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draft CCP/draft EIS to the public, 

announcing and requesting comments 

in a notice of availability in the Federal 

Register on May 8, 2008 (73 FR 26140). 

We announced the availability of the 

final CCP/EIS in the Federal Register on 

August 27, 2009 (74 FR 43718). 

In accordance with National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (40 

CFR 1506.6(b)) requirements, this notice 

announces the availability of the ROD 

for the final EIS and CCP for Kenai 

NWR. We completed a thorough 

analysis of the environmental, social, 

and economic considerations, which we 

included in the final CCP/EIS. The ROD 

documents our selection of Alternative 

E, the Preferred Alternative, in the CCP, 

with modifications. The CCP will guide 

us in managing and administering Kenai 

Refuge for the next 15 years. Alternative 

E, as we described in the final EIS/ROD, 

is the foundation for the CCP, with 

modifications. 

The Kenai Refuge Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan provides 

management guidance that conserves 

Refuge resources and facilitates 

compatible fish and wildlife-dependent 

public use activities during the next 15 

years. The following is a summary of the 

ROD for the Refuge’s Final CCP/EIS. 

We have selected Alternative E, the 

Preferred Alterative, with modifications, 

as the Comprehensive Conservation 

Plan for Kenai Refuge. Alternative E 

addresses key issues and concerns 

identified during the planning process 

and will best achieve the purposes of 

the Refuge as well as the mission of the 

National Wildlife Refuge System. This 

decision adopts the management goals 

and objectives (Chapter 2) and the 

stipulations and mitigation measures 

identified in Alternative E. 

Implementation of Alternative E, as 

modified, will occur over the next 15 

years, depending on future staffing 

levels and funding. 

Modifications to Alternative E 

With consideration to comments from 

the State of Alaska, the management 

direction provided by Alternative E will 

be modified as follows: 

• We will alter the opening date of 

seasonally closed lakes from September 

30 to September 10, to coincide with 

that of the Alaska Board of Game’s 

Kenai Controlled Use Area in Game 

Management Unit 15A, when Refuge 

regulations are updated. These lakes 

will then remain open for public use 

until May 1 (approximately when the 

ice melts) each spring. 

• Under current regulations, the 

operation of aircraft between May 1 and 

September 30 on any lake where nesting 

trumpeter swans and/or their broods are 

present is prohibited. Over the next 

several years, we will examine swan 

brood survey data and other information 

to determine if swan abundance has 

increased to the point this restriction 

has created a de facto closure of so 

many lakes as to significantly impact 

access to the refuge back-country. We 

will evaluate our current closure 

regulations in light of these findings. 

Factors We Considered in 

Decisionmaking 

We based our decision on a thorough 

analysis of the environmental, social, 

and economic considerations we 

presented in the Final CCP/EIS. We 

reviewed and considered the impacts 

identified in Chapter 4 of the Draft and 

Final CCP/EIS; relevant issues, 

concerns, and opportunities; input we 

received throughout the planning 

process, including the results of various 

studies and surveys, advice from 

technical experts, and public comments 

on the Draft and Final CCP/EIS; and 

other factors, including refuge purposes 

and relevant laws, regulations, and 

policies. The Final EIS/CCP addresses a 

variety of needs, including protection of 

fish and wildlife populations and their 

habitats and providing opportunities for 

fish and wildlife-dependent recreation, 

subsistence, and other public uses. The 

combination of these components in 

Alternative E contributes significantly to 

achieving refuge purposes and goals. 

Alternative E also strengthens the 

monitoring of fish, wildlife, habitat, and 

public uses on the Refuge to provide 

means to better respond to changing 

conditions in the surrounding 

landscape. 

The adoption of Alternative E, as 

modified, is effective immediately. 

Dated: January 4, 2010. 

Geoffrey L. Haskett, 

Regional Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife 

Service, Anchorage, Alaska. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of the 

Record of Decision for the General 

Management Plan/Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Jefferson 

National Expansion Memorial, Missouri. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the 

National Park Service (NPS) announces 

the availability of a Record of Decision 

(ROD) for the General Management 

Plan/Environmental Impact Statement 

(GMP/EIS) for the Jefferson National 

Expansion Memorial (Memorial), 

Missouri. On November 23, the NPS 

Midwest Region regional director 

approved the ROD for the final GMP/ 

EIS. As soon as practicable, the NPS 

will begin to implement the preferred 

alternative. 

The NPS will implement the preferred 

alternative as described in the final 

GMP/EIS issued on October 23, 2009, 

with one alteration to the proposed 

boundary in East St. Louis, Illinois. 

Alternative 3 (Program Expansion), the 

preferred alternative, will revitalize the 

Memorial by expanded programming, 

facilities, and partnerships. The NPS 

will capitalize on multiple 

opportunities to expand visitor 

experience throughout the Memorial. 

In order to gain the widest breadth of 

ideas for expanding interpretation, 

education opportunities, and visitor 

amenities at the Memorial, a design 

competition, akin to the 1947 

competition, will be initiated by the 

NPS in close coordination with 

partners. Project funding will not come 

all at once but rather will most likely be 

provided by partners, donations, and 

other non-Federal and Federal sources. 

Private funding will be required in order 

to fully implement the winning entry of 

the design competition. 

The NPS will use the design 

competition to seek opportunities to 

enhance existing entrances to the 

Memorial on the north and south, as 

well as to capitalize on the primary axis 

between the Old Courthouse and the 

Gateway Arch with new entrances on 

the west and east and by establishing a 

new east portal linking East St. Louis to 

the Gateway Arch grounds by water 

taxi. A new external and internal visitor 

transportation system will be designed 

as part of the competition. The ultimate 

configuration and use of the south end 

of the Memorial will be determined by 

the results of the design competition. 

Similarly, the design competition will 

vet ideas for the configuration and use 

of that portion of the Memorial in East 

St. Louis. While the entrants will be 

asked to respect the recent 

developments at Malcolm Martin 

Memorial Park, the NPS and the Metro 

East Park and Recreation District will 

entertain designs that integrate the 

established functions into a cohesive 

vision for the Memorial. 

While the design solutions might 

include the development of aboveground structures within a portion of 

the designated Design Competition 

Overlay, the NPS will not allow the 

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cause impairment to the Memorial, and 

all enhancements will be required to be 

located in such a manner as to preserve 

the integrity of the National Historic 

Landmark and National Register 

Historic District. 

In addition to considering the 

‘‘winning’’ ideas from the competition, 

the NPS will continue the educational 

and interpretive programs currently 

offered at the Memorial and expand 

opportunities for visitors to participate 

in more interactive experiences across 

the Memorial grounds. The grounds 

surrounding the Gateway Arch will be 

managed in such a way as to 

accommodate and promote more visitor 

activities and special events than are 

currently provided. 

The NPS will actively coordinate with 

the city and State to enhance the 

pedestrian environment around the 

Memorial by developing a unifying 

streetscape along the Gateway Mall and 

the other streets adjacent to the 

Memorial, including Leonor K. Sullivan 

Boulevard and the riverfront levee. 

The ROD includes a statement of the 

decision made, synopses of other 

alternatives considered, the basis for the 

decision, a description of the 

environmentally preferable alternative, 

a finding on impairment of park 

resources and values, a listing of 

measures to minimize environmental 

harm, and an overview of public 

involvement in the decision-making 

process. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Copies of the ROD can be obtained by 

contacting Superintendent Thomas 

Bradley, Jefferson National Expansion 

Memorial, 11 North 4th Street, St. Louis, 

Missouri 63102. You may also view the 

document via the Internet through the 

NPS Planning, Environment, and Public 

Comment Web site (http:// 

parkplanning.nps.gov); simply click on 

the link to the Memorial. 

Dated: November 23, 2009. 

Ernest Quintana, 

Regional Director, Midwest Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–233 Filed 1–8–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

National Mall and Memorial Parks, 

Washington, DC; Notice of Availability 

of an Environmental Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, 

National Park Service. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 

U.S.C. 4332(2)(c), the National Park 

Service announces the availability of a 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

for the National Mall Plan, within the 

National Mall and Memorial Parks in 

Washington, DC. The National Mall 

Plan is a long-range management plan 

that focuses on the use and preservation 

of the National Mall. The study area is 

approximately 650 acres in size and 

contains some of the earliest designated 

public land in our nation, dating from 

1790. The study area contains a 

significant concentration of our Nation’s 

memorials, cultural resources, and 

museums and includes the great public 

open spaces of the Nation’s Capital. 

DATES: The NPS will undertake a 90-day 

public review of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for the 

National Mall Plan following 

publication by the Environmental 

Protection Agency of the Notice of 

Availability of the Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement. 

The NPS plans to reach out to a 

nationwide audience and to schedule 

public meetings after the publication of 

the Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement so that the public has 

adequate time to read the draft 

document. Dates, times and locations of 

meetings and other outreach 

opportunities will be announced in 

press releases, e-mail announcements 

and on the National Mall Plan Web site, 

http://www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

National Mall Plan will be available for 

public review and comment at htttp:// 

www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan, at the 

National Mall and Memorial Parks 

Headquarters at 900 Ohio Drive, SW., 

Washington, DC 20024, and at local 

libraries around Washington, DC. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you 

wish to comment, you may submit your 

comments online by visiting http:// 

www.nps.gov/nationalmallplan. A link 

will be provided to the public comment 

site where instructions will be provided 

on how to submit your comments. You 

may also mail or hand-deliver 

comments to: National Mall Plan, 

National Mall & Memorial Parks, 900 

Ohio Drive, SW., Washington, DC 

20024, Attention: Susan Spain, Project 

Executive. 

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. The NPS will respond to 

substantive comments and make 

appropriate changes to the National 

Mall Plan, after which a Final 

Environmental Impact Statement will be 

published. An official Record of 

Decision will be announced in the 

Federal Register 30 days after 

publication of the Final Environmental 

Impact Statement. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Spain, Project Executive, 

National Mall Plan at (202) 245–4692. 

Dated: December 2, 2009. 

Margaret O’Dell, 

Regional Director, National Capital Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–223 Filed 1–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–39–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[ID–957–1420–BJ] 

Idaho: Filing of Plats of Survey 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of filing of plats of 

surveys. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has officially filed 

the plats of survey of the lands 

described below in the BLM Idaho State 

Office, Boise, Idaho, effective 9 a.m., on 

the dates specified. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bureau of Land Management, 1387 

South Vinnell Way, Boise, Idaho 83709– 

1657. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These 

surveys were executed at the request of 

the Bureau of Land Management to meet 

their administrative needs. The lands 

surveyed are: 

The plat constituting the entire survey 

record of the dependent resurvey of a 

portion of the subdivisional lines, 

Township 8 South, Range 14 East, of the 

Boise Meridian, Idaho, Group Number 

1269, was accepted October 14, 2009. 

The plat representing the dependent 

resurvey of portions of the subdivisional 

lines and Mineral Survey Number 3149, 

Township 11 North, Range 17 East, of 

the Boise Meridian, Idaho, Group 

Number 1273, was accepted November 

4, 2009. 

The plat representing the dependent 

resurvey of portions of the south 

boundary, west boundary, and 

subdivisional lines, and the subdivision 


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