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avoidance, minimization, and
mitigation measures to reduce
environmental impacts, and will
mitigate species incidental-take to the
maximum extent practicable.
We anticipate that a draft EA or draft
EIS and the associated draft Beacon
Solar Energy Project HCP will be
available in late 2009 and will have a
public review period. The preparation
and public review of the EA or EIS will
be conducted in accordance with the
requirements of NEPA, its implementing
regulations (40 CFR 1500–1508; found
at (https://www.legal.gsa.gov), other
applicable Council on Environmental
Quality regulations and NEPA guidance
and our policies and procedures on
compliance with those laws and
regulations.
We furnish this notice in accordance
with 40 CFR 1501.2, 1501.7 1506.6, and
1508.22 to obtain suggestions,
comments, and useful information from
other agencies and from the public on
the scope of the EA or EIS, including
identification of significant issues
deserving of study, the range of actions,
the range of alternatives, and the range
of impacts to be considered. We
welcome written comments from all
interested parties to ensure that the full
range of issues related to the permit
request is identified. You may submit
written comments by mail or facsimile
transmission (see ADDRESSES). All
comments we receive, including names
and addresses, will become part of the
official administrative record for this
NEPA document. Before including your
address, phone number, e-mail address,
or other personal identifying
information in your scoping comment,
you should be aware that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be
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.
Ken McDermond,
Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Southwest
Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R5–R–2009–N0102; BAC–4311–K9–
S3]
Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge,
Rockingham County, NH
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a
comprehensive conservation plan and
environmental assessment; request for
comments.
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), intend to
prepare a comprehensive conservation
plan (CCP) and associated National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
document for Great Bay National
Wildlife Refuge (NWR). We provide this
notice in compliance with our CCP
policy to advise other Federal and State
agencies, Tribes, and the public of our
intentions, and to obtain suggestions
and information on the scope of issues
to consider in the planning process.
DATES: To ensure consideration, we
must receive your written comments by
July 17, 2009. Special mailings,
newspaper articles, and other media
announcements will be used to inform
the public and State and local
government agencies of the
opportunities for input throughout the
planning process. A public scoping
meeting will be held early in the CCP
development process. The date, time,
and place for the meeting will be
announced in the local media.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, questions,
and requests for information to: Great
Bay National Wildlife Refuge, c/o Parker
River NWR, 6 Plum Island Turnpike,
Newburyport, MA 01950; 978–465–5753
(phone); 978–465–2807 (fax);
fw5rw_prnwr@fws.gov (e-mail); https://
www.fws.gov/northeast/parkerriver
(Web site).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Mao Lin, Assistant Planner, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, 300 Westgate
Center Drive, Hadley, MA 01035; 413–
253–8556 (phone); 413–253–8468 (fax);
northeastplanning@fws.gov (e-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
With this notice, we initiate our
process for developing a CCP for Great
Bay NWR in Rockingham County, New
Hampshire, which includes a
conservation easement in Merrimack
County, New Hampshire. Both units are
managed by Parker River NWR in Essex
County, Massachusetts. This notice
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complies with our CCP policy to (1)
advise other Federal and State agencies,
Tribes, and the public of our intention
to conduct detailed planning on this
refuge; and (2) obtain suggestions and
information on the scope of issues to
consider in the environmental
document and during development of
the CCP.
Background
The CCP Process
The National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C.
668dd–668ee) (Improvement Act),
which amended the National Wildlife
Refuge System Administration Act of
1966, requires us to develop a CCP for
each refuge. The purpose for developing
a CCP 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 (NWRS), consistent with sound
principles of fish and wildlife
management, conservation, legal
mandates, and our policies. In addition
to outlining broad management
direction for conserving wildlife and
their habitats, CCPs identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities
available to the public, including
opportunities for hunting, fishing,
wildlife observation, wildlife
photography, and environmental
education and interpretation. We will
review and update the CCP at least
every 15 years in accordance with the
Improvement Act.
Each refuge of the NWRS was
established for specific purposes. We
use these purposes as the foundation for
developing and prioritizing the
management goals and objectives for
each refuge within the NWRS mission,
and to determine how the public can
use each refuge. The planning process is
a way for us and the public to evaluate
management goals and objectives for the
best possible conservation approach to
this important wildlife habitat, while
providing for wildlife-dependent
recreational opportunities that are
compatible with the refuge’s
establishing purposes and the mission
of the NWRS.
Our CCP process provides
participation opportunities for Tribal,
State, and local governments; other
Federal agencies, organizations, refuge
neighbors, and the public. At this time,
we encourage input in the form of
issues, concerns, ideas, and suggestions
for the future management of Great Bay
NWR.
We will conduct the environmental
review of this project and develop an
environmental assessment in
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accordance with the requirements of the
NEPA, 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 laws and regulations.
Great Bay NWR, which encompasses
1,089 acres, was established in 1992 to
encourage natural diversity, protect
listed species, and preserve and
enhance water quality. The refuge is
located on a portion of the former Pease
Air Force Base. Despite past land uses,
including active military operations, the
refuge has a diversity of habitat types
including oak-hickory forest, grasslands,
shrub thickets, fresh and saltwater
wetlands, and open water habitats. The
refuge includes 7 miles of shoreline and
is the largest parcel of protected land on
Great Bay. In addition, Great Bay NWR
includes a 28-acre conservation
easement in Concord, New Hampshire,
with a mix of open pitch pine-scrub,
pine-hardwood, and other scrubland.
The easement is managed primarily for
the federally endangered Karner blue
butterfly. Since 2008, Great Bay NWR
and the Karner blue butterfly easement
have been managed by Parker River
NWR in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
SUMMARY: This notice publishes
approval of the 2009 Amendments to
the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians (‘‘Tribe’’)
and the State of Wisconsin Gaming
Compact of 1991.
DATES: Effective Date: June 17, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Paula L. Hart, Acting Director, Office of
Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy
Assistant Secretary—Policy and
Economic Development, Washington,
DC 20240, (202) 219–4066.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under
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 approved
Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of
engaging in Class III gaming activities
on Indian lands. This Amendment
allows the Tribe to play poker and other
card games; pari-mutuel, keno, craps
and other dice games; roulette, big
wheel and other wheel games; and
electronic and video facsimile versions
of any authorized game. This
Amendment also allows for a 25-year
term limit with an automatic 25-year
renewal unless served notice of
nonrenewal.
Public Availability and Comments
Dated: June 9, 2009.
Larry Echo Hawk,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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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 identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Authority: This notice is published under
the authority of the National Wildlife Refuge
System Improvement Act of 1997, Public
Law 105–57.
Dated: May 22, 2009.
James G. Geiger,
Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Hadley, MA 01035.
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Indian Gaming
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Approved Tribal-State
Compact.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R4–ES–2008–NOXXX; 40120–1113–
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Notice of Availability of the Puerto
Rican Parrot Recovery Plan
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of document availability.
SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife
Service, announce the availability of the
revised recovery plan for the Puerto
Rican Parrot (Amazona vittata). The
revised recovery plan includes specific
recovery objectives and criteria to be
met in order to reclassify this species to
threatened status and delist it under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (Act).
ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the
Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Plan by
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contacting the Rıo Grande Field Station,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box
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1600, Rıo Grande, Puerto Rico 00745
(telephone (787) 887–8769 Ext. 224) or
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by visiting our Web site at https://
endangered.fws.gov/recovery/
index.html#plans.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Marisel Lopez at the above address
(Telephone 787/887–8769, ext. 224).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Once abundant and widespread on
the Puerto Rican archipelago, the Puerto
Rican parrot is considered one of the ten
most endangered birds in the world.
Largely green with a red forehead and
blue flight feathers, the parrot is one of
nine Amazona parrots occurring in the
West Indies. The species is one of the
smallest in its genus. Presently, a
minimum of 25–28 individuals survive
in the wild in the El Yunque National
Forest (YNF) in eastern Puerto Rico and
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22–28 in the Rıo Abajo Forest (RAF) in
north central Puerto Rico. Two captive
population facilities hold more than 228
individuals: the Iguaca Aviary and the
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Jose L. Vivaldi Aviary in eastern and
west-central Puerto Rico, respectively.
The Puerto Rican parrot is a fruiteating cavity nester seldom seen far
from forests. Due to its nesting
requirements, it depends on mature
forests with large cavity-forming trees.
The decline of the parrot and its
restricted distribution are due to many
factors, but mostly due to widespread
habitat loss (e.g., deforestation.)
At present, in addition to low
numbers and a limited distribution,
major threats to this species are nest
competition and predation of eggs and
chicks, predation of fledglings and
adults, parasitism, and the impact of
hurricanes. Many of the threats are
being controlled through management
strategies.
Restoring an endangered or
threatened animal or plant to the point
where it is again a secure, selfsustaining member of its ecosystem is a
primary goal of the endangered species
program. To help guide the recovery
effort, we are preparing recovery plans
for most listed species. Recovery plans
describe actions considered necessary
for conservation of the species, establish
criteria for downlisting or delisting, and
estimate time and cost for implementing
recovery measures.
The Act (16 U.S.C. 1533 et seq.)
requires the development of recovery
plans for listed species, unless such a
plan would not promote the
conservation of a particular species.
Section 4(f) of the Act requires us to
provide a public notice and an
opportunity for public review and
comment during recovery plan
development. We made the draft
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R5-R-2009-N0102; BAC-4311-K9-S3]
Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Rockingham County, NH
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a comprehensive conservation plan
and environmental assessment; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), intend to
prepare a comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) and associated National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) document for Great Bay National
Wildlife Refuge (NWR). We provide this notice in compliance with our
CCP policy to advise other Federal and State agencies, Tribes, and the
public of our intentions, and to obtain suggestions and information on
the scope of issues to consider in the planning process.
DATES: To ensure consideration, we must receive your written comments
by July 17, 2009. Special mailings, newspaper articles, and other media
announcements will be used to inform the public and State and local
government agencies of the opportunities for input throughout the
planning process. A public scoping meeting will be held early in the
CCP development process. The date, time, and place for the meeting will
be announced in the local media.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, questions, and requests for information to:
Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge, c/o Parker River NWR, 6 Plum Island
Turnpike, Newburyport, MA 01950; 978-465-5753 (phone); 978-465-2807
(fax); fw5rw_prnwr@fws.gov (e-mail); https://www.fws.gov/northeast/parkerriver (Web site).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Mao Lin, Assistant Planner, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, 300 Westgate Center Drive, Hadley, MA 01035;
413-253-8556 (phone); 413-253-8468 (fax); northeastplanning@fws.gov (e-
mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
With this notice, we initiate our process for developing a CCP for
Great Bay NWR in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, which includes a
conservation easement in Merrimack County, New Hampshire. Both units
are managed by Parker River NWR in Essex County, Massachusetts. This
notice complies with our CCP policy to (1) advise other Federal and
State agencies, Tribes, and the public of our intention to conduct
detailed planning on this refuge; and (2) obtain suggestions and
information on the scope of issues to consider in the environmental
document and during development of the CCP.
Background
The CCP Process
The National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 (16
U.S.C. 668dd-668ee) (Improvement Act), which amended the National
Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, requires us to
develop a CCP for each refuge. The purpose for developing a CCP 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 (NWRS), consistent with sound principles of fish and
wildlife management, conservation, legal mandates, and our policies. In
addition to outlining broad management direction for conserving
wildlife and their habitats, CCPs identify wildlife-dependent
recreational opportunities available to the public, including
opportunities for hunting, fishing, wildlife observation, wildlife
photography, and environmental education and interpretation. We will
review and update the CCP at least every 15 years in accordance with
the Improvement Act.
Each refuge of the NWRS was established for specific purposes. We
use these purposes as the foundation for developing and prioritizing
the management goals and objectives for each refuge within the NWRS
mission, and to determine how the public can use each refuge. The
planning process is a way for us and the public to evaluate management
goals and objectives for the best possible conservation approach to
this important wildlife habitat, while providing for wildlife-dependent
recreational opportunities that are compatible with the refuge's
establishing purposes and the mission of the NWRS.
Our CCP process provides participation opportunities for Tribal,
State, and local governments; other Federal agencies, organizations,
refuge neighbors, and the public. At this time, we encourage input in
the form of issues, concerns, ideas, and suggestions for the future
management of Great Bay NWR.
We will conduct the environmental review of this project and
develop an environmental assessment in
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accordance with the requirements of the NEPA, 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 laws and regulations.
Great Bay NWR, which encompasses 1,089 acres, was established in
1992 to encourage natural diversity, protect listed species, and
preserve and enhance water quality. The refuge is located on a portion
of the former Pease Air Force Base. Despite past land uses, including
active military operations, the refuge has a diversity of habitat types
including oak-hickory forest, grasslands, shrub thickets, fresh and
saltwater wetlands, and open water habitats. The refuge includes 7
miles of shoreline and is the largest parcel of protected land on Great
Bay. In addition, Great Bay NWR includes a 28-acre conservation
easement in Concord, New Hampshire, with a mix of open pitch pine-
scrub, pine-hardwood, and other scrubland. The easement is managed
primarily for the federally endangered Karner blue butterfly. Since
2008, Great Bay NWR and the Karner blue butterfly easement have been
managed by Parker River NWR in Newburyport, Massachusetts.
Public Availability and Comments
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 identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Authority: This notice is published under the authority of the
National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, Public Law
105-57.
Dated: May 22, 2009.
James G. Geiger,
Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Hadley, MA
01035.
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