81 FR 80084 - Final Long Range Transportation Plan for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lands in the Northeast Region
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 220 (November 15, 2016)
Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 220 (November 15, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 15, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 80084-80086] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-27442] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-R5-R-2016-N101; FXRS85510553RGO-XXX-FF05R04000] Final Long Range Transportation Plan for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lands in the Northeast Region AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability; final long range transportation plan. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of the final long range transportation plan (LRTP). The Final LRTP outlines a strategy for improving and maintaining transportation assets that provide access to Service-managed lands in the Northeast Region (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia) over the next 20 years. ADDRESSES: You may view or obtain copies of the final plan by any of the following methods. You may also request a hard copy or a CD-ROM. Agency Web site: Download a copy of the document at http://www.fws.gov/northeast/refuges/roads/pdf/northeast-region-long-range-transportation-plan.pdf. Email: Send requests to [email protected], and include ``Region 5 Final LRTP'' in the subject line of your email. [[Page 80085]] U.S. Mail: Carl Melberg, Acting Regional Transportation Coordinator, Northeast Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 300 Westgate Center Drive, Hadley, Massachusetts 01035. Facsimile: Attention: Carl Melberg, 413-253-8468. In-Person Viewing or Pickup: Call 413-253-8586 to make an appointment (necessary for view/pickup only) during regular business hours at Northeast Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 300 Westgate Center Drive, Hadley, Massachusetts 01035. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl Melberg, Acting Regional Transportation Coordinator, 413-253-8586 (phone); [email protected] (email). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Introduction With this notice, we make the Final LRTP for the Northeast Region of the Service available for public review. Notice of availability and request for comments on the Draft LRTP was published in the Federal Register (FR00002485) on March 7, 2016. Comments received were evaluated and incorporated, as applicable, into this Final LRTP. The Final LRTP outlines a strategy for improving and maintaining transportation assets that provide access to Service-managed lands in the Northeast Region in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Background This final report also includes changes made in reference to the Federal multi-year transportation funding legislation. The Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST ACT) was signed in December 2015, and replaces the 2012 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). Both require all Federal land management agencies to conduct long range transportation planning in a manner that is consistent with metropolitan planning organization and State departments of transportation planning. This LRTP was initiated within the Service to achieve the following:Establish a structure for sound transportation planning and decision-making. Establish a vision, mission, goals, and objectives for transportation planning in the Service's Northeast Region. Implement coordinated and cooperative transportation partnerships in an effort to improve the Service's transportation infrastructure. Integrate transportation planning and funding for wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries into existing and future Service management plans and strategies e.g., comprehensive conservation plans and comprehensive hatchery management plans. Increase awareness of Alternative Transportation Systems and associated benefits. Develop best management practices for transportation improvements on Service lands. Serve as a pilot project for the implementation of a Regional-level transportation planning process within the Service. LRTP Mission, Goals, and Objectives Through a collaborative effort, the National Wildlife Refuge System (Refuge System) and the Fish and Aquatic Conservation programs, in cooperation with the Planning Group and the Division of Refuge Field Support within the Service's Northeast Region, have contributed to defining the mission, goals, and objectives presented in this document. The resulting mission, goals, and objectives are intended to provide a systematic approach to guide the process for evaluating and selecting transportation improvements for the Service lands in the Northeast Region. These guiding principles have shaped the development, conclusions, and recommendations of this LRTP. Mission To support the Service's mission by connecting people to fish, wildlife, and their habitats through strategic implementation of transportation programs. Goals and Objectives This long range transportation plan has six categories of goals: Coordinated Opportunities; Asset Management; Safety; Environmental; Access, Mobility, and Connectivity; and Visitor Experience. Under each goal, we present distinct objectives that move us to the goal. 1. Coordinated Opportunities: The program will seek joint transportation opportunities that support the Service mission, maximize the utility of Service resources, and provide mutual benefits to the Service and external partners. Objectives: Identify and increase key internal and external partnerships at the national, regional, and unit levels. Maximize leveraged opportunities by identifying and pursuing funding for projects of mutual interest and benefit. Develop best practices for external engagement that illustrates success in forming and nurturing coalitions and partnerships that support the Service's mission. Coordinate within Service programs, including the Refuge System, Ecological Services, Migratory Birds, and Fish and Aquatic Conservation during the development of Regional long-range and project- level plans. 2. Asset Management: The program will operate and maintain a functional, financially sustainable and resilient transportation network to satisfy current and future land management needs in the face of a changing climate. Objectives: Use asset management principles to maintain important infrastructure at an appropriate condition level. Prioritize work programs through the project selection process detailed in this plan or an adaptation thereof. Evaluate life cycle costs when considering new assets to determine long-term financial sustainability. Consider the impacts of climate change in the planning and management of transportation assets. 3. Safety: The program's network will provide a superior level of safety for all users and all modes of transportation to and within Service lands. Objectives: Identify safety issue `hot-spots' within the Service's transportation system with the Safety Analysis Toolkit. Implement appropriate safety countermeasures to resolve safety issues and reduce the frequency and severity of crashes (also with the Safety Analysis Toolkit). Address wildlife-vehicle collisions with design solutions (Environmental Enhancements). Use cooperation and communication among the ``4E's'' of safety, including: Engineering, education, enforcement, and emergency medical services. 4. Environmental: Transportation infrastructure will be landscape appropriate and play a key role in the improvement of environmental conditions in and around Service lands. Objectives: Follow the Roadway Design Guidelines for best practices in design, planning, management, maintenance, and construction of transportation assets. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants by increasing transportation options and use of alternative fuels. Protect wildlife corridors, reduce habitat fragmentation, and enhance terrestrial and aquatic organism passage [[Page 80086]] on and adjacent to Service lands to conserve fish, wildlife, and plant populations. 5. Access, Mobility, and Connectivity: The program will ensure that units open to public visitation have adequate transportation options for all users including underserved, underrepresented, and mobility- limited populations. Objectives: Offer a wide range of transportation modes and linkages for onsite and offsite access. Provide a clear way for finding information both on and off Service lands. Through the Urban Wildlife Conservation Program, integrate Service transportation facilities with local community transportation systems in a way that encourages local visitation and provides economic benefits to partner and gateway communities. Through coordinated planning, provide context-appropriate transportation facilities that address the specific needs of local visitor groups and respect the natural setting of the refuge or hatchery. Address congestion issues to and within Service units. 6. Visitor Experience: The program will enhance the visitation experience through improvement and investment in the transportation network. Objectives: Integrate interpretation, education, and resource stewardship principles into the transportation experience. Evaluate the feasibility of alternative transportation systems at all stations and implement where appropriate. Encourage connections with existing and planned public and private transportation services. Design infrastructures in such a way that highlights the landscape and not the transportation facility. Comments We solicited comments on the Draft LRTP from March 7 to April 7, 2016 (FR00002485). During the comment period, we received two written responses. Comments received were evaluated and incorporated, as applicable, into this Final LRTP. Changes to the Final LRTP After considering the comments we received on the Draft LRTP, we have updated the report to highlight partnership opportunities at the Potomac River National Wildlife Refuge Complex. This final report also includes changes made in referencing the Federal multi-year transportation funding legislation. The FAST Act was signed in December 2015, and replaces the MAP-21. Next Steps We will document the Final LRTP, which will be published in the Federal Register. Dated: August 9, 2016. Deborah Rocque, Acting Regional Director, Northeast Region. [FR Doc. 2016-27442 Filed 11-14-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4333-15-P
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the Coast Guard would appreciate made to the Collections. LRTP outlines a strategy for improving
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on and adjacent to Service lands to legislation. The FAST Act was signed in section 18, and the survey of the
conserve fish, wildlife, and plant December 2015, and replaces the MAP– meanders of portions of the left bank of
populations. 21. Belle Fourche River, Township 53
5. Access, Mobility, and Connectivity: North, Range 65 West, Sixth Principal
Next Steps
The program will ensure that units open Meridian, Wyoming, Group No. 945,
to public visitation have adequate We will document the Final LRTP, was accepted November 8, 2016.
transportation options for all users which will be published in the Federal
including underserved, Register. The plat and field notes representing
underrepresented, and mobility-limited the dependent resurvey of portions of
Dated: August 9, 2016.
populations. the subdivisional lines and the survey of
Deborah Rocque,
Objectives: the subdivision of sections 12 and 13,
Acting Regional Director, Northeast Region.
• Offer a wide range of transportation Township 53 North, Range 66 West,
[FR Doc. 2016–27442 Filed 11–14–16; 8:45 am]
modes and linkages for onsite and Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming,
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offsite access. Group No. 945, was accepted November
• Provide a clear way for finding 8, 2016.
information both on and off Service DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
lands.
• Through the Urban Wildlife WY957, Bureau of Land Management,
Bureau of Land Management 5353 Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828,
Conservation Program, integrate Service
transportation facilities with local [LLWY–957000–17–L13100000–PP0000] Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003.
community transportation systems in a Filing of Plats of Survey, Wyoming SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A person
way that encourages local visitation and or party who wishes to protest against
provides economic benefits to partner AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, any of the above surveys must file a
and gateway communities. Interior. written notice within thirty (30)
• Through coordinated planning, ACTION: Notice. calendar days from the date of this
provide context-appropriate publication with the Wyoming State
transportation facilities that address the SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) is scheduled to file Director, Bureau of Land Management,
specific needs of local visitor groups
plats of survey thirty (30) calendar days at the above address, stating that they
and respect the natural setting of the
from the date of this publication in the wish to protest. A statement of reasons
refuge or hatchery.
• Address congestion issues to and BLM Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne, for the protest may be filed with the
within Service units. Wyoming. The surveys were executed at notice of protest and must be filed with
6. Visitor Experience: The program the request of the Bureau of Land the Wyoming State Director within
will enhance the visitation experience Management, the U.S. Forest Service thirty (30) calendar days after the
through improvement and investment in and the National Park Service and are protest is filed. If a protest against the
the transportation network. necessary for the management of these survey is received prior to the date of
Objectives: lands. The lands surveyed are: official filing, the filing will be stayed
• Integrate interpretation, education, The plat and field notes representing pending consideration of the protest. A
and resource stewardship principles the dependent resurvey of a portion of plat will not be officially filed until the
into the transportation experience. the west boundary, Tracts 37, 38 and 40, day after all protests have been
• Evaluate the feasibility of portions of Tract 41, and portions of the dismissed or otherwise resolved. Before
alternative transportation systems at all subdivisional lines, and the survey of including your address, phone number,
stations and implement where the subdivision of section 27, Township email address, or other personal
appropriate. 13 North, Range 101 West, Sixth identifying information in your protest,
• Encourage connections with Principal Meridian, Wyoming, Group
you should be aware that your entire
existing and planned public and private No. 937, was accepted November 8,
protest—including your personal
transportation services. 2016.
identifying information—may be made
• Design infrastructures in such a The plat and field notes representing
the dependent resurvey of portions of publicly available at any time. While
way that highlights the landscape and
not the transportation facility. the west and north boundaries, and you can ask us to withhold your
portions of the subdivisional lines, and personal identifying information from
Comments the survey of the subdivision of section public review, we cannot guarantee that
We solicited comments on the Draft 6, Township 26 North, Range 71 West, we will be able to do so.
LRTP from March 7 to April 7, 2016 Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming, Copies of the preceding described
(FR00002485). During the comment Group No. 941, was accepted November plats and field notes are available to the
period, we received two written 8, 2016. public at a cost of $4.20 per plat and
responses. Comments received were The plat and field notes representing $.13 per page of field notes.
evaluated and incorporated, as the dependent resurvey of portions of
applicable, into this Final LRTP. Tracts 37 and 38, and portions of the Dated: November 8, 2016.
subdivisional lines, and the survey of John P. Lee,
Changes to the Final LRTP the subdivision of sections 12, 26 and Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Division of Support
After considering the comments we 27, Township 26 North, Range 72 West,
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Services.
received on the Draft LRTP, we have Sixth Principal Meridian, Wyoming, [FR Doc. 2016–27445 Filed 11–14–16; 8:45 am]
updated the report to highlight Group No. 942, was accepted November BILLING CODE 4310–22–P
partnership opportunities at the 8, 2016.
Potomac River National Wildlife Refuge The plat and field notes representing
Complex. This final report also includes the dependent resurvey of portions of
changes made in referencing the Federal the west boundary and subdivisional
multi-year transportation funding lines, the survey of the subdivision of
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