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factors to this species and to develop 

additional specific recovery criteria. 

The recovery strategy will initially 

focus on learning more about the 

species’ status and ecology, including 

documenting known locations and 

characterizing these habitats. Population 

goals are not identified, but are 

acknowledged as key to recovery. 

Current efforts include development of 

models and additional research that will 

generate these spatially explicit 

population goals. 

Recovery Objectives: The recovery 

plan identifies actions needed to 

achieve long-term viability for the Ivorybilled woodpecker and focuses on these 

goals: 

1. Management to reduce risks to the 

existing population, 

2. Protection and enhancement of 

suitable habitat, and; 

3. Actions to reduce or eliminate 

threats sufficient to allow restoration of 

additional wild populations. 

The emphasis for recovery will be on 

the distribution of additional viable 

populations in the historic range of the 

species. Discovery, documentation, and 

subsequent management of additional 

populations meet scientifically accepted 

goals for the promotion of viable 

populations of listed species. 

Recovery Criteria: 

1. Determine current habitat use and 

needs of existing populations. 

2. Survey potential habitats for new 

occurrences. 

3. Conserve and enhance habitat on 

public land. Add additional acreage to 

public habitat inventory via land 

acquisition from willing sellers. 

4. Conserve and enhance habitat on 

private lands through the use of 

agreements, conservation easements, 

habitat conservation plans, and public 

outreach to facilitate appropriate 

management actions. 

5. Determine viability of existing 

populations (numbers, breeding success, 

population genetics, and ecology). 

6. Determine the number and 

geographic distribution of 

subpopulations needed for a selfsustaining metapopulation and evaluate 

suitable habitat for species 

reintroduction. 

At present there is limited 

information on the current population 

abundance, distribution, habitat 

requirements, and biology. More 

specific, quantifiable criteria for 

downlisting and delisting this species 

will be developed as additional 

knowledge concerning these critical 

attributes is acquired. 

Public Comments Solicited 

We solicit written comments on the 

recovery plan described. We will 

consider all comments received by the 

date specified in DATES section prior to 

a decision on final approval of the 

revised recovery plan. 

Our practice is to make all comments, 

including names and home addresses of 

respondents, available for public review 

during regular business hours. 

Individual respondents may request that 

we withhold their home addresses from 

the record, which we will honor to the 

extent allowable by law. In some 

circumstances, we would withhold also 

from the record a respondent’s identity, 

as allowable by law. If you wish for us 

to withhold your name and/or address, 

you must state this prominently at the 

beginning of your comments. However, 

we will not consider anonymous 

comments. We will make all 

submissions from organizations or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. 

Authority 

The authority for this action is section 

4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16 

U.S.C. 1533(f). 

Dated: April 10, 2007. 

Cynthia K. Dohner, 

Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region. 

Editorial Note: This document was 

received at the Office of the Federal Register 

on August 17, 2007. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of extension of an 

information collection (1028–0056). 

SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), USGS is inviting comments on a 

collection of information that we will 

submit to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval. 

The information collection request (ICR) 

concerns the paperwork requirements in 

the Performance Measures Data, North 

American Reporting Center for 

Amphibian Malformations (NARCAM). 

DATES: Submit written comments by 

October 22, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods listed 

below. Please use the Information 

Collection Number 1028–0056 as an 

identifier in your message. 

• E-mail USGS at atravnic@usgs.gov. 

Identify with Information Collection 

Number 1028–0056 in the subject line. 

• Fax: 703–787–7069. Identify with 

Information Collection Number 1028–

0056. 

• Mail or hand-carry comments to the 

Department of the Interior; U.S. 

Geological Survey; Attention: Alfred 

Travnicek; 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, 

MS–807; Reston, Virginia 20192. Please 

reference ‘‘Information Collection 1028–

0056’’ in your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Alfred Travnicek, Clearance Officer for 

Information Collections, at (703) 648–

7231. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: North American Reporting 

Center for Amphibian Malformations 

(NARCAM) Data Collection Form. 

OMB Control Number: 1028–0056. 

Abstract: Beginning in 1997, the U.S. 

Geological Survey has collected 

voluntary submissions from the research 

and monitoring community, as well as 

private citizens, of observational data 

regarding amphibian malformations. 

Reports are submitted through the 

World Wide Web to the USGS National 

Biological Information Infrastructure 

(NBII) program, which manages the 

North American Reporting Center for 

Amphibian Malformations (NARCAM). 

Each malformation occurrence 

submitted through theo online 

NARCAM reporting form is carefully 

reviewed by trained professional 

herpetologists for quality and accuracy. 

Data associated with the validated 

reports, including species, malformation 

type, and geospatial information, are 

made accessible to the public via the 

NARCAM Web site. Information may be 

used by scientists and resource 

managers within Federal, State, and 

local agencies, as well as the general 

public, to identify areas where 

malformed amphibians have been 

reported, and the rates of occurrence. 

The NARCAM dataset is the only 

publicly available, national dataset on 

amphibian malformations. 

We will be requesting OMB approval 

for an extension of the NARCAM data 

collection efforts. 

We will protect information from 

respondents considered private under 

the Freedom of Information Act (5 

U.S.C. 552) and its implementing 

regulations (43 CFR part 2) and under 

regulations at 30 CFR 250.197, ‘‘Data 

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the public or for limited inspection.’’

Contact information for individual 

reporters is collected, but only for 

purposes of quality control/quality 

assurance questions regarding the 

report. Responses are voluntary. We 

intend to release data collected on the 

National Biological Information 

Infrastructure Web site http:// 

www.nbii.gov, but all personal data 

about the reporter—name, address, 

phone number, and/or e-mail address—

are removed from the publicly 

accessible database. The database 

complies with all Department of the 

Interior requirements and policies for 

security and data integrity. 

Frequency: The frequency is once, 

unless the reporter voluntarily submits 

more than one observation. 

Estimated Number and Description of 

Respondents: Approximately 50–100 

public citizens annually. 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: The 

currently approved ‘‘hour’’ burden for 

the NARCAM data collection form is 

150 hours. We estimate the public 

reporting burden averages 30 minutes 

per response. This includes the time for 

reviewing instructions, and completing 

and reviewing the information. Because 

many individuals submit more than one 

malformation report during a single 

online session, some respondents will 

exceed the average of 30 minutes per 

reporting session. The approved ‘‘hour’’

burden of 150 hours is calculated based 

upon the total number of average annual 

malformation reports, and not the 

average number of citizens submitting a 

report. 

Estimated Annual Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’

Burden: We have identified no ‘‘nonhour cost’’ burden associated with the 

NARCAM form. 

Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA 

(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. Until OMB approves a 

collection of information, you are not 

obligated to respond. 

Comments; Before submitting an ICR 

to OMB, PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A) 

requires each agency ‘‘* * * to provide 

notice * * * and otherwise consult 

with members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning each proposed 

collection of information * * *’’. 

Agencies must specifically solicit 

comments to: (a) Evaluate whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the agency to perform its 

duties, including whether the 

information is useful; (b) evaluate the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (c) enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

minimize the burden on the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Agencies must also estimate the ‘‘nonhour cost’’ burdens to respondents or 

recordkeepers resulting from the 

collection of information. Therefore, if 

you have costs to generate, maintain, 

and disclose this information, you 

should comment and provide your total 

capital and startup cost components or 

annual operation, maintenance, and 

purchase of service components. You 

should describe the methods you use to 

estimate major cost factors, including 

system and technology acquisition, 

expected useful life of capital 

equipment, discount rate(s), and the 

period over which you incur costs. 

Capital and startup costs include, 

among other items, computers and 

software you purchase to prepare for 

collecting information, monitoring, and 

record storage facilities. You should not 

include estimates for equipment or 

services purchased: (i) Before October 1, 

1995; (ii) to comply with requirements 

not associated with the information 

collection; (iii) for reasons other than to 

provide information or keep records for 

the Government; or (iv) as part of 

customary and usual business or private 

practices. 

We will summarize written responses 

to this notice and address them in our 

submission for OMB approval. As a 

result of your comments, we will make 

any necessary adjustments to the burden 

in our submission to OMB. 

Public Comment Policy: 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. 

USGS Information Collection 

Clearance Office: Alfred Travnicek (703) 

648–7231. 

Dated: August 17, 2007. 

Susan D. Haseltine, 

Associate Director for Biology, U.S. Geological 

Survey. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 106–

503, the Scientific Earthquake Studies 

Advisory Committee (SESC) will hold 

its 16th meeting. The meeting location 

is the Paso Robles Inn, 1103 Spring 

Street, Paso Robles, California 93446. 

The Committee is comprised of 

members from academia, industry, and 

State government. The Committee shall 

advise the Director of the U.S. 

Geological Survey (USGS) on matters 

relating to the USGS’s participation in 

the National Earthquake Hazards 

Reduction Program. 

The Committee will receive updates 

and provide guidance on Earthquake 

Hazards Program activities and the 

status of teams supported by the 

Program, as well as a report from the 

Advanced National Seismic System 

steering committee. 

Meetings of the Scientific Earthquake 

Studies Advisory Committee are open to 

the public. 

DATES: September 5, 2007, commencing 

at 8:30 a.m. and adjourning at 5 p.m. 

Contact: Dr. William S. Leith, U.S. 

Geological Survey, MS 905, 12201 

Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia 

20192, (703) 648–6786, wleith@usgs.gov. 

Dated: August 14, 2007. 

David Applegate, 

Acting Associate Director for Geology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[ID–304–2821–HU–DU8G] 

Notice of closure; emergency/safety, 

Idaho 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of closure—emergency/ 

safety, Idaho. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management, in coordination with the 

Salmon-Challis National Forest, has 

closed the Darling Creek road and 

associated connecting roads and trails 

while the agencies fight the Shower 

Bath Fire, approximately 10 miles north 

of Challis, Idaho. 


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