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prepared, stocking will continue to 

follow guidelines that ensure expansion 

of habitats for native amphibians and 

fish. In areas without ABMPs, trout 

stocking will be based on site-specific 

evaluations of risk to native, sensitive, 

or legally protected species. Where 

appropriate surveys have yet to be 

completed, stocking will be suspended 

until the appropriate evaluations have 

been completed. ABMPs or other similar 

plans may be developed and 

implemented prior to reinitiation of 

stocking in those locations. Depending 

on the specific location, such plans 

could include eradication of nonnative 

fish from water bodies currently or 

formerly harboring sensitive native 

species, genetic analysis of native fish to 

determine degree of hybridization, 

cessation of nonnative trout stocking in 

waters occupied by native trout 

populations, and implementation of 

measures consistent with FWS recovery 

plans and CDFG management plans. 

Stocking of Mad River steelhead will 

continue with measures intended to 

reduce the interaction between hatchery 

reared fish and naturally reproducing 

populations and consistent with the 

Draft Hatchery and Genetic Management 

Plan submitted to the National Marine 

Fisheries Service. The Fishing in the 

City and Classroom Aquarium 

Education Programs will continue under 

uniform protocols developed to ensure 

that stocking locations are properly 

screened to protect native, sensitive, 

and legally protected species. 

Implementation of Program activities 

following development of any ABMPs 

or uniform protocols for the Fishing in 

the City and Classroom Aquarium 

Education Programs may require 

additional, site-specific NEPA 

compliance tiered from the EIR/EIS. 

Continuation of Interim Program 

Provisions Alternative 

Under the Continuation of Interim 

Program Provisions Alternative, FWS 

will continue to provide funding for 

operations of CDFG’s 14 trout hatcheries 

and the Mad River Hatchery for 

steelhead, and associated stocking of 

fish produced at those hatcheries, 

consistent with the court-ordered 

prohibitions and exceptions on fish 

stocking that were put into place for the 

interim period between the date of the 

court order and completion of the EIR/ 

EIS. The interim provisions prohibit 

stocking nonnative fish in any 

California fresh water body where 

surveys have demonstrated the presence 

of 25 specified amphibian or fish 

species, or where a survey for those 

species has not yet been completed. The 

order does not address the stocking of 

native fish into native waters. 

Exceptions to the prohibitions include 

stocking in human-made reservoirs 

larger than 1000 acres; stocking in 

human-made reservoirs less than 1000 

acres that are not connected to a river 

or stream, are not within California redlegged frog critical habitat, or are not 

where California red-legged frogs are 

known to exist; stocking as required for 

state or federal mitigation; stocking for 

the purpose of enhancing salmon and 

steelhead populations and funded by 

the Commercial Trollers Salmon Stamp; 

stocking of steelhead from the Mad 

River Hatchery into the Mad River 

Basin; CDFG’s Aquarium in the 

Classroom program; stocking actions to 

support scientific research; and stocking 

done under an existing private stocking 

permit or to be completed under a new 

permit with terms similar to one that 

was issued in the last 4 years. The 

Fishing in the City and Classroom 

Aquarium Education Programs will 

continue under uniform protocols 

developed to ensure that stocking 

locations are properly screened to 

protect native, sensitive, and legally 

protected species. 

Continuation of Existing Program 

Alternative 

The Continuation of Existing Program 

Alternative (consistent with the CEQA 

No Project Alternative) is continuation 

of SFRA funding for the existing Fish 

Hatchery and Stocking Program. The 

hatcheries’ operation and stocking 

activities undertaken by CDFG over the 

past 5 years would continue unchanged 

(some activities may be inconsistent 

with the court-ordered prohibitions and 

exceptions), and the SFRA funding 

process for these activities will continue 

as it has over the same period. 

No Action Alternative 

Under the No Action Alternative, 

FWS would not approve SFRA grant 

funds to be used by CDFG to support 

actions associated with operations of the 

CDFG Fish Hatchery and Stocking 

Program. Because of State statutory and 

public trust requirements related to the 

hatchery program, CDFG would attempt 

to continue to implement its State 

hatchery program, seeking other funding 

sources to replace the Federal funds. 

Special Assistance for Public Meetings 

If special assistance is required at the 

public meetings, please contact Mr. Bart 

Prose, (916) 978–6152 (phone); 

bart_prose@fws.gov (e-mail). Please 

notify Mr. Prose as far in advance of the 

meetings as possible to enable FWS to 

secure the needed services. If a request 

cannot be honored, the requestor will be 

notified. 

Public Disclosure 

Before including your name, address, 

phone number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in 

comments, 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. We will use the comments to 

prepare a final EIR/EIS. A decision will 

be made no sooner than 30 days after 

the publication of the final EIR/EIS. We 

anticipate that a Record of Decision will 

be issued by FWS in 2010. 

Authority: National Environmental Policy 

Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); Regulations for 

Implementing the Procedural Provisions of 

the National Environmental Policy Act (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508). 

Dated: October 2, 2009. 

Margaret Kolar, 

Acting Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. E9–24342 Filed 10–7–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Indian Gaming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of amendment to 

Approved Tribal-State Compact 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes the 

Approval of the Eighth Amendment to 

the Tribal/State Compact for Class III 

Gaming between the Tulalip Tribe of 

Washington and the State of 

Washington. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 8, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paula L. Hart, Acting Director, Office of 

Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy 

Assistant Secretary—Policy and 

Economic Development, Washington, 

DC 20240, (202) 219–4066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 11 of the Indian Gaming 

Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Public 

Law 100–497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the 

Secretary of the Interior shall publish in 

the Federal Register notice of the 

approved Tribal-State Compact 

Amendment for the purpose of engaging 

in Class III gaming activities on Indian 

lands. The Amendment clarifies and 

generally simplifies what kind of 

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entities must be licensed by the State of 

Washington. The Amendment also 

significantly modifies the dispute 

resolution processes to a more 

collaborative model providing a prompt 

‘‘meet and confer’’ requirement, then 

mediation, and finally, as a last resort, 

either arbitration or litigation. The 

Tribe’s limited waiver of sovereign 

immunity is clarified and narrowed to 

include only disputes arising under the 

compact. The State similarly waives its 

sovereign immunity, including a 

specific waiver of the State’s Eleventh 

Amendment immunity from suit for the 

purposes of enforcing the compact. 

Finally, the proposed amendment 

changes the annual licensing 

requirements from annually to every 

three years. 

Dated: September 30, 2009. 

Larry Echo Hawk, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E9–24300 Filed 10–7–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–4N–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Indian Gaming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of amendment to 

Approved Tribal-State Compact. 

SUMMARY: This publishes notice of an 

Amendment to a Compact between the 

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of 

Pottawatomi Indians and the State of 

Michigan providing for the Conduct of 

Tribal Class III Gaming by the 

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of 

Pottawatomi Indians taking effect. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 8, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paula L. Hart, Acting Director, Office of 

Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy 

Assistant Secretary—Policy and 

Economic Development, Washington, 

DC 20240, (202) 219–4066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

section 11 of the Indian Gaming 

Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Public 

Law 100–497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the 

Secretary of the Interior shall publish in 

the Federal Register notice of approved 

Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of 

engaging in Class III gaming activities 

on Indian lands. The amendment 

changes the regulatory payment amount 

to a minimum of $50,000 or .05% of the 

Tribe’s annual Class III net win, 

whichever is greater. This amendment 

also modifies the Tribe’s revenue 

sharing payments conditioned on the 

Tribe’s net win falling below certain 

levels. The amendment permits 

downward adjustments of the Tribe’s 

revenue sharing payments. 

Dated: September 30, 2009. 

Larry Echo Hawk, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E9–24301 Filed 10–7–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–4N–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control 

Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Colorado River Basin 

Salinity Control Advisory Council 

(Council) was established by the 

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control 

Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–320) (Act) 

to receive reports and advise federal 

agencies on implementing the Act. In 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, the Bureau of 

Reclamation announces that the Council 

will meet as detailed below. 

DATES AND LOCATION: The Council will 

conduct a meeting at the following time 

and location: 

Tuesday, October 27, 2009—Phoenix, 

Arizona—The meeting will be held at 

the Central Arizona Water Conservation 

District Office, 23636 North 7th Street, 

Phoenix, Arizona. The meeting will 

begin at 8:30 a.m., recess at 

approximately 2:30 p.m., and reconvene 

briefly the following day at 

approximately 1 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting of the Council 

is open to the public. Any member of 

the public may file written statements 

with the Council before, during, or up 

to 30 days after the meeting either in 

person or by mail. To the extent that 

time permits, the Council chairman will 

allow public presentation of oral 

comments at the meeting. To allow full 

consideration of information by Council 

members, written notice must be 

provided to Mr. Kib Jacobson, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional 

Office, 125 South State Street, Room 

6107, Salt Lake City, Utah 84138–1147; 

telephone (801) 524–3753; facsimile 

(801) 524–3826; e-mail at: 

kjacobson@usbr.gov at least FIVE (5) 

days prior to the meeting. Any written 

comments received prior to the meeting 

will be provided to Council members at 

the meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kib 

Jacobson, telephone (801) 524–3753; 

facsimile (801) 524–3826; e-mail at: 

kjacobson@usbr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting will be to 

discuss the accomplishments of federal 

agencies and make recommendations on 

future activities to control salinity. 

Council members will be briefed on the 

status of salinity control activities and 

receive input for drafting the Council’s 

annual report. The Bureau of 

Reclamation, Bureau of Land 

Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, and United States Geological 

Survey of the Department of the Interior; 

the Natural Resources Conservation 

Service of the Department of 

Agriculture; and the Environmental 

Protection Agency will each present a 

progress report and a schedule of 

activities on salinity control in the 

Colorado River Basin. The Council will 

discuss salinity control activities, the 

contents of the reports, and the Basin 

States Program created by Public Law 

110–246, which amended the Act. 

Public Disclosure 

Before including your name, address, 

telephone 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 15, 2009. 

Brent Rhees, 

Assistant Regional Director—Upper Colorado 

Region. 

[FR Doc. E9–24295 Filed 10–7–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNV912000.L16400000.PH0000.006F; 10– 

08807; TAS: 14X1109] 

Notice of Public Meeting: Resource 

Advisory Councils, Nevada 

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 (FACA), the 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Nevada will 

hold a joint meeting of its three 

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