Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 36 / Wednesday, February 25, 2009 / Notices 8567 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Final Environmental Impact Statement/ 

General Management Plan; San Juan 

Island National Historical Park, San 

Juan County, WA; Notice of Approval 

of Record of Decision 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(C) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969 (Pub. L. 91–190, as 

amended) and the regulations 

promulgated by the Council on 

Environmental Quality (40 CFR Part 

1505.2), the Department of the Interior, 

National Park Service has prepared and 

approved a Record of Decision for the 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

for the updated General Management 

Plan (GMP), San Juan Island National 

Historical Park. The current GMP was 

completed in 1979; many conditions on 

San Juan Island and within the park 

have changed, particularly in the last 

15–20 years. The requisite no-action 

‘‘wait period’’ was initiated October 31, 

2008, with the Environmental 

Protection Agency’s Federal Register 

notification of the filing of the Final EIS. 

Decision: As soon as practical San 

Juan Island National Historical Park will 

begin to implement park operations, 

resource management, interpretive 

programs, and land acquisitions (willing 

seller) presented and analyzed as the 

Preferred Alternative in the Final EIS 

(and which includes no substantive 

changes from the course of action as 

presented in the Draft EIS). The full 

range of foreseeable environmental 

consequences was assessed, and 

appropriate mitigation measures are 

included in the approved plan; this 

course of action was deemed to be the 

‘‘environmentally preferred’’ alternative. 

The Final EIS identified and analyzed 

two additional alternatives, and 

corresponding mitigation strategies, 

which were responsive to concerns and 

issues the public voiced during the 

extensive scoping process and Draft EIS 

review, and to NPS conservation 

planning requirements. 

Alternative C is the selected plan. 

Identified as the agency-preferred 

alternative in the EIS, this updated GMP 

broadens the scope of resource 

management and interpretation 

programs to emphasize the connections 

and interrelationships between the 

park’s cultural and natural resources. 

Historic buildings and structures will 

continue to be preserved, with some 

additional buildings open to the public 

for interpretation. New facilities, trails 

and programs will provide 

opportunities for visitors to understand 

how the park’s natural surroundings 

influenced the settlement and historic 

events on San Juan Island and help 

define the cultural landscapes preserved 

within the park. The new plan also 

proposes boundary adjustments at both 

English Camp and American Camp, 

which includes acquisition of land from 

the Washington State Department of 

Natural Resources (DNR), Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM), and one 

private parcel under a willing-seller 

condition only. 

Copies: Interested parties desiring to 

review the Record of Decision may 

obtain a copy by contacting the 

Superintendent, San Juan Island 

National Historical Park, Box 429, 

Friday Harbor, WA 98250 or via 

telephone request at (360) 378–2240. 

Dated: January 30, 2009. 

Cicely A. Muldoon, 

Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–3990 Filed 2–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Agency Information Collection; 

Activities Under OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of renewal of a currently 

approved collection (OMB No. 1006– 

0014). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) 

has forwarded the following Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval: Lower Colorado 

River Well Inventory, OMB Control 

Number: 1006–0014. 

DATES: Comments on this notice must be 

received by March 27, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may send written 

comments to the Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior at the Office 

of Management and Budget, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, via 

facsimile to (202) 395–6566, or e-mail to 

OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. A copy 

of your comments should also be 

directed to the Bureau of Reclamation, 

Attention: BCOO–4200, P.O. Box 61470, 

Boulder City, NV 89006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ruth Thayer, Group Manager, Boulder 

Canyon Operations Office, Bureau of 

Reclamation, 702–293–8426. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 

Lower Colorado River Well Inventory. 

OMB No.: OMB No. 1006–0014. 

Abstract: Pursuant to the Boulder 

Canyon Project Act (Pub. L. 70–642, 45 

Stat. 1057), all diversions of mainstream 

Colorado River water must be in 

accordance with a Colorado River water 

entitlement. The Consolidated Decree of 

the United States Supreme Court in 

Arizona v. California, 547 U.S. 150 

(2006) requires the Secretary of the 

Interior to account for all diversions of 

mainstream Colorado River water along 

the lower Colorado River, including 

water drawn from the mainstream by 

underground pumping. To meet the 

water entitlement and accounting 

obligations, an inventory of wells and 

river pumps is required along the lower 

Colorado River, and the gathering of 

specific information concerning these 

wells and river pumps. 

Description of respondents: The 

respondents will include well and riverpump owners and operators along the 

lower Colorado River in Arizona, 

California, and Nevada. Each well and 

river pump owner or operator must be 

identified, as well as the location of 

their diversion and type of water use 

determined. 

Frequency: These data are collected 

only once for each well or river-pump 

owner or operator as long as changes in 

water use, or other changes that would 

impact contractual or administrative 

requirements, are not made. A 

respondent may request that the data for 

their well or river pump be updated 

after the initial inventory. 

Estimated completion time: An 

average of 20 minutes is required to 

interview individual well and riverpump owners or operators. Reclamation 

will use the information collected 

during these interviews to complete the 

information collection form. 

Annual responses: 1,500. 

Annual burden hours: 500 hours. 

Comments: 

Reclamation invites your comments 

on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of our functions, including 

whether the information will have 

practical use; 

(b) The accuracy of our burden 

estimate for the proposed collection of 

information; 

(c) Ways to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

(d) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the information collection on 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 


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