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SCHEDULE C.—CONTRACT RENT ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT FACTORS—AREA DEFINITIONS—Continued
Counties/towns

All other Counties in Washington use the West Region AAF.
WEST VIRGINIA (SOUTH)
CPI AREAS:
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV MSA ...................................................
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV MSA.
Metropolitan Area Components:
Jefferson County, WV HMFA .....................................................
All other Counties in West Virginia use the South Region AAF.
WISCONSIN (MIDWEST)
CPI AREAS:
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI MSA ..............................................
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI MSA .....................................
Racine, WI MSA .......................................................................................
All other areas of Wisconsin use the Midwest Region AAF.
WYOMING (WEST)
All Counties in Wyoming use the West Region AAF.
PACIFIC ISLANDS (WEST)
The American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, and Palau
use the West Region AAF.
PUERTO RICO (SOUTH)
All Municipios use the South Region AAF.
VIRGIN ISLANDS (SOUTH)
The U.S. Virgin Islands uses the South Region AAF.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Proposed Information Collection;
Alaska Guide Service Evaluation
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: We (Fish and Wildlife
Service) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve the information collection (IC)
described below. As required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 and
as part of our continuing efforts to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burden, we invite the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on this IC. 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 March 24, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments on the
IC to Hope Grey, Information Collection
Clearance Officer, Fish and Wildlife
Service, MS 222–ARLSQ, 4401 North
Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203
(mail); [email protected] (e-mail); or
(703) 358–2269 (fax).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To
request additional information about

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Berkeley, Morgan.
Jefferson.

Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Washington, Waukesha.
Pierce, St. Croix.
Racine.

this IC, contact Hope Grey by mail, fax,
or e-mail (see ADDRESSES) or by
telephone at (703) 358–2482.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
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 only 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 3–2349 (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. The
information that we plan to collect, in
combination with required guide
activity reports and contacts with guides
and clients in the field, provides 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

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so that corrective actions can be taken
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
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 of big game guides using
contact information provided by the
guides as required under their permits.
(2) On websites of refuges where
guide services are permitted.
(3) Upon request.
II. Data
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 guiding
services.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 1,000
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
1,000
Estimated Time Per Response: 15 min.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 250.
III. Request for Comments
We invite comments concerning this
IC on:
(1) whether or not the collection of
information is necessary, including
whether or not the information will
have practical utility;

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(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. We will include and/or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this IC. 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 us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Dated: December 6, 2007.
Hope Grey,
Information Collection Clearance Officer,
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control
Alternatives Workgroup
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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AGENCY:

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), announce a
meeting of the Lake Champlain Sea
Lamprey Control Alternatives
Workgroup (Workgroup). The
Workgroup’s purpose is to provide, in
an advisory capacity, recommendations
and advice on research and
implementation of sea lamprey control
techniques alternative to lampricide that
are technically feasible, cost effective,
and environmentally safe. The primary
objective of the meeting will be to
discuss potential research initiatives
that may enhance alternative sea
lamprey control techniques. The
meeting is open to the public.
DATES: The Workgroup will meet on
Thursday, March 6, 2008, from 9:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m., with an alternate date of
Thursday, March 20, 2008, from 9:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m., should the meeting
need to be cancelled due to inclement
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wants to find out whether the meeting
has been postponed may contact Stefi
Flanders of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service at 802–872–0629 ext. 10
(telephone); or [email protected]
(electronic mail) during regular business
hours on the primary meeting date.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Lake Champlain Basin Program
main office in the Gordon-Center House,
54 West Shore Road (Route 314), Grand
Isle, VT; telephone 802–372–3213.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dave Tilton, Designated Federal Officer,
Lake Champlain Sea Lamprey Control
Alternatives Workgroup, Lake
Champlain Fish and Wildlife Resources
Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
11 Lincoln Street, Essex Junction, VT
05452 (U.S. mail); 802–872–0629
(telephone); or [email protected]
(electronic mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We
publish this notice under section
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). The
Workgroup’s specific responsibilities
are to provide advice regarding the
implementation of sea lamprey control
methods alternative to lampricides, to
recommend priorities for research to be
conducted by cooperating organizations
and demonstration projects to be
developed and funded by State and
Federal agencies, and to assist Federal
and State agencies with the
coordination of alternative sea lamprey
control research to advance the state of
the science in Lake Champlain and the
Great Lakes.
Dated: December 28, 2007.
Wendi Weber,
Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Hadley, Massachusetts.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Public Meetings, Northwest
Colorado Resource Advisory Council
Meetings
Bureau of Land Management.
Notice of Public Meetings.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

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) Northwest
Colorado Resource Advisory Council
(RAC) will meet as indicated below.

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The Northwest Colorado RAC
has scheduled meetings for February 14,
2008; May 22, 2008; August 21, 2008;
and December 4, 2008.

DATES:

The Northwest Colorado
RAC meetings will be held February 14,
2008, in Glenwood Springs, CO, at the
Glenwood Springs Community Center,
100 Wulfsohn Road; May 22, 2007, in
Steamboat Springs, CO, at Citizen’s Hall
124 10th St.; and August 21, 2008, in
Kremmling, CO, at the Chamber of
Commerce, 203 Park Avenue. The
December 4, 2008 meeting will be held
at a location to be determined within
Grand Junction Field Office. An
additional Federal Register Notice will
be issued announcing that meeting.
All Northwest Colorado RAC
meetings will begin at 8 a.m. and
adjourn at approximately 3 p.m., with
public comment periods regarding
matters on the agenda at 10 a.m. and 2
p.m.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jamie Connell, BLM Glenwood Springs
Field Manager, 50629 Hwy. 6&24,
Glenwood Springs, CO; telephone 970–
947–2800; or David Boyd, Public Affairs
Specialist, 50629 Hwy. 6&24, Glenwood
Springs, CO; telephone 970–947–2832.

The
Northwest Colorado RAC advises the
Secretary of the Interior, through the
Bureau of Land Management, on a
variety of public land issues in
Colorado.
Topics of discussion during
Northwest Colorado RAC meetings may
include the BLM National Sage Grouse
Conservation Strategy, working group
reports, recreation, fire management,
land use planning, invasive species
management, energy and minerals
management, travel management,
wilderness, wild horse herd
management, land exchange proposals,
cultural resource management, and
other issues as appropriate.
These meetings are open to the
public. The public may present written
comments to the RACS. Each formal
RAC meeting will also have time, as
identified above, allocated for hearing
public comments. Depending on the
number of persons wishing to comment
and time available, the time for
individual oral comments may be
limited.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Dated: January 10, 2008
David Boyd,
Acting Glenwood Springs Field Manager,
Lead Designated Federal Officer for the
Northwest Colorado RAC.
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