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safety standards and procedural and 

enforcement regulations, and with 

developing proposed model installation 

standards. 

Tentative Agenda: 

A. Welcome and Introductions. 

B. Departmental Status Reports. 

C. Full Committee meeting. 

D. Alternative Construction. 

E. Potential Emergency MHCSS 

Changes. 

F. Accessibility—Universal Design—

Visit ability. 

G. Alternative Foundation Testing 

Protocols. 

H. Public Testimony. 

I. Reports and Actions on Committee 

work. 

J. Adjourn. 

Dated: April 26, 2007. 

Brian D. Montgomery, 

Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal 

Housing Commissioner. 

[FR Doc. E7–8620 Filed 5–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage 

Corridor Commission Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, 

Department of the Interior. 

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: Friday, May 11, 

2007—1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: F.M. Kirby Center, 71 

Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701. 

The agenda for the meeting will focus 

on implementation of the Management 

Action Plan for the Delaware and 

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: April 30, 2007. 

C. Allen Sachse, 

Executive Director, Delaware & Lehigh 

National Heritage Corridor Commission. 

[FR Doc. 07–2236 Filed 5–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–PE–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge 

and Kingman Reef National Wildlife 

Refuge 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a 

comprehensive conservation plan and 

environmental assessment and a stepdown research management plan and 

environmental assessment; and 

announcement of a public open house 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

that we the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service, we) intend to initiate 

a single planning process to 

consecutively develop a comprehensive 

conservation plan (CCP) and 

environmental assessment for the 

Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge 

(NWR), and a step-down research 

management plan (RMP) and 

environmental assessment for both 

Palmyra and Kingman Reef NWRs. This 

notice also announces a public open 

house meeting; see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for the details. Both NWRs 

are low coral atolls located in the 

Central Pacific Ocean approximately 

1,000 miles south of Hawai’i. We 

furnish this notice in compliance with 

our CCP policy to advise other agencies 

and the public of our intentions, and to 

obtain suggestions and information on 

the scope of issues to be considered in 

the planning process. 

DATES: Please provide written comments 

on these proposals by June 6, 2007. We 

will hold a public open house meeting 

on May 8, 2007, to begin the CCP and 

RMP planning process; see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for date, 

time, and location. 

ADDRESSES: Address comments, 

questions, and requests for further 

information to William Smith, Refuge 

Manager, Palmyra Atoll National 

Wildlife Refuge Complex, 300 Ala 

Moana Boulevard, Room 5–231, Box 

50167, Honolulu, HI 96850. Comments 

may be faxed to the Refuge Complex 

office at (808) 792–9586, or e-mailed to 

william_smith@fws.gov. Additional 

information concerning these NWRs is 

available on the Internet at http:// 

www.fws.gov/pacificislands/wnwr/ 

nwrindex.html. The address for the 

public meeting location is listed under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Smith, (808) 792–9550. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With this 

notice, we initiate the process for 

development of a CCP for Palmyra Atoll 

NWR and a RMP for the Palmyra Atoll 

and Kingman Reef NWRs. 

Background 

Planning Requirements 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966 (Refuge 

Administration Act), as amended by the 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

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

668dd–668ee), requires the Service to 

develop a comprehensive conservation 

plan for each national wildlife refuge. 

The purpose in developing a 

comprehensive conservation plan is to 

provide refuge managers with a 15-year 

strategy for achieving refuge purposes 

and contribute toward the mission of 

the National Wildlife Refuge System, 

consistent with sound principles of fish 

and wildlife management, conservation, 

legal mandates, and Service policies. In 

addition to outlining broad management 

direction on conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, plans identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities 

available to the public, including 

opportunities for hunting, fishing, 

wildlife observation, wildlife 

photography, and environmental 

education and interpretation. 

A step-down RMP would address 

research goals, objectives, and strategies 

for research actions and include 

findings of appropriateness of a refuge 

use, and compatibility determinations 

for all research activities proposed for or 

occurring on Palmyra Atoll and 

Kingman Reef NWRs. 

The Service will prepare separate 

environmental assessments for the CCP 

and RMP pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.); NEPA Regulations (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508); other appropriate Federal 

laws and regulations; and our policies 

and procedures for compliance with 

those laws and regulations. 

We establish each unit of the National 

Wildlife Refuge System with specific 

purposes. We use these purposes to 

develop and prioritize management 

goals and objectives within the National 

Wildlife Refuge System mission, and to 


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