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registering to attend, submitting written
material, and giving an oral
presentation, please see Public Input
under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in
Room 5160 at the Main Interior
Building, 1849 C Street NW.,
Washington DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Joshua Winchell, Council Designated
Federal Officer, by U.S. mail at the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, National
Wildlife Refuge System, 5275 Leesburg
Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3803; by
telephone at (703) 358–2639; or by
email at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the requirements of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App., we announce that the
Wildlife and Hunting Heritage
Conservation Council will hold a
meeting.

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Background
Formed in February 2010, the Council
provides advice about wildlife and
habitat conservation endeavors that:
1. Benefit wildlife resources;
2. Encourage partnership among the
public, sporting conservation
organizations, States, Native American
tribes, and the Federal Government; and
3. Benefit recreational hunting.
The Council advises the Secretary of
the Interior and the Secretary of
Agriculture, reporting through the
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(Service), in consultation with the
Director, Bureau of Land Management
(BLM); Director, National Park Service
(NPS); Chief, Forest Service (USFS);
Chief, Natural Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS); and Administrator,
Farm Services Agency (FSA). The
Council’s duties are strictly advisory
and consist of, but are not limited to,
providing recommendations for:
1. Implementing the Recreational
Hunting and Wildlife Resource
Conservation Plan—A Ten-Year Plan for
Implementation;
2. Increasing public awareness of and
support for the Wildlife Restoration
Program;
3. Fostering wildlife and habitat
conservation and ethics in hunting and
shooting sports recreation;
4. Stimulating sportsmen and
women’s participation in conservation
and management of wildlife and habitat
resources through outreach and
education;
5. Fostering communication and
coordination among State, tribal, and
Federal governments; industry; hunting
and shooting sportsmen and women;
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management organizations; and the
public;
6. Providing appropriate access to
Federal lands for recreational shooting
and hunting;
7. Providing recommendations to
improve implementation of Federal
conservation programs that benefit
wildlife, hunting, and outdoor
recreation on private lands; and
8. When requested by the Designated
Federal Officer in consultation with the
Council Chairperson, performing a
variety of assessments or reviews of
policies, programs, and efforts through
the Council’s designated subcommittees
or workgroups.
Background information on the
Council is available at http://
www.fws.gov/whhcc.
Meeting Agenda
The Council will convene to consider
issues including:
1. Wildlife habitat and health;
2. Funding for public lands and
wildlife management;
3. Endangered Species Act; and
4. Other Council business.
The final agenda will be posted on the
Internet at http://www.fws.gov/whhcc.
Attendance
To attend this meeting, register by
close of business on the dates listed in
Public Input. Please submit your name,
time of arrival, email address, and
phone number to the Council
Designated Federal Officer (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Public Input
You must contact
the Council
Designated
Federal Officer
(see FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT) no
later than

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meeting. Written statements must be
supplied to the Council Designated
Federal Officer in both of the following
formats: One hard copy with original
signature, and one electronic copy via
email (acceptable file formats are Adobe
Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS
PowerPoint, or rich text file).
Giving an Oral Presentation
Individuals or groups requesting to
make an oral presentation at the meeting
will be limited to 2 minutes per speaker,
with no more than a total of 30 minutes
for all speakers. Interested parties
should contact the Council Designated
Federal Officer, in writing (preferably
via email; see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT), to be placed on the public
speaker list for this meeting.
Nonregistered public speakers will not
be considered during the meeting.
Registered speakers who wish to expand
upon their oral statements, or those who
had wished to speak but could not be
accommodated on the agenda, may
submit written statements to the
Council Designated Federal Officer up
to 30 days subsequent to the meeting.
Meeting Minutes
Summary minutes of the conference
will be maintained by the Council
Designated Federal Officer (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). They
will be available for public inspection
within 90 days of the meeting, and will
be posted on the Council’s Web site at
http://www.fws.gov/whhcc.
Joshua Winchell,
Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
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Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Comments
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of revision of a currently
approved information collection, (1028–
0098).
AGENCY:

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Submitting Written Information or
Questions
Interested members of the public may
submit relevant information or
questions for the Council to consider
during the public meeting. Written
statements must be received by the date
in Public Input, so that the information
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We (the U.S. Geological
Survey) are notifying the public that we
have submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) the
information collection request (ICR)
described below. To comply with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA)
and as part of our continuing efforts to
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burden, we invite the general public and
other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on this ICR.
This collection is scheduled to expire
on January 31, 2017.
DATES: To ensure that your comments
on this ICR are considered, OMB must
receive them on or before January 20,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Please submit written
comments on this information
collection directly to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB), Office
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior, via email:
([email protected]); or
by fax (202) 395–5806; and identify your
submission with ‘OMB Control Number
1028–0098 Nonindigenous Aquatic
Species Sighting Reporting Form and
Alert Registration Form’. Please also
forward a copy of your comments and
suggestions on this information
collection to the Information Collection
Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological
Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS
807, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); (703)
648–7195 (fax); or [email protected] (email).
Please reference ‘OMB Information
Collection 1028–0098: Nonindigenous
Aquatic Species Sighting Reporting
Form and Alert Registration Form’ in all
correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pam
Fuller at (352) 264–3481 (telephone);
[email protected] (email); or by mail at
U.S. Geological Survey, 7920 NW., 71st
Street, Gainesville, Florida 32653. You
may also find information about this
ICR at www.reginfo.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
America is under siege by many
harmful non-native species of plants,
animals, and microorganisms. More
than 6,500 nonindigenous species are
now established in the United States,
posing risks to native species, valued
ecosystems, and human and wildlife
health. These invaders extract a huge
cost, an estimated $120 billion per year,
to mitigate their harmful impacts. The
current annual environmental,
economic, and health-related costs of
invasive species exceed those of all
other natural disasters combined.
Through its Invasive Species Program
(http://www.usgs.gov/ecosystems/
invasive_species/), the USGS plays an
important role in federal efforts to
combat invasive species in natural and
semi-natural areas through early
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understanding of the ecology of
invaders and factors in the resistance of
habitats to invasion. The USGS provides
the tools, technology, and information
supporting efforts to prevent, contain,
control, and manage invasive species
nationwide. To meet user needs, the
USGS also develops methods for
compiling and synthesizing accurate
and reliable data and information on
invasive species for inclusion in a
distributed and integrated web-based
information system.
As part of the USGS Invasive Species
Program, the Nonindigenous Aquatic
Species (NAS) database (http://
nas.er.usgs.gov/) functions as a
repository and clearinghouse for
occurrence information on
nonindigenous aquatic species from
across the United States. It contains
locality information on more than 1,900
species of vertebrates, invertebrates, and
vascular plants introduced since 1765.
Taxa include foreign species as well as
those native to North America that have
been transported outside of their natural
range. The NAS Web site provides
immediate access to new occurrence
records through a real-time interface
with the NAS database. Visitors to the
Web site can use a set of predefined
queries to obtain lists of species
according to state or hydrologic basin of
interest. Fact sheets, distribution maps,
and information on new occurrences are
continually posted and updated.
Dynamically generated species
distribution maps show the spatial
accuracy of the locations reported,
population status, and links to more
information about each report.
Information is collected from the
public regarding the local occurrences
of nonindigenous aquatic species,
primarily fish, in open waters of the
United States. This is vital information
for early detection and rapid response
for the possible eradication of organisms
that may be considered invasive in a
natural environment such as a lake,
river, stream, or pond. Because it is not
possible for USGS scientists to monitor
all open waters for harmful
nonindigenous organisms, the public
can help by serving as the ‘‘eyes and
ears’’ for the USGS’s Nonindigenous
Aquatic Species Program.
Members of the public who wish to
report the occurrence of a suspected
nonindigenous aquatic species, usually
encountered through fishing or some
other outdoor recreational activity, may
fill out and submit a form (http://
nas.er.usgs.gov/SightingReport.aspx)
posted on our Web site. The information
requested includes type of organism,
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observer contact information (to allow
the USGS to contact the observer in the
event additional information, such as
Photos or more specific location details
are needed).
NAS program staff maintains an alert
system that contacts individuals via
email when species occurrences are new
to a county, drainage (HUC 8), or state.
The alerts contain information on the
specimen occurrence, such as the date
and location of the occurrence, where
the species is newly introduced, and
any comments included by the reporter.
In order for individuals (private or
public citizens) to receive these alerts,
they must register their first and last
name (fictitious or real), email address,
and a password on our alert registration
form (https://nas.er.usgs.gov/
AlertSystem/Register.aspx). Custom
alerts are sent via email to individuals
based on the alert types they chose in
the alert sign-up page, and these custom
alerts can be altered by the registered
individual by logging in to the alert
login page (https://nas.er.usgs.gov/
AlertSystem/AlertLogin.aspx).
The USGS does not actively solicit or
require observation or contact
information from the public.
Participation in the reporting process
and the alert system is completely
voluntary. The personally identifiable
information given by individuals in
these forms is stored internally in our
sighting report and alert system
databases, with all passwords encrypted
to protect users’ security.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028–0098.
Form Number: Various (12 forms).
Title: Nonindigenous Aquatic Species
Sighting Reporting Form and Alert
Registration Form.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved information
collection.
Respondent Obligation: Participation
is voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Occasional.
Description of Respondents: General
public, State and Local governments,
Tribal nations.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: We estimate 600 users (400
individuals and 200 state/local/tribal
governments) per year for the sighting
report form, and 80 users (50
individuals and 30 state/local/tribal
governments) per year for the alert
registration form.
Estimated Time per Response: We
estimate that it will take 3 minutes per
person to complete the sighting report
form and 1 minute per person to
complete the alert registration form.

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Estimated Annual Burden Hours: We
estimate 30 hours for the sighting report
form, and 2 hours for the alert
registration form; a total of 32 hours for
the two forms.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: There are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’
burdens associated with this collection
of information.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor and
you are not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number. Until the OMB approves a
collection of information, you are not
obliged to respond.
Comments: On October 5, 2016, we
published a Federal Register notice (81
FR 69074) announcing that we would
submit this ICR to OMB for approval
and soliciting comments. The comment
period closed on December 5, 2016. We
received one comment. The commenter
asked how the Department of the
Interior (DOI) is coordinating with U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) to
halt importation of invasive species that
are currently represented in our NAS
database. Our response indicated that
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(USFWS) under the DOI, and the
Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) under the USDA are
both authorized to regulate plant and
animal species imported into and
within the U.S. We provided Web site
URLs for further reference to the
agencies’ policies and prohibited
species lists.
III. Request for Comments
We again invite comments concerning
this ICR as to: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the agency to perform its duties,
including whether the information is
useful; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
collection of information; (c) how to
enhance the quality, usefulness, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) how to minimize the
burden on the respondents, including
the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Please note that comments submitted
in response to this notice are a matter
of public record. Before including your
personal mailing address, phone
number, email address, or other
personally identifiable information in
your comment, you should be aware
that your entire comment, including
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available at any time. While you can ask
us and the OMB in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that it will be done.
Kenneth Rice,
Center Director, Wetland and Aquatic
Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Availability of the Record of
Decision and the Approved Resource
Management Plans for the Beaver Dam
Wash and Red Cliffs National
Conservation Areas; and Approved
Amendment to the St. George Field
Office Resource Management Plan in
Washington County, Utah
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) announces the
availability of the Records of Decision
(RODs) and the Approved Resource
Management Plans (RMPs) for the
Beaver Dam Wash and Red Cliffs
National Conservation Areas (NCA
RMPs); and Approved Amendment to
the St. George Field Office RMP (RMP
Amendment) located in Washington
County, Utah. The Utah State Director
signed the RODs on December 21, 2016,
which constitutes the final decision of
the BLM and makes the Approved NCA
RMPs and RMP Amendment effective.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the RODs and
Approved NCA RMPs/RMP Amendment
are available upon request from
Interagency Public Information Center,
345 East Riverside Drive, St. George, UT
84790, or via the Internet at http://bit.ly/
2fhtN3P. Copies of the RODs and
Approved NCA RMPs/RMP Amendment
are available for public inspection at the
BLM Utah State Office Public Room,
440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt
Lake City, UT 84101, during normal
business hours (8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.),
Monday through Friday, except
holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Keith Rigtrup, RMP Planner, telephone
435–865–3000; address 345 East
Riverside Drive, St. George, UT 84790;
email [email protected]. Persons who
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf may call the Federal Relay Service
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(FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the
above individual during normal
business hours. The FRS is available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a
message or question with the above
individual. You will receive a reply
during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Approved NCA RMPs provide
comprehensive management plans for
the long-term conservation and
management of the Beaver Dam Wash
NCA (63,480 acres of public land) and
the Red Cliffs NCA (44,859 acres of
public land). The NCA RMPs prescribe
appropriate uses and conservation
measures and are consistent with the
planning process and other provisions
directed by the Omnibus Public Land
Management Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–
11, at Title 1, Subtitle O, hereinafter
OPLMA). The need to amend the St.
George Field Office RMP (approved in
1999) is also derived from OPLMA.
Section 1977(b)(1) of OPLMA, directed
the BLM to develop a comprehensive
travel management plan for public lands
in Washington County. The 1999 St.
George Field Office RMP needed to be
amended to modify certain existing offhighway vehicle (OHV) area
designations (open, limited or closed)
before this comprehensive travel
management plan could be developed.
The decisions contained in the
Approved NCA RMPs and RMP
Amendment do not apply to private and
State lands within the boundaries of the
NCAs or the St. George Field Office
planning area.
The Approved NCA RMPs and RMP
Amendment were developed from the
Proposed NCA RMPs and RMP
Amendment that were released, along
with the Final Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS), on September 2, 2016.
The Proposed RMPs and RMP
Amendment combined components of
the four alternatives that were presented
in the Draft NCA RMPs and RMP
Amendment, and associated Draft EIS,
released for public review on July 17,
2015. The NCA RMPs address the longterm management of public land
resources and land uses, while fulfilling
the conservation purpose of the NCAs
for which the public lands received
Congressional designation through
OPLMA.
There were 41 protests of the
Proposed NCA RMPs and RMP
Amendment. All valid protests were
resolved during the BLM Director’s Plan
Protest Resolution Process, prior to the
signing of the RODs. The Governor’s
Consistency Review, which also took
place after the release of the proposed
plans, identified three concerns. The

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