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Housing, Community Planning and 

Development, and Fair Housing and 

Equal Opportunity. All waivers by the 

Regional Directors in the Office of Field 

Policy and Management must be jointly 

concurred in by the appropriate 

Regional Program Director or Assistant 

Secretary, as directed by the applicable 

Assistant Secretary. 

Section B: Directives, Handbooks, and 

Provisions Excluded 

The waiver authority delegated herein 

does not include the authority to waive 

regulations, or those Departmental 

directives and handbook provisions 

mandated by or directly predicated on 

a statute, executive order, or regulation, 

including, but not limited to, 

environmental, ethics, fair housing, civil 

rights enforcement and compliance, 

procurement, and other provisions. 

Additionally, the waiver authority 

delegated herein does not include the 

authority to waive provisions contained 

in the HUD Litigation Handbook. 

Section C: Authority Revoked 

Any previous delegated or redelegated 

authority to Regional Directors 

inconsistent with this delegation of 

authority is hereby revoked. 

Section D: Authority To Redelegate 

This authority may not be 

redelegated. 

Authority: Section 7(q), Department of 

Housing and Urban Development Act (42 

U.S.C. 3535(a)); Section 7(d), Department of 

Housing and Urban Development Act (42 

U.S.C. 3535(d)); Federal Vacancies Reform 

Act of 1998 (5 U.S.C. 3345 et seq.). 

Dated: March 30, 2007. 

Alphonso Jackson, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–6390 Filed 4–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Receipt of Application of Endangered 

Species Recovery Permits 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability and 

receipt of applications. 

SUMMARY: We announce our receipt of 

applications to conduct certain 

activities pertaining to enhancement of 

survival of endangered species. 

DATES: Written comments on this 

request for a permit must be received by 

May 7, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments 

should be submitted to the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Assistant Regional 

Director, Fisheries-Ecological Services, 

P.O. Box 25486, Denver Federal Center, 

Denver, Colorado 80225–0486; facsimile 

303–236–0027. Documents and other 

information submitted with these 

applications are available for review, 

subject to the requirements of the 

Privacy Act [5 U.S.C. 552A] and 

Freedom of Information Act [5 U.S.C. 

552], by any party who submits a 

request for a copy of such documents 

within 30 days of the date of publication 

of this notice to Kris Olsen, by mail or 

by telephone at 303–236–4256. All 

comments received from individuals 

become part of the official public 

record. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following applicants have requested 

issuance of enhancement of survival 

permits to conduct certain activities 

with endangered species pursuant to 

section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Applicant—Western Transportation 

Institute, Montana State University, 

Bozeman, Montana, TE–150365. The 

applicant requests a permit to take 

Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka) in 

conjunction with recovery activities 

throughout the species’ range for the 

purpose of enhancing its survival and 

recovery. 

Applicant—Sternberg Museum, Hays, 

Kansas, TE–150363. The applicant 

requests a permit to take gray bat 

(Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat (Myotis 

sodalis), and black-footed ferret 

(Mustela nigripes) in conjunction with 

recovery activities throughout the 

species’ range for the purpose of 

enhancing their survival and recovery. 

Applicant—U.S. Geological Survey, 

Biological Resources Division, Cortland, 

New York, TE–150352. The applicant 

requests a permit to take pallid sturgeon 

(Scaphirhynchus albus) in conjunction 

with recovery activities throughout the 

species’ range for the purpose of 

enhancing its survival and recovery. 

Applicant—U.S. Geological Survey, 

Northern Prairie Wildlife Research 

Center, Jamestown, North Dakota, TE–

121914. The applicant requests a permit 

amendment to modify survey and 

banding techniques for Interior least 

terns (Sternula antillarum), piping 

plovers (Charadrius melodus), and 

pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) 

in conjunction with recovery activities 

throughout the species’ range for the 

purpose of enhancing their survival and 

recovery. 

Applicant—U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Great Plains Fish and Wildlife 

Management Assistance Office, Pierre, 

South Dakota, TE–056851. The 

applicant requests a renewed permit to 

take pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus 

albus) in conjunction with recovery 

activities throughout the species’ range 

for the purpose of enhancing its survival 

and recovery. 

Applicant—Department of the Army, 

Conservation Division, Ft. Riley, 

Kansas, TE–049623. The applicant 

requests a renewed permit to take 

Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka) in 

conjunction with recovery activities 

throughout the species’ range for the 

purpose of enhancing its survival and 

recovery. 

Applicant—National Park Service, 

Zion National Park, Springdale, Utah, 

TE–057485. The applicant requests a 

renewed permit to take Holmgren milkvetch (Astragalus holmgreniorum), 

Shivwitz milk-vetch (Astragalus 

ampullarioides), and Southwestern 

willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 

extimus) in conjunction with recovery 

activities throughout the species’ range 

for the purpose of enhancing their 

survival and recovery. 

Dated: March 21, 2007. 

Elliott N. Sutta, 

Acting Regional Director, Denver, Colorado. 

[FR Doc. E7–6341 Filed 4–4–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Environmental Assessment for 

Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge 

Complex in Limestone, Madison, and 

Morgan Counties, AL 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service, announce that a Draft 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Environmental Assessment (Draft CCP/ 

EA) for Wheeler National Wildlife 

Refuge Complex is available for review 

and comment. The National Wildlife 

Refuge System Administration Act of 

1966, as amended by the National 

Wildlife Refuge System Improvement 

Act of 1997, requires the Service to 

develop a CCP for each national wildlife 

refuge. This Draft CCP, when final, will 

describe how we intend to manage the 


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