42110 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 160 / Thursday, August 20, 2009 / Notices 

Phoenix, Arizona 85004–4427, 602– 

417–9504. 

Helen M. Hankins, 

Arizona Associate State Director. 

[FR Doc. E9–20052 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[MT–060–01–1020–PG] 

Notice of Public Meeting; Central 

Montana Resource Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Central 

Montana Resource Advisory Council 

(RAC) will meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

September 15 & 16, 2009. 

The meetings will be in the Best 

Western Great Northern Inn (1345 1st 

Street) in Havre, Montana. 

The September 15 meeting will begin 

at 10 a.m. with a one-hour public 

comment period and will adjourn at 5 

p.m. 

The September 16 meeting will begin 

at 8 a.m. with a 30-minute public 

comment period and will adjourn at 

12:15 p.m. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 15- 

member council advises the Secretary of 

the Interior on a variety of management 

issues associated with public land 

management in Montana. During these 

meetings the council will participate in/ 

discuss/act upon: 

The bison initiative; 

A review of the 2009 RAC work plan; 

An oil and gas stakeholder presentation; 

An update of the HiLine Resource 

Management Plan; 

Field managers’ updates; 

A discussion of future RAC projects; 

and 

Administrative details (next meeting 

agenda, location, etc.) 

All RAC meetings are open to the 

public. The public may present written 

comments to the RAC. Each formal RAC 

meeting will also have time allocated for 

hearing public comments. Depending on 

the number of persons wishing to 

comment and time available, the time 

for individual oral comments may be 

limited. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

L. ‘‘Stan’’ Benes, Lewistown Field 

Manager, Lewistown Field Office, P.O. 

Box 1160, Lewistown, Montana 59457, 

406/538–1900. 

Dated: August 14, 2009. 

Gary L. ‘‘Stan’’ Benes, 

Lewistown Field Manager. 

[FR Doc. E9–20002 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2009–N153; 1112–0000– 

80221–F2] 

Proposed Low Effect Habitat 

Conservation Plan for the Pahrump 

Valley General Store Shopping Center, 

Nye County, NV 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; receipt of 

application. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), have received an 

application from Pahrump 194, LLC 

(Applicant) for an incidental take permit 

(permit), under the Endangered Species 

Act of 1973, as amended. The requested 

7-year permit would authorize the 

incidental take of the threatened desert 

tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) on 60 acres 

of habitat associated with the 

development of a shopping center 

complex within the town limits of 

Pahrump, Nevada. 

We request comments on the permit 

application and on whether the 

proposed Habitat Conservation Plan 

(HCP) qualifies as a ‘‘low-effect’’ HCP, 

eligible for a categorical exclusion under 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended. We 

explain the basis for this possible 

determination in a draft Environmental 

Action Statement (EAS), which is also 

available for public review. 

DATES: We must receive comments in 

writing, no later than 5 p.m. on 

September 21, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Address comments to 

Robert D. Williams, State Supervisor, by 

U.S. mail at Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office, 4701 

North Torrey Pines Drive, Las Vegas, NV 

89130; or by fax at (702) 515–5231 (for 

further information and instruction on 

the reviewing and commenting process, 

see Public Review and Comment section 

below). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeri 

Krueger, Habitat Conservation Planning 

Coordinator, Fish and Wildlife Service 

(see ADDRESSES), telephone (702) 515– 

5230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Availability of Documents 

Individuals wishing copies of the 

application, proposed HCP, or EAS 

should contact us by telephone (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) or by 

letter (see ADDRESSES). Copies of the 

subject documents are also available for 

public inspection during regular 

business hours at the Nevada Fish and 

Wildlife Office (see ADDRESSES). 

Background 

Section 9 of the Endangered Species 

Act of 1973, as amended (Act; 16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.) and Federal regulations 

prohibit the ‘‘take’’ of a fish or wildlife 

species listed as endangered or 

threatened. Take of federally listed fish 

or wildlife is defined under section 3 of 

the Act as including to ‘‘harass, harm, 

pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, 

capture or collect, or to attempt to 

engage in such conduct’’ (16 U.S.C. 

1538). We may, under limited 

circumstances, issue permits to 

authorize ‘‘incidental take’’ of listed 

species. ‘‘Incidental take’’ is defined by 

the Act as take that is incidental to, and 

not the purpose of, carrying out an 

otherwise lawful activity. Regulations 

governing permits for threatened species 

and endangered species, respectively, 

are at 50 CFR 17.32 and 50 CFR 17.22. 

The Applicant is seeking a permit 

with a 7-year term for the incidental 

take of the desert tortoise. The 

Applicant proposes to develop and 

carry out construction activities on 60 

acres of land, associated with the 

development of the shopping center, 

improvement of adjacent roadways, 

installation of utility services, and 

construction of flood control facilities. 

The shopping center complex is 

estimated to occupy 300,000 square feet 

with a 175,000 square-foot retail anchor 

tenant. The shopping center will be 

constructed within the General 

Commercial Zoning District located on 

the east side of State Route 160 in the 

town of Pahrump. Construction is 

expected to take approximately 3 to 5 

years to complete. The Applicant is 

requesting a 7-year incidental take 

permit to include the estimated 5-year 

construction period and an additional 2 

years in the event that construction 

delays occur. The entire 60-acre parcel 

will be developed, resulting in the 

incidental take of any desert tortoises 

that may occupy the site and the 

permanent loss of 60 acres of desert 

tortoise habitat. 

To minimize and mitigate adverse 

effects to desert tortoise from the loss of 


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