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will collect baseline biological 

information for wildlife and habitats. 

Wildlife-dependent recreation 

opportunities will be provided and 

enhanced where compatible with refuge 

purposes. Efforts will be increased to 

maintain and develop partnerships that 

promote wildlife and habitat research 

and management. This will enable the 

Service to focus efforts on manageable 

lands, thereby enhancing refuge 

management and efficiently directing 

refuge resources toward accomplishing 

the mission of the Refuge System. 

The preferred alternative was selected 

because it best meets the purposes and 

goals of the refuge, as well as the 

mission and goals of the National 

Wildlife Refuge System. The preferred 

alternative will benefit shore birds, 

migrating and nesting waterfowl, and 

resident wildlife. Environmental 

education and partnerships will result 

in improved wildlife-dependent 

recreational opportunities. Cultural and 

historical resources as well as Federally 

listed species will be protected. 

We are furnishing this notice to 

advise other agencies and the public of 

the availability of the final CCP and 

provide information about the desired 

conditions for the Pathfinder NWR. 

Based on the review and evaluation of 

the information contained in the EA, the 

Regional Director has determined that 

implementation of the Final Plan does 

not constitute a major Federal action 

that would significantly affect the 

quality of the human environment 

within the meaning of Section 102(2)(c) 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act. Therefore, an Environmental 

Impact Statement will not be prepared. 

Dated: January 7,2009. 

Noreen E. Walsh, 

Deputy Regional Director. 

Editorial Note: This document was 

received in the Office of the Federal Register 

on May 19, 2009. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed Fee-to-Trust Conveyance 

of Property for the Cayuga Indian 

Nation of New York, Cayuga and 

Seneca Counties, NY 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 

as the lead agency, with the Cayuga 

Indian Nation of New York (Nation) as 

a cooperating agency, intends to file a 

draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) with the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency for the proposed 

acquisition into trust status of 125± 

acres of land that is currently held in fee 

status by the Nation and that the DEIS 

is now available for public review. The 

purpose of the proposed action is to 

create a Tribal land base and to help 

meet the Nation’s socio-economic 

needs. This notice also announces a 

public hearing for receiving comments 

on the DEIS analysis. 

DATES: Written comments on the DEIS 

must arrive by July 6, 2009. The public 

hearing will be held June 17, 2009, from 

6 to 9 p.m., or until the last public 

comment is received. 

ADDRESSES: You may mail, hand carry 

or fax written comments to Franklin 

Keel, Regional Director, Eastern 

Regional Office, Bureau of Indian 

Affairs, 545 Marriott Drive, Suite 700, 

Nashville, Tennessee 37214, Fax (615) 

564–6701. 

The public meeting will be held at the 

New York Chiropractic College, 2360 

State Route 89, Seneca Falls, NY 13148. 

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

locations where the DEIS will be 

available for review and instructions for 

submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kurt 

G. Chandler, (615) 564–6832. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Nation has requested that the BIA 

take into trust 125± acres of land 

currently held in fee in Cayuga and 

Seneca Counties, New York. The DEIS’s 

currently proposed alternatives are: 

(A) The Proposed Action—This 

alternative is the action proposed by the 

Nation, to take all 125± acres into trust; 

(B) No Action Alternative—This 

alternative is for no acquisition of land 

into trust; and 

(C) Enterprise Properties into Trust— 

This alternative includes acquisition of 

a single section of contiguous parcels in 

Seneca County and a single section of 

contiguous parcels in Cayuga County 

and was proposed to analyze whether 

there were any specific impacts related 

to the contiguity of the parcels. 

The proposed Federal Action is to 

approve and adopt the DEIS, dated 

April 2009, as a Final Environmental 

Impact Statement for the purposes of 

compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969. 

Directions for Submitting Public 

Comments 

Please include your name, return 

address and the caption, ‘‘DEIS 

Comments, Cayuga Indian Nation of 

New York Trust Acquisition Project,’’ 

on the first page of your written 

comments. 

Public Availability of the DEIS 

Copies of the DEIS will be available 

for viewing at the following locations 

during normal business hours: 

• Lakeside Trading, 2552 Route 89, 

Seneca Falls, NY 13148; 

• Lakeside Trading, 299 Cayuga 

Street, Union Springs, NY 13160; 

• Seneca Falls Library, 47 Cayuga St., 

Seneca Falls, NY 13148; and 

• Springport Free Library, 171 Cayuga 

St., P.O. Box 501, Union Springs, NY 

13160. 

Public Comment Availability 

Comments, including names and 

addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the 

mailing address for the BIA Eastern 

Regional Office shown in the ADDRESSES

section during regular business hours, 8 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (unless otherwise 

shown), Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. Before including your address, 

phone number, 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. 

Authority 

This notice is published in 

accordance with section 1503.1 of the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations (40 CFR Parts 1500 through 

1508) implementing the procedural 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and 

the Department of the Interior Manual 

(516 DM 1–6), and is in the exercise of 

authority delegated to the Principal 

Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs by 209 DM 8.1. 

Dated: March 30, 2009. 

George T. Skibine, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Economic Development. 

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