30604 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 93 / Friday, May 12, 2000 / Notices

The Service will hold meetings as

follows:

Thursday, May 25, 2000, 6:30–9 p.m.,

Environmental Learning Center,

Wabasso Island, 255 Live Oak Drive,

Vero Beach, Florida.

Thursday, June 1, 2000, 6:30–9 p.m.,

Chapel by the Sea South A1A,

Melbourne Beach, Florida.

DATES: Written comments should be

received by June 30, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Address comments and

requests for more information to:

Natural Resource Planner, Merritt

Island National Wildlife Refuge

Complex, P.O. Box 6504, Titusville,

Florida 32782–6504, (321) 861–0667.

If you wish to comment, you may

submit your comments by any one of

several methods. You may mail

comments to the above address. You

may also comment via the Internet to

the following address:

CherilEhrhardt@fws.gov. Please

submit Internet comments as an ASCII

file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form of encryption.

Please also include your name and

return address in your Internet message.

If you do not receive a confirmation

from the system that we have received

your Internet message, contact us

directly at Merritt Island National

Wildlife Refuge Complex at the above

address. Finally, you may hand-deliver

comments to the Refuge Complex at the

above address. Our practice is to make

comments, including names and home

addresses of respondents, available for

public review during regular business

hours. Individual respondents may

request that we withhold their home

address from the rulemaking record,

which we will honor to the extent

allowable by law. There also may be

circumstances in which we would

withhold from the rulemaking record a

respondent’s identity, as allowable by

law. If you wish us to withhold your

name and/or address, you must state

this prominently at the beginning of

your comment. However, we will not

consider anonymous comments. 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: It is the

policy of the Fish and Wildlife Service

to manage all lands within the National

Wildlife Refugee System in accordance

with an approved comprehensive

conservation plan. These plans outline

a vision for each refuge; guide

management decisions; and outline

goals, objectives and strategies to

achieve the visions and purposes of

each refugee unit. The plans will

provide other agencies and the public

with an understanding of the

management strategies to be

implemented.

The Service has initiated planning for

Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge

for the conservation and enhancement

of its natural resources. Encompassing

approximately 5,000 acres and

including designations as a National

Historic Landmark, a National

Wilderness Area, and a Wetland of

International Importance, this refuge is

located between the Indian River and

the Atlantic Ocean in southeastern

Florida, near the city of Sebastian.

Planning for Archie Carr National

Wildlife Refugee has been initiated for

the conservation and enhancement of its

natural resources as well. This refugee

is located along the Atlantic Ocean in

southeastern Florida, between the cities

of Melbourne Beach and Vero Beach.

While the Service owns or leases

approximately 165 acres, the State of

Florida, Brevard County, and Indian

River County account for the remainder

of the publicly owned lands within the

refuge. The refuge beaches support

loggerhead and green turtle nesting. The

Florida scrub jay, Eastern indigo snake,

Southeastern beach mouse, and other

threatened and endangered species also

occur within the refuge.

Dated: May 5, 2000.

Judy L. Jones,

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 00–11939 Filed 5–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered and Threatened Species

Permit Application

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application.

The following applicant has applied

for a permit to conduct certain activities

with endangered species. This notice is

provided pursuant to section 10(c) of

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.).

Permit Number TE 026515

Applicant: Glen R. Gill, Central

Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant,

Michigan.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass) the Karner Blue Butterfly

(Lycaeides melissa samuelis) in

southwestern Michigan within the

Huron-Manistee National Forest.

Activities are for in situ measurements

of larvae to determine cohort survival

rates to pupation. Results will aid in the

enhancement of survival of the species

in the wild.

Written data or comments should be

submitted to the Regional Director, U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological

Services Operations, 1 Federal Drive,

Fort Snelling, Minnesota 55111–4056,

and must be received within 30 days of

the date of this publication.

Documents and other information

submitted with this application are

available for review by any party who

submits a written request for a copy of

such documents to the following office

within 30 days of the date of publication

of this notice: U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Ecological Services Operations,

1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling,

Minnesota 55111–4056. Telephone:

(612/713–5343); FAX: (612/713–5292).

Dated: May 4, 2000.

Charles M. Wooley,

Assistant Regional Director, Ecological

Services, Region 3, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.

[FR Doc. 00–11938 Filed 5–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Availability of a Draft

Recovery Plan for the California Redlegged Frog for Review and Comment

AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service) announces the

availability of a draft recovery plan for

the California red-legged frog for public

review. This recovery plan includes the

threatened California red-legged frog

(Rana aurora draytonii). This

subspecies of red-legged frog has been

extirpated from 70 percent of its former

range and is now found in coastal

drainages of central California from

Marin County, California, south to

northern Baja California, Mexico. The

Service solicits review and comment

from local, State, and Federal agencies,

and the public on this draft recovery

plan.

DATES: Comments on the draft recovery

plan must be received on or before

August 10, 2000 to receive

consideration by the Service.

ADDRESSES: The draft recovery plan is

available for public inspection by

appointment during normal business

hours at the Service’s Sacramento Fish