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Reclamation’s 1999 Conservation and 

Efficiency Criteria as the foundation for 

developing the water management 

planning requirements or criteria 

included in these Refuge Criteria. The 

Refuge Criteria also incorporated 

comments, ideas, and suggestions from 

Refuge/District managers, biologists, 

water conservation specialists, 

engineers, the CALFED Bay-Delta 

Program, and other Central Valley 

stakeholders. The Refuge Criteria were 

last updated in 2004 and the proposed 

2010 update is currently under review. 

The Refuge Criteria apply to the 

following areas: Kern National Wildlife 

Refuge, Merced National Wildlife 

Refuge, Pixley National Wildlife Refuge, 

San Luis National Wildlife Refuge, Los 

Banos State Wildlife Area, Mendota 

State Wildlife Area, North Grassland 

State Wildlife Area, Volta State Wildlife 

Area, Grassland Resource Conservation 

District, Colusa National Wildlife 

Refuge, Delevan National Wildlife 

Refuge, Sacramento National Wildlife 

Refuge, Sutter National Wildlife Refuge, 

and Gray Lodge State Wildlife Area. 

Public Disclosure: Before including 

your name, 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 can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: October 12, 2010. 

Richard J. Woodley, 

Regional Resources Manager, Mid-Pacific 

Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28603 Filed 11–12–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Continuation of Concession 

Contract; 2410–OYC 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Public notice. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo 

A. Pendry, Chief, Commercial Services 

Program, National Park Service, 1201 

Eye Street, NW., 11th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20005, Telephone 202/ 

513–7156. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 36 CFR 51.23, 

public notice is hereby given that the 

National Park Service proposes a 

continuation of visitor services for the 

following expiring concession contract 

for a period of one year through 

September 30, 2011. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The listed 

concession authorization will expire by 

its terms on September 30, 2010. The 

National Park Service has determined 

that the proposed continuation of visitor 

services is necessary in order to avoid 

an interruption of visitor services and 

has taken all reasonable and appropriate 

steps to consider alternatives to avoid 

such interruption. 

Concession ID No. Concessioner name Park 

LAKE004–88 ............................................................ Lake Mead Cruises ................................................. Lake Mead National Recreation Area. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jo 

A. Pendry, Chief, Commercial Services 

Program, National Park Service, 1201 

Eye Street, NW., 11th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20005, Telephone 202/ 

513–7156. 

Dated: September 29, 2010. 

Katherine H. Stevenson, 

Associate Director, Business Services. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28702 Filed 11–12–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2010–N256; 80221–1113– 

0000–F5] 

Endangered Species Recovery Permit 

Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit 

applications; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species. With some 

exceptions, the Endangered Species Act 

(Act) prohibits activities with 

endangered and threatened species 

unless a Federal permit allows such 

activity. The Act also requires that we 

invite public comment before issuing 

these permits. 

DATES: Comments on these permit 

applications must be received on or 

before December 15, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments 

should be submitted to the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Endangered 

Species Program Manager, Region 8, 

2800 Cottage Way, Room W–2606, 

Sacramento, CA 95825 (telephone: 916– 

414–6464; fax: 916–414–6486). Please 

refer to the respective permit number for 

each application when submitting 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel Marquez, Fish and Wildlife 

Biologist; see ADDRESSES (telephone: 

760–431–9440; fax: 760–431–9624). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following applicants have applied for 

scientific research permits to conduct 

certain activities with endangered 

species under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We seek 

review and comment from local, State, 

and Federal agencies and the public on 

the following permit requests. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

e-mail 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 can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Permit No. TE–25164A 

Applicant: Catherine A. Little, 

Woodland, California. The applicant 

requests a permit to take (capture, 

collect, and kill) the Conservancy 

fairy shrimp 

(Branchinectaconservatio), the 

longhorn fairy shrimp 

(Branchinectalongiantenna), the 

Riverside fairy shrimp 

(Streptocephaluswootoni), the San 

Diego fairy shrimp 

(Branchinectasandiegonensis), and 

the vernal pool tadpole shrimp 

(Lepiduruspackardi) in conjunction 

with survey activities throughout the 

range of each species in California for 

the purpose of enhancing their 

survival. 

Permit No. TE–25404A 

Applicant: Summer N. Adleberg, San 

Diego, California. The applicant 


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requests a permit to take (survey by 

pursuit) the Quino checkerspot 

butterfly (Euphydryasedithaquino) in 

conjunction with surveys throughout 

the range of the species in California 

for the purpose of enhancing its 

survival. 

Permit No. TE–25864A 

Applicant: Richard C. Stolpe, Carlsbad, 

California. The applicant requests a 

permit to take (capture, collect, and 

kill) the Conservancy fairy shrimp 

(Branchinectaconservatio), the 

longhorn fairy shrimp 

(Branchinectalongiantenna), the 

Riverside fairy shrimp 

(Streptocephaluswootoni), the San 

Diego fairy shrimp 

(Branchinectasandiegonensis), and 

the vernal pool tadpole shrimp 

(Lepiduruspackardi) in conjunction 

with survey activities throughout the 

range of each species in California for 

the purpose of enhancing their 

survival. 

Permit No. TE–066621 

Applicant: Naval Base Ventura County 

PointMugu, Point Mugu, California. 

The applicant requests an amendment 

to an existing permit (December 14, 

2007, 72 FR 71145) to take (harass by 

survey and monitor nests) the lightfooted clapper rail 

(Ralluslongirostrislevipes) in 

conjunction with surveys and 

monitoring activities throughout the 

range of the species in Ventura 

County, California for the purpose of 

enhancing its survival. 

We invite public review and comment 

on each of these recovery permit 

applications. Comments and materials 

we receive will be available for public 

inspection, by appointment, during 

normal business hours at the address 

listed in the ADDRESSES section of this 

notice. 

Larry Rabin, 

Regional Director, Region 8, Sacramento, 

California. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28593 Filed 11–12–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

and Cape Hatteras National Seashore 

Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of a Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

Cape Hatteras National Seashore OffRoad Vehicle Management Plan. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 

U.S.C. 4332 (2) (C), and the Council on 

Environmental Quality regulations (40 

CFR part 1500–1508), the National Park 

Service (NPS), Department of the 

Interior, announces the availability of 

the final environmental impact 

statement (FEIS) for the proposed Cape 

Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) 

Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan 

(Plan/FEIS). The Plan/FEIS will enable 

NPS to develop regulations and 

procedures to manage off-road vehicle 

(ORV) use/access in the Seashore 

consistent with the Executive Orders on 

ORV use on Federal lands and NPS 

regulations. 

DATES: The NPS will execute a Record 

of Decision no sooner than 30 days from 

the date of publication of the Notice of 

Availability of the FEIS in the Federal 

Register by the Environmental 

Protection Agency 

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the 

document are available for public 

review online at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/caha. A limited 

number of compact disks (CDs) and 

hard copies of the FEIS are available at 

the Seashore headquarters, 1401 

National Park Drive, Manteo, NC 27954. 

You may also request a hard copy or CD 

by contacting Superintendent Mike 

Murray, Cape Hatteras National 

Seashore, 1401 National Park Drive, 

Manteo, NC 27954. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the Plan/FEIS is to develop 

regulations and procedures that manage 

ORV use and access in the Seashore to 

protect and preserve natural and 

cultural resources and natural 

processes, to provide a variety of visitor 

use experiences while minimizing 

conflicts among various users, and to 

promote the safety of all visitors. 

Executive Order 11644 of 1972, 

amended by Executive Order 11989 of 

1977, requires certain Federal agencies 

permitting ORV use on Agency lands to 

designate specific trails and areas. Title 

36, section 4.10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations implements the Executive 

Orders by providing that routes and 

areas designated for ORV use in units of 

the National Park System shall be 

promulgated as special regulations. 

Therefore, this Plan/FEIS is necessary to 

bring the Seashore in compliance with 

Executive Orders 11644 and 11989, 

address the lack of an approved plan, 

and provide for protected species 

management in relation to ORV use. The 

FEIS evaluates two no action 

alternatives and four action alternatives 

for managing ORV use, and identifies 

their potential environmental 

consequences. Consistent with NPS 

laws, regulations, and policies, and the 

purpose of the Seashore, the FEIS 

describes Alternative F as the NPS 

preferred alternative. Alternative F 

provides a reasonably balanced 

approach to designating ORV routes and 

vehicle free areas while providing for 

the protection of park resources. 

Alternative A would manage ORV use 

and access at the Seashore based on the 

2007 Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI) for the Interim Protected 

Species Management Strategy/ 

Environmental Assessment and the 

Superintendent’s Compendium 2007, as 

well as elements from the 1978 draft 

interim ORV management plan that 

were incorporated in Superintendent’s 

Order 7. Alternative B would continue 

management in effect during 2008– 

2010. Under alternative B, management 

of ORV use would follow the terms 

described under alternative A, except as 

modified by the provisions of the 

consent decree, as amended. 

Modifications in the consent decree 

include changes to resource protection 

buffers and closures for various species 

at the Seashore and added restrictions 

related to night driving. Alternative C 

emphasizes seasonal designation of 

ORV routes. It would provide visitors to 

the Seashore with a degree of 

predictability regarding areas available 

for ORV use, as well as vehicle-free 

areas, based largely on the seasonal 

resource and visitor use characteristics 

of various areas in the Seashore. 

Alternative D would give visitors to 

the Seashore the maximum amount of 

predictability regarding areas available 

for ORV use and vehicle-free areas for 

pedestrian use. Restrictions would be 

applied to larger areas over longer 

periods of time to minimize changes in 

designated ORV and non-ORV areas 

over the course of the year. Alternative 

E would provide use areas for all types 

of visitors to the Seashore with a wide 

variety of access for both ORV and 

pedestrian users, but often with controls 

or restrictions in place to limit impacts 

on sensitive resources. Interdunal road 

and ramp access would be improved, 

and more pedestrian access would be 

provided through substantial additions 

to parking capacity at various key 

locations that lend themselves to 

walking on the beach. Alternative E 

would provide more miles of ORV 

routes, shorter hours of ORV night 

closure during sea turtle nesting season, 

a park and stay program, and a selfcontained vehicle camping program. 


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