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ATTACHMENT—PROPOSED STAFFING AND COVERAGE OF REALIGNMENT OF OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS

[BOLDED Cities are proposed new regional offices] 

Projected FTEs by 

region Offices Current states Proposed states 

Boston (12) ............. Boston, Manchester, Hartford .............. Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, 

Vermont.

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, 

Vermont. 

New York City (19) New York City, Buffalo ......................... New York, New Jersey ........................ New York only. 

Philadelphia (19) ..... Philadelphia, Newark, Pittsburgh ......... ............................................................... Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware. 

Baltimore (19) ......... Baltimore, Richmond, Greensboro ....... Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, 

DC, Virginia, West Virginia.

Maryland, DC, Virginia, West Virginia, 

North Carolina. 

Atlanta (28) ............. Atlanta, Knoxville Birmingham, ............ Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, 

North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Florida, Puerto Rico, Mississippi.

Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, 

Tennessee, Kentucky. 

Tampa (16) ............. Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville, Puerto 

Rico.

............................................................... Florida, Puerto Rico, Virgin Island. 

Chicago (26) ........... Chicago, Minneapolis, Indianapolis ..... Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, 

Ohio, Michigan.

Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota. 

Cleveland (23) ......... Cleveland, Detroit, Columbus .............. ............................................................... Ohio, Michigan. 

Arlington (29) .......... Arlington, Houston, San Antonio, Oklahoma City.Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, New 

Mexico.

Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, New 

Mexico. 

Kansas City (19) ..... Kansas City, Denver, St. Louis, Salt 

Lake City.

Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, Utah, 

Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, 

North Dakota, Wyoming.

Kansas, Missouri, Colorado, Utah, 

Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, 

North Dakota, Wyoming. 

Los Angeles (13) ..... Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas ....... California, Nevada, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, 

Alaska Hawaii, Guam.

Southern California, Nevada, Arizona, 

Hawaii, Guam. 

San Francisco (14) San Francisco, Sacramento, Seattle, 

Billings.

............................................................... Northern California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska. 

New Orleans (15) .... New Orleans, Jackson, Arlington, Hattiesburg.Louisiana, Mississippi .......................... Louisiana, Mississippi. 

* New Orleans will remain staffed at 15 rather then projected needed of 24. Other 9 FTE will be used to adjust levels of other regions. 

** Projected FTE includes administrative staff. 

[FR Doc. E8–21226 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2008–N0136; 80221–1112– 

0000–F2] 

Coyote Springs Investment Planned 

Development Project Multiple-Species 

Habitat Conservation Plan 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; final 

environmental impact statement and 

multi-species habitat conservation plan. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the 

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) as 

the lead agency, together with the U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) as 

cooperating agencies, advise the public 

of the availability of the final 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

on the application from Coyote Springs 

Investment LLC (CSI) for a Section 10 

incidental take permit pursuant to the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (ESA), a section 404 permit 

under the Clean Water Act, and 

reconfiguration of CSI private and lease 

lands in Lincoln County. In addition, 

the EIS includes the proposed action of 

BLM issuing a right-of-way within the 

BLM utility corridor, located west of 

U.S. Highway 93 in Lincoln County for 

the construction of detention basins. 

This notice also announces the 

availability of the CSI Multiple-Species 

Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP), 

which CSI has submitted as part of their 

incidental take permit application, and 

Implementing Agreement (legal contract 

for the MSHCP). The permit would 

authorize the incidental take of 

specified covered species over 40 years, 

including some that may become 

federally-listed during the term of the 

permit. The permit is needed because 

take of species could occur during CSI’s 

proposed urban development activities 

located in a 21,454-acre area in southern 

Lincoln County, Nevada. In addition, 

take of species could occur during 

recreation and resource management 

activities within the 13,767-acre 

proposed Coyote Springs Investment 

Conservation Lands (CSICL) in Clark 

and Lincoln counties. The CSICL is an 

area leased by CSI from BLM, which 

would be managed for the conservation 

of the desert tortoise (Gopherus 

agassizii) and other covered species 

specified in the CSI MSHCP. 

This notice is provided pursuant to 

applicable NEPA regulations (40 CFR 

1506.6) to inform the public of the 

proposed action, and to make available 

for 30 days’ review the final EIS, CSI 

MSHCP, and Implementing Agreement. 

DATES: A Record of Decision will be 

signed no sooner than 30 days after the 

publication of the Environmental 

Protection Agency notice. Comments on 

the final EIS must be received on or 

before October 14, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Robert D. Williams, Field 

Supervisor, Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office, 1340 

Financial Boulevard, Suite 234, Reno, 

Nevada 89502, and fax number (775) 

861–6301. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert D. Williams, Field Supervisor, 

Fish and Wildlife Service, Nevada Fish 

and Wildlife Office, 4701 N. Torrey 

Pines Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89130, 

telephone (702) 515–5230 and fax 

number (702) 515–5231. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Availability of Documents 

Copies of the EIS, CSI MSHCP, and 

Implementing Agreement are available 


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for public review during regular 

business hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 

the Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office in 

Las Vegas, Nevada (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). Copies are also 

available during the public comment 

period at the following libraries: (1) 

Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo 

Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89119; (2) 

Moapa Valley Library, 350 N. Moapa 

Valley Boulevard, Overton, Nevada 

89040; (3) Washoe County Library, 

Downtown Main Branch, 301 South 

Center Street, Reno, Nevada 89501; (4) 

Lincoln County Library, 63 Main Street, 

Pioche, Nevada 89043; and (5) Alamo 

Branch Library, 100 North First Street, 

Alamo, Nevada 89001. 

Individuals wishing copies of the EIS, 

CSI MSHCP, and Implementing 

Agreement should contact the Service 

by telephone (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT) or by letter (see 

ADDRESSES). These documents also are 

available on the Nevada Fish and 

Wildlife Office Web site at http:// 

www.fws.gov/nevada/highlights. 

Background Information 

Section 9 of the Federal ESA of 1973, 

as amended and Federal regulations 

prohibit the take of fish and wildlife 

species listed as endangered or 

threatened (16 U.S.C. 1538). The term 

‘‘take’’ means to harass, harm, pursue, 

hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, 

or collect, or to attempt to engage in any 

such conduct (16 U.S.C. 1532). Harm 

includes significant habitat modification 

or degradation that actually kills or 

injures listed wildlife by significantly 

impairing essential behavioral patterns, 

including breeding, feeding, and 

sheltering [50 CFR 17.3(c)]. Under 

limited circumstances, we may issue 

permits to authorize incidental take of 

listed fish or wildlife; i.e., take that is 

incidental to, and not the purpose of, 

otherwise lawful activity. Regulations 

governing incidental take permits for 

threatened and endangered species are 

found in 50 CFR 17.32 and 17.22, 

respectively. 

Although take of listed plant species 

is not prohibited under the Federal ESA, 

and therefore cannot be authorized 

under an incidental take permit, plant 

species may be included on a permit in 

recognition of the conservation benefits 

provided to them under a habitat 

conservation plan. All species included 

on an incidental take permit would 

receive assurances under the Services 

‘‘No Surprises’’ regulation 50 CFR 

17.22(b)(5) and 17.32(b)(5). 

The EIS analyzes the impacts of the 

proposed implementation of the CSI 

MSHCP by the Applicant (CSI). The 

Applicant seeks a 40-year incidental 

take permit for covered activities within 

a proposed 21,454-acre development 

area located in southern Lincoln 

County, Nevada. The development area 

extends approximately nine miles north 

of the Lincoln County-Clark County 

line. The CSI MSHCP also would cover 

approximately 13,767 acres of leased 

land in Lincoln County (approximately 

7,548 acres) and Clark County 

(approximately 6,219 acres). The leased 

lands would be designated as the CSICL 

and would be managed for the 

conservation of species, habitat, and 

waters of the United States (WOUS). 

Land leased and owned by the 

Applicant occupies most of the eastern 

portion of Coyote Spring Valley 

straddling the Pahranagat Wash and the 

Kane Springs Wash in Lincoln County. 

This area is bordered by the Delamar 

Mountains to the north, the Meadow 

Valley Mountains to the east, and U.S. 

Highway 93 to the west. The leased land 

in Clark County is bordered by State 

Route 168 to the south. The surrounding 

land is primarily owned and managed 

by the BLM and Service. South of the 

development area, CSI privately-owned 

lands are being developed in Clark 

County and are covered under the 

existing Clark County Multiple Species 

Habitat Conservation Plan. 

The Applicant has requested a permit 

for two federally listed species, the 

threatened desert tortoise (Mojave 

population) and the endangered Moapa 

dace (Moapa coriacea) and three species 

that are not listed under the Federal 

ESA at the current time: banded Gila 

monster (Heloderma suspectum 

cinctum), Virgin River chub (Gila 

seminuda) (Muddy River population), 

and the Western burrowing owl (Athene 

cunicularia hypugaea). 

Proposed covered activities and 

projects within the CSI MSHCP fall 

within six categories: Community 

development and construction 

activities; recreational facilities and 

open space; utility infrastructure; water 

supply infrastructure; flood control 

structures development and 

maintenance (including stormwater 

management); and resource 

management features (including realignment of the existing land 

ownership, subject to BLM approval and 

compliance with applicable laws, to 

minimize impacts to desert tortoise and 

management of the CSICL). 

The CSI MSHCP’s proposed 

conservation strategy is designed to 

minimize and mitigate the impacts of 

covered activities, contribute to the 

recovery of listed covered species, and 

protect and enhance populations of nonlisted covered species. The strategy 

provides for the designation and 

management of a conservation area for 

species, habitat and WOUS on 

approximately 13,767 acres. Other 

conservation measures include: (1) 

Development and implementation of a 

long-term protection plan for the Moapa 

dace and Virgin River chub; (2) payment 

of mitigation fees, in the amount of $800 

per acre of disturbance for the 

development of private land, which 

would be used to fund research on the 

covered species and management of the 

CSICL, and other mitigation measures as 

described in the CSI MSHCP; and (3) 

creation of a wash buffer zone easement 

within the development area. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

Compliance 

Proposed permit issuance triggers the 

need for compliance with NEPA. As 

lead agency, the Service has prepared an 

EIS that analyzes alternatives associated 

with issuance of the incidental take 

permit. Cooperating agencies to the final 

EIS include the Corps and BLM. The EIS 

analyzes the Corps’ issuance of a section 

404 permit to CSI under the Clean Water 

Act for the proposed urban development 

on 21,454-acres of private land and for 

the proposed detention basins on BLMadministered land in Lincoln County. 

The EIS also addresses BLM’s proposed 

reconfiguration of the CSI private and 

BLM leased lands and issuance of a 

right-of-way to CSI for the construction 

of detention basins on up to 244 acres 

of BLM-administered land within the 

utility corridor located west of U.S. 

Highway 93 in Lincoln County. The 

proposed detention basins on BLMadministered land are not included as a 

covered activity in the CSI MSHCP but 

would be subject to a section 7 formal 

consultation under ESA. 

Public Involvement 

A Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an 

EIS was published in the Federal 

Register for this project on December 4, 

2001 (66 FR 63065). A second NOI was 

published on September 12, 2006 (71 FR 

53704) and scoping meetings were held 

on September 26 and 27, 2006, in 

Alamo and Moapa, Nevada, 

respectively. A third NOI was published 

on November 2, 2006 (71 FR 64555) to 

reopen the public comment period and 

to correct inaccurate contact 

information provided in the September 

12, 2006 notice. On November 2, 2007, 

a NOA of the draft CSI MSHCP, draft 

EIS, and draft Implementing Agreement 

was published in the Federal Register 

(72 FR 62229). A 60-day public 

comment period on the draft documents 

closed on January 2, 2008, with 

individual extensions granted until 


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January 14, 2008, as requested by 

several entities. 

Public Comments 

The Service and Applicant invite the 

public to comment on the final EIS, CSI 

MSHCP, and Implementing Agreement 

during a 30-day public comment period 

beginning on the date of this notice. 

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 may 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. 

The Service will evaluate the 

application, associated documents, and 

comments submitted to determine 

whether the application meets the 

requirements of section 10(a) of the 

ESA. A permit decision will be made no 

sooner than 30 days after the 

publication of the EIS and completion of 

the Record of Decision. 

This notice is provided pursuant to 

section 10(a) of the Federal ESA and 

regulations for implementing NEPA, as 

amended (40 CFR 1506.6). 

Dated: August 28, 2008. 

Richard E. Sayers, 

Acting Deputy Regional Director, California 

and Nevada Region, Sacramento, CA. 

[FR Doc. E8–21284 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CA–310–0777–XG] 

Notice of Public Meeting: Northwest 

California Resource Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 (FLPMA), and the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act of 1972 

(FACA), the U. S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) Northwest California Resource 

Advisory Council will meet as indicated 

below. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Thursday and Friday, Nov. 20 and 21, 

at the Woodland Public Library, 250 

First St., Woodland, Calif. On Nov. 20, 

the RAC will convene at 10 a.m. for a 

tour of public lands in the Cache Creek 

Natural Area. On Nov. 21, the council 

convenes at 8 a.m. at the Woodland 

Library. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lynda Roush, BLM Arcata Field Office 

manager, (707) 468–4000; or BLM 

Public Affairs Officer Joseph J. Fontana, 

(530) 252–5332. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 12- 

member council advises the Secretary of 

the Interior, through the BLM, on a 

variety of planning and management 

issues associated with public land 

management in Northwest California. At 

this meeting, agenda topics include 

discussion of the Recreation and Public 

Purposes Act, discussion about RAC 

travel schedules, a status report on the 

north coast geotourism initiative, an 

overview of fire impacts on public 

lands, and status reports from the 

managers of the Alturas, Redding and 

Ukiah field offices. All meetings are 

open to the public. Members of the 

public may present written comments to 

the council. Each formal council 

meeting will have time allocated for 

public comments. Depending on the 

number of persons wishing to speak, 

and the time available, the time for 

individual comments may be limited. 

Members of the public are welcome on 

field tours, but they must provide their 

own transportation and lunch. 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

need special assistance, such as sign 

language interpretation and other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

contact the BLM as provided above. 

Dated: September 5, 2008. 

Joseph J. Fontana, 

Public Affairs Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–21334 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[UTU 014955 and UTU 015233] 

Opening of National Forest System 

Lands; Utah 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of realty action. 

SUMMARY: Public Land Order No. 1579, 

which withdrew lands within National 

Forests and reserved them for use of the 

Forest Service for administrative sites 

and recreational areas, was partially 

revoked as to 3,613 acres by Public Land 

Order No. 7663. This order opens those 

previously withdrawn lands to such 

forms of disposition as may by law be 

made of National Forest System lands 

and to mining. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 14, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rhonda Flynn, BLM Utah State Office, 

440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt 

Lake City, Utah 84101–1345, 801–539– 

4132. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Public Land Order No. 1579 (23 FR 

798 (1958)), withdrew lands for 

administrative sites and recreational 

areas. 

2. Public Land Order No. 7663 (71 FR 

28370 (2006)) revoked Public Land 

Order No. 1579 insofar as it affected the 

lands described below. The Forest 

Service has determined the lands can be 

opened to such forms of disposition as 

may by law be made of National Forest 

System lands, including location and 

entry under the United States mining 

laws: 

(a) Uinta National Forest 

Salt Lake Meridian 

Aspen Grove Recreation Area 

T. 5 S., R. 3 E., 

Sec. 4, all of the S1⁄2 of lot 7 north of the 

centerline of State Highway 92, 

SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and S1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 9, W1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

and NE1⁄4NW1⁄4. 

Big Tree Forest Camp No. 1 Recreation Area 

T. 4 S., R. 3 E., 

Sec. 33, S1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2SE1⁄4SE1⁄4, and 

N1⁄2SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 34, W1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4. 

Granite Flat Recreation Area 

T. 4 S., R. 2 E., 

Sec. 1, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4; 

Sec. 12, E1⁄2E1⁄2NE1⁄4. 

T. 4 S., R. 3 E., 

Sec. 7, N1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, 

NE1⁄4NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

S1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 

N1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, N1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

E1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, 

and W1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4SE1⁄4. 

Holman Flat Forest Camp Recreation Area 

T. 4 S., R. 3 E., 

Sec. 5, lots 5, 6, 7, and 9 and 

W1⁄2SE1⁄4NW1⁄4. 

Little Valley Recreation Area 

T. 10 S., R. 5 W., 

Sec. 14, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 15, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4. 

Mutual Dell Recreation Area 

T. 4 S., R. 3 E., 

Sec. 29, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4 and S1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 30, all of NE1⁄4NE1⁄4 North of the 

centerline of State Route 92, NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, 

and N1⁄2SE1⁄4NE1⁄4. 

Silver Lake Flat Recreation Area 

T. 3 S., R. 2 E., 

Sec. 36, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4 and E1⁄2SE1⁄4. 


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