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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] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

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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Alternative F, the NPS preferred 

alternative, is designed to provide 

visitors to the Seashore with a wide 

variety of access opportunities for both 

ORV and pedestrian users. Following 

consideration of public comment on the 

DEIS, Alternative F was revised to 

provide more pedestrian access adjacent 

to resource closures, where possible, 

and a more balanced approach to ORV 

routes and vehicle-free areas than 

Alternative F provided in the DEIS. To 

support access to both vehicle-free areas 

and designated ORV routes, alternative 

F would involve the construction of 

new parking areas, pedestrian access 

trails, ORV ramps, and improvements 

and additions to the interdunal road 

system. 

The NPS Notice of Availability for the 

DEIS was published in the Federal 

Register on March 5, 2010. The DEIS 

was posted online at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/caha on March 5, 

2010. The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency Notice of Availability 

for the DEIS was published on March 

12, 2010, which opened the public 

comment period and established the 

closing date of May 11, 2010, for 

comments. Five public hearings were 

conducted in North Carolina and 

Virginia between April 26 and 29, 2010. 

Following a review of agency and public 

comment on the DEIS, NPS prepared a 

concern response report which contains 

responses to substantive comments. 

This report is included as an appendix 

to the FEIS. 

Authority: The authority for 

publishing this notice is 40 CFR 1506.6. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike Murray, Superintendent, Cape 

Hatteras National Seashore, 1401 

National Park Drive, Manteo, NC 27954, 

(252) 473–2111 × 148. 

The responsible official for this final 

EIS is the Regional Director, Southeast 

Region, National Park Service, 100 

Alabama Street SW, 1924 Building, 

Atlanta, Georgia 30303. 

Dated: October 19, 2010. 

Gordon Wissinger, 

Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28710 Filed 11–12–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–X6–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Extension of Concession 

Contract; 2410–OYC 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Public notice. 

DATES: Effective Date: December 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 to 

extend the following expiring 

concession contract for a period of three 

years through November 30, 2013. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The listed 

concession authorization will expire by 

its terms on November 30, 2010. The 

National Park Service has determined 

that the proposed extension is necessary 

in order to avoid interruption of visitor 

services and has taken all reasonable 

and appropriate steps to consider 

alternatives to avoid such interruption. 

Conc ID No. Concessioner name Park 

YELL077–05 ................................................................... Xanterra Parks & Resorts, Inc. ...................................... Yellowstone National Park. 

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: October 4, 2010. 

Katherine H. Stevenson, 

Associate Director, Business Services. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28705 Filed 11–12–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–53–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLORP00000.L10200000.PI0000; HAG11– 

0061] 

Notice of Public Meeting, John Day/ 

Snake Resource Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Meeting notice for the John Day/ 

Snake Resource Advisory Council. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act and the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau 

of Land Management (BLM) John DaySnake Resource Advisory Council 

(JDSRAC) will meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The JDSRAC meeting will begin 

at 8 a.m. (Pacific) on November 30, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: The JDSRAC will meet at 

the Umatilla National Forest 

Headquarters located at 2517 SW Hailey 

Avenue, Pendleton, Oregon 97801. For 

a copy of material to be discussed or the 

conference call number, please contact 

the BLM Prineville District at the 

address below. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

JDSRAC will conduct a public meeting 

to discuss several topics, including the 

Blue Mountain Forest Plan Revision 

alternatives, recent information on Sagegrouse and wolf management; set goals 

for 2011 in a strategic planning session, 

and hear a presentation by Portland 

General Electric on the proposed 

Cascade Crossing Transmission Project. 

Public comment is scheduled from 1 

p.m. to 1:15 p.m. (Pacific) November 30, 

2010, during the Council Meeting. For a 

copy of information distributed to 

JDSRAC members, please contact the 

BLM Prineville District Office at (541) 

416–6700 or at the address listed below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christina Lilienthal, Public Affairs 

Specialist, BLM Prineville District 

Office, 3050 NE Third, Prineville, 

Oregon 97754, (541) 416–6889 or e-mail: 

christina_lilienthal@blm.gov. 

Stephen R. Robertson, 

Associate District Manager, BLM Prineville 

District Office. 

[FR Doc. 2010–28602 Filed 11–12–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R9–IA–2010–N255; 96300–1671– 

0000–P5] 

Endangered Species; Receipt of 

Applications for Permit 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications 

for permit. 


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