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refuge goals, long-range objectives, and

strategies for achieving refuge purposes.

Public input into this planning process

is encouraged. The CMP will provide

other agencies and the public with a

clear understanding of the desired

conditions for the Refuge and how the

Service will implement management

strategies.

The Nisqually NWR was established

in 1974, ‘‘* * * for use as an inviolate

sanctuary, or for any other management

purpose, for migratory birds’’ (16 U.S.C.

715d). A CMP is needed to update the

1978 Nisqually NWR Conceptual Plan

and facilitate potential changes in

habitat management and associated

public uses, with full public

participation. Until the CMP is

completed, Refuge management will be

guided by official Refuge purposes;

Federal legislation regarding

management of national wildlife

refuges; the Nisqually NWR Conceptual

Plan and other legal, regulatory and

policy guidance. The major issues to be

addressed in the CMP include habitat

protection and enhancement, boundary

expansion and completion of the

Refuge, riparian and tidal restoration,

control of invasive and exotic

vegetation, future flooding,

compatibility of secondary uses,

jurisdiction over navigable waters

within the Refuge, public access and

accessibility, and hunting and fishing.

The plan will include the following

topics:

(a) Habitat management, including

management of forest, freshwater,

estuarine, tidal and riparian areas, water

courses, wetlands, old farm fields, and

meadows;

(b) Wildlife population management,

including federally-listed endangered

and threatened species, migratory birds,

and native mammals and fish;

(c) Public use management, including

hunting, fishing, wildlife observation

and photography, environmental

education and interpretation, hiking,

biking;

(d) Cultural resource identification

and protection; and

(e) Expansion of partnerships,

community outreach and volunteers.

Alternatives (and their effects) that

address the issues and management

strategies associated with these topics

will be included in the environmental

document. With the publication of this

notice, the public is encouraged to send

written comments on these and other

issues, courses of action that the Service

should consider, and potential impacts

that could result from CMP

implementation on Nisqually NWR.

Comments already received are on

record and need not be resubmitted.

The environmental review of this

project will be conducted 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 1500–1508), other

appropriate Federal laws and

regulations, Executive Order 12996, and

Service policies and procedures for

compliance with those regulations. We

estimate that the draft environmental

document will be available by Fall 1998.

Dated: September 25, 1997.

Thomas J. Dwyer,

Acting, Regional Director, Region I, Portland

Oregon.

[FR Doc. 97–26809 Filed 10–8–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Ruffe Control Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, Fish

and Wildlife Service.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Ruffe Control Committee,

a committee of the Aquatic Nuisance

Species Task Force. The purposes of the

upcoming meeting are to: (1) Review

current information on ruffe

populations; (2) review progress on

implementation of the eight components

of the Ruffe Control Program; and (3)

review the status of the Ruffe Control

Program and the Committee. Products of

the meeting will be: (1) material for a

report to the Aquatic Nuisance Species

Task Force on 1997 activities; and (2)

recommendations from the Committee

to the Task Force regarding the future of

the Ruffe Control Program and the

Committee. An optional field trip is

planned to trawl for ruffe in Duluth–

Superior Harbor.

DATES: The Ruffe Control Committee

will meet from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on

Wednesday, October 29, 1997, and 8:00

a.m. to 12 Noon on Thursday, October

30, 1997. The optional field trip will

begin at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, October

29, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Days Inn, 110 East Second Street,

Superior, Wisconsin. The optional field

trip will leave from the Days Inn.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom

Busiahn, Chair, Ruffe Control

Committee, at 715–682–6185, or Bob

Peoples, Executive Secretary, Aquatic

Nuisance Species Task Force, at 703–

358–2025.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.

I), this notice announces a meeting of

the Ruffe Control Committee, a

committee of the Aquatic Nuisance

Species Task Force established under

the authority of the Nonindigenous

Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and

Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701–

4741). Minutes of the meeting will be

maintained by the Executive Secretary,

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force,

Suite 840, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,

Arlington, Virginia 22203–1622, and the

Chair, Ruffe Control Committee, U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Fishery

Resources Office, 2800 Lake Shore Drive

East, Ashland, Wisconsin 54806, and

will be available for public inspection

during regular business hours, Monday

through Friday, within 30 days

following the meeting.

Dated: October 3, 1997.

Gary Edwards,

Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance, Species Task

Force Assistant Director—Fisheries.

[FR Doc. 97–26795 Filed 10–8–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–020–1990–01]

Final Environmental Impact Statement,

Florida Canyon Mine Proposed

Expansion and Comprehensive

Reclamation Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the

Final Environmental Impact Statement

addressing the Florida Canyon Mine

Proposed Expansion and

Comprehensive Reclamation Plan, and

the initiation of a 30-day review period

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969, notice is given that the

Winnemucca Field Office of the Bureau

of Land Management (BLM) has

prepared, by third party contractor, a

Final Environmental Impact Statement

on Florida Canyon Mining

Incorporated’s Florida Canyon Mine

Expansion and Comprehensive

Reclamation Plan. The mine is located

on public and private lands in Pershing

County, Nevada, approximately 35

miles northeast of Lovelock and 38

miles southwest of Winnemucca. This

document will become available to the

public for a 30-day review period before

issuance of a Record of Decision.

DATES AND ADDRESSES: The Final

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
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will be distributed and made available

to the public on 10 October 1997.

Comments on the FEIS must be received

by the close of business 10 November

1997. On or after that date a Record of

Decision will be issued regarding the

Proposed Action

A copy of the FEIS can be obtained

from: Bureau of Land Management,

Winnemucca Field Office, ATTN: Ken

Loda, Project NEPA Coordinator, 5100

E. Winnemucca Boulevard,

Winnemucca, Nevada 89445. Those

who did not receive the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

should request that document as well.

The FEIS and DEIS are also available

for inspection at the following

additional locations: Bureau of Land

Management, Nevada State Office, 850

Harvard Way, Reno, Nevada; Humboldt

County Library, Winnemucca, Nevada;

Pershing County Library, Lovelock,

Nevada; Lander County Library, Battle

Mountain, Nevada; and the University

of Nevada Library in Reno, Nevada.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ken Loda, Project NEPA Coordinator at

the above Winnemucca Field Office

address, by telephone at (702) 623–

1500, or by email at kloda@nv.blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FEIS

was prepared in abbreviated form, and

with the DEIS (issued on 20 June 1997)

they represent the complete

Environmental Impact Statement. The

FEIS responds to comments received on

the DEIS. Together the documents

analyze the potential direct, indirect

and cumulative environmental impacts

that could result from the expansion of

the open pit and north and south waste

rock storage areas; development of the

new south heap leach pad; haul road;

solution ponds; solution corridor/road;

plant; monitoring wells/road; crusher

site; diversion channels and sediment

ponds; growth media stockpiles;

exploration roads and drill sites; waste

supply pipelines; realignment of the

Johnson Canyon access road; and a

revised comprehensive reclamation plan

for the mine. Approximately 860 acres

would be disturbed by the proposed

mine expansion, of which 447 are

public and 413 private. Approval of the

proposed project would extend the life

of the mine five years. Alternatives

analyzed are the north extension of the

heap leach pad alternative and the no

action alternative.

Dated: September 26, 1997.

Ron Wenker,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–26719 Filed 10–8–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK–932–1430–01; AA–8917]

Public Land Order No. 7286; Partial

Revocation of Public Land Order No.

664; Alaska

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

SUMMARY: This order partially revokes a

public land order insofar as it affects

approximately 148 acres of public land

on Sitkinak Island, which was

withdrawn in aid of contemplated

legislation. The land is no longer

needed for the purpose for which it was

withdrawn. The land will continue to be

withdrawn as part of the Alaska

Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, as

established and designated by the

Alaska National Interest Lands

Conservation Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 9, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Shirley J. Macke, BLM Alaska State

Office, 222 W. 7th Avenue, No. 13,

Anchorage, Alaska 99513–7599, 907–

271–5477.

By virtue of the authority vested in

the Secretary of the Interior by Section

204 of the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.

1714 (1994), it is ordered as follows:

1. Public Land Order No. 664, which

withdrew public land on Sitkinak Island

in aid of contemplated legislation, is

hereby revoked insofar as it affects the

following described land:

Seward Meridian

T. 42 S., R. 30 W., Tract B.

T. 41 S., R. 31 W.,

Tract B, excluding the northernmost

portion described as follows:

Beginning at the true point for corner No.

1, Tract B, which is a meander corner on the

westerly shore of Sitkinak Strait, and the true

point of beginning;

Thence S. 32°12′ W., 1.73 chs. to W.C.M.C.

No. 1, a concrete-filled iron post with a brass

cap established at latitude 56°35′20.69′′ N.,

longitude 154°04′27.53′′ W.;

Thence continuing S. 32°12′ W., 26.21 chs.

to W.C.M.C. No. 2, a concrete-filled iron post

with a brass cap established at latitude

56°35′06.27′′ N., longitude 154°04′44.00′′ W.;

Thence continuing S. 32°12′ W., 5.27 chs.

to corner No. 2, Tract B, which is a meander

corner on the northerly shore of Sitkinak

Lagoon;

Thence northeasterly and southeasterly

with the meanders of the mean-high tide line

of the shore of Sitkinak Lagoon,

approximately 12.94 chs. to a point;

Thence N. 56°24′57′′ E., approximately

12.54 chs. to a point on the mean-high tide

line of the westerly shore of Sitkinak Strait;

Thence northwesterly with the meanders

of the line of mean-high tide of the westerly

shore of Sitkinak Strait, approximately 20

chs. to the true point of beginning.

T. 42 S., R. 31 W., Tract C.

The area described, less the excluded

portion, contains approximately 148 acres.

2. The land described above will

remain withdrawn as part of the Alaska

Maritime National Wildlife Refuge,

pursuant to Sections 303(1)(iv) and

304(c) of the Alaska National Interest

Lands Conservation Act, 16 U.S.C.

668(dd) (1994); and will be subject to

the terms and conditions of any other

withdrawal or segregation of record.

Dated: September 26, 1997.

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 97–26818 Filed 10–8–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–930–1430–01; CACA 8026, CAS 051740,

and CAS 2816]

Public Land Order No. 7289;

Revocation of Executive Order No.

6544 and Public Land Orders No. 2618

and 4845; California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

SUMMARY: This order partially revokes

Executive Order No. 6544 and Public

Land Order No. 2618, and revokes

Public Land Order No. 4845, in its

entirety, insofar as they affect 240 acres

of lands withdrawn for the Forest

Service’s Gazelle Mountain fire lookout

and the Bureau of Land Management’s

Copco Lake Access Area. The lands are

no longer needed for the purposes for

which they were withdrawn, and the

revocations are necessary to facilitate a

pending land exchange. The lands are

temporarily closed to surface entry and

mining because of the pending land

exchange. The lands have been and will

remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 9, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Duane Marti, BLM California State

Office (CA–931.4), 2135 Butano Drive,

Sacramento, California 95825; 916–978–

4675.

By virtue of the authority vested in

the Secretary of the Interior by Section

204 of the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.

1714 (1994), it is ordered as follows:

1. Executive Order No. 6544 (CACA

8026), which withdrew public land for