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p.m. weekdays in the Office of the Rules
Docket Clerk, Office of General Counsel,
Department of Housing and Urban
Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW.,
Room 10276, Washington, DC 20410–
0500. Due to security measures at the
HUD Headquarters building, please
schedule an appointment to review the
finding by calling the Regulations
Division at 202–402–3055 (this is not a
toll-free number).
Dated: July 28, 2008.
Roy A. Bernardi,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–18281 Filed 8–7–08; 8:45 am]

Office of the Secretary,
Department of the Interior.

AGENCY:

Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Department of the
Interior, Office of the Secretary is
announcing a public meeting of the
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory
Committee.

September 3, 2008, at 9 a.m.

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Trustee Council Office, 441 West 5th
Avenue, Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Douglas Mutter, Department of the
Interior, Office of Environmental Policy
and Compliance, 1689 ‘‘C’’ Street, Suite
119, Anchorage, Alaska, 99501, (907)
271–5011.
The
Public Advisory Committee was created
by Paragraph V.A.4 of the Memorandum
of Agreement and Consent Decree
entered into by the United States of
America and the State of Alaska on
August 27, 1991, and approved by the
United States District Court for the
District of Alaska in settlement of
United States of America v. State of
Alaska, Civil Action No. A91–081 CV.
The meeting agenda will include review
of the draft fiscal year 2009 program
development and implementation
budget, and invitation; 2008 update to
the Injured Resources and Services List;
Integrated Herring Restoration Program;

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Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council;
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

AGENCY:

Office of the Secretary

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Information Collection Sent to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; Alaska Guide
Service Evaluation

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

DATES:

Willie R. Taylor,
Director, Office of Environmental Policy and
Compliance.
[FR Doc. E8–18341 Filed 8–7–08; 8:45 am]

[FWS-R7-R-2008-NO182] [70138-1263-00004A]

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ACTION:

fiscal year 2008 projects requesting
extensions; and personnel changes.

SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife
Service) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for
review and approval. The ICR, which is
summarized below, describes the nature
of the collection and the estimated
burden and cost. We may not conduct
or sponsor and a person is not required
to respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before September 8, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on this ICR to the Desk
Officer for the Department of the
Interior at OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-6566
(fax) or OIRA_DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov
(e-mail). Please provide a copy of your
comments to Hope Grey, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS 222-ARLSQ, 4401
North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA
22203 (mail); (703) 358-2269 (fax); or
hope_grey@fws.gov (e-mail).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax,
or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by
telephone at (703) 358–2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: None. This is
a new collection.
Title: Alaska Guide Service
Evaluation.
Service Form Number(s): 3-2349.
Type of Request: New collection.
Affected Public: Clients of permitted
commercial guide service providers.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time
following use of commercial guide
services.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 396.

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Estimated Total Annual Responses:
396.
Estimated Time Per Response: 15
minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 99.
Abstract: We are proposing to collect
information to help us evaluate
commercial guide services on our
national wildlife refuges in the State of
Alaska (State). The National Wildlife
Refuge Administration Act of 1966, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 668dd-ee),
authorizes us to permit uses, including
commercial visitor services, on national
wildlife refuges when we find the
activity to be compatible with the
purposes for which the refuge was
established. With the objective of
making available a variety of quality
visitor services for wildlife-dependent
recreation on National Wildlife Refuge
System lands, we issue permits for
commercial guide services, including
big game hunting, sport fishing, wildlife
viewing, river trips, and other guided
activities. We plan to use FWS Form 32349 (Alaska Guide Service Evaluation)
as a method to:
(1) Monitor the quality of services
provided by commercial guides.
(2) Gauge client satisfaction with the
services.
(3) Assess the impacts of the activity
on refuge resources.
The client is the best source of
information on the quality of
commercial guiding services. We plan to
collect:
(1) Client name.
(2) Guide name(s).
(3) Type of guided activity.
(4) Dates and location of guided
activity.
(5) Information on the services
received such as the client’s
expectations, safety, environmental
impacts, and client’s overall
satisfaction.
We will encourage respondents to
provide any additional comments that
they wish regarding the guide service or
refuge experience, and ask whether or
not they wish to be contacted for
additional information.
The above information, in
combination with State-required guide
activity reports and contacts with guides
and clients in the field, will provide a
comprehensive method for monitoring
permitted commercial guide activities.
A regular program of client evaluation
will help refuge managers detect
potential problems with guide services
so that we can take corrective actions
promptly. In addition, we will use this
information during the competitive
selection process for big game and sport
fishing guides to evaluate an applicant’s

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ability to provide a quality guiding
service.
We will provide the evaluation form
to clients by one of several methods:
(1) The refuge may mail the form to
the clients.
(2) On websites of refuges where
guide services are permitted.
(3) Upon request.
Comments: On January 22, 2008, we
published in the Federal Register (73 FR
3752) a notice of our intent to request
that OMB approve this information
collection. In that notice, we solicited
comments for 60 days, ending on March
24, 2008. We received one comment,
which did not address issues
surrounding the proposed collection of
information. The commenter objected to
the issuing of permits for guided
hunting services on national wildlife
refuges. We did not make any changes
to our information collection
requirements as a result of this
comment.
We again invite comments concerning
this information collection on:
(1) whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information;
(3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. 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 OMB in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that it will be done.
Dated: June 23, 2008
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
FR Doc. E8–18338 Filed 8–7–08; 8:45 am

You must send comments on or
before September 8, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on this ICR to the Desk
Officer for the Department of the
Interior at OMB-OIRA at (202) 395-6566
(fax) or OIRA_DOCKET@OMB.eop.gov
(e-mail). Please provide a copy of your
comments to Hope Grey, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS 222-ARLSQ, 4401
North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA
22203 (mail) or hope_grey@fws.gov (email).

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-R-2008-NO181] [93261-1261-00005A]

Information Collection Sent to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; Hunting and
Fishing Application Forms and Activity
Reports for National Wildlife Refuges
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife
Service) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for
review and approval. The ICR, which is
summarized below, describes the nature
of the collection and the estimated
burden and cost. We may not conduct
or sponsor and a person is not required
to respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.

Number of annual
respondents

Activity

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FWS
FWS
FWS
FWS
FWS
FWS
FWS
FWS

Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form
Form

3-2354
3-2355
3-2356
3-2357
3-2358
3-2359
3-2360
3-2361
3-2362

DATES:

To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Hope Grey by mail or
e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by
telephone at (703) 358–2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: None. This is
a new collection.
Title: Hunting and Fishing
Application Forms and Activity Reports
for National Wildlife Refuges, 50 CFR
25.41, 25.43, 25.51, 26.32, 26.33, 27.42,
30.11, 31.15, 32.1 to 32.72.
Service Form Number(s): FWS Forms
3-2354, 3-2355, 3-2356, 3-2357,3-2358,
3-2359, 3-2360, 3-2361, 3-2362.
Type of Request: New collection.
Affected Public: Individuals and
households.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
For applications, usually once per year
at beginning of hunting season. For
activity reports, once at conclusion of
hunting/fishing experience.
Nonhour Cost Burden: We estimate
the annual nonhour cost burden to be
$60,000 for hunting application fees at
some refuges.

Number of annual
responses

(Quota Deer Hunt Application) .................
(Waterfowl Lottery Application) ................
(Big Game Hunt Application) ....................
(Migratory Bird Hunt Application) .............
(Fishing/Shrimping/Crabbing Application)
(Big Game Harvest Report) ......................
(Fishing Report) ........................................
(Migratory Bird Hunt Report .....................
(Upland/Small Game/Furbearer Report) ..

175,000
90,000
2,500
5,000
2,500
85,000
400,000
30,000
25,000

175,000
90,000
2,500
5,000
2,500
85,000
400,000
30,000
25,000

Totals ................................................................................

815,000

815,000

Abstract: The National Wildlife
Refuge System Administration Act of
1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee), as
amended (Administration Act), and the
Refuge Recreation Act of 1962 (16
U.S.C. 460k-460k-4) (Recreation Act)
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national wildlife refuges and wetland
management districts. The
Administration Act consolidated all the
different refuge areas into a single
Refuge System. It also authorizes us to
permit public uses, including hunting
and fishing, on lands of the Refuge

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Completion time
per response
30
30
30
30
30
15
15
15
15

minutes
minutes
minutes
minutes
minutes
minutes
minutes
minutes
minutes

Annual burden
hours

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87,500
45,000
1,250
2,500
1,250
21,250
100,000
7,500
6,250

.....................

272,500

System when we find that the activity
is compatible and appropriate with the
purpose for which the refuge was
established. The Recreation Act allows
the use of refuges for public recreation
when the use is not inconsistent or does

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