Notice of Record of Decision for Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge, Master Plan/Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Résumé

This notice makes available to the public a summary of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the final Master Plan/FEIS for the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge, located in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Establishment of a 19,000-acre refuge was authorized by Congress on July 28, 1986. As of 1993, the refuge contained approximately 22,800 acres under the supervision of the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service). There is a potential for future expansion of the refuge to include a total of approximately 30,000 acres. Federal funding for design, construction, and operation of the refuge is provided through appropriations by Congress. Pursuant to the Council on Environmental Quality regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (40 CFR 1505.2), the Service issues this ROD upon consideration of the FEIS prepared for the Proposed Action. A Notice of Availability of the FEIS was published by the Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register on September 9, 1994. Factors influencing selection of the Preferred Alternative included: (1) Compliance with the purpose for which the Refuge was established, (2) adherence to the goals, objectives, and policies establish