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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. 

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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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Dated: February 20, 2009. 

Jean Sonneman, 

Bureau of Land Management, Acting 

Information Collection Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–4056 Filed 2–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLIDT000000.L11200000.DD0000.241A.00] 

Notice of Public Meeting: Joint Meeting 

of the Boise and Twin Falls Resource 

Advisory Councils to the Boise and 

Twin Falls Districts, Bureau of Land 

Management, U.S. Department of the 

Interior 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

U.S. Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Boise and 

Twin Falls District Resource Advisory 

Councils will hold a meeting as 

indicated below. 

DATES: The meeting will be held April 

9, 2009, beginning at 10 a.m. and 

adjourning at 2 p.m. The meeting will 

be held at the Snake River Grill meeting 

room in Hagerman, Idaho, at 611 Frogs 

Landing. Public comment period will 

take place from 10:15–10:45 a.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: MJ 

Byrne, Public Affairs Officer and RAC 

Coordinator, BLM Boise District, 3948 

Development Ave., Boise, ID 83705, 

Telephone (208) 384–3393, or Heather 

Tiel-Nelson, Public Affairs Officer and 

RAC Coordinator for BLM Twin Falls 

District, 2536 Kimberly Rd., Twin Falls, 

ID 83301, (208) 736–2352. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with section 4 of the Federal 

Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of 

2005, a Subcommittee, called a 

Recreation Resource Advisory 

Committee, (RRAC) has been 

established to provide advice to the 

Secretary of the Interior, through the 

BLM, in the form of recommendations 

that relate to public concerns regarding 

the implementation, elimination or 

expansion of an amenity recreation fee; 

or recreation fee program on public 

lands under the jurisdiction of the U.S. 

Forest Service and the BLM in both the 

Boise and Twin Falls Districts located in 

southern Idaho. 

The RRAC met on February 5 to hear 

proposals from both the Boise and 

Sawtooth National Forests regarding fee 

increases or new fee site 

implementations on various sites. 

Recommendations formed by the RRAC 

during the February meeting will be 

brought before both Boise and Twin 

Falls District RACs during the meeting 

on April 9. These recommendations 

include implementing new fees for the 

Campbell Creek Boat Launch managed 

by the Boise National Forest and new 

fee site implementation or fee increases 

for several sites managed by the 

Sawtooth National Forest. Those sites 

include the following: Baumgartner 

group site (new group use fee proposal) 

Abbott, Bird Creek, Willow Creek, 

Chaparral, Bowns and Canyon 

campgrounds (fee increases), Schipper 

and Steer Basin campgrounds (new fee 

site implementation), Diamondfield Jack 

campground (fee increase), and the 

Redfish Lake and Sawtooth Valley 

cabins (new fee site implementation). 

Agenda items and location may change 

due to changing circumstances, 

including emergencies. All RRAC and 

RAC meetings are open to the public. 

Each Subcommittee and full Joint RAC 

meeting has time allocated in the 

agenda for hearing public comments. 

The public may present written or oral 

comments. Depending on the number of 

persons wishing to comment and time 

available, the time for individual oral 

comments may be limited. Individuals 

who plan to attend and need special 

assistance, such as sign language 

interpretation, tour transportation or 

other reasonable accommodations, 

should contact the BLM Coordinators as 

provided above. 

Dated: February 20, 2009. 

Bill Baker, 

Twin Falls District Manager. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNV912000.L12200000.PA0000. 9–08807; 

TAS: 14X1109] 

Meeting Schedule for the Sierra FrontNorthwestern Great Basin Resource 

Advisory Council, Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meetings. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin 

Resource Advisory Council (RAC), 

Nevada, will hold two meetings in 

Nevada in 2009. All meetings are open 

to the public. A general public comment 

period, where the public may submit 

oral or written comments to the RAC, 

will be held on the first day of each twoday meeting at 4 p.m. 

DATES: April 29–30, 2009, in 

Winnemucca and July 22–23, 2009, in 

Carson City. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Struble, Public Affairs Officer, 

BLM Carson City District Office, 5665 

Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, NV 

89701. Telephone: (775) 885–6107. Email: mark_struble@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The April 

meeting will be held at the BLM 

Winnemucca District Office, 5100 East 

Winnemucca Blvd. The July meeting 

will be held at the BLM Carson City 

District Office, 5665 Morgan Mill Road. 

Topics for discussion at the meetings 

will include, but are not limited to, 

manager’s reports of BLM district 

activities; RAC subcommittee or 

working group reports; Burning Man 

event monitoring; Southern Nevada 

Public Land Management Act Round 10 

nominations; Winnemucca District 

Resource Management Plan Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement; 

renewable energy projects; Truckee 

River restoration efforts; and additional 

topics the council may raise during the 

meetings. Final agendas, with any 

additions or corrections to agenda 

topics, the starting and ending times of 

each meeting, and details of any 

planned field trips, will be posted at 

least two weeks before each meeting on 

the BLM Nevada State Office Web site 

at http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/res/ 

resource_advisory/sierra_frontnorthwestern.html. On request, copies of 

the agendas can also be mailed or sent 

via FAX. Individuals needing special 

assistance such as sign language 

interpretation or other reasonable 

accommodations, or those who wish to 

receive a copy of the agenda, may 

contact Mark Struble no later than two 

weeks before the meeting. 

Dated: February 17, 2009. 

Gene Seidlitz, 

Manager, Winnemucca District Office. 

[FR Doc. E9–4002 Filed 2–24–09; 8:45 am] 

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