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pollution data, removal of underground
storage tanks, specific cleanup
activities, and field data gathering
efforts.
6. Wetland and Habitat Conservation
and Restoration
Provide services for construction,
planning, and habitat monitoring and
activities associated with conservation
and restoration of wetland habitat.
7. Fish Hatchery Operations
Conduct activities to recover aquatic
species listed under the Endangered
Species Act, restore native aquatic
populations, and provide fish to benefit
Tribes and National Wildlife Refuges.
Activities that may be eligible for a selfgovernance agreement may include, but
are not limited to: egg taking, rearing
and feeding of fish, disease treatment,
tagging, and clerical or facility
maintenance at a fish hatchery.

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8. National Wildlife Refuge Operations
and Maintenance
Conduct activities to assist the
National Wildlife Refuge System, a
national network of lands and waters for
conservation, management and
restoration of fish, wildlife and plant
resources and their habitats within the
United States. Activities that may be
eligible for a self-governance agreement
may include, but are not limited to:
construction, farming, concessions,
maintenance, biological program efforts,
habitat management, fire management,
and implementation of comprehensive
conservation planning.
We will also consider for inclusion in
AFAs other programs or activities not
listed above, but which, upon request of
a self-governance tribe, we determine to
be eligible under either sections
403(b)(2) or 403(c) of the Act. Tribes
with an interest in such potential
agreements are encouraged to begin
such discussions.
Our mission is to conserve, protect,
and enhance fish, wildlife, and their
habitats for the continuing benefit of the
American people. Our primary
responsibilities are for migratory birds,
endangered species, freshwater and
anadromous fisheries, and certain
marine mammals. We also have a
continuing cooperative relationship
with a number of Indian tribes
throughout the National Wildlife Refuge
System and the Service’s fish
hatcheries. Any self-governance tribe
may contact a national wildlife refuge or
national fish hatchery directly
concerning participation in our
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IV. Locations of Refuges and Hatcheries
With Close Proximity to SelfGovernance Tribes

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

We developed the list below based on
the proximity of an identified selfgovernance tribe to Service facilities
that have components that may be
suitable for contracting through a selfgovernance agreement.
1. All Alaska National Wildlife
Refuges, Alaska.
2. Alchesay National Fish Hatchery,
Arizona.
3. Humboldt Bay National Wildlife
Refuge, Idaho.
4. Kootenai National Wildlife Refuge,
Idaho.
5. Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge,
Minnesota.
6. Mille Lacs National Wildlife
Refuge, Minnesota.
7. Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge,
Minnesota.
8. National Bison Range, Montana.
9. Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge,
Montana.
10. Pablo National Wildlife Refuge,
Montana.
11. Sequoyah National Wildlife
Refuge, Oklahoma.
12. Tishomingo National Wildlife
Refuge, Oklahoma.
13. Bandon Marsh National Wildlife
Refuge, Washington.
14. Dungeness National Wildlife
Refuge, Washington.
15. Makah National Fish Hatchery,
Washington.
16. Nisqually National Wildlife
Refuge, Washington.
17. Quinalt National Fish Hatchery,
Washington.
18. San Juan Islands National Wildlife
Refuge, Washington.

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V. Programmatic Targets
During Fiscal Year 2008, upon request
of a self-governance tribe, FWS will
negotiate funding agreements for our
eligible programs beyond those already
negotiated.
Dated: February 27, 2008.
Lyle Laverty,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and
Parks.
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Bureau of Land Management

Extension of Approved Information
Collection, OMB Approval Number
1004–0041
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has submitted an
Information Collection Request (ICR) to
OMB for review and approval. The ICR
is scheduled to expire on March 31,
2008. The BLM 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. However, under OMB
regulations, the BLM may continue to
conduct or sponsor this information
collection while it is pending at OMB.
On May 8, 2007, the BLM published a
notice in the Federal Register (72 FR
26149) requesting comment on this
information collection. The comment
period closed on July 9, 2007. The BLM
received no comments. You may obtain
copies of the collection of information
and related forms and explanatory
material by contacting the BLM
Information Collection Clearance Officer
at the telephone number listed in the
ADDRESSES section below.
DATES: The OMB is required to respond
to this request within 60 days but may
respond after 30 days. Submit your
comments to OMB at the address below
by April 25, 2008 to receive maximum
consideration.
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
[email protected] (e-mail).
Please provide a copy of your comments
to Alexandra Ritchie, Information
Collection Clearance Officer, Bureau of
Land Management, at U.S. Department
of the Interior, Bureau of Land
Management, Mail Stop 401LS, 1849 C
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240.
Additionally, you may contact
Alexandra Ritchie regarding this ICR at
(202) 452–0388 (phone); (202) 653–5287
(fax); or [email protected] (email).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
program-related questions, contact Ken
Visser on (775) 861–6492 (Commercial
or FTS). Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf

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(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–
8330, 24 hours a day, seven days a
week, to contact Mr. Visser. For
questions regarding this ICR or the
information collection process, contact
Alexandra Ritchie by phone, mail, fax,
or e-mail (see ADDRESSES).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control Number: 1004–0041.
Title: Authorizing Grazing Use, 43
CFR 4110 and 4130.
Bureau Form Number: 4130–1, 4130–
1a, 4130–1b, 4130–3a, 4130–4 and
4130–5.
Type of Request: Extension of
currently approved collection.

Completion
time
per response
(hour
fraction)
(=)

Number of annual respondents

Number of annual responses
(X)

4130.1–1 Form 4130–1 ..................................................................................
4110.1(d); 4110.2–1(c) Form 4130–1a ..........................................................
4110.1(a)–(d); 4130.7(d)–(f) Form 4130–1b ..................................................
4110.1(d) and 4110.2–1(c) Non-form requirements ......................................
4130.4(a)–(b) Form 4130–3a .........................................................................
4130.6–1(a)–(b) Form 4130–4 ......................................................................
4130.3–2(d) Form 4130–5 ............................................................................

3,000
1,050
1,050
1,050
7,690
10
15,000

3,000
1,050
1,050
1,050
7,690
10
15,000

14

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

28,850

28,850

...........

Activity

43
43
43
43
43
43
43

Affected Public: Private sector.
Respondent’s Obligation: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of Collection: Annually or
on occasion (applicants may request
changes of grazing use within the terms
and conditions of permits or leases at
different times).

CFR
CFR
CFR
CFR
CFR
CFR
CFR

Application Processing Fee: The
respondents incur a $10 service charge
for processing a grazing preference
transfer, which includes submission, as
a single package, of forms 4130–1,

4130–1a and 4130–1b. Respondents also
incur a $10 service charge that results in
modifying or canceling and replacing a
previously issued grazing fee billing.
The form to be filed for that action is

Forms 4130–1, 4130–1a, 4130–1b filed as part of transfer application ..
Form 4130–1 filed independent of a transfer application (3000¥1050
=1950 responses).

⁄
⁄
1⁄2
1⁄6
1⁄4
1⁄4
1⁄4
12

Annual burden
hours

750
525
525
175
1,922.5
2.5
3,750
7,650

4130–1. Based on these assumptions,
the total annual cost to respondents
would be:

1050 responses × $10 = $10,500
1950 responses × $10 = $19,500

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Total: $30,000

The BLM grazing regulations were
modified in 2006 to increase the service
charge for transfers to $145 and for
canceling or replacing a previously
issued grazing fee bill to $50, among
other things. However, the 2006 BLM
rulemaking that changed these
regulations were enjoined ‘‘in all
respects’’ by the Idaho Federal District
Court (for reasons other than the
changes to the service charge schedule)
in June, 2007. A final judgment by the
Court affirming this injunction was
entered on February 28, 2008, and it is
now subject to appeal.
Abstract: The Taylor Grazing Act of
1934 (43 U.S.C. 315, 315a through 315r)
and the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. et
seq.) authorize the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) to administer the
livestock grazing program consistent
with land use plans, multiple use
objectives, sustained yield,
environmental values, economic
considerations, and other factors. The
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(1) Permittee and lessee qualifications
for a grazing permit or lease;
(2) Base property used in conjunction
with public lands; and
(3) The actual use made by livestock
authorized to graze on the public lands.
The BLM also collects non-form
information on grazing management
from permittees and lessees.
Form 4130–1, Grazing Schedule
The BLM uses the information
required on this form to adjudicate
conflicting requests for grazing use,
determine the legal qualifications of
applicants, issue permits, and document
transfers.
Form 4130–1a, Grazing Application—
Preference Summary
The BLM uses the information
required on this form to verify what the
BLM needs to effectuate a grazing
preference transfer.
Form 4130–1b, Grazing Application
(Supplemental Information)
The BLM uses the information
required on this form to certify an

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applicant’s qualifications for a grazing
permit or lease and to provide other
information necessary for the
administration of the grazing permit or
lease.
Form 4130–3a, Automated Grazing
Application
The BLM uses the information
required on this form to approve
changes of grazing use within the terms
and conditions of permits or leases.
Form 4130–4, Exchange of Use Grazing
Agreement
The BLM uses the information
required on this form to exchange
grazing of livestock on private lands
during certain periods.
Form 4130–5, Actual Grazing Use
Report
The BLM uses the information
required on this form to determine
whether we need to adjust the amount
of grazing use or if other management
actions are needed. This form enables
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monitor and evaluate livestock grazing
use on the public lands.
Comments: We again specifically
request your comments on the
following:
(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 collecting the
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) The quality, utility and clarity of
the information we collect; and
(4) How to minimize the burden of
collecting the information on those who
are to respond, including the use of
appropriate automated electronic,
mechanical, or other forms of
information technology.
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: March 20, 2008.
Alexandra Ritchie,
Bureau of Land Management, Information
Collection Clearance Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Availability of the Record of
Decision for the Resource
Management Plan Amendment for
Portions of the Roan Plateau Planning
Area Designated as Areas of Critical
Environmental Concern Public Lands
in Garfield County, CO
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) and the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act (FLPMA), the Bureau
of Land Management (BLM) announces
the availability of the Record of
Decision (ROD), which documents the
BLM’s decision to designate and manage

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four (4) Areas of Critical Environmental
Concern (ACEC) within the Roan
Plateau planning area. The Roan Plateau
is located within Garfield and Rio
Blanco Counties and within the
jurisdiction of the Glenwood Springs
Field Office in Colorado. The ROD
announced today pertains only to
approximately 21,034 acres of proposed
ACEC and does not alter final decisions
for the remaining approximately 52,568
acres within the Roan Plateau planning
area, which were previously addressed
in the Proposed Resource Management
Plan Amendment/Final Environmental
Impact Statement (PRMPA/FEIS) and
Record of Decision announced in the
Federal Register, Volume 72, Number
111, on Monday, June 11, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Copies of both RODs for the
Roan Plateau planning area and the
RMPA/FEIS are available upon request
from the Glenwood Springs Field Office,
Bureau of Land Management, 50629
Highways 6 and 24, Glenwood Springs,
CO 81601, or via the Internet at http://
www.blm.gov/rmp/co/roanplateau.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jamie Connell, Field Manager, Bureau of
Land Management Glenwood Springs
Field Office, 50629 Highways 6 & 24,
Glenwood Springs, CO 81601, or by
telephone at (970) 947–2800.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Roan
Plateau RMPA was developed with
broad public participation through a
collaborative planning process. The
ROD announced today addresses the
management of approximately 21,034
acres of public land in the planning area
proposed for designation as ACEC in the
PRMPA/FEIS. Final RMPA decisions for
the remaining portions of the planning
area (approximately 52,568 acres) were
addressed in a ROD announced in the
Federal Register, Volume 72, Number
111, on Monday, June 11, 2007. The
ROD announced today includes
management actions to address the
values of concern identified within the
21,034 acres of proposed ACEC. The
ACECs designated in this ROD were
previously analyzed in the Draft RMPA/
Draft EIS (DRMPA/DEIS) and the
PRMPA/FEIS. No inconsistencies with
State or local plans, policies, or
programs were identified during the
Governor’s consistency review of the
PRMPA/FEIS. The Secretary of the
Interior offered the State of Colorado an
additional 120-day period in which to
further understand the final RMPA
decisions before approving this ROD.
That period has elapsed, and the BLM
has considered the State’s
recommendations in preparing the ROD
for the ACEC portions of the Roan
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The BLM accepted and considered
input from the public on ACEC values
and potential designation during
scoping for the RMPA/EIS, during
public comment on alternative
development, during the comment
period on the DRMPA/DEIS, and during
a 60-day comment period on ACECs
announced in the Federal Register,
Volume 72, Number 111, on Monday,
June 11, 2007. The alternatives analyzed
in the DRMPA/DEIS varied in the
number and size of potential ACECs.
The BLM received over 500 separate
comments addressing ACEC
management during this 60-day public
comment period. Comment summaries
and BLM’s responses to comments are
available at the Glenwood Springs Field
Office or on the Web at http://
www.blm.gov/rmp/co/roanplateau/
index.htm.
Input from the public and cooperating
agencies was considered in developing
the PRMPA/FEIS. Approval of the ROD
constitutes formal designation of the
proposed ACECs per 43 CFR 1610.7–
2(b). The four designated ACECs and
their associated relevant and important
resource values are as follows: (1) Anvil
Points (4,955 acres)—visual resources/
aesthetics, wildlife habitat, botanical/
ecological values; (2) Magpie Gulch
(4,698 acres)—visual resources/
aesthetics, wildlife habitat, botanical/
ecological values; (3) East Fork
Parachute Creek (6,571 acres)—visual
resources/aesthetics, wildlife habitat,
fisheries habitat, botanical-ecological
values; and (4) Trapper/Northwater
Creek (4,810 acres)—wildlife habitat,
fisheries habitat, botanical/ecological
values.
Under this ROD, surface disturbing
activities will be limited to protect the
relevant and important values within
the designated ACECs. Such activities
include oil and gas development, rightsof-way designation, and road
construction. Limitations include no
ground disturbance or no surface
occupancy stipulations for activities
within the ACECs, as well as sitespecific relocation or controlled surface
use stipulations. Further, conditions of
approval or permitting level
requirements may be applied to each
drilling permit. Detailed discussions of
the authorized protective measures for
the designated ACECs are contained in
the ROD and the PRMPA/FEIS.
Anna Marie Burden,
Acting State Director.
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