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environmental review. The MMS 

received applications for five of the 

initial seven lease areas proposed 

offshore Delaware and New Jersey. The 

five limited leases are as follows: 

State Approximate 

distance offshore Technology type Protraction Company 

New Jersey ............ 15–18 miles .......... Wind ..................... Wilmington NJ 18–02, block 6936 ...... Bluewater Wind New Jersey Energy, 

LLC. 

New Jersey ............ 7–10 miles ............ Wind ..................... Wilmington NJ 18–02, block 6931 ...... Fishermen’s Energy of New Jersey, 

LLC. 

New Jersey ............ 15–18 miles .......... Wind ..................... Wilmington NJ 18–02, block 6738 ...... Deepwater Wind, LLC. 

New Jersey ............ 12–15 miles .......... Wind ..................... Wilmington NJ 18–02, block 7033 ...... Deepwater Wind, LLC. 

Delaware ................ 12–15 miles .......... Wind ..................... Salisbury NJ 18–05, block 6325 ......... Bluewater Wind Delaware, LLC. 

The limited leases will be governed 

by the terms outlined in the interim 

policy lease and stipulations. The 

interim policy lease form was published 

in the Federal Register (73 FR 77, pp. 

21363–21375) on April 21, 2008. 

Environmental Assessment. The MMS 

has prepared an EA to determine 

whether issuance of leases under MMS’ 

alternative energy interim policy 

authorizing wind resource data 

collection on seven lease blocks, 

including the five lease blocks listed 

above, located on the OCS offshore 

Delaware and New Jersey would have a 

significant effect on the human 

environment and whether an EIS must 

be prepared. The EA examines potential 

effects of activities associated with the 

proposed action—the issuance of seven 

limited leases—and the alternatives 

(reduced number of leases and no 

action) that would occur over the life of 

the leases, including site assessment 

activities, construction, operation, and 

decommissioning of meteorological and 

oceanographic data collection facilities. 

The EA concluded that offshore 

activities would result in localized 

impacts and impacts from the 

individual meteorological towers. The 

activities related to the seven proposed 

facilities would not overlap due to the 

distance between the proposed lease 

areas. Therefore, the EA concluded that 

there would be no additive effect on 

offshore environmental resources by 

approving multiple locations for wind 

resource data collection. The proposed 

leases would be located 7–18 miles from 

the nearest shoreline and result in 

virtually no visual impacts. There also 

would be no need to expand existing 

onshore facilities or construct new 

facilities to support staging and 

fabrication of meteorological towers. 

There would, however, be a small 

increase in vessel traffic associated with 

limited construction and 

decommissioning activities for very 

short time periods. During the operation 

of the proposed meteorological towers, 

there would be no significant impacts 

on air and water quality; coastal, 

wildlife, and archeological resources; or 

fishing and recreational activities. 

Furthermore, EA recommended that 

several mitigation measures, in the form 

of lease stipulations, be added to the 

lease that would reduce or eliminate the 

potential impacts to the environment. 

Based on the analyses in the EA, no 

significant effects on the human 

environment were identified that would 

result from the proposed action. 

Therefore, MMS has concluded that an 

EIS is not required and prepared a 

FONSI. 

EA Availablity: The EA, FONSI, and 

decision memorandum are available on 

the MMS Web site at: http:// 

www.mms.gov/offshore/ 

AlternativeEnergy/ 

RegulatoryInformation.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Regarding the Lease Issuance: Ms. 

Maureen Bornholdt, Program Manager, 

Office of Offshore Alternative Energy 

Programs, 381 Elden Street MS 4090, 

Herndon, Virginia 20170, (703) 787– 

1300. 

Regarding the Environmental 

Assessment: Mr. James F. Bennett, 

Chief, Branch of Environmental 

Assessment, 381 Elden Street MS 4042, 

Herndon, Virginia 20170, (703) 787– 

1660. 

Dated: June 12, 2009. 

Walter D. Cruickshank, 

Acting Director, Minerals Management 

Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R6–ES–2009–N0107; 61411–0000– 

1115–F4] 

Montana Department of Natural 

Resources and Conservation; Draft 

Environmental Impact Statement 

Availability and Public Meetings 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

that the Montana Department of Natural 

Resources and Conservation (DNRC), on 

behalf of the State of Montana, has 

submitted an incidental take permit 

(ITP) application to the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service, US) under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (ESA). As the ESA requires, 

DNRC has also prepared a proposed 

habitat conservation plan (HCP) 

designed to minimize and mitigate any 

such take of endangered or threatened 

species. The ITP application includes 

the proposed HCP and draft 

Implementation Agreement (IA). We 

also announce the availability of a draft 

environmental impact statement (draft 

EIS) for the proposed action. The ITP 

application addresses forest 

management and timber harvest 

activities on approximately 221,970 

hectares (548,500 acres) of forested State 

trust lands in western Montana. We 

request comments from the public on 

the ITP application, proposed HCP, IA, 

and draft EIS. 

DATES: We must receive any comments 

no later than September 24, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Address all written 

comments to Kathleen Ports, by mail at 

Montana Department of Natural 

Resources and Conservation, 2705 

Spurgin Road, Missoula, MT 59802, or 

by facsimile at (406) 542–4274; or to 

Tim Bodurtha, by mail at U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 780 Creston Hatchery 

Road, Kalispell, MT 59901, or by 

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facsimile at (406) 758–6877. 

Alternatively, submit comments by email to dnrchcp@mt.gov. See the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below for 

where documents are available for 

viewing. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information about the proposed 

action, to receive the documents on CD– 

ROM, or for further information about 

reasonable accommodations to attend 

and participate in the public meetings, 

please contact Kathleen Ports, (406) 

542–4330, or Tim Bodurtha, (406) 758– 

6882. To allow sufficient time to process 

reasonable accommodation requests, 

please call no later than 1 week before 

the public meeting. Information 

regarding the proposed action is 

available in alternative formats upon 

request. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Availability of Documents 

The draft documents are available for 

public inspection and review on the 

internet at http://www.dnrc.mt.gov/ 

HCP/default.asp and at the following 

Montana libraries: 

• Missoula Public Library, 301 East 

Main Street, Missoula; 

• Kalispell Public Library, 247 First 

Avenue East, Kalispell; 

• Whitefish Public Library, 9 Spokane 

Avenue, Whitefish; and 

• Lewis and Clark Library, 120 South 

Last Chance Gulch, Helena. 

Copies of the application and draft 

documents also are available for 

inspection and review, by appointment, 

at the DNRC and Service offices (see 

ADDRESSES) during normal business 

hours or by requesting copies on CD 

ROM from the Service (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Public Meetings 

The DNRC and Service will hold 

public meetings at 2 p.m.–8 p.m. at the 

following dates and locations: 

• July 20, 2009—Flathead Valley 

Community College, Arts & Technology 

Building, Room 139, 745 Grand View 

Drive, Kalispell, MT 59901. 

• July 22, 2009—Best Western Great 

Northern Hotel, 835 Great Northern 

Boulevard, Helena, MT 59601. 

• July 23, 2009—Double Tree Hotel, 

100 Madison Street, Missoula, MT 

59802. 

Exact locations and any changes to 

locations and meeting times will be 

made available via media outlets and on 

the Internet at http://www.dnrc.mt.gov/ 

HCP/default.asp. 

Background 

Section 9 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 

et seq.) and Federal regulations prohibit 

the taking of a species listed as 

endangered or threatened. The term take 

is defined under the ESA to mean to 

harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, 

wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or 

to attempt to engage in any such 

conduct. Harm is defined to include 

significant habitat modification or 

degradation where it actually kills or 

injures wildlife by significantly 

impairing essential behavioral patterns, 

including breeding, feeding, and 

sheltering. 

Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA and its 

implementing regulations specify the 

requirements for issuance of permits to 

non-Federal parties for the take of listed 

species. Any proposed take must be 

incidental to, and not the purpose of, 

otherwise lawful activities, must not 

appreciably reduce the likelihood of the 

survival and recovery of the species in 

the wild, and must minimize and 

mitigate the impact of such take to the 

maximum extent practicable. The 

Service’s regulations governing permits 

for threatened and endangered species 

are in 50 CFR 13 and 50 CFR 17, 

respectively. 

The DNRC Trust Lands Management 

Division manages more than 5.1 million 

surface acres and more than 6.2 million 

subsurface acres of trust lands to 

produce revenues for the trust 

beneficiaries. Approximately 294,071 

hectares (726,666 acres) of trust lands 

Statewide are managed for timber 

production and other forest products. 

Forested State trust lands are managed 

in accordance with the State Forest 

Land Management Plan (SFLMP) and 

the Forest Management Administrative 

Rules of Montana (Rules). The SFLMP 

and Rules directed DNRC to coordinate 

with the Service to develop habitat 

mitigation measures to address the 

needs of listed species. 

The HCP covers approximately 

221,970 hectares (548,500 acres) of trust 

lands in western Montana in three of the 

six DNRC land offices. The DNRC 

manages scattered parcels of land as 

well as blocks of land in the Swan River 

State Forest and Stillwater State Forest. 

The DNRC prepared a 50-year HCP to 

address incidental take of grizzly bear 

(Ursus arctos horribilis), Canada lynx 

(Lynx canadensis), and bull trout 

(Salvelinus confluentus), all of which 

are listed as threatened under the ESA. 

Unlisted species included in DNRC’s 

application are the westslope cutthroat 

trout (Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi) and 

Columbia redband trout (Oncorhynchus 

mykiss gairdneri). The DNRC would 

receive incidental take authorization 

should these species be listed during the 

term of the permit. 

Activities proposed for coverage 

under the ITP include the following: (1) 

Timber harvesting (including salvage 

harvesting and silvicultural treatments 

such as thinning); (2) road construction, 

maintenance, use, and abandonment 

and associated gravel quarrying, as well 

as installation, removal, and 

replacement of stream crossing 

structures; (3) site preparation and 

reforestation of harvested areas 

(including piling and/or burning harvest 

debris and mechanical scarification); 

and (4) issuance of grazing licenses on 

classified forest trust lands. 

We formally initiated an 

environmental review of the project 

through publication of a notice of intent 

to prepare an EIS in the Federal 

Register on April 28, 2003 (68 FR 

22412). That notice also announced a 

public scoping period during which we 

invited interested parties to provide 

written comments expressing their 

issues or concerns related to the 

proposal and to attend one of four 

public scoping meetings held in western 

Montana. 

Based on public scoping comments, 

we have prepared a draft EIS to analyze 

the effects of alternatives on the human 

environment. The proposed HCP, 

including issuance of the associated 

incidental take permit, is analyzed as 

Alternative 2 in the Draft EIS. The Draft 

EIS also includes analyses of a no-action 

alternative and two additional HCP 

alternatives. 

We provide this notice under the ESA 

and National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969, as amended (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 

4321). To determine whether the 

application meets the requirements of 

the ESA and NEPA, we will evaluate the 

application, associated documents, and 

public comments we receive. 

Public Review and Comment 

We furnish this notice to allow other 

agencies and the public an opportunity 

to review and comment on these 

documents. For locations to review the 

documents, please see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

If you wish to comment on the permit 

application or the Agreement, you may 

submit your comments to the address 

listed under ADDRESSES. Before 

including your address, telephone 

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 

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cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

We are particularly interested in 

comments pertaining to the application 

requirements under 50 CFR 17.22(b)(1). 

These include whether the HCP: 

Provides complete descriptions of the 

activities under which the incidental 

taking of covered species is likely to 

occur; describes the impacts to covered 

species that will likely result from the 

incidental taking; outlines the steps 

DNRC will take to monitor, minimize, 

and mitigate such impacts for each 

covered species and the available 

funding to implement such steps over 

the term of the ITP; and describes 

alternative actions to such taking and 

the reasons why such alternatives are 

not proposed to be utilized. As part of 

evaluating whether the permit issuance 

criteria are met, we specifically seek 

comment on whether the minimization 

and mitigation measures are being 

undertaken to the maximum extent 

practicable. 

Next Steps 

We will evaluate the ITP application, 

including the proposed HCP and any 

comments we receive, to determine 

whether the application meets the 

requirements of section 10(a)(1)(B) of 

the ESA. We will also evaluate whether 

issuance of the section 10(a)(1)(B) ITP 

complies with section 7 of the ESA by 

conducting an intra-Service section 7 

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 the 

ITP. If we determine that the 

requirements are met, we will issue the 

ITP for the incidental take of species. 

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). 

Dated: June 11, 2009. 

Sharon R. Rose, 

Acting Deputy Regional Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

National Register of Historic Places; 

Notification of Pending Nominations 

and Related Actions 

Nominations for the following 

properties being considered for listing 

or related actions in the National 

Register were received by the National 

Park Service before June 13, 2009. 

Pursuant to section 60.13 of 36 CFR Part 

60 written comments concerning the 

significance of these properties under 

the National Register criteria for 

evaluation may be forwarded by United 

States Postal Service, to the National 

Register of Historic Places, National 

Park Service, 1849 C St., NW., 2280, 

Washington, DC 20240; by all other 

carriers, National Register of Historic 

Places, National Park Service, 1201 Eye 

St., NW., 8th Floor, Washington DC 

20005; or by fax, 202–371–6447. Written 

or faxed comments should be submitted 

by July 13, 2009. 

J. Paul Loether, 

Chief, National Register of Historic Places/ 

National Historic Landmarks Program. 

COLORADO 

Alamosa County 

Alamosa Post Office (US Post Offices in 

Colorado, 1900–1941, TR) 703 4th St., 

Alamosa, 09000544 

LOUISIANA 

De Soto Parish 

Community Rosenwald School, LA 3015, 

Grand Cane, 09000545 

Longstreet Rosenwald School, LA 5, 

Longstreet, 09000546 

Lafourche Parish 

House at 816 Jackson Street, 816 Jackson St., 

Thibodaux, 09000547 

MAINE 

Aroostook County 

Elms, The, 59 Court St., Houlton, 09000549 

Hancock County 

Harbor Lane—Eden Street Historic District, 

Portions of Harbor Ln. and Eden St., Bar 

Harbor, 09000550 

MARYLAND 

Baltimore Independent City 

Hollins-Roundhouse Historic District, W. 

Baltimore and Schroeder Sts., S. on 

Schroeder to Lombard; W. on Lombard to 

Carey, S. to Pratt; E. on Pratt to Hayes, 

Baltimore, 09000548 

MICHIGAN 

Ingham County 

Lansing Downtown Historic District, N. and 

S. Washington, Grand, N. and S. Capitol, 

Michigan Ave., Allegan, Washtenaw, 

Kalamazoo, Lenawee, and Townsend, 

Lansing, 09000551 

MISSOURI 

Jackson County 

Peters, Nelle E., Troost Avenue Historic 

District (Working-Class and Middle-Income 

Apartment Buildings in Kansas City, 

Missouri MPS), 2719–37 Troost Ave.; 2730 

Troost Ave., Kansas City, 09000552 

NEW YORK 

Albany County 

Matton Shipyard, Delaware Ave., Cohoes, 

09000553 

Erie County 

Entranceway at Main Street at Darwin Drive 

(Suburban Development of Buffalo, New 

York MPS), Main St. at Darwin Dr., 

Amherst, 09000554 

Entranceway at Main Street at High Park 

Boulevard (Suburban Development of 

Buffalo, New York MPS), Main St. at High 

Parl Blvd., Amherst, 09000555 

Entranceway at Main Street at Lafayette 

Boulevard (Suburban Development of 

Buffalo, New York MPS), Main St. at 

Lafayette Blvd., Amherst, 09000556 

Entranceway at Main Street at LeBrun Road 

(Suburban Development of Buffalo, New 

York MPS), Main St. at LeBrun Rd., 

Amherst, 09000557 

Entranceway at Main Street at Westfield 

Road and Ivyhurst Road (Suburban 

Development of Buffalo, New York MPS), 

Main St. at Westfield Rd. and Ivyhurst Rd., 

Amherst, 09000558 

Monroe County 

Lake View Cemetery, NY 19, Brockport, 

09000559 

Oneida County 

Sylvan Beach Union Chapel, 805 Park Ave., 

Sylvan Beach, 09000560 

Ulster County 

New Paltz Downtown Historic District, Main, 

N. Chestnut, S. Chestnut, Church, N. Front, 

Academy and W. Center Sts., Innis and 

Plattekill Aves., New Paltz, 09000561 

OHIO 

Belmont County 

Concord Hicksite Friends Meeting House, 

Negus Rd., Colerain Township, 09000562 

Clark County 

Olive Branch High School, 9710 W. National 

Rd., New Carlisle, 09000563 

Franklin County 

Groveport School, 715 E. Main St., 

Groveport, 09000564 

WYOMING 

Laramie County 

Crow creek—Cole Ranch Headquarters 

Historic District, 1065 Happy Jack Rd., 

Cheyenne, 09000565 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

National Register of Historic Places; 

Weekly Listing of Historic Properties 

Pursuant to (36 CFR 60.13(b,c)) and 

(36 CFR 63.5), this notice, through 

publication of the information included