Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 10, 2006 / Notices 59523 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Availability for the Record of 

Decision on the Final Environmental 

Impact Statement and General 

Management Plan, Pea Ridge National 

Military Park, AR 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, the National Park Service 

(NPS) announces the availability of the 

Record of Decision (ROD) on the final 

General Management Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/ 

EIS), Pea Ridge National Military Park, 

Arkansas (Park). The NPS will 

implement the preferred alternative, 

Alternative 4, as described in the final 

GMP/EIS issued in August. The GMP 

sets forth a management philosophy for 

the Park and ensures the Park has a 

clearly defined direction for resource 

preservation and visitor use. 

Under the selected action, visitors 

will have the opportunity to choose 

from the widest range of experiences 

available at the Park. Visitors will have 

opportunities to immerse themselves in 

Park resources associated with key 

battle areas and gain an understanding 

of the history of the Pea Ridge battle. 

Visitors will have many choices in the 

type, intensity, and duration of their 

experiences, guided by a variety of 

interpretive programs and media. 

The preferred alternative (Alternative 

4) best accomplishes protection of Park 

resources and maintenance of a wide 

range of quality visitor experiences. The 

preferred alternative will have positive 

impacts on the Park’s natural resources 

related to the rehabilitation of the 

landscape to its 1862 appearance. The 

new management zones help ensure that 

visitors will have numerous and varied 

opportunities for understanding and 

appreciating the significance of the 

history of the Battle of Pea Ridge. 

Four areas will be added to the Park 

under the selected action. The added 

lands will be feasible to administer by 

the NPS. There are no viable 

alternatives for adequate management 

and resource protection. The NPS will 

first consider alternate methods such as 

easements, right of way, or cooperative 

approaches that do not involve Federal 

acquisition of any interest in real 

property. 

The ROD includes a statement of the 

decision made, synopses of other 

alternatives considered, the basis for the 

decision, the rationale for why the 

selected action is the environmentally 

preferred alternative, a finding of no 

impairment of site resources and values, 

and an overview of public involvement 

in the decisionmaking process. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Superintendent at Pea Ridge National 

Military Park, 15930 Highway 62, 

Garfield, Arkansas 72732. The 

document can be found on the World 

Wide Web at: http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/. 

Dated: September 5, 2006. 

Ernest Quintana, 

Regional Director, Midwest Region. 

[FR Doc. E6–16688 Filed 10–6–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Plan of Operations, Categorical 

Exclusion, Big Thicket National 

Preserve, TX 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Plan 

of Operations and Categorical Exclusion 

for a 30-day public review at Big 

Thicket National Preserve. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in 

accordance with § 9.52(b) of Title 36 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations, part 9, 

subpart B, that the National Park Service 

(NPS) has received from Cimarex Energy 

Co., a Plan of Operations to conduct the 

Sour Lake 3–D ‘‘Cable-Only’’ Seismic 

Survey within the Lance Rosier and 

Little Pine Island-Pine Island Bayou 

Corridor Units of Big Thicket National 

Preserve, in Hardin County, Texas. The 

NPS has prepared a Categorical 

Exclusion on this proposal. 

DATES: The above documents are 

available for public review and 

comment through November 9, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: The Plan of Operations and 

Categorical Exclusion are available for 

public review and comment at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov, and in the Office 

of the Superintendent, Todd Brindle, 

Big Thicket National Preserve, 6044 FM 

420, Kountze, Texas 77625. Copies of 

the Plan of Operations and Categorical 

Exclusion are available upon request 

from the contact listed below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Haigler ‘‘Dusty’’ Pate, Oil and Gas 

Program Manager, Big Thicket National 

Preserve, 6044 FM 420, Kountze, Texas 

77625, Telephone: 409 951–6822, e-mail 

at Haigler_Pate@nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you 

wish to comment on the Plan of 

Operations and Categorical Exclusion, 

you may mail comments to the name 

and address above or post comments 

online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/. 

The documents will be on public review 

for 30 days. Our practice is to make 

comments, including names, home 

addresses, home phone numbers, and email addresses of respondents, available 

for public review. Individual 

respondents may request that we 

withhold their names and/or home 

addresses, etc., but if you wish us to 

consider withholding this information 

you must state this prominently at the 

beginning of your comments. In 

addition, you must present a rationale 

for withholding this information. This 

rationale must demonstrate that 

disclosure would constitute a clearly 

unwarranted invasion of privacy. 

Unsupported assertions will not meet 

this burden. In the absence of 

exceptional, documentable 

circumstances, this information will be 

released. We will always make 

submissions from organizations or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives of or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. 

Dated: August 1, 2006. 

Michael D. Snyder, 

Director, Intermountain Region, National 

Park Service. 

[FR Doc. E6–16689 Filed 10–6–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Third Public Meeting for Reclamation’s 

Managing for Excellence Project 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting and 

announcement of subsequent meetings 

to be held. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation is 

holding a meeting to inform the public 

about the Managing for Excellence 

project. This meeting is the third of 

three previously noticed meetings to be 

held in 2006 to inform the public about 

the action items, progress, and results of 

the Managing for Excellence project and 

to seek broad feedback. Subsequent 

meetings will be held in 2007. 

DATES: November 13, 2006, 1 p.m. to 6 

p.m., and November 14, 2006, 8 a.m. to 

5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Doubletree Hotel 

Sacramento, 2001 Point West Way, 

Sacramento, California 95815, Garden 

and Terrace Rooms. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Miguel Rocha (303) 445–2841. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Managing for Excellence Project will 

identify and address the specific 21st 

Century challenges Reclamation must 

meet to fulfill its mission to manage, 

develop, and protect water and related 

resources in an environmentally and 

economically sound manner in the 

interest of the American public. This 

project will examine Reclamation’s core 

capabilities and the agency’s ability to 

respond to both expected and 

unforeseeable future needs in an 

innovative and timely manner. This 

project will result in essential changes 

in a number of key areas, which are 

outlined in, Managing for Excellence—

An Action Plan for the 21st Century 

Bureau of Reclamation. For more 

information regarding the Project, 

Action Plan, and specific actions being 

taken, please visit the Managing for 

Excellence Web page at http:// 

www.usbr.gov/excellence. 

Registration 

Although you may register the first 

day of the conference starting at 10 a.m., 

we highly encourage you to register 

online at http://www.usbr.gov/ 

excellence, or by phone at 303–445–

2808. 

Dated: September 27, 2006. 

Brenda W. Burman, 

Deputy Commissioner—External and 

Intergovernmental Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 06–8539 Filed 10–6–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–M 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Office of Justice Programs 

[OMB Number 1121–0220] 

Bureau of Justice Assistance; Agency 

Information Collection Activities: 

Proposed Collection; Comments 

Requested 

ACTION: 60-day notice of information 

collection under review; extension of 

currently approved collection. 

Bureau of Justice Assistance 

Application Form: Public Safety Officers 

Educational Assistance. 

The Department of Justice, Office of 

Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice 

Assistance, has submitted the following 

information collection request for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. This proposed information 

collection is published to obtain 

comments from the public and affected 

agencies. 

Comments are encouraged and will be 

accepted for ‘‘sixty days’’ until 

December 11, 2006. If you have 

additional comments, suggestions, or 

need a copy of the proposed information 

collection instrument with instructions 

or additional information, please 

contact M. Pressley 1–866–859–2687, 

Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of 

Justice Programs, U.S. Department of 

Justice, 810 7th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20531. 

Written comments and suggestions 

from the public and affected agencies 

concerning the proposed collection of 

information are encouraged. Your 

comments should address one or more 

of the following four points: 

• Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

• Evaluate the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• 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 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Overview of this information 

collection: 

(1) Type of information collection: 

Extension of currently approved 

collection. 

(2) The title of the form/collection: 

Public Safety Officers Educational 

Assistance. 

(3) The agency form number, if any, 

and the applicable component of the 

Department sponsoring the collection: 

None. Bureau of Justice Assistance, 

Office of Justice Programs, United States 

Department of Justice. 

(4) Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: 

Primary: Dependents of public safety 

officers who were killed or permanently 

and totally disabled in the line of duty. 

Abstract: BJA’s Public Safety Officers’

Benefits (PSOB) division will use the 

PSOEA Application information to 

confirm the eligibility of applicants to 

receive PSOEA benefits. Eligibility is 

dependent on several factors, including 

the applicant having received or being 

eligible to receive a portion of the PSOB 

Death Benefit, or having a family 

member who received the PSOB 

Disability Benefit. Also considered are 

the applicant’s age and the schools 

being attended. In addition, information 

to help BJA identify an individual is 

collected, such as Social Security 

number and contact numbers and e-mail 

addresses. The changes to the 

application form have been made in an 

effort to streamline the application 

process and eliminate requests for 

information that is either irrelevant or 

already being collected by other means. 

Others: None. 

(5) An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

needed for an average respondent to 

respond is as follows: It is estimated that 

no more than 78 respondents will apply 

a year. Each application takes 

approximately 20 minutes to complete. 

(6) An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection is 26 hours. Total Annual 

Reporting Burden: 78 × 20 minutes per 

application = 1560 minutes ÷ by 60 

minutes per hour = 26 hours. 

If additional information is required, 

please contact, Lynn Bryant, Clearance 

Officer, United States Department of 

Justice, Justice Management Division, 

Policy and Planning Staff, Patrick Henry 

Building, Suite 1600, 601 D Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: October 3, 2006. 

Lynn Bryant, 

Clearance Officer, Justice Management 

Division, United States Department of Justice. 

[FR Doc. E6–16623 Filed 10–6–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–18–P 

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Submission for OMB Review: 

Comment Request 

October 2, 2006. 

The Department of Labor (DOL) has 

submitted the following public 

information collection request (ICR) to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 

44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). A copy of this 

ICR, with applicable supporting 

documentation, may be obtained by 

contacting Ira Mills at the Department of 

Labor on 202–693–4122 (this is not a 

toll-free number) or E-Mail: 

Mills.Ira@dol.gov. This ICR can also be 

accessed online at http:// 


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