24734 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 80 / Wednesday, April 25, 2012 / Notices 

tribal gaming facilities are properly 

licensed by the tribes. 

Respondents: Indian tribal gaming 

operations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

565. 

Estimated Annual Responses: 75. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

range of time can vary from 2 burden 

hours to 10 burden hours for one item. 

Frequency of Response: Varies. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: $13,125. 

Paxton Myers, 

Chief of Staff. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9922 Filed 4–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7565–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–MWR–INDU–0312–8330; 6065–4000– 

409] 

Final White-tailed Deer Management 

Plan/Environmental Impact Statement 

for Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

announces the availability of the Final 

White-tailed Deer Management Plan/ 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, 

Indiana. 

DATES: The Final White-tailed Deer 

Management Plan/Environmental 

Impact Statement (Plan/EIS) will remain 

available for public review for 30 days 

following the publishing of the notice of 

availability in the Federal Register by 

the Environmental Protection Agency. 

ADDRESSES: The Plan/EIS is available 

via the Internet through the NPS 

Planning, Environment, and Public 

Comment Web site (http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/INDU); click on 

the link for the Plan/EIS. You may also 

obtain a copy of the Plan/EIS by sending 

a request to Randy Knutson, Wildlife 

Biologist, Indiana Dunes National 

Lakeshore, 1100 North Mineral Springs 

Road, Porter, Indiana 46304; telephone 

219–395–1550. A copy may also be 

picked-up in person at the National 

Lakeshore’s headquarters at the address 

listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Superintendent Constantine Dillon, 

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, at 

the address above or by telephone at 

219–395–1699. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This Plan/ 

EIS describes four alternatives for the 

management of deer at the National 

Lakeshore. Action is needed at this time 

to ensure that the local deer population 

does not become a dominant force that 

negatively influences ecosystem 

components within the National 

Lakeshore, such as sensitive vegetation 

or other wildlife. Impacts to these 

National Lakeshore resources would 

compromise its purpose to preserve the 

exceptional biodiversity found within 

its boundaries. The National Lakeshore 

staff currently implements resource 

management actions to protect other 

resources but no specific deer 

management plan exists. 

Under Alternative A (no action), 

current deer management actions 

(including limited fencing, limited use 

of repellents, and inventorying and 

monitoring efforts) would continue; no 

new deer management actions would be 

taken. Alternative B would include all 

actions described under Alternative A, 

but would also incorporate non-lethal 

actions to possibly reduce deer numbers 

in the lakeshore. The additional actions 

would include the construction of 

additional small- and new large-scale 

exclosures, more extensive use of 

repellents in areas where fenced 

exclosures would not be appropriate or 

feasible, and phasing in reproductive 

control of does when there is a federally 

approved fertility control agent for 

application to free-ranging populations 

that provides multi-year (three to five 

years) efficacy for does. Alternative C 

would include all actions described 

under Alternative A, but would also 

incorporate a direct reduction of the 

deer herd size through sharpshooting 

and capture/euthanasia, where 

appropriate. Alternative D (the preferred 

alternative) would also include all the 

actions described under Alternative A, 

but would incorporate a combination of 

specific lethal and non-lethal actions 

from Alternatives B and C. These 

actions would include the reduction of 

the deer herd through sharpshooting, in 

combination with capture/euthanasia 

and phasing in reproductive control of 

does (as described in alternative B) for 

longer-term maintenance of lower herd 

numbers when there is a federally 

approved fertility control agent for 

application to free-ranging populations 

that provides multi-year (three to five 

years) efficacy for does. 

The potential environmental 

consequences of the alternatives are 

addressed for vegetation, soils and water 

quality, white-tailed deer, other wildlife 

and wildlife habitat, sensitive and rare 

species, archeological resources, 

cultural landscapes, visitor use and 

experience, social values, visitor and 

employee health and safety, 

soundscapes, socioeconomic conditions, 

and National Lakeshore management 

and operations. 

Dated: March 26, 2012. 

Michael T. Reynolds, 

Regional Director, Midwest Region. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9972 Filed 4–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–FH–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

[Docket No. BOEM–2012–0011] 

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 

Renewable Energy Program Leasing 

for Marine Hydrokinetic Technology 

Testing Offshore Florida 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of the Availability of an 

Environmental Assessment. 

SUMMARY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM) has prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) 

considering the reasonably foreseeable 

environmental impacts and 

socioeconomic effects of issuing a lease 

in Official Protraction Diagram NG 17– 

06, Blocks 7003, 7053, and 7054, 

offshore Florida. The proposed lease 

would authorize technology testing 

activities, including the installation, 

operation, relocation, and 

decommissioning of technology testing 

facilities. The purpose of this notice is 

to inform the public of the availability 

of the EA for review and to solicit 

public comments on the EA. 

Pursuant to 36 CFR 800.4(d)(1), which 

is a section in the regulations 

implementing section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act, 16 

U.S.C. 470f, BOEM has made a finding 

of ‘‘no historic properties affected’’ for 

this proposed project. The finding and 

supporting documentation have been 

submitted to the Florida State Historic 

Preservation Officer and the Advisory 

Council on Historic Preservation and are 

included in the EA for public 

inspection. 

BOEM will conduct a public 

information session at the following 

location and time to explain the 

proposed activities and provide 

additional opportunities for public 

input on the EA: Broward County Main 

Library, 100 S Andrews Ave., Fort 

Lauderdale, Florida 33301–7528, 

Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 2 p.m. 

The EA and information on the public 

session can be found online at: http:// 

www.boem.gov/Renewable-EnergyProgram/State-Activities/Florida.aspx. 


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