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of the information collection; and (4) 

ways to minimize the information 

collection burden on respondents, such 

as use of automated means of collection 

of the information. A summary of the 

public comments will accompany the 

BLM’s submission of the information 

collection requests to OMB. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email 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. 

The following information is provided 

for the information collection: 

Title: Road Use Fees Paid Report. 

OMB Control Number: 1004–0102. 

Summary: Most purchasers of timber 

from BLM-managed lands use both 

Federal and private roads to haul the 

timber. In such instances, the timber 

sale contract with the BLM requires the 

purchaser to pay private landowners for 

the use and/or maintenance of their 

roads. These fees represent the BLM’s 

share of road construction and 

maintenance costs under reciprocal 

right-of-way agreements between the 

BLM and private landowners. See 43 

U.S.C. 1762; 43 CFR subpart 2812. This 

information collection is a report that 

timber sale purchasers submit to the 

BLM to show that they have paid the 

fees required by their timber sale 

contracts. The BLM uses the report to 

ensure compliance with the timber sale 

contract, and to amortize road 

construction and maintenance costs 

among several road users. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Description of Respondents: Timber 

sale purchasers that haul timber 

purchased from the BLM over privately 

owned roads that are included in 

reciprocal right-of-way agreements. 

Total Annual Responses: 40. 

Response Time: 20 minutes. 

Total Annual Burden Hours for 

Respondents: 13 hours. 

Jean Sonneman, 

Acting Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, Bureau of Land Management. 

[FR Doc. 2010–253 Filed 1–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–84–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Denali National Park and Preserve 

Aircraft Overflights Advisory Council 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of renewal. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary of the Interior 

is giving notice of the renewal of the 

Denali National Park and Preserve 

Aircraft Overflights Advisory Council to 

offer recommendations, alternatives and 

possible solutions to management of offroad vehicles at Big Cypress National 

Preserve. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Miriam Valentine, Denali Park and 

Preserve, 240 W. 5th Avenue, 

Anchorage, Alaska 99501, 907–644– 

3611. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Denali National Park and Preserve 

Aircraft Overflights Advisory Council 

has been established in accordance with 

the Denali National Park and Preserve’s 

2006 Backcountry Management Plan 

and EIS. The plan concluded that air 

travel is an important means of access 

for backcountry users, and that scenic 

air tours are an important means for 

other park visitors to access and enjoy 

Mount McKinley and adjoining scenic 

peaks and glaciers. However, the 

cumulative impact of these tours, plus 

the additional aircraft traffic, must be 

mitigated to protect park resource 

values and the quality of the visitor 

experience. The plan calls for an aircraft 

overflights advisory group that will 

develop voluntary measures for assuring 

the safety of passengers, pilots, and 

mountaineers, and for achieving 

standards that represent desired future 

resource conditions at Denali. The 

National Park Service needs the advice 

of this group to develop effective 

mitigation measures that will be 

acceptable to stakeholders. The Council 

is composed of individuals that 

represent a broad range of interests, 

including air taxi operators, commercial 

aviation, local landowners, the State of 

Alaska, the Federal Aviation 

Administration, climbers and other park 

users, and the environmental 

community. 

Certification: I hereby certify that the 

renewal of the Denali National Park and 

Preserve Aircraft Overflights Advisory 

Council is necessary and in the public 

interest in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed on the 

Department of the Interior by the Act of 

August 25, 1916, (39 Stat. 535), as 

amended, 16 U.S.C. 1 et seq., and other 

statutes relating to the administration of 

the National Park System. 

Dated: November 25, 2009. 

Ken Salazar, 

Secretary of the Interior. 

[FR Doc. 2010–231 Filed 1–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–PF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R7–R–2009–N250; 70133–1265–0000– 

S3] 

Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, 

Soldotna, AK 

AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability: record of 

decision. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of the record of decision 

(ROD) for the final environmental 

impact statement (EIS) for Kenai 

National Wildlife Refuge (NWR, 

Refuge). The Refuge is located within 

the Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska. 

We completed a thorough analysis of 

the environmental, social, and economic 

considerations and presented it in our 

final EIS, which we released to the 

public on September 18, 2009. 

DATES: The Regional Director of the 

Alaska Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, signed the ROD on January 4, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: You may view or obtain 

copies of the ROD/final EIS on paper or 

CD–ROM by any of the following 

methods: 

Agency Web Site: Download a copy of 

the document(s) at http:// 

alaska.fws.gov/nwr/planning/ 

kenpol.htm. 

E-mail: fw7_kenai_planning@fws.gov. 

Include ‘‘Kenai ROD’’ in the subject line 

of the message. 

Mail: Refuge Manager, Kenai National 

Wildlife Refuge, P.O. Box 2139, 

Soldotna, AK 99669–2139. 

In-Person Viewing or Pickup: Call 

Peter Wikoff, Planning Team Leader at 

(907) 786–3357 to make an appointment 

during regular business hours at U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, 1011 East 

Tudor Rd., MS–231, Anchorage, AK 

99503; fax: (907) 786–3965. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: 

Refuge Manager at the address or phone 

number above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we finalize the CCP 

process for Kenai NWR. We released the 


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draft CCP/draft EIS to the public, 

announcing and requesting comments 

in a notice of availability in the Federal 

Register on May 8, 2008 (73 FR 26140). 

We announced the availability of the 

final CCP/EIS in the Federal Register on 

August 27, 2009 (74 FR 43718). 

In accordance with National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (40 

CFR 1506.6(b)) requirements, this notice 

announces the availability of the ROD 

for the final EIS and CCP for Kenai 

NWR. We completed a thorough 

analysis of the environmental, social, 

and economic considerations, which we 

included in the final CCP/EIS. The ROD 

documents our selection of Alternative 

E, the Preferred Alternative, in the CCP, 

with modifications. The CCP will guide 

us in managing and administering Kenai 

Refuge for the next 15 years. Alternative 

E, as we described in the final EIS/ROD, 

is the foundation for the CCP, with 

modifications. 

The Kenai Refuge Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan provides 

management guidance that conserves 

Refuge resources and facilitates 

compatible fish and wildlife-dependent 

public use activities during the next 15 

years. The following is a summary of the 

ROD for the Refuge’s Final CCP/EIS. 

We have selected Alternative E, the 

Preferred Alterative, with modifications, 

as the Comprehensive Conservation 

Plan for Kenai Refuge. Alternative E 

addresses key issues and concerns 

identified during the planning process 

and will best achieve the purposes of 

the Refuge as well as the mission of the 

National Wildlife Refuge System. This 

decision adopts the management goals 

and objectives (Chapter 2) and the 

stipulations and mitigation measures 

identified in Alternative E. 

Implementation of Alternative E, as 

modified, will occur over the next 15 

years, depending on future staffing 

levels and funding. 

Modifications to Alternative E 

With consideration to comments from 

the State of Alaska, the management 

direction provided by Alternative E will 

be modified as follows: 

• We will alter the opening date of 

seasonally closed lakes from September 

30 to September 10, to coincide with 

that of the Alaska Board of Game’s 

Kenai Controlled Use Area in Game 

Management Unit 15A, when Refuge 

regulations are updated. These lakes 

will then remain open for public use 

until May 1 (approximately when the 

ice melts) each spring. 

• Under current regulations, the 

operation of aircraft between May 1 and 

September 30 on any lake where nesting 

trumpeter swans and/or their broods are 

present is prohibited. Over the next 

several years, we will examine swan 

brood survey data and other information 

to determine if swan abundance has 

increased to the point this restriction 

has created a de facto closure of so 

many lakes as to significantly impact 

access to the refuge back-country. We 

will evaluate our current closure 

regulations in light of these findings. 

Factors We Considered in 

Decisionmaking 

We based our decision on a thorough 

analysis of the environmental, social, 

and economic considerations we 

presented in the Final CCP/EIS. We 

reviewed and considered the impacts 

identified in Chapter 4 of the Draft and 

Final CCP/EIS; relevant issues, 

concerns, and opportunities; input we 

received throughout the planning 

process, including the results of various 

studies and surveys, advice from 

technical experts, and public comments 

on the Draft and Final CCP/EIS; and 

other factors, including refuge purposes 

and relevant laws, regulations, and 

policies. The Final EIS/CCP addresses a 

variety of needs, including protection of 

fish and wildlife populations and their 

habitats and providing opportunities for 

fish and wildlife-dependent recreation, 

subsistence, and other public uses. The 

combination of these components in 

Alternative E contributes significantly to 

achieving refuge purposes and goals. 

Alternative E also strengthens the 

monitoring of fish, wildlife, habitat, and 

public uses on the Refuge to provide 

means to better respond to changing 

conditions in the surrounding 

landscape. 

The adoption of Alternative E, as 

modified, is effective immediately. 

Dated: January 4, 2010. 

Geoffrey L. Haskett, 

Regional Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife 

Service, Anchorage, Alaska. 

[FR Doc. 2010–220 Filed 1–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of the 

Record of Decision for the General 

Management Plan/Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Jefferson 

National Expansion Memorial, Missouri. 

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

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the 

National Park Service (NPS) announces 

the availability of a Record of Decision 

(ROD) for the General Management 

Plan/Environmental Impact Statement 

(GMP/EIS) for the Jefferson National 

Expansion Memorial (Memorial), 

Missouri. On November 23, the NPS 

Midwest Region regional director 

approved the ROD for the final GMP/ 

EIS. As soon as practicable, the NPS 

will begin to implement the preferred 

alternative. 

The NPS will implement the preferred 

alternative as described in the final 

GMP/EIS issued on October 23, 2009, 

with one alteration to the proposed 

boundary in East St. Louis, Illinois. 

Alternative 3 (Program Expansion), the 

preferred alternative, will revitalize the 

Memorial by expanded programming, 

facilities, and partnerships. The NPS 

will capitalize on multiple 

opportunities to expand visitor 

experience throughout the Memorial. 

In order to gain the widest breadth of 

ideas for expanding interpretation, 

education opportunities, and visitor 

amenities at the Memorial, a design 

competition, akin to the 1947 

competition, will be initiated by the 

NPS in close coordination with 

partners. Project funding will not come 

all at once but rather will most likely be 

provided by partners, donations, and 

other non-Federal and Federal sources. 

Private funding will be required in order 

to fully implement the winning entry of 

the design competition. 

The NPS will use the design 

competition to seek opportunities to 

enhance existing entrances to the 

Memorial on the north and south, as 

well as to capitalize on the primary axis 

between the Old Courthouse and the 

Gateway Arch with new entrances on 

the west and east and by establishing a 

new east portal linking East St. Louis to 

the Gateway Arch grounds by water 

taxi. A new external and internal visitor 

transportation system will be designed 

as part of the competition. The ultimate 

configuration and use of the south end 

of the Memorial will be determined by 

the results of the design competition. 

Similarly, the design competition will 

vet ideas for the configuration and use 

of that portion of the Memorial in East 

St. Louis. While the entrants will be 

asked to respect the recent 

developments at Malcolm Martin 

Memorial Park, the NPS and the Metro 

East Park and Recreation District will 

entertain designs that integrate the 

established functions into a cohesive 

vision for the Memorial. 

While the design solutions might 

include the development of aboveground structures within a portion of 

the designated Design Competition 

Overlay, the NPS will not allow the 

implementation of a project that would 


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