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III. Data 

(1) Title: Donor Certification Form. 

OMB Control Number: 1090–0009 

Type of Review: Information 

Collection: Renewal 

Affected Entities: Individuals or 

households, Businesses, Not-for-profit 

institutions, Tribal governments. 

Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 555. 

Frequency of response: Once per 

prospective donation. 

(2) Annual reporting and 

recordkeeping burden: 

Estimated number of responses 

annually: 555. 

Estimated burden per response: 20 

minutes. 

Total annual reporting: 185 hours. 

(3) Description of the need and use of 

the information: This information will 

provide Department staff with the basis 

for beginning the evaluation as to 

whether the Department will accept the 

proposed donation. The authorized 

employee will receive the donor 

certification form with the proposed 

donation. The employee will then 

review the totality of circumstances 

surrounding the proposed donation to 

determine whether the Department can 

accept the donation and maintain its 

integrity, impartiality, and public 

confidence. 

IV. Request for Comments 

The Department of the Interior invites 

comments on: 

(a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary 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 of the collection 

and the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(c) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(d) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including through 

the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Burden means the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by persons 

to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or 

provide information to or for a federal 

agency. This includes the time needed 

to review instructions; to develop, 

acquire, install and utilize technology 

and systems for the purpose of 

collecting, validating and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; to train 

personnel and to be able to respond to 

a collection of information, to search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

The comments, with names and 

addresses, will be available for public 

viewing. If you wish us to withhold 

your personal information, you must 

prominently state at the beginning of 

your comment what personal 

information you want us to withhold. 

We will honor your request to the extent 

allowable by law. Comments received, if 

any, will be available for public viewing 

by appointment only. You may schedule 

such an appointment by contacting the 

Office of Youth, Partnerships and 

Service at 1849 C Street NW., MS 3559 

MIB, Washington, DC 20240, or 

telephone (202) 208–4881 to schedule 

an appointment to view any comments 

received. A valid picture identification 

is required for entry into the Department 

of the Interior. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid 

Office of Management and Budget 

control number. 

Dated: March 21, 2012. 

Olivia Barton Ferriter, 

Office of Youth, Partnerships and Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7412 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–RK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

Wildland Fire Executive Council 

Meeting Schedule 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

requirements of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., 2, the 

U.S. Department of the Interior, Office 

of the Secretary, Wildland Fire 

Executive Council (WFEC) will meet as 

indicated below. 

DATES: The meetings will be held on the 

first and third Friday of each month 

from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern Time as 

follows: April 6, 2012; April 20, 2012; 

May 4, 2012; May 18, 2012; June 1, 2012 

and June 15, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held 

from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern Time in 

the McArdle Room (First Floor 

Conference Room) in the Yates Federal 

Building, USDA Forest Service 

Headquarters, 1400 Independence Ave. 

SW., Washington, DC 20250, 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roy 

Johnson, Designated Federal Officer, 

300 E Mallard Drive, Suite 170, Boise, 

Idaho 83706; telephone (208) 334–1550; 

fax (208) 334–1549; or email 

Roy_Johnson@ios.doi.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The WFEC 

is established as a discretionary 

advisory committee under the 

authorities of the Secretary of the 

Interior and Secretary of Agriculture, in 

furtherance of 43 U.S.C. 1457 and 

provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act 

of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a–742j), the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et. seq), the 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

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

668dd–668ee), and the National Forest 

Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 

1600 et.seq) and in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 

App. 2. The Secretary of the Interior and 

Secretary of Agriculture certify that the 

formation of the WFEC is necessary and 

is in the public interest. 

The purpose of the WFEC is to 

provide advice on coordinated nationallevel wildland fire policy and to provide 

leadership, direction, and program 

oversight in support of the Wildland 

Fire Leadership Council. Questions 

related to the WFEC should be directed 

to Roy Johnson (Designated Federal 

Officer) at Roy_Johnson@ios.doi.gov or 

(208) 334–1550 or 300 E. Mallard Drive, 

Suite 170, Boise, Idaho 83706–6648. 

Meeting Agenda: The meeting agenda 

will include: (1) Welcome and 

introduction of Council members; (2) 

Overview of prior meeting and action 

tracking; (3) Members’ round robin to 

share information and identify key 

issues to be addressed; (4) Wildland Fire 

Management Cohesive Strategy; (5) 

Wildland Fire Issues; (6) Council 

Members’ review and discussion of subcommittee activities; (7) Future Council 

activities; (8) Public comments which 

will be scheduled for 11:30 on each 

agenda; (9) and closing remarks. 

Participation is open to the public. 

Public Input: All WFEC meetings are 

open to the public. Members of the 

public who wish to participate must 

notify Shari Eckhoff at 

Shari_Eckhoff@ios.doi.gov no later than 

the Friday preceding the meeting. Those 

who are not committee members and 

wish to present oral statements or obtain 

information should contact Shari 

Eckhoff via email no later than the 

Friday preceding the meeting. 

Depending on the number of persons 

wishing to comment and time available, 


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the time for individual oral comments 

may be limited. 

Questions about the agenda or written 

comments may be emailed or submitted 

by U.S. Mail to: Department of the 

Interior, Office of the Secretary, Office 

of Wildland Fire, Attention: Shari 

Eckhoff, 300 E. Mallard Drive, Suite 

170, Boise, Idaho 83706–6648. WFEC 

requests that written comments be 

received by the Friday preceding the 

scheduled meeting. Attendance is open 

to the public, but limited space is 

available. Persons with a disability 

requiring special services, such as an 

interpreter for the hearing impaired, 

should contact Ms. Eckhoff at (202) 

527–0133 at least seven calendar days 

prior to the meeting. 

Dated: March 12, 2012. 

Roy Johnson, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7402 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–J4–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R6–R–2012–N058; FF06R06000– 

FXRS1265066CCP0S2–123] 

Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge, 

Stevensville, MT; Draft Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan and Environmental 

Assessment 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments; announcement of public 

meeting 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of a Draft Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan (CCP) and 

Environmental Assessment (EA) for Lee 

Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge, 

Stevensville, MT, for public review and 

comment. This Draft CCP/EA describes 

our proposal for managing the refuge for 

the next 15 years. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, please 

submit your written comments by April 

30, 2012 in person or send them to one 

of the addresses, including email and 

fax, listed below. We will also be 

holding a public meeting, which will be 

announced in the statewide news media 

and on the refuge Web site. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

or requests for copies or more 

information by any of the following 

methods. You may request a hard copy 

of the document or view it on the 

Service’s planning Web site, http:// 

www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/ 

planning/ccp/mt/lmc/lmc.html. 

Email: leemetcalf@fws.gov. Include 

‘‘Lee Metcalf Draft CCP and EA’’ in the 

subject line of the message. 

Fax: Attn: Laura King, 406–644–2661. 

U.S. Mail: Laura King, National Bison 

Range, 58355 Bison Range Road, 

Moiese, MT 59824. 

In-Person Drop-off, Viewing, or 

Pickup: Call (406–777–5552) to make an 

appointment (necessary for view/pickup 

only) during regular business hours at 

the Lee Metcalf National Wildlife 

Refuge headquarters located at 4567 

Wildfowl Lane, Stevensville, MT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura King, 406–644–2211, extension 

210 or email at leemetcalf@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we continue the CCP 

process for Lee Metcalf National 

Wildlife Refuge. We started this process 

through a notice in the Federal Register 

(74 FR 50235), on September 30, 2009. 

Lee Metcalf National Wildlife Refuge 

was established February 4, 1964, and 

has two purposes: 

(1) ‘‘[F]or use as an inviolate 

sanctuary, or for any other management 

purpose, for migratory birds’’ (Migratory 

Bird Conservation Act); and 

(2) ‘‘for (a) incidental fish and wildlife 

oriented recreational development, (b) 

the protection of natural resources, 

[and] (c) the conservation of endangered 

species or threatened species’’ (Refuge 

Recreation Act). 

This refuge is located in Ravalli 

County, one of the fastest growing 

counties in the State of Montana, 2 

miles north of Stevensville and 25 miles 

south of Missoula. Although it is one of 

the nation’s smaller refuges, 

encompassing 2,800 acres, it is one of 

the few remaining undeveloped areas in 

the Bitterroot Valley. The refuge lies 

along the meandering Bitterroot River 

and is comprised of wet meadow and 

gallery and riverfront forest habitats and 

has created and modified wetlands. 

Riverfront forest includes early 

succession tree species such as black 

cottonwood and sandbar willow that are 

present near the active channel of the 

Bitterroot River and next to floodplain 

drainages. Gallery forest is dominated 

by cottonwood and ponderosa pine and 

is present on higher floodplain 

elevations along natural levees. Over 

140,000 visitors come to this refuge 

annually to view and photograph 

wildlife, archery deer hunt, walk the 

refuge trails, or participate in 

interpretive programs in the indoor and 

outdoor classrooms. The Refuge 

provides habitat for raptors, including 

ospreys, and numerous songbird and 

waterbird species. 

Background 

The CCP Process 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 

668dd–668ee) (Refuge Administration 

Act), as amended by the National 

Wildlife Refuge System Improvement 

Act of 1997, requires us to develop a 

CCP for each national wildlife refuge. 

The purpose for developing a CCP is to 

provide refuge managers with a 15-year 

plan 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 our policies. In 

addition to outlining broad management 

direction on conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, CCPs identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities 

available to the public, including 

opportunities for hunting, fishing, 

wildlife observation and photography, 

and environmental education and 

interpretation. We will review and 

update the CCP as necessary, at least 

every 15 years in accordance with the 

Refuge Administration Act. 

Public Outreach 

The Service has involved the public, 

agencies, partners, and legislators 

throughout the planning process. At the 

beginning of the planning process, the 

Service initiated public involvement 

through a Federal Register notice and 

news releases in the statewide media. 

For initial public scoping, the Service 

held two open-house meetings, on 

September 29 and October 1, 2009, in 

Stevensville and Missoula, MT, 

respectively. These open houses were 

announced in local media and through 

the first planning update which was 

mailed to over 270 individuals and 

organizations. We have considered and 

evaluated all of the comments received, 

with many were incorporated into the 

various alternatives addressed in the 

draft CCP and the EA. 

CCP Alternatives We Are Considering 

During the public scoping process 

with which we started work on this 

draft CCP, we, other governmental 

partners, Tribes, and the public raised 

several issues. Our draft CCP addresses 

the issues that were raised. To address 

these issues, we developed and 

evaluated the following alternatives, 

summarized below. 


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