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draft CCP/draft EIS to the public,
announcing and requesting comments
in a notice of availability in the Federal
Register on May 8, 2008 (73 FR 26140).
We announced the availability of the
final CCP/EIS in the Federal Register on
August 27, 2009 (74 FR 43718).
In accordance with National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (40
CFR 1506.6(b)) requirements, this notice
announces the availability of the ROD
for the final EIS and CCP for Kenai
NWR. We completed a thorough
analysis of the environmental, social,
and economic considerations, which we
included in the final CCP/EIS. The ROD
documents our selection of Alternative
E, the Preferred Alternative, in the CCP,
with modifications. The CCP will guide
us in managing and administering Kenai
Refuge for the next 15 years. Alternative
E, as we described in the final EIS/ROD,
is the foundation for the CCP, with
modifications.
The Kenai Refuge Comprehensive
Conservation Plan provides
management guidance that conserves
Refuge resources and facilitates
compatible fish and wildlife-dependent
public use activities during the next 15
years. The following is a summary of the
ROD for the Refuge’s Final CCP/EIS.
We have selected Alternative E, the
Preferred Alterative, with modifications,
as the Comprehensive Conservation
Plan for Kenai Refuge. Alternative E
addresses key issues and concerns
identified during the planning process
and will best achieve the purposes of
the Refuge as well as the mission of the
National Wildlife Refuge System. This
decision adopts the management goals
and objectives (Chapter 2) and the
stipulations and mitigation measures
identified in Alternative E.
Implementation of Alternative E, as
modified, will occur over the next 15
years, depending on future staffing
levels and funding.
Modifications to Alternative E
With consideration to comments from
the State of Alaska, the management
direction provided by Alternative E will
be modified as follows:
• We will alter the opening date of
seasonally closed lakes from September
30 to September 10, to coincide with
that of the Alaska Board of Game’s
Kenai Controlled Use Area in Game
Management Unit 15A, when Refuge
regulations are updated. These lakes
will then remain open for public use
until May 1 (approximately when the
ice melts) each spring.
• Under current regulations, the
operation of aircraft between May 1 and
September 30 on any lake where nesting
trumpeter swans and/or their broods are
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present is prohibited. Over the next
several years, we will examine swan
brood survey data and other information
to determine if swan abundance has
increased to the point this restriction
has created a de facto closure of so
many lakes as to significantly impact
access to the refuge back-country. We
will evaluate our current closure
regulations in light of these findings.
Factors We Considered in
Decisionmaking
We based our decision on a thorough
analysis of the environmental, social,
and economic considerations we
presented in the Final CCP/EIS. We
reviewed and considered the impacts
identified in Chapter 4 of the Draft and
Final CCP/EIS; relevant issues,
concerns, and opportunities; input we
received throughout the planning
process, including the results of various
studies and surveys, advice from
technical experts, and public comments
on the Draft and Final CCP/EIS; and
other factors, including refuge purposes
and relevant laws, regulations, and
policies. The Final EIS/CCP addresses a
variety of needs, including protection of
fish and wildlife populations and their
habitats and providing opportunities for
fish and wildlife-dependent recreation,
subsistence, and other public uses. The
combination of these components in
Alternative E contributes significantly to
achieving refuge purposes and goals.
Alternative E also strengthens the
monitoring of fish, wildlife, habitat, and
public uses on the Refuge to provide
means to better respond to changing
conditions in the surrounding
landscape.
The adoption of Alternative E, as
modified, is effective immediately.
Dated: January 4, 2010.
Geoffrey L. Haskett,
Regional Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service, Anchorage, Alaska.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice of availability of the
Record of Decision for the General
Management Plan/Environmental
Impact Statement for the Jefferson
National Expansion Memorial, Missouri.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the
National Park Service (NPS) announces
the availability of a Record of Decision
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(ROD) for the General Management
Plan/Environmental Impact Statement
(GMP/EIS) for the Jefferson National
Expansion Memorial (Memorial),
Missouri. On November 23, the NPS
Midwest Region regional director
approved the ROD for the final GMP/
EIS. As soon as practicable, the NPS
will begin to implement the preferred
alternative.
The NPS will implement the preferred
alternative as described in the final
GMP/EIS issued on October 23, 2009,
with one alteration to the proposed
boundary in East St. Louis, Illinois.
Alternative 3 (Program Expansion), the
preferred alternative, will revitalize the
Memorial by expanded programming,
facilities, and partnerships. The NPS
will capitalize on multiple
opportunities to expand visitor
experience throughout the Memorial.
In order to gain the widest breadth of
ideas for expanding interpretation,
education opportunities, and visitor
amenities at the Memorial, a design
competition, akin to the 1947
competition, will be initiated by the
NPS in close coordination with
partners. Project funding will not come
all at once but rather will most likely be
provided by partners, donations, and
other non-Federal and Federal sources.
Private funding will be required in order
to fully implement the winning entry of
the design competition.
The NPS will use the design
competition to seek opportunities to
enhance existing entrances to the
Memorial on the north and south, as
well as to capitalize on the primary axis
between the Old Courthouse and the
Gateway Arch with new entrances on
the west and east and by establishing a
new east portal linking East St. Louis to
the Gateway Arch grounds by water
taxi. A new external and internal visitor
transportation system will be designed
as part of the competition. The ultimate
configuration and use of the south end
of the Memorial will be determined by
the results of the design competition.
Similarly, the design competition will
vet ideas for the configuration and use
of that portion of the Memorial in East
St. Louis. While the entrants will be
asked to respect the recent
developments at Malcolm Martin
Memorial Park, the NPS and the Metro
East Park and Recreation District will
entertain designs that integrate the
established functions into a cohesive
vision for the Memorial.
While the design solutions might
include the development of aboveground structures within a portion of
the designated Design Competition
Overlay, the NPS will not allow the
implementation of a project that would
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cause impairment to the Memorial, and
all enhancements will be required to be
located in such a manner as to preserve
the integrity of the National Historic
Landmark and National Register
Historic District.
In addition to considering the
‘‘winning’’ ideas from the competition,
the NPS will continue the educational
and interpretive programs currently
offered at the Memorial and expand
opportunities for visitors to participate
in more interactive experiences across
the Memorial grounds. The grounds
surrounding the Gateway Arch will be
managed in such a way as to
accommodate and promote more visitor
activities and special events than are
currently provided.
The NPS will actively coordinate with
the city and State to enhance the
pedestrian environment around the
Memorial by developing a unifying
streetscape along the Gateway Mall and
the other streets adjacent to the
Memorial, including Leonor K. Sullivan
Boulevard and the riverfront levee.
The ROD includes a statement of the
decision made, synopses of other
alternatives considered, the basis for the
decision, a description of the
environmentally preferable alternative,
a finding on impairment of park
resources and values, a listing of
measures to minimize environmental
harm, and an overview of public
involvement in the decision-making
process.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Copies of the ROD can be obtained by
contacting Superintendent Thomas
Bradley, Jefferson National Expansion
Memorial, 11 North 4th Street, St. Louis,
Missouri 63102. You may also view the
document via the Internet through the
NPS Planning, Environment, and Public
Comment Web site (https://
parkplanning.nps.gov); simply click on
the link to the Memorial.
Dated: November 23, 2009.
Ernest Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
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National Park Service
National Mall and Memorial Parks,
Washington, DC; Notice of Availability
of an Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Department of the Interior,
National Park Service.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42
U.S.C. 4332(2)(c), the National Park
Service announces the availability of a
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
for the National Mall Plan, within the
National Mall and Memorial Parks in
Washington, DC. The National Mall
Plan is a long-range management plan
that focuses on the use and preservation
of the National Mall. The study area is
approximately 650 acres in size and
contains some of the earliest designated
public land in our nation, dating from
1790. The study area contains a
significant concentration of our Nation’s
memorials, cultural resources, and
museums and includes the great public
open spaces of the Nation’s Capital.
DATES: The NPS will undertake a 90-day
public review of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for the
National Mall Plan following
publication by the Environmental
Protection Agency of the Notice of
Availability of the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement.
The NPS plans to reach out to a
nationwide audience and to schedule
public meetings after the publication of
the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement so that the public has
adequate time to read the draft
document. Dates, times and locations of
meetings and other outreach
opportunities will be announced in
press releases, e-mail announcements
and on the National Mall Plan Web site,
https://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement and
National Mall Plan will be available for
public review and comment at htttp://
www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan, at the
National Mall and Memorial Parks
Headquarters at 900 Ohio Drive, SW.,
Washington, DC 20024, and at local
libraries around Washington, DC.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you
wish to comment, you may submit your
comments online by visiting https://
www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan. A link
will be provided to the public comment
site where instructions will be provided
on how to submit your comments. You
may also mail or hand-deliver
comments to: National Mall Plan,
National Mall & Memorial Parks, 900
Ohio Drive, SW., Washington, DC
20024, Attention: Susan Spain, Project
Executive.
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.
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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 NPS will respond to
substantive comments and make
appropriate changes to the National
Mall Plan, after which a Final
Environmental Impact Statement will be
published. An official Record of
Decision will be announced in the
Federal Register 30 days after
publication of the Final Environmental
Impact Statement.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Spain, Project Executive,
National Mall Plan at (202) 245–4692.
Dated: December 2, 2009.
Margaret O’Dell,
Regional Director, National Capital Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[ID–957–1420–BJ]
Idaho: Filing of Plats of Survey
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of
surveys.
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) has officially filed
the plats of survey of the lands
described below in the BLM Idaho State
Office, Boise, Idaho, effective 9 a.m., on
the dates specified.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bureau of Land Management, 1387
South Vinnell Way, Boise, Idaho 83709–
1657.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These
surveys were executed at the request of
the Bureau of Land Management to meet
their administrative needs. The lands
surveyed are:
The plat constituting the entire survey
record of the dependent resurvey of a
portion of the subdivisional lines,
Township 8 South, Range 14 East, of the
Boise Meridian, Idaho, Group Number
1269, was accepted October 14, 2009.
The plat representing the dependent
resurvey of portions of the subdivisional
lines and Mineral Survey Number 3149,
Township 11 North, Range 17 East, of
the Boise Meridian, Idaho, Group
Number 1273, was accepted November
4, 2009.
The plat representing the dependent
resurvey of portions of the south
boundary, west boundary, and
subdivisional lines, and the subdivision
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[FR Doc No: 2010-233]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Agency: National Park Service, Interior.
Action: Notice of availability of the Record of Decision for the
General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement for the
Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Missouri.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service
(NPS) announces the availability of a Record of Decision (ROD) for the
General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS) for
the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Memorial), Missouri. On
November 23, the NPS Midwest Region regional director approved the ROD
for the final GMP/EIS. As soon as practicable, the NPS will begin to
implement the preferred alternative.
The NPS will implement the preferred alternative as described in
the final GMP/EIS issued on October 23, 2009, with one alteration to
the proposed boundary in East St. Louis, Illinois. Alternative 3
(Program Expansion), the preferred alternative, will revitalize the
Memorial by expanded programming, facilities, and partnerships. The NPS
will capitalize on multiple opportunities to expand visitor experience
throughout the Memorial.
In order to gain the widest breadth of ideas for expanding
interpretation, education opportunities, and visitor amenities at the
Memorial, a design competition, akin to the 1947 competition, will be
initiated by the NPS in close coordination with partners. Project
funding will not come all at once but rather will most likely be
provided by partners, donations, and other non-Federal and Federal
sources. Private funding will be required in order to fully implement
the winning entry of the design competition.
The NPS will use the design competition to seek opportunities to
enhance existing entrances to the Memorial on the north and south, as
well as to capitalize on the primary axis between the Old Courthouse
and the Gateway Arch with new entrances on the west and east and by
establishing a new east portal linking East St. Louis to the Gateway
Arch grounds by water taxi. A new external and internal visitor
transportation system will be designed as part of the competition. The
ultimate configuration and use of the south end of the Memorial will be
determined by the results of the design competition. Similarly, the
design competition will vet ideas for the configuration and use of that
portion of the Memorial in East St. Louis. While the entrants will be
asked to respect the recent developments at Malcolm Martin Memorial
Park, the NPS and the Metro East Park and Recreation District will
entertain designs that integrate the established functions into a
cohesive vision for the Memorial.
While the design solutions might include the development of above-
ground structures within a portion of the designated Design Competition
Overlay, the NPS will not allow the implementation of a project that
would
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cause impairment to the Memorial, and all enhancements will be required
to be located in such a manner as to preserve the integrity of the
National Historic Landmark and National Register Historic District.
In addition to considering the ``winning'' ideas from the
competition, the NPS will continue the educational and interpretive
programs currently offered at the Memorial and expand opportunities for
visitors to participate in more interactive experiences across the
Memorial grounds. The grounds surrounding the Gateway Arch will be
managed in such a way as to accommodate and promote more visitor
activities and special events than are currently provided.
The NPS will actively coordinate with the city and State to enhance
the pedestrian environment around the Memorial by developing a unifying
streetscape along the Gateway Mall and the other streets adjacent to
the Memorial, including Leonor K. Sullivan Boulevard and the riverfront
levee.
The ROD includes a statement of the decision made, synopses of
other alternatives considered, the basis for the decision, a
description of the environmentally preferable alternative, a finding on
impairment of park resources and values, a listing of measures to
minimize environmental harm, and an overview of public involvement in
the decision-making process.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Copies of the ROD can be obtained by
contacting Superintendent Thomas Bradley, Jefferson National Expansion
Memorial, 11 North 4th Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102. You may also
view the document via the Internet through the NPS Planning,
Environment, and Public Comment Web site (https://parkplanning.nps.gov);
simply click on the link to the Memorial.
Dated: November 23, 2009.
Ernest Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. 2010-233 Filed 1-8-10; 8:45 am]
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