70704 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 234 / Tuesday, December 7, 2004 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Notice of Intent To Revise a 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Associated Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Tetlin National 

Wildlife Refuge, Tok, AK

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: The notice advises the public 

that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(Service) intends to gather information 

necessary to revise the Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan (Plan) and an 

associated Environmental Impact 

Statement, pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act and its 

implementing regulations, for Tetlin 

National Wildlife Refuge, Tok, Alaska. 

The Service is furnishing this notice in 

compliance with the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Administration Act of 

1966, as amended, and with Service 

planning policy to administer other 

agencies and the public of our 

intentions and to obtain suggestions and 

information on the scope of issues to be 

addressed in the environmental 

document. 

Special mailings, newspaper articles, 

and other media announcements will 

inform people of opportunities to 

provide written and oral input 

throughout the planning process. Public 

meetings will be held in communities 

near the Refuge (Tok, Northway, Tetlin, 

and Tanacross) and in the city of 

Fairbanks. The Draft and Final Plans 

and associated Environmental Impact 

Statement will be available for viewing 

and downloading at http://

alaska.fws.gov/nwr/planning.

ADDRESSES: Address comments, 

questions, and requests to Mikel Haase, 

Planning Team Leader, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 1011 East Tudor Rd., 

MS–231, Anchorage, AK 99503, or 

fw7_tetlin_planning@fws.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mikel Haase, Planning Team Leader, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1011 

East Tudor Rd., MS–231, Anchorage, 

AK 99503, phone number (907) 786–

3402 or fw7_tetlin_planning@fws.gov.

Additional information concerning 

Tetlin Refuge and the Conservation Plan 

can be found at http://alaska.fws.gov/

nwr.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By Federal 

law (National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966, as amended 

by the National Wildlife Refuge System 

Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 

668dd–668ee)), all lands within the 

National Wildlife Refuge System are to 

be managed in accordance with an 

approved Comprehensive Conservation 

Plan. Section 304(g) of the Alaska 

National Interest Lands Conservation 

Act (16 U.S.C. 140hh–3233, 43 U.S.C. 

1602–1784) also directs that these plans 

be prepared. The Plan guides 

management decisions and identifies 

goals, long-term objectives, and 

strategies for achieving the purposes of 

the Refuge. During the planning process, 

the planning team reviews a wide range 

of refuge administrative requirements, 

including conservation of the Refuge’s 

fish and wildlife populations and 

habitats in their natural diversity; 

facilitation of subsistence use by local 

residents and access for traditional 

activities; and conservation of resource 

values, including cultural resources, 

wilderness, and wild rivers. The final 

revised Plan will detail the programs, 

activities, and measures necessary to 

best administer the Refuge to protect 

these values and to fulfill the purposes 

of the Refuge. The Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan and associated 

Environmental Impact Statement will 

describe and evaluate a range of 

reasonable alternatives and the 

anticipated impacts of each. Public 

input into the planning process is 

essential. 

The plan will provide other agencies 

and the public with information to 

facilitate understanding of the desired 

conditions for the Refuge and how the 

Service will implement management 

strategies. 

The Service will prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement in 

accordance with procedures for 

implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321–4370d). 

The Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge 

covers approximately seven hundred 

thousand acres. It is located northeast of 

the Alaska Range, adjacent to the U.S.-

Canada border in the headwaters of the 

Tanana River. It is bordered to the south 

by Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and 

Preserve, Canada to the east, and the 

Alaska Highway along its northeast 

border.

The Refuge lies within the Nabesna/

Chisana River Basin, in the Upper 

Tanana Valley. Formed by repeated 

glaciations, this large, flat basin is filled 

with sediments deposited in moraines 

and outwash plains, creating a 

landscape dominated by lakes, ponds, 

and wetland tundra. Most of the Refuge 

is rolling lowlands, however the 

Mentasta Mountains, in the southwest 

corner, are rugged, glacier carved peaks 

reaching elevations of 8,000 feet. 

The vegetation is a complex mixture 

of spruce forests, mixed woodlands, 

shrub lands, and tussock peatlands that 

are heavily interspersed with wetlands 

and streams. The landscape provides 

valuable habitat for a wide variety of 

fish and wildlife species. Fourteen fish 

species, nearly 200 bird species, 44 

mammal species, and 1 amphibian 

species are believed to use the Refuge 

for at least part of each year. The Tetlin 

Refuge is one of the most diverse 

interior refuges in Alaska. The Tanana 

Basin represents the northern extent of 

the range for many species found in 

other parts of North America. A number 

of species which use the Tetlin Refuge 

are not found in other Alaska Refuges. 

The wetlands provide exceptional 

nesting habitat for many species 

including 18 species of ducks. Large 

numbers of tundra and trumpeter swans 

use the Refuge during migration. The 

Refuge also has a rapidly expanding 

breeding population of trumpeter 

swans. 

Caribou, moose, and Dall’s sheep are 

the large herbivores found on the 

Refuge. Caribou and moose are found 

seasonally throughout Tetlin Refuge. 

Dall’s sheep are limited to the rugged 

Mentasta Mountains in the southwest 

corner. Both black and brown bears 

occur on the Refuge. 

The Alaska National Interests Land 

Conservation Act of 1980 (Section 

302(8)(B)) sets forth the following major 

purposes for which Tetlin Refuge was 

established and is to be managed: 

(i) To conserve fish and wildlife 

populations and habitats in their natural 

diversity including, but not limited to, 

waterfowl, raptors and other migratory 

birds, furbearers, moose, caribou 

(including participation in cooperative 

ecological studies and management of 

the Chisana caribou herd), salmon and 

Dolly Varden; 

(ii) To fulfill the international treaty 

obligations of the United States with 

respect to fish and wildlife and their 

habitats; 

(iii) To provide, in a manner 

consistent with the purposes set forth in 

subparagraphs (i) and (ii) the 

opportunity for continued subsistence 

uses by local residents; 

(iv) To ensure, to the maximum extent 

practicable and in a manner consistent 

with the purposes set forth in paragraph 

(i), water quality and necessary water 

quantity with the refuge; and 

(v) To provide, in a manner consistent 

with subparagraphs (i) and (ii) 

opportunities for interpretation and 

environmental education, particularly 

in conjunction with any adjacent State 

visitor facilities. 

Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 234 / Tuesday, December 7, 2004 / Notices 70705

The Comprehensive Conservation 

Plan for Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge 

was completed in 1987. It is being 

revised consistent with section 304(g) of 

the Alaska National Interest Lands 

Conservation Act, the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Improvement Act of 

1997, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service planning policy.

Dated: November 22, 2004. 

Rowan Gould, 

Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Anchorage, Alaska.

[FR Doc. 04–26784 Filed 12–6–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Denial of Permit for Marine Mammals

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of denial of permit for 

marine mammals. 

SUMMARY: The following permit was 

denied.

ADDRESSES: Documents and other 

information submitted with this 

application are available for review, 

subject to the requirements of the 

Privacy Act and Freedom of Information 

Act, by any party who submits a written 

request for a copy of such documents to: 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division 

of Management Authority, 4401 North 

Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington, 

Virginia 22203; fax 703/358–2281.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Division of Management Authority, 

telephone 703/358–2104.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

22, 2004, a notice was published in the 

Federal Register (69 FR 21858), that an 

application had been filed with the Fish 

and Wildlife Service by Peter A. Larsen, 

Newcastle, WY, for a permit (PRT–

081356) to import a polar bear (Ursus 

maritimus) sport hunted from the Baffin 

Bay polar bear population in Canada for 

personal use. 

Notice is hereby given that on 

November 3, 2004, as authorized by the 

provisions of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 1361, et seq.), the Fish and 

Wildlife Service denied the requested 

permit.

Dated: November 19, 2004. 

Michael S. Moore, 

Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits, 

Division of Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 04–26766 Filed 12–6–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[ES–960–1420–BJ–TRST] ES–052518, 

Group No. 155, Minnesota 

Eastern States: Filing of Plat of Survey

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Filing of Plat of 

Survey; Minnesota. 

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 calender 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 Bureau of 

Indian Affairs. 

The lands we surveyed are:

Fifth Principal Meridian, Minnesota 

T. 144 N., R. 39 W. 

The plat of survey represents the 

dependent resurvey of a portion of the 

south and west boundaries and a 

portion of the subdivisional lines; and 

the survey of the subdivision of sections 

2, 4, 11, 13–15, 18–28, and 32–36, 

Township144 North, Range 39 West, of 

the Fifth Principal Meridian, Minnesota, 

and was accepted November 17, 2004. 

We will place a copy of the plat we 

described in the open files. It will be 

available to the public as a matter of 

information. 

If BLM receives a protest against this 

survey, as shown on the plat, prior to 

the date of the official filing, we will 

stay the filing pending our 

consideration of the protest. 

We will not officially file the plat 

until the day after we have accepted or 

dismissed all protests and they have 

become final, including decisions on 

appeals.

Dated: November 17, 2004. 

Stephen D. Douglas, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor.

[FR Doc. 04–26801 Filed 12–6–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–GJ–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[ES–960–1910–BJ–4489; ES–052452, Group 

No. 38, Missouri] 

Eastern States: Filing of Plat of Survey

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Filing of Plat of 

Survey; Missouri. 

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:

Fifth Principal Meridian, Missouri 

T. 51 N., Rs. 2 and 3 E.

The plat of survey represents the 

dependent resurvey of portions of the 

township boundaries, portions of the 

subdivisional lines and the survey of the 

Lock and Dam No. 25 acquisition 

boundary, in Township 51 North, 

Ranges 2 and 3 East, of the Fifth 

Principal Meridian, in the State of 

Missouri, and was accepted on October 

29, 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: October 29, 2004

Stephen D. Douglas, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor.

[FR Doc. 04–26802 Filed 12–6–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–GJ–P

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 731–TA–653 (Second 

Review)] 

Sebacic Acid From China

AGENCY: International Trade 

Commission.

ACTION: Cancellation of the hearing in 

the full five-year review concerning the 

antidumping duty order on sebacic acid 

from China. 

DATES: Effective Date: December 3, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jai 

Motwane (202) 205–3176, Office of 

Investigations, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain 

information on this matter by contacting 

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 

(202) 205–1810. Persons with mobility 

impairments who will need special 

assistance in gaining access to the