Notice of Closure on Public Lands in Boise County, Idaho, 40345-40346 [2016-14575]
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Background
On December 12, 2013, Enbridge
Pipelines (Lakehead) L.L.C. (Enbridge)
received an ITP for take of the Hine’s
Emerald Dragonfly (Somatochlora
hineana) that may occur during
inspection and repair of three sections
of Enbridge’s Line 5 (30-inch diameter)
pipeline in Garfield Township,
Mackinac County. The permit was
amended on January 25, 2015, to
include a fourth section of pipeline
within the original HCP boundaries
(2.64 acres). The project is located
approximately 1 mile east of the City of
Engadine, Michigan, along the Enbridge
right-of-way (ROW).
Applicant’s Proposed Action
Enbridge has completed the pipeline
inspection and maintenance and all
required mitigation measures, per the
HCP. Enbridge has also conducted
annual monitoring and submitted
annual reports. The monitoring
indicates that the performance and
success criteria for restoration of the site
have been only partially met. Enbridge
requests renewal of the ITP to continue
monitoring of the restoration and
implement any remedial measures, if
necessary, until December 31, 2017.
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Reviewing Documents and Submitting
Comments
Please refer to permit number
TE03689B–1 when submitting
comments. The permit application and
supporting documents may be obtained
on the Internet at https://www.fws.gov/
midwest/endangered/permits/hcp/
r3hcps.html. Persons without access to
the Internet may obtain copies of the
permit application by contacting the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(ADDRESSES). The permit application
and supporting documents will also be
available for public inspection, by
appointment, during normal business
hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) at the USFWS
Lansing office (see ADDRESSES). Written
comments will be accepted as described
under ADDRESSES.
Public Availability of Comments
Written comments we receive become
part of the public record associated with
this action. Before including your
address, phone number, email address,
or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that the entire
comment, including your personal
identifying information, may be made
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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Next Steps
We will evaluate the permit
application, including comments we
receive, to determine whether the
application meets the requirements of
section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act. We will
also evaluate whether renewal of the
ITP would comply with section 7(a)(2)
of the Act by conducting an intraService Section 7 consultation. We will
use the results of our internal Service
consultation, in combination with the
above findings, in our final analysis to
determine whether to renew the permit.
If the requirements are met, we will
renew the ITP. We will make the final
permit decision no sooner than 30 days
after the date of this notice.
Authority
We provide this notice under section
10 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),
section 668a of the Eagle Act (16 U.S.C.
668a–668d), NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.), and NEPA regulations (40 CFR
1501.7, 1506.5, 1506.6 and 1508.22).
Dated: June 15, 2016.
Sean Marsan,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological
Services, Midwest Region.
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indicators for UNISDR’s Sendai
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
2015–2030.
DATES: Sunday, July 10, 2016, from 7:00
p.m.–9:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight
Time.
For
further information about the event or to
RSVP to attend, please contact David
Applegate, U.S. Geological Survey, Mail
Stop 111, National Center, Reston,
Virginia 20192, 703–648–6600 or Bret
Schothorst, NSTC Subcommittee on
Disaster Reduction Executive Secretary,
703–388–0312.
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consultation with outside groups in the
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James D.R. Applegate,
Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Disaster
Reduction, Associate Director for Natural
Hazards, U.S. Geological Survey.
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Bureau of Land Management
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
Notice of Closure on Public Lands in
Boise County, Idaho
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White House National Science and
Technology Council; Subcommittee on
Disaster Reduction; U.S. National
Platform for the United Nations Office
for Disaster Risk Reduction
U.S. Geological Survey,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of listening session for
the U.S. National Platform.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to Public Law 106–
148, the U.S. National Platform for the
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk
Reduction (UNISDR)—facilitated by the
White House National Science and
Technology Council (NSTC)
Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction
(SDR), which is co-chaired by the U.S.
Geological Survey—plans to host a
listening session at the 41st Natural
Hazards Center Annual Workshop
(Interlocken A, Omni Interlocken
Resort, Broomfield, Colorado) to hear
multi-sectoral perspectives from nongovernmental organizations, academic
institutions, local and state
governments, and private corporations
on the implementation of targets and
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Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of closure.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the Skinny Dipper Hot Springs, which
is located on public lands administered
by the Four Rivers Field Office, Bureau
of Land Management (BLM), is closed to
all uses.
DATES: The Skinny Dipper Hot Springs
closure will be in effect on the date this
notice is published in the Federal
Register and will remain in effect for
five years or until rescinded or modified
by the authorized officer or designated
Federal officer, whichever is earlier.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tate
Fischer, Four Rivers Field Manager,
3948 Development Avenue, Boise, Idaho
83705, email tfischer@blm.gov, or phone
(208) 384–3300. 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 Mr. Fischer. The FIRS is
available 24 hours a day, seven days a
week, to leave a message or question
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with Mr. Fischer. You will receive a
reply during normal hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
closure affects public lands including
and surrounding Skinny Dipper Hot
Springs, located approximately 4 miles
east of Banks, Idaho. The affected public
lands are:
all public land north of Idaho State
Highway 17, also known as the BanksLowman Highway, in Lot 3; Section 25, T. 9
N., R. 3 E., Boise Meridian, Boise County,
Idaho, containing approximately 41.58 acres.
The closure is necessary to allow the
BLM to rehabilitate and restore natural
conditions damaged by unauthorized
use and development around the hot
springs.
The BLM will post closure signs at
main access points to the closed area
and the area used for parking located
adjacent to the highway. This closure
order will be posted in the Boise District
BLM office. Maps of the affected area
and other documents associated with
this closure are available at 3948
Development Avenue, Boise, Idaho
83705 and online at https://
www.blm.gov/id.
Exemptions: The following persons
are exempt from this order: Federal,
State, and local officers and employees
in the performance of their official
duties; members of organized rescue or
fire-fighting forces in the performance of
their official duties; and persons with
written authorization from the BLM’s
Four Rivers Field Office.
Enforcement: Any person who
violates this closure may be tried before
a United States Magistrate and fined in
accordance with 18 U.S.C. 3571,
imprisoned no more than 12 months
under 43 U.S.C. 1733(a) and 43 CFR
8560.0–7, or both. In accordance with
43 CFR 8365.1–7, State or local officials
may also impose penalties for violations
of Idaho law.
Authority: 43 CFR 8364.1.
Tate Fischer,
BLM Four Rivers Field Manager.
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National Park Service
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Final Environmental Impact Statement
for the Herring River Restoration
Project, Cape Cod National Seashore,
Massachusetts
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
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ACTION:
Notice of Availability.
The National Park Service
(NPS) announces the availability of a
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(FEIS) for the Herring River Restoration
Project in Cape Cod National Seashore,
Massachusetts. The FEIS provides a
systematic analysis of alternative
approaches to restore the Herring River
estuary to a more productive and
natural condition after a century of
diking and draining.
DATES: The NPS will execute a Record
of Decision not sooner than 30 days
after the date of publication of the NOA
in the Federal Register by the
Environmental Protection Agency.
ADDRESSES: Electronic versions of the
complete document are available online
at https://www.nps.gov/caco/ and https://
parkplanning.nps.gov/herring_river.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
George E. Price, Jr., Superintendent,
Cape Cod National Seashore, 99
Marconi Site Road, Wellfleet, MA
02267; telephone (508) 771–2144.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Herring River Restoration Project is a
joint project of the Cape Cod National
Seashore, the Town of Wellfleet, the
Town of Truro, the Massachusetts
Division of Ecological Restoration, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, and the Natural
Resource Conservation Service. The
purpose of this project is to restore selfsustaining coastal habitats on a large
portion of the 1,100-acre Herring River
estuary in Wellfleet and Truro,
Massachusetts, where wetland resources
and natural ecosystem functions have
been severely damaged by 100 years of
tidal restriction and salt marsh drainage.
The goal is to balance tidal restoration
objectives with flood control by
allowing the highest tide range
practicable while also ensuring flood
proofing and protection of vulnerable
properties.
The Herring River is the largest
estuary on outer Cape Cod,
encompassing more than 1,100 acres of
degraded wetlands in a complex
network of five valleys: The Herring
River, Mill Creek, Pole Dike Creek,
Bound Brook, and Duck Harbor. The
Chequessett Neck Road dike was built
in 1908 at the mouth of the Herring
River to restrict natural tidal flows.
Ditches were constructed to drain the
normally saturated flood plain soil. The
once extensive salt marshes have been
transformed into stands of invasive
plants, shrubby thickets, and forests.
The old salt marsh peat, deprived of the
tides, has decomposed and compressed,
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sinking the surface of the flood plain as
much as three feet. The decomposition
of peat has released sulfuric acid that
kills fish and other aquatic life, and low
summertime dissolved oxygen has also
harmed aquatic life.
The FEIS analyzes three action
alternatives and the no action
alternative, as described below:
Alternative A would leave in place
the current tide control structure at
Chequessett Neck Road and continue
management of the estuary without
restoration.
Alternative B would employ an
adaptive management strategy to restore
tides in the lower reach of the Herring
River up to a maximum high tide of
approximately six feet. At this tide level
flood mitigation of sensitive properties
can be achieved without a secondary
dike at Mill Creek.
Alternative C would employ an
adaptive management strategy to restore
tides up to the maximum Chequessett
Neck Road dike capacity (10 foot
vertical tide gate opening) with a new
dike at Mill Creek that blocks all tidal
influence. This alternative would
maximize restoration in all sub-basins
except Mill Creek. Mill Creek would
remain unrestored, but no new flood
proofing measures would be needed in
Mill Creek.
Alternative D would employ an
adaptive management strategy to restore
tides up to the maximum Chequessett
Neck Road dike capacity (10 foot
vertical tide gate opening) with a new
dike at Mill Creek and Pole Dike Creek.
Mill Creek and Pole Dike Creek tides
would be controlled by these secondary
structures to the maximum levels that
can be achieved after flood proofing
several low-lying properties. Tidal
restoration would be maximized in all
other sub-basins.
For Alternatives B and D, two options
are considered for mitigating project
impacts to the Chequessett Yacht &
Country Club (CYCC) golf course, a
private golf course in Mill Creek: (1)
Raise low-lying fairways a minimum of
two feet above proposed inundation
levels, or (2) relocate low-lying fairways
to an undeveloped upland area owned
by CYCC.
Under all Action Alternatives, there is
the potential for the restoration of
natural tidal flow to result in impacts to
private properties. Any such impacts
would be addressed through mitigation
measures such as raising or relocating
affected buildings, driveways or wells,
building berms to protect structures,
and/or limiting water levels across
entire sub-basins. The cost of these
impact mitigation measures will be
borne by the Project. Water surface
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Closure on Public Lands in Boise County, Idaho
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of closure.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Skinny Dipper Hot Springs,
which is located on public lands administered by the Four Rivers Field
Office, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), is closed to all uses.
DATES: The Skinny Dipper Hot Springs closure will be in effect on the
date this notice is published in the Federal Register and will remain
in effect for five years or until rescinded or modified by the
authorized officer or designated Federal officer, whichever is earlier.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tate Fischer, Four Rivers Field
Manager, 3948 Development Avenue, Boise, Idaho 83705, email
tfischer@blm.gov, or phone (208) 384-3300. 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 Mr.
Fischer. The FIRS is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to
leave a message or question
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with Mr. Fischer. You will receive a reply during normal hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The closure affects public lands including
and surrounding Skinny Dipper Hot Springs, located approximately 4
miles east of Banks, Idaho. The affected public lands are:
all public land north of Idaho State Highway 17, also known as
the Banks-Lowman Highway, in Lot 3; Section 25, T. 9 N., R. 3 E.,
Boise Meridian, Boise County, Idaho, containing approximately 41.58
acres.
The closure is necessary to allow the BLM to rehabilitate and
restore natural conditions damaged by unauthorized use and development
around the hot springs.
The BLM will post closure signs at main access points to the closed
area and the area used for parking located adjacent to the highway.
This closure order will be posted in the Boise District BLM office.
Maps of the affected area and other documents associated with this
closure are available at 3948 Development Avenue, Boise, Idaho 83705
and online at https://www.blm.gov/id.
Exemptions: The following persons are exempt from this order:
Federal, State, and local officers and employees in the performance of
their official duties; members of organized rescue or fire-fighting
forces in the performance of their official duties; and persons with
written authorization from the BLM's Four Rivers Field Office.
Enforcement: Any person who violates this closure may be tried
before a United States Magistrate and fined in accordance with 18
U.S.C. 3571, imprisoned no more than 12 months under 43 U.S.C. 1733(a)
and 43 CFR 8560.0-7, or both. In accordance with 43 CFR 8365.1-7, State
or local officials may also impose penalties for violations of Idaho
law.
Authority: 43 CFR 8364.1.
Tate Fischer,
BLM Four Rivers Field Manager.
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