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3481 TRASK Parkway 

Beaufort SC 29904 

Landholding Agency: GSA 

Property Number: 54201140009 

Status: Excess 

GSA Number: 4–N–SC–0608AA 

Reasons: Other—Swamp; Floodway 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Juanita Perry, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street SW., Room 7266, Washington, DC 

20410; telephone (202) 708–1234; TTY 

number for the hearing- and speechimpaired (202) 708–2565 (these 

telephone numbers are not toll-free), or 

call the toll-free Title V information line 

at (800) 927–7588. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with 24 CFR part 581 and 

section 501 of the Stewart B. McKinney 

Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

11411), as amended, HUD is publishing 

this Notice to identify Federal buildings 

and other real property that HUD has 

reviewed for unsuitability for use to 

assist the homeless. The properties were 

reviewed using information provided to 

HUD by Federal landholding agencies 

regarding unutilized and underutilized 

buildings and real property controlled 

by such agencies or by GSA regarding 

its inventory of excess or surplus 

Federal property. 

Dated: January 13, 2012. 

Mark R. Johnston, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–1029 Filed 1–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5601–N–03] 

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities 

To Assist the Homeless 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice identifies 

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and 

surplus Federal property reviewed by 

HUD for suitability for possible use to 

assist the homeless. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Juanita Perry, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street SW., Room 7262, Washington, DC 

20410; telephone (202) 708–1234; TTY 

number for the hearing- and speechimpaired (202) 708–2565, (these 

telephone numbers are not toll-free), or 

call the toll-free Title V information line 

at (800) 927–7588. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the December 12, 1988 

court order in National Coalition for the 

Homeless v. Veterans Administration, 

No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD 

publishes a Notice, on a weekly basis, 

identifying unutilized, underutilized, 

excess and surplus Federal buildings 

and real property that HUD has 

reviewed for suitability for use to assist 

the homeless. Today’s Notice is for the 

purpose of announcing that no 

additional properties have been 

determined suitable or unsuitable this 

week. 

Dated: January 12, 2012. 

Mark R. Johnston, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–808 Filed 1–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 

Gulf of Mexico (GOM), Outer 

Continental Shelf (OCS), Central 

Planning Area (CPA), Oil and Gas 

Lease Sale for the 2007–2012 5-Year 

OCS Program 

AGENCY: Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management (BOEM), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability (NOA) of 

a Final Supplemental Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS). 

Authority: This NOA is published 

pursuant to the regulations (40 CFR part 

1503) implementing the provisions of 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq. (1988)). 

SUMMARY: BOEM has prepared a Final 

Supplemental EIS for CPA Consolidated 

Lease Sale 216/222, an oil and gas lease 

sale that is tentatively scheduled for 

June 2012, which will be the final lease 

sale in the 2007–2012 5-Year OCS Oil 

and Gas Leasing Program. The proposed 

sale is in the GOM’s CPA off the States 

of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. 

This Final Supplemental EIS updates, 

for CPA Lease Sale 216/222, 

environmental and socioeconomic 

analyses that were originally conducted 

in an EIS that was completed in April 

2007 and entitled, Gulf of Mexico OCS 

Oil and Gas Lease Sales: 2007–2012; 

Western Planning Area (WPA) Sales 

204, 207, 210, 215, and 218; Central 

Planning Area (CPA) Sales 205, 206, 

208, 213, 216, and 222, Final EIS (OCS 

EIS/EA MMS 2007–018) (Multisale EIS). 

This Final Supplemental EIS also 

updates, for CPA Lease Sale 216/222, 

environmental and socioeconomic 

analyses originally conducted in an EIS 

that was completed in September 2008 

and entitled: GOM OCS Oil and Gas 

Lease Sales: 2009–2012; CPA Sales 208, 

213, 216, and 222; WPA Sales 210, 215, 

and 218; Final Supplemental EIS (OCS 

EIS/EA MMS 2008–041) (2009–2012 

Supplemental EIS). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BOEM 

developed the Final Supplemental EIS 

for CPA Lease Sale 216/222 in order to 

consider new circumstances and 

information arising from, among other 

things, the Deepwater Horizon event. 

This Final Supplemental EIS provides 

updates on the baseline conditions and 

potential environmental effects of oil 

and natural gas leasing, exploration, 

development, and production in the 

CPA. BOEM conducted an extensive 

search for new information made 

available since completion of the 

Multisale EIS and the 2009–2012 

Supplemental EIS and in consideration 

of the Deepwater Horizon event, 

including scientific journals; interviews 

with personnel from academic 

institutions and Federal, State, and local 

government agencies; and available 

scientific data and information from 

academic institutions and Federal, 

State, and local government agencies. 

BOEM has reexamined the potential 

impacts associated with the proposed 

CPA lease sale and the proposed lease 

sale’s incremental contribution to the 

cumulative impacts on environmental 

resources and socioeconomic factors. 

This analysis considers both routine 

activities and accidental events, and 

potentially large-scale, events. Like the 

Multisale EIS and the 2009–2012 

Supplemental EIS, the oil and gas 

resource estimates and scenario 

information for this Final Supplemental 

EIS are presented as ranges that would 

likely be involved as a result of this 

proposed lease sale. 

Final Supplemental EIS Availability: 

To obtain a single printed or CD–ROM 

copy of the Final Supplemental EIS for 

CPA Lease Sale 216/222, you may 

contact the BOEM, Gulf of Mexico OCS 

Region, Public Information Office (MS 

5034), 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, 

Room 250, New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123–2394 (1–(800) 200–GULF). An 

electronic copy of the Final 

Supplemental EIS (as well as links to 

the Multisale EIS and the 2009–2012 

Supplemental EIS) is available at 

BOEM’s Internet Web site at http://

www.boem.gov/EnvironmentalStewardship/EnvironmentalAssessment/NEPA/nepaprocess.aspx. 

The CD–ROM version of the Final 

Supplemental EIS also contains copies 

of the Multisale EIS and the 2009–2012 


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Supplemental EIS. Several libraries 

along the Gulf Coast have been sent 

copies of the Final Supplemental EIS. 

To find out the location of libraries that 

have copies of the Final Supplemental 

EIS, you may contact BOEM’s Public 

Information Office or visit BOEM’s 

Internet Web site at http://www.gomr.

boem.gov/homepg/regulate/environ/

libraries.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information on the Final 

Supplemental EIS, you may contact Mr. 

Gary D. Goeke, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management, Gulf of Mexico OCS 

Region, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard 

(MS 5410), New Orleans, Louisiana 

70123–2394, or by email at 

CPASupplementalEIS@boem.gov. You 

may also contact Mr. Goeke by 

telephone at (504) 736–3233. 

Dated: January 3, 2012. 

Tommy P. Beaudreau, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–1124 Filed 1–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–VH–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–R–2009–N231; 1265–0000–10137– 

S3] 

Columbia National Wildlife Refuge, 

Adams and Grant Counties, WA; Final 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Finding of No Significant Impact for 

Environmental Assessment 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of our final comprehensive 

conservation plan (CCP) and a finding of 

no significant impact for the 

environmental assessment for Columbia 

National Wildlife Refuge (NWR/refuge). 

In this final CCP, we describe how we 

will manage this refuge for the next 15 

years. Implementation of the CCP is 

subject to the availability of funding and 

any additional compliance 

requirements. 

ADDRESSES: You may view or obtain 

copies of the final CCP and finding of 

no significant impact (FONSI) and 

environmental assessment (EA) by any 

of the following methods. You may 

request a hard copy or CD–ROM. 

Refuge Web Site: Download a copy of 

the document(s) at www.fws.gov/ 

columbia/management.html. 

Email: mcriver@fws.gov. Include 

‘‘Columbia NWR Final CCP’’ in the 

subject line of the message. 

Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Columbia NWR Final CCP, 64 Maple 

Street, Burbank, WA 99323. 

In-Person Viewing or Pickup: Call 

(509) 546–8333 to make an appointment 

during regular business hours at the 

address above. 

Local Library: The document is also 

available for review at the library listed 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Chase, Refuge Manager, (509) 

488–2668 (phone); mcriver@fws.gov 

(email). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we announce the 

completion of the CCP process for 

Columbia NWR. We started this process 

through a notice in the Federal Register 

(74 FR 25576; May 28, 2009). We 

released the draft CCP/EA to the public, 

announcing and requesting comments 

in a notice of availability in the Federal 

Register (76 FR 45600; July 29, 2011). 

We announce our CCP decision and 

the availability of a FONSI for Columbia 

NWR in accordance with the National 

Wildlife Refuge System Administration 

Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee) 

(Refuge Administration Act) and 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) (40 CFR 1506.6(b)) 

requirements. We prepared an analysis 

of environmental impacts, which we 

included in the EA that accompanied 

the draft CCP. 

The CCP will guide us in managing 

and administering Columbia NWR for 

the next 15 years. The selected 

alternative, as described in the final 

CCP, is a combination of actions from 

alternatives 2 and 3 in the draft CCP and 

is the basis for management direction. 

Background 

The Refuge Administration Act, as 

amended by the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Improvement Act of 

1997, requires us to develop a CCP for 

each national wildlife refuge. The 

purpose for developing a CCP is to 

provide refuge managers with a 15-year 

plan 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, and our policies. In 

addition to outlining broad management 

direction on conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, CCPs identify compatible 

wildlife-dependent recreational 

opportunities available to the public, 

including opportunities for compatible 

hunting, fishing, wildlife observation 

and photography, and environmental 

education and interpretation. We will 

review and update the CCP at least 

every 15 years in accordance with the 

Refuge Administration Act. 

Comments 

We solicited comments on the draft 

CCP/EA for the refuge from July 29, 

2011, to August 29, 2011 (76 FR 45600). 

All letters and comments received were 

thoroughly evaluated and considered in 

the selection of a final alternative. The 

only change to the alternatives in the 

draft CCP was modifying the overnight 

closure of Morgan Lake Road to allow 

for access starting 11⁄2 hours before legal 

hunting time and ending 11⁄2 hours after 

legal hunting time during State hunting 

seasons. 

Selected Alternative 

All actions in the selected alternative 

are subject to available funding and any 

other compliance requirements. Under 

the selected alternative, refuge 

management will continue much as is, 

consistent with available funding and 

staffing, except that 175 acres of 

emergent marsh wetlands in Marsh Unit 

III will be converted to riparian habitat, 

with other wetlands to potentially 

follow based on the success of the first 

conversion. The Crab Creek channel 

will be restored, and stream restoration 

will be a priority to provide for 

steelhead and redband trout and 

improve riparian areas for migrating 

neotropical birds. Specialized habitats 

(e.g., rock outcroppings) will receive 

more planned attention. Grasslands will 

be maintained to provide for species 

like the long-billed curlew, and 

cooperative farming agreements will 

continue to provide green forage and 

grains for geese, waterfowl, and 

Sandhill cranes, while emphasizing 

low-impact techniques. Habitats will be 

maintained and protected for loggerhead 

shrikes, sagebrush lizards, and a variety 

of raptors. Management of State and 

Federal species of concern will be 

emphasized. Refuge lands will continue 

to be managed using a mix of natural 

processes and substantial management 

intervention. For example, many 

wetland areas are allowed to follow 

natural succession—although noxious 

weed control, prescribed fire, and other 

maintenance actions are undertaken— 

but several moist soil management areas 

require water level manipulation, dike 

maintenance, extensive soil preparation, 

planting, and other treatments. Land 

transfers will be pursued to provide 

continuous blocks of habitats and 

simplify management. 


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