Notice of Intent to Prepare a Resource Management Plan for the Jackson Field Office, Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States and Associated Environmental Impact Statement, 58976-58977 [E8-23803]
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SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service
(Service) announces the receipt of an
application for an Enhancement of
Survival Permit that would be issued
pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (Act). The application was
developed in accordance with the
Template Safe Harbor Agreement
(Template SHA) for the Columbia Basin
pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis).
The permit applicant is the Washington
Department of Natural Resources
(WDNR). Issuance of a permit to WDNR
would exempt incidental take of the
Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit, which
would otherwise be prohibited by
section 9 of the Act, that is above the
baseline conditions of WDNR properties
enrolled under the Template SHA and
that may result from the permittee’s
otherwise lawful management activities.
The Service requests comments from the
public regarding the proposed issuance
of a permit to WDNR. All comments
received will become part of the public
record. Before including your address,
phone number, e-mail address, 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 information
from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
All comments received from
organizations, businesses, or individuals
representing organizations or businesses
are available for public inspection in
their entirety.
DATES: To be fully considered, written
comments from interested parties must
be received on or before November 7,
2008.
ADDRESSES: Written comments
concerning this notice should be
addressed to Supervisor, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Upper Columbia Fish
and Wildlife Office, 11103 East
Montgomery Drive, Spokane,
Washington 99206. You may also send
comments by facsimile, at (509) 891–
6748, or by electronic mail, at:
fw1cbprabbit@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Chris Warren at (509) 893–8020.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Availability of Documents
Copies of the WDNR permit
application, the Template SHA, and
other relevant documents addressing the
Service’s proposed issuance of the
subject permit are available for public
inspection, by appointment, during
normal business hours at the Upper
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Columbia Fish and Wildlife Office (see
or they may be viewed on
the internet at the following address:
https://www.fws.gov/easternwashington/.
You may also request copies of the
documents by contacting the Service’s
Upper Columbia Fish and Wildlife
Office (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT) . The Service is furnishing this
notice to provide the public, other State
and Federal agencies, and interested
Tribes an opportunity to review and
comment on the Service’s proposed
issuance of a permit to the WDNR.
ADDRESSES),
Background
On September 7, 2006, the Service
announced the availability for public
review and comment of a draft Template
SHA, which was jointly developed by
the Service and the Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife
(WDFW), and a draft Environmental
Assessment, which was developed by
the Service pursuant to Federal
responsibilities under the National
Environmental Policy Act (71 FR
52816). The final Template SHA was
signed by the Service and WDFW on
October 24, 2006. To date, the Service
has issued 16 Permits under the
Template SHA, which cover 109,425
acres that fall within the historic
distribution of the Columbia Basin
pygmy rabbit. The WDNR has requested
to enroll an additional 11,148 acres of
State trust lands under the Template
SHA.
The primary objective of the Template
SHA is to facilitate collaboration
between the Service, WDFW, and
prospective participants to voluntarily
implement conservation measures to
benefit the Columbia Basin pygmy
rabbit. Another objective of the
Template SHA is to facilitate the
processing of enhancement of survival
permits that will provide incidental take
coverage for participants to relieve them
of additional section 9 liability under
the Act if implementation of their
conservation measures results in
increased numbers or distribution of
Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits on their
enrolled properties.
This notice is provided pursuant to
section 10(c) of the Act. The Service has
previously determined that
implementation of the Template SHA
will result in conservation benefits to
the Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit and
will not result in significant effects to
the human environment. The Service
will evaluate the permit application
noticed herein, related documents, and
any comments submitted thereon to
determine whether the permit
application is consistent with the
measures prescribed by the Template
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SHA and whether it complies with
relevant statutory and regulatory
requirements. If it is determined that the
requirements are met, a permit to
exempt incidental take of the Columbia
Basin pygmy rabbit will be issued to the
applicant. The final permit
determination will not be made until
after the end of the 30-day comment
period, and will fully consider all
comments received.
Dated: September 29, 2008.
David J. Wesley,
Deputy Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[ES–020–09–1610–DO–015M]
Notice of Intent to Prepare a Resource
Management Plan for the Jackson
Field Office, Bureau of Land
Management-Eastern States and
Associated Environmental Impact
Statement
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management—Eastern States (BLM-ES),
Jackson Field Office, Jackson,
Mississippi, intends to prepare a
Resource Management Plan (RMP) with
an associated Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the Southeastern
United States and, by this notice, is
announcing public scoping meetings.
The RMP will bring all BLM land in the
Southeastern United States under a land
use plan
DATES: The BLM will announce public
scoping meetings to identify relevant
issues through local news media,
newsletters, and the BLM web site
https://www.blm.gov/es/st/en/fo/
Jackson_Home_Page.html at least 15
days prior to the first meeting. We will
provide formal opportunities for public
participation upon publication of the
Draft RMP/EIS.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods: Web
Site: https://www.blm.gov/es/st/en/fo/
Jackson_Home_Page.html
• E-mail: Gary_Taylor@blm.gov
• Fax: (601) 977–5440
• Mail: Jackson Field Office, BLM,
Attn: Gary Taylor, 411 Briarwood Drive,
Suite 404, Jackson, Mississippi 39206.
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Documents pertinent to this proposal
may be examined at the Jackson Field
Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information and/or to have your
name added to our mailing list, contact
Gary Taylor, telephone (601) 977–5413;
or e-mail Gary_Taylor@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document provides notice that the BLM
Field Office, Jackson, Mississippi,
intends to prepare a RMP with an
associated EIS for the BLM resources
located in the Southeastern United
States and intends to hold public
scoping meetings that will be
announced at a later date with public
notice prior to those meetings.
The planning area is located in the
States of: Florida, Georgia, South
Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and
Louisiana. This planning activity
encompasses approximately 2,000,000
acres of public lands and resources. The
plan will fulfill the needs and
obligations set forth by the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA), and BLM management
policies. The BLM will work
collaboratively with interested parties to
identify the management decisions that
are best suited to local, regional, and
national needs and concerns. Coal
resources exist in the State of Kentucky.
This notice serves as a call for coal
reserve information.
The purpose of the public scoping
process is to determine relevant issues
that will influence the scope of the
environmental analysis and EIS
alternatives. These issues also guide the
planning process. You may submit
comments on issues and planning
criteria in writing to the BLM at any
public scoping meeting, or you may
submit them to the BLM using one of
the methods listed in the ADDRESSES
section above. To be most helpful, you
should submit formal scoping
comments within 30 days after the last
public meeting. The minutes and list of
attendees for each scoping meeting will
be available to the public and open for
30 days after the meeting to any
participant who wishes to clarify the
views he or she expressed. Individual
respondents may request
confidentiality. If you wish to withhold
your name and/or address from public
review or disclosure under the Freedom
of Information Act, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your
written comment. The BLM will honor
such requests to the extent allowed by
law. All submissions from organizations
or businesses, and from individuals
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identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, are
available for public inspection in their
entirety. Preliminary issues and
management concerns have been
identified by BLM personnel, other
agencies, and in meetings with
individuals and user groups. They
represent the BLM’s knowledge to date
regarding the existing issues and
concerns with current land
management. The major issues that will
be addressed in this planning effort
include: future management of the
Federal resources in the southeast;
protection of resources such as
wetlands, sensitive species habitat and
historic properties while allowing oil
and gas development and mining; and
management of surface lands within the
planning area. Because of the scattered
public land ownership pattern and
small size of most parcels, land tenure
adjustments have the potential to
provide greater efficiencies in
management and reduce workloads and
costs. Some of the lands may be suitable
for disposal under a variety of
authorities. Some may be retained in
public ownership and possibly
transferred to other agencies.
After public comments as to what
issues the plan should address are
gathered, they will be placed in one of
three categories:
1. Issues to be resolved in the plan;
2. Issues to be resolved through policy
or administrative action; or
3. Issues beyond the scope of this
plan.
The BLM will provide an explanation
in the plan as to why we placed an issue
in category two or three. In addition to
these major issues, a number of
management questions and concerns
will be addressed in the plan. The
public is encouraged to help identify
these questions and concerns during the
scoping phase.
The BLM will use an interdisciplinary
approach to develop the plan in order
to consider the variety of resource issues
and concerns identified. Specialists
with expertise in the following
disciplines will be involved in the
planning process: minerals and geology,
outdoor recreation, archaeology,
paleontology, wildlife and fisheries,
lands and realty, hydrology, soils,
sociology and economics.
Dated: October 2, 2008.
Juan Palma,
State Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
National Capital Region
Notice/Request for Comments—
The Lighting of the National Christmas
Tree and the subsequent 27 day event.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The National Park Service is
seeking public comments and
suggestions on the planning of the 2008
Lighting of the National Christmas Tree
and the subsequent 27 day event.
The
National Park Service is seeking public
comments and suggestions on the
planning of the 2008 Lighting of the
National Christmas Tree and the
subsequent 27 day event, which opens
on December 4, 2008, on the Ellipse
(President’s Park), south of the White
House. The meeting will be held at 9
a.m. on November 12, 2008 in Room 234
of the National Capital Region
Headquarters Building, at 1100 Ohio
Drive, SW., Washington, DC (East
Potomac Park).
Persons who would like to comment
at the meeting should notify the
National Park Service by November 7,
2008 by calling the White House Visitor
Center weekdays between 9 a.m., and 4
p.m., at (202) 208–1631. Written
comments may be sent to the Park
Manager, White House Visitor Center,
1100 Ohio Drive, SW., Washington, DC
20242, and will be accepted until
November 12, 2008.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The meeting will be held on
November 12, 2008. Written comments
will be accepted until November 12,
2008.
DATES:
The meeting will be held at
9:00 a.m. on November 12, 2008, in
room 234 of the National Capital Region
Headquarters Building, at 1100 Ohio
Drive, SW., Washington, DC (East
Potomac Park). Written comments may
be sent to the Park Manager, White
House Visitor Center, 1100 Ohio Drive,
SW., Washington, DC 20242. Due to
delays in mail delivery, it is
recommended that comments be
provided by telefax at 202–208–1643 or
by e-mail to Scott_Tucker@nps.gov.
Comments may also be delivered by
messenger to the White House Visitor
Center at 1450 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., in Washington, DC.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Scott Tucker at the White House Visitor
Center weekdays between 9 a.m., and 4
p.m., at (202) 208–1631.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[ES-020-09-1610-DO-015M]
Notice of Intent to Prepare a Resource Management Plan for the
Jackson Field Office, Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States and
Associated Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management--Eastern States (BLM-ES),
Jackson Field Office, Jackson, Mississippi, intends to prepare a
Resource Management Plan (RMP) with an associated Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the Southeastern United States and, by this notice,
is announcing public scoping meetings. The RMP will bring all BLM land
in the Southeastern United States under a land use plan
DATES: The BLM will announce public scoping meetings to identify
relevant issues through local news media, newsletters, and the BLM web
site https://www.blm.gov/es/st/en/fo/Jackson_Home_Page.html at least
15 days prior to the first meeting. We will provide formal
opportunities for public participation upon publication of the Draft
RMP/EIS.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods: Web
Site: https://www.blm.gov/es/st/en/fo/Jackson_Home_Page.html
E-mail: Gary_Taylor@blm.gov
Fax: (601) 977-5440
Mail: Jackson Field Office, BLM, Attn: Gary Taylor, 411
Briarwood Drive, Suite 404, Jackson, Mississippi 39206.
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Documents pertinent to this proposal may be examined at the Jackson
Field Office.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information and/or to have
your name added to our mailing list, contact Gary Taylor, telephone
(601) 977-5413; or e-mail Gary_Taylor@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This document provides notice that the BLM
Field Office, Jackson, Mississippi, intends to prepare a RMP with an
associated EIS for the BLM resources located in the Southeastern United
States and intends to hold public scoping meetings that will be
announced at a later date with public notice prior to those meetings.
The planning area is located in the States of: Florida, Georgia,
South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Arkansas, and Louisiana. This planning activity encompasses
approximately 2,000,000 acres of public lands and resources. The plan
will fulfill the needs and obligations set forth by the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA), and BLM management policies. The BLM will work
collaboratively with interested parties to identify the management
decisions that are best suited to local, regional, and national needs
and concerns. Coal resources exist in the State of Kentucky. This
notice serves as a call for coal reserve information.
The purpose of the public scoping process is to determine relevant
issues that will influence the scope of the environmental analysis and
EIS alternatives. These issues also guide the planning process. You may
submit comments on issues and planning criteria in writing to the BLM
at any public scoping meeting, or you may submit them to the BLM using
one of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES section above. To be most
helpful, you should submit formal scoping comments within 30 days after
the last public meeting. The minutes and list of attendees for each
scoping meeting will be available to the public and open for 30 days
after the meeting to any participant who wishes to clarify the views he
or she expressed. Individual respondents may request confidentiality.
If you wish to withhold your name and/or address from public review or
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your written comment. The BLM will
honor such requests to the extent allowed by law. All submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or
businesses, are available for public inspection in their entirety.
Preliminary issues and management concerns have been identified by BLM
personnel, other agencies, and in meetings with individuals and user
groups. They represent the BLM's knowledge to date regarding the
existing issues and concerns with current land management. The major
issues that will be addressed in this planning effort include: future
management of the Federal resources in the southeast; protection of
resources such as wetlands, sensitive species habitat and historic
properties while allowing oil and gas development and mining; and
management of surface lands within the planning area. Because of the
scattered public land ownership pattern and small size of most parcels,
land tenure adjustments have the potential to provide greater
efficiencies in management and reduce workloads and costs. Some of the
lands may be suitable for disposal under a variety of authorities. Some
may be retained in public ownership and possibly transferred to other
agencies.
After public comments as to what issues the plan should address are
gathered, they will be placed in one of three categories:
1. Issues to be resolved in the plan;
2. Issues to be resolved through policy or administrative action;
or
3. Issues beyond the scope of this plan.
The BLM will provide an explanation in the plan as to why we placed
an issue in category two or three. In addition to these major issues, a
number of management questions and concerns will be addressed in the
plan. The public is encouraged to help identify these questions and
concerns during the scoping phase.
The BLM will use an interdisciplinary approach to develop the plan
in order to consider the variety of resource issues and concerns
identified. Specialists with expertise in the following disciplines
will be involved in the planning process: minerals and geology, outdoor
recreation, archaeology, paleontology, wildlife and fisheries, lands
and realty, hydrology, soils, sociology and economics.
Dated: October 2, 2008.
Juan Palma,
State Director.
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