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Federal Coordinating Officer for this
declared disaster.
I do hereby determine the following
areas of the State of Vermont to have
been affected adversely by this declared
major disaster:
Bennington, Caledonia, Essex, Orange,
Rutland, Windham, and Windsor
Counties for Public Assistance.
All counties within the State of Vermont
are eligible to apply for assistance under the
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
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Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund Program; 97.032, Crisis
Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services
Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment
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Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and
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Households Disaster Housing Operations;
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Program—Other Needs, 97.036, Public
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R. David Paulison,
Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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Federal Emergency Management
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West Virginia; Amendment No. 1 to
Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration
Federal Emergency
Management Agency, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice
of a major disaster declaration for the
State of West Virginia (FEMA–1696–
DR), dated May 1, 2007, and related
determinations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 10, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peggy Miller, Disaster Assistance
Directorate, Federal Emergency
Management Agency, Washington, DC
20472, (202) 646–2705.
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of a major disaster declaration for the
State of West Virginia is hereby
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Barbour, Gilmer, Grant, Hardy, Lewis,
McDowell, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Putnam,
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Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge in
Pope and Yell Counties, AR
Fish and Wildlife Service.
Notice of intent to prepare a
comprehensive conservation plan and
environmental assessment; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
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Upshur, and Webster Counties for Public
Assistance.
(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used
for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030,
Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora
Brown Fund Program; 97.032, Crisis
Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services
Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment
Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management
Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and
Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and
Households Disaster Housing Operations;
97.050 Individuals and Households ProgramOther Needs, 97.036, Public Assistance
Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation Grant
Program.)
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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife
Service, intend to gather information
necessary to prepare a comprehensive
conservation plan and associated
environmental documents for Holla
Bend National Wildlife Refuge. We
furnish this notice in compliance with
our comprehensive conservation
planning policy to advise other agencies
and the public of our intentions, and to
obtain suggestions and information on
the scope of issues to be considered
during the planning process.
DATES: To ensure consideration, we
must receive your written comments by
June 18, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments or
requests for more information to: Ben
Mense, Refuge Manager, Holla Bend
National Wildlife Refuge, 10448 Holla
Bend Road, Dardanelle, AR 72834;
Telephone: 479/229–4300; or
electronically to: ben_mense@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With this
notice, we initiate the process for
developing a comprehensive
conservation plan for Holla Bend
National Wildlife Refuge in Dardanelle,
AR.
The National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966, as amended
by the National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C.
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§ 668dd–668ee), requires the Service to
develop a comprehensive conservation
plan for each national wildlife refuge.
The purpose in developing a
comprehensive conservation plan is to
provide refuge managers with a 15-year
strategy for achieving refuge purposes
and contributing to the mission of the
National Wildlife Refuge System,
consistent with sound principles of fish
and wildlife management, conservation,
legal mandates, and Service policies. In
addition to outlining broad management
direction on conserving wildlife and
their habitats, plans identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities
available to the public, including
opportunities for hunting, fishing,
wildlife observation, wildlife
photography, and environmental
education and interpretation.
We establish each unit of the National
Wildlife Refuge System with specific
purposes. We use these purposes to
develop and prioritize management
goals and objectives within the National
Wildlife Refuge System mission, and to
guide which public uses will occur on
these refuges. The planning process is a
way for us and the public to evaluate
management goals and objectives for the
best possible conservation efforts of
these important wildlife habitats, while
providing for wildlife-dependent
recreation opportunities that are
compatible with the refuge’s
establishing purpose and the mission of
the National Wildlife Refuge System.
We will conduct a comprehensive
conservation planning process that will
provide opportunity for Tribal, State,
and local governments; agencies;
organizations; and the public to
participate in issue scoping and public
comment. We request input for issues,
concerns, ideas, and suggestions for
management of the Holla Bend National
Wildlife Refuge. We invite anyone
interested to respond to the following
two questions:
1. What problems or issues do you
want to see addressed in the
comprehensive conservation plan?
2. What improvements would you
recommend for the Holla Bend National
Wildlife Refuge?
We have provided the above
questions for your optional use; you are
not required to provide information to
us. Our Planning Team developed these
questions to gather information about
individual issues and ideas concerning
this refuge. Our Planning Team will use
comments it receives as part of the
planning process; however, we will not
reference individual comments in our
reports or directly respond to them.
We will conduct the environmental
review of this project in accordance
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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 we receive
on our environmental assessment
become part of the official public
record. We will handle requests for such
comments in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act, NEPA [40
CFR 1506.6(f)], and other Departmental
and Service policies and procedures.
When we receive a request, we generally
will provide comment letters with the
names and addresses of the individuals
who wrote the comments.
Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge
was established in 1957, under the
Transfer of Real Property Act, as a result
of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
navigation and flood control project.
This 6,616-acre refuge is six miles south
of Dardanelle, Arkansas, just off of State
Highway 155. The refuge lies along the
Arkansas River and is bounded by an
old oxbow that was created when the
Corps of Engineers cut a channel
through the bend in the river to promote
navigation and flood control. The
primary objectives of the refuge are to:
(1) Provide habitat for migratory
waterfowl; (2) provide habitat for
endangered species; (3) provide habitat
for resident wildlife; and (4) provide
interpretation and recreation to the
public.
Authority: This notice is published under
the authority of the National Wildlife Refuge
System Improvement Act of 1997, Public
Law 105–57.
Dated: March 29, 2007.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Acting Regional Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Final Comprehensive Conservation
Plan for Long Lake National Wildlife
Refuge Complex, Moffit, ND
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service) announces that a final
Comprehensive Conservation Plan
(CCP) for the Long Lake National
Wildlife Refuge Complex (Complex) is
available. This CCP, prepared pursuant
to the National Wildlife Refuge System
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Improvement Act of 1997 and the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, describes how the Service intends
to manage the Complex, which includes
Long Lake National Wildlife Refuge
(NWR), Slade NWR, Florence Lake
NWR, and Long Lake Wetland
Management District (WMD), for the
next 15 years.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the final CCP or
Summary is available by writing to
Bernardo Garza, Planning Team Leader,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box
25486, Denver Federal Center, Denver,
Colorado 80225; or download from
https://mountain-prairie.fws.gov/
planning.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bernardo Garza, (303) 236–4377, or John
Esperance, (303) 236–4369.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Complex is located within
Burleigh, Emmons and Kidder Counties
in south-central North Dakota. The final
CCP for this Complex includes three
NWRs and one WMD:
• Long Lake NWR (22,310 acres in
size) was established on February 25,
1932, ‘‘as a refuge and breeding ground
for migratory birds and wild animals’’;
and ‘‘for use as an inviolate sanctuary,
or for any other management purpose,
for migratory birds.’’ This refuge
encompasses 15,000 acres of brackish to
saline marsh and lake; 1,000 acres of
other wetlands; and approximately
6,000 acres of tame and native
grassland, woodland, and cropland. The
refuge serves as an important staging
area for migrating sandhill cranes,
Canada geese and other waterfowl,
shorebirds, and other migratory birds.
Endangered whooping cranes often
utilize refuge marshes during Spring
and Fall migrations.
• Slade NWR (3,000 acres in size) was
established on October 10, 1944, ‘‘for
use as an inviolate sanctuary, or for any
other management purpose, for
migratory birds.’’
• Florence Lake NWR was established
on May 10, 1939, ‘‘as a refuge and
breeding ground for migratory birds and
other wildlife’’; and ‘‘for use as an
inviolate sanctuary, or for any other
management purpose, for migratory
birds.’’ The fee portion of this refuge
consists of 1,468 acres.
• Long Lake WMD manages 1,036
perpetual wetland easements, 93
perpetual grassland easements, 16
Farmers Home Administration
perpetual easements, 2,759 upland
acres, one Garrison Diversion Unit
mitigation tract managed as a Wildlife
Development Area, and 78 Waterfowl
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Production Areas. The WMD was
established with the purposes of
assuring the long-term viability of the
breeding waterfowl population and
production through the acquisition and
management of Waterfowl Production
Areas, while considering the needs of
other migratory birds, threatened and
endangered species and other wildlife;
‘‘as Waterfowl Production Areas subject
to all provisions of the Migratory Bird
Conservation Act except the inviolate
sanctuary provisions’’; and ‘‘for any
other management purposes, for
migratory birds, and for conservation
purposes.’’
This final CCP identifies goals,
objectives and strategies for the
management of the Complex that
emphasize restoration and maintenance
of Long Lake and other native habitats
in vigorous condition to promote
biological diversity. The CCP places
high importance on the control of
invasive plant species with partners and
integrated pest management. It seeks to
provide habitats in order to contribute
to conservation, enhancement and
production of migratory bird species,
while protecting federally listed species.
The availability of the draft CCP and
Environmental Assessment (EA) for a
30-day public review and comment
period was announced in the Federal
Register on July 10, 2006 (71 FR 38892–
38893). The draft CCP/EA evaluated
four alternatives for managing the
Complex for the next 15 years.
The preferred alternative will expand
the scope and level of efforts of the
current management of habitats by
incorporating adaptive resource
management. This alternative will seek
to improve and develop public use
facilities to maximize existing and
potential wildlife-dependent priority
public use opportunities when they are
compatible with other management
objectives. Under this alternative, the
Complex will strive to develop
partnerships; encourage research that
provides the necessary knowledge and
data to guide habitat management
decisions and activities; and to protect
and/or restore additional wildlife
habitats.
This alternative was selected based on
the EA, comments received, and
because it best meets the purposes and
goals of the Complex, as well as the
goals of the National Wildlife Refuge
System. The management direction of
the Complex is expected to also benefit
federally listed species, large ungulates,
shore birds, migrating and nesting
waterfowl, and neotropical migrants. It
identifies increased environmental
education and partnerships that are
likely to result in improved wildlife-
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge in Pope and Yell Counties, AR
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan
and environmental assessment; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, intend to gather
information necessary to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan and
associated environmental documents for Holla Bend National Wildlife
Refuge. We furnish this notice in compliance with our comprehensive
conservation planning policy to advise other agencies and the public of
our intentions, and to obtain suggestions and information on the scope
of issues to be considered during the planning process.
DATES: To ensure consideration, we must receive your written comments
by June 18, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments or requests for more information to: Ben
Mense, Refuge Manager, Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge, 10448 Holla
Bend Road, Dardanelle, AR 72834; Telephone: 479/229-4300; or
electronically to: ben_mense@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With this notice, we initiate the process
for developing a comprehensive conservation plan for Holla Bend
National Wildlife Refuge in Dardanelle, AR.
The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, as
amended by the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997
(16 U.S.C. Sec. 668dd-668ee), requires the Service to develop a
comprehensive conservation plan for each national wildlife refuge. The
purpose in developing a comprehensive conservation plan is to provide
refuge managers with a 15-year strategy for achieving refuge purposes
and contributing to the mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System,
consistent with sound principles of fish and wildlife management,
conservation, legal mandates, and Service policies. In addition to
outlining broad management direction on conserving wildlife and their
habitats, plans identify wildlife-dependent recreational opportunities
available to the public, including opportunities for hunting, fishing,
wildlife observation, wildlife photography, and environmental education
and interpretation.
We establish each unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System with
specific purposes. We use these purposes to develop and prioritize
management goals and objectives within the National Wildlife Refuge
System mission, and to guide which public uses will occur on these
refuges. The planning process is a way for us and the public to
evaluate management goals and objectives for the best possible
conservation efforts of these important wildlife habitats, while
providing for wildlife-dependent recreation opportunities that are
compatible with the refuge's establishing purpose and the mission of
the National Wildlife Refuge System.
We will conduct a comprehensive conservation planning process that
will provide opportunity for Tribal, State, and local governments;
agencies; organizations; and the public to participate in issue scoping
and public comment. We request input for issues, concerns, ideas, and
suggestions for management of the Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge.
We invite anyone interested to respond to the following two questions:
1. What problems or issues do you want to see addressed in the
comprehensive conservation plan?
2. What improvements would you recommend for the Holla Bend
National Wildlife Refuge?
We have provided the above questions for your optional use; you are
not required to provide information to us. Our Planning Team developed
these questions to gather information about individual issues and ideas
concerning this refuge. Our Planning Team will use comments it receives
as part of the planning process; however, we will not reference
individual comments in our reports or directly respond to them.
We will conduct the environmental review of this project in
accordance
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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 we receive on our environmental assessment become part of the
official public record. We will handle requests for such comments in
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, NEPA [40 CFR
1506.6(f)], and other Departmental and Service policies and procedures.
When we receive a request, we generally will provide comment letters
with the names and addresses of the individuals who wrote the comments.
Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1957, under
the Transfer of Real Property Act, as a result of a U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers navigation and flood control project. This 6,616-acre refuge
is six miles south of Dardanelle, Arkansas, just off of State Highway
155. The refuge lies along the Arkansas River and is bounded by an old
oxbow that was created when the Corps of Engineers cut a channel
through the bend in the river to promote navigation and flood control.
The primary objectives of the refuge are to: (1) Provide habitat for
migratory waterfowl; (2) provide habitat for endangered species; (3)
provide habitat for resident wildlife; and (4) provide interpretation
and recreation to the public.
Authority: This notice is published under the authority of the
National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, Public Law
105-57.
Dated: March 29, 2007.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. E7-9483 Filed 5-16-07; 8:45 am]
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