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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Overview of This Information
Collection
Final Environmental Impact Statement
and Record of Decision for Incidental
Take of the Endangered Alabama
Beach Mouse
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(1) Type of Information Collection:
Revision of a currently approved
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Application for T Nonimmigrant Status;
Application for Immediate Family
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Declaration of Law Enforcement Officer
for Victim of Trafficking in Persons.
(3) Agency form number, if any, and
the applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security
sponsoring the collection: Form I–914,
I–914 Supplement A, and I–914
Supplement B. U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services.
(4) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Primary: Individual or
households. This application
incorporates information pertinent to
eligibility under the Victims of
Trafficking and Violence Protection Act
of 2000 (Pub. L. 106–386). The
information on all three parts of the
form will be used by the USCIS to
determine whether applicants meet the
eligibility requirements for certain
immigration benefits.
(5) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond: Form I–914 (500 responses at
2.25 hours per response); Supplement A
(500 responses at 1 hour per response);
Supplement B (200 responses at .5
hours per response).
(6) An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 1,725 annual burden hours.
If you have additional comments,
suggestions, or need a copy of the
information collection instrument,
please contact Richard A. Sloan,
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Division, U.S. Citizenship and
Immigration Services, U.S. Department
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Washington, DC, 20529.
Dated: November 24, 2006.
Stephen Tarragon,
Deputy Director, Regulatory Management
Division, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services.
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Fish and Wildlife Service
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service
(Service) announces the availability of a
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS), which analyzes the
environmental impacts associated with
incidental take permits that were
previously issued under the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), for take of the
Alabama beach mouse (Peromyscus
polionotus ammobates). The FEIS
analyzes the consequences of the
proposed action and alternatives to the
proposed action. The incidental take
permits, previously issued to Gulf
Highlands LLC and Beach Club West,
involve the construction, occupancy,
use, operation, and maintenance of two
residential/recreational condominium
development projects on the Fort
Morgan Peninsula in Baldwin County,
Alabama. For Record of Decision (ROD)
availability, see DATES.
DATES: The ROD will be available no
sooner than December 29, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review
the FEIS may obtain a copy by writing
either to the Service’s Southeast
Regional Office at Regional Office, 1875
Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta,
Georgia 30345 (Attn: Endangered
Species Permits), or to the Alabama
Field Office at U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 1208–B Main Street, Daphne,
Alabama 36526 (Attn: Darren LeBlanc).
Documents will be available for public
inspection by appointment during
normal business hours at both offices.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Aaron Valenta, Regional HCP
Coordinator (see ADDRESSES above),
telephone: 404/679–4144; or Darren
LeBlanc, Alabama Field Office (see
ADDRESSES above), telephone: 251/441–
5859.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
October 8, 2002, we advertised a notice
of intent to prepare and EIS for this
project and requested public comment
(67 FR 62809). On October 29, 2002, we
held a public scoping meeting and
invited the public to provide relevant
information on the project. The public
comment period ended on November
22, 2002. We subsequently reopened the
comment period for 15 days between
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December 18, 2002 and January 2, 2003
(67 FR 77505). On April 28, 2006, we
published a notice of availability for the
draft EIS with a 90-day comment period
on the draft EIS (71 FR 25221). We also
held a public hearing on June 26, 2006.
For ROD availability, see DATES.
The FEIS analyzes the preferred
alternative, as well as a full range of
reasonable alternatives and the
associated impacts of each. Alternative
5 (Preferred Alternative) concentrates
the development on the eastern portion
of the site and includes a 909-foot
corridor connecting adjacent primary/
secondary dunes and escarpment to the
Interior. This alternative provides for
dedication of 100.8 acres of Permitteeowned lands into conservation status
via covenants, conditions, and
restrictions attached to the property,
and conditions of any incidental take
permit that might be issued.
The environmental review of this
project is being conducted in
accordance with the requirements of the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.) and its implementing regulations
(40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508), and
with other appropriate Federal laws and
regulations, policies, and procedures of
the Service for compliance with those
regulations.
Dated: November 3, 2006.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Acting Regional Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Final Environmental Impact Statement;
Non-Native Deer Management Plan;
Point Reyes National Seashore; Marin
County, CA; Notice of Approval of
Record of Decision
Pursuant to § 102(2)(C) of the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (P.L.91–190, as amended) and the
implementing regulations promulgated
by the Council on Environmental
Quality (40 CFR Part 1505.2), the
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service has prepared, and the
Regional Director, Pacific West Region
has approved, the Record of Decision for
the Non-Native Deer Management Plan
for Pt. Reyes National Seashore. The
formal no-action period was officially
initiated August 18, 2006, with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency’s
Federal Register notification of the
filing of the Final Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS).
SUMMARY:
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Decision: As soon as practicable the
Seashore will begin to implement as its
new Non-Native Deer Management Plan
the Preferred Alternative (Alternative E)
contained in the Draft and Final EIS.
The selected plan features a deliberate,
long-term strategy targeting eradication
of all fallow and axis deer from the
Seashore by 2021. A combined program
of fertility control (using long-lasting
contraceptives) and lethal removal will
be instituted, as well as an intensive
monitoring program extending for at
least 15 years.
As documented in the Final EIS, this
course of action was deemed to be
‘‘environmentally preferred’’. The
preferred plan and four alternatives
were identified and analyzed in the
Final EIS, and previously in the Draft
EIS (the latter was distributed in
February, 2005). The full spectrum of
foreseeable environmental
consequences was assessed, and
appropriate mitigation measures
identified, for each alternative.
Beginning with early scoping, through
the preparation of the Draft and Final
EIS, numerous public meetings were
hosted. Approximately 2000 oral and
written comments were received during
the scoping phase or in response to the
Draft EIS. Key consultations or other
contacts which aided in preparing the
Draft and Final EIS involved (but were
not limited to) the California
Department of Fish and Game,
California State Parks, Marin County
Parks and Open Space, Marin Municipal
Water District, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Animal Plant Health Inspection Service,
and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Local communities, county and city
officials, and interested organizations
were contacted extensively during
initial scoping and throughout the
conservation planning and
environmental impact analysis process.
Copies: Interested parties desiring to
review the Record of Decision may
obtain a complete copy by contacting
the Superintendent, Pt. Reyes National
Seashore, Point Reyes, CA 94956; or via
telephone request at (415) 464–5100.
Dated: October 17, 2006.
Jonathan B. Jarvis,
Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
National Park Service
Cape Cod National Seashore, South
Wellfleet, Massachusetts; Cape Cod
National Seashore Advisory
Commission, Two Hundred Fifty-Ninth;
Notice of Meeting
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National
Historical Park; Notice of Public
Meeting
Notice is hereby given in accordance
with the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770, 5
U.S.C. App 1, Section 10), that a
meeting of the Cape Cod National
Seashore Advisory Commission will be
held on December 15, 2006.
The Commission was reestablished
pursuant to Public Law 87–126 as
amended by Public Law 105–280. The
purpose of the Commission is to consult
with the Secretary of the Interior, or her
designee, with respect to matters
relating to the development of Cape Cod
National Seashore, and with respect to
carrying out the provisions of sections 4
and 5 of the Act establishing the
Seashore.
The Commission members will meet
at 1 p.m. in the meeting room at
Headquarters, Marconi Station,
Wellfleet, Massachusetts for the regular
business meeting to discuss the
following:
1. Adoption of Agenda,
2. Approval of Minutes of Previous
Meeting (September 25, 2006),
3. Reports of Officers,
4. Reports of Subcommittees,
5. Superintendent’s Report, Update on
Dune Shacks and Report, ORV’s and Piping
Plover nesting impact, Herring River
Restoration Project, Hunting EIS, Wind
Turbines/Cell Towers, Highlands Center
Update, News from Washington,
6. Old Business,
7. New Business,
8. Date and agenda for next meeting,
9. Public comment and,
10. Adjournment.
The meeting is open to the public. It
is expected that 15 persons will be able
to attend the meeting in addition to
Commission members.
Interested persons may make oral/
written presentations to the Commission
during the business meeting or file
written statements. Such requests
should be made to the park
superintendent at least seven days prior
to the meeting. Further information
concerning the meeting may be obtained
from the Superintendent, Cape Cod
National Seashore, 99 Marconi Site
Road, Wellfleet, MA 02667.
Dated: November 13, 2006.
George E. Price, Jr.,
Superintendent.
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Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal National Historical Park.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a
meeting of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal National Historical Park Advisory
Commission will be held at 9:30 a.m.,
on Friday, January 19, 2007, at the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National
Historical Park Headquarters, 1850 Dual
Highway, Hagerstown, Maryland 21740.
DATES: Friday, January 19, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
National Historical Park Headquarters,
1850 Dual Highway, Hagerstown,
Maryland 21740.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kevin Brandt, Superintendent,
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National
Historical Park, 1850 Dual Highway,
Suite 100, Hagerstown, Maryland 21740,
telephone: (301) 714–2201.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Commission was established by Public
Law 91–664 to meet and consult with
the Secretary of the Interior on general
policies and specific matters related to
the administration and development of
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
National Historical Park.
The members of the Commission are
as follows:
Mrs. Sheila Rabb Weidenfeld,
Chairperson,
Mr. Charles J. Weir,
Mr. Barry A. Passett,
Mr. James G. McCleaf II,
Mr. John A. Ziegler,
Mrs. Mary E. Woodward,
Mrs. Donna Printz,
Mrs. Ferial S. Bishop,
Ms. Nancy C. Long,
Mrs. Jo Reynolds,
Dr. James H. Gilford,
Brother James Kirkpatrick,
Ms. Mary Ann D. Moen,
Dr. George E. Lewis, Jr.,
Mr. Charles D. McElrath,
Ms. Patricia Schooley,
Mr. Jack Reeder,
Ms. Merrily Pierce.
Topics that will be presented during
the meeting include:
1. Update on park operations.
2. Update on major construction/
development projects.
3. Update on partnership projects.
4. Subcommittee Reports.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Final Environmental Impact Statement; Non-Native Deer Management
Plan; Point Reyes National Seashore; Marin County, CA; Notice of
Approval of Record of Decision
SUMMARY: Pursuant to Sec. 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (P.L.91-190, as amended) and the implementing
regulations promulgated by the Council on Environmental Quality (40 CFR
Part 1505.2), the Department of the Interior, National Park Service has
prepared, and the Regional Director, Pacific West Region has approved,
the Record of Decision for the Non-Native Deer Management Plan for Pt.
Reyes National Seashore. The formal no-action period was officially
initiated August 18, 2006, with the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency's Federal Register notification of the filing of the Final
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
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Decision: As soon as practicable the Seashore will begin to
implement as its new Non-Native Deer Management Plan the Preferred
Alternative (Alternative E) contained in the Draft and Final EIS. The
selected plan features a deliberate, long-term strategy targeting
eradication of all fallow and axis deer from the Seashore by 2021. A
combined program of fertility control (using long-lasting
contraceptives) and lethal removal will be instituted, as well as an
intensive monitoring program extending for at least 15 years.
As documented in the Final EIS, this course of action was deemed to
be ``environmentally preferred''. The preferred plan and four
alternatives were identified and analyzed in the Final EIS, and
previously in the Draft EIS (the latter was distributed in February,
2005). The full spectrum of foreseeable environmental consequences was
assessed, and appropriate mitigation measures identified, for each
alternative. Beginning with early scoping, through the preparation of
the Draft and Final EIS, numerous public meetings were hosted.
Approximately 2000 oral and written comments were received during the
scoping phase or in response to the Draft EIS. Key consultations or
other contacts which aided in preparing the Draft and Final EIS
involved (but were not limited to) the California Department of Fish
and Game, California State Parks, Marin County Parks and Open Space,
Marin Municipal Water District, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Animal Plant
Health Inspection Service, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Local communities, county and city officials, and interested
organizations were contacted extensively during initial scoping and
throughout the conservation planning and environmental impact analysis
process.
Copies: Interested parties desiring to review the Record of
Decision may obtain a complete copy by contacting the Superintendent,
Pt. Reyes National Seashore, Point Reyes, CA 94956; or via telephone
request at (415) 464-5100.
Dated: October 17, 2006.
Jonathan B. Jarvis,
Regional Director, Pacific West Region.
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