<searchTitle>Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge, Kent County, MD; Federal Register Vol. 74, Issue </searchTitle>
<granuleClass>NOTICE</granuleClass>
<accessId>E9-21737</accessId>
<agency order="1">DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR</agency>
<agency order="2">Fish and Wildlife Service</agency>
<commentDate>2009-10-09</commentDate>
<departmentDoc>FWS-R5-R-2008-N198</departmentDoc>
<departmentDoc>50133-1265-XENP-S3</departmentDoc>
<billingCode>4310-55-P</billingCode>
<frDocNumber>E9-21737</frDocNumber>
<action>Notice of availability: draft comprehensive conservation plan and draft environmental assessment; request for comments.</action>
<summary>The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the availability of the draft comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) and draft environmental assessment (EA) for Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), located in Kent County, Maryland, with its office in Rock Hall, Maryland. The draft CCP/EA describes three alternatives, including our Service-preferred alternative B, for managing this refuge for the next 15 years. Also available for public review and comment are the draft compatibility determinations, which are included as appendix B in the draft CCP/EA.</summary>
<dates>To ensure our consideration of your written comments, please send them by October 9, 2009. We will also hold a public meeting in Rock Hall, Maryland. We will announce and post details of the public meeting in local news media, via our project mailing list, and on our Regional planning Web site, http://www.fws.gov/northeast/planning/ eastern%20neck/ccphome.html.</dates>
<contact>Suzanne Baird, Project Leader, Chesapeake Marshlands National Wildlife Refuge Complex, 2145 Key Wallace Drive, Cambridge, MD 21613; phone 410-228-2692, extension 101; fax 410-228-3261; or e-mail at fw5rw_bwnwr@fws.gov.</contact>
<tocSubject1>Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.:</tocSubject1>
<tocDoc>Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge, Kent County, MD; Comprehensive Conservation Plan
, </tocDoc>
<emailRef>fw5rw_bwnwr@fws.gov</emailRef>
<emailRef>northeastplanning@fws.gov</emailRef>
<urlRef>http://www.fws.gov/northeast/planning/eastern%20neck/ccphome.html</urlRef>