[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 227 (Monday, November 25, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 70318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28187]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R4-R-2013-N235; FXRS12650400000S3-123-FF04R02000]


Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge; West Feliciana Parish, 
Louisiana; Notice of Intent To Prepare a Comprehensive Conservation 
Plan and Environmental Assessment; Correction

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent; request for comments; correction.

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SUMMARY: On October 22, 2013, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
(Service), published a notice of intent to prepare a comprehensive 
conservation plan (CCP) and associated National Environmental Policy 
Act (NEPA) documents for Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). We 
provided this notice in compliance with our CCP policy to advise other 
Federal and State agencies, Native American Tribes, and the public of 
our intentions, and to obtain suggestions and information on the scope 
of issues to consider in the planning process. However, we made an 
error in the end date we gave for public comments. This notice corrects 
that date error.

DATES: To ensure consideration, we must receive your written comments 
by December 21, 2013.

ADDRESSES: You may send comments, questions, and requests for 
information to: Robert Strader, Project Leader, USFWS, Lower 
Mississippi River Refuge Complex, P.O. Box 217, Sibley, MS, 39165.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Paduani, Project Planner, by 
telephone at 662-323-5548, or by email at [email protected], or 
Robert Strader, Project Leader, by telephone at 601-442-6696, or by 
email at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the National Wildlife Refuge 
System Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.), Service 
comprehensive conservation plan policy, and NEPA regulations (40 CFR 
1506.6), we initiated our intent to prepare a comprehensive 
conservation plan (CCP) and NEPA documents for Cat Island National 
Wildlife Refuge NWR, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, in a October 22, 
2013, Federal Register notice (78 FR 62648). That notice complied with 
our CCP policy to: (1) Advise other Federal and State agencies, Native 
American Tribes, and the public of our intentions and to obtain 
suggestions and information on the scope of issues to consider in the 
planning process. The original notice had an incorrect end date for the 
comment period. Please see the DATES section for our corrected comment-
period end date.
    For background information and public comments information, see our 
earlier notice.

Authority

    This notice is published under the authority of the National 
Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et 
seq.).

Mike Oetker,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-28187 Filed 11-22-13; 8:45 am]
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