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and values, and result in greater 

concerns about mosquitoes, water 

quality impairment, and impacts to 

aesthetic resources. Creation of a 

predominantly saltwater regime would 

be achieved through elimination and 

disposal of existing freshwater 

vegetation (principally cattails), 

dredging and disposal to remove excess 

sediment (up to approximately 2 million 

cubic yards), and establishment of 

continuous tidal exchange through an 

ocean inlet/outlet. Dredging would 

create elevations for intertidal salt 

marsh and eelgrass habitats. An existing 

50-foot wide weir would be removed 

and an open channel would be 

constructed to provide continuous tidal 

exchange between the lagoon and the 

Pacific Ocean. Depending on the final 

distribution of habitats to be created and 

inlet maintenance considerations, the 

ocean inlet/outlet may require 

stabilization with one or two jetties of 

similar length to those constructed 

farther south in the City of Carlsbad for 

the Batiquitos Lagoon inlet/outlet. 

Various scenarios of habitat creation 

and lagoon flow characteristics would 

influence which potential infrastructure 

modifications may be considered for the 

three action alternatives. Potential 

modifications may include changes to 

the existing bridges over the lagoon for 

U.S. Interstate 5 (I–5), a railroad, and 

Carlsbad Boulevard (‘‘Coast Highway’’), 

along with culverts and/or a weir. 

Guidelines under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (40 

CFR 1502.14[a]) and the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) 

(Public Resources Code, Section 21000–

21177) require that an EIR and a EIS 

examine alternatives to a project in 

order to explore a reasonable range of 

alternatives that fulfill the project’s 

purpose, while reducing potentially 

significant environmental impacts. A 

series of Technical Advisory Committee 

(TAC) meetings and informal public 

meetings/workshops were held over the 

past few years to solicit input on the 

development of project alternatives. 

Three public meetings were held 

between June 2002 and April 2004 with 

the last meeting held on April 8, 2004. 

Further, a comprehensive Feasibility 

Analysis funded by the SCC was 

completed in 2004 by Everest 

International Consultants, Inc. This 

analysis documented the general 

engineering feasibility and associated 

potential environmental impacts and 

considerations for a full range of 

hydrologic regimes and alternatives. 

Based on this analysis and input from 

the public and the TAC, alternatives 

that will receive detailed analysis in the 

DEIR/DEIS, are: (a) Proposed Action; (b) 

Restore and Enhance the Existing 

Freshwater Regime; (c) Create a Mixed 

Saltwater-Freshwater Regime; and (d) 

No Project/No Acton. 

The alternative to Restore and 

Enhance the Existing Freshwater 

Regime would focus on elimination and 

disposal of some existing freshwater 

vegetation to help restore flow 

conditions, and dredging and disposal 

to remove excess sediment necessary for 

creation of freshwater habitat and two 

islands to provide riparian forest and 

fringing upland habitat. Additionally, 

channel enhancement would be 

provided to improve water flow and 

circulation, and the existing 50-foot 

wide weir would be replaced with a 

larger-width weir at the ocean outlet. No 

structural modifications would occur to 

the existing I–5, railroad, or Coast 

Highway crossings over the lagoon. 

The alternative to Create a Mixed 

Saltwater-Freshwater Regime would 

focus on elimination and disposal of 

some existing freshwater vegetation to 

help restore flow conditions, dredging 

and disposal to remove excess sediment 

necessary for creation of saltwater 

habitat and eelgrass habitat west of I–5, 

and shallow freshwater habitat east of I–

5. The existing weir would be replaced 

with an ocean inlet/outlet to provide 

continuous tidal exchange between the 

western portion of the lagoon and the 

ocean, and a new weir would be 

constructed under I–5 to maintain a 

freshwater basin east of the freeway. As 

noted for the proposed action, the ocean 

inlet/outlet may require stabilization 

with one or two jetties, and various 

scenarios of habitat creation and lagoon 

flow characteristics would influence 

considerations for modifying lagoon 

crossings to optimize tidal exchange, 

such as related to I–5, railroad, and 

Coast Highway bridges. 

The No Project/No Action alternative 

would not involve any restoration or 

enhancement of the lagoon. 

Written comments from interested 

parties are welcome to ensure that 

issues of public concern related to the 

proposed action are identified. 

Comments and materials received will 

be available for public inspection, by 

appointment, during normal business 

hours at the Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife 

Office (see ADDRESSES above). 

Comments will also be accepted at the 

public scoping meting (see DATES). 

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 homes addresses, etc., but if you 

wish is 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. We will always 

make submissions from organization or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives of or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. 

The environmental review of this 

project will be conducted in accordance 

with the requirements of the NEPA of 

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

seq.), Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1518), 

other applicable Federal laws and 

regulations, and applicable policies and 

procedures of the Service. This notice is 

being furnished in accordance with 40 

CFR 1501.7 to obtain suggestions and 

information from other agencies and the 

public on the scope of issues and 

alternatives to be addressed in the DEIR/ 

DEIS. 

Dated: March 14, 2007. 

Ken McDermond, 

Deputy Manager, California/Nevada 

Operations Office, Sacramento, California. 

[FR Doc. 07–1373 Filed 3–20–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control 

Alternatives Workgroup 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service, we, our), announces a 

meeting of the Lake Champlain Sea 

Lamprey Control Alternatives 

Workgroup (Workgroup). The 

Workgroup’s purpose is to provide, in 

an advisory capacity, recommendations 

and advice on research and 

implementation of sea lamprey control 

techniques alternative to lampricide that 

are technically feasible, cost effective, 

and environmentally safe. The primary 

objective of the meeting will be to 

discuss potential focus research 

initiatives that may enhance alternative 

sea lamprey control techniques. The 

meeting is open to the public. 

DATES: The Lake Champlain Sea 

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Workgroup will meet on Monday, April 

16, 2007, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the State University of New York, 

Valcour Educational Conference Center, 

3712 Route 9—Lakeshore, Plattsburgh, 

NY 12901. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dave Tilton, Designated Federal Officer, 

Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control 

Alternatives Workgroup, Lake 

Champlain Fish and Wildlife Resources 

Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

11 Lincoln Street, Essex Junction, VT 

05452, at 802–872–0629 (telephone); 

Dave_Tilton@fws.gov (electronic mail). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We 

publish this notice under section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). The 

Workgroup’s specific responsibilities 

are to provide advice regarding the 

implementation of sea lamprey control 

methods alternative to lampricides, to 

recommend priorities for research to be 

conducted by cooperating organizations 

and demonstration projects to be 

developed and funded by State and 

Federal agencies, and to assist Federal 

and State agencies with the 

coordination of alternative sea lamprey 

control research to advance the state of 

the science in Lake Champlain and the 

Great Lakes. 

Dated: March 13, 2007. 

Richard O. Bennett, 

Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Hadley, Massachusetts. 

[FR Doc. E7–5140 Filed 3–20–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WO–310–1310–PB–24 1A] 

Submission to Office of Management 

and Budget—Information Collection, 

OMB Control Number 1004–0137 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has 

submitted a request for an extension of 

an approved information collection to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for approval. 

DATES: The OMB is required to respond 

to this request within 60 days but may 

respond after 30 days. Submit your 

comments to OMB at the address below 

by April 20, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the 

OMB, Interior Department Desk Officer 

(1004–0137), at OMB–OIRA via e-mail 

OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov or via 

facsimile at (202) 395–6566. Also please 

send a copy of your comments to BLM 

via Internet and include your name, 

address, and ATTN: 1004–0137 in your 

Internet message to 

comments_washington@blm.gov or via 

mail to: U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Land Management, Mail Stop 

401LS, 1849 C Street, NW, ATTN: 

Bureau Information Collection 

Clearance Office (WO–630), 

Washington, DC 20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You 

may contact Shirlean Beshir to obtain 

copies and explanatory material on this 

information collection at (202) 452–

5033. Persons who use a 

telecommunication device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Serice (FIRS) on 1–800–877–8330, 

24 hours a day, seven days a week, to 

contact Ms. Beshir. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 9, 

2006, the BLM published a notice in the 

Federal Register (71 FR 33479) 

requesting comments on the information 

collection. The comment period closed 

on August 8, 2006. The BLM did not 

receive any comments. 

We are soliciting comments on the 

following: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

functioning of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(b) The accuracy of our estimates of 

the information collection burden, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions we use; 

(c) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information 

collected; and 

(d) Ways to minimize the information 

collection burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Title: Onshore Oil and Gas Operation 

(43 CFR part 3160 through 3165). 

OMB Control Number: 1004–0137. 

Abstract: The BLM manages the 

exploration, development, production, 

and utilization of oil and gas operations 

on public lands according to the 

regulations at (43 CFR part 3160 through 

3165). These regulations implement the 

following statutes: 

(1) The Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 

Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. et 

seq); 

(2) The Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 

(30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.); 

(3) The Act of Augsut 7, 1947 

(Mineral Leasing Act of Acquired 

Lands) (30 U.S.C. 351–359); and 

(4) The National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969. The BLM uses this 

information to approve oil and gas 

operations. In most cases, we do not 

require a specific form to collect the 

required information, since we generally 

gather the information through the 

course of industry operations. 

Burden Estimate Per Form: We 

estimate the completion time for this 

form and non-form information that is 

submitted quarterly, monthly, on 

occasion, and annually to the BLM by 

the private sector as follows: 

Burden hours information collected Number of actions per year 

Burden hours 

per action 

Total annual 

burden hours 

(a) Application for Permit to Drill (Form 3160–3) ........................................................................ 5,000 8 40,000 

(b) Well Completion or Re-completion Report and Log (Form 3160–4) ..................................... 3,000 8 24,000 

(c) Sundry Notices and Reports on Wells (Form 3160–5) .......................................................... 34,000 8 272,000 

(d) 43 CFR 3162.3–1(a); Well Spacing Program ........................................................................ 150 8 1,200 

(e) 43 CFR 3162.3–1(e); Drilling Plans ....................................................................................... 2,875 16 46,000 

(f) 43 CFR 3162.3–4(a); Plug and Abandon for Water Injection ................................................ 1,200 8 9,600 

(g) 43 CFR 3162.3–4(b); Plug and Abandon for Water Source ................................................. 1,200 8 9,600 

(h) 43 CFR 3162.4–1(a) and 3162.7–5(d)(1); Schematic/Facility Diagrams .............................. 2,350 8 18,800 

(i) 43 CFR 3162.4–2(a); Drilling Tests, Logs, Surveys ............................................................... 330 8 2,640 

(j) 43 CFR 3162.4–3; Monthly report of operations .................................................................... 90,000 8 720,000 

(k) 43 CFR 3162.5–1(b); Disposal of Produced Water ............................................................... 1,500 8 12,000 

(l) 43 CFR 3162.5–1(c); Report of Spills, Discharges, or Other Undesirable Events ................ 200 8 1,600 

(m) 43 CFR 3162.5–1(d); Contingency Plan ............................................................................... 50 32 1,600 


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