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Extensions of the obligation deadlines 

are not permitted under the Recovery 

Act. 

Reallocation 

After award, a number of grantees 

were subsequently unable to meet the 

Recovery Act and NOFA criteria and 

their funds were recaptured—$3.2 

million in CFRG funds and 

approximately $14 million in CFRC 

funds. HUD was required to reallocate 

funds that were recaptured prior to July 

21, 2010. The Dodd-Frank Wall Street 

Reform and Consumer Protection Act 

(Pub. L. 111–2003, approved July 21, 

2010) (Dodd-Frank Act) amended the 

Recovery Act to provide that Recovery 

Act funds recaptured on or after July 21, 

2010, must be returned to the Treasury. 

(See section 1613 of the Dodd-Frank 

Act.) As a result, $17,161,649.00 was 

awarded to existing eligible Recovery 

Act PHA applicants who had applied 

for funding under Category 4, Option 2 

of the NOFA Creation of Energy 

Efficient, Green Communities, 

consistent with the Department’s 

objective of promoting energy 

efficiency. The next eligible 

applications in Category 4, Option 2 that 

had been scored but had not been 

funded earlier (because grant funding 

had been exhausted) were awarded 

grants as follows: 

PHA Name Amount 

Cambridge Housing Authority, Cambridge, MA .......................................................................................................................... $2,189,470.00 

New York City Housing Authority, New York, NY ....................................................................................................................... 650,000.00 

Housing Authority of Pleasantville, Pleasantville, NJ .................................................................................................................. 621,000.00 

County of Marin Housing Authority, San Raphael, CA ............................................................................................................... 637,500.00 

Housing Authority of the City of Columbus, Columbus, GA ....................................................................................................... 1,344,400.00 

Housing Authority of the City of Columbus, Columbus, GA ....................................................................................................... 550,000.00 

Housing Authority of Charleston, Charleston, SC ....................................................................................................................... 1,990,528.00 

Rockford Housing Authority, Rockford, IL ................................................................................................................................... 2,100,000.00 

Rockford Housing Authority, Rockford, IL ................................................................................................................................... 1,700,000.00 

Housing Authority of Monroe, Monroe, LA .................................................................................................................................. 2,635,149.00 

Housing Authority of the City of St. Louis, St. Louis, MO ........................................................................................................... 536,102.00 

Southern Nevada Regional Housing Agency, Las Vegas, NV ................................................................................................... 2,207,500.00 

Total of Funded Applications ................................................................................................................................................ 17,161,649.00 

Dated: March 11, 2011. 

Sandra B. Henriquez, 

Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian 

Housing. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6762 Filed 3–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–ES–2011–N007; 40120–1113– 

0000–C2] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Notice of Availability of a 

Technical/Agency Draft Recovery Plan 

for Gentian Pinkroot 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

request for public comment. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service, announce the availability of the 

technical/agency draft recovery plan for 

the endangered gentian pinkroot 

(Spigelia gentianoides). The draft 

recovery plan includes specific recovery 

objectives and criteria the species would 

have to meet in order for us to downlist 

it to threatened status under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act). We request review and 

comment on this draft recovery plan 

from local, State, and Federal agencies, 

and the public. 

DATES: In order to be considered, we 

must receive comments on the draft 

recovery plan on or before May 23, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: If you wish to review this 

technical/agency draft recovery plan, 

you may obtain a copy by contacting Dr. 

Vivian Negron-Ortiz, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Panama City Field 

Office, 1601 Balboa Ave, Panama City, 

FL 32405; tel. (850) 769–0552; or by 

visiting either the Service’s recovery 

plan Web site at http:// 

endangered.fws.gov/recovery/ 

index.html#plans or the Panama City 

Field Office Web site at http:// 

www.fws.gov/panamacity/. If you wish 

to comment, you may submit your 

comments by one of the following 

methods: 

1. You may submit written comments 

and materials to Dr. Negron-Ortiz, at the 

above address. 

2. You may hand-deliver written 

comments to our Panama City Field 

Office, at the above address, or fax them 

to (850) 763–2177. 

3. You may send comments by e-mail 

to vivian_negronortiz@fws.gov. 

For additional information about 

submitting comments, see the ‘‘Request 

for Public Comments’’ section below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Negron-Ortiz at the above addresses or 

by telephone: (850) 769–0552, ext. 231. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Spigelia gentianoides was listed as 

endangered under the Act (16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.) on November 26, 1990 (55 

FR 49046). A plant, S. gentianoides, 

comprises two varieties: Var. 

gentianoides is restricted to five 

locations within three counties in the 

Florida Panhandle and southern 

Alabama, and var. alabamensis is a 

narrow endemic limited to the Bibb 

County Glades in Alabama. The loss or 

alteration of habitat is thought to be the 

primary reason for the species’ decline. 

The extant plants of var. gentianoides 

are located in fire-dependent longleaf 

pine–wiregrass and pine-oak-hickory 

ecosystems. Much of this habitat has 

been reduced in its range, converted to 

pine plantation, and managed without 

fire. Some of the glades in which var. 

alabamensis is located are owned and 

protected by The Nature Conservancy. 

This variety is threatened by potential 

development of privately owned glades 

(open, almost treeless areas within 

woodlands). 

Restoring an endangered or 

threatened animal or plant to the point 

where it is again a secure, selfsustaining member of its ecosystem is a 

primary goal of our endangered species 

program. To help guide the recovery 

effort, we prepare recovery plans for 

most listed species. Recovery plans 

describe actions considered necessary 

for conservation of the species, establish 

criteria for downlisting or delisting, and 


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estimate time and cost for implementing 

recovery measures. 

The Act requires the development of 

recovery plans for listed species, unless 

such a plan would not promote the 

conservation of a particular species. 

Section 4(f) of the Act requires us to 

provide a public notice and an 

opportunity for public review and 

comment during recovery plan 

development. We will consider all 

information presented during a public 

comment period prior to approval of 

each new or revised recovery plan. We 

and other Federal agencies will take 

these comments into account in the 

course of implementing approved 

recovery plans. 

Recovery Plan Components 

The objective of this plan is to 

provide a framework for the recovery of 

gentian pinkroot, so that protection 

under the Act is no longer necessary. 

Defining reasonable delisting criteria is 

not possible at this time given the 

current low number of populations and 

individuals, the lack of information 

about the species’ biology, and the 

magnitude of current threats from 

development. Therefore, this recovery 

plan establishes downlisting criteria for 

S. gentianoides so that it may be 

reclassified to threatened status. 

The recovery of S. gentianoides is 

challenging because our knowledge 

about the species’ biology is limited. 

Therefore, surveying; monitoring; 

demographic studies; improving 

management protocols, including the 

establishment of fire management 

regimes; and securing extant 

populations are the most immediate 

priorities. 

Downlisting of S. gentianoides from 

endangered to threatened status will be 

considered when: (1) Extant populations 

and newly discovered sites are 

identified and mapped; (2) inventories 

on the total number of individuals, 

number of flowering vs. non-flowering 

plants, presence of pollinators, and 

whether seedling recruitment is 

occurring have been conducted across 

the species’ historic sites and/or on new 

locations; (3) monitoring programs and 

management protocols on selected 

populations (e.g., populations with 

largest number of individuals) are 

established for at least 15 years to track 

threats to the species and habitat (e.g., 

control exotic species, minimize site 

disturbance and urban development); 

(4) the extant populations (including 

subpopulations at the Ketona Glades, 

Bibb County, Alabama) located on 

public land are stable (where fertility 

and mortality are constant) for at least 

15 years; (5) the minimum viable 

population has been determined for 

each variety using population viability 

analyses (PVA); (6) research on key 

aspects related to demography (e.g., 

density, effect of fire on seedling 

establishment), reproductive biology, 

and seed ecology is accomplished; and 

(7) viable germplasm representing > 50 

percent of the populations for each 

variety is maintained in ex situ. In 

addition, the following specific actions 

must be completed for each variety: 

Var. gentianoides: (1) Sizes of the four 

largest extant populations are increased 

via prescribed burns until plant 

numbers are stabilized over a period of 

15 years; (2) at least one new population 

is found; and (3) at least one population 

is re-established within the historic 

range, specifically in the sites where the 

plants are currently known to be 

extirpated. 

Var. alabamensis: Fifty percent of the 

Bibb County glades known to support 

the variety on private land are protected 

through conservation agreements, 

easements, or land acquisition. 

Downlisting criteria will be 

reevaluated and delisting criteria will be 

created as new scientific data and 

information become available and 

recovery actions are implemented. 

Request for Public Comments 

We request written comments on the 

recovery plan. We will consider all 

comments we receive by the date 

specified in DATES prior to final 

approval of the plan. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Authority 

The authority for this action is section 

4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16 

U.S.C. 1533(f). 

Dated: January 4, 2011. 

Mark J. Musaus, 

Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2011–N005; 1112–0000– 

81440–F2] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Permits, Town of Apple 

Valley, San Bernardino County, CA; 

Notice of Intent 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent; announcement 

of a public scoping meeting; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), intend to 

prepare either an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) or an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

regarding an expected application from 

the Town of Apple Valley, CA, for an 

incidental take permit (ITP) under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), 

as amended. The decision to prepare an 

EIS or EA will be, in part, contingent 

upon the complexity of issues identified 

during and following the scoping phase 

of the NEPA process. We are furnishing 

this notice to announce the initiation of 

a public scoping period, during which 

we invite other agencies, Tribes, and the 

public to submit written comments 

providing suggestions and information 

on the scope of issues and alternatives 

to be addressed in the EIS or EA. 

DATES: Please send written comments 

on or before April 22, 2011. We will 

hold a public scoping meeting 

Thursday, April 7, from 5:30 p.m. to 

7:30 p.m. For the public meeting 

address, see ‘‘Meeting,’’ below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments: Send your 

comments to Diane Noda, Field 

Supervisor, Ventura Fish and Wildlife 

Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

2493 Portola Road, Suite B, Ventura, CA 

93003. You may alternatively send 

comments by facsimile to (805) 644– 

3958. 

Meeting: We will hold a public 

meeting in the Town Hall Council 

Chambers, 14955 Dale Evans Parkway, 

Apple Valley, CA 92307. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jen 

Lechuga, HCP Coordinator (see 

ADDRESSES), telephone: (805) 644–1766, 

extension 224. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Reasonable Accommodations 

Persons needing reasonable 

accommodations in order to attend and 

participate in the public meeting should 

contact the Service at the address above 


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