Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for Seney National Wildlife Refuge and Kirtland's Warbler Wildlife Management Area in Michigan, Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Missouri, and St. Croix and Leopold Wetland Management Districts in Wisconsin, 20722-20723 [E6-5981]
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CEQA. As NEPA lead agency, the
Service is providing notice of the
availability of the final EIS/EIR and is
making available for public review the
responses to comments on the Draft EIS/
EIR.
Public Review
The Service and CVAG invite the
public to review the Final Plan, Final
EIR/EIS, and Final Implementing
Agreement during a 30-day waiting
period [see DATES]. Any comments
received, including names and
addresses, will become part of the
administrative record and may be made
available to the public.
The Service will evaluate the
application, associated documents, and
comments submitted to them to prepare
a Record of Decision. A permit decision
will be made no sooner than 30 days
after the publication of the Final EIR/
EIS and completion of the Record of
Decision.
This notice is provided pursuant to
section 10(a) of the Federal ESA and
Service regulations for implementing
NEPA, as amended (40 CFR 1506.6). We
provide this notice in order to allow the
public, agencies, or other organizations
to review these documents.
Dated: April 7, 2006.
Alexandra Pitts,
Acting Deputy Manager, California/Nevada
Operations Office, Sacramento, California.
[FR Doc. E6–5990 Filed 4–20–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Comprehensive Conservation Plan and
Environmental Assessment for Seney
National Wildlife Refuge and Kirtland’s
Warbler Wildlife Management Area in
Michigan, Swan Lake National Wildlife
Refuge in Missouri, and St. Croix and
Leopold Wetland Management
Districts in Wisconsin
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public
that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(Service) intends to gather information
necessary to prepare Comprehensive
Conservation Plans (CCP) and
Environmental Assessments (EA) for the
following National Wildlife Refuges
(NWR), Wildlife Management Area
(WMA), and Wetland Management
Districts (WMD): Seney NWR in the
Upper Peninsula, Michigan and
Kirtland’s Warbler WMA in 8 counties
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in the northern Lower Peninsula,
Michigan, Swan Lake NWR in Chariton
County, Missouri, Leopold WMD with
lands in 16 counties in southeastern
Wisconsin, and St. Croix WMD with
lands in 8 counties in western
Wisconsin. The CCPs will describe how
we intend to manage the refuges and
districts for the next 15 years.
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 (NEPA).
Open house style meetings and
possibly focus group meetings and
workshops will be held during the
scoping phase of the CCP development
process to obtain additional suggestions
and information on the scope of
alternatives and impacts to be
considered.
In addition, the Service is inviting
comments on archeological, historic,
and traditional cultural sites in
accordance with the National Historic
Preservation Act.
Special mailings, newspaper articles,
internet postings, and other media
announcements will inform people of
the opportunities for written comments.
ADDRESSES: Comments for Seney NWR
or Kirtland’s Warbler WMA can be
mailed to: Refuge Manager, Seney
National Wildlife Refuge, 1674 Refuge
Entrance Road, Seney, Michigan 49883.
Comments for Swan Lake NWR can be
mailed to: Refuge Manager, Swan Lake
National Wildlife Refuge, 16194 Swan
Lake Avenue, Sumner, Missouri 64681.
Comments for Leopold WMD can be
mailed to: District Manager, W10040
Cascade Mountain Road, Portage,
Wisconsin 53901.
Comments for St. Croix WMD can be
mailed to: District Manager, 1764 95th
Street, New Richmond, Wisconsin
54017.
You may also find information on the
CCP planning process and submit
comments electronically on the
planning Web site https://www.fws.gov/
midwest/planning or you may e-mail
comments to r3planning@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tracy Casselman, Seney NWR or
Kirtland’s Warbler WMA, at 906–586–
9851 or John Guthrie, Swan Lake NWR,
at 660–856–3323 or Steve Lenz, Leopold
WMD, at 608–742–7100 or Chet
McCarty, St. Croix WMD, at 715–246–
7784.
The
National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966, as amended
by the National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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668dd–668ee et seq.), requires the
Service to develop a CCP for each
National Wildlife Refuge. Land parcels
managed by the Service within a
Wetland Management District are also
units of the National Wildlife Refuge
System. The purpose in developing a
CCP is to provide refuge and district
managers with a 15-year strategy for
achieving refuge purposes and
contributing toward the mission of the
National Wildlife Refuge System,
consistent with sound principles of fish
and wildlife management, conservation,
legal mandates, and Service policies. In
addition to outlining broad management
direction on conserving wildlife and
their habitats, the CCP identifies
wildlife-dependent recreational
opportunities available to the public,
including opportunities for hunting,
fishing, wildlife observation and
photography, and environmental
education and interpretation. We will
review and update these CCPs at least
every 15 years in accordance with the
National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966, as amended
by the National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997, and the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321–4370d).
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 CCP will provide other agencies
and the public with a clear
understanding of the desired conditions
for Refuge, Wildlife Management Area,
and Wetland Management District lands
and how the Service will implement
management strategies.
The CCP planning process will
consider many elements, including
wildlife and habitat management,
habitat protection and acquisition,
wilderness preservation, public
recreational activities and cultural
resource preservation. Public input into
this planning process is essential.
The Service will prepare an
Environmental Assessment (EA) for
each CCP in accordance with
procedures for implementing NEPA
found in the Departmental Manual 516
DM 6, Appendix 1.
Review of this project will be
conducted in accordance with the
requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), NEPA
Regulations (40 CFR 1500–1508), other
appropriate Federal laws and
regulations, and Service policies and
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procedures for compliance with those
regulations.
Dated: March 28, 2006.
Robyn Thorson,
Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[MT–092–1430–EU; MTM–93473]
Notice of Realty Action; Competitive
Sale of Public Land, Valley County;
Montana
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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SUMMARY: A 40-acre public parcel of
land located east of Glasgow, Valley
County, Montana, has been examined
and found suitable for sale utilizing
competitive sale procedures.
DATES: The lands will be segregated on
the date of publication of this notice in
the Federal Register. Comments are due
in the Glasgow Field Station by June 5,
2006. The sale will be held at the
Glasgow Field Station on September 14,
2006.
ADDRESSES: Bureau of Land
Management, Glasgow Field Station,
P.O. Box 871, 605 2nd Avenue South,
Room 206, Glasgow, Montana 59230,
406–228–3750.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Information regarding the competitive
sale instructions, procedures,
documents, maps, and materials to
submit a bid can be obtained at the
public reception desk at the above
address from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Monday through Friday (except Federal
holidays), or by contacting John
Fahlgren, at 406–228–3757, at the
Glasgow Field Station. For general
information on BLM’s public land sale
procedures, refer to the following Web
address: https://www.blm.gov/nhp/what/
lands/realty/sales.htm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following described parcel of public
land is proposed for sale:
Principal Meridian, Montana
T. 29 N., R. 39 E., sec. 33, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4.
Containing 40 acres, more or less in Valley
County.
The parcel will be offered through
competitive sale pursuant to 43 CFR
2711.3–1. Authority for the sale is
sections 203 and section 209 of the
Federal Land Policy and Management
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Act of October 21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701,
1713, 1719). This parcel of public land,
east of Glasgow, Montana, is being
offered for sale, using both sealed bid
and oral bid procedures, at not less than
the appraised fair market value of
$26,000. The land is not required for
Federal purposes and was identified for
disposal in the Judith-Valley-Phillips
Resource Management Plan approved in
October 1992. The disposal (sale) of the
parcel would serve the public benefit by
making lands available for community
expansion and private economic
development. As such, these lands meet
the criteria for sale under 43 CFR
2710.0–3(a)(2) and (3).
The land is located one mile
northwest of Glasgow, Montana, and has
physical and legal access via U.S.
Highway 2 and a well maintained
county roadway, Jensen Trail. Jensen
Trail cuts through the property on a
north-south axis, bisecting the property.
The parcel consists of a flat ridge top
giving way to a south facing slope,
which levels slightly at its southern
border. The vegetation on the property
consists mostly of native grasses and
shrubs, and there are a few cottonwood
trees on the property. There is no
running surface water on the property;
however, there are several small draws
that are no doubt active during spring
run-off. Home development is currently
on the property’s east, south, and
northeast borders.
Both sealed bids and oral bids will be
accepted. All sealed bids must be
received at the BLM, Glasgow Field
Station (address stated above), not later
than 4:30 p.m., MST, on the day prior
to the sale or September 13, 2006. The
outside of bid envelopes must be clearly
marked on the front lower left-hand
corner with ‘‘BLM Land Sale MT,
MTM–93473,’’ and the bid opening
date. Bids must be for not less than the
appraised market value of $26,000. Each
sealed bid shall be accompanied by a
certified check, money order, bank draft,
or cashier’s check made payable to the
Bureau of Land Management, for not
less than 10 (ten) percent of the amount
bid. The bid envelope must also contain
a statement showing the total amount
bid and the name, mailing address, and
phone number of the entity making the
bid.
Oral bidding on the date of the sale
will begin at 1 p.m. at the Glasgow Field
Station office at the highest qualified
sealed bidder’s offer. The highest
qualifying oral bidder shall submit
payment by cash, personal check, bank
draft, money order, or any combination
for not less than one-fifth of the amount
of the bid immediately following the
close of the sale. The successful bidder,
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whether such bid is a sealed or oral bid,
shall submit the remainder of the full
bid price prior to the expiration of 180
days from the date of the sale. Failure
to submit the full bid price prior to the
180th day shall result in forfeiture of the
deposit.
The BLM, in its sole discretion,
reserves the right to: (1) Reject any bid;
(2) ask for supplemental bids in the case
of identical bids; (3) make minor
exceptions to procedures to resolve
administrative or other conflicts; and (4)
withdraw the property from sale or
postpone the sale due to protests,
appeals, litigation, administrative, or
other reasons.
If not sold, the parcel described above
in this notice may be identified for sale
on a continuing basis, by sealed bid,
until sold.
Federal law requires bidders to be
U.S. citizens 18 years of age or older, a
corporation subject to the laws of any
state or of the United States; a state,
state instrumentality, or political
subdivision authorized to hold property,
or an entity including, but not limited
to, associations or partnerships legally
capable of holding property or interests
therein under the laws of the State of
Montana.
For a period until June 5, 2006,
interested parties may submit comments
to the Glasgow Field Station, P.O. Box
871, 605 2nd Avenue South, Room 206,
Glasgow, Montana 59230. Any
comments are to be in letter format to
be addressed and mailed to John
Fahlgren, Assistant Field Manager,
Glasgow Field Station. Facsimiles,
telephone calls, and e-mails are
unacceptable means of notification.
Comments including names and street
addresses of respondents will be
available for public review at the
Glasgow Field Station during regular
business hours, except holidays.
Individual respondents may request
confidentiality. If you wish to withhold
your name or address from public
disclosure under the Freedom of
Information Act, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your
comments. Such requests will be
honored to the extent allowed by law.
All submissions from organizations or
businesses, will be made available for
public inspection in their entirety.
Any adverse comments will be
reviewed by the State Director, who may
sustain, vacate, or modify this realty
action and issue a final determination.
In the absence of timely filed objections,
this realty action will become the final
determination of the Department of the
Interior.
The publication of this notice of realty
action shall segregate the public lands
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for
Seney National Wildlife Refuge and Kirtland's Warbler Wildlife
Management Area in Michigan, Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge in
Missouri, and St. Croix and Leopold Wetland Management Districts in
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 gather information necessary to prepare
Comprehensive Conservation Plans (CCP) and Environmental Assessments
(EA) for the following National Wildlife Refuges (NWR), Wildlife
Management Area (WMA), and Wetland Management Districts (WMD): Seney
NWR in the Upper Peninsula, Michigan and Kirtland's Warbler WMA in 8
counties in the northern Lower Peninsula, Michigan, Swan Lake NWR in
Chariton County, Missouri, Leopold WMD with lands in 16 counties in
southeastern Wisconsin, and St. Croix WMD with lands in 8 counties in
western Wisconsin. The CCPs will describe how we intend to manage the
refuges and districts for the next 15 years.
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
(NEPA).
Open house style meetings and possibly focus group meetings and
workshops will be held during the scoping phase of the CCP development
process to obtain additional suggestions and information on the scope
of alternatives and impacts to be considered.
In addition, the Service is inviting comments on archeological,
historic, and traditional cultural sites in accordance with the
National Historic Preservation Act.
Special mailings, newspaper articles, internet postings, and other
media announcements will inform people of the opportunities for written
comments.
ADDRESSES: Comments for Seney NWR or Kirtland's Warbler WMA can be
mailed to: Refuge Manager, Seney National Wildlife Refuge, 1674 Refuge
Entrance Road, Seney, Michigan 49883.
Comments for Swan Lake NWR can be mailed to: Refuge Manager, Swan
Lake National Wildlife Refuge, 16194 Swan Lake Avenue, Sumner, Missouri
64681.
Comments for Leopold WMD can be mailed to: District Manager, W10040
Cascade Mountain Road, Portage, Wisconsin 53901.
Comments for St. Croix WMD can be mailed to: District Manager, 1764
95th Street, New Richmond, Wisconsin 54017.
You may also find information on the CCP planning process and
submit comments electronically on the planning Web site https://
www.fws.gov/midwest/planning or you may e-mail comments to
r3planning@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tracy Casselman, Seney NWR or
Kirtland's Warbler WMA, at 906-586-9851 or John Guthrie, Swan Lake NWR,
at 660-856-3323 or Steve Lenz, Leopold WMD, at 608-742-7100 or Chet
McCarty, St. Croix WMD, at 715-246-7784.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966, as amended by the National Wildlife Refuge
System Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee et seq.),
requires the Service to develop a CCP for each National Wildlife
Refuge. Land parcels managed by the Service within a Wetland Management
District are also units of the National Wildlife Refuge System. The
purpose in developing a CCP is to provide refuge and district managers
with a 15-year strategy for achieving refuge purposes and contributing
toward the mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System, consistent
with sound principles of fish and wildlife management, conservation,
legal mandates, and Service policies. In addition to outlining broad
management direction on conserving wildlife and their habitats, the CCP
identifies wildlife-dependent recreational opportunities available to
the public, including opportunities for hunting, fishing, wildlife
observation and photography, and environmental education and
interpretation. We will review and update these CCPs at least every 15
years in accordance with the National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966, as amended by the National Wildlife Refuge
System Improvement Act of 1997, and the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321-4370d).
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 CCP will
provide other agencies and the public with a clear understanding of the
desired conditions for Refuge, Wildlife Management Area, and Wetland
Management District lands and how the Service will implement management
strategies.
The CCP planning process will consider many elements, including
wildlife and habitat management, habitat protection and acquisition,
wilderness preservation, public recreational activities and cultural
resource preservation. Public input into this planning process is
essential.
The Service will prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) for each
CCP in accordance with procedures for implementing NEPA found in the
Departmental Manual 516 DM 6, Appendix 1.
Review of this project will be conducted in accordance with the
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), NEPA Regulations (40 CFR 1500-1508),
other appropriate Federal laws and regulations, and Service policies
and
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procedures for compliance with those regulations.
Dated: March 28, 2006.
Robyn Thorson,
Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fort Snelling,
Minnesota.
[FR Doc. E6-5981 Filed 4-20-06; 8:45 am]
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