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feasible to limit risk of unauthorized 

disclosures. 

All hard copy forms with personal 

identifying data (the participant 

agreement/informed consent form) will 

be stored securely in a locked cabinet 

that can only be accessed by authorized 

individuals working on the data. The 

locked cabinet will be stored in a locked 

office in a limited-access building. 

Hard copy forms that are no longer 

needed for the study will be shredded. 

If site interviewers do not have access 

to a paper shredder, they will submit 

the paperwork to the Abt Project 

Director via FedEx with clear 

instructions to destroy the documents 

upon receipt. 

RETRIEVING: 

The random assignment datafile 

within this system will include personal 

identifiers that can be used to locate 

records to update families’ whereabouts 

or to verify if a family has already been 

enrolled in the study. Records within 

the random assignment datafile can be 

retrieved by name, social security 

number, study identification number, 

birthdate, or spouse name. 

After data collection is complete, 

researchers will use a dataset that is 

stripped of identifying information for 

all analyses, with the exception of a 

unique study identification number 

assigned to each participating family. 

The study identification number will be 

randomly generated at the time of 

random assignment and will be 

unrelated to personal information such 

as SSN, DOB, or name. The study 

identifier can be linked to the personal 

identifying information but only by a 

small number of central research staff at 

Abt Associates. 

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: 

PII will be maintained only as long as 

required and only under conditions 

specified in the study protocol. Upon 

completion of all research for the 

Homeless Families study, Abt 

Associates will permanently destroy of 

all electronic personally-identifiable 

information on the working server using 

one of the methods described by the 

NIST SP 800–88. 

‘‘Guidelines for Media Sanitization’’ 

(September 2006). Encrypted versions of 

the data may remain on backup media 

for a longer period of time, but will be 

similarly permanently destroyed. 

At the end of the contract, records 

that do not need to be retained will be 

shredded and the remainder of the files 

will be shredded after the three-year 

retention period required in the 

contract. The retention and disposal 

procedures are in keeping with HUD’s 

records management policies as 

described in HUD Records Disposition 

Schedules (2225.6) Appendix 67. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS: 

Carol Star, Director of the Program 

Evaluation Division, Office of Policy 

Development and Research, Department 

of Housing and Urban Development, 

451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20410, Telephone Number (202) 

402–6139. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE: 

For information, assistance, or inquiry 

about existence or records, contact 

Donna Robinson-Stanton, Departmental 

Privacy Act Officer, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC, in 

accordance with the procedures in 24 

CFR part 16. 

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

The Department’s rules for providing 

access to records to the individual 

concerned appear in 24 CFR part 16. If 

additional information or assistance is 

required, contact the Privacy Act Officer 

at the appropriate location. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

The Department’s rules for contesting 

the contents of records and appealing 

initial denials, by the individual 

concerned, appear in 24 CFR part 16. If 

additional information or assistance is 

needed, it may be obtained by 

contacting: 

(i) In relation to contesting contents of 

records, the Departmental Privacy Act, 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., 

Room 2256, Washington, DC 20410. 

(ii) In relation to appeals of initial 

denials, the HUD Departmental Privacy 

Appeals Officers, Office of General 

Counsel, Department of Housing and 

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, 

SW., Washington, DC 20410. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Original data collected directly from 

participating families, third party data 

for tracking purposes (e.g. National 

Change of Address database, credit 

bureaus), and administrative data on 

HUD’s public housing programs. 

EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN OF PROVISION OF THE

ACT: 

None. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R5–R–2010–N164; BAC–4311–K9–S3] 

Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge, 

Genesee County and Orleans County, 

NY 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft 

comprehensive conservation plan and 

environmental assessment; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of the draft comprehensive 

conservation plan (CCP) and 

environmental assessment (EA) for 

Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge 

(NWR) for a 30-day public review and 

comment period. In this draft CCP/EA, 

we describe three alternatives, including 

our Service-preferred Alternative B, for 

managing this refuge for the next 15 

years. Also available for public review 

and comment is the draft compatibility 

determinations, which is included as 

Appendix A in the draft CCP/EA. 

DATES: To ensure our consideration of 

your written comments, we must 

receive them by November 3, 2010. We 

will also hold an open house and public 

meeting at the refuge in the town of 

Alabama, New York, during the 30-day 

review period to receive comments and 

provide information on the draft plan. 

We will announce and post details 

about the public meeting in local news 

media, via our project mailing list, and 

on our Regional planning Web site, 

http://www.fws.gov/northeast/planning/

Iroquois/ccphome.html. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments, 

requests for more information, or 

requests for copies of the draft CCP/EA 

by any of the following methods. 

U.S. Mail: Thomas Bonetti, Natural 

Resource Planner, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 300 Westgate Center 

Drive, Hadley, MA 01035. 

Facsimile: Attention: Thomas Bonetti, 

413–253–8468. 

Electronic mail: 

northeastplanning@fws.gov. Include 

‘‘Iroquois NWR CCP’’ in the subject line 

of your message. 

Agency Web site: View or download 

the draft document at http://

www.fws.gov/northeast/iroquois/. 

In-Person Drop Off: You may drop off 

comments during regular business hours 

at Iroquois NWR, 1101 Casey Road, 

Basom, NY 14013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas Roster, Project Leader, Iroquois 


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NWR, 1101 Casey Road, Basom, NY 

14013; phone: 585–948–5445; facsimile: 

585–948–9538; electronic mail: 

northeastplanning@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we continue the CCP 

process for Iroquois NWR, which we 

started by publishing a notice in the 

Federal Register (73 FR 10279; February 

26, 2008). We prepared the draft CCP in 

compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321–4347, as amended) (NEPA) 

and the National Wildlife Refuge 

System Administration Act of 1966, as 

amended by the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Improvement Act of 

1997 (16 U.S.C. 668dd–668ee) 

(Improvement Act). 

Iroquois NWR was established in 

1958 under the Migratory Bird 

Conservation Act for ‘‘* * * use as an 

inviolate sanctuary, or for any other 

management purpose, for migratory 

birds.’’ (16 U.S.C. 715d). The refuge 

consists of more than 10,800 acres 

within the rural townships of Alabama 

and Shelby, New York, midway 

between Buffalo and Rochester. 

Freshwater marshes and hardwood 

swamps are bounded by forests, 

grasslands, and wet meadows. These 

areas serve the habitat needs of both 

migratory and resident wildlife, 

including waterfowl, songbirds, 

mammals, and amphibians, as well as 

numerous indigenous plant species. 

Background 

The CCP Process: 

The Improvement Act requires us to 

develop a CCP for each national wildlife 

refuge. The purpose for developing 

CCPs is to provide refuge managers with 

15-year plans for achieving refuge 

purposes and the mission of the 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

(NWRS), in conformance with sound 

principles of fish and wildlife 

management, conservation, legal 

mandates, and our policies. In addition 

to outlining broad management 

direction on conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, CCPs identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities 

available to the public, including 

opportunities for hunting, fishing, 

wildlife observation and photography, 

and environmental education and 

interpretation. We will review and 

update each CCP at least every 15 years, 

in accordance with the Improvement 

Act. 

Public Outreach 

In conjunction with our Federal 

Register notice announcing our intent to 

begin the CCP process, open houses and 

public information meetings were held 

in Western New York at three different 

locations during April 2008. Meetings 

were advertised locally through news 

releases, Web sites, and our mailing list. 

Participants were encouraged to actively 

express their opinions and suggestions. 

The public meetings allowed us to 

gather information and ideas from local 

residents, adjacent landowners, and 

various organizations and agencies. 

Throughout the process, we have 

conducted additional outreach via 

newsletters and participation in 

meetings, and continued to request 

public input on refuge management and 

programs. We considered and evaluated 

all comments, and incorporated many of 

them into the varied alternatives in the 

draft CCP/EA. 

CCP Actions We Are Considering, 

Including the Service-Preferred 

Alternative 

We developed three management 

alternatives based on the purposes for 

establishing the refuge, its vision and 

goals, and the issues and concerns the 

public, State agencies, and the Service 

identified during the planning process. 

The alternatives have some actions in 

common, such as protecting cultural 

resources, developing step-down 

management plans, and controlling 

invasive plant species. Other actions 

distinguish the alternatives. The draft 

CCP/EA describes the alternatives in 

detail, and relates them to the issues 

and concerns we identified during the 

planning process. The following are 

highlights of each of the alternatives. 

Alternative A (Current Management) 

This alternative is the ‘‘No Action’’ 

alternative, as required by NEPA. 

Alternative A defines our current 

management activities, and serves as the 

baseline against which to compare the 

other alternatives. A selection of this 

alternative would maintain the status 

quo in managing the refuge for the next 

15 years. No major changes would be 

made to current management practices. 

This alternative provides a basis for 

comparing the other two alternatives. 

Current management of refuge 

impoundments would continue, 

resulting in no change in the amount of 

open water and emergent marsh habitat 

available to refuge wildlife. Forested 

habitat on the refuge would increase as 

the refuge allows natural succession of 

some early successional grassland and 

shrubland habitats. We would continue 

to eliminate small, isolated grasslands 

that do not provide significant habitat, 

leading to a 138-acre decrease in 

grassland habitat as compared to current 

levels. Refuge shrublands would 

continue to be cut at a rate of 10–20 

acres annually, resulting in a decrease of 

445 acres of shrubland habitat as 

compared to current levels. We would 

maintain existing opportunities for 

visitors to engage in wildlife observation 

and photography, environmental 

education, interpretation, hunting, and 

fishing on the refuge. We would also 

maintain existing infrastructure and 

buildings, and current staffing levels. 

Alternative B (Service-Preferred 

Alternative) 

This alternative is the one we propose 

as the best way to manage this refuge 

over the next 15 years. It includes the 

array of management actions that, in our 

professional judgment, works best 

toward achieving the refuge purposes, 

our vision and goals, and the goals of 

other State and regional conservation 

plans. We also believe it most 

effectively addresses the key issues 

raised during the planning process. 

Under Alternative B, refuge habitat 

management would focus on decreasing 

habitat fragmentation and restoring 

native habitats. Similar to Alternative A, 

management of refuge impoundments 

would not change, with no change in 

the amount of open water and emergent 

marsh habitat available. The amount of 

early successional habitat, including 

grasslands and shrublands, would 

slightly increase as the refuge removes 

remaining hedgerows and improves 

connectivity between these habitats. 

The refuge would also convert 202 acres 

of non-native conifer plantations, 

replacing most of these plantations with 

native tree species. Some plantations, 

located in shrubland management areas, 

would be converted to native shrub 

species. 

Similar to many other national 

wildlife refuges, we propose to limit 

public access to designated areas of the 

refuge year-round. Wildlife observation 

and photography, hiking, and walking 

would be permitted on established 

refuge nature trails. Off-trail access 

would be limited to permitted hunters 

participating in refuge hunting 

programs. Limiting off-trail access 

would reduce human disturbance to 

foraging and resting waterfowl and other 

migratory birds using refuge 

impoundments. 

Under this alternative, we would 

renovate and expand the existing refuge 

headquarters building as a new visitor 

contact station and administration 

building. We also propose to co-locate 


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the Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 

Conservation Office, currently located 

in Amherst, New York, in this new 

building. The 10,609 square-foot 

building would house a sales outlet for 

the Friends of Iroquois National 

Wildlife Refuge, an exhibit hall, multipurpose room, conference room, and 

office space to accommodate Service 

Refuge and Fisheries programs staff and 

New York State Department of 

Environmental Conservation staff. 

We would also continue our 

biological monitoring and inventory 

program, but regularly evaluate the 

results to help us better understand the 

implications of our management actions 

and identify ways to improve their 

effectiveness. 

Alternative C (Natural Systems) 

Refuge management under Alternative 

C would focus on restoration of natural 

ecosystem processes and functions. 

Habitat management would target a 

more natural state and emphasize 

restoration of native habitats. Refuge 

impoundments would no longer be 

actively managed, resulting in a 329- 

acre decrease in open water and 

emergent marsh habitat. Only the two 

largest grassland units would be 

managed, leading to a 50 percent 

reduction in the amount of grassland 

habitat. We would also discontinue 

active management of shrubland habitat, 

with only some native shrub swamp 

habitat remaining. Under this 

alternative, forest cover would increase 

by 1,548 acres through the natural 

succession of refuge grasslands, 

shrublands, open water, and emergent 

marsh habitat. Similar to Alternative B, 

non-native conifer plantations would be 

replaced with native tree species. 

We propose to limit public access to 

designated areas of the refuge yearround, allowing wildlife observation, 

hiking, and walking on established 

refuge nature trails. Also, we propose to 

co-locate the Lower Great Lakes Fish 

and Wildlife Conservation Office 

currently located in Amherst, New 

York, with a new visitor contact station 

and administration building at Iroquois 

NWR. 

Public Meetings 

We will give the public opportunities 

to provide input at an open house and 

public meeting at the refuge 

headquarters in Alabama, New York. 

You can obtain the schedule from the 

project leader or natural resource 

planner (see ADDRESSES or FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT above). You may 

also submit comments at any time 

during the planning process by any 

means shown in the ADDRESSES section. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comments, 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. 

Dated: September 9, 2010. 

James G. Geiger, 

Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Hadley, MA 01035. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Jackson Hole Airport Agreement 

Extension, Final Environmental Impact 

Statement, Grand Teton National Park, 

Wyoming 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Jackson Hole Airport Agreement 

Extension, Grand Teton National Park. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 

U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park 

Service announces the availability of a 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Jackson Hole Airport Agreement 

Extension, Grand Teton National Park, 

Wyoming. This effort addresses a 

request from the Jackson Hole Airport 

Board to amend the agreement between 

the Department of the Interior and the 

Airport Board in order to ensure that the 

airport remains eligible for funding 

through the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA). The proposal 

would allow the agreement to be 

amended to provide two additional 10- 

year options that could be exercised by 

the Board, the first in 2013 and the 

second in 2023. By exercising these 

options, the Board would ensure that 

the airport remains eligible for Airport 

Improvement Program grants from the 

FAA, upon which commercial airports 

are dependent. These grants provide 

funds for projects such as maintenance 

of the runway and taxiways, purchase of 

capital equipment such as snowplows 

and fire engines, and other projects 

necessary for the airport to retain its 

certification as a commercial airport. 

Without such funds, the airport would 

at some point be unable to retain its 

certification and all commercial air 

service would be terminated. 

Alternatives considered in the EIS 

include Alternative 1: No Action—The 

airport would continue operations 

under the existing Agreement which 

currently has an expiration date of April 

27, 2033; and Alternative 2: Extend 

Agreement—This alternative would 

amend the text of the 1983 Agreement 

to provide the Jackson Hole Airport 

Board with options for two additional 

10-year terms. The proposed 

amendment would also add language to 

the Agreement strengthening the 

requirements of the Airport Board to 

work in good faith to further reduce and 

mitigate the impacts of the airport on 

the park to the lowest practicable level, 

consistent with the safe and efficient 

operation of the airport and within 

applicable laws and regulations. In 

addition, the Agreement would require 

the Airport Board to prepare a biennial 

report of its operations and 

accomplishments, including efforts to 

mitigate its impacts, and to periodically 

review the terms of the Agreement with 

the NPS at least every five years. 

Alternative 2 is the Preferred 

Alternative. 

DATES: The National Park Service will 

execute a Record of Decision (ROD) no 

sooner than 30 days following 

publication by the Environmental 

Protection Agency of the Notice of 

Availability of the Final Environmental 

Impact Statement. 

ADDRESSES: Information will be 

available for public inspection online at 

http://parkplanning.nps.gov/GRTE, in 

the office of the Superintendent, Mary 

Gibson Scott, Grand Teton National 

Park, P.O. Drawer 170, Moose, 

Wyoming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Pollock, Grand Teton National Park, 

P.O. Drawer 170, Moose, Wyoming, 

307–739–3410, gary_pollock@nps.gov. 

Dated: September 17, 2010. 

John Wessels, 

Regional Director, Intermountain Region, 

National Park Service. 

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