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continue in those areas where it 

currently exists. Some programs, 

especially environmental education and 

outreach, would see improvements only 

if budgets increase in the future. 

Alternative B: Increased Restoration of 

Natural Processes; Maintain Focus on 

Priority General Public Uses 

Under Alternative B, we will focus on 

natural processes and promote natural 

habitat succession on the refuge. Many 

of the constructed management areas 

(moist soil units, open waters, green-tree 

reservoirs, and agricultural areas) are 

restored to more natural or historic 

landscape conditions. Management will 

increase in the areas of forestry and 

invasive and pest species control, and 

the hunting seasons are expanded for 

most game animals. This alternative 

proposes a reduction in the number of 

trails and fishing areas to reduce 

disturbances to wildlife. 

Alternative C: Balance Natural 

Processes and Constructed Management 

Units; Increased Focus on High Quality 

Priority General Public Uses (Preferred 

Alternative) 

Under Alternative C, we will increase 

the Refuge’s forest acreage and decrease 

the active management of some 

constructed management units. Former 

farmland areas are either forested or 

managed as open areas to increase the 

overall diversity of refuge habitat. 

Management will increase in the areas 

of forestry and invasive and pest species 

control, and hunting and fishing 

opportunities are expanded. The quality 

of wildlife observation, photography, 

and interpretation are all improved in 

this alternative. 

Alternative D: Intensified Management 

of Constructed Management Units; 

Expanded Priority General Public Uses 

Under Alternative D, we will increase 

both the Refuge’s forest acreage and its 

active management of constructed 

management areas (moist soil units, 

open waters, green-tree reservoirs, and 

agricultural areas). Wildlife observation 

is enhanced by placing additional 

acreage in agricultural production and 

by maintaining open, non-forested 

areas. In this alternative, more active 

forest management and invasive and 

pest species control are proposed, 

hunting opportunities and seasons for 

most game animals are expanded, 

fishing opportunities are available at 

nearly all available waters, and the 

quality of wildlife observation, 

photography, and interpretation are all 

improved. 

Public Meeting 

We will give the public an 

opportunity to provide comments at a 

public meeting. You may obtain the 

schedule from the addresses listed in 

this notice (see ADDRESSES). You may 

also submit comments anytime during 

the comment period. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should know that your 

entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: February 11, 2009. 

Charles M. Wooley, 

Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Fort Snelling, Minnesota. 

[FR Doc. E9–7482 Filed 4–2–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Jackson Hole Airport Use Agreement 

Extension, Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement, Grand Teton National Park, 

WY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Jackson Hole Airport Use 

Agreement Extension, Grand Teton 

National Park. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 

U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park 

Service announces the availability of a 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Jackson Hole Airport Use 

Agreement Extension for Grand Teton 

National Park, Wyoming. This effort 

addresses a request from the Jackson 

Hole Airport Board to amend the use 

agreement between the Department of 

the Interior and the Airport Board in 

order to ensure that the airport remains 

eligible for funding through the Federal 

Aviation Administration (FAA). The 

proposal would allow the agreement to 

be amended to provide two additional 

10-year options that could be exercised 

by the Board, the first in 2013 and the 

second in 2023. By exercising these 

options, the Board would ensure that 

the airport remains eligible for Airport 

Improvement Program grants from the 

FAA, upon which commercial airports 

are dependent. These grants provide 

funds for projects such as maintenance 

of the runway and taxiways, purchase of 

capital equipment such as snowplows 

and fire engines, and other projects 

necessary for the airport to retain its 

certification as a commercial airport. 

Without such funds, the airport would 

at some point be unable to retain its 

certification and all commercial air 

service would be terminated. 

Alternatives considered in the EIS 

include Alternative 1: No Action—The 

airport would continue operations 

under the existing agreement which 

currently has an expiration date of April 

27, 2033; and Alternative 2: Extend 

Agreement—Jackson Hole Airport Board 

proposal to extend the agreement for an 

additional two 10-year terms, bringing 

the expiration date to April 27, 2053. 

Alternative 2 is the Preferred 

Alternative. 

The Jackson Hole Airport is located 

on 533 acres of land within Grand Teton 

National Park. The airport operates 

under the terms and conditions of a 

1983 agreement between the 

Department of the Interior and the 

Jackson Hole Airport Board. The 1983 

agreement was for a primary term of 30 

years, with options for two 10-year 

extensions, both of which have been 

exercised. The agreement also includes 

a provision that further extensions, 

amendments, or modifications could be 

negotiated by the parties on mutually 

satisfactory terms, and that the parties 

agree that upon expiration of the 

agreement, a mutually satisfactory 

extension could be negotiated. 

In November 2006, a scoping notice 

soliciting public comments was 

circulated describing the purpose and 

need for the project. Based on comments 

received and subsequent data gathered, 

the National Park Service determined 

the preparation of an EIS was warranted 

and a Draft EIS was prepared. The 

Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS was 

published in the Federal Register on 

August 9, 2007. 

DATES: The National Park Service will 

accept comments on the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement from 

the public for 60 days after the date the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes a Notice of Availability. No 

public meetings are scheduled at this 

time. 

ADDRESSES: Information will be 

available for public review and 

comment online at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov/GRTE, in the 

office of the Superintendent, Mary 

Gibson Scott, Grand Teton National 


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Park, PO Drawer 170, Moose, Wyoming 

83012–0170, (307) 739–3411 and at the 

Teton County Public Library, Jackson, 

Wyoming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Pollock, Grand Teton National Park, PO 

Drawer 170, Moose, Wyoming 83012– 

0170, (307) 739–3428. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you 

wish to comment, you may submit your 

comments by any one of several 

methods. You may mail comments to 

the office of the Superintendent, Grand 

Teton National Park, PO Drawer 170, 

Moose, Wyoming 83012–0170. You may 

also comment via the Internet at 

http://parkplanning.nps.gov/GRTE. 

Finally, you may hand-deliver 

comments to the office of the 

Superintendent, Grand Teton National 

Park, Administrative Offices Building, 

Moose, Wyoming 83012–0170. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

e-mail address, or other personal 

identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: January 26, 2009. 

John T. Crowley, 

Acting Regional Director, Intermountain 

Region, National Park Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–7483 Filed 4–2–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Captain John Smith Chesapeake 

National Historic Trail Advisory 

Council 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: As required by the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, the National 

Park Service (NPS) is hereby giving 

notice that the Advisory Committee on 

the Captain John Smith Chesapeake 

National Historic Trail will hold a 

meeting. Designated through an 

amendment to the National Trails 

System Act (16 U.S.C. 1241), the new 

trail will consist of ‘‘a series of water 

routes extending approximately 3,000 

miles along the Chesapeake Bay and its 

tributaries in the States of Virginia, 

Maryland, Delaware, and in the District 

of Columbia,’’ tracing the 1607–1609 

voyages of Captain John Smith to chart 

the land and waterways of the 

Chesapeake Bay. This meeting is open 

to the public. Preregistration is required 

for both public attendance and 

comment. Any individual who wishes 

to attend the meeting and/or participate 

in the public comment session should 

register via e-mail at 

Christine_Lucero@nps.gov or telephone: 

(757) 898–2432. For those wishing to 

make comments, please provide a 

written summary of your comments 

prior to the meeting. The Designated 

Federal Official for the Advisory 

Council is John Maounis, 

Superintendent, Captain John Smith 

National Historic Trail, telephone: (410) 

267–5778. 

DATES: The Captain John Smith 

Chesapeake National Historic Trail 

Advisory Council will meet from 8:30 

a.m. to 12 p.m. on Friday, May 22, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum 

(Steamboat Bldg.), 213 N. Talbot St., St. 

Michaels, MD 21663. For more 

information, please contact the NPS 

Chesapeake Bay Program Office, 410 

Severn Avenue, Suite 109, Annapolis 

City Marina, Annapolis, MD 21403. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christine Lucero, Partnership 

Coordinator for the Captain John Smith 

Chesapeake National Historic Trail, 

telephone: (757) 898–2432 or e-mail: 

Christine_Lucero@nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

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

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), this 

notice announces a meeting of the 

Captain John Smith Chesapeake 

National Historic Trail Advisory 

Council for the purpose of reviewing 

Comprehensive Management Plan 

alternatives and Trail resources. 

The Committee meeting is open to the 

public. Members of the public who 

would like to make comments to the 

Committee should preregister via e-mail 

at Christine_Lucero@nps.gov or 

telephone: (757) 898–2432; a written 

summary of comments should be 

provided prior to the meeting. 

Comments will be taken for 30 minutes 

at the end of the meeting (from 11:30 

a.m. to 12 p.m.). All comments will be 

made part of the public record and will 

be electronically distributed to all 

Committee members. 

Dated: March 19, 2009. 

John Maounis, 

Superintendent, Captain John Smith National 

Historic Trail, National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

[FR Doc. E9–7378 Filed 4–2–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

National Register of Historic Places; 

Notification of Pending Nominations 

and Related Actions 

Nominations for the following 

properties being considered for listing 

or related actions in the National 

Register were received by the National 

Park Service before March 21, 2009. 

Pursuant to section 60.13 of 36 CFR 

Part 60 written comments concerning 

the significance of these properties 

under the National Register criteria for 

evaluation may be forwarded by United 

States Postal Service, to the National 

Register of Historic Places, National 

Park Service, 1849 C St., NW., 2280, 

Washington, DC 20240; by all other 

carriers, National Register of Historic 

Places, National Park Service,1201 Eye 

St., NW., 8th floor, Washington DC 

20005; or by fax, 202–371–6447. Written 

or faxed comments should be submitted 

by April 20, 2009. 

Paul Loether, 

Chief, National Register of Historic Places/ 

National Historic Landmarks Program. 

ARIZONA 

Maricopa County 

Dowdy, George O., Rental Cottage, 6818 N. 

60th Ave., Glendale, 09000246 

CALIFORNIA 

Alameda County 

Women’s Athletic Club of Alameda County, 

525 Bellevue Ave., Oakland, 09000247 

Merced County 

Merced Theatre, 301 W. 17th St., Merced, 

09000248 

COLORADO 

Clear Creek County 

Mill City House, 247 Co. Rd. 308, Dumont, 

09000250 

El Paso County 

Van Briggle Pottery Company, 1125 Glen 

Ave./231 W. Uintah St., Colorado Springs, 

09000249 

FLORIDA 

Alachua County 

Mission San Franacisco de Potano, Address 

Restricted, Gainesville, 09000251 

MASSACHUSETTS 

Worcester County 

Safety Fund National Bank, (Downtown 

Architecture of H.M. Francis, Fitchburg, 

MA) 470 Main St., Fitchburg, 09000252 

MISSOURI 

St. Louis Independent City 

Bel Air Motel, 4630 Lindell, St. Louis, 

09000253 


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