CX-035911: Third Two-Year Extension of U.S. Department of Energy, Hanford Field Office, Permit Issued to the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, for use of Fitzner-Eberhardt Arid Lands Ecology Reserve

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Hanford Field Office (HFO), acting as the federal agency with jurisdiction over the Hanford Site, has issued two permits to the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), for use of land comprising portions of the Hanford Reach National Monument (the Monument). Specifically, the June 20, 1997, Fitzner-Eberhardt Arid Lands Ecology Reserve Permit (ALE Permit) to manage the 77,000 acre ALE Reserve and the November 22, 1971, Wahluke Slope Permit for management and recreational use of the 57,000 acre former Wahluke Wildlife and Recreational Area, which is now part of the Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge.