[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 51 (Thursday, March 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15136-15137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6404]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Extension of Comment Period: Draft Policy on National Wildlife 
Refuge System: Mission, Goals, and Purposes (Notice); Draft Appropriate 
Refuge Uses Policy Pursuant to the National Wildlife Refuge System 
Improvement Act of 1997 (Notice); Draft Wildlife-Dependent Recreational 
Uses Policy Pursuant to the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement 
Act of 1997 (Notice); and Draft Wilderness Stewardship Policy Pursuant 
to the Wilderness Act of 1964 (Notice)

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are extending the comment period on the Federal Register 
notice dated January 16, 2001, pages 3668-3731 that invites the public 
to comment on the following policies: National Wildlife Refuge System: 
Mission, Goals, and Purposes; Appropriate Refuge Uses Policy Pursuant 
to the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997; 
Wildlife-Dependent Recreational Uses Policy Pursuant to the National 
Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997; and Wilderness 
Stewardship Policy Pursuant to the Wilderness Act of 1964.

DATES: Submit comments on or before April 19, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Souheaver, Acting Chief, 
Division of Natural Resources, National Wildlife Refuge System (703) 
358-1744.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a Federal Register notice dated January 
16, 2001 (66 FR 3668) we published draft policies for National Wildlife 
Refuge System Mission, Goals, and Purposes; Appropriate Refuge Uses 
Policy Pursuant to the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act 
of 1997; Wildlife-Dependent Recreational Uses Policy Pursuant to the 
National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997; and Wilderness 
Stewardship Policy Pursuant to the Wilderness Act of 1964. These 
policies, affecting management and use of the National Wildlife Refuge 
System, represent the culmination of our initial policy development in 
response to the landmark National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement 
Act of 1997.
    We received several requests to extend the public comment period 
beyond the March 19, 2001 due date. In order to ensure that the public 
has an

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adequate opportunity to review and comment on our draft policy, we are 
extending the comment period to April 19, 2001.

    Dated: February 14, 2001.
Marshall P. Jones, Jr.,
Acting Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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