24028 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 98 / Friday, May 22, 2009 / Notices 

Dated: May 19, 2009. 

Joseph M. Gerhart, 

Chief, Records Management Branch, U.S. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. E9–11981 Filed 5–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–28–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5281–N–37] 

Notice of Submission of Proposed 

Information Collection to OMB; 

Emergency Comment Request; HUD 

NEPA ARRA Section 1609(c) Reporting 

AGENCY: Office of Community Planning 

and Development. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed information 

collection. 

SUMMARY: The proposed information 

collection requirement described below 

has been submitted to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

emergency review and approval, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act. The Department is soliciting public 

comments on the subject proposal. 

DATES: Comments Due Date: May 26, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are 

invited to submit comments regarding 

this proposal. Comments must be 

received within seven (3) days from the 

date of this Notice. Comments should 

refer to the proposal by name and/or 

OMB approval number and should be 

sent to: Ms. Kimberly P. Nelson, HUD 

Desk Officer, Office of Management and 

Budget, New Executive Office Building, 

Washington, DC 20502; e-mail: 

Kimberly_P._Nelson@omb.eop.gov; fax: 

(202) 395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lillian Deitzer, Reports Management 

Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410; 

e-mail: Lillian.L.Deitzer@hud.gov; 

telephone (202) 402–8048. This is not a 

toll-free number. Copies of available 

documents should be submitted to OMB 

and may be obtained from Ms. Deitzer. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

Notice informs the public that the U.S. 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD) has submitted to 

OMB, for emergency processing, a 

proposed information collection for the 

Community Development Block Grant 

Recovery (CDBG–R) program, which is 

authorized under the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act 

(Recovery Act) of 2009. Title XII of 

Division A of the Recovery Act 

appropriated $1 billion to carry out the 

CDBG program under Title I of the 

Housing and Community Development 

Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301, et seq.) on 

an expedited basis. These funds will be 

distributed to grantees that received 

CDBG funding in Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 

in accordance with the provisions of 42 

U.S.C. 5306. HUD will administer these 

funds as the Community Development 

Block Grant Recovery (CDBG–R) funds 

and require a substantial amendment to 

the grantee’s 2008 annual action plan as 

a condition of receiving funds. The 

formulas for the allocation of CDBG–R 

funds are the same as the formulas used 

for the annual allocation of CDBG funds 

to the states, entitlement grantees, nonentitlement counties in Hawaii, and 

Insular Areas. On February 25, 2009, 

HUD announced the list of the CDBG– 

R allocations, and these may be found 

at http://www.hud.gov/recovery/ 

cdblock.cfm. 

In addition, Section 1512 of the 

Recovery Act requires that not later than 

10 days after the end of each calendar 

quarter, each recipient that received 

recovery funds from a federal agency 

shall submit a report to that agency that 

contains: (1) The total amount of 

recovery funds received from that 

agency; (2) the amount of recovery 

funds received that were expended or 

obligated to projects or activities; and 

(3) a detailed list of all projects or 

activities for which recovery funds were 

expended or obligated, including the 

name of the project or activity; a 

description of the project or activity; an 

evaluation of the completion status of 

the project or activity; an estimate of the 

number of jobs created and the number 

of jobs retained by the project or 

activity; and for infrastructure 

investments made by State and local 

governments, the purpose, total cost, 

and rationale of the agency for funding 

the infrastructure investment with funds 

made available under the Recovery Act 

and name of the person to contact at the 

agency if there are concerns with the 

infrastructure investment. Not later than 

30 calendar days after the end of each 

calendar quarter, each agency that made 

Recovery Act funds available to any 

recipient shall make the information in 

reports submitted publicly available by 

posting the information on a Web site. 

This Notice also lists the following 

information: 

Title of Proposal: HUD NEPA ARRA 

Section 1609(c) Reporting. 

Description of Information Collection: 

The temporary form will be provided by 

HUD to be used by grantees [i.e., 

Respondents] for the purpose of 

complying with the ARRA Section 

1609(c) statutory requirement. Grantees 

who receive ARRA funding for projects 

must report on the status and progress 

of their projects and activities with 

respect to compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

requirements and documentation. HUD 

will consolidate and transmit the 

information received from grantees to 

the Council on Environmental Quality 

and OMB for the Administration’s 

reports to the House and Senate 

committees designated in the 

legislation. 

OMB Control Number: 2506-Pending. 

Agency Form Numbers: None. 

Members of the Affected Public: Notfor-profit institutions, State, Local or 

Tribal Government. 

Estimation of the total number of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

responses, frequency of responses, and 

hours of responses: An estimation of the 

total number of reporting hours is 4 

hours per response. The number of 

respondents is 6,000. The total number 

of hours requested is 12,000. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended. 

Dated: May 15, 2009. 

Stephen A. Hill, 

Acting Director, Policy and E-GOV, Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–12048 Filed 5–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5280–N–19] 

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities 

To Assist the Homeless 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice identifies 

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and 

surplus Federal property reviewed by 

HUD for suitability for possible use to 

assist the homeless. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Ezzell, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street, SW., Room 7266, Washington, 

DC 20410; telephone (202) 708–1234; 

TTY number for the hearing- and 

speech-impaired (202) 708–2565 (these 

telephone numbers are not toll-free), or 

call the toll-free Title V information line 

at 800–927–7588. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with 24 CFR part 581 and 

section 501 of the Stewart B. McKinney 


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Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

11411), as amended, HUD is publishing 

this Notice to identify Federal buildings 

and other real property that HUD has 

reviewed for suitability for use to assist 

the homeless. The properties were 

reviewed using information provided to 

HUD by Federal landholding agencies 

regarding unutilized and underutilized 

buildings and real property controlled 

by such agencies or by GSA regarding 

its inventory of excess or surplus 

Federal property. This Notice is also 

published in order to comply with the 

December 12, 1988 Court Order in 

National Coalition for the Homeless v. 

Veterans Administration, No. 88–2503– 

OG (D.D.C.). 

Properties reviewed are listed in this 

Notice according to the following 

categories: Suitable/available, suitable/ 

unavailable, suitable/to be excess, and 

unsuitable. The properties listed in the 

three suitable categories have been 

reviewed by the landholding agencies, 

and each agency has transmitted to 

HUD: (1) Its intention to make the 

property available for use to assist the 

homeless, (2) its intention to declare the 

property excess to the agency’s needs, or 

(3) a statement of the reasons that the 

property cannot be declared excess or 

made available for use as facilities to 

assist the homeless. 

Properties listed as suitable/available 

will be available exclusively for 

homeless use for a period of 60 days 

from the date of this Notice. Where 

property is described as for ‘‘off-site use 

only’’ recipients of the property will be 

required to relocate the building to their 

own site at their own expense. 

Homeless assistance providers 

interested in any such property should 

send a written expression of interest to 

HHS, addressed to Theresa Rita, 

Division of Property Management, 

Program Support Center, HHS, room 

5B–17, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, 

MD 20857; (301) 443–2265. (This is not 

a toll-free number.) HHS will mail to the 

interested provider an application 

packet, which will include instructions 

for completing the application. In order 

to maximize the opportunity to utilize a 

suitable property, providers should 

submit their written expressions of 

interest as soon as possible. For 

complete details concerning the 

processing of applications, the reader is 

encouraged to refer to the interim rule 

governing this program, 24 CFR part 

581. 

For properties listed as suitable/to be 

excess, that property may, if 

subsequently accepted as excess by 

GSA, be made available for use by the 

homeless in accordance with applicable 

law, subject to screening for other 

Federal use. At the appropriate time, 

HUD will publish the property in a 

Notice showing it as either suitable/ 

available or suitable/unavailable. 

For properties listed as suitable/ 

unavailable, the landholding agency has 

decided that the property cannot be 

declared excess or made available for 

use to assist the homeless, and the 

property will not be available. 

Properties listed as unsuitable will 

not be made available for any other 

purpose for 20 days from the date of this 

Notice. Homeless assistance providers 

interested in a review by HUD of the 

determination of unsuitability should 

call the toll free information line at 1– 

800–927–7588 for detailed instructions 

or write a letter to Mark Johnston at the 

address listed at the beginning of this 

Notice. Included in the request for 

review should be the property address 

(including zip code), the date of 

publication in the Federal Register, the 

landholding agency, and the property 

number. 

For more information regarding 

particular properties identified in this 

Notice (i.e., acreage, floor plan, existing 

sanitary facilities, exact street address), 

providers should contact the 

appropriate landholding agencies at the 

following addresses: COAST GUARD: 

Commandant, United States Coast 

Guard, Attn: Melissa Evans, 1900 Half 

St., SW, CG–431, Washington, DC 

20593–0001; (202) 475–5628; COE: Ms. 

Kim Shelton, Army Corps of Engineers, 

Office of Counsel, CECC–R, 441 G 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20314; 

(202) 761–7696; GSA: Mr. Gordon 

Creed, Acting Deputy Assistant 

Commissioner, General Services 

Administration, Office of Property 

Disposal, 18th & F Streets, NW., 

Washington, DC 20405; (202) 501–0084; 

NAVY: Mrs. Mary Arndt, Acting 

Director, Department of the Navy, Real 

Estate Services, Naval Facilities 

Engineering Command, Washington 

Navy Yard, 1322 Patterson Ave., SE., 

Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20374– 

5065; (202) 685–9305; (These are not 

toll-free numbers). 

Dated: May 14, 2009. 

Mark R. Johnston, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs. 

TITLE V, FEDERAL SURPLUS 

PROPERTY PROGRAM FEDERAL 

REGISTER REPORT FOR 05/22/2009 

Suitable/Available Properties 

Building 

Maryland 

Federal Office Building 

7550 Wisconsin Ave. 

Bethesda MD 20814 

Landholding AGENCY: GSA 

Property Number: 54200920007 

Status: Surplus 

GSA Number: GMR–1101–1 

Comments: 100,000 sq. ft., (sq. ft. corrected 

from publication on 5/8/09), 10-story, 

requires major renovation, limited parking 

Mississippi 

Tract No. 205 

Internal Access Roadway 

3849 Wisconsin Ave. 

Vicksburg MS 39180 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920025 

Status: Excess 

Comments: 1200 sq. ft., needs repair, off-site 

use only 

Unsuitable Properties 

Building 

Alabama 

Former COE Field Office 

Mobile AL 36606 

Landholding Agency: GSA 

Property Number: 54200920011 

Status: Excess 

GSA Number: 4–D–AL–0547 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

California 

Bldgs. 22172, 62432 

Marine Corps Base 

Camp Pendleton CA 92055 

Landholding Agency: Navy 

Property Number: 77200920027 

Status: Excess 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration Secured 

Area 

Florida 

Bldg. SF–78 

Lock & Dam 

Moore Haven FL 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920026 

Status: Unutilized 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

Georgia 

5 Comfort Stations 

Hartwell Lake & Dam 

Hartwell GA 30643 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920027 

Status: Unutilized 

Directions: HAR–16113, 18157, 18172, 

18357, 18524 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

Well House #3 

JST–15732 

McCormick GA 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920028 

Status: Unutilized 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

Illinois 

22 Comfort Stations 

Carlyle Lake Project 

Carlyle IL 62231 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920032 

Status: Unutilized 

Directions: CB561–7908, 7909, 7911, 7926, 

7927, 7997, 7998, 7999, 8016, 8035, 8037, 

8038, 8039, 8040, 8041, 8042, 8078, 8079, 

8081, 8097, 8106, 8126 


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Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

Illinois 

8 Bldgs. 

Lake Shelbyville Project 

Shelbyville IL 62565 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920033 

Status: Excess 

Directions: CB562–7062, 7087, 7088, 7089, 

7106, 7140, 7166, 9038 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

23 Bldgs. 

Rend Lake Project 

Benton IL 62812 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920034 

Status: Excess 

Directions: CB639–7750, 8771, 7757, 7800, 

7801, 7811, 7824, 7833, 7834, 7835, 7836, 

7838, 7842, 7840, 7839, 7841, 7850, 7870, 

7874, 7875, 7877, 7878, 7891 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

Iowa 

8 Double Vault Privies 

Rathbun Project 

Appanoose IA 52544 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920030 

Status: Excess 

Directions: RTHBUN#29305, 29334, 29363, 

29365, 29367, 29372, 29374, 29383 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

Double Vault Privy 

Island View Park 

Centerville IA 52544 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920031 

Status: Excess 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

Kansas 

Bldgs. 29016, 29017 

Tuttle Creek 

Riley KS 66502 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920035 

Status: Excess 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

8 Bldgs. 

Melvern Lake Project 

Melvern KS 66510 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920036 

Status: Unutilized 

Directions: 05005, 23008, 40010, 40013, 

60001, 60002, 81006, 81009 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

5 Bldgs. 

Wilson Lake 

Sylvan Grove KS 67481 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920037 

Status: Excess 

Directions: 25003, 35003, 35014, 35043, 

35058 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

13 Privies 

Clinton Lake Project 

Lawrence KS 66049 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920038 

Status: Excess 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

18 Privies 

Milford Project Office 

Junction City KS 66441 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920039 

Status: Excess 

Directions: 10016, 10017, 10018, 10019, 

20009, 40011, 50006, 51001, 51002, 51003, 

51022, 51023, 60006, 60007, 70003, 70004, 

70005, 70006 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

5 Bldgs. 

Pomona Project Office 

Vassar KS 

Landholding AGENCY: COE 

Property Number: 31200920040 

Status: Excess 

Directions: 10001, 10015, 10016, 12008, 

27005 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

10 Bldgs. 

Pomona Project Office 

Vassar KS 66543 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920041 

Status: Excess 

Directions: 30007, 30010, 30011, 30012, 

30014, 30021, 30034, 30037, 30039, 30040 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

5 Bldgs. 

Pomona Project Office 

Vassar KS 66543 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920042 

Status: Excess 

Directions: 39001, 39002, 39003, 39004, 

39005 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

7 Bldgs. 

Pomona Project Office 

Vassar KS 66543 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920043 

Status: Excess 

Directions: 42004, 42005, 42006, 42010, 

42017, 42019, 50002 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

11 Bldgs. 

Pomona Project Office 

Vassar KS 66543 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920044 

Status: Excess 

Directions: 80005, 80006, 80007, 80008, 

80021, 80023, 80024, 80031, 80033, 80034, 

80035 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

Kentucky 

Sewage Treatment Plant 

Carr Creek Lake 

Sassafras KY 41759 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920029 

Status: Unutilized 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration Floodway 

Maryland 

9 Bldgs. 

National Naval Medical Ctr 

Bethesda MD 20889 

Landholding Agency: Navy 

Property Number: 77200920028 

Status: Unutilized 

Directions: 17, 18, 21, 49, 69, 141, 146, 150, 

174 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration Secured 

Area 

Missouri 

10 Vault Comfort Station 

Mark Twain Lake 

Monroe City MO 63456 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920045 

Status: Excess 

Directions: CC302–7388, 7396, 7413, 7486, 

7535, 7536, 7542, 7543, 7552, 7553 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

Picnic Shelter ES801–8343 

Wappapello Lake Project 

Wappapello MO 63966 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920046 

Status: Excess 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

42 Privies 

Stockton Project Office 

Stockton MO 65785 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920047 

Status: Excess 

Directions: Cedar Ridge, Crabtree Cove, 

Hawker Point, High Point, Masters, Mutton 

Creek, Orleans Trail, Ruark Bluff East, 

Ruark Bluff West, Stockton Area 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

Bldgs. 47005, 47018 

Pomme de Terre Lake 

Hermitage MO 65724 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920048 

Status: Unutilized 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

30 Bldgs. 

Harry S. Truman Reservoir 

Warsaw MO 65355 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920049 

Status: Unutilized 

Directions: 13012, 13014, 13015, 31005, 

31006, 31007, 40005, 40006, 40007, 51008, 

51009, 60005, 60006, 60007, 60008, 60009, 

60010, 70004, 70005, 70006, 13013, 51006, 

51007, 51010, 63009, 63011, 70003, 07010, 

60016, 63030 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

Oklahoma 

5 Bldgs. 

Eufaula Lake 

Stigler OK 74462 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920050 

Status: Unutilized 

Directions: EUFUAL–44237, 44147, 56608, 

56609, 56570 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

61 Structures 

Newt Graham Lock & Dam 

Inola OK 74036 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920051 

Status: Unutilized 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

19 Structures 

Tenkiller Lake 

Webber Falls 

Gore OK 74435 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920052 

Status: Unutilized 


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Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

40 Structures 

Tenkiller Lake 

Gore OK 74435 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920053 

Status: Unutilized 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

Oregon 

Paint Locker 

USCG Elect. Sup. Detmt. 

Coos Bay OR 

Landholding Agency: Coast Guard 

Property Number: 88200920007 

Status: Unutilized 

Reasons: Secured Area 

Virginia 

3 Comfort Stations 

John H. Kerr Lake & Dam 

Mecklenburg VA 23917 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31200920054 

Status: Unutilized 

Directions: JHK–17450, 17451, 17457 

Reasons: Extensive deterioration 

[FR Doc. E9–11686 Filed 5–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5300–N–06] 

Notice of Availability: Notice of 

Funding Availability (NOFA) for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2009 Lead-Based Paint 

Hazard Control Grant Program and 

Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration 

Grant Program 

AGENCY: Office of Healthy Homes and 

Lead Hazard Control, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: HUD announces the 

availability on its Web site of the 

application information, submission 

deadlines, funding criteria, and other 

requirements for the FY2009 LeadBased Paint Hazard Control Grant 

Program and Lead Hazard Reduction 

Demonstration Grant Program NOFA. 

The NOFA makes approximately $117 

million available under the Department 

of Housing and Urban Development 

Appropriations Act 2009 (Pub. L. 111– 

8, approved March 11, 2009). 

Applicants for assistance under this 

NOFA must address applicable 

requirements in HUD’s Fiscal Year 2009 

Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) 

Policy Requirements and General 

Section to the HUD’s FY2009 NOFAs for 

Discretionary Programs (General 

Section) published on December 29, 

2008 (73 FR 79548), as amended on 

April 16, 2009 (74 FR 17685). 

Applicants should take particular note 

that they should follow the application 

submission instructions contained in 

this NOFA and not use those in the 

General Section. The notice providing 

information regarding the application 

process, funding criteria and eligibility 

requirements is available on the HUD 

Web site at http://www.hud.gov/lead or 

http://www.hud.gov/offices/adm/grants/ 

fundsavail.cfm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information concerning the Lead-Based 

Paint Hazard Control Grant Program and 

Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration 

Grant Program, contact Warren 

Friedman, Senior Advisor to the 

Director, Office of Healthy Homes and 

Lead Hazard Control, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 451 

Seventh Street, SW., Room 8236, 

Washington, DC 20410–3000; telephone 

number 202–402–7574 (this is not a tollfree number). Persons with speech or 

hearing impairments may access this 

telephone number via TTY by calling 

the toll-free Federal Information Relay 

Service during working hours at 800– 

877–8339. 

Dated: April 29, 2009. 

Jon L. Gant, 

Director, Office of Healthy Homes and Lead 

Hazard Control. 

[FR Doc. E9–12095 Filed 5–20–09; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R6–R–2008–N0346; 60138–1265– 

6CCP–S3] 

Final Comprehensive Conservation 

Plan for Pathfinder National Wildlife 

Refuge, Wyoming 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service) announce that 

the Final Comprehensive Conservation 

Plan (CCP) for the Pathfinder National 

Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is available. This 

CCP, prepared pursuant to the National 

Wildlife Refuge System Improvement 

Act of 1997 and the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 

describes how the Service intends to 

manage the Pathfinder NWR for the next 

15 years. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the CCP or 

Summary 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 downloaded from 

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

planning. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni 

Griffin, 303–236–4378 (phone); 303– 

236–4792 (fax); or toni_griffin@fws.gov 

(e-mail). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Located in 

central Wyoming in a high plains basin 

near the headwaters of the Platte-Kansas 

Ecosystem, Pathfinder National Wildlife 

Refuge (NWR) lies approximately 47 

miles southwest of Casper, Wyoming. 

The Pathfinder NWR is managed by 

Service staff headquartered at the 

Arapaho NWR near Walden, Colorado. 

Pathfinder NWR was established by 

Executive Order 7425, August 1, 1936, 

which designated the Pathfinder 

Wildlife Refuge, ‘‘as a refuge and 

breeding ground for birds and other 

wildlife.’’ Pathfinder NWR was 

established as an overlay refuge on 

Bureau of Reclamation lands. The 

Bureau of Reclamation administers 

lands within the Pathfinder Project 

boundary for North Platte Project 

purposes including flood control, 

irrigation and hydroelectric power 

generation. A Memorandum of 

Agreement specifies the management 

responsibilities of the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service while preserving the 

autonomy of Bureau of Reclamation to 

manage Pathfinder Dam and Reservoir. 

This final CCP identifies goals, 

objectives, and strategies for the 

management of Pathfinder NWR that 

emphasize management of refuge 

habitats for migratory birds. The CCP 

places high importance on obtaining 

baseline data for the refuge, control of 

invasive plant species, and utilizing 

partnerships to support the purposes of 

the refuge. It seeks to provide habitats 

to contribute to conservation, 

enhancement, and production of 

migratory bird species while protecting 

Federally listed species. 

The availability of the draft CCP and 

Environmental Assessment (EA) was 

announced in the Federal Register on 

July 28, 2008 (73 FR 43777–78), and 

made available for a 30-day public 

review and comment period. The draft 

CCP/EA evaluated three alternatives for 

managing Pathfinder NWR for the next 

15 years. 

The preferred alternative would 

modify the Memorandum of Agreement 

between the Bureau of Reclamation and 

the Service to eliminate Service interest 

in lands (approximately 10,800 acres) 

that are difficult to manage and provide 

minimal opportunity to improve 

wildlife habitat. Remaining refuge areas 

will be evaluated and managed for the 

benefit of migratory bird species. 

Monitoring and management of invasive 

species on the refuge will be increased. 

With additional staffing, the Service 


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