59078 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 11, 2005 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DHS–2005–0068] 

Notice of Meeting of the Advisory 

Committee to the National Center for 

State and Local Law Enforcement 

Training. 

AGENCY: Federal Law Enforcement 

Training Center, DHS. 

ACTION: Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee to 

the National Center for State and Local 

Law Enforcement Training will meet at 

the Embassy Suites, 500 Mall 

Boulevard, Brunswick, GA, on 

November 2, 2005, beginning at 8 a.m. 

DATES: November 2, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: If you desire to submit 

comments, they must be submitted 

within 10 days after publishing of 

Notice. Comments must be identified by 

DHS–2005–0068 and may be submitted 

by one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: reba.fischer@dhs.gov. 

Include docket number in the subject 

line of the message. 

• Fax: (912) 267–3531. (Not a toll-free 

number). 

• Mail: Reba Fischer, Federal Law 

Enforcement Training Center, 

Department of Homeland Security, 1131 

Chapel Crossing Road, Townhouse 396, 

Glynco, GA 31524. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this rulemaking. All 

comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided. 

Docket: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received, go to 

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Reba Fischer, Designated Federal 

Officer, 912–267–2343, 

reba.fischer@dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is given under the Federal 

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

1 et seq. The agenda for this meeting 

includes briefings from FLETC staff on 

National Center training, FY06 

planning, and discussion on strategic 

goals and training needs of state, local, 

campus, and tribal law enforcement 

officers. This meeting is open to the 

public. 

Stanley Moran, 

Director, National Center for State and Local 

Law Enforcement Training. 

[FR Doc. 05–20345 Filed 10–7–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

[USCG–2005–22541] 

Merchant Mariner Credentials: 

Temporary Procedures 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of establishment of 

temporary offices. 

SUMMARY: On August 29, 2005, 

Hurricane Katrina devastated the 

coastlines of Louisiana, Mississippi, and 

Alabama. The Regional Examination 

Center (REC) at New Orleans, which 

serves 14% of mariners nation-wide 

including approximately 29,000 

mariners in those three states, was 

flooded, destroying vital records and 

equipment, and rendering the facility 

temporarily inoperable. The Coast 

Guard is opening temporary offices in 

Morgan City, LA and Memphis, TN to 

provide services to mariners that have 

been affected by the closure of the REC 

in New Orleans. 

DATES: This Notice is effective October 

11, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions on this notice, call 

Mr. Donald J. Kerlin, Deputy Director, 

Coast Guard National Maritime Center 

(NMC), (202) 493–1006. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Two 

temporary offices in Morgan City, LA 

and Memphis, TN have been established 

to assist the pre-existing RECs that have 

seen increases in activity due to 

Hurricane Katrina, and subsequently 

Hurricane Rita. 

The temporary office in Morgan City, 

LA is now open, and will accept 

completed applications and offer 

fingerprinting services, identity 

verification, and administration of oaths 

for mariners. The Morgan City office is 

located at 800 David Dr., Morgan City, 

LA, 70380. It is open weekdays from 

9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Applicants may 

reach the office by phone at (985) 380–

5150 or by fax at (985) 380–5379. 

A temporary full-service REC in 

Memphis, TN is also now open, and is 

staffed by employees from the New 

Orleans REC. This office, which is 

located adjacent to the pre-existing REC 

in Memphis, is dedicated to restoring 

services to mariners from the Gulf Coast 

who were affected by Katrina. The 

temporary Memphis office is located at 

200 Jefferson, Ave., Suite 1301, 

Memphis, TN, 38103. It is open 

weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 

closed from noon to 1 (noon to 2 on 

Wednesday). The office is closed the 

last Wednesday of each month. 

Applicants may reach the office by 

phone at (901) 544–3941 (select ‘‘1’’ for 

New Orleans REC), or by fax at (901) 

544–3172. 

The Morgan City and Memphis 

temporary offices will both be closed on 

Federal holidays. 

When the recovery and restoration 

efforts along the Gulf Coast permit, the 

Coast Guard will re-establish full REC 

services in the New Orleans area. 

In a previous notice published 

October 4, 2005 in the Federal Register, 

the Coast Guard waived the fee for 

mariners whose homes of record are in 

the states of Louisiana, Mississippi or 

Alabama, as confirmed by the Coast 

Guard’s Merchant Mariner Licensing 

and Documentation System (MMLD), 

who are applying for duplicate 

credentials. Please see the notice 

published in the Federal Register in 

Volume 70 page 57885 for more details 

on the waiver program. You may also 

call Mr. Kerlin for assistance at the 

number provided in FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 2110, 7101, 

7302, 7501, 7502, and Department of 

Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. 

Dated: October 5, 2005. 

T.H. Gilmour, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Assistant 

Commandant for Marine Safety, Security and 

Environmental Protection. 

[FR Doc. 05–20349 Filed 10–7–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Handy Brake National Wildlife Refuge 

and the Louisiana Wetland 

Management District 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Southeast Region, intends to 

gather information necessary to prepare 

a comprehensive conservation plan and 

environmental assessment pursuant to 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 195 / Tuesday, October 11, 2005 / Notices 59079 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969 and its implementing 

regulations. 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966, as amended 

by the National Wildlife Refuge System 

Improvement Act of 1997, requires the 

Service to develop a comprehensive 

conservation plan for each national 

wildlife refuge. The purpose in 

developing a comprehensive 

conservation plan is to provide refuge 

managers with a 15-year strategy for 

achieving refuge purposes and 

contributing toward the mission of the 

National Wildlife Refuge system, 

consistent with sound principles of fish 

and wildlife management, conservation, 

legal mandates, and Service policies. In 

addition to outlining broad management 

direction on conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, plans identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities 

available to the public, including 

opportunities for hunting, fishing, 

wildlife observation, wildlife 

photography, and environmental 

education and interpretation. 

The purpose of this notice is to 

achieve the following: 

(1) Advise other agencies and the 

public of our intentions, and 

(2) Obtain suggestions and 

information on the scope of issues to 

include in the environmental document. 

DATES: An open house style meeting 

will be held during the scoping phase 

and public draft phase of the 

comprehensive conservation plan 

development process. Special mailings, 

newspaper articles, and other media 

announcements will be used to inform 

the public and state and local 

government agencies of the dates and 

opportunities for input throughout the 

planning process. The planning process 

for the Louisiana Wetland Management 

District and Handy Brake National 

Wildlife Refuge will be conducted in 

conjunction with each other. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and requests for 

more information regarding the 

Louisiana Wetland Management District 

planning process should be sent to 

Lindy Garner, Planning Biologist, North 

Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge 

Complex, 11372 Highway 143, 

Farmerville, Louisiana 71241; 

Telephone: (318) 726–4222 x5; Fax: 

(318) 726–4667; Electronic-mail: 

northlarefuges@fws.gov. To ensure 

consideration, written comments must 

be received no later than November 25, 

2005.Our practice is to make comments, 

including names and addresses of 

respondents, available for public review 

during regular business hours. 

Individual respondents may request that 

we withhold their home addresses from 

the record, which we will honor to the 

extent allowable by law. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Louisiana Wetland Management District 

was established in September 1990 

‘‘* * * for conservation purposes 

***’’ 7 U.S.C. 2002 (Consolidated 

Farm and Rural Development Act). Most 

of the 37 Farm Service Agency 

easements, 10 fee title tracts, and 4 

leases are concentrated in northeastern 

Louisiana. In 1988, the first fee title 

transfer of a Farm Service Agency tract 

in the Southeast Region resulted in the 

establishment of Handy Brake National 

Wildlife Refuge. The wetland 

management district currently oversees 

Fish and Wildlife Service interests on 

about 10,000 acres. This refuge is 

combined with D’Arbonne, Upper 

Ouachita, Black Bayou Lake, and Red 

River National Wildlife Refuges to form 

the North Louisiana National Wildlife 

Refuge Complex. The wetland 

management district encompasses 

several parishes in the northern half of 

Louisiana: Natchitoches, Grant, 

Richland, Morehouse, West Carroll, and 

East Carroll. 

Habitat management within the 

wetland management district focuses 

primarily on reforestation of marginal 

agricultural areas and development and 

maintenance of moist-soil units. 

Mowing, discing, burning, and/or 

spraying is periodically required to 

maintain early successional stages. 

The varied habitat on lands within the 

wetland management district provide 

for a diverse array of wildlife. Bald 

eagles and peregrine falcons are known 

to occur on the district. Both are usually 

associated with large waterfowl 

concentrations. Small concentrations 

(<1,000) of waterfowl are seen on the 

easement tracts and on Handy Brake 

Refuge, depending upon the availability 

of water. Migratory songbirds also use 

several of the tracts and Handy Brake 

Refuge. Resident furbearers include fox, 

gray squirrels, rabbits, deer, beaver, and 

raccoon. 

There are limited wildlife observation 

opportunities at Handy Brake Refuge 

and other fee title tracts within the 

Louisiana Wetland Management 

District. The observation tower at Handy 

Brake Refuge had approximately 3,200 

visitors during 2002. 

A few potential issues to be reviewed 

during the planning process include 

water manipulation, beaver control 

throughout the district, and control of 

undesirable plant species, such as 

willow, cocklebur, and Sesbania. 

Control methods in the past included 

mechanical means, water level 

manipulation, and spraying. 

The Service will conduct a 

comprehensive conservation planning 

process that will provide opportunity 

for State and local governments, 

agencies, organizations, and the public 

to participate in issue scoping and 

public comment. Comments received by 

the planning team will be used as part 

of the planning process. 

Authority: This notice is published under 

the authority of the National Wildlife Refuge 

System Improvement Act of 1997, Public 

Law 105–57. 

Dated: September 7, 2005. 

Cynthia K. Dohner, 

Acting Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. 05–20318 Filed 10–7–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance 

Species (ANS) Task Force. The meeting 

is open to the public. The meeting 

topics are identified in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 

DATES: The ANS Task Force will meet 

from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on 

Wednesday, October 19, 2005, and 

Thursday, October 20, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: The ANS Task Force 

meeting will be held at the Hyatt Dulles, 

2300 Dulles Corner Blvd., Herndon, VA, 

20171; (703) 713–1234. Minutes of the 

meeting will be maintained in the office 

of Chief, Division of Environmental 

Quality, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Suite 322, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, 

Arlington, Virginia 22203, and will be 

made available for public inspection 

during regular business hours, Monday 

through Friday. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Scott Newsham, ANS Task Force 

Executive Secretary, at (703) 358–1796. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

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

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

App.), this notice announces meetings 

of the ANS Task Force. The ANS Task 

Force was established by the 

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance 

Prevention and Control Act of 1990. 

Topics to be covered during the ANS 

Task Force meeting include: Federal 

member, Committee, and Regional Panel 

reports; revision of the Strategic Plan;