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The applicant requests a permit to 

take (harass by survey and locate and 

monitor nests) the southwestern willow 

flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) 

and the California least tern (Sterna 

antillarum browni), and take (locate and 

monitor nests) the least Bell’s vireo 

(Vireo bellii pusillus) in conjunction 

with surveys throughout the range of 

each species in California for the 

purpose of enhancing their survival. 

Permit No. TE–094983 

Applicant: Santa Barbara Botanic 

Garden, Santa Barbara, California.

The applicant requests a permit to 

remove/reduce to possession (collect) 

Arabis hoffmannii (Hoffmann’s rockcress), Arenaria paludicola (Marsh 

sandwort), Astragauls pycnostachyus

var. lanosisimus (Ventura marsh milkvetch), Berberis nevinii (Nevin’s 

barberry), Berberis pinnata ssp. insularis

(island barberry), Castilleha grisea (San 

Clemente Island Indian paintbrush), 

Castilleja mollis (soft-leaved Indian 

paintbrush), Caulanthus californicus

(California jewelflower), Cirsium 

fontinale var. obispoense (Chorro Creek 

bog thistle), Cirsium loncholepis (La 

Graciosa thistle), Clarkia speciosa ssp. 

immaculate (Pismo clarkia), 

Cordylanthus maritimus ssp. maritimus

(salt marsh bird’s-beak), Deinandra 

increscens ssp. villosa (Gaviota 

tarplant), Delphinium variegatum ssp. 

kinkiense (San Clemente Island 

larkspur), Dudleya traskiae (Santa 

Barbara Island dudleya), Eremalche 

kernensis (Kern mallow), Eriodictyon 

altissimum (Indian Knob mountain 

balm), Eriodictyon capitatum (Lompoc 

yerba santa), Erysimum menziesii ssp. 

yadonii (Menzies’ wall-flower), Galium 

buxifolium (island bedstraw), Gilia 

tenuiflora ssp. hoffmannii (Hoffman’s 

slender-flowered gilia), Layia carnosa

(beach layia), Lithophragma maximum

(San Clemente Island woodland star), 

Lotus dendroideus var. traskiae (San 

Clemente Island broom), Lupinus 

nipomensis (Nipomo Mesa lupine), 

Malacothamnus clementinus (San 

Clemente Island bush mallow), 

Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. 

nesioticus (Santa Cruz Island bush 

mallow), Malacothrix indecora (Santa 

Cruz Island malacothrix), Malacothrix 

squalida (island malacothrix), 

Pentachaeta lyonii (Lyon’s pentachaeta), 

Rorippa gambellii (Gambel’s 

watercress), Sibara filifoia (Santa Cruz 

Island rock-cress), and Thysanocarpus 

conchuliferus (Santa Cruz Island 

fringepod) in conjunction with surveys 

throughout the range of each species in 

California for the purpose of enhancing 

their survival. 

Permit No. TE–095561 

Applicant: Bertin Anderson, Blythe, 

California.

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (harass by survey) the southwestern 

willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 

extimus) and the Yuma clapper rail 

(Rallus longirostris yumanensis) in 

conjunction with surveys in Riverside 

County, California, for the purpose of 

enhancing their survival. 

We solicit public review and 

comment on each of these recovery 

permit applications.

Dated: November 15, 2004. 

Paul Henson, 

Acting Manager, California/Nevada 

Operations Office, Fish and Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 04–26911 Filed 12–7–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Initiation of a 5-Year 

Review of Topeka Shiner (Notropis 

topeka)

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of review.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service) announces a 5-year 

review of the Topeka shiner (Notropis 

topeka), a species of fish native to 

streams of the central plains region, 

under section 4(c)(2)(A) of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act) 

(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). A 5-year review 

is a periodic process conducted to 

ensure that the listing classification of a 

species is accurate. A 5-year review is 

based on the best scientific and 

commercial data available at the time of 

the review; therefore, we are requesting 

submission of any such information on 

the Topeka shiner that has become 

available since its original listing as an 

endangered species in 1998 (63 FR 

69008). Based on the results of this 5-

year review, we will make the requisite 

finding under section 4(c)(2)(B) of the 

Act.

DATES: To allow us adequate time to 

conduct this review, we must receive 

your information no later than February 

7, 2005. However, we will continue to 

accept new information about any listed 

species at any time.

ADDRESSES: Submit information to the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Kansas 

Ecological Services Field Office, 315 

Houston Street, Suite E, Manhattan, 

Kansas 66502. Information received in 

response to this notice and review will 

be available for public inspection, by 

appointment, during normal business 

hours, at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vernon Tabor at the above address, by 

telephone (785) 539–3474, by facsimile 

(785) 539–8567, or by e-mail 

Vernon_Tabor@fws.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Act, the Service maintains a list of 

endangered and threatened wildlife and 

plant species at 50 CFR 17.11 (for 

animals) and 17.12 (for plants). Section 

4(c)(2)(A) of the Act requires that we 

conduct a review of listed species at 

least once every 5 years. Then, on the 

basis of such reviews under section 

4(c)(2)(B), we determine whether or not 

any species should be removed from the 

list (delisted), or reclassified from 

endangered to threatened or from 

threatened to endangered. Delisting a 

species must be supported by the best 

scientific and commercial data available 

and only considered if such data 

substantiate that the species is neither 

endangered nor threatened for one or 

more of the following reasons—(1) the 

species is considered extinct; (2) the 

species is considered to be recovered; 

and/or (3) the original data available 

when the species was listed, or the 

interpretation of such data, were in 

error. Any change in Federal 

classification would require a separate 

rulemaking process. The regulations in 

50 CFR 424.21 require that we publish 

a notice in the Federal Register

announcing those species currently 

under active review. This notice 

announces our active review of the 

Topeka shiner currently listed as an 

endangered species. 

Public Solicitation of New Information 

To ensure that the 5-year review is 

complete and based on the best 

scientific and commercial information, 

we are soliciting new information from 

the public, concerned governmental 

agencies, Tribes, the scientific 

community, industry, environmental 

entities, and any other interested parties 

concerning the status of Topeka shiner. 

The 5-year review considers the best 

scientific and commercial data and all 

new information that has become 

available since the listing determination 

or most recent status review. Categories 

of requested information include—(A) 

Species biology, including but not 

limited to, population trends, 

distribution, abundance, demographics, 

and genetics; (B) habitat conditions, 

including but not limited to, amount, 

distribution, and suitability; (C) 

conservation measures that have been

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implemented that benefit the species; 

(D) threat status and trends; and (E) 

other new information, data, or 

corrections, including but not limited 

to, taxonomic or nomenclatural changes, 

identification of erroneous information 

contained in the List, and improved 

analytical methods. 

If you wish to provide information for 

this 5-year review, you may submit your 

comments and materials to the Kansas 

Ecological Services Field Office (see

ADDRESSES section). Our practice is to 

make comments, including names and 

home addresses of respondents, 

available for public review during 

regular business hours. Respondents 

may request that we withhold a 

respondent’s identity, as allowable by 

law. If you wish us to withhold your 

name or address, you must state this 

request prominently at the beginning of 

your comment. However, we will not 

consider anonymous comments. To the 

extent consistent with applicable law, 

we will make all submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. 

Comments and materials received will 

be available for public inspection, by 

appointment, during normal business 

hours (see ADDRESSES section).

Authority This document is published 

under the authority of the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.).

Dated: November 24, 2004. 

Benjamin Tuggle, 

Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.

[FR Doc. 04–26910 Filed 12–7–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

[NV–010–04–1020–DF] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement on 

Sensitive Bird Species in Three 

Grazing Allotments in Elko County, NV

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare 

an Environmental Impact Statement 

(EIS). 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

102(2)(C) of the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 and regulations at 40 

CFR Parts 1500–1508, the Bureau of 

Land Management, Elko Field Office, 

will be preparing an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) on the effects of 

three multiple use decisions on 

sensitive bird species in three grazing 

allotments in Elko County, Nevada.

DATES: This Notice initiates the 30-day 

public scoping period. Within 30 days 

of the publication of this Notice, a 

public scoping meeting will be held at 

the BLM Elko Field Office, 3900 East 

Idaho Street, Elko, Nevada, to 

familiarize interested publics with the 

project and to identify issues and 

concerns to be addressed in the EIS. The 

scoping meeting will be announced 

through the local news media, 

newsletters, and the BLM Web site at 

www.nv.blm.gov/Elko at least 15 days 

prior to the event. Any additional public 

meetings, if necessary, will be 

announced similarly. Comments on 

issues can also be submitted in writing 

to the address listed below and for 30 

days after publication of this Notice in 

the Federal Register. In addition to the 

ongoing public participation process, 

formal opportunities for public 

participation will be provided upon 

publication of the BLM Draft EIS.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods:

—E-mail: rlister@nv.blm.gov

—Fax: (775) 753–0255 

—Mail: Send to the attention of the 

Sensitive Species EIS Project 

Manager, BLM Elko Field Office, 3900 

East Idaho Street, Elko, NV 89801

Comments, including names and 

street addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the above 

address during regular business hours, 

7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except holidays, and may be 

published as part of the EIS. Individual 

respondents may request 

confidentiality. If you wish to withhold 

your name or street address from public 

review or from disclosure under the 

Freedom of Information Act, you must 

state this prominently at the beginning 

of your written comment. However, we 

will not consider anonymous 

comments. Such requests will be 

honored to the extent allowed by law. 

All submissions from organizations or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

available for public inspection in their 

entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ray 

Lister, Project Manager at the Elko Field 

Office, 3900 E. Idaho Street, Elko, NV 

89801. Telephone: (775) 753–0200. Email: rlister@nv.blm.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM 

is preparing this EIS to comply with a 

minute order issued by the Honorable 

Howard D. McKibben, U.S. District 

Judge, District of Nevada, on August 18, 

2004 (CV–N–03–197–HDM(VPC)). The 

order followed a hearing on a complaint 

against three final multiple use 

decisions (Western Watersheds Project 

and Committee for the High Desert v. 

Clinton R. Oke, Assistant Field 

Manager, Elko Field Office, et al.). The 

final decisions, which were left intact 

by the judge, are for the Sheep 

Allotment Complex, Big Springs 

Allotment and Owyhee Allotment. The 

Sheep Allotment Complex and Big 

Springs Allotments are located in the 

southeastern portion of Elko County, 

Nevada, and the Owyhee Allotment is 

in the northwest portion of Elko County. 

The order is to prepare the EIS with 

respect to burrowing owls, raptors and 

sage grouse on the Sheep Complex and 

the Owyhee Allotment, and sage grouse 

on the Big Springs Allotment. BLM will 

evaluate the impact of livestock grazing, 

to the extent applicable, to these 

sensitive bird species and consider 

springs, seeps, riparian areas and 

upland habitat. 

Preparation of the EIS will require 

coordination with the Nevada 

Department of Wildlife (NDOW). NDOW 

previously supplied information and 

commented on allotment evaluations on 

which the multiple use decisions were 

based. NDOW will be requested to 

supply additional information on the 

species to be analyzed and invited to 

participate in preparation of the EIS, 

possibly as a cooperating agency.

Dated: September 23, 2004. 

Helen M. Hankins, 

Field Manager.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service 

National Register of Historic Places; 

Notification of Pending Nominations 

Nominations for the following 

properties being considered for listing 

in the National Register were received 

by the National Park Service before 

November 13, 2004. 

Pursuant to § 60.13 of 36 CFR part 60 

written comments concerning the 

significance of these properties under 

the National Register criteria for 

evaluation may be forwarded by United 

States Postal Service, to the National 

Register of Historic Places, National 

Park Service, 1849 C St., NW., 2280, 

Washington, DC 20240; by all other 

carriers, National Register of Historic