81 FR 28100 - Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan/Natural Community Conservation Plan for Western Butte County, California: Environmental Impact Statement

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 89 (May 9, 2016)

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service, are reopening the comment period for our joint request for comments on the Butte Regional Conservation Plan (Plan) and the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Report (DEIS/R) for Authorization of Incidental Take and Implementation of the Plan. As of January 19, 2016, we have received comments from four organizations and individuals requesting that the comment period be extended. In response to these requests, we are reopening the comment period. If you previously submitted comments, you need not resubmit them; we have already incorporated them into the public record and will fully consider them in finalizing these documents.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 89 (Monday, May 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 28100]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10863]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan/Natural Community Conservation 
Plan for Western Butte County, California: Environmental Impact 
Statement

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior; National Marine Fisheries 
Service, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; reopening of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine 
Fisheries Service, are reopening the comment period for our joint 
request for comments on the Butte Regional Conservation Plan (Plan) and 
the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Report (DEIS/R) for 
Authorization of Incidental Take and Implementation of the Plan. As of 
January 19, 2016, we have received comments from four organizations and 
individuals requesting that the comment period be extended. In response 
to these requests, we are reopening the comment period.
    If you previously submitted comments, you need not resubmit them; 
we have already incorporated them into the public record and will fully 
consider them in finalizing these documents.

DATES: Submitting Comments: To ensure consideration, written comments 
must be received by June 8, 2016, no later than 5 p.m. Pacific Time.

ADDRESSES: Submitting Comments: Please address written comments to one 
of the following individuals:
    1. Mike Thomas, Chief, Conservation Planning Division; or Eric 
Tattersall, Assistant Field Supervisor, by mail/hand-delivery at U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, 2800 
Cottage Way, W-2605, Sacramento, California 95825; or by facsimile to 
(916) 414-6713. You may telephone (916) 414-6600 to make an appointment 
during regular business hours to drop off comments at the Sacramento 
Fish and Wildlife Office.
    2. Maria Rea, Assistant Regional Administrator, by mail/hand-
delivery at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, West Coast 
Region, National Marine Fisheries Service, 650 Capitol Mall, Suite 5-
100, Sacramento, California 95814; or by facsimile to (916) 930-3629. 
You may telephone (916) 930-3600 to make an appointment during regular 
business hours to drop off comments at the National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
    Please send comments related specifically to the California 
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process to the Jon Clark, Executive 
Director, Butte County Association of Governments, 2580 Sierra Sunrise 
Terrace, Suite 100, Chico, California 95928. You may also submit 
comments by facsimile to (530) 879-2444.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 
    (1) Rick Kuyper, Endangered Species Division; Mike Thomas, Chief, 
Conservation Planning Division; or Eric Tattersall, Deputy Assistant 
Field Supervisor, at the Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office address 
above or at (916) 414-6600 (telephone); or
    (2) Gretchen Umlauf, National Marine Fisheries Service, at the 
address above or at (916) 930-5646 (telephone).
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf, please call 
the Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are reopening the comment period for the 
Butte Regional Conservation Plan and a DEIS/R for Authorization of 
Incidental Take and Implementation of the Plan. On November 18, 2015, 
we opened a 90-day public comment period via a Federal Register notice 
(80 FR 72108). This comment period officially closed on February 16, 
2016. Public meetings in Butte County were held in the cities of Chico 
on January 5, 2016, and Oroville and Gridley on January 6, 2016. As of 
January 19, 2016, we have received comments from four organizations and 
individuals requesting that the comment period be extended. In response 
to requests from the public, we have reopened the comment period (see 
DATES).

Background Information

    For background information, see our November 18, 2015, notice (80 
FR 72108).

Document Availability

    You may obtain copies of the Draft Plan and DEIS/R from any of the 
individuals in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, or from the Sacramento 
Fish and Wildlife Office Web site at http://www.fws.gov/sacramento. 
Copies of these documents are also available for public inspection, by 
appointment, during regular business hours, at the Sacramento Fish and 
Wildlife Office. Additionally, hard-bound copies of the DEIS/R and 
Draft Plan are available for viewing, or for partial or complete 
duplication, at the following locations in Chico:
     Butte County Association of Governments, 2580 Sierra 
Sunrise Terrace, Suite 100;
     Biggs Branch Library, 464A B Street;
     Chico Branch Library, 1108 Sherman Avenue;
     Gridley Branch Library, 299 Spruce Street; and
     Oroville Branch Library, 1820 Mitchell Avenue.

Alexandra Pitts,
Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Southwest Region, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Sacramento, California.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Conservation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-10863 Filed 5-6-16; 8:45 am]
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