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and Service and Departmental policies
and procedures.
Refuge Overview
Both the Hakalau Forest and Kona
Forest Units are part of the Hakalau
Forest Refuge. The Hakalau Forest Unit
was established in 1985 to protect and
manage endangered forest birds and
their rain forest habitat. Located on the
west slope of Mauna Kea Mountain on
Island of Hawai’i, the 32,733-acre refuge
unit supports a diversity of native birds
and plants. The Kona Forest Unit was
established in 1997 to protect native
forest birds and the endangered
Hawaiian crow (alala). Located on the
west slope of Mauna Loa, the 5,300-acre
refuge unit supports diverse native bird
and plant species as well as the rare
habitats found in lava tubes and lava
tube skylights.
Preliminary Issues, Concerns, and
Opportunities
We have identified preliminary
issues, concerns, and opportunities that
we may address in the CCP. During
public scoping, we may identify
additional issues. During the CCP
planning process the Service will
analyze methods for protecting refuge
resources in the long term, while
providing opportunities for wildlifedependent recreation.
The Service will specifically evaluate
the Refuge’s forest restoration program,
which encompasses volunteer efforts,
control of avian diseases and invasive
species (both plant and animal),
endangered plant propagation, and
outplanting. We will also consider
possible improvements to our public
use programs and an evaluation of its
impacts to wildlife, and opportunities
for native gathering rights.
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Public Open House Meetings
We will host two public open house
meetings to provide information on the
CCP and receive public comments. The
first meeting will be held March 3, 2009,
from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at the
Hakalau Forest Refuge Office at 60
Nowelo Street, Room M02, Hilo, HI
96720. The second meeting will be held
March 4, 2009, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30
p.m., at Yano Hall at 82–6156
Mamalahoa Highway, Captain Cook, HI
96745. Opportunities for additional
public input will be announced
throughout the planning process.
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
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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. We will make all comments part
of the official public record. We will
handle requests for such comments in
accordance with the Freedom of
Information Act, NEPA, and Service and
Departmental policies and procedures.
Dated: February 20, 2009.
Robyn Thorson,
Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, Oregon.
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Bureau of Land Management
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Information Collection; Oil and Gas
Geophysical Exploration Operations
Bureau of Land Management.
30-Day notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has submitted an
information collection request to the
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for a 3-year extension of OMB
Control Number 1004–0162 under the
Paperwork Reduction Act. The
respondents are required to provide
certain information in order to conduct
oil and gas geophysical exploration
operations on lands managed by BLM or
by the U.S. Forest Service.
DATES: The OMB is required to respond
to this information collection request
within 60 days but may respond after 30
days. Therefore, written comments
should be received on or before March
27, 2009.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
directly to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior (OMB #
1004–0162), Office of Management and
Budget, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, fax 202–395–6566,
or by electronic mail at
oira_docket@omb.eop.gov.
Please mail or hand-carry a copy of
your comments to: BLM Information
Collection Clearance Officer (WO–630),
Department of the Interior, 1849 C
Street, NW., Mail Stop 401 LS,
Washington, DC 20240.
You may also send a copy of your
comments by electronic mail to
jean_sonneman@blm.gov.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Gamble, Division of Fluid
Minerals, at 202–452–0338 (Commercial
or FTS).
60-Day
Notice: On September 9, 2008, the BLM
published a 60-day notice (73 FR 52409)
requesting comments on the proposed
information collection. The comment
period ended November 10, 2008. One
comment was received. The comment
did not address, and was not germane
to, this information collection; rather, it
was a general invective about the
Department of the Interior, the BLM, the
oil and gas industry, and Washington
politicians. Therefore, we have no
response to the comment.
Title: Oil and Gas Geophysical
Exploration Operations (43 CFR part
3150).
OMB Number: 1004–0162.
Form Numbers: BLM 3150–4/FS
2800–16; BLM 3150–5/FS 2800–16a.
Abstract: The information that is
supplied allows the BLM and the U.S.
Forest Service to determine that
geophysical exploration operations are
conducted in a manner consistent with
statutes, regulations, land use plans, and
environmental documents prepared
under the National Environmental
Policy Act.
Current Action: This proposal is being
submitted to extend the expiration date
of February 28, 2009.
Type of Review: 3-year extension.
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit institutions.
Obligation to Respond: Required to
obtain or retain benefits.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 1,253.
Estimated Time per Response: BLM
3150–4/FS 2800–16, 1 hour; BLM 3150–
5/FS 2800–16a, 20 minutes; Nonform
data, 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 836.
The BLM requests comments on the
following subjects: (1) Whether the
collection of information is necessary
for the proper functioning of the BLM,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) The accuracy
of the BLM’s estimate of the burden of
the information collection, including
the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) The quality,
utility, and clarity of the information
collected; and (4) How to minimize the
information collection burden on those
who are to respond, including the use
of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other forms of
information technology.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Dated: February 20, 2009.
Jean Sonneman,
Bureau of Land Management, Acting
Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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Notice of Public Meeting: Joint Meeting
of the Boise and Twin Falls Resource
Advisory Councils to the Boise and
Twin Falls Districts, Bureau of Land
Management, U.S. Department of the
Interior
Bureau of Land Management,
U.S. Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) Boise and
Twin Falls District Resource Advisory
Councils will hold a meeting as
indicated below.
DATES: The meeting will be held April
9, 2009, beginning at 10 a.m. and
adjourning at 2 p.m. The meeting will
be held at the Snake River Grill meeting
room in Hagerman, Idaho, at 611 Frogs
Landing. Public comment period will
take place from 10:15–10:45 a.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: MJ
Byrne, Public Affairs Officer and RAC
Coordinator, BLM Boise District, 3948
Development Ave., Boise, ID 83705,
Telephone (208) 384–3393, or Heather
Tiel-Nelson, Public Affairs Officer and
RAC Coordinator for BLM Twin Falls
District, 2536 Kimberly Rd., Twin Falls,
ID 83301, (208) 736–2352.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with section 4 of the Federal
Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of
2005, a Subcommittee, called a
Recreation Resource Advisory
Committee, (RRAC) has been
established to provide advice to the
Secretary of the Interior, through the
BLM, in the form of recommendations
that relate to public concerns regarding
the implementation, elimination or
expansion of an amenity recreation fee;
or recreation fee program on public
lands under the jurisdiction of the U.S.
Forest Service and the BLM in both the
Boise and Twin Falls Districts located in
southern Idaho.
The RRAC met on February 5 to hear
proposals from both the Boise and
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Sawtooth National Forests regarding fee
increases or new fee site
implementations on various sites.
Recommendations formed by the RRAC
during the February meeting will be
brought before both Boise and Twin
Falls District RACs during the meeting
on April 9. These recommendations
include implementing new fees for the
Campbell Creek Boat Launch managed
by the Boise National Forest and new
fee site implementation or fee increases
for several sites managed by the
Sawtooth National Forest. Those sites
include the following: Baumgartner
group site (new group use fee proposal)
Abbott, Bird Creek, Willow Creek,
Chaparral, Bowns and Canyon
campgrounds (fee increases), Schipper
and Steer Basin campgrounds (new fee
site implementation), Diamondfield Jack
campground (fee increase), and the
Redfish Lake and Sawtooth Valley
cabins (new fee site implementation).
Agenda items and location may change
due to changing circumstances,
including emergencies. All RRAC and
RAC meetings are open to the public.
Each Subcommittee and full Joint RAC
meeting has time allocated in the
agenda for hearing public comments.
The public may present written or oral
comments. Depending on the number of
persons wishing to comment and time
available, the time for individual oral
comments may be limited. Individuals
who plan to attend and need special
assistance, such as sign language
interpretation, tour transportation or
other reasonable accommodations,
should contact the BLM Coordinators as
provided above.
Dated: February 20, 2009.
Bill Baker,
Twin Falls District Manager.
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Meeting Schedule for the Sierra FrontNorthwestern Great Basin Resource
Advisory Council, Nevada
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
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Resource Advisory Council (RAC),
Nevada, will hold two meetings in
Nevada in 2009. All meetings are open
to the public. A general public comment
period, where the public may submit
oral or written comments to the RAC,
will be held on the first day of each twoday meeting at 4 p.m.
DATES: April 29–30, 2009, in
Winnemucca and July 22–23, 2009, in
Carson City.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Struble, Public Affairs Officer,
BLM Carson City District Office, 5665
Morgan Mill Road, Carson City, NV
89701. Telephone: (775) 885–6107. Email: mark_struble@blm.gov.
The April
meeting will be held at the BLM
Winnemucca District Office, 5100 East
Winnemucca Blvd. The July meeting
will be held at the BLM Carson City
District Office, 5665 Morgan Mill Road.
Topics for discussion at the meetings
will include, but are not limited to,
manager’s reports of BLM district
activities; RAC subcommittee or
working group reports; Burning Man
event monitoring; Southern Nevada
Public Land Management Act Round 10
nominations; Winnemucca District
Resource Management Plan Draft
Environmental Impact Statement;
renewable energy projects; Truckee
River restoration efforts; and additional
topics the council may raise during the
meetings. Final agendas, with any
additions or corrections to agenda
topics, the starting and ending times of
each meeting, and details of any
planned field trips, will be posted at
least two weeks before each meeting on
the BLM Nevada State Office Web site
at http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/res/
resource_advisory/sierra_frontnorthwestern.html. On request, copies of
the agendas can also be mailed or sent
via FAX. Individuals needing special
assistance such as sign language
interpretation or other reasonable
accommodations, or those who wish to
receive a copy of the agenda, may
contact Mark Struble no later than two
weeks before the meeting.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: February 17, 2009.
Gene Seidlitz,
Manager, Winnemucca District Office.
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