Notice of Multiple National Natural Landmark Boundary Changes and De-designations, 41050-41051 [06-6313]

Download as PDF 41050 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 138 / Wednesday, July 19, 2006 / Notices Landmark Program in 1962 under the authority of the Historic Sites Act of 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.). The National Park Service (NPS) manages this program using regulations found at 36 CFR part 62. Potential natural landmarks are identified in studies by the NPS and from other sources, evaluated by expert natural scientists, and, if determined nationally significant, designated as landmarks by the Secretary of the Interior. When designated, a landmark is included in the National Registry of Natural Landmarks, which currently lists 580 National Natural Landmarks nationwide. Of the 580 listed landmarks, half are administered solely by public agencies; i.e., Federal, State, county or municipal governments. Nearly one-third are owned solely by private parties. The remaining natural landmarks are owned or administered by a mixture of public and private owners. Because many natural landmarks are privately owned or not managed for public access, owner permission must be obtained to visit them. Designation does not infer a right of public access. National natural landmark designation is not a land withdrawal, does not change the ownership of an area and does not dictate activity. However, Federal agencies should consider impacts to the unique properties of these nationally significant areas in carrying out their responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). Designation could result in State or local planning or land use implications. National Natural Landmark preservation is made possible by the long-term, voluntary commitments of public and private owners to protect the outstanding values of the areas. Information on the National Natural Landmark Program can be found in 36 CFR part 62 or on the Internet at www1.nature.nps.gov/nnl/ index.htm. Dated: May 22, 2006. Margaret A. Brooks, National Natural Landmark Program Manager. [FR Doc. 06–6350 Filed 7–18–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–70–M sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Notice of Multiple National Natural Landmark Boundary Changes and Dedesignations AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:28 Jul 18, 2006 Jkt 208001 Public Notice of National Natural Landmark Boundary Changes and De-designations. ACTION: SUMMARY: Secretarial action on May 9, 2006, formally removed National Natural Landmark (NNL) designations in response to owner requests. This action resulted in boundary changes to 66 NNLs and complete de-designation of 8 NNLs. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Margaret Brooks at 520–670–6501 extension 232. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Secretarial action pursuant to 36 CFR 62.8(f)(3) occurred on May 9, 2006. This action formally removed National Natural Landmark (NNL) designations in response to owner requests. all such requests that have been fully processed have been granted. These removals resulted in the de-designation of eight NNLS, listed below, and boundary adjustments to 66 additional NNLs, also listed below. these de-designations and boundary adjustments were reviewed by the National Park Service Advisory Board in July 2004 prior to being presented to the Secretary for action. notification of the owners who requested that the designation be removed from their property was made at the start of the removal process in 2000. By regulation, this is a one-time action, and all removal requests pertaining to the 74 NNLs listed below were granted. Requests for removal from other NNLs are still being processed. The following National Landmarks were de-designated: Alaska: Middleton Island Georgia: Sag Ponds Natural Area; Spooner Springs Maine: Meddybemps Heath New York: Gardiner’s Island West Virginia: Swago Karst Wyoming: Bone Cabin; Lance Creek The boundaries of the following National Natural Landmarks were revised: Alabama: Newsome Sinks Karst Area Alaska: Lake George; Malaspina Glacier; Mount Veniamenof California: American River Bluffs & Phoenix Park Vernal Pools; Dixon Vernal Pools; Elder Creek; Imperial Sand Hills, Mt. Diablo State Park; Nipomo Dunes-Point Sal Coastal Area Colorado: Slumgullion Earth Flow; Spanish Peaks Connecticut: Chester Cedar Swamp; PachaugGreat Meadow Swamp Florida: Emeralda MarshPaynes Prairie; San Felasco Hammock Georgia: Ebenezer Creek Swamp Idaho: Menan Buttes Illinois: Lower Cache River Swamp; Markham Prairie Indiana: Big Walnut Creek PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Kansas: Baldwin Woods Kentucky: Henderson Sloughs Maine: Appleton Bog Atlantic White Cedar Stand; Orono Bog; Passadumkeag Marsh and Boglands; Penny Pond-Joe Pond Complex Massachusetts: Lynfield Marsh; North and South Rivers Minnesota: Upper Red Lake Peatland Nebraska: Dissected Loess Plains; Nebraska Sand Hills New Jersey: Pigeon Swamp; Troy Meadows New Mexico: Border Hills Structural Zone; Kilbourne Hole North Carolina: Smith Island North Dakota: Fischer Lake; Rush Lake; Sibley Lake Oregon: Newberry Crater Pennsylvania: Pine Creek Gorge; Tannersville Cranberry Bog South Dakota: Cottonwood Slough-Dry Run; Lake Thompson Tennessee: Grassy Cove Karst Area Texas: Catfish Creek Vermont: Cornwall Swamp; Franklin Bog U.S. Virgin Islands: Coki Point Cliffs; Sand Point Virginia: Grand Caverns Washington: Boulder Park & McNeil Canyon Haystack; Drumheller Channels; Grand Ronde Goosenecks; Sims Corner Eskers and Kames; Steptoe and Kamaiak Buttes; Withrow Moraine & Jamison Lake Drumlin West Virginia: Organ Cave System (Greenbirar Caverns) Wisconsin: Cedarburg Bog; Ridges SantuaryToft’s Point-Mud Lake Area Wyoming: Big Hollow; Como Bluff; Red Canyon; Sand Creek The Secretary of the Interior established the National Natural Landmarks Program in 1962 under the authority of the Historic Sites Act of 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.). The National Park Service (NPS) manages this program using regulations found at 36 CFR part 62. Potential natural landmarks are identified in studies by the NPS and from other sources, evaluated by expert natural scientists, and, if determined nationally significant, designated as landmarks by the Secretary of the Interior. When designated, a landmark is included in the National Registry of Natural Landmarks, which currently lists 580 National Natural Landmarks nationwide. Of the 580 listed landmarks, half are administered solely by public agencies; ie., Federal, State, county or municipal governments. nearly one-third are owned solely by private parties. The remaining natural landmarks are owned or administered by a mixture of public and private owners. Because many natural landmarks are privately owned or not managed for public access, owner permission must be obtained to visit them. Designation does not infer a right of public access. E:\FR\FM\19JYN1.SGM 19JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 138 / Wednesday, July 19, 2006 / Notices National natural landmark designation is not a land withdrawal, does not change the ownership of an area and does not dictate activity. However, Federal agencies should consider impacts to the unique properties of these nationally significant areas in carrying out their responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 3232 et seq.). Designation could result in state or local planning or land use implications. National Natural Landmark preservation is made possible by the long-term, voluntary commitments of public and private owners to protect the outstanding values of the areas. Information on the National Natural Landmarks Program can be found in 36 CFR part 62 or on the Internet at https://www.nature.nps.gov/ nnl. Dated: June 19, 2006. Margaret A. Brooks, National Natural Landmarks Program Manager. [FR Doc. 06–6313 Filed 7–18–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–70–M DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Plan of Operations, Categorical Exclusion, Big Thicket National Preserve, TX National Park Service, Department of the Interior. ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Plan of Operations and Categorical Exclusion for a 30-day public review at Big Thicket National Preserve. sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES AGENCY: SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 9.52(b) of Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 9, Subpart B, that the National Park Service (NPS) has received from Kerr McGee Oil and Gas Onshore LP, a Plan of Operations to conduct the Kountze 3– D ‘‘Cable-Only’’ Seismic Survey within the Big Sandy Creek Corridor, Lance Rosier, Turkey Creek and Village Creek Corridor Units of Big Thicket National Preserve, in Hardin County, Texas. The NPS has prepared a Categorical Exclusion on this proposal. DATES: The above documents are available for public review and comment through August 18, 2006. ADDRESSES: The Plan of Operations and Categorical Exclusion are available for public review and comment at https:// parkplanning.nps.gov and in the Office of the Superintendent, Todd Brindle, Big Thicket National Preserve, 6044 FM 420, Kountze, Texas 77625. Copies of VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:28 Jul 18, 2006 Jkt 208001 the Plan of Operations and Categorical Exclusion are available upon request from the contact listed below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Haigler Dusty Pate, Oil and Gas Program Manager, Big Thicket National Preserve, 6044 FM 420, Kountze, Texas 77625, Telephone: (490) 951–6822, e-mail at Haigler_Pate@nps.gov. If you wish to comment on the Plan of Operations and Categorical Exclusion, you may mail comments to the name and address above or post comments online at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/. The documents will be on public review for 30 days. Our practice is to make comments, including names, home addresses, home phone numbers, and email addresses of respondents, available for public review. Individual respondents may request that we withhold their names and/or home addresses, etc., but if you wish us to consider withholding this information you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comments. In addition, you must present a rationale for withholding this information. This rationale must demonstrate that disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy. Unsupported assertions will not meet this burden. In the absence of exceptional, documentable circumstances, this information will be released. We will always make submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives of or officials of organizations or businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Dated: July 12, 2006. Michael D. Snyder, Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service. [FR Doc. 06–6323 Filed 7–18–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–CB–M DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Notice is hereby given that on June 30, 2006, a proposed Consent Decree in United States v. CBS Corporation, Winner Development Company, Inc., Winner Development LLC, and AK Steel Corporation, Civ. No. 06–0868, was lodged with the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 41051 The proposed consent decree would resolve the United States’ claims, on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’), under Section 107(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (‘‘CERCLA’’). 42 U.S.C. 9607(a), against CBS Corporation (‘‘CBS’’), Winner Development Company, Inc. (‘‘Winner Inc.’’), Winner Development, LLC (‘‘Winner LLC’’), and AK Steel Corporation (‘‘AK Steel’’) to recover costs incurred by the United States in performing response actions at the Westinghouse Sharon Superfund Site (‘‘Site’’) in Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania as set forth in the terms of the decree. CBS, Winner Inc., Winner LLC, and AK Steel are liable for the United States’ response costs under Section 107(a)(1) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a)(2) because they are current owners of the Site. Further, CBS is also liable under Section 107(a)(2) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a)(2), because its predecessor owned or operated, at the time of disposal, facilities at the Site at which hazardous substances were disposed. Under the terms of the Consent Decree, CBS, Winner Inc., Winner LLC, and AK Steel have agreed to pay $2,685,621 of EPA’s un-reimbursed response costs of $2,984,024 at the Site. They have also agreed to pay any future costs that the United States incurs and pays in connection with the Site that are not inconsistent with the National Contingency Plan. The Department of Justice will receive for a period of thirty (30) days from the date of this publication comments relating to the Consent Decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611, and should refer to United States v. CBS Corporation, Winner Development Company, Inc., Winner Development, LLC, and AK Steel Corporation, Civ. No. 06–0868, D.J. Ref. 90–11–2–06869/1/ The Consent Decree may be examined at the Office of the United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 700 Grant Street, Suite 4000, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. During the public comment period, the Consent Decree, may also be examined on the following Department of Justice Web site, https://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ open.html. A copy of the Consent Decree may also be obtained by mail from the Consent Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia E:\FR\FM\19JYN1.SGM 19JYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 19, 2006)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Multiple National Natural Landmark Boundary Changes and 
De-designations

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Public Notice of National Natural Landmark Boundary Changes and 
De-designations.

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SUMMARY: Secretarial action on May 9, 2006, formally removed National 
Natural Landmark (NNL) designations in response to owner requests. This 
action resulted in boundary changes to 66 NNLs and complete de-
designation of 8 NNLs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Margaret Brooks at 520-670-6501 
extension 232.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Secretarial action pursuant to 36 CFR 
62.8(f)(3) occurred on May 9, 2006. This action formally removed 
National Natural Landmark (NNL) designations in response to owner 
requests. all such requests that have been fully processed have been 
granted. These removals resulted in the de-designation of eight NNLS, 
listed below, and boundary adjustments to 66 additional NNLs, also 
listed below. these de-designations and boundary adjustments were 
reviewed by the National Park Service Advisory Board in July 2004 prior 
to being presented to the Secretary for action. notification of the 
owners who requested that the designation be removed from their 
property was made at the start of the removal process in 2000. By 
regulation, this is a one-time action, and all removal requests 
pertaining to the 74 NNLs listed below were granted. Requests for 
removal from other NNLs are still being processed.
    The following National Landmarks were de-designated:

Alaska: Middleton Island
Georgia: Sag Ponds Natural Area; Spooner Springs
Maine: Meddybemps Heath
New York: Gardiner's Island
West Virginia: Swago Karst
Wyoming: Bone Cabin; Lance Creek

    The boundaries of the following National Natural Landmarks were 
revised:

Alabama: Newsome Sinks Karst Area
Alaska: Lake George; Malaspina Glacier; Mount Veniamenof
California: American River Bluffs & Phoenix Park Vernal Pools; Dixon 
Vernal Pools; Elder Creek; Imperial Sand Hills, Mt. Diablo State 
Park; Nipomo Dunes-Point Sal Coastal Area
Colorado: Slumgullion Earth Flow; Spanish Peaks
Connecticut: Chester Cedar Swamp; Pachaug-Great Meadow Swamp
Florida: Emeralda MarshPaynes Prairie; San Felasco Hammock
Georgia: Ebenezer Creek Swamp
Idaho: Menan Buttes
Illinois: Lower Cache River Swamp; Markham Prairie
Indiana: Big Walnut Creek
Kansas: Baldwin Woods
Kentucky: Henderson Sloughs
Maine: Appleton Bog Atlantic White Cedar Stand; Orono Bog; 
Passadumkeag Marsh and Boglands; Penny Pond-Joe Pond Complex
Massachusetts: Lynfield Marsh; North and South Rivers
Minnesota: Upper Red Lake Peatland
Nebraska: Dissected Loess Plains; Nebraska Sand Hills
New Jersey: Pigeon Swamp; Troy Meadows
New Mexico: Border Hills Structural Zone; Kilbourne Hole
North Carolina: Smith Island
North Dakota: Fischer Lake; Rush Lake; Sibley Lake
Oregon: Newberry Crater
Pennsylvania: Pine Creek Gorge; Tannersville Cranberry Bog
South Dakota: Cottonwood Slough-Dry Run; Lake Thompson
Tennessee: Grassy Cove Karst Area
Texas: Catfish Creek
Vermont: Cornwall Swamp; Franklin Bog
U.S. Virgin Islands: Coki Point Cliffs; Sand Point
Virginia: Grand Caverns
Washington: Boulder Park & McNeil Canyon Haystack; Drumheller 
Channels; Grand Ronde Goosenecks; Sims Corner Eskers and Kames; 
Steptoe and Kamaiak Buttes; Withrow Moraine & Jamison Lake Drumlin
West Virginia: Organ Cave System (Greenbirar Caverns)
Wisconsin: Cedarburg Bog; Ridges Santuary-Toft's Point-Mud Lake Area
Wyoming: Big Hollow; Como Bluff; Red Canyon; Sand Creek

    The Secretary of the Interior established the National Natural 
Landmarks Program in 1962 under the authority of the Historic Sites Act 
of 1935 (16 U.S.C. 461 et seq.). The National Park Service (NPS) 
manages this program using regulations found at 36 CFR part 62. 
Potential natural landmarks are identified in studies by the NPS and 
from other sources, evaluated by expert natural scientists, and, if 
determined nationally significant, designated as landmarks by the 
Secretary of the Interior. When designated, a landmark is included in 
the National Registry of Natural Landmarks, which currently lists 580 
National Natural Landmarks nationwide. Of the 580 listed landmarks, 
half are administered solely by public agencies; ie., Federal, State, 
county or municipal governments. nearly one-third are owned solely by 
private parties. The remaining natural landmarks are owned or 
administered by a mixture of public and private owners. Because many 
natural landmarks are privately owned or not managed for public access, 
owner permission must be obtained to visit them. Designation does not 
infer a right of public access.

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    National natural landmark designation is not a land withdrawal, 
does not change the ownership of an area and does not dictate activity. 
However, Federal agencies should consider impacts to the unique 
properties of these nationally significant areas in carrying out their 
responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 
3232 et seq.). Designation could result in state or local planning or 
land use implications. National Natural Landmark preservation is made 
possible by the long-term, voluntary commitments of public and private 
owners to protect the outstanding values of the areas. Information on 
the National Natural Landmarks Program can be found in 36 CFR part 62 
or on the Internet at https://www.nature.nps.gov/nnl.

    Dated: June 19, 2006.
Margaret A. Brooks,
National Natural Landmarks Program Manager.
[FR Doc. 06-6313 Filed 7-18-05; 8:45 am]
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