Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 164 / Friday, August 22, 2008 / Notices 49699 

applications are available for review, 

subject to the requirements of the 

Privacy Act and Freedom of Information 

Act, by any party who submits a written 

request for a copy of such documents 

within 30 days of the date of publication 

of this notice to: U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Division of Management 

Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, 

Room 212, Arlington, Virginia 22203; 

fax 703/358–2281. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Division of Management Authority, 

telephone 703/358–2104. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Endangered Species 

The public is invited to comment on 

the following applications for a permit 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species. This notice is 

provided pursuant to Section 10(c) of 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ). 

Written data, comments, or requests for 

copies of these complete applications 

should be submitted to the Director 

(address above). 

Applicant: U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, National Fish and Wildlife 

Forensics Laboratory, Ashland, OR, 

PRT–053639. 

The applicant requests renewal of a 

permit to export/re-export and import/ 

re-import any endangered or threatened 

species for the explicit purpose of 

forensics activities which will directly 

or indirectly enhance the survival of the 

species in the wild. This notification 

covers activities to be conducted by the 

applicant over a five-year period. 

Applicant: Metro Richmond Zoo, 

Moseley, VA, PRT–189831. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import two male captive-bred cheetahs 

(Acinonyx jubatus) from the De Wildt 

Cheetah Breeding Center, South Africa 

for the purpose of enhancement of the 

survival of the species. 

Applicant: Cincinnati Zoo, Cincinnati, 

OH, PRT–185761. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import various biological samples from 

captive-held and wild Sumatran 

rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) 

from the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary, 

Indonesia for the purpose of scientific 

research and veterinary health 

evaluation. This notification covers 

activities to be conducted by the 

applicant over a five year period. 

Applicant: Martin K. Slaugh, Salt Lake 

City, UT, PRT–189851. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import the sport-hunted trophy of one 

male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus 

pygargus) culled from a captive herd 

maintained under the management 

program of the Republic of South Africa, 

for the purpose of enhancement of the 

survival of the species. 

Dated: July 25, 2008. 

Lisa J. Lierheimer, 

Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits, 

Division Management Authority. 

[FR Doc. E8–19523 Filed 8–21–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NV–010–1990–GN; 08–08807; TAS: 

14X1109] 

Notice of Availability of Draft 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Betze Pit Expansion 

Project, Nevada 

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.), the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 

Elko District Office has prepared a Draft 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (DSEIS) to expand the Betze 

Pit at an open pit gold mine in Nevada; 

and by this Notice is announcing the 

opening of the comment period. 

DATES: To ensure comments will be 

considered, the BLM must receive 

written comments on the Betze Pit 

Expansion Project DSEIS within 45 days 

following the date the Environmental 

Protection Agency publishes the Notice 

of Availability in the Federal Register. 

The BLM will announce future meetings 

or hearings and any other public 

involvement activities at least 15 days 

in advance through public notices, 

media news releases and/or mailings. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

—E-mail: eiscommentselko@nv.blm.gov. 

—Fax: (775) 753–0255. 

—Mail: Attention Kirk Laird, Project 

Manager, BLM Elko District Office, 

3900 East Idaho Street, Elko, NV 

89801. 

Copies of the Betze Pit Expansion 

Project DSEIS are available in the BLM 

Elko District Office, at the above address 

and on the internet site at: http:// 

www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/fo/ 

elko_field_office.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information or to have your 

name added to the mailing list, contact 

Kirk Laird, Project Manager, BLM Elko 

District Office, 3900 East Idaho Street, 

Elko, NV 89801 (775) 753–0200, or email to: Kirk_Laird@blm.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Betze 

Pit Expansion Project DSEIS is an 

amendment to the Betze Project Plan of 

Operations for an ongoing open pit mine 

on the Carlin Trend in Eureka and Elko 

counties, Nevada. The Preferred 

Alternative of the DSEIS includes the 

Proposed Action of expanding the 

existing open pit and constructing a 

new waste rock and tailings facility. 

Current mining operations at the Betze 

Project are expected to end in 2011, 

with processing operations ending in 

2020. The Proposed Action in the 

Preferred Alternative of the Betze Pit 

Expansion Project DSEIS would extend 

mining for 4 years and processing for 5 

years. BLM’s preferred alternative 

would also maximize mule deer 

corridor access in the vicinity of the 

Clydesdale Waste Rock Facility. Other 

alternatives include the No-Action 

Alternative continuing mining as 

currently approved without approving 

the expansion and a third Alternative 

denying the construction of the new 

Clydesdale Waste Rock Facility in favor 

of continued expansion of the existing 

Bazza Waste Rock Facility. A 

cumulative impacts study and 

supplemental EIS completed in 2000 

and 2002 addressed groundwater 

pumping/dewatering issues for the 

Betze Pit, and pumping will continue 

whether or not expansion is approved. 

Major issues are impacts of current and 

proposed operations on mule deer 

migration routes, potential changes to 

the post-mining pit lake chemistry, air 

quality including increased greenhouse 

gas and mercury emissions/deposition, 

and sustaining benefits of mining on the 

local economy. 

Please note that public comments and 

information submitted including names, 

street addresses, and email addresses of 

respondents will be available for public 

review and disclosure at the above 

address during regular business hours (8 

a.m. to 4 p.m.), Monday through Friday, 

except holidays. 

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 

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49700 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 164 / Friday, August 22, 2008 / Notices 

Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6. 

Tom Warren, 

Acting District Manager. 

[FR Doc. E8–19396 Filed 8–21–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[WY–100–08–1610–DQ] 

Notice of Availability of the Pinedale 

Proposed Resource Management Plan 

and Final Environmental Impact 

Statement, Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 and the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976, the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) and its 

cooperating agencies, have prepared a 

Proposed Resource Management Plan/ 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(PRMP/FEIS) for the Pinedale Field 

Office. 

DATES: The BLM Planning regulations 

(43 CFR 1610.5–2) state that any person 

who meets the conditions as described 

in the regulations may protest the BLM’s 

Proposed RMP. A person who meets the 

conditions and files a protest must file 

the protest within 30 days of the date 

that the Environmental Protection 

Agency publishes this notice in the 

Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Pinedale 

PRMP/FEIS have been sent to affected 

Federal, state, and local government 

agencies and to interested parties. 

Copies of the PRMP/FEIS will be 

available for public inspection at the 

following locations: 

• Bureau of Land Management, 

Wyoming State Office, 5353 

Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming 

82003. 

• Bureau of Land Management, 

Pinedale Field Office, 1625 W Pine 

Street, Pinedale, Wyoming 82941. 

Interested persons may also review 

the PRMP/FEIS on the Internet at 

http://www.blm.gov/rmp/wy/pinedale. 

All protests must be in writing and 

mailed to the following addresses: 

Regular Mail: Director (210), Attention: 

Brenda Williams, P.O. Box 66538, 

Washington, DC 20035. 

Overnight Mail: Director (210), 

Attention: Brenda Williams, 1620 L 

Street, N.W., Suite 1075, Washington, 

DC 20036. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chuck Otto, Field Manager, or Kellie 

Roadifer, Pinedale RMP Team Leader, 

1625 W Pine Street, Pinedale, Wyoming 

82941, or by telephone at (307) 367–

5309. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Pinedale Field Office planning area 

includes public land and federal 

mineral ownership in Sublette and 

Lincoln Counties, Wyoming. The area 

includes approximately 923,000 acres of 

BLM-administered surface lands and 

approximately 1,199,000 acres of 

Federal mineral estate under Federal, 

state, and private surface. 

The Draft RMP/Draft EIS was made 

available for public review and 

comment for a 121-day period beginning 

on February 16, 2007. The Draft RMP/ 

Draft EIS described and analyzed four 

alternatives for the management of the 

public lands and resources, including 

the Federal mineral estate administered 

by the BLM Pinedale Field Office: 

Alternative 1 (No Action): Continues 

to balance the use and development of 

resources under current management 

guidance; 

Alternative 2: Provides development 

and use opportunities while minimizing 

adverse impacts to cultural and natural 

resources; 

Alternative 3: Focuses on greater 

conservation of natural and cultural 

resources while providing for 

compatible development and use; and 

Alternative 4 (Agency Preferred 

Alternative): Provides development 

opportunities while protecting sensitive 

resources. 

The key issues addressed by the 

alternatives are: (1) Development of 

energy resources and minerals; (2) 

special management designations; (3) 

public access and transportation 

planning; (4) wildland-urban interface; 

(5) management of special status 

species; (6) water quality; (7) vegetation 

management; (8) recreation activities; 

(9) cultural resources management; (10) 

air quality; and (11) wildlife 

management. 

The Draft RMP/Draft EIS included 

recommendations regarding Areas of 

Critical Environmental Concern 

(ACECs). While the Draft RMP/EIS fully 

documented the ACECs considered, to 

ensure that BLM provided the public 

with the required 60-day review and 

comment period as required by 43 CFR 

1610.7–2, the BLM published a notice of 

supplemental information describing 

the proposed ACECs and associated 

values and use limitations in the 

Federal Register on February 21, 2008. 

There are two ACECs in the existing 

Pinedale Field Office land use plan 

(1988): Rock Creek ACEC (5,300 acres) 

and Beaver Creek ACEC (3,590 acres). 

There are 6 potential new ACECs 

proposed in the Draft RMP/EIS. The 

ACECs are: 

• Trapper’s Point ACEC (550 acres 

[Alternative 2], 4,000 acres [Alternative 

4], or 9,540 acres [Alternative 3]): 

Values of concern are big game 

migration corridors, cultural and 

historic properties, and livestock 

trailing. Within this ACEC, fence 

construction and surface disturbing 

activities would be prohibited with the 

exception of activities designed to 

increase big game migration viability. 

The ACEC would be unavailable for oil 

and gas leasing. Off-road vehicle use 

would be restricted to designated roads 

and trails and subject to a seasonal 

closure from November 15 through 

April 30 annually. 

• New Fork Potholes ACEC (1,800 

acres [Alternatives 3 and 4] ): Values of 

concern are waterfowl, trumpeter swan, 

and riparian habitats. With the 

exception of those that would benefit 

wildlife habitat, surface disturbing 

activities would be prohibited. The 

ACEC would be unavailable for oil and 

gas leasing. Off-road vehicle use would 

be restricted to designated roads and 

trails. 

• Upper Green River ACEC (12,270 

acres [Alternative 3]): Values of concern 

are big game migration routes and 

migration bottlenecks, and high scenic 

and recreational values. The ACEC 

would be unavailable for oil and gas 

leasing. Off-road vehicle use would be 

restricted to designated roads and trails, 

and no net increase in miles of roads 

would be allowed. 

• White-Tailed Prairie Dog ACEC (no 

acreage estimate available [Alternative 

3]): The White-Tailed Prairie Dog 

(WTPD) ACEC would not have a 

specific area but would involve a 

number of townships where WTPD 

habitat might be found in future 

surveys. The value of concern is habitat 

for the WTPD. Surveys for prairie dog 

presence would be required prior to 

authorizing any activities. Anti-raptor 

perching devices would be required on 

any above-ground facilities located 

within 1/4 mile of WTPD towns greater 

than 12.5 acres in size, and surfacedisturbing activities would be 

prohibited in these towns. Off-road 

vehicle use would be limited to 

designated roads and trails, and 

poisoning of prairie dogs would be 

prohibited except in cases of health and 

safety emergencies. 

• Ross Butte ACEC (35,670 acres 

[Alternative 3]): Values of concern are 

significant cultural resources, 

archeological landscapes and Native 


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