39172 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 122 / Friday, June 23, 2000 / Notices

TITLE I—LENDERS WITHDRAWN BETWEEN OCTOBER 1, 1999 AND MARCH 31, 2000—Continued

Lender name City State

Ameritex Residential Mtg Inc ................................................................................ Hurst ..................................................... TX

First Federal Bancorp ........................................................................................... Pomona ................................................ CA

Gibraltar Financial Corp ........................................................................................ Santa Ana ............................................ CA

Michigan Mortgage Lenders Corp. ....................................................................... Bloomfield Hills ..................................... MI

Mid-America Loan—Mtg Co Inc ........................................................................... Hot Springs .......................................... AR

One Stop Loan Shop Inc ...................................................................................... Studio City ............................................ CA

RC Mortgage Inc .................................................................................................. Rancho Cucamonga ............................ CA

Rockwell Equities Inc ............................................................................................ Old Brookville ....................................... NY

Shamrock Corp dba AMS America’s Mtg Serv .................................................... Carlsbad ............................................... CA

Total Financial Services Inc ................................................................................. Palm Desert ......................................... CA

United Mortgagee Inc ........................................................................................... Virginia Beach ...................................... VA

TITLE II—MORTGAGEES WITHDRAWN BETWEEN OCTOBER 1, 1999 AND MARCH 31, 2000

Mortgagee name City State

Affordable Home Mortgage Loans Inv Inc ........................................................... Port Charlotte ....................................... FL

Ameritex Residential Mtgs Inc .............................................................................. Hurst ..................................................... TX

Casa Financial DE America ................................................................................. Modesto ................................................ CA

Community Home Mortgage Inc ........................................................................... Macon ................................................... MO

First Federal Bancorp dba American Mtg ............................................................ Pomona ................................................ CA

Gibraltar Financial Corp ........................................................................................ Santa Ana ............................................ CA

Home Financial Services Inc ................................................................................ Berwyn ................................................. IL

Home Lending LC ................................................................................................. Landover .............................................. MD

Hyde Park Cooperative Bank ............................................................................... Hyde Park ............................................ MA

John Dennis Inc .................................................................................................... Ventura ................................................. CA

M Capital Corp ...................................................................................................... Orange ................................................. CA

Mortgage Place ..................................................................................................... Oklahoma City ...................................... OK

One Stop Loan Shop Inc ...................................................................................... Encino .................................................. CA

RC Mortgage Inc .................................................................................................. Rancho Cucamonga ............................ CA

Rockwell Equities Inc ............................................................................................ Jericho .................................................. NY

Sovereign Mortgage Group Inc ............................................................................ Atlanta .................................................. GA

Sun America Mortgage Corp ................................................................................ Covina .................................................. CA

WSB Mortgage Co of NJ Inc ................................................................................ West Milford ......................................... NJ

William C. Apgar,

Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal

Housing Commissioner, Chairman Mortgagee

Review Board.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Intent To Prepare a

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and

Associated National Environmental

Policy Act Document

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare a

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and

Associated National Environmental

Policy Act Document.

SUMMARY: This Notice of Intent advises

the public that the Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service) intends to gather

information necessary to prepare a

Comprehensive Conservation Plan

(CCP) and environmental document

(environmental assessment or

environmental impact statement) for the

South San Diego Bay Unit of the San

Diego National Wildlife Refuge and

Sweetwater Marsh National Wildlife

Refuge. The Service is furnishing this

notice in compliance with the Service

CCP policy and the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and

its implementing regulations.

The purpose of this notice is to (1)

initiate the public involvement and

scoping for the CCP/NEPA planning and

decision-making process, (2) to advise

other agencies and the public of our

intentions, (3) to solicit suggestions and

information on the scope of issues to be

addressed in the environmental

document, and (4) to announce that

public workshops/open houses will be

held to present information and receive

public input.

DATES: Written comments should be

received by July 31, 2000. Public open

houses will be held on:

1. July 10, 2000, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00

p.m., Imperial Beach, CA.

2. July 11, 2000, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30

p.m., Chula Vista, CA.

ADDRESSES: Mail comments concerning

this notice and requests to be added to

the mailing list to Mendel Stewart,

Project Leader, San Diego Refuge

Complex, Fish and Wildlife Service,

2722 Loker Ave. W, Suite D, Carlsbad,

CA 92008.

The open house locations are:

1. Imperial Beach—Marina Vista

Center, 1075 8th Street, Imperial Beach,

CA 91932

2. Chula Vista—Chula Vista Nature

Center (Auditorium), 1000 Gunpowder

Point Drive, Chula Vista, CA 91910

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Victoria Touchstone, Project Planner, at

(619) 691–1185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

By Federal law, all lands within the

National Wildlife Refuge System are to

be managed in accordance with an

approved CCP. The purpose of a CCP is

to describe the desired future conditions

of the refuge and provide long-range

guidance and management direction to

accomplish the purposes of the refuge,

contribute to the mission of the Refuge

System and meet other relevant

mandates. Several other goals of the

CCP process include: (1) Conducting

refuge planning in accordance with an

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ecosystem approach, (2) providing a

public forum for the public to comment

on the type, extent and compatibility of

wildlife-dependent recreational uses

within the refuge area, and (3) ensuring

public involvement in refuge

management decisions by providing a

process for effective coordination,

interaction, and cooperation with

affected parties.

The CCP will address habitat and

wildlife management, habitat protection

and possible restoration, wildlifedependent recreational uses, and

adjacency issues that could affect the

Refuge goals and management objectives

that will be developed during this

process. Public input into this planning

process is essential. The Service will

solicit comments from the public via

noticed meetings, open houses, and

written comments. Special mailings,

newspaper articles, and announcements

will inform people in the general area of

the time and place of such opportunities

for public input into the CCP.

Refuge Information

The South San Diego Unit of the San

Diego NWR, located at the southern end

of San Diego Bay, supports tens of

thousands of migrating shorebirds,

nesting seabirds, wintering sea ducks

and other migratory waterfowl. Included

within the refuge boundaries is a salt

production operation that maintains

about 1,050 acres of salt ponds. These

ponds provide large amounts of food in

the form of fish, brine shrimp and brine

flies, all of which are particularly

important for shorebirds and seabirds.

This refuge provides nesting, feeding,

and resting habitat for six endangered

bird species, and feeding habitat for one

listed sea turtle species.

The Sweetwater Marsh NWR, located

in the southeast end of San Diego Bay,

includes 316 acres of salt marsh and

coastal uplands. This refuge provides

habitat for two federally endangered

species of bird (California Least Tern

and Light-footed Clapper Rail), one

federally endangered plant species (salt

marsh bird’s beak), the Belding’s

Savannah Sparrow (a State of California

endangered bird species), and the

Western Snowy Plover, a federally

threatened species of bird. Sweetwater

Marsh functions as an essential link

between Multiple Species Conservation

Program wildlands, the South San Diego

Bay Unit, and the Tijuana Slough NWR

in Imperial Beach.

Review of the CCP and associated

environmental document will be

conducted in accordance with the

requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of

1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et

seq.), NEPA Regulations (40 CFR 1500–

1509), other appropriate Federal laws

and regulations, including the National

Wildlife Refuge System Improvements

Act of 1997, Executive Order 12996, and

Service policies and procedures for

compliance with those regulations. It is

estimated that a draft CCP and NEPA

document will be made available for

public review in October 2001.

Dated: June 16, 2000.

Elizabeth H. Stevens,

Acting Manager, California/Nevada

Operations, Sacramento, California.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Extension to Public

Comment Period

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of extension to public

comment period.

SUMMARY: This notice informs the public

that the comment period for the Draft

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and

Boundary Revision—Environmental

Impact Statement for Stillwater National

Wildlife Refuge Complex is extended.

DATES: The comment period has been

extended to August 12, 2000. Comments

will be considered during the

preparation of the Final Environmental

Impact Statement.

ADDRESSES: Address comments and

requests for more information to: Refuge

Manager, Stillwater National Wildlife

Refuge Complex, P.O. Box 1236, Fallon,

NV 89406.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim

Hanson, Refuge Manager, Stillwater

National Wildlife Refuge Complex (775)

423–5128.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service)

published in the Federal Register of

April 14, 2000 (Vol. 65, No. 73), that

comments to the Stillwater National

Wildlife Refuge Complex

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and

Boundary Revision draft Environmental

Impact Statement were to be received on

or before June 12, 2000. In response to

public interest, the Service has granted

two separate 30 day extensions to the

public comment period.

Dated: June 16, 2000.

Elizabeth H. Stevens,

Acting CA/NV Operations Manager.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife:

Extension of Comment Period on Draft

Environmental Assessment and

Application for an Incidental Take

Permit of the Atlantic Coast Piping

Plover in Massachusetts

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment

period.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service

provides notice to extend the public

comment period on the draft

Environmental Assessment and the

Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and

Wildlife application to the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service (Service) for an

incidental take permit pursuant to

Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered

Species Act (Act). The requested permit,

which is for a period of three years,

would authorize the incidental take of

the threatened piping plover

(Charadrius melodus) in Massachusetts.

The proposed take would occur as a

result of specific actions relating to the

management of recreational use of

beaches where breeding piping plovers

are found. All interested parties are

invited to submit comments on these

proposals.

DATES: Written comments on the

application and draft EA must be

received no later than July 3, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written comments

regarding the draft EA and application

should be addressed to Field

Supervisor, New England Field Office,

22 Bridge St., Unit 1, Concord, New

Hampshire 03301–4986, telephone (603)

225–1411. Comments regarding the

conservation plan will be forwarded to

the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries

and Wildlife for review and response.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susanna L. von Oettingen at the above

address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Atlantic Coast piping plover was listed

as a threatened species on January 10,

1986. Because of its listing as

threatened, the piping plover is

protected by the Act’s prohibitions

against ‘‘take’’. However, the Service

may issue permits to carry out otherwise

prohibited activities involving

endangered and threatened wildlife

under certain circumstances. For

threatened species, such permits are

available for scientific purposes,

incidental take, or special purposes

consistent with the purposes of the Act.