24874 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 90 / Wednesday, May 10, 1995 / Notices

7:00 p.m. on June 21, 1995, at the Horry

County Council Chambers, Conway,

South Carolina.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Charles R. Danner, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, 1875 Century

Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30345.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The study

area for the proposed refuge includes

approximately 42,000 acres of wetlands

and upland forests between the

Intracoastal Waterway and U.S.

Highway 701 north of Winyah Bay in

Coastal South Carolina. The boundaries

of the proposed refuge have not been

determined. The specific location will

be based on availability of land,

ecosystem needs, and public comments

on the suitability of the proposal.

The purpose of the proposed refuge is

to protect an important component of

the Winyah Bay ecosystem for the

benefit of endangered and threatened

species, migratory birds, anadromous

fish, and forest wildlife. The study area

contains extensive freshwater tidal

wetlands; large contiguous blocks of

bottom land hardwood forests; and

upland plant communities consisting of

longleaf and loblolly pine and mixed

hardwoods such as turkey, water,and

laurel oak. It provides some of the most

valuable production and wintering

habitat for wood ducks in the state and

is recognized as a key emphasis area in

the North American Waterfowl

Management Plan. The associated

upland forests provide habitat for the

red-cocked woodpecker, bald eagle, and

wood stork, all federally listed

endangered species. Another

endangered species, the shortnose

sturgeon, inhabits the area’s rivers and

waterways.

Dated: May 1, 1995.

Noreen K. Clough,

Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 95–11471 Filed 5–9–95; 8:45 am]

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Bureau of Land Management

[AK–964–1410–00–P and F–14932–A2]

Alaska Native Claims Selection

In accordance with Departmental

regulation 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is

hereby given that a decision to issue

conveyance under the provisions of Sec.

14(a) of the Alaska Native Claims

Settlement Act of December 18, 1971, 43

U.S.C. 1601, 1613(a), will be issued to

Shaktoolik Native Corporation for

approximately 5,992 acres. The lands

involved are in the vicinity of

Shaktoolik, Alaska, within T. 13 S., R.

11 W., and T. 11 S., R. 14 W., Kateel

River Meridian, Alaska.

A notice of the decision will be

published once a week, for four (4)

consecutive weeks, in the Nome Nugget.

Copies of the decision may be obtained

by contacting the Alaska State Office of

the Bureau of Land Management, 222

West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage,

Alaska 99513–7599 [(907) 271–5960].

Any party claiming a property interest

which is adversely affected by the

decision, an agency of the Federal

government or regional corporation,

shall have until June 9, 1995 to file an

appeal. However, parties receiving

service by certified mail shall have 30

days from the date of receipt to file an

appeal. Appeals must be filed in the

Bureau of Land Management at the

address identified above, where the

requirements for filing an appeal may be

obtained. Parties who do not file an

appeal in accordance with the

requirements of 43 CFR Part 4, Subpart

E, shall be deemed to have waived their

rights.

Ana M. Stafford,

Land Law Examiner, Branch of Northern

Adjudication.

[FR Doc. 95–11470 Filed 5–9–95; 8:45 am]

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[OR–015–95–1610–00: G5–116]

High Desert Management Framework

Plan Amendment, Lake Abert Area of

Critical Environmental Concern

(ACEC)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management

(BLM), DOI.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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

of the National Environmental Policy

Act, section 202(f) of the Federal Land

Policy and Management Act, and 43

CFR Part 1610, the Lakeview District

has completed a draft plan amendment

and environmental impact statement

(EIS) covering a proposal to designate

the Lake Abert area as an ACEC. The

draft plan and EIS is expected to be

available for review on or about May 12,

1995.

The planning area is located north of

Valley Falls in central Lake County,

Oregon, and covers approximately

120,570 acres, of which approximately

99,900 acres are administered by the

BLM. This area was nominated as a

potential ACEC by the Oregon

Waterfowl and Wetlands Association

and the Oregon Department of Fish and

Wildlife in 1992. The Lakeview District

evaluated the area in accordance with

43 CFR Part 1610.7–2 and found it met

the ACEC relevance and importance

criteria for four resource values:

prehistoric cultural values, scenic

values, wildlife values, and natural

processes. The document presents ten

management goals, objectives to

measure those goals, and seven

management alternatives for BLMadministered lands within the planning

area. The alternatives range from no

action (no change in present

management), to designating portions of

the planning area as an ACEC with

somewhat restrictive management, to

designating the entire planning area as

an ACEC with very restrictive

management.

DATES: This notice announces the

beginning of the ninety-day public

review period. Interested individuals,

organizations, and other agencies are

encouraged to review the document and

provide written comments by August

16, 1995. In addition, two public

meetings are planned in June 1995 at

the locations specified below.

MEETING ADDRESSES: Meeting location

(1) is BLM conference room, Lakeview

District Office, 1000 South 9th Street,

Lakeview, Oregon, at 6:30 p.m. on June

27, 1995. Meeting location (2) is Room

161 of the Boyle Education Center,

Central Oregon Community College,

2600 NW College Way, Bend, Oregon, at

6:30 p.m. on June 29, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Whitman, BLM, Lakeview District

Office, P.O. Box 151, Lakeview, Oregon

97630 (Telephone: 503–947–6110).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Those

individuals, organizations, native

American tribes, and agencies with a

known interest in the proposal have

been sent a copy of the draft plan and

EIS. Persons wishing to be added to the

mailing list or desiring additional copies

should contact the point of contact

listed above. Reading copies of the

document are available at the Lake,

Klamath, and Harney County, Oregon

libraries and at the following BLM

locations: Office of External Affairs,

Main Interior Building, Room 5600,

18th and C Streets, NW, Washington DC

20240, and Public Room, Oregon State

Office, 1515 SW 5th, Portland, Oregon

97201.

Scott R. Florence,

Acting District Manager.

[FR Doc. 95–11452 Filed 5–9–95; 8:45 am]

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