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Public Meeting 

A public open house meeting will be 

held on May 8, 2007, at 7:30 p.m. at the 

Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office, 6010 

Hidden Valley Road, Carlsbad, CA 

92001, to provide information on a CCP 

and RMP, and receive public comments. 

Opportunities for additional public 

input will be announced throughout the 

planning process. 

Dated: April 17, 2007. 

David J. Wesley, 

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, 

Oregon. 

[FR Doc. E7–8756 Filed 5–4–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Three-Year Pilot Program; Electronic 

Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and 

Conservation Stamps 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; call for applications. 

SUMMARY: The Director of the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service announces the 

opportunity for State fish and wildlife 

agencies to apply to participate in a 3- 

year pilot program to issue electronic 

Federal Migratory Hunting and 

Conservation Stamps. The program is 

expected to enhance the ability of the 

public to obtain required Federal Duck 

Stamps through the use of electronic 

technology, enhancing public 

participation and increasing the number 

of stamps sold. 

DATES: The deadline for submittal of 

applications is close of business, June 8, 

2007. The project period for the pilot 

program will be from September 1, 

2007, through September 1, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit your 

application and supplemental 

information in Word or text format via 

e-mail to: Laurie_Shaffer@fws.gov. 

Alternatively, you may hand deliver or 

mail a hard copy of the application and 

supplemental information to Laurie 

Shaffer, Federal Duck Stamp Office, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 

North Fairfax Drive, MS–70, Arlington, 

VA 22203. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laurie Shaffer, Federal Duck Stamp 

Office, 4501 North Fairfax Drive, 

Arlington, VA 22203; 703–358–2002 

(phone). If you use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD), you may call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Federal Duck Stamp Office Mission 

Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and 

Conservation Stamps, commonly known 

as ‘‘Duck Stamps,’’ are pictorial stamps 

produced by the U.S. Postal Service for 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Not 

valid for postage, the stamps originated 

in 1934 as the Federal license required 

for all hunters over 16 years of age who 

wished to hunt migratory birds. (For the 

history of the Federal Duck Stamp 

Program, please see 71 FR 18697, April 

12, 2006). Federal Duck Stamps have a 

much larger purpose today, however. 

Federal Duck Stamps are a vital tool for 

wetland conservation. Ninety-eight 

cents out of every dollar generated by 

the sales of Federal Duck Stamps goes 

directly to purchase or lease wetland 

habitat for protection in the National 

Wildlife Refuge System. 

Action in This Notice 

The Director takes this action under 

the Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2005 

(Pub. L. 109–266), which requires that 

the Secretary of the Interior conduct a 

3-year pilot program, under which up to 

15 States authorized by the Secretary 

may issue electronic Federal Duck 

Stamps. The number of participating 

State agencies accepted under this 

program will depend upon the number 

of compliant applications received. 

The Government Paperwork 

Elimination Act (GPEA) of 1998 (Pub. 

L.105–277) encourages us to undertake 

initiatives to improve our application 

processes. Enhancing the ability of 

individuals and entities to conduct 

business with us electronically is a 

major part of our response to these laws. 

Therefore, we are taking steps to adopt 

the Internet as our chief means of 

conducting transactions in order to 

improve services to our customers and 

to simplify and expedite our business 

processes. 

Eligible Applicants 

There are currently 40 States that 

provide for sales of State hunting and 

fishing licenses by internet, point of 

sale, or telephone. The application 

process will lead to the selection of up 

to 15 eligible participants for this pilot 

program. 

Eligible applicants are State fish and 

wildlife agencies that have an 

automated licensing system authorized 

under State law and are deemed by the 

Secretary as meeting the requirements of 

this application process. The proposed 

system for issuing the electronic Federal 

Duck Stamp must be compatible with 

the hunting licensing system of the State 

and described in the State application 

approved by the Secretary. 

Requests for Applications and Other 

Information 

The application and the procedures 

and requirements for completing it are 

available through the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service’s Federal Duck Stamp 

Office web page at http://www.fws.gov/ 

duckstamps. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an alternative 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Individuals with disabilities 

may obtain a copy of this request for 

applications in an alternative format by 

contacting that person. 

Fiscal Information 

Congress did not enact an 

appropriation for this program. The 

Service is inviting applications for this 

pilot program with this understanding. 

Randall B. Luthi, 

Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–8692 Filed 5–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Proposed Information Collection Under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Education, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed renewal of 

information collection. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian 

Education (BIE), in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, is planning 

to renew the No Child Left Behind 

Regulations, 25 CFR parts 36 and 47, 

OMB Control Number 1076–0164. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

July 6, 2007 for best consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Please send comments to 

Mr. Thomas M. Dowd, Director, Bureau 

of Indian Education, 1849 C Street, NW., 

Mail Stop 3609–MIB, Washington, DC 

20240, facsimile number (202) 208–

3312. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

James Martin, Chief, Division of 

Planning and Research, Bureau of 

Indian Education, 1849 C Street, NW., 

Mail Stop 3609–MIB, Washington, DC 

20240, Telephone: (202) 208–6123, 

Facsimile: (202) 208–3312 or by e-mail 

at jmartin1@bia.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public 

Law 107–110, the No Child Left Behind 


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(NCLB) Act of January 8, 2001, requires 

all schools, including BIE-funded 

boarding/residential schools, to ensure 

that all children have a fair, equal, and 

significant opportunity to obtain a highquality education and reach, at a 

minimum, proficiency on challenging 

academic achievement standards and 

assessments. In addition, the BIE is 

required by NCLB to implement 

national standards for home-living 

situations in all BIE-funded residential 

schools. The BIE is required to assess 

each residential school and submit a 

plan to the Congress, Tribes and schools 

which will bring all BIE-funded 

residential schools up to the national 

standards. Information from all BIEfunded residential schools must be 

collected in order to assess each 

school’s progress in meeting the 

national standards. Finally, the BIE is 

required to monitor programs, gather 

data, and complete reports for the U.S. 

Department of Education. To achieve 

these results, residential schools must 

prepare reports, develop curriculum, 

prepare financial planning documents, 

and establish standards to measure 

student progress. The BIE uses the 

Annual Report to the Department of 

Education and three other information 

collections for the BIE to collect data, 

measuring each school’s performance. 

When there is a lack of progress, the 

residential schools must show that they 

have developed school improvement, 

corrective action, or restructuring plans 

to address the problems of all students. 

Additional information collection 

requirements have been developed to 

implement the No Child Left Behind 

Act. 

Request for Comments 

The Bureau of Indian Education 

requests your comments on this 

collection concerning: 

(a) The necessity of this information 

collection for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden (hours and cost) 

of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways we could enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

(d) ways we could minimize the 

burden of the collection of the 

information on the respondents, such as 

through the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 

Please note that an agency may not 

sponsor or request and an individual 

need not respond to a collection of 

information unless it has a valid OMB 

Control Number. It is our policy to make 

all comments available to the public for 

review at the location listed in the 

ADDRESSES section, room 3609, during 

the hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST, 

Monday through Friday, except legal 

holidays. If you wish to have your name 

and/or address withheld, you must state 

this prominently at the beginning of 

your comments. We will honor your 

request according to the requirements of 

the law. All comments from 

organizations or representatives will be 

available for review. We may withhold 

comments from review for other 

reasons. 

OMB Control Number: 1076–0164. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Title: No Child Left Behind 

Regulations, 25 CFR parts 36 and 47. 

Brief Description of Collection: This 

collection is mandatory according to 

statutory regulations, and the benefit to 

the respondents is continued 

supplementary program funding. 

Respondents: Bureau-funded schools 

with residential programs, tribal 

governing bodies and school boards are 

the respondents, and submission is 

mandatory. 

Number of Respondents: There are 66 

schools with residential programs, of 

which 28 are Bureau-operated and 38 

are tribally operated. Thus, the 

collection of information is necessary 

from 38 of the 66 residential schools. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

range of time can vary from .02 hour to 

an average of 20 hours per 1 item. 

Frequency of Response: Annually and 

sometimes daily. 

Total Annual Burden to Respondents: 

It is estimated that 20,793 (number of 

responses) × 20 (hourly burden per 

response) = 415,860 total annual hours 

of burden. 

Dated: April 27, 2007. 

Carl J. Artman, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E7–8657 Filed 5–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–XN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Proposed Information Collection Under 

the Paperwork Reduction Act; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Education, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed renewal of 

information collection. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian 

Education (BIE), in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, is proposing 

to renew the No Child Left Behind Act 

Regulations, 25 CFR parts 30, 37, 39, 42, 

44 and 47, OMB Control Number 1076–

0163. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

July 6, 2007 for best consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Please send comments to 

Mr. Thomas M. Dowd, Director, Bureau 

of Indian Education, 1849 C Street, NW., 

Mail Stop 3609–MIB, Washington, DC 

20240, facsimile number (202) 208–

3312. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

James Martin, Chief, Division of 

Planning and Research, Bureau of 

Indian Education, 1849 C Street, NW., 

Mail Stop 3609–MIB, Washington, DC 

20240, Telephone: (202) 208–6123, 

Facsimile: (202) 208–3312 or by e-mail 

at jmartin1@bia.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public 

Law 107–110, the No Child Left Behind 

(NCLB) Act of January 8, 2001, requires 

all schools, including Bureau of Indian 

Education funded schools, to ensure 

that all children have a fair, equal, and 

significant opportunity to obtain a highquality education and reach, at a 

minimum, proficiency on challenging 

academic achievement standards and 

assessments. The BIE is required to 

monitor programs, gather data, and 

complete reports for the U.S. 

Department of Education. To achieve 

these results, schools must prepare 

required documentation such as the 

Annual Report, the School Report Card, 

Section 1114 Plans, financial budgets, 

school improvement plans, compliance 

action plans as a result of monitoring, 

Title II, Part A reports on highly 

qualified staff, Title IV, Part A, Safe and 

Drug Free Schools and Communities 

reports, competitive sub-grant reports, 

Indian School Equalization Programs 

(ISEP) reports, the Native American 

Student Information System (NASIS) 

reports, and transportation reports. 

Request for Comments 

The Bureau of Indian Education 

requests your comments on this 

collection concerning: 

(a) The necessity of this information 

collection for the proper performance of 

the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(b) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden (hours and cost) 

of the collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) Ways we could enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 


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