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living in the Washington, Baltimore, 

Philadelphia, and New York City areas. 

Attracted to the beautiful beach and the 

aesthetically pleasing nature of the 

island, hundreds of thousands of people 

visit Assateague Island annually. 

Managed jointly by the National Park 

Service and the FWS, Assateague Island 

supports a growing tourism economy in 

the town of Chincoteague and 

Accomack County. 

Popular attractions within the refuge 

include the undeveloped beach, the 

historic, functioning Assateague 

Lighthouse, the Wildlife Loop for 

automobiles, and 6.5 miles of walking 

trails (including some compliant with 

the Americans with Disabilities Act) 

that provide viewing opportunities of 

the Chincoteague ponies, wildlife such 

as the sika elk, and migratory birds. The 

Herbert H. Bateman Educational and 

Administrative Center, a green facility 

that opened in 2003, is the refuge’s 

visitor center and offers 5,000 square 

feet of interpretive natural history 

exhibits, educational programming, a 

125-seat auditorium, and a classroom/ 

wet laboratory. The refuge also provides 

wildlife-dependent recreational 

opportunities such as fishing, hunting, 

and wildlife photography. 

Wallops Island NWR was created on 

July 10, 1975, when 373 acres of land 

were transferred to the FWS from the 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). Wallops Island 

NWR is located entirely in Accomack 

County, Virginia. The refuge, comprised 

mainly of salt marsh and woodlands, 

contains habitat for a variety of trust 

species, including upland- and wetlanddependent migratory birds. Wallops 

Island NWR was opened for the first 

time to public hunting in 2002 to reduce 

the effects of overbrowsing on refuge 

habitat by white-tailed deer, and to 

reduce the potential of deer collisions 

with vehicles on the adjacent State 

Highway 175 and neighboring NASA 

flight facility. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, electronic 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: August 10, 2010. 

Anthony D. Le ́ger, 

Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Hadley, MA 01035. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–ES–2010–NXXX; 10120–1112– 

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Oregon Parks and Recreation 

Department Habitat Conservation Plan 

Along the Pacific Coast in Clatsop, 

Tillamook, Lincoln, Lane, Douglas, 

Coos, and Curry Counties, OR 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability: final 

environmental impact statement and 

habitat conservation plan. 

SUMMARY: Under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) 

is advising the public of the availability 

of the final Environmental Impact 

Statement (FEIS) associated with an 

application received from the Oregon 

Parks and Recreation Department 

(OPRD) for an incidental take permit 

(permit) pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) 

of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 

as amended (ESA). We also announce 

the availability of the OPRD Habitat 

Conservation Plan (HCP) as required by 

section 10(a)(2)(B) of the ESA. OPRD 

submitted the HCP, as well as a 

proposed Implementing Agreement (IA), 

as part of its incidental take permit 

application. If issued, the permit would 

authorize incidental take of the federally 

listed as threatened western snowy 

plover (Charadrius alexandrinus 

nivosus) caused by the OPRD and 

private landowners that engage in 

activities related to public use and 

recreation, beach management, and 

resource management activities along 

Oregon’s coastal shores. The OPRD is 

requesting a 25-year permit term. 

We request comments from the public 

on the permit application, the HCP, the 

IA, and the FEIS, all of which are 

available for review. The Service is 

furnishing this notice to allow other 

agencies and the public an opportunity 

to review and comment on these 

documents. All comments received will 

become part of the public record and 

will be available for review pursuant to 

section 10(c) of the ESA. For locations 

to review the documents, please see the 

Availability of Documents section 

below. 

DATES: Comments must be received 

from interested parties on or before 

October 18, 2010. The Service’s decision 

on issuance of the permit will occur no 

sooner than 30 days after the 

publication of the Environmental 

Protection Agency notice of the FEIS in 

the Federal Register and will be 

documented in a Record of Decision. 

ADDRESSES: All written comments and 

requests for information should be 

addressed to: Laura Todd, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Newport Field Office, 

2127 SE OSU Drive, Newport, OR 

97365–5258; facsimile (541) 867–4551. 

You may submit comments by postal 

mail/commercial delivery or by e-mail. 

Submit comments by e-mail to 

FW1ORDHCP@fws.gov; in the subject 

line of the e-mail include the identifier 

OPRD HCP EIS. Comments and 

materials received also will be available 

for public inspection, by appointment, 

during normal business hours at the 

above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Todd at (541) 867–4558 or see 

ADDRESSES above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Availability of Documents 

You may obtain copies of the 

documents for review by contacting 

Laura Todd (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT); or by making an 

appointment to view the documents at 

the above address during normal 

business hours. You may view or 

download the HCP and FEIS on the 

Internet at www.fws.gov/oregonfwo/ 

Species or the HCP from OPRD’s Web 

site at egov.oregon.gov/OPRD/PLANS/ 

osmp_hcp.shtml. 

Copies of the HCP and FEIS will be 

available at the following libraries: 

Astoria Public Library, 450 Tenth St., 

Astoria, Oregon 97103; Bandon Public 

Library, City Hall, Hwy. 101, Bandon, 

Oregon 97411; Chetco Community 

Public Library, 405 Alder St., Brookings, 

Oregon 97415; Coos Bay Public Library, 

525 Anderson, Coos Bay, Oregon 97420; 

Siuslaw Public Library District, 1460 

9th St., Florence, Oregon 97439; 

Garibaldi Branch Library, Garibaldi City 

Hall, 107 Sixth St., Garibaldi, Oregon 

97118; Curry Public Library, 29775 

Colvin St., Gold Beach, Oregon 97444; 

Langlois Public Library, 48234 Hwy. 

101, Langlois, Oregon 97450; Driftwood 

Public Library, 801 SW. Highway 101, 

Suite 201, Lincoln City, 97367–2720; 

Manzanita Branch Library, 571 Laneda, 

Manzanita, Oregon 97130; Newport 

Public Library, 35 NW. Nye St., 

Newport, Oregon 97365; Marilyn Potts 

Guin Library, Hatfield Marine Science 

Center, Oregon State University, 2030 


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Marine Science Drive, Newport, OR 

97365; South Tillamook Branch Library, 

6200 Camp St., Pacific City, OR 97135; 

Port Orford Public Library, 555 W. 20th 

St., Port Orford, Oregon 97465; 

Reedsport Branch Library, 395 

Winchester Ave., Reedsport, Oregon 

97467; Seaside Public Library, 60 N. 

Roosevelt Blvd., Seaside, Oregon 97138; 

Tillamook County Library, 1716 3rd St., 

Tillamook, Oregon 97141; Waldport 

Public Library, 460 Hemlock, Waldport, 

Oregon 97394; Warrenton Community 

Library, 225 S. Main Ave., Warrenton, 

Oregon 97146; and the Yachats Public 

Library, 560 W. 7th St., P.O. Box 817, 

Yachats, OR 97498. 

Background 

Section 9 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1538) 

and the implementing regulations 

prohibit the ‘‘take’’ of fish and wildlife 

species listed as endangered or 

threatened. The term ‘‘take’’ is defined 

under the ESA to mean 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’’ is defined by Service 

regulation to include significant habitat 

modification or degradation where it 

actually kills or injures listed wildlife 

by significantly impairing essential 

behavioral patterns, including breeding, 

feeding, and sheltering (50 CFR 17.3(c)). 

However, under limited circumstances, 

the Service may issue permits to 

authorize the ‘‘incidental take’’ of listed 

species. Incidental take is defined by the 

ESA as take that is incidental to, and not 

the purpose of, carrying out an 

otherwise lawful activity. Regulations 

governing incidental take permits for 

threatened and endangered species are 

found at 50 CFR 17.32 and 17.22, 

respectively. 

The OPRD has management 

responsibility on all Oregon coastal 

beaches, which extend for 

approximately 230 miles, for such 

activities as public use and recreation, 

beach management conducted by staff, 

and natural resource management. 

These activities may result in the 

incidental take of the threatened Pacific 

Coast population of the western snowy 

plover (Charadrius alexandrinus 

nivosus). As a result, the OPRD has 

prepared a 25-year HCP that addresses 

the incidental take of the western snowy 

plover. The HCP forms the basis of 

OPRD’s permit application that was 

submitted to the Service and is the 

proposed action in the Service’s FEIS. 

Activities that the OPRD is proposing 

for permit coverage, and for which 

minimization and mitigation measures 

are described in the HCP include: 

1. Public Use 

a. Dog Exercising 

b. Driving 

c. Recreational Activities 

d. Non-Motorized Vehicle Use 

e. Other Dry Sand Activities 

2. Beach Management 

a. Public Safety 

b. Law Enforcement 

c. Boat and Marine Mammal 

Strandings 

3. Natural Resource Management 

a. Snowy Plover Management 

b. Other Habitat Restoration 

Public Involvement 

The Service formally initiated an 

environmental review of the project 

through publication of a Notice of Intent 

to prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement in the Federal Register on 

March 20, 2003 (68 FR 13720). That 

notice also announced a public scoping 

period through April 28, 2003, during 

which interested parties were invited to 

provide written comments expressing 

their issues or concerns relating to the 

proposal. In a letter jointly signed by the 

OPRD and the Service, agencies and the 

public were notified of the opportunity 

to comment and the dates and locations 

of public meetings. The public meetings 

were also posted on the OPRD’s Web 

site. In March 2003, four public 

meetings were held in Coos Bay, 

Newport, Tillamook, and Portland. 

Utilizing the public scoping comments, 

the Service prepared a draft EIS to 

analyze the effects of the alternatives on 

the human environment. The draft EIS 

was released for a 60-day public 

comment on November 5, 2007, and the 

comment period was extended for an 

additional 15 days on February 26, 

2008. The official comment period 

ended on March 12, 2008. 

Public Review 

Copies of the final FEIS, HCP, and IA 

are available for review (see Availability 

of Documents above). Any comments 

we receive will become part of the 

administrative record and may be 

available to the public. 

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. 

If you wish us to withhold your name 

and/or address, you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

comment. 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. We will honor 

your request to withhold your personal 

information to the extent allowable by 

law. 

This notice is provided pursuant to 

section 10(c) of the ESA and Service 

regulations for implementing NEPA, as 

amended (40 CFR 1506.6). We 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 EPA’s FEIS notice in 

the Federal Register and completion of 

the Record of Decision. If we determine 

that all requirements are met, we will 

issue an incidental take permit under 

section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA to the 

OPRD for take of the western snowy 

plover, incidental to otherwise lawful 

activities in accordance with the HCP, 

the IA, and the permit. 

Dated: August 11, 2010. 

Carolyn A. Bohan, 

Acting Deputy Regional Director, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Region 1, Portland, 

Oregon. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R6–ES–2010–N175; 61130–1115–0000 

F2] 

Montana Department of Natural 

Resources and Conservation Final 

Habitat Conservation Plan and Final 

Environmental Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce 

that we have received from the Montana 

Department of Natural Resources and 

Conservation (DNRC) a Final Habitat 

Conservation Plan (HCP) and prepared a 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(Final EIS). The purpose of the HCP is 

to provide measures for DNRC’s forest 

management activities on State forested 

trust lands to minimize and mitigate to 

the maximum extent practicable the 

impacts of authorized incidental take 

under the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (Act). 

DATES: The Final HCP/EIS will be 

released for public review on September 

17, 2010. We will sign a Record of 

Decision no sooner than 30 days after 

the publication of the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) notice of the 

Final EIS in the Federal Register. 


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