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required to develop a long-term 

conservation strategy to be consistent 

with their HCP. 

To help develop a scientifically 

credible long-term marbled murrelet 

conservation strategy, the WDNR 

convened a science team to develop 

murrelet conservation recommendations 

for WDNR lands in southwest 

Washington and the Olympic Peninsula. 

This team published their findings in 

2008 as a report entitled 

Recommendations and Supporting 

Analysis of Conservation Opportunities 

for the Marbled Murrelet Long-Term 

Conservation Strategy. This report rated 

the 13,748-acre Nemah Block as the 

most important WDNR landscape in 

southwest Washington for marbled 

murrelet conservation. The proposed 

wind project would be located on Radar 

Ridge, which is within the Nemah 

block. To date, the WDNR has not 

completed its final long-term 

conservation strategy for the marbled 

murrelet. 

To our knowledge, there is no forest 

on the ridge-top within the project 

footprint that resembles mature or old 

growth forest that might provide nesting 

habitat for the marbled murrelet. 

However, through the use of radar 

surveys, Radar Ridge LLC has 

documented the presence of marbled 

murrelets flying over the ridge, 

primarily above proposed wind turbine 

heights, both during the summer 

breeding season and during the winter. 

There are 89 murrelet-occupied nest 

sites within 30 miles of the project area 

and the northwest end of the project is 

within approximately 1,800 feet of the 

South Nemah Natural Resources 

Conservation Area, the highest known 

marbled murrelet nesting use site in 

Washington. While the project footprint 

does not appear to have any suitable 

nesting habitat for the species, marbled 

murrelets have been documented flying 

over the project location, likely 

commuting to and from nest sites. Some 

of these birds would be at risk of 

collision with the wind project. 

Environmental Impact Statement 

We will conduct an environmental 

review of the permit application, 

including the HCP. We will prepare an 

EIS in accordance with NEPA 

requirements, as amended (40 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), and NEPA implementing 

regulations (40 CFR 1500–1508), and in 

accordance with other Federal laws and 

regulations, and the policies and 

procedures of the USFWS for 

compliance with those regulations. 

We request data, comments, new 

information, or suggestions from the 

public, other concerned governmental 

agencies, the scientific community, 

Tribes, industry, or any other interested 

party on this notice. We will consider 

all comments we receive in complying 

with the requirements of NEPA and in 

the development of the HCP and ITP. 

We particularly seek comments 

concerning: 

(1) The direct, indirect, and 

cumulative effects that implementation 

of any reasonable alternative could have 

on endangered and threatened species; 

(2) Other reasonable alternatives, and 

their associated effects; 

(3) Measures that would minimize 

and mitigate potentially adverse effects 

of the proposed project; 

(4) Baseline environmental conditions 

in and adjacent to the project; 

(5) Biological information regarding 

the marbled murrelet; 

(6) Monitoring and adaptive 

management that might be relevant to 

the project; 

(7) Other plans or projects that might 

be relevant to this project; 

(8) Pertinent information concerning 

wind energy and wildlife response; and 

(9) Pertinent information concerning 

wind energy and its relationship to the 

human environment. 

The EIS will analyze the effects that 

the various alternatives would have on 

the marbled murrelet as well as all other 

aspects of the human environment, 

including but not limited to geology and 

soils, land use, air quality, water 

quality, wetlands, socioeconomics, 

recreation, cultural resources, noise, 

visual resources, climate change, and 

cumulative impacts from the proposed 

action. A notice of availability is 

expected to be published in the Federal 

Register in early 2011 and the DEIS will 

be circulated for public review and 

comment. The USFWS will consider 

and respond to comments received on 

the draft EIS in the final EIS. The final 

EIS is expected to be published 

sometime later in 2011. The USFWS 

and BPA will each document their 

decision in a Record of Decision 

following completion of the final EIS. 

Reasonable Accommodation 

Persons needing reasonable 

accommodations to attend and 

participate in public meetings should 

contact Mark Ostwald (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT) as soon as 

possible. To allow sufficient time to 

process requests, please call no later 

than one week before the public 

meeting. Information regarding this 

proposed action is available in 

alternative formats upon request. 

Dated: May 10, 2010. 

Carolyn A. Bohan, 

Deputy Regional Director, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Region 1, Portland, Oregon. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLMT922200–10–L13100000–FI0000–P; 

MTM 98343] 

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of 

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease MTM 

98343 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Per 30 U.S.C. 188(d), Kykuit 

Resources, LLC timely filed a petition 

for reinstatement of competitive oil and 

gas lease MTM 98343, Fergus County, 

Montana. The lessee paid the required 

rental accruing from the date of 

termination. 

No leases were issued that affect these 

lands. The lessee agrees to new lease 

terms for rentals and royalties of $10 per 

acre and 16–2/3 percent. The lessee 

paid the $500 administration fee for the 

reinstatement of the lease and the $163 

cost for publishing this Notice. 

The lessee met the requirements for 

reinstatement of the lease per Sec. 31(d) 

and (e) of the Mineral Leasing Act of 

1920 (30 U.S.C. 188). We are proposing 

to reinstate the lease, effective the date 

of termination subject to: 

• The original terms and conditions 

of the lease; 

• The increased rental of $10 per 

acre; 

• The increased royalty of 16–2/3 

percent; and 

• The $163 cost of publishing this 

Notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Teri 

Bakken, Chief, Fluids Adjudication 

Section, Bureau of Land Management 

Montana State Office, 5001 Southgate 

Drive, Billings, Montana 59101–4669, 

406–896–5091. 

Teri Bakken, 

Chief, Fluids Adjudication Section. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12843 Filed 5–27–10; 8:45 am] 

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