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The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. If approved, the action will not 

result in any additional reporting, 

recordkeeping or other compliance 

requirements for small entities other 

than the small organizations that will 

furnish the products and service to the 

Government. 

2. If approved, the action will result 

in authorizing small entities to furnish 

the products and service to the 

Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the products and 

service proposed for addition to the 

Procurement List. 

Comments on this certification are 

invited. Commenters should identify the 

statement(s) underlying the certification 

on which they are providing additional 

information. 

End of Certification 

The following products and service 

are proposed for addition to 

Procurement List for production by the 

nonprofit agencies listed: 

Products 

NSN: 7045–01–482–7540—CD–R Silver w/ 

Jewel Case 

NSN: 7045–01–503–2033—CD/DVD Sleeves, 

Clear 

NPA: North Central Sight Services, Inc., 

Williamsport, PA 

Contracting Activity: DEFENSE LOGISTICS 

AGENCY, DEFENSE SUPPLY CENTER, 

PHILADELPHIA, PHILADELPHIA, PA 

Coverage: C-List for the government 

requirements for the DEFENSE 

LOGISTICS AGENCY, DEFENSE 

SUPPLY CENTER PHILADELPHIA, 

PHILADELPHIA, PA 

Service 

Service Type/Location: Mailroom Operation, 

IRS Schiller Park, 5100 River Road, 

Schiller Park, IL 

NPAs: ServiceSource, Inc., Alexandria, VA 

(PRIME Contractor) 

Jewish Vocational Service and 

Employment Center, Chicago, IL 

(Subcontractor) 

Contracting Activity: DEPT OF TREAS, 

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, 

WASHINGTON, DC 

Deletions 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

I certify that the following action will 

not have a significant impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The major factors considered for this 

certification were: 

1. If approved, the action will not 

result in additional reporting, 

recordkeeping or other compliance 

requirements for small entities. 

2. If approved, the action may result 

in authorizing small entities to provide 

the services to the Government. 

3. There are no known regulatory 

alternatives which would accomplish 

the objectives of the Javits-WagnerO’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 46–48c) in 

connection with the services proposed 

for deletion from the Procurement List. 

End of Certification 

The following services are proposed 

for deletion from the Procurement List: 

Services 

Service Type/Location: Supply and 

Warehousing Service, Defense 

Contracting Management, District South, 

805 Walker Street, Marietta, GA 

NPA: Tommy Nobis Enterprises, Inc., 

Marietta, GA 

Contracting Activity: DEFENSE LOGISTICS 

AGENCY, DLA SUPPORT SERVICES— 

DSS, FORT BELVOIR, VA 

Service Type/Location: Disposal Support 

Services, Pensacola Naval Air Station, 

Pensacola, FL 

NPA: Association for Retarded Citizens/ 

Escambia, Inc., Pensacola, FL 

Contracting Activity: DEFENSE LOGISTICS 

AGENCY, DLA SUPPORT SERVICES— 

DSS, FORT BELVOIR, VA 

Barry S. Lineback, 

Director, Business Operations. 

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BILLING CODE 6353–01–P 

FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT 

INVESTMENT BOARD 

Sunshine Act; Notice of Meeting 

TIME AND DATE: 9 a.m. (Eastern Time) 

February 16, 2010. 

PLACE: 4th Floor Conference Room, 

1250 H Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20005. 

STATUS: Parts will be open to the public 

and parts closed to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Parts Open to the Public 

1. Approval of the minutes of the 

January 19, 2010 Board member 

meeting. 

2. Thrift Savings Plan activity report by 

the Executive Director. 

a. Monthly Participant Activity 

Report. 

b. Monthly Investment Performance 

Report. 

c. Legislative Report. 

3. Vendor Financial Update. 

4. Report on Participant Behavior in the 

Financial Crisis. 

5. Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act 

Implementation Update. 

6. DOL Audit Briefing. 

Parts Closed to the Public 

7. Proprietary Data. 

8. Personnel. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Thomas J. Trabucco, Director, Office of 

External Affairs, (202) 942–1640. 

Dated: February 9, 2010. 

Thomas K. Emswiler, 

Secretary, Federal Retirement Thrift 

Investment Board. 

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BILLING CODE 6760–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R2–R–2009–N196; 20131–1265– 

2CCP] 

Washita and Optima National Wildlife 

Refuges, Comprehensive Conservation 

Plan, Custer and Texas Counties, TX 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability: Final 

comprehensive conservation plan and 

finding of no significant impact for 

environment assessment. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of our final comprehensive 

conservation plan (CCP) and finding of 

no significant impact (FONSI) and 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

Washita and Optima National Wildlife 

Refuges (NWRs, Refuges) near Butler, 

Oklahoma. In this final CCP, we 

describe how we will guide the 

development and management of the 

Washita and Optima NWRs for the next 

15 years. 

ADDRESSES: You may view or obtain 

copies of the final CCP and FONSI/EA 

or request a CD–ROM by any of the 

following methods: 

Agency Web Site: Download a copy of 

the document(s) at: http://www.fws.gov/ 

southwest/refuges/Plan/planindex.html. 

E-mail: jeffrey_missal@fws.gov 

(include ‘‘Washita and Optima NWRs 

Final CCP’’ in the subject line of the 

message). 

Mail: Jeffrey Missal, Natural Resource 

Planner, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, P.O. 

Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103– 

1306. 

In-Person Viewing or Pickup: Call 

505–248–7409 to make an appointment 

during regular business hours at 500 

Gold Street Ave., SW., Albuquerque, 

NM 87102. 

Local Library: The document(s) are 

also available for review at the library 

listed under the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Missal, 505–248–7409; 

jeffrey_missal@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we finalize the CCP 

process for Washita and Optima 

Refuges. We started this process through 

a notice in the Federal Register (64 FR 

62683; November 17, 1999). We released 

the draft CCP and the EA to the public, 

announcing and requesting comments 

in a notice of availability in the Federal 

Register (72 FR 52903; September 17, 

2007). 

Washita NWR was established in 1961 

as an overlay Refuge on Bureau of 

Reclamation lands and waters of Foss 

Reservoir, ‘‘[to be] administered by [the 

Secretary of the Interior] directly or in 

accordance with cooperative 

agreements. * * * and in accordance 

with such rules and regulations for the 

conservation, maintenance, and 

management of wildlife, resources, 

thereof, and its habitat thereon’’ (Fish 

and Wildlife Conservation Act; 16 

U.S.C. 664), and ‘‘for use as an inviolate 

sanctuary, or for any other management 

purpose, for migratory birds’’ (Migratory 

Bird Conservation Act; 16 U.S.C. 715d). 

Comprised of the northern portion of 

Foss Reservoir, adjacent wetlands, 

uplands, and the Washita River corridor 

in western Oklahoma, the 8,075-acre 

Refuge is managed to provide habitat 

and food for migrating and wintering 

populations of geese and ducks in the 

Central Flyway, contributing to 

conservation of waterfowl resources. 

The Refuge has also been managed to 

provide a diversity of habitats for a wide 

range of migratory bird species, 

including the whooping crane 

(Federally listed as endangered), 

shorebirds, and neotropical migratory 

birds (i.e., birds that breed in the United 

States or Canada, but migrate to winter 

ranges in Mexico, Central America, 

South America, or the Caribbean 

Islands). Deer, coyote, bobcat, badger, 

opossum, and other resident wildlife 

species thrive on the Refuge as well. 

Management efforts at Washita Refuge 

focus on enhancing wetlands and 

uplands for migratory birds and other 

wildlife species. 

The Optima National Wildlife Refuge 

was established in 1975 under the 

authority of the Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661–667e, 

as amended), by agreement between the 

Department of the Interior and the U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers. While the 

original purpose of the 4,333-acre 

Refuge was provision of wintering and 

resting habitat for migratory waterfowl 

of the Central Flyway, the Refuge 

provides little habitat for migratory 

waterfowl due to lower than anticipated 

water impoundment rates in the Optima 

Reservoir. The Optima Refuge is 

currently managed for resident wildlife 

and migratory birds. The lack of water 

has reduced the potential for waterfowl 

management. The Refuge provides an 

island of largely undisturbed habitat for 

migratory songbirds and resident 

species, including white-tailed deer, 

coyote, Rio Grande turkey, and scaled 

quail. 

We announce our decision and the 

availability of the final CCP and FONSI 

for Washita and Optima NWRs in 

accordance with National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (40 

CFR 1506.6(b)) requirements. We 

completed a thorough analysis of 

impacts on the human environment, 

which we included in the EA that 

accompanied the draft CCP. 

The CCP will guide us in managing 

and administering the Washita and 

Optima Refuges for the next 15 years. 

Alternative C, as we described in the 

final CCP, is the foundation for the CCP. 

Background 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 

668dd–668ee) (Administration Act), as 

amended by the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Improvement Act of 

1997, requires us to develop a CCP for 

each national wildlife refuge. The 

purpose for developing a CCP is to 

provide refuge managers with a 15-year 

plan for achieving refuge purposes and 

contributing toward the mission of the 

National Wildlife Refuge System, 

consistent with sound principles of fish 

and wildlife management, conservation, 

legal mandates, and our policies. In 

addition to outlining broad management 

direction on conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, CCPs identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities 

available to the public, including 

opportunities for hunting, fishing, 

wildlife observation and photography, 

and environmental education and 

interpretation. We will review and 

update the CCP at least every 15 years 

in accordance with the Administration 

Act. 

CCP Alternatives, Including Selected 

Alternative 

Our draft CCP and our EA addressed 

several issues. Priority issues included 

depredation of crops on farms adjacent 

to Washita Refuge by geese attracted to 

the Refuge, the need for more complete 

resource inventory of the biological 

resources of both Refuges, public 

pressure for additional recreational 

opportunities on the Refuges, and the 

difficulty of managing resources on 

Optima Refuge with no permanent staff 

on site. To address these priority issues, 

we developed and evaluated the 

following alternatives during the 

planning process. 

A: No-action 

alternative 

B: Custodial 

no active management 

C: Integrated management 

actions and public use 

(selected) 

D: Maximum habitat 

management 

Issue 1: Depredation ......... Remain at Current Levels Depredation Efforts 

Ceased.

Farming continued and reviewed for appropriateness and effectiveness.Farming acreage increased. 

Issue 2: Baseline Inventory Remain at Current Levels Efforts Ceased .................. Baseline inventory accomplished.Baseline Inventory Accomplished. 

Issue 3: Environmental 

Education and Community Outreach.

Remain at Current Levels Closed to Public ................ Hiking trail and visitor center development, educational programs increased.Builds upon Alt. 3 but adds 

vehicular access, canoe 

access and wildlife viewing platforms. 

Issue 4: Cultural Resources.Remain at Current Levels Efforts Ceased .................. Identification and monitoring of existing sites.Conduct a cultural resources survey. 

Issue 5: Funding and Staffing.Remain at Current Levels No Action .......................... Slight to moderate increase.Slight to moderate increase. 

Issue 6: Water Management.Remain at Current Levels Program would be cut ....... Remain at Current Levels Remain at Current Levels. 


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A: No-action 

alternative 

B: Custodial 

no active management 

C: Integrated management 

actions and public use 

(selected) 

D: Maximum habitat 

management 

Issue 7: Hunting Opportunity.Waterfowl and Deer .......... Closed to Public ................ Evaluation of additional 

hunting.

Evaluation of additional 

hunting. 

Comments 

We solicited comments on the draft 

CCP and the EA for the Washita and 

Optima NWRs from September 17, 2007, 

to November 2, 2007 (72 FR 52903). We 

thoroughly evaluated all received 

comments and included them in the 

CCP when possible. 

Selected Alternative 

After considering the comments we 

received, we selected Alternative C for 

implementation. This alternative (now 

the CCP) describes how habitat 

objectives will be accomplished through 

a combination of management activities 

(farming, moist soil created wetlands, 

periodic prescribed burning, and 

mechanical and chemical exotic species 

control methods) to encourage 

ecological integrity, promote native 

prairie restoration, control invasive 

plant species, and provide/enhance 

habitat for migratory waterfowl, 

grassland birds, and other resident 

wildlife. We selected this alternative 

because it best meets the purposes and 

goals of the Washita and Optima NWR 

Complex. This action will not adversely 

impact endangered or threatened 

species or their habitat. Opportunities 

for wildlife-dependent activities such as 

observation, photography, 

environmental education, and 

interpretation will be enhanced. Future 

management actions will have a neutral 

or positive impact on the local 

economy, and the recommendations in 

the CCP will ensure that Refuge 

management is consistent with the 

mandates of the National Wildlife 

Refuge System. 

Public Availability of Documents 

In addition to the methods in 

ADDRESSES, you can view or obtain 

documents at the following locations: 

• Our Web site: http://www.fws.gov/ 

southwest/refuges/Plan/planindex.html. 

• Public Library: Elk City Carnegie 

Library, located at 221 W. Broadway 

Ave., Elk City, OK 73644–4741, during 

regular library hours. 

December 15, 2009. 

Thomas L. Bauer, 

Acting, Regional Director, Region 2. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R2–R–2009–N205; 20131–1265– 

2CCP–S3] 

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge 

Complex, Aransas, Calhoun, and 

Refugio Counties, TX 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability: Draft 

comprehensive conservation plan and 

environmental assessment; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of a draft comprehensive 

conservation plan (CCP) and an 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

Aransas National Wildlife Refuge 

Complex (NWRC, Refuge) for public 

review and comment. In these 

documents, we describe alternatives, 

including our preferred alternative, to 

manage this Refuge complex for the 15 

years following approval of the final 

CCP. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, please 

send your written comments by April 

13, 2010. We will announce upcoming 

public meetings in local news media. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

or requests for copies or more 

information by any of the following 

methods. You may request hard copies 

or a CD–ROM of the documents by any 

of the following methods: 

E-mail: Roxanne_Turley@fws.gov. 

Include ‘‘Aransas CCP’’ in the subject 

line of the message. 

Fax: Attn: Roxanne Turley, 505–248– 

6874. 

U.S. Mail: Roxanne Turley, Natural 

Resource Planner, U.S. Fish & Wildlife, 

Service, NWRS, Division of Planning, 

P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 

87103–1306. 

In-Person Drop-off, Viewing, or 

Pickup: Call 505–248–6636 to make an 

appointment during regular business 

hours. You may drop off comments 

during regular business hours at 500 

Gold Avenue, SW., 4th Floor, Room 

4019, Albuquerque, NM 87102. For 

more information on locations for 

viewing or obtaining documents, see 

‘‘Public Availability of Documents’’ 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan 

Alonso, Complex Manager, by U.S. mail 

at Aransas NWRC, CCP–Project, P.O. 

Box 100, Austwell, TX 77050; by phone 

at 361–286–3559; or by fax at 361–286– 

3722; or Felipe Prieto, Wildlife Refuge 

Specialist/CCP Planning Team, Aransas 

NWRC, by phone at 361–286–3559. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we continue the CCP 

process for Aransas NWRC. We started 

this process through a notice in the 

Federal Register (67 FR 55862, August 

30, 2002). 

Aransas NWRC is located in Aransas, 

Calhoun, and Refugio Counties, Texas, 

and encompasses 115,931 acres of 

coastal prairie, oak woodland and 

savannah, barrier island, and salt and 

freshwater marshes. Management efforts 

focus on protecting, enhancing, and 

restoring Refuge habitats and water 

management for the benefit of important 

fish and wildlife resources. 

Aransas NWRC was established ‘‘as a 

refuge and breeding grounds for birds,’’ 

by Executive Order No. 7784 on 

December 31, 1937. The authority of the 

Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 

U.S.C. 712d) establishes that each refuge 

in the system is ‘‘for use as an inviolate 

sanctuary, or any other management 

purpose, for migratory birds.’’ The 

Refuge Recreation Act (16 U.S.C. 460–1) 

states that each refuge in the system is 

‘‘suitable for incidental fish and 

wildlife-oriented recreational 

development, the protection of natural 

resources, and the conservation of 

endangered or threatened species.’’ 

Additionally, Aransas NWRC contains 

critical habitat for the whooping crane 

(43 FR 20938, May 15, 1978). 

Background 

The CCP Process 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 

668dd–668ee) (Administration Act), as 

amended by the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Improvement Act of 

1997, requires a CCP for each national 

wildlife refuge. The purpose for 

developing a CCP is to provide refuge 

managers with a 15-year strategy for 

achieving refuge purposes and 

contributing toward the mission of the 

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