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The Public Health Service (PHS) 

strongly encourages all grant and 

contract recipients to provide a smokefree workplace and promote the non-use 

of all tobacco products. In addition, 

Pub. L. 103–227, the Pro-Children Act of 

1994, prohibits smoking in certain 

facilities (or in some cases, any portion 

of the facility) in which regular or 

routine education, library, day care, 

health care or early childhood 

development services are provided to 

children. This is consistent with the 

HHS mission to protect and advance the 

physical and mental health of the 

American people. 

Dated: March 7, 2007. 

Robert G. McSwain, 

Deputy Director, Indian Health Service. 

[FR Doc. 07–2389 Filed 5–15–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–16–M 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5144–N–01] 

Notice of Competition Advocate 

Designation Under the HUD 

Acquisition Regulation 

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Procurement 

Officer, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of competition advocate 

designation. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with HUD’s 

acquisition regulations (HUDAR), this 

notice announces HUD’s designation of 

a competition advocate. Under the 

Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), 

each agency designates a competition 

advocate whose responsibilities include, 

but are not limited to: Promoting the 

acquisition of commercial items, 

promoting full and open competition, 

challenging requirements that are not 

stated in terms of functions to be 

performed, performance required or 

essential physical characteristics, and 

challenging barriers to the acquisition of 

commercial items and full and open 

competition such as unnecessarily 

restrictive statements of work, 

unnecessarily detailed specifications, 

and unnecessarily burdensome contract 

clauses. 

DATES: Effective Date: January 31, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gloria Sochon, Assistant Chief 

Procurement Officer for Policy and 

Systems, Office of the Chief 

Procurement Officer, 451 Seventh 

Street, SW., Room 5276, Washington, 

DC 20410–3000, telephone (202) 708–

0294. Persons with speech or hearing 

impairments may access this number 

through TTY by calling the toll-free 

Federal Information Relay Service at 

(800) 877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

uniform regulation for the procurement 

of supplies and services by federal 

departments and agencies, the FAR, was 

promulgated on September 19, 1983 (48 

FR 42102). The FAR is codified in title 

48, chapter 1, of the Code of Federal 

Regulations. HUD promulgated its 

regulation to implement the FAR on 

March 1, 1984 (49 FR 7696). The 

HUDAR (title 48, chapter 24 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations) is prescribed by 

the Chief Procurement Officer under 

section 7(d) of the Department of HUD 

Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(d)); section 205(c) 

of the Federal Property and 

Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 

U.S.C. 486(c)); the Secretary’s delegation 

of authority effective October 6, 1998 

(63 FR 54723) and the general 

authorization in FAR 1.301. 

Under 48 CFR 2401.601–70, the Chief 

Procurement Officer is HUD’s Senior 

Procurement Executive. In accordance 

with 48 CFR 2406.501, HUD’s Senior 

Procurement Executive shall designate 

the Department’s competition advocate 

by notice in the Federal Register. 

Therefore, the Chief Procurement 

Officer designates a Special Assistant to 

the Chief Procurement Officer as HUD’s 

competition advocate. 

This designation supersedes the 

previous designation of competition 

advocate published in the Federal 

Register on August 23, 1999 (64 FR 

46109). 

Dated: May 11, 2007. 

Joseph A. Neurauter, 

Chief Procurement Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–9434 Filed 5–15–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife 

Refuge in South Louisiana 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a 

comprehensive conservation plan and 

environmental assessment; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service, intend to gather information 

necessary to prepare a comprehensive 

conservation plan and associated 

environmental documents for Bayou 

Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge. We 

furnish this notice in compliance with 

our comprehensive conservation 

planning policy to advise other agencies 

and the public of our intentions, and to 

obtain suggestions and information on 

the scope of issues to be considered in 

the planning process. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, we 

must receive your written comments by 

June 15, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments or 

requests for more information to: 

Charlotte Parker, Natural Resource 

Planner, Southeast Louisiana National 

Wildlife Refuge Complex, 61389 

Highway 434, Lacombe, Louisiana 

70445; Telephone: 985/882–2000; or 

electronically to: 

Charlotte_Parker@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With this 

notice, we initiate the process for 

developing a comprehensive 

conservation plan for Bayou Sauvage 

National Wildlife Refuge in New 

Orleans, Louisiana. 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966, as amended 

by the National Wildlife Refuge System 

Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 

668dd–668ee), requires the Service to 

develop a comprehensive conservation 

plan for each national wildlife refuge. 

The purpose in developing a 

comprehensive conservation plan is to 

provide refuge managers with a 15-year 

strategy for achieving refuge purposes 

and contributing toward the mission of 

the National Wildlife Refuge System, 

consistent with sound principles of fish 

and wildlife management, conservation, 

legal mandates, and Service policies. In 


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addition to outlining broad management 

direction on conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, plans identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities 

available to the public, including 

opportunities for hunting, fishing, 

wildlife observation, wildlife 

photography, and environmental 

education and interpretation. 

We establish each unit of the National 

Wildlife Refuge System with specific 

purposes. We use these purposes to 

develop and prioritize management 

goals and objectives within the National 

Wildlife Refuge System mission, and to 

guide which public uses will occur on 

these refuges. The planning process is a 

way for us and the public to evaluate 

management goals and objectives for the 

best possible conservation efforts of 

these important wildlife habitats, while 

providing for wildlife-dependent 

recreation opportunities that are 

compatible with each refuge’s 

establishing purposes and the mission 

of the National Wildlife Refuge System. 

We will conduct a comprehensive 

conservation planning process that will 

provide opportunity for Tribal, State, 

and local governments; agencies; 

organizations; and the public to 

participate in issue scoping and public 

comment. We request input for issues, 

concerns, ideas, and suggestions for the 

management of Bayou Sauvage National 

Wildlife Refuge. We invite anyone 

interested to respond to the following 

two questions: 

1. What problems or issues do you 

want to see addressed in the 

comprehensive conservation plan? 

2. What improvements would you 

recommend for Bayou Sauvage National 

Wildlife Refuge? 

We have provided the above 

questions for your optional use; you are 

not required to provide information to 

us. Our Planning Team developed these 

questions to gather information about 

individual issues and ideas concerning 

this refuge. Our Planning Team will use 

comments it receives as part of the 

planning process; however, we will not 

reference individual comments in our 

reports or directly respond to them. 

We will also give the public an 

opportunity to provide input at a public 

scoping meeting to be held in New 

Orleans, Louisiana, during the 

development phase of the plan. This 

event will be advertised through local 

media outlets. You may also submit 

comments anytime during the planning 

process by writing to the address in the 

ADDRESSES section. All information 

provided voluntarily by mail, phone, or 

at the public meeting becomes part of 

our official record (i.e., names, 

addresses, letters of comment, input 

recorded during meeting). 

We will conduct the environmental 

review of this project in accordance 

with the requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); NEPA 

Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508); 

other appropriate Federal laws and 

regulations; and our policies and 

procedures for compliance with those 

regulations. All comments we receive 

on our environmental assessment 

become part of the official public 

record. We will handle requests for such 

comments in accordance with the 

Freedom of Information Act, NEPA [40 

CFR § 506.6(f)], and other Departmental 

and Service policies and procedures. 

When we receive a request, we generally 

will provide comment letters with the 

names and addresses of the individuals 

who wrote the comments. 

Bayou Sauvage Refuge was 

established in 1990. Consisting of 

22,770 acres and situated within the city 

limits of New Orleans, it is the Nation’s 

largest urban wildlife refuge. Objectives 

of the refuge are to: enhance 

populations of migratory, shore, and 

wading birds; encourage natural 

diversity of fish and wildlife species; 

protect threatened and endangered 

plants and animals; protect 

archaeological resources; provide for 

scientific research and environmental 

education with emphasis on wetlands; 

and provide opportunities for fish and 

wildlife-dependent recreation in an 

urban setting. 

Authority: This notice is published under 

the authority of the National Wildlife Refuge 

System Improvement Act of 1997, Public 

Law 105–57. 

Dated: March 7, 2007. 

Jacquelyn B. Parrish, 

Acting Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. E7–9405 Filed 5–15–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a 

comprehensive conservation plan and 

environmental assessment for Bond 

Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in 

Bibb and Twiggs Counties, Georgia. 

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service 

intends to gather information necessary 

to prepare a comprehensive 

conservation plan and environmental 

assessment for Bond Swamp National 

Wildlife Refuge. This notice is furnished 

in compliance with the Service’s 

comprehensive conservation planning 

policy to advise other agencies and the 

public of our intentions, and to obtain 

suggestions and information on the 

scope of issues to be considered in the 

planning process. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, 

comments must be received by July 16, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: Address comments, 

questions, and requests for more 

information to Carolyn Johnson, Deputy 

Project Leader, Piedmont National 

Wildlife Refuge, 718 Juliette Road, 

Roundoak, Georgia 31038; Telephone: 

478/986–5441; or you may correspond 

with Ms. Johnson via the Internet at 

Carolyn_Johnson@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966, as amended 

by the National Wildlife Refuge System 

Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 

668dd-668ee), requires the Service to 

develop a comprehensive conservation 

plan for each national wildlife refuge. 

The purpose in developing a 

comprehensive conservation plan is to 

provide refuge managers with a 15-year 

strategy for achieving refuge purposes 

and contributing toward the mission of 

the National Wildlife Refuge System, 

consistent with sound principles of fish 

and wildlife management, conservation, 

legal mandates, and Service policies. In 

addition to outlining broad management 

direction on conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, plans identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities 

available to the public, including 

opportunities for hunting, fishing, 

wildlife observation, wildlife 

photography, and environmental 

education and interpretation. Public 

input into this planning process is 

essential. 

Each unit of the National Wildlife 

Refuge System is established with 

specific purposes. These purposes are 

used to develop and prioritize 

management goals and objectives within 

the National Wildlife Refuge System 

mission, and to guide which public uses 

will occur on the refuge. The planning 

process is a means for the Service and 

the public to evaluate management goals 

and objectives for the best possible 

conservation efforts of this important 

wildlife habitat, while providing for 

wildlife-dependent recreation 

opportunities that are compatible with 

the refuge’s establishing purposes and 

the mission of the National Wildlife 

Refuge System. 


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