[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 126 (Monday, July 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 39310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15657]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
National Park Service
[FWS-R6-R-2013-N132; FXRS1265066CCP0--134-FF06R06000]
Niobrara Confluence and Ponca Bluffs Conservation Areas, NE and
SD; Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Land Protection Plan;
Extension of the Public Comment Period
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), advise the
public that we are extending the public comment period for the Niobrara
Confluence and Ponca Bluffs Conservation Areas Draft Environmental
Impact Statement and Land Protection Plan until September 30, 2013. If
you have previously submitted comments, please do not resubmit them,
because we have already incorporated them in the public record and will
fully consider them in our final decision.
DATES: To ensure consideration, please send your written comments by
September 30, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit your comments or a request for copies (hard
copies or a CD-ROM) or more information by any of the following
methods:
Agency Web site: http://parkplanning.nps.gov/niob-ponca.
Email: [email protected].
In-Person Viewing or Pickup: Call (605) 665-0209 to make an
appointment during regular business hours at Missouri River National
Recreational River Headquarters, 508 East 2nd Street, Yankton, SD
57078.
Mail: Nick Kaczor, USFWS, Division of Refuge Planning, P.O. Box
25486, DFC, Denver, CO 80225.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nick Kaczor, Planning Team Leader, at
(303) 236--4387, or by mail at Division of Refuge Planning, USFWS, P.O.
Box 25486, DFC, Denver, CO 80225.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 8, 2013, we published a Federal
Register notice (78 FR 20942) announcing the availability of the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement and Land Protection Plan for the
proposed Niobrara Confluence and Ponca Bluff Conservation Areas. We are
extending the public comment period until September 30, 2013. For
background and more information see our AprilS, 2013, notice (78 FR
20942).
Document Availability
Copies of the documents are available online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/niob-ponca. Hard copies of the plan may be
requested from the project Web site or from the planning team leader at
the contact information listed above.
Public Availability of Comments
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
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
The FWS and NPS are furnishing this notice in compliance with the
National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C.
668dd-668ee) (Administration Act), as amended by the National Wildlife
Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997; the National Park Service
Organic Act of 1916 (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), and amendments thereto, and
the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its
implementing regulations.
Dated: June 7, 2013.
Patricia Trap,
Deputy Regional Director, Midwest Region, National Park Service.
Dated: June 10, 2013.
Matt Hogan,
Acting, Regional Director, Mountain Prairie Region, U.S. Fish And
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-15657 Filed 6-28-13; 8:45 am]
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