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<br />002651 <br /> <br />44808 <br /> <br />Federal Register/Vol. 68. No. 146/Wednesday, July 30. 2003/Notices <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <br /> <br />Fish and Wildlife Service <br /> <br />Draft Environmental Assessment for <br />the Management Plan for Endangered <br />Fishes in the Yampa River Basin <br />AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service. <br />Interior. <br />ACTION: Notice of document availability. <br />SUMMARY: The public is invited to <br />comment on a draft Environmental <br />Assessment for the Management Plan <br />for Endangered Fishes in the Yampa <br />River Basin. The Fish and Wildlife <br />Service (Service) has prepared a draft <br />Environmental Assessment under <br />regulations implementing the National <br />Environmental Policy Act of 1969 <br />(NEPA). Council on Environmental <br />Quality adopted regulations in 40 CFR <br />1501.3(b) state that an agency "may <br />prepare an environmental assessment <br />on any action at any time in order to <br />assist agency planning and decision <br />making," The proposed action of the <br />Service is to enter into a cooperati ve <br />agreement with the States of Colorado <br />and Wyoming to implement provisions <br />of the Management Plan for Endangered <br />Fishes in the Yampa River Basin. Future <br />actions that may be undertaken <br />pursuant to this management plan may <br />be subject to additional NEP A <br />documentation requirements on a case- <br />by-case basis. <br />OATES: Written comments on this draft <br />Environmental Assessment and <br />Management Plan must be received by <br />August 31, 2003. In lieu of or in <br />addition to written comments, <br />comments may be submitted at any of <br /> <br />Po <br />f <br />,. <br /> <br />Appendix F - Notice of Availability/Comments <br /> <br />F-1 <br />