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Infrastructure Grant proposals; and (2) 

to consider other Council business. We 

will post the final agenda on the 

Internet at http://www.fws.gov/sfbpc. 

Procedures for Public Input 

Format Requirements for Oral and 

Written Commenters 

Whether you wish to comment orally 

or in written form, you must provide us 

with written copies of your comments. 

All written statements must be supplied 

to the Council Coordinator in both of 

the following formats: 

• One hard copy with original 

signature, and 

• One electronic copy via e-mail 

(acceptable file format: Adobe Acrobat 

PDF, WordPerfect, MS Word, MS 

PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM– 

PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format). 

Submitting Written Information for the 

Council To Consider 

Speakers who wish to expand upon 

their oral statements or those who had 

wished to speak but could not be 

accommodated on the agenda are 

invited to submit written statements to 

the Council. Interested members of the 

public may submit relevant written 

information for the Council to consider 

during the public teleconference. We 

must receive all written statements by 

Monday, February 16, 2009, so that we 

can make the information available to 

the Council for their consideration prior 

to the teleconference. 

Council Minutes 

The Council Coordinator will 

maintain the teleconference’s summary 

minutes, which will be available for 

public inspection at the location under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

during regular business hours within 30 

days after the teleconference. You may 

purchase personal copies for the cost of 

duplication. 

Dated: January 21, 2009. 

Rowan W. Gould, 

Acting Director. 

[FR Doc. E9–2312 Filed 2–3–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–R–2008–N0299; 40136–1265– 

0000–S3] 

Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge, 

Franklin, Madison, and Tensas 

Parishes, LA 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability: draft 

comprehensive conservation plan and 

environmental assessment; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), announce the 

availability of a draft comprehensive 

conservation plan and environmental 

assessment (Draft CCP/EA) for Tensas 

River National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) 

for public review and comment. In this 

Draft CCP/EA, we describe the 

alternative we propose to use to manage 

this refuge for the 15 years following 

approval of the Final CCP. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, we 

must receive your written comments by 

March 6, 2009. A meeting will be held 

to present the Draft CCP/EA to the 

public. Mailings, newspaper articles, 

and posters will be the avenues to 

inform the public of the date and time 

for the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the 

Draft CCP/EA should be addressed to: 

Tina Chouinard, Refuge Planner, Fish 

and Wildlife Service, 6772 Highway 76 

South, Stanton, TN 38069. The Draft 

CCP/EA may be accessed and 

downloaded from the Service’s Internet 

site: http://southeast.fws.gov/planning. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tina 

Chouinard; Telephone: 731/780–8208; 

E-mail: tina_chouinard@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we continue the CCP 

process for Tensas River NWR. We 

started the process through a notice in 

the Federal Register on September 08, 

2006 (71 FR 53131). 

Tensas River NWR consists of 74,622 

acres in fee title and 195 acres in 

easement. It is located in the Tensas 

Basin in northeast Louisiana, 

approximately 60 miles southeast of 

Monroe, Louisiana, and 25 miles 

southwest of Vicksburg, Mississippi. 

The refuge area encompasses portions of 

Madison, Tensas, and Franklin Parishes. 

The office/visitor center and 

maintenance facilities on the refuge are 

located approximately 12 miles 

southwest of Tallulah, Louisiana. 

In an effort to conserve the largest 

privately owned tract of bottomland 

hardwoods remaining in the Mississippi 

Delta, Congress authorized the Secretary 

of the Interior to establish the Tensas 

River NWR by Public Law 96–285 on 

June 28, 1980. Tensas River NWR was 

established for various purposes, 

including: 

• ‘‘For the preservation and development 

of the environmental resources * * * to 

conserve the diversity of fish and wildlife 

and their habitat * * * for the conservation 

and development of wildlife and natural 

resources, the development of outdoor 

recreation opportunities, and interpretative 

education,’’ and ‘‘to give special 

consideration to management of the timber 

on the refuge to ensure continued 

commercial production and harvest 

compatible with the purposes for which the 

refuge is established and the needs of fish 

and wildlife which depend upon the 

dynamic and diversified hardwood forest’’ 

(94 Stat. 595, dated June 28, 1980); 

• ‘‘For the development, advancement, 

management, conservation, and protection of 

fish and wildlife resources’’ [16 U.S.C. 

742f(a)(4)] ‘‘for the benefit of the United 

States Fish and Wildlife Service, in 

performing its activities and services. Such 

acceptance may be subject to the terms of any 

restrictive or affirmative covenant, or 

condition of servitude’’ [16 U.S.C. 742f(b)(1) 

(Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956)]; 

• ‘‘For conservation purposes’’ [7 U.S.C. 

2002 (Consolidated Farm and Rural 

Development Act)]; 

• ‘‘To conserve (A) fish or wildlife which 

are listed as endangered species or 

threatened species* * *or (B) plants’’ [16 

U.S.C. 1534 (Endangered Species Act of 

1973)]. 

Tensas River NWR currently provides 

a mix of various habitat types, including 

bottomland hardwood forests, 

hardwood reforestation areas, open field 

moist-soil areas, and open fieldcropland. There are approximately 

11,000 acres of forest less than 30 years 

old; 6,000 acres of 30- to 60-year old 

timber, and 53,000 acres of 60-plus year 

old timber. Eighty percent (56,000 acres) 

of the refuge is composed of sweetgum/ 

willow oak/Nuttall oak forest type; 20 

percent is sugarberry/American elm/ 

green ash (12,600 acres); and a small 

percentage is overcup oak/bitter pecan 

and cypress brake timber types. The 

majority of the refuge is in a closedcanopy condition. 

Because Tensas River NWR is part of 

the Lower Mississippi River Ecosystem, 

the refuge is a component of many 

regional and ecosystem conservation 

planning initiatives. The Mississippi 

Alluvial Valley (MAV) is a critical 

ecoregion for migratory birds in North 

America. Tensas River NWR provides 

important foraging and resting habitats 

within the MAV for waterfowl, as well 

as a variety of other migratory birds 

such as woodcock, marshbirds, 

neotropical migratory birds, colonial 

waterbirds, and wading birds. This area 

specifically contributes important 

regional resources to an international 

habitat management effort known as the 

North American Waterfowl Management 

Plan, which seeks to return waterfowl 

species populations to levels observed 

during the 1970s. 

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Background 

The CCP Process 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 

668dd–668ee), which amended the 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966, requires us 

to develop a CCP for each national 

wildlife refuge. The purpose in 

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, wildlife 

photography, and environmental 

education and interpretation. We will 

review and update the CCP at least 

every 15 years in accordance with the 

Improvement Act and NEPA. 

Significant issues addressed in this 

Draft CCP/EA include: (1) Threatened 

Louisiana black bear, (2) general refuge 

and visitor center access, (3) clear 

integration of refuge management with 

regional watershed/ecosystem plans, (4) 

habitat restoration and management, (5) 

bottomland hardwood forest restoration 

and management, and (6) how to 

improve opportunities for 

environmental education/interpretation. 

The Service developed three 

alternatives for management of the 

refuge (Alternatives A, B, and C), with 

Alternative C as the Service’s proposed 

alternative. 

CCP Alternatives, Including Our 

Proposed Alternative 

We developed three alternatives for 

managing the refuge and chose 

‘‘Alternative C’’ as the proposed 

alternative. A full description of each 

alternative is in the Draft CCP/EA. We 

summarize each alternative below. 

Alternative A—No Action Alternative 

Current management and public use 

would continue under this alternative. 

Refuge management programs would 

continue to be developed and 

implemented with limited baseline 

biological information and with limited 

monitoring. Wildlife surveys would still 

be completed for presence and absence 

of species and to alert refuge staff to 

large-scale changes in population 

trends. Cooperation with partners for 

monitoring waterfowl, eagle, fish, and 

deer herd health surveys would 

continue. The refuge would continue to 

provide habitat for and monitor the 

progress on the repatriation of the 

Louisiana black bear. It would also 

maintain the current habitat mix for the 

benefit of other migratory birds, 

shorebirds, marshbirds, and landbirds. 

Staff would continue existing surveys to 

monitor long-term population trends 

and health of resident species. 

Bottomland hardwood forest 

management would continue at the 

current rate of thinning to maintain a 

closed canopy forest and retain as much 

water tupelo and bald cypress as 

possible. The open fields would 

continue with manipulating water levels 

for the moist-soil and cooperative 

cropland management. Management for 

invasive species would continue with 

opportunistic treatment and mapping. 

Partnerships would continue with 

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and 

Fisheries for several biological 

programs, hunting regulations, and law 

enforcement issues. The refuge partners 

program would still develop projects 

with interested parties for carbon 

sequestration projects and for invasive 

species. 

Hunting, fishing, and environmental 

education programs would continue to 

be the priority focus of public use on 

Tensas River NWR, with no expansion 

of current opportunities. Current 

restrictions or prohibitions would 

remain. Environmental education and 

wildlife observation and photography 

would be accommodated at present 

levels, with a few interpretive sites 

added. Staffing would remain at current 

level with no new positions added, but 

current vacancies would be advertised 

and filled. 

Alternative B—Custodial Management 

Approach 

This alternative is driven by reducing 

costs of funding and staffing, with 

reduced habitat and wildlife 

management and a reduced public use 

program. The biological information 

would be modified to develop 

management programs that could be 

implemented less frequently, yet still 

accomplish the objectives. Extensive 

baseline inventorying and monitoring 

programs would be conducted with 

several partners to provide a solid 

foundation of the current condition of 

refuge habitat and wildlife while 

monitoring for changes in trends. 

Additional research projects would be 

implemented in this alternative, 

depending on granting opportunities 

and partnerships with other agencies 

and universities. An intensive 

bottomland hardwood forest inventory 

would be implemented to define current 

conditions and monitor natural 

successional changes. Management in 

the bottomlands would be limited so 

that the forest would go through natural 

succession as defined in a revised Forest 

Habitat Management Plan. Open fields 

would be allowed to go through natural 

succession to bottomland hardwood 

forests, and moist-soil units would not 

be maintained. Invasive species 

management would become a priority to 

establish baseline information on 

location and density and protocols for 

control. Partnerships would continue to 

be fostered for several biological 

programs, hunting regulations, law 

enforcement issues, and research 

projects. 

Public use would be limited under 

this alternative, with custodial-level 

maintenance. Public use would be 

monitored more closely for impacts to 

wildlife, and if negative impacts 

occurred, new restrictions or closures 

would result. Deer hunting would be 

allowed when data demonstrated that 

the population had exceeded the habitat 

carrying capacity and a reduction in 

herd size was deemed necessary. An 

extensive survey for monitoring the deer 

population and its association with 

habitat conditions would be 

implemented. Fishing would continue 

as currently managed. Environmental 

education, wildlife observation, and 

wildlife photography would be 

accommodated at present levels; but 

access would be limited to July–October 

and February–April to minimize 

disturbance to migratory birds. Staffing 

would increase by four positions (e.g., 

biologist, forester, and two maintenance 

workers) to handle the increase in 

biological inventorying and monitoring, 

and to control invasive species. 

Alternative C—‘‘Ecosystem 

Management’’ (Proposed Action) 

Biological potential of historical 

habitats is restored and enhanced, with 

most management actions emphasizing 

natural ecological processes to foster 

habitat functions and wildlife 

populations. The biological program 

would be enhanced with inventorying 

and monitoring, so that adaptive 

management could be implemented, 

primarily for migratory birds, but other 

species of wildlife could benefit as well. 

Through the use of grants and 

partnerships, migratory bird use and 

nesting success on the refuge would be 

evaluated. Partnerships would be 

developed to establish scientifically 

valid protocols and to collaboratively 

work on research projects that would 

provide information on how forest 

management is affecting wildlife. 

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Bottomland hardwood forest 

management would be developed based 

on an inventory defining current 

conditions. Bottomlands would have 

management increased to open the 

canopy cover and increase structural 

and vegetation diversity. Water control 

structures and pumping capability 

would be improved to enhance moistsoil and cropland management for the 

benefit of wintering waterfowl. Invasive 

species would be mapped and protocols 

for control established with the addition 

of a forester. Partnerships would 

continue to be fostered for several 

biological programs, hunting 

regulations, law enforcement issues, and 

research projects. 

Under Alternative C, land acquisition, 

reforestation, and resource protection at 

Tensas River NWR would be intensified 

from the level now maintained in the 

‘‘No Action’’ Alternative. In the refuge’s 

Private Lands Program, staff would 

work with private landowners of 

adjacent tracts to manage and improve 

habitats. Staff would also explore 

opportunities with partners to protect 

existing and extend potential foraging 

areas off refuge lands. Alternative C 

would provide a full-time law 

enforcement officer, an equipment 

operator, a maintenance mechanic, and 

a wildlife technician. The refuge would 

develop and begin to implement a 

Cultural Resources Management Plan. 

Within 3 years of implementing the 

CCP, refuge staff would develop a 

Visitor Services Plan for use in 

expanding public use facilities and 

opportunities on the refuge. This stepdown management plan would provide 

overall, long-term direction and 

guidance in developing and running a 

larger public use program at Tensas 

River NWR. Alternative C would also 

increase opportunities for visitors by 

improving and/or adding facilities such 

as photo-blinds, observation sites, and 

trails. 

Next Step 

After the comment period ends, we 

will analyze the comments and address 

them. 

Public Availability of Comments 

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. 

Authority: This notice is published under 

the authority of the National Wildlife Refuge 

System Improvement Act of 1997, Public 

Law 105–57. 

Dated: January 28, 2009. 

Mike Piccirilli, 

Acting Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. E9–2304 Filed 2–3–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–646] 

In the Matter of Certain Power 

Supplies; Notice of Commission 

Determination Not To Review an Initial 

Determination Terminating the 

Investigation With Respect to 

Respondents Super Flower Computer, 

Inc. and Andyson International Co., 

Ltd. and Terminating the Investigation 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. International Trade 

Commission has determined not to 

review the presiding administrative law 

judge’s (‘‘ALJ’’) initial determination 

(‘‘ID’’) (Order No. 18) granting the 

motion of complainants Ultra Products, 

Inc. and Systemax, Inc. to terminate the 

investigation with respect to 

respondents Super Flower Computer, 

Inc. and Andyson International Co., Ltd. 

based on withdrawal of allegations from 

the Complaint and terminating the 

investigation. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Megan M. Valentine, Office of the 

General Counsel, U.S. International 

Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 

708–2301. Copies of non-confidential 

documents filed in connection with this 

investigation are or will be available for 

inspection during official business 

hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the 

Office of the Secretary, U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 500 E 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20436, 

telephone (202) 205–2000. General 

information concerning the Commission 

may also be obtained by accessing its 

Internet server at http://www.usitc.gov. 

The public record for this investigation 

may be viewed on the Commission’s 

electronic docket (EDIS) at http:// 

edis.usitc.gov. Hearing-impaired 

persons are advised that information on 

this matter can be obtained by 

contacting the Commission’s TDD 

terminal on (202) 205–1810. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission instituted this investigation 

on May 8, 2008, based on a complaint 

filed by Ultra Products, Inc. of Fletcher, 

Ohio and Systemax Inc. of Port 

Washington, New York (collectively 

‘‘Ultra’’). 73 FR 26144–5 (May 8, 2008). 

The complaint, as amended and 

supplemented, alleges violations of 

section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, in the 

importation into the United States, the 

sale for importation, and the sale within 

the United States after importation of 

certain power supplies by reason of 

infringement of certain claims of U.S. 

Patent No. 7,133,293. The complaint 

further alleges the existence of a 

domestic industry. The Commission’s 

notice of investigation named a number 

of respondents including Andyson 

International Co., Ltd. of Taipei, Taiwan 

(‘‘Andyson’’). On July 21, 2008, the 

Commission determined not to review 

an ID granting Ultra’s motion for leave 

to amend the complaint and notice of 

investigation to add a respondent, Super 

Flower Computer, Inc. (‘‘Super 

Flower’’). 73 FR 42365–6 (July 21, 

2008). 

On December 11, 2008, Ultra filed 

under Commission Rule 210.21(a) a 

motion for termination of the 

investigation with respect to 

respondents Andyson and Super Flower 

based on a withdrawal of allegations 

from the Complaint. Also on December 

11, Ultra filed a motion to stay the 

procedural schedule pending the ALJ’s 

decision on the motion to terminate. On 

December 22, 2008, the Commission 

Investigative Attorney filed a response 

in support of the motion to terminate 

Andyson and Super Flower. No other 

responses were filed. 

On January 5, 2009, the ALJ issued 

the subject ID, granting under 

Commission Rule 210.21(a) Ultra’s 

motion to terminate the investigation as 

to respondents Andyson and Super 

Flower. The ALJ noted that, with the 

termination of Andyson and Super 

Flower from the investigation, there are 

no longer any participating respondents 

in this investigation. All other named 

respondents were previously terminated 

from the investigation by way of 

settlement agreement, consent 

agreement, or default. The ALJ, 

therefore, terminated the investigation 

and stayed the procedural schedule. No 

petitions for review of this ID were filed. 

The Commission has determined not 

to review the ID. 

The authority for the Commission’s 

determination is contained in section 

337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and in 

section 210.42 of the Commission’s