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The proposed use of the information: 

The information collected will be used 

by the Department and its bureaus to 

assist them in properly considering 

proposed donations to the Department 

or to its bureaus in the amount of 

$25,000 or more. The information on the 

form, in conjunction with other 

information which may be known to 

one or more offices in the Department, 

will assist the Department in its efforts 

to maintain its integrity, impartiality, 

and the confidence of the public, in 

accepting donations. 

III. Data 

(1) Title: Donor Certification Form. 

OMB Control Number: 1090–XXXX. 

Type of Review: Information 

Collection: New. 

Affected Entities: Individuals or 

households, Businesses, Not-for-profit 

institutions, Units of Government. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 552. 

Frequency of Response: Upon 

donation, generally no more than 

annual 

(2) Annual reporting and 

recordkeeping burden: 

Estimated Number of Responses 

Annually: 552. 

Estimated Burden per Response: 20 

minutes. 

Total Annual Reporting: 184 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. 

As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a 

Federal Register notice soliciting 

comments on the collection of 

information was published on 

September 26, 2008 (73 FR 55862). No 

comments were received. This notice 

provides the public with an additional 

30 days in which to comment on the 

proposed information collection 

activity. 

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. 

All written comments, with names 

and addresses, will be available for 

public inspection. 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. If you wish 

to view any comments received, you 

may do so by scheduling an 

appointment with the Office of 

Conservation, Partnerships & 

Management Policy at the above 

address. 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: April 17, 2009. 

Beth L. Duff, 

Office of Conservation, Partnerships and 

Management Policy. 

[FR Doc. E9–9384 Filed 4–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–RK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

30-Day Notice of Intention To Request 

Clearance of Collection of Information; 

Opportunity for Public Comment 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) has submitted a request to OMB 

to renew approval of the collection of 

information in 36 CFR Part 51, Subpart 

J, regarding the assignment or 

encumbrance of concession contracts. 

NPS is requesting a 3-year term of 

approval for this information collection 

activity. 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 

(OMB) control number. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

May 26, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly 

to the Desk Officer for the Department 

of the Interior (OMB #1024–0126), 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB), by fax at 202/395–5806, 

or by electronic mail at 

oira_docket@omb.eop.gov. Please also 

mail or hand carry a copy of your 

comments to Ms. Jo A. Pendry, Chief, 

Commercial Services Program, National 

Park Service, 1201 Eye Street, NW., 11th 

Floor, Washington, DC 20005 or via fax 

at 202/371–2090. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo 

A. Pendry, Chief, Commercial Services 

Program, 1201 Eye Street, NW., 11th 

Floor, Washington, DC 20005 or via fax 

at 202/371–2090. You are entitled to a 

copy of the entire ICR package free-ofcharge. You may access this ICR at 

http://www.reginfo.gov/public/. 

Comments Received on the 60-Day 

Federal Register Notice: 

The NPS published a 60-day notice to 

solicit public comments on this ICR in 

the Federal Register on July 11, 2008 

(73 FR 39985). The comment period 

closed on September 9, 2008. No 

comments were received on this notice. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 1024–0126. 

Title: Proposed Sale of Concession 

Operations, 36 CFR 51, Subpart J. 

Form(s): None. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection of 

information. 

Abstract: The NPS authorizes private 

businesses known as concessioners to 

provide necessary and appropriate 

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visitor facilities and services in areas of 

the National Park System. Concession 

authorizations may be assigned, sold, 

transferred, or encumbered by the 

concessioner subject to prior written 

approval of the NPS. The NPS requires 

that certain information be submitted 

for review prior to the consummation of 

any sale, transfer, assignment, or 

encumbrance. 

The information requested is used to 

determine whether or not the proposed 

transaction will result in an adverse 

impact on the protection, conservation, 

or preservation of the resources of the 

unit of the National Park System; 

decreased services to the public; the 

lack of a reasonable opportunity for 

profit over the remaining term of the 

authorization; or rates in excess of 

approved rates to the public. In 

addition, pursuant to the regulations at 

36 CFR Part 51, the value of rights for 

intangible assets such as the concession 

contract, right of preference in renewal, 

user days, or low fees, belongs to the 

Government. If any portion of the 

purchase price is attributable either 

directly or indirectly to such assets, the 

transaction may not be approved. The 

amount and type of information to be 

submitted varies with the type and 

complexity of the proposed transaction. 

Without such information, the NPS 

would be unable to determine whether 

approval of the proposed transaction 

would be adequate. 

Affected public: Businesses, 

individuals, and nonprofit 

organizations. 

Obligation to respond: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total annual responses: 20. 

Estimated average completion time 

per response: 80 hours. 

Estimated annual reporting burden: 

1,600 hours. 

Estimated annual nonhour cost 

burden: $5,000. 

Comments are invited on: (1) The 

practical utility of the information being 

gathered; (2) the accuracy of the burden 

hour estimate; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (4) 

ways to minimize the burden to 

respondents, including use of 

automated information collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology. 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 OMB will be able 

to do so. 

Dated: April 17, 2009. 

Cartina Miller, 

NPS Information Collection Clearance 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–9413 Filed 4–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–53–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–R–2009–N0057; 40136–1265– 

0000–S3] 

Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife 

Refuge, Orleans Parish, LA 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability: draft 

comprehensive conservation plan and 

environmental assessment; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service) announce the 

availability of a draft comprehensive 

conservation plan (Draft CCP/EA) for 

Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge 

(NWR) for public review and comment. 

In this Draft CCP/EA, we describe the 

alternative we propose to use to manage 

this refuge for the 15 years following 

approval of the Final CCP. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, we 

must receive your written comments by 

May 26, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, questions, 

and requests for information to: Mr. Pon 

Dixson, Deputy Project Leader, 

Southeast Louisiana National Wildlife 

Refuge Complex, 61389 Highway 434, 

Lacombe, LA 70445. A copy of the Draft 

CCP/EA is available on both compact 

disc and hard copy, and it may be 

accessed and downloaded from the 

Service’s Internet Site: http:// 

southeast.fws.gov/planning/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Pon Dixson; telephone: 985/882–2014; 

fax: 985/882–9133; e-mail: 

pon_dixson@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice we continue the CCP 

process for Bayou Sauvage NWR. We 

started the process through a notice in 

the Federal Register on May 16, 2008 

(72 FR 27585). 

Background 

The CCP Process 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

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

668dd–668ee) (Improvement Act), 

which amended the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Administration Act of 

1966, 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, wildlife 

photography, and environmental 

education and interpretation. We will 

review and update the CCP at least 

every 15 years in accordance with the 

Improvement Act. 

Bayou Sauvage NWR is in eastern 

Orleans Parish, Louisiana, and is 

entirely situated within the corporate 

limits of the city of New Orleans. It is 

the largest national wildlife refuge in an 

urban area of the United States, and is 

one of the last remaining marsh areas 

adjacent to the south shores of Lakes 

Pontchartrain and Borgne. The refuge 

consists of 24,000 acres of wetlands and 

is bordered on three sides by water: 

Lake Pontchartrain on the north, Chef 

Menteur Pass on the east, and Lake 

Borgne on the south. The western side 

of the refuge is bordered by the Maxent 

Canal and lands that consist of 

bottomland hardwood habitat and 

exotic species, such as Chinese tallow 

and china berry. Un-leveed portions of 

the refuge consist of estuarine tidal 

marshes and shallow water. The 

Hurricane Protection Levee System, 

along with roadbeds, created freshwater 

impoundments, which altered the plant 

communities as well as the fish 

communities within these 

impoundments. Small forested areas 

exist on the low, natural ridges formed 

along natural drainages and along 

manmade canals. 

CCP Alternatives, Including our 

Proposed Alternative 

We developed three alternatives for 

managing the refuge and chose 

Alternative B as the proposed 

alternative. A full description is in the 

Draft CCP/EA. We summarize each 

alternative below. 

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