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and their habitats, and (2) minor or 

negligible effects on other 

environmental values or resources. 

The Service will evaluate the HCP 

and comments submitted thereon to 

determine whether the application 

meets the requirements of section 10(a) 

of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). If it 

is determined that those requirements 

are met, the ITP will be issued for the 

incidental take of the Florida scrub-jay. 

The Service will also evaluate whether 

issuance of the section 10(a)(1)(B) ITP 

complies with section 7 of the Act by 

conducting an intra-Service section 7 

consultation. The results of this 

consultation, in combination with the 

above findings, will be used in the final 

analysis to determine whether or not to 

issue the ITP. 

Authority: This notice is provided 

pursuant to section 10 of the Endangered 

Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and 

NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). 

Dated: April 24, 2007. 

Paul Souza, 

Field Supervisor, South Florida Ecological 

Services Field Office. 

[FR Doc. E7–8159 Filed 4–27–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Draft Safe Harbor Agreement and 

Application for an Enhancement of 

Survival Permit for the Attwater’s 

Prairie Chicken, Northern Aplomado 

Falcon, Whooping Crane, and Black 

Lace Cactus for Activities on Private 

Lands in All or Portions of Aransas, 

Austin, Colorado, Galveston, Goliad, 

Refugio, and Victoria Counties, TX 

(Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative) 

AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; receipt of 

application. 

SUMMARY: The Coastal Prairie Coalition, 

Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative 

(GLCI) (Applicant) has applied to the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) 

for an enhancement of survival permit 

pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, 

as amended. The requested permit, 

which is for a period of 99 years, 

includes a draft Safe Harbor Agreement 

(Agreement) for the endangered 

Attwater’s prairie chicken 

(Tympanuchus cupido attwateri), the 

endangered Northern aplomado falcon 

(Falco femoralis septentrionalis), the 

endangered Whooping crane (Grus 

Americana), and the endangered black 

lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii 

var. albertii) in all or portions of 

Aransas, Austin, Colorado, Galveston, 

Goliad, Refugio, and Victoria counties, 

Texas. We invite public comment. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be received on or before 

May 30, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review 

the application may obtain a copy by 

writing to the Regional Director, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 

1306, Room 4102, Albuquerque, New 

Mexico 87103. Persons wishing to 

review the draft Agreement or other 

related documents may obtain a copy by 

written or telephone request to the Field 

Supervisor, Corpus Christi Ecological 

Services Field Office, c/o Texas A&M 

University at Corpus Christi, 6300 

Ocean Drive, Unit 5837, Corpus Christi, 

Texas 78412–5837, (361) 994–9005. The 

documents will also be available for 

public inspection, by appointment only, 

during normal business hours (8 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m.) at the Service’s Corpus 

Christi office. Comments concerning the 

draft Agreement or other related 

documents should be submitted in 

writing to the Field Supervisor at the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Corpus 

Christi Ecological Services Field Office, 

c/o Texas A&M University at Corpus 

Christi, 6300 Ocean Drive, Unit 5837, 

Corpus Christi, Texas 78412–5837. 

Please refer to permit number TE–

151746–0 when submitting comments. 

All comments received, including 

names and addresses, will become a 

part of the official administrative record 

and may be made available to the 

public. 

Public Availability of Comments 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mary Orms at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Corpus Christi Ecological 

Services Field Office, c/o Texas A&M 

University at Corpus Christi, 6300 

Ocean Drive, Unit 5837, Corpus Christi, 

Texas 78412–5837 (361–994–9005; Fax 

361–994–8262, or Mary_Orms@fws.gov) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Applicant has applied to the Service for 

a section 10(a)(1)(A) enhancement of 

survival permit for the endangered 

Attwater’s prairie chicken, the 

endangered Northern aplomado falcon, 

the endangered Whooping crane, and 

the endangered black lace cactus in all 

or portions of Aransas, Austin, 

Colorado, Galveston, Goliad, Refugio, 

and Victoria counties, Texas for a period 

of 99 years. 

Background 

The Applicant plans to implement 

conservation measures designed to 

promote the recovery of covered species 

on enrolled private lands located in the 

counties listed above. The conservation 

measures will improve and maintain 

healthy productive grasslands, reduce 

brush canopy, modify plant 

composition, promote growth of or 

enhance the detection and/or 

palatability of desired foods, increase 

prey base, facilitate the accumulation of 

fine fuels for prescription burning, 

provide additional habitat, provide 

upland freshwater supplies, and aid in 

dispersal of covered species among 

various protected habitats, providing a 

measure of insurance against losses due 

to demographic or genetic factors and 

catastrophic events. The Agreement is 

expected to provide a net conservation 

benefit for the Attwater’s prairie 

chicken, Northern aplomado falcon, 

Whooping crane, and black lace cactus. 

Due to the programmatic nature of this 

Agreement, baseline conditions will be 

determined at the time of enrollment. 

Baseline conditions for most properties 

enrolled under the Agreement are 

anticipated to be zero. Where 

participating properties are determined 

to have an environmental baseline 

greater than zero, these areas shall be 

described in the Certificate of Inclusion 

(CI) and Prairie Management 

Agreement, with detailed descriptions 

and/or maps showing the locations of 

existing habitat or populations attached 

to the CI and Prairie Management 

Agreement. 

The Agreement will provide certainty 

to the Applicant relative to future 

property-use restrictions in the event 

that any of the covered species should 

be taken on their land as a result of 

implementation of the proposed 

conservation measures. 

Under a Safe Harbor Agreement, 

participating property owners 

voluntarily undertake management 

activities on their property to enhance, 

restore, or maintain habitat benefiting 

species listed under the Act. Safe 

Harbor Agreements encourage private 

and other non-Federal property owners 

to implement conservation efforts for 

listed species by assuring property 

owners they will not be subject to 

increased property use restrictions if 


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their efforts attract listed species to their 

property or increase the numbers or 

distribution of listed species already on 

their property. 

Section 9 of the Act prohibits take of 

threatened or endangered species. 

However, the Service, under limited 

circumstances, may issue permits to 

take threatened and endangered wildlife 

species incidental to, and not the 

purpose of, otherwise lawful activities. 

Christopher T. Jones, 

Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region, 

Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

[FR Doc. E7–8164 Filed 4–27–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Notice of Availability of Draft 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Environmental Assessment for Big 

Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge 

in St. Tammany Parish, LA 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service, announce that a Draft 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Environmental Assessment (Draft CCP/ 

EA) for Big Branch Marsh National 

Wildlife Refuge is 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 CCP for each national wildlife 

refuge. This Draft CCP, when final, will 

describe how we intend to manage Big 

Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge 

over the next 15 years. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, we 

must receive your comments no later 

than May 30, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments or 

requests for more information to: 

Charlotte Parker, Natural Resource 

Planner, 61389 Highway 434, Lacombe, 

LA 70445; Telephone: 985/882–2029. 

The Draft CCP/EA may be accessed and 

downloaded from the Service’s Internet 

Web site: http://southeast.fws.gov/ 

planning/ under ‘‘Draft Documents.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Big 

Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge 

was established in 1994 and is presently 

comprised of approximately 18,600 

acres of coastal marsh and pine forested 

wetlands. The purposes of the refuge are 

to: Provide habitat for a natural diversity 

of wildlife associated with the marsh of 

the refuge; provide wintering habitat for 

migratory waterfowl; provide nesting 

habitat for wood ducks; provide habitat 

for non-game migratory birds; and 

provide opportunities for public 

outdoor recreation, such as hunting, 

fishing, hiking, bird watching, and 

environmental education and 

interpretation, whenever they are 

compatible with the purposes of the 

refuge. 

Significant issues addressed in the 

Draft CCP/EA include: Managing 

threatened and endangered species, 

species of concern, targeted species, and 

other species of Federal responsibility; 

conserving habitats native to the Lake 

Pontchartrain Basin; improving refuge 

visitor programs; increasing public 

outreach; providing formal 

environmental education programs; 

protecting archaeological and historical 

sites on the refuge; and, purchasing the 

remaining land inholdings within the 

established acquisition boundary of the 

refuge. 

Three management alternatives are 

considered in the Draft CCP/EA. 

Alternative A continues current 

management, with no new actions to 

improve or enhance existing programs. 

Alternative B, the proposed alternative, 

emphasizes management of natural 

resources based on maintaining and 

improving wetland habitats, monitoring 

targeted flora and fauna representative 

of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, and 

providing quality public use programs 

and wildlife-dependent recreational 

activities. Alternative C focuses on 

expanding public use activities to the 

fullest extent possible while conducting 

only mandated resource protection. 

We will conduct the environmental 

review of this project in accordance 

with the requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); NEPA 

Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508); 

other appropriate Federal laws and 

regulations; and our policies and 

procedures for compliance with those 

regulations. All comments received 

become part of the official public 

record. Requests for such comments will 

be handled in accordance with the 

Freedom of Information Act NEPA (40 

CFR 1506(f)), and Departmental and 

Service policies and procedures. 

Authority: This notice is published under 

the authority of the National Wildlife Refuge 

System Improvement Act of 1997, Public 

Law 105–57. 

Dated: March 13, 2007. 

Cynthia K. Dohner, 

Acting Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. E7–8162 Filed 4–27–07; 8:45 am] 

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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 extension of agreement 

between the Northern Cheyenne Tribe 

and the State of Montana concerning 

Class III gaming, with the incorporated 

amendments. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 30, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

George T. Skibine, 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 compacts for the 

purpose of engaging in Class III gaming 

activities on Indian lands. 

This amendment extends the term of 

the compact for 10 years, increases the 

number of gaming machines, the 

maximum jackpot on gaming machines 

and the prize limit on Class III poker, for 

the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. 

Dated: April 19, 2007. 

Carl J. Artman, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E7–8134 Filed 4–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–02–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 Tribal-State Compact 

for Class III Gaming between the 

Spokane Tribe and the State of 

Washington. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 30, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

George T. Skibine, Director, Office of 

Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy 

Assistant Secretary—Policy and 

Economic Development, Washington, 

DC 20240, (202) 219–4066. 


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