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Name Permit No. Date issued

Dr. John Whitaker ............................................................................................................................................... PRT 802777 A4* 5/12/97

Dr. Daniel Soluk .................................................................................................................................................. PRT 805269 A2* 7/9/97

3D/Environmental ................................................................................................................................................ PRT 809227 A3* 5/28/97

3D/Environmental ................................................................................................................................................ PRT 809227 A4* 6/5/97

3D/International, Envir Grp .................................................................................................................................. PRT 809227 A5* 7/30/97

Dr. Patrick Redig ................................................................................................................................................. PRT 810396 A1* 5/27/97

Dr. Daniel Hornbach ............................................................................................................................................ PRT 811008 A1* 2/7/97

Mr. Don Helms .................................................................................................................................................... PRT 811314 A2* 6/5/97

Thomas C. Erdman ............................................................................................................................................. PRT 813259 5/14/97

Mark C. Hove ...................................................................................................................................................... PRT 814107 A1* 5/9/97

Midwest Science Center ..................................................................................................................................... PRT 825176 2/7/97

Wolf Timbers ....................................................................................................................................................... PRT 821343 5/1/97

Dr. Cynthia Rebar ............................................................................................................................................... PRT 825177 6/12/97

Wisconsin DNR ................................................................................................................................................... PRT 824384 4/18/97

Wayne P. Steffens .............................................................................................................................................. PRT 826077 6/9/97

R. Mies/K. Williams ............................................................................................................................................. PRT 827309 6/16/97

Field Museum of Natural History ........................................................................................................................ PRT 829986 8/18/97

* Indicates permit amendment.

Additional information on these

permit actions may be requested by

contacting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Ecological Services Operations,

1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling,

Minnesota 55111–4056, telephone 612/

725–3536, during normal business

hours (7:30 am–4:00 pm) weekdays.

Dated: August 26, 1997.

John A. Blankenship,

Assistant Regional Director, IL, IN, MO

(Ecological Services), Region 3, Fort Snelling,

Minnesota.

[FR Doc. 97–23378 Filed 9–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Availability of Draft Recovery Plan for

Three Plant Species on Nihoa Island

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

recovery plan for three plant species on

Nihoa Island: Amaranthus brownii,

Pritchardia remota, and Schiedea

verticillata. These species are known

only from the island of Nihoa and are

federally listed as endangered. The

numbers of known remaining

populations and individuals are as

follows (# of colonies, # of individuals):

Amaranthus brownii (4, <40),

Pritchardia remota (4, 680), and

Schiedea verticillata (10, 359).

DATES: Comments on the draft recovery

plan received by November 3, 1997 will

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, Pacific

Islands Ecoregion, Room 3108, 300 Ala

Moana Boulevard, P.O. Box 50088,

Honolulu, Hawaii 96850 (phone: 808/

541–3441). Requests for copies of the

draft recovery plan and written

comments and materials regarding the

plan should be addressed to Brooks

Harper, Field Supervisor-Ecological

Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Pacific Islands Ecoregion at the

Honolulu address given above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chris Swenson, at the Honolulu address

given above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Restoring endangered or threatened

animals and plants to the point where

they are again secure, self-sustaining

members of their 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, its

Territories and Commonwealths.

Recovery plans describe actions

considered necessary for conservation of

the species, establish criteria for the

recovery levels for downlisting or

delisting them, and estimate time and

cost for implementing the recovery

measures needed.

The Endangered Species Act of 1973,

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 a 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. Substantive technical

comments will result in changes to the

plan. Substantive comments regarding

recovery plan implementation may not

necessarily result in changes to the

recovery plan, 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 draft plan covers the following

three plant taxa, all of which are

federally listed as endangered:

Amaranthus brownii, Pritchardia

remota, and Schiedea verticillata. All of

these taxa are believed to be endemic to

the island of Nihoa, in the Northwestern

Hawaiian Islands. However, an

uncollected palm, no longer extant, was

observed growing on Laysan Island, and

may have been a Pritchardia remota.

These three taxa grow only on Nihoa,

which has an area of 0.25 square mile

(0.65 square kilometer). Nihoa is part of

the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife

Refuge.

Due to the small number of existing

individuals and their extremely limited

distributions, these taxa and all of their

populations are subject to an increased

likelihood of extinction and/or reduced

reproductive vigor from stochastic

events. These taxa and their habitats

have been variously affected or are

currently threatened by one or more of

the following: Fire; potential habitat

degradation and competition with alien

plants; predation by rodents that could

easily be introduced by shipwrecks;

introduced insects, possibly leading to
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predation on plants and loss of

pollinators; and natural events such as

landslides, erosion, rockslides, and flash

floods.

The objective of this plan is to

provide a framework for the recovery of

these three taxa so that protection by the

Act is no longer necessary. Recovery

efforts will focus on increasing

monitoring, establishing ex situ

collections of seeds and plants in

botanical gardens, conducting applied

research, controlling threats, increasing

numbers on Nihoa, and exploring the

feasibility and desirability of

establishing the taxa on other Hawaiian

islands.

Public Comments Solicited

The Service solicits written comments

on the recovery plan described. All

comments received by the date specified

above will be considered prior to

approval of this plan.

Authority

The authority for this action is section

4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16

U.S.C. 1533(f).

Dated: August 27, 1997.

Thomas J. Dwyer,

Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Region 1.

[FR Doc. 97–23290 Filed 9–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–013–1990–00; N–60822]

Notice of Realty Action; Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The following land in Elko

County, Nevada is being considered for

disposal by direct sale, including the

mineral estate with no known value,

under Section 203 and Section 209 of

the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act (FLPMA) of October

21, 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1713 and 1719) at

no less than fair market value:

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada

T. 33 N., R. 52 E.,

Section 22, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, E1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4.

Comprising 60 acres, more or less.

The above described land is being

offered as a direct sale to the City of

Carlin, Nevada.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Detailed information concerning this

action is available for review at the

Bureau of Land Management, Elko Field

Office, 3900 E. Idaho Street, Elko,

Nevada.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Upon

publication of this Notice of Realty

Action in the Federal Register, the

lands will be segregated from all forms

of appropriation under the public land

laws, including the mining laws, but not

the mineral leasing laws or disposals

pursuant to Sections 203 and 209 of

FLPMA. The segregation shall terminate

upon issuance of a patent or other

document of conveyance, upon

publication in the Federal Register of a

Notice of Termination of Segregation, or

270 days from date of this publication,

whichever occurs first.

For a period of 45 days from the date

of publication in the Federal Register,

interested parties may submit comments

to the Bureau of Land Management,

Elko Field Office, 3900 E. Idaho Street,

Elko, Nevada 89801. Any adverse

comments will be evaluated by the State

Director, who may sustain, vacate or

modify this realty action and issue a

final determination. In the absence of

timely filed objections, this realty action

will become a final determination of the

Department of the Interior.

Dated: August 21, 1997.

Helen Hankins,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–23254 Filed 9–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Keweenaw National Historical Park,

Draft Environmental Impact Statement/

General Management Plan

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft

environmental impact statement and

General Management Plan for the

Keweenaw National Historical Park,

located in Houghton County, Michigan.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102(2)(c)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969, the National Park Service

(NPS) announces the availability of the

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

(DEIS) and General Management Plan

(GMP) for the Keweenaw National

Historical Park. The DEIS responds to

Public Law 102–543, establishing

Keweenaw National Historical Park.

This notice also announces public

meetings for the purpose of receiving

public comments on the DEIS.

This DEIS for the GMP presents a

proposal and three alternative strategies

for guiding future management of the

national historical park and balancing

resource protection and public use. The

major subject areas are, cultural

resources, visitor experience, park

management and operations, and the

establishment of a public partnership.

Alternative 1 presents a continuation

of existing trends and management, and

projects these conditions into the

foreseeable future, providing a basis to

evaluate the other alternatives.

Alternative 2, the ‘‘community

assistance alternative,’’ would place the

community at the forefront of

implementing preservation actions and

interpretive programs at sites in the

park. The NPS would play a major

support role, providing a

comprehensive program of technical

and financial assistance to the

community to help make their actions a

success. Under alternative 3, the

‘‘traditional park in the core industrial

areas’’ alternative, the NPS would

establish a very visible and traditional

presence in the core industrial areas in

each unit. The NPS would lease or

acquire one or more buildings in each

unit for visitor use and administration

services. Other significant properties

within the core industrial areas of the

Calumet and Quincy units could be

leased or purchased and interpreted

when funding and staffing levels were

adequate. The proposed action

(alternative 4) is a blend of the

community assistance alternative,

number 2, and a refinement of the more

traditional national park alternative,

number 3. Through selected acquisition

and other preservation tools, the NPS

would have a strong public presence in

both park units. Through community

assistance, the NPS would be a

contributing member of a very organized

and active partnership of local

government and community groups.

The DEIS evaluates the potential

environmental impacts associated with

the four alternatives.

DATES: Comments on the DEIS should

be received no later than October 31,

1997. Public meetings regarding the

DEIS will be held at 7:00 p.m. on

September 22 and 23, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the DEIS

shall be submitted to the

Superintendent, Keweenaw National

Historical Park, 100 Red Jacket Road,

Second Floor, Calumet, Michigan,

49913.

Public meetings will be held at the

following locations:

Calumet High School All Purpose

Room, Calumet, Michigan 7:00 p.m.,

September 22, 1997.

Finnish-American Heritage Center,

Suomi College campus, Hancock,