Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 168 / Thursday, August 28, 2008 / Notices 50835 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service) announce that 

our Draft Comprehensive Conservation 

Plan (CCP) and Environmental 

Assessment (EA) for the twelve National 

Wildlife Refuges (Refuges) are available. 

The twelve Refuges are combined and 

evaluated as one group and program 

under the CCP. The twelve Refuges 

include Audubon, Chase Lake, Kellys 

Slough, Lake Alice, Lake Ilo, Lake 

Nettie, Lake Zahl, McLean, Shell Lake, 

Stump Lake, Stewart Lake, and White 

Lake all located throughout the State of 

North Dakota. This Draft CCP/EA 

describes how the Service intends to 

manage these Refuges for the next 15 

years. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, we 

must receive your written comments on 

the draft CCP/EA by September 29, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Please provide written 

comments to John Esperance, Planning 

Team Leader, Division of Refuge 

Planning, P.O. Box 25486, Denver 

Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225; 

via facsimile at 303–236–4792; or 

electronically to 

John_Esperance@fws.gov. A copy of the 

CCP/EA may be obtained by writing to 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division 

of Refuge Planning, 134 Union 

Boulevard, Suite 300, Lakewood, 

Colorado 80228; or by download from 

http://mountain-prairie.fws.gov/ 

planning. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Esperance, 303–236–4369 (phone); 303–

236–4792 (fax); or 

John_Esperance@fws.gov (e-mail). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All twelve 

Refuges were established under 

authority to provide breeding ground for 

migratory birds and other wildlife. The 

twelve National Wildlife Refuges 

conserve, restore, and enhance the 

ecological diversity of grasslands and 

wetlands of the North Dakota prairie to 

support healthy populations of ducks 

and geese, other migratory birds, and 

native species. Through this work, the 

twelve Refuges provide vital resting and 

breeding habitat. 

This draft CCP/EA identifies and 

evaluates three alternatives for 

managing the Refuges for the next 15 

years. 

Alternative A: Funding, staff levels, 

and management activities at the 

Refuges would not change. Programs 

would follow the same direction, 

emphasis, and intensity as they do at 

present. The Service would prioritize 

management of wildlife habitat and 

associated species on Refuges’ lands 

into high, medium, and low areas. Only 

high priority lands receive consistent 

management. Refuge staffs conduct 

limited, issue-driven research and 

limited monitoring and inventory of 

birds and vegetation. On a multiyear 

rotation among Refuges, the staffs 

conduct public use events and 

workshops with such groups as school 

districts, youth groups, and 

conservation groups. 

Alternative B: The Service’s 

proposedaction. Wildlife habitat 

management would provide for 

enhanced wetland and upland 

management, where warranted, on 

Refuge lands. Management objectives 

for various habitat types would be based 

on habitat preferences of groups of 

target species, such as waterfowl, 

migratory shore birds, grassland bird 

species and priority species. Refuge staff 

will focus on high priority tracts and 

medium priority tracts. The Refuge staff 

will implement compatible production 

enhancement techniques for targeted 

migratory bird populations. The Refuge 

staff will maintain existing 

environmental education and public use 

programs, with additional waterfowl 

emphasis. The Service proposes, at a 

future date, a new environmental 

learning center for Audubon NWR and 

interpretive panels are planned for Lake 

Alice NWR. 

Alternative C: Refuge staff would 

apply more intensive and widespread 

management that targets native prairie/ 

wetland complexes. Refuge staff would 

seek out restoration projects that expand 

and return grasslands to a quality native 

prairie. This alternative would have the 

potential to provide additional 

management options to address habitat 

requirements and needs of specific 

groups of water dependent birds (for 

example, waterfowl and shorebirds). 

The staff would develop new 

environmental education and visitor 

services programs. The Service 

proposes, at a future date, a new 

environmental learning center for 

Audubon NWR and interpretive panels 

are planned for Lake Alice NWR. 

Opportunity for public input will be 

provided by the Service. All public 

comment information provided 

voluntarily by mail, by phone, or at 

meetings (for example, names, 

addresses, letters of comment, input 

recorded during meetings) becomes part 

of the official Public Record. If 

requested under the Freedom of 

Information Act by a private citizen or 

organization, the Service may provide 

copies of such information. The 

Environmental Review of this project 

will be conducted in accordance with 

the requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.); NEPA Regulations (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508); other appropriate Federal 

laws and regulations; Executive Order 

12996; the National Wildlife Refuge 

System Improvement Act of 1997; and 

Service policies and procedures for 

compliance with those laws and 

regulations. 

Dated: April 23, 2008. 

Stephen Guertin, 

Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. E8–19724 Filed 8–27–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Submission of Information Collection 

to OMB for Renewal 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs is submitting 

the following collection of information 

to the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs for approval and 

renewal: Law and Order on Indian 

Reservations, which concerns marriage 

and dissolution of a marriage in a Court 

of Indian Offenses, OMB Control No. 

1076–0094. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted by September 29, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments to the 

Desk Officer for the Department of the 

Interior are to be e-mailed to 

OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov, or by 

telefacsimile to (202) 395–6566. Please 

send a copy to Joseph Little, Division of 

Tribal Justice Support, Bureau of Indian 

Affairs, 1001 Indian School Road, NW., 

Suite 251, Albuquerque, NM 87104. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph Little, Bureau of Indian Affairs at 

(505) 563–3833. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

9, 2008, a notice of proposed renewal of 

OMB Control No. 1076–0094 was 

published in the Federal Register (73 

FR 19240), which requested any 

comments. No comments were received. 

I. Abstract 

The Bureau of Indian Affairs must 

collect personal information to carry out 

the requirements of 25 CFR 11.600(c)—

Marriage, and 25 CFR 11.606(c)—

Dissolution of Marriage, in order for a 

Court of Indian Offenses to issue a 

marriage license or dissolve a marriage. 


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The information is collected at the 

initiation of an applicant and requests 

only basic information necessary for the 

Court of Indian Offenses to properly 

dispose of the matter. 

II. Method of Collection 

Basic information is requested of 

applicants for the issuance of a marriage 

license or for the dissolution of a 

marriage by a Court of Indian Offenses 

under 25 CFR part 11. Information is 

collected by the Clerk of the Court of 

Indian Offenses so that the functions 

under 25 CFR 11.600(c), and 11.606(c) 

may be carried out. 

III. Information Collected 

Courts of Indian Offenses have been 

established on certain Indian 

reservations under the authority vested 

in the Secretary of the Interior by 5 

U.S.C. 301 and 25 U.S.C. 2 and 9; and 

25 U.S.C. 13, which authorize 

appropriations for ‘‘Indian judges.’’ See 

Tillett v. Hodel, 730 F.Supp. 381 (W.D. 

Okla. 1990), aff’d 931 F.2d 636 (10th 

Cir. 1991) United States v. Clapox, 13 

Sawy. 349, 35 F. 575 (D.Ore. 1888). The 

courts provide adequate machinery for 

the administration of justice for Indian 

tribes in those areas where tribes retain 

jurisdiction over Indians and is 

exclusive of State jurisdiction but where 

tribal courts have not been established 

to exercise that jurisdiction. 

Accordingly, Courts of Indian Offenses 

exercise jurisdiction under 25 CFR part 

11. Domestic Relations are governed by 

25 CFR 11.600, which authorizes the 

Court of Indian Offenses to conduct 

marriages and dissolve marriages. In 

order to be married in a Court of Indian 

Offenses, a marriage license must be 

obtained (25 CFR 11.601). To comply 

with this requirement an applicant must 

respond to the following six questions 

found at 25 CFR 11.600(c): 

(1) Name, sex, occupation, address, 

Social Security number, and date and 

place of birth of each party to the 

proposed marriage; 

(2) If either party was previously 

married, his or her name, and the date, 

place, and court in which the marriage 

was dissolved or declared invalid or the 

date and place of death of the former 

spouse; 

(3) Name and address of the parents 

or guardian of each party; 

(4) Whether the parties are related to 

each other and, if so, their relationship; 

(5) The name and date of birth of any 

child of which both parties are parents, 

born before the making of the 

application, unless their parental rights 

and the parent and child relationship 

with respect to the child have been 

terminated; and 

(6) A certificate of the results of any 

medical examination required by either 

applicable tribal ordinances, or the laws 

of the State in which the Indian country 

under the jurisdiction of the Court of 

Indian Offenses is located. 

For the purposes of § 11.600, the 

Social Security Number information is 

requested to confirm identity. Previous 

marriage information is requested to 

avoid multiple simultaneous marriages, 

and to ensure that any pre-existing legal 

relationships are dissolved. Information 

on consanguinity is requested to avoid 

conflict with State or tribal laws against 

marriages between parties who are 

related by blood as defined in such 

laws. Medical examination information 

may be requested if required under the 

laws of the State in which the Court of 

Indian Offenses is located. 

To comply with the requirement for 

dissolution of marriage, an applicant 

must respond to the following six 

questions found at 25 CFR 11.606(c): 

(1) The age, occupation, and length of 

residence within the Indian country 

under the jurisdiction of the court of 

each party; 

(2) The date of the marriage and the 

place at which it was registered; 

(3) That jurisdictional requirements 

are met and that the marriage is 

irretrievably broken in that either: (i) 

The parties have lived separate and 

apart for a period of more than 180 days 

next preceding the commencement of 

the proceeding, or (ii) there is a serious 

marital discord adversely affecting the 

attitude of one or both of the parties 

toward the marriage, and there is no 

reasonable prospect of reconciliation; 

(4) The names, age, and addresses of 

all living children of the marriage and 

whether the wife is pregnant; 

(5) Any arrangement as to support, 

custody, and visitation of the children 

and maintenance of a spouse; and 

(6) The relief sought. 

For the purposes of § 11.606, 

Dissolution Proceedings, information on 

occupation and residency is necessary 

to establish Court of Indian Offenses 

jurisdiction. Information on the status of 

the parties, whether they have lived 

apart 180 days or if there is serious 

marital discord warranting dissolution, 

is necessary for the court to determine 

if dissolution is appropriate. 

Information on the children of the 

marriage, their ages and whether the 

wife is pregnant is necessary for the 

court to determine the appropriate level 

of support that may be required from the 

non-custodial parent. 

OMB Control No.: 1076–0094. 

Action: Renewal. 

Description of the need for the 

information and proposed use of the 

information: The information is 

submitted in order to obtain or retain a 

benefit, namely, the issuance of a 

marriage license or a decree of 

dissolution of marriage from the Court 

of Indian Offenses. 

Affected entities: Indian applicants 

that are under the jurisdiction of one of 

the 24 established Courts of Indian 

Offenses are entitled to receive the 

benefit of this action by the Court of 

Indian Offenses. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

Approximately 260 applications for a 

marriage license or petition for 

dissolution of marriage will be filed in 

the 24 Courts of Indian Offenses 

annually. 

Proposed frequency of responses: On 

occasion as needed. 

Burden: The average burden of 

submitting a marriage license or petition 

for dissolution of marriage is 15 minutes 

per application. The total annual burden 

is estimated as 65 hours. 

Estimated cost: There are no costs to 

consider. 

IV. Request for Comments 

The Department of the Interior invites 

members of the public to submit 

comments to OMB concerning: 

(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 agencies’

estimate of the burden (including the 

hours and cost) of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumption 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, or disclose of, 

or provide information to 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 search 

data sources, to complete and review 

the collection of information; and to 

transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 


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It is our policy to make all comments 

available to the public for review at 

1001 Indian School Road, NW., 

Albuquerque, NM, during the hours of 

8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday 

except for legal holidays. Please note 

that all comments received will be 

available for public review 2 weeks after 

comment period closes. 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. We do not consider anonymous 

comments. All comments from 

representatives of businesses or 

organizations will be made public in 

their entirety. We may withhold 

comments from review for other 

reasons. 

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. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

has 60 days in which to make a decision 

on whether to renew this information 

collection. However, they may make a 

decision after 30 days; therefore, your 

comments will receive maximum 

consideration if received within 30 

days. 

Dated: August 21, 2008. 

Sanjeev ‘‘Sonny’’ Bhagowalia, 

Chief Information Officer—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E8–19909 Filed 8–27–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–4J–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[ID 100 1150MA 241A: DBG081011] 

Notice of Public Meeting: Resource 

Advisory Council to the Boise District, 

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 District 

Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will 

hold a meeting as indicated below. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

September 25, 2008 at the Boise District 

Offices beginning at 9 a.m. and 

adjourning at 4 p.m. Members of the 

public are invited to attend, and 

comment periods will be held during 

the course of the day. 

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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15- 

member Council advises the Secretary 

of the Interior, through the BLM, on a 

variety of planning and management 

issues associated with public land 

management in southwestern Idaho. A 

discussion will be held on the 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

Murphy Creek Sub-region Travel 

Management Plan for the Owyhee Field 

Office. Copies of the EA will have been 

mailed to the members prior to the 

meeting. An update on development of 

the Four Rivers Field Office Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) will be given. 

Feedback will be requested on issues 

identified during the scoping period for 

the development of the environmental 

impact statement for the Four Rivers 

Field Office RMP. A briefing will be 

provided on the outcome of the public 

meetings and other outreach regarding 

BLM’s announcement of route 

restrictions in the King Hill Creek 

Wilderness Study Area that RAC 

members toured in July. Hot Topics will 

be discussed by the District Manager, 

and Field Office managers will provide 

highlights on activities in their offices. 

Agenda items and location may change 

due to changing circumstances. All 

meetings are open to the public. The 

public may present written comments to 

the Council. Each formal Council 

meeting will also have time allocated for 

hearing public 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, or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

contact the BLM Coordinator as 

provided above. 

Dated: August 21, 2008. 

David Wolf, 

Associate, District Manager. 

[FR Doc. E8–19969 Filed 8–27–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[OR–130–1020–AL; GP8–0193] 

Notice of Public Meeting, Eastern 

Washington Resource Advisory 

Council Meeting 

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 of 1976 and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Eastern 

Washington Resource Advisory Council 

will meet as indicated below. 

DATES: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 

at the Institute for Extended Learning, 

South Elm Street, Colville, WA 99114. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting will start at 9:30 a.m. and end 

at approximately 3:30 p.m. It will be 

open to the public and there will be an 

opportunity for public comments at 2:30 

p.m. Discussion will focus on the status 

of projects of interest on BLM lands, and 

identification of topics of concern on 

the Colville National Forest. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Pavey or Sandie Gourdin, BLM, 

Spokane District, 1103 N. Fancher Rd., 

Spokane Valley, WA 99212, or call (509) 

536–1200. 

Dated: August 22, 2008. 

Sally Sovey, 

Acting District Manager. 

[FR Doc. E8–19956 Filed 8–27–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–923–1310–FI; WYW159734] 

Wyoming: Notice of Proposed 

Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and 

Gas Lease 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed 

Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and 

Gas Lease. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of 30 

U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR 

3108.2–3(a) and (b)(1), the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) received a 

petition for reinstatement from Sun Cal 

Energy, Inc. for competitive oil and gas 

lease WYW159734 for land in Sublette 

County, Wyoming. The petition was 


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