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Notice of availability.
SUMMARY: This notice is to announce the
availability of a Final Environmental
Impact Statement (FEIS) on resident
Canada goose management. We
published the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (DEIS) in March 2002.
We considered over 2,700 public
comments in revising the document.
DATES: The public inspection period for
the FEIS will last 30 days and will end
on December 19, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The document is available
from the Division of Migratory Bird
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Mail
Stop 4107—MBSP, Arlington, Virginia
22203–1610. It is also available on the
Division of Migratory Bird Management
Web page at https://
migratorybirds.fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron
W. Kokel, Division of Migratory Bird
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, at 703–358–1967.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS
evaluates alternative strategies to
reduce, manage, and control resident
Canada goose populations in the
continental United States and to reduce
goose-related damages. The objective of
the FEIS is to provide a regulatory
mechanism that would allow State and
local agencies, other Federal agencies,
and groups and individuals to respond
to damage complaints or damages by
resident Canada geese. The FEIS is a
comprehensive programmatic plan
intended to guide and direct resident
Canada goose population growth and
management activities in the
conterminous United States. The FEIS
analyzes seven management
alternatives: (1) No Action (Alternative
A); (2) Increase Use of Nonlethal Control
and Management (excludes all
permitted activities) (Alternative B); (3)
Increase Use of Nonlethal Control and
Management (continued permitting of
those activities generally considered
nonlethal) (Alternative C); (4) Expanded
Hunting Methods and Opportunities
(Alternative D); (5) Control and
Depredation Order Management
(consisting of an Airport Control Order,
a Nest and Egg Depredation Order, an
Agricultural Depredation Order, and a
Public Health Control Order)
(Alternative E); (6) Integrated Damage
Management and Population Control
(PROPOSED ACTION) (Alternative F);
and (7) General Depredation Order
(Alternative G). Alternatives were
analyzed with regard to their potential
impacts on resident Canada geese, other
wildlife species, natural resources,
special status species, socioeconomics,
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historical resources, and cultural
resources.
Our proposed action (Alternative F)
would establish a new regulation with
three main program components. The
first component would be targeted to
address resident Canada goose
depredation, damage, and conflict
management by authorizing or
establishing specific resident Canada
goose Control and Depredation Orders.
The second component would be
targeted to increase the sport harvest of
resident Canada geese by providing new
regulatory options to State wildlife
management agencies and Tribal
entities by authorizing the use of
additional hunting methods. The third
component would consist of a new
regulation authorizing a resident Canada
goose population control program, or
management take. Management take is
defined as a special management action
that is needed to reduce certain wildlife
populations when traditional
management programs are unsuccessful
in preventing overabundance of the
population. The management take
program would be implemented under
the authority of the Migratory Bird
Treaty Act to reduce and stabilize
resident Canada goose populations. The
intent of the program is to reduce
resident Canada goose populations in
order to protect personal property and
agricultural crops, protect other
interests from injury, resolve or prevent
injury to people, property, agricultural
crops, or other interests from resident
Canada geese, and contribute to
potential concerns about human health.
On March 1, 2002 (67 FR 9448), the
Environmental Protection Agency
published a Notice of Availability of our
DEIS. On March 7, 2002 (67 FR 10431),
we published our own Notice of
Availability of the DEIS. We published
a Notice of Meetings on the DEIS on
March 26, 2002 (67 FR 13792). Initial
comments were accepted until May 30,
2002. We subsequently published
another Notice of Availability reopening
the comment period on August 21, 2003
(68 FR 50546). Also on August 21, 2003,
we published a proposed rule regarding
control and management of resident
Canada goose populations (68 FR
50496). Comments were accepted on
both the DEIS and the proposed rule
until October 20, 2003.
We received public comments on the
DEIS from 2,657 private individuals, 33
State wildlife resource agencies, 37
nongovernmental organizations, 29 local
governments, 5 Federal or State
legislators, 4 Flyway Councils, 4 Federal
agencies, 3 tribes, 3 businesses, and 2
State agricultural agencies. Of the 2,657
comments received from private
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individuals, 56% opposed the preferred
alternative and supported only
nonlethal control and management
alternatives, while 40% supported
either the proposed alternative or a
general depredation order.
We modified the DEIS to respond to
concerns and issues expressed by
individuals, agencies, and
organizations. Most notably, we
excluded States in the Pacific Flyway
from some of the available management
components and shifted implementation
and responsibility on some of the
program components from the State to
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Our
proposed action remains Alternative F.
A Record of Decision and final rule will
be published after the inspection period
(see DATES section).
Dated: October 17, 2005.
Matt Hogan,
Deputy Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WO–350–1430–EY–24 1A; OMB Control
Number 1004–0153]
Information Collection Submitted to
the Office Of Management and Budget
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act
The Bureau of Land Management
(BLM) has submitted the proposed
collection of information listed below to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for approval under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). On June 9,
2004, the BLM published a notice in the
Federal Register (69 FR 32365)
requesting comments on this proposed
collection. The comment period ended
on August 9, 2004. The BLM received
no comments. You may obtain copies of
the proposed collection of information
by contacting the BLM Information
Collection Clearance Officer at the
telephone number listed below.
The OMB is required to respond to
this request within 60 days but may
respond after 30 days. For maximum
consideration your comments and
suggestions on the requirement should
be made within 30 days directly to the
Office of Management and Budget,
Interior Department Desk Officer (1004–
0153), at OMB–OIRA via facsimile to
(202) 395–6566 or e-mail to
OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. Please
provide a copy of your comments to the
Bureau Information Collection
Clearance Officer (WO–630), Bureau of
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Land Management, Eastern States
Office, 7450 Boston Blvd., Springfield,
Virginia 22153.
Nature of Comments: We 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 to be collected; 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.
Title: Conveyance of Federally-Owned
Mineral Interest (43 CFR Part 2720).
OMB Control Number: 1004–0153.
Bureau Form Number: Nonform
information.
Abstract: The Bureau of Land
Management uses the information to
determine if private surface estate land
owners seeking conveyance of the
Federally-owned mineral interests lying
beneath the surface meet the statutory
requirements of 43 CFR part 2720.
Frequency: Once.
Description of Respondents: Privately
owned surface estate owners.
Estimated Completion Time: 10
hours.
Annual Responses: 12.
Application Fee Per Response: $50.
Annual Burden Hours: 120.
Bureau Clearance Officer: Ian Senio,
(202) 452–5033.
Dated: July 18, 2005.
Ian Senio,
Bureau of Land Management, Information
Collection Clearance Officer.
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INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND
WATER COMMISSION; UNITED
STATES AND MEXICO
United States Section; Notice of
Availability for the Record of Decision
on the Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement,
Clean Water Act Compliance at the
South Bay International Wastewater
Treatment Plant, Located in San Diego
County, CA
United States Section,
International Boundary and Water
AGENCY:
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Commission (USIBWC), United States
and Mexico.
ACTION: Notice of Availability for the
Record of Decision (ROD).
SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969; the Council on
Environmental Quality Final
Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500 through
1508); and the USIBWC’s Operational
Procedures for Implementing Section
102 of NEPA, published in the Federal
Register September 2, 1981, (46 FR
44083); the USIBWC hereby gives notice
that the Record of Decision (ROD) for
the Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement, Clean Water Act
Compliance at the South Bay
International Wastewater Treatment
Plant, located in San Diego County,
California is available. The ROD was
signed and made available via the
USIBWC website on September 30,
2005. A Notice of Availability of the
Final Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement (SEIS) dated July 14,
2005, provided a thirty (30)-day
comment period. The Notice was
published in the Federal Register on
July 22, 2005 (70 FR 42379).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gilbert Anaya, Environmental
Management Division; United States
Section, International Boundary and
Water Commission; 4171 N. Mesa, C–
100; El Paso, Texas 79902. Telephone:
(915) 832–4702, email:
gilbertanaya@ibwc.state.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed Action
The United States Section,
International Boundary and Water
Commission (USIBWC) has prepared the
Record of Decision on the Final
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement for Clean Water Act
Compliance at the South Bay
International Wastewater Treatment
Plant (Final SEIS). The South Bay
International Wastewater Treatment
Plant (SBIWTP) is an existing
international wastewater treatment
plant located in San Diego County at the
United States-Mexico border. The
SBIWTP and its associated facilities
capture and treat to the advanced
primary level an average of 25 million
gallons per day (mgd) of raw sewage
originating from the Tijuana region of
Mexico and discharge the treated
effluent approximately 3.5 miles
offshore into the Pacific Ocean through
the South Bay Ocean Outfall (SBOO).
The SBIWTP and its system of canyon
collectors prevent millions of gallons of
dry weather flows of raw sewage from
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flowing daily into the United States
from Mexico and polluting the Tijuana
River, the Tijuana River Valley and
Estuary, and south San Diego beaches.
The Final SEIS analyzed existing and
new alternatives that would enable the
USIBWC to bring the SBIWTP into
compliance with the Clean Water Act
(CWA) and with the SBIWTP’s National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) permit either by providing
secondary treatment at the SBIWTP; or
by having another entity, either private
or public, provide secondary treatment
of the SBIWTP’s effluent in Mexico; or
by achieving CWA compliance by some
other means. The Final SEIS also
evaluated new information on the
current discharges of advanced primary
effluent from the SBIWTP through the
SBOO, as well as potential interim
actions that would allow continued
operations of the SBIWTP until the
SBIWTP achieves CWA compliance.
The Record of Decision was prepared in
compliance with 40 CFR 1505.2 to
document the USIBWC’s decision on
the project. The decision is based on the
Final SEIS development process (40
CFR part 1502) and public involvement
(40 CFR part 1500).
On July 22, 2005, USIBWC made the
Final SEIS available for public review
and comment. A Notice of Availability
of the Final SEIS was published in the
Federal Register by the USIBWC on July
22, 2005 (70 FR 42379), and by the
United States Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) on July 29, 2005 (70 FR
43867). USIBWC invited written
comments on the Final SEIS to be
submitted on or before August 24, 2005.
USIBWC received one comment letter
on the Final SEIS. The comments on the
Draft and Final SEIS along with
USIBWC responses are discussed in
Sections VI and VII of the Record of
Decision, respectively.
Availability
Single hard copies of the Record of
Decision may be obtained by request at
the above address. Electronic copies
may also be obtained from the USIBWC
Home Page at https://
www.ibwc.state.gov.
Dated: November 7, 2005.
Susan Daniel,
General Counsel.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WO-350-1430-EY-24 1A; OMB Control Number 1004-0153]
Information Collection Submitted to the Office Of Management and
Budget Under the Paperwork Reduction Act
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has submitted the proposed
collection of information listed below to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for approval under the provisions of the Paperwork
Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). On June 9, 2004, the BLM
published a notice in the Federal Register (69 FR 32365) requesting
comments on this proposed collection. The comment period ended on
August 9, 2004. The BLM received no comments. You may obtain copies of
the proposed collection of information by contacting the BLM
Information Collection Clearance Officer at the telephone number listed
below.
The OMB is required to respond to this request within 60 days but
may respond after 30 days. For maximum consideration your comments and
suggestions on the requirement should be made within 30 days directly
to the Office of Management and Budget, Interior Department Desk
Officer (1004-0153), at OMB-OIRA via facsimile to (202) 395-6566 or e-
mail to OIRA--DOCKET@omb.eop.gov. Please provide a copy of your
comments to the Bureau Information Collection Clearance Officer (WO-
630), Bureau of
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Land Management, Eastern States Office, 7450 Boston Blvd., Springfield,
Virginia 22153.
Nature of Comments: We 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 to be
collected; 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.
Title: Conveyance of Federally-Owned Mineral Interest (43 CFR Part
2720).
OMB Control Number: 1004-0153.
Bureau Form Number: Nonform information.
Abstract: The Bureau of Land Management uses the information to
determine if private surface estate land owners seeking conveyance of
the Federally-owned mineral interests lying beneath the surface meet
the statutory requirements of 43 CFR part 2720.
Frequency: Once.
Description of Respondents: Privately owned surface estate owners.
Estimated Completion Time: 10 hours.
Annual Responses: 12.
Application Fee Per Response: $50.
Annual Burden Hours: 120.
Bureau Clearance Officer: Ian Senio, (202) 452-5033.
Dated: July 18, 2005.
Ian Senio,
Bureau of Land Management, Information Collection Clearance Officer.
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