Oregon Parks and Recreation Department Habitat Conservation Plan Along the Pacific Coast in Clatsop, Tillamook, Lincoln, Lane, Douglas, Coos, and Curry Counties, OR, 57058-57059 [2010-23108]
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living in the Washington, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, and New York City areas.
Attracted to the beautiful beach and the
aesthetically pleasing nature of the
island, hundreds of thousands of people
visit Assateague Island annually.
Managed jointly by the National Park
Service and the FWS, Assateague Island
supports a growing tourism economy in
the town of Chincoteague and
Accomack County.
Popular attractions within the refuge
include the undeveloped beach, the
historic, functioning Assateague
Lighthouse, the Wildlife Loop for
automobiles, and 6.5 miles of walking
trails (including some compliant with
the Americans with Disabilities Act)
that provide viewing opportunities of
the Chincoteague ponies, wildlife such
as the sika elk, and migratory birds. The
Herbert H. Bateman Educational and
Administrative Center, a green facility
that opened in 2003, is the refuge’s
visitor center and offers 5,000 square
feet of interpretive natural history
exhibits, educational programming, a
125-seat auditorium, and a classroom/
wet laboratory. The refuge also provides
wildlife-dependent recreational
opportunities such as fishing, hunting,
and wildlife photography.
Wallops Island NWR was created on
July 10, 1975, when 373 acres of land
were transferred to the FWS from the
National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA). Wallops Island
NWR is located entirely in Accomack
County, Virginia. The refuge, comprised
mainly of salt marsh and woodlands,
contains habitat for a variety of trust
species, including upland- and wetlanddependent migratory birds. Wallops
Island NWR was opened for the first
time to public hunting in 2002 to reduce
the effects of overbrowsing on refuge
habitat by white-tailed deer, and to
reduce the potential of deer collisions
with vehicles on the adjacent State
Highway 175 and neighboring NASA
flight facility.
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Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, electronic 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.
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Anthony D. Leger,
Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Hadley, MA 01035.
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Oregon Parks and Recreation
Department Habitat Conservation Plan
Along the Pacific Coast in Clatsop,
Tillamook, Lincoln, Lane, Douglas,
Coos, and Curry Counties, OR
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability: final
environmental impact statement and
habitat conservation plan.
AGENCY:
Under the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service)
is advising the public of the availability
of the final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS) associated with an
application received from the Oregon
Parks and Recreation Department
(OPRD) for an incidental take permit
(permit) pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B)
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973,
as amended (ESA). We also announce
the availability of the OPRD Habitat
Conservation Plan (HCP) as required by
section 10(a)(2)(B) of the ESA. OPRD
submitted the HCP, as well as a
proposed Implementing Agreement (IA),
as part of its incidental take permit
application. If issued, the permit would
authorize incidental take of the federally
listed as threatened western snowy
plover (Charadrius alexandrinus
nivosus) caused by the OPRD and
private landowners that engage in
activities related to public use and
recreation, beach management, and
resource management activities along
Oregon’s coastal shores. The OPRD is
requesting a 25-year permit term.
We request comments from the public
on the permit application, the HCP, the
IA, and the FEIS, all of which are
available for review. The Service is
furnishing this notice to allow other
agencies and the public an opportunity
to review and comment on these
documents. All comments received will
become part of the public record and
will be available for review pursuant to
section 10(c) of the ESA. For locations
to review the documents, please see the
Availability of Documents section
below.
SUMMARY:
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Comments must be received
from interested parties on or before
October 18, 2010. The Service’s decision
on issuance of the permit will occur no
sooner than 30 days after the
publication of the Environmental
Protection Agency notice of the FEIS in
the Federal Register and will be
documented in a Record of Decision.
ADDRESSES: All written comments and
requests for information should be
addressed to: Laura Todd, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Newport Field Office,
2127 SE OSU Drive, Newport, OR
97365–5258; facsimile (541) 867–4551.
You may submit comments by postal
mail/commercial delivery or by e-mail.
Submit comments by e-mail to
FW1ORDHCP@fws.gov; in the subject
line of the e-mail include the identifier
OPRD HCP EIS. Comments and
materials received also will be available
for public inspection, by appointment,
during normal business hours at the
above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Todd at (541) 867–4558 or see
ADDRESSES above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
Availability of Documents
You may obtain copies of the
documents for review by contacting
Laura Todd (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT); or by making an
appointment to view the documents at
the above address during normal
business hours. You may view or
download the HCP and FEIS on the
Internet at www.fws.gov/oregonfwo/
Species or the HCP from OPRD’s Web
site at egov.oregon.gov/OPRD/PLANS/
osmp_hcp.shtml.
Copies of the HCP and FEIS will be
available at the following libraries:
Astoria Public Library, 450 Tenth St.,
Astoria, Oregon 97103; Bandon Public
Library, City Hall, Hwy. 101, Bandon,
Oregon 97411; Chetco Community
Public Library, 405 Alder St., Brookings,
Oregon 97415; Coos Bay Public Library,
525 Anderson, Coos Bay, Oregon 97420;
Siuslaw Public Library District, 1460
9th St., Florence, Oregon 97439;
Garibaldi Branch Library, Garibaldi City
Hall, 107 Sixth St., Garibaldi, Oregon
97118; Curry Public Library, 29775
Colvin St., Gold Beach, Oregon 97444;
Langlois Public Library, 48234 Hwy.
101, Langlois, Oregon 97450; Driftwood
Public Library, 801 SW. Highway 101,
Suite 201, Lincoln City, 97367–2720;
Manzanita Branch Library, 571 Laneda,
Manzanita, Oregon 97130; Newport
Public Library, 35 NW. Nye St.,
Newport, Oregon 97365; Marilyn Potts
Guin Library, Hatfield Marine Science
Center, Oregon State University, 2030
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Marine Science Drive, Newport, OR
97365; South Tillamook Branch Library,
6200 Camp St., Pacific City, OR 97135;
Port Orford Public Library, 555 W. 20th
St., Port Orford, Oregon 97465;
Reedsport Branch Library, 395
Winchester Ave., Reedsport, Oregon
97467; Seaside Public Library, 60 N.
Roosevelt Blvd., Seaside, Oregon 97138;
Tillamook County Library, 1716 3rd St.,
Tillamook, Oregon 97141; Waldport
Public Library, 460 Hemlock, Waldport,
Oregon 97394; Warrenton Community
Library, 225 S. Main Ave., Warrenton,
Oregon 97146; and the Yachats Public
Library, 560 W. 7th St., P.O. Box 817,
Yachats, OR 97498.
Background
Section 9 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1538)
and the implementing regulations
prohibit the ‘‘take’’ of fish and wildlife
species listed as endangered or
threatened. The term ‘‘take’’ is defined
under the ESA to mean harass, harm,
pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap,
capture, or collect, or to attempt to
engage in any such conduct (16 U.S.C.
1532). ‘‘Harm’’ is defined by Service
regulation to include significant habitat
modification or degradation where it
actually kills or injures listed wildlife
by significantly impairing essential
behavioral patterns, including breeding,
feeding, and sheltering (50 CFR 17.3(c)).
However, under limited circumstances,
the Service may issue permits to
authorize the ‘‘incidental take’’ of listed
species. Incidental take is defined by the
ESA as take that is incidental to, and not
the purpose of, carrying out an
otherwise lawful activity. Regulations
governing incidental take permits for
threatened and endangered species are
found at 50 CFR 17.32 and 17.22,
respectively.
The OPRD has management
responsibility on all Oregon coastal
beaches, which extend for
approximately 230 miles, for such
activities as public use and recreation,
beach management conducted by staff,
and natural resource management.
These activities may result in the
incidental take of the threatened Pacific
Coast population of the western snowy
plover (Charadrius alexandrinus
nivosus). As a result, the OPRD has
prepared a 25-year HCP that addresses
the incidental take of the western snowy
plover. The HCP forms the basis of
OPRD’s permit application that was
submitted to the Service and is the
proposed action in the Service’s FEIS.
Activities that the OPRD is proposing
for permit coverage, and for which
minimization and mitigation measures
are described in the HCP include:
1. Public Use
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a. Dog Exercising
b. Driving
c. Recreational Activities
d. Non-Motorized Vehicle Use
e. Other Dry Sand Activities
2. Beach Management
a. Public Safety
b. Law Enforcement
c. Boat and Marine Mammal
Strandings
3. Natural Resource Management
a. Snowy Plover Management
b. Other Habitat Restoration
Public Involvement
The Service formally initiated an
environmental review of the project
through publication of a Notice of Intent
to prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement in the Federal Register on
March 20, 2003 (68 FR 13720). That
notice also announced a public scoping
period through April 28, 2003, during
which interested parties were invited to
provide written comments expressing
their issues or concerns relating to the
proposal. In a letter jointly signed by the
OPRD and the Service, agencies and the
public were notified of the opportunity
to comment and the dates and locations
of public meetings. The public meetings
were also posted on the OPRD’s Web
site. In March 2003, four public
meetings were held in Coos Bay,
Newport, Tillamook, and Portland.
Utilizing the public scoping comments,
the Service prepared a draft EIS to
analyze the effects of the alternatives on
the human environment. The draft EIS
was released for a 60-day public
comment on November 5, 2007, and the
comment period was extended for an
additional 15 days on February 26,
2008. The official comment period
ended on March 12, 2008.
Public Review
Copies of the final FEIS, HCP, and IA
are available for review (see Availability
of Documents above). Any comments
we receive will become part of the
administrative record and may be
available to the public.
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.
If you wish us to withhold your name
and/or address, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your
comment. 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. We will honor
your request to withhold your personal
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information to the extent allowable by
law.
This notice is provided pursuant to
section 10(c) of the ESA and Service
regulations for implementing NEPA, as
amended (40 CFR 1506.6). We will
evaluate the application, associated
documents, and comments submitted to
determine whether the application
meets the requirements of section 10(a)
of the ESA. A permit decision will be
made no sooner than 30 days after the
publication of the EPA’s FEIS notice in
the Federal Register and completion of
the Record of Decision. If we determine
that all requirements are met, we will
issue an incidental take permit under
section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA to the
OPRD for take of the western snowy
plover, incidental to otherwise lawful
activities in accordance with the HCP,
the IA, and the permit.
Dated: August 11, 2010.
Carolyn A. Bohan,
Acting Deputy Regional Director, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Region 1, Portland,
Oregon.
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Montana Department of Natural
Resources and Conservation Final
Habitat Conservation Plan and Final
Environmental Impact Statement
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), announce
that we have received from the Montana
Department of Natural Resources and
Conservation (DNRC) a Final Habitat
Conservation Plan (HCP) and prepared a
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(Final EIS). The purpose of the HCP is
to provide measures for DNRC’s forest
management activities on State forested
trust lands to minimize and mitigate to
the maximum extent practicable the
impacts of authorized incidental take
under the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (Act).
DATES: The Final HCP/EIS will be
released for public review on September
17, 2010. We will sign a Record of
Decision no sooner than 30 days after
the publication of the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) notice of the
Final EIS in the Federal Register.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R1-ES-2010-NXXX; 10120-1112-0000-F2]
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department Habitat Conservation Plan
Along the Pacific Coast in Clatsop, Tillamook, Lincoln, Lane, Douglas,
Coos, and Curry Counties, OR
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability: final environmental impact statement
and habitat conservation plan.
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SUMMARY: Under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is advising the public of the
availability of the final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
associated with an application received from the Oregon Parks and
Recreation Department (OPRD) for an incidental take permit (permit)
pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973,
as amended (ESA). We also announce the availability of the OPRD Habitat
Conservation Plan (HCP) as required by section 10(a)(2)(B) of the ESA.
OPRD submitted the HCP, as well as a proposed Implementing Agreement
(IA), as part of its incidental take permit application. If issued, the
permit would authorize incidental take of the federally listed as
threatened western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus)
caused by the OPRD and private landowners that engage in activities
related to public use and recreation, beach management, and resource
management activities along Oregon's coastal shores. The OPRD is
requesting a 25-year permit term.
We request comments from the public on the permit application, the
HCP, the IA, and the FEIS, all of which are available for review. The
Service is furnishing this notice to allow other agencies and the
public an opportunity to review and comment on these documents. All
comments received will become part of the public record and will be
available for review pursuant to section 10(c) of the ESA. For
locations to review the documents, please see the Availability of
Documents section below.
DATES: Comments must be received from interested parties on or before
October 18, 2010. The Service's decision on issuance of the permit will
occur no sooner than 30 days after the publication of the Environmental
Protection Agency notice of the FEIS in the Federal Register and will
be documented in a Record of Decision.
ADDRESSES: All written comments and requests for information should be
addressed to: Laura Todd, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Newport Field
Office, 2127 SE OSU Drive, Newport, OR 97365-5258; facsimile (541) 867-
4551. You may submit comments by postal mail/commercial delivery or by
e-mail. Submit comments by e-mail to FW1ORDHCP@fws.gov; in the subject
line of the e-mail include the identifier OPRD HCP EIS. Comments and
materials received also will be available for public inspection, by
appointment, during normal business hours at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Todd at (541) 867-4558 or see
ADDRESSES above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Availability of Documents
You may obtain copies of the documents for review by contacting
Laura Todd (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT); or by making an
appointment to view the documents at the above address during normal
business hours. You may view or download the HCP and FEIS on the
Internet at www.fws.gov/oregonfwo/Species or the HCP from OPRD's Web
site at egov.oregon.gov/OPRD/PLANS/osmp_hcp.shtml.
Copies of the HCP and FEIS will be available at the following
libraries: Astoria Public Library, 450 Tenth St., Astoria, Oregon
97103; Bandon Public Library, City Hall, Hwy. 101, Bandon, Oregon
97411; Chetco Community Public Library, 405 Alder St., Brookings,
Oregon 97415; Coos Bay Public Library, 525 Anderson, Coos Bay, Oregon
97420; Siuslaw Public Library District, 1460 9th St., Florence, Oregon
97439; Garibaldi Branch Library, Garibaldi City Hall, 107 Sixth St.,
Garibaldi, Oregon 97118; Curry Public Library, 29775 Colvin St., Gold
Beach, Oregon 97444; Langlois Public Library, 48234 Hwy. 101, Langlois,
Oregon 97450; Driftwood Public Library, 801 SW. Highway 101, Suite 201,
Lincoln City, 97367-2720; Manzanita Branch Library, 571 Laneda,
Manzanita, Oregon 97130; Newport Public Library, 35 NW. Nye St.,
Newport, Oregon 97365; Marilyn Potts Guin Library, Hatfield Marine
Science Center, Oregon State University, 2030
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Marine Science Drive, Newport, OR 97365; South Tillamook Branch
Library, 6200 Camp St., Pacific City, OR 97135; Port Orford Public
Library, 555 W. 20th St., Port Orford, Oregon 97465; Reedsport Branch
Library, 395 Winchester Ave., Reedsport, Oregon 97467; Seaside Public
Library, 60 N. Roosevelt Blvd., Seaside, Oregon 97138; Tillamook County
Library, 1716 3rd St., Tillamook, Oregon 97141; Waldport Public
Library, 460 Hemlock, Waldport, Oregon 97394; Warrenton Community
Library, 225 S. Main Ave., Warrenton, Oregon 97146; and the Yachats
Public Library, 560 W. 7th St., P.O. Box 817, Yachats, OR 97498.
Background
Section 9 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1538) and the implementing
regulations prohibit the ``take'' of fish and wildlife species listed
as endangered or threatened. The term ``take'' is defined under the ESA
to mean harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture,
or collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct (16 U.S.C.
1532). ``Harm'' is defined by Service regulation to include significant
habitat modification or degradation where it actually kills or injures
listed wildlife by significantly impairing essential behavioral
patterns, including breeding, feeding, and sheltering (50 CFR 17.3(c)).
However, under limited circumstances, the Service may issue permits to
authorize the ``incidental take'' of listed species. Incidental take is
defined by the ESA as take that is incidental to, and not the purpose
of, carrying out an otherwise lawful activity. Regulations governing
incidental take permits for threatened and endangered species are found
at 50 CFR 17.32 and 17.22, respectively.
The OPRD has management responsibility on all Oregon coastal
beaches, which extend for approximately 230 miles, for such activities
as public use and recreation, beach management conducted by staff, and
natural resource management. These activities may result in the
incidental take of the threatened Pacific Coast population of the
western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus). As a result,
the OPRD has prepared a 25-year HCP that addresses the incidental take
of the western snowy plover. The HCP forms the basis of OPRD's permit
application that was submitted to the Service and is the proposed
action in the Service's FEIS.
Activities that the OPRD is proposing for permit coverage, and for
which minimization and mitigation measures are described in the HCP
include:
1. Public Use
a. Dog Exercising
b. Driving
c. Recreational Activities
d. Non-Motorized Vehicle Use
e. Other Dry Sand Activities
2. Beach Management
a. Public Safety
b. Law Enforcement
c. Boat and Marine Mammal Strandings
3. Natural Resource Management
a. Snowy Plover Management
b. Other Habitat Restoration
Public Involvement
The Service formally initiated an environmental review of the
project through publication of a Notice of Intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement in the Federal Register on March 20,
2003 (68 FR 13720). That notice also announced a public scoping period
through April 28, 2003, during which interested parties were invited to
provide written comments expressing their issues or concerns relating
to the proposal. In a letter jointly signed by the OPRD and the
Service, agencies and the public were notified of the opportunity to
comment and the dates and locations of public meetings. The public
meetings were also posted on the OPRD's Web site. In March 2003, four
public meetings were held in Coos Bay, Newport, Tillamook, and
Portland. Utilizing the public scoping comments, the Service prepared a
draft EIS to analyze the effects of the alternatives on the human
environment. The draft EIS was released for a 60-day public comment on
November 5, 2007, and the comment period was extended for an additional
15 days on February 26, 2008. The official comment period ended on
March 12, 2008.
Public Review
Copies of the final FEIS, HCP, and IA are available for review (see
Availability of Documents above). Any comments we receive will become
part of the administrative record and may be available to the public.
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. If you wish us
to withhold your name and/or address, you must state this prominently
at the beginning of your comment. 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. We will honor your
request to withhold your personal information to the extent allowable
by law.
This notice is provided pursuant to section 10(c) of the ESA and
Service regulations for implementing NEPA, as amended (40 CFR 1506.6).
We will evaluate the application, associated documents, and comments
submitted to determine whether the application meets the requirements
of section 10(a) of the ESA. A permit decision will be made no sooner
than 30 days after the publication of the EPA's FEIS notice in the
Federal Register and completion of the Record of Decision. If we
determine that all requirements are met, we will issue an incidental
take permit under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA to the OPRD for take
of the western snowy plover, incidental to otherwise lawful activities
in accordance with the HCP, the IA, and the permit.
Dated: August 11, 2010.
Carolyn A. Bohan,
Acting Deputy Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region
1, Portland, Oregon.
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