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launches, highway pullouts, and
campgrounds, would be upgraded or
new facilities would be constructed to
promote day use and interpretive
opportunities along the Alaska Highway
as described in the Refuge’s Public Use
Management Plan. Other public use
opportunities on the refuge, including
canoeing, hiking, environmental
education and interpretation, and public
use of administrative cabins, would be
promoted. The refuge would continue to
protect resources and property and to
meet habitat management objectives by
treating a fixed number of acres
annually through a variety of fire
management techniques including
prescribed burning, suppression,
thinning, and wildland fire use to
maintain and enhance habitat for
particular wildlife species. The refuge
would work with the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game to
reintroduce native fish populations to
selected waters throughout the refuge; to
manage populations to maintain
breeding stock; and to develop
additional put-and-take fisheries within
the refuge along the Alaska Highway.
Refuge lands would continue to be
managed under Minimal (approximately
577,500 acres), Moderate
(approximately 121,500 acres), and
Intensive (1,640 acres) management
categories; approximately 40 acres at the
Seaton Roadhouse site would be
reclassified from Minimal Management
to Moderate Management to allow
facilities development and increased
wildlife-dependent public use.
Alternative B (Preferred Alternative):
Management of Tetlin Refuge would
generally continue to follow the 1987
CCP and record of decision as modified
by subsequent program-specific plans.
Refuge management would continue to
reflect existing laws, executive orders,
regulations, and policies governing
Service administration and operation of
the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Along with the actions described under
Alternative A, the refuge would work
with the local community to seek formal
recognition of Tok as a ‘‘Gateway
Community’’ and to increase
opportunities for environmental
education, interpretation, and recreation
off-refuge and in support of or in
conjunction with refuge programs.
Opportunities for current and new
public use would be promoted (e.g.,
canoe routes established). Existing
public use facilities would be upgraded
and new facilities (e.g., hiking trails,
restrooms at highway pullouts) would
be constructed. The refuge would
continue to protect resources and
property using a variety of fire
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management techniques including
prescribed burning, suppression,
thinning, and wildland fire use. The
refuge would emphasize the use of
natural fire with prescribed burns based
only on specific project objectives (e.g.
fuels reduction, habitat protection, or
fire effects research) and suppression to
reduce potential for large-scale wildfires
and to maintain long-term ecological
health of refuge lands. Natural fire
would be used as the primary tool to
maintain and enhance habitat. All
native fisheries would be managed to
maintain self-sustaining, healthy
populations to contribute to natural
diversity in the region; any
reintroductions would be based on
historic distribution of fish. Refuge
lands would continue to be managed in
the same management categories as
under Alternative A.
Alternative C: Management of Tetlin
Refuge would generally continue to
follow the 1987 CCP and record of
decision as modified by subsequent
program-specific plans. Refuge
management would continue to reflect
existing laws, executive orders,
regulations, and policies governing
Service administration and operation of
the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Along with the actions described under
Alternatives A and B, the refuge would
pursue the following additional
management actions under Alternative
C. In addition to establishing Tok as a
‘‘Gateway Community,’’ this alternative
would establish Tetlin Refuge as the
leader in interpretation of the region by
expanding the refuge interpretive
program and establishing partnerships
to expand educational and interpretive
programs throughout the area.
Alternative C would include
construction of additional interpretive
kiosks, wildlife viewing platforms, and
photography blinds at selected pullouts
along the Alaska Highway, construction
of an additional 15 to 20 miles of hiking
trails, and construction or marking of
additional routes for a variety of other
year-round compatible uses. Additional
public use cabins would be constructed
to provide more options for access to
refuge backcountry on a year-round
basis. A fee system would be established
at some campgrounds to support
additional amenities (e.g., potable water,
electricity, sewage dump stations, more
campsites, and hard-surface roads for
year-round access). The refuge would
establish parking areas and improve
access to undeveloped boat launches,
trails, and other points of access to the
refuge, and would identify camping
locations and mark and maintain
portages on the canoe trails. Fire
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suppression would be the primary tool
to protect resources and property
throughout the refuge, though smallscale prescribed burns would be used to
meet specific fuel reduction objectives
near resources or properties at risk. Fire
would not be used to maintain or
enhance wildlife habitat. Fisheries
management would be the same as in
Alternative B. Refuge lands would
continue to be managed in the same
management categories as under
Alternative A.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your name, 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: September 27, 2007.
Thomas O. Melius,
Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Anchorage, Alaska.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Indian Education
Notice of proposed renewal of
information collection.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian
Education (BIE) is planning to renew the
No Child Left Behind Regulation, 25
CFR part 36 and 47, OMB Control
Number 1076–0164 as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act. The renewal
will ensure we meet the residential
requirements of the No Child Left
Behind Act.
DATES: Written comments must be
submitted on or before November 2,
2007.
You may submit comments
on the information collection to the
Desk Officer for the 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 copies of comments to the Bureau
of Indian Education (BIE), 1849 C Street,
NW., Mail Stop 3609–MIB, Washington,
DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
James Martin (202) 208–6123.
ADDRESSES:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Public Law 107–110, the No Child
Left Behind (NCLB) Act of January 8,
2001, requires all schools, including
Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)
funded boarding/residential schools, to
ensure that all children have a fair,
equal, and significant opportunity to
obtain a high-quality education and
reach, at a minimum, proficiency on
challenging academic achievement
standards and assessments. In addition,
the BIE is required by NCLB to
implement national standards for homeliving situations in all BIE funded
residential schools. The BIE is required
to assess each residential school and
submit a plan to the Congress, tribes,
and schools which will bring all BIE
funded residential schools up to the
national standards. Information from all
BIE funded residential schools must be
collected in order to assess each
school’s progress in meeting the
national standards. Finally, the BIE is
required to monitor programs, gather
data, and complete reports for the U.S.
Department of Education. To achieve
these results, residential schools must
prepare reports, develop curriculum,
prepare financial planning documents,
and establish standards to measure
student progress. The BIE uses the
Annual Report to the Department of
Education and three other information
collections for the BIE to collect data,
measuring each school’s performance.
When there is a lack of progress, the
residential schools must show that they
have developed school improvement,
corrective action, or restructuring plans
to address the problems of all students.
Additional information collection
requirements have been developed to
implement the No Child Left Behind
Act.
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II. Request for Comments
A 60-day notice requesting comments
was published on May 7, 2007 (Vol. 72,
FR 25773). There were no comments
received regarding that notice. You are
invited to comment on the following
items to the Desk Officer at OMB at the
citation in ADDRESSES section.
(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;
(b) The accuracy of the agencies’
estimate of the burden (including the
hours and cost) of the proposed
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumption used;
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(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected;
(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.
Comments submitted in response to
this notice will be summarized and
become a matter of public record.
OMB has up to 60 days to make a
decision, but may decide after 30 days;
therefore your comments will receive
maximum consideration if received
during the 30-day period.
We will not request nor sponsor a
collection of information, and you need
not respond to such a request, if there
is no valid Office of Management and
Budget Control Number.
OMB Control Number: 1076–0164.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Title: No Child Left Behind
Regulations, 25 CFR part 36 and 47.
Brief Description of Collection: This
collection is mandatory according to
statutory regulations, and the benefit to
the respondents is continued
supplementary Title programs funds.
Respondents: Bureau-funded schools
with residential programs, tribal
governing bodies, and school boards are
the respondents, and submission is
mandatory.
Number of Respondents: There are 66
schools with residential programs, of
which 28 are Bureau-operated and 38
are tribally operated. Thus, the
collection of information must be
cleared for 38 of the 66 residential
schools.
Estimated Time per Response: The
range of time can vary from .02 hour to
an average of 20 hours per 1 item.
Frequency of Response: Annually and
sometimes daily.
Total Annual Burden to Respondents:
It is estimated that 20,793 (number of
responses) × 20 (hourly burden per
response) = 415,860 total annual hours
of burden.
Dated: September 25, 2007.
Carl J. Artman,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Submission of Information Collection
Under the Paperwork Reduction Act;
Reinstatement [The No Child Left
Behind Act]
Bureau of Indian Education,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian
Education (BIE), in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, is seeking
reinstatement of the No Child Left
Behind Act Regulation, 25 CFR parts 30,
37, 39, 42, 44 and 47, OMB Control
Number 1076–0163. During the renewal
process the information collection
expired.
Written comments must be
submitted on or before November 2,
2007.
DATES:
You may submit comments
on the information collection to the
Desk Officer for the 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 copies of comments to the Bureau
of Indian Education (BIE), 1849 C Street,
NW., Mail Stop 3609–MIB, Washington,
DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
James Martin (202) 208–6123.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
III. Data
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I. Abstract
Public Law 107–110, the No Child
Left Behind (NCLB) Act of January 8,
2001, requires all schools, including
Bureau of Indian Education funded
schools, to ensure that all children have
a fair, equal, and significant opportunity
to obtain a high-quality education and
reach, at a minimum, proficiency on
challenging academic achievement
standards and assessments. The BIE is
required to monitor programs, gather
data, and complete reports for the U.S.
Department of Education. To achieve
these results, schools must prepare
required reports such as the Annual
Report, the School Report Card, Section
1114 Plans, financial budgets, school
improvement plans, compliance action
plans as a result of monitoring, Title II,
Part A reports on highly qualified staff,
Title IV, Part A, Safe and Drug Free
Schools and Communities reports;
competitive sub-grant reports, Indian
School Equalization Programs (ISEP)
reports, the Native American Student
Information System (NASIS) reports,
and transportation reports are all
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Education
ACTION: Notice of proposed renewal of information collection.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) is planning to renew the
No Child Left Behind Regulation, 25 CFR part 36 and 47, OMB Control
Number 1076-0164 as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The
renewal will ensure we meet the residential requirements of the No
Child Left Behind Act.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before November 2,
2007.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the information collection to the
Desk Officer for the 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 copies of comments
to the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), 1849 C Street, NW., Mail Stop
3609-MIB, Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. James Martin (202) 208-6123.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Public Law 107-110, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of January
8, 2001, requires all schools, including Bureau of Indian Education
(BIE) funded boarding/residential schools, to ensure that all children
have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-
quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging
academic achievement standards and assessments. In addition, the BIE is
required by NCLB to implement national standards for home-living
situations in all BIE funded residential schools. The BIE is required
to assess each residential school and submit a plan to the Congress,
tribes, and schools which will bring all BIE funded residential schools
up to the national standards. Information from all BIE funded
residential schools must be collected in order to assess each school's
progress in meeting the national standards. Finally, the BIE is
required to monitor programs, gather data, and complete reports for the
U.S. Department of Education. To achieve these results, residential
schools must prepare reports, develop curriculum, prepare financial
planning documents, and establish standards to measure student
progress. The BIE uses the Annual Report to the Department of Education
and three other information collections for the BIE to collect data,
measuring each school's performance. When there is a lack of progress,
the residential schools must show that they have developed school
improvement, corrective action, or restructuring plans to address the
problems of all students. Additional information collection
requirements have been developed to implement the No Child Left Behind
Act.
II. Request for Comments
A 60-day notice requesting comments was published on May 7, 2007
(Vol. 72, FR 25773). There were no comments received regarding that
notice. You are invited to comment on the following items to the Desk
Officer at OMB at the citation in ADDRESSES section.
(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;
(b) The accuracy of the agencies' estimate of the burden (including
the hours and cost) of the proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the methodology and assumption used;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected;
(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.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and become a matter of public record.
OMB has up to 60 days to make a decision, but may decide after 30
days; therefore your comments will receive maximum consideration if
received during the 30-day period.
We will not request nor sponsor a collection of information, and
you need not respond to such a request, if there is no valid Office of
Management and Budget Control Number.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 1076-0164.
Type of Review: Renewal.
Title: No Child Left Behind Regulations, 25 CFR part 36 and 47.
Brief Description of Collection: This collection is mandatory
according to statutory regulations, and the benefit to the respondents
is continued supplementary Title programs funds.
Respondents: Bureau-funded schools with residential programs,
tribal governing bodies, and school boards are the respondents, and
submission is mandatory.
Number of Respondents: There are 66 schools with residential
programs, of which 28 are Bureau-operated and 38 are tribally operated.
Thus, the collection of information must be cleared for 38 of the 66
residential schools.
Estimated Time per Response: The range of time can vary from .02
hour to an average of 20 hours per 1 item.
Frequency of Response: Annually and sometimes daily.
Total Annual Burden to Respondents: It is estimated that 20,793
(number of responses) x 20 (hourly burden per response) = 415,860 total
annual hours of burden.
Dated: September 25, 2007.
Carl J. Artman,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. E7-19451 Filed 10-2-07; 8:45 am]
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