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Reasons: Secured Area
5713(RPUID: 308428)
Imoden St.
Ft. Jackson SC 29207
Landholding Agency: Army
Property Number: 21201620037
Status: Unutilized
Comments: public access denied and no
alternative method to gain access without
compromising national security
Reasons: Secured Area
Unsuitable Properties
Land

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R7–R–2016–N099; FF07RKDK00–
FVRS80810700000–XXX]

Information Collection Request Sent to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for Approval; Kodiak National
Wildlife Refuge Bear Viewing Survey
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:

We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service) have sent an Information
Collection Request (ICR) to OMB for
review and approval. We summarize the
ICR below and describe 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 July 11, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on this information
collection to the Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior at OMB–
OIRA at (202) 395–5806 (fax) or OIRA_
Submission@omb.eop.gov (email).
SUMMARY:

Alabama
5 Buildings
Ft. McClellan
Alexandria AL 36250
Landholding Agency: Army
Property Number: 21201620017
Status: Unutilized
Directions: R8434:RPUID:299453;
R8437:RPUID:303405;
C1395:RPUID:175953;
C1312:RPUID:299704;
C1320:RPUID:176206
Comments: Public access denied and no
alternative method to gain access without
compromising national security.
Reasons: Secured Area
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Number of
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Activity

Please provide a copy of your comments
to the Service Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS BPHC, 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803 (mail), or hope_grey@fws.gov
(email). Please include ‘‘1018–Kodiak
bear viewing’’ in the subject line of your
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about
this ICR, contact Hope Grey at hope_
grey@fws.gov (email) or 703–358–2482
(telephone). You may review the ICR
online at http://www.reginfo.gov. Follow
the instructions to review Department of
the Interior collections under review by
OMB.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information Collection Request
OMB Control Number: 1018–XXXX.
Title: Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge
Bear Viewing Survey.
Service Form Number: None.
Type of Request: Request for a new
OMB control number.
Description of Respondents: Visitors
to Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge who
come for the purpose of viewing bears.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time.

Completion time per
response (minutes)

Total
annual burden hours

Initial Contact .......................................................
Online Survey ......................................................

1,520
730

2
15

51
183

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

2,250

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

234

Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden
Cost: None.
Abstract: The Kodiak National
Wildlife Refuge has partnered with Utah
State University to conduct a public
survey of visitors to the Kodiak National
Wildlife Refuge who participate in bear
viewing at structured and unstructured
sites. Questions will address logistical
aspects of bear viewing (including the
amount of money visitors are willing to
spend on viewing and amenities),
satisfaction with current experiences
(based on number of bears, density of
other visitors, length of stay, and
education received), and reported
changes in attitudes and behavior
related to bear conservation based on
visitors’ experiences on the refuge.
Survey results are crucial to
understanding public demands for and
expectations for bear viewing, so that
the refuge can better facilitate bear
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educational messages on bear
management.
Comments Received and Our Responses
On November 3, 2015, we published
in the Federal Register (80 FR 67784) a
notice of our intent to request that OMB
approve this information collection. In
that notice, we solicited comments for
60 days, ending on January 4, 2016. We
received two comments in response to
that notice.
Comment: The first comment from an
individual protested the entire survey
and stated that the national survey
conducted across the country every 5
years already contributes to Government
overreach and misspending of tax
dollars without preserving wildlife.
Response: The National Survey of
Fishing, Hunting, and WildlifeAssociated recreation, conducted every
5 years, does not address the Kodiakspecific questions of this study. The
proposed study will provide
information that allows Kodiak Refuge

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Management to make informed
decisions on how to facilitate bear
viewing in a way that protects bear
populations while creating positive
educational experiences for visitors.
Comment: The second comment from
the State of Alaska’s Alaska National
Interest Lands Conservation Act
(ANILCA) Implementation Program
generally supported the proposed
information collection to better inform
decisionmakers and rejuvenate quality
bear viewing on the refuge. The
commenter made three suggestions:
• Consult with the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game and other
stakeholders in the development of the
survey.
• Consider surveying all refuge
visitors rather than just bear viewers to
provide a more holistic view of refuge
usage.
• Conduct the survey onsite for
higher response rates and more accurate
recall among participants.

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Response: We thank the ANILCA
Implementation Program for their
comments. Throughout survey
development, we conducted interviews
with stakeholders to address key
concerns and issues to be addressed in
the survey. This included the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game area
biologist for the Kodiak Archipelago, the
Kodiak Brown Bear Center (owned and
operated by the Koniag Native
Corporation), and commercial air taxi
operators and guides. We sincerely
appreciate the insights from all of these
groups. Unfortunately, surveying all
refuge visitors is not within financial
and time feasibility of the current study.
While hunting and fishing patterns are
well understood due to the purchase of
licenses and close regulation in
partnership with the State of Alaska, an
equally detailed understanding of bear
viewing activity and satisfaction is
lacking, making it the current priority
for social science research. Finally, the
primary survey is being conducted
online instead of onsite due to
affordability, logistics (weather on
Kodiak is often not conducive to sitting
outside for 10–20 minutes to complete
a printed survey in wind and rain), and
proven success with past online
surveys. Our intent is to minimize
onsite burden hours for visitors
traveling from around the world for
expensive and sometimes short viewing
experiences.
Request for Public Comments
We again invite comments concerning
this information collection on:
• Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility;
• The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information;
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and
• 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, 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 OMB and us in your
comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that it will
be done.

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Dated: June 7, 2016.
Tina A. Campbell,
Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and
Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLWYR05000.L16100000.XP0000; WYW
168593]

Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and
Notification of a Public Meeting for the
Johnny Behind the Rocks Recreation
Zone, Wyoming
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

On behalf of the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM), the Assistant
Secretary for Land and Minerals
Management proposes to withdraw,
subject to valid existing rights, 4,964.75
acres of public land from location and
entry under the United States mining
laws, but not from leasing under the
mineral or geothermal leasing laws, for
a period of 20 years. The proposed
withdrawal is needed to protect cultural
and recreational resources of the Johnny
Behind the Rocks Recreation Zone in
Fremont County, Wyoming. This notice
temporarily segregates the land for up to
2 years from location and entry under
the United States mining laws, while
the application is processed. This notice
also gives an opportunity to comment
on the proposed withdrawal, and
announces a public meeting date, time,
and location.
DATES: Comments on the proposed
withdrawal must be received on or
before September 8, 2016. A public
meeting will be held on July 25, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Please mail or hand deliver
all comments concerning the proposed
withdrawal to Kristin Yannone, Planner,
BLM Lander Field Office, 1335 Main,
Lander, Wyoming, 82520.
The public meeting will be held at the
Fremont County Library, 220 North 2nd
Street, Lander, Wyoming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kristin Yannone, Planner, by mail at the
BLM Lander Field Office, 1335 Main
Street, Lander, Wyoming, 82520; by
phone at 307–332–8400; or by email at
kyannone@blm.gov. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
may call the Federal Information Relay
Service (FIRS) at 800–877–8339 to
contact Ms. Yannone. The FIRS is
available 24 hours a day, seven days a
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week, to leave a message or question
with the above individual. You will
receive a reply during normal business
hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM
filed an application requesting the
Assistant Secretary for Land and
Minerals Management withdraw,
subject to valid existing rights, the
following described public land from
location and entry under the United
States mining laws, but not from leasing
under the mineral or geothermal leasing
laws, to protect the cultural and
recreational resources of the Johnny
Behind the Rocks Recreation Zone:
Sixth Principal Meridian
T. 31 N., R. 98 W.,
Sec. 3, lots 3 and 4;
Sec. 4, lot 1;
Sec. 5, lot 1.
T. 32 N., R. 98 W.,
Sec. 17, SW1/4, NW1/4SE1/4, and S1/
2SE1/4;
Sec. 18, lots 9 thru 12, and SE1/4;
Sec. 19, lots 5 thru 10, and E1/2;
Sec. 20;
Sec. 21, SW1/4NW1/4, W1/2SW1/4, and
SE1/4SW1/4;
Sec. 28, SW1/4NE1/4, W1/2, NW1/4SE1/4,
and S1/2SE1/4;
Sec. 29;
Sec. 30, NE1/4;
Sec. 32, N1/2, NE1/4SW1/4, and SE1/4;
Sec. 33;
Sec. 34, SW1/4NW1/4, SW1/4, and W1/
2SE1/4.
T. 32 N., R. 99 W.,
Sec. 13, E1/2SE1/4;
Sec. 24, SE1/4NE1/4.
The area described contains approximately
4,964.75 acres in Fremont County.

The Assistant Secretary for Land and
Minerals Management approved the
BLM’s petition/application. Therefore,
the petition/application constitutes a
withdrawal proposal of the Secretary of
the Interior (43 CFR 2310.1–3(e)).
The purpose of the proposed
withdrawal is to protect the cultural and
recreational resources of the Johnny
Behind the Rocks Recreation Zone.
The use of a right-of-way, interagency,
or cooperative agreement would not
adequately constrain nondiscretionary
uses which could result in permanent
loss of significant values and
irreplaceable resources.
There are no suitable alternative sites
since the lands contain cultural and
recreational resources that are unique to
the area proposed for withdrawal.
No additional water rights will be
needed to fulfill the purpose of the
requested withdrawal.
Records relating to the application
may be examined by contacting the
BLM at the above addresses and phone
numbers.

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