A Notice of Availability for the DEIS will be published in the Federal Register on or about January 17. A sixty day public review period will follow, ending on March 17, 1992.
Two public meetings are also scheduled to be held on Wednesday, February 19. The meetings will be held at the Holiday Inn on Highway 169 South, in Fort Dodge, Iowa, at 2:00 p.m., and 7:00 p.m.
Copies of the DEIS are on file at locations listed on the attached sheet and are available for public inspection. Copies of the DEIS have also been distributed to interested parties and governmental agencies for review and comment.
The DEIS has been prepared under the direction of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, in accordance with regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The project is subject to NEPA because the project is proposed for Federal funding through the Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration program. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is also a cooperating agency for compliance under the Clean Water Act.
Written comments are invited until March 17 and may be submitted to the Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, Minnesota 55111-4056.
REPOSITORIES FOR THE DRAFT EIS AND TECHNICAL REPORTS
Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Records Center
900 East Grand Avenue
Wallace State Office Building
Des Moines, Iowa 50319-0034
Iowa DNR
Geological Survey Bureau
123 North Capitol Street
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Iowa DNR
Conservation Education Center
Route 1, Box 53
Guthrie Center, Iowa 50115
Iowa DNR
Field Office 3
401 1/2 Grand Avenue
Suite 20, Box 4088
Spencer, Iowa 51301
Iowa DNR
Field Office 4
316 Walnut
Atlantic, Iowa 50022
Iowa DNR
Southeast District Office
Lake Darling State Park
Route 1
Brighton, Iowa 52540
Iowa DNR
Black Hawk District Office
P.O. Box 815
Lake View, Iowa 51450
Iowa DNR
Fish and Wildlife Station
1203 North Shore Drive
Clear Lake, Iowa 50428
Iowa DNR
Northeast District Office
Route 1, Box 210A
Strawberry Point, Iowa 52076
Iowa DNR
District 4 Field Office
Green Valley State Park
Route 1
Creston, Iowa 50801
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building
1 Federal Drive
Fort Snelling, Minnesota 55111-4056
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Rock District
Clock Tower Building
Rock Island, Illinois 61204-2004
The following libraries in the local area:
Fort Dodge Public Library
605 First Avenue North
Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501
Iowa Central Community College Library
330 Avenue M
Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501
Kendall Young Library
1201 Willson Avenue
Webster City, Iowa 50595
Lehigh Library
Lehigh, Iowa 50557
Fort Dodge Chamber of Commerce
1406 Central Avenue
Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Service manages the 93-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System which encompasses more than 530 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 66 national fish hatcheries, 64 fishery resource offices and 78 ecological services field stations. The agency enforces Federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Aid program that distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies. For further information about the programs and activities of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Great Lakes-Big Rivers Region, please visit our home page at: http://midwest.fws.gov
