58738 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 194 / Friday, October 7, 2005 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Preparation of a Supplement to the 

Draft Comprehensive Conservation 

Plan and Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Upper Mississippi 

River National Wildlife and Fish 

Refuge, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and 

Wisconsin 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(Service) intends to prepare a 

Supplement to the Draft Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan (CCP) and 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

pursuant to the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) and its implementing 

regulations, for the Upper Mississippi 

River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge 

(Refuge) located in Illinois, Iowa, 

Minnesota, and Wisconsin. 

The Refuge has decided to draft a new 

preferred alternative (Alternative E) in 

the form of a Supplement to the Draft 

CCP and EIS. All current alternatives in 

the Draft CCP and EIS (Alternatives A 

through D) will remain and will be 

considered in preparing the Final CCP 

and EIS. 

The Service is furnishing this notice 

in compliance with the National 

Wildlife Refuge System Administration 

Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 

668dd et seq.), and the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, to 

advise other agencies and the public of 

our intentions. 

ADDRESSES: Address comments to 

Refuge Manager, Upper Mississippi 

River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, 

51 East Fourth Street, Room 101, 

Winona, MN 55987. Comments may 

also be submitted electronically to 

r3planning@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don 

Hultman at (507) 452–4232. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By Federal 

law, all lands within the National 

Wildlife Refuge System are to be 

managed in accordance with an 

approved CCP. The CCP guides 

management decisions and identifies 

refuge goals, long-range objectives, and 

strategies for achieving refuge purposes. 

The Service issued a Draft CCP and 

EIS on May 1, 2005, with a 120-day 

public review and comment period. The 

comment period ended August 31, 2005. 

During this time, 21 public information 

meetings and public workshops were 

held and attended by 2,900 citizens. 

More than 2,500 written comments were 

received. 

The public will have an opportunity 

to review and comment on the 

Supplement for 60 days following its 

release. Public open houses will also be 

held in several communities during the 

comment period. Notice of availability 

of the Supplement will be published in 

the Federal Register. In addition, 

announcements of Supplement 

availability and public involvement 

opportunities will be made through 

special mailings, media announcements, 

and on the planning website listed 

below. 

The current Draft CCP and EIS, along 

with other information on the planning 

process are available at http:// 

www.fws.gov/midwest/planning/ 

uppermiss/index.html. 

We estimate that the Supplement to 

the Draft CCP and EIS will be available 

in November 2005. 

Dated: September 8, 2005. 

Robyn Thorson, 

Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Fort Snelling, Minnesota. 

[FR Doc. 05–20171 Filed 10–6–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

[FEMA–3259–EM] 

Florida; Amendment No. 1 to Notice of 

an Emergency Declaration 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response Directorate, 

Department of Homeland Security. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice 

of an emergency declaration for the 

State of Florida (FEMA–3259–EM), 

dated September 20, 2005, and related 

determinations. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 29, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Magda Ruiz, Recovery Division, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice 

of an emergency declaration for the 

State of Florida is hereby amended to 

include the following area among those 

areas determined to have been adversely 

affected by the catastrophe declared an 

emergency by the President in his 

declaration of September 20, 2005: 

Monroe County for debris removal 

[Category A] under the Public Assistance 

Program (already designated for emergency 

protective measures [Category B] under the 

Public Assistance Program.) 

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used 

for reporting and drawing funds: § 97.030, 

Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora 

Brown Fund Program; 97.032, Crisis 

Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services 

Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment 

Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management 

Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and 

Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and 

Households Disaster Housing Operations; 

97.050, Individuals and Households 

Program—Other Needs; 97.036, Public 

Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation 

Grant Program.) 

R. David Paulison, 

Acting Under Secretary, Emergency 

Preparedness and Response, Department of 

Homeland Security. 

[FR Doc. 05–20285 Filed 10–6–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–090–1310–DB] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Moxa Arch Area Infill Gas 

Development Project, Lincoln, 

Sweetwater and Uinta Counties, WY 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare 

an Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS) and to conduct scoping for the 

Moxa Arch Area Infill Gas Development 

Project (MAIP), Lincoln, Sweetwater, 

and Uinta Counties, Wyoming. 

SUMMARY: Under Section 102(2)(C) of 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969, as amended (NEPA), the Bureau 

of Land Management (BLM), Kemmerer 

Field Office, announces its intent to 

prepare an EIS on the potential impacts 

of a proposed natural gas development 

project consisting primarily of 

conventional gas well development, in 

the Moxa Arch area, Wyoming. The 

proposed additional wells would fill in 

or ‘‘infill’’ among existing wells drilled 

and developed under the Expanded 

Moxa Arch Area Natural Gas 

Development Project EIS and Record of 

Decision (ROD) (1997). 

Drilling is proposed to occur over a 

10-year period and the life-of-project is 

anticipated to be 40 years. The project 

area is located west of Green River, east 

of Lyman and Opal, and south of the 

Fontenelle Reservoir. 

DATES: This notice initiates the public 

scoping process. The BLM can best use