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APPENDIX A—HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT OF FUNDING AWARDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006—

Continued 

Housing Agency Address Units Award 

VIRGINIA HSG DEV AUTH ..................................... 601 SOUTH BELVIDERE STREET, RICHMOND, VA 23220 ..... 101 774,726 

HA OF THE CITY OF BREMERTON ...................... 110 RUSSELL RD, BREMERTON, WA 98312 ............................ 6 37,705 

HA OF THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE ........................ 809 NORTH BROADWAY, MILWAUKEE, WI 53201 .................. 30 179,749 

TOMAH HA .............................................................. 819 SUPERIOR AVE, TOMAH, WI 54660 ................................... 2 7,821 

WISCONSIN HSG & ECON DEV AUTH ................. PO BOX 1728, MADISON, WI 53701 .......................................... 16 72,650

Total for Housing Tenant Protection ................. 16,061 $142,748,149 

HOPE VI Vouchers 

CITY OF FRESNO HA ............................................. 1331 FULTON MALL, FRESNO, CA 93776 ................................ 44 245,673 

STAMFORD HA ....................................................... 22 CLINTON AVE, STAMFORD, CT 06904 ................................ 84 1,108,174 

MIAMI DADE HA ...................................................... 1401 NW 7TH STREET, MIAMI, FL 33125 ................................. 0 2,591,250 

HA OF THE CITY OF FORT MYERS ..................... 4224 MICHIGAN AVE, FORT MYERS, FL 33916 ....................... 220 208,727 

NEWPORT HA ......................................................... 301 SOUTHGATE, NEWPORT, KY 41072 .................................. 130 308,651 

LEXINGTON-FAYETTE COUNTY HA ..................... 300 NEW CIRCLE ROAD, LEXINGTON, KY 40505 ................... 150 141,240 

LONG BRANCH HA ................................................. PO BOX 336 GARFIELD COURT, LONG BRANCH, NJ 07740 134 775,720 

PLEASANTVILLE HA ............................................... 156 NORTH MAIN STREET, PLEASANTVILLE, NJ 08232 ........ 50 269,159

SAN MIGUEL COUNTY HA ..................................... COUNTY COURTHOUSE ANNEX BLDG, LAS VEGAS, NM 

87701.

65 369,096 

THE MUNICIPAL HA ............................................... 1511 CENTRAL PARK AVE, YONKERS, NY 10710 .................. 75 420,657 

AKRON MHA ............................................................ 100 W. CEDAR STREET, AKRON, OH 44307 ........................... 70 80,286 

HA OF PORTLAND .................................................. 135 SW ASH STREET, PORTLAND, OR 97204 ........................ 98 108,776 

MEMPHIS HA ........................................................... 700 ADAMS AVE, MEMPHIS, TN 38105 .................................... 385 455,578 

PORTSMOUTH REDEV&H/A .................................. 801 WATER STREET, STE 200, PORTSMOUTH, VA ............... 300 368,580 

Total for HOPE VI Vouchers ............................. 1,805 $7,451,567 

Grand Total ................................................ 23,099 $179,445,332 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Finding of No Significant Impact for 

Grand Cote National Wildlife Refuge in 

Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service 

announces that a Final Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for Grand Cote 

National Wildlife Refuge are available 

for distribution. The plan was prepared 

pursuant to the National Wildlife Refuge 

System Improvement Act of 1997, and 

in accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and 

describes how the refuge will be 

managed for the next 15 years. The 

compatibility determinations for 

hunting, fishing, wildlife observation 

and photography, environmental 

education and interpretation, all-terrain 

vehicle use, cooperative farming, and 

resource research studies, are also 

available within the plan. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the plan may be 

obtained by writing to the Grand Cote 

National Wildlife Refuge, 401 Island 

Road, Marksville, Louisiana 71351. The 

plan may also be accessed and 

downloaded from the Service’s Website 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Grande 

Cote National Wildlife Refuge is located 

about 5 miles west of the city of 

Marksville, Louisiana (population 

6,087), and 20 miles southeast of 

Alexandria, Louisiana (population 

46,000), south of Highway 1, west of 

Highway 115, and north and east of 

Highway 114. The refuge is part of the 

central Louisiana National wildlife 

Refuge Complex, which includes Grand 

Cote, Lake Ophelia, and Cat Island 

National Wildlife Refuges and several 

fee and easement Farm Service Agency 

sites. The refuge covers 6,075 acres but 

could reach 13,000 acres if all land 

within the approved acquisition 

boundary is purchases. The refuge was 

established in 1989 to provide wintering 

habitat for mallards, pintails, bluewinged teal, and wood ducks, as well as 

production habitat for wood ducks to 

meet the goals of the North American 

Waterfowl Management Plan. The 

refuge consists of a complex of 

bottomland hardwood forests, 

agricultural lands, moist-soil areas, and 

direct access roads and trails. annually, 

more than 2,000 visitors participate in 

refuge activities. 

The availability of the Draft 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Environmental Assessment for a 45-day 

public review and comment period was 

announced in the Federal Register on 

June 16, 2006 (71 FR 34955). The draft 

plan and environmental assessment 

identified and evaluated three 

alternatives for managing the refuge 

over the next 15 years. alternative 1 

represents o change from current 

management of the refuge. Under this 

alternative, 6,075 acres of refuge lands 

would continue to be protected, 

maintained, restored, and enhanced for 

resident wildlife, waterfowl, and 

threatened and endangered species. 

Under Alternative 2, the ‘‘preferred 

alternative,’’ more staff, equipment, and 

facilities would be added in order to 

maximize management and restoration 

of the refuge’s wetland and moist-soil 

habitats and hydrology in support of 

migratory and resident waterfowl and 

other wildlife, especially white-tailed 

deer and woodcock. Alternative 3 

would add more staff, equipment, and 

facilities in order to maximize 

bottomland hardwood forest restoration 

in support of migratory birds and other 

wildlife. 


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Based on the environmental 

assessment and the comments received, 

the Servcie adopted Alternative 2 as its 

preferred alternative. This alternative 

was considered to be the most effective 

for meeting the purposes of the refuge 

by conserving, restoring, and managing 

the refuge’s wetlands and moist-soil 

habitats and hydrology. Alternative 2 

best achieves national, ecosystem, and 

refuge-specific goals and objectives and 

positively addresses significant issues 

and concerns expressed by the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTAT: Tina 

Chouinard, Natural Resource Planner, 

Central Louisiana National Wildlife 

Refuge Complex, telephone: 318/253–

4238; fax: 318/253–7139; e-mail: 

tina_chouinard@fws.gov; or by writing 

to the Natural Resource Planner at the 

address in the ADDRESSESsection. 

AUTHORITY: This notice is published 

under the authority of the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, 

Public Law 105–57. 

Dated: September 12, 2006. 

Cynthia K. Dohner, 

Acting Regional Director. 

Editorial Note: This document was 

received at the Office of the Federal 

Register on December 21, 2006. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Notice of Availability of Draft 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Environmental Assessment for Merritt 

Island National Wildlife Refuge in 

Brevard and Volusia Counties, Florida 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service 

announces that a Draft Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan and Environmental 

Assessment for Merritt Island National 

Wildlife Refuge are available for review 

and comment. The National Wildlife 

Refuge System Administration Act of 

1966, as amended by the National 

Wildlife Refuge System Improvement 

Act of 1997, requires the Service to 

develop a comprehensive conservation 

plan for each national wildlife refuge. 

The purpose in developing a 

comprehensive conservation plan is to 

provide refuge managers with a 15-year 

strategy for achieving refuge purposes 

and contributing toward the mission of 

the National Wildlife Refuge System, 

consistent with sound principles of fish 

and wildlife management, conservation, 

legal mandates nd Service policies. In 

addition to outlining broad management 

direction on conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, plans identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities 

available to the public, including 

opportunities for hunting, fishing, 

wildlife observation, wildlife 

photography, and environmental 

education and interpretation. 

DATES: Comments on the Draft 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Environmental Assessment for Merritt 

Island National Wildlife Refuge must be 

received no later than February 26, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the draft plan and 

environmental assessment is available 

on compact diskette or hard copy, and 

may be obtained by contacting the 

refuge at: Telephone: 321/861–0667; Email: MerrittIslandCCP@fws,giv; or by 

writing to: Merritt island NWR CCP, 

P.O. Box 6504, Titusville, Florida 

32782–6504. You may also access or 

download a copy of the plan and 

environmental assessment at the 

following Web site address: http:// 

southeast.fws.gov/planning/. Comments 

should be mailed to the refuge at the 

above address or e-mailed to: 

MerrittIslandCCP@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The draft 

comprehensive conservation plan 

addresses several priority issues raised 

by the Service, the Florida Fish and 

Wildlife Conservation Commission, 

other governmental partners, and the 

public, including: the spread of exotic, 

invasive, and nuisance species; the 

threats to threatened, endangered, and 

other imperiled species; the threats and 

impacts of an ever-increasing human 

population and the associated demand 

for public use activities; the 

management/maintenance of 

impounded wetlands; the coordination 

between intergovernmental partners; 

and the decline in migratory birds and 

their habitats. 

To address these priority issues, four 

alternatives were developed and 

evaluated during the planning process. 

Alternative A continues current 

refuge management activities and 

programs. Under this alternative, the 

refuge would continue to maintain 550 

Florida scrub jay family groups across 

15,000 acres, 11–13 nesting pairs of bald 

eagles, and 6.3 miles of sea turtle 

nesting beaches. 

Alternative B expands refuge 

management actions on needs of 

threatened and endangered species. The 

refuge would aggressively manage for 

Florida scrub jays, restoring and 

maintaining 19,000–20,000 acres in 

optimal condition to support 900 family 

groups. Habitat management activities 

would support the number of nesting 

pairs of bald eagles to expand to 20, 

with increased protection of nest sites, 

development of artificial nesting 

platforms, and increased cultivation of 

future nest areas and nesting trees. 

Alternative C focuses refuge 

management actions on the needs of 

migratory birds. Current management 

activities for threatened and endangered 

species would remain the same or 

would be decreased. The refuge would 

manage intensively for waterfowl, 

increasing the acres of impounded 

wetlands managed to over 16,000 acres 

and annually supporting targets of 250 

breeding pairs of mottled duck, 60,000 

lesser scaup, 25,000 dabbling ducks, 

and 38,000 diving ducks. The refuge 

would also intensively manage for 

shorebirds, increasing to over 5,000 

acres managed in impounded wetlands. 

Alternative D, the Service’s proposed 

alternative, takes a more landscape view 

of the refuge and its resources, focusing 

refuge management on wildlife and 

habitat diversity. The refuge would 

support 500–650 Florida scrub jay 

family groups with 350–500 territories 

in optimal conditions across 15,000–

16,000 acres. With active management, 

the refuge would support 11–15 nesting 

pairs of bald eagles; maintain 6.3 miles 

of sea turtle nesting beaches; and 

maintain 100 acres of habitat for the 

southeastern beach mouse, while the 

refuge population would serve as a 

source for reintroduction of the beach 

mouse to other sites. Manatee-focused 

management would be re-established on 

the refuge. The refuge would manage 

15,000–16,000 acres in impounded 

wetlands with a waterfowl focus and 

would support targets of 250 breeding 

pairs of mottled ducks, 60,000 lesser 

scaup, 25,000 dabbling ducks, and 

38,000 other diving ducks. Visitor 

services, programs, and messages would 

be focused on wildlife and habitat 

diversity, while also including 

threatened and endangered species and 

migratory birds. 

The actions outlined in the draft plan 

and in two included step-down plans 

provide direction and guidance for 

management of Merritt Island National 

Wildlife Refuge. Successful 

implementation will depend on 

coordiantion and partnerships between 

the public, the Service, and other 

governmental agencies. 

After the review and comment period 

for the draft plan and environmental 

assessment, all comments will be 

analyzed and considered by the Service. 

All comments from individuals become 

part of the official public record. 

Requests for such comments will be 


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