    [Senate Hearing 109-]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

      DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR
                                FISCAL YEAR 2007

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                            THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2006

                                           U.S. Senate,
               Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations,
                                                        Washington, DC.
        The subcommittee met at 9:30 a.m., in room SD-124, Dirksen
    Senate Office Building, Senator Conrad Burns (chairman)
    presiding.
        Present: Senators Burns, Allard, and Dorgan.

                           DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

                            Office of the Secretary

    OPENING STATEMENT OF LYNN SCARLETT, DEPUTY SECRETARY,
                DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
    ACCOMPANIED BY:
            THOMAS WEIMER, ASSISTANT SECRETARY, POLICY, MANAGEMENT AND
                BUDGET
            PAM HAZE, CO-DIRECTOR, BUDGET OFFICE

                   opening statement of senator conrad burns

        Senator Burns. We will call the committee to order; Senator
    Dorgan may or may not show up. Depending upon what he figures
    the landscape is. I appreciate him and everything. I want to
    open up this morning, because in the Billings Gazette there's a
    story, and when I talk about public lands and why they're very
    important to us in Montana, and how they're handled and how
    they're managed, and all of this thing, one has to remember
    that the government would like to take credit for improved
    range conditions. But there was an organization that was
    started just after World War II, that was funded by the
    ranchers that had done most of the improvements on ground like
    BLM. It was called the Society for Range Management. Some of us
    will probably remember that organization and the work they did,
    conservation districts, and this type of thing, and they were
    primarily responsible for putting water in areas, where they
    had no water before, and improvements of the range and then
    they also established at that time range management studies at
    our Land grant colleges across the country. Anyway this morning
    there was a lady that had just passed away, in Garfield County.
    Garfield County is a huge county but it only has 900 hearty
    residents up there, in fact they only have one high school.
    That used to be a boarding school years ago, when you took your
    high school students to school on Monday morning you didn't see
    them until after the football game was over on Friday night.
    Now some folks would think that was a pretty good deal, but
    nonetheless when you live on ranches, you know you've got to
    have some help around, but they couldn't run buses because the
    county's so large and of course and very sparsely populated.
        But there was a lady who died she was 94 years old, in
    Garfield County, and I remember her and her mother, and even
    her father. Years ago they ranched out north of Sands Springs
    in the Missouri Breaks. When you were at the Pense Ranch you
    were outdoors. I mean it was just outside. When Mr. Pense died,
    he had a stroke, and was bedridden for 3 years. Their house had
    a dirt floor, they wet it down every morning, and swept it
    every morning, and in that huge kitchen was a big heat stove
    that sat on rocks, and a cooking range, and that was their
    heat. People say, well my gosh how cold in the winter it would
    get there, and I said well you know, basically it was warmer in
    that particular room, than in any room in any house you ever
    seen, because no cold air could get under it. Like if you had a
    floor and you had cold air under it, why your floor would get
    cold. I can remember those days as a kid on the farm. But
    basically it was very cozy and toasty, but I remember these two
    women, and how after Roy died how they carried on on that
    ranch. This is a pioneer family that is slowly slipping into
    our past, and they reach way back into the years where there
    was no electricity, there was no such thing as running water,
    or anything. They were really people of the land, and hearty
    people in a very very hard country as far as the elements were
    concerned. I don't think anybody has any appreciation; I used
    to do a lot of business with them when I was in Billings
    Livestock Commission Company, and Mrs. Pense would call you up,
    and she had lost her hearing, the mother had, and she used to
    call up and she used to just yell into the telephone, and we're
    sending you a load of cattle, when I at Billings Livestock
    Commission Company, now they couldn't ride horses, and they had
    no way, and they hired no one. So what they would do, what
    cattle they had on the ranch they would lure them into traps
    with feed, and then they'd close the gate, and call up a man
    that was in the trucking business in Jordan, Montana, and he'd
    come out, so whatever walked off of that truck was what you
    got. It was just anything and everything.
        But I just wanted to make note of that, and that it be in
    the record, because I was saddened by her passing. But 94 is a
    long life, and especially under the conditions that those folks
    live in, up on the Missouri River, that runs across the
    northern part of the State, into the Missouri Breaks, what we
    call the Missouri Breaks. You'll remember there was a movie
    with Marlon Brando that come out years ago with that name, the
    Missouri Breaks, it was a horse story. It was horses--they used
    to bring a lot of horses out from Canada, across through the
    Missouri Breaks on their way to Mile City, because Mile City,
    Fort Keogh there was a remount station for the Army.
        So the history of that country is very interesting, but I'm
    sad to see that Little Rosie has passed on, and slipped into
    the past and so it's a passing of an era that we have to live
    with in Montana. It's kind of the history of our State.
        Thank you for coming this morning, subcommittee. We're to
    discuss the Interior's fiscal year 2007 budget.
        I'd like to welcome our three witnesses: Lynn Scarlett,
    Deputy Secretary of the Interior, nice to have you with us this
    morning; Thomas Weimer, Assistant Secretary for Policy,
    Management, and Budget; and of course Pam Haze Co-Director of
    the Budget Office. So we welcome you here this morning.
        The request for the Department totals about $10.5 billion--
    $9.6 billion of which is under this subcommittee's
    jurisdiction, this amounts to about a 1.8 percent decrease
    compared to the fiscal year 2006. Of course there are some of
    us on the committee that have a little bit of a problem with
    that, but I think we can work through it and still stay with
    what the President wants to do. It all boils down to
    priorities, where we spend our money, where we don't spend our
    money.
        In the context of the broader budget situation and our
    emphasis on defense and homeland security this reduction may
    not sound so dramatic but as we get into the details, it's
    obvious we're going to have some issues with the Department's
    budget as we go forward. For example, after years of ramping up
    the PILT program to get closer to its authorized level, this
    budget proposes to slash it by $35 million--from $233 million
    back to $198 million. That would be the lowest level of funding
    for this program since fiscal year 2000. As a former county
    commissioner myself, I can tell you that is going in the wrong
    direction.
        There are a number of other reductions that concern me. The
    Construction accounts of the Park Service and Fish and Wildlife
    Service have been cut by $85 million and $26 million,
    respectively. Funding for Indian school construction has been
    cut by $49 million.
        In the Wildland Fire budget, the fuels reduction program is
    proposed to be cut by $8.3 million and the rural fire
    assistance program that gives grants and technical assistance
    to local firefighting departments is reduced by $10 million. I
    think that is short-sighted, and I'll tell you why these local
    departments are frequently the first ones to arrive at a fire
    and they often put them out before they turn into disasters
    that can cost tens of millions of dollars. I'm happy to see
    that some important programs in the budget are proposed to
    receive significant increases.
        For example, $26.5 million in the Bureau of Land Management
    and $11.3 million in the Minerals Management Service--both for
    the purpose of enhancing domestic oil and natural gas
    production, on and offshore. I know that the BLM has had an
    enormous increase in the number of Applications for Permits to
    Drill (APD's) over the last few years so I think it's wise that
    you've added money to address this workload. By processing more
    APD's we not only provide more oil and gas to the marketplace
    but also provide more royalties to the States and the Federal
    Treasury. I think a lot of folks don't realize how important of
    a money maker minerals management is. In fact it's about the
    only one in the Federal Government that does make money. So the
    investment there is welcomed and I think it's important.
        Other important program increases include $25.4 million for
    Indian land consolidation to reduce the growing fractionation
    of Indian interests in lands. If we don't begin to get control
    of this dramatic increase, the Federal Government will continue
    to struggle in meeting its trust responsibilities to the Indian
    community.
        Finally, the fire suppression budget is proposed to receive
    an increase of $26.3 million. While I believe it is wise to
    budget for the 10-year average for fire suppression costs as
    the Department has done, I'd like to see this number start to
    come down as we do more fuels reduction projects to reduce fire
    danger. I'd also like to hear what administrative measures you
    have put in place, or plan to put in place, to reduce our
    skyrocketing firefighting costs. I get the feeling every now
    and again that that's a cottage industry, that just--that is
    just skyrocketing out of control.
        Before I conclude my remarks, I'd like to thank the folks
    at the Department of the Interior who are helping us deal with
    a serious problem we have with wolf predation in Eastern
    Montana. Wolves have recently killed or wounded dozens of sheep
    in McCone and Garfield Counties. We just can't afford that. I
    mean when you lose 40 or 50 head of sheep you know, one wolf, I
    think there's got to be two, but I'm guessing, that's purely
    speculation, why we think we've got a big problem. In other
    words, ranching business is tough enough without taking a loss
    like that.
        I sent a letter to the Secretary asking for help in dealing
    with this problem. The Department clarified that State wildlife
    officials and affected ranchers had the authority to shoot
    those predators that are preying on livestock. I appreciate how
    quickly the Department responded to my request and how well
    your people have worked with State and local officials, as well
    as the ranching community, to address this issue. I really
    appreciate that.
        We have a busy committee schedule this morning, so I'll
    stop here and simply say thank you all for appearing here
    today. I look forward to hearing your testimony and discussing
    the Department's 2007 budget with you. Ms. Scarlett, thank you
    very much and we're looking forward to your testimony. Oh I'm
    sorry. Senator Allard, you're pretty stealthy this morning.
        Senator Allard. Mr. Chairman, I snuck in while you had your
    back turned.
        Senator Burns. That's the way it always happens.

                       STATEMENT OF SENATOR WAYNE ALLARD

        Senator Allard. I just have a brief comment or two, first
    of all I want to thank you for holding the hearing today, Mr.
    Chairman. I am also pleased to have a chance to discuss the
    budget for the Department of the Interior, and even though
    she's not with us here today, I would also like to recognize
    Secretary Gale Norton, and her efforts at the Department and
    under her guidance, the Department has made many strides
    forward. I think she has done an exceptional job in handling an
    agency that's very important to Colorado and the Nation.
    Specifically I want to thank her for the work that she and the
    rest of the administration has done to protect State water
    rights and to foster an atmosphere of cooperation and
    impressive mandates.

                               PREPARED STATEMENT

        I think that we're all aware that this is going to be
    another tough budget year Mr. Chairman, and that's why hearings
    such as this are so important. So I look forward to working
    with you and the rest of the committee again this year, Mr.
    Chairman, to see that worthy projects and programs continue to
    be funded in a responsible manner. Thank you.
        [The statement follows:]

                   Prepared Statement of Senator Wayne Allard

        Thank you, Chairman Burns, for holding this important hearing.
    Colorado's abundance of forests make this a very significant hearing to
    me.
        Undersecretary Rey and Chief Bosworth, I thank you for your
    appearance before the subcommittee today, it is good to see both of you
    again. The role the Forest Service plays in managing our public lands
    is of particular interest to the people of Colorado.
        I hope the committee will indulge me as I am about to brag about my
    home State for a moment. I think that I am one of the luckiest people
    in Washington D.C. Not only do I get to serve the people of Colorado,
    but I am fortunate enough to have incredibly beautiful and unique lands
    in my home State. Colorado is home to 13 National Forests. This is more
    than almost any other State. These forests provide countless scenic
    vistas, unequaled hunting, fishing, and camping opportunities, and the
    Nation's most popular skiing. In fact not only does the nation's most
    visited ski resort lie in Colorado, but 3 of the top 5 most visited ski
    areas call Colorado home.
        But the importance of Colorado's forests goes far beyond
    recreational opportunities. Our National Forests are a cornerstone of
    Colorado's economy. Hunting and fishing alone contribute over $1
    billion to Colorado's economy every year, with much of this money going
    to rural communities. This and other forest related industries pump
    billions of dollars into Colorado's economy and employ one of the
    states largest segments of the workforce.
        But perhaps the most important thing is that Colorado's forests
    also contain 4 major watersheds, the Arkansas, Upper Colorado, Rio
    Grande and Missouri (or South Platte), that supply water to 19 western
    states. Colorado can truly be called the Headwaters State. With the
    obvious exception of Hawaii it is the only State where all of the
    rivers flow out of the State's borders.
        Now I have to turn to the bad news. Areas of the State continue to
    suffer from drought conditions, and the potential for catastrophic
    fires is very high again this year.
        To compound this problem Colorado currently has 1.5 million acres
    that are suffering from the effects of beetle kill.
        Timber sales are thought by many resource managers to be the single
    most effective tool available to the Forest Service to mitigate
    against--or treat during--episodes like bark beetle epidemics. But the
    Forest Service doesn't seem to be getting enough money to the national
    forests in Colorado to combat the problem. We've got a sawmill in
    Montrose that's running at half capacity and another one just across
    the State line in Saratoga, Wyoming, that's closed because they don't
    have enough timber.
        That said, I support the proposed increase in the forest products
    line item and applaud the emphasis on forest plan implementation. I
    will have a question regarding this matter when we get to that portion
    of this hearing.
        Thank you again, Mr. Chairman.

        Senator Burns. Now we'll hear from Ms. Scarlett though,
    thank you very much for coming this morning we look forward to
    your testimony.

                    SUMMARY STATEMENT OF HON. LYNN SCARLETT

        Ms. Scarlett. Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee,
    thank you for this opportunity to present the President's 2007
    budget for the Interior Department. I thank you for accepting
    my testimony on behalf of Secretary Gale Norton, tomorrow will
    be her last day at the Interior Department. I would also like
    to acknowledge her outstanding leadership and service to the
    American public and this Nation. As we look forward to the
    confirmation of our next Secretary of the Interior, I want you
    to know that I will do my best in the interim to guide the
    Department, fulfill its responsibilities and work with the
    Congress to serve the public.
        I have with me today, Assistant Secretary for Policy,
    Management, and Budget Tom Weimer, and also Pam Haze our Deputy
    Budget Director, who will be taking the place of John Trezise
    who announced he will be retiring after 35 years with the
    Department.
        Mr. Chairman, Interior's responsibilities are vast and
    varied. We face challenges that come with the obligation to
    provide energy, recreation opportunities, water, stewardship of
    this Nation's unique natural, cultural and historic places. We
    face the complexities of Indian Trust Management and the
    fulfillment of our Indian Trust Responsibilities.
        Our budget request for programs funded in the Interior
    Appropriations Act is $9.6 billion. This is $191 million or 1.9
    percent below the 2006 enacted level. Amidst this set of
    complex and extensive responsibilities we set several key goals
    in our budget. First, recognizing the importance of fiscal
    prudence, we are striving to restrain budget spending to help
    halve the deficit by 2009 as President Bush has pledged.
        Within these constraints we propose to fund $126 million
    for fixed cost increases which covers 70 percent of anticipated
    2007 pay raises. Second we seek to implement Energy Policy act
    provisions and help meet the energy needs of the nation. Our
    budget includes $68 million for energy programs--that is a $44
    million increase over 2006.

                                     ENERGY

        As you are aware we have seen a doubling of natural gas
    spot prices since 2004, resulting for farmers in a 100 percent
    increase in their fertilizer costs. One of the best
    opportunities in the near term to augment domestic natural gas
    supplies is on Bureau of Land Management lands. Basins in five
    western States contain an estimated 139 trillion cubic feet of
    natural gas--enough to heat 55 million homes for almost 30
    years. A $9 million increase for the Bureau of Land Management,
    coupled with improved management will enable the Bureau of Land
    Management to improve inspection and monitoring and process a
    record 12,000 applications for permits to drill, that is more
    than double the number received in 2003.

                            COOPERATIVE CONSERVATION

        Mr. Chairman, the Interior Department also holds
    significant conservation responsibilities; we propose to
    maintain a strong conservation commitment through cooperative
    conservation, placing partnerships and citizen stewardship at
    the center of our efforts. Our 2007 budget includes $322
    million for Cooperative Conservation programs. That is an
    increase of $10 million over 2006. We believe these grant
    programs are not simply nice to do, they are essential if we
    are to fulfill our endangered species act responsibilities and
    achieve the Nation's conservation goals.
        Over 80 percent of species reside on non Federal lands.
    Water flows across public and private lands, invasive weeds
    know no jurisdictional boundaries. These grants make a big
    difference, our Private Stewardship and Landowner Incentive
    grants have funded some 900 projects with 1,500 partners. We
    propose to fund these two programs at $34 million. In addition
    to joining with citizen stewards to protect wildlife and
    habitat, Interior is steward of our Nation's historic and
    cultural legacy. The 2007 budget includes $32 million for
    locally focused historic preservation and heritage tourism. We
    propose combining the Preserve America program, Save America's
    Treasures and the Heritage Partnership program under a unifying
    theme.

                            INDIAN TRUST MANAGEMENT

        A third priority is to improve Indian Trust Management and
    fulfill our trust responsibilities to Indian Country. From 2001
    to 2006, Interior will have invested $3.4 billion to manage,
    reform, and improve Indian Trust programs. This investment is
    making a difference. We re-engineered trust business practices,
    and in addition, are generating the first comprehensive rewrite
    of regulations in at least 30 years.
        The 2007 budget will invest an additional $537 million in
    trust programs. That is a net program increase of $30 million
    over the 2006 appropriation. This request includes an increase
    to reduce the backlog in probate cases, and it also increases
    our ability to make improvements in the cadastral survey of
    Indian lands. The budget includes an increase of $25 million in
    the Indian Land Consolidation program bringing the total of
    that program to $60 million.
        We are targeting that program to our most highly
    fractionated tracts at 10 specific locations. We also are
    continuing to improve our work on historical trust accounting.
    We have ample evidence that most monies collected for
    individual Indians were distributed in the correct amounts to
    the correct recipients.
        The budget requests $56 million for Historical Accounting--
    that is the same as was appropriated in 2006. The ability of a
    Tribe to contract or compact for Bureau of Indian Affairs
    operated programs is a key factor in strengthening Indian self-
    determination. Tribes indicate that lack of full funding for
    administrative and management costs is a deterrent to
    contracting.
        To address this concern the 2007 budget includes a $19
    million increase to fully fund indirect contract support costs.

                                    HAZARDS

        One additional priority merits special attention.
    Recognizing the many challenges presented by natural hazards,
    we propose to enhance hazards information, relevance, and
    dissemination. More Americans are now at risk of experiencing
    severe impacts of natural hazards than at any other time in our
    Nation's history. The budget for USGS includes a multi-hazards
    pilot initiative funded by a $2 million increase and a $4
    million redirection through workforce restructuring.

                                   LANDSAT 8

        The 2007 budget also includes a $16 million increase to
    complete the design and start work on development on the ground
    system for a new earth observing satellite, Landsat 8.
        As I conclude, let me underscore that fulfilling our
    responsibilities is not simply about more dollars, it is about
    better management.

                                   MANAGEMENT

        Management remains a major focus with significant progress.
    In the realm of information technology for example, despite
    some reports in the media, we have made major progress. We
    hired an outside entity to rate us and the results of that
    report were that our security was adequate. We are however
    continuing to work with our Inspector General to focus on
    additional priority areas of concern that he has identified.

                               PREPARED STATEMENT

        Mr. Chairman, Senator Dorgan and other members of this
    subcommittee I look forward to working with you and would be
    happy to answer any questions.
        Senator Burns. Thank you very much. Are you the only one
    that's going to make statements this morning?
        Ms. Scarlett. Yes.
        [The statement follows:]

                    Prepared Statement of Hon. Lynn Scarlett

        Good morning. Thank you for inviting me to discuss the fiscal year
    2007 budget for the Department of the Interior. I appreciate the
    opportunity to highlight our priorities and key goals.
        Through its multi-faceted mission and geographically dispersed
    services, Interior maintains and improves the Nation's natural and
    cultural resources, economic vitality, and community well being.
    Interior's 70,000 employees and 200,000 volunteers live and work in the
    communities, large and small, that they serve. They deliver programs
    through partnerships and cooperative relationships that engage and
    include States, Tribes, local communities, citizens, groups, and
    businesses.
        The challenges of the Interior Department cut a broad swathe, with
    their breadth indicative of the complexity and extent of Interior's
    mission. They are also indicative of Interior's presence at 2,400
    locations from which we manage one in every five acres of the United
    States.
        We face the complexity of working with seven states to manage
    Colorado River waters. We encounter the inevitable challenges of
    providing recreation opportunities, access to energy resources, and
    preservation of the Nation's unique natural, cultural and historic
    resources. We work with 561 Indian tribes. We respond to emergencies
    such as Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, applying the expertise of our
    incident command teams coordinated out of the National Interagency Fire
    Center. We face the challenges that come from transitioning away from
    costly, duplicative financial and business management systems that
    include over 107 real property data bases, 16 financial systems, and 27
    acquisition systems.
        Facing these challenges requires more integrated management and an
    integrated strategic plan. The plan defines four mission categories-
    resource protection, resource use, recreation, and serving communities.
    Partnerships, management excellence, and science provide the
    foundations for achieving our four mission goals and serving the public
    well.
        Using the strategic plan as a road map, the Department met or
    exceeded goals for 69 percent of its annual performance measures in
    2005. Since 2001, the Department has:
      --Completed nearly 6,000 national park facility improvements and
            maintained high park visitor satisfaction rates, according to
            surveys;
      --Helped meet the Nation's energy needs by nearly doubling annual
            energy permit processing on Federal lands;
      --Advanced cooperative conservation through Private Stewardship and
            Landowner Incentive grants that have funded 943 projects with
            1,466 partners;
      --Protected habitat on 8.8 million acres managed through
            partnerships; and
      --Improved forest health on 5.6 million acres of Interior-managed
            lands through the Healthy Forests Initiative, a 108 percent
            increase over the previous five years.
        We crafted our 2007 budget through a broad analysis of base
    programs, consideration of cost and performance information, financial
    information, staffing, and the budgetary benefits of more effective and
    efficient utilization of resources. These efforts shaped the budget by
    highlighting the effect of resource allocation decisions on strategic
    goals and identifying opportunities to realign priorities and improve
    efficiency.
        The 2007 budget seeks to maintain performance across the
    Department's strategic plan goals and improve performance in areas that
    are high-priority Administration initiatives, within the context of the
    President's commitment to reduce the deficit by more than half by 2009.
    The 2007 budget incorporates Program Assessment Rating Tool reviews and
    program evaluations that assess whether programs are well-managed and
    have clear goals.
        Although the details of the respective missions of Interior's
    bureaus and offices differ, the central focus is the same. A focus on
    excellent performance requires mission clarity, good metrics, and
    management excellence. Management excellence requires a focused
    approach to maintaining and enhancing program results, making wise
    management choices, routinely examining the effectiveness and
    efficiency of programs, finding effective means to coordinate and
    leverage resources, and continuously introducing and evaluating process
    and technology improvements.
        The 2007 budget reflects the Department's commitment to these
    management strategies and management excellence.

                                BUDGET OVERVIEW

        The 2007 budget request for current appropriations is $10.5
    billion. Permanent funding that becomes available as a result of
    existing legislation without further action by the Congress will
    provide an additional $5.6 billion, for a total 2007 Interior budget of
    $16.1 billion.
        The 2007 current appropriations request is a decrease of $392.2
    million, or 3.6 percent below the 2006 funding level. If emergency
    hurricane supplemental funding is not counted, the 2007 request is a
    decrease of $321.9 million or 2.9 percent below the 2006 level.
        For programs funded by this Subcommittee, the 2007 request includes
    $9.6 billion, a decrease of $190.9 million, or 1.9 percent from the
    2006 level, excluding the emergency hurricane supplemental.
        Receipts collected by the Department in 2007 are projected to be
    $17 billion, an increase of $99.4 million over 2006. That amount is
    $6.5 billion more than Interior's current appropriations request and
    nearly $1 billion more than the total 2007 Interior budget.

                                2005 HURRICANES

        In addition to the funds requested in the budget, on February 16,
    2006, the President sent the Congress a supplemental funding request
    for hurricane recovery. The supplemental includes $216 million for
    Interior agencies. With these funds, Interior's agencies will conduct
    clean-up and debris removal and repair and reconstruction of facilities
    at park units, refuges, and USGS science facilities. The request
    includes funds to repair levees, dikes, and water control structures
    that provide wildlife habitat and support flood control for New
    Orleans. These actions will allow us to open roads, bridges, and trails
    to the public, repair visitor centers and exhibits, and reconstruct
    water control structures to host migratory bird populations and other
    wildlife. The supplemental also includes funding for MMS to restore its
    operations in New Orleans.

                           MAINTAINING CORE PROGRAMS

        The Department manages over 500 million acres and some 40,000
    facilities at 2,400 operating locations. These responsibilities engage
    Interior as a principal manager of real property and other assets that
    require ongoing maintenance, direct services to public lands visitors,
    and ongoing activities to ensure public access, use, and enjoyment.
        In order to deliver these services, the 2007 budget includes
    funding for pay and health benefits, other nondiscretionary cost
    increases for workers, unemployment compensation payments, rental
    payments for leased space, and operation of centralized administrative
    and business systems. Providing for these costs will allow the
    Department to maintain performance across strategic goals, improve
    performance in priority areas, and effectively serve the public.
        The budget includes $125.9 million for nondiscretionary, fixed cost
    increases. Of this total, two-thirds, or $82.5 million, will cover 70
    percent of anticipated 2007 pay raises. The budget assumes a January
    2007 pay increase of 2.2 percent.
        In addition to paying for nondiscretionary fixed costs, the budget
    includes focused investments for tools to enable the department's
    employees to do their jobs more efficiently and generate long-term cost
    savings, including implementation of standardized systems and
    streamlined business practices. One of these investments is the
    Financial and Business Management System. The 2007 budget includes
    $22.2 million to continue deployment of this integrated financial and
    business management system that will facilitate the retirement of
    duplicative, outdated legacy systems.

                            PROGRAMMATIC HIGHLIGHTS

        The 2007 budget maintains and improves performance across the
    Department's strategic goals to achieve healthy lands and water,
    thriving communities, and dynamic economies throughout the Nation. Key
    goals for 2007 include:
      --Enhancing America's energy supplies through responsible energy
            development and continued implementation of the Energy Policy
            Act;
      --Building on successful partnerships across the country and
            expanding opportunities for conservation that leverage Federal
            investments;
      --Continuing to advance trust reform;
      --Coordinating existing efforts under a unified program that focuses
            on high-priority historic and cultural protection under the
            Preserve America umbrella;
      --Preventing crises and conflicts over water in the West through
            Water 2025;
      --Continuing to reduce risks to communities and the environment from
            wildland fires; and
      --Providing scientific information to advance knowledge of our
            surroundings.
        As part of the President's effort to reduce the budget deficit by
    half over five years, the 2007 budget for the Department makes
    difficult choices to terminate or reduce funding for programs that are
    less central to the Department's core missions, have ambiguous goals,
    duplicate activities of other agencies, or require a lower level of
    effort because key goals have been achieved. Terminations and
    reductions include lower priorities and earmarks enacted in 2006. For
    example, the 2007 budget reduces funding for the Land and Water
    Conservation Fund State Assistance Grant program. These grants support
    State and local parks that have alternative sources of funding through
    State revenues and bonds. In addition, a PART review found the current
    program could not adequately measure performance or demonstrate clear
    results.

                               ENERGY DEVELOPMENT

        The Department's energy programs play a critical role in providing
    access to domestic oil, gas, and other energy resources. To enhance
    domestic production, the 2007 budget proposes an increase of $43.2
    million to implement the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and continue
    progress on the President's National Energy Policy. In total, the
    budget includes $467.5 million for the Department's energy programs.
        APD Processing--In 2003, under Energy Policy and Conservation Act
    requirements, the Department issued a report identifying five basins in
    Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico as containing the
    largest onshore reserves of natural gas in the country and the second
    largest domestic resource base after the Outer Continental Shelf. These
    onshore basins contain an estimated 139 trillion cubic feet of natural
    gas, enough to heat 55 million homes for almost 30 years. These
    resources offer the best opportunity to augment domestic energy
    supplies in the short term-an important step to moderating the doubling
    we have seen in natural gas spot prices since 2005. Those price
    increases have resulted in 100 percent increases for farmer's
    fertilizer costs; over 20 percent increases in transportation costs for
    some schools; and have deterred investment by some high-paying
    manufacturers in the United States.
        Before any leasing for oil and gas production can occur on the
    public lands in these areas, the Bureau of Land Management must have a
    land-use plan in place. Beginning in 2001, with the support of
    Congress, BLM initiated the largest effort in its history to revise or
    amend all of its 162 resource management plans. Within areas designated
    in plans as appropriate for mineral development, BLM has made a
    concerted effort to bring additional oil and gas supplies to market. In
    2002, 2.1 Tcf were produced from Federal, non-Indian lands. In 2003 and
    2004, 2.2 Tcf and 3.1 Tcf, respectively, were produced from these
    lands.
        The BLM is experiencing a steady increase in the demand for
    drilling permits. In 2000, BLM received 3,977 applications for permits
    to drill. In 2005, BLM received 8,351 APDs. The bureau estimates that
    in 2006, it will receive in excess of 9,300 permit applications, more
    than double the number processed five years ago. To address this
    demand, BLM has taken steps to ensure that drilling permit applications
    are processed promptly, while at the same time ensuring that
    environmental protections are fully addressed. These measures, along
    with increased funding, have allowed BLM to make significant progress
    in acting on permit applications. In 2005, BLM processed 7,736
    applications, nearly 4,000 more than it was able to process in 2000.
        Section 365 of the Energy Policy Act established a pilot program at
    seven BLM field offices that currently handle 70 percent of the
    drilling permit application workload. The pilot program is testing new
    management strategies designed to further improve the efficiency of
    processing permit applications. The Energy Policy Act provides enhanced
    funding for the pilot offices from oil and gas rental receipts. During
    2006, with more efficient processes and authorities and funding
    provided through Section 365, BLM anticipates processing over 10,000
    permits.
        The efforts of BLM have achieved significant results. Almost 4,700
    new onshore wells were started in 2005. This level of activity is 56
    percent higher than in 2002.
        For 2007, the budget proposes an increase of $9.2 million to focus
    on the oil and gas workload in BLM's non-pilot offices, which are also
    experiencing a sharp and sustained increase in the demand for APDs.
    This increase will provide $4.3 million for drilling permit processing
    and $2.8 million for inspection and enforcement activities. It will
    also provide $2.1 million for monitoring activities. The budget also
    includes $471,000 for the Fish and Wildlife Service to increase
    consultation work with the non-pilot offices.
        With the funding proposed for 2007, we expect that BLM pilot and
    non-pilot offices will collectively be capable of processing nearly
    12,000 APDs and conducting over 26,000 inspections in 2007.
        The budget assumes continuation through 2007 of the enhanced
    funding for pilot offices from oil and gas receipts to facilitate a
    smooth transition to funding from drilling permit processing fees,
    effective September 30, 2007. Legislation to be proposed by the
    Administration will allow a rulemaking to phase in full cost recovery
    for APDs, beginning with a fee amount that will generate an estimated
    $20 million in 2008, fully replacing the amount provided by the Energy
    Policy Act.
        Alaska North Slope--The most promising area for significant long-
    term oil discoveries and dramatic gains in domestic production in the
    United States is the Alaska North Slope. The U.S. Geological Survey
    estimates a 95 percent probability that at least 5.7 billion barrels of
    technically recoverable undiscovered oil are in the ANWR coastal plain
    and five percent probability of at least 16 billion barrels. USGS
    estimates the mean or expected value is 10.36 billion barrels of
    technically recoverable undiscovered oil. At $55 a barrel, more than 90
    percent of the assessed technically recoverable resource estimate is
    thought to be economically viable. At peak production, ANWR could
    produce about one billion barrels of oil a day, about 20 percent of our
    domestic daily production and more oil than any State, including Texas
    and Louisiana.
        The 2007 budget assumes the Congress will enact legislation in 2006
    to open ANWR to energy exploration and development with a first lease
    sale held in 2008 and a second in 2010. The budget estimates that these
    two lease sales will generate a combined $8.0 billion bonus revenues,
    including $7.0 billion from the 2008 lease sale.
        The 2007 budget includes an increase of $12.4 million for BLM
    energy management activities on the Alaska North Slope. The additional
    funds will support the required environmental analyses and other
    preparatory work in advance of a first ANWR lease sale in 2008. The
    requested increase will also support BLM's leasing, inspection, and
    monitoring program in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and BLM's
    participation in the North Slope Science Initiative authorized by the
    Energy Policy Act. In addition, a significant share of the $12.4
    million increase will be used by BLM to respond to the environmental
    threat posed by abandoned legacy wells and related infrastructure on
    the North Slope.
        Outer Continental Shelf Development--Deepwater areas of the Gulf of
    Mexico currently account for 17 percent of domestic oil and six percent
    of domestic gas production. However, over the next decade, oil
    production in the Gulf is expected to increase by 43 percent and
    natural gas by 13 percent. The increase will come from deepwater and
    greater depths below the ocean floor. The 2007 budget includes an
    increase of $2.1 million for OCS development, to allow MMS to keep pace
    with the surge in exploration and development in the deepwater areas of
    the Gulf and $1.5 million for OCS environmental impact statements on
    future lease sales.
        New Innovations in Energy Development--The 2007 budget includes an
    increase of $6.5 million for MMS's new responsibilities under the
    Energy Policy Act for offshore renewable energy development. MMS will
    establish a comprehensive program for regulatory oversight of new and
    innovative renewable energy projects on the OCS, including four
    alternative energy projects for which permit applications were
    previously under review by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
        Oil shale resources represent an abundant energy source that could
    contribute significantly to the Nation's domestic energy supply. Oil
    shale underlying a total area of 16,000 square miles in Colorado, Utah,
    and Wyoming represents the largest known concentration of oil shale in
    the world. This area may contain in place the equivalent of 1.2 to 2
    trillion barrels of oil, several times the proven oil reserves of Saudi
    Arabia. The budget proposes a $3.3 million increase, for a total
    program of $4.3 million, to enable BLM to accelerate implementation of
    an oil shale development program leading to a commercial leasing
    program by the end of 2008, in compliance with section 369 of the
    Energy Policy Act. This request is accompanied by $500,000 budgeted for
    USGS to determine the size, quality, and quantity of oil shale deposits
    in the United States.
        Gas hydrates, found in some of the world's most remote regions such
    as the Arctic and deepwater oceans, could dramatically alter the global
    balance of world energy supply. The estimated volume of natural gas
    occurring in hydrate form is immense, possibly exceeding the combined
    value of all other fossil fuels.
        The 2007 budget includes a $1.9 million package of increases for
    gas hydrate research and development by MMS, BLM, and USGS. This will
    fund a coordinated effort in the Gulf of Mexico and the North Slope of
    Alaska to accelerate research, resource modeling, assessment, and
    characterization of hydrates as a commercially viable source of energy.

                          PARTNERSHIPS IN CONSERVATION

        The 2007 budget proposes $2.6 billion for resource protection
    activities that improve the health of natural landscapes, sustain
    biological communities, and protect cultural and heritage resources.
    Key initiatives in resource protection include:
        Cooperative Conservation Programs--At field locations throughout
    the country, bureau employees and volunteers are learning by doing,
    working side-by-side with neighbors, and tapping into best practices
    from others working on similar issues. By working with local
    communities, Interior employees benefit from local knowledge, ideas,
    and assistance to achieve conservation results that can transcend
    jurisdictional boundaries. At the national level, conservation
    partnerships leverage resources, broaden our knowledge base, and help
    coordinate actions to achieve strategic goals. These grants are a
    central conduit for implementing the Department's ESA responsibilities,
    since over 80 percent of endangered and threatened species are found on
    non-federal lands.
        Under the broad framework of Executive Order 13352, the Chairman of
    the White House Council on Environmental Quality convened a White House
    Conference on Cooperative Conservation. The Departments of the
    Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, and Defense, and the Environmental
    Protection Agency co-hosted the event. On August 29-31, 2005,
    representatives from the public and private sectors convened in St.
    Louis, Missouri to discuss the advancement of this cooperative
    conservation vision. The conference emphasized the need to create a
    culture of responsibility to enhance opportunities for citizen stewards
    to work together. To improve its partnering efforts in cooperative
    conservation, the Department is developing and utilizing government
    tools that inspire and complement citizen stewardship and environmental
    entrepreneurship.
        From 2002 through 2006, Interior's conservation partnership
    programs have provided $2.1 billion. These programs leverage Federal
    funding, typically providing a non-Federal match of 50 percent or more.
    The 2007 budget includes $322.3 million to support continued
    partnership success through a suite of grant and technical assistance
    programs.
        The FWS administers natural resource grants to governmental,
    public, and private organizations, groups, and individuals that focus
    on at-risk species and their habitats. The Landowner Incentive and
    Private Stewardship programs are funded at a total of $33.8 million, an
    increase of $4.9 million from 2006. Through these programs, Interior
    employees work with States, Tribes, communities, and landowners to
    provide incentives to conserve sensitive habitats, while maintaining
    the fabric of the local communities and continuing traditional land
    management practices such as farming and ranching.
        The North American Wetlands Conservation Fund, the Cooperative
    Endangered Species Conservation Fund, and State and Tribal Wildlife
    grants program are funded at a total of $196.3 million, an increase of
    $9.4 million over 2006. This includes a $7.2 million increase for State
    and Tribal Wildlife Grants, which contains $5 million for a new
    competitive component of the program.
        Challenge cost share programs in the Fish and Wildlife Service, the
    National Park Service, and the Bureau of Land Management are funded at
    $20.3 million. These cost share programs give the land management
    agencies opportunities to work together and with adjacent communities,
    landowners, and other citizens to achieve common conservation goals.
    The 2007 proposal represents an increase of $1.6 million.
        The Fish and Wildlife Service budget also includes $11.8 million,
    an increase of $1.0 million, for joint ventures. The increase will
    result in a 1.1 million acre increase in the number of acres of
    landscapes and watersheds managed through partnerships and networked
    lands. The budget includes $13.0 million for the Coastal program,
    providing an increase of $604,000 for general program activities to
    address the growing demand for habitat conservation activities for FWS
    trust species. In 2007, coastal program activities will also expand to
    address the decline of aquatic habitat in areas such as the Gulf Coast,
    affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
        Sustaining Biological Communities--The Department's 2007 budget
    request includes $60.0 million for invasive species and continues the
    government-wide, performance-based crosscut budget effort that began in
    2004. The budget provides an increase of $994,000 for work in three
    priority geo-regional areas: South Florida, the Northern Great Plains,
    and the Rio Grande River Basin. The 2007 budget will focus on invasive
    species that present significant threats to ecosystem health, including
    lygodium, leafy spurge, and tamarisk.
        National Fish Habitat Initiative--The Fish and Wildlife Service has
    brought together States, Tribes, and others to develop a coordinated
    plan to implement a geographically-focused, partnership effort to
    protect, restore, and enhance aquatic habitats and reverse the decline
    of fish and aquatic species. The 2007 budget includes $3.0 million for
    the National Fish Habitat Initiative, an increase of $2.0 million. This
    effort is modeled on the North American Waterfowl Management Plan Joint
    Ventures and will harness the energies and expertise of existing
    partnerships to improve aquatic habitat health.
        Klamath River Basin--The 2007 budget includes $63.4 million for
    Klamath Basin restoration activities, a $7.8 million increase over
    2006. Through the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program, FWS will
    restore stream channel and riparian habitat in the Upper Klamath Basin
    partnering with local landowners, conservation organizations, and other
    Federal entities to improve habitat for species such as bull trout and
    restore lakeshore wetlands for Lost River and shortnose suckers.
        In 2007, through its Partners program, FWS will begin a new $2.0
    million Lower Klamath Basin initiative. Funding will be used to provide
    fish passage on tributaries; fencing for riparian areas along streams;
    assessment and monitoring of disease, particularly in juvenile fish;
    and restoration of stream channels from former mining excavations. The
    2007 budget also includes $3.5 million to acquire and restore
    agricultural lands adjacent to Upper Klamath Lake to provide quality
    habitat for larval and juvenile suckers and a host of native
    waterbirds, improve water quality for the lake and downstream
    anadromous fish, and increase water storage in the lake.

                                INDIAN PROGRAMS

        Trust Responsibilities--The budget provides $536.0 million to
    continue the Department's ongoing efforts to reform management of its
    fiduciary obligations to Tribes and individual Indians, to continue
    historical accounting efforts for trust funds, and to reduce the
    exponentially growing costs of maintaining fractionated interests of
    Indian lands.
        The 2007 budget continues funding for efforts initiated in 2002 to
    re-engineer trust business processes. The comprehensive changes
    underway are intended to bring about dramatic improvements in the
    management of fiduciary trust assets and better meet the needs of
    individual Indians and Tribes. A comprehensive and systematic plan
    known as the Fiduciary Trust Model is guiding reform efforts, including
    reorganization of Interior's fiduciary trust offices to improve service
    delivery and enhance accountability of trust operations. Working in
    partnership with beneficiaries to implement the FTM, Interior has
    implemented changes in operations and staffing at agencies and many
    other changes to ensure fulfillment of fiduciary trust goals and
    objectives. Implementation of integrated systems to support the FTM was
    completed at the Bureau of Indian Affairs Anadarko and Concho agencies
    in Oklahoma. These agencies now use the re-engineered trust processes
    and interfaced systems; trust data have been reconciled and validated,
    and numerous backlog cleanup projects have been completed.
        The greatest challenge facing successful fiduciary trust management
    is the fractionation, or continuing subdivision, of individual Indian
    interests in the land held in trust by the Federal government. Because
    individual Indian trust lands are subject to a permanent restriction
    against alienation, they are primarily transferred through inheritance.
    With each successive generation, individual interests in the land
    become further subdivided among heirs, each of whom holds a smaller and
    smaller interest in the land. The ownership of many disparate, small
    interests generates significant management costs, benefits no one in
    Indian Country and creates an administrative burden that drains
    resources away from other Indian programs.
        The Department currently administers and manages more than 3.2
    million undivided interests in these lands owned by 223,245 individual
    Indian owners. In many cases, the cost to account for and probate
    highly fractionated tracts far exceeds either the revenue or the value
    of the underlying property. Interior has demonstrated success over the
    past several years acquiring these highly fractionated interests
    through the Indian Land Consolidation Program. Through December 31,
    2005, the Department has acquired 202,775 fractional interests in
    individual Indian allotted lands, 100 percent ownership in 166 tracts
    with over 1,142 owners, and 100 percent ownership of interests held by
    5,253 individuals.
        The 2007 budget includes $59.5 million, an increase of $25.4
    million, to acquire additional selected highly fractioned individual
    Indian land interests. The $59.5 million will fund an acquisition
    program of about 80,000 additional fractionated interests. In order to
    maximize the effectiveness of the program, the Department is
    transitioning to a new long-term strategy for acquisition of individual
    Indian interests. The strategy will use a tiered process to select
    which interests to acquire. As of March 2005, there are 2,173 highly
    fractionated tracts owned by 98,905 individuals. A focus on these
    tracts will begin in 2006 and target 1,557 of these tracts.
        Other trust increases include $6.5 million that would streamline
    and strengthen efforts to provide cadastral surveys for Indian land
    transactions, $3.0 million to continue efforts to address the backlog
    of unresolved probate cases, and $2.0 million to provide for BIA
    technical assistance and grants to Tribes for Indian energy resource
    development.
        The 2007 budget funds historical trust accounting at $59.4 million,
    including $39.0 million for Individual Indian Money accounting and
    $17.4 million for tribal accounting.
        Strengthening Indian Self-Determination--A key factor in
    strengthening Indian self-determination and fostering strong and stable
    tribal governments is the Tribes' ability to contract or compact for
    BIA operated programs. The Indian Self-Determination Act requires BIA
    to provide tribal contractors with contract support costs, which
    include payment of indirect costs, as determined through negotiation
    between tribal representatives and Interior's National Business Center.
    Contract support funds pay a wide range of administrative and
    management costs, including finance, personnel, maintenance, insurance,
    utilities, audits, communications, and vehicle costs. Full funding of
    contract support costs encourages tribal contracting and promotes
    progress in achieving Indian self-determination. The 2007 budget
    proposes a $19.0 million increase for BIA to fully fund indirect costs
    for contracting Tribes, a total funding level of $151.6 million.
        Improving Indian Education--Rigorous educational programs help
    ensure a viable and prosperous future for tribal communities. Providing
    Indian students with a quality education prepares American Indian
    children to compete in a dynamic economy. The BIA school system
    accommodates almost 48,000 Indian children in 184 elementary and
    secondary schools and dormitories, includes two schools of higher
    education, and administers operating grants for 24 tribal colleges. The
    BIA school system has experienced significant change in recent years
    with implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act. The Act
    established an Adequate Yearly Progress accountability system that
    measures student proficiency in math, reading, and language arts. BIA
    is accountable for helping schools achieve AYP targets and achieving
    AYP in all BIA funded schools is a top objective of the BIA. Student
    performance at BIA schools, while improving, remains lower than
    national averages and in the school year 2004-2005, 30 percent of BIA
    schools met the AYP measure.
        Working with Tribes, BIA developed a Program Improvement and
    Accountability Plan to improve the effectiveness of the education
    services provided in the Bureau school system. The Plan identifies six
    major objectives such as achieving AYP and the tasks to achieve the
    objectives, including hiring, training, and retaining highly qualified
    staff. The 2007 budget includes an increase of $2.5 million to realign
    education offices and meet the staffing requirements identified in the
    Plan.
        The Indian education program also includes a new initiative to
    address the needs of juveniles detained in BIA funded detention
    centers, a segment of youth that has been underserved in the
    educational system. The request of $630,000 will be used to provide
    education services to students temporarily detained in the 20 BIA
    funded juvenile detention centers.
        From 2001 through 2006, BIA received $1.6 billion for the Indian
    education program to replace 37 schools and undertake major facility
    improvement and repair projects at 45 schools. The funding has resulted
    in significant improvements, increasing the number of schools in good
    condition. In 2001, 35 percent of the BIA schools were in good or fair
    condition. After completion of work funded through 2007, approximately
    65 percent of the schools will be in good or fair condition. To
    continue improvement of facility conditions at BIA schools, the budget
    includes $157.4 million for education construction. In order to focus
    on the 27 school replacement projects funded in previous years that are
    in the design phase or under construction, the education construction
    budget reflects a reduction of $49.3 million from 2006.
        Johnson-O'Malley--The budget proposes to eliminate the $16.4
    million Johnson-O'Malley grant program. These grants, identified in the
    Tribal Priority Allocations of some Tribes, are distributed by the
    Tribes to address Indian student needs in local public schools. The
    grants duplicate similar funding made available by other Federal and
    State assistance programs. The Department of Education, for example,
    provided $115.9 million in 2006 to public schools on or near Indian
    reservations. In addition, JOM grants do not address a focused goal for
    academic achievement, and lack a means to measure and report on its
    impact to student performance. Eliminating JOM grants allows BIA to
    strengthen its commitment to the BIA school system and avoid redundant
    Federal programs.
        Law Enforcement--Indian Country comprises 56 million acres of land
    and 1.6 million people. Indian Country has less than two law
    enforcement officers per thousand people served, as compared to more
    than four officers per thousand people in comparable rural communities.
    One of the largest challenges facing the BIA law enforcement program is
    violent crime. The violent crime rate in Indian Country is twice the
    national average. The 2007 budget proposes an increase of $1.8 million
    for law enforcement in Indian Country. An additional $2.7 million is
    requested to staff newly constructed tribal detention centers that will
    be operational in 2007.

                               CULTURAL RESOURCES

       The 2007 budget supports the leading role of the National Park
    Service in the preservation of nationally significant natural and
    historical resources. Through complementary historic preservation
    programs, NPS helps to protect heritage resources through initiatives
    to inventory, manage, and preserve artifacts and monuments and
    encourages community efforts to preserve local and regional cultural
    landscapes. The BLM is also a caretaker of significant cultural
    resources, managing what is perhaps the largest and most diverse
    collection of cultural properties in North America.
        American Heritage and Preservation Partnership--Through its
    Preserve America initiative, the Administration is encouraging
    community efforts to preserve our cultural and natural heritage. The
    goals of the initiative include a greater shared knowledge about the
    Nation's past, strengthened regional identities and local pride,
    increased local participation in preserving the country's cultural and
    natural heritage assets, and support for the economic vitality of our
    communities.
        The 2007 budget request for NPS includes $32.2 million for locally
    focused historic preservation and heritage tourism programs, as part of
    the Preserve America initiative. This budget presents a more seamless
    approach to these programs by combining Preserve America grants, Save
    America's Treasures, and the Heritage Partnership program, and
    operating these programs under a unifying theme.
        Preserve America grants help States and communities preserve their
    historic resources by incorporating them into their local economies.
    The 2007 budget includes $10.0 million, an increase of $5.1 million
    above the 2006 level, for grants to help communities develop resource
    management strategies and business practices for continued preservation
    of heritage assets.
        NPS Asset Management--The NPS is responsible for maintaining over
    7,500 facilities for more than 273 million visitors annually. Over
    previous decades, a backlog of maintenance accumulated in the parks.
    Starting with the 2002 budget, the Administration has invested $4.7
    billion and undertaken nearly 6,000 facility improvements within the
    parks, resulting in improved roads and trails, rehabilitated visitor
    centers, more accessible campgrounds, stabilized historic structures,
    and visitor satisfaction rates that are high.
        Ensuring the state of disrepair experienced in the past does not
    recur requires an asset management plan that addresses all phases of an
    asset's lifecycle and encompasses the total cost of ownership for each
    asset. Effective facility management requires a comprehensive inventory
    of needs, assessment, and a facility condition assessment survey
    process, which provides the necessary information for determining
    resources that are necessary to maintain facilities and infrastructure
    in acceptable condition. At the end of 2005, NPS had performed
    comprehensive condition assessments on 57 percent of its asset
    inventory and is on track to meet its goal of completing the first
    cycle of assessments by the end of 2006. The 2007 budget continues to
    support implementation of the NPS asset management program. Total
    construction and maintenance funding is $622.8 million, a decrease of
    $80.6 million from 2006, but still above the funding levels during any
    prior Administration. This reflects a return to sustainable funding
    levels after the completion last year of a five-year surge in funding.
    The budget request focuses on protecting and maintaining existing
    assets rather than funding new construction projects.
        Cultural Resource Protection--Thousands upon thousands of cultural
    properties have been reported in surveys of BLM public lands, including
    cliff dwellings, mines, ground figures, rock art renderings, military
    outposts and homesteads, and others. These resources represent the
    tangible remains of at least 13,000 years of human adaptation to the
    lands, and span the spectrum of human experiences since people first
    set foot on the North American continent. Many of these valuable and
    irreplaceable properties and artifacts are threatened by unauthorized
    use, theft, and vandalism. The 2007 budget proposes a $3.0 million
    initiative to improve the protection, preservation, access to, and
    interpretation of these cultural resources to enhance their economic,
    scientific, cultural, and educational value to all Americans.

                                  RESOURCE USE

        The Department's strategic goal for Resource Use includes programs
    that manage natural resources to promote responsible use and sustain a
    dynamic economy. Included in the $1.5 billion supporting this goal are
    programs focused on enhancing the Nation's energy security and
    availability, increasing timber production and improving forest health,
    and maximizing water availability through improved delivery and
    efficiency of water use. In addition to the energy initiatives
    discussed above, the following are the areas of emphasis in the 2007
    budget.
        Increasing Timber Products--Working in conjunction with the U.S.
    Forest Service, Interior manages timber tracts on public lands and
    follows the goals of the Northwest Forest Plan and forest management
    plans. The 2007 BLM budget will generate increased timber production
    with a $3.0 million increase in the Oregon and California Forest
    Management program that supports the commitments of the settlement
    agreement in the lawsuit American Forest Resource Council v. Clarke.
    The additional funding will focus on implementing the Northwest Forest
    Plan under commitments of the settlement agreement, which directs BLM
    to produce the allowable sale quantity of 203 million board feet and an
    additional 100 MMBF through the thinning of late- succession reserves.
    The increase will allow BLM to ramp up to meet the commitment level of
    303 MMBF by 2009. It will result in an additional 20 MMBF of timber
    offered in 2008 and 2009, which are projected to generate $6.5 million
    in additional timber receipts.
        Payments in Lieu of Taxes--The 2007 budget proposes $198.0 million
    for the Payments in Lieu of Taxes Program. PILT payments are made to
    local governments in counties, townships, and other jurisdictions where
    certain Federal land is located within their boundaries based on the
    concept that local governments incur costs related to maintaining
    infrastructure on Federal lands but are unable to collect taxes on
    these lands. The budget funds $197.6 million for PILT payments and
    $400,000 for program administration. Although this is $34.5 million
    below the 2006 record high level, it is comparable to historical
    funding levels.

                                 WILDLAND FIRE

        The Department's 2007 budget for the Wildland Fire Management
    program continues implementation of the National Fire Plan and the
    President's Healthy Forests Initiative. Interior's fire bureaus,
    working collaboratively with the Forest Service, will continue meeting
    the Department's Strategic Plan goal of reducing risks to communities
    and the environment from wildland fire. Since adoption of the National
    Fire Plan, significant investments in preparedness resources have
    strengthened initial attack capability and combined with improvements
    in management and operation, have led to improved firefighting
    capability. The Department's success rate for containing wildfires at
    initial attack was 92 percent in 2000. Interior anticipates that it
    will maintain at least a 95 percent success rate in 2007. The
    Department has also made substantial progress in addressing the threat
    posed by heavy fuels buildup and over the last five years, 2001-2005,
    has treated nearly 5.6 million acres. By contrast in the five years
    preceding the National Fire Plan, Interior treated few than 2.7 million
    acres. The management and effectiveness of the hazardous fuels
    reduction program have also improved. Treatments in the wildland-urban
    interface have grown from 22 percent of acres in 2001 to nearly 44
    percent in 2006.
        In 2007, Interior will maintain its high success rate for
    containing wildfires at initial attack through more effective and
    efficient use of preparedness and suppression resources. The Department
    will also continue to strategically implement hazardous fuels reduction
    projects to reduce risks to communities and improve forest and
    rangeland health. The 2007 budget proposes $769.6 million for the
    Wildland Fire management program. This includes an increase of $26.3
    million for fire suppression operations, to reflect the ten-year
    average cost of fire suppression.
        Rural Fire Assistance--The 2007 budget for Wildland Fire continues
    partnerships with local fire departments. Interior fire agencies will
    continue efforts begun in 2006 to use $1.9 million in preparedness
    funding to provide training and personal equipment to local
    firefighters to help build a ready-reserve of local firefighters that
    can support initial and extended attack on large forest and thereby
    improve the effectiveness of Federal cooperation with local
    firefighting agencies. The $9.9 million rural fire assistance program
    is proposed for elimination as a separate funding source because the
    types of equipment and basic training needs it provides will be met
    through the U.S. Forest Service and the Department of Homeland
    Security.

                               SCIENCE PRIORITIES

        Science forms the foundation of Interior's land management
    decisions and strengthens the ability of land managers to address a
    range of issues. The U.S. Geological Survey serves as the Department's
    primary source of scientific research, earth and biological sciences
    data, and geospatial information. The 2007 budget includes $944.8
    million for USGS science related initiatives to protect lives and
    resources and provide scientific leadership through improved hazards
    detection and warning, improved energy research, streamgaging, and
    participation in the Landsat Data Continuity Mission.
        Multi-Hazards Pilot--The USGS is responsible for the assessment,
    monitoring, and prediction of geologic hazards. The 2007 budget
    proposes a multi-hazards initiative aimed at merging information about
    different hazards into integrated products to support land-use
    planning, hazards mitigation, and emergency response. The pilot will be
    funded by a redirection of base resources and, in addition, the budget
    calls for an increase of $2.2 million to enhance these resources.
        Landsat Data Continuity Mission--Landsat satellites collect data
    about the Earth's land surfaces for use in wildland fire management,
    detecting and monitoring invasive plant species in remote regions,
    assessing water volume in snow pack and large western aquifers,
    assessing the stewardship of Federal grazing lands, monitoring the
    land-use and land change in remote regions, global crop monitoring, and
    global mapping. USGS and NASA are partnering to build a new landsat
    satellite set to launch in 2010. The budget requests an increase of
    $16.0 million for USGS to finish designing and begin building a ground
    system to acquire, process, archive, and distribute data from the new
    satellite.
        Streamgages--The USGS operates and maintains approximately 7,000
    streamgages that provide long-term, accurate, and objective streamflow
    and water quality information that meets the needs of many diverse
    users. The 2007 budget includes an increase of $2.3 million to allow
    USGS to continue operations at high priority Federal interest sites as
    well as increase the number of streamgages reporting real-time data on
    the Internet.

                                   CONCLUSION

        The budget plays a key role in advancing our vision of healthy
    lands, thriving communities, and dynamic economies. Behind these
    numbers lie people, places, and partnerships. Our goals become reality
    through the energy and creativity efforts of our employees, volunteers,
    and partners. They provide the foundation for achieving the goals
    highlighted in our 2007 budget. This concludes my overview of the 2007
    budget proposal for the Department of the Interior and my written
    statement. I will be happy to answer any questions that you may have.

        Senator Burns. Okay, well we'll get into the--Senator
    Dorgan has joined us, or anything you would like to add to
    this?
        Senator Dorgan. Mr. Chairman I'm sorry I was delayed. But
    Ms. Secretary, thank you and welcome.

                           PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES

        Senator Burns. We'll get underway. As I alluded in my
    opening statement Madam Secretary, that I'm concerned about the
    PILT request, in other words we're down a little bit from--all
    the way from $233 million, down to $195 million, something like
    that. That's a $40 million cut back. I want to know what your
    rationale is to cut this program.
        Ms. Scarlett. Senator, thank you very much. We certainly
    appreciate your concerns about PILT; we understand how
    important it is to local counties to have these revenues.
        I would like to underscore that the decision in this
    direction was difficult as have been our other cuts. In part it
    was made with an understanding that we do have some $4 billion
    in other kinds of payments that go to counties through sharing
    of other revenues generated from resource management. In
    addition I would like to underscore that while this is a
    reduction it still leaves the level of funding at significantly
    above where they were in the 1990s and at this difficult time
    we determined that the revenue sharing coupled with this level
    of funding would be appropriate.
        Senator Burns. Well, we're going to have a little argument
    about that. But I take I guess, I go back to my days as a
    County Commissioner, it takes as many services, and whenever
    you compare what we're paying to the country, payment in lieu
    of taxes, is 14 cents. When the private land owner is paying up
    around 6 bits, 75 cents an acre we've not caught up with what
    the private land owner pays.

                    FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

        Not even near it. So we'll have a little argument about
    this. Now, the growing costs and delays associated with
    implementing your Financial and Business Management System, the
    Department is requesting $22 million for this system in 2007
    and recently you removed the contractor that was doing the work
    because of implementation problems.
        Can you tell us, bring us up to date, the status of the
    project, and I've got a follow up question after that, or maybe
    a lot of questions with regard to that.
        Ms. Scarlett. Yes, thank you Senator. Let me remind the
    subcommittee of the reasons why we are moving forward and think
    it's imperative to do so, on this project. We inherited over
    100 different property systems, 15 financial management
    systems, and some 20 other asset management systems. They are
    antiquated, they no longer receive vendor support, and they
    don't speak to each other so we have to do manual entries. We
    have Bureau of Reclamation people with 30 passwords to get into
    systems. They enter one bit of data close, enter the same bit
    of data in a different system. That is not workable and that
    lies behind our attempt to integrate this system.
        We have made significant progress, but we did have problems
    with the vendor. We have let a new contract with IBM to be the
    integrator. I am pleased to say that we were able to make this
    choice, and separate from the previous contractor, because we
    have a very good contract management system in place.
        Rather than waiting 5 years down the road and well into the
    project we were able to identify the problems very early on,
    see that they were having difficulties in achieving the
    milestones that were set, and that caused us to steer in a
    different direction. We do have another contractor onboard. It
    is a fixed cost contract from this point forward, and I want to
    note that we have, along the way, made significant progress. We
    do have the grants portion already up and running, the
    financial portions for our Office of Surface Mining and MMS
    will be up and running in the fall. Then we have sequenced
    after that the other systems. Yes, we had a little hitch in the
    get along, but we think we are managing the program well and we
    think it is essential.
        Senator Burns. Well I would hope so. The years I spent
    chairing communications up in Commerce, and by the way we're
    marking up this morning. Anyway and how we fight for technology
    neutrality, interoperability, and to set the policies and
    everybody it seems like in the private sector does not
    experience the problems we have in Government. I've always said
    that every little jurisdiction in our Department that's out on
    the ground has a tendency to set up their own little fiefdom
    and think they know more about IT than anybody else. We've got
    to get over that some way or other. This system has got to be
    one system, it's got to be integrated, and it's got to be able
    to talk to each other. I know we threw a lot of money away,
    especially over in the BIA on that system. We just don't want
    to go down that road anymore.
        I just think it's a crime that we don't have somebody
    within the Department that doesn't recognize that. Because if
    you look at all the bad money we're throwing after good, we
    could fully fund PILT up to the authorized level. Very easily
    get that done and until we get some kind of a system down
    there. I've got some other questions, and I know we have a mark
    going on in Commerce, and I want to hold him down here as--
    there's a couple of issues I don't want him voting against up
    there. But no, Senator Dorgan thanks for coming this morning.
        Senator Dorgan. Mr. Chairman, thank you very much. Let me
    just ask a number of questions. I understand that you've
    inherited this, although you've been a significant part of the
    agency. But you've inherited this role and undoubtedly the
    agency itself has inherited from the White House and the Office
    of Management and Budget a set of priorities that you are bound
    and determined to come up here and support as hard as it might
    be in some areas.

                                INDIAN EDUCATION

        But let me just--first obviously the zeroing out once again
    of funding for the United Tribes Technical College. That's an
    Indian College that benefits Senator Burns, Senator Domenici
    and myself, our constituents. It's by all accounts an
    outstanding college, and yet every single year, the
    administration zeros it out and we right the funding back in
    and it really makes no sense to me, I won't ask you why because
    I've asked the Secretary when she was here, why. I heard the
    answer but didn't understand the answer. So, but I expect once
    again we will add that funding, and I regret that you all don't
    think that a college worthy of that funding. Replacement school
    construction, I'm going to focus just a little bit on the
    Indian accounts, because I think when you take a look at the
    BIA, funding cuts here I'm troubled by them, because we really
    are short of funding. I had the GAO do an evaluation of the
    condition of BIA schools and frankly the schools are not in
    good condition.
        I was in a school BIA school a week ago today in Fort
    Yates, North Dakota. I mean we all go to these schools and
    understand the backlog and the need for construction and
    rehabilitation funding. I understand that the response by the
    agency is, reduce funding for replacement of these schools,
    reduce funding by $37 million, a 43 percent cut. The reason is
    they're focusing on building schools that have already been
    funded. But I mean you know the fact is the agency can do more
    than one thing at a time. I think it's really serious mistake
    to not continue to upgrade and fund the schools when young
    Indian children go through those classroom doors they are our
    charge and we really need to give them the kind of
    opportunities that all other children in this country have. So,
    let me mention one other thing and then ask you to respond. The
    Johnson O'Malley education grants, these are the grants, that
    among other things, help pay for tutoring, for after school
    programs, and I have visited with all of the tribes in North
    Dakota and many tribes from around the country, and zeroing out
    this program is a very serious mistake. So I guess I would ask,
    have you taken a hard look at the Johnson O'Malley program and
    what gives rise to deciding not to fund that program.
        Ms. Scarlett. Thank you Senator. Would you like me to
    comment on all three of those issues?

                                JOHNSON O'MALLEY

        Senator Dorgan. No, the first two were just rhetorical. I
    mean I understand what your comments would be about the first
    two. But just tell me about Johnson O'Malley, because I
    understand what your comments would be about the first two. But
    just tell me about Johnson O'Malley, because in the budget it
    says the elimination of the Johnson O'Malley program will allow
    the Bureau to focus on its primary mission requirement of
    providing basic education to Indian children in Bureau funded
    elementary, and secondary schools. But I go up to those
    programs, I don't see any increase, so you've cut Johnson
    O'Malley, but don't increase them in areas where you say--in
    the justification you're going to increase them.
        Ms. Scarlett. Thank you Senator, Indian education, of
    course, is a central priority. It is imperative that these
    students get this education so that they have opportunities for
    their future. Our reasons for zeroing out the Johnson O'Malley
    program are several fold. One, the program, at its funding
    level provides, based on the head count that we have for
    students that receive it, about $90 per student. Or have
    received about $90 per student. When the Johnson O'Malley was
    passed in 1934, or some seven decades ago, there was no other
    competing program of that sort. In the meanwhile, we have
    created the Department of Education and it is now funding very
    similar kinds of programs to the tune of some $667 million. We
    believe that is the appropriate place to fund these special
    programs and efforts for Indian students. We have worked very,
    very closely this past year with the Department of Education to
    jointly develop a strategic plan for our Indian schools, to
    ensure that they achieve the performance that they can and also
    with these students that are in public education programs to
    get the special assistance that they need.
        It is our work with the Department of Education and the
    focus of these funds there that has caused us to take this
    proposed action.

                              DEFERRED MAINTENANCE

        Senator Dorgan. I would just observe however, we can't find
    where that money was moved somewhere else in a corresponding
    increase in some other area. I know that's what the
    administration says, but we can't find that. Let me ask about
    the steady erosion over a long period of time now of the
    ability to fund the maintenance and the operation of parks and
    refuges and other lands. There's a lot of deferred maintenance
    as you know, and you are asked, because you don't request
    funding for salary increases that you know will exist. So
    you're asked to absorb these each year, and we have less and
    less money to provide for the basic maintenance and the basic
    operations of the park services and refuges--how long can that
    continue? We can't continue to do that forever I assume?
        Ms. Scarlett. Senator Dorgan, the operations of our land
    management agencies and their budgets is a high priority and
    this year we're proposing to fund the fixed pay cost at 70
    percent of the proposed pay increase, and 100 percent for the
    other fixed costs in terms of benefits and so forth. Last year
    we funded those park operations at 100 percent, indeed all the
    fixed costs for the Department of Interior. The 70 percent was
    proposed because we believe we can continue to make some
    management improvements that will allow us to be more efficient
    and effective in the delivery of services.
        For maintenance itself, we will have completed some 6,000
    projects in park maintenance for the Park Service over these
    last 5 years. That has had a dramatic effect. We now track and
    give a grade to the condition of our park facilities, for
    visitor service facilities, and so forth. We have brought that
    grade down to a fair or at least adequate level, and some, of
    course are in good condition and we're heading further in that
    direction. The budget does include a $10 million increase for
    cyclic maintenance because that keeps us on the track of not
    getting behind, but rather keeping ahead of the game and
    maintains the high levels of funding for the Repair and
    Rehabilitation program. I will note that the cuts in the
    construction program that you see are largely cuts in what
    would be new construction. We have maintained almost the same
    level of rehabilitation funding in the Park Service in the 2007
    budget.
        We have a chart that actually shows that.
        [The information follows:]

        Senator Dorgan. If you'll just submit that to us, that
    would be fine.
        Ms. Scarlett. That's the overall trend line, but we have
    another chart that shows----
        Senator Dorgan. Do you have a chart that shows the backlog,
    this shows the backlog funding. Is there a chart that shows the
    backlog?
        Ms. Scarlett. There's not a chart that shows the backlog
    per se. As we have gotten into trying to understand this issue.
    When we came on board we had neither an inventory of
    facilities, nor an assessment of their condition. We had what
    might be characterized as anecdotal information, on a piece by
    piece basis of some backlog. What we have done is to put in
    place an industry best practices standard, whereby we assess
    the total cost to replace facilities and then all of the repair
    needs, both backlog as well as current repairs, ongoing current
    repairs. That gives us a ratio, and gives us a grade and that's
    the grade I'm referring to when I say we're now kind of at an
    adequate level except for roads, which remains a problem.
        Senator Dorgan. Would you submit that to us, so we can
    understand what we calculate the backlog to be from those
    documents?
        Ms. Scarlett. Yes, we can do that. And we have that
    calculated for eight different kinds of facilities and it shows
    you what ones are in significantly better condition than they
    were 5 years ago.
        [The information follows:]

                          SERVICEWIDE FACILITY CONDITION INDEX (FCI) INFORMATION BY ASSET TYPE
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                Fiscal year
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------
                 Regular asset type \1\                 2003      2004     2004     2005     2005     2006     2006
                                                      baseline   target   actual   target   actual   target   actual
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Buildings.......................................      0.16     0.15     0.10     0.15     0.17     0.07  .......
    Houses..........................................      0.22     0.21     0.13     0.20     0.16     0.10  .......
    Water Treatment Facilities......................      0.17     0.16     0.08     0.16     0.12     0.04  .......
    Wastewater Treatment Facilities.................      0.23     0.21     0.17     0.20     0.17     0.07  .......
    Trails..........................................      0.17     0.16     0.36     0.16     0.27     0.28  .......
    Campgrounds.....................................      0.17     0.17     0.15     0.17     0.16     0.09  .......
    Unpaved Roads...................................      0.26     0.26     0.12     0.26     0.17     0.11  .......
    Paved (FHWA) Roads..............................  ........  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......
    Road Bridges....................................  ........  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......  .......
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal \2\ Road Assets \3\..............      0.37     0.35     0.39     0.38     0.45     0.36  .......
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------
          Total.....................................      0.25     0.24     0.24     0.22     0.29     0.20  .......
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    \1\ Regular asset types include assets that have completed condition assessments based on industry standards.
      Additional information will be developed for other assets, such as memorials or archeological sites.
    \2\ Pavement only; does not include retaining walls, parking lots, drainage structures, etc.
    \3\ Target for fiscal year 2007 revised per fiscal year 2007 PB.

        Senator Dorgan. Just for example in the Indian health
    service, it was like pulling molars to get the data from the
    Indian health service to find out how much of the needs are
    unserved. They really can't--they don't want to tell you. I
    finally found out we serve about 60-65 percent of the need,
    means 35 to 40 percent is unserved. We--you know we're actually
    rationing healthcare on reservations in contract health. We're
    actually rationing healthcare. And there are people desperately
    sick, who are not getting the healthcare because the money
    doesn't exist. So I'm always interested in what is not being
    done that must be done. That's the list I'm interested in
    evaluating in the context of what kind of funding is being
    requested.

                        ALASKA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

        One final question, what do you propose we do with the $8
    million you're asking to be used for drilling in ANWR. As you
    know the Congress has at this point decided not to proceed to
    drill in ANWR, so you've requested $8 million for that, would
    you suggest we invest that in the United Tribes Technical
    College in Bismarck, or perhaps the Indian health service--
    where would you suggest we move that?
        Ms. Scarlett. Senator, the President's budget includes
    that, because we remain hopeful that the Congress will act on
    ANWR. Of course in recent years they have not done so, but we
    remain focused because it is the largest single supply of
    fossil fuels in the United States and we are hopeful.
    Therefore, that money is proposed for studies and related
    activities that would anticipate such action by the Congress.
        Senator Dorgan. Well that's the amount above $8 million,
    you actually asked for $12.4 million which includes some
    studies, but I recognize the budget was submitted before the
    most recent action by Congress on the ANWR issue, so I wouldn't
    have expected it to have been corrected in here. But I think
    ultimately that $8 million will not be used for ANWR, so if
    you'd send to us maybe a notion of where we might invest that,
    I think we have some ideas as well.
        As I said before, I think we'd like to submit a list of
    questions. You've inherited this job, and I know you've done a
    good job over a long period of time, and we appreciate your
    willingness to come and testify. The fact is you are the
    victim; your agency and other agencies are the victim of a
    fiscal policy that is not working in my judgment. You don't
    need to hear this in another hearing from me. The fact is that
    our fiscal policy is so off course that we are doing everything
    we can to maintain the 15 percent tax rate on capital gains,
    and we're willing to cut, cut, cut on these other areas in
    order to make up for the revenue we lose on that. So I mean I
    understand you come here and you have a requirement to support
    the President's budget, I think we're short in the Indian
    Health Service, I think we're short in Indian Education, I
    think we're short in the Maintenance Accounts, for doing what
    we should do on parks and those kinds of things. But you know,
    I say that with good will. Our committee appreciates your work,
    and the work of folks in the agency who are coming with the
    budget prepared largely at the White House and the OMB. So I
    thank you very much for being here today.
        Ms. Scarlett. Thank you.
        Senator Burns. Good heavens.
        Senator Dorgan. I'm going to run up to the Commerce
    committee markup then, and see if I can get my vote in before
    you get there.

                             INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE

        Senator Burns. If I can hold you another 5 minutes, I have
    no worries. No, not really. I've got a couple of problems and
    those of you who are--look at all the pencils come out behind
    you back there. We got a problem with, and this goes right down
    the road with our healthcare in Indian Country. We've got trust
    land that the ranches are in Montana, but they can't get their
    healthcare unless they go back to Fort Berthold. Now there's an
    Indian Health Service facility at Trenton North Dakota, which
    is just across the border, up in the Williston, up in that area
    and they can't go there because they live in Montana.
        Now they can't go to Fort Peck, because they are enrolled
    under Fort Berthold. Have we done anything to address that
    situation, because these folks happen to be there, they're
    entitled to their healthcare and they're living in sort of no
    man's land? Have we done anything to deal with that particular
    problem up in North East Montana? You may need some help on
    this.
        Ms. Scarlett. The Indian Health Service of course is not
    under Interior's direct responsibility, we have the education.
    So I'm happy to talk with my colleagues at Health and Human
    Services about that. It is a challenge of course; not only for
    education services, but health service as well, the wide
    distribution of these locations and trying to get services to
    people in these remote locations. Certainly for our
    responsibilities we're trying to make the appropriate services
    available.
        Senator Burns. Well, I've visited with the Directors there
    in Trenton in North Dakota, and it's just a situation where it
    seems like we could--in other words if we could move some funds
    from the Fort Berthold for their healthcare into the Fort Peck
    for the increased traffic, or requirements and get that done.
    It seems like it could be done administratively.

                              FEDERAL RECOGNITION

        Now also the delays in recognition, the process for Indian
    tribes, the Little Shell Tribe in Montana received a proposed
    favorable finding for recognition in 2000 but no progress has
    been made in intervening years finalizing the finding. I'd like
    to know the cause of the delay. These folks are without
    recognition right now, and could I get some explanation from
    the Department of Interior?
        Ms. Scarlett. Yes, thank you Senator. This is actually a
    somewhat analogous situation with the Tribe. We have been
    working with the Tribe for a number of years, and in fact the
    Tribe itself has asked for 10 different extensions as they have
    worked to acquire and assemble the information needed. It's my
    understanding that most of that information is now assembled
    and they are in the ready waiting for action mode, but still
    getting some final documentation. I would be hopeful that after
    this long saga, we would be able to bring some conclusion in
    the relatively near future.

                          MUSEUM OF THE PLAINS INDIAN

        Senator Burns. Thank you very much. Now, does this budget
    request propose to close the Museum of the Plains Indian? Now I
    think this is up at Browning, is that correct? I think it is.
    Does this budget request propose to close the Museum of the
    Plains Indian?
        Ms. Scarlett. Senator, we had over the years acquired three
    museums under our operation. The primary mission of the Indian
    Arts and Crafts Board has been to both promote Indian Crafts,
    as well as to enforce against fraud. We have been trying to
    shift resources at Indian Arts and Crafts Board to those two
    primary missions and then work with partners. Our intention
    would be not to close the museums, rather to find partners who
    would in turn operate the museums and hold those artifacts.
        We have had a number of discussions in the three locations,
    including in Montana, and in fact are looking forward to
    talking with the Tribe in Montana in the relatively near future
    to pick up those conversations.
        Senator Burns. I think this is an issue where we've got to
    sit down and have a meeting on it, and also work with the
    Blackfeet up at Browning.
        Ms. Scarlett. We would be very happy to do that.

                       APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS TO DRILL

        Senator Burns. I think we can work out our differences
    there, but we can do that at a different venue. Last fall I
    examined the oil and gas resources on our federal land. As you
    well know we were backlogged with our APDs, can you bring us up
    to date for the information of this committee I know we
    increased the $25 million for the energy related programs, can
    you bring us up to date on what we have done. I know the
    request for drilling permits has increased.
        Ms. Scarlett. Yes Senator, we have made enormous progress
    and have been able to make that progress notwithstanding
    significant increases in applications for permits to drill. As
    I noted in my testimony, we estimate a projected 12,000
    applications for permits to drill in 2007.
        We expect by the end of 2007 to actually have caught up
    with the back log. So that means that we have significantly
    increased the pace at which we are able to do these, because we
    have both a growing request and more rapid disposition of these
    applications.
        We have a graph that shows that.
        [The information follows:]

                                HAZARDOUS FUELS

        Senator Burns. Hazardous fuels I think you should stay
    after that. Now we've got a little more moisture up in our part
    of the country this year. But I want to bring up a little
    situation that is up in a wildlife game refuge, and that's the
    C.M. Russell. We've experienced some problems up there and some
    proposals have been made, and there again I think your staff
    should make note of that, that we're going to have to sit down
    and work out some of the problems on the C.M. Russell.
    Especially those people having grazing permits within inside
    that refuge, and just the overall relationship between that and
    the communities in which it's held.

                                    RS 2477

        Let's talk about RS 2477. Seems like that comes up every
    now and again, that 2477 granted rights of way across Federal
    lands for construction of public roads, it was repealed in
    1976, but significant disagreements between Utah Counties, BLM
    and wilderness advocates have continued. The 10th Circuit as
    you know ruled on the issue in 2005 in your favor. On March 22,
    Secretary Norton issued guidance to land managers to implement
    the 10th Circuit decision.
        The Department recently announced the new guidelines. Can
    you explain why the new guidelines are necessary?
        Ms. Scarlett. Yes, thank you Senator. The 10th Circuit
    Court decision essentially ruled that the Department of the
    Interior, while it can make administrative decisions with
    respect to regulating the maintenance of roads, is not in a
    position to adjudicate the actual ownership of rights of way.
        That is left to the court system. We needed to align our
    practices with that decision and essentially that means that we
    will be working with states to come up with agreements on road
    maintenance notification, so that when they're doing road
    maintenance they will notify us first. We have certain
    provisions to ensure that occurs in an appropriate fashion. In
    addition, the decision makes very clear and we make very clear
    in our guidance to the bureau that this does not apply to
    decisions about identifying new roads. As there are no new
    roads, and new construction, the decision really applies to
    allowing counties to proceed with maintenance of existing roads
    in consultation and discussion with us.
        Senator Burns. That's always been a contention, I'm glad
    the courts ruled in the way they did, but I also want the
    Department to be sensitive to those too also, because there are
    some sensitive lands in that country.

                              ABANDONED MINE LANDS

        The AML fee extension that runs out June of this year, if
    not extended what happens? What will be the effect on the
    combined benefit fund?
        Ms. Scarlett. The fee extension of course on the one hand
    pays for the abandon mines reclamation and then also on the
    combined benefits fund. When that ultimately runs out--I'm
    actually going to turn to Pam, can you answer that? I'm not
    sure what happens with the combined benefit, I know what
    happens to the abandoned mine lands.
        Ms. Haze. The Department already has been working on the
    rule-making since the fee has been extended several times; the
    rule-making is actually ready. What would happen is we would
    issue the rule that would allow us to go ahead and make the
    payment and continue to use the interest for that payment.
        Senator Burns. Without the fee being extended?
        Ms. Haze. Correct. It would allow us to set a fee at a rate
    sufficient to pay the combined benefit fund. So it would only
    collect a fee comparable to pay the fund.

                                NPS MAINTENANCE

        Senator Burns. Thank you very much. We may have to have a
    visit on that too. Who knows? Park Service maintenance I
    would--I would like to put a comment in here, we have talked to
    the folks up a glacier. The folks at Yellowstone and some other
    folks around, and we get the backlog. Some projects have not
    moved forward and have been put on a delay basis in both of
    those parks. We are finding out that the cost not only
    materials, but labor and everything else has sort of ballooned
    a little bit and took them way past what we had budgeted to
    fix, or to build the facility.
        I think what happens is, if we delay long enough then we're
    outside our budget, the budgeted dollars. Somewhere or other
    we've got to do what we should in maintenance and on our
    national parks and take care of some of this backlog is to
    initiate those contracts, rapid and get the contractor on the
    ground the way they're bid and with some realism. I know some
    of those bids they go on, and on, they don't just let the bid,
    they let the bid, they delay the bid, and pretty soon your
    costs which have a tendency to accelerate under these
    conditions that we find ourselves in a booming economy where
    our costs go up everyday. So I would just ask that you--that
    these Park Supervisors and the people who are in charge of
    that, is once they get the authorization and the dollars to
    build a facility is to let the contract. Don't fiddle around
    with it. Get it done, I'm kind of like Larry the Cable guy, Get
    her done. We'll save dollars in the long run, and I think we
    can also taking into account some of the backlog that we might
    be experiencing at this time. So I would just ask that you do
    that. Then we'll talk about some wildlife refuges in private
    conversation.

                                2005 HURRICANES

        That's just about all the questions I have I think. My
    staff gives me all these, and then I always think of something
    the night before, but I guess most of our effort in our
    wildlife refuges have been focused towards the hurricane areas
    down there, is that correct?
        Ms. Scarlett. That's correct. In the wake of the
    hurricanes, we have some 66 wildlife refuges that are along the
    Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, and Florida coasts. The
    President's supplemental budget actually has proposed $132
    million in its most recent request specifically for refuge
    debris removal and repairs that resulted from those hurricanes,
    specifically for our wildlife refuges.
        Senator Burns. I knew that you had to relocate some people
    down there, and I know you've got some requests in your
    supplemental.
        Ms. Scarlett. Our total supplemental I believe is around
    $216 million. About $58 million of that is for parks, and the
    biggest bulk, I think it might be $132 million, is for wildlife
    refuges.
        Senator Burns. Before we go to consider that I'd sure like
    to get a breakdown of those areas where we really have some
    problems, because I know we've got some people displaced, and
    had to move into new facilities, and everything. But I
    understand that you're moving back though and it's coming along
    fairly well.
        Ms. Scarlett. We are doing very well, and we have a very
    thorough list, I'm pleased to say and we can provide you that.
    We've made a lot of progress, particularly in the debris
    removal but the devastation was very extensive.
        [The information follows:]

               MMS HURRICANE RECOVERY MANDATORY FUNDING ESTIMATES
                            [In thousands of dollars]
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Estimated
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    New Orleans, LA Swing Office (February/March 2006):
        Building Lease.........................................        1,600
        Furniture Lease........................................        1,000
        Utility, Security and Other Costs......................          650
    Elmwood Rebuild (March/April 2006):
        Furniture..............................................        4,500
        Utility, Security and Other Costs......................        2,300
        Design Contract........................................          955
    MMS Program Critical Needs:
        Houston Per Diem Travel (March 2006)...................        1,900
        Contract Support (March 2006)..........................        2,931
        Overtime/Salaries (January 2006).......................          800
        Emergency Preparation (March 2006).....................        1,000
        TAR/Studies (April 2006)...............................        1,300
        G&G Data Restoration (April 2006)......................        2,500
        Equip., Supplies, and Other Costs (March 2006).........          950
    Additional Funding Needs:
        Emergency Preparation Efforts..........................          250
        Technology Assessment & Research/Environmental Studies.        1,805
        G&G Data Restoration and Preservation Project..........        1,000
        Coastal Protection/Barrier Island - OCS Sand Resource          2,280
         Assessment & Evaluation Project.......................
        Post Event Coordination Efforts........................          200
        Houston Program Travel Costs...........................           10
    Repayment of Fiscal Year 2005 Funds: Bureau of Indian              3,343
     Affairs (Section 102 Money)...............................
                                                                ------------
          Revised Total, Estimated Hurricane Funding Needs.....       31,274
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                                                   2005 HURRICANE SUPPLEMENTALS--DRAFT
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                                                                                                                                                                                Assert     Revised
                   Storm                 OrgCode          Station            State           Timeframe                                 Project title                             No.       estimate
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Rita...............................    21521  Anahuac NWR...........  TX.........  September 2005.......  Replace Damaged Metal (Butler) Mechanic Shop Building.........   10006766     $394,000
    Rita...............................    21521  Anahuac NWR...........  TX.........  .....................  Replace Damaged Metal (Butler) Vehicle Storage Building.......   10006759      160,000
    Rita...............................    21521  Anahuac NWR...........  TX.........  .....................  Replace Damaged Modular Office Building.......................   10006767      128,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Replace Metal (Butler)Shop/Service Building...................   10006854      847,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Replace McFaddin Headquarters Office..........................   10006848      399,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Rehab Clam Lake Road (FHA Rte #010)...........................   10006851      472,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Subtotal: First supplemental.  .......  ......................  ...........  .....................  ..............................................................  .........    2,400,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Rita...............................    21521  Anahuac NWR...........  TX.........  .....................  Repair Levees and replace WCS (3) East Bay Bayou (Middleton)..   10006713      933,000
    Rita...............................    21521  Anahuac NWR...........  TX.........  .....................  Replace Waterfowl Check Station on East Unit Entrance.........   10044271       80,000
    Rita...............................    21521  Anahuac NWR...........  TX.........  .....................  Replace Mobile Home (12' by 65'').............................   10006745       93,000
    Rita...............................    21521  Anahuac NWR...........  TX.........  .....................  Repair Gravel Roads (Oyster Bayou (Undershore Marsh)..........   10006826       88,000
    Rita...............................    21521  Anahuac NWR...........  TX.........  .....................  Replace 4-Strand Barbed Wire Interior Fence on Old Anahuac....   10006816      127,000
    Rita...............................    21521  Anahuac NWR...........  TX.........  .....................  Repair Levee, Oyster bayou (Deep Marsh).......................   10006823      708,000
    Rita...............................    21521  Anahuac NWR...........  TX.........  .....................  Repair Culverts at Crossroad and Westline Road................   10045627       45,000
    Rita...............................    21521  Anahuac NWR...........  TX.........  .....................  Repair East Bay Boatramp crossover culverts...................   10045551       20,000
    Rita...............................    21521  Anahuac NWR...........  TX.........  .....................  Repair Ditches, Jackson Ditch Unit............................   10006725      262,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Replace Ten Mile Cut Bridge (FHA Rte #12).....................   10006905      668,200
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Repair Sand Dune Structures (Beach Road)......................   10006925      500,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Repair O Ditch and Levee in Wild Cow Bayou Watershed..........   10006870      247,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Replace Fence, North Unit cattle pasture......................   10006849      290,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Repair RIPRAP/Bank Protection, ICWW...........................   10006860      400,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Repair Shoreline Armoring Protection on Intracoastal Waterway.   10006863      100,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Repair Leblanc's/GIWW Waterway Levee Road.....................   10006930      700,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Replace Fence, White's Ranch cattle pasture. Central Unit.....   10006918      370,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Repalce Fence, Clam Lake Pasture Grazing Unit barrier.........   10006852       62,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Repair Leblanc's Reservoir Levees.............................   10006921      175,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Repair Perkins Levee..........................................   10006889      424,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Repair Clam Lake Road Shoreline Armoring......................   10006887      725,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Repair North Clam Lake Road Shoreline Armoring................   10006910      376,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Replace Fence, Star Lake pasture cattle barrier with gates....   10006850      362,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Repair Pond 11 Levee in Wild Cow Bayou Watershed..............   10006872      109,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Repair Middleton Levee Hunter Access Trail....................   10006922        7,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Repair Pond 13 Levee..........................................   10006914      226,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Repair 6/7 Levee Road.........................................   10006871       13,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Repair Pond 6 Oil Field Levee.................................   10006882       75,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Repair Pond 7 Oil Field Levee (east of 6/7 levee).............   10006883       91,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Repair White's Levee/Fuel Brake...............................   10006890      328,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Repair Texaco Camp Levee on White's Ranch.....................   10006898       78,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Repair West End Spur Levee....................................   10006900       26,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Repair Weather Road Oil Field Levee...........................   10006886       81,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Repair West Oil Field Levee (west of weather station road)....   10006884       65,000
    Rita...............................    21525  McFaddin NWR..........  TX.........  .....................  Repair South Oil Field Levee (south of headquarters)..........   10006885       31,000
    Rita...............................    20130  Regional Chief NWRS...  TX.........  .....................  Initial response and recovery.................................        N/A      756,800
    Rita...............................    21526  Texas Point NWR.......  TX.........  .....................  Repair Texas Point Levee (Cattle Walk)........................   10006933      206,000
    Rita...............................    21526  Texas Point NWR.......  TX.........  .....................  Repair Rock Weir..............................................   10039768       35,000
    Rita...............................    21526  Texas Point NWR.......  TX.........  .....................  Replace Boundary Fence, 10 miles of 4-Strand Barbed Wire......   10006932      219,000
    Rita...............................    21526  Texas Point NWR.......  TX.........  .....................  Repair N-ditch Rock Plug......................................   10044344        6,000
    Rita...............................    21526  Texas Point NWR.......  TX.........  .....................  Repar S Roadside Ditch Rock Plug..............................   10044562        6,000
    Rita...............................    21526  Texas Point NWR.......  TX.........  .....................  Repair Twin Bayou Rock Plugs..................................   10053547        6,000
    Rita...............................    21593  Trinity River NWR.....  TX.........  .....................  Replace Boundary Fence, 4-strand barbed wire (17 tracts)......   10051248      297,000
    Rita...............................    21593  Trinity River NWR.....  TX.........  .....................  Repair Dirt Roads (7 tracts)..................................   10051332       34,000
    Rita...............................    21593  Trinity River NWR.....  TX.........  .....................  Repair Culverts (12 tracts)...................................   10051333       27,000
    Rita...............................    21593  Trinity River NWR.....  TX.........  .....................  Repair Wood Frame Bunkhouse, Die Tract........................   10008098       19,000
    Rita...............................    21593  Trinity River NWR.....  TX.........  .....................  Replace Signage (50 regulatory signs).........................   10051308        3,000
    Rita...............................    21593  Trinity River NWR.....  TX.........  .....................  Remove downed trees Public Use Trails/Boardwalks (18 tracts)..   10051309       77,000
    Rita...............................    21593  Trinity River NWR.....  TX.........  .....................  Repair Public Use Parking Areas (8 tracts)....................   10051334       23,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Subtotal: Second supplemental  .......  ......................  ...........  .....................  ..............................................................  .........   10,600,000
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                                                                                      2005 HURRICANE SUPPLEMENTALS
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                                                                                           Revised
                  Storm                  Org         Station         State      Type        Timeframe                                Project title                            Asset No.    estimate
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Wilma............................   41560  Arthur R. Marshall  FL.......  NWR.....  October 2005.....  Replace Headquarters--RES complete for standard design of medium    10014603   $3,000,000
                                                Loxahatchee NWR.                                            office/VC facility. [additional funding included in 2004
                                                                                                            supplemental for this facility].
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  TVA Agreement--Repair Maxent levee system (NORTH-only) (Bayou     ..........    4,250,000
                                                                                                            Sauvage); includes damaged structures and public-use facilities
                                                                                                            (boatramps, trails, parking areas, etc.).
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Ridge Trail Boardwalk....................................    10018693      417,000
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair damage to pump station @ Bayou Thomas (Bayou Sauvage)....    10049237      210,000
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair damaged pump station @ Illegal Road (Bayou Sauvage)......    10018698      209,600
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair/Replace refuge boundary signs (Bayou Sauvage NWR)........    10042166       41,300
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  TVA Agreement--Repair Swamp Tour parking lot....................    10051405       32,400
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Maxent levee parking lot.................................    10051407       25,700
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair damaged water control structure (Unit 6) (Bayou Sauvage).    10049198       25,000
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair damaged water control structure (Unit 5) (Bayou Sauvage).    10049197       25,000
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair refuge interpretive signs (Bayou Sauvage NWR)............    10049262       23,900
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair entrance gates...........................................    10049245       22,000
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair gravel parking areas at 3 pumping stations (Bayou            10018686       21,500
                                                                                                            Sauvage).
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair kiosks (Bayou Sauvage NWR)...............................    10049260       20,000
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Highway 11 boat launch parking area......................    10051404       20,000
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair refuge entrance signs (Bayou Sauvage NWR)................    10049235       12,900
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Replace facilities at seaplane facility.........................    10017810      866,800
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  TVA Agreement--Repair road at visitor center/administrative         10017819      390,000
                                                NWR.                                                        headquarters Rte #010.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair boardwalk at Boy Scout Road..............................    10017821      322,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  TVA Agreement--Repair Boy Scout Road............................    10017820      218,500
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair damage to administrative building........................    10017815      211,900
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair refuge entrance and guide signs (Big Branch Marsh NWR)...    10017827      142,400
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair damage to the historic chapel............................    10017814       56,700
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair sewage treatment plant for new Administrative                10049238       44,900
                                                NWR.                                                        Headquarters Building.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  TVA Agreement--Repair Bayou Lacombe Centre equipment access road    10051413       38,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair damaged fence around maintenance facility................    10017831       36,500
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair/Replace refuge boundary signs (Big Branch Marsh NWR).....    10041523       35,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair culverts.................................................    10017839       23,900
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair gate at the Holy Redeemer property--2006DM...............    10017822       21,500
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair environmental education center bathrooms.................    10053210       20,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43616  Bogue Chitto NWR..  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair/Replace refuge boundary signs (Bogue Chitto NWR).........    10042080       35,000
    Katrina..........................   43616  Bogue Chitto NWR..  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair septic system for RV pads & shop at Lock 1 facility (Old     10039293       10,700
                                                                                                            RPI Number 24).
    Katrina..........................   43630  Bon Secour NWR....  AL.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Remove/dispose of debris........................................  ..........      400,000
    Katrina..........................   43630  Bon Secour NWR....  AL.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair destroyed dune walkover boardwalk (additional damage)....    10019068      350,000
    Katrina..........................   43556  Breton NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair/Replace refuge boundary signs (Breton NWR)...............    10049947       31,500
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair/Expand--Headquarters--RES pending [re-roofing contract     ..........    1,200,000
                                                NWR.                                                        awarded to ACTS].
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to maintenance building (Old RPI Number 34).......    10018819      111,800
                                                NWR.
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to pole shed......................................  ..........      100,000
                                                NWR.
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace (2) destroyed boats.....................................  ..........       70,000
                                                NWR.
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to Security/Fire Alarm System for Office/Visitor      10038110       20,000
                                                NWR.                                                        Center. (Old RPI Number 389).
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damaged fish lab building (Old RPI Number 35)............    10018820       20,000
                                                NWR.
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace destroyed entrance signs at Office/Visitor Center and       10038126       10,400
                                                NWR.                                                        wildlife drive (Cameron Prairie NWR).
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damaged radio tower. This tower is used by the refuge        10018826       10,000
                                                NWR.                                                        communication system Repeater (Old RPI Number 41).
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair/Replace refuge boundary signs (Cameron Prairie NWR)......    10018845        8,100
                                                NWR.
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair lo-lift pump (office)--2006DM............................    10018810        7,500
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43410  Daphne Field        AL.......  ES......  August 2005......  Vegetation planting, turtle light retrofit, and predator removal         N/A       23,000
                                                Office.                                                     (Perdido Beach Mouse).
    Katrina..........................   43410  Daphne Field        AL.......  ES......  August 2005......  Repair/Install fencing, vegetation planting, boardwalk                   N/A       44,000
                                                Office.                                                     construction, turtle light retrofit, predator removal, and sea
                                                                                                            turtle protection (Baldwin County Access).
    Katrina..........................   43410  Daphne Field        AL.......  ES......  August 2005......  Repair/Install fencing, vegetation planting, compatible public           N/A       45,000
                                                Office.                                                     access, predator removal, and sea turtle protection (Fort
                                                                                                            Morgan Historic Site).
    Katrina..........................   43410  Daphne Field        AL.......  ES......  August 2005......  Repair/Install fencing, vegetation planting, boardwalk                   N/A       53,000
                                                Office.                                                     protection, reconstruction, and predator removal.
    Katrina..........................   43410  Daphne Field        AL.......  ES......  August 2005......  Repair/Install fencing, vegetation planting, boardwalk                   N/A       85,000
                                                Office.                                                     construction, predator removal, and sea turtle protection (Bon
                                                                                                            Secour).
    Katrina..........................   99487  Metairie Wildlife   LA.......  OLE.....  August 2005......  Replace damaged wildlife inspector van..........................         N/A       30,000
                                                Inspector Office.
    Katrina..........................   43555  Delta NWR.........  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair sub headquarters office building.........................    10051467    1,500,000
    Katrina..........................   43555  Delta NWR.........  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Jump Pass boat slip--2006DM..............................    10017808      152,000
    Katrina..........................   43558  Delta NWR.........  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Replace boat shed...............................................  ..........      104,600
    Katrina..........................   43555  Delta NWR.........  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair bulkhead around old boat slip............................    10017804       96,000
    Katrina..........................   43555  Delta NWR.........  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Jump Pass sheet piling boat ramp.........................    10017809       45,700
    Katrina..........................   43555  Delta NWR.........  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair/Replace refuge boundary signs (Delta NWR)................    10049452       34,000
    Katrina..........................   43555  Delta NWR.........  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair steel fuel tank at Delta Refuge headquarters.............    10041843       31,500
    Katrina..........................   43555  Delta NWR.........  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Replace damaged North boundary fence............................    10042059       17,700
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair 1.5 mile Pollocks Ferry Road.............................    10044392      142,500
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Goat Farm Road...........................................    10044389       95,000
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair environmental education pavillion........................    10051078       77,300
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair 0.5 mile Bayou Heron dirt road...........................    10044394       47,500
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair office water well........................................    10018924       21,500
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair well on the Bellard tract................................    10037530       21,500
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair damaged visitor pavillion................................    10051078       15,000
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair damaged boat ramp at Grand Bay...........................    10043923       15,000
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair two Bellard tract septic systems.........................    10037529       12,800
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Security fence around office compound....................    10018927       12,000
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair office septic system.....................................    10018928       10,700
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Oak Grove Trail--2006DM..................................    10044600        2,000
    Katrina..........................   43580  Hillside NWR......  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair damage to maintenance pole shed..........................    10018205       30,000
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  TVA Agreement--Restore Lacassine Pool from extensive saltwater      10018744      700,000
                                                                                                            intrusion (ascassine); includes damaged structures and public-
                                                                                                            use facilities (boatramps, trails, parking areas, etc.).
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to residence, Quarters 1, 3BR/1 Bath (Old RPI         10018701       58,500
                                                                                                            Number 1).
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to headquarters equipment pole shed (Old RPI          10018723       50,400
                                                                                                            Number 36).
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace damage to metal equipment storage building (2 Sided)....    10052275       42,000
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to residence, Quarters 2, 3BR/2BATH (Old RPI          10018702       40,000
                                                                                                            Number 2).
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to amphibious excavator (Lacassine NWR)...........  ..........       30,000
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  TVA Agreement--Modify bridge decks to Southwest Pool Spillway &     10018718       20,000
                                                                                                            Bridge--bridge inventory #43610-00023 (Old RPI Number 23).
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  TVA Agreement--Modify bridge decks to Southeast Pool Spillway &     10018717       20,000
                                                                                                            Bridge--bridge inventory #43610-00022 (Old RPI Number 22).
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  TVA Agreement--Modidy bridge decks to Northeast Pool Spillway &     10018719       20,000
                                                                                                            Bridge--bridge inventory #43610-00024 (Old RPI Number 24).
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace damaged entrance signs & posts (Lacassine NWR)..........    10018727       18,000
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair/Replace refuge boundary signs (Lacassine NWR)............    10018728       15,000
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair/Replace damaged Informational signs (Lacassine NWR)......    10018788        3,900
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace directional signs (Lacassine NWR).......................    10018789        3,800
    Katrina..........................   43626  Mandalay NWR......  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair/Replace refuge boundary signs (Mandalay NWR).............    10041510        9,500
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Replace Headquarters--RES complete for standard design of medium    10018877    2,600,000
                                                Sandhill Crane                                              office/VC facility--2006DM.
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Purchase office exhibits for replaced headquarters..............  ..........      300,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair West Perigal Road is a gravel road on the Ocean Springs      10038092      171,000
                                                Sandhill Crane                                              Unit.
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair East Perigal Road is a dirt road on the Ocean Springs        10038095      114,000
                                                Sandhill Crane                                              Unit.
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair maintenance shop facility--2006DM........................    10018876      100,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Purchase office furniture and video equipment for replaced        ..........      100,000
                                                Sandhill Crane                                              headquarters.
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair destroyed shop perimeter fencing.........................    10018887       15,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair damage to pump/well house................................    10018878       15,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair doors and siding on metal shop building (carpentry bldg.)    10018889       10,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Rita.............................   43270  Natchitoches NFH..  LA.......  NFH.....  September 2005...  Repair wind damage to residence #1..............................    10017325       18,000
    Rita.............................   43270  Natchitoches NFH..  LA.......  NFH.....  September 2005...  Repair wind damage to residence #2..............................    10017326       18,000
    Wilma............................   41580  National Key Deer   FL.......  NWR.....  October 2005.....  Replace Headquarters--RES complete for standard design of small     10014776    3,000,000
                                                Refuge.                                                     office facility.
    Katrina..........................   43620  Noxubee NWR.......  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Section Line Road E.--Noxubee County, Various Tracts,        10019029      168,000
                                                                                                            Route 108.
    Katrina..........................   43620  Noxubee NWR.......  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair 5.71 mile Dummy Line Road--Winston County, tracts 394,       10018960      132,500
                                                                                                            1863, Route 110.
    Rita.............................   42653  Red River NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to refuge office & maintenance facility...........    10046523       76,200
    Katrina..........................   40130  Regional Chief      GA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Replace equipment & office furnishing (multiple stations).......         N/A      720,000
                                                NWRS.
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR--        LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Provide security fencing/lighting for closure...................  ..........      150,000
                                                Proposed Closure.
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR--        LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to pole shed......................................  ..........      100,000
                                                Proposed Closure.
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR--        LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to boat house.....................................  ..........      100,000
                                                Proposed Closure.
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR--        LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to Oil House......................................  ..........      100,000
                                                Proposed Closure.
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR--        LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Cleanup/closure of Sabine NWR...................................  ..........       50,000
                                                Proposed Closure.
    Rita.............................   42640  St. Catherine       MS.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to crew quarters..................................    10017042       22,500
                                                Creek NWR.
    Rita.............................   42640  St. Catherine       MS.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to residence......................................    10017038        5,000
                                                Creek NWR.
    Dennis...........................   41640  St. Marks NWR.....  FL.......  NWR.....  July 2005........  TVA Agreement--Repair primary dikes/levees......................  ..........    2,000,000
    Katrina..........................   43690  Tensas River NWR..  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Replace destroyed refuge residence/quarters--RES Pending........  ..........      550,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Subtotal: First              ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........   27,600,000
           supplemental.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Wilma............................   41560  Arthur R Marshall   FL.......  NWR.....  October 2005.....  Replace destroyed Refuge entrance fee booth and self-pay kiosk      10040729       30,000
                                                Loxahatchee NWR.                                            (Old RPI Number 81).
    Wilma............................   41560  Arthur R Marshall   FL.......  NWR.....  October 2005.....  Repair flooded/damaged roadways.................................    multiple       50,000
                                                Loxahatchee NWR.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Arthur R Marshall            ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........       80,000
           Loxahatchee NWR Total.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair/Replace refuge boundary signs (Bayou Sauvage NWR)            10042166       58,700
                                                                                                            (additional funds).
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  TVA Agreement--Repair Maxent levee system (remaining repairs)     ..........    7,750,000
                                                                                                            (Bayou Sauvage).
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Maxent levee parking lot (additional funds)..............    10051407       24,300
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair gravel parking areas at 3 pumping stations (Bayou            10018686       18,500
                                                                                                            Sauvage) (additional funds).
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Highway 11 boat launch parking area (additional funds)...    10051404       10,000
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair refuge entrance signs (Bayou Sauvage NWR) (additional        10049235       12,100
                                                                                                            funds).
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Ridge Trail Boardwalk....................................    10018693      425,000
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair U.S. Hwy 11 in New Orleans Eastboat ramp.................    10018700      350,000
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair ADA accessible fishing pier on U.S. HWY 90 in New Orleans    10018699       30,000
                                                                                                            East.
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair security shelter and fence for pump stations three and       10053625       50,000
                                                                                                            four.
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair kiosks...................................................    10049260       40,000
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair refuge interpretive signs................................    10049262       25,000
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair entrance gates...........................................    10049245       25,000
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Replace water gauges............................................    10049261       15,000
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair the Bayou Sauvage Bikepath...............................    10018692      800,000
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  HAZMAT/Debris removal...........................................  ..........    4,000,000
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Swamp Tour parking lot...................................    10051405       32,400
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Joe Madere Marsh parking area............................    10039357       10,000
    Katrina..........................   43595  Bayou Sauvage NWR.  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Post-hurricane invasives projects...............................         N/A    1,000,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Bayou Sauvage NWR Total....  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........   14,676,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Rita.............................   43628  Bayou Teche NWR...  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair/Replace refuge boundary signs (Bayou Teche NWR)..........    10041538       20,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Bayou Teche NWR Total......  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........       20,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  TVA Agreement--Repair road at visitor center/administrative         10017819      155,900
                                                NWR.                                                        headquarters Rte #010 (additional funds).
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  TVA Agreement--Repair Boy Scout Road (additional funds).........    10017820      100,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair/Replace refuge boundary signs (Big Branch Marsh NWR)         10041523       65,000
                                                NWR.                                                        (additional funds).
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Replace facilities at seaplane facility (additional funds)......    10017810       33,200
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair kiosks at refuge office (Big Branch Marsh NWR)...........    10049450       20,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair kiosks (Big Branch Marsh NWR)............................    10017835       20,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Barringer Road parking lot...............................    10051416       20,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair maintenance shop & storage facility......................    10017817      200,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair administrative building (additional funds)...............    10017815      600,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair historic chapel (additional funds).......................    10017814      250,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Cane Bayou canoe launch..................................    10017823       60,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair picnic shelter behind White house........................    10049217       45,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair sewage treatment plant for maintenance facility..........    10017844      100,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair/Rehab landscaping & landscape of administrative            ..........      300,000
                                                NWR.                                                        headquarters.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair weather station..........................................    10050226       20,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair observation deck platform................................    10052150       20,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Urban Interface Firelines................................    10036517       20,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair 6 Boy Scout Rd waysides (metal), 12 benches (wood), 20       10017836      600,000
                                                NWR.                                                        numbered posts (wood).
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  HAZMAT/Debris removal...........................................  ..........    2,000,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Remove old pool at Holy Redeemer site...........................    10049207       35,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair water control structure at Holy Redeemer grounds.........    10049206        5,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Sapsucker Road Route #100................................    10017840      100,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Sapsucker Road gravel parking lot........................    10017842       20,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Replace Road Grader- (N6260451770627)...........................      480935      120,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43616  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Clean/remove debris/trees from roads and parking areas..........         N/A      100,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43558  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair/Replace damaged fire equipment...........................  ..........       10,000
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43616  Big Branch Marsh    LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Post-hurricane invasives projects...............................         N/A      600,000
                                                NWR.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Big Branch Marsh NWR Total.  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........    5,619,100
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   43616  Bogue Chitto NWR..  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair/Replace refuge boundary signs (Bogue Chitto NWR)             10042080       40,000
                                                                                                            (additional funds).
    Katrina..........................   43616  Bogue Chitto NWR..  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair refuge kiosks (Bogue Chitto NWR).........................    10042232       10,000
    Katrina..........................   43616  Bogue Chitto NWR..  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair refuge kiosks............................................    10042232       20,000
    Katrina..........................   43616  Bogue Chitto NWR..  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair ADA accessible fishing piers at the Pearl River Turnaroud    10018920       50,000
    Katrina..........................   43616  Bogue Chitto NWR..  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair 120 foot radio tower at Lock 1 (Old RPI Number 18).......    10018916       10,000
    Katrina..........................   43616  Bogue Chitto NWR..  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair 8 ft. wide Honey Island Swamp Rd hiking trail (Holmes        10039187       10,000
                                                                                                            Bayou Trail) with 4 in. compacted crushed gravel.
    Katrina..........................   43616  Bogue Chitto NWR..  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Post-hurricane invasives projects...............................         N/A      400,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Bogue Chitto NWR Total.....  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      540,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Dennis...........................   43630  Bon Secour NWR....  AL.......  NWR.....  July 2005........  Repair entrance road to Sand Bayou Unit.........................    10019064      100,000
    Katrina..........................   43630  Bon Secour NWR....  AL.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Nunley bunkhouse.........................................    10010953       40,000
    Katrina..........................   43630  Bon Secour NWR....  AL.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair to office celing/AC......................................    10019060       25,000
    Katrina..........................   43630  Bon Secour NWR....  AL.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Replace damaged/destroyed signs & kiosks........................    10019088       35,000
    Katrina..........................   43630  Bon Secour NWR....  AL.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair to Gator Lake boardwalk..................................    10019057       90,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Bon Secour NWR Total.......  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      290,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   43556  Breton NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Critical beach renourishment/replace sand fencing...............    10049955    2,000,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Breton NWR Total...........  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........    2,000,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair/Replace refuge boundary signs (Cameron Prairie NWR)          10018845      100,000
                                                NWR.                                                        (additional funds).
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to Security/Fire Alarm System for Office/Visitor      10038110       17,000
                                                NWR.                                                        Center (Old RPI Number 389) (additional funds).
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace destroyed entrance signs at Office/Visitor Center and       10038126        9,600
                                                NWR.                                                        wildlife drive (Cameron Prairie NWR) (additional funds).
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to pumphouse for lo-lift pump (office) (Old RPI       10018813       20,000
                                                NWR.                                                        Number 23).
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair/Replace damaged Boardwalk w/ observation deck at Visitor     10038120      291,000
                                                NWR.                                                        Center (Old RPI Number 392).
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  TVA/DU Agreement--Repair multiple levee systems (Cameron          ..........    5,040,000
                                                NWR.                                                        Prairie); includes damaged structures and public-use facilities
                                                                                                            (boatramps, trails, parking areas, etc.).
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to Pintail Wildlife Drive FHA Rte #010 (Old RPI       10018804      600,000
                                                NWR.                                                        Number 13).
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace destroyed radio tower (Old RPI Number 41)...............    10018826       55,000
                                                NWR.
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace destroyed oil/paint storage bldg. (Old RPI Number 36)...    10018821        5,000
                                                NWR.
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair Unit 6 24-inch lo-lift pump ( Old RPI Number 14).........    10018805       20,000
                                                NWR.
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair Unit 1 30-inch lo-lift pump #1 ( Old RPI Number 15)......    10018806       20,000
                                                NWR.
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair 20-inch lo-lift double discharge Pump (Unit 5) ( Old RPI     10018809       20,000
                                                NWR.                                                        Number 18).
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair pumphouse for 24-inch Lo-lift (office) ( Old RPI Number      10018813       20,000
                                                NWR.                                                        23).
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair multiple water control structure, Waterman screwgate and     10036540      164,000
                                                NWR.                                                        galvanized steel pipe.
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair Canal Parish Drainage east ( Old RPI Number 173).........    10037827       35,000
                                                NWR.
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair Canal clear marsh drain south. This canal is used to         10037812      100,000
                                                NWR.                                                        manage water levels on refuge moist soil units and is essential
                                                                                                            for acheivement of refuge water management objectives and moist
                                                                                                            soil unit gravity drainage. ( Old RPI Number 160).
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair Canal Graingerville drainage west (Old RPI Number 180)...    10037834      100,000
                                                NWR.
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair Canal Outfall ( Old RPI Number 205)......................    10037859      100,000
                                                NWR.
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair Canal Unit 8 North (Old RPI Number 206)..................    10037860      200,000
                                                NWR.
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair Canal Unit 8 West ( Old RPI Number 208)..................    10037862      200,000
                                                NWR.
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair Canal Main Parish Drainage (Old RPI Number 222)..........    10037876    1,100,000
                                                NWR.
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair Water Control Structure, Visitor Center Pond ( Old RPI       10043905       20,000
                                                NWR.                                                        Number 403).
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace Cummings diesel power unit (s/n 46170208 Unit 6) ( Old      10043906       20,000
                                                NWR.                                                        RPI Number 404).
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace Duetz power unit (Office, Model C110HP3-PD9, S/N 3-3 -      10043920       20,000
                                                NWR.                                                        88) ( Old RPI Number 405).
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair Pumping station, Unit 1&2. Property includes 3 concrete      10054735        5,000
                                                NWR.                                                        pads and 2 pumphouses.
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair parking area. ( Old RPI Number 11).......................    10018802      200,000
                                                NWR.
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair West Cameron Prairie Road FHA Rte #100 ( Old RPI Number      10018814      750,000
                                                NWR.                                                        24).
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair Bankfishing Road FHA Rte #101 ( Old RPI Number 25).......    10018815      350,000
                                                NWR.
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair road by old office access ( Old RPI Number 382)..........    10038073       60,000
                                                NWR.
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair road by Claude's house ( Old RPI Number 383).............    10038074      200,000
                                                NWR.
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair Office/Visitor Center Parking lot Rte #900 ( Old RPI         10038104      100,000
                                                NWR.                                                        Number 386).
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair parking area, Bankfishing Road, FHA Rte. #902. ( Old RPI     10049751      150,000
                                                NWR.                                                        Number 423).
    Rita.............................   43612  Cameron Prairie     LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace for damaged/destroyed vehicles..........................  ..........       75,000
                                                NWR.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Cameron Prairie NWR Total..  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........   10,166,600
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Dennis...........................   41210  Chattahoochee       GA.......  NFH.....  July 2005........  Downed tree and debris removal (1st push & pull)................         n/a        5,000
                                                Forest NFH.
    Dennis...........................   41210  Chattahoochee       GA.......  NFH.....  July 2005........  Repair damage to entrance roadway...............................    10014132       35,000
                                                Forest NFH.
    Dennis...........................   41210  Chattahoochee       GA.......  NFH.....  July 2005........  Repair erosion/undermining of Bridge #1 (parking lot)...........    10014107       60,000
                                                Forest NFH.
    Dennis...........................   41210  Chattahoochee       GA.......  NFH.....  July 2005........  Repair erosion/undermining of Bridge #2 (quarters)..............    10014089       60,000
                                                Forest NFH.
    Dennis...........................   41210  Chattahoochee       GA.......  NFH.....  July 2005........  Repair erosion/undermining of Bridge #3 (hatchery intake).......    10014129       80,000
                                                Forest NFH.
    Dennis...........................   41210  Chattahoochee       GA.......  NFH.....  July 2005........  Repair damage to wing-wall & rip-rap Rock/Mill Creeks...........    10044349       50,000
                                                Forest NFH.
    Dennis...........................   41210  Chattahoochee       GA.......  NFH.....  July 2005........  Repair retaining wall at Rock/Mill Creeks.......................    10014133      100,000
                                                Forest NFH.
    Dennis...........................   41210  Chattahoochee       GA.......  NFH.....  July 2005........  Replace destroyed domestic well & distribution lines............    10014096      135,000
                                                Forest NFH.
    Dennis...........................   41210  Chattahoochee       GA.......  NFH.....  July 2005........  Repair water damage to Education Center.........................    10014099       25,000
                                                Forest NFH.
    Dennis...........................   41210  Chattahoochee       GA.......  NFH.....  July 2005........  Repair water damage to Residence (#13)..........................    10014098       20,000
                                                Forest NFH.
    Dennis...........................   41210  Chattahoochee       GA.......  NFH.....  July 2005........  Repair water damage to Residence (#20)..........................    10014104       20,000
                                                Forest NFH.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Chattahoochee Forest NFH     ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      590,000
           Total.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   43535  Choctaw NWR.......  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Clean/remove debris/trees from roads and parking areas..........         N/A      120,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Choctaw NWR Total..........  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      120,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   43676  Coldwater NWR.....  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair County Line Road.........................................    10044790       50,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Coldwater NWR Total........  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........       50,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Wilma............................   41581  Crocodile Lake NWR  FL.......  NWR.....  October 2005.....  Repair flooded/damaged roadways.................................    multiple       30,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Crocodile Lake NWR Total...  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........       30,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   43635  Dahomey NWR.......  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Headquarters Road........................................    10045052      125,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Dahomey NWR Total..........  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      125,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   43555  Delta NWR.........  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair sub headquarters office building (additional funds)......    10051467      750,000
    Katrina..........................   43555  Delta NWR.........  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair/Replace refuge boundary signs (Delta NWR) (additional        10049452       66,000
                                                                                                            funds).
    Katrina..........................   43555  Delta NWR.........  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Replace damaged North boundary fence (additional funds).........    10042059       19,300
    Katrina..........................   43555  Delta NWR.........  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair damaged kiosk............................................    10051177       20,000
    Katrina..........................   43555  Delta NWR.........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  HAZMAT/Debris removal...........................................  ..........    2,000,000
    Katrina..........................   43555  Delta NWR.........  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Protect crevaces with dredging, sedimant transport, engineered           N/A    2,000,000
                                                                                                            structures, and vegetative planting.
    Katrina..........................   43555  Delta NWR.........  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Provide critical data management and GIS functions to support            N/A      225,000
                                                                                                            planning, habitat/species inventories, monitoring, and habitat
                                                                                                            management.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Delta NWR Total............  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........    5,080,300
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Wilma............................   41545  Florida Panther     FL.......  NWR.....  October 2005.....  Repair damaged roof on garage, storage building & maintenance       10014533       50,000
                                                NWR.                                                        shop; Plywood and metal roof (Old RPI Number 5).
    Wilma............................   41545  Florida Panther     FL.......  NWR.....  October 2005.....  Repair flooded/damaged roadways.................................    multiple      500,000
                                                NWR.
    Wilma............................   41545  Florida Panther     FL.......  NWR.....  October 2005.....  Downed tree and debris removal (1st push & pull)................         n/a       70,000
                                                NWR.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Florida Panther NWR Total..  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      620,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  AL.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair environmental education pavillion........................    10051078      100,000
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  AL.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Replace destroyed Ledlow bunkhouse..............................    10018921      750,000
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  AL.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair concrete boat launching ramps............................    10049797       75,000
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  AL.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair damaged visitor pavillion................................    10051078       30,000
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  AL.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair ADA-accessible fishing/observation pier..................    10049802       75,000
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  AL.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair damaged boat ramp at Grand Bay...........................    10043923       30,000
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  AL.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Clyde Brown boat ramp....................................    10043923       60,000
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  AL.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair well on the Bellard tract................................    10037530       45,000
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  AL.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair office water well........................................    10018924       45,000
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  AL.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair wooden pier/dock.........................................    10049801       20,000
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  AL.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair two Bellard tract septic systems.........................    10037529       20,000
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  AL.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Security fence around office compound....................    10018927       20,000
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  AL.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair office septic system.....................................    10018928       20,000
    Katrina..........................   43617  Grand Bay NWR.....  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair 2000ft of paved section of trail loops...................    10049944        5,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Grand Bay NWR Total........  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........    1,295,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Wilma............................   41582  Great White Heron   FL.......  NWR.....  October 2005.....  Repair/Replace destroyed boundary markers/buoys.................         n/a      100,000
                                                NWR.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Great White Heron NWR Total  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      100,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   43580  Hillside NWR......  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Open Pole Shed...........................................    10018205       10,000
    Katrina..........................   43580  Hillside NWR......  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair AP Slough Shed...........................................    10018191      100,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Hillside NWR Total.........  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      110,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Wilma............................   41561  Hobe Sound NWR....  FL.......  NWR.....  October 2005.....  Repair beach access boardwalk...................................    10014649       75,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Hobe Sound NWR Total.......  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........       75,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Wilma............................   41583  Key West NWR......  FL.......  NWR.....  October 2005.....  Repair/Replace destroyed boundary markers/buoys.................         n/a       75,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Key West NWR Total.........  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........       75,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to residence, Quarters 1, 3BR/1 Bath (Old RPI         10018701       16,500
                                                                                                            Number 1) (additional funds).
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair/Install hurricane protection shutters on multiple          ..........      125,000
                                                                                                            structures.
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace damage to metal equipment storage building (2 Sided)        10052275       33,000
                                                                                                            (additional funds).
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to residence, Quarters 2, 3BR/2BATH (Old RPI          10018702       10,000
                                                                                                            Number 2) (additional funds).
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  TVA Agreement--Restore Lacassine Pool from extensive saltwater      10018744      800,000
                                                                                                            intrusion (Lacassine); includes damaged structures and public-
                                                                                                            use facilities (boatramps, trails, parking areas, etc.)
                                                                                                            (additional funds).
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  TVA Agreement--Modify bridge decks to Southwest Pool Spillway &     10018718      165,000
                                                                                                            Bridge (additional funds).
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair/Replace refuge boundary signs (Lacassine NWR) (additional    10018728       85,000
                                                                                                            funds).
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair/Replace damaged interpretative panels for Wildlife Drive.    10044644       20,000
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair Unit A Pumping Plant. Permanently installed water pumping    10018731      100,000
                                                                                                            station (Old RPI Number 45).
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair Unit C Pumping Plant, permanently installed water pumping    10018737       35,000
                                                                                                            station (Old RPI Number 63).
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair Northeast Pool perimeter levee. Raised ridge of soil used    10018780    1,100,000
                                                                                                            to retain & control the flow of water. Section 16 to boundry
                                                                                                            (Old RPI Number 116).
    Rita.............................   43610  Lacassine NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Unit A shell road. (Old RPI Number 21)..........................    10018716       40,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Lacassine NWR Total........  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........    2,529,500
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Rita.............................   43440  Lafayette ES        LA.......  ES......  September 2005...  Emergency surveys on T&Es species, contaminants, and habitat             N/A      500,000
                                                Office.                                                     stabilization.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Lafayette ES Office Total..  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      500,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   43440  Lafayette Field     LA.......  ES......  August 2005......  Support, surveys, emergency relief to endangered red-cockaded            N/A        5,000
                                                Office.                                                     woodpecker (repair cavity trees).
    Katrina..........................   43440  Lafayette Field     LA.......  ES......  August 2005......  Support, surveys, emergency relief to endangered lichen                  N/A       20,000
                                                Office.                                                     populations (C. perforata).
    Katrina..........................   43440  Lafayette Field     LA.......  ES......  August 2005......  Support, surveys, emergency relief to endangered gulf sturgeon           N/A       20,000
                                                Office.                                                     (repair culverts; erosion control).
    Katrina..........................   43440  Lafayette Field     LA.......  ES......  August 2005......  Support, surveys, emergency relief to endangered piping plover..         N/A       70,000
                                                Office.
    Katrina..........................   43440  Lafayette Field     LA.......  ES......  August 2005......  Support, surveys, emergency relief to endangered beach mouse             N/A      345,000
                                                Office.                                                     (repair dune walkovers; beach stabilization).
    Katrina..........................   43440  Lafayette Field     LA.......  ES......  August 2005......  Support, surveys, emergency relief to threatened & endangered            N/A      440,000
                                                Office.                                                     sea turtle species (beach stabilization).
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Lafayette Field Office       ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      900,000
           Total.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Rita.............................   43695  Lake Ophelia NWR..  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair damage to sattelite office/substation....................  ..........       30,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Lake Ophelia NWR Total.....  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........       30,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Rita.............................   99221  LE Office Beaumont  TX.......  LE......  September 2005...  Replace water damaged personal property.........................         N/A       50,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          LE Office Beaumont Total...  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........       50,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Dennis...........................   41515  Lower Suwannee NWR  FL.......  NWR.....  July 2005........  Replace destroyed dock at Atesna Otie Key (Cedar Keys)..........    10039135      325,000
    Dennis...........................   41515  Lower Suwannee NWR  FL.......  NWR.....  July 2005........  Repair damage to Fishbone Creek Observation Tower...............    10038048      250,000
    Dennis...........................   41515  Lower Suwannee NWR  FL.......  NWR.....  July 2005........  Replace destroyed Shell Mound fishing pier (damaged during          10014408      250,000
                                                                                                            Hurricane Ivan in 2004).
    Dennis...........................   41515  Lower Suwannee NWR  FL.......  NWR.....  July 2005........  Repair damage to Salt Creek Trail/Boardwalk.....................    10014407      175,000
    Dennis...........................   41515  Lower Suwannee NWR  FL.......  NWR.....  July 2005........  Repair facilities at Seahorse Key (Cedar Keys)..................    10014380      100,000
    Dennis...........................   41515  Lower Suwannee NWR  FL.......  NWR.....  July 2005........  Repair damaged refuge roads.....................................    multiple    1,500,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Lower Suwannee NWR Total...  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........    2,600,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   43626  Mandalay NWR......  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair/Replace refuge boundary signs (Mandalay NWR) (additional     10041510       40,500
                                                                                                            funds).
    Katrina..........................   43626  Mandalay NWR......  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Replace damaged entrance signs (Mandalay NWR)...................    10041513       10,000
    Katrina..........................   43626  Mandalay NWR......  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair office/visitor building (Mandalay NWR)--2006DM...........    10019047       75,000
    Katrina..........................   43626  Mandalay NWR......  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Post-hurricane invasives projects...............................         N/A      100,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Mandalay NWR Total.........  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      225,500
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   43681  Matthews Brake NWR  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Pin Oak Road.............................................    10019772       50,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Matthews Brake NWR Total...  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........       50,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   43910  Mississippi Field   MS.......  ES......  August 2005......  Support, surveys, emergency relief to endangered red-cockaded            N/A        5,000
                                                Office.                                                     woodpecker (repair cavity trees).
    Katrina..........................   43910  Mississippi Field   MS.......  ES......  August 2005......  Support, surveys, emergency relief to endangered lichen                  N/A       20,000
                                                Office.                                                     populations (C. perforata).
    Katrina..........................   43910  Mississippi Field   MS.......  ES......  August 2005......  Support, surveys, emergency relief to endangered gulf sturgeon           N/A       20,000
                                                Office.                                                     (repair culverts; erosion control).
    Katrina..........................   43910  Mississippi Field   MS.......  ES......  August 2005......  Support, surveys, emergency relief to endangered piping plover..         N/A       70,000
                                                Office.
    Katrina..........................   43910  Mississippi Field   MS.......  ES......  August 2005......  Support, surveys, emergency relief to endangered beach mouse             N/A      345,000
                                                Office.                                                     (repair dune walkovers; beach stabilization).
    Katrina..........................   43910  Mississippi Field   MS.......  ES......  August 2005......  Support, surveys, emergency relief to threatened & endangered            N/A      440,000
                                                Office.                                                     sea turtle species (beach stabilization).
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Mississippi Field Office     ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      900,000
           Total.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Valentine road a gravel road on the Gautier Unit.........    10037727    1,250,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Browns Trail a gravel road on the Gautier Unit...........    10037726      200,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Sweet Bay a dirt road on the Ocean Springs Unit..........    10037731      150,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Duck pond Road is a dirt road on the Ocean Springs Unit..    10037730      250,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Green Pond is a dirt road on the Ocean Springs Unit......    10038084      350,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Big Flat dirt road on the Ocean Springs Unit.............    10038082      250,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Glenndale Road is a gravel road on the Ocean Springs Unit    10038089      350,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Firetower road on the Gautier Unit.......................    10037540      750,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Cotton Mouth is a dirt road on the Ocean Springs Unit....    10038087      300,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair maintenance shop facility................................    10018876      450,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Fire break( Ocean Springs Unit)..........................    10018904      250,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Fire break (Gautier Unit)................................    10018903      200,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Fire break (Fountainbleau Unit)..........................    10018905       75,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair 3/4 Mile nature trial at the visitor center..............    10018899       20,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair 0.6 mile Fountainebleau Unit nature trail................    10038435       20,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair doors and siding on metal shop building (carpentry bldg.)    10018889       20,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair damage to pump/well house................................    10018878       30,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair destroyed shop perimeter fencing.........................    10018887       30,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Sidewalk into visitor center.............................    10018901       10,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Shop Concrete wash rack..................................    10018896        5,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair wet cells Ocean Springs Unit 1,350' Low hazard dam.......    10018907      150,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Wet Cells Ocean Springs Unit 1,000' Low hazard dam.......    10018906      150,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Double Tree is a dirt road on the Ocean Springs Unit.....    10038083      200,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair North Beasley dirt road on the Gautier Unit..............    10037729      150,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Vistor Center Paved parking lot, Route 900...............    10018883       75,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair visitor center/office paved road, Route 010..............    10018879       75,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
    Katrina..........................   43615  Mississippi         MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair/Replace damaged fire equipment...........................  ..........       60,000
                                                Sandhill Crane
                                                NWR.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Mississippi Sandhill Crane   ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........    5,820,000
           NWR Total.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   43582  Morgan Brake NWR..  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Alexandrer Slough Access.................................    10038758       75,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Morgan Brake NWR Total.....  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........       75,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Rita.............................   43270  Natchitoches NFH..  LA.......  NFH.....  September 2005...  Downed tree and debris removal (1st push & pull)................         n/a       20,000
    Rita.............................   43270  Natchitoches NFH..  LA.......  NFH.....  September 2005...  Repair flooded/damaged roads & culverts.........................    10017318       10,000
    Rita.............................   43270  Natchitoches NFH..  LA.......  NFH.....  September 2005...  Replace dislodged main hatchery drain discharge pipe............    10017309      210,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Natchitoches NFH Total.....  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      240,000
    Dennis...........................   41580  National Key Deer   FL.......  NWR.....  July 2005........  Replace/Repair ten damaged backcountry buoys....................    10014803       20,000
                                                Refuge.
    Wilma............................   41580  National Key Deer   FL.......  NWR.....  October 2005.....  Replace damaged Quarters (Cudjoe Key)--damaged during Katrina...    10051007      750,000
                                                Refuge.
    Wilma............................   41580  National Key Deer   FL.......  NWR.....  October 2005.....  Repair/Replace destroyed boundary markers/buoys.................         n/a       50,000
                                                Refuge.
    Wilma............................   41580  National Key Deer   FL.......  NWR.....  October 2005.....  Replace three (3) damaged/destroyed vehicles....................         n/a       90,000
                                                Refuge.
    Wilma............................   41580  National Key Deer   FL.......  NWR.....  October 2005.....  Repair flooded/damaged roadways.................................    multiple       30,000
                                                Refuge.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          National Key Deer Refuge     ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      940,000
           Total.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   43620  Noxubee NWR.......  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair 8.6 mile Brooksville-Louisville Road. Winston County,        10019043      600,000
                                                                                                            Route 011.
    Katrina..........................   43620  Noxubee NWR.......  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair GTR #4 Levee Road, Tracts 210, 394, Oktibbeha County.....    10019034      400,000
    Katrina..........................   43620  Noxubee NWR.......  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair 5.2 mile Brooksville-Louisville Road, Noxubee County,        10019044      450,000
                                                                                                            Route 011.
    Katrina..........................   43620  Noxubee NWR.......  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Section Line Road-W-Winston County, Route 108............    10019028      600,000
    Katrina..........................   43620  Noxubee NWR.......  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Permanent Fire Breaks....................................    10019027      450,000
    Katrina..........................   43620  Noxubee NWR.......  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Trails--Woodpecker, Prairie Grass, Scattertown,              10019022      100,000
                                                                                                            Wilderness, Beaver Dam, Trail of Big Trees--in various tracts.
    Katrina..........................   43620  Noxubee NWR.......  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair 5.71 mile Dummy Line Road--Winston County, tracts 394,       10018960      750,000
                                                                                                            1863, Route 110.
    Katrina..........................   43620  Noxubee NWR.......  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair 0.75 mile Goose Pen Road in Winston County, Route number     10018945      100,000
                                                                                                            113.
    Katrina..........................   43620  Noxubee NWR.......  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair 2.5 mile Goose Pen Road in Noxubee County (road tracts       10018944      250,000
                                                                                                            381a- 1816), Route number 113..
    Katrina..........................   43620  Noxubee NWR.......  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair 1.8 mile Douglas Bluff Road, Noxubee County (road tracts     10018943      200,000
                                                                                                            385, 1869).
    Katrina..........................   43620  Noxubee NWR.......  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair 1.2 mile Bluff Lake Road in Oktibbeha County, Route #010.    10018942      250,000
    Katrina..........................   43620  Noxubee NWR.......  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair 1.76 mile River Road (road tracts 91 i-374), Route number    10018941      200,000
                                                                                                            101.
    Katrina..........................   43620  Noxubee NWR.......  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Clean/remove debris/trees from roads and parking areas..........         N/A      150,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Noxubee NWR Total..........  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........    4,500,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Wilma............................   41540  Office of Law       FL.......  OLE.....  October 2005.....  Repair/Replace manatee protection signs.........................         n/a      750,000
                                                Enforcement.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Office of Law Enforcement    ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      750,000
           Total.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   41410  Panama City Field   FL.......  ES......  August 2005......  Support, surveys, emergency relief to endangered red-cockaded            N/A       $5,000
                                                Office.                                                     woodpecker (repair cavity trees).
    Katrina..........................   41410  Panama City Field   FL.......  ES......  August 2005......  Support, surveys, emergency relief to endangered lichen                  N/A      $20,000
                                                Office.                                                     populations (C. perforata).
    Katrina..........................   41410  Panama City Field   FL.......  ES......  August 2005......  Support, surveys, emergency relief to endangered gulf sturgeon           N/A      $20,000
                                                Office.                                                     (repair culverts; erosion control).
    Katrina..........................   41410  Panama City Field   FL.......  ES......  August 2005......  Support, surveys, emergency relief to endangered piping plover..         N/A      $70,000
                                                Office.
    Katrina..........................   41410  Panama City Field   FL.......  ES......  August 2005......  Support, surveys, emergency relief to endangered beach mouse             N/A     $345,000
                                                Office.                                                     (repair dune walkovers; beach stabilization).
    Katrina..........................   41410  Panama City Field   FL.......  ES......  August 2005......  Support, surveys, emergency relief to threatened & endangered            N/A     $440,000
                                                Office.                                                     sea turtle species (beach stabilization).
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Panama City Field Office     ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      900,000
           Total.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   43581  Panther Swamp NWR.  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Deep Bayou Road..........................................    10018392      100,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Panther Swamp NWR Total....  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      100,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   43290  Private John Allen  MS.......  NFH.....  July 2005........  Downed tree and debris removal (1st push & pull)................         n/a      150,000
                                                NFH.
    Katrina..........................   43290  Private John Allen  MS.......  NFH.....  August 2005......  Repair damage to Perimeter Road.................................    10017397       83,000
                                                NFH.
    Katrina..........................   43290  Private John Allen  MS.......  NFH.....  August 2005......  Repair flood damage to office parking area......................    10044206       15,000
                                                NFH.
    Dennis...........................   43290  Private John Allen  MS.......  NFH.....  July 2005........  Repair erosion damage to Pond 8A levee..........................    10017384      235,000
                                                NFH.
    Dennis...........................   43290  Private John Allen  MS.......  NFH.....  July 2005........  Replace damaged fishery drain line..............................    10017389      397,000
                                                NFH.
    Dennis...........................   43290  Private John Allen  MS.......  NFH.....  July 2005........  Repair damage to backup power generator system..................    10014993       50,000
                                                NFH.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Private John Allen NFH       ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      930,000
           Total.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Rita.............................   42653  Red River NWR.....  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to refuge office & maintenance facility               10046523      133,800
                                                                                                            (additional funds).
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Red River NWR Total........  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      133,800
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   42577  Reelfoot NWR......  TN.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Grassy Island Autotour Route.............................    10016811       75,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Reelfoot NWR Total.........  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........       75,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   40130  Regional Chief      GA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Initial response and recovery...................................         N/A    5,000,000
                                                NWRS.
    Rita.............................   40130  Regional Chief      GA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Initial response and recovery...................................         N/A    2,130,000
                                                NWRS.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Regional Chief NWRS Total..  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........    7,130,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  HAZMAT/Debris removal...........................................  ..........   12,000,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to Vastar Road (Old RPI Number 164)...............    10019210    1,000,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to 1A/1B Parking Area Rte #904 (Old RPI Number        10019184       50,000
                                                                                                            138).
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace/repair refuge posting ( Old RPI Number 38)..............    10019130      600,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to concrete nature trail and boardwalk (Old RPI       10019140      500,000
                                                                                                            Number 78) (partnership w/tourism board).
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to 3 Mile Canal bridge--bridge inventory #43640-      10019214      250,000
                                                                                                            00168 (Old RPI Number 168).
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to Northline parking lot Rte #901 & pier (Old RPI     10019178    1,500,000
                                                                                                            Number 132).
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to Plains Road 3.1 miles long (Old RPI Number 166)    10019212    2,000,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damaged boathouse........................................    10019133      150,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to Vastar Rd. bridge--bridge inventory #43640-        10019216      120,000
                                                                                                            00170 (Old RPI Number 170).
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to Hwy. 27 bridge--bridge inventory #43640-00171      10019217      218,000
                                                                                                            (Old RPI Number 171).
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to Hog Island South parking lot Rte #903 (Old RPI     10019163      250,000
                                                                                                            Number 115).
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to South West Cove parking area Rte #906 (Old RPI     10019164      100,000
                                                                                                            Number 116).
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to Nature Trail Parking Lot Rte #907 (Old RPI         10019180      100,000
                                                                                                            Number 134).
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  TVA Agreement--Repair 1A/1B and Pool 3 impoundment levees         ..........   11,600,000
                                                                                                            (Sabine); includes damaged structures and public-use facilities
                                                                                                            (boatramps, trails, parking areas, etc.).
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to Northline bridge--bridge inventory #43640-00169    10019215      250,000
                                                                                                            (Old RPI Number 169).
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace destroyed maintenance shop..............................    10019172    1,500,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace destroyed headquarters--RES complete for standard design    10019161    4,000,000
                                                                                                            of small office/VC facility.
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damaged oil house........................................    10019168      120,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damage to West Cove parking lot (north side) Rte #905        10019179      100,000
                                                                                                            (Old RPI Number 133).
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair damaged fueling facilities; above ground fuel storage        10019155      160,000
                                                                                                            tanks (Old RPI Number 105).
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace destroyed fire headquarters/shop building...............    10019168    1,500,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Maintenace Area Water lines (Old RPI Number 152)................    10019198      100,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Maintenance Area Electric Lines (Old RPI Number 153)............    10019199      250,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Security Fence at Headquarters Compound (Old RPI Number 162)....    10019208       75,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair destroyed restrooms at nature trail (Old RPI Number 114).    10019162      125,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace destroyed radio tower & radio communication equipment...    10018826      250,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair viewing tower, 24' X 12' with metal roof and an attached     10019209       35,000
                                                                                                            90' X 5' accessible walking ramp. Located near Hwy 27 and
                                                                                                            Headquarters. (Old RPI Number163).
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace Headquarters' sewerage treatment unit. (Old RPI Number      10019192       20,000
                                                                                                            146).
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace Headquarters Telephone System and lines (Old RPI Number     10019200      250,000
                                                                                                            154).
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair sewage treatment unit (Nature trail) (Old RPI Number 108)    10019157       50,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair/Reopen 18 miles of canals................................  ..........    3,600,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Headquarters/Visitor Center's Parking and Driveway Rte #900 (Old    10019193      100,000
                                                                                                            RPI Number147).
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Maintenance Parking Areas (Old RPI Number148)...................    10019194      200,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Blue Goose Trail Driveway and Parking Area (Old RPI Number150)..    10019196       90,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Bridge, inventory #43640-00170, Backridge, on Vastar Rd crossing    10019216      150,000
                                                                                                            Central Canal; public use (Old RPI Number 170).
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Bridge, inventory #43640-00171, Hwy. 27 & Central Canal             10019217      100,000
                                                                                                            (identified in EFMIS & formerly known as Texaco bridge,
                                                                                                            inventory #43640-00136??) (Old RPI Number171).
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair rear access road to pole shed (Old RPI Number198)........    10049951       22,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace damaged ATVs............................................  ..........       15,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace damaged office equipment/furniture/supplies.............         N/A      100,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace damaged vehicle (truck).................................  ..........       35,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace damaged vehicle (SUV)...................................  ..........       25,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace/Repairs multiple damaged boats/trailers.................  ..........       35,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Replace destroyed helipad/used for fire suppression operations..  ..........      100,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Repair/Replace damaged fire equipment...........................  ..........      300,000
    Rita.............................   43640  Sabine NWR........  LA.......  NWR.....  September 2005...  Downed tree and debris removal (1st push & pull)--Hwy 27                 N/A      450,000
                                                                                                            hazardous material debris.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Sabine NWR Total...........  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........   44,545,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Wilma............................   41420  South Florida ES    FL.......  ES......  October 2005.....  Repair Turtle Hospital (Monroe Co.) in the Florida Keys.........         n/a      183,200
                                                Office.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          South Florida ES Office      ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      183,200
           Total.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   42640  St. Catherine       MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Pintail Lane, Route 010..................................    10017046      250,000
                                                Creek NWR.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          St. Catherine Creek NWR      ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      250,000
           Total.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Dennis...........................   41640  St. Marks NWR.....  FL.......  NWR.....  July 2005........  TVA Agreement--Repair primary dikes/levees (additional funds)...  ..........    2,000,000
    Dennis...........................   41640  St. Marks NWR.....  FL.......  NWR.....  July 2005........  Replace damaged and missing pilings/markings for Executive          10015299      300,000
                                                                                                            Closure Order.
    Dennis...........................   41640  St. Marks NWR.....  FL.......  NWR.....  July 2005........  Repair overwash/undermined lighthouse pakring lot...............    10038986       20,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          St. Marks NWR Total........  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........    2,320,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Dennis...........................   41650  St. Vincent NWR...  FL.......  NWR.....  July 2005........  Replace damaged/missing boundary signs..........................    10040181       20,000
    Dennis...........................   41650  St. Vincent NWR...  FL.......  NWR.....  July 2005........  Repair damaged barge storage building (barge is used to access      10015319      350,000
                                                                                                            St. Vincent NWR).
    Dennis...........................   41650  St. Vincent NWR...  FL.......  NWR.....  July 2005........  Repair flooded Indian Pass check station........................    10015330       10,000
    Dennis...........................   41650  St. Vincent NWR...  FL.......  NWR.....  July 2005........  Replace misc. small equipment in flooded storage facility.......         n/a       25,000
    Dennis...........................   41650  St. Vincent NWR...  FL.......  NWR.....  July 2005........  Repair damage at Indian Pass parking area/pump house............    10052228        4,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          St. Vincent NWR Total......  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      409,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   43645  Tallahatchie NWR..  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Flat Lake Access Road....................................    10044518       75,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Tallahatchie NWR Total.....  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........       75,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Wilma............................   41555  Ten Thousand        FL.......  NWR.....  October 2005.....  Repair/Replace destroyed boundary markers/buoys.................         n/a      100,000
                                                Islands NWR.
    Wilma............................   41555  Ten Thousand        FL.......  NWR.....  October 2005.....  Repair flooded/damaged roadways.................................    multiple      250,000
                                                Islands NWR.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Ten Thousand Islands NWR     ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      350,000
           Total.
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Katrina..........................   43690  Tensas River NWR..  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Replace destroyed refuge residence/quarters (additional funds)..  ..........      550,000
    Katrina..........................   43690  Tensas River NWR..  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Bridge, Cross Bayou(Fina). Inventory #- 43690-00019......    10042739      200,000
    Katrina..........................   43690  Tensas River NWR..  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair bridge, Tensas River @ Mill Road-bridge inventory #43690-    10019992      700,000
                                                                                                            00005 (Cross roads).
    Katrina..........................   43690  Tensas River NWR..  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Rainey lake road, Rte #010. (Cross roads to refuge           10020002      450,000
                                                                                                            headquarters).
    Katrina..........................   43690  Tensas River NWR..  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair misc. damage to roads/trails/ATV.........................  ..........      250,000
    Katrina..........................   43690  Tensas River NWR..  LA.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Clean/remove debris/trees from roads and parking areas..........         N/A       40,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ------------
          Tensas River NWR Total.....  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........    2,190,000
                                                                                                                                                                                        ============
    Dennis...........................   41280  Warm Springs RFC..  GA.......  NFH.....  July 2005........  Downed tree and debris removal (1st push & pull)................         n/a        2,000
    Dennis...........................   41280  Warm Springs RFC..  GA.......  NFH.....  July 2005........  Repair damage to roadways & parking areas.......................    multiple       75,000
    Dennis...........................   41280  Warm Springs RFC..  GA.......  NFH.....  July 2005........  Repair water/electrical damage to Laboratory Building...........    10014262       93,000
    Dennis...........................   41280  Warm Springs RFC..  GA.......  NFH.....  July 2005........  Repair water damage to Aquarium Building........................    10014245       65,000
    Dennis...........................   41280  Warm Springs RFC..  GA.......  NFH.....  July 2005........  Repair flood damage/erosion to multiple facilities..............    multiple       37,000
    Dennis...........................   41280  Warm Springs RFC..  GA.......  NFH.....  July 2005........  Repair water damage to Residence (#3)...........................    10014224       20,000
    Dennis...........................   41280  Warm Springs RFC..  GA.......  NFH.....  July 2005........  Replace wetlab gutters..........................................    10014263       12,000
    Dennis...........................   41280  Warm Springs RFC..  GA.......  NFH.....  July 2005........  Repair damaged fencing around compound..........................    10014290        8,000
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          Warm Springs RFC Total.....  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      312,000
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    Katrina..........................   42682  Yazoo NWR.........  MS.......  NWR.....  August 2005......  Repair Wildlife Drive...........................................    10019865      125,000
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          Yazoo NWR Total............  ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........      125,000
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          Subtotal: Second             ......  ..................  .........  ........  .................  ................................................................  ..........  121,800,000
           supplemental.
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                                              STORM DAMAGE DETAIL REPORT--SOUTHEAST REGION--HURRICANES KATRINA, OPHELIA, RITA, WILMA AS OF JANUARY 19, 2006
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                   Park                    Storm                                Asset/Need                                                    Recommended repair                           Estimate
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    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Rita.........  BCW--Loop Road, unpaved RTE. 0102............................  regrade road surface/repair culverts...............................    $484,608
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  40M--40 Mile Bend Check Station Bldg A123....................  replace shutter....................................................         552
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  40M--Grounds.................................................  remove debris......................................................         122
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  BCW--Big Cypress Wetland, Grounds............................  RCW, Eagle surveys, inventories....................................     909,687
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  BCW--Birdon Road, unpaved....................................  replace signs......................................................         921
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  BCW--Jim Dill Road, unpaved RTE. 0703........................  remove debris......................................................      12,251
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  BCW--Loop Road, paved Rt. 102................................  repair signs, culverts, asphalt roadway............................      55,596
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  BCW--Loop Road, unpaved RTE .0102............................  repair road-culverts, washouts, shoulders..........................   4,770,216
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  BCW--Lower Wagon Wheel Road, unpaved.........................  remove trees, replace signs........................................         587
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  BCW--Pine Oaks Road, unpaved RTE. 0106.......................  remove trees/debris................................................         188
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  BCW--SCA Bldg A68............................................  replace radio tower, facia, soffit, repair screen..................      66,571
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  BCW--West Fire Prairie Trail.................................  clear brush........................................................       4,473
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  BL--Burns Lake Campground Road...............................  remove trees.......................................................         514
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  BL--Burns Lake Campground, Grounds...........................  repair kiosk roof, reset portapotties..............................         597
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  BL--TPBL 02 VIP Site/Housing.................................  install service pedastall..........................................       1,019
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  BR--Bass Lake Road, Unpaved..................................  remove downed trees................................................         318
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  DD--Dona Drive Grounds.......................................  Remove debris......................................................         492
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  DL--Deep L Fire Station Bl...................................  replace downspout, repair metal doors..............................      11,822
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  DL--Deep Lake, Water Dist. System............................  remove debirs,clean system.........................................       2,494
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  EE--EE Center Bld A61........................................  replace window.....................................................       1,174
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  FO--Fire Operations Center, Bldg. A100.......................  replace posts/facia, repair framing................................       6,744
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  GH--Gator Head, Roads........................................  remove debris......................................................       2,851
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  GHS--Gator Hook Trail........................................  remove debris......................................................      11,676
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  GHS--Gator Hook, Chickee Bldg. A145..........................  reset cross T's....................................................         160
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  GHS--Gator Hook, Chickee Bldg. A146..........................  reset cross T's....................................................         160
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  HP--Hp Williams Grounds......................................  remove debris......................................................         318
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  I--South I-75 Gounds.........................................  remove trees.......................................................         856
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  I--South I-75 Parking Lot....................................  replace barrier sections...........................................         122
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  KS--Kirby Storter Boardwalk..................................  replace lumber sections............................................         636
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  KS--Kirby Storter Chickee Bldg. A141.........................  replace chickee....................................................      10,830
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  KS--Kirby Storter Chickee Bldg. A142.........................  replace chickee....................................................      10,830
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  KS--Kirby Storter Chickee Bldg. A143.........................  replace chickee....................................................      10,830
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  KS--Kirby Storter Chickee Bldg. A144.........................  replace chickee....................................................      10,830
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  KS--Kirby Storter, Grounds...................................  remove debris/replace picnic table.................................       3,091
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  LP--Loop Road RS, Barn Bldg A97..............................  replace windows, repair siding.....................................       2,915
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  LP--Loop Road RS, Bldg. A96 B Upstair Q-96...................  repair roof, replace carpet, porch.................................      35,941
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  LP--Loop Road RS, Fuel Island (Unleaded Gas).................  replace tank cover.................................................         130
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  LP--Loop Road RS, Grounds....................................  repair fence, remove debris........................................       1,452
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  MC--Mitchell, Grounds........................................  remove debris/repair kiosk roof....................................       7,193
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  MC--Mitchell, Road...........................................  repair gravel road.................................................      20,324
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ML--Monument Comfort Station.................................  replace screen, soffit, skylight, roof vent........................       2,595
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ML--Monument Lake Grounds....................................  repair signs, replace grills.......................................       4,716
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  MS--Monroe Station, Bldg. A76................................  repair bldg damage, remove debris..................................      49,719
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  MW--Midway Grounds...........................................  replace signs, chickees, trees, remove debris......................     151,240
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  MW--Midway, Comfort Station Bldg. A 127......................  replace siding.....................................................         130
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OA--Aviation Hangar A91......................................  replace door, downspout, weather station...........................      10,534
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OA--Herbicide Storage A86....................................  repair roof........................................................       1,522
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OA--Oasis Comfort Station Bldg. A126.........................  replace soffit.....................................................       1,884
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OA--Pole Barn #2 A90.........................................  repair roof........................................................         606
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OA--Quarters #1..............................................  replace porch screen...............................................       1,065
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OA--Ranger Storage A85.......................................  repair roof........................................................       1,522
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OA--Repeater Building A88....................................  repair fence, replace roof turbine.................................         742
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OA--Visitor Cent. Bld A79....................................  replace screen and door, repair fence..............................      13,753
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OA--Wood House A98...........................................  replace soffit.....................................................         590
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OA--Woodhouse Grounds........................................  remove debris......................................................         848
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OH--Headquarter BldA50.......................................  repair roof, antenna, screen, replace gutters......................      20,031
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OH--HQ Parking Area, East--Rte 900...........................  repair lights......................................................       1,057
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OH--HQ Parking Area, West Rte 900............................  repair lights......................................................       2,665
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OH--HQ Swimming Pool.........................................  replace porch enclosure............................................      56,581
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OH--Maint. Bldg. A54.........................................  repair roof, vent cap, facia.......................................       5,010
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OH--Ochopee Vehicle Wash Station Bldg. A113..................  replace soffit, fence..............................................       3,916
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OH--Ochopee Water Dist. System...............................  replace generator..................................................      21,428
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OH--Quarters #19.............................................  replace screen , downspout.........................................         477
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OH--Quarters #15.............................................  replace facia, soffit, porch screen, drip edge.....................      15,839
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OH--Quarters #16.............................................  replace porch, repair tower and siding.............................      15,124
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OH--Quarters #17.............................................  replace shutters, porch, shingles..................................      13,634
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OH--Quarters #20.............................................  replace screen, facia, soffit, repair porch........................       4,089
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OH--Quarters #21.............................................  replace fence, roof tile, gutters, porch...........................      39,479
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OH--Quarters #22.............................................  repair roof and ceilings...........................................       6,407
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OH--Quarters #23.............................................  repair roof and screen.............................................      37,384
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OH--Quarters #25.............................................  repair roof and porch..............................................       9,206
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OH--Ranger Station A67.......................................  replace wiring, screen.............................................       2,018
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  OH--Wastewater System/Treatment Plant........................  repair fence.......................................................       6,871
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--Bear Island Trail.......................................  remove debris......................................................      90,091
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--Buckskin Trail..........................................  remove debris......................................................      48,916
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--Burns Lake Trail........................................  remove debris......................................................      28,862
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--Concho Billy Trail......................................  remove debris......................................................     105,092
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--Jetport Trail...........................................  remove debris......................................................      22,783
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--Little Deer Trail.......................................  remove debris......................................................      25,176
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--Lost Dog Trail..........................................  remove debris......................................................      25,176
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--Monroe South Trail......................................  remove debris......................................................      20,434
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--Monument Bypass Trail...................................  remove debris......................................................      25,176
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--Monument Trail..........................................  remove debris......................................................      50,960
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--Mud Lake Trail..........................................  remove debris......................................................      28,218
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--North Little Deer Trail.................................  remove debris......................................................      25,176
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--North Raccoon Point Trail...............................  remove debris......................................................      16,305
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--Oasis Trail.............................................  remove debris......................................................      56,524
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--Paces Dike..............................................  remove debris......................................................      11,305
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--Pipeline Trail..........................................  remove debris......................................................       7,827
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--Raccoon Loop Trail......................................  remove debris......................................................       9,566
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--Raccoon Point Trail.....................................  remove debris......................................................      50,873
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--Rock Toad Trail.........................................  remove debris......................................................      31,262
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--Sig Walker Airboat Waterway Trail.......................  remove debris......................................................      19,721
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--Skillet North Trail.....................................  remove debris......................................................      30,437
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--South Little Deer Trail.................................  remove debris......................................................      27,392
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--West Raccoon Point Trail................................  remove debris......................................................      16,305
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--Windmill Trail..........................................  remove debris......................................................      10,871
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  ORV--Zone 4 Airboat Waterway Trail...........................  remove downed trees................................................      65,733
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  PC--Pine Crest, Grounds......................................  remove haz trees...................................................       6,841
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  PJ--Pink Jeep, Campsites.....................................  remove downed trees................................................       2,866
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  SC--Scissor Camp, Bldg. A107.................................  repair soffit, remove trees........................................         321
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  SC--Scissor Camp, Grounds....................................  remove debris......................................................         463
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  TR--Quarter #4, Grounds......................................  remove debris......................................................       1,262
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  TR--Quarter #2 Gournds.......................................  repalce fence gate, remove debris..................................       1,680
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  TR--Quarters # 4.............................................  replace meter,gutters, screen......................................       1,657
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  TR--Quarters #2..............................................  repair screen/replace gutter.......................................         584
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  WP--Weeks Prop House.........................................  replace door, repair roof..........................................       8,419
    Big Cypress National Preserve....  Wilma........  WP--Weeks Storage Bldg. A108.................................  replace siding, corregated tin.....................................       3,475
    Biscayne National Park...........  Katrina......  AK Landscape-................................................  Replace Sea Grape Tree.............................................       1,610
    Biscayne National Park...........  Katrina......  AK Residence East 103-.......................................  repair roof........................................................         800
    Biscayne National Park...........  Katrina......  BC Lighthouse-...............................................  replace broken dome windows........................................         442
    Biscayne National Park...........  Katrina......  BC Trail-....................................................  Remove and replace 2 trees.........................................       4,816
    Biscayne National Park...........  Katrina......  CP Duplex (Housing)-.........................................  replace screens....................................................       1,886
    Biscayne National Park...........  Katrina......  CP Entrance Road-............................................  repair fence/remove trees..........................................       1,811
    Biscayne National Park...........  Katrina......  CP HQ Bldg-..................................................  replace screens....................................................       1,947
    Biscayne National Park...........  Katrina......  CP Landscape-................................................  replace trees......................................................       5,527
    Biscayne National Park...........  Katrina......  CP Trail-....................................................  Replace sign at end of Jetty.......................................         170
    Biscayne National Park...........  Katrina......  EK VC--......................................................  repair roof-replace shingles.......................................       2,428
    Biscayne National Park...........  Rita.........  BB Stiltsville 2146..........................................  Replace Dock.......................................................      22,437
    Biscayne National Park...........  Rita.........  BB Stiltsville 2303..........................................  Replace Dock.......................................................      12,330
    Biscayne National Park...........  Rita.........  CP Marina-Waterfront system..................................  Repair CP Floating Docks...........................................      16,835
    Biscayne National Park...........  Rita.........  EK Boardwalk.................................................  Replace Destroyed sections of boardwalk............................     265,378
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  AK Electrical Generating System..............................  repair electrical connections......................................         773
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  AK Landscape.................................................  remove debris......................................................       1,353
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  AK residence East 103........................................  replace gutters, screen, repair hvac, remove debris................       6,469
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  AK residence West 102........................................  repair roof, hvac, replace screen..................................      16,106
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  AK Trail.....................................................  clear brush........................................................       2,832
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  AK Waste Water System........................................  repair electrical connections......................................         583
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  AK Water System..............................................  repair electrical connections......................................         773
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  BC Barn......................................................  repair roof, vents.................................................         812
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  BC Chapel....................................................  repair roof........................................................         664
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  BC Comfort Station...........................................  repair roof, porta john............................................       8,413
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  BC Generator Bldg............................................  repair steps, replace vents........................................       1,218
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  BC Landscape.................................................  replace signs,repair washouts......................................       4,428
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  BC Lighthouse................................................  replace glass panes, repair steps, window trim.....................         818
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  BC Pavillion.................................................  repaint pavillion..................................................       1,590
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  Biscayne National Park Computer Network......................  replace battery backups............................................       1,176
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  Biscayne National Park Fleet.................................  repair fleet.......................................................      11,000
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  Biscayne National Parkayne Bay-replace navigation aids.......  replace lost/destroyed nav aids....................................      27,043
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  Blackpoint Jetty Trail.......................................  remove debris, replace concrete bridge washouts....................      49,807
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  CP Bone Yard.................................................  remove debris......................................................         241
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  CP Duplex-residence..........................................  replace screen.....................................................       6,606
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  CP HQ Bldg...................................................  replace screen, repair hvac, lattice...............................      13,918
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  CP Landscape.................................................  replace lights/remove debris.......................................     114,929
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  CP Maintenance Bldg..........................................  repair hvac, siding, fiberglass....................................       2,427
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  CP Marina-Waterfront system..................................  replace finger piers...............................................     205,220
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  CP Picnic Area...............................................  remove debris......................................................       2,165
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  CP Trail.....................................................  remove debris/replace toe rail, repair boardwalk...................       1,825
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  CP VC Parking Lot............................................  replace signs/trash cans...........................................       5,348
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  CP Visitor Center............................................  repair handrails...................................................       1,104
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  CP Waste Water System........................................  remove debris, inspect lift station................................       1,012
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  EK Boardwalk.................................................  replace decking....................................................     286,001
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  EK Comfort Station...........................................  repair roof,frame,fascia...........................................      19,932
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  EK Generator Bldg............................................  replace bldg.......................................................       5,313
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  EK Horseshoe Trail...........................................  remove debris......................................................      10,707
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  EK Landscape.................................................  remove debris......................................................       6,459
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  EK Maintenance Bldg..........................................  replace roof.......................................................      14,418
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  EK Residence East 213........................................  repair roof, hvac, pilings, appliances.............................      18,407
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  EK Residence West 212........................................  repair roof, hvac, pilings,screens, wiring.........................      15,838
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  EK Spite Highway trail.......................................  remove debris......................................................      55,184
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  EK Swim Area.................................................  remove debris......................................................       2,992
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  EK VC........................................................  repair roof,overhead doors, electrical system......................      28,034
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  EK WTP Bldg & Covered Storage................................  replace roof.......................................................      14,418
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  Florida Straits-replace navigation aids......................  replace nav aids...................................................      12,725
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  Stiltsville 2146.............................................  replace deck, repair roof..........................................      25,387
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  Stiltsville 2157.............................................  repair roof, replace shed, dock....................................     108,208
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  Stiltsville 2159.............................................  replace dock,repair roof,fence.....................................      21,399
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  Stiltsville 2167.............................................  repair roof, siding, replace deck/dock.............................      65,669
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  Stiltsville 2173.............................................  repair deck, wiring, roof,.........................................      48,566
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  Stiltsville 2213.............................................  replace deck, repair roof..........................................     206,187
    Biscayne National Park...........  Wilma........  Stiltsville 2303.............................................  repair roof, replace screen........................................       8,275
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  BIBD Coquina Comfort Station.................................  repair roof........................................................         567
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  BIQT Q117....................................................  repair roof........................................................         487
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  BIQT Q120....................................................  repair roof........................................................         567
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  BIRMP Oregon Inlet Ramp 4....................................  replace carsonite signs posts......................................      12,143
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  HIBD Avon Pier House.........................................  repair roof........................................................       3,704
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  HIBD Cape Point CG Loop B Shower Bldg........................  repair roof........................................................       5,277
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  HIBD Cape Point CG Loop H Shower Bldg........................  repair roof........................................................       2,463
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  HIBD Cape Point CG Storage Kiosk.............................  repair roof........................................................       1,245
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  HIBD Frisco CG Loop E Shower Bldg............................  repair roof........................................................       3,028
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  HIBD Frisco Comfort Station..................................  repair roof caps...................................................         754
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  HIBD LH Fee Kiosk............................................  repair roof........................................................       3,983
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  HIHS Double Keepers Quarters (VC)............................  repair roof........................................................      61,102
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  HIHS Hatteras Weather Bureau.................................  replace handicap elevator door.....................................       2,046
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  HIHS Little Kinnakeet Boathouse..............................  repair roof........................................................         260
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  HIHS Principal Keepers Quarters (Bookstore)..................  repair roof........................................................      42,863
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  HIHS Ranger Station..........................................  repair roof........................................................      36,323
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  HIML Hattersas Island Maintained Landscape...................  replace signs......................................................      21,047
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  HIMW Avon Fishing Pier.......................................  Repair piers.......................................................      35,223
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  HIQT Q391....................................................  repair roof........................................................       3,441
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  HIQT T4......................................................  repair roof........................................................         891
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  HIRD Billy Mitchell Road-rte 014.............................  remove tree........................................................         285
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  HIRD Frisco Water Plant Road-rte 414.........................  repair road base...................................................      39,778
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  HIRD Ramp 55 Parking.........................................  remove sand from parking lot.......................................         987
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  HIRD Soundside Access MP53...................................  repair road surface................................................      19,495
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  HIRD Turnout Ramp 38-rte 913.................................  remove sand from parking lot.......................................       1,443
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  HIRMP Ramp 30................................................  fill and grade ramp................................................       2,474
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  HITR Buxton Woods Nature Trail...............................  remove trees.......................................................       3,283
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OIBD Emergency Generator/Lumber Shed.........................  repair roof........................................................       3,741
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OIBD Metal Storage Bldg......................................  replace metal storage bldg.........................................       7,366
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OIBD Ocracoke Campground Shed................................  repair roof........................................................         319
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OIBD Ocracoke CG Loop B Shower...............................  repair roof........................................................         567
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OIBD Ocracoke Island Portalets...............................  repair roof........................................................       1,183
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OIBD Q137....................................................  repair ceilings....................................................         721
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OICS Ocracoke Campground Portalets...........................  replace door.......................................................         652
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OIMI Pony Pen Corral.........................................  repair fence.......................................................       9,945
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OIML Ocracoke Island Maintained Landscape....................  remove debris......................................................      32,039
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OIN: Ocracoke Island Natural Landscape.......................  remove haz trees...................................................       3,821
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OIQT Q137....................................................  repair roof........................................................         650
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OIQT Q138....................................................  repair roof........................................................         650
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OIQT Q138....................................................  repair ceilings....................................................       1,105
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OIQT Q139....................................................  repair roof........................................................         650
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OIQT Q139....................................................  repair ceilings....................................................         690
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OIQT Q140....................................................  repair roof........................................................         650
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OIQT Q140....................................................  repair ceilings....................................................         151
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OIQT T141....................................................  repair roof........................................................       2,224
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OIQT T142....................................................  repair roof........................................................       1,356
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OIQT T143....................................................  repair roof........................................................       1,356
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OIRD Quock Hammock Road......................................  repair road surface-fill washouts..................................       1,352
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OIRD South Point Road (Ramp 72)..............................  repair road surface................................................      32,875
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OIRMP Ramp 59................................................  repair road surface-fill washouts..................................       4,305
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OIRMP Ramp 70................................................  repair potholes....................................................       2,339
    Cape Hatteras National Seashore..  Ophelia......  OITR Hammock Hill Nature Trail...............................  remove debris......................................................         523
    Cape Lookout National Seashore...  Ophelia......  Colonial Waterbird Nesting assessment........................  2 year assessment of birding habitat...............................      91,500
    Cape Lookout National Seashore...  Ophelia......  Harkers Island VC/Admin......................................  Replace HVAC units.................................................      15,783
    Cape Lookout National Seashore...  Ophelia......  Harkers Island VC/Admin......................................  repair front vis svcs desk.........................................      15,578
    Cape Lookout National Seashore...  Ophelia......  Harkers Island VC/Admin......................................  repair security system.............................................       1,000
    Cape Lookout National Seashore...  Ophelia......  Ice Machine-Maintenance BLdg.................................  repair ice machine.................................................       4,819
    Cape Lookout National Seashore...  Ophelia......  Life Saving Station Stable...................................  repair roof, windows, siding and walls.............................      53,704
    Cape Lookout National Seashore...  Ophelia......  Lola Radio Repeater..........................................  repair repeater....................................................       7,500
    Cape Lookout National Seashore...  Ophelia......  North Core Banks Road........................................  regrade road.......................................................      13,903
    Cape Lookout National Seashore...  Ophelia......  signs........................................................  replace lost/destroyed signs parkwide..............................      30,000
    Cape Lookout National Seashore...  Ophelia......  South Core Banks Road........................................  regrade road.......................................................      11,918
    Canaveral National Seashore......  Wilma........  ND Maintenance Shop..........................................  replace vent cap...................................................         161
    Canaveral National Seashore......  Wilma........  ND Pole Shed.................................................  repair roof........................................................       4,197
    Canaveral National Seashore......  Wilma........  SD Boardwalk 8...............................................  repair boardwalk...................................................       1,021
    Canaveral National Seashore......  Wilma........  SD Boardwalk Eddy Creek/Pavillion............................  repair boardwalk...................................................       1,484
    Canaveral National Seashore......  Wilma........  SD Comfort Station 10........................................  repair vault.......................................................       1,606
    Canaveral National Seashore......  Wilma........  SD Comfort Station 3.........................................  repair vault.......................................................       1,606
    Canaveral National Seashore......  Wilma........  SD Eddy Creek Waterfront System..............................  replace eddy creek dock............................................      27,138
    Canaveral National Seashore......  Wilma........  SD Ranger Station Pump House.................................  replace roof turbine...............................................          41
    Canaveral National Seashore......  Wilma........  SD-Playalinda Beach Swimming Area............................  clean beach area...................................................      38,450
    Cane River Creole NHP............  Rita.........  Cotton Gin...................................................  Reapir roof flashing/gable shutter/wood siding.....................       3,412
    Cane River Creole NHP............  Rita.........  Cotton Picker Shed-Magnolia..................................  Repair roof........................................................      20,324
    Cane River Creole NHP............  Rita.........  Magnolia Cultural Landscape..................................  Remove limbs and hazard trees......................................      27,420
    Cane River Creole NHP............  Rita.........  Main House-Oakland...........................................  Repair/replace missing or loose shingles...........................       2,094
    Cane River Creole NHP............  Rita.........  Mule Barn....................................................  Repair roof/Repair fistoric hinge on barn door.....................       2,908
    Cane River Creole NHP............  Rita.........  Oakland Cultural Landscape...................................  Remove limbs and hazard trees......................................      33,131
    Cane River Creole NHP............  Rita.........  Overseers House-Slave Hospital-Magnolia......................  Reapir roof, gutters and flashing..................................       1,939
    Cane River Creole NHP............  Rita.........  Slave Quarters 1.............................................  Replace lost cedar shingles........................................       8,369
    Cane River Creole NHP............  Rita.........  Slave Quarters 6.............................................  Repair exterior wall shift.........................................         839
    Cane River Creole NHP............  Rita.........  Square Crib..................................................  Repair Roof........................................................         879
    Cane River Creole NHP............  Rita.........  Tractor Shed.................................................  Repair Roof........................................................       1,730
    De Soto National Monument........  Wilma........  De Soto National Monument Trail..............................  repair washouts, regrade trail.....................................      15,000
    De Soto National Monument........  Wilma........  Grounds......................................................  remove debris/haz trees............................................      22,500
    De Soto National Monument........  Wilma........  Shoreline....................................................  stablize shoreline-prevent addtl erosion...........................      22,500
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  GKBCGR Garden Key Grounds....................................  Replace Entrance sign/NR mitigation................................      65,567
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  GKBCMU Gasoline Storage......................................  relocate Gasoline Storage..........................................     122,319
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  GKBCWF Garden Key Water Front-...............................  dock repair/buoy replacement.......................................      22,704
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  GKFJAD Fort Jefferson Office.................................  Replace Windows....................................................       1,374
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  GKFJEE Electrical System.....................................  Replace Generators.................................................     137,123
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  GKFJFT Counterscarp and Moat.................................  Repair coping on counterscarp/dredge moat..........................     125,856
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  GKFJFT Fort Jefferson........................................  Curtain Wall Repair................................................     153,101
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  GKFJHM17-3 A-B Personnel Housing.............................  Ceiling repair.....................................................      10,770
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  GKFJHM17-4 Personnel Housing.................................  Replace Windows....................................................       2,765
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  GKFJHS17-10 Personnel Housing................................  Repair Windows.....................................................       1,963
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  GKFJHS17-11 Personnel Housing................................  Replace Windows....................................................       2,120
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  GKFJHS17-12 Personnel Housing................................  Replace Windows....................................................       2,120
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  GKFJHS17-2 Personnel Housing.................................  Repair windows/siding..............................................      15,811
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  GKFJHS17-4.5 Personnel Housing...............................  Ceiling and window repair..........................................       5,020
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  GKFJHS17-5 Personnel Housing.................................  Replace Windows....................................................       3,609
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  GKFJHS17-8 Personnel Housing.................................  Replace Windows....................................................       1,848
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  GKFJHS17-9 Personnel Housing.................................  Ceiling and window repair..........................................       3,410
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  GKFJMP Recreation Room.......................................  Replace Windows....................................................       8,724
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  GKFJMU Generator Room........................................  Install exhaust fans...............................................       1,360
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  GKFJVS Garden Key VC-........................................  Replace windows/walls..............................................       2,397
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  GKUTRA Dry Tortugas Radio System.............................  Install Tower......................................................      10,605
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  Grounds Cleanup..............................................  Debris removal.....................................................       9,000
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  IMT Response/misc repairs....................................  ...................................................................      56,911
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  Law Enforcement Support......................................  ...................................................................      10,000
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  LHLHGR Loggerhead Key Grounds................................  Repair Flag Pole...................................................         807
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  LHLHHS001 Kitchen Building...................................  Repair siding/repaint..............................................      10,307
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  LHLHHS002 Keepers Residence..................................  Gutter and carpet replacement......................................      14,734
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  LHLHLH Loggerhead Key Lighthouse.............................  Replace windows/other misc repairs.................................      12,564
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  LHLHMF Oil House.............................................  Replace Windows....................................................      11,395
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  LHLHMU Generator Room........................................  Replace Doors......................................................       5,819
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  LHLHWF Loggerhead Water Front-...............................  decking repair.....................................................      14,684
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  LHUTWP Loggerhead Water System...............................  Salt Water intakle system repair...................................       3,395
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Katrina......  MEWCBO Boat Outboard.........................................  Replace 25' boat...................................................     148,565
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Wilma........  GKBCBG Dock House............................................  replace decking....................................................       9,592
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Wilma........  GKBCCG Garden Key Campsite...................................  remove trees, replace tables.......................................      13,800
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Wilma........  GKBCWF Garden Key Water Front................................  repair piers, electric svc, replace seaplane ramp..................     322,979
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Wilma........  GKFJAD Fort Jefferson Office.................................  repair hvac........................................................       5,165
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Wilma........  GKFJEE Electrical System.....................................  repair wiring, antenna.............................................       1,459
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Wilma........  GKFJFT Counterscarp and Moat.................................  repair seawall, dredge moat........................................     147,371
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Wilma........  GKFJFT Fort Jefferson........................................  replace shutter system, remove debris, misc repairs................     579,529
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Wilma........  GKFJHM17-3 A-B Personnel Housing.............................  repair walls, replace furnishings..................................      39,308
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Wilma........  GKFJHS16-1 Engineer Officers Quarters........................  repair porch railing...............................................       4,496
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Wilma........  GKFJHS17-2 Personnel Housing.................................  repair ceilings....................................................       5,377
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Wilma........  GKFJHS17-4.5 Personnel Housing...............................  repair hvac........................................................       5,165
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Wilma........  GKFJHS17-8 Personnel Housing.................................  repair hvac........................................................       5,165
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Wilma........  GKFJMF Carpenter Shop........................................  replace saws.......................................................       6,841
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Wilma........  GKUTRA Dry Tortugas Radio System.............................  repair telephone communications....................................       7,044
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Wilma........  LHLHEE Loggerhead Electrical System..........................  repair wiring, solar controller....................................      29,470
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Wilma........  LHLHHS001 Kitchen Building...................................  repair hvac, antenna, siding.......................................       9,282
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Wilma........  LHLHHS002 Keepers Residence..................................  repair roof, railings..............................................       6,830
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Wilma........  LHLHLH Loggerhead Key Lighthouse.............................  repair exterior walls..............................................      28,224
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Wilma........  LHLHMF Boat House............................................  remove sand, repair walls..........................................       4,581
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Wilma........  LHLHMS Storage Shed/Shop.....................................  repair door, roof..................................................       1,028
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Wilma........  LHLHMU Generator Room........................................  replace generator..................................................      35,893
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Wilma........  LHLHWF Loggerhead Water Front................................  replace tank, pipe.................................................      38,456
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Wilma........  LHUTWP Loggerhead Water System...............................  remove debris, repair dock.........................................      34,189
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Rita.........  GKBCCG Garden Key Campsite...................................  Remove debris......................................................         629
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Rita.........  GKBCGR Garden Key Grounds....................................  Remove debris......................................................       3,148
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Rita.........  GKBCWF Garden Key Waterfront.................................  Replace Finger Piers...............................................       9,800
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Rita.........  GKFJEE Electrical System.....................................  Repair electrical distribution system..............................       4,680
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Rita.........  GKFJFT Counterscarp and Moat.................................  Replace bridge.....................................................       8,391
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Rita.........  GKFJFT Fort Jefferson Parade and Brick Walk..................  Remove debris......................................................       6,888
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Rita.........  GKFJHM17-3 A-B Personnel Housing.............................  Replace cabinets...................................................       7,101
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Rita.........  GKFJHS16-1 Engineer Officers Quarters........................  Repair porch and shutters..........................................       8,691
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Rita.........  GKFJHS16-6 Personnel Housing.................................  Replace shutters...................................................       1,380
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Rita.........  GKFJHS17-2 Personnel Housing.................................  Replace gutter system..............................................      18,871
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Rita.........  GKFJWP Garden Key Potable Water System.......................  Repair water line..................................................         882
    Dry Tortugas National Park.......  Rita.........  GKUTFD Diesel Fuel System....................................  Replace controller.................................................       2,053
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  ADEXFL Flamingo Waysides.....................................  Replace wayside....................................................      36,781
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  ADEXFLCB Signs Wayside.......................................  Replace wayside....................................................      18,841
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  ADEXFLEC Signs Wayside.......................................  Replace wayside....................................................      37,681
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  ADEXFLMR Signs Wayside.......................................  Replace wayside....................................................       9,420
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  ADEXFLVC Signs Waysides......................................  Replace wayside....................................................       9,420
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  ADEXFLWL Signs Wayside.......................................  Replace wayside....................................................       9,420
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  EECHRP14 SW 237th Ave........................................  Repair signs & posts...............................................         369
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  EEPHHM703 Lg Hernandez House.................................  Replace appliances.................................................       7,251
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  FLBWMA Florida Bay Marina....................................  Replace electrical service to docks................................       8,300
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  FLBWMA Whitewater Bay Marina.................................  Replace docks......................................................     533,597
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  FLCGAT430 Amphitheater.......................................  Demo & replace amiphitheater.......................................     348,574
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  FLCGVS409 Campground Kiosk...................................  Demo & Replace Entrance station....................................      27,600
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  FLCSPP921P Marina Access Parking.............................  Repair electrical lighting.........................................      10,014
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  FLCSPP922P Boat Ramp Parking.................................  Repair electrical lighting.........................................      37,195
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  FLCSWF Concessions Waterfront................................  Repair concrete seawall............................................     330,335
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  FLECBW Eco Pond Board Walk / Viewing Platform................  ...................................................................       1,135
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  FLMRGR Mrazek Pond Grounds...................................  Replace sign posts.................................................         771
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  FLMRRB Buttonwood Bridge.....................................  Repair expansion joint.............................................     148,457
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  FLMYEE Electrical System.....................................  Repair electrical lighting.........................................       6,886
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  FLMYRU Mosquito Alley........................................  ...................................................................      17,312
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  FLMYWP Water System..........................................  Repair water lines.................................................       1,717
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  FLPHHT60 Personnel Housing...................................  Demo housing unit..................................................      17,688
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  FLPHHT61 Personnel Housing...................................  Demo housing unit..................................................      17,688
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  FLPHMP417 Personnel Chickee..................................  Replace screens and paint..........................................       4,130
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  FLVCVS415 Visitor Center.....................................  Replace elevator/museum locks/repair fire system and pillars/Repair      24,039
                                                                                                                      electrical system.
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  FLVCVS419 Fish Cleaning Station..............................  Repair roof & screen/Replace controls..............................      43,792
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  FLWLBW West Lake Board Walk..................................  Repair damaged decking.............................................       1,342
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  GCBCCG16579 Rabbit Key Campsite..............................  Replace confort station............................................       6,020
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  GCBCCK Rodgers River Chickee.................................  replace comfort station............................................       6,020
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  GCBCWW Wilderness Waterway...................................  Replace waterway signage...........................................       9,354
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  KLFBCG Nest Key Campsite.....................................  Repair dock/replace portable toilets...............................      76,526
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  KLFBGR Back Country Grounds..................................  ...................................................................      13,420
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  KLRSMF505 Maintenance Shed...................................  Replace roof.......................................................       2,257
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  KLRSRA Key Largo Radio System................................  Repair boat radio..................................................         515
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  MEGT GROUND TRANSPORT........................................  Repair/Replace 16 vehicles.........................................     590,485
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  MEHE Heavy Equipment.........................................  Repair/Replace 2 tractors..........................................     133,990
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  METL Tools...................................................  Repair/replace 4 yard mixer........................................       4,303
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  METLRE Research Equip........................................  Replace Research equipment.........................................     173,301
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  MEWCBO Boat Outboard.........................................  Repair boats.......................................................     100,300
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  NDEEHS347 Personnel Housing..................................  Replace screen/Repair roof.........................................       1,792
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  NDTAADS33 Maintenance / Ranger Station.......................  Repair roof........................................................       6,601
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  NDTAFG Gasoline Storage Facility.............................  Repair roof........................................................       4,230
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  NDTAHS345 Personnel Housing..................................  Replace roof & screen/repair transmission tower....................       3,365
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  NDTAHS346 Personnel Housing..................................  Replace screen.....................................................       1,987
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  NDTAPP931N Tamiami Ranger Station............................  Replace fence and gate.............................................         362
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  NDTCHM350 Personnel Housing..................................  Repair roof/walls..................................................      18,005
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  NDTCHM352 Personnel Housing..................................  Repair roof/replace screen and shutters............................      22,424
    Everglades National Park.........  Katrina......  NDTCHM354 Personnel Housing..................................  Replace shutters...................................................       2,870
    Everglades National Park.........  Rita.........  PIDBAD190 Research Center....................................  Replace Screen Enclosure...........................................      37,353
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  ADEXFLEC Signs Wayside.......................................  replace wayside....................................................         403
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  ADEXFLWL Signs Wayside.......................................  replace wayside....................................................       1,028
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  ADEXPIRP Signs Wayside.......................................  replace wayside....................................................          55
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  ADEXSVST Signs Wayside.......................................  replace wayside....................................................         763
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  ADEXSVVC Signs Wayside.......................................  replace wayside....................................................         925
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  EEPHHM703 Lg Hernandez House.................................  repair hvac, walls, roof, lighting.................................      46,275
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  EEPHHS702 Sm Hernandez House.................................  repair roof, antenna...............................................       2,660
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLBCCG Graveyard Creek Campsite..............................  remove trees, replace tables, portojohn............................      17,305
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLBCCK445 Pearl Bay Chickee..................................  repair portojohn, steps............................................       5,293
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLBCCK446 Hells Bay Chickee..................................  repair portojohn...................................................       4,240
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLBCCK447 Lane Bay Chickee...................................  repair portojohn, structure........................................       6,041
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLBCCK448 Roberts Bay Chickee................................  repair portojohn...................................................       4,240
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLBCCK45 South Joe River Chickee.............................  repair portojohn, repair roof......................................       8,397
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLBCCK453 Oyster Bay Chickee.................................  repair portojohn, structure........................................      27,123
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLBCCK454 Joe River Chickee..................................  repair portojohn...................................................       4,240
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLBLRU211 Bear Lake Road.....................................  repair road surface................................................       9,088
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLBWMA Florida Bay Marina....................................  repair dock........................................................      14,041
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLBWMA Whitewater Bay Marina.................................  repair dock........................................................       5,601
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLBWWW Buttonwood Canaveral National Seashorel...............  remove boat lift, replace markers..................................      32,846
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLCBGR Coot Bay Grounds......................................  replace signs......................................................         806
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLCGCG A-loop Campsites......................................  replace exterior furnishings.......................................      16,679
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLCGCG C-loop Campsites......................................  replace exterior furnishings.......................................     131,179
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLCGCG T-loop Campsites......................................  replace exterior furnishings.......................................      14,647
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLCGCG Walk In Campsites.....................................  replace electrical panel...........................................       1,795
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLCGPP927P B-C Loop Parking..................................  replace signs......................................................       3,294
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLCGPP928P T Loop Parking....................................  replace signs......................................................       3,170
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLCGRP219 Picnic Area RD.....................................  replace exterior furnishings.......................................       1,502
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLCGRP220 Camp Ground Loop A Road............................  replace signs......................................................       2,171
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLCGVS402 A-loop Comfort Station.............................  repair roof........................................................         142
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLCGVS403 A-loop Comfort Station.............................  replace screens, roof vent,soffit..................................       1,828
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLCGVS404 B-loop Comfort Station.............................  repair roof, screen................................................         623
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLCGVS405 B-loop Comfort Station.............................  repair roof, electrical system.....................................       2,030
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLCGVS406 C-loop Comfort Station.............................  repair soffit, window screen.......................................         371
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLCGVS407 T-loop Comfort Station.............................  replace sink, repair soffit........................................       1,808
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLCGVS408 T-loop Comfort Station.............................  repair soffit......................................................         169
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLCGVS411 Walk In Comfort Station............................  repair roof, door, ceiling, plumbing...............................       1,828
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLCGWW Flamingo Waste Water System...........................  repair electrical system...........................................       7,092
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLCMGR Concession Maint Grounds..............................  remove debris......................................................      20,510
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLCMST473 Concession Storage/Utility.........................  demolish bldg......................................................      16,848
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLCSCR460 Restaurant/Lounge..................................  repair electrical system...........................................       3,172
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLCSSW Swimming Pool.........................................  remove screen enclosure............................................       2,952
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLCSWF Concessions Waterfront................................  dredge marina area for access to Fl Bay............................     649,916
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLECBW Eco Pond Board Walk / Viewing Platform................  repair platform and railing........................................      54,390
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLHPPP919N Residence Parking.................................  regrade parking area...............................................       6,238
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLMRRB Buttonwood Bridge.....................................  repair bridge joint................................................       2,641
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLMRRP010 Route 10...........................................  replace road signs.................................................      22,237
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLMRRU425 Sewer Plant Access Road............................  repair road surface, replace sign..................................       1,588
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLMRTU Christian Point Trail.................................  repair boardwalk...................................................         537
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLMRWW Hells Bay Canoe Launch................................  remove debris......................................................       1,366
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLMYEE Electrical System.....................................  repair electrical system...........................................       9,854
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLMYFG Gasoline Fuel System-Vehicles.........................  repair fuel system.................................................       5,703
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLMYGR Maint Yard Grounds....................................  replace fence......................................................      30,551
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLMYMA Maintenance Marina....................................  repair dock, wiring, dumpster......................................      79,287
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLMYMF406 Oil Shed...........................................  replace door.......................................................         474
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLMYMF422 Boat Shop..........................................  repair doors, electrical system....................................      33,466
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLMYMF423 Boat Shelter.......................................  repair pillars.....................................................       3,060
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLMYMS420 Paint Storage Bldg.................................  replace structure..................................................      24,425
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLMYMS426 Herbicide/Pesticide................................  repair doors, steps, glass.........................................      15,937
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLMYMS431 Haz Material Storage...............................  haz mat disposal...................................................      11,058
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLMYMS467 Maintenance Warehouse..............................  repair windows, roof, electrical...................................      88,089
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLMYMU424 Water Treatment Plant Bldg.........................  repair fence, hvac, water lines....................................      55,822
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLMYRU Mosquito Alley........................................  repair road surface................................................       1,363
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLMYWP Water System..........................................  replace filters and computer.......................................       9,400
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLMYWW Waste Water...........................................  repair lift stations, replace signs................................       6,179
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLPHHM416 Personnel Housing..................................  repair elcetrical, porch, interior walls...........................      25,506
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLPHHM439 Personnel Housing..................................  repair porch, electrical...........................................      15,517
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLPHHM440 Personnel Housing..................................  repair windows, wiring, doors, porch...............................      21,853
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLPHHM441 Personnel Housing..................................  repair doors, porch, hvac, appliances, walls.......................      27,085
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLPHHS442 Personnel Housing..................................  repair doors, porch, hvac, appliances, walls.......................      20,671
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLPHHS443 Personnel Housing..................................  repair hvac, roof, porch, wiring...................................      28,318
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLPHHS444 Personnel Housing..................................  repair porch, wiring, roof, hvac...................................      22,422
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLPHHT20 Trailer Pad.........................................  repair electrical..................................................       2,061
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLPHHT21 Trailer Pad.........................................  repair electrical..................................................       2,061
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLPHHT22 Trailer Pad.........................................  repair electrical..................................................       2,061
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLPHHT23 Trailer Pad.........................................  repair electrical..................................................       2,061
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLPHMP417 Personnel Chickee..................................  repair roof, fans, flooring, wiring................................      24,578
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLPLMA Plug Dock Complex.....................................  repair electrical pedestal.........................................      16,270
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLVCPP920P VC Parking Area...................................  repair lighting....................................................       9,438
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLVCRP216 Marina Parking Access..............................  repair electrical, replace signs...................................         820
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLVCVS Visitor Center........................................  repair hvac, phone system, windows, soffit, railings...............      41,459
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLVCVS419 Fish Cleaning Station..............................  repair screen, pipes...............................................       9,652
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLWEMU407 Pump House.........................................  repair wiring......................................................       2,460
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLWLBW West Lake Board Walk..................................  replace rail.......................................................         251
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLWLGR West lake Grounds.....................................  remove haz tree/stump..............................................         857
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLWLVS425 Comfort Station and Pavillion......................  replace door lock/signs............................................         513
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  FLWLWF West Lake Water Front.................................  repair rails.......................................................         131
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCBCBW sand Fly Island Boardwalk.............................  repair portojohns..................................................       4,240
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCBCCG Darwins Place Campsite................................  replace sign.......................................................         935
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCBCCG Pavillion Key Campsite................................  replace sign, portojohn............................................       4,936
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCBCCG Watsons Place Campsite................................  replace picnic tables..............................................       5,581
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCBCCG16579 Rabbit Key Campsite..............................  replace sign, portojohn............................................       4,936
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCBCCG50052 Lopez River Campsite.............................  repair portojohns..................................................       4,240
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCBCCG50053 Broad River Campsite.............................  replace sign.......................................................         403
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCBCCK Picnic Key Campsite...................................  replace sign, portojohn............................................       4,936
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCBCCK Rodgers River Chickee.................................  repair portojohns..................................................       4,240
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCBCCK Sundays Bay Chickee...................................  repair roof, portojohn, boardwalk..................................      16,755
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCBCCK Sweetwater Chickee....................................  replace sign, repair roof, portojohn...............................      15,873
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCBCCK14050 Kinston bay Chickee..............................  replace sign,repair portojohn, chickee.............................      27,819
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCBCCK16580 Plate Creek Chickee..............................  replace sign.......................................................         935
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCBCWW Wilderness Waterway...................................  replace markers....................................................       2,339
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCECFG Gasoline Fuel System..................................  repair fuel system.................................................       1,517
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCECGR Everglades National Parkglades City Grounds...........  repair fencing, replace signs, repair walkways.....................      72,993
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCECHS606 Personnel Housing..................................  repair hvac, roof, siding, porch...................................      13,721
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCECMA Marina................................................  repair piers, boat covers..........................................      13,244
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCECMF605 Maintenance Shop/Garage............................  repair roof, wiring, doors, hvac...................................      10,295
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCECVS Gulf Coast Picnic Area Chickee........................  replace roof.......................................................      11,468
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCECVS604 Visitor Center/Concession..........................  repair doors, lattice, gutters, wiring, partitions.................      23,376
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCECWF boat/Canoe Launch.....................................  repair canoe launch................................................      18,260
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCECWF Everglades National Parkglades City Water Front.......  replace waterfront rip-rap.........................................      11,563
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCPHHS601 Personnel Housing..................................  repair wiring, screens, tiles, roof, door..........................       6,352
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCPHHS602 Personnel Housing..................................  repair roof, appliances, tiles, screens, door......................      12,616
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCPHHS603 Personnel Housing..................................  repair porch, tiles, roof, screens, HVAC...........................       5,175
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  GCTICG New Turkey Key Campsite...............................  replace sign, portojohn............................................       4,936
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  KLFBCG Little Rabbit Key campsite............................  repair dock........................................................       2,386
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  KLRSAD503 Research Bldg North................................  replace turbine....................................................         864
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  KLRSDK Concrete Dock.........................................  inspect concrete dock..............................................       2,343
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  KLRSDK Wooden Dock...........................................  repair dock........................................................     345,578
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  KLRSFG Gaoline Fuel System...................................  replace dispenser and hose.........................................       6,416
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  KLRSHT53 Personnel housing...................................  repair hvac, porch, roof, ceilings, doors..........................      10,411
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  KLRSRA Key Largo Radio System................................  repalce repeater...................................................       1,074
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  KLRSST Research Storage......................................  repair flood damage................................................         300
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  KLRSVS500 Ranger Station.....................................  repair steps, hvac.................................................       7,623
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  KLRSWF Key Largo Water Front.................................  repair wiring......................................................         373
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  MEITNB Notebook Computers....................................  replace computers..................................................       9,600
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  MEITPC Main Entrance computers...............................  replace computers..................................................       6,800
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  MEPREQ Protection Equipment..................................  replace flooded lockers............................................       2,000
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  MEREEQ Research Equipment....................................  replace lost/destroyed research equip..............................     285,000
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  NDEEGR Env Educ Grounds......................................  repalce bulletin board, signs......................................       1,202
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  NDEEHS347 Personnel Housing..................................  repair roof, porch, door, HVAC.....................................      16,453
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  NDEEUB343A Pump House........................................  repair roof........................................................       2,135
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  NDEEVS343 Loop Rd Office Bldg................................  repair roof........................................................         498
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  NDEEVS343B Comfort Station...................................  repair roof, portojohns............................................      10,930
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  NDEEWWEast Everglades National Parkglades Waste Water........  replace fence, repair lift station.................................       5,606
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  NDTAADS33 Maintenance / Ranger Station.......................  repair roof, shutter...............................................       2,852
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  NDTAHS346 Personnel Housing..................................  repair ceilings....................................................         669
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  NDTAMS348 Maintenance Pole Barn..............................  replace ice machine................................................       4,672
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  NDTAMS348A Ranger Station Storage Shed.......................  repair storage shed................................................         403
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  NDTAMS348C Maintenance Storage...............................  repair roof........................................................       2,817
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  NDTCBG356 Laundry Bldg.......................................  repair roof, windows...............................................       1,063
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  NDTCGR Trail Center Grounds..................................  repair fence and gate..............................................      13,130
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  NDTCHS350 Personnel housing..................................  repair porch, downspout............................................         691
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  NDTCHS352 Personnel housing..................................  repair porch, windows, hvac, door, roof............................       5,891
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  NDTCHT007 Storage Shed/Trailer Pad...........................  replace structure..................................................      15,101
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  NDTCUB357 Pump House.........................................  repair roof........................................................         956
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  NDTRHS345 Personnel housing..................................  repair roof, porch, ceiling........................................       3,912
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  OPBCRP9336-main park road....................................  replace signs,.....................................................       5,832
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIBRAD181 Bill Robertson Bldg................................  repair screen, roof, carpet........................................         513
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIBRMS184 Flammable Storage Bldg.............................  repair roof edge...................................................          60
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIBRST182 Bill Robertson garage..............................  repair fascia......................................................       1,048
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIBRST182B Fire Equipment Outbldg............................  repair fence, roof.................................................       2,170
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIDBAD190 Research Center....................................  repair walls, carpet, hvac, roof, wiring...........................      11,875
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIDBGR Research Center Grounds...............................  repair greenshouse sun shades......................................     115,336
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIDBST190B Interconnecting Bldg..............................  repair roof, wiring, ceiling.......................................      10,790
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIDBST190E General Purpose Warehouse.........................  repair roof........................................................       6,698
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIDBUB190C Pump House........................................  repair roof........................................................         201
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PILPAT153 Amphitheater.......................................  repair prjection screen............................................         372
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PILPCG Camp Site.............................................  replace signs......................................................       1,882
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PILPHS152 Camp Tender House..................................  repair fascia......................................................         221
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PILPPP908P Long Pine Key Campground Loop.....................  replace bulletin board, furnishings................................       1,810
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PILPUB152 Pump House.........................................  repair roof, holding tank..........................................         903
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PILPVS148 Comfort Station....................................  repair skylight....................................................         135
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PILPVS149 Comfort Station....................................  repair roof, door..................................................         198
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PILPVS150 Comfort Station....................................  repair roof, bulliten board........................................         719
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PILPVS154 Entrance Station...................................  repair roof........................................................         203
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PILPVS168 Comfort Station....................................  repair fascia......................................................         315
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PILPVS169 Comfort Station....................................  repair roof........................................................          63
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIMRRP010 Route 10...........................................  replace signs......................................................       3,395
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIMYAD164 Ranger Station/Telecommunications..................  repair roof........................................................         328
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIMYGR PI Maintenance Yard Grounds...........................  repair fence.......................................................       1,784
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIMYMS140 PI Storage Bldg....................................  haz mat disposal...................................................       8,249
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIMYST114B Supply Office Shed................................  repair roof........................................................         203
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIMYWP PI Water System.......................................  repair fence, turbine..............................................       2,471
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIMYWW Waste Water...........................................  repair lift station................................................       2,549
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIPARP204 Pahayokee Road.....................................  replace road signs.................................................         135
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIPHAD186 FPMA Bldg..........................................  remove haz trees...................................................         355
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIPHHM155 Personnel Housing..................................  repair turbine, door, screen.......................................       1,262
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIPHHM157 Personnel Housing..................................  repair door, screen................................................       2,044
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIPHHM185 Personnel Housing..................................  repair turbines....................................................         492
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIPHHS105 Personnel Housing..................................  repair roof, shutters, antenna.....................................       1,796
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIPHHS108 Personnel Housing..................................  repair screens, antenna............................................         777
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIPHHS110 Personnel Housing..................................  repair roof, antenna...............................................       2,225
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIPHHS112 Personnel Housing..................................  repair window, antenna.............................................         937
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIPHHS119 Personnel Housing..................................  repair shutter, turbine............................................       2,583
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIPHHS120 Personnel Housing..................................  repair roof, septic................................................         703
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIPHHS122 Personnel Housing..................................  repair roof........................................................         187
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIPHHS124 Personnel Housing..................................  repair gutter......................................................         169
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIPHHT001 Trailer Pad........................................  replace telephone box cover........................................         135
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIPHHT62 Personnel Housing...................................  reset trailer......................................................         537
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIPHMF142 Recycle Bldg.......................................  replace window screens.............................................         714
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIRPTP Gumbo Limbo Trail.....................................  replace sign.......................................................         428
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIRPVC109 Visitor Center.....................................  repair fascia......................................................         146
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIRPVS176 Trail Shelter......................................  repair bench, replace shed.........................................       5,272
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIVCPP900P Visitors Parking..................................  remove haz trees...................................................       6,765
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIVCVS160 Visitor Center.....................................  repair wiring, hvac motor..........................................       3,332
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIVCVS160A Comfort Station...................................  repair shutters, fascia, lightning system..........................         628
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIVCVS160B Chickee...........................................  repair security system, remove trees...............................       1,690
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIVCVS161 HQ Bldg............................................  repair antenna, fascia, lightning suppression......................       1,251
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  PIVCVS162 Entrance Station...................................  repair roof........................................................         172
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  SVADWW Shark Valley Admin Waste Water........................  repair lift station................................................         311
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  SVDTUB326 Old Generator Bldg.................................  repair window......................................................          78
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  SVSAAT332 Bike Storage Shed..................................  repair roof........................................................       1,539
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  SVSAHS334 Personnel housing..................................  repair gutters, HVAC...............................................       2,121
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  SVSAMS331 Storage / Ice Shed.................................  replace floor tile.................................................         667
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  SVSARA Shark valley Radio System.............................  repair antenna.....................................................         537
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  SVSATC Shark valley Telecommunications.......................  replace hardware...................................................       9,865
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  SVSTRP224 Shark valley Tram Road.............................  remove debris,repost signs.........................................         311
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  SVSTUB325 Pump House.........................................  replace vent, eyewash station......................................       1,458
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  SVSTVS326 Tower Comfort Station and Shelter..................  repair roof, replace window........................................       3,487
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  SVSTVS327 Shark valley Tower.................................  repair hand rail...................................................         103
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  SVSTWP Shark Valley Tower Water System.......................  repair fence.......................................................       6,504
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  SVVCGR Shark Valley VC Grounds...............................  repair fence, flagpole.............................................       3,340
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  SVVCPP940P Shark Valley Tram Parking.........................  replace signs......................................................         339
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  SVVCRP223 Sharl valley Access RD.............................  repair gate........................................................       2,822
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  SVVCVS310 Comfort Station....................................  repair roof........................................................         302
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  SVVCVS311 Comfort Station....................................  repair roof........................................................       1,512
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  SVVCVS329 Entrance Station...................................  repair fence, screen, solar panels.................................         443
    Everglades National Park.........  Wilma........  SVVCVS349 Visitor Center.....................................  repair hvac,antenna, fence.........................................       1,085
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Campground Fee Stn...........................................  repair roof........................................................         886
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Campground Restroom..........................................  repair roof........................................................       3,616
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Carpenter/Marine Shop........................................  repaint walls......................................................         417
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Cat Island Storage Bldg......................................  replace storage bldg...............................................       5,332
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  CCC Cabin No. 8..............................................  rehab interior/repair roof.........................................      14,584
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  CCC Cabin Housing No. 9......................................  rehab interior/repair roof.........................................       4,080
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Davis Bayou Fuel System......................................  Reconstruct fuel system............................................      55,682
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB Boat Dock Access and Park.................................  Remove debris/replace signs/repair surface.........................      10,924
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB Campground Road...........................................  repair surface/remove debris and stumps............................      28,625
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB Eagle Point Road..........................................  Remove debris/replace sign.........................................       9,504
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB Electrical/Plumbing Shop..................................  repaint walls......................................................         625
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB Govn't Marina.............................................  replace decking and caps...........................................      70,629
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB Gov't Boat Dock Access Park...............................  Replace signs/fencing..............................................      57,246
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB Gov't Boat Launch Road....................................  remove debris/regarde shoulder/replace signs.......................       6,959
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB Grounds, Landscape, Boardwalks............................  Remove debris/hazard trees.........................................   1,958,869
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB Grounds/Maint Shop........................................  repaint walls......................................................         418
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB Hanley Road...............................................  remove debirs/replace guardrails...................................      11,718
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB Johnboat House............................................  Reconstruct John boat house........................................     257,850
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB Lumber Storage............................................  repaint walls......................................................         207
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB Maint. Complex Parking....................................  Remove debris/replace fencing......................................      34,070
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB Nature's Way Trail........................................  remove debris/hazard trees/repair trail surface....................      72,078
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB Park Road.................................................  Repair & resurface road and guardrails.............................      24,236
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB Picnic Area Restroom......................................  repair roof........................................................         354
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB Primitive Camp............................................  Replace signs/fire rings/tables/remove trees.......................      26,842
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB Public Fishing Marina.....................................  replace dock.......................................................     127,885
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB Public Marina.............................................  repair decking and seawall.........................................       1,445
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB Ranger Station/VC Parking.................................  Remove debris & stumps/replace wheel stops.........................      30,511
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB Savanna Extention Trail...................................  repair surface/replace boardwalk...................................      35,052
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB South Walk Trail..........................................  Remove debirs/replace lighting.....................................       8,342
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB VC Well Shed..............................................  Reconstruct VC Well shed...........................................      28,651
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB Vehicle Storage...........................................  repaint walls......................................................         418
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB VFW Road..................................................  remove debris......................................................       2,789
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DB Warehouse.................................................  repair roof/repaint walls..........................................       3,453
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  DSC & A/E Planning/Project Mgmt..............................  ...................................................................   2,685,000
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  East Ship Island Grounds.....................................  Remove debris......................................................       5,867
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Fishing Pier Gazebo..........................................  recinstruct pier gazebo............................................      72,118
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  FL Debris Removal............................................  ...................................................................   3,200,000
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Ft. Mass Shore Protection....................................  ...................................................................     800,000
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Ft. Massachusetts............................................  Repair masonry/earthern roof/parade grounds/replace eletrical           541,534
                                                                                                                      system in Fort.
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Ft.Pickens/Santa Rosa Roads..................................  Remove sand/repair road............................................  12,000,000
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Fuel Pump Shelter............................................  reconstruct fuel pump shelter......................................      34,141
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Gov Boat Dock Office.........................................  reconstruct boat dock office.......................................     114,598
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Gov Boat Dock Shelter........................................  reconstruct boat dock shelter......................................     730,573
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  H. Generator Bldg #3.........................................  Reconstruct generator bldg.........................................      80,219
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Haz. Mat. Storage............................................  reconstruct haz mat storage bldg...................................      12,755
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Horn Electrical System.......................................  Reconstruct electrical system......................................      42,659
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Horn Fuel System.............................................  repair fuel station................................................       5,588
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Horn Haz Mat #37.............................................  Reconstruct haz material bldg......................................       8,503
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Horn Island Grounds..........................................  Debris removal.....................................................      32,038
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Horn Island Triplex #31......................................  Reconstruct triplex housing........................................     759,800
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Horn Maint. #32..............................................  repair roof........................................................       7,287
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Horn Pier & Boat Hoist.......................................  repair boatlift and pier ramp......................................      10,203
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Horn Solar Utility System....................................  Reconstruct soler utility system...................................     142,195
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Horn W. Crossover Trail......................................  Remove trees and brush.............................................       1,993
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Horn Water System............................................  Repair water system................................................      44,486
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Housing No. 33...............................................  Gut and rehab bldg.................................................     131,346
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Housing furnishings..........................................  ...................................................................     300,000
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Housing Yates No. 17.........................................  Reconstruct yates housing..........................................     649,677
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Marina Restroom..............................................  Reconstruct restroom...............................................     210,402
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  MS Debris Removal............................................  ...................................................................   3,250,000
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  MS VC/HQ.....................................................  Gut and rehab bldg.................................................     563,024
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Oil Storage Facility.........................................  reconstruct oil storage shed.......................................      53,717
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Perdido Key Johnson Beach Road...............................  Sand removal.......................................................      13,333
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Petit Bois Islands Grounds Debris............................  remove debris......................................................      10,764
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Picnic Area A Gazebo.........................................  reconstruct picnic gazebo..........................................      54,648
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Picnic Area Cluster..........................................  replace tables/grills/cans/remove haz trees........................      51,354
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Picnic Shelter #2 MS 3.......................................  reconstruct shelter................................................      96,158
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Picnic Shelter #4 MS 7.......................................  repair roof........................................................         177
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Picnic Shelter 1 MS1.........................................  repair roof........................................................         177
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Picnic Shelter/Restroom #3 MS6...............................  replace door.......................................................         284
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Public Boat Launch She.......................................  repair roof........................................................         637
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Savanna, Arboreteum tra......................................  replace decking/piers..............................................      75,410
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Ship Island Pier.............................................  remove damaged beams...............................................     103,197
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  Ship Island Ranger Station...................................  Reconstruct ranger station.........................................     240,649
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  SI Boardwalks................................................  Replace boardwalks.................................................   1,396,002
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  SI Concesseion Bldg #46......................................  Reconstruct Concession bldg........................................     487,383
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  SI Crossover Boardwalks......................................  Repair decking and kick rail.......................................     185,929
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  SI Electrical System.........................................  Reconstruct electrical system......................................      88,872
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  SI Fuel System...............................................  Reconstruct fuel system............................................      76,475
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  SI Generator Bldg. #45.......................................  Reconstruct generator bldg.........................................     286,498
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  SI Generator Bldg. #46.......................................  Reconstruct generator bldg.........................................      61,118
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  SI Haz Mat Storage #52.......................................  reconstruct haz mat storage bldg...................................      10,629
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  SI Housing #41A&B............................................  Reconstruct duplex housing.........................................     264,664
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  SI Housing Bunk #44..........................................  Reconstruct bunkhouse..............................................     262,947
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  SI Lifeguard Station.........................................  Reconstruct Lifeguard station......................................      32,705
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  SI Lighthouse................................................  Replace Lighthouse.................................................     844,729
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  SI Pavilions #49 & 50........................................  Resonctruct Pavillion Cluster......................................     266,931
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  SI Public Restroom...........................................  Reconstruct public restroom........................................     619,509
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  SI Restrooms No. 48..........................................  Reconstruct public restroom........................................      93,707
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  SI Septic System.............................................  Replace septic system..............................................     231,290
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  SI Solar Boat Lift...........................................  Reconstruct sloar boat lift........................................       7,999
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  SI Util/Propane No. 42.......................................  Reconstruct Utility bldg-propane...................................      23,874
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Katrina......  SI Water System..............................................  Reconstruct water system...........................................      10,848
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Rita.........  Fort Pickens Marina..........................................  Replace Joist beans and rail.......................................       5,696
    Gulf Islands National Seashore...  Rita.........  WSI Marina...................................................  Replace Decking....................................................     300,000
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Bayou Coquilles Canoe Trail........................  remove haz trees...................................................      15,652
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Bayou Coquilles Trail..............................  replace boardwalk sections.........................................      47,485
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Bayou des Familles Canoe Trail.....................  remove haz trees...................................................      20,249
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Ed Center Parking Route 912........................  repair exterior lights.............................................      10,695
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Ed Center Trail....................................  repair boardwalk...................................................      15,497
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Education Center...................................  repair screens/roof/hand rails.....................................       6,105
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Kenta Canaveral National Seashorel Canoe Trail.....  remove trees from Canaveral National Seashorel.....................       8,870
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Kenta Canaveral National Seashorel Recreational      remove debris and hazard trees.....................................       2,242
                                                       Area.
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Office Complex & Restrooms.........................  replace doors/handrails/repair roof................................      16,953
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Old Barataria Trail................................  remove haz trees...................................................       6,957
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Palmetto Trail.....................................  Replace boardwalk/waterline and valves.............................   1,072,635
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Parallel Canaveral National Seashorel..............  remove haz trees...................................................      10,124
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Plantation Trail Loops A & B.......................  remove haz trees/repair boardwalk..................................     234,494
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Preserve Pecan Grove Comfort Station...............  repair metal roof..................................................         823
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Ring Levee Trail...................................  remove haz trees/repair boardwalk..................................      42,110
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Sewage Treatment Plant I VC/Admin & Main...........  remove haz tree....................................................         661
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Tarpaper Canoe Trail...............................  remove haz trees...................................................      39,416
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Twin Canaveral National Seashorels Canoe Trail.....  remove haz treees..................................................      43,895
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Twin Canaveral National Seashorels Foot Trail......  remove haz trees/repair boardwalk..................................      69,439
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Twin Canaveral National Seashorels Parking Route     repair erdoded parking lot.........................................         850
                                                       916.
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Twin Canaveral National Seashorels Recreational      remove haz trees...................................................       3,183
                                                       Area.
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Visitor Center.....................................  repair roof and walls..............................................      54,008
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Visitor Center Trail...............................  Replace hand rail..................................................         140
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Barataria Wood Duck Trail....................................  remove haz trees...................................................      28,380
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Chalmette Battlefield--Maintained Landscape..................  multiple landscape impacts.........................................     178,611
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Chalmette Battlefield Comfort Station........................  replace HVAC, plumbing and doors/repair electrical.................      16,337
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Chalmette Battlefield M-B House(Roof)........................  repair slate roof/repair interior ceiling..........................     144,273
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Chalmette Battlefield Monument...............................  repair historic masonry/repair contractor scaffolding..............     136,540
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Chalmette Battlefield Visitor Center (Raze)..................  replace VC.........................................................     555,001
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Chalmette National Cemetery..................................  multiple landscape impacts.........................................     385,279
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  CNC Carriage House...........................................  Gut and rehab bldg.................................................     113,603
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  CNC Equipment Storage Bldg...................................  repair exterior walls..............................................       2,140
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  CNC Equipment Storage Building 250 Gal Tank..................  Repair fuel storage tank...........................................       3,287
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  CNC Maintained Landscape.....................................  repair brick wall/security gates...................................      77,098
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  CNC Military Cemetery Road-Route 11..........................  clean and repair roadway and historical curb.......................      28,926
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  CNC Sewage Collection........................................  repair Carriage House lift station.................................       5,765
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  CNC Superintendents Lodge....................................  Gut and rehab bldg.................................................     169,937
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Debris removal...............................................  Debirs removal.....................................................     350,000
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  FQ Bldg Visitor Center & Administration......................  misc interior/exterior repairs.....................................     238,750
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  FQ Maintained Landscape......................................  Remove and replace trees...........................................       8,097
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Government Property Loss not tracked by FMSS.................  replace lost/destroyed equipment...................................     350,000
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Grounds ,Chalmette Battlefield M-B House.....................  replace shrubs at Beaugard House...................................       1,128
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Lake Salvador Geo Crib Structure.............................  replace Geo Cirb structure.........................................   1,410,000
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Project Mgmt and Planning....................................  DSC Project Mgmt...................................................     525,000
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Replace/Rehabilitate park signs, waysides & exhibits.........  replace signs/waysides parkwide....................................     750,076
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  Stabilize/Protect/Rehabilitate Curatorial Resources..........  Preserve and store curatorial artifacts............................     450,000
    Jean Lafette NHP & Preserve......  Katrina......  WACC Percy Lobdell Warehouse Building........................  repair roof/elevator...............................................       5,450
    Natchez National Historic Park...  Katrina......  Replace & relocate electical panels..........................  ...................................................................      16,000
    Natchez National Historic Park...  Katrina......  Replace & Relocate Telecom equipment.........................  ...................................................................       7,200
    Natchez Trace Parkway............  Katrina......  Cherokee District--Maintained Landscapes.....................  remove trees.......................................................      10,075
    Natchez Trace Parkway............  Katrina......  Coles Creek Comfort Station Building No. 329.................  repair roof/siding.................................................       8,456
    Natchez Trace Parkway............  Katrina......  Dancy District-Maintained Landscapes.........................  remove trees/repair fence..........................................     258,492
    Natchez Trace Parkway............  Katrina......  Emerald Mound................................................  remove trees.......................................................       1,537
    Natchez Trace Parkway............  Katrina......  Emergency Response...........................................  ...................................................................      46,450
    Natchez Trace Parkway............  Katrina......  Jeff Busby Campground........................................  remove trees.......................................................       8,183
    Natchez Trace Parkway............  Katrina......  Jeff Busby Comfort Sta. Building No. 195.....................  repair roof........................................................       8,890
    Natchez Trace Parkway............  Katrina......  Jeff Busby Picnic Area.......................................  remove trees.......................................................       2,856
    Natchez Trace Parkway............  Katrina......  Jeff Busby Trail.............................................  repair bridge......................................................       3,492
    Natchez Trace Parkway............  Katrina......  KO Hurricane Creek Trail.....................................  ...................................................................       4,628
    Natchez Trace Parkway............  Katrina......  Kosciusko District-Maintained Landscapes.....................  remove trees.......................................................     846,139
    Natchez Trace Parkway............  Katrina......  Meriwether Lewis District-Maintained Landscapes..............  remove trees.......................................................       9,705
    Natchez Trace Parkway............  Katrina......  Mount Locust Historic House No. 100..........................  Repair roof........................................................      20,937
    Natchez Trace Parkway............  Katrina......  Natchez National Historic Parkhez District-Maintained          remove trees/repair fencing/replace signs..........................     191,010
                                                       Landscapes.
    Natchez Trace Parkway............  Katrina......  Port Gibson District-Maintained Landscapes...................  remove trees.......................................................     154,974
    Natchez Trace Parkway............  Katrina......  RI Cypress Swamp Trail.......................................  remove trees/repair trail..........................................       7,836
    Natchez Trace Parkway............  Katrina......  Ridgeland Covered Storage Building No. 308...................  ...................................................................       5,797
    Natchez Trace Parkway............  Katrina......  Ridgeland District-Maintained Landscapes.....................  remove trees.......................................................     326,792
    Natchez Trace Parkway............  Katrina......  Ridgeland Storage Building No. 109...........................  repair roof........................................................       6,935
    Natchez Trace Parkway............  Katrina......  Rocky Springs Picnic Area....................................  remove trees.......................................................       9,778
    Natchez Trace Parkway............  Katrina......  Rocky Springs Campground.....................................  remove trees.......................................................       5,562
    Natchez Trace Parkway............  Katrina......  Tupelo District-Maintained Landscapes........................  remove trees.......................................................      29,716
    Vicksburg National Military Park.  Katrina......  Cemetary maintenance Shop....................................  repair roof........................................................       8,900
    Vicksburg National Military Park.  Katrina......  Ranger Storage Bldg..........................................  repair storage bldg................................................         950
    Vicksburg National Military Park.  Katrina......  Tour Road Landscape..........................................  remove trees/debris from tour road.................................      82,980
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          Total......................  .............  .............................................................  ...................................................................  64,353,455
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                 STORM DAMAGE DETAIL REPORT--INTERMOUNTAIN REGION HURRICANE RITA AS OF JANUARY 19, 2006
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                 Park                    Storm              Asset/need            Recommended repair       Estimate
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Set up temp HQ offices/   Travel for O. Olsen to         $1,460
                                                      Building destroyed in     assist w/computer setup.
                                                      storm.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Beaumont HQ office        Set up temporary office         8,005
                                                      destroyed in storm.       trailers at Maint.
                                                                                Complex.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Temporary Office          Construct boardwalk             7,800
                                                      Trailers.                 between trailers to
                                                                                doors.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  HQ office furniture       Replace office furniture        7,488
                                                      destroyed in storm.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Sidewalks to temp.        Purchase and pour                 740
                                                      trailers.                 concrete.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Equipment (printers,      Repair or replace.......       19,263
                                                      copiers).
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  GSA Vehicle costs.......  Used for Recovery effort       12,640
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Archeologist............  Travel to assess                  168
                                                                                archeological damage.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Evacuation needs........  Food, water, propane,           1,863
                                                                                etc.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Damaged computer          Repair or replace.......          739
                                                      equipment.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Fuel Storage and          Replace damaged parts           1,139
                                                      Transfer.                 and repair.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Phone lines (SBC).......  Transfer from destroyed         1,774
                                                                                building.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Phone System (Beaumont    Replace digital trunk          19,499
                                                      annex) (NextiraOne).      media module.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Maintenance Security      Replace batteries and             112
                                                      System.                   transformer.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Vehicle Fuel for          purchase gasoline.......          203
                                                      Recovery Patrols.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Maintenance buildiing     Repair damaged door.....          420
                                                      overhead door.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Damaged Uniforms........  Replace damaged uniforms          570
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Assess Damage...........  Copy aerial photos taken          280
                                                                                by SETT Team.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Radio Batteries.........  Replace damaged                   359
                                                                                batteries.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Gyrotrac for damaged      Ship from Florida.......        2,432
                                                      tree removal.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Hazardous Tree & Limb     Purchase necessary              1,179
                                                      removal.                  equipment for removal.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Picnic Tables...........  Replace destroyed picnic        6,524
                                                                                tables.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Trash Containers........  Replaced destroyed trash        9,970
                                                                                containers.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Maintenance Complex.....  Electrical repairs              1,100
                                                                                needed.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Turkey Creek Radio Tower  Repair damaged tower....        4,910
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Beaumont Radio Antenna..  Repair damaged antenna..          750
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Town Bluff Radio Tower..  Repair damaged tower....        2,500
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Turkey Creek Radio        Replace damaged repeater        1,570
                                                      Repeater.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Maintenance Complex.....  Replace damaged HVAC           22,000
                                                                                system.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Maintenance Complex.....  Rebuild damaged fire            1,477
                                                                                pump.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Patrol Boat trailer.....  Replace destroyed boat          1,075
                                                                                trailer.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Patrol Boat parts.......  Replace damaged boat              476
                                                                                parts.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  LE Flashlight...........  Replace lost flashlight.          115
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  All Preserve Trails.....  Purchase equipment for          5,126
                                                                                clearing trails.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Landfill Dump fees......  Removal of Hurricane              212
                                                                                trash.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Turkey Creek Trail......  Replace damaged                13,600
                                                                                boardwalks & clear
                                                                                trail.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Kirby Nature Trail......  Replace damaged                13,150
                                                                                boardwalks & clear
                                                                                trail.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Pitcher Plant Trail.....  Replace damaged                 2,000
                                                                                boardwalks & clear
                                                                                trail.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Big Sandy Trail (Horse    Clear limbs & trees from        4,500
                                                      Trail).                   trail.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Woodlands Trail.........  Replace damaged                 9,470
                                                                                boardwalks & clear
                                                                                trail.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Beaver Slide Trail......  Replace damaged                 5,480
                                                                                boardwalks & clear
                                                                                trail.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Beech Woods Trail.......  Clear limbs & trees from        5,980
                                                                                trail.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Birdwatchers Trail......  Clear limbs & trees from        4,480
                                                                                trail.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Sundew Trail............  Replace damaged                 5,985
                                                                                boardwalks & clear
                                                                                trail.
    Big Thicket National Preserve  Rita............  Trail Heads, Parking      Clear limbs and trees...       14,170
                                                      Lots, Grounds, Roads.
                                                                                                        ------------
          Total..................  ................  ........................  ........................      224,753
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                                          USGS SUMMARY OF ACTUAL AND PROJECTED
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                 Response and recovery cost
                                                  -------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                     Travel &                Total
                                                     Labor    Equipment   Supplies   per diem    Other
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Biology:
        NWRC operations:
            Intern/External Communications.......    $84,654  .........  .........  .........  .........     $84,654
            Search and rescue....................     97,324  .........    $15,000     $6,000    $34,760     153,084
            Flights to assess DOI asets..........  .........  .........  .........  .........     35,000      35,000
            FEMA and State OEP support...........     80,000  .........  .........  .........  .........      80,000
            Equipment Repair.....................  .........   $100,000  .........  .........  .........     100,000
    Geology:
        Coastal Marine (LIDAR)...................  .........  .........  .........  .........    795,000     795,000
        Potential Health and Environmental         .........  .........  .........  .........    250,000     250,000
         Impacts Related To Sediment.............
    Water:
        Coastal gages (35 gages).................    157,500  2,111,900  .........  .........  .........   2,269,400
        Water Quality instruments on coastal       .........  1,638,100  .........  .........  .........   1,638,100
         gages...................................
        Temporary gages in N.O. (6)..............      9,000    182,040  .........  .........  .........     191,040
        SR Streamflow gages (18 gages)...........    180,000    360,000  .........  .........  .........     540,000
        Unplanned response to Katrina OT (SR &       600,000  .........  .........  .........  .........     600,000
         CR).....................................
        CR Streamflow gages (9 gages)............     56,000    229,000  .........  .........  .........     285,000
            Boat & Trailer Replacement...........  .........     55,000     80,000  .........  .........     135,000
        Mobile Laboratory (Mercury) repair.......  .........    200,000  .........  .........  .........     200,000
        High-water marks.........................    339,000  .........  .........  .........  .........     339,000
        Travel & Perdiem.........................  .........  .........  .........     85,200  .........      85,200
        Water Quality:
            Ponchartrain.........................    200,000  .........  .........  .........    408,000     608,000
            Ground (tap) Water analysis..........    200,000  .........  .........  .........    403,000     603,000
            Microbiology.........................    100,000  .........     20,000  .........  .........     120,000
            QW Field Sites (12-LA, 15-MS)........    124,000    200,000  .........  .........  .........     324,000
            Other field station laboratory         .........  .........  .........  .........    500,000     500,000
             analysis............................
        Hydrologic Instrumentation Facility          180,000  .........  .........    217,500  .........     397,500
         Recovery................................
        Flood Response Support...................  .........  .........  .........  .........    159,400     159,400
    Geography: Imagery and GIS support...........  .........  .........  .........  .........    522,000     522,000
    Enterprise Information: Custom geospatial      .........  .........  .........  .........    500,000     500,000
     products....................................
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          Total Initial Response Funding Needed..  2,407,478  5,076,040    115,000    308,700  3,607,160  11,514,378
    Repayment of funds borrowed from BIA.........  .........  .........  .........  .........  .........   4,000,000
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          Total USGS Needs for Hurricane Response/ .........  .........  .........  .........  .........  15,514,378
           Recovery..............................
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     Request for $3 Million in Historic Preservation Fund Grants for Gulf
                   Coast State Historic Preservation Officers
        The Gulf Coast Region is rich in heritage assets and the extensive
    devastation inflicted by the recent hurricanes is unrivaled in the
    Nation's history. These assets not only form the cultural character of
    the region; they also play a critical role in the economy as the base
    of the tourism industry. New Orleans has 20 recognized historic
    districts, most of which suffered serious damage from wind and
    flooding. In Mississippi, Katrina destroyed over 300 designated
    historic properties.
        Reconstruction of heritage assets is essential to the economic
    recovery of the region, so investment and development plans must
    recognize the repair and rehabilitation of these assets as a priority.
    The revitalization of the region's heritage tourism industry will be a
    vital component of the overall economic recovery. Tourism is a major
    industry in this part of the country and visitors to cultural and
    heritage assets make-up a significant portion of the overall $18.3
    billion travel industry along the Gulf Coast.
        Federal law, through Section 106 of the National Historic
    Preservation Act, requires Federal agencies to evaluate the impact of
    their actions on historic properties. The ``Section 106 process'' is
    overseen by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) but
    relies heavily upon the involvement of State Historic Preservation
    Officers (SHPO) for its day-to-day operation. Without timely and
    effective SHPO participation, the Section 106 process cannot function.
        The Section 106 process ensures that Federal assistance is used in
    a manner that avoids unnecessary harm to historic properties and, where
    possible, to promote the constructive reuse of those properties. The
    billions of dollars of Federal reconstruction funding will affect
    thousands of surviving historic properties, a scale unprecedented in
    the history of the Section 106 process.
        The extensive number of historic properties in the region will
    likewise affect the delivery of Federal reconstruction assistance. The
    sheer magnitude of Federal projects will overwhelm the Section 106
    process at the state level without the requested grants. This will
    delay Federal decisions and threaten numerous additional heritage
    assets with destruction by poorly planned redevelopment projects.
        Federal financial assistance is needed immediately to ensure the
    efficient functioning of the Section 106 review process. An infusion of
    funds during the reconstruction period will avoid system overload and
    promote development decisions that best integrate the region's heritage
    assets into a revitalized Gulf Coast economy. It will also offset the
    negative impact state budget reductions have had on SHPO resources in
    the region. The funds will be distributed among the Louisiana,
    Mississippi, Texas, and Alabama SHPOs. The estimated allocation by
    state is Louisiana ($1.25 million), Mississippi ($1.5 million), Texas
    ($150,000), and Alabama ($100,000) based on a needs assessment.

                                   EASEMENTS

        Senator Burns. It was. Last year we appropriated $985
    thousand to begin purchasing easements along the Front Range of
    west of Great Falls Montana, of the Rocky Mountains. For those
    who don't know, this is a part of the world where grizzly
    bears, wolves, wolverine, lynx live amongst the areas many
    ranches. In fact I will tell you that our efforts in order to
    identify how many bears we got, grizzle bears up there we got,
    has moved along and I think we've got a few more than we first
    thought.
        If you don't know the map of the area, they spotted a
    grizzly bear last year, as far out at the Interstate 15 coming
    out of Canada. That's way out on the prairie, and that's a long
    ways from the front. So we did some quarter works up there and
    some easement programs, you might bring us up to date and
    what's happening with that program, including your plans for
    funds in 2007?
        Ms. Scarlett. Yes. Thank you Senator, my understanding is
    that the Fish and Wildlife Service is moving ahead with the
    acquisitions with the 2006 funds. I believe that will total
    about 4,700 acres in 2006. In 2007 we would expect another
    6,500 acres and I believe the budget does have some funding,
    about $1.9 million for that purpose.
        Senator Burns. Sometimes we ought to look on how we put
    valuations on that. You know you're not buying a farm in Iowa,
    or irrigated land. Sometimes I think we should look at that
    somewhat. I'd like to sit down and visit with how much we're
    paying for a parcel, and I think some savings could be made
    through that direction. That's about all I have. There are
    other questions and there will be other questions before this
    is over, we'd like to work with you on the PILT and several
    areas where we're short, after all a budget does boil down to
    what your priorities are and sometimes our priorities are not
    yours, but nonetheless we'll find someway to work our way
    through it. I thank you for your testimony this morning. Other
    Senators may have questions if you could respond to those
    individual senators and to the committee I'd certainly
    appreciate that, and I thank you for your testimony this
    morning.

                               PREPARED STATEMENT

        We have received the statement of Senator Thad Cochran that
    will be made part of the hearing record.
        [The statement follows:]
                   Prepared Statement of Senator Thad Cochran

        Mr. Chairman I am pleased to join you in welcoming Secretary Lynn
    Scarlett to the committee this morning. I would also like to recognize
    Secretary Gale Norton for her years of service to this nation. I
    enjoyed working with Secretary Norton over the past 5 years on issues
    such as the Healthy Forest Restoration Act and the Migratory Bird
    Commission. Secretary Norton has been a good advocate for properly
    managing our nation's nature resources. I wish Secretary Norton well in
    her future endeavors.
        Secretary Scarlett, I want to commend you and your staff for the
    effort you have made throughout the Gulf Coast region following
    Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to clear debris and establish emergency
    staging areas for delivering assistance in the form of shelter, food,
    and water to thousands of Gulf Coast residents who lost their homes.
        These hurricanes also caused widespread damage to many of the
    National Wildlife Refugees and National Parks on the gulf coast. The
    Gulf Islands National Seashore, which provides a natural barrier from
    hurricanes, was severely damaged during Hurricane Katrina. It is
    critical that the Department of the Interior and other federal agencies
    move forward with plans to restore these important natural barriers.
        Mr. Chairman, thank you very much for holding this hearing. I look
    forward to the testimony.

                         ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE QUESTIONS

        Senator Burns. We will leave the record open for questions
    from other committee members.
        [The following questions were not asked at the hearing, but
    were submitted to the Department for response subsequent to the
    hearing:]

                  Questions Submitted by Senator Conrad Burns

                                PILT REDUCTIONS

        Question. The Committee has a real concern with your PILT request.
    Since I've been chairman we've managed to increase the annual amount
    for PILT from around $135 million in fiscal year 2000 to a high last
    year of $233 million. This program is absolutely critical to local
    county governments yet the Administration proposes to cut it virtually
    every year.
        What is the rationale for proposing to cut this vital program again
    this year?
        Answer. As part of the President's effort to reduce the budget
    deficit by half over five years, the 2007 budget for the Department
    makes difficult choices among programs. Overall the Department's 2007
    budget reflects a reduction of $322 million in current discretionary
    funding. The 2007 budget continues essentially the same level as was
    funded in 2001, and is still at a level that is significantly above the
    levels paid in the 1990s, which were on the order of $100-120 million.
        Question. Aren't you sending a mixed message to local communities
    when you emphasize cooperation and collaboration in implementing the
    Healthy Forests Initiative and various conservation programs, but when
    it comes to a vital program that funds rural schools and infrastructure
    you keep proposing to cut the funding?
        Answer. The PILT program compensates counties across the U.S. for
    losses to their real property tax base when Federal lands are located
    within their boundaries. Payments received under the program may be
    used for any governmental purpose, such as police and fire protection,
    school buses, or road maintenance. In addition to PILT, the Department
    provides $4 billion in revenues to States and counties on an annual
    basis. These payments help to defray the costs of infrastructure and
    services at the State and county level. Although these funds are not
    intended to substitute for payments to counties, the Department does
    project continuing increases in revenues that are shared with States
    and counties, to help defray the costs of infrastructure and services
    at the State and county level. In 2000 these payments totaled $1.9
    million. The 2007 estimated payments are expected to be double this
    amount.

                        FINANCIAL SYSTEMS--COST OVERRUNS

        Question. The Committee is concerned with the growing costs and
    delays associated with implementing your Financial and Business
    Management System (FBMS). The Department is requesting $22 million for
    this system in fiscal year 2007 but recently you removed the contractor
    that was doing the work because of implementation problems.
        Can you tell us what the status is of this project?
        Answer. A new competitive solicitation for implementation services
    for the Financial and Business Management System was issued in November
    2005. On February 28, 2006, Interior awarded a contract to IBM Business
    Consulting. The DOI FBMS team is working with IBM toward deployment of
    the core financial and reporting modules of FBMS in the Minerals
    Management Service and Office of Surface Mining in the fall of 2006.
    The grants module that was deployed in April 2005 remains in
    production; software that was purchased is being used; the hosting
    services and infrastructure continue to be provided by DOI's National
    Business Center.
        Question. How much more is implementation of this system costing
    than you originally projected?
        Answer. Originally, we projected that the system implementation
    would cost about $125 million. Based on the new contract award, the
    implementation costs have increased by approximately $55 million over a
    six-year period. In addition, the Department has increased resources
    devoted to planning by $15 million over the implementation period,
    principally for increased subject matter experts drawn from DOI's
    bureaus, and more oversight into the technical work products of the
    project implementation.
        Question. Can you assure the Committee that this isn't going to
    turn into a system that doesn't work as advertised and costs tens of
    millions more to implement than what you originally projected?
        Answer. The primary software used for FBMS, from SAP, is used
    around the world by businesses and government. We have built rigorous
    functional oversight and project management best practices into our
    contract with IBM. Each deployment phase includes a formal Integrated
    Baseline Review to ensure that the scope, schedule, cost and risks have
    been fully defined and appropriate management and mitigation strategies
    identified. The project has engaged an independent contractor to
    oversee the implementation and report its findings to management. We
    are reporting our status and progress to the Interior Chief Information
    Officer monthly, using a formal project earned value management system.
    One of the most important reasons to invest in more bureau
    participation in the project planning and management is to ensure that
    the deployed system meets the Department's and bureaus' business needs
    and enables us to achieve our vision of having a single, integrated
    business system with standardized data and processes across the
    Department.

                         ROAD RIGHTS-OF-WAY (R.S. 2477)

        Question. R.S. 2477 granted rights of way across federal land for
    the construction of public roads. It was repealed in 1976, but
    significant disagreements between Utah counties, BLM, and wilderness
    advocates have continued. The 10th Circuit ruled on this issue in 2005
    in BLM's favor. On March 22, Secretary Norton issued guidance to land
    managers to implement the 10th Circuit's decision.
        The Department recently announced new guidelines on R.S. 2477. Can
    you explain why new guidelines are necessary?
        What affect will this have on road construction on federal lands?
    Will it change the way roads are currently managed or change access to
    federal lands?
        Answer. On March 26, 2006, Secretary Norton announced new
    guidelines to assist Interior land managers in implementing a recent
    court decision regarding roads across federally owned lands. The new
    guidelines implement the principles outlined in the 2005 Southern Utah
    Wilderness Alliance v. Bureau of Land Management (SUWA v. BLM) decision
    by the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. This
    decision and the new guidelines protect federal lands by clarifying
    that these roads cannot be expanded or significantly improved without
    consultation with federal land managers.
        SUWA v. BLM clarified many legal issues related to Revised Statute
    2477 (R.S. 2477), which granted rights of way for the construction of
    public roads across federal land. Because of this clarification by the
    10th Circuit, Secretary Norton on March 22 formally revoked the interim
    Departmental policy on R.S. 2477, issued in 1997. In addition, the new
    guidelines direct the termination of the Memorandum of Understanding
    entered into between the Department and the State of Utah in April,
    2003.
        R.S. 2477 granted rights of way for public use across federal land
    prior to 1976, when Congress repealed the law. Congress specified that
    any valid R.S. 2477 rights of way existing at the time of the repeal
    would continue in effect. This has resulted in considerable doubt as to
    whether counties or the federal government own certain roads on federal
    lands.
        In SUWA v. BLM, the 10th Circuit clarified that only courts could
    finally determine the ownership issue, but that federal agencies are
    permitted to develop a process to analyze claims for administrative
    purposes. The decision allows the roads to be maintained at status quo
    and does not authorize automatic expansion. The new guidelines clarify
    how Interior will carry out its obligations following SUWA v. BLM, and
    respect the obligation that Interior has to protect federal lands and
    environmentally sensitive areas, particularly parks, refuges and
    congressionally designated wilderness areas. For example, under the
    guidelines a dirt road will remain a dirt road and a two-track road
    will remain a two-track road unless there is a permitting process and
    environmental analysis.
        The new guidelines recognize the special status of national parks,
    wildlife refuges and congressionally designated wilderness areas and
    direct Interior land managers to issue, as necessary, revised
    instructions or guidance consistent with the SUWA v. BLM decision and
    their obligation to protect federal lands and resources. The new
    guidelines recognize a number of options for Interior land managers to
    address claimed rights of way:
      --where a claimant wishes to do no more than maintain the existing
            status quo of a road and the current use and maintenance are
            consistent with the land manager's duty to protect the
            surrounding and underlying federal lands, the parties may
            utilize a road maintenance agreement;
      --where title to the road is already vested in an entity other than
            the federal government, the parties may utilize a recordable
            disclaimer, which formalizes that the federal government itself
            does not dispute the entity's road claim;
      --where a road has an unclear R.S. 2477 status but the land manager
            and a claimant agree on the need for the road, the BLM,
            pursuant to Title V of the Federal Land Policy and Management
            Act, may grant rights of way irrespective of R.S. 2477;
      --where a claimant wishes to perform construction or expand use
            beyond the status quo, the land manager may make an informal,
            nonbinding determination (NBD) of whether the R.S. 2477 claim
            is valid and whether the proposed improvements are reasonable
            and necessary in light of the traditional uses that established
            the claimed right of way. A land manager would allow
            improvement only if the land manager determines that the
            improvement is consistent with the traditional uses and is
            consistent with Interior's duty to protect surrounding and
            underlying lands;
      --where a claimant seeks a binding determination of a claimed right
            of way, the claimant may file a quiet title action. A court
            would then make a determination.
        Before a land manager implements any of the above options, members
    of the public will be given notice and an opportunity to comment.

                              PLAINS INDIAN MUSEUM

        Question. The Indian Arts and Crafts Board (IACB) funds three
    Indian museums, one in Browning, MT. The Museum of the Plains Indian in
    Browning contains many culturally and historically important items. It
    is an important resource for the community and for the entire state of
    Montana. In last year's Budget Request, the administration proposed to
    end funding for the museum in fiscal year 2007. You should know that
    the subcommittee was strongly opposed to that idea, and we included
    language in the fiscal year 2006 Interior Report advising Interior
    against it.
        Does the fiscal year 2007 Budget Request propose to close the
    Museum of the Plains Indian?
        Can you assure me that the Department of Interior will work with
    the local community on a way to enhance this unique asset, rather than
    continuing to threaten to close it?
        Answer. The priority activities of the IACB are to promote Indian
    crafts and enforce the civil and criminal provisions of the Indian Arts
    and Crafts Act of 1990. The need to focus on enforcement is increasing
    due to evidence that counterfeiting of Indian Arts and Crafts is
    increasing and becoming more sophisticated, as well as exhibiting ties
    to more serious crimes. Violation of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act
    directly impacts the economy of tribes and individual Indians.
        The ability to expand law enforcement will depend in large part on
    the success of efforts to shift Federal funding from operations of the
    three IACB museums. The intention would not be to close the museums,
    but rather to find partners such as Tribes, local community groups or
    others who would operate the museums and manage those artifacts. Other
    options under consideration include creation of foundations to support
    the museums and establishment of relationships with universities.
    Management and engagement in the operation of these museums at the
    community level would enrich the use of the assets.
        In response to the Interior report language, the Department is
    reconsidering its options on how to best address funding issues of the
    Indian Arts and Craft Board. Particular issues include Indian Arts and
    Crafts Act enforcement and how best to improve museum operations to
    better reflect the mission, activities, and goals of the Indian Arts
    and Crafts Board.

                               ENERGY PRODUCTION

        Question. Last fall the subcommittee held a hearing to examine the
    impediments to developing oil and gas resources on federal land. One of
    the main complaints from industry has been a major backlog in
    processing APD's (applications for permits to drill). BLM's fiscal year
    2007 Budget contains $25.4 million in increases for energy-related
    programs.
        Can you tell me whether the backlog situation has improved?
        Answer. BLM has made significant improvements in the rate at which
    APDs are being processed. Using past appropriation increases, process
    improvements from streamlining and the new revenue provided for pilot
    project offices under Section 365 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the
    BLM is reducing the number of pending APDs even though the demand for
    APDs continues to increase. The table and graph below show the number
    of APDs received, processed, and pending since 2004 in both pilot and
    non-pilot offices:

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                      2004         2005         2006         2007
                                                                     actual       actual      estimate     estimate
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Pending APDs less than 60 days old at start of year.........          888        1,082        1,450        1,976
    Pending APDs greater than 60 days old at start of year......        2,780        2,214        2,461        1,161
                                                                 ---------------------------------------------------
          Total Pending APDs at start of year...................        3,668        3,296        3,911        3,137
                                                                 ===================================================
    New APDs Received...........................................        6,979        8,351        9,386       10,525
    APDs Approved...............................................        6,452        7,018      ( \1\ )      ( \1\ )
                                                                 ---------------------------------------------------
          Total APDs Processed..................................        7,351        7,736       10,160       11,984
          Pending APDs less than 60 days old at end of year.....        1,082        1,450        1,976        1,678
          Pending APDs greater than 60 days old at end of year..        2,214        2,461        1,161  ...........
                                                                 ---------------------------------------------------
          Total Pending APDs at end of year.....................        3,296        3,911        3,137        1,678
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    \1\ The number of APDs processed in 2006 includes 410 APDs processed with funds reprogrammed late in fiscal year
      2005. The additional funds requested in 2007 will enable BLM to process 1,100 more APDs in non-pilot offices
      than it could at the 2006 base funding level.

        Question. How will this budget proposal continue to support our
    domestic energy production needs?
        Answer. BLM's budget proposal would implement a number of important
    sections of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 including those related to
    energy permit processing and improvements in its inspection program and
    monitoring associated with oil and gas development. The budget also
    makes investments in renewable energy, supports the exploration and
    development of energy on Alaska's North Slope, and funds the testing of
    gas hydrates, a potentially significant source of natural gas. The
    budget also funds a major environmental analysis needed to support oil
    shale commercial leasing decisions.

                           INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION

        Question. Fractionation of individually-held tracts of Indian Trust
    land continues to contribute to the cost and complexity of managing
    Trust Lands. There are over 3.2 million individual interests held in
    Trust by the federal government, many of which are incredibly small and
    difficult to manage.
        One of the single biggest increases in the Department of the
    Interior's Budget is $25.4 million for Indian Land Consolidation, which
    is a 75 percent increase over last year's level.
        How will these funds be allocated in fiscal year 2007?
        How is the decision made on where to direct the funds?
        Are we making progress on this problem or are we continuing to fall
    behind?
        Answer. The 2007 budget proposes funding of $59.4 million for
    Indian land consolidation, an increase of $25.4 million, or 75 percent
    above the 2006 enacted level. The $59.4 million will fund an
    acquisition program of about 80,000 additional fractionated interests,
    an increase of approximately 34,000 above the estimated 2006 level of
    acquisition. (The estimates of the number of interests to be acquired
    are based on historical average cost to date. As acquisition activities
    continue and additional targeted interests are acquired, the average
    cost per acquisition, cost per interest, and amount of interests
    acquired will likely change from the experience to date.)
        The Department has demonstrated success over the past several years
    acquiring the highly fractionated interests through the Indian Land
    Consolidation program. Through December 31, 2005, the Department has
    acquired 202,775 fractional interests in individual Indian allotted
    lands.
        Based on the activities to date, the Department has determined that
    a more focused tiered acquisition approach is needed to:
      --Provide a long term strategy for acquisition of highly fractionated
            interests;
      --Establish a tiered priority process to select which interests to
            acquire;
      --Achieve the most efficient use of limited resources; and
      --Develop additional tools and an enhanced financing option to
            address this program.
        As part of this proposal, the Department will implement a tiered
    acquisition strategy, targeting selected highly fractioned tracts.
    Based on data available from the TAAMS database as of March 2005, there
    are 2,173 highly fractioned tracts (defined as 200 or more interests
    per tract) owned by 98,905 individuals. A focus on these tracts will
    begin in 2006 and target approximately 1,557 highly fractionated tracts
    that include 520,685 individual interests located in ten geographic
    locations.

                         WILDLAND FIRE/FUELS REDUCTION

        Question. The Department's overall Wildland Fire Budget is $769
    million, which is a $14 million increase over last year but includes
    major cuts to core programs--particularly an $8.3 million reduction in
    Hazardous Fuels Reduction and elimination of the $10 million Rural Fire
    Assistance program, which funds small rural fire departments.
        The Committee does not understand how cutting the hazardous fuels
    program squares up with the Administration's stated goal to increase
    Forest Health and reduce wildfire risk on our public lands.
        How does the BLM plan to increase the acres of forests treated
    while reducing the dollars used for Hazardous Fuels Reduction?
        Answer. We believe that the hazardous fuels reduction funding
    request will continue to sustain significant progress toward
    performance goals. By using new authorities (such as stewardship
    contracting) to leverage additional resources while also more
    efficiently using existing funds, and by better use of partnerships and
    collaboration, the bureaus have been able to exceed performance targets
    the past two years. Overall fuels treatment funding for the Federal
    fire community (including the Forest Service) is level with 2006.
        Question. Why eliminate the Rural Fire Assistance program?
        Answer. The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of
    Agriculture's Forest Service both operate grants programs that provide
    similar services to rural fire departments across the country. The
    Department of Interior has invested heavily each year since the
    emergence of the National Fire Plan to help small community and rural
    fire departments with equipment, training, and public education. For
    the future, we are moving more toward assisting these departments with
    specific wildland fire training to further enhance their response
    capabilities. Beginning in fiscal year 2006, Preparedness funds have
    been set aside to implement the Ready Reserve program as a pilot
    project. In 2006, this program is closely aligned with the Rural Fire
    Assistance program, and is designed to expand wildland fire response
    capability by providing wildland fire training and technical assistance
    to local and rural fire department personnel. The 2007 DOI request for
    Preparedness continues the $1.9 million set aside for advancing the
    Ready Reserve concept. The 2007 Interior budget does propose to
    terminate the Rural Fire Assistance program; however, the Department
    will continue ongoing efforts to work with the Department of Homeland
    Security to meet the needs of rural fire departments for basic training
    and equipment through the much larger DHS Assistance to Firefighters
    Grant program. The Department recently updated an existing agreement
    with DHS that will ensure a greater role for the wildland fire agencies
    in reviewing grants to rural fire departments through programs DHS
    administers. As part of this enhanced collaboration, the two
    Departments now link websites to better direct rural fire departments
    seeking grants to available funding.
        Question. Aren't state and local fire departments critical in
    helping fight fire on federal lands?
        Answer. The Department does rely on State and local fire
    departments, particularly in remote areas where DOI firefighting
    resources may be several hours away from the land they protect. As
    explained above, DOI recognizes the importance of these departments and
    continues to focus available resources on providing training and safety
    gear. In fiscal year 2005, the DOI and USDA Forest Service assistance
    programs provided technical assistance, training, supplies, and
    equipment to nearly 11,000 small rural communities, and the Departments
    entered into cooperative agreements with many rural and volunteer fire
    departments for the protection of both communities and natural
    resources. The Department will continue to rely on collaboratively
    developed mutual aid agreements with State and local jurisdictions to
    support firefighting efforts.
        Question. The BLM is asking for the 10-year average for
    suppression, or $257 million, which is $26 million more than last year.
    This is a significant increase in tight budgetary times. How can we
    bring down these costs?
        Answer. We are employing a range of tactics to address high fire
    costs. In some cases, keeping fires small through successful initial
    attack may make the most sense. In these cases, quick suppression
    response avoids higher suppression costs on extended attack,
    significant resource damage, loss of economic benefits from tourism and
    resource-dependent industries, and loss of community infrastructure.
        Question. In many other locations and situations, however,
    different fire management situations may be appropriate. Continuing to
    emphasize both Wildland Fire Use (WFU) and Appropriate Management
    Response (AMR) strategies may provide the means to better control the
    rising costs of wildfire suppression. Wildland Fire Use is the
    management of naturally ignited fires to achieve resource benefits.
    These fires generally require fewer management resources so are less
    expensive than suppression fires. DOI increased its use of WFU fires
    from 170,000 acres in 2004 to more than 197,000 acres in 2005, and
    plans to continue to emphasize this strategy where possible in 2006.
    Appropriate Management Response may involve selecting suppression
    strategies that do not involve containing a wildfire to the smallest
    size possible because of safety reasons or because less-aggressive
    suppression can be more cost-effective. AMR balances the allocation of
    suppression resources with the level of risk a wildfire poses to the
    public or resources.
        The use of fewer suppression resources reduces costs of not only
    suppression operations but also of the cost to repair resource damage
    caused by suppression operations. In areas in which AMR is an
    appropriate tactic, larger areas may burn, reducing both wildland fuels
    and the potential for large, destructive, and expensive wildland fires
    in future years.
        Do you have any specific proposals to reduce suppression costs?
        Answer. Both Wildland Fire Use and Appropriate Management Response
    are critical strategies under the Fire Program Analysis planning
    system, currently in development. Shifting fire management resources in
    a cost-effective manner is an underpinning of this system. Under these
    strategies more resources will be allocated to high priority wildfires
    that threaten public safety, property, and resources. Fewer resources
    will be allocated to wildfires that are less threatening, resulting in
    more efficient use of available resources.
        Interagency teams from both DOI and USDA Forest Service are
    currently addressing specific recommendations to manage large fire
    costs. These efforts, under the guidance of the Wildland Fire
    Leadership Council, will be reported to the Council at the next
    meeting. A preliminary report is expected this summer and will be
    shared with the Committee.
        Over the long term, hazardous fuels reduction will play a key role
    in controlling wildfire suppression costs. In total, the DOI and Forest
    Service hazardous fuels reduction programs are treating more acres, and
    more critical acres, in Wildland Urban Interface areas each year.

                               AML FEE EXTENSION

        Question. The fiscal year 2007 Budget contains a proposal to extend
    the AML fee from October 1, 2006 through Oct. 1 2007. However, since
    the AML fee is set to expire on June 30, 2006, there is a 3 month gap
    in the collection. In June, the unappropriated balance of the AML Trust
    Fund will be $1.85 billion. Currently, interest earned on the unused
    portion of the AML fund is transferred to the United Mine Workers
    Combined Benefit Fund.
        The authority to collect the AML fee expires in June 2006. If the
    authorization for the fee collection is not extended, what will be the
    effect on the Combined Benefit Fund?
        Answer. In accordance with the existing provisions of Surface
    Mining Control and Reclamation Act, OSM is obligated to set the fee at
    a rate sufficient to ensure that the UMWA Combined Benefit Fund
    continues to receive annual transfers to defray the costs of providing
    health care benefits to unassigned beneficiaries under that plan.
    Should the fee not be extended, OSM is prepared to promulgate a rule
    implementing that provision. This rule would only take effect if the
    collection authority is allowed to expire.
        Question. What will be the impact on abandoned mine reclamation?
        Answer. If the AML fee is not reauthorized, only about 23 percent
    of the estimated $3.0 billion needed to reclaim the coal related health
    and safety hazards remaining could be eliminated with the remaining
    unappropriated funds available for high priority coal work. More than
    2.1 million citizens would remain at risk to the health and safety coal
    related problems of abandoned coal mines.

                          DELAYS IN TRIBAL RECOGNITION

        Question. The Committee is concerned about delays in the
    recognition process for Indian Tribes. For example, the Little Shell
    Tribe in Montana received a proposed favorable finding for recognition
    in 2000, and no progress has been made in the intervening years to
    finalize that finding.
        What is the cause of the delay in this case?
        Is this kind of delay typical around the country?
        What measures are you taking to expedite the process?
        Answer. The Federal Acknowledgment regulations govern the
    Department's administrative process for determining which groups are
    ``Indian Tribes'' within the meaning of Federal law. To be Federally
    acknowledged the petitioner must meet seven mandatory criteria, which
    the Office of Federal Acknowledgement must verify. Anthropologists,
    genealogists, and historians in OFA review, verify, and evaluate
    petitions from groups seeking Federal acknowledgement. A final
    determination that a group is an Indian tribe means, among other
    things, that is has continuously existed as a tribe, has inherent
    sovereignty, and is entitled to a government-to-government relationship
    with the United States. OFA makes a recommendation whether to
    acknowledge a group to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, who has
    been delegated the authority to make the decision.
        The Little Shell Tribe first applied for recognition in 1984, and
    received preliminary approval in 2000. After receiving preliminary
    approval the regulations require a 180 day comment period. Little Shell
    asked for and received ten extensions on the comment period, as well as
    a suspension, in order to collect additional documentation necessary
    for final approval. During that time OFA held a number of technical
    assistance meetings with Little Shell to assist them in preparing their
    final draft petition. Little Shell submitted a final draft of their
    petition in 2005. Meanwhile Little Shell is still working on collecting
    additional evidence, primarily membership lists.
        The Little Shell petition is in the ``Ready, waiting for active
    consideration'' category. Little Shell was informed that their petition
    would be put into this category due to the number of extensions and the
    suspension they requested and were granted. OFA expects to place the
    Little Shell petition in the active consideration category in 2007.
        The delay experienced by the Little Shell is not typical. Their
    petition has been delayed due to their record number of requests for
    extensions and suspension while they collected necessary evidence.
    Nationwide there are currently ten petitions under active
    consideration; ten petitions are under ``ready and waiting for active
    consideration'' status; two are in post decision appeal process; and
    one is in litigation. There are 232 petitions that are not ready for
    evaluation: 70 are incomplete; 146 are only letters of intent; ten are
    no longer in contact; and six require legislation to permit processing
    under 25 CFR Part 83.
        OFA recently added a fourth professional research team with
    administrative support and associated infrastructure. With the
    additional research team, OFA will produce four proposed findings and
    four final determinations or reconsidered final determinations per year
    to address the petitions that are current on the ``Active
    Consideration'' and ``Ready, Waiting for Active Consideration''
    priority lists.

                           FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

    Endangered Species
        Question. Please justify the request of $100,000 for the ongoing
    wolf monitoring effort in the Snake River Basin. If the State of Idaho
    has subcontracted with the Nez Perce Tribe to monitor wolves, why is it
    necessary to continue to direct $295,000 of Service base funds to the
    tribe?
        Answer. The $100,000 will be used by the Fish and Wildlife Service
    Snake River Basin Office for personnel and equipment, such as radio
    collars, capture equipment, and aircraft time. The Nez Perce Tribe,
    under cooperative agreement with the Fish and Wildlife Service, and in
    cooperation with the State of Idaho, conducts the day-to-day, on-the-
    ground monitoring, outreach, information and education and assisting
    with control actions of wolf populations in the North Central Idaho
    Experimental Nonessential Population Area. The State of Idaho is
    responsible for the day-to-day operations in the remainder of the
    State. The Service believes it is necessary to direct these resources
    to the Nez Perce for its participation in the wolf recovery program in
    Idaho.
        Question. The committee is concerned about the Service's $493,000
    reduction request for recovery of Lahontan cutthroat trout--
    particularly since this species is not yet recovered. Please itemize
    the Service's proposed expenditures in fiscal year 2007 towards
    recovery of this species.
        Answer. Lahontan cutthroat trout were extirpated from Pyramid Lake,
    Walker Lake, and Lake Tahoe by the mid 1940's. The U.S. Fish and
    Wildlife Service have been working with multiple state, federal, and
    local entities for the last 5 years to:
      --Further our understanding of available populations for use in
            reestablishment, primarily through genetic conservation
            research and brood stock development at Lahontan National Fish
            Hatchery;
      --Improve our understanding of habitat utilization by Lahontan
            cutthroat trout, primarily through radio telemetry research,
            population monitoring, and spawning habitat assessments; and
      --Implement watershed connectivity projects to improve opportunities
            for Lahontan cutthroat trout to reestablish in the future.
        The FWS is in the early stages of projects in each of the three
    basins but making great strides through strategic use of the 2006
    funding. The funds have allowed the FWS to build strong support for
    Lahontan cutthroat trout conservation and recovery. But the FWS still
    has important and critical work left to do to establish populations
    through work with our partners.
        In 2007, utilizing Recovery funding, the Service plans to initiate
    the following actions:
        (1) A second year of the radio telemetry study on the Truckee
    River, in partnership with the Nevada Department of Wildlife and the
    Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, to improve our understanding of the
    distribution and movement of Lahontan cutthroat trout in the Truckee
    River system. $60,000
        (2) Continued efforts to reintroduce Lahontan cutthroat trout to
    Fallen Leaf Lake to improve our understanding of how Lahontan cutthroat
    trout use historic lake habitats. Research to build a survivorship
    model for different size classes. $120,000
        (3) Streamside incubation of the Pilot Peak strain of Lahontan
    cutthroat trout on the McCarran restoration project, in partnership
    with The Nature Conservancy and the Pyramid Lake Paiute tribe, to
    imprint Lahontan cutthroat trout to the Truckee River so they return to
    migrate and spawn. $70,000
        (4) Performance evaluation of the Pilot Peak strain of Lahontan
    cutthroat trout in Pyramid Lake in partnership with the Pyramid Lake
    Paiute Tribe. $80,000
        (5) Development of a Lahontan cutthroat trout rearing pond and
    streamside incubation project in coordination with the historic State
    hatchery restoration project at Lake Tahoe, in partnership with
    University of California, Davis and the local community at Tahoe City.
    $163,000
        The President's budget request includes an increase in 2007 for two
    Fisheries Operational Needs System (FONS) projects within Hatchery
    operations: a mass-marking program for the reintroduction of Lahontan
    cutthroat trout into historic habitats in Walker Lake, Truckee River
    and the Tahoe Basin ($180,000); and, Lahontan cutthroat trout recovery,
    in partnership with the Community of Fallen Leak Lake and the Forest
    Service, which will focus on the continued recovery needs of the
    species in Fallen Leaf Lake located in the Tahoe Basin ($32,000). These
    FONS projects concentrate on hatchery related activities addressing
    hatchery production and related hatchery costs identified by the
    program as a priority but for which funds have been unavailable. These
    projects and the activities described above are complimentary and
    contribute to recovery of Lahontan cutthroat.
    Habitat Conservation
        Question. Please explain and justify how the administration and
    implementation of the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program varies by
    region.
        Answer. The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program is executed by
    each Regional Director within the Fish and Wildlife Service. Each
    Regional Director designates a manager for the program. The Assistant
    Regional Director for Ecological Services manages the program in
    Regions 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 and the California Nevada Operations Office, and
    the Regional Refuge Chief manage the program in Regions 3 and 6.
    Regardless of where management responsibilities reside in the Regions,
    the program is bounded by the policies described in section 640 FW1 of
    the Fish and Wildlife Service Manual. Each regional coordinator is
    responsible for providing guidance to the field regarding all current
    policies, procedures, or national directives issued by the Washington
    Office; collecting data on the accomplishments, costs, and benefits of
    the Region's activities; developing, administering, and monitoring
    multi-State partnership agreements; conducting oversight reviews of
    field stations; and developing regional budget allocation
    recommendations for all program activities and stations.
        Question. What is the role of the Project Planning Program in the
    implementation of the Energy Policy Act of 2005? Given this country's
    commitment towards energy independence, why is the Service proposing a
    $1 million cut to the program?
        Answer. The Service's Project Planning Program provides our
    federal, state, and local partners with biological expertise to support
    many different types of development and conservation projects across
    the country. Project Planning is the ``environmental streamlining'' arm
    of the Service and plays a central role in advancing energy,
    transportation, water, and restoration projects--all Administration
    priorities. The Program's mission is to help expeditiously create
    ``win-win'' projects for economic development of fish and wildlife
    conservation.
        The Service's role in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 addresses
    several major energy issues which include: the development, study and
    incentives for renewable energy sources, oil, and gas. The Service is
    currently involved with the planning and implementation of four key
    provisions of theEnergy Policy Act: Sections 241, 365, 368, and 1834.
    Section 241 requires that an interagency rule be developed to provide
    an appeal process for all parties to challenge submitted alternative
    hydropower project conditions or prescriptions. Section 365 requires
    that an interagency memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the U.S.
    Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Protection Agency, and Bureau of
    Land Management be developed. The MOU, signed by the Secretaries of
    Department of Agriculture, Interior, Army, and Administrator of the
    EPA, dedicates several Service staff to BLM field offices to expedite
    and streamline oil and gas permitting process on BLM lands. Section 368
    directs the Secretaries of Energy, Agriculture, and the Interior to
    prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement to evaluate
    issues associated with the designation of energy corridors on federal
    lands in eleven Western states. Section 1834 directs the Secretaries of
    the Interior and Army to: (1) develop a study evaluating the potential
    for increased hydroelectric generation at existing federal facilities,
    and (2) report the study results to Congress by February 2007. Project
    Planning expects to continue collaboration and assistance with involved
    agencies and bureaus to expediently accomplish these Energy Policy Act
    provisions.
        The $1 million reduction in Project Planning includes a $262,000
    reduction associated with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission actions
    in the Northwest Forest Plan area (Oregon, Washington, and California).
    Savings of $76,000 will be realized by streamlinging program
    administrative support activities. The remaining requested reduction
    eliminates the earmarks of $542,000 for the Middle Rio Grande Bosque
    Initiative, and $99,000 for the Cedar City, Utah ES Office.The FWS will
    continue to work with partners to help obtain funding from other
    sources and continue to work with partners on critical projects as
    funding allows.
        The Service is committed to continuing to meet our responsibilities
    on our energy workload and will focus on providing biological
    assistance on high priority projects and those with the greatest
    conservation benefit.
        Question. Please provide an update of the CBRA mapping pilot
    project.
        Answer. The Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 2000
    directed the Service to complete a Digital Mapping Pilot Project that
    includes: (1) digitally produced maps for between 50 and 75 Coastal
    Barrier Resources System areas; and (2) a report to Congress that
    describes the results of the pilot project and the feasibility, data
    needs, and costs of completing digital maps for all CBRS areas. The
    Service is mapping a total of 60 existing CBRS areas as part of the
    pilot project. We anticipate the pilot project draft maps and report
    will be completed and delivered to Congress in 2006.
    National Wildlife Refuge System
        Question. The National Park Service employees the resources of a
    Service-wide Inventory and Monitoring Program at 270 parks, in order to
    track the status and trends of species diversity, abundance and
    distribution. This is a high priority for the Park Service, who has
    requested a $1 million increase for fiscal year 2007. To what extent is
    there a similar program on National Wildlife Refuges? Given that a
    primary focus of the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance Program is
    monitoring and assessment, what role does or can this program have? Is
    there an ecological benefit to having a coordinated program,
    particularly on federal lands residing within common ecosystem
    boundaries?
        Answer. The Fish and Wildlife Service does not have an inventory
    and monitoring program within the National Wildlife Refuge System
    similar to that of the National Park Service. The NPS model involves
    clustered parks with assigned scientists working with each cluster to
    develop protocols and databases and collect data.
        FWS does have important inventorying and monitoring requirements,
    but some of its priorities are different than those of NPS. While there
    is a role in the NWRS for landscape-scale and Systemwide monitoring
    similar to that of NPS, refuges have a much greater need than NPS for
    station-specific monitoring. Most refuge lands in the contiguous U.S.
    are intensively manipulated, either to restore indigenous habitats or
    to provide for the needs of specific species or guilds of species.
    Parks do some land management (mostly around prescribed fire or control
    of invasive species), but such activities are much more extensive on
    refuges, and so refuges need more site specific monitoring than NPS to
    track the success of such actions.
        During the last 10 years, the NWRS has improved its inventorying
    and monitoring activities on a landscape-scale and on site-specific
    efforts. This has included more rigorous policy guidelines,
    increasingly focused efforts aligned with adaptive management,
    increased technical assistance to field stations (including web-based
    tools), efforts to standardize databases and protocols, and attempts to
    capitalize on successful efforts like those of the NPS. The NWRS is
    also exploring the adaptation of many elements of the NPS program
    including the NPSpecies program, some aspects of their ARC GIS platform
    applications, some of their web-based tools, and possibly some of their
    nomenclature standards.
        Monitoring is only one of a broad range of responsibilities
    assigned to the Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance Program. Others
    include technical assistance to other Federal agencies, tribes, and
    States; fish passage restoration; outreach and education; and elements
    of subsistence management in Alaska. Based on the NWRS ability to
    monitor and cooperate with other partners, the FWMA program is probably
    not the best candidate for an exclusively collaborative monitoring
    effort with NWRS. Some cooperative efforts already exist across FWS
    programs, most notably related to migratory birds, where, for example,
    refuges contribute to mid-winter waterfowl surveys coordinated by the
    Migratory Bird Program in conjunction with State wildlife agencies. If
    appropriate to a data need and study design, other collaborative
    efforts might be designed with the Management Assistance or Endangered
    Species Programs.
        There is value to coordinated monitoring efforts in some cases,
    particularly if it is designed to address focused objectives.
    Activity Based Costing
        Question. Please explain what activity based costing is, what it
    measures, and how the data were used to justify almost $2 million in
    administrative savings. Provide for the record a complete list of all
    activities measured.
        Answer. Activity Based Costing and Management (ABC/M) is a cost
    accounting and management tool that will provide the Service with
    improved visibility into the full costs of daily operations and
    outputs. It is expected that ABC/M data will be used extensively across
    the FWS and DOI for process improvement, budget formulation and
    justification, and performance measurement in upcoming fiscal years.
    Employees define the work that must be completed to achieve the outputs
    and outcomes identified in the GPRA Performance Plan. The work is
    broken into activities that describe the consumption of resources or
    cost associated with doing that work. The Service's ABC system has 176
    codes for different work activities. This is not a new financial
    accounting system, but a costing approach that provides a different,
    more effective way to view and interpret managerial cost and
    performance information--rather than report costs just by object class
    or division, ABC/M assigns resources to work activities so they can be
    viewed from an operating business process perspective.
        The Service first identified a target of reducing $2 million in
    program administration, and then used ABC data to help determine the
    distribution of the reduction.
        The categorized list of activities follows:
    Process 1: Protect and Manage Species
        Protect and Manage Candidate, T&E and CITES Species
        Manage Candidate Species and Prevent the Listing of Species
          A2: Plan and Implement Candidate Conservation Actions
          A3: Evaluate Species for Candidate Status
        List Endangered Species
          B2: Prepare and Process Listing Petitions
          B3: Prepare and Process Listing Rules for US/Domestic Species
          B4: Prepare and Process Critical Habitat Rules for US/Domestic
                Species
          B5: Provide Litigation Support for Listing of US/Domestic Species
          B6: Prepare and Process Foreign Listings
        Develop Recovery Plans or Special Rules for Endangered Species
          C2: Develop Recovery Plans for T&E Species
          C3: Prepare, Process and Implement Special 4d, Experimental
                Population and Other Rules for T&E Species
          C4: Conduct 5-Year Reviews
          C5: Prepare and Process Delisting/Downlisting Petitions
          C6: Prepare and Process Delisting/Downlisting Rules
        Conduct Recovery Actions
          D2: Implement Recovery Actions for T&E Species
          D3: Plan and Implement Post-Delisting Monitoring
          D4: Provide Litigation Support for Recovery Actions
        Provide ESA (Section 7) Consultations
          E2: Provide ESA Section 7 Consultations for Wildland Fire to
                Service and Other Federal Agencies
          E3: Provide ESA Section 7 Consultations for Water Use to Other
                Federal Agencies
          E4: Provide ESA Section 7 Consultations for Hydropower to Other
                Federal Agencies
          E5: Provide ESA Section 7 Consultations for Forage to Other
                Federal Agencies
          E6: Provide ESA Section 7 Consultations for Forest Resources to
                Other Federal Agencies
          E7: Provide ESA Section 7 Consultations for Non-Energy Minerals
                to Other Federal Agencies
          E8: Provide ESA Section 7 Consultations for Energy to Other
                Federal Agencies
          E9: Provide ESA Section 7 Consultations for Recreation to Other
                Federal Agencies
          EA: Provide All Other ESA Section 7 Consultations to Other
                Federal Agencies
          EB: Provide ESA Section 7 Intra-Service Consultations to Service
                Programs except for Wildland Fire
          EC: Provide Litigation Support for Section 7 Consultations to
                Service and Other Federal Agencies
        Evaluate Need for, Process and Monitor Permits, Agreements and
            Assurances for T&E Species
          F2: Evaluate Need for, Process and Monitor HCP Permit
                Applications
          F3: Process and Monitor Safe Harbor Permit Applications
          F4: Process and Monitor Candidate Conservation Agreements with
                Assurances
          F5: Process and Monitor Recovery Permits for T&E Species
          F6: Provide Litigation Support for Permitting Actions of T&E
                Species
        Conduct Law Enforcement for T&E and CITES Listed Species
          G2: Conduct and Assist with Law Enforcement Investigations for
                T&E and CITES Listed Species
          G3: Conduct Import/Export Inspections for T&E and CITES Listed
                Species
        Protect and Manage Non T&E Species
        H2: Process Non-T&E Litigation for Resource Protection
        Reintroduce or Enhance Non T&E Species
          J2: Produce and Reintroduce Aquatic Species for Non T&E Species
                Conservation
          J3: Develop New Aquatic Technologies for Non T&E Species
          J4: Conduct Disease Monitoring and Treatment for Non T&E Species
          J5: Conduct Terrestrial Wildlife Population Management
        Plan Resources for Non T&E Species
          K2: Develop Species Management Plans for Non T&E Species
          K3: Develop Bird Conservation Plans for Non T&E Species
        Manage Harvest and Take for Non T&E Species
          L2: Develop Bird Regulations
          L3: Manage Migratory Bird Populations
          L4: Manage Harvest for Fisheries
          L5: Manage Marine Mammal Harvest and Take
          L6: Manage Alaska Subsistence Harvest Other Than Marine Mammals
        Monitor Status of Non T&E Species
          M2: Survey, Assess and Monitor Non T&E Aquatic Species
          M3: Conduct Migratory Bird Harvest Surveys
          M4: Conduct Migratory Bird Surveys and Monitoring
          M5: Assess Migratory Bird Populations
          M6: Conduct Migratory Bird Research
          M7: Survey, Assess, Monitor Non T&E Wildlife and Plants Other
                Than Aquatic and Migratory Bird Species
        Prevent, Manage and Control Invasive Species
          N2: Prevent, Manage and Control Non-Native, Invasive, Terrestrial
                Plants
          N3: Prevent, Manage and Control Non-Native, Invasive Terrestrial
                Animals
          N4: Prevent, Manage and Control Invasive Aquatic Plants
          N5: Prevent, Manage and Control Invasive Aquatic Animals
        Process Permits
          P2: Process Migratory Bird Permits
          P3: Process Permits for Rights of Way
          P4: Process Refuge Special Use Permits
          P5: Process International Trade Permits, Domestic Permits and
                Special Use Permits
          P6: Process Import and Export Licenses
          P7: Process Designated Port Exception Permits
        Conduct Law Enforcement for Non T&E and Non CITES Listed Species
          Q2: Conduct and Assist with Law Enforcement for Non T&E and Non
                CITES Listed Species
          Q3: Conduct Import/Export Inspections of Non T&E and Non CITES
                Listed Species
          Q4: Conduct Refuge Patrol and Enforcement
          Q5: Provide Forensics Support for Law Enforcement
        Protect Foreign Species
        R2: Implement Provisions of the Western Hemisphere Convention
        R3: Participate in Activities for the Trilateral Committee
        R4: Implement CITES Treaty, Directives, and Related International
            Obligations and Develop Related Policies
        R5: Implement Provisions of Other Bilateral and Multinational
            Agreements, Treaties, Accords and Orders
    Process 2: Protect and Manage Habitats
        Develop Habitat Plans
        S2: Develop Land Protection Plans
        S3: Develop Comprehensive Conservation Plans
        S4: Develop Strategic Landscape Based Plans and Projects
        S5: Develop Habitat Management Plans
        Inventory, Assess, and Monitor Habitats
        T2: Inventory, Assess, and Monitor Wetlands
        T3: Inventory, Assess, and Monitor Uplands
        T4: Inventory, Assess, and Monitor Riparian/Stream Habitats
        T5: Inventory, Assess, and Monitor Marine/Coastal Habitats
        Manage and Protect Lands and Habitats
        U2: Acquire and Manage Real Estate
        U3: Acquire Easements
        U4: Exchange or Dispose of Lands
        U5: Manage Wilderness Areas
        U6: Manage Water Quality and Quantity
        Manage and Protect Habitats
          V2: Manage and Protect Wetlands
          V3: Manage and Protect Uplands
          V4: Manage and Protect Riparian/Stream Habitats
          V5: Manage and Protect Marine and Coastal Habitats
        Restore and Enhance Habitats
        W2: Restore Wetlands
        W3: Restore Uplands
        W4: Restore Riparian/Stream Habitats
        W5: Restore Marine and Coastal Habitats
        Ensure Environmental Compliance
        Ensure Environmental Quality and Safety
          X2: Evaluate and Audit Environmental Safety and Compliance
          X3: Conduct Contaminant Assessments
          X4: Clean up Contaminated Service Lands
          X5: Ensure Air Quality
        Respond to Hazardous Waste Issues and Spills
          Y2: Prepare for and Implement Spill Response Plans
          Y3: Review Hazardous Waste Actions
          Y4: Conduct Natural Resource Damage Assessments
        Conduct Environmental Review for Customers
          Z2: Review and Develop Environmental Provisions for Federal
                Projects, Plans, and Permits
          Z3: Review and Develop Environmental Provisions for FERC
                Hydropower Projects--Municipal (MUN)
          Z4: Review and Develop Environmental Provisions for FERC
                Hydropower Projects--Non-Municipal (PUB)
          Z5: Review and Develop Environmental Provisions for FERC
                Hydropower Projects--Non-Specific (COM)
          Z6: Manage Oil and Gas Activities
        Manage Fire Operations
        2A: Prepare for Wildland Fires
        2B: Prepare Fire Management Plans
        2C: Reduce Hazardous Fuels--Prescribed Fire (Non-WUI)
        2D: Reduce Hazardous Fuels--Mechanical (Non-WUI)
        2E: Reduce Hazardous Fuels--Other Methods (Non-WUI)
        2F: Reduce Hazardous Fuels--Prescribed Fire (WUI)
        2G: Reduce Hazardous Fuels--Mechanical (WUI)
        2H: Reduce Hazardous Fuels--Other Methods (WUI)
        2J: Suppress Wildland Fires (Non-WUI)
        2K: Suppress Wildland Fires (WUI)
        2L: Stabilize Burned Areas
        2M: Rehabilitate Lands Damaged by Wildland Fire
        2N: Monitor and Evaluate Fuels Reduction and Post-Fire
            Rehabilitation
        Manage and Preserve Cultural Resources and Museum Items
        3A: Manage and Protect Cultural and Heritage Resources
        3B: Manage and Protect Museum Items
    Process 3: Serve People
        Provide Opportunities for Recreation and Community Partnerships
        4A: Provide and Manage Opportunities for Quality Wildlife Dependent
            Recreation
        4B: Provide and Manage Opportunities for Other Public Uses
        4C: Develop Visitor Services Plan
        4D: Process Litigation for Recreation
        Communicate with Stakeholders, and Inform and Educate Others
        5A: Conduct External Relations--Media, Congressional, and Other
        5B: Develop and Provide Information and Educational Materials and
            Activities
        5C: Manage Volunteers and Community Partnerships
        5D: Develop and Manage Partnerships
        5E: Consult and Coordinate with Native American Tribes
        Provide Security and Crime Prevention for Off-Service Lands
        6A: Provide Emergency Response and Public Safety Operations
        6B: Conduct Security Activities
    Process 4: Administer Grants
        7A: Administer Endangered Species Act Grants
        7B: Administer Federal Assistance Grants
        7C: Administer Migratory Bird Grants
        7D: Administer Multinational Species Conservation Fund Grants
        7E: Administer Other Domestic and International Grants and Co-
            operative Agreements
        7F: Monitor Grant Programs and Projects
        7G: Monitor Grant Fiscal Processes
        7H: Protect License Fees
    Process 5: Construct and Manage Facilities and Equipment
        8A: Provide Leased Space Operations and Program Management
        8B: Construct Buildings
        8C: Construct Roads, Bridges, Tunnels 4    8D: Construct Dams and
            Water Storage Facilities
        8E: Construct Water Conveyance Facilities
        8F: Construct All Other Structures and Facilities
        8G: Maintain Buildings
        8H: Maintain Roads
        8J: Maintain Bridges
        8K: Maintain Dams and Water Storage Facilities
        8L: Maintain Water Conveyance Facilities
        8M: Maintain All Other Structures and Facilities
        8N: Maintain Equipment
        8P: Inventory DOI Facilities and Assess Facility Condition
    Process 6: Provide Management and Administrative Functions
        Provide Management and Policy Oversight
        9A: Provide Directorate Leadership and Oversight
        9B: Conduct Policies and Directives Management
        Manage Human Capital
        9C: Administer Pay and Benefits
        9D: Administer Employee and Labor Relations
        9E: Administer External Civil Rights
        9F: Administer Internal Civil Rights
        9G: Administer Recruitment, Staffing and Ensure Diversity
        9H: Conduct Workforce Planning
        9J: Evaluate and Counsel Personnel
        9K: Manage Professional Responsibility (Internal Affairs)
        Manage Information Resources
        9L: Plan IT Investments
        9M: Acquire IT Investments
        9N: Secure IT
        9P: Operate, Maintain and Manage IT Investments
        Manage Budget, Finance and Performance
        9Q: Develop and Allocate Budgets
        9R: Perform Financial Management Operations
        9S: Conduct Strategic Planning and Performance Management
        9T: Collect and Analyze Activity Based Costing Information
        9U: Conduct Competitive Sourcing Initiatives
        Provide Other Support
        9V: Administer Occupational Safety and Health
        9W: Manage Purchases, Contracts and Acquisitions
        9X: Provide Office Support
        9Y: Manage Records, Files, Mailrooms and Libraries/Info. Services
        9Z: Process Information Quality, FOIA, Privacy Act and Liability
            Requests/Claims
        Manage and Attend Training
        92: Develop and Deliver Training
        93: Attend Training

                             NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

    Historic Preservation Fund
        Question. Please provide a table showing the funding history for
    Grants-in-Aid to States and Territories versus Grants-in-Aid to Tribes,
    along with the number of Tribal Historic Preservation Offices, for the
    last ten years.
        Answer. The table below shows appropriated funding for Grants-in-
    Aid to States and Territories, Grants-in-Aid to Tribes, and the number
    of Tribal Historic Preservation Offices eligible to receive an HPF
    tribal grant at the beginning of each fiscal year from fiscal year 1997
    through fiscal year 2006.

                     HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND--GRANTS-IN-AID TO STATES AND TERRITORIES AND INDIAN TRIBE: FISCAL YEAR 1997-FISCAL YEAR 2006
                                                                    [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                                         Fiscal years--
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                                                                      1997     1998     1999     2000     2001     2002     2003     2004     2005     2006
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Grants-in-Aid to State and Territories........................   29,394   29,394   31,394   31,598   46,495   39,000   33,779   34,570   35,500   35,717
    Grants-in-Aid to Indian Tribes................................    1,896    2,296    2,596    2,572    5,560    3,000    2,981    2,963    3,205    3.941
    Eligible Tribal Historic Preservation Offices.................     [17]     [19]     [22]     [27]     [29]     [35]     [45]     [52]     [58]     [58]
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    ONPS: Resource Stewardship
        Question. To what extent does research funded through the Natural
    Resources Research Support Program get published in peer-reviewed
    literature? What policies are in place to ensure that research on
    National Parks is made publicly available?
        Answer. A small portion, less than ten percent, of funding under
    the Natural Resources Research Support Program are dedicated to
    research performed internally by the NPS. The majority of Natural
    Resources Research funding provides research support for air quality,
    Research Learning Centers, Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units, and the
    National Cave and Karst Research Institute. Internal NPS research is
    limited to specialized air quality and visibility research, a
    discipline not sufficiently covered by the USGS Biological Resource
    Discipline or other Federal agencies. In 2005, 13 professional papers
    were published in peer-reviewed literature, while 14 additional papers
    were submitted for publication and have yet to be published due to the
    extended period that routinely occurs between submission and
    publication. In addition, NPS researchers chaired six sessions during,
    and made more than 50 presentations to, professional conferences
    attended by their peers.
        Research on natural resources in units of the National Park System
    is either NPS-conducted or sponsored research designed to assist park
    managers in achieving desired resource conditions provided for in law
    or approved planning documents, or non-NPS research. The importance of
    peer review to both of these research categories is supported by
    current NPS policy and program guidance. NPS policy specifies that NPS-
    conducted or sponsored research is to comply with both professional
    standards, and with general and park-specific research permit
    conditions. NPS personnel are to make their findings available to the
    public, such as by publication in professional journals or presentation
    in interpretive programs (2001 NPS Management Policies, 4.2.1). NPS
    natural resource program guidance states that research must be
    scientifically valid and tested through peer review (1991 NPS-77
    Natural Resource Management Guideline, 5.5). This guidance also
    supports publishing the results of research in primary scientific
    literature, noting that the peer review inherent in the publication
    process is critically important in maintaining the quality of research
    conducted in the National Park System (1991 NPS-77 Natural Resource
    Management Guideline, 5.10.).
        Independent, non-NPS research conducted in parks is performed
    pursuant to an NPS scientific research and collecting permit. Such
    research must conform to NPS policies and guidelines regarding the
    publication of data and the specific requirements identified in the
    terms and conditions of the permit. Independent researchers must be
    fully qualified and conform to current standards of scholarship--
    standards that routinely include peer-review requirements on research
    results.
        Information derived from natural resource research can reach the
    public through interpretive and education programs, Research Learning
    Centers, various Internet-accessible information resources, and
    integration with park planning documents. In conjunction its renewed
    commitment to interpretation and education in 2003, the NPS established
    that interpretive programs would be based on sound scholarship content,
    methods, and audience analysis, and were to be informed by the latest
    research related to natural and cultural heritage (2003 Renewing Our
    Education Mission). The searchable web-based Investigators Annual
    Reports contained in the NPS Research Permit and Reporting System
    database span the full range of studies authorized to be conducted in
    parks (http://science.nature.nps.gov/research/ac/ResearchIndex).
        Applicable NPS policy and standards incorporate by reference those
    described within the Office of Management and Budget's final guidelines
    and the Department of the Interior's guidelines on information quality
    (2002 Directors Order#11B: Ensuring Quality of Information Disseminated
    by the National Park Service).
        Question. Do the Exotic Plant Management Teams work outside park
    boundaries? If not, why not? How is the work coordinated at a watershed
    or ecosystem level?
        Answer. The National Park Service does not have authority to expend
    funds appropriated for the Operation of the National Park System on
    non-NPS lands. A February 2005 Government Accountability Office report
    found that the NPS was the only major Federal land management agency
    lacking authority to expend such funds outside its boundaries even when
    a direct benefit would exist to natural resources within a park. This
    lack of consistency among Federal agencies was cited by GAO as a
    barrier to effective control of invasive species on Federal and non-
    Federal lands.
        The Natural Resource Protection Cooperative Agreement Act (HR 4294)
    introduced in the House, and a similar bill (S. 1288) introduced in the
    Senate, are designed to remedy this situation by authorizing the NPS to
    enter into cooperative agreements with states, local governments,
    tribal governments, organizations, groups and private landowners. Both
    of these bills will allow the NPS to participate using ONPS funding in
    collaborative activities on lands both inside and outside the National
    Park System, as long as it ``shall provide clear and direct benefits to
    park natural resources''. This is similar to existing authorities for
    other Federal land management agencies, such as the Bureau of Land
    Management and the U.S. Forest Service. Should this legislation be
    enacted, it would permit the NPS to participate in cooperative weed
    management programs at both local and landscape scales, so long as
    there is a clear and direct link to park resources.
        Broad scale cooperation among Federal, State and private interests
    at the watershed, ecosystem and landscape levels is an important
    component of invasive species management. Currently, the NPS is a
    recognized national leader in cooperative weed management programs due
    largely to the effectiveness and efficiency of its EPMTs. As an
    example, in the Yellowstone National Park area, invasive plants are
    managed in concert across three national parks, six national forests,
    two wildlife refuges, three states, several counties and numerous
    private landowners. Likewise, ``Team Tamarisk'', a partnership with
    several Federal agencies, State and local entities, and the EPMT
    stationed at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, has produced effective
    tamarisk weed management across watershed and agency boundaries.
    Coordinated early detection and rapid response is a key element in
    combating the establishment of new invasive plant species. The Alaska
    interagency cooperative weed group is an example of this strategy, with
    the NPS and other cooperating agencies continuously working to identify
    new exotic plant infestations and remove them before they can become
    widespread.
        Coordination across Department of the Interior bureaus supports
    ecosystem and landscape level efforts to control invasive species. A
    key aspect of this inter-bureau coordination has been the role of
    senior level management in the effort. The approach used by ``Team
    Tamarisk'' for integrated invasive plant management across
    administrative boundaries is the model for planning and coordinating
    multi-bureau efforts in priority geographic areas to maximize the
    efficiency and effectiveness of investments. Direct meetings between
    four NPS regional directors and their counterparts in other DOI bureaus
    have either been held or are scheduled in the near future to advance
    this coordination.
        NPS EPMTs have worked cooperatively on National Wildlife Refuge
    System lands under interagency agreements with the U.S. Fish and
    Wildlife Service (FWS) on invasive plant control projects. These
    projects were funded with FWS appropriations. NPS EPMTs have also
    worked on local lands, such as in Clark County, NV, when funding was
    provided by the county government for invasive plant control and the
    control efforts benefited park lands.
    ONPS: Facility Operations and Maintenance
        Question. Please explain how a proposed $10 million reduction in
    the Repair and Rehabilitation Program, coupled with a proposed $93
    million reduction in the Line Item Construction and Maintenance
    Program, enables the Service to properly maintain its facilities long-
    term.
        Answer. The NPS remains committed to addressing the deferred
    maintenance backlog and to properly maintaining its facilities for the
    long-term. Despite the reduction in the line-item construction and the
    repair and rehabilitation funding requests, the overall fiscal year
    2007 amount requested for line-item construction, repair and
    rehabilitation, fee, and Federal Lands Highway is $933 million, which
    is $118 million higher than the 2001 funding level for these programs
    and more than double the amount available in the mid-1990's.
        In fiscal year 2007, the budgetary emphasis is changing to more
    long-term preservation and management, however, and the NPS is
    transforming the agency's approach to managing its facilities. During
    the past four years, the NPS has been implementing an innovative asset
    management program focused on developing a comprehensive inventory and
    condition assessment of the agency's asset base. Parks have completed,
    for the first time, a prioritization of their asset inventory.
    Condition assessments on eight industry-standard assets (such as
    buildings, water systems, roads and trails) will be completed at all
    parks by the end of 2006. This shift in emphasis for the agency is
    based on management reforms and performance measures, and features a
    state-of-the-art software system. Once these detailed condition
    assessments are completed, the NPS will have a better understanding of
    the current deferred maintenance needs. These new tools will allow NPS
    to have a better understanding of the true cost of ownership, including
    recurring operational costs of the facilities.
        The NPS continues to make significant progress in completing the
    numerous projects necessary to improve the condition of park
    infrastructure. Since 2002, nearly 6,000 projects have been undertaken
    and approximately $4.7 billion have been invested using line-item
    construction, repair and rehabilitation, fee, and Federal Lands Highway
    dollars. The 2007 budget proposes to protect the Administration's past
    investments by realigning funding within the NPS asset management
    program to focus on proactive measures that will preclude these
    resources from slipping to poor condition.
        The Cyclic Maintenance Program incorporates a number of regularly
    scheduled preventive maintenance procedures and preservation techniques
    into a comprehensive program that prolongs the life of a particular
    asset. The proposed increase in cyclic project funding would assist in
    preventing the continued deterioration of NPS assets. Increasing the
    project funding will afford parks the ability to maintain assets on a
    predictive cycle, rather than allowing them to fall into disrepair and
    ultimately adding to the backlog. Funds appropriated for the cyclic
    maintenance program would target those assets that are mission critical
    and still in maintainable condition, but could fall into poor condition
    without the proper application of life cycle maintenance. With the
    proposed increase of $10.0 million, the cyclic maintenance program now
    totals $71.5 million.
        The 2007 budget includes $86.2 million for the Repair and
    Rehabilitation program. Over the past five years, $345 million has been
    allocated for this program. In 2007, NPS will continue to prioritize
    projects that address critical health and safety, resource protection,
    compliance, deferred maintenance, and minor capital improvement issues.
    The budget request also includes a proposal to use additional
    recreation fee revenue for facility maintenance projects. For 2007, it
    is estimated that $100 million in recreation fees will be used for
    deferred maintenance projects.
        Within the total proposed for construction, line-item construction
    projects are funded at $121.9 million. The budget request reflects a
    shift from new construction projects to the up-keep of current
    facilities. Assuming the President's budget request is funded, the NPS
    intends to sustain the progress made in the asset management program,
    as measured by the facility condition index.
    Construction
        Question. Please explain how recent trends in energy prices and
    subsequent building costs have impacted the Service's ability to
    implement construction projects.
        Answer. The NPS is making efforts to manage this situation within
    available funds at the national, regional, and park level. With budget
    constraints in the construction account, it is critical for parks and
    regions to maximize available dollars before requesting additional
    funds. To improve construction estimates, the NPS has updated factors
    to reflect current market conditions. The scope of some projects has
    been reduced, and the NPS has imposed an internal requirement that
    projects be designed for only 95 percent of available funds. This
    provides additional flexibility to accommodate the volatile
    construction market.
        Additionally, contractors who provide estimates for the Park
    Service's major construction projects have received extensive training
    from the Denver Service Center about the unique governmental factors
    that need to be considered. These factors include the Davis-Bacon wage
    rates, remoteness, historic preservation considerations, and the need
    to keep facilities open to visitors and thus limit construction work
    hours. The NPS is also conducting independent validation of
    construction estimates for projects before they go to bid. Based on
    these validations, the Park Service can adjust estimates to ensure
    viability or propose a reprogramming to shift funds between projects.

                           ENDANGERED SPECIES: WOLVES

    Background
        Question. I want to thank you again for your assistance in dealing
    with our recent wolf problem in eastern Montana. Wolves have made a
    tremendous recovery and I'm proud of the cooperation by the State of
    Montana and the Service to draft a management plan that we can all
    agree on. The next hurdle, of course, is delisting the wolves.
        Can you please give us an update on where we are in the process of
    delisting wolves in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming?
        Answer. The States of Montana and Idaho have developed wolf
    management plans that are adequate to maintain their share and
    distribution of the tri-state wolf population above recovery levels. On
    October 26, 2005, the Fish and Wildlife Service published a finding
    that the petition from Wyoming presented substantial information that
    the potential Northern Rocky Mountain (NRM) gray wolf population may
    warrant delisting. The Service is currently working on the status
    review and finding based on this petition. On Feb. 8, 2006, the Service
    announced the intent to conduct rulemaking that would establish a
    distinct population segment of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) in the NRM.
    The NRM wolf Distinct Population Segment, as proposed in the Advance
    Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, will encompass the eastern one-third of
    Washington and Oregon, a small part of north-central Utah, and all of
    Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. The comment period closed on April 10,
    2006.
        Question. Why is it that all three states have approved wolf
    management plans before management authority can be turned over to an
    individual state?
        Answer. We use the following five factors to determine whether or
    not a ``species'' has recovered to the point that it should be
    delisted:
      --the present or threatened destruction, modification or curtailment
            of its habitat or range;
      --overutilization for commercial, recreational, scientific, or
            educational purposes;
      --disease or predation;
      --the inadequacy of existing regulatory mechanisms; and
      --other natural or manmade factors affecting its continued existence.
        These five factors must be applied to the entity, either species,
    subspecies, or distinct population segment, as it is listed. In the
    case of the potential Northern Rocky Mountains distinct population
    segment of wolves, before the Service can delist, the fourth factor--
    inadequacy of existing regulatory mechanisms--must be satisfied. Since
    the core population of the NRM wolves is found in these three states,
    all three states must have adequate regulatory mechanisms in place to
    maintain the recovered wolf population.

                   FWS LAND ACQUISITION: ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT

    Background
        Question. Last year we appropriated $985,000 to begin purchasing
    easements along the front range west of Great Falls, MT. For those of
    you who don't know, this is the only remaining landscape in the Lower
    48 with a complete, intact, and functional assemblage of large
    carnivores, including the grizzly bear, gray wolf, wolverine, and lynx.
    Moreover, it is my continued hope that this program will become a fine
    example of cooperative conservation by ranchers, conservationists, and
    the Service. Judging from your budget proposal to more than double the
    funding in fiscal year 2007 (to $1.98 million), the program is a
    success.
        Can you please provide us with an update of the Rocky Mountain
    Front program, including your plans for the funds in fiscal year 2007?
        Answer.

                     ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT CONSERVATION AREA
                             [Dollars in thousands]
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                   Fiscal years--
                                      --------------------------------------
                                           2006         2007        Total
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Funding..........................         $985       $1,980       $2,965
    Acres Acquired...................        4,787        6,500       11,287
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

        The FWS is partnering with the Nature Conservancy and the Montana
    Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks to implement the Rocky Mountain
    Front Easement Program. This program is part of a landscape
    conservation strategy to protect the unique, highly diverse and
    unfragmented ecosystem of the Front, which is located in north central
    Montana and encompasses the massive ecotone formed by the intersection
    of the western edge of the Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountains.
        Among conservation biologists, the Front is ranked in the top one
    percent of wildlife habitat remaining in the United States. In 2006,
    Congress appropriated $985,000 for the FWS to acquire 4,787 acres of
    conservation easements from willing landowners in the Front. The FWS is
    moving forward with the 2006 acquisitions (identifying willing sellers
    and conducting appraisals, etc.)
        The 2007 President's Budget includes $1.9 million to acquire 6,500
    acres of conservation easements from willing landowners. By partnering
    with the Nature Conservancy and the State of Montana, the FWS is able
    to leverage Federal funds in the efforts to maintain biological
    diversity and related wildlife habitat values in the Front.

                  NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES: HURRICANE DEBRIS

    Background
        Question. Last year, hurricanes Katrina and Rita leveled whole
    communities and deposited an incredible amount of hazardous waste,
    appliances, cars, boats, and countless other debris on our National
    Wildlife Refuges.
        What is your timeline for cleaning up the debris?
        Answer. In December, the Service received $30 million in emergency
    supplemental funding. Funding was not adequate for debris removal, but
    provided for immediate stabilization on some affected refuges. The
    President's $132.4 million supplemental request includes funding for
    the removal of known hazardous debris on multiple national wildlife
    refuges impacted by the 2005 hurricanes.
        To expedite the process, the Service has entered into an agreement
    with the Tennessee Valley Authority to: (1) complete an assessment of
    hazardous materials and debris on all impacted refuges; (2) to complete
    any necessary environmental compliance documents; and (3) to develop a
    scope of work for actual hazardous debris removal activities. The
    Tennessee Valley Authority is used in this agreement because they are a
    support agency to the Environmental Protection Agency for debris
    removal under Emergency Support Function#3 in Cameron Parish,
    Louisiana. The recently enacted supplemental should allow the Service
    to quickly issue contracts to begin work on debris removal.
        Question. What is the role of the Service's Environmental
    Contaminants Program in assessing the damage and monitoring such
    factors as water quality?
        Answer. Impacts to our trust resources from hazardous materials are
    a significant concern being addressed with the help of the
    environmental contaminants program. Biologists from that program are
    working with refuge managers and biologists from across all of our
    programs on all hazardous materials concerns. Specifically,
    contaminants staff will assist in the development and review of the
    assessment, compliance, and scope of work necessary to complete
    hazardous debris removal on national wildlife refuges impacted by the
    2005 hurricanes. The Service intends to initiate an inventory and
    monitoring program on the ecological recovery of national wildlife
    refuges as a result of damages from devastating hurricanes of the past
    two years.
        Question. Your fiscal year 2006 emergency supplemental request
    includes $24 million for debris removal and hazardous materials clean-
    up. Will these funds cover complete removal and clean-up needs, and, if
    not, would you use fiscal year 2007 base funds?
        Answer. The Service believes that the amounts requested are
    adequate to remove known hazardous debris, although they will not cover
    cleanup of known non-hazardous debris. Costs to complete cleanup of all
    known debris (both hazardous and non-hazardous) may be much higher. The
    Service has prioritized $20 million for the removal of known hazardous
    debris on four national wildlife refuges in Louisiana, and $12 million
    for these cleanup activities on Sabine National Wildlife Refuge. This
    will be a massive cleanup effort and as additional assessments are
    conducted, it may become necessary to redirect some of this request to
    provide for additional removal activities. At this time, the Service
    has not made a decision whether to use fiscal year 2007 base funding to
    cover any additional cleanup needs.
        Question. Are there instances where you are considering leaving
    some of the debris in place so as to minimize further ecological
    damage?
        Answer. Yes, the Service will not remove all debris deposited on
    national wildlife refuges as a result of the hurricanes. The Service
    will focus its priority on the removal of all known hazardous materials
    on refuge lands, but it is not feasible or cost-effective to remove all
    of the debris. As with all management activities, the Service will rely
    on experts, good science, and its historical knowledge to ensure that
    debris removal focuses on hazards and that impacts are minimized to
    these sensitive coastal marsh ecosystems.

                    FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE: CONSTRUCTION

    Background
        Question. You propose to cut $25 million (-56 percent) from the
    Fish and Wildlife Service construction budget. Furthermore, the meager
    $19 million request includes more funds for salaries and overhead than
    for on-the-ground projects.
        Given the relatively few projects in the request, how can you
    justify the budget for personnel and other overhead costs--particularly
    when you assess each project for additional overhead costs?
        Answer. An adequate engineering staff is critical for the FWS to
    properly maintain and replace its facilities. Recent appropriations
    levels for the Construction program have totaled more that $40 million
    per year. In many cases these are multi-year projects that require
    involvement of the engineering staff over the course of several years.
        In addition, supplemental funding for hurricane recovery totaled
    $30.0 million in 2006 and an additional $132.4 million is included in
    the current supplemental budget recently signed by the President. Many
    of these proposed hurricane recovery projects will be continued into or
    initiated in 2007. If FWS were to reduce the personnel associated with
    its engineering staff, it would not be able to complete these recovery
    activities in a timely fashion. FWS also needs additional staff to
    manage the additional funds in the recently enacted highway
    reauthorization bill (SAFETEA-LU). Over the five-year life of the
    SAFETEA-LU program, $145 million will be dedicated to refuge roads.
        Question. Does the request includes a $7 million reduction in
    Refuge deferred maintenance?
        Answer. Within construction, there is a $6.7 million reduction in
    refuge projects; however, we are focusing funding on Klamath and
    hatchery repair and rehabilitation projects. The 2007 budget focuses
    funding for deferred maintenance through the refuge operations
    maintenance program and the additional funds received in SAFETEA-LU.
    The FWS will carefully target deferred maintenance funds to address the
    highest priority needs. Since 2001, the Refuge Maintenance program has
    increased by $9.4 million, or 12.6 percent. The recently enacted
    highway reauthorization bill (SAFETEA-LU) includes $29 million in 2007,
    a 30 percent increase over 2004. Over the five-year life of the
    SAFETEA-LU program, $145 million will be dedicated to refuge roads.
        Question. How is the Service tracking deferred maintenance and what
    has been the trend in the last 5 years?
        Answer. The refuge system prioritizes maintenance needs through
    data used to develop five-year budget plans, including the Asset
    Priority Index (API) and the Facilities Condition Index (FCI). APIs
    help assess each asset's contribution to the refuge mission, allowing
    the refuge manager to estimate the annual operation and maintenance
    cost of each individual asset. The FCI helps determine whether
    replacement is more appropriate then repair, tracks the performance of
    the maintenance program, and provides the maintenance performance
    metric under the DOI strategic plan.
        The refuge system's Condition Assessment Program, established in
    fiscal year 2001 to systematically evaluate the condition of real
    property and itemize costs for maintenance needs, measures the state of
    refuge properties with replacement values of more than $50,000 every
    five years. At the end of fiscal year 2005, half of all assets with
    current replacement value over $50,000, (11,097 out of 22,226) have
    been assessed through the field inspection stage. The refuge system
    expects to complete the first cycle of comprehensive condition
    assessments by the end of 2006. After that point the refuge system will
    cyclically complete condition assessments as 20 percent of field
    stations each year, assuring that every field station undergoes
    condition assessments every five years.
        Since 2001, the Service has invested $618 million in its refuge
    maintenance program. During the five-year period including fiscal years
    2002 through 2006 the refuge maintenance budget increased approximately
    12.6 percent. The Refuge System utilized maintenance funding to
    complete 2,382 projects through 2005. These projects have included the
    rehabilitation of critical facilities including administrative offices,
    and other facilities supporting refuge maintenance, visitor services,
    and habitat conservation.
        Question. What is the Service doing to ensure that deferred
    maintenance doesn't get out of control?
        Answer. Because the refuge system will complete the first five-year
    cycle of condition assessments this year, we are in a much better
    position to understand how to best prioritize limited resources. The
    refuge system prioritizes maintenance needs through data used to
    develop five-year budget plans, including the Asset Priority index
    (API) and the FCI. FCIs help determine whether replacement is more
    appropriate than repair, track the performance of the maintenance
    program in improving asset condition, and provide the means to compare
    performance across the Department and within the FWS. APIs reflect the
    priority of each asset's contribution to the refuge mission. The refuge
    system can now estimate the annual operational and maintenance cost of
    each individual asset.
        We expect that the use of these tools will help the FWS refine its
    five-year construction and deferred maintenance plans to ensure that
    funding is going to the most critical deferred maintenance needs. This
    way we can ensure safe work environments for our staff, safe visits for
    the general public, and the creation of new facilities that protect the
    resources under our stewardship while providing necessary visitor
    services.

               NATIONAL PARK SERVICE: MAINTENANCE & CONSTRUCTION

    Background
        Question. Madam Secretary, the total request for maintenance and
    construction is $622 million, including a $93 million (43 percent)
    reduction in the line item construction and maintenance budget. The
    budget justification states that the $122 million request will focus on
    deferred maintenance.
        Given our mutual commitment to reducing the maintenance backlog
    over the last several years, what safeguards have you put in place to
    ensure that reductions like these won't lead to further backlog
    problems down the road?
        Answer. Despite the reduction in the line-item construction and the
    repair and rehabilitation funding requests, the overall fiscal year
    2007 amount requested for deferred maintenance activities is $933
    million, which is $118 million higher than the 2001 funding level for
    these programs and more than double the amount available in the mid-
    1990's. The 2007 budget proposes to protect the Administration's past
    investments by realigning funding within the NPS asset management
    program to focus on proactive measures that will preclude these
    resources from slipping into poor condition.
        The Cyclic Maintenance Program incorporates a number of regularly
    scheduled preventive maintenance procedures and preservation techniques
    into a comprehensive program that prolongs the life of a particular
    asset. The proposed increase in cyclic funding would assist in
    preventing the continued deterioration of NPS assets. Increasing
    funding will afford parks the ability to maintain assets on a
    predictive cycle, rather than allowing them to fall into disrepair and
    ultimately adding to the backlog. Funds appropriated for the cyclic
    maintenance program would target those assets that are mission critical
    and still in maintainable condition, but could fall into poor condition
    without the proper application of life cycle maintenance. With the
    proposed increase of $10.0 million, the cyclic maintenance program
    totals $71.5 million.
        The 2007 budget includes $86.2 million for the Repair and
    Rehabilitation program. Over the past five years, $345 million has been
    allocated for this program. In 2007, NPS will continue to prioritize
    projects that address critical health and safety, resource protection,
    compliance, deferred maintenance, and minor capital improvement issues.
    The budget request also includes a proposal to use additional
    recreation fee revenue for facility maintenance projects. For 2007, it
    is estimated that $100 million in recreation fees will be used for
    deferred maintenance projects.
        Within the total proposed for construction, line-item construction
    projects are funded at $121.9 million. The budget request reflects a
    shift from new construction projects to the up-keep of current
    facilities. Assuming the President's budget request is funded, NPS
    intends to sustain the progress made in the asset management program,
    as measured by the facility condition index.
        The NPS also continues to make significant progress in completing
    the numerous projects necessary to improve the condition of park
    infrastructure. Since 2002, nearly 6,000 projects have been undertaken
    and approximately $4.7 billion have been invested using line-item
    construction, repair and rehabilitation, fee, and Federal Lands Highway
    dollars.
        In addition to investing significant levels of funding, the NPS is
    transforming the agency's approach to managing its facilities. During
    the past four years, the NPS has been implementing an innovative asset
    management program focused on developing a comprehensive inventory and
    condition assessment of the agency's asset base. Parks have completed,
    for the first time, a prioritization of their asset inventory.
    Condition assessments on eight industry-standard assets (such as
    buildings, water systems, roads and trails) will be completed at all
    parks by the end of 2006. This shift in emphasis for the agency is
    based on management reforms and performance measures, and features a
    state-of-the-art software system. Once condition assessments are
    completed, the NPS will have a better understanding of the current
    deferred maintenance needs. These new tools will allow NPS to have a
    better understanding of the true cost of ownership, including recurring
    operational costs of the facilities.

                           NPS HISTORIC PRESERVATION

    Background
        Question. Your fiscal year 2007 request proposes to create a new
    umbrella program--America's Heritage & Preservation Partnership
    Program--as the new home for Save America's Treasures, Preserve
    America, and Heritage Partnership Programs. In the process, you propose
    to increase Preserve America (+$5 million) at the expense of Save
    America's Treasures (-$10 million) and Heritage Partnership Programs
    (-$6 million).
        How will the proposed budget reorganization help local communities
    gain access to these programs, as described in your budget
    justification, particularly if there is no change in the delivery of
    these programs?
        Answer. The Department continually strives to improve the
    effectiveness and efficiency of its programs and services. The
    Department identifies areas of synergy among programs and look for ways
    to leverage those commonalities in the pursuit of its mission of
    preserving nationally significant historical and cultural resources.
    The American Heritage & Preservation Partnership Program (AHPP) was
    established with that exact effort in mind. It combines the synergistic
    elements of Save America's Treasures, Preserve America and Heritage
    Partnership Programs and leverages them in an effort to achieve the
    goals of preserving and increasing awareness of our National cultural
    resources. This new structure will allow local communities to determine
    which strategies best suit their heritage needs; apply to the most
    appropriate programs for repairing historic buildings, conserving
    museum resources, and promoting heritage development; effect better
    coordination; and generate greater efficiencies in enhancing and
    expanding opportunities for cultural resource preservation throughout
    the Nation.
        Question. Considering that Grants-in-Aid to States, Save America's
    Treasures, and Preserve America all rely on identical performance
    measures, how are these programs not duplicative?
        Answer. Grants-in-Aid to States, Save America's Treasures and
    Preserve America are three distinct programs used by the National Park
    Service to promote distinct local preservation goals. Grants to States
    and Territories are used primarily to support State Historic
    Preservation Offices. State offices use this funding to survey and
    inventory historic properties, manage the National Register process at
    the local level, and develop and implement preservation programs and
    compliance review.
        Funding requested for the America's Heritage and Preservation
    Partnership Program, including Save America's Treasures and Preserve
    America, allows local communities to determine which strategies best
    suit their heritage needs and apply directly for Federal aid. Save
    America's Treasures funding is used to support restoration projects to
    preserve irreplaceable historic sites or collections of national
    significance for future generations. The Preserve America program does
    not fund ``bricks and mortar'' restoration projects, which are covered
    under Save America's Treasures grants. Instead, it complements the Save
    America's Treasures grants program by offering one-time ``seed money''
    in the form of competitive 50:50 matching grants to help local
    communities develop sustainable resource management strategies and
    sound business practices for the continued preservation of heritage
    assets. Such activities include planning and feasibility studies,
    heritage education curricula, and heritage tourism business cases.
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                  Questions Submitted by Senator Wayne Allard

        Question. How much of the Interior Department's budget goes toward
    the costs of litigation to defend the regulations and laws under your
    purview?
        Answer. Within Interior, the BLM has made the greatest advancement
    in capturing the costs of its activities. Using its costing data, BLM
    was able to provide an estimate of litigation costs. In fiscal year
    2004, BLM spent approximately $14.3 million on litigation activities
    including the costs of gathering information, preparing documents and
    records, preparing and giving testimony, and working with solicitors
    and attorneys on specific legal cases. The only other estimates on
    costs of litigation for other Interior agencies are those reported by
    the Office of the Solicitor.
        The fiscal year 2006 enacted operating budge for the Office of
    Solicitor (Office) is $54.6 million and includes the costs of
    litigation. The Office provides the principal support to the Secretary
    for defense of laws and regulations under the purview of the Secretary
    of the Interior. The primary role of the Office is to provide high
    quality legal advice regarding the goals, objectives, and
    responsibilities that are given to the Secretary by the President and
    Congress. The Office coordinates with the Department of Justice
    regarding litigation involving the Department of the Interior. The
    Office performs the critical task of communicating the Department's
    legal position to the President, Congress, other executive branch
    agencies, and the public.
        The majority of the Office's resources are devoted to the defense
    of a wide range of litigation against the United States, both
    administrative and judicial, and to other legal services, ensuring that
    the Department's bureaus carry out their responsibilities in accordance
    with the law. In most judicial litigation, attorneys actively assist or
    are co-counsel with attorneys from the Department of Justice. In some
    judicial litigation and all administrative litigation, attorneys
    represent the Department without assistance from DOJ.
        The Office provides everyday legal service assistance in drafting
    and reviewing legislation, proposed and final regulations, contracts,
    memoranda of agreement, decisions, agreements, leases, rights-of-way,
    title documents, and other legal instruments, as well as providing both
    written and oral legal advice on legal questions. In addition, the
    Office provides critical legal support for the Department's key
    initiatives, assists the bureaus in responding to congressional
    direction in appropriations and substantive legislation, and advises
    the bureaus on legal options for streamlining processes and improving
    program management and implementing plans to carry out departmental
    goals. The Office assists the bureaus in responding to Inspector
    General, congressional, judicial, and public (FOIA) requests, as well
    as subpoenas for documents.
        Question. How do you plan to work with Congress to provide more
    control over the implementation of laws and regulations, for example
    the ESA, to states?
        Answer. The Department continues to work with Congress to ensure
    that laws and regulations pertinent to the mission and programs of the
    Department of the Interior are carried out as effectively as possible.
    The Department also continues to strive to find collaborative efforts
    and partnerships that enhance opportunities to foster a culture of
    responsibility in implementing legislation.
        Interior agencies also continually strive to improve regulations
    and policies to ensure that they are explicit, well defined, and
    consistent with current laws. For example, the recent Program
    Assessment Rating Tool review of the Endangered Species program found
    that FWS can make improvements in endangered species-related
    regulations and polices. This may include revising the definition of
    adverse modification, issuing critical habitat guidance, and explicity
    characterizing the benefits of critical habitat designations. FWS is
    currently working on these improvements as well as developing a process
    for regularly scheduled independent evaluations of the program.
        The Department is also focusing resources on cooperative
    conservation programs, such as the Private Stewardship Grant, Landowner
    Incentive, and Partners for Fish and Wildlife programs, that foster a
    non-regulatory approach to solving conservation problems at the local
    and state level.
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                Questions Submitted by Senator Pete V. Domenici

                    NATIONAL STREAMFLOW INFORMATION PROGRAM

        Question. In December I sent a letter with eight of my colleagues
    to the Secretary of Interior and to the Office of Management and Budget
    strongly supporting the State Cooperative Program and the National
    Streamflow Information Program (NSIP), programs that fund stream
    gauging and water analysis across the nation. My analysis shows that
    these two programs are the most efficient and most effective ways to
    provide our nation with essential information on floods, water
    supplies, our international water obligations and impacts on regional
    hydrologic changes.
        The administration has provided a minimal increase in the NSIP
    program, well below the national requirements, but in the same proposal
    dramatically decreased the State Cooperative Program. This approach to
    stewardship of our water resources must be reversed.
        Can you explain how these cuts to the State Cooperative Program are
    going to be offset by NSIP, and which New Mexico programs or projects
    will be cut?
        Answer. The two proposed program changes are not related. The
    Cooperative Water Program reduction is targeted at interpretive studies
    that are ending and should not affect streamgages or other basic data
    collection. The proposed increase for the NSIP will help to stabilize
    and augment the national streamgaging network, and thus will not offset
    the reductions proposed for the Cooperative Water Program. The USGS
    does not plan to stop any ongoing projects in New Mexico or in any
    other State. The reduction will target only those projects that were
    already planned to conclude by the end of 2006.
        Question. Will you commit to providing my office a strategy for
    meeting all our high-priority water monitoring needs as articulated in
    the USGS description of the goals for the NSIP and State Cooperative
    Programs, along with a description of the expanded budget needs to meet
    these goals by July of 2006?
        Answer. The USGS has performance measures and 5-year plans for
    high-priority monitoring activities, which comprise the bureau's
    strategy for monitoring activities. By July 2006, the Department can
    deliver the 5-year plans, the written analysis and summary of results
    from review of Water information and dissemination activities using the
    Program Assessment Rating Tool, and a budget summary of the monitoring
    activities.
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                 Questions Submitted by Senator Byron L. Dorgan

           BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS--REPLACEMENT SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION

        Question. The budget request proposes to reduce funding for
    replacement school construction by $37 million. That's a cut of 43
    percent from the current enacted level, and 74 percent from the 2004
    level. According to the budget justification, the reason for the cut is
    so that BIA can ``focus on building schools that have already been
    funded.''
        How many replacement school projects is BIA currently managing?
        How many staff are assigned to the replacement school program?
        How many more years will it take BIA to catch up with the backlog?
        Answer. During this Administration, we have obtained a total of
    over $1.3 billion for BIA school construction projects. With the 2007
    budget, we will have provided over $1.5 billion in six years.
        By the time we have completed the work proposed in our 2007 budget,
    65 percent of BIA schools will be in good or fair condition. This will
    reverse the status of schools from four years ago when 65 percent of
    BIA schools were in poor condition. Of the 37 replacement schools
    funded between 2001 and 2006, 10 have been completed and another 19 are
    scheduled to be completed in 2006 and 2007. BIA is currently managing
    27 replacement school projects.
        The BIA has 112 employees working on the construction program.
    Although the replacement school program is the largest program within
    construction, these employees also work on other programs such as major
    and minor facility improvement and repair. In addition to BIA
    employees, the Army Corps of Engineers and the General Services
    Administration also provide technical expertise and assistance on
    replacement school projects. The construction program also works
    closely with the Tribes through Public Law 638 and Public Law 297
    contracts to plan, design, and build the replacement schools.
    Successful coordination with the Tribes is integral to reducing the
    backlog.
        In 2007, we are proposing a program of $157 million for Indian
    school construction. As recently as 1999, spending on BIA school
    backlog needs was only $60 million a year.
        Funding at higher levels than requested for 2007 would get us ahead
    of our ability to prudently manage the construction program. The
    requested 2007 funding will support replacement of the Muckleshoot
    Tribal School in Washington and the Dennehotso Boarding School in
    Arizona.
        BIA released the new replacement school list in February 2004. The
    list contains 14 schools which have the greatest health and safety
    concerns in the BIA school system. The 2007 budget will provide funding
    to complete the fourth and fifth schools on the list. There are an
    estimated 27 schools in need of replacement subsequent to the
    completion of the current priority list; however cost estimates are not
    available for these schools. The time it takes to fund these schools is
    dependent upon construction cost estimates and outyear funding levels,
    both of which are changing or unknown at this time.

          BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS--JOHNSON-O'MALLEY EDUCATION GRANTS

        Question. The budget proposes to eliminate the $16.3 million
    currently in the BIA Education account for the Johnson-O'Malley
    Assistance Grants. According to the budget justification, ``the
    elimination of the JOM program will allow the Bureau to focus on its
    primary mission requirement of providing basic education to Indian
    children in Bureau-funded elementary and secondary schools.'' That
    statement infers that the Bureau is moving money from a program that
    supports Indian children who attend non-Bureau schools to those who go
    to Bureau schools. Yet, as I look at the budget, there isn't one non-
    administrative programmatic increase in the Education account for a
    Bureau funded school. In fact, the only real programmatic increase is
    the $630,000 being put in the Juvenile Detention Education program.
        Please identify the program or programs that provide ``basic
    education to Indian children in Bureau-funded elementary and secondary
    schools'' to which the $16.3 million in Johnson-O-Malley funding was
    transferred. And if the money was transferred outside of BIA, please
    identify the agency and program where these funds were moved.
        Answer. The Johnson-O'Malley program provides funding to meet the
    needs of Indian children in public school systems. Tribes fund Johnson
    O'Malley grants out of Tribal Priority Allocations. Johnson-O'Malley
    grants are proposed for elimination in 2007 because they are
    duplicative of funding available in the Dept. of Education and because
    there is a lack of accountability from the Tribes on the utilization of
    the funding and the benefit to Indian students.
        The Department of Education has two programs that provide funding
    for purposes similar to JOM grants. Together, these programs are funded
    at $667 million in 2007. The Indian Education Grant program funds
    competitive grants to improve education opportunities for Indian
    students. The activities funded under this program are similar to those
    funded by the JOM program, and tribes as well as schools are eligible
    to apply for the grants. The type of programs/services JOM and Indian
    Education Grants support include tutoring, counseling, cultural
    activities, summer education programs, and career days. The 2007
    request for this program is $119 million. Impact Aid is directed to
    local school districts that have Federal and Indian land because
    property taxes cannot be collected on this land. The school districts
    decide how to use the funds. We estimate that 2007 impact aid payments
    to districts with Indian students will be $548 million.
        Johnson O'Malley funds have not been transferred to other BIA
    school operations programs. However, the 2007 request does include a
    $4.8 million increase in the Indian School Equalization Program (ISEP)
    to fund the Department of Defense comparability pay increase for
    teachers at BIA-funded schools and $2.5 million to implement management
    aspects of the BIA Indian school system Program Improvement and
    Accountability Plan. The increase in ISEP funding will provide about
    $100 more per student in activities directly related to education
    programs at BIA-schools. Management improvements will help improve the
    effectiveness of the education services provided in the Bureau funded
    school system which are struggling to achieve Adequate Yearly Progress
    goals. The BIA budget dedicates other increases to contract support,
    law enforcement, and trust services and also includes additional funds
    for tribes to develop energy resources, all of which are priorities to
    Tribes on a nationwide basis.

     BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS--TRIBAL COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY OPERATING GRANTS

        Question. For fiscal year 2007, the administration is asking for
    $54 million for the support of the 24 Tribal Colleges nationwide.
    That's the same amount as was provided for 2006. Despite the fact that
    enrollment is growing at these institutions and that students are
    taking more classes, which raises the Indian Student Count, the
    administration didn't ask for an increase in the amount provided for
    operating grants. Under this budget request, the 2 colleges run by BIA
    would receive $413,000 to cover their fixed costs. But the 24 colleges
    run by the Tribes are left to fend for themselves. The budget says that
    ``the basic operations and technical assistance line items are fully
    funded.'' If the colleges have to absorb increases in utilities or
    employee pay costs, how can the administration say that those
    institutions are being ``fully funded?''
        Why were the tribal colleges not given any fixed cost increases?
        Answer. Tribal Colleges and Universities are vital contributors to
    improved quality of life in native communities. These schools, which
    address the needs of the most economically depressed regions of Indian
    Country, significantly strengthen community economic potential. Tribal
    education is one of the key fact ors to providing a brighter future for
    these communities.
        The Bureau of Indian Affairs strongly supports these institutions,
    and in the 2007 President's Budget requested $54 million for tribally
    controlled colleges and universities operating grants, the highest
    amount ever requested. This is 22 percent higher than the $42.3 million
    requested in the 2006 President's Budget. These funds will provide the
    faculty, facilities, and instructional programs for these schools to
    provide tribal members with skills and knowledge necessary for economic
    development.
        Based on student count estimates, TCUs will receive about $5,100
    per student in the 2006-07 and 07-08 school years, and increase of
    $500, or 11 percent, per student over the 05-06 school year. Actual
    funding will depend on actual student counts.

           BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS--UNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE

        Question. For the 5th year in a row, the administration has
    proposed eliminating the BIA funding for United Tribes Technical
    College in Bismarck, ND. The budget justification says that ``UTTC
    receives funding from a variety of other Federal, state, program
    partnerships, and other private sources. Therefore, the Bureau is not
    requesting additional funds.''
        Is the criteria of not funding projects which receive funds from
    other sources being applied solely to UTTC, or are all other projects
    and programs within the Department's budget being treated similarly?
        Do any of the Line-Item Construction projects included in the
    National Park Service budget receive outside funding?
        Answer. Funding decisions for UTTC in the 2007 budget reflect
    distinctions drawn in underlying authorizing legislation. The Bureau of
    Indian Affairs is authorized to administer operating grants to Tribal
    colleges and universities that meet the criteria established in the
    Tribal Colleges and Universities Act of 1978, as amended. UTTC is not
    eligible for funding under the Act and therefore is not included in the
    BIA budget. UTTC, along with Crownpoint Institute of Technology, are
    the exclusive recipients of $7.365 million in tribal college operating
    grants authorized in the Carl Perkins Act administered by Dept. of
    Education. Colleges and universities funded by BIA under the 1978 Act
    are not eligible for these grants.
        In formulating the Department's budget, priority is given to the
    programs which carry out the mission of the Department. The Department
    does consider the availability of other funds in decision making. For
    example, the NPS state assistance program is reduced partially because
    states can use funds available to them from other sources for the same
    purposes as the grants.
        With respect to whether Line-Item Construction projects included in
    the NPS budget, in some cases NPS cost-shares with private or state
    partners. This reduces the cost to the Federal Government.

              OPERATIONS FUNDING FOR FEDERAL LANDS AND PROPERTIES

        Question. I am concerned that once again the President's Budget has
    not addressed the steady erosion of Interior bureaus to maintain and
    operate its parks, refuges, and other lands. For over 100 years, past
    Presidents and Congresses have designated lands for the perpetual
    enjoyment of the American public with the expectation that future
    generations would do their part to maintain this heritage.
        Since fiscal year 2001, DOI has ``absorbed'' more than $400 million
    in fixed costs including annual pay raises, health insurance premiums,
    workers and unemployment compensation, GSA rent, and the working
    capital fund. The idea that agencies have the magical ability to
    ``absorb'' inflationary costs year after year is an illusion. I think
    it is time for us all to recognize that years of ignoring inflation is
    having a detrimental effect on parks, refuges, and rangelands. I think
    we need to be more forthcoming about the costs to federal lands for
    increases in grants and other programs that benefit non-federal lands.
        I notice that travel, fuel, employee relocations, supplies, and
    equipment are not even considered in Interior's fixed cost
    calculations. These are goods and services that a park or refuge have
    pay to keep the gates open. Interior has not requested or received an
    increase for general inflation in over 15 years. This has led to a
    steady erosion of the base budgets for parks, wildlife refuges, public
    lands, and facilities. Just about everything has gone up in cost, but
    the Department has not received a cent to cover those costs.
        How much in fixed costs do you expect Interior bureaus to absorb in
    fiscal year 2007?
        Answer. The budget proposes that Interior bureaus absorb about 70
    percent in pay and health costs and fully funds all other fixed cost
    items. The budget includes $125.9 million for fixed costs and proposes
    an absorbtion of $43.5 million. These figures assume the pay raise is
    enacted at the budget request level of 2.2 percent.
        Question. Based on commonly accepted inflation factors, how much
    did Interior agencies lose to inflation in 2005?
        Answer. The fixed costs budget request provides increases for
    general schedule pay raises based on Presidential pay policy, health
    benefits based on anticpated increased rates, rent increases for space
    costs under the terms of existing leases, and payments to other
    agencies for workers and unemployment compensation payments based on
    anticipated billings from the Department of Labor. In 2005 the budget
    requested $70.9 million for fixed costs and proposed Interior absorb
    about 40 percent of the fixed costs or $56.7 million. The enacted
    budget included a higher than proposed pay raise. Based on these
    factors Interior absorbed $103.3 million in fixed costs. There was also
    an across-the-board reduction of $149.2 million.
        Question. Based on commonly accepted inflation factors how much do
    you expect in 2006 and 2007?
        Answer. In fiscal year 2006 the budget request included full
    funding for fixed costs, or $157.1 million, but the pay raise was
    enacted at a higher level than the budget proposal and as a result
    interior absorbed $29.3 million. The across-the-board reduction was
    $156 million. In 2007 the fixed cost request totals $125.9 million for
    fixed costs and proposes an absorption of $43.5 million.

               LANDOWNER INCENTIVE AND PRIVATE STEWARDSHIP GRANTS

        Question. The administration budget does propose increases for a
    variety of grants programs for private landowners, localities, and
    states.
        Two programs that fared extremely well in the budget request are
    the Landowner Incentive Grant program and the Private Stewardship grant
    program. The Landowner Incentive Program is increased 11 percent and
    Private Stewardship grants are increased 29 percent above the enacted
    level. These increases are out of line with the overall decrease in
    spending for the Department funded by this subcommittee.
        What justifies the high priority and large funding increases for
    these private lands programs, especially when many other tested
    programs have been cut?
        Answer. The Landowner Incentive Program (LIP) and the Private
    Stewardship Grants Program (PSGP) offer complementary approaches to
    enhance relationships with our partners and address important habitat
    needs for imperiled species.
        LIP provides competitive grant funds to State and territorial fish
    and wildlife agencies and Tribes to establish or supplement their own
    landowner incentive programs and to provide technical or financial
    assistance to private landowners for the protection, restoration, and
    management of habitat to benefit federally listed or other species
    determined to be at risk. By helping, rather than regulating, the
    Service has found LIP to be a cost effective way to build public
    support for wildlife conservation in rural communities, stretch
    existing conservation dollars to achieve the greatest possible benefit,
    and prevent the need for more drastic, and costly, regulatory actions
    later on. So far, over 50 States and one territory (the U.S. Virgin
    Islands) have used Landowner Incentive dollars to either initiate or
    enhance their efforts to work with private landowners. Dollars are
    being used to implement important conservation actions identified in
    the State's Wildlife Action Plan, thereby addressing issues impacting
    multiple species of conservation need
        The PSGP provides grants and other assistance on a competitive
    basis directly to individuals and groups engaged in voluntary
    conservation efforts on private lands that benefit federally listed,
    proposed or candidate species or other at-risk species. In contrast to
    other grant programs, which usually support projects of third parties,
    groups and individuals themselves use the funds provided through PSGP
    for on-the-ground projects to conserve species on their property.
    Interest from private landowners in this program remains high. For
    example, in fiscal year 2005, private landowners submitted 191 eligible
    proposals requesting approximately $21,625,279; of those, the Service
    was able to fund 72 projects that provided benefits for 120 unique
    listed species and an additional 19 unique candidate species.

                            AMERICAN WHITE PELICANS

        Question. After several decades of recovery, populations of
    American white pelicans have been declining in the 21st century. As you
    know, American white pelicans breed in several large colonies in north
    central states, including Chase Lake, North Dakota. An interagency,
    multi-state white pelican workshop was conducted in Jamestown, North
    Dakota in January 2006 to examine the white pelican situation across
    the major pelican nesting areas in North Dakota, Montana, South Dakota,
    and Minnesota. Scientists at the conference identified West Nile virus
    as a potentially serious threat to the species, and recommended that a
    continent-wide pelican population survey is key to answering many of
    the questions we have about the future of white pelicans. No survey has
    been conducted since the early 1980s. I know the white pelican is not
    endangered, at least not yet, and is not a game bird, but it is a
    species of concern. None of us wants to see white pelicans put on the
    endangered species list.
        How much base DOI funding do you plan to dedicate to white pelican
    research in fiscal year 2007?
        Answer. Although certain local colonies have been declining, the
    overall continental population of American White Pelicans (Pelecanus
    erythrorhyncos) appears to be stable or increasing. Pelicans are long-
    lived birds that can probably withstand multiple years of reproductive
    failure while maintaining a relatively stable population size. While
    the Fish and Wildlife Service is concerned and would like to have a
    better understanding of factors that led to problems observed in 2004
    and 2005 with the pelican colony at Chase Lake National Wildlife
    Refuge, on a continent-wide basis these birds are abundant compared to
    many higher priority migratory birds. The Service's migratory bird
    priorities are documented in the 2002 Species of Conservation Concern
    List and in a list of 139 Focal Species of migratory birds. The
    American White Pelican is not currently a species of nationwide
    concern, although it is listed as a regional concern in Bird
    Conservation Region 26 (the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley).
        There are no funds dedicated to specific research projects
    concerning the white pelican. However, we continue to monitor the
    different colonies in the Northern Great Plains for deaths, adult
    abandonment of nests and young, predation, and general colony health.
    This monitoring can be accomplished with existing funds.
        Question. What will your Department do in 2006 and 2007 to address
    the declining pelican populations?
        Answer. As stated above, continent-wide American White Pelican
    populations are in general not declining. They are in fact increasing
    in some geographic areas, and otherwise largely maintaining stable
    populations (making them a low priority concern nationally from a
    migratory bird management perspective). However, we are concerned about
    certain local colonies declining, such as the Chase Lake colony. We
    continue to monitor the different colonies in the Northern Great Plains
    for deaths, adult abandonment of nests and young, predation, and
    general colony health.

                    OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION ON PUBLIC LANDS

        Question. The budget increases Bureau of Land Management (BLM) oil
    and gas management by $26.3 million, an increase of 30 percent over
    2005. I applaud your decision to increase environmental inspection,
    monitoring, and enforcement of drilling operations with an additional
    $4.9 million. Also included in the increase is $4.3 million to ``keep
    pace with the growing demand for APD's''. Opponents of speeding up
    approvals for oil and gas companies to drill on public lands point out
    that you have already approved thousands of applications that have not
    been put to use.
        Exactly how many approved APD's have not been exercised?
        Answer. The BLM does not track the number of APDs that have not
    been drilled. However, BLM does track the number of wells spudded, or
    originally drilled. In 2004, drilling activity lagged behind BLM's rate
    of APD approval; however the number of new wells now exceeds the BLM's
    rate of approving APDs, indicating that industry is adding capacity to
    utilize APDs and is drilling APDs approved in prior years.
        Industry has now ramped up to meet the national demand for energy
    and is utilizing a high percentage of the APDs that are approved.
    Industry has more than doubled its drilling since 2004. The number of
    wells spudded since the beginning of the fiscal year now nearly matches
    the number of APDs approved in 2006. The table below displays APDs
    approved and wells spudded for the period October 1 to April 1 in
    fiscal year 2006 and for the comparable period during the prior two
    years:

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                           2004         2005         2006
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    APDs Approved 10/1-4/1...........        2,382        2,722        3,373
    Wells Spudded 10/1-4/1...........        1,446        2,728        3,298
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

        Question. Is it really necessary to speed up APD approvals in light
    of the number that have already been approved?
        Answer. Section 366 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 contains
    processing timelines that BLM is working to meet. The timely processing
    of pending APDs represents perhaps the Nation's best near-term
    opportunity to provide additional domestic energy supplies.

                                APPROVAL OF APDS

        Question. The Bureau of Land Management has hired an industry
    association to review and approve APD's from the industry they
    represent. This truly looks like the fox is guarding the henhouse. I
    can imagine the uproar that would have greeted the Clinton
    administration if it had chosen the Wilderness Society to process the
    paperwork for timber sales. At a minimum, this gives the appearance of
    a conflict of interest.
        How can you to assure this Committee that abuses are not taking
    place?
        Answer. The BLM has not hired an industry association to review and
    approve APDs. The BLM has utilized industry employees in the past,
    under volunteer agreements, to prepare supplemental information such as
    maps used in the processing of APDs. BLM does not utilize industry
    employees currently. In fiscal year 2005, the oil and gas industry
    offered the services of several employees in order to assist BLM to be
    able to process additional APDs in a few offices that were unable to
    keep up with the pace of new APDs. BLM's staffing has since been
    increased to handle this workload.
        The scope of work undertaken by these ``hosted workers'' was
    limited to resource input and scientific analysis in subject matters
    they had expertise in. All decisions are made by BLM managers. The BLM
    uses volunteer labor in several of it programs throughout the bureau
    and provides specific guidance on how this work force is to be used and
    supervised. The guidance for the use of such workers is found in BLM
    Manual 1114.2.22(C) (Volunteers). This policy states that hosted
    workers may provide advisory services, but may not make substantive
    recommendations and decisions that are appropriately made by BLM
    employees, supervisors, and managers.
        Work assignments for hosted workers were made by BLM supervisors
    and managers, not the sponsoring organizations. Prior to the arrival of
    hosted workers at a BLM Office, BLM identified the projects that hosted
    workers would be assigned to work on. Neither the hosted workers nor
    the consulting firm that recruited the workers had any role in setting
    work priorities.
        Hosted workers do not have access to BLM proprietary information
    and data. Access to data by volunteers is limited, carefully monitored,
    and controlled.
        Question. What other options did you consider before making this
    choice?
        Answer. As noted above, the BLM is not currently using ``hosted
    workers.'' As a short term measure, taken in order to respond to the
    unplanned increase in requests for APDs in 2005, BLM used the services
    of hosted workers. BLM considered options such as requesting additional
    appropriations, reprogramming and reassignments of staff from other
    offices. The hosted worker arrangement, under the BLM Manual policy for
    volunteers, provided the skills needed while BLM prepared a longer term
    response to the demand for APDs. BLM does not plan to use hosted
    workers to assist with APD processing in 2006 and 2007.
        Question. If Congress approves this budget increase, will you agree
    to stop using industry people to review APD's?
        Answer. The BLM is not currently using industry employees to review
    APDs. Using the 2007 budget increase, together with the Pilot office
    funding in 2006, BLM has the capability to add staff and hire
    contractors with the skills provided by these ``hosted workers'' in
    2005. BLM does not plan to use hosted workers to assist with APD
    processing in the future.

                        ALASKA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

        Question. Your budget adds $12.4 million for Alaska North Slope
    energy activities, including $8 million to prepare for oil drilling in
    the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
        Congress has not authorized oil exploration in ANWR, and even if it
    does, the first lease sale would not take place before 2008.
    Considering how many other programs are being cut or neglected in this
    budget, I believe we should put this $8 million to use in a more
    practical manner.
        Where would you suggest Congress redirect this $8 million that will
    not require new legal authorization?
        Answer. The Department's budget proposal supports the environmental
    analyses needed to explore and develop the area within the Alaska
    National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), where the U.S. Geological Survey
    estimates a mean expected volume of 10.4 billion barrels of technically
    recoverable oil if Congress acts to lift the ban on development. If
    Congress does not lift this ban, but still provides the
    Administration's funding request, up to $8.0 million of the funds
    requested would be used to respond to a significant and costly set of
    response and cleanup projects caused by accelerated shoreline erosion
    in Alaska. The erosion of the shoreline threatens government-owned
    legacy wells and other facilities. Proper abandonment of these
    government-owned legacy wells is important to prevent contamination of
    the oceans and lakes in the area.
        The 2007 BLM Budget Justification referenced a preliminary cost
    estimate of $24 million for emergency response and remediation
    activities that may be needed at various sites over the next five
    years. The BLM and Department will have a better cost estimate when the
    ongoing studies and the preparation of a long-term systematic plan for
    responding to the sites are completed.
        In 2005, shoreline erosion exposed the well casing and breached the
    reserve pit at the JW Dalton well, initiating a highly visible winter
    emergency site characterization. BLM's initial remediation response was
    successful and the State of Alaska's formal acceptance for the removals
    at the former reserve pit was received. In 2005, the Department
    provided $7.5 million in emergency funding to address the J.W. Dalton
    Well site issue and begin assessments and characterization of other
    sites that are at risk of inundation. The portion of the funding used
    specifically for the Dalton well has been used for the emergency
    response actions to plug and abandon the well; and to remove and manage
    the reserve pit contents in constructed temporary stockpiles.
        Transportation and final disposal of the wastes remain to be done
    before the J.W. Dalton project is complete. The disposal options study
    was completed January 30, 2006. The least-cost scenario is roughly $6.5
    million for contracting, with an additional $0.2 million needed for
    administrative costs to complete this final phase of the JW Dalton
    response.
        The stockpiles are located at the Air Force's Pt. Lonely DEW-Line
    site and the Air Force agreement stipulates that the stockpiles must be
    removed by 2008. The State of Alaska is allowing only a one-year
    extension to the temporary stockpiles. Funding is now needed to
    complete the removals. Completing the J.W. Dalton disposal is the
    highest priority.
        After the Dalton disposal, the next priorities, as identified by
    the 2005 NPR-A erosion inventory are:
        1. East Teshekpuk Legacy (USGS research) well and reserve pit
        2. Atigaru Legacy (USGS research) well and reserve pit
        3. Drew Point Legacy (USGS research) well and reserve pit
        A fourth priority site, the North Simpson (Navy) Legacy well, has
    no reserve pit associated with it and the BLM oil and gas staff have
    assessed the risk of the well itself as low. However, the wellhead has
    valves and is inundated in 4 feet of seawater. Although the risk to the
    marine environment is currently low, the wellhead valve can be expected
    to eventually deteriorate, presenting a hazard to the marine
    environment from the diesel fuel in the well case. In addition, the
    wellhead presents a navigational hazard to any watercraft which are
    near shore in the area. For these reasons, the local Native
    communities, the State of Alaska, and the North Slope Borough could be
    expected to strongly oppose lack of action to plug, abandon, and cut
    off this well.

                          HURRICANES KATRINA AND RITA

        Question. Many employees of your Department distinguished
    themselves by their heroic efforts to rescue stranded people and feed
    those left with nothing along the Gulf Coast after Hurricanes Katrina
    and Rita. They are to be commended. The Fish and Wildlife Service
    devoted over $10 million worth of support for the recovery efforts.
    This is in addition to over $160 million in damages to Service lands
    and property. The President has requested sufficient funding for
    necessary repairs and reconstruction which I support. However, he has
    not requested money to reimburse the agency for its emergency response
    costs. Last year you covered the $10 million in emergency response
    costs by moving funds from the Fish and Wildlife Service construction
    account. Some of the construction funds came from leftover balances
    from completed projects. I'm glad to see those funds being put to good
    use. However, you also took funds from planned or uncompleted projects
    that are priorities of this Committee. These priority projects cannot
    be resumed unless funding is restored.
        Question. Will you use a portion of the pending supplemental to
    restore funds to these projects?
        Answer. The Fish and Wildlife Service does not plan to use a
    portion of the recently enacted supplemental to restore funds to these
    projects.

                            WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT

        Question. The National Fire Plan was intended to establish a
    unified, seamless, interagency wildfire management program. The budget
    presents disconcerting evidence of a lack of coordination between the
    Departments of Agriculture and Interior. The Interior Department's
    budget for Wildland Fire Management is strangely at odds with that of
    the Forest Service. You propose elimination of rural fire assistance
    grants to small communities. The Forest Service budget, on the other
    hand, proposes an increase for their comparable volunteer fire
    assistance grants program. Your budget reduces funding for hazardous
    fuels reduction by $8 million. The Forest Service budget proposes a $10
    million increase for fuels reduction.
        On the other hand, the administration is holding joint USDA-
    Interior fire research funding steady, but the Forest Service is
    proposing to cut their share. Perhaps most surprising is that you are
    increasing fire preparedness funding while the Forest Service reduces
    theirs.
        Would you please explain how the administration came up with such
    an inconsistent budget?
        Answer. There are programmatic reasons for differences in the two
    agencies' budgets, and having a unified and coordinated program does
    not necessarily mean that funding for individual activities will always
    move in tandem. Wildland fire management, including fuels reduction,
    rural fire assistance, and preparedness, remains a top priority for
    both Departments. The Department of Interior and USDA Forest Service
    plan to treat approximately 3.0 million acres of hazardous fuel in
    fiscal year 2007. The Department of Interior alone expects to conduct
    hazardous fuels treatments on 1,052,000 acres, of which approximately
    43 percent are in critical Wildland Urban Interface areas. Overall
    fuels treatment funding for the Federal fire community (including the
    Forest Service) is level with 2006.
        Though the 2007 budget does propose to eliminate the pilot RFA
    grant program at DOI, the request does continue to fund the Ready
    Reserve program. This DOI pilot program began in fiscal year 2006 with
    $1.9 million in Preparedness funding. The purpose of this program is to
    strengthen initial attack and extended capabilities of rural fire
    departments (RFDs) that provide firefighting assistance on DOI lands.
    In 2006, firefighter training will be repackaged for delivery at local
    fire facilities around the country. Additional training will be
    developed that bridges existing training in both the structural and
    wildland fire sectors, and training delivery will begin. With these
    funds, a supplementary workforce of 1,000--2,000 RFD personnel would be
    trained each year. This enhancement of local capacity will reduce the
    Department's reliance on the more expensive alternative of transporting
    Federal and contract firefighters from other regions of the country.
        Furthermore, the Department will continue ongoing efforts to work
    with the Department of Homeland Security to meet the needs of rural
    fire departments for basic training and equipment through the much
    larger DHS Assistance to Firefighters Grant program. The Department
    recently updated the existing agreement with DHS that will ensure a
    greater role for the wildland fire agencies in reviewing grants to
    departments through programs they administer. As part of this enhanced
    collaboration, the two Departments now link websites to better direct
    those seeking grants to rural fire departments to available funding.
        DOI currently plans and budgets all predictable firefighting
    expenses within the Preparedness account, including all firefighters
    and aviation resources. The $6 million increase requested for
    Preparedness would fund fixed costs for this firefighting force.
        The Department and the Forest Service are currently engaged in the
    development of Fire Program Analysis, an innovative system that will
    inform fire management planning and budgeting across ownership and
    jurisdictional boundaries. Beginning with the 2008 budget request, this
    effort is designed to provide efficiencies through common and unified
    planning and budgeting in the future for both Departments.
        Question. Why don't your Departments coordinate your efforts and
    provide a coherent budget to Congress?
        Answer. The Department of the Interior and USDA Forest Service do
    coordinate budget activities regarding wildfire management. However,
    this does not mean that funding for specific activities will always
    move in unison because each agency has unique factors to consider in
    developing its budget request. Both agencies are engaged in the
    development of Fire Program Analysis (FPA), an effort designed to
    provide efficiencies through common and unified planning and budgeting
    in the future.
        Although the DOI and Forest Service wildfire budgets and budgeting
    processes are separate, the agencies collaborate and cooperate closely
    in all aspects of fire management, fire response, hazardous fuels
    reduction and public wildland fire education.

                             RURAL FIRE ASSISTANCE

        Question. Rural fire departments successfully respond to thousands
    of fires every year on federal lands--saving taxpayers many millions in
    federal emergency response costs. Your budget asserts that you will
    coordinate with the Department of Homeland Security to see that
    Interior's rural neighbors will have access to federal funding.
        Why are you proposing to cut assistance grants to rural fire
    departments that respond to wildfires on Interior's public lands?
        Answer. As explained above, the Department continues to fund the
    Ready Reserve program at $1.9 million. In 2007, this program will train
    and provide safety gear for about 1,000-2,000 local firefighters.
        The Ready Reserve program was appropriated $1.9 million in fiscal
    year 2006; awards are not yet complete. Those funds will be spent for
    the following:

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    Amount
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Training Repackaging.......................................     $250,000
    Training Development.......................................      250,000
    Personal Protective Equipment..............................      585,000
    Training Delivery..........................................      789,000
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

        In fiscal year 2007, the program will direct all funds to training.
        Question. And how can you claim that DHS will help when the
    administration is also proposing to cut DHS firefighter grants from
    $648 to $293 million?
        Answer. DOI's Rural Fire Assistance grant applicants are eligible
    to apply for DHS Assistance to Firefighters (AFG) grants and may also
    be eligible for Forest Service grants. To better coordinate all
    available grant resources, the Department recently updated a Memorandum
    of Understanding with DHS and the Forest Service that will ensure a
    greater role for the wildland fire agencies to participate in the AFG
    grant evaluation process. As part of this enhanced collaboration, the
    two Departments now link websites to better direct those seeking grants
    to rural fire departments to available funding.
        The AFG web page (http://www.firegrantsupport.com/stories/
    afg_stories.aspx) details grants that funded such things as wildland
    urban interface type II and III engines (California), wildland fire
    training (Tennessee), and a brush truck (Alaska). Though the DOI
    program does not fund rolling stock, these communities were able to
    successfully compete for wildland fire equipment and training in this
    much larger grant program. Through our enhanced collaboration and
    cooperation, the Department expects to continue to educate our DHS
    partners about the wildland fire community and their specific needs to
    enhance their future capability to compete for scarce assistance.

                        LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND

        Question. The Administration claims that it is requesting $533
    million from the Land and Water Conservation Fund. I am not persuaded
    that this really the case. Your budget only requests $85.1 million for
    federal land acquisition, and grants to states for land acquisition and
    development of recreational opportunities. Federal land acquisition was
    $573 million in 2002 and it has gone down every year in the Bush
    administration. The state assistance side of the LWCF--which provides
    funds to states for acquisition of open space and development of parks
    would be eliminated. The Department's budget points to 10 other non-
    LWCF programs being counted as LWCF.
        Can you please explain how you say you are funding LWCF at $533
    million when it seems that all you are playing a shell game by renaming
    other programs so you can count them as LWCF?
        Moreover, how can you justify requesting such low levels for LWCF
    land acquisition when there is a significant backlog of inholdings in
    our national forests, wildlife refuges, parks, and BLM lands, with
    sellers willing to sell their property for the benefit of our natural
    resources?
        Answer. Recognizing that a number of programs contribute to meeting
    America's conservation and recreation needs, the Congress over the past
    decade has appropriated nearly $1.5 billion from the Land and Water
    Conservation fund for programs other than Federal land acquisition and
    State recreation grants. Specifically, in 2001, $456 million was
    appropriated from the Fund for other programs. In 2006, Interior,
    Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, $156 million was
    appropriated for other programs.
        The 2007 proposal would use LWCF funding for the following programs
    that were funded from LWCF beginning in 2001: Cooperative Endangered
    Species Conservation fund, North American Wetlands Conservation Fund,
    and State and Tribal Wildlife grants. The 2007 proposal also includes
    LWCF funding for the following two programs that have been funded from
    the LWCF each year since 2002: Landowner Incentive program and Private
    Stewardship grants.
        The 2007 budget focuses LWCF funding on achieving high-priority
    conservation and related goals. Linking cooperative conservation on
    public lands to nearby private lands enhances conservation, intensifies
    community participation and leverages the funding dedicated to these
    activities. Conservation partnerships that transcend Federal boundaries
    create opportunities to tap into the knowledge and resources of
    neighboring communities and enlist their support in long-term
    conservation and recreation goals. In addition these partnerships
    leverage funds through partnerships that yield at least a one-to-one
    match. The proposed 2007 funding level of $533 million includes $147.3
    million for the Forest Service and $386 million for DOI.
        With respect to the backlog of inholdings and willing sellers, as
    stated in the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture National Land
    Acquisition Plan of February 2005, that was submitted to the
    Appropriations Committees, the conservation of lands does not
    necessarily require Federal acquisition. Our agencies have systematic
    processes for selecting the appropriate tools to manage lands, ensuring
    that acquisition is used with discretion, extensive public input, and
    only where acquisition appears to be the best alternative. In addition,
    the concept of a ``backlog'' for land acquisition can be misleading for
    several reasons. First, conservation of lands does not necessarily
    require Federal acquisition. Second, in contrast to facilities
    maintenance, there are not objective criteria for what must be done.
    Third, many inholdings do not need to be acquired. The key conclusion
    of the Land Acquisition Plan is that land acquisition is only one of a
    suite of tools to reach the Departments' conservation and other land
    management objectives. Cooperative conservation programs provide
    alternative tools to protect and manage land and resources. These tools
    significantly leverage Federal funds and often broaden the ways in
    which lands are managed and conservation goals are achieved.

                        USGS NORTH DAKOTA ENERGY REPORT

        Question. A USGS scientist named Dr. Leigh Price researched the
    potential for billions of barrels of untapped oil reserves in the
    Williston Basin, which includes North Dakota, in 1999 and 2000.
    Unfortunately, Dr. Price died more than six years ago--before he had
    the chance to publish two studies that he was working on. The studies
    include a manuscript, ``Origins and characteristics of the basin-
    centered continuous-reservoir unconventional oil-resource base of the
    Bakken Source System, Williston Basin,'' and a detailed data set. I
    understand that USGS is currently reviewing Dr. Price's research for
    possible release. Since this research could be very important to both
    the scientific and energy development communities in my state, I am
    concerned that USGS has been abnormally slow in its decision about
    whether to make the information public. This research may be especially
    relevant since USGS is scheduled to do its next assessment of energy
    resources in the Williston Basin in 2007 or 2008.
        Do you plan to make this information publicly available?
        What is your timeline for making a decision about whether you will
    release this information to the public?
        Why has it taken the USGS six years to consider publishing this
    research?
        Answer. The scientist, Leigh Price--now deceased--submitted a draft
    manuscript for scientific peer review in 1999, just before his death,
    for publication as a ``USGS E-Bulletin.'' Only one reviewer returned
    any comments in the scientific peer review process. Therefore, the
    manuscript has not had peer review and has not received approval for
    publication by the Team Chief Scientist and the Director. In its
    current state, USGS cannot release the draft or any of its contents
    without violating policies relating to scientific merit, integrity,
    objectivity, impartiality, non-advocacy, and public benefit.
        The USGS is currently evaluating the information in the unpublished
    manuscript and locating the author's raw data that serve as the
    foundation for his interpretations. The USGS is also taking into
    consideration information presented in recent publications regarding
    the Williston Basin. In addition, USGS is required to determine whether
    the unpublished manuscript contains any proprietary information. Upon
    completion of all these evaluations, USGS will make a determination
    whether any information in this unpublished manuscript merits
    consideration for approval and publication and then the most
    appropriate means to disseminate that information, if appropriate.
        The last USGS assessment of petroleum resources in the Williston
    Basin was released in 1995. The results of this assessment are
    available at http://energy.cr.usgs.gov/oilgas/noga/index.htm. The next
    formal USGS study and reassessment of petroleum resources of the
    Williston Basin is slated for winter 2007/2008, with the publication
    and release of those findings shortly thereafter.

            STATESIDE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND (LWCF) GRANTS

        Question. Your budget request eliminates stateside assistance
    grants through the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The National Park
    Service budget justifies this cut by saying ``Paying for improvements
    to State and local parks is a decision better left to State and local
    taxpayers rather than to Federal taxpayers.'' This rationalization is
    hard to understand when you propose a $2.1 million increase for private
    stewardship grants for voluntary conservation efforts on private lands
    and another $2.7 million increase for landowner incentive program
    grants to states and tribes for financial assistance to private
    landowners.
        Please explain why these FWS grants are more appropriate for
    federal funding than conservation grants to states?
        Answer. The Private Stewardship Grants and the Landowner Incentive
    Program Grants are critical elements in the conservation and recovery
    of the nation's endangered and threatened species and other species of
    concern, and the habitats that support them. Recent studies have
    indicated that 75 percent of the species currently listed as either
    threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act rely on
    privately owned habitat for part or all of their lives. Likewise, the
    recently completed Wildlife Action Plans (also known as State
    Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Plans) identify thousands of other
    species of concern that cannot be conserved without the habitats found
    on private lands. For example, in Tennessee, a state where 92 percent
    of the land is privately owned, landowner grants are being used to
    protect habitats in high priority rivers and streams. Projects funded
    by these grants are expected to benefit over 40 threatened or
    endangered species and provide improved water quality for all
    downstream users. Likewise in eastern Wyoming, where almost all the
    land is privately owned, conservation grants to landowners will be used
    to enhance or restore 10,000 acres of prairie and prairie stream
    habitats. This work will benefit dozens of species identified in the
    Wyoming Wildlife Action Plan while also providing financial benefits to
    the landowners.
        Given the importance of private lands to wildlife and the
    conservation opportunities they represent, the Private Stewardship
    Grants Program and the Landowner Incentive Program provide habitat for
    wildlife while simultaneously helping landowners maintain the economic
    viability of their property. By helping, rather than regulating, the
    Service has found these programs to be cost effective mechanisms to
    build public support for wildlife conservation within rural
    communities, stretch existing conservation dollars to achieve the
    greatest possible benefit, and prevent the need for more drastic, and
    costly, regulatory actions later on.
        The elimination of funding for LWCF State grants in the fiscal year
    2007 budget request is an example of the difficult choices that were
    made to propose a budget that could support the Administration's effort
    to cut the budget deficit in half by fiscal year 2009. In recognition
    of the need to constrain the budget, this was one area that could be
    reduced without affecting operations of the National Park System, which
    is the core responsibility of NPS. The fiscal year 2007 budget request
    increases operations funding by $23.4 million.
        The fiscal year 2007 budget does not include funding for new LWCF
    State grants but does include $1.6 million for State Grants
    Administration which will be used to review the accounting, billing and
    performance of grants provided in previous years. Nearly $3.9 billion
    has been appropriated through fiscal year 2006 for the State grant
    program including $312 million in the last four years.
        Question. How will the President fulfill his promise on the LWCF
    without the stateside program?
        Answer. The annual budget requests for 2002--2005 upheld the
    President's first-term commitment to fully fund the Land and Water
    Conservation Fund. Throughout the first term, the Administration
    requested $900 million for Interior and Forest Service programs within
    the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Congress did not appropriate
    funds at the request level.
        Beginning in 2006, the budget began to reflect the need to
    constrain funding with the goal of reducing the deficit. Despite the
    constraints, the 2006 budget request still included $496 million for
    the LWCF programs just within Interior. The Congress funded $264.5
    million. The 2007 budget maintains a robust funding level for the Land
    and Water Conservation Fund. The 2007 request includes $386 million for
    Interior LWCF programs, an increase of $121 million over the 2006
    enacted level.
        This funding level is achieved with a focus on high-priority
    conservation partnership programs. Linking cooperative conservation on
    public lands to nearby private lands enhances conservation, intensifies
    community participation and leverages the funding dedicated to these
    activities. Conservation partnerships that transcend Federal boundaries
    create opportunities to tap into the knowledge and resources of
    neighboring communities and enlist their support in long-term
    conservation and recreation goals. These cooperative conservation
    programs also have the significant benefit of leveraging federal
    dollars, sometimes by a ratio of four to one or more. They capitalize
    on community engagement, collaboration, and cooperation in working
    toward shared goals of healthy lands and thriving communities. Four-
    fifths of the land in this country is in private ownership. Local
    communities and landowners are in the best position to help in efforts
    such as providing habitat for the protection of endangered species.
                                     ______

                   Questions Submitted by Senator Ted Stevens

                             NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

        Question. 2005 statistics show there are 79 million acres of
    national parks in the United States. Alaska has approximately 51
    million acres, or 65 percent of the country's national parks. Compared
    to the entire National Park System, the Alaska Region consistently
    receives less than 5 percent of operations funding each fiscal year.
        Can you explain to me why the Department spends such a small
    percentage of operations funds for the National Park System in Alaska
    when Alaska has over half of the nation's parkland?
        Answer. Many factors affect the funding level necessary to operate
    a park unit in a manner that is consistent with the National Park
    Service mission. Among the most important of these factors is the
    number of visitors a park receives, the nature of a park's cultural and
    natural resources, the prevalence of threats to visitors and resources,
    and the number of facilities and roads that must be operated and
    maintained. Most of the park units in the Alaska region are expansive
    and home to invaluable natural resources. However, due to their remote
    locations, Alaska parks have fewer facilities in comparison with parks
    in the lower forty-eight States and receive less than one percent of
    the overall visitation to national park units.
        The current funding level for Alaska parks reflects a balance
    between the need to protect resources over a large area and the
    relatively small number of visitors for whom the NPS must provide
    interpretive programs, safety and security, and facilities. However, as
    a result of needs identified by the NPS, Alaska national park units
    received funding increases at a rate faster than the average for all
    park units over the last ten years. From fiscal year 1997 to fiscal
    year 2006, Alaska parks had operations budget growth of 70 percent,
    greater than the 46 percent average for all parks. The NPS will
    continue to assess the needs of all parks to ensure that natural and
    cultural resources are protected and adequate services are provided to
    visitors.

                            FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE

        Question. The fiscal year 2007 budget request eliminates funds for
    the Regional Mark Processing Center. These funds are used by the
    Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission to maintain the coast-wide
    coded-wire tag database for anadromous fish produced in U.S.
    hatcheries, as required by the Pacific Salmon Treaty. The Fish &
    Wildlife Service justifies this cut on grounds the project is not
    directly related to its performance goals under the Department of
    Interior's strategic plan.
        How does this project not fit into the Department's performance
    goals? How will the United States meet its obligations under the
    Pacific Salmon Treaty if funds for this project are eliminated?
        Answer. NOAA Fisheries and the States have primary responsibility
    of managing the fisheries covered by the Treaty. As a result, the
    Regional Mark Processing Center's management of fishery harvest is not
    captured in the Service's Strategic Plan. Almost half of RMPC's
    operational budget of roughly $530,000 comes from the Service annually.
    For the U.S. to meet its obligations under the Pacific Salmon Treaty,
    the agencies currently involved in the financial support of the RMPC
    will make every effort to identify other base funding sources to cover
    a portion of the proposed reduction.
        Question. The Marine Mammal Act is that marine mammal populations
    and the marine ecosystems on which they depend be maintained at, or
    returned to, healthy levels. This mandate is particularly important to
    Alaska given the number of types of marine animals in the State and the
    need to ensure sustainable use of marine mammals for subsistence
    purposes.
        What is the Department's justification for eliminating funding for
    the Alaska Marine Mammals Program--almost $2 million was appropriated
    for this program in fiscal year 2006?
        Answer. The earmark provided in 2006 is targeted to two areas: (1)
    $969,000 for cooperative agreements with Alaska Native organizations,
    and (2) $990,000 for marine mammal surveys in Alaska. Although the
    elimination of the $969,000 earmark will reduce the scope and number of
    joint efforts pursued under cooperative agreements, the Service will
    maintain essential agreements through base funds in fiscal year 2007.
    The scaled-back agreements, many of which are predicated on a long-term
    approach, will still play an important role in maintaining partnerships
    with Alaska Natives, which provide key management tools for
    understanding marine mammal population trends and managing subsistence
    harvest.
        The 2006 Appropriation of $990,000 will be targeted towards the
    continued development of marine mammal population survey methods in
    Alaska. These funds provide the opportunity to obtain biological
    information to address high priority resource issues. For example, we
    have developed and are implementing an innovative survey technique to
    estimate the Pacific walrus stock. The Service will continue to seek
    ways to meet our management responsibilities for northern sea otter,
    Pacific walrus, and polar bear conservation that also recognizes
    current budget limitations.
        We anticipate that the tasks and projects funded with the marine
    mammal earmark will be completed in 2006. The Service is committed to
    continuing to meet our responsibilities for marine mammal conservation
    and management under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, and recovery for
    those species listed under the Endangered Species Act.

                           BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

        Question. The fiscal year 2007 budget request eliminates funding
    for the Alaska Minerals Program. The BLM justifies this cut on grounds
    the mineral survey function is more appropriate for the State and other
    entities. Section 1010(a) of the Alaska National Interest Lands
    Conservation Act (ANILCA) directs the Secretary of Interior to assess
    the oil, gas, and other mineral potential on all public lands in the
    State of Alaska in order to expand the data base with respect to the
    mineral potential of such lands. There are 73 mining districts in
    Alaska. 30 of these have been identified as high priority for
    assessments under ANILCA. The U.S. Bureau of Mines (through 1995) and
    BLM (since 1995) have completed the mineral assessments of 15 of the
    high priority mining districts.
        ANILCA directs the Secretary of Interior to assess the mineral
    potential on public lands in Alaska so I do not think the BLM's stated
    justification for eliminating the program is adequate. How can the
    Department justify this cut when assessments have been completed on
    only half of the high priority mining districts? In addition, there are
    43 remaining districts that have yet to be scheduled for assessment.
        Answer. The Department is focusing its available funding to meet
    its highest priorities, including responding to the Nation's demand for
    energy. The Alaska Minerals program provides mineral assessments which
    may provide some long term economic benefit, but which are not clear
    Federal priorities. The Department believes that industry or other
    entities with an interest in Alaska's long term mineral potential will
    invest the funds needed to continue assessments where needed.

                              SUBCOMMITTEE RECESS

        Senator Burns. Thank you all very much. The subcommittee
    will stand in recess to reconvene at 9:30 a.m., Thursday, April
    6, in room SD-124. At that time we will hear testimony from the
    Hon. Stephen L. Johnson, Administrator, Environmental
    Protection Agency.
        [Whereupon, at 10:32 a.m., Thursday, March 30, the
    subcommittee was recessed, to reconvene at 9:30 a.m., Thursday,
    April 6.]