Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Austin and Colorado Counties, TX; Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Finding of No Significant Impact for Environmental Assessment, 47660-47662 [2012-19538]
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Issue topic
Alternative A—no action
Alternative B—proposed action
Alternative C
Issue 7: Cultural Resources ......
Protect known archaeological sites. Protect and maintain designated sites or
those sites eligible for designation to
preserve historic character.
Same as Alternative A, plus:
Update the 1964–1965 archaeological
survey by completing systematic surveys Refuge-wide. Increase monitoring
of known sites.
Same as Alternative B, plus:
Identify sites in the Public Use Area at a
greater risk of disturbance. Nominate
additional historic sites for designation.
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Headquarters, Indiahoma, OK 73552
between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday.
Public Availability of Documents
In addition to any methods in
you can view or obtain
documents at the following locations:
ADDRESSES,
• Our Web site: https://www.fws.gov/
southwest/refuges/Plan/planindex.html.
• At the following public libraries:
Library
Address
Lawton Public Library ..............................
Cameron University Library .....................
Southern Prairie Library System .............
110 SW 4th Street, Lawton, OK 73501 ...................................................................
2800 West Gore Blvd., Lawton, OK 73505 ..............................................................
421 N. Hudson Street, Altus, OK 73521 ..................................................................
Submitting Comments/Issues for
Comment
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
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 environmental
assessment (EA);
• Present reasonable alternatives
other than those presented in the EA;
and/or
• Provide new or additional
information relevant to the assessment.
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
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personal identifying information—may
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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.
Dated: August 3, 2012.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Regional Director, Southwest Region.
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Attwater Prairie Chicken National
Wildlife Refuge, Austin and Colorado
Counties, TX; Final Comprehensive
Conservation Plan and Finding of No
Significant Impact for Environmental
Assessment
AGENCY:
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
Notice of availability.
ACTION:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), announce the
availability of our final comprehensive
conservation plan (CCP) and finding of
no significant impact (FONSI) for the
environmental assessment (EA) for the
Attwater Prairie Chicken National
Wildlife Refuge (Refuge, NWR). In this
final CCP, we describe how we will
manage this Refuge for the next 15
years.
ADDRESSES: You may view or obtain
copies of the final CCP and FONSI/EA
by any of the following methods. You
may request a hard copy or CD–ROM.
Agency Web Site: Download a copy of
the documents at https://www.fws.gov/
southwest/refuges/Plan/planindex.html.
Email: monica_kimbrough@fws.gov.
Include ‘‘Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR
final CCP’’ in the subject line of the
message.
Mail: Monica Kimbrough, Natural
Resource Planner, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Division of Planning,
P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM
87103–1306.
In-Person Viewing or Pickup: Call
505–248–6642 to make an appointment
during regular business hours at 500
Gold Avenue SW., Albuquerque, NM
SUMMARY:
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Phone number
580–581–3450
580–581–2957
580–477–2890
87102 or the Attwater Prairie Chicken
NWR Headquarters, 1206 APC NWR
Road, Eagle Lake, TX 77434; phone:
(979) 234–3021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Terry Rossignol, Refuge Manager,
Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR, CCP—
Project, P.O. Box 519, Eagle Lake, TX
77434; phone: (979) 234–3021; fax: (979)
234–3278.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
With this notice, we finalize the CCP
process for Attwater Prairie Chicken
NWR. We started this process through a
notice in the Federal Register (73 FR
65871; November 5, 2008). We released
the draft CCP and the EA to the public,
announcing and requesting comments
in a notice of availability in the Federal
Register (76 FR 77245; December 12,
2011).
The Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR,
which consists of 10,541 acres located
approximately 60 miles west of
Houston, Texas, is one of the largest
remnants of coastal prairie habitat
remaining in southeast Texas. The
Refuge was officially established on July
1, 1972, to preserve and restore coastal
prairie habitat for the endangered
Attwater’s prairie-chicken
(Tympanuchus cupido attwateri).
We announce our decision and the
availability of the FONSI for the final
CCP for Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR
in accordance with National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (40
CFR 1506.6(b)) requirements. We
completed a thorough analysis of
impacts on the human environment,
which we included in the EA that
accompanied the draft CCP.
The CCP will guide us in managing
and administering Attwater Prairie
Chicken NWR for the next 15 years.
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Alternative B, as we described in the
final CCP, is the foundation for the CCP.
Background
The National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C.
668dd–668ee) (Refuge Administration
Act), as amended by the National
Wildlife Refuge System Improvement
Act of 1997, requires us to develop a
CCP for each national wildlife refuge.
The purpose for developing a CCP is to
provide refuge managers with a 15-year
plan for achieving refuge purposes and
contributing toward the mission of the
National Wildlife Refuge System,
consistent with sound principles of fish
and wildlife management, conservation,
legal mandates, and our policies. In
addition to outlining broad management
direction on conserving wildlife and
their habitats, CCPs identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities
available to the public, including
opportunities for hunting, fishing,
wildlife observation and photography,
A—No action alternative
Habitat Management
Issue 1: Prairie
Restoration.
Combination
of
planting
native
grasses, grazing, burning, hydrologic
restoration.
Habitat Management
Issue 2: Land/
Property Acquisition.
Habitat Management
Issue 3: Invasive
Species Control
(Flora).
Acquire acres within approved acquisition boundary; not proactively seeking out additional land protection options.
Treatments include a combination of
chemical, mechanical, and prescribed fire.
Wildlife Management
Issue 1: Attwater’s
Prairie-Chicken
Recovery.
Wildlife Management
Issue 2: Invasive
Species Control
(Fauna).
Continue to implement Attwater’s Prairie-Chicken Recovery Plan.
Wildlife Management
Issue 3: Wildlife
Food Plots (Farming Program).
Manage three food plots totaling up to
150 acres.
Visitor Services
Issue 1: Wildlife
Observation and
Wildlife Photography.
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Provide wildlife observation and photography to include auto-tour route
and two hiking trails.
Visitor Services
Issue 2: Environmental Education.
Visitor Services
Issue 3: Interpretation.
Provide environmental education as
requested and as staff time permits.
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Eliminate feral hogs and nutria based
on sighting and/or documented damage; treat nest sites and conduct research on impacts of red imported
fire ants on insect community.
Host annual Attwater’s Prairie-Chicken
Festival; interpretive signage at
headquarters and along auto-tour
route.
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and environmental education and
interpretation. We will review and
update the CCP at least every 15 years
in accordance with the Refuge
Administration Act.
CCP Alternatives, Including Selected
Alternative
Our draft CCP and our EA (76 FR
77245; December 12, 2011) addressed
several issues. To address these, we
developed and evaluated the following
alternatives.
B—Optimal habitat management and
public use (proposed action) alternative
C—Maximal habitat management and
public use alternative
Same as Alternative A; plus explore
partnership options to produce native grass seed to increase the number of restoration acres; expand
monitoring for grazing and burning
effects; remove infrastructure, including two manmade wetland impoundments, restoring a functional
level of hydrology.
Continue to acquire land within acquisition boundary, proactively seek out
land protection options and diversify
those options.
Same as Alternative A; plus conduct
one-time
systematic
chemical
invasive species control for entire
refuge, unit by unit; afterward, treatment is expected to be required
every 2–3 years as invasive species
re-establish.
Same as Alternative A .........................
Same as Alternative B; except establish seed harvest and production on
the Refuge; grazing bison only.
Same as Alternative B.
Same as Alternative B.
Same as Alternative A.
Same as Alternative A; plus work with
adjacent land owners to control feral
hog population; remove brush and
other elements of hog movement
corridors; depending on results of
current research of red imported fire
ants, expand treated area to full extent of refuge and work with adjacent landowners to expand treatment off refuge.
Same as Alternative A; plus explore
additional ways to provide supplemental food to Attwater’s prairiechicken, including capability to irrigate and addition of food plots when
the species’ populations expand.
Same as Alternative A; plus realign
auto-tour route; exclude cattle from
public hiking trails; establish a new
platform and hiking trail around
Horseshoe Lake; remove Pipit Trail;
increase guided van tours.
Develop an environmental education
program and promote in local school
districts.
Same as Alternative A; plus add interpretive signage and kiosk to new
auto-tour route and new trail; expand interpretive opportunities using
recent technologies.
Same as Alternative B.
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Eliminate wildlife food plots.
Same as Alternative B.
Develop an outdoor classroom through
partnerships with local schools, volunteers, and friends group.
Same as Alternative B.
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A—No action alternative
Facilities Issue 1:
Roads.
Cooperate with county maintenance
personnel for refuge entrance road,
and maintain other refuge roads.
Facilities Issue 2:
Development of
Administrative
Complex.
Administrative operations conducted
out of three portable structures.
B—Optimal habitat management and
public use (proposed action) alternative
Same as Alternative A; plus acquire jurisdiction and maintenance responsibilities of existing refuge entrance
road and widen to two full lanes;
bury powerline along entrance road;
evaluate and remove services roads
where necessary.
Develop and approve site plan for new
integrated administrative complex.
Comments
We solicited comments on the draft
CCP and the EA for the Attwater Prairie
Chicken NWR from December 12, 2011,
to January 23, 2012 (76 FR77245). The
public was notified of the release of the
draft CCP and the EA through the NOA,
through local media outlets, and public
notices were posted on various
community bulletin boards. The draft
CCP and EA were made available,
online, at the Regional Office in
Albuquerque, at the Refuge, and at three
public libraries in surrounding
communities. A public open house
meeting was held on January 14, 2012.
The Service received four comment
letters. The comments were thoroughly
reviewed and the CCP did not change
substantially based on public comment.
Selected Alternative
After considering the comments we
received, we have selected Alternative B
for implementation. Alternative B was
selected over the other alternatives
because it best meets the Refuge’s vision
for the future, the purposes for which
the Refuge was established, and the
habitat, wildlife and visitor services
goals identified in the CCP. This
alternative is the basis for the CCP and
describes how habitat objectives will be
accomplished through a combination of
management activities to encourage
ecological integrity, control invasive
species, improve or maintain habitats,
C—Maximal habitat management and
public use alternative
Same as Alternative B.
Same as Alternative B.
and most importantly support recovery
of the Attwater’s prairie-chicken.
Opportunities for wildlife-dependent
recreation activities 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
mission of the National Wildlife Refuge
System and U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
Public Availability of Documents
In addition to the methods in
you can view or obtain
documents at the following locations:
• At the following libraries:
ADDRESSES,
Library
Address
Eula and David Wintermann Library .......
Nesbitt Memorial Library ..........................
Virgil and Josephine Gordon Memorial
Library.
101 North Walnut Ave., Eagle Lake, TX 77434 .......................................................
529 Washington Street, Columbus, TX 78934 ........................................................
917 North Circle Dr., Sealy, TX 77474 ....................................................................
Dated: August 3, 2012.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region.
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public lands within the State of Oregon,
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resources and provide for the public’s
health and safety.
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979–732–3392
979–885–7469
Mail or hand-delivery: BLM Eugene
District Office, 3106 Pierce Parkway,
Suite E, Springfield, Oregon 97477.
Electronic mail:
OR_Eugene_mail@blm.gov. If you
submit comments by electronic mail,
please indicate ‘‘Attn: Siuslaw Resource
Area Recreation’’ in your subject line,
and include your name and return
address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alan Corbin, Siuslaw Resource Area
Field Manager, BLM Eugene District
Office, 3106 Pierce Parkway, Suite E,
Springfield, Oregon 97477, telephone
541–683–6792. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
to contact the above individual during
normal business hours. The FIRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
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Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, Austin and
Colorado Counties, TX; Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan and
Finding of No Significant Impact for Environmental Assessment
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the
availability of our final comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) and
finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for the environmental
assessment (EA) for the Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife
Refuge (Refuge, NWR). In this final CCP, we describe how we will manage
this Refuge for the next 15 years.
ADDRESSES: You may view or obtain copies of the final CCP and FONSI/EA
by any of the following methods. You may request a hard copy or CD-ROM.
Agency Web Site: Download a copy of the documents at https://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/Plan/planindex.html.
Email: monica_kimbrough@fws.gov. Include ``Attwater Prairie
Chicken NWR final CCP'' in the subject line of the message.
Mail: Monica Kimbrough, Natural Resource Planner, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Division of Planning, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM
87103-1306.
In-Person Viewing or Pickup: Call 505-248-6642 to make an
appointment during regular business hours at 500 Gold Avenue SW.,
Albuquerque, NM 87102 or the Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR Headquarters,
1206 APC NWR Road, Eagle Lake, TX 77434; phone: (979) 234-3021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terry Rossignol, Refuge Manager,
Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR, CCP--Project, P.O. Box 519, Eagle Lake,
TX 77434; phone: (979) 234-3021; fax: (979) 234-3278.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
With this notice, we finalize the CCP process for Attwater Prairie
Chicken NWR. We started this process through a notice in the Federal
Register (73 FR 65871; November 5, 2008). We released the draft CCP and
the EA to the public, announcing and requesting comments in a notice of
availability in the Federal Register (76 FR 77245; December 12, 2011).
The Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR, which consists of 10,541 acres
located approximately 60 miles west of Houston, Texas, is one of the
largest remnants of coastal prairie habitat remaining in southeast
Texas. The Refuge was officially established on July 1, 1972, to
preserve and restore coastal prairie habitat for the endangered
Attwater's prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri).
We announce our decision and the availability of the FONSI for the
final CCP for Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR in accordance with National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (40 CFR 1506.6(b)) requirements. We
completed a thorough analysis of impacts on the human environment,
which we included in the EA that accompanied the draft CCP.
The CCP will guide us in managing and administering Attwater
Prairie Chicken NWR for the next 15 years.
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Alternative B, as we described in the final CCP, is the foundation for
the CCP.
Background
The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16
U.S.C. 668dd-668ee) (Refuge Administration Act), as amended by the
National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, requires us to
develop a CCP for each national wildlife refuge. The purpose for
developing a CCP is to provide refuge managers with a 15-year plan for
achieving refuge purposes and contributing toward the mission of the
National Wildlife Refuge System, consistent with sound principles of
fish and wildlife management, conservation, legal mandates, and our
policies. In addition to outlining broad management direction on
conserving wildlife and their habitats, 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 the CCP at least every 15 years in accordance with
the Refuge Administration Act.
CCP Alternatives, Including Selected Alternative
Our draft CCP and our EA (76 FR 77245; December 12, 2011) addressed
several issues. To address these, we developed and evaluated the
following alternatives.
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B--Optimal habitat
management and public C--Maximal habitat
Issue topic A--No action alternative use (proposed action) management and public
alternative use alternative
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Habitat Management Issue 1: Combination of planting Same as Alternative A; Same as Alternative B;
Prairie Restoration. native grasses, grazing, plus explore except establish seed
burning, hydrologic partnership options to harvest and production
restoration. produce native grass on the Refuge; grazing
seed to increase the bison only.
number of restoration
acres; expand
monitoring for grazing
and burning effects;
remove infrastructure,
including two manmade
wetland impoundments,
restoring a functional
level of hydrology.
Habitat Management Issue 2: Land/ Acquire acres within Continue to acquire land Same as Alternative B.
Property Acquisition. approved acquisition within acquisition
boundary; not boundary, proactively
proactively seeking out seek out land
additional land protection options and
protection options. diversify those options.
Habitat Management Issue 3: Treatments include a Same as Alternative A; Same as Alternative B.
Invasive Species Control (Flora). combination of chemical, plus conduct one-time
mechanical, and systematic chemical
prescribed fire. invasive species
control for entire
refuge, unit by unit;
afterward, treatment is
expected to be required
every 2-3 years as
invasive species re-
establish.
Wildlife Management Issue 1: Continue to implement Same as Alternative A... Same as Alternative A.
Attwater's Prairie-Chicken Attwater's Prairie-
Recovery. Chicken Recovery Plan.
Wildlife Management Issue 2: Eliminate feral hogs and Same as Alternative A; Same as Alternative B.
Invasive Species Control (Fauna). nutria based on sighting plus work with adjacent
and/or documented land owners to control
damage; treat nest sites feral hog population;
and conduct research on remove brush and other
impacts of red imported elements of hog
fire ants on insect movement corridors;
community. depending on results of
current research of red
imported fire ants,
expand treated area to
full extent of refuge
and work with adjacent
landowners to expand
treatment off refuge.
Wildlife Management Issue 3: Manage three food plots Same as Alternative A; Eliminate wildlife food
Wildlife Food Plots (Farming totaling up to 150 acres. plus explore additional plots.
Program). ways to provide
supplemental food to
Attwater's prairie-
chicken, including
capability to irrigate
and addition of food
plots when the species'
populations expand.
Visitor Services Issue 1: Provide wildlife Same as Alternative A; Same as Alternative B.
Wildlife Observation and observation and plus realign auto-tour
Wildlife Photography. photography to include route; exclude cattle
auto-tour route and two from public hiking
hiking trails. trails; establish a new
platform and hiking
trail around Horseshoe
Lake; remove Pipit
Trail; increase guided
van tours.
Visitor Services Issue 2: Provide environmental Develop an environmental Develop an outdoor
Environmental Education. education as requested education program and classroom through
and as staff time promote in local school partnerships with local
permits. districts. schools, volunteers,
and friends group.
Visitor Services Issue 3: Host annual Attwater's Same as Alternative A; Same as Alternative B.
Interpretation. Prairie-Chicken plus add interpretive
Festival; interpretive signage and kiosk to
signage at headquarters new auto-tour route and
and along auto-tour new trail; expand
route. interpretive
opportunities using
recent technologies.
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Facilities Issue 1: Roads........ Cooperate with county Same as Alternative A; Same as Alternative B.
maintenance personnel plus acquire
for refuge entrance jurisdiction and
road, and maintain other maintenance
refuge roads. responsibilities of
existing refuge
entrance road and widen
to two full lanes; bury
powerline along
entrance road; evaluate
and remove services
roads where necessary.
Facilities Issue 2: Development Administrative operations Develop and approve site Same as Alternative B.
of Administrative Complex. conducted out of three plan for new integrated
portable structures. administrative complex.
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Comments
We solicited comments on the draft CCP and the EA for the Attwater
Prairie Chicken NWR from December 12, 2011, to January 23, 2012 (76
FR77245). The public was notified of the release of the draft CCP and
the EA through the NOA, through local media outlets, and public notices
were posted on various community bulletin boards. The draft CCP and EA
were made available, online, at the Regional Office in Albuquerque, at
the Refuge, and at three public libraries in surrounding communities. A
public open house meeting was held on January 14, 2012. The Service
received four comment letters. The comments were thoroughly reviewed
and the CCP did not change substantially based on public comment.
Selected Alternative
After considering the comments we received, we have selected
Alternative B for implementation. Alternative B was selected over the
other alternatives because it best meets the Refuge's vision for the
future, the purposes for which the Refuge was established, and the
habitat, wildlife and visitor services goals identified in the CCP.
This alternative is the basis for the CCP and describes how habitat
objectives will be accomplished through a combination of management
activities to encourage ecological integrity, control invasive species,
improve or maintain habitats, and most importantly support recovery of
the Attwater's prairie-chicken. Opportunities for wildlife-dependent
recreation activities 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 mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System and
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Public Availability of Documents
In addition to the methods in ADDRESSES, you can view or obtain
documents at the following locations:
At the following libraries:
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Library Address Phone number
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Eula and David Wintermann Library........ 101 North Walnut Ave., Eagle 979-234-5411
Lake, TX 77434.
Nesbitt Memorial Library................. 529 Washington Street, Columbus, 979-732-3392
TX 78934.
Virgil and Josephine Gordon Memorial 917 North Circle Dr., Sealy, TX 979-885-7469
Library. 77474.
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Dated: August 3, 2012.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region.
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