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wishes us to withhold his/her name
and/or address, this must be stated
prominently at the beginning of the
comment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peter Fasbender at 612–713–5343 or
peter_fasbender@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Availability of Documents
Individuals requesting copies of the
draft EA and draft HCP should contact
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by
telephone at (612) 713–5343 or by letter
(see ADDRESSES above). Copies of the
draft EA and draft HCP also are
available for public review during
normal business hours (8–4:30) at the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s
Regional Office, located at 1 Federal
Drive, Fort Snelling, Minnesota 55111,
and at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service’s East Lansing Field Office,
located at 2651 Coolidge Road, Suite
101, East Lansing, Michigan 48823. Both
documents are also available for review
at the Service’s Regional Web site at:
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/
Endangered/permits/hcp/index.html.
Draft Habitat Conservation Plan
The purpose of the draft HCP is to
manage habitat to promote recovery of
the species and to minimize incidental
take of KBB, mitigate the effects of any
such take to the maximum extent
practicable, and otherwise avoid any
appreciable reduction in the likelihood
of the survival and recovery of the KBB
in the wild. The Applicant developed
the draft HCP to facilitate conservation
of oak savanna ecosystems (KBB habitat)
and to help maintain occupied KBB
habitat on both public and private land
in Michigan. The goals of the HCP are
to: (1) Support persistence of a
functioning oak savanna ecosystem in
Michigan; (2) support maintenance of
oak-savanna habitats in a condition and
configuration necessary to sustain
existing populations of KBB and other
associated species of concern; and (3)
integrate diverse land uses with the
conservation of the oak savanna
ecosystem, KBB and other associated
species of concern.
Active management of KBB habitat is
necessary for the conservation of KBB
and oak savanna. However, some
management practices (e.g., prescribed
burning, mowing) necessary for
maintaining early-successional habitats
may result in incidental take of KBB,
and section 9 of the ESA prohibits take
of an endangered species. Therefore, to
obtain the legal authority to manage
KBB habitat with the potential resultant
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for an ITP which would allow habitat
management, utility and transportation
right-of-way maintenance, and certain
development activities that avoid or
minimize and mitigate take when
conducted in occupied KBB habitat.
The Applicant has applied for a
statewide ITP and developed a
statewide HCP with the intent that other
land managers and/or landowners may
participate as sub-permittees, subject to
the conditions of the final permit, in the
event their otherwise lawful activities
result in take of KBB. Currently, land
managers and landowners need to
obtain authorization on a project-byproject basis to conduct legally the
activities listed above. This situation
results in a patchwork of projects
conducted with little coordinated
planning or consideration of range-wide
impacts to KBB and other species of
concern. By contrast, projects
implemented under the HCP would be
done according to consistent procedures
in a highly coordinated effort. The HCP
will facilitate efforts to evaluate and
minimize the cumulative adverse
impacts of individual projects to KBB
populations.
Actions conducted under the HCP are
not intended or expected to either
increase or decrease the amount of
occupied KBB habitat in Michigan.
Rather, management action will be
conducted to help prevent the loss of
occupied habitat on non-Federal land.
Maintenance of existing populations is
a critical component of the KBB
conservation program in Michigan. It is
also consistent with objectives of the
Federal Recovery Plan, which outlines a
strategy for ‘‘maintaining extant
populations’’ and ‘‘improving and
stabilizing populations where the
butterfly is imperiled.’’ Nevertheless,
other management actions may take
place on non-federal lands in Michigan
not occupied by KBB that result in an
increase in occupied habitat. The ITP
and HCP described herein also are
intended to cover any occupied KBB
habitat that may develop in the future.
Draft Environmental Assessment
The purpose of the draft EA is to
evaluate and publicly disclose the
possible environmental consequences
issuance of an ITP and implementation
of the draft HCP could have on the
quality of the physical, biological, and
human environment, as required by the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969.
Prior to issuing the ITP, the Service is
required to analyze alternatives
considered in the development of the
HCP. This analysis is contained in the
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Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), for
the Federal action of issuing an ITP
under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act. The
draft EA considers two ‘‘action’’
alternatives and one ‘‘no action’’
alternative.
The area encompassed by the HCP
may contain facilities eligible to be
listed on the National Register of
Historic Places and other historical or
archeological resources may be present.
The National Historic Preservation Act
and other laws require these properties
and resources be identified and
considered in project planning. The
public is requested to inform the Service
of concerns about archeological sites,
buildings and structures, historic
events, sacred and traditional areas, and
other historic preservation concerns.
Decisions
The public process for the proposed
Federal action will be completed after
the public comment period, at which
time the Service will evaluate the
permit application (if appropriate to the
selected alternative), the HCP, and
comments submitted thereon to
determine whether the application
meets the requirements of 10(a)(1)(B) of
the Act. If the requirements are met, the
Service will issue an ITP to the
Applicant for incidental take of KBB.
Dated: December 13, 2007.
Lynn Lewis,
Deputy Assistant Regional Director,
Ecological Services, Region 3.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Comment Request
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Proposed extension of an
information collection (1028–0078).
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), we are notifying the public that
we will submit to the Office of
management and Budget (OMB) an
information collection request (ICR) to
renew approval of the paperwork
requirements for the North American
Amphibian Monitoring Program
(NAAMP). This notice provides the
public an opportunity to comment on
the ICR.
DATES: Submit written comments by
March 25, 2007.

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You may submit comments
to the Department of the Interior, USGS,
via:
• E-mail: atravnic@usgs.gov. Use
Information Collection Number 1028–
0078 in the subject line.
• Fax: (703) 648–7069. Use
Information Collection Number 1028–
0078 in the subject line.
• Mail or hand-carry comments to the
Department of the Interior; USGS
Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological
Survey, 807 National Center, Reston, VA
20192. Please reference Information
Collection 1028–0078 in your
comments.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda Weir at (301) 497–5932 or the
USGS information collection clearance
officer at the phone number listed
below.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: North American Amphibian
Monitoring Program.
OMB Control Number: 1028–0078.
Abstract: The collection of
information referred herein applies to a
USGS program that permits individuals
to submit records of the number of
calling amphibians at survey routes.
This information is used by scientists
and federal, state, and local agencies to
monitor amphibian populations and
detect population trends. Responses are
voluntary. No questions of a ‘‘sensitive’’
nature are asked. Further information
about the program can be obtained at
the Web site http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/
naamp.
Estimated Number and Description of
Respondents: Approximately 500
volunteer observers.
Frequency of Responses: 3 times per
year.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 1,500.
Total Annual burden hours: 4,500
hours.
Estimated Annual Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: We
estimate the public reporting burden
averages 3 hours per response. This
includes the time for driving to/from the
survey route locations, 5-minute
listening period per sampling station (10
sampling stations per route) and data
entry time to submit data to the
NAAMP.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: Estimated ‘‘non-hour cost’’
burden includes one-time cost per
respondent for the purchase of a
thermometer, plus the operational cost
of mileage for conducting the surveys.
The thermometer is needed to record air
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$15. The total operational costs consist
of a mileage estimate in accomplishing
a survey, calculated by using the
mileage reimbursement rate of 40.5
cents per mile (as used in travel
reimbursement for federal employees)
times 15 miles (the approximate
distance of a calling survey route), for a
total of $6.07 per survey.
i. Total capital and start-up costs: $15.00
ii. Total operation and maintenance costs:
$6.07

Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
you are not required to respond to, a
collection of information unless it
displays a current valid OMB control
number.
Comments: Before submitting an ICR
to OMB, PRA section 3506(c)(2)(A) (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, we publish this
Federal Register notice announcing that
we will submit this ICR to OMB for
approval. This notice provides a
required 60-day public comment period.
USGS Information Collection
Clearance Officer: Alfred Travnicek,
703–648–7231.
Dated: January 8, 2008
Susan D. Haseltine,
Associate Director for Biology.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Extension of Approval Information
Collection, OMB Control Number 1004–
0169
AGENCY:

Bureau of Land Management,

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Extension of Approved
Information Collection, OMB Control
Number 1004–0169.

ACTION:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
plans to request the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
extend an existing approval to collect
information from mining claimants
concerning use and occupancy of
mining claims on public lands. The
nonform information under 43 CFR
subpart 3715 authorizes the BLM to
manage the use and occupancy of public
lands for developing the mineral
deposits by mining claimants.
DATES: You must submit your comments
to the BLM at the address below on or
before March 25, 2008. The BLM will
not necessarily consider any comments
received after the above date.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments to
the U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management, Mail Stop
401LS, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington,
DC 20045, ‘‘ATTN: 1004–0169’’.
You may send comments via the
Internet to WOComments@blm.gov.
Please include ‘‘ATTN: 1004–0169’’ and
your name and address in your Internet
message. You may deliver comments to:
The U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management,
Administrative Record, Room 401, 1620
L Street, NW., ATTN: Bureau
Information Collection Clearance Officer
(WO–630), Washington, DC, 20036
during regular business hours (7:45 a.m.
to 4:15 p.m.) Monday through Friday,
except on Federal holidays.
All comments will be available for
public review at the L Street address
during regular business hours (7:45 a.m.
to 4:15 p.m.) Monday through Friday,
except on Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You
may contact Roger Haskins at 202–452–
0355 (Commercial or FTS). Persons who
use a telecommunication device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) on 1–
800–877–8330, 24 hours a day, seven
days a week, to leave a message for Mr.
Haskins.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 5 CFR
1320.12(a) requires that we provide a
60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning a collection of information
to solicit comments on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
functioning of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of our estimates of
the information collection burden,

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