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authorizes the funding for IRR. While 

the list is long, those data elements can 

also be helpful to tribes who coordinate 

projects and transportation activities 

with other public authorities. It is not 

all required to be provided in order to 

participate in the program; that is the 

reason for default values in the CFR 

tables. The commenter stated that there 

is a difference in requested items from 

region to region because of politics and 

physical roadway characteristics, and 

questioned the practical utility of some 

requested information, suggesting a 

committee evaluate the need further 

since not all requested information is 

listed in the CFR. The BIA participated 

in many meetings of committees and 

public hearings when the requirements 

were developed—the result was a list of 

requirements that covered all situations, 

but not necessarily all requirements are 

needed for each situation. The 

commenter also stated that too much 

information is required in certain 

instances. The BIA has determined that, 

in those instances, the additional data 

are beneficial in supporting more 

accurate decisions rather than using 

default tables and that it is beneficial to 

the tribe to include this information. 

The commenter stated that they believe 

that the time and cost of submitting 

certain information far exceeds their 

estimated amount. The time and cost 

associated with data collection and 

submission has been consistently 

decreasing in the three years prior to 

this request for comment as improved 

methods of collection are developed. 

The estimated time and cost of 

submitting data indicates that the 

commenters are increasingly successful 

in assuring that data are provided for 

purposes identified. Finally, the 

commenter stated that use of automated 

techniques does not abrogate the 

physical collection of data and that a 

technological solution may be available 

with funds for equipment and staff to 

maintain the automated equipment. In 

response, the BIA notes that no special 

equipment is necessary for this 

information collection, and that more 

advanced techniques are available but 

this collection process does not require 

their use. The BIA did not make any 

changes to the information collection 

request for approval in response to these 

comments. 

III. Request for Comments 

The BIA requests your comments on 

this collection concerning: (a) The 

necessity of this information collection 

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 (hours 

and cost) of the collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways we could enhance the quality, 

utility and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) ways we could 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

the information on the commenters, 

such as through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Please note that an agency may not 

sponsor or request, and an individual 

need not respond to, a collection of 

information unless it has a valid OMB 

Control Number. OMB has up to 60 days 

to make a decision on the submission 

for renewal, but may make the decision 

after 30 days. Therefore, to receive the 

best consideration of your comments, 

you should submit them closer to 30 

days than 60 days. 

It is our policy to make all comments 

available to the public for review at the 

location listed in the ADDRESSES section, 

room 4516 MIB, during the hours of 8 

a.m.–4:30 p.m., EST Monday through 

Friday except for legal holidays. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

e-mail address or other personally 

identifiable information, be advised that 

your entire comment—including your 

personally identifiable information— 

may be made public at any time. While 

you may request that we withhold your 

personally identifiable information, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. All comments from organizations 

or representatives will be available for 

review. We may withhold comments 

from review for other reasons. 

IV. Data 

OMB Approval Number: 1076–0161. 

Title: 25 CFR 170, Indian Reservation 

Roads. 

Brief Description of Collection: Some 

of the information such as the 

application of Indian Reservation Roads 

High Priority Projects (IRRHPP) (25 CFR 

170.210), the road inventory updates (25 

CFR 170.443), the development of a long 

range transportation plan (25 CFR 

170.411 and 170.412), the development 

of a tribal transportation improvement 

program and priority list (25 CFR 

170.420 and 170.421) are required to 

maintain or obtain a benefit 

(consideration of projects and for 

program funding from the formula). 

Some of the information such as public 

hearing requirements are also required 

to maintain or obtain a benefit and 

provides public notification and the 

opportunity for public involvement (25 

CFR 170.437 and 170.439). While others 

such as data appeals (25 CFR 170.231) 

and requests for design exceptions (25 

CFR 170.456) are voluntary information. 

Type of Review: Renewal. 

Respondents: Respondents include 

Federally recognized Indian tribal 

governments who have transportation 

needs associated with the IRR Program 

as described in 25 CFR 170. 

Number of Respondents: Varies from 

10 to 281. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

reports require from 30 minutes to 40 

hours to complete. An average would be 

16 hours. 

Frequency of Response: Annually or 

on an as needed basis. 

Total Annual Burden to Respondents: 

19,628 hours. 

Total Annual Cost to Respondents: 

$0. 

Dated: April 24, 2009. 

Sanjeev ‘‘Sonny’’ Bhagowalia, 

Chief Information Officer—DOI. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–4J–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–NWRS–2009–N0016;1265–0000– 

10137–S3] 

McNary and Umatilla National Wildlife 

Refuges, Benton, Walla Walla, and 

Franklin Counties, WA, and Morrow 

and Umatilla Counties, OR 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of the final 

comprehensive conservation plan, 

environmental assessment, and finding 

of no significant impact. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), have 

completed a comprehensive 

conservation plan, environmental 

assessment (CCP/EA), and finding of no 

significant impact (FONSI) for the 

McNary and Umatilla National Wildlife 

Refuges (Refuges), which are part of the 

Mid-Columbia River National Wildlife 

Refuge Complex (Complex). The CCP/ 

EA was developed to provide a 

foundation for the management and use 

of the Refuges. We are furnishing this 

notice to advise other agencies and the 

public of the availability of the CCP/EA 

and FONSI, and the decision to 

implement Alternative 2 as described in 

the CCP/EA. The Service’s Regional 

Director for the Pacific Region selected 

Alternative 2 for managing the Refuges 

for the next 15 years. The Refuges are 

located along the Columbia River in the 

states of Oregon and Washington. 

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DATES: The CCP/EA and FONSI are 

completed, implementation may begin 

immediately. 

ADDRESSES: The CCP/EA and FONSI are 

available for viewing at Mid-Columbia 

River National Wildlife Refuge 

Complex, 64 Maple Street, Burbank, WA 

99323, and copies on compact disk may 

be obtained by visiting or writing to the 

Refuge Complex. These documents are 

also available for viewing and 

downloading on the Internet at http:// 

pacific.fws.gov/planning. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg 

Hughes, Project Leader, Mid-Columbia 

River National Wildlife Refuge 

Complex, phone (509) 546–8300. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With this 

notice, we complete the CCP process for 

the McNary and Umatilla National 

Wildlife Refuges that began in 2004 (69 

FR 29568, May 24, 2004). The McNary 

and Umatilla Refuges are part of the 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

(NWRS) administered by the Service. 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966 (Refuge 

Administration Act), as amended, 

requires all units of the NWRS to be 

managed in accordance with an 

approved CCP. A CCP provides 

management direction, and identifies 

refuge goals, objectives, and strategies 

for achieving refuge purposes. We 

prepared the CCP/EA and FONSI for the 

McNary and Umatilla Refuges pursuant 

to the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321– 

4370d), as amended, and its 

implementing regulations, the Refuge 

Administration Act, and Service 

policies. 

McNary Refuge is located in Walla 

Walla and Franklin Counties, 

Washington, and Umatilla County, 

Oregon. Umatilla Refuge is located in 

Benton County, Washington, and 

Morrow County, Oregon. Planning for 

these Refuges was conducted 

concurrently, because many of the same 

physical characteristics, management 

issues, and conservation opportunities 

occur on, or are relevant to, the 

management of each of the Refuges. 

During the CCP planning process for 

the Refuges many elements were 

considered, including management of 

the Refuges’ shrub-steppe, riparian, 

wetland, and cliff-talus habitats for the 

long-term conservation of native plants 

and animals and migratory birds. We 

identified appropriate actions in the 

CCP for protecting and sustaining the 

cultural and biological features of the 

river islands, the Refuges’ wintering 

waterfowl populations and habitats, the 

growing migratory shorebird 

populations that use the Refuges, and 

threatened, endangered, or rare species. 

Guidance for maintaining and 

improving high quality public use 

programs for hunting, fishing, wildlife 

observation, photography, 

environmental education, and 

interpretation is also provided in the 

CCP/EA. 

Public Comments and Changes to the 

CCP 

We identified and evaluated four 

alternatives in the Draft CCP/EA for 

managing the Refuges. The Draft CCP/ 

EA was available for a 30-day public 

review and comment period, which 

occurred January 23 through February 

23, 2007 (January 29, 2007, 72 FR 4019). 

Notification was sent to 700 individuals 

and organizations on our mailing list for 

this CCP, and public notice was 

provided in local media and on the 

Complex Web site. 

The Service received 105 comment 

letters, forms, or emails on the Draft 

CCP, which were incorporated into, or 

otherwise responded to, in the final 

CCP. To address public comments, 

minor changes and clarifications were 

made to the final CCP/EA where we 

considered it appropriate. 

CCP Implementation 

The Regional Director, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Region 1, signed the 

FONSI and approved the CCP/EA on 

May 7, 2007. By implementing the CCP, 

the Service will manage Refuge 

resources for migratory birds and will 

enhance populations of targeted special 

status species and their habitats. Habitat 

conditions for migratory waterfowl, 

shorebirds, threatened and endangered 

species, and other native wildlife will 

be improved. The Refuges will 

emphasize control and reduction of 

weeds and improvement of riparian, 

shrub-steppe, island, and cliff habitats. 

Wildlife-dependent public use will be 

emphasized with opportunities for 

hunting, fishing, wildlife observation, 

photography, interpretation, and 

environmental education either 

maintained or improved from present 

conditions. A Washington State 

pheasant augmentation/release program 

will be phased out in two years and 

camping will be discontinued at 

Madame Dorion Park. Disturbance to 

island resources will be reduced 

through closure of all beach use on 

Refuge islands. 

Dated: January 13, 2009. 

David J. Wesley, 

Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, Oregon. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: New 

York University College of Dentistry, 

New York, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the 

completion of an inventory of human 

remains in the possession of the New 

York University College of Dentistry, 

New York, NY. The human remains 

were removed from Morton County, ND. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations 

in this notice are the sole responsibility 

of the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American human remains. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by New York 

University College of Dentistry 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Three Affiliated 

Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, 

North Dakota. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of two 

individuals were removed from On-ASlant Village, Ft. Abraham Lincoln, near 

Bismarck, Morton County, ND, by an 

unknown collector. In 1925, the human 

remains were accessioned by the 

Department of Physical Anthropology at 

the Museum of the American Indian, 

Heye Foundation. In 1956, the human 

remains were transferred to Dr. 

Theodore Kazamiroff, New York 

University College of Dentistry. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Museum of the American Indian 

records identify the provenience of the 

human remains as ‘‘Ft. Abraham 

Lincoln, near Bismarck, North Dakota.’’ 

Fort Abraham Lincoln is also the site of 

a Historic Period Mandan Village 

known as On-A-Slant Village (32MO26). 

The cranium of one of the individuals 

is painted with a red pigment matching 

historically described and 

archeologically confirmed mortuary 

customs of the Mandan. 

On-A-Slant Village is documented 

historically, archeologically and by 

tribal oral traditions as a village of the 

Plains Village Period dating to A.D. 

1450–1785, and occupied by the Nuitadi