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regarding the SRP process can be found
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srp_fact_sheet.pdf.
The communities affected are listed in
the table below. The Preliminary FIRM
and where applicable, Preliminary FIS
report for each community are available
for inspection at both the online
location and the respective Community
Map Repository address listed in the
tables. Additionally, the current
effective FIRM and FIS report for each
community are accessible online
through the FEMA Map Service Center
at www.msc.fema.gov for comparison.
Correction
In the proposed flood hazard
determination notice published at 77 FR
67016, the table contained inaccurate
Community
information as to the location of the
Community Map Repository Address for
the following communities: the Cities of
Brandon and Florence and the
Township of Puckett. In this notice,
FEMA is publishing a table containing
the accurate information, to address
these prior errors. The information
provided below should be used in lieu
of that previously published.
Community Map Repository Address
Rankin County, Mississippi, and Incorporated Areas
Maps Available for Inspection Online at: https://www.geology.deq.ms.gov/floodmaps/Projects/FY2009/?county=Rankin
City
City
City
City
of
of
of
of
Brandon .........................................................................................
Florence ........................................................................................
Flowood .........................................................................................
Jackson .........................................................................................
City of Pearl ..............................................................................................
City of Richland ........................................................................................
Pearl River Valley Water Supply District ..................................................
Town of Pelahatchie .................................................................................
Township of Puckett .................................................................................
Unincorporated Areas of Rankin County .................................................
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.
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Roy E. Wright,
Deputy Associate Administrator for
Mitigation, Department of Homeland
Security, Federal Emergency Management
Agency.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
National Park Service
South Dakota for public review and
comment. In these documents, we
describe alternatives, including our
proposed action, for implementing
conservation actions along the Missouri
River and its tributaries. We are
furnishing this notice in compliance
with the National Wildlife Refuge
System Administration Act of 1966, as
amended, the National Park Service
Organic Act of 1916, as amended, and
the National Environmental Policy Act
to advise other agencies, Tribal
governments, and the public of our
intentions to provide the opportunity
for public review and comment on the
DEIS and LPP.
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DATES:
Niobrara Confluence and Ponca Bluffs
Conservation Areas, NE and SD; Draft
Environmental Impact Statement and
Land Protection Plan; Request for
Public Comments
ADDRESSES:
Fish and Wildlife Service,
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
We, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (FWS) and the National Park
Service (NPS), as lead agencies,
announce the availability of a draft
environmental impact statement (DEIS)
and land protection plan (LPP) for the
proposed Niobrara Confluence
Conservation Area and Ponca Bluffs
Conservation Area in Nebraska and
SUMMARY:
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City Hall, 1000 Municipal Drive, Brandon, MS 39042.
City Hall, 203 College Street, Florence, MS 39073.
City Hall, 2101 North Airport Road, Flowood, MS 39232.
Department of Public Works, 200 South President Street, Jackson, MS
39205.
City Hall, 2420 Old Brandon Road, Pearl, MS 39208.
City Hall, 380 Scarborough Street, Richland, MS 38218.
Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, 115 Madison Landing Circle,
Ridgeland, MS 39157.
Town Hall, 705 2nd Street, Pelahatchie, MS 39145.
Town Hall, 6449 Highway 18, Puckett, MS 39042.
Rankin County Courthouse, 211 East Government Street, Brandon, MS
39042.
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To ensure consideration, please
send your written comments by June
14th, 2013. We will announce upcoming
public meetings in local news media, on
our Web site, and by mail.
You may submit your
comments or a request for copies (hard
copies or a CD–ROM) or more
information by any of the following
methods:
Agency Web site: https://
parkplanning.nps.gov/niob-ponca.
Email: niobrara_ponca@fws.gov.
In-Person Viewing or Pickup: Call
(605) 665–0209 to make an appointment
during regular business hours at
Missouri River National Recreational
River Headquarters, 508 East 2nd Street,
Yankton, SD 57078.
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Mail: Nick Kaczor, USFWS, Division
of Refuge Planning, P.O. Box 25486,
DFC, Denver, CO 80225.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nick
Kaczor, Planning Team Leader, at (303)
236–4387, or by mail at Division of
Refuge Planning, USFWS, P.O. Box
25486, DFC, Denver, CO 80225.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
With this notice, we continue the LPP
process for the proposed Niobrara
Confluence and Ponca Bluffs
Conservation Areas. We started this
process through a notice in the Federal
Register (77 FR 8892, February 15,
2012).
The proposed Niobrara Confluence
and Ponca Bluffs Conservation Areas are
partnership-based projects being taken
on by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
and National Park Service, to build
upon existing conservation efforts along
the Missouri River in northeast
Nebraska and southeast South Dakota.
This proposal aims to work with willing
private landowners, local communities,
and other conservation entities to
conserve important wildlife habitats,
increase quality recreational
opportunities, preserve sensitive
historical sites, and maintain
sustainable ranching operations.
The Missouri River
The Missouri River is the artery to
America’s heartland, coursing its way
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through the scenic landscapes of the
Great Plains to the Eastern deciduous
forest. It drains one-sixth of the United
States and encompasses over 500,000
square miles, flowing 2,341 miles from
its headwaters in western Montana to
where it joins the Mississippi River, at
St. Louis, Missouri. It is home to
thousands of fish, wildlife, and plants,
while providing unlimited recreational
opportunities for its visitors. Visitors
can also experience scenic bluffs,
forests, grasslands, and traditional rural
lifestyles critical to the local
communities.
Niobrara Confluence
The Niobrara Confluence segment
between Fort Randall Dam and Lewis
and Clark Lake is one of the last
portions of the middle Missouri River
that remains unchannelized, relatively
free-flowing, and undeveloped. This
area of the Missouri River’s main
channel in the old, wider river valley
contains important habitat for at least 60
native and 26 sport fish. In addition, the
riparian woodlands and island
complexes are important for
approximately 25 year-round bird
species and 115 species of migratory
birds, including piping plovers, least
terns, and bald eagles.
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Ponca Bluffs
The Ponca Bluffs segment between
Gavins Point Dam and Sioux City is a
diverse, relatively unaltered riverine/
floodplain ecosystem characterized by a
main channel, braided channels,
wooded riparian corridor, pools, chutes,
sloughs, islands, sandbars, backwater
areas, wetlands, natural floodplain and
upland forest communities, pastureland,
and croplands. This area also supports
a wide variety of wildlife and fisheries
resources similar to those found in the
Niobrara Confluence segment.
The Concept
We are proposing to work with
willing landowners to conserve valuable
recreational, natural, scenic, and
historical resources. By combining
agency resources and working together
with other conservation efforts like the
Natural Resource Conservation Service’s
Wetland Reserve Program, we hope to
maintain a legacy for future generations.
Our personnel and technical resources
in each agency’s various programs will
help improve the delivery of actions
outlined in this plan. The concept of
this project is to combine agency
resources to enhance conservation;
enhance recreation; increase tourism;
instill new money into local economies;
improve quality of life through healthy
air, water, and ecosystems; and increase
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the appreciation and awareness of the
natural resources.
This would be achieved by
purchasing conservation easements
from willing landowners or the use of
fee-title acquisition. Fee-title acquisition
could be used when rehabilitation is
needed to improve the ecological
function of the river by allowing a more
natural meander, or when extensive
public access is anticipated.
Conservation Easements
We recognize that the preservation of
working landscapes such as farms and
rangeland through easement acquisition
is more cost effective, socially
acceptable, and politically popular than
fee title acquisition, while still
effectively promoting the preservation
of unfragmented quality habitat.
Conservation easements provide a
unique tool for agencies to use in
partnership with willing landowners.
Easements allow the land to stay in
private ownership and on the local tax
rolls while still providing the greater
American public lifelong conservation
value. The alternatives outlined in the
plan (B–C) allow for a greater use of
easements (80 percent) over more
traditional fee title acquisition. With
easement acquisitions, landowners will
be compensated for perpetually
conserving their property in a native
state, and in turn will have funds
available to use for investment in the
local communities.
The purpose of the easements would
be to promote native grasses, shrubs,
and trees; eliminate or reduce invasive
species such as eastern red cedars; and
protect culturally or tribally significant
sites. All easement conditions would be
mutually agreed upon by the landowner
and us.
Priorities
We developed this draft conservation
plan by focusing on the overall
ecological function of the Missouri
River. We identified areas that are
important for native fish and wildlife
species such as bald eagles and pallid
sturgeon. In addition, we prioritized
areas that increase access to the river,
conserve scenic areas such as
chalkstone bluffs, and maintain
historically significant sites.
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
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to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Authorities
The FWS and NPS are furnishing this
notice in compliance with 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; the National
Park Service Organic Act of 1916 (16
U.S.C. l et seq.), and amendments
thereto, and the National Environmental
Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and
its implementing regulations.
Dated: Feb 21, 2013.
Michael Reynolds,
Midwest Regional Director, National Park
Service.
Dated: Feb 26, 2013.
Matt Hogan,
Acting, Regional Director, Mountain Prairie
Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Colorado
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Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Filing of Plats of
Survey; Colorado
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) Colorado State
Office is publishing this notice to
inform the public of the intent to
officially file the survey plats listed
below and afford a proper period of time
to protest this action prior to the plat
filing. During this time, the plats will be
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2013.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
National Park Service
[FWS-R6-R-2013-N021; FXRS1265066CCP0-134-FF06R06000]
Niobrara Confluence and Ponca Bluffs Conservation Areas, NE and
SD; Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Land Protection Plan;
Request for Public Comments
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: We, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Park
Service (NPS), as lead agencies, announce the availability of a draft
environmental impact statement (DEIS) and land protection plan (LPP)
for the proposed Niobrara Confluence Conservation Area and Ponca Bluffs
Conservation Area in Nebraska and South Dakota for public review and
comment. In these documents, we describe alternatives, including our
proposed action, for implementing conservation actions along the
Missouri River and its tributaries. We are furnishing this notice in
compliance with the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act
of 1966, as amended, the National Park Service Organic Act of 1916, as
amended, and the National Environmental Policy Act to advise other
agencies, Tribal governments, and the public of our intentions to
provide the opportunity for public review and comment on the DEIS and
LPP.
DATES: To ensure consideration, please send your written comments by
June 14th, 2013. We will announce upcoming public meetings in local
news media, on our Web site, and by mail.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your comments or a request for copies (hard
copies or a CD-ROM) or more information by any of the following
methods:
Agency Web site: https://parkplanning.nps.gov/niob-ponca.
Email: niobrara_ponca@fws.gov.
In-Person Viewing or Pickup: Call (605) 665-0209 to make an
appointment during regular business hours at Missouri River National
Recreational River Headquarters, 508 East 2nd Street, Yankton, SD
57078.
Mail: Nick Kaczor, USFWS, Division of Refuge Planning, P.O. Box
25486, DFC, Denver, CO 80225.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nick Kaczor, Planning Team Leader, at
(303) 236-4387, or by mail at Division of Refuge Planning, USFWS, P.O.
Box 25486, DFC, Denver, CO 80225.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
With this notice, we continue the LPP process for the proposed
Niobrara Confluence and Ponca Bluffs Conservation Areas. We started
this process through a notice in the Federal Register (77 FR 8892,
February 15, 2012).
The proposed Niobrara Confluence and Ponca Bluffs Conservation
Areas are partnership-based projects being taken on by the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service and National Park Service, to build upon existing
conservation efforts along the Missouri River in northeast Nebraska and
southeast South Dakota. This proposal aims to work with willing private
landowners, local communities, and other conservation entities to
conserve important wildlife habitats, increase quality recreational
opportunities, preserve sensitive historical sites, and maintain
sustainable ranching operations.
The Missouri River
The Missouri River is the artery to America's heartland, coursing
its way
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through the scenic landscapes of the Great Plains to the Eastern
deciduous forest. It drains one-sixth of the United States and
encompasses over 500,000 square miles, flowing 2,341 miles from its
headwaters in western Montana to where it joins the Mississippi River,
at St. Louis, Missouri. It is home to thousands of fish, wildlife, and
plants, while providing unlimited recreational opportunities for its
visitors. Visitors can also experience scenic bluffs, forests,
grasslands, and traditional rural lifestyles critical to the local
communities.
Niobrara Confluence
The Niobrara Confluence segment between Fort Randall Dam and Lewis
and Clark Lake is one of the last portions of the middle Missouri River
that remains unchannelized, relatively free-flowing, and undeveloped.
This area of the Missouri River's main channel in the old, wider river
valley contains important habitat for at least 60 native and 26 sport
fish. In addition, the riparian woodlands and island complexes are
important for approximately 25 year-round bird species and 115 species
of migratory birds, including piping plovers, least terns, and bald
eagles.
Ponca Bluffs
The Ponca Bluffs segment between Gavins Point Dam and Sioux City is
a diverse, relatively unaltered riverine/floodplain ecosystem
characterized by a main channel, braided channels, wooded riparian
corridor, pools, chutes, sloughs, islands, sandbars, backwater areas,
wetlands, natural floodplain and upland forest communities,
pastureland, and croplands. This area also supports a wide variety of
wildlife and fisheries resources similar to those found in the Niobrara
Confluence segment.
The Concept
We are proposing to work with willing landowners to conserve
valuable recreational, natural, scenic, and historical resources. By
combining agency resources and working together with other conservation
efforts like the Natural Resource Conservation Service's Wetland
Reserve Program, we hope to maintain a legacy for future generations.
Our personnel and technical resources in each agency's various programs
will help improve the delivery of actions outlined in this plan. The
concept of this project is to combine agency resources to enhance
conservation; enhance recreation; increase tourism; instill new money
into local economies; improve quality of life through healthy air,
water, and ecosystems; and increase the appreciation and awareness of
the natural resources.
This would be achieved by purchasing conservation easements from
willing landowners or the use of fee-title acquisition. Fee-title
acquisition could be used when rehabilitation is needed to improve the
ecological function of the river by allowing a more natural meander, or
when extensive public access is anticipated.
Conservation Easements
We recognize that the preservation of working landscapes such as
farms and rangeland through easement acquisition is more cost
effective, socially acceptable, and politically popular than fee title
acquisition, while still effectively promoting the preservation of
unfragmented quality habitat. Conservation easements provide a unique
tool for agencies to use in partnership with willing landowners.
Easements allow the land to stay in private ownership and on the local
tax rolls while still providing the greater American public lifelong
conservation value. The alternatives outlined in the plan (B-C) allow
for a greater use of easements (80 percent) over more traditional fee
title acquisition. With easement acquisitions, landowners will be
compensated for perpetually conserving their property in a native
state, and in turn will have funds available to use for investment in
the local communities.
The purpose of the easements would be to promote native grasses,
shrubs, and trees; eliminate or reduce invasive species such as eastern
red cedars; and protect culturally or tribally significant sites. All
easement conditions would be mutually agreed upon by the landowner and
us.
Priorities
We developed this draft conservation plan by focusing on the
overall ecological function of the Missouri River. We identified areas
that are important for native fish and wildlife species such as bald
eagles and pallid sturgeon. In addition, we prioritized areas that
increase access to the river, conserve scenic areas such as chalkstone
bluffs, and maintain historically significant sites.
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.
Authorities
The FWS and NPS are furnishing this notice in compliance with 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; the National Park Service
Organic Act of 1916 (16 U.S.C. l et seq.), and amendments thereto, and
the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its
implementing regulations.
Dated: Feb 21, 2013.
Michael Reynolds,
Midwest Regional Director, National Park Service.
Dated: Feb 26, 2013.
Matt Hogan,
Acting, Regional Director, Mountain Prairie Region, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
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