[Federal Register: January 17, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 10)]
[Notices]
[Page 2561-2562]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Supplement to the Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and
Environmental Impact Statement for the Upper Mississippi River National
Wildlife and Fish Refuge, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin;
Extension of Comment Period
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Supplement to the Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan
(CCP) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was released to the
public on December 5, 2005, (70 FR 72462, December 5, 2005) for a 60-
day review and comment period ending February 3, 2006. Due to public
and elected official requests, the comment period for the Supplement is
being extended 30 days.
DATES: Comments on the Supplement to the Draft CCP/EIS received by
March 6, 2006, will be considered in the preparation of the Final CCP/
EIS.
ADDRESSES: All comments should be addressed to Upper Mississippi
National Wildlife and Fish Refuge, Attention: CCP Supplement Comment,
51 East 4th Street, Room 101, Winona, Minnesota 55987, or direct e-mail
to r3planning@fws.gov. Comments may also be submitted through the
Service's regional Web site at: http://www.fws.gov/midwest/planning/uppermiss/index.html
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don Hultman, at (507) 452-4232.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Upper Mississippi River National
Wildlife and Fish Refuge encompasses 240,000 acres along 261 miles of
Mississippi River floodplain in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and
Illinois. The Refuge was established by Congress in 1924 to provide a
refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds, fish, other wildlife,
and plants.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released the Supplement to the
Draft CCP/EIS for the refuge on December 5,
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2005, for a 60-day comment period. The Supplement to the Draft CCP/EIS
was prepared pursuant to the National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966, as amended by the National Wildlife Refuge
System Improvement Act of 1997, and the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969. Goals and objectives in the CCP describe how the agency
intends to manage the refuge over the next 15 years.
Upon release of the Supplement, citizen groups and elected
officials requested an extension of the comment period. They cited the
importance of the plan to the citizens affected, the commitments of the
holidays, and the need for the public to be able to incorporate in
their comments what they hear and learn at nine public meetings
scheduled for January 2006. Given the above, an extension of 30 days
will help ensure full public review and comment.
Dated: January 4, 2006.
Charles M. Wooley,
Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fort
Snelling, Minnesota.
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