Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Little River Band Trust Acquisition and Casino Project, Township of Fruitport, Muskegon County, Michigan, 9807-9808 [2019-05032]
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public inspection and review, by
appointment (telephone 512–490–0057)
and written request only, between the
hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the
following locations:
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 500
Gold Avenue SW, Room 6034,
Albuquerque.
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
10711 Burnet Road, Suite 200, Austin,
TX 78758; via phone at 512–490–0057;
or via the Federal Relay Service at 800–
877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service),
make available the draft Environmental
Assessment (dEA) and the Davis Ranch
Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) for
development of the 724-acre property in
Bexar County, Texas (permit area). The
Davis McCrary Property Trust
(applicant) has applied to the Service
for an incidental take permit (ITP; TE
204410 under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
The requested ITP, which would be in
effect for a period of 30 years, if granted,
would authorize incidental take of the
federally endangered golden-cheeked
warbler (Setophaga (=Dendroica)
chrysoparia) (covered species). The
proposed incidental take would result
from activities associated with
otherwise lawful activities, including
commercial and residential
development on the 724-acre ranch in
Bexar County, Texas, as a result of
clearing of vegetation, earth-moving
activities, and construction of structures
(covered activities).
We make available the dEA for the
Davis Ranch HCP and the associated
HCP. In accordance with the
requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), we
advise the public that:
1. We have gathered the information
necessary to determine impacts and
formulate alternatives for the dEA
related to potential issuance of an ITP
to the applicant; and
2. The applicant has developed a HCP
as part of the application for an ITP,
which describes the measures the
applicant has agreed to take to minimize
and mitigate the impacts of incidental
take of the covered species to the
maximum extent practicable pursuant to
section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA.
The applicant has applied for an ITP
that would be in effect for 30 years, if
granted, and would authorize incidental
take of the federally endangered goldencheeked warbler. As described in the
HCP, the proposed incidental take
would result from activities associated
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with otherwise lawful activities,
including commercial and residential
development on the 724-acre ranch in
Bexar County, Texas, as a result of
covered activities. The dEA considers
the direct, indirect, and cumulative
effects of implementation of the HCP,
including the measures that will be
implemented to minimize and mitigate,
to the maximum extent practicable, the
impacts of the incidental take of the
covered species.
Proposed Action
The proposed action involves the
issuance of an ITP by the Service for the
covered activities in the permit area,
pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the
Act. The ITP would cover incidental
take of the covered species associated
with construction of commercial and
residential development within the
permit area.
The requested term of the permit is 30
years. To meet the requirements of a
section 10(a)(1)(B) ITP, the applicant
has developed and proposes to
implement its HCP. The HCP describes
the conservation measures the applicant
has agreed to undertake to minimize
and mitigate, to the maximum extent
practicable, the impacts of the
incidental take of the covered species,
and ensures that incidental take will not
appreciably reduce the likelihood of the
survival and recovery of the covered
species in the wild.
At full implementation, the applicant
would mitigate up to approximately
1,176 acres in an approved goldencheeked warbler habitat conservation
bank.
Alternatives
We are considering one alternative to
the proposed action as part of this
process:
No Action: No ITP would be issued.
Under a No Action alternative, the
Service would not issue the requested
ITP, and the applicant would either not
construct the development or would
construct the development avoiding all
impacts to the golden-cheeked warbler.
Therefore, the applicant would not
implement the conservation measures
described in the HCP.
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 (PII) in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your PII—may be
made publicly available at any time.
While you can request in your comment
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that we withhold your PII from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so. All submissions
from organizations or businesses, and
from individuals identifying themselves
as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public disclosure in
their entirety.
Authority
We provide this notice under section
10(c) of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),
its implementing regulations (50 CFR
17.22), and the National Environmental
Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and
it’s implementing regulations (40 CFR
1506.6).
Dated: March 5, 2019.
Amy Lueders,
Regional Director, Southwest Region.
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Draft Environmental Impact Statement
for the Little River Band Trust
Acquisition and Casino Project,
Township of Fruitport, Muskegon
County, Michigan
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Reopening of public comment
period.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA) is reopening the public comment
period for the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement for the Little River
Band Trust Acquisition and Casino
Project, Township of Fruitport,
Muskegon County, Michigan (DEIS).
DATES: BIA will consider all comments
submitted or postmarked by April 17,
2019. Comments submitted to BIA
concerning the DEIS prior to this
announcement do not need to be
resubmitted.
You may mail or handdeliver written comments to Mr.
Timothy LaPointe, Acting Midwest
Regional Director, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Midwest Region, Norman Pointe
II Building, 5600 West American
Boulevard, Suite 500, Bloomington, MN
55347. Please include your name, return
address, and the caption: ‘‘DEIS
Comments, Little River Band Trust
Acquisition and Casino Project,’’ on the
first page of your written comments.
ADDRESSES:
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Mr.
Scott Doig, Regional Environmental
Scientist, Division of Environmental,
Facilities, Safety and Cultural Resource
Management (DEFSCRM), Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Midwest Region, Norman
Pointe II Building, 5600 West American
Boulevard, Suite 500, Bloomington, MN
55347; phone: (612) 725–4597; email:
scott.doig@bia.gov. Information is also
available online at
www.littleriverEIS.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BIA
published a notice of availability of the
DEIS on November 21, 2018. See 83 FR
58783. Public review of the DEIS is part
of the administrative process for the
evaluation of the Tribe’s application to
the BIA for the Federal trust acquisition
of approximately 60 acres in the
Township of Fruitport, Muskegon
County, Michigan, upon which the
Tribe proposes to develop a casino,
hotel, parking, and other supporting
facilities. The BIA held a public meeting
on the DEIS on December 12, 2018 at
Fruitport Middle School, 3113 E
Pontaluna Road, Fruitport, Michigan
49415.
Background: The Proposed Project
consists of the following components:
(1) The transfer of an approximately 60acre property from fee to trust status; (2)
issuance of a Secretarial Determination
by the Secretary of the Interior
(Secretary) under Section 20 of the
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA)
that gaming on the project site would be
in the best interest of the Tribe and not
detrimental to the surrounding
community (25 U.S.C. 2719(b)(1)(A));
and (3) development of the trust parcel
and adjacent land owned by the Tribe,
totaling approximately 86.5 acres, with
a variety of uses including a casino,
hotel, conference center, parking, and
other supporting facilities. At full buildout, the proposed casino facility would
include approximately 149,069 square
feet of gaming floor; a hotel with 220
guest rooms; a 250-seat buffet, as well as
a cafe´, sports bar, food court, and other
food and beverage providers; and an
approximately 38,790-square foot
convention center. Access to the project
site would be provided via two
driveways: One along Harvey Street and
one along East Ellis Road. Five service
driveways, not for public use, would be
located on East Ellis Road.
The following alternatives are
considered in the DEIS: (1) Proposed
Project; (2) Reduced Intensity
Alternative; (3) Non-Gaming
Alternative; (4) Custer Site Alternative,
and (5) No Action/No Development.
Environmental issues addressed in the
DEIS include geology and soils, water
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resources, air quality, biological
resources, cultural and paleontological
resources, socioeconomic conditions
(including environmental justice),
transportation and circulation, land use,
public services, noise, hazardous
materials, aesthetics, cumulative effects,
and indirect and growth-inducing
effects.
Locations where the DEIS is available
for review: The DEIS will be available
for review at the Fruitport Public
Library located at 605 Eclipse Blvd.,
Fruitport, Michigan 53511, and online
at www.littleriverEIS.com. To obtain a
compact disk copy of the DEIS, please
provide your name and address in
writing to Mr. Scott Doig, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Midwest Regional Office.
Contact information is listed in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this notice. Individual paper copies of
the DEIS will be provided only upon
payment of applicable printing expenses
by the requestor for the number of
copies requested.
Public comment availability:
Comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the BIA
address shown in the ADDRESSES
section, during regular business hours, 8
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except holidays. 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 in your comment that
your personal identifying information
be withheld from public review, the BIA
cannot guarantee that this will occur.
Authority: This notice is published
pursuant to Sec. 1503.1 of the Council
of Environmental Quality Regulations
(40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508) and
Sec. 46.305 of the Department of the
Interior Regulations (43 CFR part 46),
implementing the procedural
requirements of the NEPA of l969, as
amended (42 U.S.C. 4371, et seq.), and
is in the exercise of authority delegated
to the Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs by 209 DM 8.
Dated: March 8, 2019.
Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Sam
Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural
History, Norman, OK
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Sam Noble Oklahoma
Museum of Natural History at the
University of Oklahoma has completed
an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects and present-day Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request to the Sam Noble Oklahoma
Museum of Natural History. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
and associated funerary objects to the
lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the Sam Noble Oklahoma
Museum of Natural History at the
address in this notice by April 17, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Marc Levine, Assistant
Curator of Archaeology, Sam Noble
Oklahoma Museum of Natural History,
University of Oklahoma, 2401
Chautauqua Avenue, Norman, OK
73072–7029, telephone (405) 325–1994,
email mlevine@ou.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003, of the completion of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of
Natural History, Norman, OK. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Johnston
County, OK.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
[190A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900 253G]
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Little River Band
Trust Acquisition and Casino Project, Township of Fruitport, Muskegon
County, Michigan
AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.
ACTION: Reopening of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is reopening the public
comment period for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the
Little River Band Trust Acquisition and Casino Project, Township of
Fruitport, Muskegon County, Michigan (DEIS).
DATES: BIA will consider all comments submitted or postmarked by April
17, 2019. Comments submitted to BIA concerning the DEIS prior to this
announcement do not need to be resubmitted.
ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand-deliver written comments to Mr. Timothy
LaPointe, Acting Midwest Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Midwest Region, Norman Pointe II Building, 5600 West American
Boulevard, Suite 500, Bloomington, MN 55347. Please include your name,
return address, and the caption: ``DEIS Comments, Little River Band
Trust Acquisition and Casino Project,'' on the first page of your
written comments.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Scott Doig, Regional Environmental
Scientist, Division of Environmental, Facilities, Safety and Cultural
Resource Management (DEFSCRM), Bureau of Indian Affairs, Midwest
Region, Norman Pointe II Building, 5600 West American Boulevard, Suite
500, Bloomington, MN 55347; phone: (612) 725-4597; email:
scott.doig@bia.gov. Information is also available online at
www.littleriverEIS.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BIA published a notice of availability of
the DEIS on November 21, 2018. See 83 FR 58783. Public review of the
DEIS is part of the administrative process for the evaluation of the
Tribe's application to the BIA for the Federal trust acquisition of
approximately 60 acres in the Township of Fruitport, Muskegon County,
Michigan, upon which the Tribe proposes to develop a casino, hotel,
parking, and other supporting facilities. The BIA held a public meeting
on the DEIS on December 12, 2018 at Fruitport Middle School, 3113 E
Pontaluna Road, Fruitport, Michigan 49415.
Background: The Proposed Project consists of the following
components: (1) The transfer of an approximately 60-acre property from
fee to trust status; (2) issuance of a Secretarial Determination by the
Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) under Section 20 of the Indian
Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) that gaming on the project site would be
in the best interest of the Tribe and not detrimental to the
surrounding community (25 U.S.C. 2719(b)(1)(A)); and (3) development of
the trust parcel and adjacent land owned by the Tribe, totaling
approximately 86.5 acres, with a variety of uses including a casino,
hotel, conference center, parking, and other supporting facilities. At
full build-out, the proposed casino facility would include
approximately 149,069 square feet of gaming floor; a hotel with 220
guest rooms; a 250-seat buffet, as well as a caf[eacute], sports bar,
food court, and other food and beverage providers; and an approximately
38,790-square foot convention center. Access to the project site would
be provided via two driveways: One along Harvey Street and one along
East Ellis Road. Five service driveways, not for public use, would be
located on East Ellis Road.
The following alternatives are considered in the DEIS: (1) Proposed
Project; (2) Reduced Intensity Alternative; (3) Non-Gaming Alternative;
(4) Custer Site Alternative, and (5) No Action/No Development.
Environmental issues addressed in the DEIS include geology and soils,
water resources, air quality, biological resources, cultural and
paleontological resources, socioeconomic conditions (including
environmental justice), transportation and circulation, land use,
public services, noise, hazardous materials, aesthetics, cumulative
effects, and indirect and growth-inducing effects.
Locations where the DEIS is available for review: The DEIS will be
available for review at the Fruitport Public Library located at 605
Eclipse Blvd., Fruitport, Michigan 53511, and online at
www.littleriverEIS.com. To obtain a compact disk copy of the DEIS,
please provide your name and address in writing to Mr. Scott Doig,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Midwest Regional Office. Contact information
is listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
notice. Individual paper copies of the DEIS will be provided only upon
payment of applicable printing expenses by the requestor for the number
of copies requested.
Public comment availability: Comments, including names and
addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at the
BIA address shown in the ADDRESSES section, during regular business
hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays.
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 in your comment that your personal identifying information be
withheld from public review, the BIA cannot guarantee that this will
occur.
Authority: This notice is published pursuant to Sec. 1503.1 of the
Council of Environmental Quality Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500 through
1508) and Sec. 46.305 of the Department of the Interior Regulations (43
CFR part 46), implementing the procedural requirements of the NEPA of
l969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4371, et seq.), and is in the exercise of
authority delegated to the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs by 209
DM 8.
Dated: March 8, 2019.
Tara Sweeney,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
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