[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 135 (Thursday, July 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 41157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17298]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
RIN 0648-XX52
Stanford University Habitat Conservation Plan; Extension of
Comment Period
AGENCIES: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce; Fish and Wildlife
Service, Interior (DOI).
ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.
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SUMMARY: The National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, are extending the comment period for our joint
request for comments on the Stanford University Habitat Conservation
Plan (Plan), the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for
Authorization of Incidental Take and Implementation of the Plan, and
the Implementing Agreement (IA). As of July 2, 2010, we have received
comments from four organizations and individuals requesting that the
comment period be extended by 45 days. In response to these requests,
we are extending the comment period for an additional 45 days.
DATES: We must receive any written comments on the DEIS, Plan, and IA
by August 30, 2010, at 5 p.m. Pacific Time.
ADDRESSES: Comments concerning the DEIS, Plan, and IA can be sent by
U.S. Mail or facsimile to:
1. Gary Stern, San Francisco Bay Region Supervisor, National Marine
Fisheries Service, 777 Sonoma Avenue, Room 325, Santa Rosa, CA 95404;
facsimile (707) 578-3435; or
2. Eric Tattersall, Chief, Conservation Planning and Recovery
Division, Fish and Wildlife Service, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife
Office, 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2605, Sacramento, CA 95825; facsimile
(916) 414-6713.
Comments concerning the DEIS, Plan, and IA can also be sent by
email to: [email protected]. Include the document identifier:
Stanford HCP.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Stern (NMFS), 707-575-6060, or
Sheila Larsen (USFWS), 916-414-6600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are extending the comment period for our
jointly issued Stanford University Habitat Conservation Plan, a DEIS
for Authorization of Incidental Take and Implementation of the Plan,
and IA. On April 12, 2010, we opened a 90-day public comment period via
a Federal Register notice (75 FR 18482). We then made a correction to
our comment period closing date via a May 18, 2010 (75 FR 27708),
notice. A public meeting was held at Stanford, CA on May 25, 2010. As
of July 2, 2010, we received comments from four organizations and
individuals requesting an extension of the comment period by 45 days.
In response to requests from the public, we now extend the comment
period for an additional 45 days. The comment period will now
officially close on August 30, 2010, at 5 p.m. Pacific Time.
Background
For background information, see our April 12, 2010, notice (75 FR
18482).
Document Availability
Copies of the DEIS, Plan, and IA are available on the NMFS
Southwest Region website at http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov or the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service's Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office Website at
http://www.fws.gov/sacramento/.
Alternatively, the documents are available for public review during
regular business hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the National Marine
Fisheries Service's Santa Rosa Office and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service's Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office (see ADDRESSES).
Individuals wishing copies of the DEIS, Plan, or IA should contact
either of the Services by telephone (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT) or by letter (see ADDRESSES).
Additionally, hardcopies of the DEIS, Plan, and IA are available
for viewing, or for partial or complete duplication, at the following
locations:
1. Social Sciences Resource Center, Green Library, Room 121,
Stanford, CA 94305.
2. Palo Alto Main Library, 1213 Newell Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303.
Dated: July 12, 2010.
Therese Conant,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
Dated: July 9, 2010.
Alexandra Pitts,
Deputy Region Director, Pacific Southwest Region, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-17298 Filed 7-14-10; 8:45 am]
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