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restrict off-road vehicle use while 

providing continued public access to 

and through the area. Vehicles traveling 

cross-country in a burned area may 

damage reemerging plants, increase 

erosion and spread noxious weeds. 

Motorized vehicles may continue to use 

established roads capable of being 

traveled by full size vehicles. 

DATES: This closure is in effect for two 

years, and may be lifted sooner if the 

BLM determines that revegetation and 

stabilization efforts have reduced 

resource concerns. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Max 

Yingst, Outdoor Recreation Planner, 

Jarbidge Field Office, Bureau of Land 

Management, 2536 Kimberly Road, 

Twin Falls, ID 83301–7975, or call (208) 

736–2362. 

Closure Order: This closure order 

applies to approximately 64,708 acres of 

BLM lands and is considered an 

emergency situation to enhance 

protection of the resources involved. 

The Jarbidge Field Office will analyze 

the effects of the closure in the fall of 

2007 and extend, modify, or rescind the 

order at that time. 

This order affects public lands in 

Owyhee County, Idaho, thus described: 

T. 08S., R09 E, 24, 25, 33, 34, and 35, B.M. 

T. 09S., R09 E, all sections of BLM lands 

except 16 and 36, B.M. 

T. 09S., R10 E, sections 18, 19, 20, and 

sections 28 to 34 inclusive, B.M. 

T. 10S., R09 E, sections 1, 2, 11, 12, and 13, 

B.M. 

T. 10S., R10 E, sections 2 to15, inclusive, 

sections 17 to 28, inclusive and sections 

34 and 35, B.M. 

T. 10S., R11 E, sections 7, 18, 19, 20, and 

sections 28 to 33, inclusive B.M. 

T. 11S., R10 E, sections 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 13, 

24, and 25 B.M. 

T. 11S., R11 E, sections 5 to 8, inclusive, 

sections 17 to 20, inclusive, and sections 

28, 29, and 30 B.M. 

A total of approximately 64,708 acres. 

The closure does not apply to 

authorized vehicles, rescue vehicles, 

BLM operation and maintenance 

vehicles, resource management 

activities or use by fire and law 

enforcement vehicles. In addition, 

access to private property by property 

owners may be authorized by the BLM 

Field Manager. Nothing in this closure 

is intended to affect legal hunting as 

consistent with Idaho Department of 

Fish and Game regulations. 

Under section 303(a) of the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976 (43 U.S.C. 1733(a) and 43 CFR 

8360–7), if you violate this closure on 

public land within the boundaries 

established, you may be tried before a 

United States Magistrate and fined no 

more than $1,000 or imprisoned for no 

more than 12 months, or both. Such 

violations may also be subject to the 

enhanced fines provided by Title 18 

U.S.C. 3571. 

Conditions for Ending Closure: Soil 

stabilization and revegetation treatments 

will be considered successful if and 

when the following occur: 

1. Slopes and soils show signs of 

stabilization and have not experienced 

slope failure through at least one winter 

season. 

2. Re-growth of vegetation has 

sufficiently obscured cultural sites 

exposed by the fire. 

3. Seeding treatments on burned areas 

have successfully established. 

ADDRESSES: A map of the closed area, 

along with more detailed information, 

may be obtained from the Jarbidge Field 

Office at 2536 Kimberly Road, Twin 

Falls, ID, 83301. This emergency closure 

notice is issued under the authority of 

43 CFR 8364.1. 

Richard Vander Voet, 

Jarbidge Field Office Manager, Bureau of Land 

Management. 

[FR Doc. E7–8118 Filed 4–26–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[ID–420–2824–DD–FM04] 

Notice of Availability of a Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Eastside Township Fuels and 

Vegetation Project 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) of 1976, as amended, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

hereby gives notice that the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the proposed Eastside Township 

Fuels and Vegetation Project is available 

for public review. The BLM is the lead 

Federal agency for preparation of the 

EIS in compliance with the 

requirements of the NEPA and the Nez 

Perce National Forest is a Cooperating 

Agency. 

DATES: The document will be available 

for 30 days following publication of a 

Notice of Availability (NOA) of this 

document, in the Federal Register, by 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA). 

ADDRESSES: The Final EIS is available 

online at the BLM Web site: http:// 

www.id.blm.gov/offices/cottonwood/ 

index.htm (available March 15, 2007). 

Copies of the document can also be 

viewed at or obtained by contacting the 

BLM Cottonwood Field Office, 1 Butte 

Drive, Cottonwood, ID 83522; or e-mail 

to robbin_boyce@blm.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robbin Boyce at (208) 962–3245 or email: robbin_boyce@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Eastside Township Fuels and Vegetation 

Project (Eastside) is located in north 

central Idaho, near the southern portion 

of the Idaho Panhandle in Idaho County. 

The project area, which encompasses 

approximately 3,300 acres, borders the 

small, isolated town of Elk City and 

includes the surrounding wildland 

urban interface (WUI) areas. Actual 

BLM-administered lands to be treated 

total approximately 1,300 acres. 

This landscape level project was 

developed to address increasing fuel 

loads resulting from combined effects of 

long-term fire suppression and an ongoing mountain pine beetle epidemic in 

the Elk City area. The purpose of this 

project is to manage the fuels and 

vegetation conditions in the Elk City 

WUI area. The project objectives are to: 

• Reduce the risk of high intensity 

wildland fire to life, property and 

natural resources and the likelihood of 

severe local fire effects by removing 

dead, dying, and downed trees that 

would otherwise result in high fuel 

loading; 

• Manage forest stands to create 

conditions that will contribute to 

sustaining long-lived fire tolerant tree 

species by regenerating to western larch 

and Douglas-fir, and by retaining most 

Douglas-fir, western larch, and 

ponderosa pine; 

• Create an upward trend in fish 

habitat condition; and 

• Contribute to the economic and 

social well being of area users and local 

residents. 

Existing and potential fuel loads 

would be reduced through a 

combination of vegetation manipulation 

and fuels treatments while supporting a 

long term upward trend in fish habitat 

condition. Treatments include removing 

dead and dying trees and selectively 

harvesting other trees in both lodgepole 

pine and mixed conifer stands. Fuel 

treatments include thinning, piling and 

burning, prescribed burning, and 

biomass utilization. 

The Final EIS analyzes four 

alternatives based on issues identified 

during the scoping process. Alternatives 

include a no action alternative and the 


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agency Preferred Alternative, 

Alternative B. Issues include hazardous 

fuels, watershed, fisheries, and road/ 

trail access-transportation system. The 

Preferred Alternative proposes to treat 

about 1,300 acres requiring about 15.1 

miles of temporary road construction. 

Upon completion of the project, 

including road decommissioning, there 

would be no net change of road density 

per square mile in the American River 

watershed and a decrease of 2.12 miles 

of permanent road in the project area. 

The Preferred Alternative also 

proposes watershed improvements that 

would provide for an upward trend in 

aquatic habitat and water quality. These 

include riparian planting along 4.8 

miles of the American River; 

decommissioning 1.9 miles of existing 

road; constructing 0.57 miles of new 

permanent road along the American 

River; improving stream crossings (two 

ford closures, one ford hardening, and 

two ATV bridge replacements); 

reconnecting Queen Creek with the 

American River; converting 1.6 miles of 

road to ATV trail; and recontouring 1.2 

miles of streambank along the American 

River. 

The Final EIS responds to public 

comments that were received on the 

Draft EIS. 

The Nez Perce National Forest (NPNF) 

is a Cooperating Agency with specific 

expertise and interest in the project. The 

BLM proposes to use and construct 

roads on the NPNF to implement the 

Eastside project. The NPNF may 

authorize the use and construction of 

roads for the Eastside project based on 

the analysis in this Final EIS. 

Stephanie Snook, 

Acting District Manager. 

[FR Doc. E7–8100 Filed 4–26–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–957–07–1910–BJ–5GKX] 

Filing of Plats of Survey, Nebraska 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Filing of Plats of 

Survey, Nebraska. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) is scheduled to file 

the plat of survey of the lands described 

below thirty (30) calendar days from the 

date of this publication in the BLM 

Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, 

Wyoming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Land Management, 5353 

Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828, 

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

survey was executed at the request of 

the Bureau of Indian Affairs and is 

necessary for the management of these 

lands. The lands surveyed are: 

The plat and field notes representing 

the dependent resurvey of portions of 

the subdivisional lines and the 

subdivision of section lines, and the 

survey of the subdivision of sections 26 

and 35, Township 26 North, Range 9 

East, of the Sixth Principal Meridian, 

Nebraska. 

Copies of the preceding described plat 

and field notes are available to the 

public at a cost of $1.10 per page. 

Dated: April 19, 2007. 

John P. Lee, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Division of Support 

Services. 

[FR Doc. E7–8048 Filed 4–26–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4467–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

30-Day Notice of Submission to Office 

of Management and Budget; 

Opportunity for Public Comment 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Under provisions of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and 5 

CFR part 1320, Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Requirements, the 

National Park Service (NPS) invites 

comments on an extension of a 

currently approved collection of 

information (OMB Control #1024–0029). 

DATES: Public comments on the 

proposed Information Collection 

Request (ICR) will be accepted on or 

before May 29, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

directly to the Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior, (OMB 1024–

0029) Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, OMB by fax at 202/ 

395–6566, or be electronic mail at 

OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. Please 

also send a copy of your comments to 

Ms. Jo A. Pendry, Concession Program 

Manager, National Park Service, 1849 C 

Street, NW., (2410), Washington, DC 

20240, or electronically to 

jo_pendry@nps.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Jo A. Pendry, phone: 202–513–7156, fax: 

202–371–2090, or at the address above. 

You are entitled to a copy of the entire 

ICR package free-of-charge. 

The National Park Service published 

the 60–day Federal Register notice to 

solicit comments on this proposed 

information collection on February 14, 

2007, on page 7074. There were no 

public comments received as a result of 

publishing in the Federal Register a 60- 

day Notice of Intention to Request 

Clearance of Information Collection for 

this survey. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Concessioner Annual Financial 

Report. 

Form Number(s): 10–356, 10–356A. 

OMB Control Number: 1024–0029. 

Expiration Date of Approval: April 30, 

2007. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved information 

collection 

Description of Need: The regulations 

at 36 CFR part 51 primarily implement 

Title IV of the National Parks Omnibus 

Management Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105–

391 or the Act), which requires that the 

Secretary of the Interior exercise 

authority in a manner consistent with a 

reasonable opportunity for a 

concessioner to realize a profit on his 

operation as a whole commensurate 

with the capital invested and the 

obligations assumed. It also requires 

that franchise fees be determined with 

consideration to the opportunity for net 

profit in relation to both gross receipts 

and capital invested. The financial 

information being collected is necessary 

to provide insight into and knowledge 

of the concessioner’s operation so that 

this authority can be exercised and 

franchise fees determined in a timely 

manner and without an undue burden 

on the concessioner. 

Comments are invited on: (1) The 

practical utility of the information being 

gathered; (2) the accuracy of the 

agency’s burden hour estimate; (3) ways 

to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden to respondents, including use of 

automated information collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 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. 


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