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Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77032, 1 

p.m. CST. 

• Thursday, November 18, 2010, 

Mobile, Alabama, The Battle House 

Renaissance Mobile Hotel and Spa, 26 

North Royal Street, Mobile, Alabama 

36602 1 p.m. CST. 

The BOEMRE will use and coordinate 

the NEPA commenting process to satisfy 

the public involvement process for 

Section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470f) as 

provided for in 36 CFR 800.2(d)(3). 

Federal, State, local government 

agencies, and other interested parties 

are requested to send their written 

comments on the scope of the SEIS, 

significant issues that should be 

addressed, and alternatives that should 

be considered in one of the following 

ways: 

1. Electronically to the BOEMRE email address: 

sales218&222@boemre.gov. 

2. In written form, delivered by hand 

or by mail, enclosed in an envelope 

labeled ‘‘Comments on the Sales 218 and 

222 SEIS’’ to the Regional Supervisor, 

Leasing and Environment (MS 5410), 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 

Regulation, and Enforcement, Gulf of 

Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood 

Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123–2394. 

Comments should be submitted no 

later than December 27, 2010. 

Dated: November 4, 2010. 

L. Renee Orr, 

Acting Associate Director for Offshore Energy 

and Minerals Management. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28355 Filed 11–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[Account No. 3950–SZM] 

Withdrawal of Notice of Intent To 

Prepare an Environmental Assessment 

for a Proposed Project Involving the 

Area in and Around President’s Park 

South. 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Withdrawal of Notice 

of Intent to Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

and the United States Secret Service are 

withdrawing the September 22, 2010, 

Federal Register notice (75 FR 57811) 

announcing their intent to prepare an 

Environmental Assessment and to 

conduct scoping in accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act, 42 

U.S.C. 4321 (NEPA), to aid their 

consideration of certain proposed 

actions, including permanent roadway 

closures, the re-design of security 

elements, and the preservation of the 

historic landscape within President’s 

Park South, to include the portion of E 

Street, NW., between 15th Street and 

17th Street, in Washington, DC. The 

scoping process, public comment 

period, and public meeting referenced 

in that notice are now cancelled. 

DATES: Effective November 10, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Office of the National Park Service 

Liaison to the White House, National 

Park Service, National Capital Region, 

1100 Ohio Drive, SW., Washington, DC 

20242, Telephone: (202) 619–6344. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

September 22, 2010, Federal Register 

notice was published in error. The 

notice will be reissued when the 

National Park Service and the United 

States Secret Service are ready to begin 

preparation of this NEPA Environmental 

Assessment, conduct scoping, and 

receive public comments. In that notice 

they expect to announce when a public 

scoping meeting will be held. 

Comments that have been received to 

date as a result of the September 22, 

2010, Federal Register notice of scoping 

will be incorporated into this 

subsequent NEPA process. 

Dated: October 8, 2010. 

Lisa Mendelson-Ielmini, 

Acting Regional Director, National Capital 

Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28428 Filed 11–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–54–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–R–2010–N176; 40136–1265–0000– 

S3] 

Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge, 

Charleston County, SC; Final 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Finding of No Significant Impact for 

Environmental Assessment 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), announce the 

availability of our final comprehensive 

conservation plan (CCP) and finding of 

no significant impact (FONSI) for the 

environmental assessment for Cape 

Romain National Wildlife Refuge 

(NWR). In the final CCP, we describe 

how we will manage this refuge for the 

next 15 years. 

ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of 

the CCP by writing to: Raye Nilius, 

Refuge Manager, Cape Romain NWR, 

5801 Highway 17 North, Awendaw, SC 

29429. The CCP may also be accessed 

and downloaded from the Service’s Web 

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

under ‘‘Final Documents.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Raye Nilius; telephone: 843/928–3264. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we finalize the CCP 

process for Cape Romain NWR. We 

started this process through a notice in 

the Federal Register on January 3, 2007 

(72 FR 141). 

Established in 1932 as a migratory 

bird refuge, Cape Romain NWR 

encompasses a 22-mile segment of the 

southeast Atlantic coast. The refuge 

contains 66,267 acres and consists of 

barrier islands, salt marshes, intricate 

coastal waterways, sandy beaches, fresh 

and brackish water impoundments, and 

maritime forests. Points of interest 

include Bulls Island, Cape Island, and 

Lighthouse Island. Two lighthouses, 

though no longer operational, still stand 

on Lighthouse Island. The refuge’s 

original objectives were to conserve in 

public ownership habitat for waterfowl, 

shorebirds, and resident species. In 

recent years, objectives have expanded 

to include managing endangered 

species, protecting the 28,000-acre Class 

1 Wilderness Area, and conserving the 

Bulls Island and Cape Island forests and 

associated diverse plant communities. 

Currently, the refuge is actively working 

to aid in the recovery of the threatened 

loggerhead sea turtle. Recognizing the 

high migratory bird benefits and 

recreational opportunities served by the 

lands and waters of the refuge, Cape 

Romain NWR was established under the 

Migratory Bird Conservation Act, the 

Fish and Wildlife Act, and the Refuge 

Recreation Act, thus outlining the 

following primary purposes of these 

lands and waters: 

• ‘‘For use as an inviolate sanctuary, 

or for any other management purpose, 

for migratory birds’’ (16 U.S.C. 715d; 

Migratory Bird Conservation Act); 

• ‘‘to conserve and protect migratory 

birds * * * and other species of 

wildlife that are listed * * * as 

endangered species or threatened 

species and to restore or develop 

adequate wildlife habitat’’ (16 U.S.C. 

715i; Migratory Bird Conservation Act); 

• ‘‘for the development, advancement, 

management, conservation, and 

protection of fish and wildlife 

resources’’ (16 U.S.C. 742f(a)(4)) ‘‘for the 

benefit of the United States Fish and 


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Wildlife Service, in performing its 

activities and services. Such acceptance 

may be subject to the terms of any 

restrictive or affirmative covenant, or 

condition of servitude’’ (16 U.S.C. 

742f(b)(1); Fish and Wildlife Act of 

1956); 

• ‘‘suitable for (1) incidental fish and 

wildlife-oriented recreational 

development, (2) the protection of 

natural resources, and (3) the 

conservation of endangered species or 

threatened species’’ (16 U.S.C. 406k–2 

and 16 U.S.C. 406k–4; Refuge 

Recreation Act, as amended); 

• ‘‘so as to provide protection of these 

areas * * * and to ensure * * * the 

preservation of their wilderness 

character’’ (Wilderness Act of 1964; Pub. 

L. 88–577) 

We announce our decision and the 

availability of the final CCP and FONSI 

for Cape Romain NWR in accordance 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; NEPA) (40 

CFR 1506.6(b)) requirements. We 

completed a thorough analysis of 

impacts on the human environment, 

which we included in the Draft 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Environmental Assessment (Draft CCP/ 

EA) for Cape Romain NWR. The CCP 

will guide us in managing and 

administering Cape Romain NWR for 

the next 15 years. 

The compatibility determinations for 

hunting, beach use, environmental 

education and interpretation, surf 

fishing, wildlife observation and 

photography, and bicycling are available 

in the CCP. 

Background 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 

6668dd–668ee) (Administration Act), as 

amended by the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Improvement Act of 

1997, requires us 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 identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities 

available to the public, including 

opportunities for hunting, fishing, 

wildlife observation, wildlife 

photography, and environmental 

education and interpretation. We will 

review and update the CCP at least 

every 15 years in accordance with the 

Administration Act. 

Comments 

We made copies of the Draft CCP/EA 

available for a 30-day public review and 

comment period via a Federal Register 

notice on April 30, 2010 (75 FR 22838). 

We received 16 comments on the Draft 

CCP/EA. 

Selected Alternative 

The Draft CCP/EA identified and 

evaluated three alternatives for 

managing the refuge. After considering 

the comments we received, and based 

on the professional judgment of the 

planning team, we selected Alternative 

C for implementation. 

Under Alternative C, greater effort 

will be placed on increasing overall 

wildlife and habitat quality. Although 

management of sea turtles, waterfowl, 

threatened and endangered species, and 

migratory birds will remain a focus of 

the refuge, wetland habitat 

manipulations will also consider the 

needs of multiple species, such as 

marsh and wading birds. Maritime 

forests and fields for neotropical 

migratory birds will be more actively 

managed. Landscape-level consideration 

of habitats will include identifying areas 

of importance that will become critical 

to wildlife as sea level rises and reduces 

habitat currently available. Multiple 

species consideration will include 

species and habitats identified by the 

South Atlantic Migratory Bird Initiative 

and the State’s Strategic Conservation 

Plan. 

This alternative will provide 

additional monitoring and surveying of 

migratory neotropical and breeding 

songbirds, secretive marsh birds, and 

plants. Monitoring efforts will be 

increased with the assistance of 

additional staff, trained volunteers, and 

academic researchers. 

Wildlife-dependent recreational uses 

of the refuge will continue. Hunting and 

fishing will continue to be allowed; 

however, hunting will be managed with 

a greater focus on achieving biological 

needs of the refuge, such as deer 

population management. Environmental 

education and interpretation will 

continue, with additional education and 

outreach efforts aimed at the importance 

of climate change, sea level rise, and 

wilderness. A significantly greater effort 

will be made with outreach to nearby 

developing urban communities and a 

growing human population. Existing 

environmental education programs, 

such as the Earth Stewards Program 

conducted in concert with the SEWEE 

Association, the refuge friends group, 

will be expanded to include additional 

elementary schools, students, and 

teachers. 

The refuge staff will be increased with 

the addition of a wildlife refuge 

specialist and two biologists to carry out 

habitat management and monitoring 

needs. An additional park ranger will be 

hired to enhance visitor services and 

environmental education programs. 

Greater emphasis will be placed on 

recruiting and training volunteers, and 

worker/camper opportunities will be 

expanded to accomplish maintenance 

programs and other refuge goals and 

objectives. The biological programs will 

actively seek funding and researchers to 

study primarily management-oriented 

needs. 

Greater emphasis will be placed on 

developing and maintaining active 

partnerships, including seeking grants 

to assist the refuge in reaching primary 

objectives. 

Authority 

This notice is published under the 

authority of the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Improvement Act of 

1997, Public Law 105–57. 

Dated: September 14, 2010. 

Mark J. Musaus, 

Acting Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28340 Filed 11–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–923–1310–FI; WYW160109] 

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of 

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease WYW 

160109 Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the 

Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as 

amended, the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) received a petition 

for reinstatement from Craig Settle for 

competitive oil and gas lease 

WYW160109 for land in Fremont 

County, Wyoming. The petition was 

filed on time and was accompanied by 

all the rentals due since the date the 

lease terminated under the law. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Land Management, Julie L. 

Weaver, Chief, Fluid Minerals 

Adjudication, at (307) 775–6176. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee 

has agreed to the amended lease terms 

for rentals and royalties at rates of $10 

per acre, or fraction thereof, per year 


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