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and Wildlife Office, 2800 Cottage Way,

W–2605, Sacramento, California.

Persons wishing to review the draft

recovery plan may obtain a copy by

contacting the Field Supervisor

(attention Wayne S. White) at the above

address or by calling (916) 414–6600.

Comments and materials should be

submitted to the above address, and are

available on request for public

inspection by appointment at the

Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Diane Elam, Fish and Wildlife Biologist,

at the above Sacramento address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Restoring endangered or threatened

animals and plants to the point where

they are again secure, self-sustaining

members of their ecosystems is a

primary goal of the Service’s

endangered species program. To help

guide the recovery effort, the Service is

working to prepare recovery plans for

most of the listed species native to the

United States. Recovery plans describe

actions considered necessary for the

conservation of the species, establish

criteria for downlisting or delisting

listed species, and estimate time and

cost for implementing the recovery

measures needed.

The Endangered Species Act of 1973,

as amended (Act) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et

seq.), requires the development of

recovery plans for listed species unless

such a plan would not promote the

conservation of a particular species.

Section 4(f) of the Act as amended in

1988 requires that public notice and an

opportunity for public review and

comment be provided during recovery

plan development. The Service will

consider all information presented

during the public comment period prior

to approval of each new or revised

recovery plan. Substantive technical

comments will result in changes to the

plan. Substantive comments regarding

recovery plan implementation may not

necessarily result in changes to the

recovery plan, but will be forwarded to

appropriate Federal or other entities so

that they can take these comments into

account during the course of

implementing recovery actions.

Individual responses to comments will

not be provided.

The California red-legged frog (Rana

aurora draytonii) occurs from sea level

to elevations of about 1,500 meters

(5,000 feet) in its range. It has been

extirpated from 70 percent of its former

range. The California red-legged frog

requires a variety of habitat elements

with aquatic breeding areas embedded

within a matrix of riparian and upland

dispersal habitats. Breeding sites of the

California red-legged frog are in aquatic

habitats including pools and backwaters

within streams and creeks, ponds,

marshes, sag ponds, dune ponds, and

lagoons. California red-legged frogs

frequently breed in artificial

impoundments such as stock ponds.

Potential threats to the species include

elimination or degradation of habitat

from land development and land use

activities, and habitat invasions by nonnative aquatic species.

The objective of this recovery plan is

to delist the California red-legged frog

through implementation of a variety of

recovery measures including (1)

Protection of known populations and

reestablishment of populations; (2)

protection of suitable habitat, corridors,

and core areas; (3) habitat management;

(4) development of land use guidelines;

(5) research; (6) surveying and

monitoring; and (7) public participation,

outreach, and education.

Public Comments Solicited

The Service solicits written comments

on the draft recovery plan described. All

comments received by the date specified

above will be considered prior to

approval of this plan.

Authority

The authority for this action is section

4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16

U.S.C. 1533(f).

Elizabeth H. Stevens,

Acting Manager, California/Nevada

Operations Office, Region 1, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service.

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Final Programmatic Environmental

Impact Statement for the Proposed

Navajo Ten-Year Forest Management

Plan, Navajo Nation, Arizona/New

Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Correction to Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice corrects the

closing date for the public comment

period published in the Federal

Register on April 14, 2000 (65 FR

20197), for the Final Programmatic

Environmental Impact Statement for the

Proposed Navajo Ten-Year Forest

Management Plan, Navajo Nation,

Arizona/New Mexico. The closing date

is changed from June 15, 2000 to May

15, 2000. All other information

published in the April 14, 2000 notice

remains unchanged.

DATES: The correct date by which

written comments must arrive is May

15, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Harold D. Russell, 520–729–7228.

Dated: May 8, 2000.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–12087 Filed 5–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of amendment to

approved Tribal-State Compact.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 11 of the

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA),

(Pub. L. 100–497), 25 U.S.C. 2710, the

Secretary of the Interior shall publish, in

the Federal Register, notice of approved

Tribal-State Compacts for the purpose of

engaging in Class III gaming activities

on Indian lands. The Assistant

Secretary—Indian Affairs, Department

of the Interior, through his delegated

authority, has approved the Amendment

to the Tribal State Off-Track Wagering

Compact between the Choctaw Nation

of Oklahoma and the State of Oklahoma,

which was executed on April 6, 2000.

DATES: This action is effective May 12,

2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George T. Skibine, Director, Indian

Gaming Management Staff, Bureau of

Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C. 20240,

(202) 219–4066.

Dated: May 3, 2000.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–11942 Filed 5–11–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of amendment to

approved Tribal-State Compact.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 11 of the

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA),