49474 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 163 / Thursday, August 21, 2008 / Notices 

Bureau of Land Management, Alaska 

State Office, 222 West Seventh 

Avenue, #13, Anchorage, Alaska 

99513–7504. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Bureau of Land Management by phone 

at 907–271–5960, or by e-mail at 

ak.blm.conveyance@ak.blm.gov. Persons 

who use a telecommunication device 

(TTD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8330, 24 hours a day, seven days a 

week, to contact the Bureau of Land 

Management. 

Crystal Arroyo, 

Land Law Examiner, Land Transfer 

Adjudication I. 

[FR Doc. E8–19382 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[F–14903–E; AK–964–1410–KC–P] 

Alaska Native Claims Selection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of decision approving 

lands for conveyance. 

SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 

2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an 

appealable decision approving the 

surface and subsurface estates in certain 

lands for conveyance pursuant to the 

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

will be issued to Toghotthele 

Corporation. The lands are in the 

vicinity of Nenana, Alaska, and are 

located in: 

Fairbanks Meridian, Alaska 

T. 3 S., R. 9 W., 

Secs. 25 to 29, inclusive; 

Secs. 32 to 36, inclusive. 

Containing approximately 6,400 acres. 

Notice of the decision will also be 

published four times in the Fairbanks Daily 

News-Miner. 

DATES: The time limits for filing an 

appeal are: 

1. Any party claiming a property 

interest which is adversely affected by 

the decision shall have until September 

22, 2008 to file an appeal. 

2. Parties receiving service of the 

decision by certified mail shall have 30 

days from the date of receipt to file an 

appeal. 

Parties who do not file an appeal in 

accordance with the requirements of 43 

CFR part 4, Subpart E, shall be deemed 

to have waived their rights. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may 

be obtained from: Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 222 

West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

Alaska 99513–7504. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Bureau of Land Management by phone 

at 907–271–5960, or by e-mail at 

ak.blm.conveyance@ak.blm.gov. Persons 

who use a telecommunication device 

(TTD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8330, 24 hours a day, seven days a 

week, to contact the Bureau of Land 

Management. 

Barbara Opp Waldal, 

Land Law Examiner, Branch of Land Transfer 

Adjudication I. 

[FR Doc. E8–19385 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[F–14941–A, F–14941–A2; AK–965–1410–

KC–P] 

Alaska Native Claims Selection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of decision approving 

lands for conveyance. 

SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 

2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an 

appealable decision approving lands for 

conveyance pursuant to the Alaska 

Native Claims Settlement Act will be 

issued to The Kuskokwim Corporation, 

Successor in Interest to Stony River 

Limited. The lands are in the vicinity of 

Stony River, Alaska, and are located in: 

T. 20 N., R. 41 W., 

Secs. 4 to 9, inclusive. 

Containing 3,757.97 acres. 

T. 20 N., R. 42 W., 

Secs. 25 and 35. 

Containing 1,280 acres. 

Total Aggregating 5,037.97 acres. 

The subsurface estate in these lands will be 

conveyed to Calista Corporation when the 

surface estate is conveyed to The Kuskokwim 

Corporation. Notice of the decision will also 

be published four times in the Tundra 

Drums. 

DATES: The time limits for filing an 

appeal are: 

1. Any party claiming a property 

interest which is adversely affected by 

the decision shall have until September 

22, 2008 to file an appeal. 

2. Parties receiving service of the 

decision by certified mail shall have 30 

days from the date of receipt to file an 

appeal. 

Parties who do not file an appeal in 

accordance with the requirements of 43 

CFR Part 4, Subpart E, shall be deemed 

to have waived their rights. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may 

be obtained from: Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 222 

West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

Alaska 99513–7504. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Bureau of Land Management by phone 

at 907–271–5960, or by e-mail at 

ak.blm.conveyance@ak.blm.gov. Persons 

who use a telecommunication device 

(TTD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8330, 24 hours a day, seven days a 

week, to contact the Bureau of Land 

Management. 

Robert Childers, 

Land Law Examiner, Land Transfer 

Adjudication II. 

[FR Doc. E8–19389 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[OR–110–08–1610–DR] 

Notice of Availability of the Record of 

Decision for the Cascade-Siskiyou 

National Monument Resource 

Management Plan/Environmental 

Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Record 

of Decision (ROD). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act, the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act, and Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) policies, the BLM announces the 

availability of the ROD for the CascadeSiskiyou National Monument Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) located in 

Jackson County in southwestern Oregon. 

The ROD serves as a final decision for 

the land use plan decisions described in 

the approved RMP and becomes 

effective on the date the ROD is signed. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the CascadeSiskiyou National Monument ROD/RMP 

are available upon request from the 

BLM Medford District Office, 3040 

Biddle Road, Medford, OR 97504 or by 

calling (541) 618–2245. It may also be 

available on the Internet at: http:// 

www.or.blm.gov/Medford/CSNM. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Howard Hunter, Assistant Monument 

Manager, BLM, Medford District Office, 

3040 Biddle Road, Medford, OR 97504 

or at (541) 618–2256. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument 

ROD/RMP was developed with broad 

public participation through a six-year 

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collaborative planning process. This 

ROD/RMP addresses management of 

approximately 52,947 acres of public 

land. The Cascade-Siskiyou National 

Monument ROD/RMP is designed to 

meet the primary goal of protecting, 

maintaining, restoring or enhancing the 

long-term ecological integrity of the 

Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. 

The management actions detailed in the 

RMP address vegetation management, 

transportation and access, livestock 

grazing, recreation, visitor use, facilities, 

and rights-of-way. No further 

administrative remedies are available at 

this time for land use decisions made in 

the RMP. 

With one exception, the approved 

Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument 

RMP is very similar to the proposed 

management in Cascade-Siskiyou 

National Monument Proposed RMP/ 

Final EIS (FEIS) published in February 

2005. The BLM received 12 protests on 

the Proposed RMP/FEIS. In response to 

one of the protests, a decision was made 

to allow flexibility to lift the peregrine 

falcon seasonal restrictions on the south 

and east sides of Pilot Rock, from 

February 1 to July 30 each year, if it is 

determined by the BLM that peregrine 

falcons are not nesting, or that their 

young have been confirmed to have 

fledged and moved a sufficient distance 

from the rock face to avoid disturbance 

by climbers. Other minor modifications 

to the proposed plan corrected errors 

that were noted during review of the 

Proposed RMP/FEIS and provide further 

clarification for some of the decisions. 

Edward W. Shepard, 

State Director. 

[FR Doc. E8–19268 Filed 8–20–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Herring River Restoration, 

Environmental Impact Statement, Cape 

Cod National Seashore, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, 

Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

Herring River Restoration, Cape Cod 

National Seashore. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with 

§ 102(2)(C) of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (NEPA), the National Park 

Service is preparing an Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Herring River 

Restoration Project, Cape Cod National 

Seashore, Massachusetts. This 

restoration project is being developed in 

partnership with the Town of Wellfleet 

and the Town of Truro, and in 

cooperation with Massachusetts Coastal 

Zone Management, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, and 

Natural Resources Conservation Service. 

In addition to satisfying the 

requirements and intent of the NEPA, 

this Environmental Impact Statement 

will also be developed in compliance 

with the Massachusetts Environmental 

Policy Act (MEPA) and thus will result 

in a combined Environmental Impact 

Statement/Environmental Impact Report 

(EIS/EIR). 

The purpose of this project and EIS/ 

EIR is to provide for the restoration of 

over 1100 acres of salt-marsh and 

estuarine habitat in the Herring River 

which has been degraded by diking and 

drainage since 1909. Restoration is 

needed to: (1) Re-establish the physical 

connection between the estuary and 

Cape Cod Bay for natural material 

exchange and for access by marine 

animals including migratory fish; (2) 

restore aquatic habitat and ecosystem 

services both within the estuary and in 

receiving waters of Wellfleet Harbor by 

reversing the water-quality impacts of 

100 years of diking and drainage; (3) 

replace existing invasive exotic plant 

species with native salt-marsh species 

through the reestablishment of natural 

estuarine salinity; (4) restore ecosystem 

productivity through the 

reestablishment of naturally high tidal 

range; (5) minimize the long-term 

management and social costs of 

continued diking in the face of current, 

and likely accelerating, sea-level rise; 

and (6) guide a phased, carefully 

monitored and adaptively managed 

long-term restoration program. The EIS/ 

EIR will examine a range of feasible 

alternatives and evaluate potential 

impacts on natural resources, cultural 

resources, and the human environment. 

The public is invited to comment on 

the purpose, need, objectives, 

preliminary alternatives, or any other 

issues associated with the plan. A 

scoping newsletter has been prepared 

that details the purpose, need, and 

issues identified to date. The newsletter 

is available on-line at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov. Select ‘‘Cape Cod 

NS’’ and follow the link to the Herring 

River Restoration EIS. Paper copies may 

also be obtained by e-mailing 

CACO_Herring_River@nps.gov, or from 

Carrie Phillips, Cape Cod National 

Seashore, 99 Marconi Site Road, 

Wellfleet, MA 02667, 508–349–3785. 

DATES: The NPS will accept comments 

from the public regarding this Notice of 

Intent until October 31, 2008. In 

addition, public scoping meetings will 

be held in Wellfleet beginning in August 

2008. Dates and times will be advertised 

in local newspapers, the park Web site 

(http://www.nps.gov/caco), the NPS 

Planning, Environment and Public 

Comment Web site (http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov) or contact Carrie 

Phillips, Cape Cod NS, at the address 

shown below. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

submitted by mail or hand delivery to 

Superintendent, Cape Cod National 

Seashore, 99 Marconi Site Road, 

Wellfleet, MA 02667. Comments may be 

submitted electronically at http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov, or by e-mail to 

CACO_Herring_River@nps.gov. 

Comments may also be provided at the 

public scoping meetings which will be 

held at the Wellfleet Senior Center 

(Council on Aging), 715 Old Kings 

Highway, Wellfleet, Massachusetts. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carrie Phillips, Cape Cod National 

Seashore, 99 Marconi Site Road, 

Wellfleet, MA 02667, 508–349–3785; 

e-mail: CACO_Herring_River@nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Herring River estuary comprised over 

half of the tidal marshes of Wellfleet 

Harbor prior to diking in 1909, provided 

1100 acres of feeding, spawning and 

nursery habitat to thousands of species 

of resident and migratory marine and 

estuarine animals, and exported foods 

that promoted the high productivity of 

receiving waters throughout Wellfleet 

Bay. In particular, the river’s herring 

and eel runs and shellfish beds were an 

economic and social focus of the 

maritime community. Thus the 1909 

diking was controversial, and is 

increasingly so in light of the high 

ecological and social values of natural 

salt marshes identified over the past few 

decades. Since 1961, 80 percent of this 

estuary has been incorporated within 

the boundaries of Cape Cod National 

Seashore, a unit of the National Park 

Service responsible for preserving and 

restoring native ecosystems. 

Nearly 30 years of ecological research 

by National Park Service and 

cooperating scientists into the effects of 

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