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tribal gaming facilities are properly 

licensed by the tribes. 

Respondents: Indian tribal gaming 

operations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

565. 

Estimated Annual Responses: 75. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

range of time can vary from 2 burden 

hours to 10 burden hours for one item. 

Frequency of Response: Varies. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: $13,125. 

Paxton Myers, 

Chief of Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9922 Filed 4–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7565–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–MWR–INDU–0312–8330; 6065–4000– 

409] 

Final White-tailed Deer Management 

Plan/Environmental Impact Statement 

for Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

announces the availability of the Final 

White-tailed Deer Management Plan/ 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, 

Indiana. 

DATES: The Final White-tailed Deer 

Management Plan/Environmental 

Impact Statement (Plan/EIS) will remain 

available for public review for 30 days 

following the publishing of the notice of 

availability in the Federal Register by 

the Environmental Protection Agency. 

ADDRESSES: The Plan/EIS is available 

via the Internet through the NPS 

Planning, Environment, and Public 

Comment Web site (http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/INDU); click on 

the link for the Plan/EIS. You may also 

obtain a copy of the Plan/EIS by sending 

a request to Randy Knutson, Wildlife 

Biologist, Indiana Dunes National 

Lakeshore, 1100 North Mineral Springs 

Road, Porter, Indiana 46304; telephone 

219–395–1550. A copy may also be 

picked-up in person at the National 

Lakeshore’s headquarters at the address 

listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Superintendent Constantine Dillon, 

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, at 

the address above or by telephone at 

219–395–1699. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Plan/ 

EIS describes four alternatives for the 

management of deer at the National 

Lakeshore. Action is needed at this time 

to ensure that the local deer population 

does not become a dominant force that 

negatively influences ecosystem 

components within the National 

Lakeshore, such as sensitive vegetation 

or other wildlife. Impacts to these 

National Lakeshore resources would 

compromise its purpose to preserve the 

exceptional biodiversity found within 

its boundaries. The National Lakeshore 

staff currently implements resource 

management actions to protect other 

resources but no specific deer 

management plan exists. 

Under Alternative A (no action), 

current deer management actions 

(including limited fencing, limited use 

of repellents, and inventorying and 

monitoring efforts) would continue; no 

new deer management actions would be 

taken. Alternative B would include all 

actions described under Alternative A, 

but would also incorporate non-lethal 

actions to possibly reduce deer numbers 

in the lakeshore. The additional actions 

would include the construction of 

additional small- and new large-scale 

exclosures, more extensive use of 

repellents in areas where fenced 

exclosures would not be appropriate or 

feasible, and phasing in reproductive 

control of does when there is a federally 

approved fertility control agent for 

application to free-ranging populations 

that provides multi-year (three to five 

years) efficacy for does. Alternative C 

would include all actions described 

under Alternative A, but would also 

incorporate a direct reduction of the 

deer herd size through sharpshooting 

and capture/euthanasia, where 

appropriate. Alternative D (the preferred 

alternative) would also include all the 

actions described under Alternative A, 

but would incorporate a combination of 

specific lethal and non-lethal actions 

from Alternatives B and C. These 

actions would include the reduction of 

the deer herd through sharpshooting, in 

combination with capture/euthanasia 

and phasing in reproductive control of 

does (as described in alternative B) for 

longer-term maintenance of lower herd 

numbers when there is a federally 

approved fertility control agent for 

application to free-ranging populations 

that provides multi-year (three to five 

years) efficacy for does. 

The potential environmental 

consequences of the alternatives are 

addressed for vegetation, soils and water 

quality, white-tailed deer, other wildlife 

and wildlife habitat, sensitive and rare 

species, archeological resources, 

cultural landscapes, visitor use and 

experience, social values, visitor and 

employee health and safety, 

soundscapes, socioeconomic conditions, 

and National Lakeshore management 

and operations. 

Dated: March 26, 2012. 

Michael T. Reynolds, 

Regional Director, Midwest Region. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9972 Filed 4–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–FH–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2012–0011] 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 

Renewable Energy Program Leasing 

for Marine Hydrokinetic Technology 

Testing Offshore Florida 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of the Availability of an 

Environmental Assessment. 

SUMMARY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM) has prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) 

considering the reasonably foreseeable 

environmental impacts and 

socioeconomic effects of issuing a lease 

in Official Protraction Diagram NG 17– 

06, Blocks 7003, 7053, and 7054, 

offshore Florida. The proposed lease 

would authorize technology testing 

activities, including the installation, 

operation, relocation, and 

decommissioning of technology testing 

facilities. The purpose of this notice is 

to inform the public of the availability 

of the EA for review and to solicit 

public comments on the EA. 

Pursuant to 36 CFR 800.4(d)(1), which 

is a section in the regulations 

implementing section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act, 16 

U.S.C. 470f, BOEM has made a finding 

of ‘‘no historic properties affected’’ for 

this proposed project. The finding and 

supporting documentation have been 

submitted to the Florida State Historic 

Preservation Officer and the Advisory 

Council on Historic Preservation and are 

included in the EA for public 

inspection. 

BOEM will conduct a public 

information session at the following 

location and time to explain the 

proposed activities and provide 

additional opportunities for public 

input on the EA: Broward County Main 

Library, 100 S Andrews Ave., Fort 

Lauderdale, Florida 33301–7528, 

Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 2 p.m. 

The EA and information on the public 

session can be found online at: http:// 

www.boem.gov/Renewable-EnergyProgram/State-Activities/Florida.aspx. 


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Authority: This Notice of the Availability 

(NOA) of an EA is published pursuant to 43 

CFR 46.305. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Morin, BOEM Office of 

Renewable Energy Programs, 381 Elden 

Street, HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia 

20170–4817, (703) 787–1340 or 

michelle.morin@boem.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 

24, 2011, BOEM published a Notice of 

Intent (NOI) to prepare an EA, which 

requested public comments on 

alternatives to be considered in the EA 

as well as identification of important 

environmental issues associated with 

data collection and technology testing 

activities (76 FR 30184). BOEM 

considered these public comments in 

drafting the alternatives and assessing 

the reasonably foreseeable 

environmental impacts associated with 

each. Comments received in response to 

the NOI can be viewed at: http:// 

www.regulations.gov by searching for 

Docket ID BOEM–2011–0012. 

BOEM is seeking public input on the 

EA, including comments on the 

completeness and adequacy of the 

environmental analysis, and on the 

measures and operating conditions in 

the EA designed to reduce or eliminate 

potential environmental impacts. BOEM 

will consider public comments on the 

EA in determining whether to issue a 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI), or to conduct additional NEPA 

analysis. 

Comments 

Federal, state, and local government 

agencies, tribal governments, and other 

interested parties are requested to 

submit their written comments on the 

EA in one of the following ways: 

1. Electronically: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. In the entry 

entitled ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID,’’ enter 

BOEM–2012–0011, then click ‘‘search.’’ 

Follow the instructions to submit public 

comments and view supporting and 

related materials available for this 

document. 

2. In written form, delivered by hand 

or by mail, enclosed in an envelope 

labeled ‘‘Comments on OCS Renewable 

Energy Program Leasing for Marine 

Hydrokinetic Technology Testing 

Offshore Florida EA’’ to: Program 

Manager, Office of Renewable Energy 

Programs, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, 381 Elden Street, HM 

1328, Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. 

Comments must be received or 

postmarked no later than May 25, 2012. 

All written comments received or 

postmarked during the comment period 

will be made available to the public. 

Dated: April 20, 2012. 

Walter D. Cruickshank, 

Deputy Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9983 Filed 4–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Agency Information Collection; 

Renewal of a Currently Approved 

Information Collection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of renewal and request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation 

intends to seek an extension of the 

information collection, with minor 

revisions, for the Recreation Use Data 

Report, OMB Control Number 1006– 

0002. As part of its continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, Reclamation invites other 

Federal agencies, State, local, or tribal 

governments that manage recreation 

sites at Reclamation projects; 

concessionaires and not-for-profit 

organizations who operate concessions 

on Reclamation lands; and the public, to 

comment on this information collection. 

DATES: Submit written comments on 

this notice by June 25, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

the Bureau of Reclamation, Attention: 

Jerome Jackson (84–53000), P.O. Box 

25007, Denver, CO 80225–0007, or 

directed via email to 

jljackson@usbr.gov. Please reference 

OMB No. 1006–0002 in your comments. 

You may request copies of the 

proposed revised application form by 

writing to the above address or by 

contacting Jerome Jackson via email at 

jljackson@usbr.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jerome Jackson at (303) 445–2712. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Reclamation collects agency-wide 

recreation and concession information 

to fulfill congressional reporting 

requirements pursuant to current public 

laws, including the Land and Water 

Conservation Fund Act (Pub. L. 88– 

578), the Federal Water Project 

Recreation Act (Pub. L. 89–72), and the 

Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement 

Act (Pub. L. 108–477). In addition, 

collected information will permit 

relevant program assessments of 

resources managed by Reclamation, its 

recreation managing partners, and/or 

concessionaires for the purpose of 

contributing to the implementation of 

Reclamation’s mission. More 

specifically, the collected information 

enables Reclamation to (1) Evaluate the 

effectiveness of program management 

based on existing recreation and 

concessionaire resources and facilities, 

and (2) validate the efficiency of 

resources for public use within partner 

managed recreation resources, located 

on Reclamation project lands in the 17 

Western States. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1006–0002. 

Title: Recreation Use Data Report. 

Form Numbers: 7–2534—Part 1, 

Managing Partners; 7–2535—Part 2, 

Concessionaires. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Respondents: State, local, or tribal 

governments; agencies who manage 

Reclamation’s recreation resources and 

facilities; and commercial concessions, 

subconcessionaires, and nonprofit 

organizations located on Reclamation 

lands with associated recreation 

services. 

Estimated Total Number of 

Respondents: 270. 

Estimated Number of Responses per 

Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Total Number of Annual 

Responses: 270. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 136 hours. 

Estimate of Burden for Each Form: 

Form No. 

Burden 

estimate 

per form 

(in minutes) 

Annual 

number of 

respondents 

Annual burden 

on 

respondents 

(in hours) 

7–2534 (Part 1, Managing Partners) ........................................................................................... 30 155 78 

7–2535 (Part 2, Concessionaires) ............................................................................................... 30 115 58 

Total Burden Hours .............................................................................................................. ........................ ........................ 136 


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