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be collected; and (4) Minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond; including 

through the use of appropriate 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g., permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

This Notice Also Lists the Following 

Information 

Title of Proposal: Housing Counseling 

Program. 

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0261. 

Form Numbers: HUD–9900, HUD– 

424–CB, HUD–424–CBW, HUD–27300, 

HUD–2880, HUD–2990, HUD–2991, 

HUD–96010, HUD–9902, HUD–9908, 

HUD–9910. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and its Proposed Use: 

Information allows HUD to contract 

with organizations that provide tenant 

and homeowner counseling. Counseling 

aids tenants and homeowners in 

improving their housing conditions and 

in meeting the responsibilities of 

tenancy and homeownership. HUDapproved agencies can compete for 

program funds. 

Frequency of Submission: On 

occasion, quarterly, monthly, annually. 

Number of 

respondents 

Annual 

responses × Hours per response = Burden hours 

Reporting Burden .............................................................................. 12,450 3.21 0.908 36,320 

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 

36,320. 

Status: Revision of a currently 

approved collection. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as 

amended. 

Dated: February 18, 2009. 

Lillian L. Deitzer, 

Departmental Paperwork Reduction Act 

Officer, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–3954 Filed 2–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–R–2009–N00006; 1265–0000– 

10137-S3] 

Hakalau Forest National Wildlife 

Refuge, Hawai’i, HI 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a 

comprehensive conservation plan and 

environmental assessment; 

announcement of public open house 

meetings; and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service, we) intend to 

prepare a comprehensive conservation 

plan (CCP) for the Hakalau Forest 

National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge), 

including the Hakalau Forest and the 

Kona Forest Units. We will also prepare 

an environmental assessment (EA) to 

evaluate the effects of various CCP 

alternatives. This notice also announces 

public open house meetings; see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the 

details. We furnish this notice in 

compliance with our CCP policy to 

advise other agencies and the public of 

our intentions, and to obtain comments 

and information on the scope of issues 

to be considered in the planning 

process. 

DATES: Please provide written comments 

by March 27, 2009. We will hold public 

open house meetings on March 3 and 4, 

2009, to begin the CCP planning 

process; see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for dates, times, and 

locations. 

ADDRESSES: Address comments, 

questions, and requests for further 

information to Jim Kraus, Refuge 

Manager, Hakalau Forest National 

Wildlife Refuge, 60 Nowelo Street, Suite 

100; Hilo, HI 96720. Comments may be 

faxed to the Refuge at (808) 443–2304, 

or e-mailed to 

FW1PlanningComments@fws.gov. 

Include ‘‘Hakalau Forest Refuge CCP’’ in 

the subject line of the message. 

Additional information concerning the 

Refuge is available on the Internet at 

http://www.fws.gov/hakalauforest/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim 

Kraus, Refuge Manager, (808) 443–2300. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With this 

notice, we initiate the CCP process for 

the Hakalau Forest Refuge. 

Background 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966 (Refuge 

Administration Act), as amended by the 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

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

668dd–668ee), requires us to develop a 

CCP for each national wildlife refuge. 

The purpose of developing a CCP is to 

provide a refuge manager a 15-year 

strategy for achieving refuge purposes 

and contributing toward the mission of 

the National Wildlife Refuge System 

(NWRS), consistent with sound 

principles of fish and wildlife 

management, conservation, legal 

mandates, and Service policies. In 

addition to outlining management 

direction for conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, CCPs identify wildlifedependent recreation opportunities, 

including opportunities for wildlife 

observation, wildlife photography, and 

environmental education and 

interpretation. 

The Service will prepare an EA to 

evaluate the environmental effects of 

CCP alternatives, in accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA), 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 laws and regulations. 

Each unit of the NWRS is established 

for specific purposes. We use these 

purposes to develop and prioritize 

management goals and objectives within 

the NWRS mission, and to guide refuge 

public uses. The planning process 

provides opportunities for the public to 

participate in evaluating our 

management goals and objectives for 

conserving important wildlife and its 

habitat, while providing wildlifedependent recreation opportunities that 

are compatible with a refuge’s 

establishing purpose(s) and the mission 

of the NWRS. 

Public Involvement 

We will conduct a planning process 

that will provide opportunities for the 

public; State and local governments; 

agencies; Native Hawaiian 

organizations; and other interest groups 

to participate. We request input for 

issues, concerns, ideas, and suggestions 

for the future management of the 

Refuge. We will also give the public an 

opportunity to provide input at open 

houses to scope issues and concerns. All 

information provided voluntarily by 

mail, phone, or at public meetings 

becomes part of our official public 

record. We will handle requests for 

comments received in accordance with 

the Freedom of Information Act, NEPA, 


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and Service and Departmental policies 

and procedures. 

Refuge Overview 

Both the Hakalau Forest and Kona 

Forest Units are part of the Hakalau 

Forest Refuge. The Hakalau Forest Unit 

was established in 1985 to protect and 

manage endangered forest birds and 

their rain forest habitat. Located on the 

west slope of Mauna Kea Mountain on 

Island of Hawai’i, the 32,733-acre refuge 

unit supports a diversity of native birds 

and plants. The Kona Forest Unit was 

established in 1997 to protect native 

forest birds and the endangered 

Hawaiian crow (alala). Located on the 

west slope of Mauna Loa, the 5,300-acre 

refuge unit supports diverse native bird 

and plant species as well as the rare 

habitats found in lava tubes and lava 

tube skylights. 

Preliminary Issues, Concerns, and 

Opportunities 

We have identified preliminary 

issues, concerns, and opportunities that 

we may address in the CCP. During 

public scoping, we may identify 

additional issues. During the CCP 

planning process the Service will 

analyze methods for protecting refuge 

resources in the long term, while 

providing opportunities for wildlifedependent recreation. 

The Service will specifically evaluate 

the Refuge’s forest restoration program, 

which encompasses volunteer efforts, 

control of avian diseases and invasive 

species (both plant and animal), 

endangered plant propagation, and 

outplanting. We will also consider 

possible improvements to our public 

use programs and an evaluation of its 

impacts to wildlife, and opportunities 

for native gathering rights. 

Public Open House Meetings 

We will host two public open house 

meetings to provide information on the 

CCP and receive public comments. The 

first meeting will be held March 3, 2009, 

from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at the 

Hakalau Forest Refuge Office at 60 

Nowelo Street, Room M02, Hilo, HI 

96720. The second meeting will be held 

March 4, 2009, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 

p.m., at Yano Hall at 82–6156 

Mamalahoa Highway, Captain Cook, HI 

96745. Opportunities for additional 

public input will be announced 

throughout the planning process. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail 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. We will make all comments part 

of the official public record. We will 

handle requests for such comments in 

accordance with the Freedom of 

Information Act, NEPA, and Service and 

Departmental policies and procedures. 

Dated: February 20, 2009. 

Robyn Thorson, 

Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, Oregon. 

[FR Doc. E9–4093 Filed 2–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LL WO31000–L13100000.PP0000–09–24– 

1A; OMB Control Number 1004–0162] 

Information Collection; Oil and Gas 

Geophysical Exploration Operations 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management. 

ACTION: 30-Day notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has submitted an 

information collection request to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for a 3-year extension of OMB 

Control Number 1004–0162 under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. The 

respondents are required to provide 

certain information in order to conduct 

oil and gas geophysical exploration 

operations on lands managed by BLM or 

by the U.S. Forest Service. 

DATES: The OMB is required to respond 

to this information collection request 

within 60 days but may respond after 30 

days. Therefore, written comments 

should be received on or before March 

27, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

directly to the Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior (OMB # 

1004–0162), Office of Management and 

Budget, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, fax 202–395–6566, 

or by electronic mail at 

oira_docket@omb.eop.gov. 

Please mail or hand-carry a copy of 

your comments to: BLM Information 

Collection Clearance Officer (WO–630), 

Department of the Interior, 1849 C 

Street, NW., Mail Stop 401 LS, 

Washington, DC 20240. 

You may also send a copy of your 

comments by electronic mail to 

jean_sonneman@blm.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Gamble, Division of Fluid 

Minerals, at 202–452–0338 (Commercial 

or FTS). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 60-Day 

Notice: On September 9, 2008, the BLM 

published a 60-day notice (73 FR 52409) 

requesting comments on the proposed 

information collection. The comment 

period ended November 10, 2008. One 

comment was received. The comment 

did not address, and was not germane 

to, this information collection; rather, it 

was a general invective about the 

Department of the Interior, the BLM, the 

oil and gas industry, and Washington 

politicians. Therefore, we have no 

response to the comment. 

Title: Oil and Gas Geophysical 

Exploration Operations (43 CFR part 

3150). 

OMB Number: 1004–0162. 

Form Numbers: BLM 3150–4/FS 

2800–16; BLM 3150–5/FS 2800–16a. 

Abstract: The information that is 

supplied allows the BLM and the U.S. 

Forest Service to determine that 

geophysical exploration operations are 

conducted in a manner consistent with 

statutes, regulations, land use plans, and 

environmental documents prepared 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act. 

Current Action: This proposal is being 

submitted to extend the expiration date 

of February 28, 2009. 

Type of Review: 3-year extension. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit institutions. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 1,253. 

Estimated Time per Response: BLM 

3150–4/FS 2800–16, 1 hour; BLM 3150– 

5/FS 2800–16a, 20 minutes; Nonform 

data, 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 836. 

The BLM requests comments on the 

following subjects: (1) Whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper functioning of the BLM, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) The accuracy 

of the BLM’s estimate of the burden of 

the information collection, including 

the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (3) The quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information 

collected; and (4) How to minimize the 

information collection burden on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other forms of 

information technology. 


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