[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 26879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12215]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Reopening 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; further reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We are reopening the comment period on the Federal Register 
notice dated January 16, 2001, that invites the public to comment on 
the following draft 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 by or before June 14, 2001. Note that you must 
resubmit comments sent to us between April 19, 2001 and before May 15, 
2001.

ADDRESSES:  Submit comments in the following ways: in writing to Acting 
Chief, Division of Conservation Planning and Policy, National Wildlife 
Refuge System, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, 
Room 670, Arlington, Virginia 22203; by FAX to (703) 358-2248; or by 
e:mail to one of the following addresses:

Mission_And _Goals_ Policy_[email protected];
Appropriate[email protected]">_Uses_Policy_[email protected];
Wildlife_ Dependent_Recreational [email protected]">_Uses_Policy_[email protected]; or
Wilderness_Policy_[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barry Stieglitz, Acting Chief, 
Division of Conservation Planning and Policy, 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.
    In a subsequent Federal Register notice dated March 15, 2001 (66 FR 
15136) we extended the comment period until April 19, 2001 to ensure 
that the public had an adequate opportunity to review and comment on 
our draft policy.
    To allow for continued discussion with the States on these 
policies, we are reopening the comment period for an additional 30 
days.

    Dated: April 30, 2001.
Marshall P. Jones, Jr.,
Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 01-12215 Filed 5-14-01; 8:45 am]
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