81_FR_89375 81 FR 89138 - Lower Klamath, Clear Lake, Tule Lake, Upper Klamath, and Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuges, Klamath County, OR; Siskiyou and Modoc Counties, CA: Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan/Environmental Impact Statement

81 FR 89138 - Lower Klamath, Clear Lake, Tule Lake, Upper Klamath, and Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuges, Klamath County, OR; Siskiyou and Modoc Counties, CA: Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan/Environmental Impact Statement

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 237 (December 9, 2016)

Page Range89138-89139
FR Document2016-29518

We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the availability of a final comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) and environmental impact statement (EIS) for Lower Klamath, Clear Lake, Tule Lake, Upper Klamath, and Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuges (Refuges). The Refuges are part of the Klamath Basin Complex. The final CCP/EIS, prepared under the National Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act of 1997, and in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, describes how the Service proposes to manage the refuges for the next 15 years. Final compatibility determinations for uses proposed under the preferred alternative are also included as an appendix.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 237 (Friday, December 9, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 237 (Friday, December 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89138-89139]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29518]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R8-NWRS-2016-N192; FXRS12610800000-178-FF08R00000]


Lower Klamath, Clear Lake, Tule Lake, Upper Klamath, and Bear 
Valley National Wildlife Refuges, Klamath County, OR; Siskiyou and 
Modoc Counties, CA: Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan/Environmental 
Impact Statement

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 
availability of a final comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) and 
environmental impact statement (EIS) for Lower Klamath, Clear Lake, 
Tule Lake, Upper Klamath, and Bear Valley National Wildlife Refuges 
(Refuges). The Refuges are part of the Klamath Basin Complex. The final 
CCP/EIS, prepared under the National Wildlife Refuge Improvement Act of 
1997, and in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969, describes how the Service proposes to manage the refuges for the 
next 15 years. Final compatibility determinations for uses proposed 
under the preferred alternative are also included as an appendix.

ADDRESSES: Document Availability: You may obtain copies of the 
documents in the following places:
     Internet: http://www.fws.gov/refuge/Tule_Lake/what_we_do/conservation.html.
     In Person:
    [cir] Klamath Refuge Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex 
Headquarters, 4009 Hill Road, Tulelake, CA 96134.
    [cir] The following libraries:

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            Library                     Address             Phone No.
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Klamath County Main...........  126 South Third           (541) 882-8894
                                 Street, Klamath
                                 Falls, OR 97601.
Keno Branch...................  15555 Hwy 66, #1,         (541) 273-0750
                                 Keno, OR 97627.
Malin Branch..................  2307 Front Street,        (541) 723-5210
                                 Malin, OR 97632.
Merrill Branch................  365 Front Street,         (541) 798-5393
                                 Merrill, OR 97633.
S. Suburban Branch............  3625 Summers Lane,        (541) 273-3679
                                 Klamath Falls, OR
                                 97603.
Tulelake Branch...............  451 Main Street,          (530) 667-2291
                                 Tulelake, CA 96134.
Butte Valley Branch...........  800 West Third Street,    (530) 397-4932
                                 Dorris, CA 96023.
Redding.......................  1100 Parkview Ave.,       (530) 245-7250
                                 Redding, CA 96001.
Multnomah Co. Central.........  801 SW 10th Ave,          (530) 988-5123
                                 Portland, OR 97205.
Sacramento Public Central       828 I St., Sacramento,    (916) 264-2700
 Branch.                         CA 95814.
Medford.......................  205 S. Central Ave,       (541) 774-8689
                                 Medford, OR 95701.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Klamath Refuge Planner, (916) 414-6464 
(phone).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We publish this notice to announce the 
availability of the final CCP/EIS for the Klamath Basin Refuges. The 
final CCP/EIS, which we prepared in accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), describes and analyzes a range 
of management alternatives for the Klamath Basin Refuges.

EPA's Role in the EIS Process

    The EPA is charged under section 309 of the CAA (42 U.S.C. 7401 et 
seq.) to review all Federal agencies' environmental impact statement 
(EISs) and to comment on the adequacy and acceptability of the 
environmental impacts of proposed actions in the EISs.
    EPA also serves as the repository (EIS database) for EISs prepared 
by Federal agencies and provides notice of their availability in the 
Federal Register. The EIS database provides information about EISs 
prepared by Federal agencies, as well as EPA's comments concerning the 
EISs. All EISs are filed with EPA, which publishes a notice of 
availability on Fridays in the Federal Register.
    The notice of availability is the start of the 30-day ``wait 
period'' for final EISs, during which agencies are generally required 
to wait 30 days before making a decision on a proposed action. For more 
information, see http://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/eisdata.html. You 
may search for EPA comments on EISs, along with the EISs themselves, at 
https://

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cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cds-enepa-public/action/eis/search.

Background

The CCP Process

    The National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 (16 
U.S.C. 668dd-668ee), which amended the National Wildlife Refuge System 
Administration Act of 1966, requires the Service to develop a CCP for 
each national wildlife refuge. The purpose in developing a CCP is to 
provide refuge managers with a 15-year plan for achieving refuge 
purposes and contributing toward the mission of the National Wildlife 
Refuge System, consistent with sound principles of fish and wildlife 
management, conservation, legal mandates, and our policies. In addition 
to outlining broad management direction on conserving wildlife and 
their habitats, CCPs also evaluate the potential for providing 
wildlife-dependent recreational opportunities to the public, including 
opportunities for hunting, fishing, wildlife observation and 
photography, and environmental education and interpretation. We will 
review and update the CCP at least every 15 years in accordance with 
the Improvement Act.

Klamath Basin Refuges

    The Klamath Basin Refuges consist of a variety of habitats, 
including freshwater marshes, open water, grassy meadows, coniferous 
forests, sagebrush and juniper grasslands, agricultural lands, and 
rocky cliffs and slopes. These habitats support diverse and abundant 
populations of resident and migratory wildlife, with 433 species having 
been observed on or near the Refuges. In addition, each year the 
Refuges serve as a migratory stopover for about three-quarters of the 
Pacific Flyway waterfowl, with peak fall concentrations of over 1 
million birds.

NEPA Compliance

    We are conducting environmental review in accordance with the 
requirements of NEPA, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), its 
implementing regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), other applicable 
regulations, and our procedures for compliance with those regulations. 
The final EIS discusses the direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts of 
the alternatives on biological resources, cultural resources, water 
quality, and other environmental resources. Measures to minimize 
adverse environmental effects are identified and discussed in the final 
CCP/EIS.

Alexandra Pitts,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific Southwest Region, Sacramento, 
California.
[FR Doc. 2016-29518 Filed 12-8-16; 8:45 am]
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89138 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 237 / Friday, December 9, 2016 / Notices FEIS, will be available for public to determine whether or not to approve ACTION: Notice of availability. inspection by appointment, during the proposed amendment of the WDNR normal business hours, at our ITP and HCP. If the ESA section 10 SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Washington Fish and Wildlife Office issuance requirements are met, we will Service (Service), announce the (see ADDRESSES). approve the amendment of the ITP and availability of a final comprehensive Next Steps HCP. We will issue a record of decision conservation plan (CCP) and and approve or deny the ITP and HCP environmental impact statement (EIS) We expect to receive a permit amendment request by WDNR no sooner application from WDNR requesting an for Lower Klamath, Clear Lake, Tule than 30 days after publication of the Lake, Upper Klamath, and Bear Valley amendment of their ITP and HCP to EPA’s notice of availability of the FEIS. cover the LTCS for the marbled National Wildlife Refuges (Refuges). The Authority: We provide this notice in Refuges are part of the Klamath Basin murrelet. It is anticipated that one of the accordance with the requirements of section alternatives analyzed in the DEIS will Complex. The final CCP/EIS, prepared 10(c) of the ESA and its implementing form the basis of the LTCS that would regulations (50 CFR 17.22 and 17.32) and under the National Wildlife Refuge be implemented under the HCP. An NEPA and its implementing regulations (40 Improvement Act of 1997, and in interim conservation strategy for the CFR 1506.6). accordance with the National marbled murrelet is currently being Environmental Policy Act of 1969, Theresa Rabot, implemented under the HCP. The HCP describes how the Service proposes to Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S. amendment for the LTCS is intended to manage the refuges for the next 15 years. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon. replace the interim conservation Final compatibility determinations for [FR Doc. 2016–29062 Filed 12–8–16; 8:45 am] strategy for the marbled murrelet. We uses proposed under the preferred will evaluate that request, associated BILLING CODE 4333–15–P alternative are also included as an documents, and public comments in appendix. reaching a final decision on whether the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR application for a permit amendment ADDRESSES: Document Availability: You meets the requirements of section 10 of Fish and Wildlife Service may obtain copies of the documents in the ESA. We will prepare responses to the following places: public comments and publish a notice [FWS–R8–NWRS–2016–N192; FXRS12610800000–178–FF08R00000] • Internet: http://www.fws.gov/ of availability for the FEIS. The FEIS refuge/Tule_Lake/what_we_do/ will identify the preferred alternative for Lower Klamath, Clear Lake, Tule Lake, conservation.html. the LTCS for the marbled murrelet and Upper Klamath, and Bear Valley • In Person: analyze its impact on the human National Wildlife Refuges, Klamath environment. We will also evaluate Æ Klamath Refuge Basin National County, OR; Siskiyou and Modoc whether the proposed permit action Wildlife Refuge Complex Headquarters, Counties, CA: Final Comprehensive would comply with section 7 of the ESA 4009 Hill Road, Tulelake, CA 96134. Conservation Plan/Environmental by conducting an intra-Service section 7 Impact Statement Æ The following libraries: consultation. We will use the results of this consultation, in combination with AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, the above findings, in our final analysis Interior. Library Address Phone No. Klamath County Main .............................. 126 South Third Street, Klamath Falls, OR 97601 ................................................... (541) 882–8894 Keno Branch ............................................ 15555 Hwy 66, #1, Keno, OR 97627 ........................................................................ (541) 273–0750 Malin Branch ............................................ 2307 Front Street, Malin, OR 97632 ......................................................................... (541) 723–5210 Merrill Branch .......................................... 365 Front Street, Merrill, OR 97633 .......................................................................... (541) 798–5393 S. Suburban Branch ................................ 3625 Summers Lane, Klamath Falls, OR 97603 ...................................................... (541) 273–3679 Tulelake Branch ....................................... 451 Main Street, Tulelake, CA 96134 ....................................................................... (530) 667–2291 Butte Valley Branch ................................. 800 West Third Street, Dorris, CA 96023 ................................................................. (530) 397–4932 Redding ................................................... 1100 Parkview Ave., Redding, CA 96001 ................................................................. (530) 245–7250 Multnomah Co. Central ........................... 801 SW 10th Ave, Portland, OR 97205 .................................................................... (530) 988–5123 Sacramento Public Central Branch ......... 828 I St., Sacramento, CA 95814 ............................................................................. (916) 264–2700 Medford .................................................... 205 S. Central Ave, Medford, OR 95701 .................................................................. (541) 774–8689 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: EPA’s Role in the EIS Process well as EPA’s comments concerning the Klamath Refuge Planner, (916) 414– EISs. All EISs are filed with EPA, which The EPA is charged under section 309 6464 (phone). publishes a notice of availability on of the CAA (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) to Fridays in the Federal Register. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We review all Federal agencies’ publish this notice to announce the environmental impact statement (EISs) The notice of availability is the start availability of the final CCP/EIS for the and to comment on the adequacy and of the 30-day ‘‘wait period’’ for final Klamath Basin Refuges. The final CCP/ acceptability of the environmental EISs, during which agencies are mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES EIS, which we prepared in accordance impacts of proposed actions in the EISs. generally required to wait 30 days with the National Environmental Policy EPA also serves as the repository (EIS before making a decision on a proposed Act of 1969 (NEPA), describes and database) for EISs prepared by Federal action. For more information, see http:// analyzes a range of management agencies and provides notice of their www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/ alternatives for the Klamath Basin availability in the Federal Register. The eisdata.html. You may search for EPA Refuges. EIS database provides information about comments on EISs, along with the EISs EISs prepared by Federal agencies, as themselves, at https:// VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:13 Dec 08, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00097 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\09DEN1.SGM 09DEN1

Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 237 / Friday, December 9, 2016 / Notices 89139 cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cds-enepa-public/ identified and discussed in the final DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR action/eis/search. CCP/EIS. National Park Service Background Alexandra Pitts, [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22485; Acting Regional Director, Pacific Southwest The CCP Process PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Region, Sacramento, California. The National Wildlife Refuge System [FR Doc. 2016–29518 Filed 12–8–16; 8:45 am] Notice of Inventory Completion: Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. BILLING CODE 4333–15–P Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, 668dd–668ee), which amended the WI, and Lawrence University, National Wildlife Refuge System Appleton, WI Administration Act of 1966, requires the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Service to develop a CCP for each U.S. Geological Survey ACTION: Notice. national wildlife refuge. The purpose in developing a CCP is to provide refuge SUMMARY: The Wisconsin Historical managers with a 15-year plan for [GX16GG00995TR00] Society and Lawrence University have achieving refuge purposes and completed an inventory of human contributing toward the mission of the Announcement of Scientific remains and associated funerary objects, National Wildlife Refuge System, Earthquake Studies Advisory in consultation with the appropriate consistent with sound principles of fish Committee Meeting Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian and wildlife management, conservation, organizations, and have determined that AGENCY:U.S. Geological Survey, there is a cultural affiliation between the legal mandates, and our policies. In Department of the Interior. human remains and associated funerary addition to outlining broad management direction on conserving wildlife and ACTION: Notice of meeting. objects and present-day Indian tribes or their habitats, CCPs also evaluate the Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal potential for providing wildlife- descendants or representatives of any SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 106– Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian dependent recreational opportunities to 503, the Scientific Earthquake Studies organization not identified in this notice the public, including opportunities for Advisory Committee (SESAC) advises that wish to request transfer of control hunting, fishing, wildlife observation the Director of the U.S. Geological of these human remains and associated and photography, and environmental Survey (USGS) on matters relating to the funerary objects should submit a written education and interpretation. We will USGS’s participation in the National request to the Wisconsin Historical review and update the CCP at least Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. Society. If no additional requestors every 15 years in accordance with the The Committee, which is comprised of come forward, transfer of control of the Improvement Act. members from academia, industry, and human remains and associated funerary Klamath Basin Refuges State government, will hold its next objects to the lineal descendants, Indian meeting by teleconference on January 5, tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations The Klamath Basin Refuges consist of 2017, as specified below. In this stated in this notice may proceed. a variety of habitats, including meeting, the Committee will review the DATES: Lineal descendants or freshwater marshes, open water, grassy current activities of the USGS representatives of any Indian tribe or meadows, coniferous forests, sagebrush Earthquake Hazards Program and Native Hawaiian organization not and juniper grasslands, agricultural discuss future priorities. identified in this notice that wish to lands, and rocky cliffs and slopes. These request transfer of control of these DATES: The meeting will be held from human remains and associated funerary habitats support diverse and abundant 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (EST) on January objects should submit a written request populations of resident and migratory 5, 2017. All persons interested in with information in support of the wildlife, with 433 species having been joining the meeting must notify Linda request to the Wisconsin Historical observed on or near the Refuges. In Huey (lhuey@usgs.gov, tel. 703–648– Society at the address in this notice by addition, each year the Refuges serve as 6712) by 5:00 p.m. EST on January 3, January 9, 2017. a migratory stopover for about three- 2017, to obtain the information ADDRESSES: Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin quarters of the Pacific Flyway necessary to join the teleconference. Historical Society, 816 State Street, waterfowl, with peak fall concentrations of over 1 million birds. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608) 264–6434, email Jennifer.Kolb@ William Leith, U.S. Geological Survey, NEPA Compliance wisconsinhistory.org. MS 905, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia 20192, (703) 648–6712, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is We are conducting environmental review in accordance with the wleith@usgs.gov. here given in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and requirements of NEPA, as amended (42 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meetings Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), its implementing of the Scientific Earthquake Studies 3003, of the completion of an inventory regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508), Advisory Committee are open to the of human remains and associated other applicable regulations, and our public. funerary objects under the control of the procedures for compliance with those mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, regulations. The final EIS discusses the William Leith, WI, and in the physical custody of direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts Senior Science Advisor for Earthquake and Lawrence University, Appleton, WI. The of the alternatives on biological Geologic Hazards. human remains and associated funerary resources, cultural resources, water [FR Doc. 2016–29556 Filed 12–8–16; 8:45 am] objects were removed from the Rock quality, and other environmental BILLING CODE 4338–11–P Island II site, Door County, WI. resources. Measures to minimize This notice is published as part of the adverse environmental effects are National Park Service’s administrative VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:13 Dec 08, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00098 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\09DEN1.SGM 09DEN1


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ContactKlamath Refuge Planner, (916) 414-6464 (phone).
FR Citation81 FR 89138 
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