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opportunities be managed while 

protecting bears and their habitats. 

This draft conservation plan identifies 

and evaluates four alternatives for 

managing the Kodiak Refuge for the next 

15 years. These alternatives follow the 

same general management direction but 

provide different ways of addressing the 

issues.

Alternative A: Current Management: 

Management of the Refuge would 

continue to follow the 1987 

conservation plan and record of 

decision as modified by subsequent 

step-down plans, including fisheries 

and public use management plans. 

Private and commercial uses of the 

refuge would continue at current levels. 

Refuge management would continue to 

reflect existing laws, executive orders, 

regulations, and policies governing 

Service administration and operation of 

the National Wildlife Refuge System. 

Regulations would be adopted to 

seasonally limit all public use 

(commercial users are restricted by 

stipulations placed on their special use 

permits) of nine bear-concentration 

areas; to close two bear-denning areas to 

snowmachine use; and to restrict 

camping near public use cabins and 

administrative facilities. Seven existing 

public use cabins would be maintained, 

two additional cabins would be 

constructed, and cabins on newly 

acquired lands would be managed for 

public use, if located on appropriate 

sites. Impacts at heavily used camping 

areas would be managed by restricting 

use through regulations. The seasonal 

closure to all users at O’Malley River 

would continue with no formal bearviewing program. Refuge lands would 

continue to be managed under Moderate 

(44,627 acres) and Minimal (1,578,700 

acres) management categories, with 

Special River Management as an option 

for rivers receiving higher levels of 

public use. 

Alternative B: Much of the general 

management direction in Alternative A 

would continue, although some specific 

directions and actions occurring under 

current management would be altered or 

not pursued under this alternative. 

Clearer goals and objectives for 

increasing our knowledge of wildlife 

and habitat needs and relationships 

would be established. Public use 

monitoring would facilitate wildlifedependent recreation, subsistence, and 

other traditional uses. None of the 

regulations proposed in Alternative A 

would be promulgated; voluntary 

guidelines for public use of bearconcentration areas would be 

developed. These guidelines would 

replace use restrictions on special use 

permits issued to commercial users. The 

number of public use cabins would be 

allowed to expand as demand increases, 

either by constructing new cabins or by 

managing cabins on newly acquired 

lands for public use. Food storage 

containers, latrines, temporary electric 

fences, and other minor improvements 

could be provided if needed at popular 

camping areas to reduce impacts. The 

O’Malley River closure would be 

modified to allow a guide operating 

under a refuge special use permit to 

operate a formal bear-viewing program. 

The permit would be awarded 

competitively. Refuge lands would 

continue to be managed in Moderate 

and Minimal management categories as 

in Alternative A. The Special River 

Management category would be 

eliminated. 

Alternative C: Much of the general 

management direction in Alternative A 

would continue, although some specific 

directions and actions occurring under 

current management would be altered or 

not pursued in this alternative. As with 

Alternative B, clearer goals and 

objectives for increasing our knowledge 

of wildlife and habitat needs and 

relationships would be established. 

Public use monitoring would facilitate 

wildlife-dependent recreation, 

subsistence, and other traditional uses. 

Voluntary guidelines for public use of 

bear-concentration areas would be 

developed. These guidelines would 

replace use restrictions on special use 

permits issued to commercial users. 

Seasonal closure or day-use-only 

restrictions could be proposed for some 

bear-concentration areas, based on, ongoing evaluation of the effectiveness of 

voluntary use guidelines in these areas. 

Two bear-denning area would be phased 

out over time. Impacts at heavily used 

camping areas would be managed by 

restricting use through regulations. 

Regulations would be adopted to restrict 

camping near public use cabins and 

administrative facilities. The O’Malley 

River closure would be modified to 

allow the Service, in cooperation with 

the Alaska Department of Fish and 

Game, to operate a formal bear-viewing 

program. Bear-viewing permits would 

be awarded to individuals by lottery. 

The Moderate Management category 

would be reduced by 11,192 acres; the 

acreage in Minimal Management would 

increase by an equivalent amount. The 

Special River Management category 

would be eliminated.

Alternative D: Preferred Alternative: 

Much of the general management 

direction in Alternative A would 

continue, although some specific 

directions and actions occurring under 

current management would be altered or 

not pursued in this alternative. As in 

Alternatives B and C, clearer goals and 

objectives for increasing our knowledge 

of wildlife and habitat needs and 

relationships would be established. 

Public use monitoring would facilitate 

wildlife-dependent recreation, 

subsistence, and other traditional uses. 

Voluntary guidelines for public use of 

bear-concentration areas would be 

developed. These guidelines would 

replace use restrictions on special use 

permits issued to commercial users. 

Day-use-only restrictions could be 

proposed for some bear-concentration 

areas based on, on-going evaluation of 

the effectiveness of voluntary use 

guidelines in these areas. One beardenning area would be closed to 

snowmachine use by regulation. Seven 

public use cabins would be maintained, 

two additional cabins would be 

constructed, and cabins on newly 

acquired land would be managed for 

public use, if located on appropriate 

sites. Regulations would be adopted to 

restrict camping near public use cabins 

and administrative facilities. Foodstorage containers, latrines, temporary 

electric fences, and other minor 

improvements could be provided if 

needed at popular camping areas to 

reduce impacts. The O’Malley River 

closure would be modified to allow a 

formal bear-viewing program combining 

agency-supervised use (allocated to the 

public by lottery) with guided use 

(offered to the public by qualified 

guides selected through a competitive 

process and operating under a Refuge 

special use permit). The Moderate 

Management category would be reduced 

by 30,946 acres; the acreage in Minimal 

Management would increase by an 

equivalent amount. The Special River 

Management category would be 

eliminated.

Dated: October 13, 2004. 

Rowan W. Gould, 

Regional Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Anchorage, Alaska.

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[CO–800–1120–PG–241A] 

Notice of Public Comment Deadline 

Extension; Correction

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior; Forest Service, Agriculture.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management and Forest Service 

published a notice of public comment 

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deadline extension in the Federal 

Register of August 20, 2004. The 

document contained an incorrect date. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of August 20, 

2004, FR Vol. 69, No. 161, on page 

51709, in the first column, under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, correct the 

first sentence in the last paragraph to 

read: 

Written public comments will be 

accepted until November 30, 2004, and 

can also be mailed to Northern San Juan 

Basin CBM EIS, USDA FS Content 

Analysis Team, PO Box 221150, Salt 

Lake City, UT 84122.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann 

Bond, San Juan Public Lands Center, 15 

Burnett Court, Durango, Colorado 

81301. Phone (970) 385–1219.

Dated: October 18, 2004. 

Mark W. Stiles, 

San Juan Public Lands Center Manager.

[FR Doc. 04–23809 Filed 10–22–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[NV–930–1430–ET; NVN–75209; 4–08808] 

Public Land Order No. 7619; 

Withdrawal of Public Land for the 

Paradise Peak Mine Site Reclamation; 

Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

SUMMARY: This order withdraws 

1,894.88 acres of public land from 

surface entry and mining, for a period 

of 10 years, for the Bureau of Land 

Management to protect public health 

and safety, as well as the reclamation 

efforts of land contaminated by previous 

mining operations at the Paradise Peak 

Mine Site.

DATES: Effective October 25, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dennis J. Samuelson, BLM Nevada State 

Office, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, Nevada 

89520, 775–861–6532. 

Order 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

the Secretary of the Interior by Section 

204 of the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 

1714 (2000), it is ordered as follows: 

1. Subject to valid existing rights, the 

following described public land is 

hereby withdrawn from settlement, sale, 

location, or entry under the general land 

laws, including the United States 

mining laws (30 U.S.C. Ch. 2 (2000)), 

but not from leasing under the mineral 

leasing laws, for the Bureau of Land 

Management to protect public health 

and safety, as well as the reclamation 

efforts of land contaminated by previous 

mining operations at the Paradise Peak 

Mine Site:

Mount Diablo Meridian 

T. 10 N., R. 35 E., 

Sec. 1, lots 1, 8, 9, 16, 17, and E1⁄2SE1⁄4. 

T. 10 N., R. 36 E., Sec. 6; 

Sec. 9, lots 1 to 3, inclusive, 

SW1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

S1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

N1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

W1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

N1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

NE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

NW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

SW1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

NW1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

SW1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

SE1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

NW1⁄4NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, S1⁄2 NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, S1⁄2N1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and 

S1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 10, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

N1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, S1⁄2SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

and SE1⁄4SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 15, N1⁄2; 

Sec. 16, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

SE1⁄4SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, and 

E1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4. 

The area described contains 1,894.88 acres 

in Nye County.

2. The withdrawal made by this order 

does not alter the applicability of those 

public land laws governing the use of 

the land under lease, license, or permit, 

or governing the disposal of their 

mineral or vegetative resources other 

than under the mining laws. 

3. This withdrawal will expire 10 

years from the effective date of this 

order unless, as a result of a review 

conducted before the expiration date 

pursuant to Section 204(f) of the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976, 43 U.S.C. 1714(f) (2000), the 

Secretary determines that the 

withdrawal shall be extended.

(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714(a); 43 CFR 

2310.3–3(b)(1))

Dated: October 6, 2004. 

Rebecca W. Watson, 

Assistant Secretary—Land and Minerals 

Management.

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BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submitted for Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of an extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection (OMB Control Number 1010–

0061). 

SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), we are notifying the public that 

we have submitted to OMB an 

information collection request (ICR) to 

renew approval of the paperwork 

requirements in the regulations under 

30 CFR Part 206, Subpart B—Indian Oil. 

This notice also provides the public a 

second opportunity to comment on the 

paperwork burden of these regulatory 

requirements. We changed the title of 

this ICR to clarify the regulatory 

language we are covering under 30 CFR 

Part 206. The previous title was ‘‘Oil 

Transportation Allowances.’’ The new 

title is ‘‘30 CFR Part 206, Subpart B—

Indian Oil, § 206.55—Determination of 

Transportation Allowances (Form 

MMS–4110, Oil Transportation 

Allowance Report).’’

DATES: Submit written comments on or 

before November 24, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments 

by either fax (202) 395–6566 or e-mail 

(OIRA_Docket@omb.eop.gov) directly to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer 

for the Department of the Interior (OMB 

Control Number 1010–0061). Mail or 

hand-carry a copy of your comments to 

Sharron L. Gebhardt, Lead Regulatory 

Specialist, Minerals Management 

Service, Minerals Revenue Management, 

P.O. Box 25165, MS 302B2, Denver, 

Colorado 80225. If you use an overnight 

courier service, our courier address is 

Building 85, Room A–614, Denver 

Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225. 

You may also e-mail your comments to 

us at mrm.comments@mms.gov. Include 

the title of the information collection 

and the OMB Control Number in the 

‘‘Attention’’ line of your comment. Also 

include your name and return address. 

Submit electronic comments as an 

ASCII file avoiding the use of special 

characters and any form of encryption. 

If you do not receive a confirmation that 

we have received your e-mail, contact 

Ms. Gebhardt at (303) 231–3211.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sharron L. Gebhardt, telephone (303)