[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 61 (Thursday, March 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17190-17191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7754]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Notice of Extension of Comment Period for the Draft Comprehensive 
Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for Buenos Aires 
National Wildlife Refuge

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service (Service) is extending the comment period through close of 
business Thursday, April 19, 2001, for the Draft Comprehensive 
Conservation Plan (CCP) and Environmental Assessment for the Buenos 
Aires National Wildlife Refuge, Sasabe, Arizona. A notice was published 
in the Federal Register notifying release of the document on December 
1, 2000. The Service is furnishing this notice to ensure that 
interested parties have every opportunity to offer input, comments, and 
suggestions with respect to the Service's proposed management 
objectives and strategies detailed in the draft CCP document and EA 
document.

DATES: The Service will be open to written advice and comment on the 
draft CCP Objectives and Strategies through April 19, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be sent to: Ms. Yvette Truitt, Biologist/
Natural Resource Planner, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southwest 
Region, Division of Refuges and Wildlife, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, 
NM 87103.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: It is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
policy to have all lands within the National Wildlife Refuge System 
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 has 
considered and will continue to consider many elements, including 
habitat and wildlife management, habitat protection and acquisition, 
public and recreational uses, and cultural resources. Continued public 
input into this planning process is essential. The CCP document when 
finalized 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.
    Review of these projects will be 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 procedures for compliance with 
those regulations.

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    The Service anticipates that a Final CCP will be available by 
September 30, 2001.

    Dated: March 6, 2001.
Geoffrey Haskett,
Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 01-7754 Filed 3-28-01; 8:45 am]
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