72210 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 238 / Monday, December 13, 2004 / Notices 

Mortgagee name Mortgagee branch address HUD office

jurisdictions 

Termination

effective 

date 

Home

ownership

centers 

America’s Mortgage Resource, Inc .............. 3317 N I–10 Service Road, Metairie, LA 

70003.

New Orleans, LA .. 9/10/2004 Denver. 

American Union Mortgage, Inc ..................... 5250 S. Commerce Dr., Ste 101, Murray, 

UT 84107.

Salt Lake City, UT 9/10/2004 Denver. 

ARK LA TEX Financial Services LLC .......... 4137 S Sherwood Forest Blvd., Baton 

Rouge, LA 70816.

New Orleans, LA .. 10/4/2004 Denver. 

Fieldstone Mortgage Company .................... 6243 I H 10 W, Ste 205, San Antonio, TX 

78201.

San Antonio, TX ... 9/10/2004 Denver. 

Gateway Funding Diversified Mtg Srvs LP .. 300 Welsh Rd, Bldg 5, Horsham, PA 19044 Philadelphia, PA ... 9/10/2004 Philadelphia. 

Hamilton Mortgage Corporation ................... 1 Independence Dr., Ste 416, Birmingham, 

AL 35209.

Birmingham, AL .... 10/5/2004 Atlanta. 

Major Mortgage ............................................ 13300 Old Blanco Rd. Ste 304, San Antonio, TX 78216.San Antonio, TX ... 10/5/2004 Denver. 

Major Mortgage ............................................ 2660 South Rainbow Blvd. D104, Las 

Vegas, NV 89146.

Las Vegas, NV ...... 10/5/2004 Santa Ana. 

Mortgage Plus of America Corp ................... 940 N 10th Street, Ste 200 Kalamazoo, MI 

49009.

Grand Rapids, MI 9/10/2004 Philadelphia. 

Old American Mortgage, Inc ........................ 4516 South, 700 East #100, Murray, UT 

84107.

Salt Lake City, UT 10/5/2004 Denver. 

Pan American Financial Corp ...................... Roosevelt Ave, 1505 2nd Floor, Guaynabo, 

PR 00968.

San Juan, PR ....... 10/5/2004 Atlanta. 

Summit Financial Mortgage LLC .................. 7586 W Jewell Ave, Ste 101, Lakewood, 

CO 80232.

Denver, CO ........... 9/10/2004 Denver. 

Villa Mortgage, Inc ........................................ 2796 Mack Road, Fairfield, OH 45014 ........ Cincinnati, OH ....... 10/6/2004 Philadelphia. 

Dated: December 6, 2004. 

Sean Cassidy, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Housing.

[FR Doc. 04–27207 Filed 12–10–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–27–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Comprehensive Conservation Plans 

and an Environmental Impact 

Statement for Monomoy and Nomans 

Land Island National Wildlife Refuges

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(Service) intends to gather information 

necessary to prepare Comprehensive 

Conservation Plans (CCP) for Monomoy 

and Nomans Land Island National 

Wildlife Refuges (NWR) and an 

associated Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS). The CCPs/EIS will 

present management alternatives and 

analyze the effects of implementing the 

management actions. The refuges are a 

part of the Eastern Massachusetts NWR 

Complex and are located in Barnstable 

and Dukes Counties, Massachusetts, 

respectively. The EIS will be prepared 

pursuant to section 102(2)C of the 

National Environmental Policy Act and 

its implementing regulations. The CCPs 

of three refuges within the Eastern 

Massachusetts NWR Complex (Great 

Meadows, Oxbow, and Assabet River 

NWRs) are in final development, and 

the remaining three refuges of the 

Eastern Massachusetts NWR Complex 

(Mashpee, Massasoit, and Nantucket 

NWRs) will be evaluated under separate 

process(es). 

This notice amends previous notices, 

published on February 24, 1999, that 

stated an EIS would be developed for all 

eight units of the complex (previously 

called Great Meadows National Wildlife 

Refuge Complex), and on February 15, 

2001, that stated an EIS would be 

developed for three units (Monomoy, 

Nantucket, and Nomans Land Island 

NWRs). Comments already received for 

these refuges under the previous notices 

will be considered. The Service invites 

agencies, groups, and the public to 

submit any additional comments 

concerning the scope of issues to be 

addressed, as well as possible 

management alternatives and 

environmental impacts to consider in 

the EIS. We will hold public meetings 

regarding the CCP process in the near 

future. Notices of such meetings will be 

advertised in the local newspaper, 

announced on the refuge Web site, and 

sent to the refuge CCP mailing list. If 

you would like to be included on the 

mailing list, please contact Bill Perry at 

the address listed below. 

The Service is furnishing this notice 

in compliance with the National 

Wildlife Refuge System Administration 

Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 

668dd et seq.): 

(1) To advise other agencies and the 

public of our intentions, and

(2) To obtain suggestions and 

information on the scope of issues to 

include in the environmental 

documents.

DATES: Inquire at the following address 

for dates of planning activity. Comments 

concerning the scope of issues to be 

addressed must be submitted by January 

27, 2005. 

Send Comments To: Bill Perry, Refuge 

Planner, 73 Weir Hill Road, Sudbury, 

Massachusetts 01776, or e-mail 

comments to 

northeastplanning@fws.gov with a 

subject line stating ‘‘Monomoy and 

Nomans Land Island NWRs.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill 

Perry, Refuge Planner, 73 Weir Hill 

Road, Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776, 

978–449–4661 extension 32, or e-mail 

Bill_Perry@fws.gov. Information will be 

periodically updated on the refuge Web 

site at http://monomoy.fws.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the National Wildlife 

Refuge Improvement Act of 1997, all 

lands within the National Wildlife 

Refuge System are to be managed in 

accordance with an approved CCP. The 

CCP guides management decisions and 

identifies refuge goals, long-range 

objectives, and strategies for achieving 

refuge purposes. The planning process 

will consider many elements, including 

habitat and wildlife management, 

habitat protection, public use, and 

cultural resources. Public input into this 

planning process is essential. The CCP 

Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 238 / Monday, December 13, 2004 / Notices 72211

will provide other agencies and the 

public with a clear understanding of the 

desired conditions for the refuges and 

how the Service will implement 

management strategies. 

The Service has already solicited 

information from the public via open 

houses, meetings, and written 

comments. Special mailings, newspaper 

articles, and announcements will 

continue to inform people in the general 

area near the refuges of the time and 

place of opportunities for further public 

input to the CCP. 

The Eastern Massachusetts NWR 

Complex is a diverse group of coastal 

and inland refuges. Habitats include 

forest, field, riparian, barrier island 

beach, freshwater marsh, and pond. 

Monomoy NWR contains 7,604 acres in 

a combination of land and open water. 

With the exception of approximately 

300 acres, all of the land area is a 

designated Federal Wilderness Area. 

Nomans Land Island NWR contains 628 

acres. 

Review of this project will be in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.), NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1500–

1508), other appropriate laws and 

regulations, and Service policies and 

procedures for compliance with those 

regulations. Concurrent with the CCP 

process we will conduct a wilderness 

review of Nomans Land Island and the 

non-wilderness portion of South 

Monomoy Island and incorporate a 

summary of the review into the CCP. 

Wilderness review is the process we use 

to determine if we should recommend 

National Wildlife Refuge System lands 

and waters to Congress for wilderness 

designation. 

We estimate that the draft 

environmental documents will be 

available December 2005 for public 

review and comment.

Dated: October 1, 2004. 

Marvin E. Moriarty, 

Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Hadley, Massachusetts.

[FR Doc. 04–27279 Filed 12–10–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Draft Post-Delisting Monitoring Plan 

for the Tinian Monarch (Monarcha 

takatsukasae)

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability 

for review and comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (we) announces the availability 

of the Draft Post-delisting Monitoring 

Plan for the Tinian Monarch (Monarcha 

takatsukasae) (Monitoring Plan). We 

propose to monitor the status of the 

Tinian monarch over a 5-year period 

from 2005 to 2010 through regular field 

surveys of the distribution and 

abundance of the Tinian monarch, 

regular field surveys for brown 

treesnakes (Boiga irregularis) on Tinian, 

and tracking of land use and 

development on Tinian. We solicit 

review and comment on this Monitoring 

Plan from local, State and Federal 

agencies, and the public.

DATES: We will accept and consider all 

public comments received on or before 

January 12, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Monitoring 

Plan are available by request from Dr. 

Eric VanderWerf, Hawaiian Bird 

Recovery Coordinator, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Fish 

and Wildlife Office, 300 Ala Moana 

Blvd., Box 50088, Honolulu, Hawaii 

96850 (telephone: (808) 792–9400; fax: 

(808) 792–9580). This Monitoring Plan 

is also available on the World Wide Web 

at http://pacificislands.fws.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Eric VanderWerf, Hawaiian Bird 

Recovery Coordinator, at the above 

Honolulu address or at (808) 792–9400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Tinian monarch, or Chuchurican 

Tinian in the Chamorro language, is a 

forest bird endemic to the island of 

Tinian in the Mariana Archipelago in 

the western Pacific Ocean. The Tinian 

monarch inhabits a variety of forest 

types on Tinian, including native 

limestone forest, secondary vegetation 

consisting primarily of non-native 

plants, and nearly pure stands of 

introduced tangantangan (Leucaena 

leucocephala). 

The Tinian monarch was listed as 

endangered on June 2, 1970 (35 FR 

8491), because its population was 

reported to be critically low due to the 

destruction of native forests by preWorld War II (WW II) agricultural 

practices, and by military activities 

during WW II. We conducted forest bird 

surveys on Tinian in 1982, which 

resulted in a population estimate of 

39,338 Tinian monarchs. On November 

1, 1985, we published a proposed rule 

to delist the Tinian monarch (50 FR 

45632). Based on comments received, 

we instead downlisted the Tinian 

monarch, and a final rule reclassifying 

it from endangered to threatened was 

published on April 6, 1987 (52 FR 

10890). There is no recovery plan 

specifying delisting criteria for the 

Tinian monarch. A study of Tinian 

monarch breeding biology in 1994 and 

1995 resulted in a population estimate 

of approximately 52,900 birds. In 1996, 

a replication of the 1982 surveys yielded 

a population estimate of 55,720 birds. 

The 1996 survey also found a significant 

increase in forest density since 1982, 

indicating an improvement in Tinian 

monarch habitat quality. 

On February 22, 1999, we published 

a proposed rule to remove the Tinian 

monarch from the Federal List of 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

(64 FR 8533). That proposal was based 

primarily on information from 

population surveys and demographic 

research, which indicated the Tinian 

monarch has increased in number or is 

stable, and that the primary listing 

factor, loss of habitat, has been 

ameliorated. On September 21, 2004, we 

published a final rule removing the 

Tinian monarch from the Federal List of 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

(69 FR 65367). 

Section 4(g)(1) of the Endangered 

Species Act (Act) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

seq.), requires that we implement a 

system, in cooperation with the States, 

to monitor for no fewer than 5 years the 

status of all species that have recovered 

and been removed from the Federal List 

of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants. The purpose of postdelisting monitoring is to verify that a 

species delisted due to recovery remains 

secure from risk of extinction after it has 

been removed from the protections of 

the Act. 

On December 7, 2002, we mailed 

letters to 18 scientific experts on the 

Tinian monarch and the brown 

treesnake, asking for scientific review of 

the Monitoring Plan. We received nine 

responses to our request. We carefully 

considered the comments of the 

reviewers and used them to improve the 

Monitoring Plan. 

We propose to monitor the status of 

the Tinian monarch over a 5-year period 

from 2005 to 2010 in cooperation with 

the Commonwealth of the Northern 

Mariana Islands Division of Fish and 

Wildlife, the U.S. Geological Survey, the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the 

U.S. Navy through regular field surveys 

of the distribution and abundance of the 

Tinian monarch, regular field surveys 

for brown treesnakes on Tinian, and by 

tracking changes in land use and 

development on Tinian. If data from this 

monitoring effort, or from some other 

source, indicate that the Tinian