[CPEO-IRF] Proposed Vieques conservation plan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[Federal Register: February 28, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 39)]
[Notices]
[Page 9018-9019]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr28fe07-77]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Notice of Availability of Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan
and Environmental Impact Statement for Vieques National Wildlife Refuge

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service announces that a Draft
Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement
(Draft CCP/EIS) for the Vieques National Wildlife Refuge is available
for review and comment. This Draft CCP/EIS was prepared pursuant to the
National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, as amended
by the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, and the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. The Draft CCP/EIS describes
how the Service intends to manage the refuge over the next 15 years.

DATES: Written comments must be received at the postal address listed
below no later than April 30, 2007.

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Although the short-term use and management of areas contaminated
with unexploded ordnance would be restricted, the alternatives presented 
in this Draft Plan were developed with the assumption that these lands
would be cleaned of any contaminants that would pose a threat to either
wildlife or humans.

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Alternative C (Habitat Management and Public Use Emphasis) (Proposed
Alternative)

This alternative directs the refuge toward a realistic and
achievable level of both habitat management and public use and provides
a management program that addresses the needs of the resources and,
where appropriate and compatible with the refuge purposes, the needs of
the community. This alternative provides for an increase in management
efforts to restore the refuge habitats without diminishing the wildlife
values associated with the current conditions. There is also a focus on
management activities to benefit threatened and endangered species.
This includes the possible reintroduction of species extirpated from
Vieques and expansion of populations of species already found on the
refuge. Priority public uses, as identified in the National Wildlife
Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, would be expanded and other uses
that are determined to be compatible with the refuge mission may be
permitted. Historic and archaeological resources would be stabilized
and, where possible, interpretation of their significance and role in
the evolution of Vieques Refuge would be provided.

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For the entire Federal Register notice, see
http://frwebgate3.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=7932454681+0+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve
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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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