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requesting a 3-year term of approval for
this information collection activity.
DATES: Public comments on this
Information Collection Request (ICR)
will be accepted on or before October 5,
2009.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Ms. Jo
A. Pendry, Chief, Commercial Services
Program, National Park Service, 1201
Eye Street, NW., 11th Floor,
Washington, DC 20005, or via e-email at
jo_pendry@nps.gov, or via fax at 202/
371–2090.
To Request a Draft of Proposed
Collection of Information Contact: 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. You are entitled to a
copy of the entire ICR package free-ofcharge.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.
OMB Control Number: 1024–0125.
Title: Submission of Offers in
Response to Concession Opportunities.
Current Expiration Date: 01/31/2010.
Form(s): None.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection of
information.
Abstract: The regulations at 36 CFR
part 51 primarily implement Title IV of
the National Parks Omnibus
Management Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 105–
391 or the Act), which provides
legislative authority, policies and
requirements for the solicitation, award
and administration of National Park
Service (NPS) concession contracts. The
regulations require the submission of
offers by parties interested in applying
for a NPS concession contract.
Affected public: Businesses and
nonprofit organizations.
Obligation to respond: Required to
obtain or retain a benefit.
Frequency of response: On occasion.
Estimated total annual responses:
240.
Estimated average completion time
per response: 320 hours.
Estimated annual reporting burden:
76,800 hours.
Estimated annual nonhour cost
burden: $1,120,000.
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)
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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
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that NPS will be able
to do so. All responses to the notice will
be summarized and included in the
request for the Office of Management
and Budget approval.
Dated: August 3, 2009.
Cartina Miller,
NPS Information Collection Clearance
Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R7–R–2009–N135; 70133–1265–0000–
U4]
Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Cold
Bay, AK
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), intend to
prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for a proposed land
exchange of certain lands owned by the
State of Alaska and certain lands owned
by the King Cove Corporation and
evaluation of a road corridor through
the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
and the Izembek Wilderness Area. We
furnish this notice to advise the public
and other agencies of our intentions and
to seek information and suggestions on
the scope of issues to be addressed in
the EIS. Special mailings, newspaper
articles, and other media releases will
announce additional opportunities to
provide written and oral input.
DATES: While we are initiating the EIS,
progress will be dependent on specific
appropriations to fund this effort. Public
scoping meetings will be held in
Washington, DC, as well as in
Anchorage, King Cove, Cold Bay, Sand
Point, and Nelson Lagoon in Alaska. At
least 30 days prior to each meeting, we
will announce dates, times, and
locations.
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ADDRESSES: Additional information
concerning the proposed land exchange
is at https://izembek.fws.gov/EIS.htm.
Send your comments or requests for
information by any of the following
methods:
• E-mail: izembek_eis@fws.gov;
• Fax: Attn: Helen Clough, (907) 786–
3965; or
• U.S. Mail: Helen Clough, Project
Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 1011 East Tudor Rd., MS–231,
Anchorage, AK 99503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Helen Clough, 907–786–3357 (phone),
or at the addresses above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
(417,533 acres) and the North Creek
(8,452 acres) and Pavlof (1,447,264
acres) units of the Alaska Peninsula
National Wildlife Refuge are located at
the westernmost tip of the Alaska
Peninsula. The 1,008,697-acre Unimak
Island (the easternmost Aleutian Island
of the Alaska Maritime National
Wildlife Refuge) lies across the Isanotski
Strait. To the north of the Izembek
Refuge is the Bering Sea; to the south is
the Pacific Ocean. The Alaska Peninsula
is dominated by the rugged Aleutian
Range, part of the Aleutian arc chain of
volcanoes. Landforms include
mountains, active volcanoes, U-shaped
valleys, glacial moraines, low tundra
wetlands, lakes, sand dunes, and
lagoons. Elevations range from sea level
to the 9,372-foot Shishaldin Volcano.
Shishaldin Volcano is a designated
National Natural Landmark. Several
major lagoons are within the Izembek
Refuge boundary. These lagoons contain
some of the world’s largest eelgrass
beds. The lagoons are under the
jurisdiction of the State of Alaska.
Izembek Lagoon is designated the
Izembek State Game Refuge. Birds from
all over the Arctic funnel through
Izembek Refuge each fall on their way
to wintering grounds throughout the
world. More than 98 percent of the
world’s Pacific black brant use Izembek
Lagoon as a staging area for their fall
migration to Mexico. Other birds that
use the refuge include golden plovers,
ruddy turnstones, western sandpipers,
tundra swans, Steller’s eiders, and
emperor geese. The refuge also is home
to large concentrations of brown bears
and other large mammals such as
caribou and wolves. The red, pink,
chum, and silver salmon that use the
waters within the refuge enrich the
entire ecosystem with the nutrients they
bring from the sea. The refuge also has
a rich human history, from ancient
settlements of Alaska Natives, through
the 18th and 19th century Russian fur
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traders, to a World War II outpost. The
Izembek Wilderness covers much of the
refuge and includes pristine streams,
extensive wetlands, steep mountains,
tundra, and sand dunes, and provides
high scenic, wildlife, and scientific
values, as well as outstanding
opportunities for solitude and primitive
recreation.
The King Cove Corporation is an
Alaska Native Village Corporation
established under the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA;
43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) Under the
authority of ANCSA, Congress granted
to King Cove Corporation land
entitlements within and adjacent to
Izembek Refuge. The State of Alaska
also owns lands, submerged lands,
shorelands, and tidelands within and
adjacent to Izembek and Alaska
Peninsula Refuges, including the
Izembek State Game Refuge.
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife
Refuge stretches from the Arctic Ocean
to the southeast panhandle of Alaska
and protects breeding habitat for
seabirds, marine mammals, and other
wildlife on more than 2,500 islands,
spires, rocks, and coastal headlands.
Sitkinak Island, which lies within the
boundaries of the Alaska Maritime
National Wildlife Refuge, is primarily
owned by the State of Alaska, with two
parcels owned by the Service.
In the Omnibus Public Land
Management Act of 2009 (H.R. 146,
Subtitle E; the Act), Congress directs us
to prepare an EIS under the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its
implementing regulations (40 CFR parts
1500–1508) to evaluate the impacts of a
proposed land exchange with the State
of Alaska and the King Cove
Corporation for the purpose of
constructing a single-lane gravel road
between the communities of King Cove
and Cold Bay, Alaska. The land
exchange would involve the removal of
approximately 206 acres within the
Izembek Wilderness portion of Izembek
National Wildlife Refuge for the road
corridor and approximately 1,600 acres
of Federal land within the Alaska
Maritime National Wildlife Refuge on
Sitkinak Island. In exchange, we would
receive approximately 43,093 acres of
land owned by the State of Alaska and
approximately 13,300 acres of land
owned by the King Cove Corporation.
These lands are located around Cold
Bay and adjacent to the North Creek
Unit of Alaska Peninsula National
Wildlife Refuge.
The preparation of this EIS is to begin
not later than 60 days after the Secretary
receives notification by the State and
the King Cove Corporation of their
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intention to exchange lands in
accordance with the Act. The Secretary
received notification by the King Cove
Corporation on May 19, 2009, and by
the State of Alaska on June 19, 2009.
This notice initiates the process and
opens the period for public scoping.
Formal public involvement activities
will begin when we receive funds
appropriated to support this effort. At
that time we will announce additional
public involvement activities.
In accordance with Section
6402(b)(2)(B) of the Act, the EIS will
analyze the proposed land exchange and
the potential construction and operation
of a road between the communities of
King Cove and Cold Bay, Alaska, and
will evaluate a specific road corridor
through the Izembek Refuge that will be
identified in consultation with the State
of Alaska, the City of King Cove, and the
Agdaagux Tribe of King Cove. The
alternatives anticipated at this time
include the existing situation (no land
exchange or road construction) and the
proposed land exchange and road
construction and operation as outlined
in the Act. In preparing the EIS, the
Service will solicit comments from
public locally, regionally, and
nationally. As required in the Act,
subsequent to the preparation of the EIS
and in conjunction with the Record of
Decision, the Secretary of the Interior
will determine whether the land
exchange (including the construction of
the proposed road) is in the public
interest.
Public Availability of Comments
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 you can ask us to withhold it
from public review, we cannot
guarantee we will be able to do so.
Dated: July 31, 2009.
Gary Edwards,
Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Notice of Availability for the Record of
Decision on the Final General
Management Plan/Environmental
Impact Statement, Minuteman Missile
National Historic Site, South Dakota
AGENCY: Department of the Interior,
National Park Service.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(C)), the
National Park Service (NPS) announces
the availability of the Record of
Decision (ROD) for the Final General
Management Plan (GMP)/Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS), Minuteman
Missile National Historic Site, South
Dakota. On July 2, the acting regional
director for the NPS Midwest Region
approved the ROD for the Final GMP/
EIS. As soon as practicable, the NPS
will begin to implement the selected
alternative.
The selected alternative, with the
concept of presenting the national
historic site as a symbol of the Cold
War, will restore Delta One to its readyalert status and rehabilitate Delta Nine
to its stand-down appearance. These
facilities will be presented as symbols
commemorating the history and
significance of the Cold War, the arms
race, and the intercontinental ballistic
missile in the second half of the 20th
century.
The selected alternative includes
locating a 7,700-square-foot visitor/
administrative facility northwest of exit
131 on Interstate 90, built in two stages.
Under the selected alternative, visitors
will drive their personal cars to the
Delta One facility and, with
reservations, go on a ranger-led tour.
Visitors will also drive their personal
cars to Delta Nine for a self-guided tour.
A shuttle system to Delta One will be
developed for operation when the level
of visitation warrants. The chain link
security gate at Delta One will remain
locked during business hours except
during shuttle tours. The gate at Delta
Nine will remain open during business
hours.
Visitors benefit from this plan because
of a rich range of options to see and
learn about the missile sites as symbols
that commemorate the Cold War,
including guided tours, onsite
interpretive media, and interpretive
programs at the visitor/administrative
facility.
The ROD includes a statement of the
decision made, synopses of other
alternatives considered, the basis for the
decision, a description of the
environmentally preferable alternative,
a finding on impairment of park
resources and values, a listing of
measures to minimize environmental
harm, and an overview of public
involvement in the decision-making
process.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Superintendent Mark Herberger,
Minuteman Missile National Historic
Site, 21280 South Dakota Highway 240,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R7-R-2009-N135; 70133-1265-0000-U4]
Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Cold Bay, AK
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), intend to
prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a proposed land
exchange of certain lands owned by the State of Alaska and certain
lands owned by the King Cove Corporation and evaluation of a road
corridor through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and the Izembek
Wilderness Area. We furnish this notice to advise the public and other
agencies of our intentions and to seek information and suggestions on
the scope of issues to be addressed in the EIS. Special mailings,
newspaper articles, and other media releases will announce additional
opportunities to provide written and oral input.
DATES: While we are initiating the EIS, progress will be dependent on
specific appropriations to fund this effort. Public scoping meetings
will be held in Washington, DC, as well as in Anchorage, King Cove,
Cold Bay, Sand Point, and Nelson Lagoon in Alaska. At least 30 days
prior to each meeting, we will announce dates, times, and locations.
ADDRESSES: Additional information concerning the proposed land exchange
is at https://izembek.fws.gov/EIS.htm. Send your comments or requests
for information by any of the following methods:
E-mail: izembek_eis@fws.gov;
Fax: Attn: Helen Clough, (907) 786-3965; or
U.S. Mail: Helen Clough, Project Coordinator, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, 1011 East Tudor Rd., MS-231, Anchorage, AK 99503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Clough, 907-786-3357 (phone), or
at the addresses above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Izembek National Wildlife Refuge (417,533 acres) and the North
Creek (8,452 acres) and Pavlof (1,447,264 acres) units of the Alaska
Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge are located at the westernmost tip
of the Alaska Peninsula. The 1,008,697-acre Unimak Island (the
easternmost Aleutian Island of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife
Refuge) lies across the Isanotski Strait. To the north of the Izembek
Refuge is the Bering Sea; to the south is the Pacific Ocean. The Alaska
Peninsula is dominated by the rugged Aleutian Range, part of the
Aleutian arc chain of volcanoes. Landforms include mountains, active
volcanoes, U-shaped valleys, glacial moraines, low tundra wetlands,
lakes, sand dunes, and lagoons. Elevations range from sea level to the
9,372-foot Shishaldin Volcano. Shishaldin Volcano is a designated
National Natural Landmark. Several major lagoons are within the Izembek
Refuge boundary. These lagoons contain some of the world's largest
eelgrass beds. The lagoons are under the jurisdiction of the State of
Alaska. Izembek Lagoon is designated the Izembek State Game Refuge.
Birds from all over the Arctic funnel through Izembek Refuge each fall
on their way to wintering grounds throughout the world. More than 98
percent of the world's Pacific black brant use Izembek Lagoon as a
staging area for their fall migration to Mexico. Other birds that use
the refuge include golden plovers, ruddy turnstones, western
sandpipers, tundra swans, Steller's eiders, and emperor geese. The
refuge also is home to large concentrations of brown bears and other
large mammals such as caribou and wolves. The red, pink, chum, and
silver salmon that use the waters within the refuge enrich the entire
ecosystem with the nutrients they bring from the sea. The refuge also
has a rich human history, from ancient settlements of Alaska Natives,
through the 18th and 19th century Russian fur
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traders, to a World War II outpost. The Izembek Wilderness covers much
of the refuge and includes pristine streams, extensive wetlands, steep
mountains, tundra, and sand dunes, and provides high scenic, wildlife,
and scientific values, as well as outstanding opportunities for
solitude and primitive recreation.
The King Cove Corporation is an Alaska Native Village Corporation
established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971
(ANCSA; 43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) Under the authority of ANCSA, Congress
granted to King Cove Corporation land entitlements within and adjacent
to Izembek Refuge. The State of Alaska also owns lands, submerged
lands, shorelands, and tidelands within and adjacent to Izembek and
Alaska Peninsula Refuges, including the Izembek State Game Refuge.
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge stretches from the Arctic
Ocean to the southeast panhandle of Alaska and protects breeding
habitat for seabirds, marine mammals, and other wildlife on more than
2,500 islands, spires, rocks, and coastal headlands. Sitkinak Island,
which lies within the boundaries of the Alaska Maritime National
Wildlife Refuge, is primarily owned by the State of Alaska, with two
parcels owned by the Service.
In the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (H.R. 146,
Subtitle E; the Act), Congress directs us to prepare an EIS under the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321
et seq.) and its implementing regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508) to
evaluate the impacts of a proposed land exchange with the State of
Alaska and the King Cove Corporation for the purpose of constructing a
single-lane gravel road between the communities of King Cove and Cold
Bay, Alaska. The land exchange would involve the removal of
approximately 206 acres within the Izembek Wilderness portion of
Izembek National Wildlife Refuge for the road corridor and
approximately 1,600 acres of Federal land within the Alaska Maritime
National Wildlife Refuge on Sitkinak Island. In exchange, we would
receive approximately 43,093 acres of land owned by the State of Alaska
and approximately 13,300 acres of land owned by the King Cove
Corporation. These lands are located around Cold Bay and adjacent to
the North Creek Unit of Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge.
The preparation of this EIS is to begin not later than 60 days
after the Secretary receives notification by the State and the King
Cove Corporation of their intention to exchange lands in accordance
with the Act. The Secretary received notification by the King Cove
Corporation on May 19, 2009, and by the State of Alaska on June 19,
2009. This notice initiates the process and opens the period for public
scoping. Formal public involvement activities will begin when we
receive funds appropriated to support this effort. At that time we will
announce additional public involvement activities.
In accordance with Section 6402(b)(2)(B) of the Act, the EIS will
analyze the proposed land exchange and the potential construction and
operation of a road between the communities of King Cove and Cold Bay,
Alaska, and will evaluate a specific road corridor through the Izembek
Refuge that will be identified in consultation with the State of
Alaska, the City of King Cove, and the Agdaagux Tribe of King Cove. The
alternatives anticipated at this time include the existing situation
(no land exchange or road construction) and the proposed land exchange
and road construction and operation as outlined in the Act. In
preparing the EIS, the Service will solicit comments from public
locally, regionally, and nationally. As required in the Act, subsequent
to the preparation of the EIS and in conjunction with the Record of
Decision, the Secretary of the Interior will determine whether the land
exchange (including the construction of the proposed road) is in the
public interest.
Public Availability of Comments
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 you can
ask us to withhold it from public review, we cannot guarantee we will
be able to do so.
Dated: July 31, 2009.
Gary Edwards,
Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage,
Alaska.
[FR Doc. E9-18809 Filed 8-5-09; 8:45 am]
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