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conservation credits from the Cajon 

Creek Conservation Bank in eastern San 

Bernardino Valley. The conservation 

bank collects fees that fund a 

management endowment to ensure the 

permanent management and monitoring 

of sensitive species and habitats, 

including the SBKR. 

Our EA considers the environmental 

consequences of three alternatives: (1) 

The Proposed Project Alternative, which 

consists of issuance of the incidental 

take permit and implementation of the 

HCP; (2) the On Site Conservation 

Alternative, which consists of a reduced 

project footprint and conservation of 

SBKR within the proposed project site; 

and (3) the No Action Alternative, 

which would result in no impacts to 

SBKR and no conservation. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

Proposed permit issuance triggers the 

need for compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). 

Accordingly, a draft NEPA document 

has been prepared. We are the lead 

agency responsible for compliance 

under NEPA. As NEPA lead agency, we 

provide notice of the availability and 

make available for public review the EA. 

Public Review 

We invite the public to review the 

HCP and EA during a 60-day public 

comment period (see DATES). 

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. 

We provide this notice pursuant to 

section 10(a) of the Act and the 

regulations for implementing NEPA, as 

amended (40 CFR 1506.6). We will 

evaluate the application, associated 

documents, and comments submitted 

thereon to determine whether the 

application meets the requirements of 

NEPA regulations and section 10(a) of 

the Act. If we determine that those 

requirements are met, we will issue a 

permit to the Applicant for the 

incidental take of the SBKR. We will 

make our final permit decision no 

sooner than 60 days after the date of this 

notice. 

Dated: May 31, 2007. 

Alexandra Pitts, 

Acting Deputy Manager, California/Nevada 

Operations Office, Sacramento, California. 

[FR Doc. E7–10881 Filed 6–5–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Record of Decision for the Final Bison 

and Elk Management Plan and 

Environmental Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service and the National Park Service, 

U.S. Department of the Interior, as lead 

agencies, announce the availability of a 

Record of Decision (ROD) for the final 

Bison and Elk Management Plan (Plan) 

and Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) for the National Elk Refuge and 

Grand Teton National Park/John D. 

Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway 

(Grant Teton National Park). The final 

Plan/EIS was prepared pursuant to the 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966; as 

amended; the National Park Service 

Management Policies of 2006; and the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA). The final Plan/EIS was 

prepared in cooperation with the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture Animal and 

Plant Health Inspection Service 

(APHIS); the U.S. Department of 

Agriculture Forest Service; the 

Department of Interior Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM); and the State of 

Wyoming Game and Fish Department 

(WGFD). The final Plan/EIS describes 

our proposal for management of the 

Jackson bison and elk populations 

within their respective jurisdictions for 

15 years. The effects of six alternatives 

for the management of bison and elk 

populations for the National Elk Refuge 

and Grand Teton National Park are 

disclosed in the final Plan/EIS and are 

described in the ROD. We adopted and 

plan to implement Alternative 4—

Adaptively Manage Habitat and 

Populations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, or to request a copy 

of the final Plan/EIS or the ROD, contact 

Laurie Shannon, Planning Team Leader, 

Region 6, 134 Union Boulevard, 

Lakewood, Colorado 80228, 303–236–

4317 (Phone); 303–236–4792 (Fax); 

laurie_shanon@fws.gov (e-mail). 

Additionally, a copy of the Final Plan/ 

EIS may be obtained by writing to: 

Jackson Bison and Elk Management 

Planning Office, P.O. Box 510, Jackson, 

Wyoming 83001; Telephone: 307–733–

9212, or E-mail: 

bisonelk_planning@fws.gov or by 

download from the project Web site: 

http://www.bisonandelkplan.fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Elk Refuge and Grand Teton 

National Park are located north of 

Jackson, Wyoming. Together with the 

Bridger-Teton National Forest, they 

make up most of the southern half of the 

Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The 

National Elk Refuge comprises 

approximately 24,700 acres, Grant Teton 

National Park comprises 309,995 acres, 

and the John D. Rockefeller Jr., 

Memorial Parkway is approximately 

23,777 acres. The Jackson bison and elk 

herds make up one of the largest 

concentrations of free-ranging ungulates 

in North America. Currently, these 

herds number over 1,000 bison and 

13,000 elk. The herds migrate across 

several jurisdiction boundaries, 

including Grant Teton National Park 

and southern Yellowstone National 

Park, Bridger-Teton National Forest, 

BLM resource areas, and State and 

private lands, before they winter 

primarily on the National Elk Refuge. 

Due to the wide range of authorities and 

interest, including management of 

resident wildlife by the State of 

Wyoming on many federal lands, we 

have used a cooperative approach to 

management planning involving all of 

the associated federal agencies and the 

WGFD. 

The effects of six alternatives for the 

management of bison and elk 

populations for the National Elk Refuge 

and Grand Teton National Park are 

disclosed in the final Plan/EIS and are 

described in the ROD. Significant issues 

considered in the ROD include: Bison 

and elk populations and their ecology; 

restoration of habitat and management 

of other species of wildlife; 

supplemental winter feeding operations 

of bison and elk; disease prevalence and 

transmission; recreational opportunities; 

cultural opportunities and western 

traditions and lifestyles; commercial 

operations; and the local and regional 

economy. 

The ROD provides the basis for our 

decision on the proposed Bison and Elk 

Management Plan. We adopted and plan 

to implement Alternative 4—Adaptively 

Manage Habitat and Populations, as 

described in the Final Plan/EIS, because 

it balances the major issues and 

stakeholder perspectives identified 

during the planning process with the 

purposes, missions, and management 


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policies of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service and the National Park Service. 

Under the proposed plan, assuming 

the WGFD’s herd objective of 11,000 has 

been met, and that higher numbers of 

elk would use the winter range, about 

5,000 elk and 500 bison will winter on 

the National Elk Refuge at the end of the 

first phase of implementation. The elk 

hunt on the National Elk Refuge, and elk 

herd reductions as needed in Grand 

Teton National Park, will continue. A 

public bison hunt will be instituted on 

the National Elk Refuge and managed in 

accordance with the State of Wyoming 

licensing requirements and an approved 

refuge hunting plan. As herd sizes and 

objectives are achieved, further 

reductions in feeding or elk numbers 

will occur based on established criteria 

developed in collaboration with WGFD. 

The proposed plan includes an adaptive 

management framework that 

incorporates population management, 

habitat restoration, public education, 

and monitoring into an adaptive, 

progressive, and collaborative approach 

to address habitat conservation and 

wildlife population management. 

Public comments were requested, 

considered, and incorporated 

throughout the planning process in 

numerous ways. Public outreach has 

included public open houses, public 

hearings, individual outreach activities, 

planning update mailings, and Federal 

Register notices. Three previous notices 

were published in the Federal Register 

concerning this Plan/EIS (66 FR 37489–

37490, July 18, 2001; 70 FR 42089–

42090, July 21, 2005; and 72 FR 5078–

5080, February 2, 2007). 

Dated: May 14, 2007. 

James J. Slack, 

Deputy Regional Director, Region 6, Denver, 

Colorado. 

[FR Doc. 07–2773 Filed 6–5–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[MT–020–07–1310–DT] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare 

Supplemental Air Quality Analysis 

Information for the Draft Supplement 

to the Montana Statewide Final Oil and 

Gas Environmental Impact Statement 

(Draft SEIS) and Amendment of the 

Powder River and Billings Resource 

Management Plans (RMP), Miles City, 

MT 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended, the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM), Miles City Field 

Office, Montana, announces its intent to 

prepare supplemental air quality 

analysis information. On February 2, 

2007, the BLM published a Notice of 

Availability in the Federal Register 

announcing the release of the Draft SEIS 

for public review and comment. The 90- 

day comment period closed May 2, 

2007. The BLM was notified by the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

of air quality analysis deficiencies in the 

Draft SEIS. As a result, the BLM is 

preparing an additional air quality 

analysis. When the additional air 

quality analysis has been completed, the 

BLM will only accept comments from 

the public on the new information 

presented. 

DATES: The BLM anticipates making the 

additional air quality analysis 

information available to the public for a 

90-day comment period around 

September 2007. The BLM will publish 

a Notice of Availability in the Federal 

Register when the supplemental air 

quality analysis is ready for release for 

public comment. Additional 

announcements will be made through 

local media by news releases and posted 

information on the Draft SEIS Web site: 

http://www.blm.gov/eis/mt/ 

milescity_seis/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Bloom, Project Manager, Miles 

City Field Office, P.O. Box 219, Miles 

City, Montana 59301, or by telephone at 

(406) 233–2852. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public 

comments submitted on the 

supplemental air quality analysis on the 

Draft SEIS, including names, e-mail 

addresses, and street addresses of the 

respondents, will be available for public 

review and disclosure at the above 

address during regular office business 

hours (7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.), Monday 

through Friday, except holidays. 

Individual respondents may request 

confidentiality. 

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. 

Sandra C. Berain, 

Acting State Director. 

[FR Doc. E7–10891 Filed 6–5–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–$$–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AZ–420–1430–ES; AZA 32985] 

Notice of Realty Action; Recreation 

and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act 

Classifications; Arizona 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has examined and 

found suitable for classification 

approximately 16 acres of public land in 

Pima County, Arizona, for lease or 

conveyance to the Drexel Heights Fire 

District under the provisions of the 

Recreation and Public Purposes Act, as 

amended, and in keeping with section 7 

of the Taylor Grazing Act, as amended. 

The Fire District proposes to use the 

land for the expansion of an existing fire 

station facility, operated by the Drexel 

Heights Fire District. 

DATES: Submit comments on or before 

July 23, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Detailed information 

concerning this action, including but 

not limited to, a development plan and 

documentation relating to compliance 

with applicable environmental and 

cultural resources laws, is available for 

review at the Bureau of Land 

Management, Tucson Field Office, 

12661 East Broadway Boulevard, 

Tucson, Arizona 85748–7208. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Bernal, Realty Specialist, at (520) 

258–7206; e-mail address susan_bernal 

@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following described public land in Pima 

County, Arizona, has been examined 

and found suitable for lease or 

conveyance for use as an expanded fire 

station facility under the provisions of 

the Recreation and Public Purposes 

(R&PP) Act, as amended, 43 U.S.C. 869 

et seq., and is hereby classified 

accordingly pursuant to section 7 of the 

Taylor Grazing Act, as amended, 43 

U.S.C. 315f: 

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona 

T. 15 S., R. 12 E., sec. 3, lots 1 and 2 (within). 

The area described contains 16 acres in 

Pima County. 


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