Preferred Alternative. The CONSULTANT will finalize the preferred alternative concept plan by incorporating comments received from the Public Hearing process as directed by the DEPARTMENT.
Preferred Alternative. Based on the direction of the CLT and feedback from the Council, we will refine the preferred charrette alternative plans by incorporating comments from the summary and review in a call. We will review markups and sketches with the CLT and establish a preferred direction that will be refined as the master pln.
Preferred Alternative. Once a preferred trail alignment alternative has been selected, the route will be depicted on a GIS-based map. The Consultant will develop up to four (4) drawings or graphics to further illustrate road crossings, structures, or cross sections and elevations of interest. These illustrations and drawings may be used to further communicate the trail concept to stakeholders and the public.
Preferred Alternative. Much of the general management direction in Alternative A would continue, although some specific directions and actions occurring under current management would be altered or not pursued in this alternative. As in Alternatives B and C, clearer goals and objectives for increasing our knowledge of wildlife and habitat needs and relationships would be established. Public use monitoring would facilitate wildlife-dependent recreation, subsistence, and other traditional uses. Voluntary guidelines for public use of bear-concentration areas would be developed. These guidelines would replace use restrictions on special use permits issued to commercial users. Day-use-only restrictions could be proposed for some bear-concentration areas based on, on-going evaluation of the effectiveness of voluntary use guidelines in these areas. One bear- xxxxxxx area would be closed to snowmachine use by regulation. Seven public use cabins would be maintained, two additional cabins would be constructed, and cabins on newly acquired land would be managed for public use, if located on appropriate sites. Regulations would be adopted to restrict camping near public use cabins and administrative facilities. Food- storage containers, latrines, temporary electric fences, and other minor improvements could be provided if needed at popular camping areas to reduce impacts. The X’Xxxxxx River closure would be modified to allow a formal bear-viewing program combining agency-supervised use (allocated to the public by lottery) with guided use (offered to the public by qualified guides selected through a competitive process and operating under a Refuge special use permit). The Moderate Management category would be reduced by 30,946 acres; the acreage in Minimal Management would increase by an equivalent amount. The Special River Management category would be eliminated. Dated: October 13, 2004. [FR Doc. 04–23832 Filed 10–22–04; 8:45 am] AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior; Forest Service, Agriculture. ACTION: Notice; correction.
Preferred Alternative. The alternative identified by the Authority to best balance the tradeoffs between potential environmental or community impacts and high-speed system performance and cost factors on an end-to- end basis. ROD. Record of Decision: The final step in the NEPA environmental process.
Preferred Alternative. The Preferred Action consists of exchanging the NGPC tract for the BELF tract and subsequently assigning the Federal interest to the newly-acquired BELF tract. Mineral rights would be transferred with the properties exchanged. After acquiring the BELF tract, NGPC would: • allow public access for hunting and outdoor recreation on the tract; • create a firebreak along the road right-of-way by thinning the existing Ponderosa Pine; • construct new fencing to prevent cattle from accessing the tract from adjacent private lands; • include the tract in the program for eradicating noxious weeds on the WMA which is conducted each year; and • conduct routine operation and maintenance activities, such as trash removal, fence maintenance, and public signing After BELF receives the 27.3-acre NGPC parcel, it is anticipated that the property would be leased to an adjacent landowner who currently holds leases for grazing on other lands in that area. If BELF would leases the land for agricultural purposes, public use of that parcel would be allowed at the discretion of the private party holding the lease. Construction of fencing on the parcel would be anticipated to prevent livestock from leaving the parcel and entering other adjacent private lands. The Xxxxxxx-Xxxxx NGPC WMA tract is currently appraised at $29,500.00 and the BELF tract at $18,500.00. Appraisals and appraisal reviews for both tracts are current and have been prepared in compliance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practices and Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions. NGPC would reimburse the monetary difference in value ($11,000.00) to the Wildlife Restoration Grant Program, and those funds would then be available to NGPC for future obligation on eligible WR grants. A draft copy of the Exchange Agreement between NGPC and BELF detailing specific provisions of the transaction is attached (see Appendix A).
Preferred Alternative. Under the Preferred Alternative, FWS will continue to provide funding, as modified by certain mitigation provisions, for operations of CDFG’s 14 trout hatcheries and the Mad River Hatchery for steelhead, and associated stocking of fish produced at those hatcheries. Although hatchery operations will remain unchanged from those conducted during the last 5 years, decisions on stocking of trout will be made using a statewide tiered review process that emphasizes protection of native, sensitive, or legally protected species. In high mountain lake areas where Aquatic Biodiversity Management Plans (ABMPs) have been 51874 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 194 / Thursday, October 8, 2009 / Notices prepared, stocking will continue to follow guidelines that ensure expansion of habitats for native amphibians and fish. In areas without ABMPs, trout stocking will be based on site-specific evaluations of risk to native, sensitive, or legally protected species. Where appropriate surveys have yet to be completed, stocking will be suspended until the appropriate evaluations have been completed. ABMPs or other similar plans may be developed and implemented prior to reinitiation of stocking in those locations. Depending on the specific location, such plans could include eradication of nonnative fish from water bodies currently or formerly harboring sensitive native species, genetic analysis of native fish to determine degree of hybridization, cessation of nonnative trout stocking in waters occupied by native trout populations, and implementation of measures consistent with FWS recovery plans and CDFG management plans. Stocking of Mad River steelhead will continue with measures intended to reduce the interaction between hatchery reared fish and naturally reproducing populations and consistent with the Draft Hatchery and Genetic Management Plan submitted to the National Marine Fisheries Service. The Fishing in the City and Classroom Aquarium Education Programs will continue under uniform protocols developed to ensure that stocking locations are properly screened to protect native, sensitive, and legally protected species. Implementation of Program activities following development of any ABMPs or uniform protocols for the Fishing in the City and Classroom Aquarium Education Programs may require additional, site-specific NEPA compliance tiered from the EIR/EIS.
Preferred Alternative. Alternative 4B Other Alternatives Considered but Rejected: Alternatives 2A through 7A Alternative 2A Alternative 3A Alternative 4A Alternative 5A Alternative 6A Alternative 7A Alternatives 2B, 3B, 5B, 6B and 7B
Preferred Alternative. The Xxxxxx\Xxxxxxx team will develop a preferred alternative based on public support, how well an investment meets regional goals and objectives, and the evaluation criteria developed in
Preferred Alternative. This concurrence point will be sought following the Iowa DOT Commission’s selection of an alternative. The Iowa DOT will provide materials that support the preferred alternative. This will include results from any new studies, information developed following concurrence point 3, information from public and resource agency input, minutes of the Commission meeting, documentation of minimization efforts, and conceptual mitigation site alternatives.
