Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 164 / Friday, August 25, 2017 / Notices 40595 

The current notice announces waiver 

of the 30-day comment period for each 

of these three permit applications. 

Permit No. Applicant Receipt of application Federal Register notice Permit issuance 

date 

Endangered Species 

04186C .............. Columbus Zoo & Aquarium ........ 81 FR 90863; December 15, 2016 ................................................. May 3, 2017. 

04257C .............. Columbus Zoo & Aquarium ........ 81 FR 86723; December 1, 2016 ................................................... May 9, 2017. 

06738C .............. Wildlife Conservation Society ..... 81 FR 95628; December 28, 2016 ................................................. May 25, 2017. 

19807C .............. University of Wisconsin–Madison Waived ............................................................................................. May 19, 2017. 

38670C .............. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ... Waived ............................................................................................. June 6, 2017. 

Marine Mammals 

14762C .............. U.S. National Park Service ........ 82 FR 24381; May 26, 2017 ........................................................... June 1, 2017. 

Joyce Russell, 

Government Information Specialist, Branch 

of Permits, Division of Management 

Authority. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18038 Filed 8–24–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–NER–ASIS–22489; PPNEASISS0, 

PPMPSPD1Z.YM0000] 

Abbreviated Final Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Assateague 

Island National Seashore General 

Management Plan 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS) announces the availability of the 

Abbreviated Final General Management 

Plan/Environmental Impact Statement 

(GMP/EIS) for Assateague Island 

National Seashore (seashore), Maryland 

and Virginia. The purpose of the plan is 

to provide a framework for management 

decision making that is consistent with 

the purposes for which the seashore was 

established by Congress as a unit of the 

national park system and that protects 

the seashore’s fundamental and other 

important resources and values. 

DATES: The NPS will issue a final 

decision on the Abbreviated Final GMP/ 

EIS no earlier than 30 days from the 

date the Environmental Protection 

Agency publishes its Notice of 

Availability of the Abbreviated Final 

GMP/EIS in the Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: The Abbreviated Final 

GMP/EIS is available electronically at 

http://www.parkplanning.nps.gov/asis. 

A limited number of printed copies will 

be available upon request by contacting 

the Superintendent, Assateague Island 

National Seashore, 7206 National 

Seashore Lane, Berlin, MD 21811, 410– 

629–6080. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Deborah Darden, Assateague Island 

National Seashore, 410–629–6080, 

deborah_darden@nps.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

seashore was established in 1965 and is 

composed of more than 41,320 acres 

including 37-mile Assateague Island in 

Maryland and Virginia and the 

surrounding marine and estuarine 

waters up to one-half mile from the 

island’s shore. Within the seashore 

boundary are Assateague State Park 

(owned by the state of Maryland and 

managed by the Maryland Department 

of Natural Resources) and Chincoteague 

National Wildlife Refuge (managed by 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). The 

NPS owns 8,983 acres within the 

seashore boundary, including land on 

Assateague Island in Maryland, the 

Assateague Beach U.S. Coast Guard 

Station in Virginia, and its mainland 

Maryland headquarters complex and 

visitor center. The states of Maryland 

and Virginia own the submerged lands 

within the seashore boundary, with 

ownership extending to mean high 

water in Maryland and mean low water 

in Virginia. 

Pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the NPS released a 

Draft GMP/EIS on January 29, 2016 for 

a 90-day public review period. The Draft 

GMP/EIS evaluated four alternatives for 

future seashore management. 

Comments received on the Draft 

GMP/EIS resulted in minor changes to 

the text but did not significantly alter 

the alternatives or the impact analysis; 

thus, the NPS has prepared an 

Abbreviated Final GMP/EIS. The 

Abbreviated Final GMP/EIS discusses 

the public and agency comments 

received on the Draft GMP/EIS and 

provides NPS responses. The 

Abbreviated Final GMP/EIS contains 

errata sheets that show factual 

corrections to the text of the Draft GMP/ 

EIS or where the text has been revised 

to reflect minor additions or changes 

suggested by commenters. 

As in the Draft GMP/EIS, the 

Abbreviated Final GMP/EIS identifies 

the NPS preferred alternative as 

alternative 3—sustainable recreation 

and climate change adaptation. 

NPS decision makers considered the 

information collected during scoping, 

the results of the impact analysis, and 

the seashore’s purpose and significance. 

Findings supported selection of 

alternative 3 as the NPS preferred 

alternative because it would provide the 

highest degree of enhanced public use 

and enjoyment of the seashore, would 

provide the highest degree of protection 

to the seashore’s fundamental and other 

important resources and values, would 

offer the greatest potential for enhanced 

coastal resiliency, and would support 

the most effective organizational 

management for the seashore. 

Dated: May 3, 2017. 

Joshua Laird, 

Acting Regional Director, Northeast Region, 

National Park Service. 

Editorial Note: This document was 

received by the Office of the Federal Register 

on August 21, 2017. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18009 Filed 8–24–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–1067] 

Certain Road Milling Machines and 

Components Thereof; Institution of 

Investigation 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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