70946 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 223 / Friday, November 19, 2010 / Notices 

include, but are not limited to, the 

peregrine falcon, the alligator snapping 

turtle, and the eastern big-eared bat. 

Scoping: Preliminary Issues, Concerns, 

and Opportunities 

We have identified preliminary 

issues, concerns, and opportunities that 

we may address in the CCP. We have 

briefly summarized these issues below. 

During public scoping, we may identify 

additional issues. 

Ecoregional Issues 

• Potential impacts of climate change 

Habitat Issues 

• Bottomland Hardwood habitat 

maintenance and restoration 

• Timber harvesting 

• Using fire on the landscape for habitat 

restoration and maintenance 

• Property transfer from the Department 

of the Army and subsequent 

contaminant issues 

Wildlife Issues 

• Migratory waterfowl and neotropical 

migrants using the Refuge as a 

stopover and/or nesting site 

• Refuge hunts for population 

management of White-tailed Deer 

• Construction/maintenance of bat, 

wood duck, and bluebird boxes for 

nesting purposes 

Public Use Opportunities and Access 

• Identification, construction, and 

maintenance of wildlife observation 

trail(s) and auto-tour loop(s) 

• Develop/Increase participation of 

Caddo Lake NWR friends group 

Facilities 

• Remodel or replace current Refuge 

headquarters (currently an old U.S. 

Army office building) 

• Identify location and construct Refuge 

Fire Station Facilities (currently colocated in the Refuge shop and 

bunkhouse) 

• Identify location and construct Refuge 

Visitor Center and Classroom 

Building (currently located in an old 

FEMA Trailer) 

Public Meetings 

We will give the public an 

opportunity to provide input at a public 

meeting (or meetings). You can obtain 

the schedule from the planning team 

leader or project leader (see ADDRESSES). 

You may also send comments anytime 

during the planning process by U.S. 

mail, e-mail, or fax (see ADDRESSES). 

There will be additional opportunities 

to provide public input once we have 

prepared a draft CCP. 

Public Availability of Comments 

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. 

Dated: September 30, 2010. 

Joy E. Nicholopoulos, 

Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Region 2. 

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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Assisting States, Federal 

Agencies, and Tribes in Managing 

White-Nose Syndrome in Bats; Draft 

National Plan; Extension of Public 

Comment Period 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; extension 

of comment period. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (FWS), are extending 

the public comment period for the draft 

national plan to assist States, Federal 

agencies, and Tribes in managing whitenose syndrome (WNS) in bats. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for details. 

If you have already submitted 

comments, please do not resubmit them; 

we have already incorporated them in 

the public record and will fully consider 

them in our final decision. 

DATES: Submit comments on this 

document on or before December 26, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Send your written 

comments on the draft plan, by U.S. 

mail to Dr. Jeremy Coleman, National 

WNS Coordinator, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, New York Field Office, 

3817 Luker Road, Cortland, New York 

13045; or by electronic mail to 

WhiteNoseBats@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dr. Jeremy Coleman, National WNS 

Coordinator, at the New York Field 

Office (see ADDRESSES) or by phone at 

607–753–9334. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 28, 2010, we published a 

Federal Register notice (75 FR 66387) 

announcing availability for public 

review of a draft national plan to assist 

States, Federal agencies, and Tribes in 

managing WNS in bats. That notice 

mistakenly announced a 33-day public 

comment period instead of a 60-day 

public comment period. We are 

extending the public comment period 

on the draft plan to the originally 

planned 60 days. 

WNS is a fungal disease responsible 

for unprecedented mortality in 

hibernating bats in the northeastern 

United States. It has spread rapidly 

since its discovery in January 2007, and 

poses a potentially catastrophic threat to 

hibernating bats throughout North 

America, including several species 

listed as endangered or threatened 

under the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA). Listed bats include the Indiana 

bat (Myotis sodalis), Virginia big-eared 

bat (Corynorhinus townsendii 

virginianus), Ozark big-eared bat 

(Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), and 

gray bat (Myotis grisescens). 

The draft plan was prepared by 

representatives of the U.S. Department 

of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service and Forest 

Service; U.S. Department of Defense’s 

Army Corps of Engineers; U.S. 

Department of the Interior’s Bureau of 

Land Management, National Park 

Service, and FWS; St. Regis Mohawk 

Tribe; Kentucky Department of Fish and 

Wildlife Resources; Missouri 

Department of Conservation; New York 

State Department of Environmental 

Conservation; Pennsylvania Game 

Commission; Vermont Department of 

Fish and Wildlife; and Virginia 

Department of Game and Inland 

Fisheries. 

Document Availability 

An electronic copy of the draft plan 

is available online at 

http://www.fws.gov/ 

WhiteNoseSyndrome/. The document is 

also available from the FWS’s New York 

Field Office (see ADDRESSES). 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, electronic 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 may 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. 


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Authority 

As a number of federally listed bat 

species are threatened by WNS, the 

FWS is issuing this notice primarily 

under the authority of the ESA of 1973 

(16 U.S.C. 1531). This plan is intended 

to guide recovery of listed bats. It was 

developed so that it can be easily 

adopted or incorporated into existing or 

future recovery plans. 

Dated: November 3, 2010. 

Wendi Weber, 

Deputy Regional Director, Region 5, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service. 

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8TWG–W4] 

Trinity Adaptive Management Working 

Group 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Trinity Adaptive 

Management Working Group (TAMWG) 

affords stakeholders the opportunity to 

give policy, management, and technical 

input concerning Trinity River 

(California) restoration efforts to the 

Trinity Management Council (TMC). 

The TMC interprets and recommends 

policy, coordinates and reviews 

management actions, and provides 

organizational budget oversight. This 

notice announces a TAMWG meeting, 

which is open to the public. 

DATES: TAMWG will meet from 9:30 

a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, December 14, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Redding Library, 1100 Parkview, 

Redding, CA 96001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Meeting Information: Randy A. Brown, 

TAMWG Designated Federal Officer, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1655 

Heindon Road, Arcata, CA 95521; 

telephone: (707) 822–7201. Trinity River 

Restoration Program (TRRP) 

Information: Jennifer Faler, Acting 

Executive Director, Trinity River 

Restoration Program, P.O. Box 1300, 

1313 South Main Street, Weaverville, 

CA 96093; telephone: (530) 623–1800; 

e-mail: jfaler@usbr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), this 

notice announces a meeting of the 

TAMWG. The meeting will include 

discussion of the following topics: 

• TMC Chair report, 

• Hatchery operations review, 

• Acting Executive Director’s Report, 

• Channel rehabilitation program, 

• TRRP adaptive management 

practices, 

• TRRP interaction with Central 

Valley Project Operations Office, 

• Preliminary 2012 TRRP work plan, 

• Water year forecasting, 

• South Fork Trinity River, and 

• TAMWG recommendations/status 

of previous recommendations. 

Completion of the agenda is 

dependent on the amount of time each 

item takes. The meeting could end early 

if the agenda has been completed. 

Dated: November 10, 2010. 

Randy A. Brown, 

Designated Federal Officer, Arcata Fish and 

Wildlife Office, Arcata, CA. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree 

Pursuant to Oil Pollution Act 

Notice is hereby given that on 

November 15, 2010, a proposed consent 

decree in United States, et al. v. 

Bouchard Transportation Company, 

Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 1:10–cv– 

11958–NMG, was lodged with the 

United States District Court for the 

District of Massachusetts. 

The proposed consent decree will 

settle a portion of the claims of the 

United States (on behalf of the 

Department of Commerce/National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration and the Department of 

the Interior/Fish and Wildlife Service), 

the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 

and the State of Rhode Island for natural 

resource damages under the Oil 

Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C. 2701, et seq., 

(‘‘Trustees’’) against Bouchard 

Transportation Company, Inc., and 

related companies (‘‘Defendants’’) 

relating to an oil spill from the tank 

barge Bouchard No. 120, which 

occurred in April 2003 in Buzzards Bay. 

Pursuant to the proposed consent 

decree, the Defendants will pay 

$6,076,393 as natural resource damages 

to the Trustees. In addition, the 

Defendants acknowledge the payment of 

$1,573,529 to the Trustees for 

reimbursement of their assessment 

costs. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

for a period of thirty (30) days from the 

date of this publication comments 

relating to the proposed consent decree. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General of the 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, Department of Justice, 

Washington, DC 20530, and should refer 

to United States, et al., v. Bouchard 

Transportation Company, Inc., et al., 

Civil Action No. 1:10–cv–11958–NMG, 

D.J. Ref. 90–5–1–1–08159. 

Comments should be addressed to the 

Assistant Attorney General, 

Environment and Natural Resources 

Division, and either emailed to 

pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to United 

States, et al. v. Bouchard Transportation 

Company, Inc., D.J. Ref. 90–11–3– 

08159. 

During the public comment period, 

the Consent Decree, may also be 

examined on the following Department 

of Justice website, to 

http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. A copy of the 

Consent Decree may also be obtained by 

mail from the Consent Decree Library, 

P.O. Box 7611, U.S. Department of 

Justice, Washington, DC 20044–7611 or 

by faxing or e-mailing a request to Tonia 

Fleetwood (tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), 

fax no. (202) 514–0097, phone 

confirmation number (202) 514–1547. In 

requesting a copy from the Consent 

Decree Library, please enclose a check 

in the amount of $13.50 (25 cents per 

page reproduction costs of Consent 

Decree and Appendices) payable to the 

U.S. Treasury or, if by email or fax, 

forward a check in that amount to the 

Consent Decree Library at the stated 

address. 

Maureen Katz, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Lodging of Proposed 

Consent Decree Under the Resource 

Conservation and Recovery Act 

Notice is hereby given that on 

November 15, 2010, a proposed Consent 

Decree was filed with the United States 

District Court for the Western District of 

Missouri in United States et al. v. HPI 

Products, Inc., et al., No. 08–06133 

(W.D. Mo.). The proposed Consent 

Decree entered into by the United States 

and the State of Missouri and 

Defendants HPI Products, Inc., St. 

Joseph Properties, LLC, and William 


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