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application by local, State, and Federal 

agencies and the public. 

Permit No. TE–702631 

Applicant: Regional Director, Region 1, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Portland, Oregon. 

The permittee requests a permit 

amendment to allow Service employees, 

and their designated agents to remove/ 

reduce to possession Phyllostegia 

hispida (no common name), a plant 

endemic to the island of Molokai, 

Hawaii. The purpose of these activities 

is to artificially propagate this species to 

enhance its chances of survival. 

Public Comments 

We are soliciting public review and 

comment on this recovery permit 

application. 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. 

Please refer to the permit number for 

the application when submitting 

comments. All comments and materials 

we receive in response to this request 

will be available for public inspection, 

by appointment, during normal business 

hours at the above address. 

Dated: January 20, 2010. 

Cynthia U. Barry, 

Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4883 Filed 3–9–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2010–N047; 80221–1112– 

0000–F2] 

San Diego County Water Authority 

Natural Communities Conservation 

Program/Habitat Conservation Plan, 

San Diego and Riverside Counties, CA 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of corrected public 

meeting dates. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), advise the 

public of corrections to meeting dates 

we previously announced in error in the 

Federal Register on March 4, 2010. That 

previous notice announced the 

availability of a draft environmental 

impact report (EIR)/environmental 

impact statement (EIS), receipt of 

incidental take permit application, and 

notice of public meetings for the San 

Diego County Water Authority’s (Water 

Authority/Applicant) draft Natural 

Communities Conservation Plan 

(NCCP)/Habitat Conservation Plan 

(HCP) prepared in application to us for 

an incidental take permit under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act). 

DATES: Comments: Please send written 

comments on or before June 2, 2010. 

Meetings: Two public meetings have 

been scheduled for the EIR, and we will 

accept comments for the EIS at these 

meetings. These public meetings will be 

held on the following dates: 

1. March 17, 2010, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., 

San Diego, CA. 

2. March 18, 2010, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., 

Escondido, CA. 

ADDRESSES: Comments: Please send 

written comments to Mr. Jim Bartel, 

Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife 

Office, 6010 Hidden Valley Road, Suite 

101, Carlsbad, CA 92011. You may also 

submit comments by facsimile to (760) 

431–5902. 

Information and comments related 

specifically to the draft EIR and the 

California Environmental Quality Act 

should be submitted to Mr. Bill Tippets, 

San Diego County Water Authority, 

4677 Overland Avenue, San Diego, CA 

92123. 

Meetings: The correct public meeting 

locations are: 

1. San Diego: San Diego County Water 

Authority, 4677 Overland Avenue, San 

Diego, CA 92123. 

2. Escondido: Escondido City Hall, 

Mitchell Room, 201 North Broadway, 

Escondido, CA 92025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Karen A. Goebel, Assistant Field 

Supervisor, at the Carlsbad Fish and 

Wildlife Office address above; telephone 

(760) 431–9440. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We advise 

the public of corrected meeting dates we 

previously announced in error in the 

Federal Register on March 4, 2010 (75 

FR 9921). See DATES and ADDRESSES for 

corrected meeting dates and locations. 

The Applicant is requesting a permit 

to incidentally take 37 animal species 

and seeking assurances for 27 plant 

species (including 19 federally listed 

species) during the term of the proposed 

55-year permit. The permit is needed to 

authorize take of listed animal species 

due to construction, operations, and 

maintenance activities in the 

approximately 992,000-acre (401,450- 

hectare) Plan Area in western San Diego 

County and south-central Riverside 

County, California. We are requesting 

public comment on the Draft NCCP/ 

HCP, Draft Implementing Agreement, 

and Draft EIR/EIS. For more background 

information on the application, and 

where to obtain documents for review, 

see our March 4, 2010, notice. 

Reasonable Accommodation 

The public meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Please make requests for specific 

accommodations to Bill Tippetts, San 

Diego County Water Authority, at (858) 

522–6784, at least 5 working days prior 

to the meeting date. 

Authority 

We provide this notice under section 

10(a) of the Act and Service regulations 

for implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (40 

CFR 1506.6). We will evaluate the 

application, associated documents, and 

comments submitted thereon to prepare 

a Final EIS. A permit decision will be 

made no sooner than 30 days after the 

publication of the Final EIS and 

completion of the Record of Decision. 

Ken McDermond, 

Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Southwest 

Region, Sacramento, California. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5280 Filed 3–9–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNM915000L14200000.BJ0000] 

Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey, NM 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of filing of Plats of 

Survey. 

SUMMARY: The plats of survey described 

below are scheduled to be officially 

filed in the New Mexico State Office, 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 

Santa Fe, New Mexico, thirty (30) 

calendar days from the date of this 

publication. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

New Mexico Principal Meridian, New 

Mexico (NM) 

The plat representing the dependent 

resurvey and survey in Township 12 

South, Range 22 East, of the New 

Mexico Principal Meridian, accepted 

January 15, 2010, for Group 1096 NM. 

The plat representing the dependent 

resurvey and survey, in Township 11 


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South, Range 22 East, of the New 

Mexico Principal Meridian, accepted 

January 15, 2010, for Group 1096 NM. 

If a protest against a survey, as shown 

on any of the above plats is received 

prior to the date of official filing, the 

filing will be stayed pending 

consideration of the protest. A plat will 

not be officially filed until the day after 

all protests have been dismissed and 

become final or appeals from the 

dismissal affirmed. 

A person or party who wishes to 

protest against any of these surveys 

must file a written protest with the New 

Mexico State Director, Bureau of Land 

Management, stating that they wish to 

protest. 

A statement of reasons for a protest 

may be filed with the notice of protest 

to the State Director, or the statement of 

reasons must be filed with the State 

Director within thirty (30) days after the 

protest is filed. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

These plats will be available for 

inspection in the New Mexico State 

Office, Bureau of Land Management, 

P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 

87502–0115. Copies may be obtained 

from this office upon payment. Contact 

Marcella Montoya at 505–954–2097, or 

Marcella_Montoya@nm.blm.gov, for 

assistance. 

Stephen W. Beyerlein, 

Acting, Chief, Branch of Cadastral Survey/ 

GeoSciences. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5161 Filed 3–9–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–R–2009–N251; 40136–1265–0000– 

S3] 

Central Arkansas National Wildlife 

Refuge Complex, Arkansas 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability: final 

comprehensive conservation plan and 

finding of no significant impact. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. 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 the 

Central Arkansas National Wildlife 

Refuge (NWR) Complex, consisting of 

Bald Knob, Big Lake, Cache River, and 

Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuges. 

In the final CCP, we describe how we 

will manage the Central Arkansas NWR 

Complex over the next 15 years. 

ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of 

the CCP by writing to: Mr. William R. 

Smith, Planning Team Leader, Central 

Arkansas National Wildlife Refuge 

Complex, 26320 Highway 33 South, 

Augusta, AR 72006. You may also 

access and download the document 

from the Service’s Internet Web site: 

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

under ‘‘Final Documents.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

William R. Smith; telephone: 870/347– 

2074; fax: 870/347–2908; e-mail: 

william_r_smith@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we finalize the CCP 

process for the Central Arkansas NWR 

Complex. We started this process 

through a notice in the Federal Register 

on January 3, 2007 (72 FR 142). For 

more about the process, please see that 

notice. 

The Central Arkansas NWR Complex 

is comprised of Bald Knob, Big Lake, 

Cache River, and Wapanocca National 

Wildlife Refuges. These four refuges are 

in eastern and central Arkansas and 

together encompass approximately 

99,100 acres. 

Significant issues identified in the 

CCP include management of the 

following: (1) Waterfowl, other 

migratory birds, and other native 

wildlife species; (2) bottomland 

hardwood reforestation; (3) moist-soil 

impoundments and croplands; (4) water 

quality; (5) invasive species; (6) land 

acquisition; and (7) visitor services (e.g., 

hunting, fishing, wildlife observation, 

wildlife photography, environmental 

education and interpretation, access, 

and facilities). 

Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge 

Bald Knob National Wildlife Refuge 

(NWR), near the town of Bald Knob in 

White County, Arkansas, was 

established in 1993 to protect and 

provide feeding and resting areas for 

migrating waterfowl, and now totals 

16,100 acres of forested wetlands, moistsoil impoundments, and croplands. The 

refuge hosts one of the largest 

populations of wintering pintails in the 

State and is a crucial staging area for 

pintails migrating to the coastal areas of 

Louisiana and eastern Texas. The refuge 

has been named as an ‘‘Important 

Birding Area’’ by the Audubon Arkansas 

Board of Directors. 

Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge 

Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge 

(NWR), near the town of Manila in 

Mississippi County, Arkansas, was 

established in 1915 by executive order 

of President Woodrow Wilson, to serve 

as a reserve and breeding ground for 

native birds. The refuge encompasses 

11,038 acres of lake and swamp 

habitats, including the 2,144-acre Big 

Lake Wilderness. Big Lake NWR 

provides important migratory bird 

habitat and is designated as a ‘‘National 

Natural Landmark Area.’’ The American 

Bird Conservancy also has listed the 

refuge as a ‘‘Globally Important Bird 

Area.’’ 

Cache River National Wildlife Refuge 

Cache River National Wildlife Refuge 

(NWR), near the towns of Augusta and 

Brinkley, Arkansas, was established in 

1986 to provide critical wintering 

habitat for waterfowl and other 

migratory and resident wildlife species. 

Cache River NWR presently 

encompasses 66,350 acres of an 

approved land acquisition boundary of 

185,574 acres within Jackson, Monroe, 

Prairie, and Woodruff Counties. Cache 

River NWR features some of the largest 

remaining tracts of bottomland 

hardwood forests within the Mississippi 

Alluvial Valley, and is designated as a 

‘‘Wetland of International Importance.’’ 

Cache River NWR is noted as part of the 

most important wintering habitats for 

mallards in North America. 

Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge 

Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge 

(NWR) is 20 miles northwest of 

Memphis, Tennessee, and near the town 

of Turrell, in Crittenden County, 

Arkansas. It was established in 1961 to 

provide a wintering area for migratory 

waterfowl, and presently encompasses 

5,620 acres of agricultural land, 

grassland, bottomland hardwood forest, 

and flooded cypress/willow swamp. 

The refuge is important as a nesting area 

for resident wood ducks and provides 

significant habitat along the Mississippi 

River that is heavily used by migrating 

and wintering waterfowl. The American 

Bird Conservancy has listed the refuge 

as a ‘‘Continentally Important Bird 

Area.’’ 

Alternatives, Including the Preferred 

Alternative 

A planning team comprised of Service 

personnel, State agency representatives, 

non-governmental organizations, and 

others developed three alternatives for 

managing the refuges over the next 15 

years and chose Alternative C as the 

preferred alternative. A description of 

the three alternatives follows. 

Alternative A—Maintain Current 

Management (No Action Alternative) 

Under Alternative A, the ‘‘No Action’’ 

alternative, management would not 


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