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copy of the collection instrument, 

please write to Frank Perniciaro, Office 

of the Special Trustee, Office of External 

Affairs, 4400 Masthead St., NE., Room 

323, Albuquerque, NM 87109. You may 

also request e-mail him at 

frank_perniciaro@ost.doi.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which 

implement the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13), require 

that interested members of the public 

and affected parties have an opportunity 

to comment on information collection 

and recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 

1320.8(d). This notice identifies an 

information collection activity that the 

Office of the Special Trustee for 

American Indians has submitted to 

OMB for renewal. 

Public Law 103–412, The American 

Indian Trust Fund Management Reform 

Act of 1994, allows Indian tribes on a 

voluntary basis to take their funds out 

of trust status within the Department of 

the Interior (and the Federal 

Government) in order to manage such 

funds on their own. 25 CFR Part 1200, 

subpart B, § 1200.13, ‘‘How does a tribe 

apply to withdraw funds?’’ describes the 

requirements for application for 

withdrawal. The Act covers all tribal 

trust funds including judgment funds as 

well as some settlements funds, but 

excludes funds held in Individual 

Indian Money accounts. Both the Act 

and the regulations state that upon 

withdrawal of the funds, the 

Department of the Interior (and the 

Federal Government) have no further 

liability for such funds. Accompanying 

their application for withdrawal of trust 

funds, tribes are required to submit a 

Management Plan for managing the 

funds being withdrawn, to protect the 

funds once they are out of trust status. 

This information collection allows the 

Office of the Special Trustee to collect 

the tribes’ applications for withdrawal 

of funds held in trust by the Department 

of the Interior. If this information were 

not collected, the Office of the Special 

Trustee would not be able to comply 

with the American Indian Trust Fund 

Management Reform Act of 1994, and 

tribes would not be able to withdraw 

funds held for them in trust by the 

Department of the Interior. 

II. Data 

(1) Title: Application to Withdraw 

Tribal Funds from Trust Status, 25 CFR 

Part 1200. 

OMB Control Number: 1035–0003. 

Current Expiration Data: August 31, 

2009. 

Type of Review: Information 

Collection Renewal. 

Affected Entities: State, Local and 

Tribal Government. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 2. 

Frequent of response: Once per 

respondent. 

(2) Annual reporting and record 

keeping burden: 

Total annual reporting per 

respondent: 400 hours. 

Total annual reporting: 800 hours. 

(3) Description of the need and use of 

the information: The statutorilyrequired information is needed to 

provide a vehicle for tribes to withdraw 

funds from accounts held in trust for 

them by the United States Government. 

(4) As required under 5 CFR 

1320.8(d), a Federal Register notice 

soliciting comments on the information 

collection was published on May 20, 

2009 (74 FR 23738). No comments were 

received. This notice provides the 

public with an additional 30 days in 

which to comment on the proposed 

information collection activity. 

III. Request for Comments 

The Department of the Interior invites 

comments on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

and the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(c) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(d) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information techniques. 

‘‘Burden’’ means the total time, effort, 

or financial resources expended by 

persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose or provide information to or for 

a Federal agency. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions; to 

develop, acquire, install and utilize 

technology and systems for the purpose 

of collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

All written comments, with names 

and addresses, will be available for 

public inspection. If you wish us to 

withhold your personal information, 

you must prominently state at the 

beginning of your comment what 

personal information you want us to 

withhold. We will honor your request to 

the extent allowable by law. If you wish 

to view any comments received, you 

may do so by scheduling an 

appointment with the Office of the 

Special Trustee by calling (505) 816– 

1173. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

control number. 

Dated: August 10, 2009. 

Donna Erwin, 

Acting Special Trustee, Office of the Special 

Trustee for American Indians. 

[FR Doc. E9–19634 Filed 8–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–2W–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Proposed Water Service Contract, El 

Dorado County Water Agency, El 

Dorado County, CA 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of the 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR). 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act and the 

California Environmental Quality Act, 

the Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation) and the El Dorado County 

Water Agency (EDCWA) as lead 

agencies have made available for public 

review and comment a joint Draft EIS/ 

EIR for a Proposed Water Service 

Contract pursuant to Public Law 101– 

514. The Draft EIS/EIR describes and 

presents the environmental effects of 

four alternatives, including no action, of 

entering into a long-term Central Valley 

Project (CVP) water service contract 

with EDCWA. 

DATES: Two public meetings have been 

scheduled to receive oral or written 

comments regarding environmental 

effects: 

• Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 6 

p.m. to 8 p.m. in Folsom, CA. 

• Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 6 

p.m. to 8 p.m. in El Dorado Hills, CA. 

Written comments on the Draft EIS/ 

EIR will be accepted on or before 

October 16, 2009. 

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ADDRESSES: The public meetings will be 

held at: 

• City of Folsom Community Center, 

52 Natoma Street, Folsom, California. 

• El Dorado Hills Fire Department, 

1050 Wilson Way, El Dorado Hills, 

California. 

Send written comments on the Draft 

EIS/EIR to Ms. Elizabeth Dyer, Bureau of 

Reclamation, 7794 Folsom Dam Road, 

Folsom, California 95630. Copies of the 

Draft EIS/EIR may be requested from 

Ms. Dyer at the above address, or by 

calling 916–989–7256. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 

locations where copies of the Draft EIS/ 

EIR are available for public inspection. 

The Draft EIR/EIS is also available from 

the following Web site: http:// 

www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/ 

nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=26. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Elizabeth Dyer, Natural Resources 

Specialist, Reclamation, at 916–989– 

7256, elizabethdyer@usbr.gov; or Tracey 

Eden-Bishop, Water Resources Engineer, 

El Dorado County Water Agency, 530– 

621–5392, tracey.edenbishop@edcgov.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The focus 

of the Draft EIS/EIR is to evaluate the 

potential environmental and socioeconomic impacts of the new CVP water 

service contract authorized under Public 

Law 101–514. The Draft EIS/EIR 

combines the programmatic and projectlevel analysis of the potential effects. At 

the project-level, the potential 

hydrologic changes to the American 

River basin and the CVP/State Water 

Project including the Sacramento-San 

Joaquin River Delta are evaluated. At the 

programmatic level, the potential longterm effects and indirect effects of this 

new water contract within the context of 

existing policies, infrastructure, public 

services, and population demographics 

as supported by the El Dorado County 

General Plan and EIR are evaluated. 

Since no new facilities or infrastructure 

are part of this new CVP water 

contracting action, no direct impacts of 

this new water contract are included in 

the analysis. Copies of the Draft EIS/EIR 

are available for public review at the 

following locations: 

• Bureau of Reclamation, Denver 

Office Library, Building 67, Room 167, 

Denver Federal Center, 6th and Kipling, 

Denver, CO 80225; telephone: 303–445– 

2072. 

• Bureau of Reclamation, Office of 

Public Affairs, 2800 Cottage Way, 

Sacramento, CA 95825–1898; telephone: 

916–978–5100. 

• Natural Resources Library, U.S. 

Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street 

NW., Main Interior Building, 

Washington, DC 20240–0001. 

• Bureau of Reclamation, Central 

California Area Office, 7794 Folsom 

Dam Road, Folsom, CA 95630. 

• El Dorado County Water Agency, 

3932 Ponderosa Road Suite 200, Shingle 

Springs, CA 95682. 

Before including your name, 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: May 15, 2009. 

Donald R. Glaser, 

Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–19714 Filed 8–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R9–IA–2009–N154; 96300–1671– 

0000–P5] 

Receipt of Applications for Permit 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications 

for permit. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

for permits to conduct certain activities 

with endangered species. The 

Endangered Species Act requires that 

we invite public comment on these 

permit applications. 

DATES: Written data, comments or 

requests must be received by September 

16, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Documents and other 

information submitted with these 

applications are available for review, 

subject to the requirements of the 

Privacy Act and Freedom of Information 

Act, by any party who submits a written 

request for a copy of such documents 

within 30 days of the date of publication 

of this notice to: U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Division of Management 

Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, 

Room 212, Arlington, Virginia 22203; 

fax 703/358–2281. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Division of Management Authority, 

telephone 703/358–2104. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Endangered Species 

The public is invited to comment on 

the following applications for a permit 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species. This notice is 

provided pursuant to Section 10(c) of 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Submit your written data, comments, or 

requests for copies of the complete 

applications to the address shown in 

ADDRESSES. 

Applicant: Jesse D’Elia, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Portland, OR, PRT– 

217686 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import toe-pad samples of California 

condor (Gymnogyps californianus) to be 

obtained from museum specimens 

worldwide for the purpose of scientific 

research. This notification covers 

activities to be conducted by the 

applicant over a 5-year period. 

Applicant: U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service/National Black-Footed Ferret 

Conservation Center, Carr, CO, PRT– 

800411 and PRT–086867 

The applicant requests an amendment 

of their permits to export, import, and 

re-import both live captive-born and 

wild specimens, biological samples, and 

salvaged material of black-footed ferret 

(Mustela nigripes) to and from Canada 

for completion of identified tasks and 

objectives mandated under the Blackfooted Ferret Recovery Plan. Salvaged 

materials may include but are not 

limited to: Whole or partial specimens, 

blood, tissue, hair, and fecal swabs. This 

notification covers activities to be 

conducted by the applicant over a 5- 

year period. 

Applicant: Samuel K. Wasser/ 

University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 

PRT–179638 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import ivory pieces from elephant 

(Elephantidae spp.) collected from tusks 

seized in Osaka, Japan, for the purpose 

of scientific research. 

Applicant: Nick Misciagna, Staten 

Island, NY, PRT–223180 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import the sport-hunted trophy of one 

male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus 

pygargus) culled from a captive herd 

maintained under the management 

program of the Republic of South Africa, 

for the purpose of enhancement of the 

survival of the species. 

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