Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 12 / Thursday, January 19, 2012 / Notices 2755 

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, the Service published a 

Federal Register notice (76 FR 66321) 

announcing the extension of the 

comment deadline to November 25, 

2011. With this extension, the public 

review and comment period on the Draft 

Land Protection Plan and Draft 

Environmental Assessment totaled 79 

days. 

Based on the documentation in the 

Final Land Protection Plan and Final 

Environmental Assessment, the 

Regional Director of the Southeast 

Region of the Service signed a Finding 

of No Significant Impact on December 9, 

2011. Along with the interim 

compatibility determinations, we have 

developed a Conceptual Management 

Plan, which will serve as an interim 

management plan until the Service 

develops a Comprehensive Conservation 

Plan and/or appropriate step-down 

management plans. 

Authority 

This notice is published under the 

authority of the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Improvement Act of 

1997, Public Law 105–57. 

Daniel M. Ashe, 

Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–1019 Filed 1–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLES956000 L14200000.BK0000] 

Eastern States: Filing of Plats of 

Survey; Alabama and Minnesota 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) will file the plats of 

survey of the lands described below in 

the BLM-Eastern States office in 

Springfield, Virginia, 30 calendar days 

from the date of publication in the 

Federal Register. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Land Management-Eastern 

States, 7450 Boston Boulevard, 

Springfield, Virginia 22153. Attn: 

Dominica Van Koten. Persons who use 

a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

(800) 877–8339 to contact the above 

individual during normal business 

hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 

or question with the above individual. 

You will receive a reply during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These 

surveys were requested by the Bureau of 

Indian Affairs. 

The lands surveyed are: 

St. Stephens Meridian, Alabama 

T. 2 N., R. 6 E. 

The plat of survey represents the 

dependent resurvey of a portion of the 

subdivisional lines and the survey of Tract 

No. 10, land held in trust for the Poarch Band 

of Creek Indians, in Sections 29 and 29, in 

Township 2 North, Range 6 East, of the St. 

Stephens Meridian, in the State of Alabama, 

and was accepted December 20, 2011. 

Fourth Principal Meridian, Minnesota 

T. 144 N., R 38 W. 

The plat of survey represents the corrective 

dependent resurvey of a portion of the West 

boundary and the dependent resurvey of a 

portion of the East and South boundaries and 

a portion of the subdivisional lines and the 

survey of the subdivision of Sections 21, 25, 

28, 30, 31, 33, and 36, in Township 144 

North, Range 38 West, of the Fifth Principal 

Meridian, in the State of Minnesota, and was 

accepted December 20, 2011. 

We will place copies of the plats we 

described in the open files. They will be 

available to the public as a matter of 

information. 

If BLM receives a protest against a 

survey, as shown on the plat, prior to 

the date of the official filing, we will 

stay the filing pending our 

consideration of the protest. 

We will not officially file the plats 

until the day after we have accepted or 

dismissed all protests and they have 

become final, including decisions on 

appeals. 

Dated: January 10, 2012. 

Dominica Van Koten, 

Chief Cadastral Surveyor. 

[FR Doc. 2012–917 Filed 1–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–GJ–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCAD00000 L19900000.AL0000] 

Call for Nominations for the Bureau of 

Land Management’s California Desert 

District Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management’s (BLM) California Desert 

District is soliciting nominations from 

the public for six members of its 

California Desert District Advisory 

Council (Council) to serve 3-year terms. 

Council members provide advice and 

recommendations to the BLM on the 

management of public lands in southern 

California. 

DATES: Nominations must be submitted 

within 45 days from the date of this 

notice. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent 

to Teresa Raml, District Manager, 

Bureau of Land Management, California 

Desert District Office, 22835 Calle San 

Juan De Los Lagos, Moreno Valley, 

California 92553. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Briery, BLM California Desert 

District External Affairs, (951) 697– 

5220. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council comprises 15 private 

individuals who represent different 

interests and advise BLM officials on 

policies and programs concerning the 

management of 11 million acres of 

public land in southern California. The 

Council meets in formal session three to 

four times each year in various locations 

throughout the BLM’s California Desert 

District. Council members serve without 

compensation. Members serve 3-year 

terms and may be nominated for 

reappointment for additional 3-year 

terms. 

Section 309 of the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) 

directs the Secretary of the Interior to 

involve the public in planning and 

issues related to management of BLMadministered lands. The Secretary also 

selects Council nominees consistent 

with the requirements of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), which 

requires nominees appointed to the 

Council be balanced in terms of points 

of view and representative of the 

various interests concerned with the 

management of the public lands. 

The Council also is balanced 

geographically, and the BLM will try to 

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