[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 227 (Monday, November 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-29228]
[Federal Register: November 28, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Assessment for
the Issuance of a Special Use Permit to the Government of Guam for the
Proposed Ritidian Point Territorial Park, Guam National Wildlife
Refuge, Dededo, Guam
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the draft Environmental
Assessment (EA) for the issuance of a Special Use Permit to the
Government of Guam for the proposed Ritidian Point Territorial Park on
the Guam National Wildlife Refuge, Dededo, Guam is available for public
review.
WRITTEN COMMENTS INFORMATION: Interested agencies, organizations, and
individuals are encouraged to provide written comments to the Fish and
Wildlife Service within 30 days after publication of this Notice.
Address comments to the Refuge Manager as shown below:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kelly Wolcott, Refuge Manager, Guam National Wildlife Refuge, P.O. Box
8134 MOU-3, Dededo, Guam 96912, (671) 355-5096.
Individuals wishing copies of this draft EA for review should
immediately contact the above named individual.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: Field Supervisor, Jerry Leinecke, Hawaiian
and Pacific Islands NWR Complex, is the primary author of this
document. The Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior,
has prepared a draft EA on its proposal to issue a Special Use Permit
to the Government of Guam for the proposed Ritidian Point Territorial
Park within the Guam National Wildlife Refuge.
The Government of Guam proposes to establish and operate the
Ritidian Point Territorial Park (RPTP) within an approximate 20.24 ha
(50 acres) site of the Ritidian Point Unit of the Guam National
Wildlife Refuge (NWR). The RPTP would be operated by the Guam
Department of Parks and Recreation with the biological support of the
Guam Department of Agriculture, Division of Aquatic and Wildlife
Resources, in coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(Service). The proposed RPTP would provide the public with natural
history educational and recreational opportunities within the setting
of the Ritidian Point Unit of the Guam NWR. The proposed RPTP would be
managed to be compatible with the purposes for which the Guam NWR was
established and in accordance with a Special Use Permit issued by the
Service to the Government of Guam for the use of the approximate 20.24
ha site within the Ritidian Point Unit.
The proposed action is anticipated to have only minimal direct,
indirect, and cumulative effects on the human environment. The
establishment, operation and maintenance of the park will occur on a
site that has been previously disturbed by construction of fields,
pavilions, shelters and Navy buildings and by the past use of the area
for recreational purposes by the Navy.
The major alternatives under consideration that were analyzed and
evaluated during planning are: (A) Preferred Alternative, establishment
of the proposed RPTP on an approximate 20.24 ha (50 acre) site within
the Ritidian Point Unit by the Guam Department of Parks and Recreation;
(Alternative 2) establishment of a Territorial Park at Tarague Basin,
South Finegayan, Falcona Beach, or the Anao Conservation Area at the
present time; (Alternative 3) establishment of a public use area at the
Ritidian Point Unit by the Service; (Alternative 4) which is the No
Action alternative.
Staffs of the Government of Guam, Department of Parks and
Recreation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service jointly cooperated to
plan, prepare and evaluate the proposals and prepare this draft EA.
Detailed information concerning consultation and coordination is
contained in Section VII of the draft EA.
All agencies and individuals are urged to provide comments and
suggestions for improving this EA as soon as possible. All comments
received during the designated comment period will be considered in
preparation of the final EA for this proposed action.
Dated: October 31, 1994.
Thomas Dwyer,
Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 94-29228 Filed 11-25-94; 8:45 am]
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