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surveys on the Applicant’s property did

not reveal habitat occupied by ABM;

however, the Applicant is seeking

compliance with the Act in an

abundance of caution. The Applicant’s

property does not contain designated

critical habitat for the ABM.

Construction of the Project may result in

the death of, or injury to, ABM. Habitat

alterations due to condominium

placement and subsequent human

habitation of the Project may reduce

available habitat for food, shelter, and

reproduction.

The EA considers the environmental

consequences of several alternatives.

One action proposed is the issuance of

the ITP based upon submittal of the

HCP as proposed. This alternative

provides for restrictions that include

conserving almost 75 percent of the

Project’s dune fields (essentially

primary and secondary dunes),

establishment of one walkover structure

across primary and secondary dune

features, a prohibition against housing

or keeping pet cats, ABM competitor

control and monitoring measures,

scavenger-proof garbage containers,

restoration of dune systems, the creation

of educational and information

brochures on ABM conservation, and

the minimization and control of outdoor

lighting. Further, the HCP proposes to

provide an endowment of $17,773 to

acquire ABM habitat offsite or otherwise

perform some other conservation

measure for the ABM. The HCP

provides a funding source for these

mitigation measures, as well as

monitoring of the HCP, should an ITP be

issued by the Service. Another

alternative is consideration of a different

project design that might result in more

impacts to the ABM and its habitat. A

third alternative is no-action, or deny

the request for authorization to

incidentally take the ABM.

As stated above, the Service has made

a preliminary determination that the

issuance of the ITP is not a major

Federal action significantly effecting the

quality of the human environment

within the meaning of Section 102(2)(C)

of NEPA. This preliminary information

may be revised due to public comment

received in response to this notice and

is based on information contained in the

EA and HCP. An appropriate excerpt

from the FONSI reflecting the Service’s

finding on the application is provided

below:

Based on the analysis conducted by

the Service, it has been determined that:

• Issuance of the ITP will not

appreciably reduce the likelihood of

survival and recovery of the effected

species in the wild.

• The HCP contains provisions

which sufficiently minimize and/or

mitigate the impacts of issuing the ITP.

• Issuance of the ITP would not have

significant effects on the human

environment in the project area.

• The proposed take is incidental to

an otherwise lawful activity.

• Adequate funding will be provided

to implement the measures proposed in

the submitted HCP and authorizing ITP.

The Service will also evaluate

whether the issuance of a Section

10(a)(1)(B) ITP complies with Section 7

of the Act by conducting an intraService Section 7 consultation. The

results of the biological opinion, in

combination with the above findings,

will be used in the final analysis to

determine whether or not to issue the

ITP.

Dated: September 24, 1997.

H. Dale Hall,

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 97–25835 Filed 9–29–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5

U.S.C. App. I), this notice announces a

meeting of the Klamath River Basin

Fisheries Task Force, established under

the authority of the Klamath River Basin

Fishery Resources Restoration Act (16

U.S.C. 460ss et seq.). The meeting is

open to the public.

DATES: The Klamath River Basin

Fisheries Task Force (TF) will meet

from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on

Wednesday, October 15, 1997 and from

8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Thursday,

October 16, 1997.

PLACE: The meeting will be held in the

Windmill Ashland Hills Inn (2525

Ashland Street), Ashland, Oregon.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dr. Ronald A. Iverson, Project Leader,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box

1006 (1030 South Main), Yreka,

California 96097–1006, telephone (916)

842–5763.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

principal agenda items at this meeting

will be (1) A decision on whether or

how to proceed with the Upper Basin

Amendment and assignments; (2) an

update on Klamath Compact

Commission water supply initiative; (3)

an update on subbasin planning; (4) a

report from National Marine Fisheries

Service and Siskiyou County regarding

the Five Counties Coho Initiative and

Plan; (5) a report on the American

Heritage Rivers Initiative; (6) private

landowner awards; and (7) an update on

scoping of the Klamath River Basin

Instream Flow Incremental

Methodology (IFIM) flow study.

For background information on the

TF, please refer to the notice of their

initial meeting that appeared in the

Federal Register on July 8, 1987 (52 FR

25639).

Dated: September 22, 1997.

Thomas J. Dwyer,

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 97–25833 Filed 9–29–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–030–07–1120–00: GP7–0304]

Notice of Meetings of Southeast

Oregon Resource Advisory Council

AGENCY: Vale District, Bureau of Land

Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

SUMMARY: Notice is given that there will

be meetings of the Southeast Oregon

Resource Advisory Council.

DATES: The Southeast Oregon Resource

Advisory Council meetings will begin at

8:00 a.m. and run to 5:00 p.m. October

27, 1997. Public comments are

scheduled from 12:00 noon to 12:15

p.m., October 27, 1997. On October 28,

1997, the meeting will run from 8:00

a.m. to 12:00 noon. At an appropriate

time, the council will recess for

approximately one hour for lunch.

Topics to be discussed during the

meeting are administrative activities of

the Council, the workload for fiscal year

1998, noxious weeds, fuels and

prescribed fire, water quality issues, and

such other issues as to properly come

before the Council.

ADDRESSES: The Southeast Oregon

Resource Advisory Council meetings

will take place at the Malheur National

Forest Headquarters, Federal Building,

431 Patterson Bridge Road, John Day,

Oregon 97845.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jonne Hower, Bureau of Land

Management, Vale District, 100 Oregon
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Street, Vale, OR 97918, (Telephone 541–

473–3144).

Edwin J. Singleton,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–25820 Filed 9–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ES–030–07–1430–01; ILES–31854]

Notice of Realty Action: Recreation

and Public Purposes Transfer of Public

Land in Kane County, Illinois

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of realty action.

SUMMARY: The following land has been

found suitable for sale under authority

of the Recreation and Public Purposes

Act of 1926. The land will not be

transferred until at least 60 days after

the date of this notice.

Illinois Meridian, Kane County, Illinois

T.10 N., R.8 E.

Sec. 10, Lots 1 and 5.

Containing 0.28 acres and 0.89 acres,

respectively.

The land described is hereby

segregated from appropriation under the

public land laws, including the mining

laws, pending disposition of this action

or 270 days from the date of publication

of this notice, whichever occurs first.

These parcels will be transferred to

the Kane County Forest Preserve District

under the Recreation and Public

Purposes Act of 1926 (43 U.S.C. 869, et

seq.). The mineral interest will not be

conveyed.

The patent, when issued, will contain

certain reservations to the United States.

Detailed information concerning these

reservations, as well as specific

conditions of the sale, are available for

review at the Bureau of Land

Management, Milwaukee Field Office,

310 West Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 450,

Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

DATES: Interested parties may submit

comments until November 14, 1997. In

the absence of timely objections, this

proposal shall become the final

determination of the Department of the

Interior.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent

to: Bureau of Land Management,

Milwaukee Field Office, P.O. Box 631,

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201–0631.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Howard Levine, Planning and

Environmental Coordinator, Milwaukee

Field Office, (414) 297–4463.

Dated: September 18, 1997.

James W. Dryden,

Field Office Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–25311 Filed 9–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–GJ–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–957–00–1420–00: G7–0287]

Filing of Plats of Survey: Oregon/

Washington

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The plats of survey of the

following described lands are scheduled

to be officially filed in the Oregon State

Office, Portland, Oregon, thirty (30)

calendar days from the date of this

publication.

Willamette Meridian

Oregon

T. 19 S., R. 1 E., accepted August 20, 1997

T. 39 S., R. 3 E., accepted September 4, 1997

T. 3 S., R. 5 E., accepted August 13, 1997

T. 3 S., R. 5 E., accepted September 4, 1997

T. 30 S., R. 6 E., accepted July 21, 1997

T. 31 S., R. 71⁄2 E., accepted July 21, 1997

T. 17 S., R. 8 W., accepted August 4, 1997

T. 1 S., R. 9 W., accepted September 4, 1997

If protests against a survey, as shown

on any of the above plat(s), are received

prior to the date of official filing, the

filing will be stayed pending

consideration of the protest(s). A plat

will not be officially filed until the day

after all protests have been dismissed

and become final or appeals from the

dismissal affirmed.

The plat(s) will be placed in the open

files of the Oregon State Office, Bureau

of Land Management, 1515 S.W. 5th

Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201, and

will be available to the public as a

matter of information only. Copies of

the plat(s) may be obtained from the

above office upon required payment. A

person or party who wishes to protest

against a survey must file with the State

Director, Bureau of Land Management,

Portland, Oregon, a notice that they

wish to protest prior to the proposed

official filing date given above. A

statement of reasons for a protest may be

filed with the notice of protest to the

State Director, or the statement of

reasons must be filed with the State

Director within thirty (30) days after the

proposed official filing date.

The above-listed plats represent

dependent resurveys, survey and

subdivision.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bureau of Land Management (1515 S.W.

5th Avenue), P.O. Box 2965, Portland,

Oregon 97208.

Dated: September 11, 1997.

Robert D. DeViney, Jr.,

Chief, Branch of Realty and Records Services.

[FR Doc. 97–25911 Filed 9–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Electronic Commerce in the Minerals

Management Service

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of an electronic

commerce presentation.

SUMMARY: The Minerals Management

Service (MMS) is giving an Electronic

Commerce (EC) presentation in New

Orleans, Louisiana, on October 31, 1997.

This presentation will assist those

individuals considering EC

implementation or pilot testing with

MMS.

DATES: The EC presentation is Friday,

October 31, 1997.

LOCATION: Hyatt Regency New Orleans,

500 Poydras Plaza, New Orleans,

Louisiana 70113, telephone number:

(504) 561–1234.

The Hyatt Regency New Orleans is

located at the intersection of Poydras

and Loyola Avenue, near the Louisiana

Superdome.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Timothy C. Allard, Systems

Management Division, Royalty

Management Program, Minerals

Management Service, P.O. Box 25165,

MS 3140, Denver, Colorado, 80225–

0165, telephone numbers (800) 619–

4593 and (303) 275–7007, fax number

(303) 275–7099, e-mail

TimothylAllard@mms.gov or Mr.

Stephen Adams, Information

Technology Division, Offshore Minerals

Management, Minerals Management

Service, 1201 Elmwood Park Blvd., MS

4061, Jefferson, Louisiana, 70123,

telephone number (504) 731–3033, fax

number (504) 731–3004, e-mail

StephenlAdams@mms.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MMS is

offering an EC presentation at no cost to

companies and interested parties that

are considering EC implementation or

pilot testing with the MMS. The

presentation will be held in conjunction

with the American Petroleum Institute

(API), Petroleum Industry Data

Exchange (PIDX), Electronic Commerce

Conference and Trade Show in New

Orleans, Louisiana. If you plan to attend