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II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1018-0012. 

Title: Declaration for Importation or 

Exportation of Fish or Wildlife. 

Service Form Number(s): 3-177 and 3- 

177a. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Businesses or 

individuals that import or export fish, 

wildlife, or wildlife products; scientific 

institutions that import or export fish or 

wildlife scientific specimens; 

government agencies that import or 

export fish or wildlife specimens for 

various purposes. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Activity Number of annual 

respondents 

Number of annual 

responses 

Completion time 

per response 

Annual burden 

hours 

3-177 - Hard Copy Submission ............................................... 4,200 37,000 15 minutes ....... 9,250 

3-177 -Electronic Submission .................................................. 16,500 145,000 10 minutes ....... 24,167 

Totals ................................................................................ 20,700 182,000 ..................... 33,417 

III. Request for Comments 

We invite comments concerning this 

IC on: 

•Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; 

•The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information; 

•Ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

•Ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this IC. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

e-mail address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment, including your 

personal identifying information, may 

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. 

Dated: August 6, 2009 

Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R7–R–2009–N0105; 70133–1265– 

0000–S3] 

Koyukuk/Nowitna National Wildlife 

Refuges, Galena, AK 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of the 

revised comprehensive conservation 

plan and finding of no significant 

impact for environmental assessment. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service, USFWS), announce the 

availability of our revised 

comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) 

and finding of no significant impact 

(FONSI) for the Koyukuk, Northern Unit 

Innoko, and Nowitna National Wildlife 

Refuges (Refuges). In this revised CCP, 

we describe how we will manage the 

Refuges for the next 15 years. 

ADDRESSES: You may view or obtain 

copies of the revised CCP and FONSI by 

any of the following methods. You may 

request a paper copy, a summary, or a 

CD–ROM containing both. 

Agency Web Site: Download a copy of 

the documents at http://alaska.fws.gov/ 

nwr/planning/plans.htm. 

E-mail: fw7_Koyukuk

Nowitna_planning@fws.gov. Please 

include ‘‘Revised CCP’’ in the subject 

line of the message. 

Mail: Mikel R. Haase, Natural 

Resource Planner, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 1011 E. Tudor Road, 

MS–231, Anchorage, AK 99503–6199, or 

Refuge Manager, Koyukuk/Nowitna 

NWRs, P.O. Box 287, Galena, AK 99741. 

In-Person Viewing or Pickup: Call 

(907) 786–3357 to make an appointment 

during regular business hours at the 

USFWS Regional Office, 1011 E. Tudor 

Road, Anchorage AK 99053, or call 

(907) 656–1231 to make an appointment 

during business hours at the Koyukuk/ 

Nowitna Refuges’ office in Galena, AK. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mikel Haase, (907) 786–3402 (phone); 

(907) 786–3965 (fax); or fw7_

KoyukukNowitna_planning@fws.gov (email). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

With this notice, we finalize the 

revised CCP for Koyukuk, Northern Unit 

Innoko, and Nowitna National Wildlife 

Refuges. We started this process through 

a notice of intent in the Federal Register 

(72 FR 57343; October 9, 2007). We 

made available our draft CCP and 

Environmental Assessment (EA) and 

requested comments in a notice of 

availability in the Federal Register (73 

FR 58259; October 6, 2008). The draft 

CCP and EA evaluated two alternatives 

for managing the Refuges for the next 15 

years. 

Established in 1980 by the Alaska 

National Interest Lands Conservation 

Act (ANILCA: 16 U.S.C. 410hh et seq., 

43 U.S.C. 1602 et seq.), Koyukuk, 

Northern Unit Innoko, and Nowitna 

Refuges encompass approximately 6 

million acres under Service jurisdiction. 

The purposes for which the Refuges 

were established include: (i) To 

conserve fish and wildlife populations 

and habitats in their natural diversity; 

(ii) to fulfill international treaty 

obligations of the United States with 

respect to fish and wildlife and their 

habitats; (iii) to provide the opportunity 

for continued subsistence use by local 

residents; and (iv) to ensure water 

quality and necessary water quantity 

within the Refuge. The Draft CCP and 

EA for the Refuges was developed 

consistent with Section 304(g) of 

ANILCA and the Refuge Administration 

Act as amended by the Refuge 

Improvement Act (16 U.S.C. 668dd et 

seq.). 

CCPs were originally prepared for the 

Refuges in 1987. The revised plan 

includes management direction updated 

by changes to policy since completion 

of the 1987 plans. It also includes a 

vision statement, goals, and objectives 

for management of the Refuge. 

Management of the Refuges would 

generally continue to follow 

management direction described in the 

1987 CCPs and records of decisions as 

modified by subsequent programspecific plans (e.g., fisheries, cultural 

resources, and fire management plans). 

As required by ANILCA, areas of the 

Refuges were designated in the 1987 

CCPs according to their respective 

resources. Under the original CCPs and 

the revised CCP, 91 percent of the 

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percent is designated Wilderness, and 2 

percent is Wild River management. The 

revised plan would continue to protect 

and maintain existing wildlife values, 

natural diversity, and ecological 

diversity of the Refuge. Human 

disturbances to fish and wildlife 

habitats and populations would be 

minimal. Private and commercial uses 

of the Refuges would not change, and 

public uses employing existing access 

methods would continue to be allowed. 

Opportunities to pursue traditional 

subsistence activities, and recreational 

hunting, fishing, and other wildlifedependent activities, would be 

maintained. Opportunities to pursue 

research would be maintained. 

We selected Alternative B, the 

preferred alternative, because it 

provides a realistic balance between 

public use of the Refuges and the 

conservation needs of the Refuges. 

Alternative B best accomplishes the 

Refuges’ purposes, best helps achieve 

the missions of the National Wildlife 

Refuge System and the Service, and best 

meets the vision and goals identified in 

the plan. It provides long-term 

protection of fish and wildlife 

populations and their habitats while 

allowing for appropriate levels of fish 

and wildlife-dependent recreation, 

interpretation and environmental 

education, subsistence, and other public 

uses. Objectives identified in the plan 

address the effects of climate change on 

the Refuges now and in the future. 

We are furnishing this notice to 

advise other agencies and the public of 

the availability of the final CCP and 

FONSI. Based on the review and 

evaluation of the information contained 

in the draft CCP and EA, we have 

determined that implementation of the 

final CCP does not constitute a major 

Federal action that would significantly 

affect the quality of the human 

environment within the meaning of 

Section 102(2)(c) of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). 

Therefore, an Environmental Impact 

Statement will not be prepared. Future 

site-specific proposals discussed in the 

final CCP requiring additional NEPA 

compliance will be addressed in 

separate planning efforts with full 

public involvement. 

Dated: August 7, 2009. 

Gary Edwards, 

Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLMTB07900 09 L10100000.PH0000 

LXAMANMS0000] 

Notice of Public Meeting, Western 

Montana Resource Advisory Council 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM), the Western 

Montana Resource Advisory Council 

will meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The Western Montana RAC will 

meet Sept. 3, 2009 at 9 a.m. The public 

comment period for the meeting will 

begin at 11:30 a.m. and the meeting is 

expected to adjourn at approximately 3 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Dillon Field Office, 1005 Selway 

Drive, Dillon, Montana. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Abrams, Western Montana 

Resource Advisory Council Coordinator, 

Butte Field Office, 106 North Parkmont, 

Butte, Montana 59701, telephone 406– 

533–7617. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15- 

member Council advises the Secretary 

of the Interior, through the Bureau of 

Land Management, on a variety of 

planning and management issues 

associated with public land 

management in western Montana. At the 

September meeting, topics we plan to 

discuss include: Abandoned Mines 

Reclamation, trapping on public lands, 

Economic Stimulus Package Project 

Updates, public access issues, travel 

management implementation, and a 

review of Forest Service fee proposals. 

All meetings are open to the public. 

The public may present written 

comments to the Council. Each formal 

Council meeting will also have time 

allocated for hearing public comments. 

Depending on the number of persons 

wishing to comment and time available, 

the time for individual oral comments 

may be limited. Individuals who plan to 

attend and need special assistance, such 

as sign language interpretation, or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

contact the BLM as provided below. 

Renee Johnson, 

Assistant Field Manager, Renewable 

Resources. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLID100000–L10200000–PH0000] 

Notice of Public Meeting, Idaho Falls 

District Resource Advisory Council 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Meetings. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Idaho Falls 

District Resource Advisory Council 

(RAC) Sub-Committee, will meet as 

indicated below. 

DATES: The RAC Sub-Committee will be 

having a meeting on September 21, 2009 

from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Pocatello 

Field Office, 4350 Cliffs Drive, 

Pocatello, Idaho 83204. All meetings are 

open to the public. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15- 

member Council advises the Secretary 

of the Interior, through the Bureau of 

Land Management, on a variety of 

planning and management issues 

associated with public land 

management in the BLM Idaho Falls 

District (IFD), which covers eastern 

Idaho. 

All meetings are open to the public. 

The public may present written 

comments to the Council. Each formal 

Council meeting will also have time 

allocated for hearing public comments. 

Depending on the number of persons 

wishing to comment and time available, 

the time for individual oral comments 

may be limited. Individuals who plan to 

attend and need special assistance, such 

as sign language interpretation, tour 

transportation or other reasonable 

accommodations, should contact the 

BLM as provided below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joanna Wilson, RAC Coordinator, Idaho 

Falls District, 1405 Hollipark Dr., Idaho 

Falls, ID 83401. Telephone: (208) 524– 

7550. E-mail: Joanna_Wilson@blm.gov. 


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