69986 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 222 / Friday, November 18, 2005 / Notices 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: This notice is to announce the 

availability of a Final Environmental 

Impact Statement (FEIS) on resident 

Canada goose management. We 

published the Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (DEIS) in March 2002. 

We considered over 2,700 public 

comments in revising the document. 

DATES: The public inspection period for 

the FEIS will last 30 days and will end 

on December 19, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: The document is available 

from the Division of Migratory Bird 

Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Mail 

Stop 4107—MBSP, Arlington, Virginia 

22203–1610. It is also available on the 

Division of Migratory Bird Management 

Web page at http:// 

migratorybirds.fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron 

W. Kokel, Division of Migratory Bird 

Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, at 703–358–1967. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS 

evaluates alternative strategies to 

reduce, manage, and control resident 

Canada goose populations in the 

continental United States and to reduce 

goose-related damages. The objective of 

the FEIS is to provide a regulatory 

mechanism that would allow State and 

local agencies, other Federal agencies, 

and groups and individuals to respond 

to damage complaints or damages by 

resident Canada geese. The FEIS is a 

comprehensive programmatic plan 

intended to guide and direct resident 

Canada goose population growth and 

management activities in the 

conterminous United States. The FEIS 

analyzes seven management 

alternatives: (1) No Action (Alternative 

A); (2) Increase Use of Nonlethal Control 

and Management (excludes all 

permitted activities) (Alternative B); (3) 

Increase Use of Nonlethal Control and 

Management (continued permitting of 

those activities generally considered 

nonlethal) (Alternative C); (4) Expanded 

Hunting Methods and Opportunities 

(Alternative D); (5) Control and 

Depredation Order Management 

(consisting of an Airport Control Order, 

a Nest and Egg Depredation Order, an 

Agricultural Depredation Order, and a 

Public Health Control Order) 

(Alternative E); (6) Integrated Damage 

Management and Population Control 

(PROPOSED ACTION) (Alternative F); 

and (7) General Depredation Order 

(Alternative G). Alternatives were 

analyzed with regard to their potential 

impacts on resident Canada geese, other 

wildlife species, natural resources, 

special status species, socioeconomics, 

historical resources, and cultural 

resources. 

Our proposed action (Alternative F) 

would establish a new regulation with 

three main program components. The 

first component would be targeted to 

address resident Canada goose 

depredation, damage, and conflict 

management by authorizing or 

establishing specific resident Canada 

goose Control and Depredation Orders. 

The second component would be 

targeted to increase the sport harvest of 

resident Canada geese by providing new 

regulatory options to State wildlife 

management agencies and Tribal 

entities by authorizing the use of 

additional hunting methods. The third 

component would consist of a new 

regulation authorizing a resident Canada 

goose population control program, or 

management take. Management take is 

defined as a special management action 

that is needed to reduce certain wildlife 

populations when traditional 

management programs are unsuccessful 

in preventing overabundance of the 

population. The management take 

program would be implemented under 

the authority of the Migratory Bird 

Treaty Act to reduce and stabilize 

resident Canada goose populations. The 

intent of the program is to reduce 

resident Canada goose populations in 

order to protect personal property and 

agricultural crops, protect other 

interests from injury, resolve or prevent 

injury to people, property, agricultural 

crops, or other interests from resident 

Canada geese, and contribute to 

potential concerns about human health. 

On March 1, 2002 (67 FR 9448), the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

published a Notice of Availability of our 

DEIS. On March 7, 2002 (67 FR 10431), 

we published our own Notice of 

Availability of the DEIS. We published 

a Notice of Meetings on the DEIS on 

March 26, 2002 (67 FR 13792). Initial 

comments were accepted until May 30, 

2002. We subsequently published 

another Notice of Availability reopening 

the comment period on August 21, 2003 

(68 FR 50546). Also on August 21, 2003, 

we published a proposed rule regarding 

control and management of resident 

Canada goose populations (68 FR 

50496). Comments were accepted on 

both the DEIS and the proposed rule 

until October 20, 2003. 

We received public comments on the 

DEIS from 2,657 private individuals, 33 

State wildlife resource agencies, 37 

nongovernmental organizations, 29 local 

governments, 5 Federal or State 

legislators, 4 Flyway Councils, 4 Federal 

agencies, 3 tribes, 3 businesses, and 2 

State agricultural agencies. Of the 2,657 

comments received from private 

individuals, 56% opposed the preferred 

alternative and supported only 

nonlethal control and management 

alternatives, while 40% supported 

either the proposed alternative or a 

general depredation order. 

We modified the DEIS to respond to 

concerns and issues expressed by 

individuals, agencies, and 

organizations. Most notably, we 

excluded States in the Pacific Flyway 

from some of the available management 

components and shifted implementation 

and responsibility on some of the 

program components from the State to 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Our 

proposed action remains Alternative F. 

A Record of Decision and final rule will 

be published after the inspection period 

(see DATES section). 

Dated: October 17, 2005. 

Matt Hogan, 

Deputy Director, Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WO–350–1430–EY–24 1A; OMB Control 

Number 1004–0153] 

Information Collection Submitted to 

the Office Of Management and Budget 

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act 

The Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) has submitted the proposed 

collection of information listed below to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for approval under the 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). On June 9, 

2004, the BLM published a notice in the 

Federal Register (69 FR 32365) 

requesting comments on this proposed 

collection. The comment period ended 

on August 9, 2004. The BLM received 

no comments. You may obtain copies of 

the proposed collection of information 

by contacting the BLM Information 

Collection Clearance Officer at the 

telephone number listed below. 

The OMB is required to respond to 

this request within 60 days but may 

respond after 30 days. For maximum 

consideration your comments and 

suggestions on the requirement should 

be made within 30 days directly to the 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Interior Department Desk Officer (1004–

0153), at OMB–OIRA via facsimile to 

(202) 395–6566 or e-mail to 

OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. Please 

provide a copy of your comments to the 

Bureau Information Collection 

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Land Management, Eastern States 

Office, 7450 Boston Blvd., Springfield, 

Virginia 22153. 

Nature of Comments: We specifically 

request your comments on the 

following: 

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 collecting the 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

3. The quality, utility and clarity of 

the information to be collected; and 

4. How to minimize the burden of 

collecting the information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other forms of 

information technology. 

Title: Conveyance of Federally-Owned 

Mineral Interest (43 CFR Part 2720). 

OMB Control Number: 1004–0153. 

Bureau Form Number: Nonform 

information. 

Abstract: The Bureau of Land 

Management uses the information to 

determine if private surface estate land 

owners seeking conveyance of the 

Federally-owned mineral interests lying 

beneath the surface meet the statutory 

requirements of 43 CFR part 2720. 

Frequency: Once. 

Description of Respondents: Privately 

owned surface estate owners. 

Estimated Completion Time: 10 

hours. 

Annual Responses: 12. 

Application Fee Per Response: $50. 

Annual Burden Hours: 120. 

Bureau Clearance Officer: Ian Senio, 

(202) 452–5033. 

Dated: July 18, 2005. 

Ian Senio, 

Bureau of Land Management, Information 

Collection Clearance Officer. 

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INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND 

WATER COMMISSION; UNITED 

STATES AND MEXICO 

United States Section; Notice of 

Availability for the Record of Decision 

on the Final Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Clean Water Act Compliance at the 

South Bay International Wastewater 

Treatment Plant, Located in San Diego 

County, CA 

AGENCY: United States Section, 

International Boundary and Water 

Commission (USIBWC), United States 

and Mexico. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability for the 

Record of Decision (ROD). 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969; the Council on 

Environmental Quality Final 

Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500 through 

1508); and the USIBWC’s Operational 

Procedures for Implementing Section 

102 of NEPA, published in the Federal 

Register September 2, 1981, (46 FR 

44083); the USIBWC hereby gives notice 

that the Record of Decision (ROD) for 

the Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement, Clean Water Act 

Compliance at the South Bay 

International Wastewater Treatment 

Plant, located in San Diego County, 

California is available. The ROD was 

signed and made available via the 

USIBWC website on September 30, 

2005. A Notice of Availability of the 

Final Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement (SEIS) dated July 14, 

2005, provided a thirty (30)-day 

comment period. The Notice was 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 22, 2005 (70 FR 42379). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gilbert Anaya, Environmental 

Management Division; United States 

Section, International Boundary and 

Water Commission; 4171 N. Mesa, C–

100; El Paso, Texas 79902. Telephone: 

(915) 832–4702, email: 

gilbertanaya@ibwc.state.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Action 

The United States Section, 

International Boundary and Water 

Commission (USIBWC) has prepared the 

Record of Decision on the Final 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement for Clean Water Act 

Compliance at the South Bay 

International Wastewater Treatment 

Plant (Final SEIS). The South Bay 

International Wastewater Treatment 

Plant (SBIWTP) is an existing 

international wastewater treatment 

plant located in San Diego County at the 

United States-Mexico border. The 

SBIWTP and its associated facilities 

capture and treat to the advanced 

primary level an average of 25 million 

gallons per day (mgd) of raw sewage 

originating from the Tijuana region of 

Mexico and discharge the treated 

effluent approximately 3.5 miles 

offshore into the Pacific Ocean through 

the South Bay Ocean Outfall (SBOO). 

The SBIWTP and its system of canyon 

collectors prevent millions of gallons of 

dry weather flows of raw sewage from 

flowing daily into the United States 

from Mexico and polluting the Tijuana 

River, the Tijuana River Valley and 

Estuary, and south San Diego beaches. 

The Final SEIS analyzed existing and 

new alternatives that would enable the 

USIBWC to bring the SBIWTP into 

compliance with the Clean Water Act 

(CWA) and with the SBIWTP’s National 

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 

(NPDES) permit either by providing 

secondary treatment at the SBIWTP; or 

by having another entity, either private 

or public, provide secondary treatment 

of the SBIWTP’s effluent in Mexico; or 

by achieving CWA compliance by some 

other means. The Final SEIS also 

evaluated new information on the 

current discharges of advanced primary 

effluent from the SBIWTP through the 

SBOO, as well as potential interim 

actions that would allow continued 

operations of the SBIWTP until the 

SBIWTP achieves CWA compliance. 

The Record of Decision was prepared in 

compliance with 40 CFR 1505.2 to 

document the USIBWC’s decision on 

the project. The decision is based on the 

Final SEIS development process (40 

CFR part 1502) and public involvement 

(40 CFR part 1500). 

On July 22, 2005, USIBWC made the 

Final SEIS available for public review 

and comment. A Notice of Availability 

of the Final SEIS was published in the 

Federal Register by the USIBWC on July 

22, 2005 (70 FR 42379), and by the 

United States Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) on July 29, 2005 (70 FR 

43867). USIBWC invited written 

comments on the Final SEIS to be 

submitted on or before August 24, 2005. 

USIBWC received one comment letter 

on the Final SEIS. The comments on the 

Draft and Final SEIS along with 

USIBWC responses are discussed in 

Sections VI and VII of the Record of 

Decision, respectively. 

Availability 

Single hard copies of the Record of 

Decision may be obtained by request at 

the above address. Electronic copies 

may also be obtained from the USIBWC 

Home Page at http:// 

www.ibwc.state.gov. 

Dated: November 7, 2005. 

Susan Daniel, 

General Counsel. 

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