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prompting Federal disaster relief for 

farmers in 2001 and for fishermen in 

2006. 

In November 2008 the U.S. 

Government, the States of Oregon and 

California, and the utility company 

PacifiCorp signed an agreement in 

principle (AIP) to remove four 

hydroelectric dams on the Klamath 

River by 2020. Dam removal is being 

considered a viable alternative to 

volitional fish passage (ladders and 

screens), which was being considered 

by the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (FERC) as a condition for 

relicensing of PacifiCorp’s hydroelectric 

project. Parties to the AIP are working 

with stakeholders (including tribes, 

fishers, farmers, conservation groups, 

and local governments) to reach a final 

agreement that would result in the 

largest dam removal project in U.S. 

history. If achieved, this agreement will 

be part of a comprehensive solution to 

species recovery, water allocation, and 

water quality problems in the Klamath 

Basin. 

In October 2011 the Secretary of the 

Interior is expected to make a final 

determination regarding dam removal, 

contingent on results of an economic 

analysis that will address benefits, costs, 

and distributional effects of dam 

removal relative to volitional fish 

passage. Dam removal is expected to 

have positive long-term effects on the 

viability of fish populations and other 

aspects of the Klamath Basin ecosystem. 

Benefits of these environmental 

improvements include ‘‘non-use values,’’ 

which accrue to members of the public 

who value such improvements 

regardless of whether they ever 

consume Klamath fish or visit the 

Klamath Basin. An information 

collection is planned in order to 

implement a state-of-the-art non-use 

valuation survey of the U.S. public that 

addresses the incremental 

environmental improvements of dam 

removal relative to volitional fish 

passage. This data collection is intended 

to address one component of an 

economic analysis that will include all 

costs and benefits of dam removal 

relative to volitional fish passage. 

II. Data 

Title: Klamath Non-Use Valuation 

Survey. 

OMB Control Number: 1090–0010. 

Type of Review: Revision of an 

approved collection. 

Affected Entities: Households. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Response: One time. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Respondents: 10,885 households who 

will receive the survey (3,389 

respondents and 7,496 nonrespondents). 

Estimated Total Annual Responses: 

3,389. 

Estimated Time per Response: The 

base for this survey is 10,885 

households. The households will be 

divided into two mailing groups, at a 

10/90 split. The first wave of mailings 

will be to 10% of the households. 17% 

of households are estimated to respond, 

which will take 30 minutes. Nonrespondents will take 3 minutes. The 

second mailing will be sent to the 

remaining 83% of non-respondent 

households. 10% of the households are 

estimated to respond to the second 

mailing, taking 30 minutes. The second 

group of non-respondents are estimated 

to spend 3 minutes. The Department 

will then conduct preliminary analysis. 

The second wave of mailings will be 

to the remaining 90% of the households. 

17% of households are estimated to 

respond, which will take 30 minutes. 

Non-respondents will take 3 minutes. 

The second phase will be sent to the 

remaining 83% of non-respondent 

households. 10% of the households are 

estimated to respond to the second 

mailing, taking 30 minutes. The second 

group of non-respondents are estimated 

to spend 3 minutes. 

The remaining non-respondents from 

the second mailings will be split into 

two groups in a 80/20 split. It is 

assumed that 65% of the nonrespondent households will have a 

phone number. Both groups will be sent 

another copy of the survey. For the 

households with a phone number, a non 

response bias call will be made, taking 

an estimated 2 to 5 minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 3,205 hours. 

III. Request for Comments 

On June 9, 2009, we published in the 

Federal Register (74 FR 27340) a request 

for public comments on this proposed 

survey. No comments were received. 

This notice provides the public with an 

additional 30 days in which to comment 

on the proposed information collection 

activity. The Department of the Interior 

invites comments on: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the collection 

and the validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) 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 

prove information to or for a Federal 

agency. 

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: August 25, 2010. 

Benjamin M. Simon, 

Economics Staff Director, Office of Policy 

Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21521 Filed 8–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–RK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R2–ES–2010–N180; 20124–1113– 

0000–F5] 

Endangered and Threatened Species 

Permit Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications; 

request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: The following applicants have 

applied for scientific research permits to 

conduct certain activities with 

endangered species under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act). The Act requires that we 

invite public comment on these permit 

applications. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be received on or before 

September 29, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to the Chief, Endangered 

Species Division, Ecological Services, 

P.O. Box 1306, Room 6034, 

Albuquerque, NM 87103. Documents 

and other information submitted with 

these applications are available for 

review, subject to the requirements of 

the Privacy Act and Freedom of 

Information Act. Documents will be 

available for public inspection, by 

appointment only, during normal 

business hours at the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 500 Gold Ave., SW., 

Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM. Please 

refer to the respective permit number for 

each application when submitting 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Endangered 

Species Division, P.O. Box 1306, 

Albuquerque, NM 87103; (505) 248– 

6920. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Availability of Comments 

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 we will be able to 

do so. 

Permit TE–13850A 

Applicant: Jarrod Edens, Fort Worth, 

Texas. 

Applicant requests a new permit for 

research and recovery purposes to 

conduct presence/absence surveys for 

American burying beetle (Nicrophorus 

americanus) within Oklahoma, 

Arkansas, and Texas. 

Permit TE–037155 

Applicant: Bio-West, Inc., Round 

Rock, Texas. 

Applicant requests an amendment to 

a current permit for research and 

recovery purposes to conduct presence/ 

absence surveys for Rio Grande silvery 

minnow (Hybognathus amarus) and 

southwestern willow flycatcher 

(Empidonax traillii extimus) along the 

Rio Grande. 

Permit TE–17497A 

Applicant: Christa Weise, Tucson, 

Arizona. 

Applicant requests a new permit for 

research and recovery purposes to 

conduct presence/absence surveys for 

lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris 

yerbabuenae) within Arizona and New 

Mexico and Mexican long-nosed bat 

(Leptonycteris nivalis) within New 

Mexico and Texas. 

Permit TE–17509A 

Applicant: University of Rhode 

Island, Kingston, Rhode Island. 

Applicant requests a new permit for 

research and recovery purposes to 

obtain seeds of Welsh’s milkweed 

(Asclepias welshii) from the Arboretum 

at Flagstaff (Permit TE–226653) at the 

University’s greenhouse where 

biological control agent testing will be 

conducted inside their quarantine 

facility. 

Permit TE–236730 

Applicant: Timothy Bonner, San 

Marcos, Texas. 

Applicant requests an amendment to 

a current permit for research and 

recovery purposes to conduct presence/ 

absence surveys for fountain darter 

(Etheostoma fonticola), San Marcos 

gambusia (Gambusia georgei), Comal 

Springs riffle beetle (Heterelmis 

comalensis), Texas wild-rice (Zizania 

texana), and Texas blind salamander 

(Eurycea rathbuni) within Texas. 

Permit TE–20166A 

Applicant: Trinity Bey, Boerne, Texas. 

Applicant requests a new permit for 

research and recovery purposes to 

conduct presence/absence surveys for 

golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica 

chrysoparia) within Texas. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. 

Dated: August 18, 2010. 

Regional Director, Southwest Region, Fish 

and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21502 Filed 8–27–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CACA 048880, LLCAD06000, 

L51010000.FX0000, LVRWB09B2520] 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Genesis Solar, LLC Genesis Solar 

Energy Project and Proposed 

California Desert Conservation Area 

Plan Amendment 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has 

prepared a Proposed California Desert 

Conservation Act Plan Amendment/ 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) for Genesis Solar LLC’s Genesis 

Solar Energy Project (GSEP) and by this 

notice is announcing its availability. 

DATES: The publication of the 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

(EPA) Notice of Availability (NOA) of 

this Final EIS in the Federal Register 

initiates a 30-day public comment 

period. In addition, the BLM’s planning 

regulations state that any person who 

meets the conditions as described in the 

regulations may protest the BLM’s 

Proposed CDCA Plan Amendment. A 

person who meets the conditions and 

files a protest must file the protest 

within 30 days of the date that EPA 

publishes its NOA in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Proposed Plan 

Amendment/Final EIS for the GSEP 

have been sent to affected Federal, state, 

and local government agencies and to 

other stakeholders. Copies of the 

Proposed Plan Amendment/Final EIS 

are available for public inspection at the 

Palm Springs South Coast Field Office, 

1201 Bird Center Drive, Palm Springs, 

California 92262. Interested persons 

may also review the document at the 

following Web site: http://www.blm.gov/ 

ca/st/en/fo/palmsprings/Solar_Projects/ 

Genesis_Ford_Dry_Lake.html. Submit 

comments on the Final EIS to the Palm 

Springs South Coast Field Office at the 

address above or e-mail them to 

CAPSSolarNextEraFPL@blm.gov. 

All protests must be in writing and 

mailed to one of the following 

addresses: 

Regular Mail: BLM Director (210), 

Attention: Brenda Williams, P.O. Box 

66538, Washington, DC 20035. 

Overnight Mail: BLM Director (210), 

Attention: Brenda Williams, 1620 L 

Street, NW., Suite 1075, Washington, 

DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Allison Shaffer, BLM Project Manager, 

telephone (760) 833–7100; address (see 

ADDRESSES, above); or e-mail 

CAPSSolarNextEraFPL@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Genesis 

Solar, LLC has submitted an application 

to the BLM for development of the 

proposed GSEP, which would consist of 

two independent solar electric 

generating facilities with a nominal net 

electrical output of 125 megawatts (MW) 

each, resulting in a total net electrical 

output of 250 MW. The Proposed Action 

would be designed to utilize solar 

parabolic trough technology to generate 

electricity. 

Genesis Solar, LLC is seeking a rightof-way (ROW) grant for approximately 

4,640 acres of land. Construction and 

operation of the Proposed Action would 

disturb a total of about 1,800 acres 

within the site boundaries, and 

approximately 90 acres for linear 

facilities and drainage features outside 

the site boundaries. 

The proposed GSEP would be 

approximately 27 miles east of the 

unincorporated community of Desert 

Center and 25 miles west of the 

Arizona-California border city of Blythe 

in Riverside County, California. 

The Applicant proposes to construct 

the GSEP in two phases, which would 


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