Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 190 / Friday, October 1, 2004 / Notices 58943

Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, 

Pleasants, Tyler, Wetzel, and Wirt Counties 

for debris removal and emergency protective 

measures (Categories A & B) under the Public 

Assistance Program (already designated for 

Individual Assistance.)

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used 

for reporting and drawing funds: 97.030, 

Community Disaster Loans; 97.031, Cora 

Brown Fund Program; 97.032, Crisis 

Counseling; 97.033, Disaster Legal Services 

Program; 97.034, Disaster Unemployment 

Assistance (DUA); 97.046, Fire Management 

Assistance; 97.048, Individuals and 

Households Housing; 97.049, Individuals and 

Households Disaster Housing Operations; 

97.050, Individuals and Households 

Program—Other Needs; 97.036, Public 

Assistance Grants; 97.039, Hazard Mitigation 

Grant Program)

Michael D. Brown, 

Under Secretary, Emergency Preparedness 

and Response, Department of Homeland 

Security.

[FR Doc. 04–22071 Filed 9–30–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–10–P

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Transportation Security Administration 

[Docket Nos. TSA–2001–11334 and TSA–

2003–16345] 

RIN 1652–ZA03 

Continuation of the Aviation Security 

Infrastructure Fee (ASIF)

AGENCY: Transportation Security 

Administration (TSA), DHS.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: TSA is issuing this notice to 

inform all U.S. and foreign air carriers 

(carriers) currently required to pay the 

Aviation Security Infrastructure Fee 

(ASIF) that for October 2004 and 

beyond, until further notice, the amount 

of the ASIF imposed on each carrier will 

continue to be the amount the carrier 

paid for the screening of passengers and 

property transported by passenger 

aircraft in the U.S. during calendar year 

2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Randall Fiertz, Director of Revenue, 

Office of Finance and Administration, 

TSA–14, Transportation Security 

Administration, 601 South 12th Street, 

Arlington, VA 22202–4220; telephone 

(571) 227–2323; e-mail TSAfees@dhs.gov. You may also access 

information on TSA’s security fees on 

the internet at www.tsa.gov. Click on the 

‘‘Industry Partners’’ link at the top of the 

page, or input a keyword and search the 

‘‘Site Search’’ feature at the top right of 

the web page.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Document Availability 

You can get an electronic copy using 

the Internet by—

(1) Searching the Department of 

Transportation’s electronic Docket 

Management System (DMS) web page 

(http://dms.dot.gov/search); 

(2) Accessing the Government 

Printing Office’s web page at http://

www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/

aces140.html; or 

(3) Visiting TSA’s Law and Policy 

web page at http://www.tsa.dot.gov/

public/index.jsp. 

In addition, copies are available by 

writing or calling the individual in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section. Make sure to identify the docket 

number of this rulemaking. 

Background 

Under 49 U.S.C. 44940, Congress 

authorized TSA to impose the ASIF on 

carriers to help defray the Federal 

government’s cost of providing civil 

aviation security services. See 49 U.S.C. 

44940(a)(2). Through the end of fiscal 

year 2004 (September 30, 2004), the 

amount of ASIF collected by TSA from 

the carriers, both overall and per carrier, 

cannot exceed the carriers’ aggregate 

and individual costs, respectively, for 

screening passengers and property in 

calendar year 2000. 49 U.S.C. 

44940(a)(2)(B)(i), (ii). Beginning in fiscal 

year 2005 (October 1, 2004), TSA may 

change the way the per-carrier limit is 

determined. TSA may set the amount of 

each carrier’s ASIF according to the 

carrier’s market share or other 

appropriate measure in lieu of the 

carriers actual screening costs in 

calendar year 2000. 49 U.S.C. 

44940(2)(B)(iii). 

On February 20, 2002, TSA imposed 

the ASIF on carriers by publishing an 

interim final rule in the Federal 

Register (67 FR 7926), codified at 49 

CFR part 1511. In accordance with 49 

U.S.C. 44940(a)(2)(B), TSA used 

information the carriers provided on 

their individual screening costs for 

calendar year 2000 to set each carrier’s 

annual ASIF payment. Section 1511.7(b) 

of the regulation requires that each 

carrier remit 8.333 percent (one-twelfth) 

of its self-reported amount, or an 

amount otherwise determined by TSA, 

to TSA on a monthly basis through the 

end of September 2004. 

Section 1511.5(g) of the regulation 

provides that TSA will redetermine the 

amount of the ASIF imposed on each 

carrier beginning in October 2004, and 

the redetermination may be based on 

each carrier’s market share or other 

appropriate measure. Similarly, 

§ 1511.7(c) of the regulation provides 

that, beginning in October 2004, each 

carrier’s monthly ASIF payment is set at 

one-twelfth of that redetermined 

amount. These provisions reflect TSA’s 

statutory authorization to reset the ASIF 

for each carrier beginning in October 

2004 based on the carrier’s market share 

or other appropriate measures in lieu of 

the carrier’s costs for screening 

passengers and property in calendar 

year 2000. See 49 U.S.C. 

44940(a)(2)(B)(iii). Also, under 49 U.S.C. 

44940(d)(3), TSA may make 

modifications to the ASIF through 

publication of a notice in the Federal 

Register. 

TSA has not yet determined whether 

it will reset each carrier’s ASIF payment 

based on market share or another 

appropriate measure. On November 5, 

2003, TSA issued a notice in the 

Federal Register seeking public 

comment on this issue (68 FR 62613). 

TSA is in the process of considering the 

comments and proposals for revising 

allocation of the ASIF among carriers. 

Therefore, TSA has determined that 

until further notice, for October 2004 

and beyond, the amount of the ASIF 

imposed on each carrier will remain 

equal to the amount of the carrier’s 

screening costs for calendar year 2000. 

Therefore, each carrier’s monthly 

payment under § 1511.7(c) for each 

month beginning with October 2004 

will remain at one-twelfth of that 

amount.

Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on 

September 29, 2004. 

David M. Stone, 

Assistant Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–22202 Filed 9–29–04; 11:06 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–62–U

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–4901–N–40] 

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities 

To Assist the Homeless

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This Notice identifies 

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and 

surplus Federal property reviewed by 

HUD for suitability for possible use to 

assist the homeless.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathy Burruss, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, Room 7262, 

451 Seventh Street SW., Washington, 

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DC 20410; telephone (202) 708–1234; 

TTY number for the hearing- and 

speech-impaired (202) 708–2565, (these 

telephone numbers are not toll-free), or 

call the toll-free Title V information line 

at 1–800–927–7588.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the December 12, 1988 

court order in National Coalition for the 

Homeless v. Veterans Administration,

No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD 

publishes a Notice, on a weekly basis, 

identifying unutilized, underutilized, 

excess and surplus Federal buildings 

and real property that HUD has 

reviewed for suitability for use to assist 

the homeless. Today’s Notice is for the 

purpose of announcing that no 

additional properties have been 

determined suitable or unsuitable this 

week.

Dated: September 23, 2004. 

Mark R. Johnston, 

Director, Office of Special Needs Assistance 

Programs.

[FR Doc. 04–21756 Filed 9–30–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–29–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Availability of Final Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan for Arapaho 

National Wildlife Refuge, Walden, CO

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service announces that a 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan 

(CCP) and Summary for Arapaho 

National Wildlife Refuge is available. 

This CCP, prepared pursuant to the 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

Improvement Act of 1997 and the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, describes how the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service intends to manage this 

Refuge for the next 15 years.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the Plan or 

Summary may be obtained by writing to 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Arapaho 

National Wildlife Refuge, P.O. Box 457, 

953 Jackson County Road #32, Walden, 

Colorado 80480–0457; or download 

from http://mountain-prairie.fws.gov/

planning.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann 

Timberman, Project Leader, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Arapaho National 

Wildlife Refuge, P.O. Box 457, 953 

Jackson County Road #32, Walden, 

Colorado 80480–0457. Phone 970–723–

8202; fax 970–723–8528; or e-mail: 

ann_timberman@fws.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background 

Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge 

(NWR), comprised of 23,243 acres, is 

long and narrow and is nearly bisected 

throughout its length by the Illinois 

River, within the headwaters of the 

North Platte River basin, in Jackson 

County, northern Colorado. The Refuge 

is situated in a high valley locally 

known as North Park where the native 

upland plant community is dominated 

by sagebrush and grasses, and 

bottomland plant associations include 

grassy wet meadows and willowdominated riparian habitats, as well as 

natural and man-made wetlands. Over 

250 species of birds, mammals, reptiles, 

amphibians, and fishes utilize, occur at, 

or migrate through this Refuge as well 

as over 390 species of plants, including 

one federally endangered species 

endemic only to North Park. Arapaho 

NWR was established by Congress in 

1967 with two purposes: ‘‘* * * for 

uses as an inviolate sanctuary, or for any 

other management purpose, for 

migratory birds (Migratory Bird 

Conservation Act); and ‘‘* * * for the 

development, advancement, 

management, conservation, and 

protection of fish and wildlife resources 

***’’ and ‘‘* * * for the benefit of the 

United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 

in performing its activities and 

services.’’

The availability of the Draft CCP and 

Environmental Assessment (EA) for 30-

day public review and comment was 

announced in the Federal Register on 

August 13, 2003, in Volume 68, Number 

156. The Draft CCP/EA identified and 

evaluated four alternatives for managing 

Arapaho NWR for the next 15 years. 

Alternative 1, the No Action 

Alternative, would have continued 

current management of the Refuge. 

Alternative 4 (Preferred Alternative) 

emphasizes achieving the biological 

potential of the Refuge through 

restoration of riparian habitat functions, 

enhancement and protection of wet 

meadow and wetland habitats and 

research on upland sage-steppe habitats 

within the Refuge as well as promoting 

partnerships and cooperating with other 

agencies and groups to enhance 

wildlife-dependent activities throughout 

North Park. Alternative 2 would have 

emphasized working on achieving the 

purposes of the Refuge through 

activities at the North Park landscape 

level while Alternative 3 would have 

maximized wildlife benefits by focusing 

on habitat restoration, enhancement and 

protection and de-emphasizing public 

use opportunities at the Refuge. 

Based on this assessment and 

comments received, the Preferred 

Alternative 4 was selected for 

implementation. The preferred 

alternative was selected because it best 

meets the purposes and goals of the 

Refuge, as well as the goals of the 

National Wildlife Refuge System. The 

preferred alternative will also benefit 

prairie dogs, large ungulates, shore 

birds, migrating and nesting waterfowl, 

and neotropical migrants, as well as 

improvements in water quality from 

riparian habitat restoration. 

Environmental education and 

partnerships will result in improved 

wildlife-dependent recreational 

opportunities throughout North Park. 

Cultural and historical resources will be 

protected.

Dated: August 11, 2004. 

John A. Blankenship, 

Regional Director, Region 6, Denver, 

Colorado.

[FR Doc. 04–22045 Filed 9–30–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Recovery Plan for Sidalcea oregana

var. calva (Wenatchee Mountains 

Checker-mallow)

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (we) announces the availability 

of the final Recovery Plan for Sidalcea 

oregana var. calva (Wenatchee 

Mountains Checker-mallow). This 

recovery plan describes the status of the 

species, recovery objectives and criteria, 

and conservation measures needed to 

lessen the threats faced by the plant and 

bring it to the point where it no longer 

needs Endangered Species Act (ESA) 

protection.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the recovery plan 

are available by request from the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, Central 

Washington Field Office, 215 Melody 

Lane, Suite 119, Wenatchee, 

Washington 98801 (telephone: 509–

665–3508). An electronic copy of this 

recovery plan is also available at

http://endangered.fws.gov/recovery/

index.html#plans.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

McCracken, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, 

at the above Wenatchee address and 

telephone number.