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purposes of the refuge are ‘‘for use as an
inviolate sanctuary, or for any other
management purpose, for migratory
birds’’ (Migratory Bird Conservation
Act, 16 U.S.C. 715d); ‘‘* * * the
conservation of the wetlands of the
nation in order to maintain the public
benefits they provide and to help fulfill
international obligations contained in
various migratory bird treaties and
conventions. * * *’’ (16 U.S.C.
3901(b)).
Upper Ouachita Refuge is located in
northeastern Louisiana. The northern
boundary lies on the LouisianaArkansas State line. The refuge borders
both sides of the Ouachita River for 13.7
miles and extends 3.3 miles to the east
and 13 miles to the west. The refuge
extends approximately 20 miles in a
north-south direction, and its widest
east-west dimension is approximately
16 miles. The southernmost point on the
refuge is approximately 20 miles north
of Monroe, Louisiana. The refuge lies
within the Ouachita River Basin, which
encompasses much of southwest
Arkansas and northeast Louisiana.
The refuge consists of 4,540 acres of
pine and pine/hardwood mix, 19,767
acres of bottomland hardwoods, 2,000
acres of shrub-scrub, 1,182 acres of
moist soil, 2,540 acres of agricultural
fields, 9,236 acres of reforested
bottomlands, 474 acres of fallow
agricultural fields, and 2,907 acres of
open water. Wildlife species found on
the refuge are typical of forested
wetlands, moist soils, early successional
forests, and upland hardwood/pine
habitats. The refuge provides habitat for
thousands of wintering ducks and geese
and year-round habitat for nesting wood
ducks. Although no large rookeries are
located on the refuge, thousands of
wading and water birds, such as white
ibis, herons, egrets, wood storks,
cormorants, and anhingas, forage in the
sloughs, bayous, and Mollicy Unit.
Many neotropical migratory birds breed
on the refuge while other species use
the refuge during migration, especially
along the Ouachita River. Resident game
species include fox and gray squirrels,
rabbits, and deer. Furbearers present
include muskrat, nutria, mink, river
otter, beaver, red and gray fox, and
racoon.
Three threatened and endangered
species utilize the refuge. Currently,
there is one active group of the
endangered red-cockaded woodpecker
on the refuge. Threatened Louisiana
black bear have become more common
on the refuge recently. Many threatened
bald eagles are seen during the year,
mainly winter, on the refuge. Bald
eagles have also begun to nest
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successfully on the refuge within the
last three years.
Hunting and fishing opportunities are
permitted on most areas of the refuge,
and is open year-round for wildlife
observation, nature photography, and
hiking.
The Service will conduct a
comprehensive conservation planning
process that will provide opportunity
for State and local governments,
agencies, organizations, and the public
to participate in issue scoping and
public comment. Comments received by
the Planning Team will be used as part
of the planning process.
Authority: This notice is published under
the authority of the National Wildlife Refuge
System Improvement Act of 1997, Public
Law 105–57.
Dated: June 17, 2005.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 05–13730 Filed 7–12–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Submission of Information Collection
to the Office of Management and
Budget for Review
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of submission of
information collection to the Office of
Management and Budget.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA) is submitting the information
collection on Indian Service Population
and Labor Force Estimates for review
and renewal as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
OMB Control Number is 1076–0147.
DATES: Submit comments on or before
August 12, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on the information collection to the
Desk Officer for Department of the
Interior at the Office of Management and
Budget, by facsimile to (202) 395–6566
or you may send an e-mail to:
OIRA_DOCKET@ omb.eop.gov.
Please send copy of your comments to
Mr. Harry Rainbolt, Assistant to the
Deputy Bureau Director, Tribal Services,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of
the Interior, 1951 Constitution Avenue,
Mail Stop 320–SIB, NW., Washington,
DC 20240; Telephone (202) 513–7640,
Facsimile (202) 208–3112.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You
may request further information or
obtain copies of the information
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collection request submission from Mr.
Rainbolt, as identified in the ADDRESSES
section.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Information is mandated by Congress
through Public Law 102–477, Indian
Employment, Training and Related
Services Demonstration Act (Act) of
1992, section 17. The Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) is submitting the
information collection for renewal. The
Act requires the Secretary to develop,
maintain and publish, not less than
biennially, a report on the population by
gender, income level, age, and
availability for work. The report will be
submitted to the Senate Indian Affairs
Committee, as required by the Act, other
Federal agencies and will be available to
tribes and the general public upon
request.
A request for comments on this
information collection request appeared
in the Federal Register on March 9,
2005 (70 FR 11687). No comments were
received in response to the
announcement.
Request for Comments
The Bureau of Indian Affairs requests
you to send your comments on this
collection to the two locations listed in
the ADDRESSES section. Your comments
should address:
(a) The necessity of this information
collection for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden (hours and cost)
of the collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Ways we could enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(d) Ways we could minimize the
burden of the collection of the
information on the respondents, such as
through the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
Please note that an agency may not
sponsor or request, and an individual
need not respond to, a collection of
information unless it has a valid OMB
Control Number.
It is our policy to make all comments
available to the public for review at the
location listed in the ADDRESSES section,
room 320–SIB, during the hours of 8
a.m. to 4 p.m., e.s.t., Monday through
Friday, except for legal holidays. If you
wish to have your name and/or address
withheld, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your
comments. We will honor your request
according to the requirements of the
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law. All comments from organizations
or representatives will be available for
review. We may withhold comments
from review for other reasons.
OMB has up to 60 days to make a
decision on the submission for renewal,
but may make the decision after 30
days. Therefore, to receive the best
consideration of your comments, you
should submit them closer to 30 days
than 60 days.
Information Collection Abstract
OMB Control Number: 1076–0147.
Type of review: Renewal.
Title: Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian Service
Population and Labor Force Estimates.
Brief Description of collection: The
Office of Tribal Services contacted 10 of
the 562 federally recognized Indian
tribes. The 10 tribes contacted ranged in
size from small (less than 500 members)
to large tribes (more than 20,000
members). The estimated time it took
each tribe to respond to the biennial
report was between 1 hour and 4 days
depending on the sophistication of the
tribal government. All things
considered, it takes each tribe an
estimated 8 hours to complete the
survey.
Respondents: American Indian Tribes.
Number of Respondents: 562.
Estimated Time per Response: 8
hours.
Frequency of Response: Biennially.
Total Annual Burden to Respondents:
4496 hours biennially.
Total Annual Cost to Respondents: N/
A.
Dated: July 5, 2005.
Michael D. Olsen,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—
Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 05–13761 Filed 7–12–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY–070–1232–DA]
Notice of Temporary Closure of Public
Lands to Motorized Vehicle Use
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
Notice of temporary closure of
certain public lands to all types of motor
vehicle use in Sheridan County,
Wyoming.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to 43 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) Subpart 8364,
the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
announces its intentions to temporarily
close certain BLM-administered public
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lands to all types of motor vehicle use
during the period of time the Buffalo
Field Office develops, completes, and
approves a management plan for
recently acquired lands. These lands are
hereafter referred to as ‘‘Welch
Management Area.’’ This temporary
closure is needed to protect public lands
and resources from the effects of
unauthorized use and motorized vehicle
use of existing roads and two-track trails
that were present when the land was
transferred to the United States
Government.
This temporary closure will be
effective the date this notice is
published in the Federal Register and
will continue to either December 31,
2006, or when a management plan for
the Welch Management Area is
completed and approved, whichever
comes first.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chris Hanson, Buffalo Field Manager, or
Jim Sparks, Assistant Field Manager,
Buffalo Field Office, 1425 Fort Street,
Buffalo, Wyoming 82834. Mr. Hanson
and Mr. Sparks may also be contacted
by telephone: (307) 684–1100.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLMadministered public lands affected by
this closure include approximately
1,745 acres, more or less, in Sheridan
County, Wyoming. These lands are:
DATES:
T. 57 N., R. 84 W., 6th PM, Wyoming
section 1, S1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4,
SW1⁄4SW1⁄4; section 2, lots 2, 3, S1⁄2N1⁄2, S1⁄2;
section 3, lots 3, 4, S1⁄2N1⁄2, N1⁄2S1⁄2,
SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; section 4, lots 1 through 4,
S1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4.
This area was known as ‘‘the Welch
lands’’ and is further described in the
Final Environmental Impact Statement
for the Pittsburg and Midway Coal
Mining Company Coal Exchange
Proposal; (July 2003) and it’s Record of
Decision (November 2004). In exchange
for Federal coal and other lands, the
Welch lands were transferred to the
United States Government from private
ownership. Prior to the completion of
the transfer, the area was subject to
limited and controlled motorized
vehicle use. The existing roads were
neither constructed nor designed for
unlimited vehicular traffic in all types
of weather conditions.
Excessive use of the roads by
motorized vehicles during wet weather
conditions would be detrimental to the
area and its associated natural
resources. Soils in the area are highly
erodible. Any motorized vehicular
travel during certain conditions could
greatly increase soil erosion and
potentially increase sedimentation into
the Tongue River, especially when off-
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road vehicles are used as the means of
transport.
The BLM is in the process of
developing a management plan for the
area hereafter referred to as the Welch
Management Area. The use of these
lands; including use by motorized
vehicles, will be addressed in the plan.
During development of the management
plan, the public will be invited to
participate in its formation through their
provision of comments and resource
information.
Upon completion of the management
plan, actions addressed in the plan will
be implemented and the temporary
closure will no longer be necessary.
Maps of the planning area and
information on land-use planning
progress may be obtained from the
Buffalo Field Office.
Main entry points to the area will be
signed and posted as closed to travel by
all types of motorized vehicles used by
the public (i.e. any motorized vehicle
including cars, trucks, sport utility
vehicles, motorcycles, snowmobiles, allterrain vehicles, etc.).
Information as to when the area
would no longer be closed to motorized
vehicular travel would be posted at the
Buffalo Field Office. In addition, the
BLM plans to announce the lifting of the
closure through the media including but
not limited to, announcement in local
newspapers.
Temporary closure orders may be
implemented as provided in 43 CFR,
subparts 8341.2 and 8364.1. Violations
of this closure are punishable by a fine
not to exceed $1,000, and/or
imprisonment; not to exceed 12 months.
Persons who are administratively
exempt from this closure include: Any
Federal, State or local officer or
employee acting within the scope of
their duties, members of any organized
rescue or fire-fighting force in
performance of an official duty, and any
person holding written authorization
from the Bureau of Land Management.
Dated: March 25, 2005.
Robert A. Bennett,
State Director.
[FR Doc. 05–13787 Filed 7–12–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Submission of Information Collection to the Office of Management
and Budget for Review
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of submission of information collection to the Office of
Management and Budget.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is submitting the
information collection on Indian Service Population and Labor Force
Estimates for review and renewal as required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995. The OMB Control Number is 1076-0147.
DATES: Submit comments on or before August 12, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the information collection to the
Desk Officer for Department of the Interior at the Office of Management
and Budget, by facsimile to (202) 395-6566 or you may send an e-mail
to: OIRA--DOCKET@ omb.eop.gov.
Please send copy of your comments to Mr. Harry Rainbolt, Assistant
to the Deputy Bureau Director, Tribal Services, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Department of the Interior, 1951 Constitution Avenue, Mail
Stop 320-SIB, NW., Washington, DC 20240; Telephone (202) 513-7640,
Facsimile (202) 208-3112.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may request further information or
obtain copies of the information collection request submission from Mr.
Rainbolt, as identified in the ADDRESSES section.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Information is mandated by Congress through
Public Law 102-477, Indian Employment, Training and Related Services
Demonstration Act (Act) of 1992, section 17. The Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA) is submitting the information collection for renewal. The
Act requires the Secretary to develop, maintain and publish, not less
than biennially, a report on the population by gender, income level,
age, and availability for work. The report will be submitted to the
Senate Indian Affairs Committee, as required by the Act, other Federal
agencies and will be available to tribes and the general public upon
request.
A request for comments on this information collection request
appeared in the Federal Register on March 9, 2005 (70 FR 11687). No
comments were received in response to the announcement.
Request for Comments
The Bureau of Indian Affairs requests you to send your comments on
this collection to the two locations listed in the ADDRESSES section.
Your comments should address:
(a) The necessity of this information collection for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden (hours and
cost) of the collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Ways we could enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(d) Ways we could minimize the burden of the collection of the
information on the respondents, such as through the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of information technology.
Please note that an agency may not sponsor or request, and an
individual need not respond to, a collection of information unless it
has a valid OMB Control Number.
It is our policy to make all comments available to the public for
review at the location listed in the ADDRESSES section, room 320-SIB,
during the hours of 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., e.s.t., Monday through Friday,
except for legal holidays. If you wish to have your name and/or address
withheld, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your
comments. We will honor your request according to the requirements of
the
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law. All comments from organizations or representatives will be
available for review. We may withhold comments from review for other
reasons.
OMB has up to 60 days to make a decision on the submission for
renewal, but may make the decision after 30 days. Therefore, to receive
the best consideration of your comments, you should submit them closer
to 30 days than 60 days.
Information Collection Abstract
OMB Control Number: 1076-0147.
Type of review: Renewal.
Title: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Indian
Service Population and Labor Force Estimates.
Brief Description of collection: The Office of Tribal Services
contacted 10 of the 562 federally recognized Indian tribes. The 10
tribes contacted ranged in size from small (less than 500 members) to
large tribes (more than 20,000 members). The estimated time it took
each tribe to respond to the biennial report was between 1 hour and 4
days depending on the sophistication of the tribal government. All
things considered, it takes each tribe an estimated 8 hours to complete
the survey.
Respondents: American Indian Tribes.
Number of Respondents: 562.
Estimated Time per Response: 8 hours.
Frequency of Response: Biennially.
Total Annual Burden to Respondents: 4496 hours biennially.
Total Annual Cost to Respondents: N/A.
Dated: July 5, 2005.
Michael D. Olsen,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 05-13761 Filed 7-12-05; 8:45 am]
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