80 FR 24955 - Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Pacific Gas & Electric Company Eagle Conservation Plan
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 84 (May 1, 2015)
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Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 84 (May 1, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 84 (Friday, May 1, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 24955-24958] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-10067] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-R8-MB-2015-N062; FF08M00000-FXMB12310800000-145] Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Pacific Gas & Electric Company Eagle Conservation Plan AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement; notice of scoping meeting and request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), intend to prepare a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Pacific Gas and Electric Company's (PG&E) (Applicant) proposed Eagle Conservation Plan (ECP) and request for a 30-year programmatic eagle take permit for take of bald eagles and golden eagles under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (Eagle Act). The ECP, which serves as the foundation of the permit application, is a comprehensive plan that addresses take of the eagles associated with PG&E's existing infrastructure and operations and maintenance (O&M) activities throughout the Plan Area, which encompasses about two-thirds of the State of California. We provide this notice to (1) describe the proposed action; (2) advise other Federal and state agencies, potentially affected tribal interests, and the public of our intent to prepare an EIS; (3) announce the initiation of a 60-day public scoping period; and (4) obtain suggestions and information on the scope of issues and possible alternatives to be included in the EIS. We also announce plans for a public scoping meeting and the opening of a public comment period. We request data, comments, new information, or suggestions from the public, governmental agencies, the scientific community, tribes, industry, or any other interested party. DATES: To ensure consideration, please send your written comments by June 30, 2015. A public scoping meeting will be held on May 21, 2015, at Red Lion Hotel Woodlake Conference Center, 500 Leisure Lane, Sacramento, CA 95815. ADDRESSES: To request further information or submit written comments, please use one of the following methods, and note that your information request or comment is in reference to the PG&E Eagle Conservation Plan EIS:Email: [[email protected]]. Include ``PG&E Eagle Conservation Plan EIS'' in the subject line of the message. [[Page 24956]] U.S. Mail: Heather Beeler, Migratory Bird Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Southwest Regional Office, 2800 Cottage Way, W-2605, Sacramento, CA 95825. Fax: Heather Beeler, Migratory Bird Program, (916) 414- 6486; Attn: PG&E Eagle Conservation Plan EIS Scoping. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Heather Beeler, Migratory Bird Program, at the address shown above or at (916) 414-6651 (telephone). If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf, please call the Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), intend to prepare a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Pacific Gas and Electric Company's (PG&E) (Applicant) proposed Eagle Conservation Plan (ECP) and request for a 30-year programmatic eagle take permit under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act (Eagle Act). The ECP serves as the foundation of the permit application. The ECP summarizes the applicant's current voluntary approach to address eagle and bird impacts associated with PG&E's existing infrastructure and operations and maintenance (O&M) activities throughout their ECP Plan Area (Plan Area). The ECP is a comprehensive plan that addresses the take of bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) and golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) associated with PG&E's existing infrastructure and O&M activities throughout the Plan Area, which encompasses about two-thirds of the State of California. The ECP also provides measures to avoid, minimize, and mitigate for eagle mortality. The draft EIS will evaluate the impacts of several alternatives related to the proposed issuance of a programmatic eagle take permit to PG&E for bald and golden eagles that results from system-wide standard O&M at their infrastructure and facilities. We provide this notice to (1) describe the proposed action; (2) advise other Federal and state agencies, potentially affected tribal interests, and the public of our intent to prepare an EIS; (3) announce the initiation of a 60-day public scoping period; and (4) obtain suggestions and information on the scope of issues and possible alternatives to be included in the EIS. We also announce plans for a public scoping meeting and the opening of a public comment period. We request data, comments, new information, or suggestions from the public, governmental agencies, the scientific community, tribes, industry, or any other interested party. We publish this notice in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321-4347, et seq.; NEPA), and its implementing regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 40 CFR 1500-1508 as well as Section 668a of the Eagle Act (16 U.S.C. 668a-668d). Introduction The Service is considering an application from PG&E, under the Eagle Act, for a 30-year programmatic take permit for bald and golden eagles. PG&E has prepared an ECP, which addresses incidental take of bald and golden eagles from electrocution and collision with above- ground electric transmission and distribution lines (collectively power lines), as well as disturbance of nesting eagles during various operations and maintenance (O&M) activities within the Plan Area. The Plan Area encompasses PG&E's Service Area including all electric and hydroelectric facilities located within the state of California. The ECP analyzes their system's risk to eagles. It also identifies measures to avoid, minimize and mitigate eagle mortality associated with those activities. The Plan Area is within the following California Counties: Alameda Alpine Amador Butte Calaveras Colusa Contra Costa Del Norte El Dorado Fresno Glenn Humboldt Inyo Kern Kings Lake Lassen Los Angeles Madera Marin Mariposa Mendocino Merced Modoc Mono Monterey Napa Nevada Placer Plumas Sacramento San Benito San Bernardino San Francisco San Joaquin San Luis Obispo San Mateo Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Cruz Shasta Sierra Siskiyou Solano Sonoma Stanislaus Sutter Tehama Trinity Tulare Tuolumne Ventura Yolo Yuba Background Eagles are protected under the Eagle Act, which prohibits take and disturbance of individuals and nests. Take under the Eagle Act includes any actions that pursue, shoot, shoot at, poison, wound, kill, capture, trap, collect, destroy, molest, and disturb eagles. Disturb is further defined in 50 CFR 22.3 as ``to agitate or bother a bald or golden eagle to a degree that causes, or is likely to cause, based on the best scientific information available (1) injury to an eagle, (2) a decrease in its productivity, by substantially interfering with normal breeding, feeding, or sheltering behavior, or (3) nest abandonment, by substantially interfering with normal breeding, feeding, or sheltering behavior.'' Prior to 2009, permits for purposeful take of birds or body parts were limited to scientific (50 CFR 22.21), religious (50 CFR 22.22), or falconry (50 CFR 22.24) pursuits; for eagles causing serious injury to livestock or other wildlife (50 CFR 22.23); and for golden eagle nests that interfere with resource development or recovery operations (50 CFR 22.21-25). In 2009, we issued the Final Rule for Eagle Permits; Take Necessary to Protect Interests in Particular Localities (2009 Final Rule) on new permit regulations that allow take ``for the protection of . . . other interests in any particular locality'' and where the take is ``associated with and not the purpose of an otherwise lawful activity . . .'' (September 11, 2009; 74 FR 46836-46879). The 2009 Final Rule authorizes programmatic take (take that is recurring and not in a specific, identifiable timeframe and/or location) of eagles only if avoidance measures have been implemented to the maximum extent achievable. PG&E's activities are programmatic and existed prior to the 2009 Final Rule. Considerations for issuing take permits [[Page 24957]] include the health of the local and regional eagle populations, availability of suitable nesting and foraging habitat for any displaced eagles, and whether the take and associated mitigation provide a net benefit to eagles (74 FR 46836-46879). The programmatic take permit under the 2009 Final Rule was valid up to 5 years. In 2012, we proposed to extend the maximum term for programmatic take permits from 5 to 30 years (April 13, 2012; 77 FR 22267-22278), and in 2013, we issued a Final Rule to extend the maximum term for programmatic eagle permits to 30 years, subject to a recurring 5-year review process throughout the life of the permit (December 9, 2013; 78 FR 73704-78725). PG&E's power lines have resulted in eagle mortality due to electrocution and collision. Furthermore, infrastructure associated with electric and hydroelectric energy generation requires long-term O&M, pipeline, and utility line modernization and replacement to produce and deliver reliable and safe energy to PG&E customers. Some O&M activities occur in eagle nesting habitat where there is a potential to disturb nesting eagles. Scope of EIS PG&E's ECP serves as the foundation of the permit application. As such, all alternatives considered in the EIS should conform to the permit issuance criteria for programmatic eagle take permits under the Eagle Act as required in 50 CFR 22.26(f)(1-6). The draft EIS will identify and analyze direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts of the proposed action and alternatives to several resource areas, including biological resources, public utilities, air quality, noise, water resources, cultural resources, socioeconomics, and climate change. We will also consider evaluation of additional resource areas if issues of concern specific to the proposed action are identified during the public scoping process. The purpose of the public scoping process for the EIS is to determine relevant issues that will influence the scope of the environmental analysis, including potential alternatives, and the extent to which those issues and impacts will be analyzed in the EIS. We will evaluate a minimum of three alternatives. Applicant's Proposal PG&E has requested a programmatic eagle take permit for incidental take of bald and golden eagles associated with O&M activities in the Plan Area, as described in the ECP, for a term of 30 years. Specific activities covered under the ECP would include otherwise lawful activities that have the potential to kill eagles or disturb them to the extent that nests are abandoned or eagle productivity is decreased, as well as avoidance and minimization measures to reduce these impacts. The ECP describes: (1) Eagle collision with or electrocution by PG&E's existing distribution and transmission lines and conductors within the Plan Area; (2) Operation and maintenance of PG&E's electrical system, including inspection and patrols (aerial and ground), routine maintenance and repair, vegetation management (including tree pruning and removal with the right of way), and replacement or upgrades of existing power lines and infrastructure. This activity would apply to all power lines in the Plan Area (141,200 miles of distribution lines and 18,600 miles of transmission lines) and related infrastructure; (3) Operation and maintenance of PG&E's hydroelectric system, including the associated electric system, recreation facility maintenance, log boom/buoy/safety marker maintenance, intake tunnel clearing, and repair of weirs and gages. This activity would apply to all facilities in the Plan Area, including 68 existing powerhouses, a pumped storage facility, and nearly 100 reservoirs; (4) Continued implementation of migratory bird and eagle take- reduction measures, including, but not limited to: (a) Adoption of avian-safe construction design standards; (b) Proactive and reactive bird-safe power pole retrofits; (c) Bird nest protection best management practices during vegetation management activities and other routine or project work; (d) Bird flight diverter effectiveness studies; (e) Targeted management at hydroelectric facilities; and (f) Pre-construction nesting bird surveys when required for project work. (5) Monitoring to validate the estimated amount of disturbance take and the number of fatalities associated with PG&E's existing infrastructure and to evaluate the effectiveness of the conservation measures at reducing eagle take. Monitoring efforts would generally include: (a) Monitoring of eagle nests located throughout PG&E's hydroelectric system, as well as those discovered during inspections, patrols, and vegetation management activities; and (b) Monitoring eagle fatalities during inspections, patrols, and vegetation management actions. Public Comments We request data, comments, new information, or suggestions from the public, other governmental agencies, the scientific community, Tribes, industry, or any other interested party on this notice. We will consider these comments in developing the draft EIS. Public Availability of Comments You may submit your comments and materials by one of the methods listed above in ADDRESSES. Before including your address, phone number, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying information--might 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. Scoping Meetings See DATES for the date(s) and time(s) of our public meeting(s). The primary purpose of these meetings and public comment period is to provide the public with a general understanding of the background of the proposed action and to solicit suggestions and information on the scope of issues and alternatives we should consider when drafting the EIS. Oral and written comments will be accepted at the meetings. An interpreter and/or court reporter will be present when deemed necessary. Comments can also be submitted by methods listed in the ADDRESSES section. Once the draft EIS and proposed ECP are complete and made available for review, there will be additional opportunity for public comment on the content of these documents. Persons needing reasonable accommodations in order to attend and participate in the public meetings should contact the Pacific Southwest Region's Migratory Bird Office using one of the methods listed above in ADDRESSES as soon as possible. In order to allow sufficient time to process requests, please make contact no later than one week before the public meeting. Information regarding this proposed action is available in alternative formats upon request. Authority We provide this notice under section 668a of the Eagle Act (16 U.S.C. 668-668c) and NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1501.7, 40 CFR 1506.6, and 40 CFR 1508.22). [[Page 24958]] Dated: April 23, 2015. Alexandra Pitts, Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Southwest Region, Sacramento, California. [FR Doc. 2015-10067 Filed 4-30-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
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significant mold present; contact Directions: Building 120; 122; 153 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Agriculture for more information. Comments: public access denied & no
Utah alternative method to gain access w/out Fish and Wildlife Service
compromising National Security.; property
Little Mountain Communication located within an Airport Runway Clear [FWS–R8–MB–2015–N062; FF08M00000–
40.53807749–109.69935286 Zone. FXMB12310800000–145]
Maeser UT 84078
Reasons: Secured Area; Within airport
Landholding Agency: GSA Draft Environmental Impact Statement
runway clear zone
Property Number: 54201520002 and Proposed Pacific Gas & Electric
Status: Excess Alaska
Company Eagle Conservation Plan
GSA Number: 7–A–UT–0536–AA Duplex Housing Units 100 & 102
Directions: Disposal Agency: GSA, Land Lots 3 & 4, Block 2, Bettles Airport AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
Holding Agency: Agriculture Subdivision Interior.
Comments: off-site removal; 190 sq. ft.; Bettles AK 99755 ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an
12+mos. vacant; radio tower, commercial; Landholding Agency: Interior
contact Forest Service to gain access; environmental impact statement; notice
Property Number: 61201520003 of scoping meeting and request for
contact Agriculture for more information. Status: Unutilized
comments.
Vermont Comments: Property located within an
Old Operators Quarters/USACE N airport runway. SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
100 Reservoir Road Reasons: Within airport runway clear zone Wildlife Service (Service), intend to
Springfield VT 05156 Michigan prepare a draft environmental impact
Landholding Agency: COE Mio 7 Winowiecki Consumers Cab statement (EIS) for the Pacific Gas and
Property Number: 31201520001 Electric Company’s (PG&E) (Applicant)
Huron Nat’l Forest Old M–72
Status: Underutilized
Comments: off-site removal only; 50+yrs. old;
(Smith Bridge) proposed Eagle Conservation Plan (ECP)
Grayling MI 49738 and request for a 30-year programmatic
700 sq. ft.; storage; asbestos; no future
Landholding Agency: Agriculture eagle take permit for take of bald eagles
agency need; contact COE for more
information. Property Number: 15201520003 and golden eagles under the Bald and
Status: Unutilized Golden Eagle Protection Act (Eagle Act).
Washington Comments: documented deficiencies:
The ECP, which serves as the
Building 03932 documentation provided represents a clear
Joint Base Lewis McChord threat to personal safety; significant rot in foundation of the permit application, is
JBLM WA 98433 floor/roof structure; relocation will most a comprehensive plan that addresses
Landholding Agency: Army likely result in the roof collapsing. take of the eagles associated with
Property Number: 21201520001 Reasons: Extensive deterioration PG&E’s existing infrastructure and
Status: Underutilized Mio 7 Winowiecki Consumers Lea operations and maintenance (O&M)
Comments: off-site removal only; no future Huron National Forest Old M–72 activities throughout the Plan Area,
agency need; 120 sq. ft.; storage; 49+ yrs.; (Smith Bridge) which encompasses about two-thirds of
significant repairs for restoration; Grayling MI 49738 the State of California. We provide this
contamination; contact Army for Landholding Agency: Agriculture notice to (1) describe the proposed
accessibility and removal requirements. Property Number: 15201520004 action; (2) advise other Federal and state
Land Status: Unutilized agencies, potentially affected tribal
Comments: documented deficiencies: interests, and the public of our intent to
Colorado
documentation provided represents a clear
Grand Valley Project prepare an EIS; (3) announce the
threat to personal safety; interior space of
39.25326873–108.84370271 the structure cannot be made to comply w/ initiation of a 60-day public scoping
Unincorporated CO 81524 habitability requirements. period; and (4) obtain suggestions and
Landholding Agency: GSA Reasons: Extensive deterioration information on the scope of issues and
Property Number: 54201520001 possible alternatives to be included in
Status: Excess Washington
the EIS. We also announce plans for a
GSA Number: 7–I–CO–0699–AA Navy Reserve Center-Building 7 public scoping meeting and the opening
Directions: Disposal Agency: GSA, Land 5101 N. Assemble Street
Holding Agency: Interior Spokane WA 99205
of a public comment period. We request
Comments: 30.12 acres; agricultural; silage Landholding Agency: Navy data, comments, new information, or
pits; contact Interior for more information. Property Number: 77201520002 suggestions from the public,
Status: Excess governmental agencies, the scientific
Unsuitable Properties community, tribes, industry, or any
Comments: Public access denied & no
Building alternative method to gain access without other interested party.
Massachusetts compromising National Security. DATES: To ensure consideration, please
Reasons: Secured Area send your written comments by June 30,
Building 181
181 East Road Land 2015. A public scoping meeting will be
Otis ANGB MA 02542 Georgia held on May 21, 2015, at Red Lion Hotel
Landholding Agency: Air Force Woodlake Conference Center, 500
Proposed Photovoltaic (PV) Sit
Property Number: 18201520001 Leisure Lane, Sacramento, CA 95815.
Marine Corps Logistics Base
Status: Excess ADDRESSES: To request further
Albany GA 31704
Comments: public access denied & no information or submit written
alternative method to gain access without Landholding Agency: Navy
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
compromising National Security. Property Number: 77201520001 comments, please use one of the
Reasons: Secured Area Status: Underutilized following methods, and note that your
Comments: Public access denied & no information request or comment is in
3 Buildings alternative method to gain access without
Otis ANGB, MA reference to the PG&E Eagle
compromising National Security. Conservation Plan EIS:
Otis ANGB MA 02542 Reasons: Secured Area
Landholding Agency: Air Force • Email: [fw8_eagle_nepa@fws.gov].
Property Number: 18201510045 [FR Doc. 2015–10017 Filed 4–30–15; 8:45 am] Include ‘‘PG&E Eagle Conservation Plan
Status: Excess BILLING CODE 4210–67–P EIS’’ in the subject line of the message.
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Dated: April 23, 2015. Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, near the Alternative A: Current Management (No
Alexandra Pitts, town of St. Francisville, 25 miles north Action)
Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Southwest of Baton Rouge. The refuge currently Under alternative A, Cat Island NWR
Region, Sacramento, California. encompasses 10,473 acres of bottomland would be managed as it has been in
[FR Doc. 2015–10067 Filed 4–30–15; 8:45 am] hardwood forest, baldcypress-tupelo recent years. No new actions would be
BILLING CODE 4310–55–P swamp, and shrub-scrub swamps. The taken to manage Cat Island NWR, or
Congressionally approved acquisition improve or otherwise change the
boundary encloses 36,500 acres. refuge’s habitats, wildlife, or public use.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Cat Island NWR is part of the Lower Programs that have been ongoing in the
Mississippi River Ecosystem and is past would continue. Certain
Fish and Wildlife Service located on the southeastern edge of the monitoring activities would continue,
[FWS–R4–R–2014–N198; Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV) Bird including periodic migratory bird
FXRS12650400000S3–123–FF04R02000] Conservation Region, which is surveys. Maintenance of roads and
incorporated into the Gulf Coastal Plans public-use facilities would continue as
Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge, and Ozarks Landscape Conservation presently conducted. Habitats would
Louisiana; Draft Comprehensive Cooperative. The refuge provides high- continue to be mostly passively
Conservation Plan and Environmental quality habitat for many species of managed, with actions taken only to
Assessment waterfowl, wading birds, Neotropical provide for public safety or to avoid or
migratory songbirds, and resident game mitigate damage to refuge resources.
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, and fish, as well as threatened and
Interior. Current partnerships with the West
endangered species and species of Feliciana Parish Tourist Commission,
ACTION: Notice of availability; request concern. The refuge contains a number
for comments. Louisiana Hiking Club, Louisiana
of relict old-growth baldcypress trees, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries,
SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife including the world’s largest known and others would continue as before.
Service (Service), announce the individual of this species. The refuge hunting, fishing, and non-
availability of a ‘‘Draft Comprehensive Background consumptive uses would continue as
Conservation Plan and Environmental presently constituted. Legal
Assessment (Draft CCP/EA) for Cat The CCP Process requirements for protection of natural
Island National Wildlife Refuge in West The National Wildlife Refuge System and cultural resources would continue
Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, for public Improvement Act of 1997 (Improvement to be met.
review and comment. In this Draft CCP/ Act), requires us to develop a CCP for Acquisition of lands within the
EA, we describe the alternative we each national wildlife refuge. CCPs are approved acquisition boundary would
propose to use to manage this refuge for developed to provide refuge managers continue as before, contingent upon the
the 15 years following approval of the with a 15-year plan for achieving refuge availability of funding and appropriate
final CCP. purposes and contributing toward the lands offered by willing sellers. Law
DATES: To ensure consideration, we mission of the National Wildlife Refuge enforcement would continue to be a
must receive your written comments by System consistent with sound shared responsibility between the
June 1, 2015. principles of fish and wildlife Service, the State of Louisiana, and the
ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of management, conservation, legal West Feliciana Parish Sheriff’s Office.
the Draft CCP/EA by contacting Kent mandates, and our policies. In addition The refuge would continue to be
Ozment, Wildlife Refuge Specialist, U.S. to outlining broad management unstaffed, and funding for its operation
Fish and Wildlife Service, Lower direction on conserving wildlife and would be restricted to funds generated
Mississippi River Refuge Complex, 21 their habitats, CCPs identify wildlife- by the sale of recreational use permits
Pintail Ln. 89, Natchez, MS 39165. dependent recreational opportunities and occasional special project funding.
Alternatively, you may download the available to the public, including
Alternative B: Active Resource
document from our Internet site at opportunities for hunting, fishing,
Management (Proposed Alternative)
http://southeast.fws.gov/planning under wildlife observation, wildlife
photography, and environmental Under this alternative, the refuge’s
‘‘Draft CCP Documents.’’ Comments on
education and interpretation. We will natural resources would be managed to
the Draft CCP/EA may be submitted to
review and update the CCP at least enhance habitats for priority species,
the above postal address or by email to
every 15 years in accordance with the including waterfowl and other
Kent Ozment at Kent_Ozment@fws.gov.
Improvement Act. migratory birds, threatened and
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent endangered species, species of concern,
Priority resource issues addressed in
Ozment, Natural Resource Planner, and resident fish and wildlife.
the Draft CCP/EA include: Fish and
(601) 442–6696 or Kent_Ozment@ Additionally, consistent wildlife
Wildlife Population Management,
fws.gov. surveys would be conducted, using
Habitat Management, Resource
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With this Protection, Visitor Services, and Refuge established protocols to establish
notice, we continue the CCP process for Administration. baseline habitat conditions, estimate
Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge wildlife population indices, determine
(NWR) started through a notice in the CCP Alternatives, Including Our responses to management actions, and
Proposed Alternative (B)
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register on October 22, 2013 contribute to larger scale biological
(78 FR 62648). For more about the We developed three alternatives for assessments. Invasive exotic and
refuge and our CCP process, please see managing the refuge (Alternatives A, B, nuisance species would be actively
that notice. and C), with Alternative B as our managed to minimize their impacts on
Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge proposed alternative. A full description refuge resources. The refuge forests
was established in October 2000, as the of each alternative is in the Draft CCP/ would be actively managed to enhance
526th refuge in the National Wildlife EA. We summarize each alternative wildlife habitat. Aquatic habitats on the
Refuge System. It is located in West below. refuge would be inventoried and
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