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the Kerr Project in drought conditions.
The NEPA process will allow the
Secretary of the Interior to issue a
Record of Decision selecting an
alternative regarding a drought
management plan. Issues addressed in
the environmental analysis include, but
are not limited to, hydroelectric power
production, recreation, tourism,
irrigation, treaty-protected fisheries,
biological resources, wildlife habitat,
and Indian traditional and cultural
properties and resources. Alternatives to
the proposed drought management plan
examined in the EIS include a variety of
measures, such as adjustments to flood
control rule curves, implementation of
advanced climate prediction initiatives,
and deviation from minimum instream
flow requirements. The range of
environmental issues and alternatives
was developed through comments
received during the scoping process,
including the public scoping meetings
and workshops held in Montana.
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This notice is published in
accordance with section 1503.1, Council
on Environmental Quality Regulations
(40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508)
implementing the procedural
requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and
the Department of the Interior Manual
(516 DM 1.6) and is within the exercise
of authority delegated to the Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs by 209 DM 8.
Dated: July 19, 2006.
Michael D. Olsen,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs.
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Division, New England Office, 222
Merrimack Street, Suite 400E, Lowell,
Massachusetts 01852, and in the Offices
of the National Park Service,
Department of the Interior, Washington,
DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Superintendent, Fire Island National
Seashore, 120 Laurel Street, Patchogue,
NY 11772.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
7c) of the Land and Water Conservation
Fund Act of 1965, as amended, 16
U.S.C. 4601–9(c), authorizes the
Secretary of the Interior to make minor
revisions to the boundaries of a unit of
the National Park System that will
contribute to and are necessary for the
proper preservation, protection,
interpretation, or management of such a
unit. To provide for the proper
protection and management of Fire
Island National Seashore, it is necessary
to include within the boundaries of the
national seashore certain property
referred to as Tract No. 17–04,
consisting of 0.82 acre of Federal land,
more or less, on Fire Island in the Town
of Islip, Suffolk County, New York,
located adjacent to federally owned
Tract No. 17–01. The tract is owned by
the United States of America by
resumption of title from and with the
acknowledgement of the State of New
York pursuant to the Act of June 7,
1924, Public Law 252.
Dated: May 10, 2006.
Mary A. Bomar,
Regional Director, Northeast Region.
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Draft General Management Plan/
Environmental Impact Statement,
Hovenweep National Monument,
Colorado and Utah
National Park Service
National Park Service, Interior.
Announcement of park
boundary revision.
National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of termination of the
Environmental Impact Statement for the
General Management Plan, Hovenweep
National Monument.
SUMMARY: Notice is given that that the
western boundary of Fire Island
National Seashore is revised to include
Tract No. 17–04 as depicted on map
number 615/81,487 prepared by the
National Park Service in October 2005.
This map and other supporting
documentation are available for
inspection at the National Park Service,
Northeast Region, Land Resources
SUMMARY: The National Park Service
(NPS) is terminating preparation of an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
for the General Management Plan,
Hovenweep National Monument,
Colorado and Utah. A Notice of Intent
to prepare the EIS for the Hovenweep
National Monument General
Management Plan was published in Vol.
68, No. 167, of the August 28, 2003,
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National Seashore
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Federal Register (2351). The National
Park Service has since determined that
an Environmental Assessment (EA)
rather than an EIS is the appropriate
environmental documentation for the
general management plan.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
general management plan will establish
the overall direction for the national
monument, setting broad management
goals for managing the area over the
next 15 to 20 years. The plan was
originally scoped as an EIS. However,
few public comments were received in
the scoping process. Although some
concerns were expressed during the
public scoping process, particularly on
the potential for impacts related to
energy exploration in areas adjacent to
the national monument, no issues were
identified for the general management
plan that have the potential for
controversial impacts.
In the general management planning
process the NPS planning team
developed two alternatives for the
national monument, neither of which
would result in substantial changes in
the operation and management of the
monument. As the park does not have
a general management plan,
management under the no-action
alternative would continue existing
operations with no changes in
interpretation, resource protection
strategies, or facility development. The
action alternative would focus on
maintaining and protecting resources,
addressing park maintenance/operations
needs and developing a maintenance
facility within previously disturbed
areas. The preliminary impact analysis
of the alternatives revealed no major
(significant) effects on the human
environment or impairment of park
resources and values. Most of the
impacts to the national monument’s
resources and values were negligible to
minor in magnitude.
For these reasons the NPS determined
the appropriate National Environmental
Policy Act documentation for the
general management plan is an
environmental assessment.
DATES: The draft general management
plan/environmental assessment is
expected to be distributed for a 30 day
public comment period in the fall of
2006 and a decision is expected be
made in the fall of 2006. The NPS will
notify the public by mail, Web site, and
other means, and will include
information on where and how to obtain
a copy of the EA, how to comment on
the EA, and the length of the public
comment period.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Coralee Hays, Superintendent,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Minor Boundary Revision at Fire Island National Seashore
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Announcement of park boundary revision.
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SUMMARY: Notice is given that that the western boundary of Fire Island
National Seashore is revised to include Tract No. 17-04 as depicted on
map number 615/81,487 prepared by the National Park Service in October
2005. This map and other supporting documentation are available for
inspection at the National Park Service, Northeast Region, Land
Resources Division, New England Office, 222 Merrimack Street, Suite
400E, Lowell, Massachusetts 01852, and in the Offices of the National
Park Service, Department of the Interior, Washington, DC 20240.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent, Fire Island National
Seashore, 120 Laurel Street, Patchogue, NY 11772.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 7c) of the Land and Water
Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 4601-9(c),
authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to make minor revisions to the
boundaries of a unit of the National Park System that will contribute
to and are necessary for the proper preservation, protection,
interpretation, or management of such a unit. To provide for the proper
protection and management of Fire Island National Seashore, it is
necessary to include within the boundaries of the national seashore
certain property referred to as Tract No. 17-04, consisting of 0.82
acre of Federal land, more or less, on Fire Island in the Town of
Islip, Suffolk County, New York, located adjacent to federally owned
Tract No. 17-01. The tract is owned by the United States of America by
resumption of title from and with the acknowledgement of the State of
New York pursuant to the Act of June 7, 1924, Public Law 252.
Dated: May 10, 2006.
Mary A. Bomar,
Regional Director, Northeast Region.
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