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implement efficient management

practices for Federal credit programs.

OMB Circulars A–129 and A–70 were

issued under the authority of the Budget

and Accounting Act of 1921, as

amended; the Budget and Accounting

Act of 1950, as amended; the Debt

Collection Act of 1982, as amended;

and, the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984,

as amended.

Objectives to be Met by the Matching

Program: The matching program will

allow VA access to a system which

permits prescreening of applicants for

loans or loans guaranteed by the Federal

Government to ascertain if the applicant

is delinquent in paying a debt owed to

or insured by the Government. In

addition, HUD will be provided access

to VA’s debtor data for prescreening

purposes.

Records to be Matched: HUD will

utilize its system of records entitled

HUD/DEPT–2, Accounting Records. The

debtor files for HUD programs involved

are included in this system of records.

HUD’s debtor files contain information

on borrowers and co-borrowers who are

currently in default (at least 90 days

delinquent on their loans); or who have

any outstanding claims paid during the

last three years on Title II insured or

guaranteed home mortgage loans; or

individuals who have defaulted on

Section 312 rehabilitation loans; or

individuals who have had a claim paid

in the last three years on a Title I loan.

For the CAIVRS match, HUD/DEPT–2,

System of Records, receives its program

inputs from HUD/DEPT–28, Property

Improvement and Manufactured

(Mobile) Home Loans—Default; HUD/

DEPT–32, Delinquent/Default/Assigned

Temporary Mortgage Assistance

Payments (TMAP) Program; and HUD/

CPD–1, Rehabilitation LoansDelinquent/Default.

The VA will provide HUD with debtor

files contained in its system of records

entitled SS–VA26, Loan Guaranty

Systems of Records. Central Accounts

Receivable On Line System is a

subsidiary of SS–VA26. HUD is

maintaining VA’s records only as a

ministerial action on behalf of VA, not

as a part of HUD’s HUD/DEPT–2 system

of records. VA’s data contain

information on individuals who have

defaulted on their guaranteed loans. The

VA will retain ownership and

responsibility for their systems of

records that they place with HUD. HUD

serves only as a record location and

routine use recipient for VA’s data.

Notice Procedures: HUD and the VA

will notify individuals at the time of

application (ensuring that routine use

appears on the application form) for

guaranteed or direct loans that their

records will be matched to determine

whether they are delinquent or in

default on a Federal debt. HUD and the

VA will also publish notices concerning

routine use disclosures in the Federal

Register to inform individuals that a

computer match may be performed to

determine a loan applicant’s credit

status with the Federal Government.

Categories of Records/Individuals

Involved: The debtor records include

these data elements from HUD’s systems

of records, HUD/Dept–2: SSN, claim

number, program code, and indication

of indebtedness. Categories of records

include: records of claims and defaults,

repayment agreements, credit reports,

financial statements, and records of

foreclosures.

Categories of individuals include

former mortgagors and purchasers of

HUD-owned properties, manufactured

(mobile) home and home improvement

loan debtors who are delinquent or in

default on their loans, and rehabilitation

loan debtors who are delinquent or in

default on their loans.

Period of the Match: Matching will

begin at least 40 days from the date

copies of the signed (by both Data

Integrity Boards) computer matching

agreements are sent to both Houses of

Congress or at least 30 days from the

date this Notice is published in the

Federal Register, whichever is later,

providing no comments are received

which would result in a contrary

determination. The matching program

will be in effect and continue for 18

months with an option to renew for 12

additional months unless one of the

parties to the agreement advises the

other in writing to terminate or modify

the agreement.

Dated: May 30, 2000.

Gloria R. Parker,

Chief Information Officer.

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BILLING CODE 4210–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Receipt of an Application for an

Incidental Take Permit and Availability

of the Draft Multiple Species Habitat

Conservation Plan/Draft Environment

Impact Statement for Clark County, NV

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: Clark County, Nevada; the

Cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas,

Henderson, Boulder City, and Mesquite;

and the Nevada Department of

Transportation (Applicants) have

applied to the Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) for an incidental take permit

pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (Act). The proposed 30-year

permit would authorize the incidental

take of 2 federally threatened and

endangered species, and 77 non-listed

species of concern in the event that

these species become listed under the

Act during the term of the permit, in

connection with economic growth and

development of up to 145,000 acres of

non-Federal lands in Clark County.

The Service has assisted in the

preparation of the Draft Clark County

Multiple Species Habitat Conservation

Plan (Multispecies Plan) and

Implementation Agreement, and has

directed the preparation of a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

addressing the potential effects on the

human environment that may result

from the granting of an incidental take

permit and other Federal actions

associated with implementation of the

Multispecies Plan.

The Draft Multispecies Plan/Draft

Environmental Impact Statement, and

associated Implementation Agreement,

are available for public review and

comment. All comments received,

including names and addresses, will

become part of the administrative record

and may be made available to the

public.

DATES: We must receive your written

comments on or before July 24, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Mr. Bob

Williams, Field Supervisor, Fish and

Wildlife Service, Nevada Fish and

Wildlife Office, 1340 Financial

Boulevard, Suite 234, Reno, Nevada,

89502; or by facsimile to (775) 861–

6301.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Bob Williams, Field Supervisor, Fish

and Wildlife Service, Reno, Nevada, at

(775) 861–6331; or Ms. Janet Bair,

Assistant Field Supervisor, Fish and

Wildlife Service, Las Vegas, Nevada, at

(702) 647–5230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may

request a copy of the document on CD–

ROM by calling Ms. Sandy Helvey,

Administrative Secretary, Clark County

Department of Comprehensive Planning,

at (702) 455–4181. To view the

document, you will need access to an

IBM or Macintosh computer with the

capacity to read CD–ROMs.

Alternatively, you may view the

document at the following Internet

website: www.clark.co.nv.us. Click on

‘‘Health and the Environment,’’ then

click on ‘‘Environmental Planning’’, and

finally click on ‘‘Habitat Conservation.’’

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In addition, you may review paper

copies of the document at the following

government offices and library:

Government Offices—Fish and

Wildlife Service, Southern Nevada Field

Office, 1510 North Decatur Boulevard,

Las Vegas, Nevada 89108, tel: (702) 647–

5230; Fish and Wildlife Service, Nevada

Fish and Wildlife Office, 1340 Financial

Boulevard, Suite 234, Reno, Nevada

89502, (775) 861–6300; Bureau of Land

Management, Las Vegas Field Office,

4765 Vegas Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada

89108, (702) 647–5000; U.S. Forest

Service, 2881 South Valley View

Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada 89102,

(702) 873–8800; National Park Service,

Lake Mead National Recreation Area,

601 Nevada Highway, Boulder City,

Nevada 89005, (702) 293–8946; Nevada

Department of Transportation,

Environmental Services Division, 1263

South Stewart Street, Room 104A,

Carson City, Nevada 89712, (775) 888–

7889; Clark County Deparatment of

Comprehensive Planning, 500 South

Grand Central Parkway, Third Floor, Las

Vegas, Nevada 89155, (702) 455–3859;

Clark County Northeast Office, Moapa

Community Center, 320 North Moapa

Valley Boulevard, Overton, Nevada

89040, (702) 397–6475; City of Las

Vegas, Department of Public Works, 731

South Fourth Street, Las Vegas, Nevada

89101, (702) 229–6541; City of North

Las Vegas Public Works, 2266 Civic

Center Drive, North Las Vegas, Nevada

89030, (702) 633–1225; City of

Henderson, 240 Water Street,

Henderson, Nevada 89015, (702) 565–

2474; City of Boulder City, City Hall,

401 California Avenue, Boulder city,

Nevada 89005, (702) 293–9200; and the

City of Mesquite 10 East Mesquite

Boulevard, Mesquite, Nevada 89027,

(702) 346–2835.

Library—Clark County Public Library,

Main Branch, 833 Las Vegas Boulevard

North, Las Vegas, Nevada 89101, (702)

382–3493.

Background

Section 9 of the Act and Federal

regulation prohibit the ‘‘take’’ of animal

species listed as endangered or

threatened. That is, no one may harass,

harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill,

trap, capture or collect listed animal

species, or attempt to engage in such

conduct (16 USC 1538). ‘‘Harm’’ is

defined by regulation to include

significant habitat modification or

degradation where it actually kills or

injures wildlife by significantly

impairing essential behavioral patterns,

including breeding, feeding, or

sheltering (50 CFR 17.3). Under certain

circumstances, the Service may issue

permits to authorize ‘‘incidental’’ take of

listed animal species (defined by the

Act as take that is incidental to, and not

the purpose of, the carrying out of an

otherwise lawful activity). The taking

prohibitions of the Act do not apply to

listed plants on private land unless their

destruction on private land is in

violation of State law. The Applicants

have considered plants in the

Multispecies Plan and request permits

for them to the extent that State law

applies. Regulations governing permits

for threatened and endangered species,

respectively, are at 50 CFR 17.32 and 50

CFR 17.22.

On July 11, 1995, the Service issued

an incidental take permit, effective

August 1, 1995, to Clark County; the

Cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas,

Henderson, Mesquite, and Boulder City;

and the Nevada Department of

Transportation for the Clark County

Desert Conservation Plan (Desert

Conservation Plan). This plan provides

conservation measures for the

threatened desert tortoise (Gopherus

agassizii). In Clark County. The

associated permit authorizes incidental

take of the desert tortoise in Clark

County consistent with the long-term

viability of the species in this portion of

its range.

The Desert Conservation Plan

includes provisions for a proactive

approch to conservation planning for

multiple species in Clark County. The

intent was to reduce the likelihood of

future listings of plants and wildlife as

threatened or endangered under the Act.

the Multispecies Plan is the direct

outgrowth of the provisions of the

Desert Conservation Plan. If approved

by the Service, The Multispecies Plan

will supercede the Desert Conservation

Plan and will provide stand-alone

conservation measures for species

included in the plan. We anticipate that

implementation of the conservation

measures in the Multispecies Plan will

be a cooperative effort among the

Applicants, the Service, Bureau of Land

Management, U.S. Forest Service,

National Park Service, Nevada Division

of Wildlife, and other Federal and State

land managers and regulators.

Clark County and the Cities of Las

Vegas, North Las Vegas, Henderson,

Mesquite, and Boulder City are seeking

a 30–year permit for the incidental take

of federally threatened and endangered

species, and other non-listed species of

concern in the event that these species

become listed under the Act during the

term of the permit, in connection with

the development of non-Federal lands

within Clark County, Nevada. In

addition, the Nevada Department of

Transportation has joined as an

Applicant for the permit to allow the

incidental take of desert tortoise within

desert tortoise habitat below 5,000 feet

in elevation and south of the 38th

parallel in Nye, Lincoln, Mineral, and

Esmeralda Counties, Nevada, and the

incidental take of other non-listed

species of concern within Clark County

in connection with the construction and

maintenance of roads, highways, and

material sites.

The permit to the Applicants would

authorize incidental take of 79 species

on no more than 145,000 acres of land

potentially available for development in

Clark County. This acreage includes

non-Federal lands that currently exist

and non-Federal lands which result

from sales or transfers from the Federal

government after issuance of the permit.

This acreage excludes existing

development, the Boulder City

Conservation Easement established

under the current Desert Conservation

Plan for the desert tortoise, and State

lands managed for resource values. The

79 species proposed for incidental take

coverage under the Multispecies Plan

(covered species) include 2 listed

species (the desert tortoise and the

southwestern willow flycatcher,

Empidonax traillii extimus), 1 candidate

for listing (Blue diamond cholla,

Opuntia whipplei var. multigeniculata),

and 76 unlisted species comprised of 4

mammals, 7 birds, 14 reptiles, 1

amphibian, 10 invertebrates, and 40

plants.

To minimize and mitigate the impacts

of take, the Applicants propose to

impose a $550 per-acre development fee

and maintain an endowment fund that

will provide up to $4.1 million per

biennial period to fund conservation

measures for covered species and to

administer the Multispecies Plan. The

plan includes measures to implement a

public information and education

program; purchase grazing allotments

and interest in real property and water;

maintain and manage allotments, land,

and water rights which have been

acquired; construct barriers to wildlife

movement along linear features such as

roads; translocate displaced desert

tortoises; participate in and fund local

habitat rehabilitation and enhancement

programs; and develop and implement

an adaptive management process that

allows for responses to new

information.

The underlying purpose of the

Multispecies Plan is to achieve a

balance between (1) long-term

conservation of natural habitat and

native plant and animal diversity that

are an important part of the natural

heritage of Clark County, and (2) the

orderly and beneficial use of land in

order to promote the economy, health,

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well-being, and custom and culture of

the growing population of Clark County,

Nevada.

On March 3, 1997, th eService

published a notice in the Federal

Register (62 FR 9443) announcing that

we would take the lead in preparing an

Environmental Impact Statement

addressing the Federal actions

associated with the Multispecies Plan.

This notice invited comments on the

scope of the Environmental Impact

Statement. Our consideration of

comments received is reflected in the

Draft Multispecies Plan/Draft

Environmental Impact Statement made

available for comment through this

notice.

The Draft Multispecies Plan/Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

analyzes the potential environmental

impacts that may result from the Federal

action requested in support of the

proposed development of up to 145,000

acres of non-Federal land in Clark

County. The document identifies

various alternatives, including the No

Action Alternative, the Proposed

Multispecies Plan, a Low-Elevation

Ecosystems Multispecies Plan, a Permit

Only for Threatened or Endangered and

Candidate Species, and Alternative

Permit Durations for the Multispecies

Plan. Alternatives considered but not

advanced for further analysis include a

Permit to Include the Entire Mojave

Desert Ecosystem, a Permit to Mitigate

Impacts Only on Non-Federal Lands,

and a High-Elevation Ecosystems

Multispecies Plan.

The analysis provided in the Draft

Multispecies Plan/Draft Environmental

Impact Statement is intended to

accomplish the following: inform the

public of the proposed action and

alternatives; address public comment

received during the scoping period;

disclose the direct, indirect, and

cumulative environmental effects of the

proposed action and each of the

alternatives; and indicate any

irreversible commitment of resources

that would result from implementation

of the proposed action.

The Service invites the public to

comment on the Draft Multispecies

Plan/Draft Environmental Impact

Statement during a 45–day comment

period. All comments received will

become part of the public record and

may be released. This notice is provided

pursuant to section 10(a) of the

Endangered Species Act and regulations

for implementing the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (40

CFR 1506.6).

Dated: May 31, 2000.

Elizabeth H. Stevens,

Deputy Manager, Region 1, California/Nevada

Operations Office, Sacramento, California.

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Intent To Prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement for

the Proposed Establishment of the

Little Darby National Wildlife Refuge.

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

for the proposed establishment of the

Little Darby National Wildlife Refuge.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) intends to gather the

information necessary for the

preparation of an EIS. The action to be

evaluated by this EIS is the

establishment of the Little Darby

National Wildlife Refuge, located in

Madison and Union counties, Ohio.

This notice is being furnished as

required by the National Environmental

Policy Act (NEPA) Regulations (40 CFR

1501.7 and 1508.22). The intent of the

notice is to obtain suggestions and

additional information from other

agencies and the public on the scope of

issues to be addressed in the EIS.

Comments and participation in this

scoping process are solicited.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before July 10, 2000. The

dates and schedule of the public

scoping meetings are: June 19—(6:00

p.m.–9:00 p.m.) at the Made From

Scratch Conference Center, 7500

Montgomery Dr., Plain City, OH, and

June 20 (6 p.m.–9 p.m.) at the Della

Selsor Building located on the Madison

County Fairgrounds, London, Ohio.

Public Involvement: The public will

be invited to participate in the scoping

process, review of the draft EIS, and a

public hearing. Release of the draft EIS

for public comment and the public

hearing will be announced in the local

news media, as these dates are

established.

Comments that were received during

the scoping process for the

Environmental Assessment and on the

draft Environmental Assessment will be

considered in the draft EIS. The Service

appreciates all those that have taken

time to provide comments during the

Environmental Assessment process. At

this stage, the Service is especially

seeking new ideas or concepts beyond

those that have already been raised.

Written comments should be received

within 30 days from the date of

publication of this Notice of Intent.

All comments received from

individuals become part of the official

public record. Requests for such

comments will be handled in

accordance with the Freedom of

Information Act and the Council on

Environmental Quality’s NEPA

regulations [40 CFR 1506.6(f)]. 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 record, which we will honor to the

extent allowable by law. If a respondent

wishes us to withhold his/her name

and/or address, this must be stated

prominently at the beginning of the

comment.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

address to: Regional Director, Region 3,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1

Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, Minnesota

55111. Electronic mail comments may

also be submitted within the comment

period to: http://www.fws.gov/r3pao/

planning/public/htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

William Hegge, Darby Creek Watershed

Project Manager, Reynoldsburg Field

Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

6950–H Americana Parkway,

Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068–4132;

telephone 614–469–6923, extension 17;

or Mr. Thomas Larson, Chief of

Ascertainment and Planning, U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, Bishop Henry

Whipple Federal Building, 1 Federal

Drive, Fort Snelling, Minnesota 55111;

telephone 612–713–5430.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of Action

The general purpose of the refuge

would be ‘‘for the development,

advancement, management,

conservation, and protection of fish and

wildlife resources’’ (Fish and Wildlife

Act of 1956). More specifically, the

Service’s interests include preservation

and restoration of Federal threatened

and endangered species and migratory

birds and their habitats in the Little

Derby Creek Watershed, ensuring that

the overall Darby Creek watershed

biodiversity and Federal wildlife trust

resources are protected and enhanced,

while providing opportunities for

wildlife-dependent public uses

consistent with preservation and

restoration of the natural resources.