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CBP uses the information collected on 

CBP Forms 349 and 350 to verify that 

the fee collected is timely and 

accurately submitted. These forms are 

authorized by the Water Resources 

Development Act of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 

4461, et seq.) and provided for by 19 

CFR 24.24, which also includes the list 

of designated ports. CBP Forms 349 and 

350 are accessible at http://www.cbp.

gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/forms/ or they may 

be completed and filed electronically at 

http://www.pay.gov. 

Current Actions: This submission is 

being made to extend the expiration 

date of this information collection with 

a change to the burden hours resulting 

from revised estimates of the number of 

responses. CBP also proposes to add the 

respondent’s email address and fax 

number to Form 349. There are no 

proposed changes to CBP 350. 

Type of Review: Extension (with 

change). 

Affected Public: Businesses. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

575. 

Estimated Number of Responses: 

2,300. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 130 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 1,246. 

Dated: August 9, 2011. 

Tracey Denning, 

Agency Clearance Officer, U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R7–2010–N290; 70133–1265–0000– 

S3] 

Draft Comprehensive Conservation 

Plan and Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement, Arctic National Wildlife 

Refuge, Fairbanks, AK 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for comments; announcement of 

public meetings. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of a draft comprehensive 

conservation plan (CCP) and draft 

environmental impact statement (DEIS) 

for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 

(Refuge) for public review and 

comment. In this document, we describe 

goals and objectives, management 

direction, and alternatives to manage 

the Refuge for the 15 years following 

approval of the final CCP. Also available 

for review in the document are draft 

compatibility determinations, a draft 

wilderness review, and a draft wild and 

scenic river review prepared in 

association with the CCP, as well as 

supporting documents required by the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA). 

DATES: To ensure consideration, please 

send your written comments by 

November 14, 2011. We will hold public 

meetings in communities within and 

near the Refuge, and also in the cities of 

Anchorage and Fairbanks, in Alaska. We 

will announce these 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 a 20-page 

summary of the CCP; a 1,200-page hard 

copy of the full CCP; or a CD–ROM of 

the summary and full document. 

Agency Web Site: Download a copy of 

the summary or full CCP document at 

http://arctic.fws.gov/ccp.htm. 

E-mail: ArcticRefugeCCP@fws.gov. 

Include ‘‘Arctic National Wildlife 

Refuge draft CCP and draft EIS’’ in the 

subject line of the message. 

Fax: Attn: Sharon Seim, Planning 

Team Leader, (907) 456–0428. 

U.S. Mail: Sharon Seim, Planning 

Team Leader, Arctic National Wildlife 

Refuge, 101 12th Ave., Rm. 236, 

Fairbanks, AK 99701. 

In-Person Pickup or Drop-off: You 

may pick up a copy or drop off 

comments during regular business hours 

at the address listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sharon Seim, Planning Team Leader, at 

the address listed above, by phone at 

(907) 456–0501, or by e-mail at 

ArcticRefugeCCP@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we continue the CCP 

process for the Arctic National Wildlife 

Refuge. We started this process through 

a notice of intent in the Federal Register 

(75 FR 17763; April 7, 2010). 

The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 

includes nearly 19.3 million acres, three 

wild rivers, and one of the largest areas 

of designated Wilderness in the United 

States. The rugged Brooks Range, with 

peaks and glaciers to 9,000 feet, extends 

east to west in a band 75 miles wide, 

rising abruptly from a tundra-covered 

plain. This treeless plain is cut by 

numerous braided rivers and streams. 

South of the continental divide, rivers 

wind serpentine courses through broad 

spruce-covered valleys dotted with 

lakes and sloughs. Nearly 180 species of 

birds, 45 species of mammals, and 36 

species of fish have been documented 

on Arctic Refuge. Vast mountains, 

diverse wildlife, and a wealth of 

habitats give this unspoiled wildlife 

refuge high cultural-heritage, scenic, 

scientific, and wilderness values. 

Background 

The CCP Process 

The Alaska National Interest Lands 

Conservation Act of 1980 (94 Stat. 2371; 

ANILCA) requires us to develop a CCP 

for each 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. We 

will review and update the CCP at least 

every 20 years in accordance with 

ANILCA. 

Public Outreach 

We started the CCP for Arctic Refuge 

in April 2010. At that time and 

throughout the planning process, we 

requested public comments and 

considered and incorporated them in 

numerous ways. In April 2010, we 

mailed a planning newsletter to more 

than 2,000 individuals, agencies, and 

organizations describing the planning 

process for the CCP revision and telling 

the public how they could be informed 

or involved. It informed the public 

about the Refuge vision and draft goals 

identified by the planning team and 

Refuge staff. The newsletter contained a 

comment form that provided an 

opportunity for people to identify issues 

they thought should be addressed in the 

CCP or to provide suggestions on how 

best to accomplish Arctic Refuge 

purposes. The newsletter and comment 

form were also made available over the 

Internet. 

To gather additional input from the 

public, members of the planning team 

and Refuge staff held eight public open 

house meetings—five in communities 

adjacent to or within the boundaries of 

the Arctic Refuge; one in Washington, 

DC; one in Anchorage, Alaska; and one 

in Fairbanks, Alaska. 

Individuals and organizations 

provided 94,061 comments during the 

scoping process. The responses came in 

e-mails, Web forms, postcards, faxes, 

letters, and public hearing transcripts. 

Approximately 300 people spoke at 

meetings in 8 communities. The 

responses were reviewed, coded, and 


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analyzed. Comments were sorted into 

six categories: 

(1) General comments expressing 

support for, or opposition to, wilderness 

designation and development within the 

Refuge; 

(2) Analysis—These comments spoke 

to the scope and content of the draft 

CCP/EIS, with the major theme being 

the need to update studies and to 

employ effective monitoring and 

inventories. A minor theme was the 

adequacy of the studies—the data 

concerns related to climate change, 

wildlife, invasive plants, recreation, oil 

and gas, water, and air; 

(3) Process—Commenters provided 

input on process considerations for CCP 

preparation, including comments on 

decisionmaking philosophy, outreach, 

public involvement process, public 

meetings, and the influence of politics 

and special interests in the process; 

(4) Activities and Uses—The 

comments received covered four major 

areas of activities and uses: 

• Commercial activities, either 

support or opposition—e.g., concern 

about potential impacts to Refuge 

resources, or impact of permitted users 

on Native groups; 

• Government Activities—e.g., 

scientific research, species management, 

structures within the Refuge, and 

alternative energy; 

• Private Activities; and 

• Native/Tribal activities on the 

Refuge, including support or opposition 

to recreational activities, large groups 

and growing crowds, with comments 

focused on potential impacts of Refuge 

regulations and policies to Native 

Alaskans; 

(5) Land and Resource Management— 

The focus of these comments included 

discussions about Refuge purposes and 

mandates (asking the Service to avoid 

changing or manipulating the natural 

environment in the Refuge); support for, 

and opposition to, further Wilderness 

and Wild and Scenic River designations; 

opposition to naming of features; and 

both ensuring compliance with Refuge 

treaties and agreements and concern 

from Alaska Natives that treaties have 

been used to manipulate their lifestyles; 

(6) Legal Consistency—This category 

included comments about the legal 

consistency of various laws, treaties, 

and policies that affect the Refuge—e.g., 

asking for clarification of the roles of the 

Service and Congress related to 

Wilderness designation and 

management within the ‘‘1002’’ area of 

the Refuge, and the role of Refuge 

planning to ensure that planning efforts 

for the CCP are consistent with laws, 

regulations, and policies. 

We have considered and evaluated 

these issues and public concerns, and 

we have used them to develop various 

aspects of the draft CCP/EIS, such as 

management objectives, management 

guidelines, and alternatives. 

CCP Alternatives We Are Considering 

We developed and evaluated the 

following alternatives, summarized in 

the table below. A full description of 

each alternative is in the draft EIS. 

Alternatives 

Issue 1: Should additional 

Wilderness Study Areas 

be recommended for inclusion 

in the National Wilderness 

Preservation System, and 

if so, which areas? 

Issue 2: Should additional Wild 

and Scenic Rivers 

be recommended for inclusion 

in the Wild and Scenic River System, and if so, which rivers? 

Issue 3: How will the Refuge manage 

Kongakut River visitor use to protect 

natural resources and visitor experience? 

A (No Action) .... No new Wilderness recommended No new Wild and Scenic Rivers 

recommended.

Group size limits exist for commercially guided 

groups (7 hikers, 10 floaters). There are no group 

size limits for non-guided visitors. 

Commercial service providers have permits, with 

occasional compliance checks. 

In the Kongakut Valley, air taxi permits are granted 

under condition that the holders limit landing to 

non-vegetated surfaces only; subject to safety 

and weather, they must maintain minimum 2,000 

feet above ground level flight operations, with no 

intentional low flights over camps or people; aircraft operations must not harass wildlife or interfere with refuge users. 

Visitor-use monitoring occurs every other year or 

less often. Campsite conditions are monitored 

periodically. 

B ....................... Recommend the Brooks Range 

Wilderness Study Area.

Recommend the Kongakut, 

Hulahula, and Marsh Fork of the 

Canning Rivers.

Same as Alternative A, with the following additional 

actions: 

Develop and initiate monitoring physical and social 

conditions to evaluate management effectiveness. 

Develop targeted public education materials explaining preferred practices to minimize impacts, 

such as proper waste disposal, avoiding wildlife 

impacts, and alleviating crowding among groups. 

C ....................... Recommend the Coastal Plain 

Wilderness Study Area.

Recommend the Atigun River ....... Same as Alternative B. 

D ....................... Recommend the Brooks Range 

and Porcupine Plateau Wilderness Study Areas.

Recommend the Kongakut, Marsh 

Fork of the Canning, and Atigun 

Rivers, and those portions of 

the Hulahula River that are on 

Refuge lands.

Same as Alternative B, except: 

Increase efforts to enforce compliance with permit 

conditions and regulations. 

Reduce the number of groups on the river during 

heavy use periods (late June and mid-August) by 

working with commercial guides to modify their 

use of the river throughout the season. 

Work with commercial air taxi operators to disperse 

flight paths over the river. 


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Alternatives 

Issue 1: Should additional 

Wilderness Study Areas 

be recommended for inclusion 

in the National Wilderness 

Preservation System, and 

if so, which areas? 

Issue 2: Should additional Wild 

and Scenic Rivers 

be recommended for inclusion 

in the Wild and Scenic River System, and if so, which rivers? 

Issue 3: How will the Refuge manage 

Kongakut River visitor use to protect 

natural resources and visitor experience? 

E ....................... Recommend the Brooks Range, 

Porcupine Plateau, and Coastal 

Plain Wilderness Study Areas.

Recommend the Kongakut, Marsh 

Fork of the Canning, Hulahula, 

and Atigun Rivers.

Same as Alternative D, except: 

Detailed step-down planning would start within 2 

years of completing the Record of Decision for 

the CCP. 

F ........................ Same as Alternative A .................. Same as Alternative A .................. Same as Alternative B, except: 

A detailed step-down plan would decide how to enforce compliance with permit conditions and regulations. 

Step-down planning would start within 2 years after 

completing the Record of Decision for the CCP. 

Public Availability of Documents 

In addition to any methods in 

ADDRESSES, you can view or obtain 

documents at our Web site: http:// 

arctic.fws.gov/ccp.htm. 

Public Meetings 

We will involve the public through 

open houses, hearings, meetings, and 

written comments. We will mail 

documents to our national and local 

Refuge mailing lists. Public open house 

meetings will be held in the 

communities of Arctic Village, Fort 

Yukon, Kaktovik, and Venetie, Alaska, 

and public hearings in will be held in 

Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska. 

Dates, times, and locations of each 

meeting or open house will be 

announced in advance in local media. 

Submitting Comments/Issues for 

Comment 

We particularly seek comments on the 

following issues: 

• Issue 1—Should one or more areas 

of the Arctic Refuge be recommended 

for Wilderness designation? 

• Issue 2—Should additional Wild 

and Scenic Rivers be recommended for 

inclusion in the National Wild and 

Scenic River System? 

• Issue 3—How will the Refuge 

manage Kongakut River visitor use to 

protect resources and visitor 

experience? 

We consider comments substantive if 

they: 

• Question, with reasonable basis, the 

accuracy of the information in the 

document; 

• Question, with reasonable basis, the 

adequacy of the environmental 

assessment; 

• Present reasonable alternatives 

other than those presented in the draft 

CCP and the EIS; and/or 

• Provide new or additional 

information relevant to the assessment. 

Next Steps 

After this comment period ends, we 

will analyze the comments and address 

them in the form of a final CCP and 

decision document. 

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. 

Dated: July 15, 2011. 

Geoffrey L. Haskett, 

Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Anchorage, Alaska. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLID9570000.LL14200000.BJ0000] 

Idaho: Filing of Plats of Survey 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of 

surveys. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has officially 

accepted the plat of survey of the lands 

described below in the BLM Idaho State 

Office, Boise, Idaho, effective 9 a.m., on 

the date specified. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Land Management, 1387 

South Vinnell Way, Boise, Idaho 83709– 

1657. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM 

will file the plat of survey of the lands 

described below in the BLM Idaho State 

Office, Boise, Idaho, on September 14, 

2011. This survey was executed at the 

request of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service to meet certain administrative 

and management purposes. 

The lands surveyed are: 

The plat constituting the entire survey 

record of the survey of certain islands in the 

Snake River, Tps 1 and 2 N., R. 3 West, T. 

2 N., R. 4 W., T. 3 N., R. 4 W., T. 3 N., R. 

5 W., and T. 4 N., R. 5 W., Boise Meridian, 

Idaho, was accepted July 29, 2011. 

The Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) will file the plat of survey of the 

lands described below in the BLM Idaho 

State Office, Boise, Idaho, 30 days from 

the date of publication in the Federal 

Register. This survey was executed at 

the request of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service to meet certain administrative 

and management purposes. 

Dated: August 2, 2011. 

Stanley G. French, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Idaho. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20668 Filed 8–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCA930000.L58790000.EU0000; CACA 

50168 13] 

Notice of Realty Action: Direct Sale of 

Public Land in San Benito County, CA 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM), Hollister Field 

Office, proposes to sell a parcel of 

public land consisting of approximately 

15.61 acres in San Benito County, 

California. The public land would be 

sold to Windfield Ranch, LLC, a 

California Limited Liability Company, 


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