'' in
the subject line of the message.
Instructions: Response to this request for information (RFI) is
voluntary. Email attachments will be accepted in plain text, Microsoft
Word, or Adobe PDF formats only. Each individual or institution is
requested to submit only one response. NOAA may post responses to this
RFI, without change, on a Federal website. It is, therefore, requested
that no business proprietary information, copyrighted information, or
personally identifiable information be submitted in response to this
RFI. Please note that the U.S. Government will not pay for response
preparation, or for the use of any information contained in the
response.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Sagar, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f373a3e2b373a2d712c3e383e2d1f31303e3e71383029"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d4bcb1b5a0bcb1a6faa7b5b3b5a694babbb5b5fab3bba2">[email protected]</span></a>,
(301) 427-8019.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Wednesday, November 24, 2021, NOAA
published an RFI seeking comments from Tribal Nations, Tribal
officials, members of the public, and other interested parties to help
identify appropriate updates or revisions to the following NOAA
policies and guidance documents, which facilitate NOAA's implementation
of E.O. 13175: (1) Tribal Consultation Handbook titled NOAA Procedures
for Government-to-Government Consultation With Federally Recognized
Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations (2013); (2) NOAA
Administrative Order 218-8 titled Policy on Government-to-Government
Consultation with Federally Recognized Indian Tribes and Alaska Native
Corporations (Reaffirmed in 2018); and (3) a traditional ecological
knowledge (TEK) guidance currently titled NOAA Fisheries and National
Ocean Service Guidance and Best Practices for Engaging and
Incorporating Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Decision-Making
(2019). NOAA proposes revisions to its Tribal Consultation Handbook to
reflect lessons learned and improved practices to better facilitate
meaningful and effective tribal consultations. NOAA also proposes minor
revisions to Administrative Order 218-8 to reflect necessary updates
since its issuance in 2014. We are also seeking comments on the
existing TEK Guidance, which has not been previously made available for
public comment. Though the TEK Guidance is only currently implemented
by NOAA Fisheries and the National Ocean Service, NOAA is now extending
the applicability of the TEK Guidance to all NOAA Offices. NOAA is
interested in whether updates or revisions are appropriate for this TEK
Guidance, including terminology. Updates or revisions to NOAA's Tribal
Consultation Handbook, Administrative Order, and TEK Guidance will be
informed by the input we receive from federally recognized Indian
Tribes, the public, and other interested parties.
NOAA has decided to extend the public comment period on the RFI by
30 days to Thursday, February 24, 2022, to allow opportunity for the
public to continue to provide information on these important documents.
All three documents can be viewed at this NOAA website: <a href="https://www.noaa.gov/legislative-and-intergovernmental-affairs/noaa-tribal-resources-updates">https://www.noaa.gov/legislative-and-intergovernmental-affairs/noaa-tribal-resources-updates</a>.
Dated: January 14, 2022.
Richard W. Spinrad,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA
Administrator.
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