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Tooth Cave Pseudoscorpion

(Tartarocreagris texana)

Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella

reddelli)

Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi)

Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta

myopica)

Texas blind salamander (Typhlomolge

rathbuni)

Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris

nivalis)

Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea

sosorum)

The following species will not be

collected but potentially impacted.

San Marcos salamander (Eurycea nana)

Fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola)

Big Bend gambusia (Gambusia gaigei)

Clear Creek gambusia (Gambusia

heterochir)

Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis)

San Marcos gambusia (Gambusia

georgei)

Comanche Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon

elegans)

Leon Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon

bovinus)

Comal Springs dryopid beetle

(Stygoparnus comalensis)

Comal Springs riffle beetle (Heterelmis

comalensis)

Texas wild rice (Zizania texana)

Permit No. TE–829995

Applicant: Dallas Zoo/Dallas

Aquarium, Dallas, Texas.

Applicant requests authorization to

monitor the reproductive success of the

interior least tern (Sterna antillarum

athalassos) in Dallas County, Texas.

Permit No. TE–839505

Applicant: Aaron D. Flesch, Tucson,

Arizona.

Applicant requests authorization for

recovery purposes to conduct presence/

absence surveys for the southwestern

willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii

extimus) in Arizona and New Mexico.

Permit No. TE—814933

Applicant: Texas Parks and Wildlife

Department, Austin, Texas.

Applicant requests authorization for

scientific research and recovery

purposes to collect and conduct

activities for the Devil’s River minnow

(Dionda diaboli) in Texas.

Permit No. TE–26700

Applicant: John A. Kugler, Sonoita,

Arizona.

Applicant requests authorization for

recovery purposes to conduct presence/

absence surveys and collect Gila trout

(Oncorhynchus gilae) in Santa Cruz,

Cochise, Graham, Pima, Maricopa, and

Yuma Counties, Arizona.

Permit No. TE–26690

Applicant: Dynamac Corporation,

Corvallis, Oregon.

Applicant requests authorization for

recovery purposes to conduct presence/

absence surveys for the Colorado

pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius),

humpback chub (Gila cypha), and

razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus)

along the Verde River in Arizona.

Permit No. TE–26711

Applicant: Coconino National Forest,

Flagstaff, Arizona.

Applicant requests authorization for

recovery purposes to conduct presence/

absence surveys for the southwestern

willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii

extimus), bald eagle (Haliaeetus

leucocephalus), Yuma clapper rail

(Rallus longirostris yumanensis), blackfooted ferret (Mustela nigripes),

Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus

lucius), razorback sucker (Xyrauchen

texanus), and Gila topminnow

(Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis)

in Arizona, Yavapai, and Coconino

Counties, Arizona.

DATES: Written comments on these

permit applications must be received on

or before June 9, 2000.

ADDRESS: Written data or comments

should be submitted to the Legal

Instruments Examiner, Division of

Endangered Species/Permits, Ecological

Services, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque,

New Mexico 87103. Please refer to the

respective permit number for each

application when submitting comments.

All comments received, including

names and addresses, will become part

of the official administrative record and

may be made available to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Ecological Services, Division of

Endangered Species/Permits, P.O. Box

1306, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103.

Please refer to the respective permit

number for each application when

requesting copies of documents.

Documents and other information

submitted with these applications are

available for review, subject to the

requirements of the Privacy Act and

Freedom of Information Act, by any

party who submits a written request for

a copy of such documents within 30

days of the date of publication of this

notice, to the address above.

Bryan Arroyo,

Programmatic Assistant Regional Director,

Ecological Services, Region 2, Albuquerque,

New Mexico.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

Federal Geographic Data Committee

(FGDC); Public Review of the Digital

Cartographic Standard for Geologic

Map Symbolization

ACTION: Notice; Request for comments.

SUMMARY: The FGDC is conducting a

public review of the proposed Digital

Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map

Symbolization. The purpose of this

public review is to provide data users

and producers an opportunity to

comment on this standard in order to

ensure that it meets their needs.

Participants in the public review are

encouraged to provide comments that

address specific issues/changes/

additions that may result in revisions to

the proposed standard. After formal

FGDC endorsement of the standard, the

standard and a summary analysis of the

changes will be made available to the

public.

DATES: The public review period begins

on May 19, 2000. Comments must be

received by September 15, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

electronic version of the draft standard,

in Portable Document Format (PDF),

may be downloaded from vb <http://

ncgmp.usgs.gov/fgdclgds/mapsymb>.

Request for printed copies of the

standard should be addressed to Matilde

Moss, at <mmoss@usgs.gov> or at U.S.

Geological Survey, 918 National Center,

12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA

20192. Note: there are a limited number

of printed copies available, and so

reviewers are encouraged to use the

electronic version.

Reviewer’s comments may be sent to

the FGDC via e-mail, to

<mapsymbol@geology.usgs.gov>.

Review comments also may be sent by

regular mail to: Map Symbol Review, c/

o David R. Soller, U.S. Geological

Survey, 908 National Center, Reston, VA

20192. Reviewers are strongly urged to

use the review comment template—it

may be downloaded from <http://

ncgmp.usgs.gov/fgdclgds/mapsymb>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following

is from the Introduction to the Digital

Cartographic Standard for Geologic Map

Symbolization, submitted by the FGDC

Geologic Data Subcommittee.

Introduction

Objective

This new draft standard is intended to

provide to the Nation’s producers and

users of geologic map information a

single, modern standard for the digital

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cartographic representation of geologic

features. The objective in developing

this national standard for geologic map

symbols, colors, and patterns is to aid in

the production of geologic maps and

related products, as well as to help

provide maps and products that have a

consistent appearance.

Scope

This new draft standard contains

descriptions, examples, cartographic

specifications, and notes on usage for a

wide variety of symbols that may be

used on typical digital geologic maps or

related products such as cross sections.

The standard is scale-independent,

meaning that the symbols are

appropriate for use with geologic

mapping compiled or published at any

scale. It is designed for use by anyone

who either produces or uses digital

geologic map information.

Applicability

This new draft standard applies to

any geologic map information published

by the Federal Government, whether

released as hard-copy (in either offsetprint or plot-on-demand format) or

electronically (as either Portable

Document Format (PDF) files or for

computer-monitor display only). NonFederal agencies and private companies

that produce geologic map information

are urged to adopt this standard as well.

Related Standards

This new draft standard will

supersede any existing U.S. Geological

Survey (USGS) formal or informal

cartographic standards for geologic map

information. During preparation of this

new draft standard, its relation to other

standards or standards-development

activities was assessed, and no

significant conflicts were found.

Standards Development Procedures

In 1995, a proposed standard was

informally released by the USGS (U.S.

geological Survey, 1995a, 1995b). In

1996, this proposed standard was

formally reviewed by geologists and

cartographers in the USGS, the

Association of American State

Geologists (AASG), which represents

the state geological surveys, and the

Federal Geographic Data Committee’s

(FGDC) Geologic Data Subcommittee

(GDS), which is composed mostly of

representatives from Federal agencies

that produce or use geologic map

information. That review indicated the

need for some revision to the proposed

standard prior to its consideration by

the FGDC for adoption as a Federal

standard.

In 1996, plans were outlined to create

a revised and updated Federal standard,

and the standards-development group

was formed. A proposal to develop the

revised standard was submitted by the

FGDC’s GDS (see http://

ncgmp.usgs.gov/fgdc_gds/

mapsymbprop.html), and the FGDC

accepted that proposal in 1997. Later

that year, the standards-development

group produced a preliminary, beta

version of the draft standard, which was

circulated among selected USGS and

state geological survey personnel for

review. Comments were incorporated

and, in 1999, the revised draft standard

(Working Draft) was submitted to the

FGDC’s GDS for consideration. Upon

review and subsequent approval by the

GDS, the Working draft was submitted

to the FGDC Standards Working Group,

which approved the document for

public review, pending adoption of

minor changes. The changes were made,

and this new draft standard document

(Public Review Draft) is now available

to the public for review and comment.

Upon completion of the 120-day

public review period, comments to the

Public Review Draft will be considered,

and any necessary revisions will be

made. The revised draft standard

document then will be submitted to the

FGDC for formal approval as the Federal

standard for geologic map

symbolization.

Because this new standard is intended

for use with digital applications, an

electronic implementation of the Public

Review Draft has been prepared in

PostScript format. This implementation

has been informally released as a USGS

Open-File Report (USGS, 1999). This

PostScript implementation will enable

reviewers to directly apply the standard

to geologic maps or illustrations

prepared in desktop illustration and (or)

publishing software. As the formally

approved standard evolves, the

PostScript implementation will be

updated as well. Additionally, partial

work on an ArcInfo (v.7x)

implementation has been completed,

and this implementation may also be

informally released as a USGS OpenFile Report in the future. Information

regarding updates to these and other

implementation efforts will be posted

on FGDC’s GDS website (http://ncgmp.

usg.gov/ fgdc_gds).

The Public Review Draft document is

available in both printed and PDF

formats. For information on the review

mechanism and the deadline for

submittal of review comments, as well

as on how to obtain copies of the Public

Review Draft, please see FGDC’s GDS

website (http:// ncgmp.usgs. gov/ fgdc

_gds). Questions or comments may be

addressed by e-mail to <mapsymbol@

geology.usgs.gov> or, if preferred, by

regular mail to Map Symbol Review,

c/o David R. Soller, National Geologic

Map Database project, U.S. Geological

Survey, 908 National Center, Reston,

Virginia, 20192.

Maintenance Authority

On behalf of the FGDC, the USGS will

maintain the Federal standard; the

responsibility for coordinating Federal

geologic mapping information is

stipulated by Office of Management and

Budget Circular A–16 (see http://

www.whitehouse.gov/omb/circulars/

a016/a016.html). The Geologic Mapping

Act of 1992 (and subsequent

reauthorizations) stipulates a

requirement for standards development

under the auspices of the National

Geologic Map Database (NGMDB).

Under this authority, the NGMDB

project will function on behalf of the

USGS as coordinator of this

maintenance activity (see http://ncgmp.

usgs. gov/ngmdbproject/standards/

general.html). Maintenance will be

conducted in cooperation primarily

with the AASG, which is the USGS’s

partner in the Geologic Mapping Act.

To assist in its maintenance efforts,

the NMGDB project will coordinate a

standing committee that, as needed, will

review comments and suggestions for

revisions, additions, and deletions to

the standard. Committee membership

will be drawn from, among others, the

NGMDB project, the USGS scientific

staff and Publications Groups, the

AASG, and the academic community.

This standards-maintenance mechanism

will be tested by forming the committee

before completion of the FGDC public

review period, so that the committee

might both help the GDS evaluate the

comments received and assist in

preparing the final version to be

submitted for formal approval by the

FGDC.

Dated: May 4, 2000.

P. Patrick Leahy,

Chief Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey.

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Notice for Publication; Alaska Native

Claims Selection

In accordance with Departmental

regulation 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is

hereby given that a decision to issue