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activities within a predetermined area,
while jointly conserving the covered
species and their habitats.
Implementation of the Douglas County
MSGCP, rather than a species-by-species
or plan-by-plan approach, will
maximize the benefits of conservation
measures for covered species at a larger
landscape scale and facilitate future
review of multiple individual ITPs.
National Environmental Policy Act
Compliance
The development of the draft MSGCP
for Douglas County and the proposed
issuance of ITPs under this plan is a
Federal action that triggers the need for
compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.;
NEPA). We have prepared a draft EA to
analyze the environmental impacts of
three alternatives related to the issuance
of ITPs and implementation of the
conservation program under the
proposed MSGCP. The three alternatives
include the proposed action, a no-action
alternative, and an expanded
conservation lands alternative.
The proposed action alternative is the
implementation of the MSGCP and
issuance of ITPs to participating
agricultural landowners and operators
in Douglas County.
Under the no-action alternative, the
proposed MSGCP would not be
implemented and no ITPs would be
issued to agricultural landowners and
operators in Douglas County to cover
the incidental take of covered species
resulting from farming and ranching
activities. The no-action alternative
would not give agricultural landowners
and operators regulatory certainty, and
actions that could result in take of listed
species on non-Federal lands would be
prohibited under section 9 of the Act.
The expanded conservation lands
alternative would include many of the
same features as described for the
proposed action alternative, including
the same covered activities, covered
species, and monitoring and adaptive
management. The key difference would
be in the approach to managing
conservation lands. In recent years, the
conservation of all wildlife species in
Douglas County has been considerably
improved by implementation of the
Natural Resources Conservation
Service’s Conservation Reserve Program
(CRP). Prior to 2009, about 33 percent of
the ‘‘eligible lands’’ in Douglas County
(186,144 acres) were enrolled in the
CRP. This expanded conservation lands
alternative involves an increase in the
extent of lands enrolled in the CRP or
similar protected lands by 100,000 acres
above the 2009 benchmark of 186,144
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acres over the next 10 years, to a level
of about 50 percent of the eligible lands
in Douglas County. This would be a
voluntary commitment on the part of
landowners.
Public Comments
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We provide this notice in accordance
with the requirements of section 10 of
the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and
NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1501.7,
1506.6, and 1508.22).
You may submit your comments and
materials by one of the methods listed
in the ADDRESSES section. We
specifically request information, views,
and opinions from the public on our
proposed Federal action, including
identification of any other aspects of the
human environment not already
identified in the draft EA pursuant to
NEPA regulations in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at 40 CFR 1506.6.
Further, we specifically solicit
information regarding the adequacy of
the MSGCP pursuant to the
requirements for ITPs at 50 CFR parts 13
and 17.
Dated: October 21, 2014.
Richard Hannan,
Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon.
Public Availability of Comments
Interior.
All comments and materials we
receive become part of the public record
associated with this action. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personally
identifiable information (PII) in your
comments, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
PII—may be made publicly available at
any time. While you can ask us in your
comment to withhold your PII 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 use in
preparing the EA, will be available for
public inspection by appointment,
during normal business hours, at our
Eastern Washington Field Office (see
ADDRESSES).
Next Steps
After completion of the EA, we will
determine whether adoption of the
Douglas County MSGCP warrants a
finding of no significant impact or
whether an environmental impact
statement should be prepared. We will
evaluate the Douglas County MSGCP
and its potential use by future ITP
applicants, as well as any comments we
receive, to determine whether the
MSGCP, when used by ITP applicants,
would meet the requirements for
issuance of ITPs under section
10(a)(1)(B) of the Act. We will also
evaluate whether issuance of section
10(a)(1)(B) ITPs under the MSGCP
would comply with section 7 of the Act
by conducting an intra-Service section 7
consultation on anticipated ITP actions.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[DR.5B711.IA000815]
Indian Gaming
AGENCY:
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Notice of extension of TribalState Class III Gaming Compact.
ACTION:
This publishes notice of the
extension of the Class III gaming
compact between the Yankton Sioux
Tribe and the State of South Dakota.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Effective Date: November 14,
2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian
Gaming, Office of the Deputy Assistant
Secretary—Policy and Economic
Development, Washington, DC 20240,
(202) 219–4066.
Pursuant
to 25 CFR 293.5, an extension to an
existing tribal-state Class III gaming
compact does not require approval by
the Secretary if the extension does not
include any amendment to the terms of
the compact. The Yankton Sioux Tribe
and the State of South Dakota have
reached an agreement to extend the
expiration of their existing Tribal-State
Class III gaming compact to April 23,
2015. This publishes notice of the new
expiration date of the compact.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: November 4, 2014.
Kevin K. Washburn,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2014–27004 Filed 11–13–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[DR.5B711.IA000815]
Indian Gaming
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact.
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SUMMARY: This publishes notice of the extension of the Class III gaming
compact between the Yankton Sioux Tribe and the State of South Dakota.
DATES: Effective Date: November 14, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of
Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary--Policy and
Economic Development, Washington, DC 20240, (202) 219-4066.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 25 CFR 293.5, an extension to an
existing tribal-state Class III gaming compact does not require
approval by the Secretary if the extension does not include any
amendment to the terms of the compact. The Yankton Sioux Tribe and the
State of South Dakota have reached an agreement to extend the
expiration of their existing Tribal-State Class III gaming compact to
April 23, 2015. This publishes notice of the new expiration date of the
compact.
Dated: November 4, 2014.
Kevin K. Washburn,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2014-27004 Filed 11-13-14; 8:45 am]
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