[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 89 (Monday, May 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 28100]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-10863]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[FWS-R8-ES-2016-N044; FF08ESMF00-FXES11120800000-156]
Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan/Natural Community Conservation
Plan for Western Butte County, California: Environmental Impact
Statement
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior; National Marine Fisheries
Service, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; reopening of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine
Fisheries Service, are reopening the comment period for our joint
request for comments on the Butte Regional Conservation Plan (Plan) and
the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Report (DEIS/R) for
Authorization of Incidental Take and Implementation of the Plan. As of
January 19, 2016, we have received comments from four organizations and
individuals requesting that the comment period be extended. In response
to these requests, we are reopening the comment period.
If you previously submitted comments, you need not resubmit them;
we have already incorporated them into the public record and will fully
consider them in finalizing these documents.
DATES: Submitting Comments: To ensure consideration, written comments
must be received by June 8, 2016, no later than 5 p.m. Pacific Time.
ADDRESSES: Submitting Comments: Please address written comments to one
of the following individuals:
1. Mike Thomas, Chief, Conservation Planning Division; or Eric
Tattersall, Assistant Field Supervisor, by mail/hand-delivery at U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, 2800
Cottage Way, W-2605, Sacramento, California 95825; or by facsimile to
(916) 414-6713. You may telephone (916) 414-6600 to make an appointment
during regular business hours to drop off comments at the Sacramento
Fish and Wildlife Office.
2. Maria Rea, Assistant Regional Administrator, by mail/hand-
delivery at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, West Coast
Region, National Marine Fisheries Service, 650 Capitol Mall, Suite 5-
100, Sacramento, California 95814; or by facsimile to (916) 930-3629.
You may telephone (916) 930-3600 to make an appointment during regular
business hours to drop off comments at the National Marine Fisheries
Service.
Please send comments related specifically to the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process to the Jon Clark, Executive
Director, Butte County Association of Governments, 2580 Sierra Sunrise
Terrace, Suite 100, Chico, California 95928. You may also submit
comments by facsimile to (530) 879-2444.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
(1) Rick Kuyper, Endangered Species Division; Mike Thomas, Chief,
Conservation Planning Division; or Eric Tattersall, Deputy Assistant
Field Supervisor, at the Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office address
above or at (916) 414-6600 (telephone); or
(2) Gretchen Umlauf, National Marine Fisheries Service, at the
address above or at (916) 930-5646 (telephone).
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf, please call
the Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are reopening the comment period for the
Butte Regional Conservation Plan and a DEIS/R for Authorization of
Incidental Take and Implementation of the Plan. On November 18, 2015,
we opened a 90-day public comment period via a Federal Register notice
(80 FR 72108). This comment period officially closed on February 16,
2016. Public meetings in Butte County were held in the cities of Chico
on January 5, 2016, and Oroville and Gridley on January 6, 2016. As of
January 19, 2016, we have received comments from four organizations and
individuals requesting that the comment period be extended. In response
to requests from the public, we have reopened the comment period (see
DATES).
Background Information
For background information, see our November 18, 2015, notice (80
FR 72108).
Document Availability
You may obtain copies of the Draft Plan and DEIS/R from any of the
individuals in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, or from the Sacramento
Fish and Wildlife Office Web site at http://www.fws.gov/sacramento.
Copies of these documents are also available for public inspection, by
appointment, during regular business hours, at the Sacramento Fish and
Wildlife Office. Additionally, hard-bound copies of the DEIS/R and
Draft Plan are available for viewing, or for partial or complete
duplication, at the following locations in Chico:
Butte County Association of Governments, 2580 Sierra
Sunrise Terrace, Suite 100;
Biggs Branch Library, 464A B Street;
Chico Branch Library, 1108 Sherman Avenue;
Gridley Branch Library, 299 Spruce Street; and
Oroville Branch Library, 1820 Mitchell Avenue.
Alexandra Pitts,
Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Southwest Region, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Sacramento, California.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-10863 Filed 5-6-16; 8:45 am]
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