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DATES: Written comments on these

permit applications must be received on

or before February 22, 2000.

ADDRESSES: 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.

Susan MacMullin,

Programmatic Assistant Regional Director,

Ecological Services, Region 2, Albuquerque,

New Mexico.

[FR Doc. 00–1449 Filed 1–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Receipt of Applications for

Permit

The following applicants have

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.):

Applicant: Harold L. Lyon Arboretum,

University of Hawaii at Manoa, HI,

PRT–021337.

The applicant requests a permit to

export 500 seeds of Achyranthes

splendens var. rotundata to Dr.

Massimo Marcone, University of

Guelph, Ontario, Canada. These seeds

were artificially propagated at the

Honolulu Botanical Garden Koko Crater

site on Oahu. The export would be for

scientific research purposes.

Applicant: Yukon E. Grubaugh,

Anchorage, AK, PRT–021874.

The applicant requests a permit to

import the sport-hunted trophy of one

male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus

dorcas). Culled from a captive herd

maintained under the management

program of the Republic of South Africa,

for the purpose of enhancement of the

survival of the species.

Written data or comments should be

submitted to the Director, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Office of Management

Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,

Room 700, Arlington, Virginia 22203

and must be received by the Director

within 30 days of the date of the date

of this publication.

The public is invited to comment on

the following application(s) for a permit

to conduct certain activities with marine

mammals. The application(s) was

submitted to satisfy requirements of the

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972,

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and

the regulations governing marine

mammals (50 CFR 18).

Applicant: Zachary Sharp, University

of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM,

PRT–021423.

Permit Type: Import for scientific

research.

Name and Number of Animals:

Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus

rosmarus), 1 cross-section of canine

tooth from each of 12 animals.

Summary of Activity to be

Authorized: The applicant requests a

permit to import cross-sections of

canine teeth for the purpose of scientific

research for a preliminary analysis to

determine if tooth cementum shows

significant variations in stable isotopes

of carbon, nitrogen, and lead.

Source of Marine Mammals: Animals

were taken as part of Canadian Inuit

subsistence hunts from eastern Hudson

Bay, Canada, in 1990–92.

Period of Activity: Up to 5 years, if

issued.

Concurrent with the publication of

this notice in the Federal Register, the

Office of Management Authority is

forwarding copies of these applications

to the Marine Mammal Commission and

the Committee of Scientific Advisors for

their review.

Written data, comments or requests

for copies of these complete

applications or requests for a public

hearing on these applications should be

sent to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Office of Management

Authority, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room

700, Arlington, Virginia 22203,

telephone 703/358–2104 or fax 703/

358–2281. These requests must be

received within 30 days of the date of

publication of this notice. Anyone

requesting a hearing should give

specific reasons why a hearing would be

appropriate. The holding of such a

hearing is at the discretion of the

Director.

Documents and other information

submitted with the application 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 to the above

address within 30 days of the date of

publication of this notice.

Dated: January 17, 2000.

Kristen Nelson,

Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of

Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 00–1488 Filed 1–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Final Environmental Impact Statement

for the Proposed Cabazon Section 6

General Plan, Cabazon Indian

Reservation, Riverside County,

California

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

intends to file a Final Environmental

Impact Statement (FEIS) for a general

development plan and master lease of

approximately 590 acres on the Cabazon

Indian Reservation in Riverside County,

California, with the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, and that the FEIS is

now available for final public review.

Brief descriptions of the proposed

action and alternatives follow as

supplementary information.

DATES: A Record of Decision will be

issued on or after February 22, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Copies of this FEIS may be

obtained from Mr. William C. Allan,

Regional Environmental Protection

Specialist, Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Pacific Region, 2800 Cottage Way,

Sacramento, California 95825, telephone

(916) 978–6043; or by contacting ReeseChambers Systems Consultants, at (805)

386–4343. Copies of the FEIS have

already been sent to all agencies and

individuals who participated in the

scoping process or public hearings, who

commented on the Draft EIS, or who

have already requested copies of the

document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

William C. Allan, (916) 978–6043.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BIA

prepared this FEIS in cooperation with

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the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians.

The proposed action is a master lease

and development plan for the Cabazon

Resource Recovery Park. The lease area

is approximately 590 contiguous acres

of Indian trust land on the Cabazon

Indian Reservation. It is located in

Section 6, Township 7 South, Range 9

East, SBB&M, one mile northwest of the

town of Mecca, California. Subleases

from the master lease would be for a

variety of recycling type industries.

These include, but are not limited to, a

materials recovery facility, a biomass

gasification plant, a food and green

waste conversion plant, an aquaculture

facility, a used oil refinery, a platinum

recycling facility, a paper de-inking and

recycling plant and a medical waste

disposal facility. Support infrastructure

would include rail yards plus power

generation/co-generation and sewage

treatment facilities.

The principal alternatives to the

proposed action that were analyzed for

the FEIS include no action (no approval

of the master lease) and a reduced scope

project, which eliminates the paper deinking and recycling plant and the

medical waste disposal facility from the

proposed action. The reduced scope

alternative is environmentally preferred

and is recommended for selection in the

Record of Decision.

This notice is published pursuant to

Section 1503.1 of the Council of

Environmental Quality Regulations (40

CFR, Parts 1500 through 1508)

implementing the procedural

requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as

amended (42 U.S.C. 437 et seq.)

Department of the Interior Manual (510

DM1–7) and is in the exercise of

authority delegated to the Assistant

Secretary—Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8.

Dated: January 13, 2000.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary–Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–1457 Filed 1–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

for the Proposed Cortina Integrated

Waste Management Project, Colusa

County, CA

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that the closing date of the public

comment period for the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for the

Proposed Cortina Integrated Waste

Management Project, Colusa County,

CA, which was announced in the

Federal Register on December 20, 1999

(64 FR 71149), has been extended from

February 15, 2000 to March 17, 2000.

DATES: The date by which written

comments must arrive is extended from

February 15, 2000 to March 17, 2000.

ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment,

you may submit your comments by any

one of several methods. You may mail

or hand carry written comments to

Ronald M. Jaeger, Regional Director,

Pacific Region, Bureau of Indian Affairs,

2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento,

California 95825–1846. You may also

comment via the Internet to

billallan@bia.gov. Please submit Internet

comments as an ASCII file, avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption. Include your name,

return address and the caption, ‘‘DEIS

Comments, Cortina Integrated Waste

Management Project, Cortina Indian

Rancheria of Wintun Indians, Colusa

County, California,’’ on the first page of

your written comments or Internet

message. If you do not receive a

confirmation from the system that we

have received your Internet message,

contact us directly at (916) 978–6043.

Comments, including names and

home addresses of respondents, will be

available for public review at the above

address during regular business hours,

8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except holidays. Individual

respondents may request

confidentiality. If you wish us to

withhold your name and/or address

from public review or from disclosure

under the Freedom of Information Act,

you must state this prominently at the

beginning of your written comment.

Such requests will be honored to the

extent allowed by law. We will not,

however, consider anonymous

comments. All submissions from

organizations or businesses, and from

individuals identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, will be

made available for public inspection in

their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Allan, (916) 978–6043.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is published in accordance with

section 1503.1 of the Council on

Environmental Quality Regulations (40

CFR Parts 1500 through 1508),

implementing the procedural

requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and

the Department of the Interior Manual

(516 DM 1–6), and is in the exercise of

authority delegated to the Assistant

Secretary—Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8.

Dated: January 11, 2000.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–1456 Filed 1–20–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–660–00–1220–HA]

Restrictions on Use of Public Lands

and Facilities

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Department of the Interior, Palm

Springs-South Coast Field Office, Desert

District, California.

ACTION: Notice—Temporary closure of

public lands and facilities to dogs.

SUMMARY: In compliance with Title 43

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),

Subpart 8364.1(c), notice is hereby

given that the Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) prohibits persons

bringing dogs onto certain public lands

within the Santa Rosa Mountains

National Scenic Area (SRMNSA),

Riverside County, whether leashed or

free-roaming, except when said dogs

remain inside a motor vehicle. The

public lands hereby closed to dogs

include all such lands within Section

36, Township 4 South, Range 4 East,

San Bernardino Meridian (SBM) and

Section 36, Township 5 South, Range 4

East, SBM, and public lands within the

SRMNSA that lie east and southeast of,

but not including, Township 5 South,

Range 4 East, SBM. Public lands

excepted from the closure are all such

lands within NW1⁄4 Section 24,

Township 6 South, Range 6 East, SBM,

and public lands within E1⁄2 Section 5,

Township 5 South, Range 5 East, SBM

that lie north of Dunn Road and below

an elevation of 800 feet above sea level.

This closure shall be in effect yearround from February 1, 2000, until

completion of a comprehensive trails

management plan which addresses all

aspects of trail and trailhead use in the

Santa Rosa Mountains National Scenic

Area, including any restrictions

pertaining to dogs. Persons requiring

accompaniment by a seeing-eye dog and

those using dogs to facilitate search and

rescue or law enforcement operations

are exempt from this order.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March

18, 1998, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service declared through publication of

a final rule (63 FR 13134) that the