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Dated: March 2, 2012. 

Douglas W. Morris, 

Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–VH–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–R–2011–N262; 

FXRS12650400000S3–123–FF04R02000] 

Final Land Protection Plan and Final 

Environmental Assessment for 

Everglades Headwaters National 

Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), announce the 

availability of our Final Land Protection 

Plan (LPP) and Final Environmental 

Assessment (EA) for the recently 

established Everglades Headwaters 

National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) and 

Conservation Area in Polk, Osceola, 

Highlands, and Okeechobee Counties, in 

central and south Florida. The LPP and 

EA were prepared with input from 

Federal, State, and local agencies; 

Native American tribal nations; various 

non-governmental organizations; and 

the public. We established the refuge 

and conservation area to support a 

connected conservation landscape; to 

provide quality habitats for native 

wildlife diversity and at-risk species; to 

enhance water quality, quantity, and 

storage; and to provide opportunities for 

wildlife-dependent recreation. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the LPP and EA 

are available on CD or in hard copy, and 

you may obtain a copy by writing to: 

Mr. Charlie Pelizza, Refuge Manager, 

Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, 

4055 Wildlife Way, Vero Beach, FL 

32963. Alternatively, you may 

download the document from our 

Internet Site: http://www.fws.gov/ 

southeast/evergladesheadwaters. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Cheri M. Ehrhardt, Natural Resource 

Planner, at 321/861–2368 (telephone), 

or Mr. Charlie Pelizza, Refuge Manager, 

at 772/581–5557, extension 1 

(telephone). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

developing the LPP for the Everglades 

Headwaters NWR and Conservation 

Area, we evaluated three alternatives 

with different approaches to 

conservation within the Kissimmee 

River Basin landscape. 

Alternative A—No Refuge and No 

Conservation Area (No Action 

Alternative) 

Alternative A would represent no 

change from current conservation in this 

landscape. In this alternative we would 

not create a new refuge, no designated 

acquisition boundary would be 

developed, and no conservation area 

would be created. Habitat protection 

and management would continue by 

existing organizations and government 

programs. The landscape within the 

Study Area boundary contains 

approximately 421,000 acres of 

conservation lands protected by 

agricultural easements; private 

conservation organizations; and State, 

Federal, and municipal ownership and 

management. We would not pursue new 

opportunities for refuge-based wildlifedependent public uses, partnerships, or 

scientific research. 

Alternative B—Refuge Only Approach 

This alternative would propose an 

acquisition boundary of up to 50,000 

acres containing portions of identified 

priority habitats; would focus the bulk 

of the refuge within mostly contiguous 

areas; and would complement existing 

State, Federal, and municipal 

conservation within this landscape. We 

would use a suite of conservation tools 

to protect land, including fee-title 

acquisitions and conservation 

easements. This alternative would 

protect important wildlife habitat 

within the landscape, serving both 

common and rare wildlife species. It 

would offer opportunities for wildlife 

management, compatible wildlifedependent public uses, and new refugebased partnerships and scientific 

research. Public use opportunities 

would include hunting, fishing, wildlife 

observation, wildlife photography, and 

environmental education and 

interpretation. 

Alternative C—Conservation 

Partnership Approach (Preferred 

Alternative) 

Alternative C is our Preferred Action; 

the alternative to be used for 

implementation. Alternative C protects 

150,000 acres, with up to 100,000 acres 

conserved through conservation 

easements or other less-than-fee-title 

methods and up to 50,000 acres 

conserved through fee-title and lessthan-fee-title means. This alternative is 

considered to be the most effective 

management action for serving the 

outlined vision, purposes, and goals to 

enhance conservation in this Kissimmee 

River Basin landscape. It will conserve 

up to 150,000 acres containing portions 

of priority habitats. To best complement 

existing State, Federal, and municipal 

conservation within this landscape, we 

identified: (1) A Conservation Focal 

Area of approximately 130,000 acres, 

within which we will have the authority 

to acquire up to 50,000 acres for the 

refuge, and (2) a Conservation 


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Partnership Area, within which we will 

have the authority to acquire less-thanfee-title interest of up to 100,000 acres 

as a Conservation Area. 

The Everglades Headwaters NWR and 

Conservation Area will help to protect 

and restore one of the great grassland 

and savanna landscapes of eastern 

North America, conserving one of the 

nation’s prime areas of biological 

diversity. It will also help to address the 

threats from habitat fragmentation and 

urban development, altered ecological 

processes, and impacts from global 

climate change. We will work with 

willing landowners to create a 100,000- 

acre Conservation Area through 

conservation easements or other lessthan-fee-title means, and a 50,000-acre 

national wildlife refuge. 

The authorities which established the 

Everglades Headwaters NWR and 

Conservation Area are the National 

Wildlife Refuge System Administration 

Act [16 U.S.C. 668dd(a)(2)], Endangered 

Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1534), 

Emergency Wetlands Resources Act [16 

U.S.C. 3901(b), 100 Stat. 3583], 

Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 

U.S.C. 715d), Fish and Wildlife Act [16 

U.S.C. 742f(a)(4)], and Refuge 

Recreation Act [16 U.S.C. 460k–460k–4]. 

Working with conservation land 

managers across this landscape, we will: 

(1) Manage the refuge and work with the 

landowners participating in the 

conservation area to support a more 

connected and functional conservation 

landscape that will provide effective 

habitat connections between existing 

conservation areas and allow habitats 

and species to shift in response to urban 

development pressures and global 

climate change; (2) provide a wide range 

of quality Kissimmee River Basin 

habitats to support migratory birds, 

Federal- and State-listed species, Statedesignated species of special concern, 

and native wildlife diversity; (3) 

contribute to water quality, water 

quantity, and water storage capacity of 

the upper Everglades watershed, to 

complement Everglades restoration 

goals and objectives and water quality 

and supply for central and south 

Florida; and (4) provide opportunities 

for hunting, fishing, wildlife 

observation, wildlife photography, and 

environmental education and 

interpretation, while increasing 

knowledge of and support for 

conservation of the important grassland 

and savanna landscape of the 

headwaters of the Everglades. 

Several uses were evaluated in the 

interim compatibility determinations 

and determined to be compatible for the 

refuge. These uses include hunting, 

fishing, environmental education and 

interpretation, wildlife observation and 

photography, research, off-road vehicle 

use (on designated roads and trails in 

support of hunting and research), 

camping, hiking, horseback riding, 

bicycling, and grazing. We are working 

with the Florida Fish and Wildlife 

Conservation Commission to establish a 

memorandum of understanding to 

create a State wildlife management area 

for hunting on properties acquired for 

the refuge. 

On September 8, 2011, we published 

a Federal Register notice (76 FR 55699) 

announcing the proposed establishment 

of the Everglades Headwaters National 

Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area, 

and the release for public review and 

comment of the Draft Land Protection 

Plan and Draft Environmental 

Assessment in accordance with National 

Environmental Policy Act (40 CFR 

1506.6 (b)) requirements. On October 

26, 2011, we published a Federal 

Register notice (76 FR 66321) 

announcing the extension of the 

comment deadline to November 25, 

2011. 

Based on the documentation in the 

LPP and EA, we signed a Finding of No 

Significant Impact and subsequently 

approved the establishment of the 

Everglades Headwaters NWR and 

Conservation Area. Interim 

compatibility determinations and a 

Conceptual Management Plan were 

released with both the draft and final 

documents. The Conceptual 

Management Plan will serve as an 

interim management plan until a 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and/ 

or appropriate step-down management 

plans have been developed. 

Authority 

This notice is published under the 

authority of the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Improvement Act of 

1997, Public Law 105–57. 

Dated: January 10, 2012. 

Mark J. Musaus, 

Acting Regional Director. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone— 

Ordinance Pursuant to United States 

Code, Legalizing and Regulating the 

Introduction, Possession, Use and 

Consumption of Alcoholic Beverages 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes the 

Amendment to the Te-Moak Tribe of 

Western Shoshone Indians Ordinance 

Pursuant to Section 1161, Title 18 

United States Code, Legalizing and 

Regulating the Introduction, Possession, 

Use and Consumption of Alcoholic 

Beverages. This Ordinance regulates and 

controls the possession, sale and 

consumption of liquor within the 

jurisdiction of Te-Moak Western 

Shoshone Tribe’s Colonies and 

Reservation, will increase the ability of 

the tribal government to control the 

community’s liquor distribution and 

possession, and at the same time will 

provide an important source of revenue 

for the continued operation and 

strengthening of the tribal government 

and the delivery of tribal services. 

DATES: Effective Date: This Amendment 

is effective 30 days after publication 

March 14, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna Peterson, Acting Tribal 

Government Services Officer, Western 

Regional Office, Bureau of Indian 

Affairs, P.O. Box 10, Phoenix, Arizona 

85001, Telephone: (602) 379–6786; Fax: 

(602) 379–4100; or, De Springer, Office 

of Indian Services, Bureau of Indian 

Affairs, 1849 C Street, NW., MS–4513– 

MIB, Washington, DC 20240; 

Telephone: (202) 513–7626. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Act of August 15, 1953, Public 

Law 83–277, 67 Stat. 586, 18 U.S.C. 

1161, as interpreted by the Supreme 

Court in Rice v. Rehner, 463 U.S. 713 

(1983), the Secretary of the Interior shall 

certify and publish in the Federal 

Register notice of adopted liquor 

ordinances for the purpose of regulating 

liquor transactions in Indian country. 

The purpose of this Ordinance is to 

govern the sale, possession and 

distribution of alcohol within the TeMoak Western Shoshone Tribal 

Colonies/Lands and Reservation. On 

May 7, 1982, the Te-Moak Tribal 

Council duly adopted Ordinance 82– 

ORD–TM–01 which was readopted and 

amended by Ordinance 82–ORD–TM–03 

on July 9, 1982. Ordinance 82–ORD– 

TM–03 and Ordinance 82–ORD–TM–01 

were approved and published in the 

Federal Register on January 6, 1983. 

The Te-Moak Tribal Council adopted 

Amendment #(05–ORD–TM–05) to its 

Ordinance on October 5, 2005. This 

notice is published in accordance with 

the authority delegated by the Secretary 

of the Interior to the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs. I certify that 

the Te-Moak Tribe of Western 

Shoshone—Ordinance Pursuant to 


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