[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10330-10331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6030]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment of Army
Guidelines for Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Management
AGENCY: Department the Army, DOD.
ACTION: Notice of Intent.
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SUMMARY: The Army intends to revise guidelines for the management of
the red-cockaded woodpecker (RCW) on Army installations. The RCW is a
federally listed endangered species found on seven Army installations
in the southeastern United States: Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Fort
Stewart, Georgia; Fort Jackson, South Carolina; Fort Benning, Georgia;
Fort Polk, Louisiana; Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal, North
Carolina; and Camp Blanding, Florida. The following Army installations
do not currently have RCWs, but are within the species' range: Fort
Gordon, Georgia; Fort Rucker, Alabama; Fort McClellan, Alabama;
Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant; and Camp Shelby, Mississippi. The
guidelines will be used by Army installations as baseline standards in
preparing their RCW management plans. In the guidelines revision
process, the Army will seek to identify measures which will increase
RCW populations on military installations while simultaneously
enhancing the realism of military training activities conducted on
military installations with RCW populations. As part of the guidelines
revision process, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969
requires preparation of an environmental assessment to determine the
environmental impact of the guidelines and whether the impact is
significant. If the assessment determines that there will be a
significant impact on the environment, NEPA requires preparation of an
environmental impact statement. Additionally, the Endangered Species
Act of 1973 requires a biological assessment to assess the effects of
the guidelines on endangered and threatened species.
The public is invited to participate in the guidelines revision
process by submitting written comments and suggestions throughout the
revision process and to review the draft guidelines. The Army
anticipates that draft guidelines will be available for public review
in the third quarter of 1996.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and suggestions or requests for notice of
the release of draft Army RCW Guidelines may be forwarded to Department
of the Army, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and
Plans, Attn: DAMO-TRS (Army Endangered Species Team), Washington, DC
20310-0400.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Questions regarding this action may be directed to Major Mark R.
Lindon, Army Endangered Species Team, (703) 695-2452.
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Dated: March 6, 1996.
Raymond J. Fatz,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, Environment, Safety and
Occupational Health, OASA (I,L&E).
[FR Doc. 96-6030 Filed 3-12-96; 8:45 am]
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