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

1531 et seq.). 

Dated: September 7, 2006. 

Lynn Lewis, 

Deputy Assistant Regional Director, 

Ecological Services, Region 3. 

[FR Doc. 06–7883 Filed 9–20–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the 

Columbian White-Tailed Deer and the 

Lewis and Clark National Wildlife 

Refuge 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent and 

announcement of four public open 

house meetings. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service, we), will be 

developing a Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan (CCP) and 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for 

the Columbian White-tailed Deer and 

the Lewis and Clark National Wildlife 

Refuge (Refuges). We also announce 

four public open house meetings. We 

furnish this notice in order to advise 

other agencies and the public of our 

intentions and obtain public comments, 

suggestions, and information on the 

scope of issues to include in the 

Refuges’ CCP/EIS. 

DATES: Please provide written comments 

on the scope of the CCP by November 

6, 2006. Four public open house 

meetings will be held to begin the CCP 

planning process; see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for dates, times, and 

locations. 

ADDRESSES: Address comments, 

questions, and requests for further 

information to: Charlie Stenvall, Project 

Leader, Willapa National Wildlife 

Refuge Complex, 3888 SR 101, Illwaco, 

WA, 98624–9707. Comments may be 

faxed to (360) 484–3109, or sent via 

electronic mail to 

FW1PlanningComments@fws.gov. 

Additional information about the 

Refuges is available on the Internet at: 

http://www.fws.gov/willapa/ 

WillapaNWR/. Addresses for the public 

meetings are listed under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charlie Stenvall, Project Leader, Willapa 

National Wildlife Refuge Complex, 

phone (360) 484–3482. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Refuges are comprised of several islands 

located in the lower Columbia River, in 

Wahkiakum County, Washington, and 

Clatsop and Columbia Counties, Oregon. 

The Julia Butler Hansen Refuge was 

established in 1971 to protect and 

manage habitat for the endangered 

Columbian white-tailed deer. The 

Refuge encompasses more than 6,000 

acres of fields, forested tidal swamps, 

brushy woodlots, marshes, sloughs, and 

islands along the lower Columbia River, 

and supports approximately 300 

Columbian white-tailed deer. The Lewis 

and Clark Refuge was established in 

1972. The approved Refuge boundary 

includes 33,500 acres of islands, bars, 

mud flats, and tidal marshes. The 

Refuge contains the largest marsh in 

western Oregon, which provides habitat 

for wintering and migratory waterfowl, 

rearing and migratory salmon, and bald 

eagles. 

We furnish this notice in accordance 

with the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) as amended, and its 

implementing regulations; the National 

Wildlife Refuge System Administration 

Act as amended by the National 

Wildlife Refuge System Improvement 

Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 668dd–668ee) 

(Act); and Service policies. 

The Act requires all lands within the 

National Wildlife Refuge System to be 

managed in accordance with an 

approved CCP. A CCP is a 15-year plan 

for managing a refuge. Refuge goals and 

objectives are identified in a CCP, as 

well as strategies for achieving the 

purposes for which a refuge was 

established. During the CCP planning 

process, we will consider many 

elements, including wildlife and habitat 

management and public use 

opportunities. Public input during the 

planning process is essential. The CCP 

for the Julia Butler Hansen and Lewis 

and Clark Refuges will describe desired 

conditions for the Refuges, along with 

how we will implement management 

strategies over a 15-year time period to 

achieve those conditions. We will 

prepare an EIS in accordance with 

NEPA and its implementing regulations. 

Until the CCP is completed, the Refuges’

management will continue to be guided 

by their official purposes; Federal 

legislation regarding management of 

National Wildlife Refuges; and other 

legal, regulatory, and policy guidance. 

Preliminary Issues, Concerns, and 

Opportunities 

We have identified the following 

preliminary issues, concerns, and 

opportunities for the Julia Butler 

Hansen Refuge, and may address these 

issues in the CCP. We may identify 

additional issues during the public 

comment period. We will consider 

public comments during development 

of the goals, management strategies, and 

alternatives for the draft CCP/EIS. 

Wildlife and Habitat Management: 

What actions should we take to sustain 

and restore priority species and 

habitats? Coyotes prey upon Columbian 

white-tailed deer fawns. Are the 

methods for coyote removal appropriate 

to maintain recovery of this endangered 

deer? How will the Refuge enhance 

native fish populations? How will the 

Refuge respond to concerns about West 

Nile virus and avian influenza virus? 

Wilderness Study: Should specific 

areas of the Refuge, if appropriate and 

eligible, be designated as wilderness? 

Management of Public Access and 

Use (including Commercial Guiding): 

What types of recreational opportunities 

should be provided? Are existing public 

use opportunities adequate and 

appropriate? 

Education and Outreach: Should 

existing programs be expanded, to better 

engage and educate the public about 

Refuge wildlife and habitat management 

activities? 

We have identified the following 

preliminary issues, concerns, and 

opportunities for the Lewis and Clark 

Refuge, and may address these issues in 

the CCP. We may identify additional 

issues during the public comment 

period. We will consider public 

comments during development of the 

goals, management strategies, and 

alternatives for the draft CCP/EIS. 

Dredged materials management: What 

actions should be taken to improve and 

maximize wildlife benefits in dredgespoil areas of the Refuge? 

Colonial Nesting Bird Management: 

How should the Refuge manage and 

increase colonial nesting bird 

populations while limiting their impacts 

on anadromous fish? 

Oregon Department of State Lands 

Management Agreement: Should the 

Refuge consider developing an 

agreement with the State to modify 

management of State lands within the 

Refuge boundary? 

Commercial Guiding: Is commercial 

guiding for recreational activities 

compatible with the purposes of the 

Refuge? 

Camping on Refuge Lands: Is camping 

appropriate and compatible with the 

Refuge’s purposes and is there demand 

for this activity? 

Wilderness Study: Should specific 

areas of the Refuge, if appropriate and 

eligible, be designated as Wilderness? 

We will evaluate a range of 

alternatives, and their potential effects 

on the environment and local 


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communities, in the EIS. We estimate 

that the draft CCP/EIS will be available 

for public review in February 2008. We 

will announce opportunities for public 

input throughout the CCP/EIS planning 

process. 

Public comments we receive become 

part of the official public record. We 

will handle requests for comments in 

accordance with the Freedom of 

Information Act, NEPA, and Service and 

Department of the Interior policies and 

procedures. 

Public Meetings 

We will hold four public open house 

meetings to facilitate public 

involvement in the CCP planning 

process. The meetings are scheduled as 

follows. 

1. October 17, 2006, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 

p.m., Cowlitz Public Utility District 

(PUD), 961 12th Avenue, Longview, WA 

98632. 

2. October 19, 2006, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., 

Astoria Public Library, Flag Room, 450 

10th Street, Astoria, OR 97103. 

3. October 23, 2006, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., 

River Street Meeting Room, 25 River 

Street, Cathlamet, WA 98612. 

4. October 24, 2006, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 

p.m., Clatskanie City Hall, 95 N. 

Nehalem, Clatskanie, OR 97016. 

Dated: September 13, 2006. 

David J. Wesley, 

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, 

Oregon. 

[FR Doc. 06–7881 Filed 9–20–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

[(MT–922–06)–1310–FI–P; NDM 94458] 

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of 

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease NDM 

94458 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Per 30 U.S.C. 188(d), Baldwin 

Exploration Corp. timely filed a petition 

for reinstatement of oil and gas lease 

NDM 94458, Mountrail County, North 

Dakota, together with a request for a 

rental and royalty reduction allowed 

under 43 CFR 3108.2–3(f). The lessee 

paid the required rental at the rate 

provided in the original lease terms. 

No leases were issued that affect these 

lands. The lessee paid the $500 

administration fee for the reinstatement 

of the lease and $163 cost for publishing 

this Notice. 

The lessee met the requirements for 

reinstatement of the lease per Sec. 31 (d) 

and (e) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 

1920 (30 U.S.C. 188). We are proposing 

to reinstate the lease, effective the date 

of termination subject to the original 

terms and conditions of the lease. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen L. Johnson, Chief, Fluids 

Adjudication Section, BLM Montana 

State Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, 

Billings, Montana 59101–4669, Phone 

(406) 896–5098/Fax (406) 896–5292. 

Dated: September 13, 2006. 

Karen L. Johnson, 

Chief, Fluids Adjudication Section. 

[FR Doc. 06–7833 Filed 9–20–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training 

Administration 

Notice of Determinations Regarding 

Eligibility To Apply for Worker 

Adjustment Assistance and Alternative 

Trade Adjustment Assistance 

In accordance with section 223 of the 

Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 

U.S.C. 2273) the Department of Labor 

herein presents summaries of 

determinations regarding eligibility to 

apply for trade adjustment assistance for 

workers (TA–W) number and alternative 

trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) by 

(TA–W) number issued during the 

period of August 28 through September 

1, 2006. 

In order for an affirmative 

determination to be made for workers of 

a primary firm and a certification issued 

regarding eligibility to apply for worker 

adjustment assistance, each of the group 

eligibility requirements of section 222(a) 

of the Act must be met. 

I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following 

must be satisfied: 

A. A significant number or proportion 

of the workers in such workers’ firm, or 

an appropriate subdivision of the firm, 

have become totally or partially 

separated, or are threatened to become 

totally or partially separated; 

B. The sales or production, or both, of 

such firm or subdivision have decreased 

absolutely; and 

C. Increased imports of articles like or 

directly competitive with articles 

produced by such firm or subdivision 

have contributed importantly to such 

workers’ separation or threat of 

separation and to the decline in sales or 

production of such firm or subdivision; 

or 

II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the 

following must be satisfied: 

A. A significant number or proportion 

of the workers in such workers’ firm, or 

an appropriate subdivision of the firm, 

have become totally or partially 

separated, or are threatened to become 

totally or partially separated; 

B. There has been a shift in 

production by such workers’ firm or 

subdivision to a foreign country of 

articles like or directly competitive with 

articles which are produced by such 

firm or subdivision; and 

C. One of the following must be 

satisfied: 

1. The country to which the workers’

firm has shifted production of the 

articles is a party to a free trade 

agreement with the United States; 

2. The country to which the workers’

firm has shifted production of the 

articles to a beneficiary country under 

the Andean Trade Preference Act, 

African Growth and Opportunity Act, or 

the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery 

Act; or 

3. There has been or is likely to be an 

increase in imports of articles that are 

like or directly competitive with articles 

which are or were produced by such 

firm or subdivision. 

Also, in order for an affirmative 

determination to be made for 

secondarily affected workers of a firm 

and a certification issued regarding 

eligibility to apply for worker 

adjustment assistance, each of the group 

eligibility requirements of section 222(b) 

of the Act must be met. 

(1) Significant number or proportion 

of the workers in the workers’ firm or 

an appropriate subdivision of the firm 

have become totally or partially 

separated, or are threatened to become 

totally or partially separated; 

(2) The workers’ firm (or subdivision) 

is a supplier or downstream producer to 

a firm (or subdivision) that employed a 

group of workers who received a 

certification of eligibility to apply for 

trade adjustment assistance benefits and 

such supply or production is related to 

the article that was the basis for such 

certification; and 

(3) Either—

(A) The workers’ firm is a supplier 

and the component parts it supplied for 

the firm (or subdivision) described in 

paragraph (2) accounted for at least 20 

percent of the production or sales of the 

workers’ firm; or 

(B) A loss or business by the workers’

firm with the firm (or subdivision) 

described in paragraph (2) contributed 

importantly to the workers’ separation 

or threat of separation. 

In order for the Division of Trade 

Adjustment Assistance to issued a 

certification of eligibility to apply for 

Alternative Trade Adjustment 

Assistance (ATAA) for older workers, 

the group eligibility requirements of 


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