Department of the Interior March 9, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Utah Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announces that the Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Environmental Assessment (EA) is available for Agassiz NWR, Minnesota. The CCP was prepared pursuant to the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, as amended by the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Goals and objectives in the CCP describe how the agency intends to manage the refuge over the next 15 years.

Dr. W. H. Abraham, Mr. Terry Bartee, Ms. Sarah Bertrand, Ms. Edith Bolster, Mr. Billy Bullock, Ms. Jerilyn Byrd, Mr. Walter Cooper, Mr. Thomas Cox, Mr. and Mrs. George Cromer, Mr. Larry Dawson, Mr. William Denholm, Ms. Ellen Dinges, Mr. Jody Greene, Mr. Perry Hand, Mr. Leo Hastings, Mr. Asa Hollowell, Mr. Robert Howell, Mr. Trice Hulling, Ms. Virginia Jordan, Mr. Kerwin Lane, Mr. John Lucas, Ms. Linda Mangold, Mr. Martens, Ms. Cynthia Meichner, Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Nagley, Mr. Greg Nayden (3 applications), Mr. Robert Pate, Ms. Terry Pettus, Mr. Steven Quinn (2 applications), Mr. James Randolph, Mr. Robert Relinski (2 applications), Mr. Jeffrey Ryder, Sage Development (10 applications), Mr. Jose Silvas, Mr. P.K. Smartt, Mr. Delmar Smith, Mr. Jim Stephenson, Mr. Richard Willoughby, Mr. William Yates, Mr. Robert Yokley, Mr. Jim Young, and Ms. Debra Zak have applied to the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for incidental take permits (ITP) pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), as amended (Act) for the take of Alabama beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus ammobates) (ABM). The proposed take would be incidental to the otherwise lawful activity of constructing 49 single family and 6 duplex residences in Baldwin County, Alabama. The applicants have prepared Habitat Conservation Plans (HCP) in accordance with section 10(a)(2)(A) of the Act, specifying, among other things, the impacts that are likely to result from the taking and the measures each applicant would undertake to minimize and mitigate such impacts. A detailed description of the proposed minimization and mitigation measures is provided in the applicants' HCPs, and in our Environmental Assessment (EA). The proposed action would involve approval of the HCPs if the statutory issuance criteria are satisfied. The EA considers the environmental impacts of the proposed projects on, including but not limited to, endangered and threatened species.