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business with HUD; federal and nonfederal governmental agencies; HUD 

personnel. 

EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE

ACT: 

None. 

[FR Doc. 07–2456 Filed 5–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck 

National Wildlife Refuge in Fairfax 

County, VA, and Featherstone National 

Wildlife Refuge in Prince William 

County, VA 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a 

comprehensive conservation plan and 

environmental assessment; 

announcement of public scoping and 

request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service, we, our) is gathering 

the information needed to prepare a 

comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) 

and associated environmental 

assessment (EA) for Elizabeth Hartwell 

Mason Neck and Featherstone National 

Wildlife Refuges (NWR), two of the 

three refuges in the Potomac River NWR 

Complex. We publish this notice in 

compliance with our policy of advising 

other agencies and the public of our 

intentions to conduct detailed planning 

on refuges and obtain suggestions and 

information about the scope of issues to 

consider in the planning process. 

DATES: To ensure our consideration of 

your written comments, you must 

submit them by June 18, 2007. We held 

public scoping meetings in March 2007 

after announcing their locations, dates, 

and times at least 2 weeks in advance, 

in special mailings, notices in local 

newspaper, on our Web site, and 

through personal contacts. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments or 

requests for more information on the 

planning process to Nancy McGarigal, 

Refuge Planner, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 300 Westgate Center Drive, 

Hadley, MA, 01035; 413–253–8562 

(telephone); 413–253–8468 (fax); 

northeastplanning@fws.gov (electronic 

mail). If submitting an electronic mail, 

please put ‘‘Mason Neck NWR’’ or 

‘‘Featherstone NWR’’ in the subject line. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: To obtain 

more information on the refuges, contact 

the Potomac River NWR Complex, 

14344 Jefferson Davis Highway 

Woodbridge, VA, 22191, at 703–490–

4979 (telephone); 

fw5rw_msnnwr@fws.gov (electronic 

mail); http://www.fws.gov/refuges/ 

profiles/index.cfm?id=51610 (Elizabeth 

Hartwell Mason Neck NWR Web site); 

http://www.fws.gov/Refuges/profiles/ 

index.cfm?id=51612 (Featherstone NWR 

Web site) 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice initiates the comprehensive 

conservation planning process for 

Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck (Mason 

Neck) and Featherstone NWRs, 

headquartered in Woodbridge, Virginia. 

Background 

The CCP Process 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966, as amended 

by the National Wildlife Refuge System 

Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 

668dd–668ee), requires us to develop a 

comprehensive conservation plan for 

each national wildlife refuge. The 

purpose of a CCP is to provide refuge 

managers with 15-year strategies for 

achieving refuge purposes and 

contributing to the mission of the 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

(NWRS), in conformance with the sound 

principles of fish and wildlife 

management and conservation, legal 

mandates, and Service policies. In 

addition to providing broad 

management direction on conserving 

wildlife and habitat, the plans identify 

wildlife-dependent recreational 

opportunities available to the public, 

including opportunities for hunting, 

fishing, wildlife observation and 

photography, and environmental 

education and interpretation. 

We establish each refuge for specific 

purposes, and use those purposes to 

develop and prioritize its management 

goals, objectives, and public uses. The 

planning process is one way for us and 

for the public to evaluate those goals 

and objectives for the best possible 

conservation of important wildlife 

habitat, while providing opportunities 

for wildlife-dependent recreation 

compatible with those purposes and the 

mission of the NWRS. 

We request your input on all issues, 

concerns, ideas, improvements and 

suggestions for the future management 

of Mason Neck and Featherstone NWRs 

in Fairfax and Prince William Counties, 

Virginia, respectively. 

You may submit comments at any 

time during the planning process by 

writing to the refuge planner (see 

ADDRESSES, above). 

We will conduct the environmental 

review of this project in accordance 

with the requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA), as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321, et 

seq.), the Council on Environmental 

Quality Regulations on NEPA (40 CFR 

parts 1500–1508), other appropriate 

Federal laws and regulations, and our 

policies and procedures for complying 

with them. All of the comments we 

receive on either our environmental 

assessments or our environmental 

impact statements become part of their 

official public record. We will handle 

requests for those comments in 

accordance with the Freedom of 

Information Act, NEPA (40 CFR 

1506.6(f)), and other policies and 

procedures of the Department or the 

Service. When we receive such a 

request, we will provide comment 

letters with the names and addresses of 

the individuals who wrote them. 

However, to the extent permissible by 

law, we will not provide the telephone 

numbers of those individuals. 

Mason Neck and Featherstone NWRs 

Mason Neck and Featherstone NWRs 

are two of the three refuges in the 

Potomac River NWR Complex. The 

Occoquan Bay NWR is the third. We 

established that refuge in 1972, and 

completed its CCP in 1997. The refuge 

complex headquarters is located in 

Woodbridge, Prince William County, 

Virginia. The refuges provide natural 

habitat important for wildlife in a 

landscape otherwise dominated by 

urban development, 18 miles south of 

Washington, DC. 

The 2,277-acre Mason Neck NWR lies 

in Fairfax County, Virginia. Established 

in 1969, it was the first national wildlife 

refuge set aside specifically to protect 

the federally-listed bald eagle. Its other 

purposes are to protect natural 

resources, conserve fish and wildlife, 

and develop compatible fish- and 

wildlife-oriented recreation. The refuge 

habitats include oak-hickory forest, 

freshwater marsh, and 4.4 miles of 

shoreline along the Potomac River. Bald 

eagles shelter and nest in its mature 

forests and forage and hunt along its 

marshes, bays, and river. Seven bald 

eagle nests are located on or near the 

refuge, as well as an eagle roost and a 

wintering population of 50–60 birds. 

Other significant resources on the 

refuge include the largest freshwater 

marsh in northern Virginia and one of 

the State’s largest great blue heron 

rookeries, with more than 1,400 nests. 

More than 200 species of birds, 31 

species of mammals, and 44 species of 

reptiles and amphibians use the refuge. 

It is also part of the Chesapeake Bay 

Estuary Complex, designated by the 

RAMSAR Convention as a ‘‘Wetland of 

International Importance.’’


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Each year, about 16,000 visitors hunt, 

observe or photograph wildlife, or enjoy 

wildlife interpretation at Mason Neck 

NWR. Its special events, refuge 

interpretive programs, three hiking 

trails, two of which are accessible to 

persons with disabilities, provide 

outstanding opportunities for visitors to 

experience nature. 

The 325-acre Featherstone NWR lies 

in Prince William County, Virginia, near 

the Town of Woodbridge. Established 

pursuant to 84 Stat. 1095 in 1970, the 

refuge protects the natural features of a 

contiguous wetland area. Its narrow 

strip of land, bordered on the east by the 

shore of the Potomac River and the 

mouth of Neabsco Creek and on the 

west by an active railroad right-of-way, 

provides habitat for migratory land 

birds, shorebirds, waterfowl, ospreys, 

and a bald eagle nest (historical). 

Featherstone NWR lacks legal public 

access; consequently, we close it to 

public use except under special use 

permit. It also lacks facilities or 

management activities that support 

public use. 

Dated: March 8, 2007. 

Richard O. Bennett, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Hadley, 

Massachusetts. 

[FR Doc. E7–9605 Filed 5–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CO–03–840–1610–241A] 

Canyons of the Ancients National 

Monument Advisory Committee 

Meeting; Call for Nominations 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Call for Nominations for the 

Canyons of the Ancients National 

Monument Advisory Committee, to fill 

ten positions. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management is publishing this notice 

under section 9(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, and BLM 

regulations found at 43 CFR Subpart 

1784. The notice requests the public to 

submit nominations for membership on 

the Canyons of the Ancients Advisory 

Committee (Committee). The Committee 

is necessary to advise the Secretary and 

BLM on resource management issues 

associated with Canyons of the Ancients 

National Monument. 

DATES: Submit a completed nomination 

form and nomination letters to the 

address listed below no later than June 

18, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send nominations to: 

Manager, Canyons of the Ancients 

National Monument, Bureau of Land 

Management, 27501 Highway 184, 

Delores, Colorado 81323. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Heather Musclow, Planner, 970–882–

5632, LouAnn Jacobson, Manager, 970–

882–5600, or e-mail 

Heather_Musclow@blm.gov, or visit the 

monument Web site at http:// 

www.co.blm.gov/canm/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any 

individual or organization may 

nominate one or more persons to serve 

on the Canyons of the Ancients National 

Monument Advisory Committee. 

Individuals may nominate themselves 

for Committee membership. Individuals 

currently or previously on the 

Committee are eligible to reapply. You 

may obtain nomination forms from the 

Canyons of the Ancients National 

Monument Manager, BLM (see CONTACT

INFORMATION, above). To make a 

nomination, you must submit a 

completed nomination form, letters of 

reference from the represented interests 

or organizations, as well as any other 

information that speaks to the 

nominee’s qualifications, to the Canyons 

of the Ancients National Monument 

Manager. You may make nominations 

for the following categories of interest: 

• One representative of the 

Montezuma County Commission 

(appointed from nominees submitted by 

the Montezuma County Commission); 

• Two person from any of the 

following tribes and pueblos 

representing Native American interests: 

The Ute Mountain Tribe, The UintahOuray Ute Tribe, The Southern Ute 

Tribe, The Navajo Nation, The Hopi 

Tribe, The Pueblo of Acoma, The Pueblo 

of Cochiti, The Pueblo of Isleta, The 

Pueblo of San Felipe, The Pueblo of 

Santa Ana, The Pueblo of Santo 

Domingo, The Pueblo of Jemez, The 

Pueblo of Laguna, The Pueblo of Sandia, 

The Pueblo of Zia, The Pueblo of Zuni, 

The Pueblo of Nambe, The Pueblo of 

San Juan, The Pueblo of Picuris, The 

Pueblo of Pojoaque, The Pueblo of San 

Ildefonso, The Pueblo of Santa Clara, 

The Pueblo of Taos, The Pueblo of 

Tesuque (appointed from nominees 

submitted by the BLM); 

• Two persons who are recognized 

cultural resource representatives, one of 

whom represents regional interests and 

one of whom is from the local area 

(appointed from nominees submitted by 

the BLM); 

• One person who is a grazing 

permittee on Federal lands in the 

CANM (appointed from nominees 

submitted by the BLM); 

• One person who represents fluid 

minerals development (appointed from 

nominees submitted by the BLM); 

• Three people representing any of 

the following: private landowners in or 

adjacent to the CANM, recognized 

national or regional environmental or 

resource conservation organizations, offroad vehicle use, commercial recreation, 

and/or representing statewide 

perspectives with no financial interest 

in the CANM (appointed from nominees 

submitted by the BLM). 

The specific category the nominee 

would like to represent should be 

identified in the letter of nomination 

and the nomination form. The Canyons 

of the Ancients National Monument 

Manager will collect the nominations 

forms and letters of reference and 

distribute them to the officials 

responsible for submitting nominations 

(Montezuma County Commission and 

the Bureau of Land Management). The 

BLM will then forward recommended 

nominations to the Secretary, who has 

responsibility for making the 

appointments. 

The purpose of the Committee is to 

advise the BLM concerning 

development and implementation of a 

management plan for public lands 

within Canyons of the Ancients 

National Monument. Each member will 

be a person who, as a result of training 

and experience, has knowledge or 

special expertise which qualifies him or 

her to provide advice from among the 

categories of interest listed above. 

Members will serve without monetary 

compensation, but will be reimbursed 

for travel and per diem expenses at 

current rates for Government 

employees. The membership term will 

be for two years. 

LouAnn Jacobson, 

Monument Manager, Canyons of the Ancients 

National Monument. 

[FR Doc. E7–9587 Filed 5–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[MT–070–07–1990–EX] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement on a 

Plan of Operations for the Graymont 

Western U.S. proposed expansion of 

the Indian Creek Limestone Mine and 

To Initiate the Public Scoping Period, 

in Montana 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 


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