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Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Non-Hour Cost Burden: 

We have identified no paperwork nonhour cost burdens associated with the 

collection of information. 

Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA 

(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an 

agency may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. Until OMB approves a 

collection of information, you are not 

obligated to respond. 

Comments: Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) 

requires each agency ‘‘* * * to provide 

notice * * * and otherwise consult 

with members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning each proposed 

collection of information * * *’’ 

Agencies must specifically solicit 

comments to: (a) Evaluate whether the 

proposed collection of information is 

necessary for the agency to perform its 

duties, including whether the 

information is useful; (b) evaluate the 

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information; (c) enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (d) 

minimize the burden on the 

respondents, including the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

To comply with the public 

consultation process, on March 22, 

2010, we published a Federal Register 

notice (75 FR 13570) announcing that 

we would submit this ICR to OMB for 

approval. The notice provided the 

required 60-day comment period. In 

addition, 250.199 provides the OMB 

control number for the information 

collection requirements imposed by the 

30 CFR 250 regulations. The regulation 

also informs the public that they may 

comment at any time on the collections 

of information and provides the address 

to which they should send comments. 

We have received no comments in 

response to these efforts. 

If you wish to comment in response 

to this notice, you may send your 

comments to the offices listed under the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. The 

OMB has up to 60 days to approve or 

disapprove the information collection 

but may respond after 30 days. 

Therefore, to ensure maximum 

consideration, OMB should receive 

public comments by November 29, 

2010. 

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. 

BOEMRE Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz (703) 

787–1025. 

Dated: September 1, 2010. 

Doug Slitor, 

Acting Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory 

Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2010–N199; 80230–1265– 

0000–S3] 

Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, 

Elko and White Pine Counties, NV; 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Environmental Assessment 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), intend to 

prepare a Comprehensive Conservation 

Plan (CCP) and Environmental 

Assessment (EA) for the Ruby Lake 

National Wildlife Refuge, located in 

Elko and White Pine Counties of 

Nevada. We provide this notice in 

compliance with our CCP policy to 

advise other Federal and State agencies, 

Tribes, and the public of our intentions, 

and to obtain suggestions and 

information on the scope of issues to 

consider in the planning process. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, we 

must receive your written comments by 

December 28, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments or 

requests for more information by any of 

the following methods. 

• E-mail: fw8plancomments@fws.gov. 

Include ‘‘Ruby Lake CCP’’ in the subject 

line of the message. 

• Fax: Attn: Mark Pelz, (916) 414– 

6497. 

• U.S. Mail: Ruby Lake National 

Wildlife Refuge, HC 60, Box 860, Ruby 

Valley, Nevada 89833–9802. 

• In-Person Drop-off: You may drop 

off comments during regular business 

hours; please call (775) 779–2237 for 

directions. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Pelz, Chief, Refuge Planning, at 

(916) 414–6500, or Guy Wagner, Refuge 

Manager, at (775) 779–2237. Further 

information may also be found at http: 

//www.fws.gov/rubylake/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we initiate our 

process for developing a CCP for Ruby 

Lake NWR in Elko and White Pine 

Counties, NV. This notice complies with 

our CCP policy to (1) Advise other 

Federal and State agencies, Tribes, and 

the public of our intention to conduct 

detailed planning on this refuge and (2) 

obtain suggestions and information on 

the scope of issues to consider in the 

environmental document and during 

development of the CCP. 

Background 

The CCP Process 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 

668dd–668ee) (Administration Act), as 

amended by the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Improvement Act of 

1997, requires us to develop a CCP for 

each national wildlife refuge. The 

purpose for developing a CCP is to 

provide refuge managers with a 15-year 

plan for achieving refuge purposes and 

contributing toward the mission of the 

National Wildlife Refuge System, 

consistent 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 the CCP at least every 15 years 

in accordance with the Administration 

Act. 

Each unit of the National Wildlife 

Refuge System was established for 

specific purposes. We use these 

purposes as the foundation for 

developing and prioritizing the 

management goals and objectives for 

each refuge within the National Wildlife 

Refuge System mission, and to 

determine how the public can use each 

refuge. The planning process is a way 

for us and the public to evaluate 

management goals, objectives, and 

strategies that will ensure the best 

possible approach to wildlife, plant, and 

habitat conservation, while providing 

for wildlife-dependent recreation 

opportunities that are compatible with 

each refuge’s establishing purposes and 

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the mission of the National Wildlife 

Refuge System. 

Our CCP process provides 

opportunities for participation by 

Tribal, State, and local governments; 

agencies; organizations; and the public. 

We will be contacting identified 

stakeholders and individuals at this 

time for initial input. If you would like 

to meet with planning staff or would 

like to receive periodic updates, please 

contact us (see ADDRESSES section). At 

this time we encourage comments in the 

form of issues, concerns, ideas, and 

suggestions for the future management 

of Ruby Lake NWR. 

We will conduct the environmental 

review of this project in accordance 

with the requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.); NEPA regulations (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508); other appropriate Federal 

laws and regulations; and our policies 

and procedures for compliance with 

those laws and regulations. 

Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge 

Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge 

(NWR) was established in 1938 as a 

refuge and breeding ground for 

migratory birds and other wildlife 

(Executive Order 7923). Located along 

migration corridors serving both the 

Pacific and Central flyways, this refuge 

is a crossroads for birds migrating west 

along the Humboldt River to the Owens 

Valley, east to Utah’s Great Salt Lake, 

northwest to the Klamath Basin, and 

south to the Colorado River Valley. 

Ruby Lake NWR supports the largest 

population of nesting canvasback ducks 

west of the Mississippi River outside 

Alaska, and is a vital waterfowl nesting 

area. 

More than 200 springs emanating 

from the base of the Ruby Mountains 

provide life-sustaining water to the 

39,926-acre refuge. The marsh is 

surrounded by 22,926 acres of 

meadows, grasslands, alkali playa, and 

shrub-steppe uplands. Water elevations 

in some marsh units are controlled to 

provide nesting and feeding areas for 

waterfowl and other marsh bird species. 

Vegetation in the meadows and 

grasslands is managed to provide 

nesting cover and feeding areas for 

wildlife. Existing public uses include 

wildlife observation, photography, 

interpretation, environmental 

education, waterfowl hunting, and 

recreational fishing. 

Scoping: Preliminary Issues, Concerns, 

and Opportunities 

We have identified preliminary 

issues, concerns, and opportunities that 

we may address in the CCP. These 

include wildlife management, habitat 

management, wildlife-dependent 

recreation, environmental education, 

and cultural resources. During public 

scoping, we may identify additional 

issues. 

Public Meetings 

We will give the public an 

opportunity to provide input at a public 

meeting (or meetings). You may obtain 

the schedule from the refuge planner or 

refuge manager (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). You may also 

submit comments or request a meeting 

during the planning process by mail, email, or fax (see ADDRESSES). There will 

be additional opportunities to provide 

public input once we have prepared a 

draft CCP. 

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. 

Dated: October 22, 2010. 

Alexandra Pitts, 

Acting Regional Director, Pacific Southwest 

Region, Sacramento, California. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Suisun Marsh Habitat Management, 

Preservation, and Restoration Plan, 

California 

AGENCIES: Bureau of Reclamation and 

Fish and Wildlife, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft 

environmental impact statement/ 

environmental impact report (EIS/EIR) 

and notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation) and the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), as the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

Federal joint lead agencies, and the 

State of California Department of Fish 

and Game (DFG), acting as the 

California Environmental Quality Act 

State lead agency, have made available 

for public review and comment the 

Suisun Marsh Habitat Management, 

Preservation, and Restoration Plan 

(SMP) Draft EIS/EIR. The SMP is a 

comprehensive 30-year plan designed to 

address various conflicts regarding use 

of resources within approximately 

51,000 acres of the Suisun Marsh 

(Marsh), with the focus on achieving an 

acceptable multi-stakeholder approach 

to the restoration of tidal wetlands and 

the enhancement of managed wetlands 

and their functions. 

DATES: Written comments on the Draft 

EIS/EIR must be received by 5 p.m. 

Pacific time on December 28, 2010. 

Two public meetings have been 

scheduled to receive written comments 

regarding environmental effects: 

• Thursday, November 18, 2010, 2 

p.m. to 4 p.m., Suisun City, CA. 

• Thursday, November 18, 2010, 6 

p.m. to 8 p.m., Benicia, CA. 

ADDRESSES: Send any written comments 

on the Draft EIS/EIR to Ms. Becky 

Victorine, Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 

Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825; or 

e-mail to rvictorine@usbr.gov. 

The public meetings will be held at 

the following locations: 

• Suisun City, CA at Rush Ranch, 

3521 Grizzly Island Road, Suisun City, 

CA 94585. 

• Benicia, CA at Benicia Public 

Library, 150 East L Street, Benicia, CA 

94510. 

The Draft EIS/EIR is accessible at the 

following Web site: http:// 

www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/ 

nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=781. 

Copies may also be requested from Ms. 

Becky Victorine, at the above addresses 

or at 916–978–5035. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Becky Victorine, Bureau of Reclamation, 

916–978–5035, rvictorine@usbr.gov, or 

Ms. Cay Goude, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 916–414–6600, 

cay_goude@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft 

EIS/EIR documents the direct, indirect, 

and cumulative effects to the physical, 

biological, and socioeconomic 

environment that may result from 

implementing the SMP alternatives. 

As the largest contiguous brackish 

water marsh remaining on the west 

coast of North America, the Marsh is a 

critical part of the San Francisco Bay/ 

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (BayDelta) estuary ecosystem. The values of 

the Marsh have been recognized as 

important, and several agencies have 

been involved in the area’s protection 

since the mid-1970s. In 2001, the 

principal Federal, State, and local 

agencies that have jurisdiction or 

interest in the Marsh directed the 

formation of a charter group to develop 

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