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questionnaire were taken and
thoroughly tested. The other questions
in the 2007 questionnaire not used in
the 2002 version were also used on
several occasions by various boating
researchers to collect subject data. The
collection contractor is expected to
conduct a limited pre-test to identify
possible unforeseen problems.
Dated: November 26, 2007.
D.T. Glenn,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant
Commandant for Command, Control,
Communications, Computers and
Information Technology.
[FR Doc. E7–23401 Filed 12–3–07; 8:45 am]
7. Data Analysis
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
A commenter indicated that very little
was said in the supporting statement
about how the data collection contractor
will analyze the data. In response to this
comment, we expanded the data
analysis section to show how national,
state, and regional estimates will be
calculated. However, the contractor will
essentially provide the Coast Guard
with basic contingency tables showing
weighted counts describing various
aspects of the boating population and
their activities during 2007. We may
conduct further analyzes internally after
receiving the micro-data file.
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Information Collection Request
Title: National Recreational Boating
Survey.
OMB Control Number: 1625–0089.
Type of Request: Reinstatement, with
change, of a previously approved
collection for which approval has
expired.
Affected Public: Recreational boating
participants and owners of recreational
vessels.
Abstract: The Federal Boat Safety Act
of 1971 determined the framework of
the Coast Guard RBS program. This
program as set forth in 46 U.S.C.,
Chapter 131, requires the Coast Guard to
‘‘encourage greater state participation
and uniformity in boating safety efforts,
and particularly to permit the states to
assume the greater share of boating
safety education, assistance, and
enforcement activities.’’ See 46 U.S.C.
13101. The Coast Guard Office of
Boating Safety achieves these goals by
providing timely and relevant
information on activities that occur in
each respective jurisdiction. The boating
information provided by the Coast
Guard enables each state agency to tailor
and implement safety initiatives
addressing specific needs of boaters in
local jurisdictions. The primary
objective of this collection is to provide
the Coast Guard with the required
information in a format suitable to
effectively manage the program.
Burden Estimate: This is a biennial
requirement. In the year the survey is
conducted, the burden is estimated to be
67,619 hours.
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Transportation Security Administration
[Docket Nos. TSA–2006–24191; Coast
Guard—2006–24196]
Transportation Worker Identification
Credential (TWIC); Enrollment Dates
for the Ports of Tulsa, OK and Albany,
NY
Transportation Security
Administration; United States Coast
Guard; DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) through the
Transportation Security Administration
(TSA) issues this notice of the dates for
the beginning of the initial enrollment
for the Transportation Worker
Identification Credential (TWIC) for the
Ports of Tulsa, OK and Albany, NY.
DATES: TWIC enrollment in Tulsa, OK
will begin on December 12, 2007, and in
Albany, NY on December 13, 2007.
ADDRESSES: You may view published
documents and comments concerning
the TWIC Final Rule, identified by the
docket numbers of this notice, using any
one of the following methods.
(1) Searching the Federal Docket
Management System (FDMS) Web page
at https://www.regulations.gov;
(2) Accessing the Government
Printing Office’s Web page at https://
www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/; or
(3) Visiting TSA’s Security
Regulations Web page at https://
www.tsa.gov and accessing the link for
‘‘Research Center’’ at the top of the page.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Orgill, TSA–19, Transportation
Security Administration, 601 South
12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202–4220.
Transportation Threat Assessment and
Credentialing (TTAC), TWIC Program,
(571) 227–4545; e-mail:
credentialing@dhs.gov.
Background
The Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), through the United
States Coast Guard and the
Transportation Security Administration
(TSA), issued a joint final rule (72 FR
3492; January 25, 2007) pursuant to the
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Maritime Transportation Security Act
(MTSA), Public Law 107–295, 116 Stat.
2064 (November 25, 2002), and the
Security and Accountability for Every
Port Act of 2006 (SAFE Port Act), Public
Law 109–347 (October 13, 2006). This
rule requires all credentialed merchant
mariners and individuals with
unescorted access to secure areas of a
regulated facility or vessel to obtain a
TWIC. In this final rule, on page 3510,
TSA and Coast Guard stated that a
phased enrollment approach based
upon risk assessment and cost/benefit
would be used to implement the
program nationwide, and that TSA
would publish a notice in the Federal
Register indicating when enrollment at
a specific location will begin and when
it is expected to terminate.
This notice provides the start date for
TWIC initial enrollment at the Ports of
Tulsa, OK and Albany, NY. Enrollment
in Tulsa will begin on December 12,
2007, and in Albany, NY on December
13, 2007. The Coast Guard will publish
a separate notice in the Federal Register
indicating when facilities within the
Captain of the Port Zone Lower
Mississippi, including those in the Port
of Tulsa, and Captain of the Port Zone
New York, including those in the Port
of Albany must comply with the
portions of the final rule requiring TWIC
to be used as an access control measure.
That notice will be published at least 90
days before compliance is required.
To obtain information on the preenrollment and enrollment process, and
enrollment locations, visit TSA’s TWIC
Web site at https://www.tsa.gov/twic.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on November
28, 2007.
Stephen Sadler,
Director, Maritime and Surface Credentialing,
Office of Transportation Threat Assessment
and Credentialing, Transportation Security
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Charles M. Russell National Wildlife
Refuge and UL Bend National Wildlife
Refuge, Montana
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a
comprehensive conservation plan and
environmental impact statement;
request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice advises that we,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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(Service), intend to gather information
necessary to prepare a comprehensive
conservation plan (plan) and
environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the Charles M. Russell National
Wildlife Refuge, including UL Bend
National Wildlife Refuge (UL Bend is a
refuge within a refuge), located in northcentral Montana. We are furnishing this
notice in compliance with Service
Refuge 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 in the planning
process.
DATES: Written comments must be
received by February 4, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Comments and requests for
more information regarding the Charles
M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge or
UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge
should be sent to Laurie Shannon,
Planning Team Leader, Division of
Refuge Planning, P.O. Box 25486,
Denver Federal Center, Denver,
Colorado 80225.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laurie Shannon, 303–236–4317; or
Laurie_Shannon@fws.gov; or John
Esperance, Chief, Branch of
Comprehensive Conservation Planning,
303–236–4369.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Service has initiated the Plan and EIS
for the Charles M. Russell National
Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and UL Bend
NWR with headquarters in Lewistown,
Montana.
The Charles M. Russell NWR and UL
Bend NWR extend west 125 miles along
the Missouri River from Fort Peck Dam
in north-central Montana. The Refuges
contain approximately 1,100,000 acres
including the Fort Peck Reservoir.
Habitat includes native prairie, forested
coulees, river bottoms, and badlands.
Wildlife is as diverse as the topography,
and common species include elk, mule
deer, Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep,
pronghorn antelope, sharp-tailed grouse,
prairie dogs, and over 236 species of
birds. The Refuges are located within
Fergus, Garfield, Petroleum, Phillips,
McCone, and Valley Counties.
In 1936, President Franklin D.
Roosevelt signed Executive Order 7509
establishing the Fort Peck Game Range
and providing ‘‘That the natural forage
resources therein shall be first utilized
for the purpose of sustaining in a
healthy condition a maximum of four
hundred thousand (400,000) sharp-tail
grouse, and one thousand five hundred
(1,500) antelope, the primary species,
and such nonpredatory secondary
species in such numbers as may be
necessary to maintain a balanced
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wildlife population, but in no case shall
the consumption of forage by the
combined population of the wildlife
species be allowed to increase the
burden of the range dedicated to the
primary species: Provided further, That
all the resources within this range or
preserve shall be available, except as
herein otherwise provided with respect
to wildlife, for domestic livestock * * *
And provided further, That land within
the exterior limits of the area herein
described * * * may be utilized for
public grazing purposes only to the
extent as may be determined by the said
Secretary (Agriculture) to be compatible
with the utilization of said lands for the
purposes for which they were acquired
* * *.’’
Originally, the game range was
administered jointly by secretaries for
the Departments of Agriculture (the
Service was the Bureau of Biological
Survey under Department of Agriculture
until 1939) and Interior. On February
25, 1963, the Fort Peck Game Range was
redesignated the Charles M. Russell
National Wildlife Range by Public Land
Order 2951. On March 25, 1969, Public
Land Order 4588 established UL Bend
National Wildlife Refuge on
approximately 39,456 acres in Phillips
County and revoked Executive Order
7509 on those lands. On October 19,
1976, Public Law 94–557 (90 Stat 2633–
2634), designated approximately 28,890
acres in UL Bend as the UL Bend
Wilderness. On February 27, 1976, the
administrative status of Charles M.
Russell and all other game ranges in the
nation was changed by the signing of
Public Law 94–223 (90 Stat. 199),
commonly called the Game Range Act,
which brought to a close the joint
management between the Bureau of
Land Management and the Service and
vested management authority of Charles
M. Russell NWR with the Service.
Public Land Order 5635 (1978) changed
the name of the game refuge to Charles
M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge and
clarified the administration and
management of the Refuge under the
National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C
668dd–668ee). Additional legislation
and mandates exist between the Service
and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
for the operation of the Fort Peck Dam
and Reservoir.
Each unit of the National Wildlife
Refuge System, including the Charles M.
Russell and UL Bend NWRs, has
specific purposes for which it was
established and for which legislation
was enacted.
Those purposes are used to develop
and prioritize management goals and
objectives within the National Wildlife
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Refuge System mission, and to guide
which public uses will occur on these
Refuges. The planning process is a way
for the Service and the public to
evaluate management goals and
objectives for the best possible
conservation efforts of this important
wildlife habitat while providing for
wildlife-dependent recreation
opportunities that are compatible with
the Refuges’ establishing purposes and
the mission of the National Wildlife
Refuge System.
The Service will conduct a
comprehensive conservation planning
process that will provide opportunity
for tribal, State, and local governments;
Federal and State agencies;
organizations; and the public to
participate in issue scoping and public
comment. The Service is requesting
input for issues, concerns, ideas, and
suggestions for the future management
of the Charles M. Russell and UL Bend
NWRs. Anyone interested in providing
input is invited to respond to the
following three questions.
(1) What do you value most about the
Charles M. Russell and UL Bend
National Wildlife Refuges?
(2) What problems or issues do you
want to see addressed in the CCP?
(3) What changes, if any, would you
like to see in the management of the
Charles M. Russell and UL Bend
National Wildlife Refuges?
The Service has provided the above
questions for your optional use. The
planning team developed these
questions to facilitate finding out more
information about individual issues and
ideas concerning these two units of the
National Wildlife Refuge System.
Comments received by the planning
team will be used as part of the
planning process; individual comments
will not be referenced in our reports or
responded to directly.
An opportunity will be given to the
public to provide input at open houses
to scope issues and concerns (schedules
can be obtained from the planning team
leader at the address listed above).
Comments may be submitted anytime
during the planning process by writing
to that address. Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment, including your
personal identifying information, may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
The Environmental Review of this
project will be conducted in accordance
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with the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 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 Service
policies and procedures for compliance
with those laws and regulations. All
comments received from individuals on
Service Environmental Assessments and
Environmental Impact Statements
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 1506.6(f)), and other Departmental
and Service policies and procedures.
Dated: November 27, 2007.
Stephen Guertin,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. E7–23467 Filed 12–3–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Receipt of Applications for Permit
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications
for permit.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The public is invited to
comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with
endangered species and/or marine
mammals.
Written data, comments or
requests must be received by January 3,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Documents and other
information submitted with these
applications are available for review,
subject to the requirements of the
Privacy Act and Freedom of Information
Act, by any party who submits a written
request for a copy of such documents
within 30 days of the date of publication
of this notice to: U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Division of Management
Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,
Room 700, Arlington, Virginia 22203;
fax 703/358–2281.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Division of Management Authority,
telephone 703/358–2104.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
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Endangered Species
The public is invited to comment on
the following applications for a permit
to conduct certain activities with
endangered species. This notice is
provided pursuant to section 10(c) of
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
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amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Written data, comments, or requests for
copies of these complete applications
should be submitted to the Director
(address above).
Applicant: National Institutes of
Health/National Cancer Institute,
Frederick, MD, PRT–694126.
The applicant requests renewal of
their permit to import biological
samples from wild, captive-held, and/or
captive-born endangered mammals for
the purpose of scientific research. This
notification covers activities to be
conducted by the applicant over a fiveyear period.
Applicant: Carl W. Swensen, Island
Heights, NJ, PRT–167027.
The applicant requests a permit to
import the sport-hunted trophy of one
male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus
pygargus) culled from a captive herd
maintained under the management
program of the Republic of South Africa,
for the purpose of enhancement of the
survival of the species.
Applicant: Alex R. Stowe, Jr., Plano,
TX, PRT–167253.
The applicant requests a permit to
import the sport-hunted trophy of one
male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus
pygargus) culled from a captive herd
maintained under the management
program of the Republic of South Africa,
for the purpose of enhancement of the
survival of the species.
Applicant: Jeffrey S. Sorg, Kalispell,
MT, PRT–167302.
The applicant requests a permit to
import the sport-hunted trophy of one
male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus
pygargus) culled from a captive herd
maintained under the management
program of the Republic of South Africa,
for the purpose of enhancement of the
survival of the species.
Endangered Marine Mammals and
Marine Mammals
The public is invited to comment on
the following applications for a permit
to conduct certain activities with
endangered marine mammals and/or
marine mammals. The applications
were submitted to satisfy requirements
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
and/or the Marine Mammal Protection
Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361
et seq.), and the regulations governing
endangered species (50 CFR part 17)
and/or marine mammals (50 CFR part
18). Written data, comments, or requests
for copies of the complete applications
or requests for a public hearing on these
applications should be submitted to the
Director (address above). Anyone
requesting a hearing should give
specific reasons why a hearing would be
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appropriate. The holding of such a
hearing is at the discretion of the
Director.
Applicant: Detroit Zoological Society,
Detroit, MI, PRT–160107.
The applicant requests a permit for
permanent placement of one nonreleasable male polar bear (Ursus
maritimus) for the purpose of public
display. The animal was recovered as an
orphaned cub in Alaska in 1988. The
Service has determined that this animal
does not demonstrate the skills and
abilities needed to survive in the wild.
Applicant: Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission, Fish and
Wildlife Research Institute, St.
Petersburg, FL, PRT–773494.
The applicant requests renewal and
amendment of their permit to capture,
tag, drug, collect biological specimens,
photograph, aerial survey, and harass
Florida manatees (Trichechus manatus)
and to import, export, and re-export
biological specimens from all manatees
(T. manatus, T. inunguis, and T.
senegalensis) and dugongs (Dugong
dugon) for the purpose of scientific
research. This notification covers
activities to be conducted by the
applicant over a five-year period.
Concurrent with the publication of
this notice in the Federal Register, the
Division of Management Authority is
forwarding copies of the above
applications to the Marine Mammal
Commission and the Committee of
Scientific Advisors for their review.
Dated: November 9, 2007.
Lisa J. Lierheimer,
Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits,
Division of Management Authority.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Issuance of Permits
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits for
endangered species and/or marine
mammals.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
The following permits were
issued.
Documents and other
information submitted with these
applications are available for review,
subject to the requirements of the
Privacy Act and Freedom of Information
Act, by any party who submits a written
request for a copy of such documents to:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division
of Management Authority, 4401 North
ADDRESSES:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge and UL Bend National
Wildlife Refuge, Montana
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan
and environmental impact statement; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises that we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service
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(Service), intend to gather information necessary to prepare a
comprehensive conservation plan (plan) and environmental impact
statement (EIS) for the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge,
including UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge (UL Bend is a refuge within
a refuge), located in north-central Montana. We are furnishing this
notice in compliance with Service Refuge 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 in
the planning process.
DATES: Written comments must be received by February 4, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Comments and requests for more information regarding the
Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge or UL Bend National
Wildlife Refuge should be sent to Laurie Shannon, Planning Team Leader,
Division of Refuge Planning, P.O. Box 25486, Denver Federal Center,
Denver, Colorado 80225.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurie Shannon, 303-236-4317; or
Laurie--Shannon@fws.gov; or John Esperance, Chief, Branch of
Comprehensive Conservation Planning, 303-236-4369.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Service has initiated the Plan and EIS
for the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and UL Bend
NWR with headquarters in Lewistown, Montana.
The Charles M. Russell NWR and UL Bend NWR extend west 125 miles
along the Missouri River from Fort Peck Dam in north-central Montana.
The Refuges contain approximately 1,100,000 acres including the Fort
Peck Reservoir. Habitat includes native prairie, forested coulees,
river bottoms, and badlands. Wildlife is as diverse as the topography,
and common species include elk, mule deer, Rocky Mountain bighorn
sheep, pronghorn antelope, sharp-tailed grouse, prairie dogs, and over
236 species of birds. The Refuges are located within Fergus, Garfield,
Petroleum, Phillips, McCone, and Valley Counties.
In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order
7509 establishing the Fort Peck Game Range and providing ``That the
natural forage resources therein shall be first utilized for the
purpose of sustaining in a healthy condition a maximum of four hundred
thousand (400,000) sharp-tail grouse, and one thousand five hundred
(1,500) antelope, the primary species, and such nonpredatory secondary
species in such numbers as may be necessary to maintain a balanced
wildlife population, but in no case shall the consumption of forage by
the combined population of the wildlife species be allowed to increase
the burden of the range dedicated to the primary species: Provided
further, That all the resources within this range or preserve shall be
available, except as herein otherwise provided with respect to
wildlife, for domestic livestock * * * And provided further, That land
within the exterior limits of the area herein described * * * may be
utilized for public grazing purposes only to the extent as may be
determined by the said Secretary (Agriculture) to be compatible with
the utilization of said lands for the purposes for which they were
acquired * * *.''
Originally, the game range was administered jointly by secretaries
for the Departments of Agriculture (the Service was the Bureau of
Biological Survey under Department of Agriculture until 1939) and
Interior. On February 25, 1963, the Fort Peck Game Range was
redesignated the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Range by Public
Land Order 2951. On March 25, 1969, Public Land Order 4588 established
UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge on approximately 39,456 acres in
Phillips County and revoked Executive Order 7509 on those lands. On
October 19, 1976, Public Law 94-557 (90 Stat 2633-2634), designated
approximately 28,890 acres in UL Bend as the UL Bend Wilderness. On
February 27, 1976, the administrative status of Charles M. Russell and
all other game ranges in the nation was changed by the signing of
Public Law 94-223 (90 Stat. 199), commonly called the Game Range Act,
which brought to a close the joint management between the Bureau of
Land Management and the Service and vested management authority of
Charles M. Russell NWR with the Service. Public Land Order 5635 (1978)
changed the name of the game refuge to Charles M. Russell National
Wildlife Refuge and clarified the administration and management of the
Refuge under the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of
1966 (16 U.S.C 668dd-668ee). Additional legislation and mandates exist
between the Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the
operation of the Fort Peck Dam and Reservoir.
Each unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System, including the
Charles M. Russell and UL Bend NWRs, has specific purposes for which it
was established and for which legislation was enacted.
Those purposes are used 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 the Service and the public to evaluate management
goals and objectives for the best possible conservation efforts of this
important wildlife habitat while providing for wildlife-dependent
recreation opportunities that are compatible with the Refuges'
establishing purposes and the mission of the National Wildlife Refuge
System.
The Service will conduct a comprehensive conservation planning
process that will provide opportunity for tribal, State, and local
governments; Federal and State agencies; organizations; and the public
to participate in issue scoping and public comment. The Service is
requesting input for issues, concerns, ideas, and suggestions for the
future management of the Charles M. Russell and UL Bend NWRs. Anyone
interested in providing input is invited to respond to the following
three questions.
(1) What do you value most about the Charles M. Russell and UL Bend
National Wildlife Refuges?
(2) What problems or issues do you want to see addressed in the
CCP?
(3) What changes, if any, would you like to see in the management
of the Charles M. Russell and UL Bend National Wildlife Refuges?
The Service has provided the above questions for your optional use.
The planning team developed these questions to facilitate finding out
more information about individual issues and ideas concerning these two
units of the National Wildlife Refuge System. Comments received by the
planning team will be used as part of the planning process; individual
comments will not be referenced in our reports or responded to
directly.
An opportunity will be given to the public to provide input at open
houses to scope issues and concerns (schedules can be obtained from the
planning team leader at the address listed above). Comments may be
submitted anytime during the planning process by writing to that
address. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail, or other
personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware
that your entire comment, including your personal identifying
information, may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
The Environmental Review of this project will be conducted in
accordance
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with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
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
Service policies and procedures for compliance with those laws and
regulations. All comments received from individuals on Service
Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Statements 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
1506.6(f)), and other Departmental and Service policies and procedures.
Dated: November 27, 2007.
Stephen Guertin,
Acting Regional Director.
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