[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 6 (Friday, January 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1491-1492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-653]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Notice of Availability of a Comprehensive Conservation Plan for 
Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Woodbridge, VA

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service (Service) will make available a Comprehensive Conservation Plan 
(CCP) for Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Woodbridge, Virginia. 
The Service is furnishing this notice in compliance with Service CCP 
policy:
    (1) To advise other agencies and the public of our intentions, and
    (2) To notify the public that a Finding of No Significant Impact 
and Environmental Assessment have been completed.

DATES: Distribution of the final CCP, Finding of No Significant Impact, 
and Environmental Assessment began the week of December 29, 1997. 
Documents will be available January 5, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Address questions and requests for plans to the following: 
Refuge Manager, Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge, 14344 Jefferson 
Davis Highway, Woodbridge, Virginia, (703) 690-1297.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By federal law, all lands within the 
National Wildlife Refuge System are to be managed in accordance with an 
approved CCP. The CCP guides management decisions and identifies refuge 
goals, long-range objectives, and strategies for achieving refuge 
purposes. The planning process considered many elements, including 
habitat and wildlife management, public use, and cultural resources. 
The CCP will provide other agencies and the public with a clear 
understanding of the desired conditions for the Refuges and how the 
Service will implement management strategies. Public input was 
solicited through open houses, public meetings, workshops, and comments 
on the draft CCP. The draft CCP/Environmental Assessment (EA) was made 
available for public comment in late August 1997. A revised plan/EA 
reflecting comments and changes has been prepared along with a Finding 
of No Significant Impact.
    This project was conducted in accordance with the requirements of 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.), NEPA Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500-1508), other 
appropriate Federal laws and regulations, including the National 
Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, Executive Order 12996, 
and Service policies and

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procedures for compliance with those regulations.

    Dated: January 5, 1998.
Ronald E. Lambertson,
Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Hadley, 
Massachusetts.
[FR Doc. 98-653 Filed 1-8-98; 8:45 am]
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