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Parcels 1, 2, 3, 4 

Naval Base 

Port Hueneme Co: Ventura CA 93043 

Landholding Agency: Navy 

Property Number: 77200630003 

Status: Underutilized 

Reasons: Secured Area 

Unsuitable Properties 

Land 

California 

Parcels 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 

Naval Base 

Port Hueneme Co: Ventura CA 93043 

Landholding Agency: Navy 

Property Number: 77200630004 

Status: Underutilized 

Reasons: Secured Area 

Colorado 

0.21 acre 

Section 20 

Bayfield Co: La Plata CO 81122 

Landholding Agency: Interior 

Property Number: 61200640001 

Status: Excess 

Reasons: Other—not accessible 

Florida 

Wildlife Sanctuary, VAMC 

10,000 Bay Pines Blvd. 

Bay Pines Co: Pinellas FL 33504 

Landholding Agency: VA 

Property Number: 97199230004 

Status: Underutilized 

Reasons: Other—Inaccessible 

Unsuitable Properties 

Land 

Minnesota 

3.85 acres (Area #2) 

VA Medical Center 

4801 8th Street 

St. Cloud Co: Stearns MN 56303 

Landholding Agency: VA 

Property Number: 97199740004 

Status: Unutilized 

Reasons: Other—landlocked 

7.48 acres (Area #1) 

VA Medical Center 

4801 8th Street 

St. Cloud Co: Stearns MN 56303 

Landholding Agency: VA 

Property Number: 97199740005 

Status: Underutilized 

Reasons: Secured Area 

Montana 

Sewage Lagoons/40 acres 

VA Center 

Ft. Harrison MT 59639 

Landholding Agency: VA 

Property Number: 97200340007 

Status: Excess 

Reasons: Floodway 

Unsuitable Properties 

Land 

New York 

Tract 1 

VA Medical Center 

Bath Co: Steuben NY 14810 

Landholding Agency: VA 

Property Number: 97199010011 

Status: Unutilized 

Directions: Exit 38 off New York State Route 

17. 

Reasons: Secured Area 

Tract 2 

VA Medical Center 

Bath Co: Steuben NY 14810 

Landholding Agency: VA 

Property Number: 97199010012 

Status: Underutilized 

Directions: Exit 38 off New York State Route 

17. 

Reasons: Secured Area 

Tract 3 

VA Medical Center 

Bath Co: Steuben NY 14810 

Landholding Agency: VA 

Property Number: 97199010013 

Status: Underutilized 

Directions: Exit 38 off New York State Route 

17. 

Reasons: Secured Area 

Unsuitable Properties 

Land 

New York 

Tract 4 

VA Medical Center 

Bath Co: Steuben NY 14810 

Landholding Agency: VA 

Property Number: 97199010014 

Status: Unutilized 

Directions: Exit 38 off New York State Route 

17. 

Reasons: Secured Area 

Washington 

405 sq. ft./Land 

Naval Base Kitsap 

Bangor WA 

Landholding Agency: Navy 

Property Number: 77200520060 

Status: Unutilized 

Reasons: Secured Area 

230 sq. ft. land 

Naval Magazine 

Indian Island WA 

Landholding Agency: Navy 

Property Number: 77200620037 

Status: Underutilized 

Reasons: Within 2000 ft. of flammable or 

explosive material, Secured Area 

Summary for Unsuitable Properties 

Total number of Properties 1416 

[FR Doc. E7–3525 Filed 3–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

[AZ–100–07–1610–DQ–241E] 

Notice of Availability of a Final 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(FEIS) for the Proposed Resource 

Management Plans for the Arizona 

Strip Field Office, the Vermilion Cliffs 

National Monument, and the BLM 

Portion of the Grand CanyonParashant National Monument and a 

Proposed General Management Plan 

for the NPS Portion of the Grand 

Canyon-Parashant National Monument 

(Proposed Plan/FEIS) 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Planning Team, Arizona Strip District 

BLM, 345 East Riverside Drive, St. 

George, UT 84790 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Grand 

Canyon-Parashant National Monument 

(Parashant) was established by 

Presidential Proclamation on January 

11, 2000. The Parashant is cooperatively 

managed by the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) and the National 

Park Service (NPS). It encompasses 

1,048,325 acres in Mohave County, 

Arizona, of which 808,747 acres are 

administered by the BLM and 208,453 

acres are administered by the NPS. The 

Vermilion Cliffs National Monument 

(Vermilion) was established by 

Presidential Proclamation on November 

9, 2000. The Vermilion covers 293,689 

acres in Coconino County, Arizona, and 

is administered solely by the BLM. The 

remainder of the BLM-administered 

lands on the Arizona Strip encompasses 

approximately 1,981,000 acres located 

in Mohave and Coconino Counties, 

Arizona, north of the Grand Canyon, 

and is almost entirely between the two 

National Monuments. 

This Proposed Plan/FEIS has been 

developed in accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA), and the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of 1976, 

and the National Park Service (NPS) 

Organic Act of 1915, as amended and 

supplemented. It was prepared by the 

BLM and NPS in consultation with 

cooperating agencies, taking into 

account public comments received 

throughout the planning process. Four 

action alternatives, as well as the NoAction alternative, were developed and 

considered for the Proposed Plan/FEIS. 

Both the BLM and NPS selected the 

preferred alternative (as modified) from 

the Draft Plan/Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (DEIS) as the 


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Proposed Plan. The Proposed Plan/FEIS 

was developed with broad public 

participation through a five-year 

collaborative planning process. Issues 

identified during public scoping 

addressed in the Proposed Plan/FEIS 

include: (1) Access and 

Transportation—How will 

transportation and access be managed? 

(2) Wilderness—How will wilderness 

characteristics be protected? (3) 

Protection of Resources—How will 

National Monument objects, cultural 

and natural resources be protected? (4) 

Livestock Grazing—How will livestock 

grazing be addressed, particularly on the 

National Monuments? (5) Recreation—

How will people’s recreational activities 

be managed? 

The Proposed Plan for BLMadministered lands identifies 13 

potential Areas of Critical 

Environmental Concern (ACEC). Nine of 

these ACECs are carried forward from 

the Arizona Strip RMP (1992); four are 

new ACECs. The following types of 

resource use limitations would 

generally apply to these ACECs: (1) 

Motorized travel would be permitted 

only on existing (temporary) or 

designated open routes; (2) closed to 

vegetative product sales in all ACECs 

and collection of vegetative materials in 

ACECs designated for the protection of 

special status plants; (3) seasonal 

limitations on livestock grazing in 

ACECs designated for protection of 

special status animals; and (4) new 

mineral material disposal sites would 

not be authorized. 

The Proposed Plan implements NPS 

management policies and ratifies the 

current management direction for the 

NPS lands of the Parashant. It provides 

for protection, inventory, monitoring, 

and restoration of natural and cultural 

resources, as well as primitive, 

dispersed recreational experiences 

characteristic of this very remote 

National Monument. 

Copies of the Proposed Plan/FEIS 

have been sent to affected Federal, State, 

and local government agencies and to 

interested parties. Copies are available 

for public inspection at 345 East 

Riverside Drive, St. George, Utah 84790. 

Interested persons may also review the 

Proposed Plan/FEIS on the Internet at 

http://www.blm.gov/az/LUP/strip/ 

reports.htm. Comments on the Draft 

Plan/DEIS received from the public and 

internal BLM and NPS and cooperating 

agency review comments were 

incorporated into the proposed plan. 

Public comments resulted in clarifying 

text or in minor corrections, but did not 

significantly change the Proposed Plan 

decisions. 

BLM’s planning process provides an 

opportunity for administrative review of 

the State Director’s proposed decision 

by filing a protest on land use plan 

decisions with the BLM Director; the 

NPS does not have a formal process for 

protests. In accordance with 43 CFR 

1610.5–2, any person who participated 

in the planning process and believes 

they will be adversely affected may 

protest the proposed resource 

management plans. The protest may 

raise only those issues which were 

submitted for the record during the 

planning process. All protests must be 

in writing and must be sent to the 

following address via regular mail or 

other delivery service. Protests must be 

postmarked no later than 30 days after 

the Environmental Protection Agency’s 

(EPA) Notice of Availability is 

published in the Federal Register. The 

exact date will be published in local 

media and on our Web site, http:// 

www.blm.gov/nhp/spotlight/state_info/ 

planning.htm. Extensions will not be 

granted. 

Protest letters on BLM land use 

planning decisions must be sent to: 

If via U.S. Postal Service: Director, 

Bureau of Land Management, Attention: 

Brenda Williams (WO–210), P.O. Box 

66538, Washington, DC 20035. 

If via Overnight Express Mail: 

Director, Bureau of Land Management, 

Attention: Brenda Williams (WO–210), 

1620 L Street NW., Suite 1075, 

Washington, DC 20236. 

E-mail and faxed protests will not be 

accepted as valid, unless the protesting 

party also provides the original letter by 

regular mail or other delivery service 

postmarked by the close of the protest 

period. Under these conditions, the 

BLM will consider the e-mail or faxed 

protest as an advance copy and it will 

receive full consideration. If you wish to 

provide us with such advance 

notification, please direct faxed protests 

to the attention of Brenda HudgensWilliams, Protest Coordinator, at 202–

452–5112, and e-mails to 

bhudgens@blm.gov. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, be advised 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 from public review your 

personal identifying information, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. All submissions from 

organizations and businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

available for public inspection in their 

entirety. 

At a minimum, protest letters must 

include: 

1. The name, mailing address, 

telephone number, and interest of the 

person filing the protest. 

2. A statement of the issue(s) being 

protested. 

3. A statement of the part(s) of the 

proposed plans being protested. To the 

extent possible, this should be done by 

reference to specific pages, paragraphs, 

sections, tables, or maps included in the 

document. 

4. A copy of all documents addressing 

the issue(s) that you submitted during 

the planning process or a reference to 

the date the issue(s) were discussed for 

the record. 

5. A concise statement explaining 

why you believe the proposed plans are 

wrong. All relevant facts need to be 

included in this statement of reasons. 

The facts, reasons, and documentation 

are important to help us understand 

your protest, and that you are not 

merely expressing disagreement with 

the proposed decision. 

The BLM Director will promptly 

render a decision on the protests. The 

decision will be in writing and will set 

forth the reasons for the decision. The 

protest decision will be sent to the 

protesting party by certified mail, return 

receipt requested. The decision of the 

Director will be the final decision of the 

Department of the Interior. The State 

Director will sign the Records of 

Decision (RODs) for the three BLM 

resource management plans, once the 

protests are resolved. 

The Proposed Plan/FEIS also contains 

NPS decisions regarding management of 

park resources and visitor uses. Unlike 

the BLM, there is no protest or 

administrative appeals process related 

to NPS plans. The NPS encourages you 

to write the Superintendent, Grand 

Canyon-Parashant National Monument, 

to identify specific omissions of 

significance. Letters must be 

postmarked no later than 30 days after 

the EPA’s Notice of Availability is 

published in the Federal Register. 

Comments submitted previously were 

considered and addressed in this 

Proposed Plan/FEIS. The NPS will 

prepare a separate ROD for the NPS 

portion of this Monument. The Grand 

Canyon-Parashant National Monument 

Proposed Plan is the NPS 

Environmentally Preferred Alternative. 

The BLM will identify the 

Environmentally Preferred Alternative 

in its RODs. 

Letters to the Superintendent should 

include: 


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1. Your name, mailing address, and 

telephone number. 

2. A statement of the issue(s) of 

concern. 

3. Specific identification of the part(s) 

of the proposed plan that are of concern. 

To the extent possible, this should be 

done by reference to specific pages, 

paragraphs, sections, tables, or maps 

included in the document. 

4. A copy of any documents 

addressing the issue(s) that you may 

have submitted during the planning 

process or a reference to the date the 

issue(s) were discussed for the record. 

5. A concise statement explaining 

why you believe the proposed plan is in 

error. All relevant facts need to be 

included in this statement of reasons. 

The facts, reasons, and documentation 

are important to help us understand 

your specific concerns, rather than an 

expression of general disagreement with 

the proposed decision. 

Letters to the Superintendent should 

be addressed as follows: 

Superintendent, National Park Service, 

Grand Canyon-Parashant National 

Monument, 345 East Riverside Drive, St. 

George, UT 84790. 

A limited number of individual 

copies of the FEIS may be obtained from 

the Arizona Strip BLM or National Park 

Service, at 345 East Riverside Drive, St. 

George, UT 84790. 

Willie R. Taylor, 

Director, Office of Environmental, Policy and 

Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 07–940 Filed 3–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–84–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Endangered Species Recovery Permit 

Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit 

applications; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: We invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species. 

DATES: Comments on these permit 

applications must be received on or 

before April 2, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments 

should be submitted to the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Chief, Endangered 

Species, Ecological Services, 911 NE. 

11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97232–

4181 (telephone: 503–231–2063; fax: 

503–231–6243). Please refer to the 

respective permit number for each 

application when submitting comments. 

All comments received, including 

names and addresses, will become part 

of the official administrative record and 

may be made available to the public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Belluomini, Fish and Wildlife 

Biologist, at the above Portland address 

(telephone: 503–231–2063; fax: 503–

231–6243). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following applicants have applied for 

scientific research permits to conduct 

certain activities with endangered 

species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) 

of the Endangered Species Act (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (we) solicits review and 

comment from local, State, and Federal 

agencies, and the public on the 

following permit requests. 

Permit No. TE–140683 

Applicant: Susan I. Jarvi, Hilo, Hawaii. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (inoculate and collect biological 

samples) captive nene (Branta 

sandvicensis) in conjunction with 

vaccination research in Kona, Hilo, and 

Waikaloa, Hawaii for the purpose of 

enhancing its survival. 

Permit No. TE–145562 

Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey, 

Biological Resources, Moss Landing, 

California. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (capture, locate and monitor nests, 

band, tag, transmitter, collect biological 

samples) the Hawaiian petrel 

(Pterodroma sandwichensis) in 

conjunction with scientific research 

throughout the species range in the 

State of Hawaii for the purpose of 

enhancing its survival. 

Permit No. 145851 

Applicant: Andrew Engilis, Davis, 

California. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (capture, hold, weigh, measure, 

band, and collect biological samples) 

the Hawaiian duck (Anas wyvilliana, 

and take (capture and release) the 

Hawaiian moorhen (Gallinula chloropus 

sandvicensis, and the Hawaiian coot 

(Fulica alai) in conjunction with 

scientific research on the islands of 

Oahu, Kauai, and Hawaii in the State of 

Hawaii for the purpose of enhancing 

their survival. 

We solicit public review and 

comment on each of these recovery 

permit applications. Our practice is to 

make comments, including names and 

home 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. There also may 

be circumstances in which we would 

withhold from the record a respondent’s 

identity, as allowable by law. If you 

wish us to withhold your name and/or 

address, you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

comment, but you should be aware that 

we may be required to disclose your 

name and address pursuant to the 

Freedom of Information Act. However, 

we will not consider anonymous 

comments. We will make all 

submissions from organizations or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. 

Comments and materials received will 

be available for public inspection, by 

appointment, during normal business 

hours at the above address. 

Dated: February 7, 2007. 

David J. Wesley, 

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–3663 Filed 3–1–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AZ–420–06–1610–DP–085A] 

Notice of Availability of the Ironwood 

Forest National Monument Draft 

Resource Management Plan and Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(DRMP/DEIS), Arizona 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 

the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, 43 

U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has prepared a Draft 

Resource Management Plan and Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(DRMP/DEIS) for the Ironwood Forest 

National Monument and by this notice 

is announcing the opening of the 

comment period. 

DATES: To assure that they will be 

considered, BLM must receive written 

comments on the DRMP/DEIS within 90 

days following the date the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes its Notice of Availability in 


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