[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 207 (Friday, October 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 64002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24954]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R8-NWRS-2013-0036; FXRS12610800000-134-FF08RSFC00]
South Farallon Islands Invasive House Mouse Eradication Project;
Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, California; Revised Draft
Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), advise the
public that we are issuing a revised Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (revised DEIS) for the South Farallon Islands Invasive House
Mouse Eradication Project on the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge, CA.
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 EIS.
DATES: To ensure consideration, please send your written comments on or
before December 9, 2013. Comments submitted electronically using the
Federal eRulemaking Portal (see ADDRESSES section, below) must be
received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the closing date.
ADDRESSES: Document Availability: You may obtain copies of the
documents in the following places:
Internet: http://www.regulations.gov (Docket Number FWS-
R8-NWRS-2013-0036).
In-Person:
[ssquf] San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Complex
Headquarters, 1 Marshlands Road, Fremont, CA 94555.
[ssquf] San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, San
Francisco, CA 94102.
Submitting Comments: You may submit written comments by one of the
following methods:
Electronically: Go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal:
http://www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, enter FWS-R8-NWRS-2013-
0036, which is the docket number for this notice. Then, click on the
project link to access documents and submit a comment. To access the
revised DEIS, click on Open Docket Folder.
By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail or hand-delivery to:
Public Comments Processing, Attn: FWS-R8-NWRS-2013-0036; Division of
Policy and Directives Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 4401
N. Fairfax Drive, MS 2042-PDM; Arlington, VA 22203.
We request that you send comments only by the methods described
above. We will post all information received on http://www.regulations.gov. This generally means that we will post any
personal information you provide us (see the Public Comments section
below for more information).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gerry McChesney, Refuge Manager, 510-
792-0222, ext. 222 (phone).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 16, 2013, we published a Federal
Register notice (78 FR 50082) announcing the availability of the DEIS
for a proposed project to eradicate non-native invasive house mice from
the South Farallon Islands, part of the Farallon National Wildlife
Refuge off the coast of California. We are now issuing a revised DEIS,
to clarify language on the population status of the ashy storm-petrel
(Oceanodroma homochroa) and revise the assessment of impacts to the
ashy storm-petrel under the no action alternative.
For more information on the proposed eradication of invasive house
mice from the South Farallon Islands, see our August 16, 2013, notice
(78 FR 50082).
Public Comments
We request that you send comments only by one of the methods
described in ADDRESSES. If you submit a comment via http://www.regulations.gov, your entire comment--including your personal
identifying information--will be posted on the Web site. We will post
all hardcopy comments on http://www.regulations.gov as well. If you
submit a hardcopy comment that includes personal identifying
information, you may request at the top of your document that we
withhold this information from public review. However, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so. Comments and materials we
receive, as well as documents associated with the notice, will be
available for public inspection on http://www.regulations.gov at Docket
No. FWS-R8-NWRS-2013-0036.
Authority
We provide this notice under the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq.) and its' implementing regulations (40
CFR 1506.6).
Alexandra Pitts,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific Southwest Region.
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