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The proposed use of the information:
The information collected will be used
by the Department and its bureaus to
assist them in properly considering
proposed donations to the Department
or to its bureaus in the amount of
$25,000 or more. The information on the
form, in conjunction with other
information which may be known to
one or more offices in the Department,
will assist the Department in its efforts
to maintain its integrity, impartiality,
and the confidence of the public, in
accepting donations.
III. Data
(1) Title: Donor Certification Form.
OMB Control Number: 1090–XXXX.
Type of Review: Information
Collection: New.
Affected Entities: Individuals or
households, Businesses, Not-for-profit
institutions, Units of Government.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 552.
Frequency of Response: Upon
donation, generally no more than
annual
(2) Annual reporting and
recordkeeping burden:
Estimated Number of Responses
Annually: 552.
Estimated Burden per Response: 20
minutes.
Total Annual Reporting: 184 hours.
(3) Description of the need and use of
the information: This information will
provide Department staff with the basis
for beginning the evaluation as to
whether the Department will accept the
proposed donation. The authorized
employee will receive the donor
certification form with the proposed
donation. The employee will then
review the totality of circumstances
surrounding the proposed donation to
determine whether the Department can
accept the donation and maintain its
integrity, impartiality, and public
confidence.
As required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), a
Federal Register notice soliciting
comments on the collection of
information was published on
September 26, 2008 (73 FR 55862). No
comments were received. This notice
provides the public with an additional
30 days in which to comment on the
proposed information collection
activity.

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IV. Request for Comments
The Department of the Interior invites
comments on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;

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(b) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
and the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons
to generate, maintain, retain, disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal
agency. This includes the time needed
to review instructions; to develop,
acquire, install and utilize technology
and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
personnel and to be able to respond to
a collection of information, to search
data sources, to complete and review
the collection of information; and to
transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
All written comments, with names
and addresses, will be available for
public inspection. If you wish us to
withhold your personal information,
you must prominently state at the
beginning of your comment what
personal information you want us to
withhold. We will honor your request to
the extent allowable by law. If you wish
to view any comments received, you
may do so by scheduling an
appointment with the Office of
Conservation, Partnerships &
Management Policy at the above
address. A valid picture identification is
required for entry into the Department
of the Interior.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
control number.
Dated: April 17, 2009.
Beth L. Duff,
Office of Conservation, Partnerships and
Management Policy.
[FR Doc. E9–9384 Filed 4–23–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
30-Day Notice of Intention To Request
Clearance of Collection of Information;
Opportunity for Public Comment
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:

SUMMARY: The National Park Service
(NPS) has submitted a request to OMB
to renew approval of the collection of
information in 36 CFR Part 51, Subpart
J, regarding the assignment or
encumbrance of concession contracts.
NPS is requesting a 3-year term of
approval for this information collection
activity. An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) control number.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
May 26, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments directly
to the Desk Officer for the Department
of the Interior (OMB #1024–0126),
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), by fax at 202/395–5806,
or by electronic mail at
[email protected]. Please also
mail or hand carry a copy of your
comments to Ms. Jo A. Pendry, Chief,
Commercial Services Program, National
Park Service, 1201 Eye Street, NW., 11th
Floor, Washington, DC 20005 or via fax
at 202/371–2090.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo
A. Pendry, Chief, Commercial Services
Program, 1201 Eye Street, NW., 11th
Floor, Washington, DC 20005 or via fax
at 202/371–2090. You are entitled to a
copy of the entire ICR package free-ofcharge. You may access this ICR at
http://www.reginfo.gov/public/.
Comments Received on the 60-Day
Federal Register Notice:
The NPS published a 60-day notice to
solicit public comments on this ICR in
the Federal Register on July 11, 2008
(73 FR 39985). The comment period
closed on September 9, 2008. No
comments were received on this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 1024–0126.
Title: Proposed Sale of Concession
Operations, 36 CFR 51, Subpart J.
Form(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection of
information.
Abstract: The NPS authorizes private
businesses known as concessioners to
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visitor facilities and services in areas of
the National Park System. Concession
authorizations may be assigned, sold,
transferred, or encumbered by the
concessioner subject to prior written
approval of the NPS. The NPS requires
that certain information be submitted
for review prior to the consummation of
any sale, transfer, assignment, or
encumbrance.
The information requested is used to
determine whether or not the proposed
transaction will result in an adverse
impact on the protection, conservation,
or preservation of the resources of the
unit of the National Park System;
decreased services to the public; the
lack of a reasonable opportunity for
profit over the remaining term of the
authorization; or rates in excess of
approved rates to the public. In
addition, pursuant to the regulations at
36 CFR Part 51, the value of rights for
intangible assets such as the concession
contract, right of preference in renewal,
user days, or low fees, belongs to the
Government. If any portion of the
purchase price is attributable either
directly or indirectly to such assets, the
transaction may not be approved. The
amount and type of information to be
submitted varies with the type and
complexity of the proposed transaction.
Without such information, the NPS
would be unable to determine whether
approval of the proposed transaction
would be adequate.
Affected public: Businesses,
individuals, and nonprofit
organizations.
Obligation to respond: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Estimated total annual responses: 20.
Estimated average completion time
per response: 80 hours.
Estimated annual reporting burden:
1,600 hours.
Estimated annual nonhour cost
burden: $5,000.
Comments are invited on: (1) The
practical utility of the information being
gathered; (2) the accuracy of the burden
hour estimate; (3) ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden to
respondents, including use of
automated information collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. 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
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withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that OMB will be able
to do so.
Dated: April 17, 2009.
Cartina Miller,
NPS Information Collection Clearance
Officer.
[FR Doc. E9–9413 Filed 4–23–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R4–R–2009–N0057; 40136–1265–
0000–S3]

Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife
Refuge, Orleans Parish, LA
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability: draft
comprehensive conservation plan and
environmental assessment; request for
comments.
SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service) announce the
availability of a draft comprehensive
conservation plan (Draft CCP/EA) for
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge
(NWR) for public review and comment.
In this Draft CCP/EA, we describe the
alternative we propose to use to manage
this refuge for the 15 years following
approval of the Final CCP.
DATES: To ensure consideration, we
must receive your written comments by
May 26, 2009.

Send comments, questions,
and requests for information to: Mr. Pon
Dixson, Deputy Project Leader,
Southeast Louisiana National Wildlife
Refuge Complex, 61389 Highway 434,
Lacombe, LA 70445. A copy of the Draft
CCP/EA is available on both compact
disc and hard copy, and it may be
accessed and downloaded from the
Service’s Internet Site: http://
southeast.fws.gov/planning/.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Pon Dixson; telephone: 985/882–2014;
fax: 985/882–9133; e-mail:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Introduction
With this notice we continue the CCP
process for Bayou Sauvage NWR. We
started the process through a notice in
the Federal Register on May 16, 2008
(72 FR 27585).

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Background
The CCP Process
The National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C.
668dd–668ee) (Improvement Act),
which amended the National Wildlife
Refuge System Administration Act of
1966, requires us to develop a CCP for
each national wildlife refuge. The
purpose for developing a CCP is to
provide refuge managers with a 15-year
plan for achieving refuge purposes and
contributing toward the mission of the
National Wildlife Refuge System,
consistent with sound principles of fish
and wildlife management, conservation,
legal mandates, and our policies. In
addition to outlining broad management
direction on conserving wildlife and
their habitats, CCPs identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities
available to the public, including
opportunities for hunting, fishing,
wildlife observation, wildlife
photography, and environmental
education and interpretation. We will
review and update the CCP at least
every 15 years in accordance with the
Improvement Act.
Bayou Sauvage NWR is in eastern
Orleans Parish, Louisiana, and is
entirely situated within the corporate
limits of the city of New Orleans. It is
the largest national wildlife refuge in an
urban area of the United States, and is
one of the last remaining marsh areas
adjacent to the south shores of Lakes
Pontchartrain and Borgne. The refuge
consists of 24,000 acres of wetlands and
is bordered on three sides by water:
Lake Pontchartrain on the north, Chef
Menteur Pass on the east, and Lake
Borgne on the south. The western side
of the refuge is bordered by the Maxent
Canal and lands that consist of
bottomland hardwood habitat and
exotic species, such as Chinese tallow
and china berry. Un-leveed portions of
the refuge consist of estuarine tidal
marshes and shallow water. The
Hurricane Protection Levee System,
along with roadbeds, created freshwater
impoundments, which altered the plant
communities as well as the fish
communities within these
impoundments. Small forested areas
exist on the low, natural ridges formed
along natural drainages and along
manmade canals.
CCP Alternatives, Including our
Proposed Alternative
We developed three alternatives for
managing the refuge and chose
Alternative B as the proposed
alternative. A full description is in the
Draft CCP/EA. We summarize each
alternative below.

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