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by 8 years of rest. The settlement 

agreement identifies 7 distinct grizzly 

bear security zones almost entirely on 

the original 19,400 acres of Class A 

lands in the Stillwater Block in the HCP, 

but also adds 2,300 acres in a new area 

in Coal Creek State Forest. The amended 

HCP would replace the 4-year active/8- 

year rest rotation with specific measures 

for restricting forest management 

activities to the denning season in these 

grizzly bear security zones. All 

motorized activities below 6,300 feet in 

elevation within the grizzly security 

zones would be allowed during the 

grizzly denning season and prohibited 

all year round above that elevation. The 

current HCP prohibits new permanent 

road construction on the original 19,400 

acres of Class A lands. This measure 

would remain essentially the same 

under an amendment, but to incorporate 

the terms of the settlement agreement, it 

would be specifically applied to the 

seven grizzly security zones, including 

the additional 2,300 acres in the Coal 

Creek State Forest. Several other 

measures in the HCP for Class A lands 

would remain the same but be extended 

to the grizzly security zones. Other 

amendments specifically spell out 

measures that DNRC had committed to 

implement in the original HCP but were 

previously incorporated by reference 

from DNRC’s Forest Management 

Administrative Rules of Montana. 

The original HCP requires the DNRC 

to complete corrective actions at sites 

identified with high risk of sediment 

delivery in bull trout watersheds in the 

HCP plan area by 2027. As directed by 

the settlement agreement, the HCP 

would be amended to prioritize and 

complete such corrective actions in 

federally designated bull trout critical 

habitat in the Stillwater Block by 2024. 

Lastly, over the past 5 years of HCP 

implementation, the Service and DNRC 

identified some commitment and 

procedural clarifications that would be 

incorporated into the HCP. These 

amendments would serve to help DNRC 

understand how to implement certain 

measures and would not entail any 

changes to the nature of the measures or 

how they affect the covered species. 

Alternatives Analyzed in the Draft SEIS 

The Draft SEIS considers the direct, 

indirect, and cumulative effects of the 

proposed action, including the proposed 

amended HCP’s measures intended to 

avoid, minimize, and mitigate such 

impacts, and no-action alternatives. The 

proposed action entails issuing DNRC 

an amended permit authorizing 

additional take based on amendments to 

the HCP to add covered lands and 

incorporate terms of the settlement 

agreement. The no-action alternative 

would include amending the HCP to 

incorporate the terms of the settlement 

agreement, which is legally required, 

but would not include adding lands or 

issuing an amended permit authorizing 

additional take. 

The Service invites comments and 

suggestions from interested parties on 

the content of the Draft SEIS. In 

particular, information and comments 

regarding the following topics are 

requested: 

1. The direct, indirect, or cumulative 

effects that implementation of either 

action alternative could have on the 

natural and human environment. 

2. Whether or not the impact on 

various aspects of the natural and 

human environment have been 

adequately analyzed. 

3. Any other information pertinent to 

evaluating the effects of the proposed 

action on the natural and human 

environment. 

Role of the Environmental Protection 

Agency in the EIS Process 

The U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is charged under section 

309 of the Clean Air Act to review all 

Federal agencies’ environmental impact 

statements (EISs) and to comment on 

the adequacy and acceptability of the 

environmental impacts of proposed 

actions in the EISs. 

EPA also administers the database for 

EISs prepared by Federal agencies and 

provides notice of their availability in 

the Federal Register. The EIS database 

provides information about EISs 

prepared by Federal agencies, as well as 

EPA’s comments concerning the EISs. 

All EISs are filed with EPA, which 

publishes a notice of availability each 

Friday in the Federal Register. 

For more information, see http://

www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/ 

eisdata.html. You may search for EPA 

comments on EISs, along with EISs 

themselves, at https://

cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-public/ 

action/eis/search. 

Public Comments 

Written comments received become 

part of the public record associated with 

this action. 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 request in your comment that 

we withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. We will not consider anonymous 

comments. All submissions from 

organizations or businesses and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses will be 

made available for public disclosure in 

their entirety. 

Authority 

We provide this notice under section 

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

and its implementing regulations for 

incidental take permits (50 CFR 17.22) 

and NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq.) and 

its implementing regulations (40 CFR 

1506.6; 43 CFR part 46). 

Michael G. Thabault, 

Assistant Regional Director–Ecological 

Services, Mountain-Prairie Region, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Lakewood, Colorado. 

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BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

[RR02800000, 17XR0680A3, 

RX178689471000000] 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Shasta Dam Fish Passage 

Evaluation, California; Reopening of 

Comment Period 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice to reopen comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation) is reopening the public 

comment period on the scope of the 

draft environmental impact statement 

(EIS) for the Shasta Dam Fish Passage 

Evaluation. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

scope of the draft EIS published June 15, 

2017 (82 FR 27522), is reopened. 

Comments should be received on or 

before September 28, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments to 

Ms. Carolyn Bragg, Natural Resources 

Specialist, Bureau of Reclamation, BayDelta Office, 801 I Street, Suite 140, 

Sacramento, CA 95814–2536; or by 

email to cbragg@usbr.gov; or via 

facsimile to (916) 414–2439. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carolyn Bragg, (916) 414–2433, or email 

at cbragg@usbr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 

15, 2017, Reclamation published a 

notice in the Federal Register 

announcing its intent to prepare a draft 

EIS. Since then, Reclamation has 

received a formal request from the 


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public requesting more time to comment 

on the scope of the draft EIS. This notice 

reopens that comment period for 30 

days. 

Public Disclosure 

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 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. 

Dated: July 27, 2017. 

Travis B. Aberle, 

Assistant Regional Director of Business 

Services. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18267 Filed 8–28–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4332–90–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

[RR02050400, 17XR0687NA, 

RX.18527901.3000000] 

Central Valley Project Improvement 

Act Refuge Water Management Plans 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: To meet the requirements of 

the Central Valley Project Improvement 

Act of 1992 (CVPIA) and subsequent 

Department of the Interior 

administrative review process, the 

Bureau of Reclamation developed and 

published the Criteria for Developing 

Refuge Water Management Plans 

(Refuge Criteria). The 13 entities listed 

below each developed a Refuge Water 

Management Plan, which Reclamation 

evaluated and has preliminarily 

determined meets the requirements of 

the Refuge Criteria. Reclamation is 

publishing this notice to enable the 

public to review each plan and to 

comment on the preliminary 

determination. Public comment is 

invited at this time. 

DATES: Submit written comments on the 

preliminary determinations on or before 

September 28, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Ms. Charlene Stemen, Bureau of 

Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, MP– 

400, Sacramento, CA 95825; or via email 

at cstemen@usbr.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

be placed on a mailing list for any 

subsequent information, please contact 

Ms. Charlene Stemen at cstemen@

usbr.gov, or at 916–978–5218 (TDD 978– 

5608). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following Refuge Water Management 

Plans are available for review: 

• San Luis National Wildlife Refuge 

• Kern National Wildlife Refuge 

• Merced National Wildlife Refuge 

• Pixley National Wildlife Refuge 

• Los Banos State Wildlife Area 

• Volta State Wildlife Area 

• North Grassland State Wildlife Area 

• Mendota State Wildlife Area 

• Grassland Resource Conservation 

District (GRCD) 

• Delevan National Wildlife Refuge 

• Colusa National Wildlife Refuge 

• Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge 

• Gray Lodge State Wildlife Area 

The Refuge Criteria provides a 

common methodology, or standard, for 

efficient use of water by Federal 

Wildlife Refuges, State wildlife 

management areas, and resource 

conservation districts that receive water 

under provisions of the CVPIA. The 

Bureau of Reclamation, in coordination 

with the Interagency Refuge Water 

Management Team, determined that the 

CVPIA Refuge Water Management Plan 

Criteria for 2010 shall be used as 

guidance for the proposed 2015 Refuge 

Water Management Plans. The press 

release can be found at the following 

Web site: www.usbr.gov/newsroom/ 

newsrelease/ 

detail.cfm?RecordID=49568. The 2010/ 

2015 Refuge Criteria can be found at the 

following Web site: https://

www.usbr.gov/mp/watershare/docs/ 

2010-refuge-criteria.pdf. A copy of these 

Refuge Water Management Plans will be 

available for review at Reclamation’s 

Mid-Pacific Regional Office, 2800 

Cottage Way, MP–400, Sacramento, CA 

95825. If you wish to review a copy of 

these Water Management Plans, please 

contact Ms. Stemen. 

Public Disclosure 

Our practice is to make comments, 

including names and home addresses of 

respondents, available for public 

review. Before including your address, 

phone number, email address, or other 

personally-identifying information in 

your comment, please be aware that 

your entire comment—including such 

identifying information—may be made 

publicly available at any time. In your 

comment you may request us to 

withhold your personally-identifying 

information from public review; 

however, we cannot guarantee we will 

be able to do so. 

Dated: August 21, 2017. 

Richard J. Woodley, 

Regional Resources Manager, Mid-Pacific 

Region, Bureau of Reclamation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Public Meeting of the Glen Canyon 

Dam Adaptive Management Work 

Group 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act of 

1972, the Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation) is publishing this notice 

to announce that a Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting of the Glen Canyon 

Dam Adaptive Management Work 

Group (AMWG) will take place. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, September 20, 2017, from 

8:30 a.m. to approximately 5:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the DoubleTree by Hilton, 2100 South 

Priest Drive, Tempe, Arizona, 85282. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Katrina Grantz, Bureau of Reclamation, 

telephone (801) 524–3635; email at 

kgrantz@usbr.gov; facsimile (801) 524– 

3807. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is being held under the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., 

Appendix, as amended), the 

Government in the Sunshine Act of 

1976 (5 U.S.C. 552B, as amended), and 

41 CFR 102–3.140 and 102–3.150. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The Glen 

Canyon Dam Adaptive Management 

Program (GCDAMP) was implemented 

as a result of the Record of Decision on 

the Operation of Glen Canyon Dam 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

to comply with consultation 

requirements of the Grand Canyon 

Protection Act (Pub. L. 102–575) of 

1992. The AMWG makes 

recommendations to the Secretary of the 

Interior concerning Glen Canyon Dam 

operations and other management 

actions to protect resources downstream 

of Glen Canyon Dam, consistent with 

the Grand Canyon Protection Act. The 

AMWG meets two to three times a year. 

Agenda: The AMWG will meet to 

approve the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget 

and Work Plan, and receive updates on: 

(1) Current basin hydrology and 2018 

operations; (2) non-native fish issues; (3) 


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