Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 177 / Wednesday, September 13, 2006 / Notices 54089 

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 2,905. 

Status: Revision of a currently 

approved collection. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as 

amended. 

Dated: September 6, 2006. 

Lillian L. Deitzer, 

Department Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E6–15104 Filed 9–12–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Long Island National Wildlife Refuge 

Complex 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability: Final 

comprehensive conservation plan and 

finding of no significant impact. 

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service 

(Service) announces the availability of 

the final Comprehensive Conservation 

Plan (CCP) and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for Long Island 

National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) 

Complex. Prepared in conformance with 

the National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966, as amended 

by the National Wildlife Refuge System 

Improvement Act of 1997, and the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, the plan describes how we intend 

to manage the complex over the next 15 

years. 

ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of 

this CCP on compact disk or in print by 

writing to Long Island National Wildlife 

Refuge Complex, P.O. Box 21, 360 

Smith Road, Shirley, NY 11967, or by 

calling 631–286–0485. You may also 

access and download a copy from the 

Web sites 

http://library.fws.gov/ccps.htm or 

http://longislandrefuges.fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deb 

Long, Refuge Manager, Long Island 

NWR Complex, at 631–286–0485, or by 

e-mail at Deb_Long@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act, as amended by the 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 668 

dd et seq.) requires CCPs for all refuges 

to provide refuge managers with 15-year 

strategies for achieving refuge purposes 

and furthering the mission of the 

National Wildlife Refuge System. 

Developing CCPs is done according to 

the sound principles of fish and wildlife 

science and laws, while adhering to 

Service planning and related policies. In 

addition to outlining broad management 

direction on conserving refuge wildlife 

and habitat, CCPs identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities 

available to the public, including 

opportunities for hunting, fishing, 

wildlife observation and photography, 

and environmental education and 

interpretation. We will review and 

update this CCP at least once every 15 

years. 

Long Island NWR Complex includes 

Amagansett, Conscience Point, 

Elizabeth A. Morton, Oyster Bay, 

Seatuck, Target Rock, and Wertheim 

NWRs, along with Lido Beach Wildlife 

Management Area and the Sayville Unit. 

The complex spans over 6,200 acres in 

Suffolk and Nassau Counties of New 

York State. Management focuses on 

migratory birds, threatened and 

endangered species, and their habitats. 

The Service acquired most of the refuges 

in the complex under authority of the 

Migratory Bird Conservation Act of 1929 

(16 U.S.C. 715–715r) for ‘‘use as an 

inviolate sanctuary, or for any other 

management purposes, for migratory 

birds.’’ Three of the units were 

established under authority of the 

Transfer of Certain Real Property for 

Wildlife Conservation Purposes Act (16 

U.S.C. 667b–667d) for ‘‘particular value 

in carrying out the national migratory 

bird management program.’’

We distributed a draft CCP/EA for 

public review and comment for 30 days 

between June 19 and July 19, 2006. Its 

distribution was announced in the 

Federal Register on June 19, 2006 (71 

FR 35283). That draft analyzed three 

alternatives for managing the complex. 

We also held three public meetings, on 

June 26, 27, and 28, 2006, to obtain 

public comments. We received 29 

comments. Appendix I of the final CCP 

includes a summary of those comments 

and our responses to them. 

We selected Alternative B (the 

Service-proposed action) from the draft 

CCP/EA as the alternative for 

implementation. Our final CCP fully 

describes its details. Staff from 

Wertheim NWR headquarters office in 

Shirley, New York, will continue to 

administer all units of the complex. 

Highlights of the final CCP include: 

(1) Increasing existing programs to 

protect habitats and manage for the 

threatened piping plover, the 

endangered Sandplain gerardia, 

American eel, mud and box turtles, 

wintering waterfowl, and neotropical 

migratory songbirds; 

(2) Intensifying efforts to control nonnative invasive species such as 

phragmites, and evaluating and 

implementing new management 

practices to decrease insecticide use in 

marsh communities; 

(3) Constructing a new headquarters 

and visitor facility at Wertheim NWR 

that will also serve as an office for 

Region 5’s Long Island Field Office, part 

of the Ecological Services program; 

(4) Strengthening interpretive and 

environmental education programs 

throughout the refuges; and 

(5) Expanding outreach efforts, such 

as public relations and volunteer 

programs; 

(6) Initiating a regulated early-season 

(September) hunt and other population 

control measures to manage 

overabundant populations of resident 

Canada geese at Wertheim NWR. 

The Service will actively pursue land 

acquisition opportunities within the 

refuges’ approved boundaries, as well as 

other land protection opportunities. 

However, the CCP does not propose 

Service acquisition of additional lands 

at this time. 

Dated: August 30, 2006. 

Richard O. Bennett, 

Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Hadley, Massachusetts. 

[FR Doc. E6–15150 Filed 9–12–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WO–350–1430–EU–24 1A; OMB Control 

Number 1004–0029] 

Information Collection Submitted to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) will send a request to extend the 

current information collection to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). On April 21, 2005, the 

BLM published a notice in the Federal 

Register (70 FR 20765) requesting 

comment on this information collection. 

The comment period ended on June 20, 

2005. The BLM did not receive any 

comments. You may obtain copies of the 

collection of information and related 

forms and explanatory material by 

contacting the BLM Information 

Collection Clearance Officer at the 

telephone number listed below. 

The OMB must respond to this 

request within 60 days but may respond 

after 30 days. For maximum 

consideration you comments and 

suggestions on the requirement should 

be directed within 30 days to the Office 

of Management and Budget, Interior 


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54090 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 177 / Wednesday, September 13, 2006 / Notices 

Department Desk Officer (1004–0029), at 

OMB–OIRA via facsimile to (202) 395–

6566 or e-mail to 

OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. Please 

provide a copy of your comments to the 

U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau 

of Land Management, Mail Stop 401LS, 

1849 C Street, NW., Attention: Bureau of 

Information Collection Clearance Officer 

(WO–630), Washington, DC 20240. 

Nature of Comments: We specifically 

request your comments on the 

following: 

1. Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

functioning of the BLM, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. The accuracy of our estimates of the 

information collection burden, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions we use; 

3. Ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information we 

collected; and 

4. Ways to minimize the information 

collection burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other forms of 

information technology. 

Title: Color-of-Title: Conveyances 

Affecting Color or Claim of Title (43 

CFR part 2540). 

OMB Control Number: 1004–0029. 

Bureau Form Number: 2540–1, 2540–

2, and 2540–3. 

Abstract: The BLM collects and uses 

the information to determine if an 

applicant meets the statutory 

requirements of the Color-of-Title Act 

and regulations 43 CFR part 2540. 

Frequency: One. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals, groups, or corporations. 

Estimated Completion Time: 3 hours. 

Annual Responses: 7. 

Average Application Processing Fee 

Per Response: $10. 

Annual Burden Hours: 21. 

Bureau Clearance Officer: Ted 

Hudson, (202) 452–5033. 

Dated: September 7, 2006. 

Ted R. Hudson, 

Bureau of Land Management, Information 

Collection Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–7608 Filed 9–12–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–84–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WO–320–1990–FA–24 1A; OMB Control 

Number 1004–0114] 

Information Collection Submitted to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) will send a request to extend the 

current information collection to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) under the provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et. seq.). On April 21, 2005, the 

BLM published a notice in the Federal 

Register (70 FR 20768) requesting 

comment on this information collection. 

The comment period ended on June 20, 

2005. The BLM did not receive any 

comments. You may obtain copies of the 

collection of information and related 

forms and explanatory material by 

contacting the BLM Information 

Collection Clearance Officer at the 

telephone number listed below. 

The OMB must respond to this 

request within 60 days but may respond 

after 30 days. For maximum 

consideration your comments and 

suggestions on the requirement should 

be directed within 30 days to the Office 

of Management and Budget, Interior 

Department Desk Officer (1004–0114), at 

ONB–OIRA via facsimile to (202) 395–

6566 or e-mail to 

OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. Please 

provide a copy of your comments to the 

U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau 

of Land Management, Mail Stop 401LS, 

1849 C Street, NW., Attention: Bureau 

Information Collection Clearance Officer 

(WO–630), Washington, DC 20240. 

Nature of Comments We specifically 

request your comments on the 

following: 

1. Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

functioning of the BLM, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. The accuracy of our estimates of the 

information collection burden, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions we use; 

3. Ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information we 

collect; and 

4. Ways to minimize the information 

collection burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other forms of 

information technology. 

Title: Recordation of Location Notices 

and Annual Filings for Mining Claims, 

Mill Sites, and Tunnel Sites; Payment of 

Location and Maintenance Fees and 

Service Charges. (43 CFR Parts 3730, 

3810, 3820, 2830–3839). 

OMB Control Number: 1004–0114. 

Bureau Form Number: 3830–2 and 

3830–3. 

Abstract: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) collects and uses 

the information to determine whether or 

not mining, claimants have met 

statutory requirements. Mining 

claimants must record location notices 

or certificates of mining claims, mill 

sites, and tunnel sites with BLM within 

90 days of their location. Claimants who 

do not pay the maintenance fee must 

make an annual filing by December 30. 

The mining claim or site is forfeited by 

operation of law if claimants fail to 

record the mining claim or site or to 

submit an annual filing when required. 

Frequency: Once for notices and 

certificates of location, notice of intent 

to locate mining claims, and payment of 

location fees. Once for annual filings, 

payment of maintenance fees, or filing 

of waivers, and as needed for recording 

of amendments to a previously recorded 

notice or certificate of location or 

transfer of interest. 

Description of Respondents: 

Individuals, groups, or corporations. 

Estimated Completion Time: Form 

3830–2 is 20 minutes/Form 3830–3 is 25 

minutes. 

Annual Responses: 220,281. 

Average Application Processing Fee 

Per Response: We charge $15 each for 

new claims, $10 each for all other 

mining claims documents, and $25/$90 

for each notice of intent to locate mining 

claims and petitions for deferment of 

assessment work. 

Annual Burden Hours: 19,349. 

Bureau Clearance Officer: Ted 

Hudson, (202) 452–5033. 

Dated: September 7, 2006. 

Ted R. Hudson, 

Bureau of Land Management, Information 

Collection Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–7609 Filed 9–12–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–84–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AK–964–1410–HY–P; F–14942–A] 

Alaska Native Claims Selection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of decision approving 

lands for conveyance. 

SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 

2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an 

appealable decision approving lands for 


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