82 FR 41047 - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Permits; Draft Supplement to Environmental Impact Statement, Amendment to Habitat Conservation Plan for Forest Management in Montana, and Application for Amended Incidental Take Permit
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 166 (August 29, 2017)
Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 166 (August 29, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-18418 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 29, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 41047-41049] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-18418] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [Docket No. FWS-R6-ES-2017-0044; FF06E11000-167-FXES11120600000] Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Permits; Draft Supplement to Environmental Impact Statement, Amendment to Habitat Conservation Plan for Forest Management in Montana, and Application for Amended Incidental Take Permit AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) is amending its Forested Trust Lands Habitat Conservation Plan (2010 HCP) to incorporate the terms of a settlement agreement and add lands that it acquired since the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) issued an incidental take permit (permit) to DNRC in December 2011. The Service is proposing to amend the associated permit under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) to authorize additional take of all but one of the species covered in the 2010 HCP resulting from addition of the acquired lands. We announce the availability of the following documents for review and comment by the public and Federal, Tribal, State, and local governments: Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Draft SEIS) for amending the 2010 HCP and permit; Proposed Amended HCP Commitments for Additional Lands and Terms of the Settlement Agreement (Attachment A of the Draft SEIS); and Draft DNRC Assessment of Incidental Take for the Proposed Amended HCP (Attachment C of the Draft SEIS). DATES: Submitting Comments: Written comments must be submitted by October 13, 2017. ADDRESSES: Document Availability: The Draft SEIS, Proposed Amended HCP Commitments for Additional Lands and Terms of the Settlement Agreement (Attachment A of the Draft SEIS), and Draft DNRC Assessment of Incidental Take for the Proposed Amended HCP (Attachment C of the Draft SEIS) are available at:Internet: The Federal eRulemaking Portal (www.regulations.gov) in Docket No. FWS-R6-ES-2017-0044. Information regarding the Draft SEIS and accompanying documents is available in alternative formats upon request (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). In-Person Review or Pick-Up: Documents will also be available for public inspection by appointment during normal business hours at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 780 Creston Hatchery Road, Kalispell, MT 59901 (telephone, 406-758-6882); U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 585 Shepard Way, Suite 1, Helena, MT 59601 (telephone, 406- 449-5225); Montana DNRC Forest Management Bureau, 2705 Spurgin Rd, Missoula, MT 59804 (telephone, 406-542-4328). Submitting Comments: To request further information or send written comments, please use one of the following methods, and note that your information requests or comments are in reference to the proposed amended DNRC HCP. Please specify which documents your comment addresses: Draft SEIS, proposed amended HCP commitments, or proposed amendments to authorized take. Internet: Submit comments at http://www.regulations.gov in Docket No. FWS-R6-ES-2017-0044, or via the Montana DNRC Web site at http://dnrc.mt.gov/divisions/trust/forest-management/hcp/hcp-announcements. U.S. Mail: Public Comments Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS-R6-ES-2017-0044; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters, MS: BPHC; 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben Conard, Assistant Field Supervisor, Kalispell Field Office, via email at [email protected] or via telephone at 406-758-6882; or Gary Frank, Deputy Chief, Forest Management Bureau, Montana DNRC, via email at [email protected], or via telephone at 406-542-4328. Information on this proposed action is also available at the DNRC's Web site at http://dnrc.mt.gov/divisions/trust/forest-management/hcp. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf, hard-of-hearing, or speech disabled, please call the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8337. [[Page 41048]] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We received an application from Montana DNRC for an amended incidental take permit to authorize additional incidental take of the grizzly bear, Canada lynx, bull trout, and westslope cutthroat trout. No changes in authorized take of the Columbia redband trout, covered by the original permit, is necessary because it does not occur on the lands proposed to be added to the HCP. The additional take would result from implementing the DNRC forest management program on the 81,416 acres proposed to be added to the HCP. The DNRC is also proposing to amend the HCP to incorporate the terms of a settlement agreement to add conservation measures and remove others. As part of its application, the DNRC prepared a draft amendment to the HCP detailing specific changes to the 2010 HCP commitments to incorporate the terms of the settlement agreement. In the Draft SEIS, we analyze potential effects to the covered species and other factors of the human environment from implementing the proposed amended HCP with issuance of an amended permit and from implementing the no-action alternative. Background Section 9 of the ESA prohibits take of fish and wildlife species listed as endangered (16 U.S.C. 1538). Under section 3 of the ESA, the term ``take'' means to ``harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or attempt to engage in any such conduct'' (16 U.S.C. 1532(19)). The term ``harm'' is defined in title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations as ``an act which actually kills or injures wildlife. Such acts may include significant habitat modification or degradation where it actually kills or injures wildlife by significantly impairing essential behavioral patterns, including breeding, feeding, or sheltering'' (50 CFR 17.3). The term ``harass'' is defined in the regulations as ``an intentional or negligent act or omission which creates the likelihood of injury to wildlife by annoying it to such an extent as to significantly disrupt normal behavioral patterns which include, but are not limited to, breeding, feeding, or sheltering'' (50 CFR 17.3). Under section 4(d) of the ESA, the Service may issue regulations pertaining to threatened species that are necessary for their conservation, and under section 10(a) of the ESA, the Service may issue permits to authorize incidental take of listed fish and wildlife species. ``Incidental take'' is defined by the ESA as take that is incidental to, and not the purpose of, carrying out an otherwise lawful activity. Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA contains provisions for issuing incidental take permits to non-Federal entities for the incidental take of endangered and threatened species, provided the following criteria are met: The taking will be incidental. The applicant will minimize and mitigate, to the maximum extent practicable, the impact of such taking. The applicant will develop an HCP and ensure that adequate funding for the plan will be provided. The taking will not appreciably reduce the likelihood of the survival and recovery of the species in the wild. The applicant will carry out any other measures that the Secretary of the Interior may require as being necessary or appropriate for the purposes of the HCP. Regulations governing activities involving endangered species are at 50 CFR part 17, subpart C, and regulations governing activities involving threatened species are at 50 CFR part 17, subpart D. The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) requires that Federal agencies conduct an environmental analysis of their proposed actions to determine whether the actions may significantly affect the human environment. Under NEPA and its implementing regulations (40 CFR 1500 et seq.), Federal agencies must also compare effects of a reasonable range of alternatives to the proposed action. In these analyses, the Federal agency will identify potentially significant direct, indirect, and cumulative effects, as well as possible mitigation for any significant effects, on biological resources, land use, air quality, water resources, socioeconomics, environmental justice, cultural resources, and other environmental resources that could occur with the implementation of the proposed action and alternatives. In April 2009, the DNRC applied for a permit for take of the grizzly bear, Canada lynx, bull trout, westslope cutthroat trout, and Columbia redband trout incidental to forest management activities. The grizzly bear, lynx, and bull trout are federally listed as threatened, while the westslope and Columbia redband trout are not listed under the ESA. Before deciding whether to issue the permit, we analyzed the potential effects of implementing the HCP and alternatives in a draft environmental impact statement (EIS). In 2009, we provided comment periods totaling 105 days for the public to review DNRC's permit application package, which included the draft HCP and draft EIS (74 FR 30617). After considering the public comments and determining that all requirements under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA were met, the Service issued the permit to DNRC on December 14, 2011. The original permit covers approximately 548,500 acres of forested State trust lands in western Montana. However, the HCP addressed the process and contingencies for DNRC to transfer, exchange, or add lands for their forest management activities in the future. Thus, the Service previously considered in the EIS the potential effects of amending the HCP and permit to cover such actions. In April, 2013, Friends of the Wild Swan, Montana Environmental Information Center, and Natural Resources Defense Council challenged the issuance of the permit in a Federal District Court in Montana. The Court ruled in the Service's favor on all but one count. DNRC and the plaintiffs subsequently entered a settlement agreement for the remaining count in September, 2015. The future addition of lands to the HCP and permit were not part of the complaint or the settlement agreement. Proposed Action The Service proposes to issue an amended permit that authorizes additional incidental take of the covered species resulting from adding 81,416 acres to the area covered in the HCP. DNRC is amending its HCP so that its relevant conservation commitments to avoid, minimize, and mitigate the impacts of incidental take will be implemented on the new lands. The DNRC is also amending the HCP to incorporate the terms of the settlement agreement, which would not result in any changes to the permit. The lands proposed to be added to the HCP are in the Swan, Chamberlain, Potomac, Lolo Land Exchange, Upper Blackfoot, and Southern Bitterroot acquisition areas. The draft amendment to the HCP adds (1) the Swan acquisition lands to the Swan Transportation Plan, (2) the Swan acquisition area to the Swan Lynx Management Area, and (3) portions of the Chamberlain and Potomac acquisition areas to the Garnet Lynx Management Area. It also revises the acres of lynx critical habitat addressed in the HCP. The terms of the settlement agreement focus primarily on adjusting management of DNRC's Class A lands under the Stillwater Block Transportation Plan in the HCP, which entailed a strategy of a cycle of 4 years of active forest management, followed [[Page 41049]] by 8 years of rest. The settlement agreement identifies 7 distinct grizzly bear security zones almost entirely on the original 19,400 acres of Class A lands in the Stillwater Block in the HCP, but also adds 2,300 acres in a new area in Coal Creek State Forest. The amended HCP would replace the 4-year active/8-year rest rotation with specific measures for restricting forest management activities to the denning season in these grizzly bear security zones. All motorized activities below 6,300 feet in elevation within the grizzly security zones would be allowed during the grizzly denning season and prohibited all year round above that elevation. The current HCP prohibits new permanent road construction on the original 19,400 acres of Class A lands. This measure would remain essentially the same under an amendment, but to incorporate the terms of the settlement agreement, it would be specifically applied to the seven grizzly security zones, including the additional 2,300 acres in the Coal Creek State Forest. Several other measures in the HCP for Class A lands would remain the same but be extended to the grizzly security zones. Other amendments specifically spell out measures that DNRC had committed to implement in the original HCP but were previously incorporated by reference from DNRC's Forest Management Administrative Rules of Montana. The original HCP requires the DNRC to complete corrective actions at sites identified with high risk of sediment delivery in bull trout watersheds in the HCP plan area by 2027. As directed by the settlement agreement, the HCP would be amended to prioritize and complete such corrective actions in federally designated bull trout critical habitat in the Stillwater Block by 2024. Lastly, over the past 5 years of HCP implementation, the Service and DNRC identified some commitment and procedural clarifications that would be incorporated into the HCP. These amendments would serve to help DNRC understand how to implement certain measures and would not entail any changes to the nature of the measures or how they affect the covered species. Alternatives Analyzed in the Draft SEIS The Draft SEIS considers the direct, indirect, and cumulative effects of the proposed action, including the proposed amended HCP's measures intended to avoid, minimize, and mitigate such impacts, and no-action alternatives. The proposed action entails issuing DNRC an amended permit authorizing additional take based on amendments to the HCP to add covered lands and incorporate terms of the settlement agreement. The no-action alternative would include amending the HCP to incorporate the terms of the settlement agreement, which is legally required, but would not include adding lands or issuing an amended permit authorizing additional take. The Service invites comments and suggestions from interested parties on the content of the Draft SEIS. In particular, information and comments regarding the following topics are requested: 1. The direct, indirect, or cumulative effects that implementation of either action alternative could have on the natural and human environment. 2. Whether or not the impact on various aspects of the natural and human environment have been adequately analyzed. 3. Any other information pertinent to evaluating the effects of the proposed action on the natural and human environment. Role of the Environmental Protection Agency in the EIS Process The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is charged under section 309 of the Clean Air Act to review all Federal agencies' environmental impact statements (EISs) and to comment on the adequacy and acceptability of the environmental impacts of proposed actions in the EISs. EPA also administers the 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 each Friday in the Federal Register. For more information, see http://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/eisdata.html. You may search for EPA comments on EISs, along with EISs themselves, at https://cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-public/action/eis/search. Public Comments Written comments received become part of the public record associated with this action. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you may request in your comment that we withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. We will not consider anonymous comments. All submissions from organizations or businesses and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses will be made available for public disclosure in their entirety. Authority We provide this notice under section 10(c) of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and its implementing regulations for incidental take permits (50 CFR 17.22) and NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq.) and its implementing regulations (40 CFR 1506.6; 43 CFR part 46). Michael G. Thabault, Assistant Regional Director-Ecological Services, Mountain-Prairie Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Lakewood, Colorado. [FR Doc. 2017-18418 Filed 8-28-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4333-15-P
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• HUD and Microsoft Azure contacting their lending institution or ADDRESSES: Document Availability: The
implement physical security controls to contacting HUD’s Privacy Office or Draft SEIS, Proposed Amended HCP
protect stored electronic information. Freedom of Information Act Office at Commitments for Additional Lands and
• Data is only shared internally or the addresses above. Terms of the Settlement Agreement
with the Department of Treasury. The (Attachment A of the Draft SEIS), and
EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM:
information shared with Treasury is Draft DNRC Assessment of Incidental
limited to the financial transactions for None. Take for the Proposed Amended HCP
reserving funds (commitments) and HISTORY: (Attachment C of the Draft SEIS) are
endorsements of approved mortgage None. available at:
insurance applications (obligations). • Internet: The Federal eRulemaking
Dated: July 25, 2017. Portal (www.regulations.gov) in Docket
HUD has a shared service agreement
with Treasury that covers transactions Helen Goff Foster, No. FWS–R6–ES–2017–0044.
to ARC. The information in the financial Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Information regarding the Draft SEIS
transactions is transmitted to Secretary, Senior Agency Official for Privacy. and accompanying documents is
Department of Treasury via the daily [FR Doc. 2017–18228 Filed 8–28–17; 8:45 am] available in alternative formats upon
ARC Report. See Section 6.1 for the list BILLING CODE 4210–67–P request (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
of transmitted information. CONTACT).
• All database back-ups are saved per • In-Person Review or Pick-Up:
the OCIO secure operations procedures DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Documents will also be available for
for enterprise systems. public inspection by appointment
• Any printouts by OLG staff is used Fish and Wildlife Service during normal business hours at the
for administrative purposes and then U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 780
[Docket No. FWS–R6–ES–2017–0044;
destroyed. FF06E11000–167–FXES11120600000] Creston Hatchery Road, Kalispell, MT
59901 (telephone, 406–758–6882); U.S.
RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife Fish and Wildlife Service, 585 Shepard
All information related to the Lender, and Plants; Permits; Draft Supplement Way, Suite 1, Helena, MT 59601
Broker, Property, Appraisal, Appraiser, to Environmental Impact Statement, (telephone, 406–449–5225); Montana
Borrower, Co-Borrower, Sponsor and Amendment to Habitat Conservation DNRC Forest Management Bureau, 2705
the Loan is collected and entered by the Plan for Forest Management in Spurgin Rd, Missoula, MT 59804
external lending institution and Montana, and Application for Amended (telephone, 406–542–4328).
provided to HUD via ONAP–LOS. Incidental Take Permit Submitting Comments: To request
Individuals desiring to determine further information or send written
whether this system of records contains AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, comments, please use one of the
information about them may do so in Interior. following methods, and note that your
accordance with HUD’s Privacy Act ACTION: Notice of availability; request information requests or comments are in
Web site: https://portal.hud.gov/ for comments. reference to the proposed amended
hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/ DNRC HCP. Please specify which
SUMMARY: The Montana Department of documents your comment addresses:
administration/hudclips/handbooks/ Natural Resources and Conservation
admh/1325.1. Draft SEIS, proposed amended HCP
(DNRC) is amending its Forested Trust commitments, or proposed amendments
Privacy Act Requests are to be sent to: Lands Habitat Conservation Plan (2010
Privacy Act Officer, Department of to authorized take.
Housing and Urban Development, 451
HCP) to incorporate the terms of a • Internet: Submit comments at
settlement agreement and add lands that http://www.regulations.gov in Docket
7th St. SW., Room 10139, Washington, it acquired since the U.S. Fish and
DC 20410. No. FWS–R6–ES–2017–0044, or via the
Wildlife Service (Service) issued an Montana DNRC Web site at http://
Privacy Act notice procedures are incidental take permit (permit) to DNRC
referenced in the HUD Privacy Act dnrc.mt.gov/divisions/trust/forest-
in December 2011. The Service is management/hcp/hcp-announcements.
Handbook. proposing to amend the associated • U.S. Mail: Public Comments
CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: permit under the Endangered Species Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R6–
Individuals desiring to contest records Act (ESA) to authorize additional take of ES–2017–0044; U.S. Fish and Wildlife
may refer to the HUD FOIA Reference all but one of the species covered in the Service Headquarters, MS: BPHC; 5275
Guide and refer to the FOIA notice 2010 HCP resulting from addition of the Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
procedures on the Web site: https:// acquired lands. We announce the 3803.
portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/ availability of the following documents FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ben
program_offices/administration/foia/ for review and comment by the public Conard, Assistant Field Supervisor,
requests. and Federal, Tribal, State, and local Kalispell Field Office, via email at Ben_
The request should be submitted to governments: Draft Supplemental Conard@fws.gov or via telephone at
the Department’s FOIA office address Environmental Impact Statement (Draft 406–758–6882; or Gary Frank, Deputy
below. SEIS) for amending the 2010 HCP and Chief, Forest Management Bureau,
U.S. Department of Housing and permit; Proposed Amended HCP Montana DNRC, via email at gfrank@
Urban Development, Freedom of Commitments for Additional Lands and mt.gov, or via telephone at 406–542–
Terms of the Settlement Agreement 4328. Information on this proposed
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
Information Act Office, 451 7th Street
SW., Room 10139, Washington, DC (Attachment A of the Draft SEIS); and action is also available at the DNRC’s
20410–3000, Facsimile: (202) 619–8365. Draft DNRC Assessment of Incidental Web site at http://dnrc.mt.gov/divisions/
Take for the Proposed Amended HCP trust/forest-management/hcp. If you use
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: (Attachment C of the Draft SEIS). a telecommunications device for the
Individuals wishing to determine DATES: Submitting Comments: Written deaf, hard-of-hearing, or speech
whether this system of records contains comments must be submitted by disabled, please call the Federal Relay
information about them may do so by October 13, 2017. Service at 800–877–8337.
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by 8 years of rest. The settlement agreement. The no-action alternative do so. We will not consider anonymous
agreement identifies 7 distinct grizzly would include amending the HCP to comments. All submissions from
bear security zones almost entirely on incorporate the terms of the settlement organizations or businesses and from
the original 19,400 acres of Class A agreement, which is legally required, individuals identifying themselves as
lands in the Stillwater Block in the HCP, but would not include adding lands or representatives or officials of
but also adds 2,300 acres in a new area issuing an amended permit authorizing organizations or businesses will be
in Coal Creek State Forest. The amended additional take. made available for public disclosure in
HCP would replace the 4-year active/8- The Service invites comments and their entirety.
year rest rotation with specific measures suggestions from interested parties on
for restricting forest management the content of the Draft SEIS. In Authority
activities to the denning season in these particular, information and comments We provide this notice under section
grizzly bear security zones. All regarding the following topics are 10(c) of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
motorized activities below 6,300 feet in requested: and its implementing regulations for
elevation within the grizzly security 1. The direct, indirect, or cumulative incidental take permits (50 CFR 17.22)
zones would be allowed during the effects that implementation of either and NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq.) and
grizzly denning season and prohibited action alternative could have on the its implementing regulations (40 CFR
all year round above that elevation. The natural and human environment. 1506.6; 43 CFR part 46).
current HCP prohibits new permanent 2. Whether or not the impact on
Michael G. Thabault,
road construction on the original 19,400 various aspects of the natural and
acres of Class A lands. This measure human environment have been Assistant Regional Director–Ecological
Services, Mountain-Prairie Region, U.S. Fish
would remain essentially the same adequately analyzed.
and Wildlife Service, Lakewood, Colorado.
under an amendment, but to incorporate 3. Any other information pertinent to
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the terms of the settlement agreement, it evaluating the effects of the proposed
action on the natural and human BILLING CODE 4333–15–P
would be specifically applied to the
seven grizzly security zones, including environment.
the additional 2,300 acres in the Coal Role of the Environmental Protection DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Creek State Forest. Several other Agency in the EIS Process
measures in the HCP for Class A lands Bureau of Reclamation
would remain the same but be extended The U.S. Environmental Protection
to the grizzly security zones. Other Agency (EPA) is charged under section [RR02800000, 17XR0680A3,
amendments specifically spell out 309 of the Clean Air Act to review all RX178689471000000]
measures that DNRC had committed to Federal agencies’ environmental impact
statements (EISs) and to comment on Draft Environmental Impact Statement
implement in the original HCP but were
the adequacy and acceptability of the for the Shasta Dam Fish Passage
previously incorporated by reference
environmental impacts of proposed Evaluation, California; Reopening of
from DNRC’s Forest Management
actions in the EISs. Comment Period
Administrative Rules of Montana.
The original HCP requires the DNRC EPA also administers the database for AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,
to complete corrective actions at sites EISs prepared by Federal agencies and Interior.
identified with high risk of sediment provides notice of their availability in ACTION: Notice to reopen comment
delivery in bull trout watersheds in the the Federal Register. The EIS database period.
HCP plan area by 2027. As directed by provides information about EISs
the settlement agreement, the HCP prepared by Federal agencies, as well as SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation
would be amended to prioritize and EPA’s comments concerning the EISs. (Reclamation) is reopening the public
complete such corrective actions in All EISs are filed with EPA, which comment period on the scope of the
federally designated bull trout critical publishes a notice of availability each draft environmental impact statement
habitat in the Stillwater Block by 2024. Friday in the Federal Register. (EIS) for the Shasta Dam Fish Passage
Lastly, over the past 5 years of HCP For more information, see http:// Evaluation.
implementation, the Service and DNRC www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/ DATES: The comment period for the
identified some commitment and eisdata.html. You may search for EPA scope of the draft EIS published June 15,
procedural clarifications that would be comments on EISs, along with EISs 2017 (82 FR 27522), is reopened.
incorporated into the HCP. These themselves, at https:// Comments should be received on or
amendments would serve to help DNRC cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-public/ before September 28, 2017.
understand how to implement certain action/eis/search.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments to
measures and would not entail any
Public Comments Ms. Carolyn Bragg, Natural Resources
changes to the nature of the measures or
Written comments received become Specialist, Bureau of Reclamation, Bay-
how they affect the covered species.
part of the public record associated with Delta Office, 801 I Street, Suite 140,
Alternatives Analyzed in the Draft SEIS this action. Before including your Sacramento, CA 95814–2536; or by
The Draft SEIS considers the direct, address, phone number, email address, email to cbragg@usbr.gov; or via
indirect, and cumulative effects of the or other personal identifying facsimile to (916) 414–2439.
proposed action, including the proposed information in your comment, you FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
amended HCP’s measures intended to should be aware that your entire Carolyn Bragg, (916) 414–2433, or email
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
avoid, minimize, and mitigate such comment—including your personal at cbragg@usbr.gov.
impacts, and no-action alternatives. The identifying information—may be made SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June
proposed action entails issuing DNRC publicly available at any time. While 15, 2017, Reclamation published a
an amended permit authorizing you may request in your comment that notice in the Federal Register
additional take based on amendments to we withhold your personal identifying announcing its intent to prepare a draft
the HCP to add covered lands and information from public review, we EIS. Since then, Reclamation has
incorporate terms of the settlement cannot guarantee that we will be able to received a formal request from the
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| Contact | Ben Conard, Assistant Field Supervisor, Kalispell Field Office, via email at [email protected] or via telephone at 406-758-6882; or Gary Frank, Deputy Chief, Forest Management Bureau, Montana DNRC, via email at [email protected], or via telephone at 406-542-4328. Information on this proposed action is also available at the DNRC's Web site at http://dnrc.mt.gov/divisions/trust/ forest-management/hcp. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf, hard-of-hearing, or speech disabled, please call the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8337. | |
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