Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 173 / Thursday, September 8, 2005 / Notices 53379 

Management is now used as an 

approach for setting duck-hunting 

regulations in the United States and 

provides a framework for making 

objective decisions despite continued 

uncertainty about waterfowl population 

dynamics and regulatory impacts. The 

Alaska migratory bird subsistence 

regulations have been in existence since 

2003. These developments and others 

make it desirable to supplement the 

preceding EIS documents and 

reexamine some of the issues associated 

with the issuance of annual regulations. 

Issue Resolution and Environmental 

Review 

We intend to develop a supplemental 

EIS on the ‘‘Issuance of Annual 

Regulations Permitting the Sport 

Hunting of Migratory Birds,’’ beginning 

the process with this announcement. 

Federal and State agencies, private 

conservation organizations, and all 

other interested parties and individuals 

are invited to participate in the process 

by presenting their views on the subject. 

We seek suggestions and comments 

regarding the scope and substance of 

this supplemental EIS, particular issues 

to be addressed and why, and options 

or alternatives to be considered. In 

particular, in regard to the scope and 

substance of this supplemental EIS, we 

seek comments on the following: 

(1) Harvest management alternatives 

for migratory game birds to be 

considered, 

(2) Limiting the scope of the 

assessment to sport hunting (i.e., 

exclusion of the Alaska migratory bird 

subsistence process), and 

(3) Inclusion of basic regulations 

(methods and means). 

Comments should be forwarded to the 

above address by the deadline 

indicated. We will conduct the 

development of this supplemental EIS 

in accordance with the requirements of 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969 as amended (42 U.S.C. 4371 et 

seq.), other appropriate federal 

regulations, and Service procedures for 

compliance with those regulations. We 

are furnishing this Notice in accordance 

with 40 CFR 1501.7, to obtain 

suggestions and information from other 

agencies, tribes, and the public on the 

scope of issues to be addressed in the 

supplemental EIS. 

Public Scoping Meetings 

A schedule of public scoping meeting 

dates, locations, and times is not 

available at this time. We will publish 

a notice of any such meetings in the 

Federal Register. 

Dated: August 24, 2005. 

Matt Hogan, 

Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–17798 Filed 9–7–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Big Game Guiding on National Wildlife 

Refuges in Alaska 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of solicitation. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service is soliciting proposals to 

conduct commercial big game guide 

services in six guide use areas on five 

national wildlife refuges in Alaska. 

DATES: Proposals must be postmarked 

by, or hand delivered to the Alaska 

Regional Office at the address indicated 

below by, November 14, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tony Booth or Debbie Steen, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, National Wildlife 

Refuge System—Alaska, Division of 

Visitor Services and Communications, 

1011 East Tudor Road, M.S. 235, 

Anchorage, Alaska 99503; Telephone: 

(907) 786–3384 (Tony) or (907) 786–

3665 (Debbie). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service is requesting 

proposals to conduct commercial big 

game guide services within guide use 

areas on four national wildlife refuges in 

Alaska that have become vacant or may 

become vacant soon. We will authorize 

big game guiding services on these areas 

for the period January 1, 2006, through 

December 31, 2010. We will award 

permits to conduct guiding services in 

these areas through a competitive 

selection process that is described in the 

prospectus. The offerings will include 

the following guide use areas: 

Alaska Maritime Refuge—AKM–03 

Alaska Peninsula/Becharof Refuge—

BCH–06 

Arctic Refuge—ARC–01, ARC–08 

Kanuti Refuge—KAN–01 

Koyukuk Refuge—KOY–02 

Interested qualified guides who apply 

for the guide areas on the Arctic Refuge 

should be aware that the availability of 

both of those areas is uncertain at this 

time because the existing permittee may 

seek reconsideration or appeal a 

decision to not renew the permits. 

Interested qualified guides who apply 

for the guide area on the Koyukuk 

Refuge should be aware that the Service 

is in the process of revoking the existing 

KOY–02 permit. Since the Service does 

not plan to issue a separate notice for 

the Arctic and Koyukuk offerings, 

interested parties should submit 

proposals in response to this notice. 

We will send a letter announcing 

these offerings to all State of Alaskaregistered big game guides. You must 

postmark or hand deliver proposals to 

the Service at the address indicated 

above by 4 p.m., November 14, 2005. 

Copies of the solicitation are available 

to any interested party by calling or 

writing the above telephone number or 

address. 

Rowan W. Gould, 

Regional Director, Anchorage, Alaska. 

[FR Doc. 05–17760 Filed 9–7–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Indian Reservation Roads Program 

Coordinating Committee 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of the formulation of the 

Indian Reservation Roads Program 

Coordinating Committee under 25 CFR 

170.155–158. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior 

is appointing tribal regional 

representatives to the Indian 

Reservation Roads (IRR) Program 

Coordinating Committee (Committee) as 

outlined under 25 CFR 170. The IRR 

final rules amending 25 CFR 170 

include establishing a Committee to 

provide input and recommendations to 

the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and 

the Federal Highway Administration 

(FHWA) in developing IRR Program 

policies and procedures and to 

coordinate with and obtain input from 

tribes, BIA, and FHWA. 

The Secretary announced on February 

13, 2005, the request for nominations 

from tribal governments for 

representatives and alternates to serve 

on the Committee. Based on review of 

those nominations, the Secretary is 

announcing the representatives who 

will serve on the Committee in each of 

the 12 BIA regions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

LeRoy Gishi, Chief, Division of 

Transportation, Bureau of Indian 

Affairs, 1951 Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Mail Stop 20–SIB, Washington, DC 

20240, Telephone 202–513–7711 or Fax 

202–208–4696. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IRR 

final rules amending 25 CFR 170, 

effective November 13, 2004, are the