64552 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 212 / Thursday, November 2, 2006 / Notices 

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 

21,125. 

Status: Extension of a currently 

approved collection. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

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

amended. 

Dated: October 26, 2006. 

Lillian L. Deitzer, 

Departmental Paperwork Reduction Act 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. E6–18438 Filed 11–1–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage 

Corridor Commission Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Interior, Office 

of the Secretary 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

upcoming meeting of the Delaware & 

Lehigh National Heritage Corridor 

Commission. Notice of this meeting is 

required under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463). 

MEETING DATE AND TIME: Thursday, 

November 9, 2006—1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Emrick Technology Center, 

2750 Hugh Moore Park Road, Easton, 

PA 18042. 

The agenda for the meeting will focus 

on implementation of the Management 

Action Plan for the Delaware & Lehigh 

National Heritage Corridor and State 

Heritage Park. The Commission was 

established to assist the Commonwealth 

of Pennsylvania and its political 

subdivisions in planning and 

implementing an integrated strategy for 

protecting and promoting cultural, 

historic and natural resources. The 

Commission reports to the Secretary of 

the Interior and to Congress. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage 

Corridor Commission was established 

by Public Law 100–692, November 18, 

1988 and extended through Public Law 

105–355, November 13, 1998. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

C. Allen Sachse, Executive Director, 

Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage 

Corridor Commission, 2750 Hugh Moore 

Park Road, Easton PA 18042, 

(610) 923–3548. 

Dated: October 27, 2006. 

C. Allen Sachse, 

Executive Director, Delaware & Lehigh 

National Heritage Corridor Commission. 

[FR Doc. 06–9015 Filed 11–1–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Record of Decision for the Final 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the San Diego Bay National Wildlife 

Refuge (Sweetwater Marsh and South 

San Diego Bay Units) 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of record 

of decision. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service) announces the 

decision and availability of the Record 

of Decision (ROD) for the Final 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement (Final 

CCP/EIS) for the Sweetwater Marsh and 

South San Diego Bay Units of the San 

Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge 

(NWR or Refuge). A thorough analysis of 

the environmental, social, and economic 

considerations was completed and 

presented in the Final CCP/EIS. The 

Final CCP/EIS was released to the 

public and a Notice of Availability was 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 25, 2006. The ROD documents 

the Service’s decision to adopt and 

implement Alternative C (Implement 

Habitat Enhancement and Restoration 

and Improve Existing Public Uses) for 

the Sweetwater Marsh Unit and 

Alternative D (Expand Habitat 

Management, Enhance Nesting 

Opportunities, Maximize Habitat 

Restoration, and Provide Additional 

Public Use Opportunities) for the South 

San Diego Bay Unit. 

DATES: The ROD was signed by the 

Manager, California/Nevada Operations, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on 

September 29, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the ROD may be 

obtained by writing to: Victoria 

Touchstone, Refuge Planner, San Diego 

National Wildlife Refuge Complex, 6010 

Hidden Valley Road, Carlsbad, CA 

92011 or by e-mailing 

Victoria_Touchstone@fws.gov. A copy 

of the Final CCP/EIS and associated 

Appendices is available at the following 

Web site address: http:// 

sandiegorefuges.fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Victoria Touchstone, Refuge Planner, at 

the above street and e-mail address, or 

via telephone at (760) 431–9440 

extension 349, or by fax at (760) 930–

0256. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The San 

Diego Bay NWR, which consists of the 

Sweetwater Marsh and South San Diego 

Bay Units, is located approximately 10 

miles north of the United States Mexico 

border in southwestern San Diego 

County, California. Collectively, the two 

Refuge Units encompass approximately 

2,620 acres of land and water in and 

around the south end of San Diego Bay. 

The coastal wetlands protected within 

this Refuge annually provide essential 

foraging and resting habitat for tens of 

thousands of migratory shorebirds and 

wintering waterfowl traveling along the 

Pacific Flyway. The South San Diego 

Bay Unit also provides nesting habitat 

for a variety of colonial nesting seabirds. 

The Sweetwater Marsh Unit was 

established as a National Wildlife 

Refuge in 1988. Encompassing 

approximately 316 acres, this Refuge 

was established to protect federally 

listed endangered and threatened 

species. The South San Diego Bay Unit 

was established in 1999 as a unit of the 

San Diego National Wildlife Refuge for 

the purpose of protecting, managing, 

and restoring habitats for federally listed 

endangered and threatened species and 

migratory birds. The Service currently 

manages approximately 2,300 acres of 

the 3,940 acres included within the 

Unit’s approved acquisition boundary. 

The majority of this management area is 

leased to the Service by the California 

State Lands Commission. 

The Final CCP will provide guidance 

for how the refuge, its resources, and 

compatible public uses should be 

managed over the next 15 years. Three 

alternatives for the Sweetwater Marsh 

Unit and four alternatives for the South 

San Diego Bay Unit, along with the 

consequences of implementing each 

alternative, were described in detail in 

the Draft and Final CCP/EIS. The Draft 

CCP/EIS was distributed for public 

review and comment on July 22, 2005 

and comments were accepted through 

September 19, 2005. The Service 

received 38 written comment letters and 

four individuals presented verbal 

comments at a public meeting held on 

August 30, 2005. All substantive issues 

raised in these comments were 

addressed through changes incorporated 

into the Final CCP/EIS and/or through 

responses to the comments, which are 

included in Appendix P, Responses to 

Comments, of the Final CCP/EIS. 

The ROD for the San Diego Bay NWR 

Final CCP/EIS has been prepared by the 

Service in compliance with the National 

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