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Preferred Alternative 

There is no preferred alternative 

selected for the Draft EIS. We will 

evaluate public comments and have a 

preferred alternative in the final EIS. 

Public Review 

We started the EIS for Izembek Refuge 

land exchange/road corridor in August 

2009. At that time and throughout the 

planning process, we requested public 

comments and considered and 

incorporated them in numerous ways. 

In January 2010, we published a scoping 

newsletter describing the process for the 

EIS and informing the public of 

upcoming scoping meetings, and how 

they could be informed or involved. In 

October 2010, we published another 

newsletter informing the public of the 

issues identified during scoping. These 

newsletters were mailed to 

approximately 1,000 individuals, 

agencies, and organizations, and the 

documents were available over the 

Internet at http://izembek.fws.gov/ 

eis.htm. 

To gather additional input from the 

public, we held seven public open 

house meetings—five in communities 

adjacent to or within the boundaries of 

the Izembek Refuge; one in Washington, 

DC; and one in Anchorage, Alaska. 

Individuals and organizations 

provided 31,568 comments during the 

scoping process. The responses came in 

emails, web forms, postcards, faxes, 

letters, and public hearing transcripts. 

Approximately 87 people spoke at 

meetings in 7 communities. The 

responses were reviewed, coded, and 

analyzed. Comments were sorted into 

broad issue groups including: 

1. NEPA process (permits, the EIS, 

consultation and coordination); 

2. Purpose and need for the action; 

3. Proposed action, alternatives, and 

mitigation measures; 

4. Affected environment, 

environmental consequences, and 

potential direct, indirect, and 

cumulative impacts; and 

5. Data and available information. 

We considered and evaluated these 

issues and public concerns, and used 

them to develop various aspects of the 

DEIS. The DEIS is now available for 

public review. As described in the 

following sections, the public may 

obtain copies of the DEIS summary, 

compact discs of the full document or 

view the document on our web site. 

Comments may be submitted at public 

meetings or via email, regular mail or 

fax. Once the public comment period 

ends, the comments will be analyzed 

and used to craft the final EIS which 

will be released later this year. 

Public Availability of Documents 

In addition to any methods in 

ADDRESSES, you can view or obtain 

documents at our Web site: http:// 

izembek.fws.gov/EIS.htm. 

Public Meetings 

We will involve the public through 

open houses, meetings, and written 

comments. We will mail documents to 

our national and local Refuge mailing 

lists. Public open house meetings will 

be held in Anchorage, Cold Bay, False 

Pass, King Cove, Nelson Lagoon and 

Sand Point, Alaska. Dates, times, and 

locations of each meeting or open house 

will be announced in advance in local 

media and on our Web sites. 

Submitting Comments/Issues for 

Comment 

We particularly seek comments on the 

issues and alternatives addressed in the 

DEIS. We will respond to all substantive 

comments in the final EIS. 

We consider comments substantive if 

they: 

• Question, with reasonable basis, the 

accuracy of the information in the 

document; 

• Question, with reasonable basis, the 

adequacy of the environmental 

assessment; 

• Present reasonable alternatives 

other than those presented in the draft 

EIS; and/or 

• Provide new or additional 

information relevant to the assessment. 

Next Steps 

After this comment period ends, we 

will analyze the comments and address 

them in the form of a final EIS and 

decision document. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email 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. 

Dated: March 13, 2012. 

Geoffrey L. Haskett, 

Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Anchorage, Alaska. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Advisory Board for Exceptional 

Children 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian 

Education (BIE) is announcing that the 

Advisory Board for Exceptional 

Children (Advisory Board) will hold its 

next meeting in Albuquerque, New 

Mexico. The purpose of the meeting is 

to meet the mandates of the Individuals 

with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 

(IDEA) for Indian children with 

disabilities. 

DATES: The Advisory Board will meet on 

Thursday, March 29, 2012, from 

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday, March 

30, 2012, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Mountain Time. Orientation for new 

members will be held on Wednesday, 

March 28, 2012, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

Mountain Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting and orientation 

will be held at the Manuel Lujan, Jr. 

Indian Affairs Building, 1011 Indian 

School Road North West, Albuquerque, 

New Mexico 87104; telephone number 

(505) 563–5383. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sue 

Bement, Designated Federal Officer, 

Bureau of Indian Education, 

Albuquerque Service Center, Division of 

Performance and Accountability, 1011 

Indian School Road NW., Suite 332, 

Albuquerque, NM 87104; telephone 

number (505) 563–5274. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, the BIE is announcing 

that the Advisory Board will hold its 

next meeting in Albuquerque, New 

Mexico. The Advisory Board was 

established under the Individuals with 

Disabilities Act of 2004 (20 U.S.C. 1400 

et seq.) to advise the Secretary of the 

Interior, through the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs, on the needs 

of Indian children with disabilities. The 

meetings are open to the public. 

The following items will be on the 

agenda: 

• Introduction of Advisory Board 

members. 

• Introduction of Appointed Advisory 

Board Chair. 

• Appointment of Advisory Board 

Vice Chair. 

• Appointment of Advisory Board 

Secretary. 

• Report from Gloria Yepa, 

Supervisory Education Specialist, BIE, 


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Division of Performance and 

Accountability. 

• Report from BIE Director’s Office. 

• Report from Stan Holder, Acting 

Associate Deputy Director, BIE, Division 

of Performance and Accountability. 

• Board selection of Priority Topics. 

• Public Comment (via conference 

call, March 29, 2012, meeting only*). 

• BIE Advisory Board-Advice and 

Recommendations. * During the March 29, 2012, meeting, 

time has been set aside for public 

comment via conference call from 

1:30—2 p.m. Mountain Time. The callin information is: Conference Number 

1–888–417–0376, Passcode 1509140. 

Dated: March 9, 2012. 

Larry Echo Hawk, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6566 Filed 3–16–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLWO2600000 L10600000 XQ0000] 

Notice of Wild Horse and Burro 

Advisory Board Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) announces that the 

Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board 

will conduct a meeting on matters 

pertaining to management and 

protection of wild, free-roaming horses 

and burros on the Nation’s public lands. 

DATES: The Advisory Board will meet on 

Monday, April 23, 2012 from 1:30 p.m. 

until 5 p.m. and on Tuesday, April 24, 

2012 from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., local 

time. This will be a one and a half day 

meeting. 

ADDRESSES: This Advisory Board 

meeting will take place in Reno, Nevada 

at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, 

2500 East 2nd Street, Reno, Nevada 

89595. The hotel phone number for 

reservations is 775–789–2129 or 800– 

648–5080. 

Written comments pertaining to the 

April 23–24, 2012 Advisory Board 

meeting can be mailed to National Wild 

Horse and Burro Program,WO–260, 

Attention: Ramona DeLorme, 1340 

Financial Boulevard, Reno, Nevada, 

89502–7147, or sent electronically to the 

BLM through the Wild Horse and Burro 

Web site at: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/ 

en/prog/whbprogram/ 

recent_news_and_information/ 

enhanced_feedback_form.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ramona DeLorme, Wild Horse and 

Burro Administrative Assistant, at 775– 

861–6583. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

to contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The FIRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question with the 

above individual. You will receive a 

reply during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Wild 

Horse and Burro Advisory Board 

advises the Secretary of the Interior, the 

BLM Director, the Secretary of 

Agriculture, and the Chief of the Forest 

Service on matters pertaining to the 

management and protection of wild, 

free-roaming horses and burros on the 

Nation’s public lands. The Wild Horse 

and Burro Advisory Board operates 

under the authority of 43 CFR 1784. The 

tentative agenda for the two day event 

is: 

I. Advisory Board Public Meeting 

Monday, April 23, 2012 (1:30 p.m.–5 

p.m.) 

1:30 p.m. Welcome and Introductions 

Call to order 

Assistant Director’s Welcome 

Nevada State Director’s Welcome 

Program Overview 

2:30 p.m. Old Business 

Approval of October 2011 Minutes 

October 2011 Meeting follow up and 

responses to Recommendations 

3 p.m. Break 

3:15 p.m. Old Business cont’d 

October 2011 Meeting follow up and 

responses, cont’d 

5 p.m. Adjourn 

Tuesday, April 24, 2011 (8 a.m.–5 p.m.) 

8 a.m. Old Business cont’d, Updates 

Director’s Challenge 

Wild Horse and Burro Strategy and 

FY 2005–2010 Report to Congress 

Research 

9:30 a.m. Break 

Comprehensive Animal Welfare 

Program 

Litigation 

10:30 a.m. Break 

10:45 a.m. Public Comment period 

Lunch (12 p.m.–1 p.m.) 

1 p.m. New Business 

Sage Grouse Planning Strategy 

Advisory Board Charter/Standard 

Operating Procedures/By-Laws 

2:45 p.m. Break 

3 p.m. Board Recommendations 

4:30 a.m. Recap/Summary/Next 

Meeting/Date/Site 

5 p.m. Adjourn 

The meeting site is accessible to 

individuals with disabilities. An 

individual with a disability needing an 

auxiliary aid or service to participate in 

the meeting, such as an interpreting 

service, assistive listening device, or 

materials in an alternate format, must 

notify Ms. DeLorme two weeks before 

the scheduled meeting date. Although 

the BLM will attempt to meet a request 

received after that date, the requested 

auxiliary aid or service may not be 

available because of insufficient time to 

arrange it. 

The Federal Advisory Committee 

Management Regulations at 41 CFR 

101–6.1015(b), requires BLM to publish 

in the Federal Register notice of a 

public meeting 15 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

II. Public Comment Procedures 

On Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at 

10:45 a.m. members of the public will 

have the opportunity to make comments 

to the Board on the Wild Horse and 

Burro Program. Persons wishing to make 

comments during the Tuesday meeting 

should register in person with the BLM 

by 10 a.m. on April 24, 2012, at the 

meeting location. Depending on the 

number of commenters, the Advisory 

Board may limit the length of 

comments. At previous meetings, 

comments have been limited to three 

minutes in length; however, this time 

may vary. Commenters should address 

the specific wild horse and burrorelated topics listed on the agenda. 

Speakers are requested to submit a 

written copy of their statement to the 

address listed in the ADDRESSES section 

above or bring a written copy to the 

meeting. There may be a webcam 

present during the entire meeting and 

individual comments may be recorded. 

Participation in the Advisory Board 

meeting is not a prerequisite for 

submission of written comments. The 

BLM invites written comments from all 

interested parties. Your written 

comments should be specific and 

explain the reason for any 

recommendation. The BLM appreciates 

any and all comments. The BLM 

considers comments that are either 

supported by quantitative information 

or studies or those that include citations 

to and analysis of applicable laws and 

regulations to be the most useful and 

likely to influence BLM’s decisions on 

the management and protection of wild 

horses and burros. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email 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 


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