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actions we believe would most
effectively achieve the refuge’s
purposes, vision, and goals, and
respond to the issues raised during the
scoping period. It emphasizes the
management of specific refuge habitats
to support species of conservation
concern in the Chesapeake Bay region.
In particular, it emphasizes forest
biodiversity and ecosystem function.
This includes the restoration of a
number of impoundments and
grasslands to forested areas to support
forest interior-dwelling bird species and
other forest-dependent species. In
addition, alternative B strives to
promote wildlife-dependent public
uses, while allowing for non-wildlifedependent public uses. In particular, it
promotes higher quality hunting and
fishing programs; expands wildlife
observation, viewing, and photography
opportunities; and initiates new
interpretive program and environmental
education opportunities.
Alternative C (Maximize Forest Interior
Restoration and Emphasize Wildlifedependent Public Use Activities)
Alternative C would focus on
maximizing interior forest habitat. This
would require active management to
restore a majority of impoundments and
grasslands into forested areas that
would support forest interior-dwelling
species, in addition to other species of
conservation concern. Alternative C also
focuses on accommodating wildlifedependent public uses while
minimizing non-wildlife-dependent
uses, particularly by expanding wildlife
observation, viewing, and photography
opportunities and reducing the number
of special events and interpretive
programming.
Public Availability of Documents
In addition to any methods in
you can view or obtain
documents at the following locations:
• Our Web site: https://www.fws.gov/
northeast/planning/patuxent/
ccphome.html.
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Submitting Comments
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 EA;
• Present reasonable alternatives
other than those presented in the EA;
and/or
• Provide new or additional
information relevant to the EA.
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Next Steps
After this comment period ends, we
will analyze the comments and address
them in the form of a final CCP and, if
appropriate, a finding of no significant
impact.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, email 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: August 14, 2012.
Deborah Rocque,
Acting Regional Director, Northeast Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–EA–2012–N234; FF09X60000–
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Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership
Council
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), announce a
public meeting of the Sport Fishing and
Boating Partnership Council (Council).
A Federal advisory committee, the
Council was created in part to foster
partnerships to enhance public
awareness of the importance of aquatic
resources and the social and economic
benefits of recreational fishing and
boating in the United States. This
meeting is open to the public, and
interested persons may make oral
statements to the Council or may file
written statements for consideration.
DATES: The meeting will take place
Wednesday, November 7, 2012, from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday,
November 8, 2012, from 8:30 a.m. to 1
p.m. (Central Standard Time). For
deadlines and directions on registering
to attend the meeting, submitting
written material, and/or giving an oral
presentation, please see ‘‘Public Input’’
under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Texas A & M University—Corpus
Christi, Harte Research Institute; 6300
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5869.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Douglas Hobbs, Council Coordinator,
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Mailstop
3103–AEA, Arlington, VA 22203;
telephone (703) 358–2336; fax (703)
358–2548; or email
doug_hobbs@fws.gov.
In
accordance with the requirements of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App., we announce that the Sport
Fishing and Boating Partnership
Council will hold a meeting.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Council was formed in January
1993 to advise the Secretary of the
Interior, through the Director of the
Service, on nationally significant
recreational fishing, boating, and
aquatic resource conservation issues.
The Council represents the interests of
the public and private sectors of the
sport fishing, boating, and conservation
communities and is organized to
enhance partnerships among industry,
constituency groups, and government.
The 18-member Council, appointed by
the Secretary of the Interior, includes
the Service Director and the president of
the Association of Fish and Wildlife
Agencies, who both serve in ex officio
capacities. Other Council members are
directors from State agencies
responsible for managing recreational
fish and wildlife resources and
individuals who represent the interests
of saltwater and freshwater recreational
fishing, recreational boating, the
recreational fishing and boating
industries, recreational fisheries
resource conservation, Native American
tribes, aquatic resource outreach and
education, and tourism. Background
information on the Council is available
at https://www.fws.gov/sfbpc.
Meeting Agenda
The Council will hold a meeting to
consider:
• Finalizing the Council Strategic
Work Plan for the 2012–2014 term.
• Issues regarding the Boating
Infrastructure Grant Program, Clean
Vessel Act Grant Program, and the Sport
Fish Restoration Boating Access
Program.
• The Rigs to Reefs Program and the
Interior Department implementation of
its ‘‘Idle Iron’’ policy for
decommissioning and removing unused
oil and gas production infrastructure.
• The on-going effort to assist the
Service in crafting a strategic vision for
its fishery and aquatic resource
conservation efforts.
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• An update on the activities of the
Federal Interagency Council on Outdoor
Recreation (FICOR) in implementing the
America’s Great Outdoors Initiative.
• An update from the Recreational
Boating & Fishing Foundation on
progress in implementing Council
recommendations to improve the
activities and operations of the
Foundation.
• An update on the implementation
of the National Ocean Policy.
• An update on activities of the
Service’s Wildlife and Sport Fish
Restoration Program.
• Other miscellaneous Council
business.
The final agenda will be posted on the
Internet at https://www.fws.gov/sfbpc.
Public Input
Then you must contact the Council Coordinator (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT)
no later than
If you wish to
Attend the meeting ....
Submit written information or questions
before the meeting
for the council to
consider during the
meeting.
Give an oral presentation during the
meeting.
Monday, October 29,
2012.
Monday, October 29,
2012.
Giving an Oral Presentation
Individuals or groups requesting to
make an oral presentation during the
meeting will be limited to 2 minutes per
speaker, with no more than a total of 30
minutes for all speakers. Interested
parties should contact the Council
Coordinator, in writing (preferably via
email; see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT), to be placed on the public
speaker list for this meeting. To ensure
an opportunity to speak during the
public comment period of the meeting,
members of the public must register
with the Council Coordinator.
Registered speakers who wish to expand
upon their oral statements, or those who
had wished to speak but could not be
accommodated on the agenda, may
submit written statements to the
Council Coordinator up to 30 days
subsequent to the meeting.
Meeting Minutes
Summary minutes of the meeting will
be maintained by the Council
Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT) and will be
available for public inspection within
120 days of the meeting and will be
posted on the Council’s Web site at
https://www.fws.gov/sfbpc.
Rowan W. Gould,
Director.
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Monday, October 29,
2012.
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Attendance
Fish and Wildlife Service
In order to attend this meeting, you
must register by close of business on the
dates listed above in ‘‘Public Input.’’
Please submit your name, time of
arrival, email address, and phone
number to the Council Coordinator (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
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Submitting Written Information or
Questions
Interested members of the public may
submit relevant information or
questions for the Council to consider
during the meeting. Written statements
must be received by the date listed
above in ‘‘Public Input,’’ so that the
information may be made available to
the Council for their consideration prior
to this teleconference. Written
statements must be supplied to the
Council Coordinator in one of the
following formats: One hard copy with
original signature, and one electronic
copy via email (acceptable file formats
are Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS
PowerPoint, or rich text file).
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Endangered Species; Marine
Mammals; Receipt of Applications for
Permit
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications
for permit.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with
endangered species, marine mammals,
or both. With some exceptions, the
Endangered Species Act (ESA) and
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA) prohibit activities with listed
species unless Federal authorization is
acquired that allows such activities.
DATES: We must receive comments or
requests for documents on or before
November 9, 2012. We must receive
requests for marine mammal permit
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public hearings, in writing, at the
address shown in the ADDRESSES section
by November 9, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Brenda Tapia, Division of
Management Authority, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax
Drive, Room 212, Arlington, VA 22203;
fax (703) 358–2280; or email DMAFR@
fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brenda Tapia, (703) 358–2104
(telephone); (703) 358–2280 (fax);
DMAFR@fws.gov (email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Comment Procedures
A. How do I request copies of
applications or comment on submitted
applications?
Send your request for copies of
applications or comments and materials
concerning any of the applications to
the contact listed under ADDRESSES.
Please include the Federal Register
notice publication date, the PRTnumber, and the name of the applicant
in your request or submission. We will
not consider requests or comments sent
to an email or address not listed under
ADDRESSES. If you provide an email
address in your request for copies of
applications, we will attempt to respond
to your request electronically.
Please make your requests or
comments as specific as possible. Please
confine your comments to issues for
which we seek comments in this notice,
and explain the basis for your
comments. Include sufficient
information with your comments to
allow us to authenticate any scientific or
commercial data you include.
The comments and recommendations
that will be most useful and likely to
influence agency decisions are: (1)
Those supported by quantitative
information or studies; and (2) Those
that include citations to, and analyses
of, the applicable laws and regulations.
We will not consider or include in our
administrative record comments we
receive after the close of the comment
period (see DATES) or comments
delivered to an address other than those
listed above (see ADDRESSES).
B. May I review comments submitted by
others?
Comments, including names and
street addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the street
address listed under ADDRESSES. The
public may review documents and other
information applicants have sent in
support of the application unless our
allowing viewing would violate the
Privacy Act or Freedom of Information
Act. Before including your address,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-EA-2012-N234; FF09X60000-FVWF97920900000-XXX]
Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce a
public meeting of the Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council
(Council). A Federal advisory committee, the Council was created in
part to foster partnerships to enhance public awareness of the
importance of aquatic resources and the social and economic benefits of
recreational fishing and boating in the United States. This meeting is
open to the public, and interested persons may make oral statements to
the Council or may file written statements for consideration.
DATES: The meeting will take place Wednesday, November 7, 2012, from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday, November 8, 2012, from 8:30 a.m. to
1 p.m. (Central Standard Time). For deadlines and directions on
registering to attend the meeting, submitting written material, and/or
giving an oral presentation, please see ``Public Input'' under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Texas A & M University--
Corpus Christi, Harte Research Institute; 6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus
Christi, TX 78412-5869.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Hobbs, Council Coordinator,
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Mailstop 3103-AEA, Arlington, VA 22203;
telephone (703) 358-2336; fax (703) 358-2548; or email doug_hobbs@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the requirements of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., we announce that the
Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council will hold a meeting.
Background
The Council was formed in January 1993 to advise the Secretary of
the Interior, through the Director of the Service, on nationally
significant recreational fishing, boating, and aquatic resource
conservation issues. The Council represents the interests of the public
and private sectors of the sport fishing, boating, and conservation
communities and is organized to enhance partnerships among industry,
constituency groups, and government. The 18-member Council, appointed
by the Secretary of the Interior, includes the Service Director and the
president of the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, who both
serve in ex officio capacities. Other Council members are directors
from State agencies responsible for managing recreational fish and
wildlife resources and individuals who represent the interests of
saltwater and freshwater recreational fishing, recreational boating,
the recreational fishing and boating industries, recreational fisheries
resource conservation, Native American tribes, aquatic resource
outreach and education, and tourism. Background information on the
Council is available at https://www.fws.gov/sfbpc.
Meeting Agenda
The Council will hold a meeting to consider:
Finalizing the Council Strategic Work Plan for the 2012-
2014 term.
Issues regarding the Boating Infrastructure Grant Program,
Clean Vessel Act Grant Program, and the Sport Fish Restoration Boating
Access Program.
The Rigs to Reefs Program and the Interior Department
implementation of its ``Idle Iron'' policy for decommissioning and
removing unused oil and gas production infrastructure.
The on-going effort to assist the Service in crafting a
strategic vision for its fishery and aquatic resource conservation
efforts.
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An update on the activities of the Federal Interagency
Council on Outdoor Recreation (FICOR) in implementing the America's
Great Outdoors Initiative.
An update from the Recreational Boating & Fishing
Foundation on progress in implementing Council recommendations to
improve the activities and operations of the Foundation.
An update on the implementation of the National Ocean
Policy.
An update on activities of the Service's Wildlife and
Sport Fish Restoration Program.
Other miscellaneous Council business.
The final agenda will be posted on the Internet at https://www.fws.gov/sfbpc.
Public Input
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Then you must contact the
Council Coordinator (see FOR
If you wish to FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT)
no later than
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Attend the meeting........................ Monday, October 29, 2012.
Submit written information or questions Monday, October 29, 2012.
before the meeting for the council to
consider during the meeting.
Give an oral presentation during the Monday, October 29, 2012.
meeting.
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Attendance
In order to attend this meeting, you must register by close of
business on the dates listed above in ``Public Input.'' Please submit
your name, time of arrival, email address, and phone number to the
Council Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Submitting Written Information or Questions
Interested members of the public may submit relevant information or
questions for the Council to consider during the meeting. Written
statements must be received by the date listed above in ``Public
Input,'' so that the information may be made available to the Council
for their consideration prior to this teleconference. Written
statements must be supplied to the Council Coordinator in one of the
following formats: One hard copy with original signature, and one
electronic copy via email (acceptable file formats are Adobe Acrobat
PDF, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or rich text file).
Giving an Oral Presentation
Individuals or groups requesting to make an oral presentation
during the meeting will be limited to 2 minutes per speaker, with no
more than a total of 30 minutes for all speakers. Interested parties
should contact the Council Coordinator, in writing (preferably via
email; see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), to be placed on the public
speaker list for this meeting. To ensure an opportunity to speak during
the public comment period of the meeting, members of the public must
register with the Council Coordinator. Registered speakers who wish to
expand upon their oral statements, or those who had wished to speak but
could not be accommodated on the agenda, may submit written statements
to the Council Coordinator up to 30 days subsequent to the meeting.
Meeting Minutes
Summary minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the Council
Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) and will be available
for public inspection within 120 days of the meeting and will be posted
on the Council's Web site at https://www.fws.gov/sfbpc.
Rowan W. Gould,
Director.
[FR Doc. 2012-24931 Filed 10-9-12; 8:45 am]
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