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Draft Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement on the Issuance of
Annual Regulations Permitting the
Hunting of Migratory Birds
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service or we) has prepared a
draft supplemental environmental
impact statement (SEIS) for the issuance
of annual regulations permitting the
hunting of migratory birds. The SEIS
analyzes a range of management
alternatives for addressing the hunting
of migratory birds. The analysis
provided in the draft SEIS is intended
to: inform the public of the proposed
action and alternatives; address public
comments we received during the
scoping period; and disclose the direct,
indirect, and cumulative environmental
effects of the proposed action and each
of the alternatives. We invite the public
to comment on the draft SEIS.
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able to consider your comments, we
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26, 2011.
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• U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Pacific
Flyway Representative, Division of
Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, 911 NE. 11th Ave.,
Portland, OR 97232.
• E-mail: huntingeis@fws.gov.
• Fax: 503–231–6162.
You may inspect comments during
normal business hours at the office of
the Pacific Flyway Representative, 911
NE. 11th Ave., Portland, OR 97232. The
draft SEIS is available by either writing
to the street address indicated above or
by viewing on our Web site at https://
www.fws.gov/migratorybirds.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Trost, Pacific Flyway
Representative, Division of Migratory
Bird Management, (503) 231–6162; or
Robert Blohm, Chief, Division of
Migratory Bird Management, (703) 358–
1714.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
September 8, 2005, and again on March
9, 2006, the Service published notice in
the Federal Register (70 FR 53376 and
71 FR 12216, respectively) announcing
that we intended to prepare a
supplemental environmental impact
statement for the issuance of annual
regulations permitting the hunting of
migratory birds. In those notices, we
invited public comments on the scope
and substance of the SEIS, particular
issues the SEIS should address and
why, and options or alternatives we
should consider. Please refer to the
notices (70 FR 53376 and 71 FR 12216)
for further information about our
regulatory process pertaining to the
hunting of migratory birds.
We received public comments on the
notices, considered those comments,
and developed a draft SEIS that we are
making available through this notice.
We are publishing this notice in
accordance with the requirements of the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), its
implementing regulations (40 CFR Parts
1500 to 1508), and Service procedures
for compliance with those regulations.
The draft SEIS evaluates seven
components of the proposed action
regarding how we establish the annual
regulations for the hunting of migratory
birds. The first six components deal
with the fall-winter hunting season and
include:
(1) Schedule and timing of the general
regulatory process. Promulgation of
annual hunting regulations relies on a
well-defined process of monitoring, data
collection, and scientific assessment. At
key points during that process, Flyway
Technical Committees, Flyway
Councils, and the public review and
provide valuable input on technical
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assessments or other documents related
to proposed regulatory frameworks.
After we adopt final regulatory
frameworks, each State selects its
seasons, usually following its own
schedule of public hearings and other
deliberations. After State selections are
completed, the Service adopts them as
Federal regulations through publication
in the Federal Register. In the draft
SEIS, we present four alternatives
regarding the schedule and timing of the
general regulatory process.
(2) Frequency of review and adoption
of duck regulatory packages. Duck
regulatory packages are the set of
framework regulations that apply to the
general duck hunting seasons. Packages
include opening and closing dates,
season lengths, daily bag limits, and
shooting hours. Current regulatory
packages contain a set of frameworks for
each of the four flyways and a set of four
regulatory alternatives: restrictive
(relatively short seasons and low daily
bag limits), moderate (intermediate
season lengths and daily bag limits),
liberal (longer seasons and higher daily
bag limits), and closed. In the draft
SEIS, we present two alternatives
regarding how frequently duck
regulatory packages should be reviewed
and adopted.
(3) Stock-specific harvest strategies.
Harvest strategies have been developed
for stocks deemed not biologically
capable of sustaining the same harvest
levels that jointly managed stocks are
capable of sustaining, or whose
migration and distribution do not
conform to patterns followed by the
most commonly harvested species. The
draft SEIS presents three alternatives
regarding the use of stock-specific
harvest strategies.
(4) Special regulations. Special
regulations differ from stock harvest
strategies because they entail additional
days of harvest opportunity outside the
established frameworks for general
seasons. Special regulations are
employed to provide additional harvest
opportunity on overabundant species,
species that are lightly harvested and
can sustain greater harvest pressure, or
stocks whose migration and distribution
provide opportunities outside the time
period in which regular seasons are
held. In the draft SEIS, we offer two
alternatives concerning the
development of special regulations.
(5) Management scale for the harvest
of migratory birds. We define
management scale as the geographic
area in which stocks are monitored and
harvest is managed. The finer the scale
of management employed in harvest
management, the higher the cost of
monitoring to management agencies.
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The desire for smaller management
scales is driven by the potential for
increased harvest opportunity
associated with more refined geographic
management. The draft SEIS presents
three alternatives regarding the scale at
which migratory birds should be
managed.
(6) Zones and split seasons. A zone is
a geographic area or portion of a State,
with a contiguous boundary, for which
an independent season may be selected.
A split is a situation where a season is
broken into two or more segments with
a closed period between segments. The
combination of zones and split seasons
allows a State to maximize harvest
opportunity within the Federal
frameworks without exceeding the
number of days allowed for a given
season. In the draft SEIS, we present
two alternatives regarding the use of
zones and split seasons.
In addition, the draft SEIS considers
a seventh component of the proposed
action concerning the subsistence
hunting regulations process for Alaska.
Regulations governing the subsistence
harvest of migratory birds provide a
framework that enables the continuation
of customary and traditional subsistence
uses of migratory birds in Alaska. These
regulations are subject to annual review
and are developed under a comanagement process involving the
Service, the Alaska Department of Fish
and Game, and Alaska Native
representatives. This annual review
process establishes regulations that
prescribe frameworks for dates when
harvesting of birds may occur, species
that can be taken, and methods and
means that are excluded from use. In the
draft SEIS, we offer two alternatives
regarding the subsistence harvest of
migratory birds in Alaska.
In the draft SEIS, we also discuss the
impact of cumulative harvest of
migratory bird hunting on national
wildlife refuges.
Finally, the draft SEIS provides and
analyzes alternatives for each of these
seven components with regard to their
potential impacts on migratory bird
species, other wildlife species, special
status species, vegetation, outdoor
recreational activities, physical and
cultural resources, and the
socioeconomic/administrative
environment.
Public Comments
We invite interested persons to
submit written comments, suggestions,
or recommendations regarding the draft
SEIS. Before preparation of any final
SEIS, we will take into consideration all
comments we receive. Those comments,
and any additional information we
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receive, may lead to a final SEIS that
differs from the draft SEIS.
You may submit your comments and
materials concerning the draft SEIS by
one of the methods listed in the
ADDRESSES section.
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.
Comments and materials we receive,
as well as supporting documentation we
used in preparing the draft SEIS, will be
available for public inspection, by
appointment, during normal business
hours, at the office of the Pacific Flyway
Representative, 911 NE. 11th Ave.,
Portland, OR 97232.
Dated: May 6, 2010.
Rowan W. Gould,
Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on the Issuance
of Annual Regulations Permitting the Hunting of Migratory Birds
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or we) has
prepared a draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) for
the issuance of annual regulations permitting the hunting of migratory
birds. The SEIS analyzes a range of management alternatives for
addressing the hunting of migratory birds. The analysis provided in the
draft SEIS is intended to: inform the public of the proposed action and
alternatives; address public comments we received during the scoping
period; and disclose the direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental
effects of the proposed action and each of the alternatives. We invite
the public to comment on the draft SEIS.
DATES: In order to ensure that we are able to consider your comments,
we must receive them on or before March 26, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on the draft SEIS by one of the
following methods:
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U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Pacific Flyway Representative,
Division of Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
911 NE. 11th Ave., Portland, OR 97232.
E-mail: huntingeis@fws.gov.
Fax: 503-231-6162.
You may inspect comments during normal business hours at the office
of the Pacific Flyway Representative, 911 NE. 11th Ave., Portland, OR
97232. The draft SEIS is available by either writing to the street
address indicated above or by viewing on our Web site at https://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Trost, Pacific Flyway
Representative, Division of Migratory Bird Management, (503) 231-6162;
or Robert Blohm, Chief, Division of Migratory Bird Management, (703)
358-1714.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 8, 2005, and again on March 9,
2006, the Service published notice in the Federal Register (70 FR 53376
and 71 FR 12216, respectively) announcing that we intended to prepare a
supplemental environmental impact statement for the issuance of annual
regulations permitting the hunting of migratory birds. In those
notices, we invited public comments on the scope and substance of the
SEIS, particular issues the SEIS should address and why, and options or
alternatives we should consider. Please refer to the notices (70 FR
53376 and 71 FR 12216) for further information about our regulatory
process pertaining to the hunting of migratory birds.
We received public comments on the notices, considered those
comments, and developed a draft SEIS that we are making available
through this notice. We are publishing this notice in accordance with
the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), its implementing regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500
to 1508), and Service procedures for compliance with those regulations.
The draft SEIS evaluates seven components of the proposed action
regarding how we establish the annual regulations for the hunting of
migratory birds. The first six components deal with the fall-winter
hunting season and include:
(1) Schedule and timing of the general regulatory process.
Promulgation of annual hunting regulations relies on a well-defined
process of monitoring, data collection, and scientific assessment. At
key points during that process, Flyway Technical Committees, Flyway
Councils, and the public review and provide valuable input on technical
assessments or other documents related to proposed regulatory
frameworks. After we adopt final regulatory frameworks, each State
selects its seasons, usually following its own schedule of public
hearings and other deliberations. After State selections are completed,
the Service adopts them as Federal regulations through publication in
the Federal Register. In the draft SEIS, we present four alternatives
regarding the schedule and timing of the general regulatory process.
(2) Frequency of review and adoption of duck regulatory packages.
Duck regulatory packages are the set of framework regulations that
apply to the general duck hunting seasons. Packages include opening and
closing dates, season lengths, daily bag limits, and shooting hours.
Current regulatory packages contain a set of frameworks for each of the
four flyways and a set of four regulatory alternatives: restrictive
(relatively short seasons and low daily bag limits), moderate
(intermediate season lengths and daily bag limits), liberal (longer
seasons and higher daily bag limits), and closed. In the draft SEIS, we
present two alternatives regarding how frequently duck regulatory
packages should be reviewed and adopted.
(3) Stock-specific harvest strategies. Harvest strategies have been
developed for stocks deemed not biologically capable of sustaining the
same harvest levels that jointly managed stocks are capable of
sustaining, or whose migration and distribution do not conform to
patterns followed by the most commonly harvested species. The draft
SEIS presents three alternatives regarding the use of stock-specific
harvest strategies.
(4) Special regulations. Special regulations differ from stock
harvest strategies because they entail additional days of harvest
opportunity outside the established frameworks for general seasons.
Special regulations are employed to provide additional harvest
opportunity on overabundant species, species that are lightly harvested
and can sustain greater harvest pressure, or stocks whose migration and
distribution provide opportunities outside the time period in which
regular seasons are held. In the draft SEIS, we offer two alternatives
concerning the development of special regulations.
(5) Management scale for the harvest of migratory birds. We define
management scale as the geographic area in which stocks are monitored
and harvest is managed. The finer the scale of management employed in
harvest management, the higher the cost of monitoring to management
agencies. The desire for smaller management scales is driven by the
potential for increased harvest opportunity associated with more
refined geographic management. The draft SEIS presents three
alternatives regarding the scale at which migratory birds should be
managed.
(6) Zones and split seasons. A zone is a geographic area or portion
of a State, with a contiguous boundary, for which an independent season
may be selected. A split is a situation where a season is broken into
two or more segments with a closed period between segments. The
combination of zones and split seasons allows a State to maximize
harvest opportunity within the Federal frameworks without exceeding the
number of days allowed for a given season. In the draft SEIS, we
present two alternatives regarding the use of zones and split seasons.
In addition, the draft SEIS considers a seventh component of the
proposed action concerning the subsistence hunting regulations process
for Alaska. Regulations governing the subsistence harvest of migratory
birds provide a framework that enables the continuation of customary
and traditional subsistence uses of migratory birds in Alaska. These
regulations are subject to annual review and are developed under a co-
management process involving the Service, the Alaska Department of Fish
and Game, and Alaska Native representatives. This annual review process
establishes regulations that prescribe frameworks for dates when
harvesting of birds may occur, species that can be taken, and methods
and means that are excluded from use. In the draft SEIS, we offer two
alternatives regarding the subsistence harvest of migratory birds in
Alaska.
In the draft SEIS, we also discuss the impact of cumulative harvest
of migratory bird hunting on national wildlife refuges.
Finally, the draft SEIS provides and analyzes alternatives for each
of these seven components with regard to their potential impacts on
migratory bird species, other wildlife species, special status species,
vegetation, outdoor recreational activities, physical and cultural
resources, and the socioeconomic/administrative environment.
Public Comments
We invite interested persons to submit written comments,
suggestions, or recommendations regarding the draft SEIS. Before
preparation of any final SEIS, we will take into consideration all
comments we receive. Those comments, and any additional information we
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receive, may lead to a final SEIS that differs from the draft SEIS.
You may submit your comments and materials concerning the draft
SEIS by one of the methods listed in the ADDRESSES section.
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.
Comments and materials we receive, as well as supporting
documentation we used in preparing the draft SEIS, will be available
for public inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours, at
the office of the Pacific Flyway Representative, 911 NE. 11th Ave.,
Portland, OR 97232.
Dated: May 6, 2010.
Rowan W. Gould,
Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-16711 Filed 7-8-10; 8:45 am]
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