13300 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 54 / Wednesday, March 21, 2007 / Notices 

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 

33,238. 

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: March 16, 2007. 

Lillian L. Deitzer, 

Departmental Paperwork Reduction Act 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–5165 Filed 3–20–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–4912–N–22] 

Notice of Availability of Addendum to 

the Record of Decision and Lead 

Agency Findings Statement for the 

World Trade Center Memorial and 

Redevelopment Plan in the Borough of 

Manhattan, City of New York, NY 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD gives notice to the 

public, agencies, and Indian tribes that 

the Lower Manhattan Development 

Corporation (LMDC) has adopted 

Addendum D–1 (ROD Addendum) to 

the Record of Decision and Lead Agency 

Findings Statement (ROD) for the World 

Trade Center Memorial and 

Redevelopment Plan (Approved Plan). 

This notice is given on behalf of LMDC. 

LMDC is a subsidiary of the New York 

State Urban Development Corporation 

d/b/a Empire State Development 

Corporation (a political subdivision and 

public benefit corporation of the State of 

New York). As the recipient of HUD 

Community Development Block Grant 

funds appropriated for the World Trade 

Center disaster recovery and rebuilding 

efforts, LMDC acts, pursuant to 42 

U.S.C. 5304(g), as the responsible entity 

for compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) in 

accordance with 24 CFR 58.4. LMDC 

also acts under its authority as lead 

agency in accordance with the New 

York State Environmental Quality 

Review Act (SEQRA). The ROD 

Addendum has been adopted in 

coordination with the Port Authority of 

New York and New Jersey (Port 

Authority). This notice is given in 

accordance with the Council on 

Environmental Quality regulations at 40 

CFR parts 1500–1508. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Further information and a copy of the 

ROD Addendum and Technical 

Memorandum may be obtained by 

contacting Avalon Simon, Paralegal, 

Lower Manhattan Development 

Corporation, One Liberty Plaza, 20th 

Floor, New York, NY 10006; telephone 

number (212) 962–2300. Further 

information and a copy of the ROD 

Addendum and Technical 

Memorandum are also available on 

LMDC’s Web site: http://renewnyc.com 

in the ‘‘Planning, Design & 

Development’’ section. A copy of the 

ROD Addendum and Technical 

Memorandum is also available for 

public review at the following locations: 

(1) Chatham Square Library, 33 East 

Broadway, New York, NY 10002; (2) 

New Amsterdam Library, 9 Murray 

Street, New York, NY 10007; (3) 

Humanities and Social Sciences Library, 

476 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10018; 

(4) Hamilton Fish Library, 415 East 

Houston Street, New York, NY 10002; 

(5) Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy 

Street, New York, NY 10014; (6) 

Manhattan Community Board 1, 49–51 

Chambers Street, #715, New York, NY 

10007; (7) Manhattan Community Board 

2, 3 Washington Square Village, Suite 

1A, New York, NY 10012; and (8) 

Manhattan Community Board 3, 59 East 

4th Street, New York, NY 10003. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A 

Technical Memorandum on the ROD 

Addendum, which creates an alternative 

compliance path to achieve the 

objectives of the Sustainable Design 

Guidelines set forth in Appendix D to 

the ROD, as well as other project 

changes, has been prepared by LMDC, 

as lead agency, in cooperation with 

HUD and the Port Authority. Based on 

this assessment, LMDC has determined 

that the ROD Addendum will not, either 

individually or cumulatively, have a 

significant impact on the quality of the 

human environment or a significant 

adverse environmental impact not 

already analyzed and disclosed in the 

ROD or the FGEIS for the Approved 

Plan. Therefore, a supplemental 

environmental impact statement will 

not be undertaken under NEPA or 

SEQRA. LMDC has adopted all 

practicable means to avoid or minimize 

environmental harm from the selected 

project and adopted monitoring and 

enforcement programs where applicable 

for mitigation. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Dated: March 13, 2007. 

Nelson R. Brego ́n, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Community Planning and Development. 

[FR Doc. E7–5096 Filed 3–20–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Electronic Reporting of Bird 

Electrocutions and Collisions with 

Power Lines 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife 

Service) will ask the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

approve the information collection (IC) 

described below. As required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 

as part of our continuing efforts to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burden, we invite the general public and 

other Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on this IC. 

DATES: You must submit comments on 

or before May 21, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the 

IC to Hope Grey, Information Collection 

Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife 

Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401 North 

Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203 

(mail); hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail); or 

(703) 358–2269 (fax). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request additional information about 

this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax, 

or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by 

telephone at (703) 358–2482. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Abstract 

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 

U.S.C. 703 et seq.) (MBTA), the Bald 

and Golden Eagle Protection Act (16 

U.S.C. 668), and the Endangered Species 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) make it 

unlawful to take without a permit 

federally listed migratory birds, 

including bald and golden eagles, 

endangered or threatened species, or 

any of the migratory birds listed under 

the MBTA. These laws define take to 

include pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, 

kill, trap, capture, or collect, or attempt 

any of these acts. The MBTA makes it 

a strict liability offense to take any of 

the federally listed migratory bird 

species contained in 50 CFR 10.13. The 

MBTA does not authorize issuance of 

permits for unintentional take of 

migratory birds; e.g., for birds killed on 

power lines, poles, and equipment 

operated by the electric utility industry. 


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The electric utility industry has 

documented instances of birds being 

killed by electrocutions and collisions 

with power equipment since the 19th 

Century. A bird is electrocuted when it 

contacts two energized phases (wires) at 

the same time, or when it 

simultaneously contacts grounded pole 

equipment and an energized phase. 

Large birds with long wingspans are 

most at risk, particularly species such as 

eagles and hawks that use power poles 

and towers for hunting, resting, feeding, 

nesting, and territorial defense. In areas 

where eagles occur, bald and golden 

eagles are electrocuted at a much higher 

rate than other birds. Since 2000, bald 

eagle electrocutions in Alaska make up 

58 percent of the documented bird 

electrocutions. 

We are asking electric utility 

companies to input information into the 

electronic bird incident reporting 

system. The information that we plan to 

collect includes: 

(1) Details on the fatality/injury of the 

bird. 

(2) Location where the bird was 

found. 

(3) Configuration of the electrical 

equipment. 

(4) Environmental conditions. 

(5) Existing protection/retrofit 

measures. 

(6) Photographs. 

We will use this information as a 

management tool to facilitate a 

cooperative approach between the 

Service and the electric utility industry 

to address the wide-scale problem of 

bird electrocutions and collisions with 

power equipment. The information will 

help us to understand how and why a 

bird is electrocuted or involved in a 

collision with power equipment, and 

will assist in the development and use 

of effective and economically feasible 

electrical configurations and protective 

equipment to prevent future bird 

electrocutions and collisions. 

The information will be available only 

to designated Service representatives 

and to the submitting electric utility for 

its internal use, unless the electric 

utility decides to share certain 

information in the query results section 

of the system. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: None. 

Title: Electronic Reporting of Bird 

Electrocutions and Collisions with 

Power Lines. 

Service Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: New collection. 

Affected Public: Electric utility 

companies. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 120. 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

1,440. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 360. 

III. Request for Comments 

We invite comments concerning this 

IC on: 

(1) whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on 

respondents. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice are a matter of public record. 

We will include and/or summarize each 

comment in our request to OMB to 

approve this IC. 

Dated: March 5, 2007 

Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

FR Doc. E7–5076 Filed 3–20–07; 8:45 am 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Intent To Prepare a Draft 

Environmental Impact Report/ 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Buena Vista Lagoon Restoration 

Project, San Diego County, CA 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), the California 

Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), 

and the State Coastal Conservancy (SCC) 

are announcing our intent to prepare a 

joint Draft Environmental Impact 

Report/Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIR/DEIS) for the proposed 

restoration of approximately 200 acres 

(81 hectares) of wetland habitat at 

Buena Vista Lagoon, a coastal lagoon in 

the cities of Carlsbad and Oceanside, 

CA. The Buena Vista Lagoon is a State 

Ecological Reserve, managed by the 

CDFG. It is bordered by the Pacific 

Ocean on the west, Vista Way/State 

Highway 78 on the north, and Jefferson 

Street on the east and south. The 

proposed action, for purposes of 

environmental analysis, is restoration of 

the Buena Vista Lagoon to a 

predominantly tidal saltwater system to 

increase shorebird and marine fish 

habitat, while taking advantage of the 

lagoon basin bathymetry to protect and 

enhance existing freshwater habitat at 

the lagoon’s upper (easterly) end that 

supports sensitive bird species. The 

DEIR/DEIS is being developed to assess 

the impacts of various lagoon 

restoration alternatives as discussed 

below and further identified during the 

public scoping process. 

DATES: A public scoping meeting to 

receive input on topics, issues, and 

alternatives for the DEIS/DETR is 

scheduled for April 18, 2007, from 6:30 

p.m. to 8 p.m. Written comments will be 

accepted until close of business on 

April 20, 2007. See ADDRESSES section 

below for information on submitting 

comments. 

ADDRESSES: The public scoping meeting 

will be held at the City of Carlsbad, 

Faraday Building, Room 173 A & B, 

1635 Faraday Avenue, Carlsbad, CA 

92008. Written comments should be 

addressed to the Coastal Program 

Coordinator, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife 

Office, 6010 Hidden Valley Road, 

Carlsbad, CA 92011. Written comments 

may be sent by facsimile to 760–431–

5901. Comments may be submitted by 

electronic mail (e-mail) to: 

fw8cfwocomments@fws.gov. Please 

include ‘‘Public Comments on the 

Buena Vista Lagoon Restoration NOI’’ in 

the subject line of the email and your 

name and return address in the body of 

your e-mail message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack 

Fancher, Coastal Program Coordinator, 

Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office, 760–

431–9440 extension 215. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Several 

Federal, state, and local agencies, and 

citizen groups are jointly proposing a 

project to restore approximately 200 

acres (81 hectares) of wetland habitant 

at Buena Vista Lagoon. Historically (e.g., 

pre-1940s), the lagoon was in a dynamic 

equilibrium between a tidal-influenced 

saltwater system during dry conditions 

and a river-influenced freshwater 

system during wet weather. Over time, 

the lagoon has been converted to a 

freshwater system as a result of 

highway, roadway, and railroad 

construction and installation of a weir. 

Buena Vista Lagoon has been 

progressively degrading in terms of its 

value to biological communities, 

habitats, and human uses. Without 

restoration, it would most likely become 

a vegetated freshwater marsh or riparian 

woodland-meadow within the next 30 

to 50 years. This degradation would 

reduce or eliminate wetland functions 


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