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avoidance, minimization, and 

mitigation measures to reduce 

environmental impacts, and will 

mitigate species incidental-take to the 

maximum extent practicable. 

We anticipate that a draft EA or draft 

EIS and the associated draft Beacon 

Solar Energy Project HCP will be 

available in late 2009 and will have a 

public review period. The preparation 

and public review of the EA or EIS will 

be conducted in accordance with the 

requirements of NEPA, its implementing 

regulations (40 CFR 1500–1508; found 

at (http://www.legal.gsa.gov), other 

applicable Council on Environmental 

Quality regulations and NEPA guidance 

and our policies and procedures on 

compliance with those laws and 

regulations. 

We furnish this notice in accordance 

with 40 CFR 1501.2, 1501.7 1506.6, and 

1508.22 to obtain suggestions, 

comments, and useful information from 

other agencies and from the public on 

the scope of the EA or EIS, including 

identification of significant issues 

deserving of study, the range of actions, 

the range of alternatives, and the range 

of impacts to be considered. We 

welcome written comments from all 

interested parties to ensure that the full 

range of issues related to the permit 

request is identified. You may submit 

written comments by mail or facsimile 

transmission (see ADDRESSES). All 

comments we receive, including names 

and addresses, will become part of the 

official administrative record for this 

NEPA document. Before including your 

address, phone number, e-mail address, 

or other personal identifying 

information in your scoping comment, 

you should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—may be 

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. 

Ken McDermond, 

Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Southwest 

Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–14215 Filed 6–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R5–R–2009–N0102; BAC–4311–K9– 

S3] 

Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge, 

Rockingham County, NH 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a 

comprehensive conservation plan and 

environmental assessment; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), intend to 

prepare a comprehensive conservation 

plan (CCP) and associated National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

document for Great Bay National 

Wildlife Refuge (NWR). We provide this 

notice in compliance with our CCP 

policy to advise other Federal and State 

agencies, Tribes, and the public of our 

intentions, and to obtain suggestions 

and information on the scope of issues 

to consider in the planning process. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, we 

must receive your written comments by 

July 17, 2009. Special mailings, 

newspaper articles, and other media 

announcements will be used to inform 

the public and State and local 

government agencies of the 

opportunities for input throughout the 

planning process. A public scoping 

meeting will be held early in the CCP 

development process. The date, time, 

and place for the meeting will be 

announced in the local media. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments, questions, 

and requests for information to: Great 

Bay National Wildlife Refuge, c/o Parker 

River NWR, 6 Plum Island Turnpike, 

Newburyport, MA 01950; 978–465–5753 

(phone); 978–465–2807 (fax); 

fw5rw_prnwr@fws.gov (e-mail); http:// 

www.fws.gov/northeast/parkerriver 

(Web site). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Mao Lin, Assistant Planner, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, 300 Westgate 

Center Drive, Hadley, MA 01035; 413– 

253–8556 (phone); 413–253–8468 (fax); 

northeastplanning@fws.gov (e-mail). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we initiate our 

process for developing a CCP for Great 

Bay NWR in Rockingham County, New 

Hampshire, which includes a 

conservation easement in Merrimack 

County, New Hampshire. Both units are 

managed by Parker River NWR in Essex 

County, Massachusetts. This notice 

complies with our CCP policy to (1) 

advise other Federal and State agencies, 

Tribes, and the public of our intention 

to conduct detailed planning on this 

refuge; and (2) obtain suggestions and 

information on the scope of issues to 

consider in the environmental 

document and during development of 

the CCP. 

Background 

The CCP Process 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 

668dd–668ee) (Improvement Act), 

which amended the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Administration Act of 

1966, requires us to develop a CCP for 

each refuge. The purpose for developing 

a CCP is to provide refuge managers 

with a 15-year strategy for achieving 

refuge purposes and contributing to the 

mission of the National Wildlife Refuge 

System (NWRS), consistent with sound 

principles of fish and wildlife 

management, conservation, legal 

mandates, and our policies. In addition 

to outlining broad management 

direction for conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, CCPs identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities 

available to the public, including 

opportunities for hunting, fishing, 

wildlife observation, wildlife 

photography, and environmental 

education and interpretation. We will 

review and update the CCP at least 

every 15 years in accordance with the 

Improvement Act. 

Each refuge of the NWRS was 

established for specific purposes. We 

use these purposes as the foundation for 

developing and prioritizing the 

management goals and objectives for 

each refuge within the NWRS mission, 

and to determine how the public can 

use each refuge. The planning process is 

a way for us and the public to evaluate 

management goals and objectives for the 

best possible conservation approach to 

this important wildlife habitat, while 

providing for wildlife-dependent 

recreational opportunities that are 

compatible with the refuge’s 

establishing purposes and the mission 

of the NWRS. 

Our CCP process provides 

participation opportunities for Tribal, 

State, and local governments; other 

Federal agencies, organizations, refuge 

neighbors, and the public. At this time, 

we encourage input in the form of 

issues, concerns, ideas, and suggestions 

for the future management of Great Bay 

NWR. 

We will conduct the environmental 

review of this project and develop an 

environmental assessment in 


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accordance with the requirements of the 

NEPA, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.); NEPA regulations (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508); other appropriate Federal 

laws and regulations; and our policies 

and procedures for compliance with 

those laws and regulations. 

Great Bay NWR, which encompasses 

1,089 acres, was established in 1992 to 

encourage natural diversity, protect 

listed species, and preserve and 

enhance water quality. The refuge is 

located on a portion of the former Pease 

Air Force Base. Despite past land uses, 

including active military operations, the 

refuge has a diversity of habitat types 

including oak-hickory forest, grasslands, 

shrub thickets, fresh and saltwater 

wetlands, and open water habitats. The 

refuge includes 7 miles of shoreline and 

is the largest parcel of protected land on 

Great Bay. In addition, Great Bay NWR 

includes a 28-acre conservation 

easement in Concord, New Hampshire, 

with a mix of open pitch pine-scrub, 

pine-hardwood, and other scrubland. 

The easement is managed primarily for 

the federally endangered Karner blue 

butterfly. Since 2008, Great Bay NWR 

and the Karner blue butterfly easement 

have been managed by Parker River 

NWR in Newburyport, Massachusetts. 

Public Availability and Comments 

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. 

Authority: This notice is published under 

the authority of the National Wildlife Refuge 

System Improvement Act of 1997, Public 

Law 105–57. 

Dated: May 22, 2009. 

James G. Geiger, 

Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Hadley, MA 01035. 

[FR Doc. E9–14222 Filed 6–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Indian Gaming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Approved Tribal-State 

Compact. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes 

approval of the 2009 Amendments to 

the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake 

Superior Chippewa Indians (‘‘Tribe’’) 

and the State of Wisconsin Gaming 

Compact of 1991. 

DATES: Effective Date: June 17, 2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paula L. Hart, Acting Director, Office of 

Indian Gaming, Office of the Deputy 

Assistant Secretary—Policy and 

Economic Development, Washington, 

DC 20240, (202) 219–4066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

section 11 of the Indian Gaming 

Regulatory Act of 1988 (IGRA), Public 

Law 100–497, 25 U.S.C. 2710, the 

Secretary of the Interior shall publish in 

the Federal Register notice of approved 

Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of 

engaging in Class III gaming activities 

on Indian lands. This Amendment 

allows the Tribe to play poker and other 

card games; pari-mutuel, keno, craps 

and other dice games; roulette, big 

wheel and other wheel games; and 

electronic and video facsimile versions 

of any authorized game. This 

Amendment also allows for a 25-year 

term limit with an automatic 25-year 

renewal unless served notice of 

nonrenewal. 

Dated: June 9, 2009. 

Larry Echo Hawk, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. E9–14260 Filed 6–16–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–4N–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–ES–2008–NOXXX; 40120–1113– 

0000–C2] 

Notice of Availability of the Puerto 

Rican Parrot Recovery Plan 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of document availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service, announce the availability of the 

revised recovery plan for the Puerto 

Rican Parrot (Amazona vittata). The 

revised recovery plan includes specific 

recovery objectives and criteria to be 

met in order to reclassify this species to 

threatened status and delist it under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act). 

ADDRESSES: You can obtain copies of the 

Puerto Rican Parrot Recovery Plan by 

contacting the Rı ́o Grande Field Station, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 

1600, Rı ́o Grande, Puerto Rico 00745 

(telephone (787) 887–8769 Ext. 224) or 

by visiting our Web site at http:// 

endangered.fws.gov/recovery/ 

index.html#plans. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marisel Lo ́pez at the above address 

(Telephone 787/887–8769, ext. 224). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Once abundant and widespread on 

the Puerto Rican archipelago, the Puerto 

Rican parrot is considered one of the ten 

most endangered birds in the world. 

Largely green with a red forehead and 

blue flight feathers, the parrot is one of 

nine Amazona parrots occurring in the 

West Indies. The species is one of the 

smallest in its genus. Presently, a 

minimum of 25–28 individuals survive 

in the wild in the El Yunque National 

Forest (YNF) in eastern Puerto Rico and 

22–28 in the Rı ́o Abajo Forest (RAF) in 

north central Puerto Rico. Two captive 

population facilities hold more than 228 

individuals: the Iguaca Aviary and the 

Jose ́ L. Vivaldi Aviary in eastern and 

west-central Puerto Rico, respectively. 

The Puerto Rican parrot is a fruiteating cavity nester seldom seen far 

from forests. Due to its nesting 

requirements, it depends on mature 

forests with large cavity-forming trees. 

The decline of the parrot and its 

restricted distribution are due to many 

factors, but mostly due to widespread 

habitat loss (e.g., deforestation.) 

At present, in addition to low 

numbers and a limited distribution, 

major threats to this species are nest 

competition and predation of eggs and 

chicks, predation of fledglings and 

adults, parasitism, and the impact of 

hurricanes. Many of the threats are 

being controlled through management 

strategies. 

Restoring an endangered or 

threatened animal or plant to the point 

where it is again a secure, selfsustaining member of its ecosystem is a 

primary goal of the endangered species 

program. To help guide the recovery 

effort, we are preparing recovery plans 

for most listed species. Recovery plans 

describe actions considered necessary 

for conservation of the species, establish 

criteria for downlisting or delisting, and 

estimate time and cost for implementing 

recovery measures. 

The Act (16 U.S.C. 1533 et seq.) 

requires the development of recovery 

plans for listed species, unless such a 

plan would not promote the 

conservation of a particular species. 

Section 4(f) of the Act requires us to 

provide a public notice and an 

opportunity for public review and 

comment during recovery plan 

development. We made the draft 


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