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C: Integrated management
actions and public use
(selected)
A: No-action
alternative
Issue 7: Hunting Opportunity.
B: Custodial
no active management
Waterfowl and Deer ..........
Closed to Public ................
Evaluation of additional
hunting.
Comments
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
We solicited comments on the draft
CCP and the EA for the Washita and
Optima NWRs from September 17, 2007,
to November 2, 2007 (72 FR 52903). We
thoroughly evaluated all received
comments and included them in the
CCP when possible.
Fish and Wildlife Service
Selected Alternative
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability: Draft
comprehensive conservation plan and
environmental assessment; request for
comments.
After considering the comments we
received, we selected Alternative C for
implementation. This alternative (now
the CCP) describes how habitat
objectives will be accomplished through
a combination of management activities
(farming, moist soil created wetlands,
periodic prescribed burning, and
mechanical and chemical exotic species
control methods) to encourage
ecological integrity, promote native
prairie restoration, control invasive
plant species, and provide/enhance
habitat for migratory waterfowl,
grassland birds, and other resident
wildlife. We selected this alternative
because it best meets the purposes and
goals of the Washita and Optima NWR
Complex. This action will not adversely
impact endangered or threatened
species or their habitat. Opportunities
for wildlife-dependent activities such as
observation, photography,
environmental education, and
interpretation will be enhanced. Future
management actions will have a neutral
or positive impact on the local
economy, and the recommendations in
the CCP will ensure that Refuge
management is consistent with the
mandates of the National Wildlife
Refuge System.
Public Availability of Documents
In addition to the methods in
you can view or obtain
documents at the following locations:
• Our Web site: https://www.fws.gov/
southwest/refuges/Plan/planindex.html.
• Public Library: Elk City Carnegie
Library, located at 221 W. Broadway
Ave., Elk City, OK 73644–4741, during
regular library hours.
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December 15, 2009.
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Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Complex, Aransas, Calhoun, and
Refugio Counties, TX
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), announce the
availability of a draft comprehensive
conservation plan (CCP) and an
environmental assessment (EA) for the
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Complex (NWRC, Refuge) for public
review and comment. In these
documents, we describe alternatives,
including our preferred alternative, to
manage this Refuge complex for the 15
years following approval of the final
CCP.
DATES: To ensure consideration, please
send your written comments by April
13, 2010. We will announce upcoming
public meetings in local news media.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
or requests for copies or more
information by any of the following
methods. You may request hard copies
or a CD–ROM of the documents by any
of the following methods:
E-mail: Roxanne_Turley@fws.gov.
Include ‘‘Aransas CCP’’ in the subject
line of the message.
Fax: Attn: Roxanne Turley, 505–248–
6874.
U.S. Mail: Roxanne Turley, Natural
Resource Planner, U.S. Fish & Wildlife,
Service, NWRS, Division of Planning,
P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM
87103–1306.
In-Person Drop-off, Viewing, or
Pickup: Call 505–248–6636 to make an
appointment during regular business
hours. You may drop off comments
during regular business hours at 500
Gold Avenue, SW., 4th Floor, Room
4019, Albuquerque, NM 87102. For
more information on locations for
viewing or obtaining documents, see
‘‘Public Availability of Documents’’
under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
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D: Maximum habitat
management
Evaluation of additional
hunting.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan
Alonso, Complex Manager, by U.S. mail
at Aransas NWRC, CCP–Project, P.O.
Box 100, Austwell, TX 77050; by phone
at 361–286–3559; or by fax at 361–286–
3722; or Felipe Prieto, Wildlife Refuge
Specialist/CCP Planning Team, Aransas
NWRC, by phone at 361–286–3559.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
With this notice, we continue the CCP
process for Aransas NWRC. We started
this process through a notice in the
Federal Register (67 FR 55862, August
30, 2002).
Aransas NWRC is located in Aransas,
Calhoun, and Refugio Counties, Texas,
and encompasses 115,931 acres of
coastal prairie, oak woodland and
savannah, barrier island, and salt and
freshwater marshes. Management efforts
focus on protecting, enhancing, and
restoring Refuge habitats and water
management for the benefit of important
fish and wildlife resources.
Aransas NWRC was established ‘‘as a
refuge and breeding grounds for birds,’’
by Executive Order No. 7784 on
December 31, 1937. The authority of the
Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16
U.S.C. 712d) establishes that each refuge
in the system is ‘‘for use as an inviolate
sanctuary, or any other management
purpose, for migratory birds.’’ The
Refuge Recreation Act (16 U.S.C. 460–1)
states that each refuge in the system is
‘‘suitable for incidental fish and
wildlife-oriented recreational
development, the protection of natural
resources, and the conservation of
endangered or threatened species.’’
Additionally, Aransas NWRC contains
critical habitat for the whooping crane
(43 FR 20938, May 15, 1978).
Background
The CCP Process
The National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C.
668dd–668ee) (Administration Act), as
amended by the National Wildlife
Refuge System Improvement Act of
1997, requires a CCP for each national
wildlife refuge. The purpose for
developing a CCP is to provide refuge
managers with a 15-year strategy for
achieving refuge purposes and
contributing toward the mission of the
National Wildlife Refuge System,
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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, the CCPs identify
wildlife-dependent recreational
opportunities available to the public,
including opportunities for hunting,
fishing, wildlife observation and
photography, and environmental
education and interpretation. We will
review and update these CCPs at least
every 15 years in accordance with the
Administration Act.
Public Outreach
To begin the CCP process, we held a
comment period beginning on August
30, 2002, and ending on October 29,
2002 (67 FR 55862). We made draft
documents and other relevant
information available for public review
at the Refuge headquarters. Prior to
opening the public comment period,
Refuge staff gathered in July and August
2002 to discuss concerns, issues, and
opportunities for the future of the
Refuge. In January 2003, we held seven
open-house-style meetings at the Refuge
Headquarters and in Rockport, Port
Lavaca, Corpus Christi, Refugio, and
Victoria, including one Partners meeting
for the Golden Crescent Nature Club in
February 2003. We intended these
meetings to solicit initial public input
and involvement during the early stages
of CCP development. We also invited
A: No-action alternative
Issue 1: Habitat Management Activities.
Biological program and habitat
management would continue
under existing plans, with the
emphasis remaining primarily
on migratory birds, waterfowl,
and Federally listed species;
the status quo would prevail
without the benefit of holistic,
long-term, and comprehensive
guidance.
Issue 2: Improvements to Public
Use Opportunities.
Current public use under existing
plans would continue; any expansions
would
occur
opportunistically.
Issue 3: Refuge Land and Boundary Protection.
Currently, there is no active land
acquisition or land protection
plan. However, any future acquisitions would be based on
an approved land protection
plan, developed as a step-down
plan of the CCP. Any additional
lands added to the Refuge
would be purchased from willing
sellers as opportunities and
funding arise.
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Public Availability of Documents
In addition to any methods in
you can view or obtain
documents at the following locations:
ADDRESSES,
the State of Texas (Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department) to participate as a
partner in the planning process. We
have considered and evaluated all of the
comments we received, and have
incorporated many of them into the
various alternatives we addressed in the
draft CCP and the EA.
CCP Alternatives We Are Considering
During the public scoping process
with which we started work on this
draft CCP, we, other governmental
partners, and the public raised several
issues. Our draft CCP addresses them. A
full description of each alternative is in
the EA. To address these issues, we
developed and evaluated the following
alternatives, summarized below.
B: Optimal habitat management
and public use (proposed action)
alternative
C: Maximal habitat management
and public-use alternative
Ecosystem-level management actions to better protect and preserve the natural diversity of
unique habitats and sensitive
wildlife through a holistic,
partnered, and publicly involved
approach would be implemented; current and future
long-term benefits for migratory
and resident birds, wildlife and
their habitats, and the recovery
of threatened and endangered
species would be provided.
An optimal, quality experience for
the public. Priority wildlife-dependent uses would be emphasized, and other existing public
uses would be allowed where
appropriate.
Intensive management to achieve
a predetermined amount of
woodlands, wetlands, croplands, grasslands, shrublands,
and water impoundments to
benefit the highest possible variety of plants and wildlife would
be implemented.
Same as Alternative A; however,
additional land protection to address whooping crane flock expansion in the vicinity of the
Refuge would be considered.
The emphasis would remain on
protecting whooping cranes and
available acres of existing wetland or restorable wetland habitat and adjacent uplands in portions of Aransas, Calhoun, and
Refugio Counties.
• At the Aransas NWRC Headquarters
Office, at 1 Wildlife Circle, near
Austwell, TX, during the hours between
8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
All priority public uses (hunting,
fishing, wildlife observation,
photography,
and
environmental education and interpretation) would be expanded significantly above current levels.
Visitor facilities and interpretive
and environmental education
programs would be improved or
developed.
Same as Alternative A.
• Agency Web site: https://
www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/Plan/
index.html.
• At the following public libraries:
Library
Address
Victoria Public Library ...............................................................
Parkdale Branch Library ...........................................................
Calhoun County Public Library .................................................
302 N Main St., Victoria, TX 77901 .........................................
1230 Carmel Pkwy, Corpus Christi, TX 78411 ........................
200 West Mahan St., Port Lavaca, TX 77979 .........................
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Library
Address
Aransas County Public Library .................................................
701 E Mimosa St., Rockport, TX 78382 ..................................
Submitting Comments/Issues for
Comment
ACTION:
We consider comments substantive if
they:
• Question, with reasonable basis, the
accuracy of the information in the
document;
• Question, with reasonable basis, the
adequacy of the document;
• Present reasonable alternatives
other than those presented in the
document; and/or
• Provide new or additional
information relevant to the document.
Next Steps
After this comment period ends, we
will analyze the comments and address
them in the form of a final CCP and
finding of no significant impact.
Public Availability of 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.
Dated: January 7, 2010.
Brian Millsap,
Acting Regional Director, Region 2.
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Minerals Management Service
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Central
Planning Area (CPA) Gulf of Mexico
(GOM) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 213
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AGENCY: Minerals Management Service,
Interior.
Final Notice of Sale (NOS) 213.
SUMMARY: On Wednesday, March 17,
2010, the Minerals Management Service
(MMS) will open and publicly
announce bids received for blocks
offered in CPA Oil and Gas Lease Sale
213, pursuant to the OCS Lands Act (43
U.S.C. 1331–1356, as amended) and the
regulations issued thereunder (30 CFR
part 256). The Final NOS 213 Package
contains information essential to
bidders, and bidders are responsible for
knowing the information within the
documents contained in the Package.
DATES: Public bid reading for the CPA
Oil and Gas Lease Sale 213 will begin
at 9 a.m., Wednesday, March 17, 2010,
at the Louisiana Superdome, 1500
Sugarbowl Drive, New Orleans,
Louisiana, 70112. The lease sale will be
held in the St. Charles Club Room on
the second floor (Loge Level). Entry to
the Superdome will be on the Poydras
Street side of the building through Gate
A on the Ground or Plaza Level, and
parking should be available at Garage 6.
All times referred to in this document
are local New Orleans times, unless
otherwise specified.
Please Note: Starting with this sale, MMS
is revising the lease terms for blocks in water
depths of 400 meters to less than 1,600
meters. Blocks in 400 to less than 800 meters
change from an initial 8-year lease term
(where a well has to be spudded within the
first 5 years of the initial 8-year term to avoid
lease cancellation) to a 5-year initial lease
term (where spudding a well within the
initial lease term would automatically extend
the lease term to 8 years). Blocks in 800 to
less than 1,600 meters change from a 10-year
initial lease term to a 7-year initial lease term
(where spudding a well within the initial
lease term would automatically extend the
lease term to 10 years). The MMS received
9 comments on the lease terms changes in the
Proposed Notice of Sale.
Bidders can obtain a Final
NOS 213 Package containing the NOS
and the supporting documents by
writing or calling the: Gulf of Mexico
Region Public Information Unit,
ADDRESSES:
Phone No.
361–790–0153
Minerals Management Service, 1201
Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans,
Louisiana 70123–2394, (504) 736–2519
or (800) 200–GULF, MMS GOM Internet
Web site at: https://www.gomr.mms.gov.
Filing of Bids: Bidders must submit
sealed bids to the Regional Director
(RD), MMS Gulf of Mexico Region, 1201
Elmwood Park Boulevard, New Orleans,
Louisiana, 70123–2394, between 8 a.m.
and 4 p.m. on normal working days, and
from 8 a.m. to the Bid Submission
Deadline of 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March
16, 2010, the day before the lease sale.
If bids are mailed, please address the
envelope containing all of the sealed
bids as follows: Attention: Supervisor,
Leasing and Financial Responsibility
Unit (MS 5422), Leasing and
Environment, Leasing Activities
Section, MMS Gulf of Mexico Region,
1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, New
Orleans, Louisiana 70123–2394.
Contains Sealed Bids for CPA Oil and
Gas Lease Sale 213, Please Deliver to
Ms. Nancy Kornrumpf, 6th Floor,
Immediately.
Please note: Bidders mailing bid(s) are
advised to call Ms. Nancy Kornrumpf at (504)
736–2726 or Ms. Cindy Thibodeaux at (504)
736–2809 immediately after putting their
bid(s) in the mail. If the RD receives bids
later than the time and date specified above,
he will return those bids unopened to
bidders. Should an unexpected event such as
flooding or travel restrictions be significantly
disruptive to bid submission, the MMS may
extend the Bid Submission Deadline. Bidders
may call (504) 736–0557 or access our MMS
Gulf of Mexico Internet Web site at: https://
www.gomr.mms.gov for information about
the possible extension of the Bid Submission
Deadline due to such an event.
Areas Offered for Leasing: The MMS
is offering for leasing in CPA Oil and
Gas Lease Sale 213 all blocks and partial
blocks listed in the document ‘‘List of
Blocks Available for Leasing’’ included
in the Final NOS 213 Package. All of
these blocks are shown on the following
leasing maps and Official Protraction
Diagrams (OPD’s):
Outer Continental Shelf Leasing Maps—Louisiana Map Numbers 1 Through 12
(These 30 maps sell for $2.00 each)
LA1 ................................................................................................ West Cameron Area (Revised November 1, 2000).
LA1A ............................................................................................. West Cameron Area, West Addition (Revised February 28, 2007).
LA1B .............................................................................................. West Cameron Area, South Addition (Revised February 28, 2007).
LA2 ................................................................................................ East Cameron Area (Revised November 1, 2000).
LA2A ............................................................................................. East Cameron Area, South Addition (Revised November 1, 2000).
LA3 ................................................................................................ Vermilion Area (Revised November 1, 2000).
LA3A ............................................................................................. South Marsh Island Area (Revised November 1, 2000).
LA3B .............................................................................................. Vermilion Area, South Addition (Revised November 1, 2000).
LA3C .............................................................................................. South Marsh Island Area, South Addition (Revised November 1, 2000).
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
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Aransas National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Aransas, Calhoun, and
Refugio Counties, TX
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability: Draft comprehensive conservation plan
and environmental assessment; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the
availability of a draft comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) and an
environmental assessment (EA) for the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Complex (NWRC, Refuge) for public review and comment. In these
documents, we describe alternatives, including our preferred
alternative, to manage this Refuge complex for the 15 years following
approval of the final CCP.
DATES: To ensure consideration, please send your written comments by
April 13, 2010. We will announce upcoming public meetings in local news
media.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments or requests for copies or more
information by any of the following methods. You may request hard
copies or a CD-ROM of the documents by any of the following methods:
E-mail: Roxanne_Turley@fws.gov. Include ``Aransas CCP'' in the
subject line of the message.
Fax: Attn: Roxanne Turley, 505-248-6874.
U.S. Mail: Roxanne Turley, Natural Resource Planner, U.S. Fish &
Wildlife, Service, NWRS, Division of Planning, P.O. Box 1306,
Albuquerque, NM 87103-1306.
In-Person Drop-off, Viewing, or Pickup: Call 505-248-6636 to make
an appointment during regular business hours. You may drop off comments
during regular business hours at 500 Gold Avenue, SW., 4th Floor, Room
4019, Albuquerque, NM 87102. For more information on locations for
viewing or obtaining documents, see ``Public Availability of
Documents'' under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Alonso, Complex Manager, by U.S.
mail at Aransas NWRC, CCP-Project, P.O. Box 100, Austwell, TX 77050; by
phone at 361-286-3559; or by fax at 361-286-3722; or Felipe Prieto,
Wildlife Refuge Specialist/CCP Planning Team, Aransas NWRC, by phone at
361-286-3559.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
With this notice, we continue the CCP process for Aransas NWRC. We
started this process through a notice in the Federal Register (67 FR
55862, August 30, 2002).
Aransas NWRC is located in Aransas, Calhoun, and Refugio Counties,
Texas, and encompasses 115,931 acres of coastal prairie, oak woodland
and savannah, barrier island, and salt and freshwater marshes.
Management efforts focus on protecting, enhancing, and restoring Refuge
habitats and water management for the benefit of important fish and
wildlife resources.
Aransas NWRC was established ``as a refuge and breeding grounds for
birds,'' by Executive Order No. 7784 on December 31, 1937. The
authority of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 712d)
establishes that each refuge in the system is ``for use as an inviolate
sanctuary, or any other management purpose, for migratory birds.'' The
Refuge Recreation Act (16 U.S.C. 460-1) states that each refuge in the
system is ``suitable for incidental fish and wildlife-oriented
recreational development, the protection of natural resources, and the
conservation of endangered or threatened species.'' Additionally,
Aransas NWRC contains critical habitat for the whooping crane (43 FR
20938, May 15, 1978).
Background
The CCP Process
The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16
U.S.C. 668dd-668ee) (Administration Act), as amended by the National
Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, requires a CCP for each
national wildlife refuge. The purpose for developing a CCP is to
provide refuge managers with a 15-year strategy for achieving refuge
purposes and contributing toward the mission of the National Wildlife
Refuge System,
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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, the CCPs identify wildlife-dependent recreational
opportunities available to the public, including opportunities for
hunting, fishing, wildlife observation and photography, and
environmental education and interpretation. We will review and update
these CCPs at least every 15 years in accordance with the
Administration Act.
Public Outreach
To begin the CCP process, we held a comment period beginning on
August 30, 2002, and ending on October 29, 2002 (67 FR 55862). We made
draft documents and other relevant information available for public
review at the Refuge headquarters. Prior to opening the public comment
period, Refuge staff gathered in July and August 2002 to discuss
concerns, issues, and opportunities for the future of the Refuge. In
January 2003, we held seven open-house-style meetings at the Refuge
Headquarters and in Rockport, Port Lavaca, Corpus Christi, Refugio, and
Victoria, including one Partners meeting for the Golden Crescent Nature
Club in February 2003. We intended these meetings to solicit initial
public input and involvement during the early stages of CCP
development. We also invited the State of Texas (Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department) to participate as a partner in the planning
process. We have considered and evaluated all of the comments we
received, and have incorporated many of them into the various
alternatives we addressed in the draft CCP and the EA.
CCP Alternatives We Are Considering
During the public scoping process with which we started work on
this draft CCP, we, other governmental partners, and the public raised
several issues. Our draft CCP addresses them. A full description of
each alternative is in the EA. To address these issues, we developed
and evaluated the following alternatives, summarized below.
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B: Optimal habitat
A: No-action management and public C: Maximal habitat
alternative use (proposed action) management and public-
alternative use alternative
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Issue 1: Habitat Management Biological program and Ecosystem-level Intensive management to
Activities. habitat management management actions to achieve a
would continue under better protect and predetermined amount
existing plans, with preserve the natural of woodlands,
the emphasis remaining diversity of unique wetlands, croplands,
primarily on migratory habitats and sensitive grasslands,
birds, waterfowl, and wildlife through a shrublands, and water
Federally listed holistic, partnered, impoundments to
species; the status and publicly involved benefit the highest
quo would prevail approach would be possible variety of
without the benefit of implemented; current plants and wildlife
holistic, long-term, and future long-term would be implemented.
and comprehensive benefits for migratory
guidance. and resident birds,
wildlife and their
habitats, and the
recovery of threatened
and endangered species
would be provided.
Issue 2: Improvements to Public Use Current public use An optimal, quality All priority public
Opportunities. under existing plans experience for the uses (hunting,
would continue; any public. Priority fishing, wildlife
expansions would occur wildlife-dependent observation,
opportunistically. uses would be photography, and
emphasized, and other environmental
existing public uses education and
would be allowed where interpretation) would
appropriate. be expanded
significantly above
current levels.
Visitor facilities and
interpretive and
environmental
education programs
would be improved or
developed.
Issue 3: Refuge Land and Boundary Currently, there is no Same as Alternative A; Same as Alternative A.
Protection. active land however, additional
acquisition or land land protection to
protection plan. address whooping crane
However, any future flock expansion in the
acquisitions would be vicinity of the Refuge
based on an approved would be considered.
land protection plan, The emphasis would
developed as a step- remain on protecting
down plan of the CCP. whooping cranes and
Any additional lands available acres of
added to the Refuge existing wetland or
would be purchased restorable wetland
from willing sellers habitat and adjacent
as opportunities and uplands in portions of
funding arise. Aransas, Calhoun, and
Refugio Counties.
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Public Availability of Documents
In addition to any methods in ADDRESSES, you can view or obtain
documents at the following locations:
At the Aransas NWRC Headquarters Office, at 1 Wildlife
Circle, near Austwell, TX, during the hours between 8 a.m. and 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday.
Agency Web site: https://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/Plan/.
At the following public libraries:
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Library Address Phone No.
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Victoria Public Library....... 302 N Main St., 361-572-2701
Victoria, TX 77901.
Parkdale Branch Library....... 1230 Carmel Pkwy, 361-853-9961
Corpus Christi, TX
78411.
Calhoun County Public Library. 200 West Mahan St., 361-552-7323
Port Lavaca, TX 77979.
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Aransas County Public Library. 701 E Mimosa St., 361-790-0153
Rockport, TX 78382.
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Submitting Comments/Issues for Comment
We consider comments substantive if they:
Question, with reasonable basis, the accuracy of the
information in the document;
Question, with reasonable basis, the adequacy of the
document;
Present reasonable alternatives other than those presented
in the document; and/or
Provide new or additional information relevant to the
document.
Next Steps
After this comment period ends, we will analyze the comments and
address them in the form of a final CCP and finding of no significant
impact.
Public Availability of 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.
Dated: January 7, 2010.
Brian Millsap,
Acting Regional Director, Region 2.
[FR Doc. 2010-2911 Filed 2-11-10; 8:45 am]
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