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habitat for the arroyo toad would not 

remain for conservation and 

management, thereby providing no 

benefit to the species in the project area. 

(3) Under the No Action Alternative, 

no arroyo toad habitat would be 

impacted or conserved. 

Our Preliminary Determination 

The Service has made a preliminary 

determination that approval of the 

proposed HCP qualifies as a categorical 

exclusion under NEPA, as provided by 

the Department of the Interior Manual 

(516 DM 2 Appendix 1 and 516 DM 6 

Appendix 1) and as a ‘‘low-effect’’ plan 

as defined by the Habitat Conservation 

Planning Handbook (November 1996). 

We base our determination that a HCP 

qualifies as a low-effect plan on the 

following three criteria: 

(1) Implementation of the HCP would 

result in minor or negligible effects on 

federally listed, proposed, and 

candidate species and their habitats, 

including designated critical habitat; 

(2) Implementation of the HCP would 

result in minor or negligible effects on 

other environmental values or 

resources; and 

(3) Impacts of the HCP, considered 

together with the impacts of other past, 

present, and reasonably foreseeable 

similarly situated projects, would not 

result, over time, in cumulative effects 

to environmental values or resources 

that would be considered significant. 

Based upon this preliminary 

determination, we do not intend to 

prepare further NEPA documentation. 

We will consider public comments in 

making the final determination on 

whether to prepare such additional 

documentation. 

Next Steps 

We will evaluate the proposed HCP 

and comments we receive to determine 

whether the permit application meets 

the requirements and issuance criteria 

under section 10(a) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.). We will also evaluate 

whether issuance of a section 10(a)(1)(B) 

incidental take permit would comply 

with section 7 of the Act by conducting 

an intra-Service consultation. We will 

use the results of this consultation, in 

combination with the above findings, in 

our final analysis to determine whether 

or not to issue a permit. If the 

requirements and issuance criteria 

under section 10(a) are met, we will 

issue the permit to the applicant for 

incidental take of arroyo toad. 

Public Comments 

If you wish to comment on the permit 

application, proposed HCP, and 

associated documents, you may submit 

comments by any of the methods noted 

in the ADDRESSES section. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email 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. 

Authority 

We provide this notice under section 

10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

and NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). 

Karen A. Goebel, 

Acting Field Supervisor, Carlsbad Fish and 

Wildlife Office, Carlsbad, California. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–NWRS–2014–N251; 

FXRS126309WHHC0–FF09R81000–156] 

Wildlife and Hunting Heritage 

Conservation Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, announce a public 

meeting of the Wildlife and Hunting 

Heritage Conservation Council 

(Council). The Council provides advice 

about wildlife and habitat conservation 

endeavors that benefit wildlife 

resources; encourage partnership among 

the public, the sporting conservation 

organizations, the States, Native 

American tribes, and the Federal 

Government; and benefit recreational 

hunting. 

DATES: Meeting: Tuesday January 13, 

2015, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and 

Wednesday January 14, 2015, from 8 

a.m. to 1 p.m. (Eastern standard time). 

For deadlines and directions on 

registering to attend, requesting 

reasonable accommodations, submitting 

written material, and giving an oral 

presentation, please see ‘‘Public Input’’ 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the South Penthouse Room, Main 

Interior Building, 1849 C St. NW., 

Washington, DC 20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joshua Winchell, Council Designated 

Federal Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, National Wildlife Refuge 

System, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls 

Church, VA 22041–3803; telephone 

(703) 358–2639; or email joshua_

winchell@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the requirements of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 

U.S.C. App., we announce that Wildlife 

and Hunting Heritage Conservation 

Council will hold a meeting. 

Background 

Formed in February 2010, the Council 

provides advice about wildlife and 

habitat conservation endeavors that: 

1. Benefit wildlife resources; 

2. Encourage partnership among the 

public, the sporting conservation 

organizations, the states, Native 

American tribes, and the Federal 

Government; and 

3. Benefit recreational hunting. 

The Council advises the Secretary of 

the Interior and the Secretary of 

Agriculture, reporting through the 

Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(Service), in consultation with the 

Director, Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM); Director, National Park Service 

(NPS); Chief, Forest Service (USFS); 

Chief, Natural Resources Service 

(NRCS); and Administrator, Farm 

Services Agency (FSA). The Council’s 

duties are strictly advisory and consist 

of, but are not limited to, providing 

recommendations for: 

1. Implementing the Recreational 

Hunting and Wildlife Resource 

Conservation Plan—A Ten-Year Plan for 

Implementation; 

2. Increasing public awareness of and 

support for the Wildlife Restoration 

Program; 

3. Fostering wildlife and habitat 

conservation and ethics in hunting and 

shooting sports recreation; 

4. Stimulating sportsmen and 

women’s participation in conservation 

and management of wildlife and habitat 

resources through outreach and 

education; 

5. Fostering communication and 

coordination among State, tribal, and 

Federal governments; industry; hunting 

and shooting sportsmen and women; 

wildlife and habitat conservation and 

management organizations; and the 

public; 

6. Providing appropriate access to 

Federal lands for recreational shooting 

and hunting; 

7. Providing recommendations to 

improve implementation of Federal 

conservation programs that benefit 

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wildlife, hunting, and outdoor 

recreation on private lands; and 

8. When requested by the Designated 

Federal Officer in consultation with the 

Council Chairperson, performing a 

variety of assessments or reviews of 

policies, programs, and efforts through 

the Council’s designated subcommittees 

or workgroups. 

Background information on the 

Council is available at http://

www.fws.gov/whhcc. 

Meeting Agenda 

The Council will convene to consider 

issues including: 

1. Land and Water Conservation 

Fund; 

2. BLM Land Use Planning Processes; 

and 

3. Other Council business. 

The final agenda will be posted on the 

Internet at http://www.fws.gov/whhcc. 

Public Input 

If you wish to 

You must contact 

the Council Coordinator (see FOR 

FURTHER INFORMATION 

CONTACT) no 

later than 

Attend the meeting .......... January 2, 2015. 

Submit written information 

or questions before the 

meeting for the council 

to consider during the 

meeting.

January 2, 2015. 

Give an oral presentation 

during the meeting.

January 2, 2015. 

Attendance 

To attend this meeting, register by 

close of business on the dates listed in 

‘‘Public Input’’ under SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. Please submit your name, 

time of arrival, email address, and 

phone number to the Council 

Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Submitting Written Information or 

Questions 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant information or 

questions for the Council to consider 

during the public meeting. Written 

statements must be received by the date 

above, so that the information may be 

made available to the Council for their 

consideration prior to this meeting. 

Written statements must be supplied to 

the Council Coordinator in both of the 

following formats: One hard copy with 

original signature, and one electronic 

copy via email (acceptable file formats 

are Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS 

PowerPoint, or rich text file). 

Giving an Oral Presentation 

Individuals or groups requesting to 

make an oral presentation at the meeting 

will be limited to 2 minutes per speaker, 

with no more than a total of 30 minutes 

for all speakers. Interested parties 

should contact the Council Coordinator, 

in writing (preferably via email; see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), to be 

placed on the public speaker list for this 

meeting. Nonregistered public speakers 

will not be considered during the 

meeting. Registered speakers who wish 

to expand upon their oral statements, or 

those who had wished to speak but 

could not be accommodated on the 

agenda, may submit written statements 

to the Council Coordinator up to 30 

days subsequent to the meeting. 

Meeting Minutes 

Summary minutes of the conference 

will be maintained by the Council 

Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). They will be 

available for public inspection within 

90 days of the meeting, and will be 

posted on the Council’s Web site at 

http://www.fws.gov/whhcc. 

Rowan W. Gould, 

Acting Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[F–14876–D, F–14876–J, F–14876–N; 

LLAK940000–L14100000–HY0000–P] 

Alaska Native Claims Selection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Decision Approving 

Lands for Conveyance. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) will issue an 

appealable decision approving the 

conveyance of the surface estate in the 

lands described below to NANA 

Regional Corporation, Inc., Successor in 

Interest to Kivalina Sinuakmeut 

Corporation, pursuant to the Alaska 

Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). 

The subsurface estate in these lands will 

be conveyed to NANA Regional 

Corporation, Inc., when the surface 

estate is conveyed to NANA Regional 

Corporation, Inc., Successor in Interest 

to Kivalina Sinuakmeut Corporation. 

DATES: Any party claiming a property 

interest in the lands affected by the 

decision may appeal the decision in 

accordance with the requirements of 43 

CFR part 4. Please see the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for 

the time limits for appealing this 

decision. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may 

be obtained from: Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 222 

West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

AK 99513–7504. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

BLM by phone at 907–271–5960 or by 

email at blm_ak_akso_public_room@

blm.gov. Persons who use a 

Telecommunications Device for the Deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 

to contact the BLM during normal 

business hours. In addition, the FIRS is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or question with the 

BLM. The BLM will reply during 

normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As 

required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is 

hereby given that an appealable 

decision will be issued by the BLM to 

NANA Regional Corporation, Inc., 

Successor in Interest to Kivalina 

Sinuakmeut Corporation. The decision 

approves the surface estate in the lands 

described below for conveyance 

pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 

Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601, et seq.). 

The subsurface estate in these lands will 

be conveyed to NANA Regional 

Corporation, Inc., when the surface 

estate is conveyed to NANA Regional 

Corporation, Inc., as Successor in 

Interest to Kivalina Sinuakmeut 

Corporation. Kivalina Sinuakmeut 

Corporation was the original ANCSA 

corporation for the village of Kivalina, 

but merged with NANA Regional 

Corporation, Inc., in 1976 under the 

authority of Public Law 94–204. The 

lands are in the vicinity of Kivalina, 

Alaska, and are described as: 

Kateel River Meridian, Alaska 

T. 26 N., R. 25 W., 

Sec. 24. 

Containing 5.39 acres. 

T. 28 N., R. 25 W., 

Secs. 9 and 10. 

Containing 1,280 acres. 

T. 29 N., R. 25 W., 

Sec. 23. 

Containing 640 acres. 

T. 28 N., R. 27 W., 

Sec. 21. 

Containing 16.06 acres. 

Aggregating 1,941.45 acres. 

Notice of the decision will also be 

published once a week for four 

consecutive weeks in the Arctic 

Sounder. 

Any party claiming a property interest 

in the lands affected by the decision 

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