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(1) ‘‘For use as an inviolate sanctuary, 

or for any other management purpose, 

for migratory birds’’ (Migratory Bird 

Conservation Act); and 

(2) ‘‘For the development, 

advancement, management, 

conservation, and protection of fish and 

wildlife resources for the benefit of the 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service’’ 

(Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956). 

The refuge is located in Stafford, Rice, 

and Reno Counties, Kansas. Wetlands, 

large and small, are present throughout 

the refuge; there are approximately 

7,000 acres of wetlands with slightly to 

moderately saline water. Thousands of 

Canada geese, ducks, and other 

migratory birds, such as sandhill cranes 

and shorebirds, use these wetlands as 

they pass through the refuge on their 

annual migrations. The refuge provides 

numerous opportunities for the public 

including hunting, fishing, wildlife 

observation and photography, 

interpretation, and environmental 

education for students and visitors. 

Scoping: Preliminary Issues, Concerns, 

and Opportunities 

We have identified preliminary 

issues, concerns, and opportunities that 

we may address in the CCP. During 

public scoping, we may identify 

additional issues. 

We request input as to which issues 

affecting management or public use 

should be addressed during the 

planning process. We are especially 

interested in receiving public input in 

the following areas: 

(a) What do you value most about this 

refuge? 

(b) What problems or issues do you 

see affecting management of this refuge? 

(c) What changes, if any, would you 

like to see in the management of this 

refuge? 

We provide the above questions for 

your optional use. We have no 

requirement that you provide 

information; however, any comments 

the planning team receives will be used 

as part of the planning process. 

Public Meetings 

We will hold the following public 

meetings. For more, contact the person 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Date Time Location 

March 8, 2010 ......................................... 4–7 p.m. ...................................... Stafford Senior Center, 103 South Main, Stafford, KS 67578. 

March 9, 2010 ......................................... 4–7 p.m. ...................................... Front Door Community Center, 1615 Tenth Street, Great Bend, 

KS 67530. 

March 10, 2010 ....................................... 4–7 p.m. ...................................... Great Plains Nature Center, 6232 East 29th Street North, Wichita, 

KS 67220–2200. 

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: December 14, 2009. 

Hugh Morrison, 

Acting Regional Director, Region 6. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3588 Filed 2–23–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Bunker Hill Groundwater Basin, 

Riverside-Corona Feeder Project, San 

Bernardino and Riverside Counties, 

CA 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

the California Environmental Quality 

Act (CEQA), the Bureau of Reclamation 

and the Western Municipal Water 

District (Western) will prepare a joint 

EIS/EIR for the proposed RiversideCorona Feeder Project. The public and 

agencies are invited to comment on the 

scope of the EIS/EIR and the proposed 

alternatives. 

This notice is provided pursuant to 

NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4332 (2) (c)) and 

Department of Interior regulations for 

implementation of NEPA (43 CFR Part 

46). 

DATES: Written comments on the scope 

of the EIS/EIR are requested within 30 

days of the publication of this notice. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments to Ms. Amy Campbell, 

Southern California Area Office, Bureau 

of Reclamation, 27708 Jefferson Avenue, 

Suite 202, Temecula, CA 92590; or email to ACampbell@usbr.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Amy Campbell, Southern California 

Area Office general telephone number 

951–695–5310, or e-mail 

ACampbell@usbr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The proposed project is a large 

capacity water pipeline associated with 

an aquifer storage and recovery project. 

The project will install new 

groundwater wells at the Bunker Hill 

Groundwater Basin in San Bernardino 

County with pipelines ranging in 

diameter up to 78 inches to Western’s 

Service Area in Riverside County. 

Existing recharge basins will be used 

to store imported water and local Santa 

Ana River flows in the Bunker Hill 

Groundwater Basin during wet years for 

delivery to communities in western 

Riverside County in dry years via 28 

miles of pipeline capable of delivering 

up to 40,000 acre-feet per year of ground 

water at 100 cubic feet per second (cfs). 

The proposed pipeline alignment will 

also provide access to groundwater from 

the Chino Basin in San Bernardino 

County. 

Section 9112 of the Omnibus Public 

Land Management Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 

111–11, 123 Stat. 1318), signed by the 

President on March 30, 2009, authorizes 

the Secretary of the Interior, in 

cooperation with Western, to participate 

in the planning, design, and 

construction of the Riverside-Corona 

Feeder Project including: (i) 20 

groundwater wells; (ii) groundwater 

treatment facilities; (iii) water storage 

and pumping facilities; and (iv) 28 miles 

of pipeline in San Bernardino and 

Riverside Counties in the State of 

California. 

Western certified a Program EIR 

(California State Clearinghouse No. 

2003031121) under CEQA in 2005, and 

issued a Notice of Preparation of a draft 

Supplemental Program EIR on July 30, 

2008 to evaluate a proposed change in 

the pipeline alignment. Our intention is 

to circulate the supplemental EIR for 

public review as a joint CEQA/NEPA 

document, incorporating the earlier 

Program EIR by reference. The draft 

document is expected to be available for 

public review in mid-March 2010. 


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Scoping Process 

To avoid duplication with State and 

local procedures, we plan to use the 

scoping process initiated by Western 

under CEQA. No additional public 

scoping meetings are planned at this 

time. The CEQA Notice of Preparation, 

comments received, and a map showing 

the proposed project and pipeline 

alignment alternatives are available at 

http://www.usbr.gov/lc/socal/ 

envdocs.html. No known Indian trust 

assets or environmental justice issues 

are associated with the Proposed 

Action, although the proposed pipeline 

alignment may include areas of low 

income and minority populations. 

Written comments are requested to 

help identify any additional alternatives 

and issues that should be analyzed in 

the EIS/EIR. Federal, State and local 

agencies, tribes, and the general public 

are invited to participate in the 

environmental review process. 

Public Disclosure 

Before including your name, address, 

phone number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, please 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: February 18, 2010. 

Jayne Harkins, 

Deputy Regional Director, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3644 Filed 2–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R7–R–2009–N288; 70133–1265–0000– 

U4] 

Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Cold 

Bay, Alaska 

AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Revised Notice 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), intend to 

prepare an environmental impact 

statement (EIS) for a proposed land 

exchange of certain lands owned by the 

State of Alaska and certain lands owned 

by the King Cove Corporation and 

evaluation of a proposed road corridor 

through the Izembek National Wildlife 

Refuge and the Izembek Wilderness 

Area. We published a notice in the 

Federal Register on August 6, 2009, 

inviting suggestions on the scope of 

issues to address in the EIS. We now 

provide a comment-period end date and 

announce the dates, times, and locations 

of upcoming public meetings. Special 

mailings, newspaper articles, and other 

media releases will announce additional 

opportunities to provide written and 

oral input. 

DATES: Meetings: Public scoping 

meetings will be held in Anchorage, 

Alaska on March 4, 2010, 5–8 p.m. and 

on March 11, 2010, 1–4 p.m. in 

Washington, DC. In addition, we will 

hold public scoping meetings in King 

Cove, Cold Bay, Sand Point, and Nelson 

Lagoon in Alaska. We will announce 

these meeting dates, times, and 

locations locally, at least 10 days prior 

to each meeting. 

Comments: Please provide any 

written comments, information, or 

suggestions on the scope of issues to 

address in the EIS by April 30, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Additional information 

concerning the proposed land exchange 

is at http://izembek.fws.gov/EIS.htm. 

Send your comments or requests for 

information by any of the following 

methods: 

• E-mail: izembek_eis@fws.gov; 

• Fax: Attn: Stephanie Brady, (907) 

786–3965; or 

• U.S. Mail: Stephanie Brady, Project 

Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 1011 East Tudor Rd., MS–231, 

Anchorage, AK 99503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie Brady, 907–246–1203 

(phone), or at the addresses above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Izembek National Wildlife Refuge 

(417,533 acres) and the North Creek 

(8,452 acres) and Pavlof (1,447,264 

acres) units of the Alaska Peninsula 

National Wildlife Refuge are located at 

the westernmost tip of the Alaska 

Peninsula. The 1,008,697-acre Unimak 

Island (the easternmost Aleutian Island 

of the Alaska Maritime National 

Wildlife Refuge) lies across the Isanotski 

Strait. To the north of the Izembek 

Refuge is the Bering Sea; to the south is 

the Pacific Ocean. The Alaska Peninsula 

is dominated by the rugged Aleutian 

Range, part of the Aleutian arc chain of 

volcanoes. Landforms include 

mountains, active volcanoes, U-shaped 

valleys, glacial moraines, low tundra 

wetlands, lakes, sand dunes, and 

lagoons. Elevations range from sea level 

to the 9,372-foot Shishaldin Volcano. 

Shishaldin Volcano is a designated 

National Natural Landmark. 

Several major lagoons are within the 

Izembek Refuge boundary. These 

lagoons contain some of the world’s 

largest eelgrass beds. The lagoons are 

under the jurisdiction of the State of 

Alaska. Izembek Lagoon is designated as 

Izembek State Game Refuge. Birds from 

all over the Arctic funnel through 

Izembek Refuge in fall on their way to 

wintering grounds throughout the 

world. More than 98 percent of the 

world’s Pacific black brant use Izembek 

Lagoon as a staging area for their fall 

migration to Mexico. Other birds that 

use the refuge include golden plovers, 

ruddy turnstones, western sandpipers, 

tundra swans, Steller’s eiders, and 

emperor geese. The refuge also is home 

to large concentrations of brown bears 

and other large mammals, such as 

caribou and wolves. The red, pink, 

chum, and silver salmon that use the 

waters within the refuge enrich the 

entire ecosystem with the nutrients they 

bring from the sea. The refuge also has 

a rich human history, from ancient 

settlements of Alaska Natives, through 

the 18th and 19th century Russian fur 

traders, to a World War II outpost. The 

Izembek Wilderness covers much of the 

refuge and includes pristine streams, 

extensive wetlands, steep mountains, 

tundra, and sand dunes, and provides 

high scenic, wildlife, and scientific 

values, as well as outstanding 

opportunities for solitude and primitive 

recreation. 

Alaska Maritime National Wildlife 

Refuge stretches from the Arctic Ocean 

to the southeast panhandle of Alaska 

and protects breeding habitat for 

seabirds, marine mammals, and other 

wildlife on more than 2,500 islands, 

spires, rocks, and coastal headlands. 

Sitkinak Island, which lies within the 

boundaries of the Alaska Maritime 

National Wildlife Refuge, is primarily 

owned by the State of Alaska, with two 

parcels owned by the Service. 

The King Cove Corporation is an 

Alaska Native Village Corporation 

established under the Alaska Native 

Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA; 

43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). Under the 

authority of ANCSA, Congress granted 

King Cove Corporation land 

entitlements within and adjacent to 

Izembek Refuge. The State of Alaska 

also owns lands, submerged lands, 

shorelands, and tidelands within and 

adjacent to Izembek and Alaska 

Peninsula Refuges, including the 

Izembek State Game Refuge. 

In the Omnibus Public Land 

Management Act of 2009 (H.R. 146, 

Subtitle E; the Act), Congress directed 

us to prepare an EIS under the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and 


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