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ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

Associated with the Environmental 

Assessment for Wasatch County Water 

Efficiency Project Recycled Water 

Project. 

SUMMARY: On April 23, 2010, the 

Department of the Interior (Interior), 

signed a Finding of No Significant 

Impact (FONSI) which documents the 

selection of the Proposed Action as 

presented in the Final Environmental 

Assessment (EA) for the Wasatch 

County Water Efficiency Project 

Recycled Water Project. Interior has 

determined that implementing the 

Proposed Action described in the EA 

will not have a significant impact on the 

quality of the human environment and 

that an environmental impact statement 

is not required. This project anticipates 

conveying recycled water in the 

facilities of the Wasatch County Water 

Efficiency Project (WCWEP), Bonneville 

Unit, Central Utah Project (CUP). It 

would provide an opportunity for more 

effective and efficient management of 

water, make efficient use of recycled 

water, provide opportunities for stream 

and wetland benefits, and encourage the 

conservation and wise use of water, all 

of which are objectives of the CUP 

Completion Act. 

The proposed action would allow 

recycled water to be conveyed and used 

in WCWEP facilities and through 

exchange become CUP water. All water 

supply commitments under the existing 

contracts and agreements will continue 

to be met. 

A copy of the Final EA and FONSI 

may be accessed on the Internet at 

http://www.cuwcd.com. CD and paper 

copies can be obtained by contacting: 

Sarah Sutherland, 355 West University 

Parkway, Orem, UT 84058, 

sarah@cuwcd.com, 801.226.7146. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Additional information may be obtained 

by contacting Mr. Lynn Hansen, Central 

Utah Project Completion Act Office, 302 

East 1860 South, Provo, Utah 84606, by 

calling (801) 379–1238, or e-mail at 

lhansen@usbr.gov. 

Dated: May 24, 2010. 

Reed R. Murray, 

Program Director, Central Utah Project 

Completion Act Department of the Interior. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13016 Filed 5–28–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–RK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R3–R–2010–N042; 30136–1265–0000– 

S3] 

Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge, 

Chariton County, MO 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability: draft 

comprehensive conservation plan and 

environmental assessment; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of a draft comprehensive 

conservation plan (CCP) and draft 

environmental assessment (EA) for 

Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge 

(NWR) for public review and comment. 

In this draft CCP/EA we describe how 

we propose to manage the refuge for the 

next 15 years. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, we 

must receive your written comments by 

July 5, 2010. An open house style 

meeting will be held during the 

comment period to receive comments 

and provide information on the draft 

plan. Special mailings, newspaper 

articles, internet postings, and other 

media announcements will inform 

people of the meetings and 

opportunities for written comments. 

ADDRESSES: Comments or requests for 

more information can be sent by any of 

the following methods. You may also 

drop off comments in person at Swan 

Lake NWR. 

1. Agency Web site: View or 

download a copy of the document and 

comment at http://www.fws.gov/ 

midwest/planning/SwanLake/ 

index.html. 

2. E-mail: r3planning@fws.gov. 

Include ‘‘Swan Lake Draft CCP/EA’’ in 

the subject line of the message. 

3. Fax: 660–856–3687. 

4. Mail: Attention: Refuge Manager, 

Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge, 

16194 Swan Lake Avenue, Sumner, 

Missouri 64681. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Whitson, 660–856–3323. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we continue the CCP 

process for Swan Lake NWR, which we 

began by publishing a notice of intent 

on (71 FR 20722–20723, April 21, 2006). 

For more about the initial process and 

the history of this refuge, see that notice. 

Swan Lake NWR was established in 

1937 by Executive Order 7563 to serve 

as a refuge and breeding ground for 

migratory birds and other wildlife. The 

Refuge includes 10,670 acres and is also 

responsible for managing 57 easements 

and outlying fee title tracts scattered 

across 15 counties in Missouri. 

Background 

The CCP Process 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966, as amended 

by the National Wildlife Refuge System 

Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 

668dd–668ee), requires us to develop a 

comprehensive conservation plan for 

each national wildlife refuge. The 

purpose in developing a CCP 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. 

CCP Alternatives and Our Preferred 

Alternative 

Priority Issues 

During the public scoping process, 

we, other stakeholders and partners, and 

the public identified several priority 

issues, which include habitat 

management, sedimentation, flooding, 

and demand for additional recreation 

opportunities and visitor services. To 

address these issues, we developed and 

evaluated the following alternatives 

during the planning process. 

Alternative 1: Current Management 

Direction and Activities (No Action) 

The current management direction of 

Swan Lake NWR would be maintained 

under this alternative. For NEPA 

purposes, this is referred to as the ‘‘No 

Action’’ alternative, a misnomer as some 

changes will occur over the next 15 

years. Management includes 

conservation, restoration, and 

preservation but occurs 

opportunistically as budgets allow. 

Farming and water management would 

continue in those areas where it 

currently exists. Some programs, 

especially environmental education and 

outreach, would see improvements only 

if budgets increase in the future. 


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Alternative 2 

Under Alternative 2, we will focus on 

restoring Refuge streams as free flowing 

streams with fluctuating water levels 

and increasing the amount of native 

habitats. Many of the constructed 

management areas (moist soil units, 

open waters, and agricultural areas) are 

restored to more natural or historic 

landscape conditions. Duck and small 

game hunting are introduced as well as 

increased seasonal access for wildlife 

observation. 

Alternative 3: (Preferred Alternative) 

Under Alternative 3, we will mimic 

components of historic hydrologic 

function within Refuge streams by 

allowing seasonal and annual variations 

in water levels. Manage up to 1,300 

acres of emergent wetland habitat using 

moist soil techniques. Increase the 

amount of wet meadow and native 

prairie and reduce the amount of 

cropland. We will increase 

opportunities for hunting and wildlife 

observation as in Alternative 2, but also 

increase emphasis on interpretation and 

education and develop additional 

volunteer opportunities. 

Public Meeting 

We will give the public an 

opportunity to provide input at a public 

meeting. You can obtain the schedule 

from the address or Web site listed in 

this notice (see ADDRESSES). You may 

also submit comments anytime during 

the comment period. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware 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 your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Dated: April 6, 2010. 

Christopher P. Jensen, 

Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Fort Snelling, Minnesota. 

[FR Doc. 2010–13009 Filed 5–28–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R5–R–2009–N208; BAC–4311–K9–S3] 

Draft Comprehensive Conservation 

Plan and Environmental Assessment; 

Canaan Valley National Wildlife 

Refuge, Tucker County, WV 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of the draft comprehensive 

conservation plan (CCP) and draft 

environmental assessment (EA) for 

Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge 

(NWR) for a 45-day public review and 

comment period. The draft CCP/EA 

describes four alternatives, including 

our Service-preferred alternative B, for 

managing this refuge for the next 15 

years. Also available for public review 

and comment are the draft compatibility 

determinations, which are included as 

appendix B in the draft CCP/EA. 

DATES: To ensure our consideration of 

your written comments, please send 

them by July 16, 2010. We will also hold 

public meetings. We will announce and 

post details of the public meetings in 

local news media, via our project 

mailing list, and on our regional 

planning Web site, http://www.fws.gov/ 

northeast/planning/Canaan%20Valley/ 

ccphome.html. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments or 

requests for copies of the draft CCP/EA 

by one of the following methods. You 

may also drop off comments in person 

at Canaan Valley NWR, located off 

Route 32 in Davis, West Virginia. 

U.S. Mail: Beth Goldstein, Natural 

Resource Planner, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 300 Westgate Center 

Drive, Hadley, MA 01035. 

Facsmile: Attention: Beth Goldstein, 

413–253–8468. 

Electronic Mail: 

northeastplanning@fws.gov. Include 

‘‘Canaan Valley NWR CCP’’ in the 

subject line of your e-mail. 

Agency Web Site: View or download 

the draft document on the Web at 

http://www.fws.gov/northeast/ 

planning/Canaan%20Valley/ 

ccphome.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan Schafler, Refuge Manager, 

Canaan Valley NWR, HC 70, P.O. Box 

200, Davis, WV 26260; phone: 304–866– 

3858; facsimile: 304–866–3852; 

electronic mail: fw5rw_cvnwr@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

This notice continues the CCP process 

for Canaan Valley NWR. We prepared 

the draft CCP in compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), and the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Administration Act of 

1966 (Administration Act), as amended 

by the National Wildlife Refuge System 

Improvement Act of 1997 (Improvement 

Act), which requires us to develop a 

CCP for each national wildlife refuge. 

We published our original notice of 

intent to prepare a CCP in the Federal 

Register on January 22, 2007 (72 FR 

2709). 

The 16,183-acre Canaan Valley NWR 

was established in 1994 to conserve and 

protect fish and wildlife resources and 

the unique wetland and upland habitats 

of this high elevation valley. The refuge 

is located in Tucker County, West 

Virginia, and has an approved 

acquisition boundary of 24,000 acres. It 

includes the largest wetland complex in 

the State, and encompasses the 

headwaters of the Blackwater and Little 

Blackwater rivers. The refuge supports 

species of concern at both the Federal 

and State levels, including the West 

Virginia northern flying squirrel, bald 

eagle, and the Federal listed Cheat 

Mountain salamander and Indiana bat. 

Its dominant habitats include wet 

meadows, peatlands, shrub and forested 

swamps, beaver ponds and streams, 

northern hardwood forest, old fields and 

shrubland, and managed grassland. 

Refuge visitors engage in wildlife 

observation and photography, 

environmental education, 

interpretation, hunting, and fishing. 

Management activities include 

maintaining and perpetuating the 

ecological integrity of the Canaan Valley 

wetland complex; perpetuating the 

ecological integrity of upland northern 

hardwood and northern hardwoodconifer forests to sustain wildlife and 

plant communities; providing a 

diversity of successional habitats in 

upland and wetland-edge shrublands, 

grasslands, old fields, and hardwood 

communities; and supporting wildlifedependent recreation and education. 

Background 

The CCP Process 

The purpose for developing CCPs is to 

provide refuge managers with 15-year 

plans for achieving refuge purposes and 

the mission of the National Wildlife 

Refuge System, in conformance with 

sound principles of fish and wildlife 

management and conservation, legal 

mandates, and Service policies. In 

addition to outlining broad management 


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