Notice of Availability of Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge in St. Tammany Parish, LA, 21284 [E7-8162]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Notice of Availability of Draft
Comprehensive Conservation Plan and
Environmental Assessment for Big
Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
in St. Tammany Parish, LA
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife
Service, announce that a Draft
Comprehensive Conservation Plan and
Environmental Assessment (Draft CCP/
EA) for Big Branch Marsh National
Wildlife Refuge is available for review
and comment. The National Wildlife
Refuge System Administration Act of
1966, as amended by the National
Wildlife Refuge System Improvement
Act of 1997, requires the Service to
develop a CCP for each national wildlife
refuge. This Draft CCP, when final, will
describe how we intend to manage Big
Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
over the next 15 years.
DATES: To ensure consideration, we
must receive your comments no later
than May 30, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments or
requests for more information to:
Charlotte Parker, Natural Resource
Planner, 61389 Highway 434, Lacombe,
LA 70445; Telephone: 985/882–2029.
The Draft CCP/EA may be accessed and
downloaded from the Service’s Internet
Web site: https://southeast.fws.gov/
planning/ under ‘‘Draft Documents.’’
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Big
Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
was established in 1994 and is presently
comprised of approximately 18,600
acres of coastal marsh and pine forested
wetlands. The purposes of the refuge are
to: Provide habitat for a natural diversity
of wildlife associated with the marsh of
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the refuge; provide wintering habitat for
migratory waterfowl; provide nesting
habitat for wood ducks; provide habitat
for non-game migratory birds; and
provide opportunities for public
outdoor recreation, such as hunting,
fishing, hiking, bird watching, and
environmental education and
interpretation, whenever they are
compatible with the purposes of the
refuge.
Significant issues addressed in the
Draft CCP/EA include: Managing
threatened and endangered species,
species of concern, targeted species, and
other species of Federal responsibility;
conserving habitats native to the Lake
Pontchartrain Basin; improving refuge
visitor programs; increasing public
outreach; providing formal
environmental education programs;
protecting archaeological and historical
sites on the refuge; and, purchasing the
remaining land inholdings within the
established acquisition boundary of the
refuge.
Three management alternatives are
considered in the Draft CCP/EA.
Alternative A continues current
management, with no new actions to
improve or enhance existing programs.
Alternative B, the proposed alternative,
emphasizes management of natural
resources based on maintaining and
improving wetland habitats, monitoring
targeted flora and fauna representative
of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, and
providing quality public use programs
and wildlife-dependent recreational
activities. Alternative C focuses on
expanding public use activities to the
fullest extent possible while conducting
only mandated resource protection.
We will conduct the environmental
review of this project 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 parts 1500–1508);
other appropriate Federal laws and
regulations; and our policies and
procedures for compliance with those
regulations. All comments received
become part of the official public
record. Requests for such comments will
be handled in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act NEPA (40
CFR 1506(f)), and Departmental and
Service policies and procedures.
Authority: This notice is published under
the authority of the National Wildlife Refuge
System Improvement Act of 1997, Public
Law 105–57.
Dated: March 13, 2007.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Acting Regional Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Indian Gaming
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Amendment to
Approved Tribal-State Compact.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice publishes the
approval of the extension of agreement
between the Northern Cheyenne Tribe
and the State of Montana concerning
Class III gaming, with the incorporated
amendments.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 30, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
George T. Skibine, Director, Office of
Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy
Assistant Secretary—Policy and
Economic Development, Washington,
DC 20240, (202) 219–4066.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to Section 11 of the Indian Gaming
Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Public
Law 100–497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the
Secretary of the Interior shall publish in
the Federal Register notice of the
approved Tribal-State compacts for the
purpose of engaging in Class III gaming
activities on Indian lands.
This amendment extends the term of
the compact for 10 years, increases the
number of gaming machines, the
maximum jackpot on gaming machines
and the prize limit on Class III poker, for
the Northern Cheyenne Tribe.
Dated: April 19, 2007.
Carl J. Artman,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Indian Gaming
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of amendment to
Approved Tribal-State Compact.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice publishes the
Approval of the Tribal-State Compact
for Class III Gaming between the
Spokane Tribe and the State of
Washington.
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 30, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
George T. Skibine, Director, Office of
Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy
Assistant Secretary—Policy and
Economic Development, Washington,
DC 20240, (202) 219–4066.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Notice of Availability of Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan
and Environmental Assessment for Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife
Refuge in St. Tammany Parish, LA
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, announce that a Draft
Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment (Draft
CCP/EA) for Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge is available for
review and comment. The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration
Act of 1966, as amended by the National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997, requires the Service to develop a CCP for each
national wildlife refuge. This Draft CCP, when final, will describe how
we intend to manage Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge over the
next 15 years.
DATES: To ensure consideration, we must receive your comments no later
than May 30, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments or requests for more information to:
Charlotte Parker, Natural Resource Planner, 61389 Highway 434, Lacombe,
LA 70445; Telephone: 985/882-2029. The Draft CCP/EA may be accessed and
downloaded from the Service's Internet Web site: https://
southeast.fws.gov/planning/ under ``Draft Documents.''
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
was established in 1994 and is presently comprised of approximately
18,600 acres of coastal marsh and pine forested wetlands. The purposes
of the refuge are to: Provide habitat for a natural diversity of
wildlife associated with the marsh of the refuge; provide wintering
habitat for migratory waterfowl; provide nesting habitat for wood
ducks; provide habitat for non-game migratory birds; and provide
opportunities for public outdoor recreation, such as hunting, fishing,
hiking, bird watching, and environmental education and interpretation,
whenever they are compatible with the purposes of the refuge.
Significant issues addressed in the Draft CCP/EA include: Managing
threatened and endangered species, species of concern, targeted
species, and other species of Federal responsibility; conserving
habitats native to the Lake Pontchartrain Basin; improving refuge
visitor programs; increasing public outreach; providing formal
environmental education programs; protecting archaeological and
historical sites on the refuge; and, purchasing the remaining land
inholdings within the established acquisition boundary of the refuge.
Three management alternatives are considered in the Draft CCP/EA.
Alternative A continues current management, with no new actions to
improve or enhance existing programs. Alternative B, the proposed
alternative, emphasizes management of natural resources based on
maintaining and improving wetland habitats, monitoring targeted flora
and fauna representative of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, and providing
quality public use programs and wildlife-dependent recreational
activities. Alternative C focuses on expanding public use activities to
the fullest extent possible while conducting only mandated resource
protection.
We will conduct the environmental review of this project 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 parts 1500-1508); other appropriate Federal laws and regulations;
and our policies and procedures for compliance with those regulations.
All comments received become part of the official public record.
Requests for such comments will be handled in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act NEPA (40 CFR 1506(f)), and Departmental and
Service policies and procedures.
Authority: This notice is published under the authority of the
National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, Public Law
105-57.
Dated: March 13, 2007.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. E7-8162 Filed 4-27-07; 8:45 am]
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