60638 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 12, 2004 / Notices 

Dated: September 30, 2004. 

Hope G. Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Fish and Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 04–22847 Filed 10–8–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife 

Refuge

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Final 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan for 

Bayou Cocodrie National Wildlife 

Refuge located in Concordia Parish, 

Louisiana. 

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service 

announces that a Final Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan for Bayou Cocodrie 

National Wildlife Refuge is available for 

distribution. The plan was prepared 

pursuant to the National Wildlife Refuge 

System Improvement Act of 1997, and 

in accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and 

describes how the refuge will be 

managed for the next 15 years. The 

compatibility determinations for 

recreational hunting, recreational 

fishing, wildlife observation and 

photography, environmental education 

and interpretation, forest habitat 

management, trapping of selected 

furbearers, and all-terrain vehicle use 

are available within the plan.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the plan may be 

obtained by writing to the Bayou 

Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge, P.O. 

Box 1772, Ferriday, Louisiana 71334. 

The plan may also be accessed and 

downloaded from the Service’s Internet 

Web site: http://southeast.fws.gov/

planning/.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Bayou 

Cocodrie National Wildlife Refuge, 

located in east-central Louisiana, 

consists of 13,168 acres within a 22,269-

acre acquisition boundary. The refuge 

includes bottomland hardwood forests, 

marsh or herbaceous wetlands, swamps, 

streams, and lakes/deep-water habitats 

typical of the ridge and swale 

topography associated with bottomland 

hardwoods. The high quality forests, 

long growing season, abundant rainfall, 

and geographical proximity to the 

Mississippi River provide habitat for a 

diversity of resident species, including 

migratory songbirds and black bears. 

Annually, more than 5,500 visitors 

participate in refuge activities. 

The availability of the Draft 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Environmental Assessment, for a 60-day 

public review and comment period, was 

announced in the Federal Register on 

June 12, 2001, Volume 68, Number 98. 

The draft plan and environmental 

assessment identified and evaluated 

three alternatives for managing the 

refuge over the next 15 years. Under 

Alternative A, the ‘‘No Action 

Alternative,’’ current management of the 

refuge would continue, and all lands 

within the acquisition boundary would 

be purchased. Under Alternative B, the 

‘‘Preferred Alternative,’’ 42,269 acres of 

refuge lands would be protected, 

maintained, and enhanced for migratory 

nongame birds, threatened and 

endangered species, resident wildlife, 

waterfowl, and shorebirds. Under 

‘‘Alternative C,’’ 59,269 acres of refuge 

lands would be protected, restored, and 

enhanced for migratory nongame birds, 

threatened and endangered species, and 

resident wildlife. Based on the 

environmental assessment and the 

comments received, the Service adopted 

Alternative B, the ‘‘Preferred 

Alternative,’’ minus the large 

acquisition component. Internal 

reviewers questioned the utility of the 

large land acquisition component of 

Alternative B relative to Region-wide 

funding and priorities. The Service 

concluded that if the lands within the 

existing refuge acquisition boundary 

were prioritized for land protection and 

acquisition, as analyzed in Alternative 

A, it would best achieve national, 

ecosystem, and refuge-specific goals and 

objectives. This would include meeting 

source population objectives of 

migratory songbirds and protecting 

Louisiana black bear habitat within 

anticipated funding and staffing levels. 

In addition, the action positively 

addresses significant issues and 

concerns expressed by the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Refuge Manager, Bayou Cocodrie 

National Wildlife Refuge, telephone: 

318/336–7119; fax: 318/336–5610;

e-mail: bayoucocodrie@fws.gov; or mail 

(write to Refuge Manager at address in 

ADDRESSES section).

Authority: This notice is published under 

the authority of the National Wildlife Refuge 

System Improvement Act of 1997, Public 

Law 105–57.

Dated: August 7, 2004. 

J. Mitch King, 

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 04–22822 Filed 10–8–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[ES–960–1910–BJ–4489; ES–052439, Group 

No. 26, Illinois] 

Eastern States: Filing of Plat of Survey

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of filing of plat of survey; 

Illinois. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) will file the plat of 

survey of the lands described below in 

the BLM–Eastern States, Springfield, 

Virginia, 30 calendar days from the date 

of publication in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bureau of Land Management, 7450 

Boston Boulevard, Springfield, Virginia 

22153. Attn: Cadastral Survey.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

survey was requested by the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers. 

The lands we surveyed are:

Third Principal Meridian, Illinois 

T. 4 N., R. 9 W.

The plat of survey represents the 

survey of an amended portion of the 

Locks and Dam No. 27 acquisition 

boundary, in Township 4 North, Range 

9 West, of the Third Principal Meridian, 

in the State of Illinois, and was accepted 

on September 22, 2004. 

We will place a copy of the plat we 

described in the open files. It will be 

made available to the public as a matter 

of information.

Dated: September 22, 2004. 

Stephen D. Douglas, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor.

[FR Doc. 04–22807 Filed 10–8–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–GJ–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[ES–960–1910–BJ–4489; ES–052438, Group 

No. 18, Illinois] 

Eastern States: Filing of Plat of Survey

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice of filing of plat of survey; 

Illinois. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) will file the plat of 

survey of the lands described below in 

the BLM-Eastern States, Springfield, 

Virginia, 30 calendar days from the date 

of publication in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bureau of Land Management, 7450