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• A minimum of $50 annual 

recreational special use permit for 

commercial recreational activities. 

These permits will not only allow the 

Refuge to better track visitor numbers 

and usage of the Refuge and harvest 

data, but will also provide the Refuge 

with fees to be used to offset expenses 

for road and parking lot maintenance, 

boundary maintenance, brochures, 

public education programs, law 

enforcement salaries, and expansion/ 

improvements of visitor amenities. It is 

our policy to allow only activities that 

are appropriate and compatible with the 

Refuge’s purposes. 

Background 

In accordance with regulations 

governing the National Wildlife Refuge 

System (50 CFR part 25, subpart E) a 

Refuge may implement fees and other 

reasonable charges for public 

recreational use of lands administered 

by that Refuge. When considering fees, 

a Refuge is required by our regulations 

to evaluate the following: 

• The direct and indirect cost to the 

Government; 

• The benefits to a permit holder; 

• The public interest served; 

• Comparable fees charged by nonFederal public agencies; and 

• The economic and administrative 

feasibility of fee collection. 

The National Wildlife Refuge 

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

668dd–668ee) (Refuge Administration 

Act), as amended by the National 

Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act of 

1997, allows National Wildlife Refuges 

to provide wildlife-dependent 

recreation to visitors, but these laws 

require Refuges to manage for the 

conservation of fish, wildlife, and 

habitat for present as well as future 

generations of Americans. To fulfill the 

obligations, the Refuge plans to use 

collected fees to defray costs associated 

with visitor amenities. 

Public Availability of Comments 

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. 

Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement 

Act Authorities and Requirements 

In December 2004, the REA became 

law (16 U.S.C. 6801–6814). The REA 

provides authority for the Secretaries of 

the Department of the Interior and 

Agriculture to establish, modify, charge, 

and collect recreation fees for use of 

some Federal recreation lands and 

waters, and contains specific provisions 

addressing public involvement in the 

establishment of recreation fees. The 

REA also directs the Secretaries of the 

Departments of the Interior and 

Agriculture to publish advance notice in 

the Federal Register whenever bureaus 

establish new recreation fee areas under 

their respective jurisdictions. 

Next Steps 

Should public comment provide 

substantive reasons why we should not 

implement the proposed fee program at 

the Refuge, we may reevaluate our plan 

and publish a subsequent notice in the 

Federal Register withdrawing this 

action. Otherwise, we will implement 

the proposed fee program at the Clarks 

River National Wildlife Refuge on the 

date specified in the DATES section of 

this document, and the Refuge will post 

fee amounts and expenditures onsite. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6801–6814. 

Dated: May 3, 2017. 

Mike Oetker, 

Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region. 

Editor’s Note: This document was 

received at the Office of the Federal Register 

on August 16, 2017. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Geological Survey 

[GX17EE000101100] 

Federal Advisory Committee: National 

Geospatial Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a 

meeting of the National Geospatial 

Advisory Committee (NGAC). The 

NGAC, which is composed of 

representatives from governmental, 

private sector, non-profit, and academic 

organizations, has been established to 

advise the Chair of the Federal 

Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) on 

management of Federal geospatial 

programs, the development of the 

National Spatial Data Infrastructure 

(NSDI), and the implementation of 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Circular A–16. 

DATES: The meeting will be held from 

8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on September 6, 

2017, and from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on 

September 7, 2017 (times are Eastern 

Daylight Time). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the National Conservation Training 

Center (NCTC), 698 Conservation Way, 

Shepherdstown, WV 25443. Send your 

comments to Group Federal Officer by 

email to gs-faca-mail@usgs.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

John Mahoney, Senior Advisor to the 

Executive Director, FGDC, U.S. 

Geological Survey (USGS); phone (206) 

220–4621; email jmahoney@usgs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

NGAC provides advice and 

recommendations related to 

management of Federal and national 

geospatial programs, the development of 

the NSDI, and the implementation of 

Office of Management and Budget 

Circular A–16 and Executive Order 

12906. The NGAC will review and 

comment upon geospatial policy and 

management issues and will provide a 

forum to convey views representative of 

non-federal stakeholders in the 

geospatial community. NGAC is one of 

the primary ways that the FGDC 

collaborates with its broad network of 

partners. 

Agenda 

—FGDC Update 

—NSDI Strategic Plan Framework 

—2017 NGAC Guidance 

—Landsat Advisory Group 

—Key Geospatial Data Initiatives, 

including the 3D Elevation Program, 

the National Address Database, and 

Imagery 

Meetings of the NGAC are open to the 

public. Additional information about 

the meeting is available at https://

www.fgdc.gov/ngac. 

Members of the public who wish to 

attend the meeting must register in 

advance. Registrations are due by 

September 1, 2017. While the meeting 

will be open to the public, registration 

is required for entrance to the NCTC 

facility, and seating may be limited due 

to room capacity. The meeting will 

include an opportunity for public 

comment on September 7, 2017. 

Attendees wishing to provide public 

comment should register by September 

1, 2017. Please register by contacting 

Lucia Foulkes at the FGDC, USGS; 

phone (703) 648–4142; email lfoulkes@

usgs.gov. Comments may also be 

submitted to the NGAC in writing. 

Please send written comments to USGS, 

FGDC, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, 

Room 2A323A, Reston, VA 20192. 

Public Disclosure of Comments: 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 


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personal identifying information in your 

comment, please be aware that your 

entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may 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. 

John Mahoney, 

Senior Policy Advisor, Federal Geographic 

Data Committee. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Drug Enforcement Administration 

[Docket No. 13–39] 

Masters Pharmaceutical, Inc.; Order 

On August 14, 2017, the United States 

Court of Appeals for the District of 

Columbia Circuit granted the Agency’s 

motion to dissolve the stay of my Order 

of September 8, 2015, revoking DEA 

Certificate of Registration No. 

RD0277409 issued to Masters 

Pharmaceutical, Inc. See Masters 

Pharmaceutical, Inc., v. Drug 

Enforcement Administration, No. 15– 

1335 (D.C. Cir. Aug. 14, 2017) (Order). 

Accordingly, I order that DEA 

Certificate of Registration No. 

RD0277409 issued to Masters 

Pharmaceutical, Inc., be, and it hereby 

is, revoked. I further order that any 

application of Masters Pharmaceutical, 

Inc., to renew or modify this 

registration, be, and it hereby is, denied. 

This Order is effective at 12:01 a.m. on 

August 16, 2017. 

Dated: August 15, 2017. 

Chuck Rosenberg, 

Acting Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2017–17638 Filed 8–18–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Drug Enforcement Administration 

[Docket No. 17–17] 

Arnold E. Feldman, M.D.; Decision and 

Order 

On January 24, 2017, the Assistant 

Administrator, Diversion Control 

Division, issued an Order to Show 

Cause to Arnold E. Feldman, M.D. 

(Respondent), of Baton Rouge, 

Louisiana. The Show Cause Order 

proposed the revocation of 

Respondent’s DEA Certificate of 

Registration No. BF4179203, and the 

denial of his application for a 

registration, on the ground that he 

‘‘do[es] not have authority to handle 

controlled substances in the State of 

Louisiana, the [S]tate in which [he is] 

registered . . . and [is] applying’’ for 

registration. Show Cause Order, at 1. 

As to the jurisdictional basis for the 

proceeding, the Show Cause Order 

alleged that Respondent is ‘‘registered 

. . . as a data-waived/100 practitioner 

in [s]chedules II–V pursuant to 

[Registration No.] BF4179203 with a 

registered address at 505 East Airport 

[Blvd.], Baton Rouge, Louisiana,’’ and 

that this registration does not expire 

until ‘‘September 30, 2018.’’ Id. The 

Order also alleged that ‘‘[o]n July 31, 

2013, [Respondent] applied for a 

separate . . . [r]egistration as a 

practitioner in [s]chedules II–V with a 

registered address of 505 East Airport 

[Blvd.], Baton Rouge, Louisiana.’’ Id. 

As to the substantive ground for the 

proceeding, the Show Cause Order 

alleged that Respondent’s ‘‘[a]uthority to 

prescribe and administer controlled 

substances in the State of Louisiana was 

suspended effective October 19, 2016.’’ 

Id. at 2. The Order then asserted that as 

a consequence of Respondent’s ‘‘lack of 

authority to handle controlled 

substances in the State of Louisiana,’’ 

Respondent’s registration is subject to 

revocation and his application must be 

denied. Id. 

The Show Cause Order notified 

Respondent of his right to request a 

hearing on the allegation or to submit a 

written statement while waiving his 

right to a hearing and the procedure for 

electing either option. Id. (citing 21 CFR 

1301.43). In addition, the Order notified 

Respondent of his right to submit a 

corrective action plan pursuant to 21 

U.S.C. 824(c)(2)(C). Id. at 2–3. 

On February 23, 2017, Respondent 

requested a hearing on the allegation. 

Letter from Respondent to Hearing 

Clerk, Office of Administrative Law 

Judges (Feb. 23, 2017). The same day, 

the matter was assigned to 

Administrative Law Judge Charles Wm. 

Dorman (hereinafter, ALJ), who issued 

an order (also on Feb. 23) directing the 

Government to file evidence supporting 

the allegation by March 10, 2017 at 2 

p.m., as well any motion for summary 

disposition. Briefing Schedule For Lack 

Of State Authority Allegations, at 1. The 

ALJ’s order also provided that if the 

Government moved for summary 

disposition, Respondent’s opposition 

was due by March 24, 2017 at 2 p.m. Id. 

The next day, Respondent emailed the 

ALJ’s law clerk seeking a continuance in 

order to engage counsel. Email from 

Respondent to ALJ’s law clerk (Feb. 24, 

2017). Respondent explained that he 

was seeking the continuance because ‘‘I 

have court cases pending in multiple 

jurisdictions including a Mar 16 

hearing, a Mar 20 hearing in Mississippi 

and appeals in Louisiana and 

Mississippi and California.’’ Id. 

Respondent subsequently sought ‘‘ ‘a 

continuance of at least 120 days’ due to 

constant court appearances in 

Louisiana, Mississippi, and California.’’ 

Order Denying The Respondent’s 

Request For Continuance, at 1 (Feb. 27, 

2017). Noting that his Briefing Schedule 

order ‘‘provided the Respondent [with] 

a date to respond, if the government files 

such a motion,’’ the ALJ reasoned that 

‘‘[b]ecause the government ha[d] not 

filed a motion for summary disposition 

. . . Respondent’s request . . . is 

premature.’’ Id. 

On March 2, 2017, the Government 

filed its Motion for Summary 

Disposition. As support for its motion, 

the Government provided: (1) A copy of 

Respondent’s registration; (2) his July 

30, 2013 application for registration as 

a hospital/clinic; (3) the Decision and 

Order of the Louisiana State Board of 

Medical Examiners (Aug. 15, 2016) 

which ordered the suspension of his 

medical license for a period of two years 

to begin 30 days from the date of the 

Order, and a subsequent Order of the 

Board (Sept. 13, 2016), which extended 

the commencement of the suspension 

until October 14, 2016; (4) a copy of a 

judgment issued by the Civil District 

Court for the Parish of Orleans which 

stayed the Board’s Order from October 

14, 2016 through October 19, 2016 and 

further ordered the Board to ‘‘show 

cause’’ as to ‘‘why the stay should not 

continue’’; and (5) a Declaration of a 

Diversion Investigator as to various 

matters, including that the Board’s 

Order had gone into effect on October 

19, 2016. Mot. for Summ. Disp., at 

Appendix A–E. 

On March 10, 2017, counsel for 

Respondent entered a notice of 

appearance. On March 23, 2017, 

Respondent filed his Reply to the 

Government’s Motion. 

Therein, ‘‘Respondent 

acknowledge[d] that his license to 

practice medicine in . . . Louisiana has 

been suspended in accordance with the 

. . . Board of Medical Examiners’ 

Order.’’ Resp. Reply, at 1. Respondent 

contended, however, ‘‘that there are 

material questions of fact and law that 

require resolution in a plenary, 

evidentiary proceeding.’’ 

According to Respondent, these issues 

were that he possesses ‘‘an active and 

unrestricted’’ license to practice 

medicine in Alabama and ‘‘a full and 

unrestricted Alabama Controlled 


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