Notice of Intent To Expand the Scope of the General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement Being Prepared for Everglades National Park, 44706-44707 [06-6734]

Download as PDF 44706 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 151 / Monday, August 7, 2006 / Notices Commission may initiate and maintain an action in Tribal court to abate and permanently enjoin any nuisance declared under this Ordinance. Any action taken under this section shall be in addition to any other penalties provided for in this Ordinance. The plaintiff shall not be required to give bond in this action. sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES Section 1–690. Contraband; Seizure; Forfeiture A. All Alcohol Beverages within tribal lands held, owned, or possessed by any person or licensee operating in violation of this Ordinance is hereby declared to be contraband and subject to seizure and forfeiture to the Tribe. B. Seizure of contraband as defined in this Ordinance shall be done by law enforcement and all such contraband seized shall be inventoried and maintained by law enforcement pending final order of the Tax Commission and any appeals there from as may be filed with the Tribal Committee. The owner of the contraband seized may alternatively request that the contraband seized be sold and the proceeds received therefrom be maintained by law enforcement pending final order of the Tax Commission and any appeals therefrom. The proceeds are subject to forfeiture in lieu of the seized contraband. C. Within ten days following the seizure of the contraband, a hearing shall be held by the Tax Commission, at which time the operator or owner of the contraband shall be given an opportunity to present evidence in defense of his or her activities. D. Notice of the hearing of at least 10 days shall be given to the person from whom the property was seized, if known. If the person is unknown, notice of the hearing shall be posted at the place where the contraband was seized and at other public places on tribal lands. The notice shall describe the property seized, and the time, place, and cause of seizure and give the name and place of residence, if known, of the person from whom the property was seized. If upon the hearing, the evidence warrants, or, if no person appears as a claimant, the Tax Commission shall thereupon enter a judgment of forfeiture, and all such property shall be the property of the Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma. If upon the hearing the evidence does not warrant forfeiture, the seized contraband shall be immediately returned to the owner. VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:19 Aug 04, 2006 Jkt 208001 Article VIII—Nuisance and Abatement Section 1–700. Nuisance Any room, house, building, vehicle, structure or other place where Alcohol Beverages are sold, manufactured, bartered, exchanged, given away, furnished, or otherwise possessed or disposed of in violation of this Ordinance, or of any other Tribal law related to the transportation, possession, distribution or sale of Alcohol Beverages, and including all property kept therein, or thereon, and use in, or in connection with the violation is hereby declared to be a nuisance upon any second or subsequent violation of the same. Section 1–710. Action to Abate Nuisance annual financial audit of the Tax Commission. Section 1–740. Reports The Tax Commission shall submit to the Tribal Committee a quarterly report and an accounting of all revenue received and expended pursuant to this Ordinance. Article X—Miscellaneous Section 1–750. Severability If any provision or application of this Ordinance is found invalid and or unenforceable, such determination shall not be held to render ineffectual any of the remaining provisions or applications of this Ordinance not specifically identified thereby, or to render such provision to be inapplicable to other persons or circumstances. Upon a finding that any such place or activity is a nuisance under the provision of this Ordinance, the Tribe or the Tax Commission may bring a civil action in the Tribal Court to abate and to perpetually enjoin any such activity declared to be a nuisance. Such injunctive relief may include a closure of any business or other use of the property for up to one (1) year from the date of the order, or until the owner, lessee or tenant shall give bond of no less than Five Thousand dollars ($5,000) as per the Indian Civil Rights Act, payable to the Tribe and conditioned that no further violation of this Ordinance or other Tribal Alcohol Beverage law and by payment of all fines, costs and assessments against him/her. If any condition of the bond is violated, the bond may be recovered and proceeds delivered to the Tax Commission for the use of the Tribe. Any action taken under this section shall be in addition to any other penalties provided for in this Ordinance. [FR Doc. E6–12731 Filed 8–4–06; 8:45 am] Article IX—Revenue and Reporting BILLING CODE 4310–4J–P Section 1–720. Use and Appropriation of Revenue Received DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR All revenue received by the Tax Commission under this Ordinance, from whatever sources, shall be expended first for the administrative costs incurred in the administration and enforcement of this Ordinance. Any excess funds shall be subject to and available to appropriation by the Tribe for essential governmental, and social services, related to drug and alcohol education, counseling and treatment. Section 1–730. Audit Tax Commission handling of revenue received under this ordinance is subject to review and audit as a part of the PO 00000 Frm 00102 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Section 1–760. Construction Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to diminish or impair in any way the rights or sovereign powers of the Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma. Section 1–770. Effective Date This Ordinance shall be effective upon certification by the Secretary of the Interior, publication in the Federal Register and recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Tribal Court. Section 1–780. Prior Law Repealed Any and all prior enactments of the Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma that are inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby rescinded. Section 1–770. Amendment This Ordinance may be amended only in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma. National Park Service Notice of Intent To Expand the Scope of the General Management Plan/ Environmental Impact Statement Being Prepared for Everglades National Park SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) is expanding the scope of the General Management Plan (GMP)/ Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) being prepared for Everglades National Park. As part of this planning effort, the NPS will include a wilderness study to determine if any portions of the East Everglades Expansion Area should be E:\FR\FM\07AUN1.SGM 07AUN1 sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 151 / Monday, August 7, 2006 / Notices recommended for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation System as defined in the Wilderness Act of 1964. The study will be included as part of the GMP/EIS currently in preparation. The wilderness study will only address East Everglades, the 109,000 acres which were added to the park by the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989. A Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for the GMP was originally published in the Federal Register of October 25, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 207). That EIS now will be expanded to include an evaluation of the impacts associated with possible designation of wilderness in East Everglades. This notice is being furnished under the National Environmental Policy Act regulations, 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1506.6. To facilitate sound planning and analysis of environmental impact, the NPS is gathering information necessary for the preparation of the GMP, the wilderness study, and the associated EIS and is obtaining suggestions and information from other agencies and the public on the scope of issues to be addressed. Comments and participation in this scoping process are invited. DATES: Open house meeting places and times will be announced by press release to print, radio and television organizations throughout South Florida including The Miami Herald, Naples Daily News and the South Florida SunSentinel and on the park Web site at: www.nps.gov/ever. ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to comment may do so by any one of several methods. They may attend open houses noted above. They may mail comments to Everglades National Park, Attention: Fred Herling, 40001 State Road 9336, Homestead, Florida 33034. They also may comment via the internet at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/. Finally, they may hand-deliver comments to the Everglades National Park headquarters in Homestead, Florida. Our practice is to make comments, including names, home addresses, home phone numbers, and e-mail 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 VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:19 Aug 04, 2006 Jkt 208001 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Everglades National Park, 40001 State Road 9336, Homestead, FL 33034, 305– 242–7704. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Persons who previously submitted comments on the scope of the EIS as it relates to the GMP need not resubmit those comments. The NPS already is considering that input as planning continues. However, persons who have not previously submitted comments on the scope of the EIS, or who wish to submit additional comments related to the scope of the EIS in consideration of the wilderness study are encouraged to do so. The environmental review of the GMP, wilderness study, and EIS for Everglades National Park will be conducted in accordance with requirements of NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq. and 40 CFR parts 1500–1508), other appropriate Federal regulations, and NPS procedures and policies for compliance with those regulations. Authority: The authority for publishing this notice is 40 CFR 1506.6. The responsible official for this draft GMP/EIS is the Regional Director for the Southeast Region, Patricia A. Hooks. Patricia A. Hooks, Regional Director, Southeast Region. [FR Doc. 06–6734 Filed 8–4–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–XH–M 44707 or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time.2 Background The Commission instituted this review on July 1, 2005 (70 FR 38212) and determined on October 4, 2005 that it would conduct a full review (70 FR 60368, October 17, 2005). Notice of the scheduling of the Commission’s review and of a public hearing to be held in connection therewith was given by posting copies of the notice in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, and by publishing the notice in the Federal Register on January 20, 2006 (71 FR 3326).3 The hearing was held in Washington, DC, on May 25, 2006, and all persons who requested the opportunity were permitted to appear in person or by counsel. The Commission transmitted its determination in this review to the Secretary of Commerce on August 1, 2006. The views of the Commission are contained in USITC Publication 3872 (August 2006), entitled Uranium from Russia: Investigation No. 731–TA–539–C (Second Review). Issued: August 1, 2006. By order of the Commission. Marilyn R. Abbott, Secretary to the Commission. [FR Doc. E6–12779 Filed 8–4–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7020–02–P INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [USITC SE–06–049] Government in the Sunshine Act Meeting Notice United States International Trade Commission. TIME AND DATE: August 14, 2006 at 11 a.m. PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20436, telephone: (202) 205–2000. STATUS: Open to the public. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 1. Agenda for future meetings: none. 2. Minutes. 3. Ratification List. 4. Inv. Nos. 731–TA–671–673 (Second Review) (Silicomanganese from Brazil, China, and Ukraine)—briefing and vote. (The Commission is currently scheduled AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Investigation No. 731–TA–539–C (Second Review)] Uranium From Russia Determination On the basis of the record 1 developed in the subject five-year review, the United States International Trade Commission (Commission) determines, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)) (the Act), that termination of the suspended investigation on uranium from Russia would be likely to lead to continuation 1 The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 207.2(f)). PO 00000 Frm 00103 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 2 Commissioner Deanna Tanner Okun did not participate in this review; Commissioner Charlotte R. Lane made a negative determination. 3 A revision to the schedule was published in the Federal Register on April 7, 2006 (71 FR 17915). E:\FR\FM\07AUN1.SGM 07AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 151 (Monday, August 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44706-44707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6734]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent To Expand the Scope of the General Management 
Plan/Environmental Impact Statement Being Prepared for Everglades 
National Park

SUMMARY: The National Park Service (NPS) is expanding the scope of the 
General Management Plan (GMP)/Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 
being prepared for Everglades National Park. As part of this planning 
effort, the NPS will include a wilderness study to determine if any 
portions of the East Everglades Expansion Area should be

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recommended for inclusion in the National Wilderness Preservation 
System as defined in the Wilderness Act of 1964. The study will be 
included as part of the GMP/EIS currently in preparation. The 
wilderness study will only address East Everglades, the 109,000 acres 
which were added to the park by the Everglades National Park Protection 
and Expansion Act of 1989.
    A Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS for the GMP was originally 
published in the Federal Register of October 25, 2002 (Volume 67, 
Number 207). That EIS now will be expanded to include an evaluation of 
the impacts associated with possible designation of wilderness in East 
Everglades. This notice is being furnished under the National 
Environmental Policy Act regulations, 40 CFR 1501.7 and 1506.6.
    To facilitate sound planning and analysis of environmental impact, 
the NPS is gathering information necessary for the preparation of the 
GMP, the wilderness study, and the associated EIS and is obtaining 
suggestions and information from other agencies and the public on the 
scope of issues to be addressed. Comments and participation in this 
scoping process are invited.

DATES: Open house meeting places and times will be announced by press 
release to print, radio and television organizations throughout South 
Florida including The Miami Herald, Naples Daily News and the South 
Florida Sun-Sentinel and on the park Web site at: www.nps.gov/ever.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to comment may do so by any one of several 
methods. They may attend open houses noted above. They may mail 
comments to Everglades National Park, Attention: Fred Herling, 40001 
State Road 9336, Homestead, Florida 33034. They also may comment via 
the internet at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/. Finally, they may hand-
deliver comments to the Everglades National Park headquarters in 
Homestead, Florida.
    Our practice is to make comments, including names, home addresses, 
home phone numbers, and e-mail 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Everglades National Park, 40001 State 
Road 9336, Homestead, FL 33034, 305-242-7704.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Persons who previously submitted comments on 
the scope of the EIS as it relates to the GMP need not resubmit those 
comments. The NPS already is considering that input as planning 
continues. However, persons who have not previously submitted comments 
on the scope of the EIS, or who wish to submit additional comments 
related to the scope of the EIS in consideration of the wilderness 
study are encouraged to do so.
    The environmental review of the GMP, wilderness study, and EIS for 
Everglades National Park will be conducted in accordance with 
requirements of NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq. and 40 CFR parts 1500-
1508), other appropriate Federal regulations, and NPS procedures and 
policies for compliance with those regulations.

    Authority: The authority for publishing this notice is 40 CFR 
1506.6.

    The responsible official for this draft GMP/EIS is the Regional 
Director for the Southeast Region, Patricia A. Hooks.

Patricia A. Hooks,
Regional Director, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 06-6734 Filed 8-4-06; 8:45 am]
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