Preparation of a Supplement to the Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, 58738 [05-20171]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Preparation of a Supplement to the
Draft Comprehensive Conservation
Plan and Environmental Impact
Statement for the Upper Mississippi
River National Wildlife and Fish
Refuge, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and
Wisconsin
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public
that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(Service) intends to prepare a
Supplement to the Draft Comprehensive
Conservation Plan (CCP) and
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) and its implementing
regulations, for the Upper Mississippi
River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
(Refuge) located in Illinois, Iowa,
Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
The Refuge has decided to draft a new
preferred alternative (Alternative E) in
the form of a Supplement to the Draft
CCP and EIS. All current alternatives in
the Draft CCP and EIS (Alternatives A
through D) will remain and will be
considered in preparing the Final CCP
and EIS.
The Service is furnishing this notice
in compliance with the National
Wildlife Refuge System Administration
Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C.
668dd et seq.), and the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, to
advise other agencies and the public of
our intentions.
ADDRESSES: Address comments to
Refuge Manager, Upper Mississippi
River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge,
51 East Fourth Street, Room 101,
Winona, MN 55987. Comments may
also be submitted electronically to
r3planning@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Don
Hultman at (507) 452–4232.
By Federal
law, all lands within the National
Wildlife Refuge System are to be
managed in accordance with an
approved CCP. The CCP guides
management decisions and identifies
refuge goals, long-range objectives, and
strategies for achieving refuge purposes.
The Service issued a Draft CCP and
EIS on May 1, 2005, with a 120-day
public review and comment period. The
comment period ended August 31, 2005.
During this time, 21 public information
meetings and public workshops were
held and attended by 2,900 citizens.
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More than 2,500 written comments were
received.
The public will have an opportunity
to review and comment on the
Supplement for 60 days following its
release. Public open houses will also be
held in several communities during the
comment period. Notice of availability
of the Supplement will be published in
the Federal Register. In addition,
announcements of Supplement
availability and public involvement
opportunities will be made through
special mailings, media announcements,
and on the planning website listed
below.
The current Draft CCP and EIS, along
with other information on the planning
process are available at https://
www.fws.gov/midwest/planning/
uppermiss/.
We estimate that the Supplement to
the Draft CCP and EIS will be available
in November 2005.
Dated: September 8, 2005.
Robyn Thorson,
Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice
of an emergency declaration for the
State of Florida (FEMA–3259–EM),
dated September 20, 2005, and related
determinations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 29, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice
of an emergency declaration for the
State of Florida is hereby amended to
include the following area among those
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Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Moxa Arch Area Infill Gas
Development Project, Lincoln,
Sweetwater and Uinta Counties, WY
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare
an Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) and to conduct scoping for the
Moxa Arch Area Infill Gas Development
Project (MAIP), Lincoln, Sweetwater,
and Uinta Counties, Wyoming.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Under Section 102(2)(C) of
the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969, as amended (NEPA), the Bureau
of Land Management (BLM), Kemmerer
Field Office, announces its intent to
prepare an EIS on the potential impacts
of a proposed natural gas development
project consisting primarily of
conventional gas well development, in
the Moxa Arch area, Wyoming. The
proposed additional wells would fill in
or ‘‘infill’’ among existing wells drilled
and developed under the Expanded
Moxa Arch Area Natural Gas
Development Project EIS and Record of
Decision (ROD) (1997).
Drilling is proposed to occur over a
10-year period and the life-of-project is
anticipated to be 40 years. The project
area is located west of Green River, east
of Lyman and Opal, and south of the
Fontenelle Reservoir.
DATES: This notice initiates the public
scoping process. The BLM can best use
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Preparation of a Supplement to the Draft Comprehensive
Conservation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for the Upper
Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, Illinois, Iowa,
Minnesota, and Wisconsin
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service) intends to prepare a Supplement to the Draft
Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) and its implementing regulations, for the Upper Mississippi
River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (Refuge) located in Illinois,
Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
The Refuge has decided to draft a new preferred alternative
(Alternative E) in the form of a Supplement to the Draft CCP and EIS.
All current alternatives in the Draft CCP and EIS (Alternatives A
through D) will remain and will be considered in preparing the Final
CCP and EIS.
The Service is furnishing this notice in compliance with the
National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, as amended
(16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.), and the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, to advise other agencies and the public of our intentions.
ADDRESSES: Address comments to Refuge Manager, Upper Mississippi River
National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, 51 East Fourth Street, Room 101,
Winona, MN 55987. Comments may also be submitted electronically to
r3planning@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don Hultman at (507) 452-4232.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By Federal law, all lands within the
National Wildlife Refuge System are to be managed in accordance with an
approved CCP. The CCP guides management decisions and identifies refuge
goals, long-range objectives, and strategies for achieving refuge
purposes.
The Service issued a Draft CCP and EIS on May 1, 2005, with a 120-
day public review and comment period. The comment period ended August
31, 2005. During this time, 21 public information meetings and public
workshops were held and attended by 2,900 citizens. More than 2,500
written comments were received.
The public will have an opportunity to review and comment on the
Supplement for 60 days following its release. Public open houses will
also be held in several communities during the comment period. Notice
of availability of the Supplement will be published in the Federal
Register. In addition, announcements of Supplement availability and
public involvement opportunities will be made through special mailings,
media announcements, and on the planning website listed below.
The current Draft CCP and EIS, along with other information on the
planning process are available at https://www.fws.gov/midwest/planning/
uppermiss/.
We estimate that the Supplement to the Draft CCP and EIS will be
available in November 2005.
Dated: September 8, 2005.
Robyn Thorson,
Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fort Snelling,
Minnesota.
[FR Doc. 05-20171 Filed 10-6-05; 8:45 am]
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