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DATES: Comments on the draft recovery

plan must be received on or before

January 5, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review

the draft recovery plan may obtain a

copy by contacting the Associate

Manager Utah, Fish and Wildlife

Service, P.O. Box 25486, Denver Federal

Center, Denver, Colorado 80225. Written

comments and materials regarding this

plan should be sent to the Associate

Manager Utah at the Denver address

given above. Comments and materials

received are available on request for

public inspection, by appointment,

during normal business hours at the

above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Larry Shanks, Fish and Wildlife

Associate Manager (see ADDRESSES

above), at telephone (303) 236–8154.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: .

Background

Restoring an endangered or

threatened animal or plant to the point

where it is again a secure, selfsustaining member of its ecosystem is a

primary goal of the Service’s

endangered species program. To help

guide the recovery effort, the Service is

working to prepare recovery plans for

most of the listed species native to the

United States. Recovery plans describe

actions considered necessary for

conservation of the species, establish

criteria for recovery levels for

downlisting or delisting them, and

estimate time and cost for implementing

the recovery measures needed.

The Endangered Species Act (Act) of

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et

seq.), requires the development of

recovery plans for listed species unless

such a plan would not promote the

conservation of a particular species.

Section 4(f) of the Act, as amended in

1988, requires that public notice and an

opportunity for public review and

comment be provided during recovery

plan development. The Service will

consider all information presented

during a public comment period prior to

approval of each new or revised

recovery plan. The Service and other

Federal agencies also will take these

comment into account in the course of

implementing approved recovery plans.

The razorback sucker was listed as

endangered on October 23, 1991 (56 FR

54957). A final rule designating critical

habitat was published on March 21,

1994 (59 FR 13374). An endemic fish of

mainstream rivers in the Colorado River

basin, the razorback sucker was once

abundant and widely distributed. It now

occurs only in remnant populations in

a few lakes and river reaches. The

largest extant population occurs in Lake

Mohave, Arizona, and the largest

riverine population occurs in the Green

and Yampa rivers, near Vernal, Utah.

Razorback sucker populations have

been declining for much of this century.

This decline is a result of major

alterations to the historical physical and

biological environment. Extensive water

development projects have depleted

flow, altered flow regimes, changed

water quality, and fragmented habitat.

At the same time, the nature and

composition of the fish community has

been altered dramatically by the

introduction of many nonnative fish

species. Predation by nonnative fishes is

a primary reason for the virtual failure

of recruitment in razorback sucker

populations.

Recovery Objectives: Protection and

expansion of three existing populations,

and establishment of four new ones

from remnant stocks or reintroductions.

The goal of this recovery plan is to

provide an adequate level of

conservation for the species and its

habitat so that there will be selfsustaining populations distributed

throughout its extant range and to guide

recovery actions to facilitate delisting of

the species. Recovery efforts will focus

on development and implementation of

habitat restoration in selected lakes and

river segments; develop and protect

existing genomes in hatchery refugia;

augment or reestablish populations of

fish in its critical habitat; conducting

biological and habitat management

research; monitoring and surveys of

known occurrences and potential

habitat; and dissemination of

educational information.

Public Comments Solicited

The Service solicits written comments

on the recovery plan described above.

All comments received by the date

specified in the DATES section above

will be considered prior to approval of

the recovery plan.

Authority

The authority for this action is section

4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16

U.S.C. 1533(f).

Dated: August 28, 1997.

Terry N. Sexson,

Acting Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.

[FR Doc. 97–23569 Filed 9–4–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Availability of Draft Recovery Plan for

the Western Lily for Review and

Comment

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service) announces the

availability for public review of a draft

Western Lily Recovery Plan. The species

occurs on the Pacific Coast from Coos

Bay, Oregon, to Eureka, California.

DATES: Comments on the draft recovery

plan must be received on or before

October 6, 1997 to receive consideration

by the Service.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft recovery

plan are available for inspection, by

appointment, during normal business

hours at the following locations: U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon State

Office 2600 S.E. 98th Ave., Suite 100

Portland, Oregon 97266–1398. Requests

for copies of the draft recovery plan and

written comments and materials

regarding this plan should be addressed

to Russell D. Peterson, State Supervisor,

at the above Oregon State Office

address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Andrew F. Robinson Jr., Fish and

Wildlife Biologist, at the above Oregon

State Office address, telephone (503)

231–6179.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Restoring endangered or threatened

animals and plants to the point where

they are again secure, self-sustaining

members of their ecosystems is a

primary goal of the Service’s

endangered species program. To help

guide the recovery effort, the Service is

working to prepare recovery plans for

most of the listed species native to the

United States. Recovery plans describe

actions considered necessary for the

conservation of the species, establish

criteria for the recovery levels for down

listing or delisting them, and estimate

time and cost for implementing the

recovery measures needed.

The Endangered Species Act, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) (Act),

requires the development of recovery

plans for listed species unless such a

plan would not promote the

conservation of a particular species.

Section 4(f) of the Act as amended in

1988 requires that public notice and an

opportunity for public review and

comment be provided during recovery
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plan development. The Service will

consider all information presented

during the public comment period prior

to approval of each new or revised

Recovery Plan. Substantiative technical

comments will result in changes to the

plans. Substantive comments regarding

recovery plan implementation may not

necessarily result in changes to the

recovery plans, but will be forwarded to

appropriate Federal or other entities so

that they can take these comments into

account during the course of

implementing recovery actions.

Individualized responses to comments

will not be provided.

The western lily (Lilium occidentale)

is a distinctive and spectacular species

in a genus known for its striking beauty

and horticultural appeal. The range of

the western lily is very limited, and its

habitat and ecosystem processes have

been dramatically altered this century.

The western lily is limited to low lying

poorly drained areas along a narrow

band of the Pacific Coast, no more than

4 miles inland, from Humboldt Bay near

Eureka, California on the south, north

some 200 miles to Coos Bay Oregon.

Many western lily western lily

populations and much of its habitat

have been lost to various forms of

development, including agricultural

uses (pasture or cranberry bogs) and

infrastructure projects (roads,

campgrounds, and utilities). Western

lily has been reported from

approximately 58 sites, 20 of which

appear to have been extirpated.

The objective of this plan is to

provide a framework for the recovery of

the western lily so that its protection by

the ESA is no longer necessary. Actions

necessary for the prevention of

extinction of this plant include

conservation and management of

existing sites, by maintaining shrubby

vegetation with openings and

preventing encroachment by trees. The

plan also recommends establishment of

a seed bank and development of

methods to reintroduce the plant to

suitable sites or augment existing wild

populations. The plan also is intended

to encourage public awareness,

understanding and participation in

western lily recovery.

Public Comments Solicited

The Service solicits written comments

on the western lily recovery plan. All

comments received by the date specified

above will be considered prior to

approval of these plans.

Authority

The authority for this action is section

4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16

U.S.C. 1533(f).

Dated: August 5, 1997.

Thomas J. Dwyer,

Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Region 1, Portland, Oregon.

[FR Doc. 97–23585 Filed 9–4–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service,

DOI.

ACTION: Notice of information collection

solicitation.

SUMMARY: Under the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Minerals

Management Service (MMS) is soliciting

comments on an information collection,

Training and Outreach Evaluation

Questionnaires.

FORM: MMS–4420, A–H.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before November 4, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments sent via the U.S.

Postal Service should be sent to

Minerals Management Service, Royalty

Management Program, Rules and

Publications Staff, P.O. Box 25165, MS

3021, Denver, Colorado 80225–0165;

courier address is Building 85, Room A–

212, Denver Federal Center, Denver,

Colorado 80225; e:mail address is

DavidlGuzy@mms.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dennis C. Jones, Rules and Publications

Staff, phone (303) 231–3046, FAX (303)

231–3385, e-mail

DennislClJones@mms.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

compliance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, Section

3506(c)(2)(A), we are notifying you,

members of the public and affected

agencies, of this collection of

information and are inviting your

comments. Is this information collection

necessary for us to properly do our job?

Have we accurately estimated the

industry burden for responding to this

collection? Can we enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information we

collect? Can we lessen the burden of

this information collection on the

respondents by using automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology?

Executive Order No. 12862,

September 11, 1993, Setting Customer

Service Standards, provided renewed

focus on surveying customers. The

MMS Royalty Management Program

(RMP) uses training and outreach

evaluation questionnaires as one

method of surveying customers about

levels of satisfaction.

The RMP frequently provides training

and outreach to its constituents to

facilitate their compliance with laws

and regulations and to ensure that

constituents are well informed. In 1996

we presented over 20 training sessions

to the oil and gas and solid minerals

reporters on various aspects of royalty

reporting, production reporting, and

valuation. We also provided over 30

outreach sessions to individual Indian

minerals owners, Indian Tribes, and the

Bureau of Indian Affairs on Indian

royalty management issues.

Additionally, we provided several

sessions of relevant training to our

financial and systems contractors and

State and Tribal auditors.

At the end of a training or outreach

session, RMP asks participants to

complete and return evaluation

questionnaires; participant response is

voluntary. Some questions are uniform

across all of the evaluation

questionnaires; some are specific to

each type of training or outreach. We

use the feedback from these

questionnaires to enhance future

training and outreach and to improve

RMP’s overall service. We request

feedback on several areas of our training

and outreach sessions, including:

• Organization of training.

• Level of detail.

• Clarity of presentation.

• Achievement of training objectives.

• Relevance of subject matter.

• Effectiveness of training materials.

• Other topic suggestions for future

sessions.

• Overall RMP customer service.

We estimate that the annual burden to

our constituents is 180 hours, assuming

that all training and outreach

participants respond to these

evaluations and each evaluation

questionnaire takes 6 minutes to

complete (1800 participants × 6 minutes

= 10,800 minutes or 180 hours).

Dated August 26, 1997.

Lucy Querques Denett,

Associate Director for Royalty Management.

[FR Doc. 97–23573 Filed 9–4–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service

(MMS), Interior.