Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 167 / Thursday, August 28, 1997 / Notices 45673

Dated: August 20, 1997.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, Division of

HCFA Enterprise Standards, Health Care

Financing Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–22963 Filed 8–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–P

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

[HCFA–R–207]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

In compliance with the requirement

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Health Care Financing Administration

(HCFA), Department of Health and

Human Services, has submitted to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) the following proposal for the

collection of information. Interested

persons are invited to send comments

regarding the burden estimate or any

other aspect of this collection of

information, including any of the

following subjects: (1) The necessity and

utility of the proposed information

collection for the proper performance of

the agency’s functions; (2) the accuracy

of the estimated burden; (3) ways to

enhance the quality, utility, and clarity

of the information to be collected; and

(4) the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology to minimize the information

collection burden.

Type of Information Collection

Request: New Collection; Title of

Information Collection: Evaluation of

Five State Health Care Reform

Demonstrations and the Evaluation of

the Medicaid State Health Reform

Demonstrations; Form No.: HCFA–R–

207; Use: These evaluations will

investigate health care reform in ten

states that will implement or have

implemented demonstration programs

using Medicaid Section 1115 waivers.

The surveys will gather information to

answer questions regarding access to

health care, quality of care delivered,

satisfaction with health services, and

the use and cost of health services. The

surveys will be administered to

Medicaid eligible and newly covered

enrollees and eligible and near-eligible

non-enrollees. A subsample of survey

respondents will be SSI recipients and

other disabled people who have

participated in demonstrations for at

least a year. Quality of care surveys will

be administered to Medicaid enrollees

who have diabetes and to parents of

children in the Medicaid program who

have pediatric asthma. Frequency:

(Other) one time for most respondents;

Affected Public: Individuals or

Households; Number of Respondents:

33,693; Total Annual Responses:

34,035; Total Annual Hours: 10,279.

To obtain copies of the supporting

statement for the proposed paperwork

collections referenced above, or to

obtain the supporting statement and any

related forms, E-mail your request,

including your address and phone

number, to Paperwork@hcfa.gov, or call

the Reports Clearance Office on (410)

786–1326. Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collections must be mailed

within 30 days of this notice directly to

the HCFA Paperwork Clearance Officer

designated at the following address:

OMB Human Resources and Housing

Branch, Attention: Allison Eydt, New

Executive Office Building, Room 10235,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: August 11, 1997.

John P. Burke III,

HCFA Reports Clearance Officer, HCFA,

Office of Information Services, Information

Technology Investment Management Group,

Division of HCFA Enterprise Standards.

[FR Doc. 97–22964 Filed 8–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4120–03–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: Life Fellowship Bird

Sanctuary, Seffner, FL, PRT–832609.

The applicant requests a permit

authorizing import of 36 Galapagos

tortoises (Geochelone elephantopus)

from the Bermuda Aquarium, Natural

History Museum and Zoo, Flatts,

Bermuda for the purpose of

enhancement of the species through

captive propagation.

Applicant: University of Wisconsin,

Dept. of Zoology, Madison, WI, PRT–

831689.

The applicant request a permit to

import blood and feather samples taken

from captive-held Andean condors

(Vultur gryphus) in Ecuador, Bolivia,

Colombia, and Argentina for the

purpose of scientific research.

Applicant: Cohanzick Zoo, Bridgeton,

NJ, PRT–833281.

The applicant request a permit to

import a male and female Bengal tigers

(Panthera tigris tigris) born in captivity

from Parken Zoo, Eskilstuna, Sweden,

for the purpose of enhancement of the

species through conservation education.

Applicant: University of Puerto Rico,

Rio Piedras, PR, PRT–833581.

The applicant requests a permit to

export and re-import non-living

museum specimens of endangered and

threatened species of plants and animals

previously accessioned into the

permittee’s collection for scientific

research. This notification covers

activities conducted by the applicant for

a five year period.

Applicant: Stephen Fullmer, Salt Lake

City, UT, PRT–833360.

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 430, Arlington, Virginia 22203

and must be received by the Director

within 30 days of the date of this

publication.

The public is invited to comment on

the following application(s) for permits

to conduct certain activities with marine

mammals. The application(s) was/were

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: Richard Nelson, Sarasota,

FL, PRT–833155.

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted prior to April 30, 1994

from the Foxe Basin polar bear

population, Northwest Territories,

Canada for personal use.

Applicant: Arlo Spiess, El Macero,

CA, PRT–833156.

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted prior to April 30, 1994,

from the Lancaster Sound polar bear

population, Northwest Territories,

Canada for personal use.

Applicant: John Richardson, New

Middletown, OH, PRT–832321.

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted from the McClintock

Channel polar bear population,
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Northwest Territories, Canada for

personal use.

Applicant: John C. Byram, Jr.,

Mission, KS, PRT–833352.

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted from the McClintock

Channel polar bear population,

Northwest Territories, Canada for

personal use.

Applicant: Bobbie McLawhorn, New

Bern, NC, PRT–833590.

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted from the McClintock

Channel polar bear population,

Northwest Territories, Canada for

personal use.

Applicant: Robert B. Johnson,

Millwood, NY, PRT–833623.

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted from the Southern

Beaufort Sea polar bear population,

Northwest Territories, Canada for

personal use.

Applicant: Collins F. Kellogg, Sr.,

Croghan, NY, PRT–833625.

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted from the Parry Channel

polar bear population, Northwest

Territories, Canada for personal use.

Written data or comments, requests

for copies of the complete applications,

or requests for a public hearing on any

of these applications for marine

mammal permits should be sent to the

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of

Management Authority, 4401 N. Fairfax

Drive, Room 430, Arlington, Virginia

22203, telephone 703/358–2104 or fax

703/358–2281 and 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 hearing is at the

discretion of the Director.

Documents and other information

submitted with all of the applications

listed in this notice 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 at the

above address.

Dated: August 22, 1997.

Karen Anderson,

Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of

Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 97–22889 Filed 8–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Emergency Exemption: Issuance

On August 15, 1997, the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service (Service) issued a

permit (PRT–833446) to Dr. David

Owens, Texas A&M University, College

Station, TX to import blood samples

from Kemp’s ridley sea turtles

(Lepidochelys kempii) currently

maintained at the Cayman Turtle Farm,

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. The

30-day public comment period required

by section 10(c) of the Endangered

Species Act was waived. The Service

determined that an emergency affecting

the health and life of the sea turtles

existed and that no reasonable

alternative was available to the

applicant, for the following reasons: (1)

Mexico has agreed to accept Kemp’s

ridley sea turtles from the Cayman

Turtle Farm which can no longer

maintain this endangered species; (2) all

of the sea turtles must be tested for

disease before transport to Mexico; (3)

testing of up to 200 samples is expected

to take at least several weeks; (4)

because of financial difficulties, the

Cayman authorities have indicated that

the animals must be moved to Mexico

by November or they will have to be

euthanized. The 30-day public comment

period has therefore been waived to

expedite the processing of the blood

samples to ensure that only healthy

turtles are transported to Mexico and to

ensure that healthy animals are not

euthanized in the Cayman facility due

to lack of supporting funds.

Dated: August 22, 1997.

Karen Anderson,

Acting Chief, Branch of Permit, Office of

Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 97–22887 Filed 8–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Availability of a Habitat Conservation

Plan and Receipt of an Application for

an Incidental Take Permit for the Basin

A Project, Contra Costa County,

California

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service.

ACTION: Notice of receipt.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that the Contra Costa County

Department of Public Works

(Department) has applied to the Fish

and Wildlife Service for an incidental

take permit pursuant to section

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

Act of 1973, as amended. The

application has been assigned permit

number PRT–833486. The proposed

permit would authorize the incidental

take of the California red-legged frog

(Rana aurora draytonii), federally listed

as threatened, and/or modification of its

habitat during sediment removal

activities at Basin A in Contra Costa

County, California. The permit would be

in effect for 20 years.

The Service announces the receipt of

the Department’s incidental take permit

application and the availability of the

proposed Basin A Habitat Conservation

Plan (Plan), which accompanies the

incidental take permit application, for

public comment. The Plan fully

describes the proposed project and the

measures the Department would

undertake to minimize and mitigate

project impacts to the California redlegged frog. The Service has determined

that the Basin A Plan qualifies as a

‘‘low-effect’’ Plan as defined by the Fish

and Wildlife Service’s Habitat

Conservation Planning Handbook

(November 1996). The Service has

further determined that approval of the

Plan qualifies as a categorical exclusion

under the National Environmental

Policy Act, as provided by the

Department of Interior Manual (516 DM

2, Appendix 1 and 516 DM 6, Appendix

1). This notice is provided pursuant to

section 10(c) of the Endangered Species

Act.

Comments are specifically requested

on the appropriateness of the ‘‘No

Surprises’’ assurance specifically

discussed under the ‘‘Unforeseen

Circumstances’’ section of the Plan. All

comments received, including names

and addresses, will become part of the

official administrative record and may

be made available to the public.

DATES: Written comments on the permit

application and Plan should be received

on or before September 29, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the

permit application or the Plan should be

addressed to the Fish and Wildlife

Service, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife

Office, 3310 El Camino Avenue, Suite

130, Sacramento, California 95821–

6340. Please refer to permit number

PRT–833486 when submitting

comments. Individuals wishing copies

of the application and the Plan for

review should immediately contact the

above office. Documents also will be

available for public inspection, by

appointment, during normal business

hours at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Tiki Baron or Mr. William Lehman,