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has increased the hourly burden

estimates accordingly.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor a collection of information

unless the collection of information

displays a currently valid OMB

approval number and the agency

informs the potential persons who are to

respond to such collections that they are

not required to respond to the collection

of information unless it displays a

currently valid OMB approval number.

The following requirements are

included in this submission:

1. Title: Federal Fish and Wildlife

Permit Application.

Service form number: 3–200–1.

Description and use: The application

will be used by any person intending to

engage in an activity for which a permit

is required by subchapter B of 50 CFR.

Persons desiring permit privileges

authorized by subchapter B must

complete an application for such a

permit as required by 50 CFR 13, as well

as other regulations which may require

additional information for the specific

permit desired.

Description of respondents:

Individuals and households; business or

other for-profit; not-for-profit

institutions; farms; state, local, tribal

government; and federal government.

Number of respondents: 27,109.

Estimated completion time: 10

minutes (.166 hours).

Total annual burden: 4,337 hours.

2. Title: Designated Port Exception

Permits (requirements in 50 CFR 14.31–

14.33).

Service form number: 3–200–2.

Description and use: The Endangered

Species Act of 1973 (ESA), as amended,

requires that fish or wildlife be

imported into or exported from the

United States only at a designated port

or at a nondesignated port under certain

limited circumstances. To date, thirteen

(13) customs ports of entry are designed

for the import and export of wildlife and

wildlife products. Exceptions to the

designated port requirement are

permitted by the Secretary of the

Interior under specific terms and

conditions. Permits are available to

import or export wildlife at

nondesignated ports for any one of the

three reasons: (1) Scientific purposes;

(2) to minimize deterioration or loss;

and (3) to alleviate undue economic

hardship.

Description of respondents:

Individuals or households; business or

other for-profit; and not-for-profit

institutions.

Number of respondents: 524.

Estimated completion time: 1 hour.

Total annual burden: 524.

3. Title: Import/Export License

(requirements in 50 CFR 14.91–14.93).

Service form number: 3–200–3.

Description and use: This license will

allow any person to engage in business

as an importer or exporter of fish or

wildlife under the Endangered Species

Act, unless that person imports or

exports certain excepted wildlife or falls

within one of the categories of persons

accepted from the requirement by the

rules in 50 CFR 14.91–14.93. Currently,

licensees must (1) pay $50 for a license

plus import/export inspection fees; (2)

keep certain specified records and retain

them for five years; (3) allow the Service

to inspect these records and any

inventories of imported wildlife; and,

(4) file any requested reports.

Description of respondents: Business

or other for-profit; not for-profit

institutions; and individuals and

households, or any other entities

conducting ‘‘commercial’’ imports or

exports of fish or wildlife.

Number of respondents: 7,000.

Estimated completion time: 1 hour.

Total annual burden: 7,000.

4. Title: Federal Fish and Wildlife

Permit Application for Export or Reexport Permits (requirements in 50 CFR

23.12 and 23.15).

Service form number: 3–200–26.

Description and use: This permit will

allow the re-export of specimens of

Appendix II and II species regulated by

the Convention on International Trade

in Endangered species (CITES), and the

export of specimens of American

alligator (Alligator mississippiensis);

Alaskan brown bear (Ursus arctos);

Alaskan gray wolf (Canis lupus,); Bobcat

(Lynx rufus); Lynx (Lynx canadensis);

and River otter (Lutra canadensis)

which are species also CITES regulated.

Description of respondents:

Individuals or households; businesses

or other for-profit; and not-for-profit

institutions.

Number of respondents: 2,360.

Estimated completion time: 1 hour.

Total annual burden: 2,360 hours.

Dated: September 29, 1997.

Tom Striegler,

Acting Assistant Director—Refuges and

Wildlife.

[FR Doc. 97–26817 Filed 10–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Intent To Prepare a

Comprehensive Management Plan and

Associated Environmental Document

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) intends to gather information

necessary to prepare a Comprehensive

Management Plan (CMP) and an

environmental document

(environmental assessment or

environmental impact statement) for

Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge,

Thurston and Pierce Counties,

Washington. The Service is furnishing

this notice in compliance with Service

CMP policy and the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and

implementing regulations: (1) To advise

other agencies and the public of our

intentions, (2) to obtain suggestions and

information on the scope of issues to

include in the environmental document,

and (3) to announce a public open

house to occur near the end of October.

Information about the time and location

of the open house will be published in

local media or is available by contacting

the refuge.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before November 10,

1997.

ADDRESSES: Address comments and

requests for more information to: Refuge

Manager, Nisqually National Wildlife

Refuge, 100 Brown Farm Road,

Olympia, Washington, 98516 (360/753–

9467).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill

Hesselbart at the above address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Service started the

comprehensive management planning

process for Nisqually National Wildlife

Refuge (Nisqually NWR) IN 1996.

Several meetings were held with a

variety of public and private interest

groups, including a preliminary public

scoping meeting in July 1996. Two

planning updates soliciting additional

comments were mailed on August 20,

1996, and November 10, 1996, to more

than 200 addresses. Comments received

are being used to develop goals, key

issues, and habitat management

strategies to be presented at a public

scoping meeting in the fall of 1997.

Additional opportunities for public

participation will occur throughout the

process, which is expected to be

completed in late 1998, or early 1999.

Data collection has been initiated to

create computerized mapping, including

vegetation, topography, habitat types

and existing land uses. Data collection

and mapping will continue through

1997.

It is Service policy to have all lands

within the National Wildlife Refuge

System managed in accordance with an

approved CMP. The CMP guides

management decisions and identifies
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refuge goals, long-range objectives, and

strategies for achieving refuge purposes.

Public input into this planning process

is encouraged. The CMP will provide

other agencies and the public with a

clear understanding of the desired

conditions for the Refuge and how the

Service will implement management

strategies.

The Nisqually NWR was established

in 1974, ‘‘* * * for use as an inviolate

sanctuary, or for any other management

purpose, for migratory birds’’ (16 U.S.C.

715d). A CMP is needed to update the

1978 Nisqually NWR Conceptual Plan

and facilitate potential changes in

habitat management and associated

public uses, with full public

participation. Until the CMP is

completed, Refuge management will be

guided by official Refuge purposes;

Federal legislation regarding

management of national wildlife

refuges; the Nisqually NWR Conceptual

Plan and other legal, regulatory and

policy guidance. The major issues to be

addressed in the CMP include habitat

protection and enhancement, boundary

expansion and completion of the

Refuge, riparian and tidal restoration,

control of invasive and exotic

vegetation, future flooding,

compatibility of secondary uses,

jurisdiction over navigable waters

within the Refuge, public access and

accessibility, and hunting and fishing.

The plan will include the following

topics:

(a) Habitat management, including

management of forest, freshwater,

estuarine, tidal and riparian areas, water

courses, wetlands, old farm fields, and

meadows;

(b) Wildlife population management,

including federally-listed endangered

and threatened species, migratory birds,

and native mammals and fish;

(c) Public use management, including

hunting, fishing, wildlife observation

and photography, environmental

education and interpretation, hiking,

biking;

(d) Cultural resource identification

and protection; and

(e) Expansion of partnerships,

community outreach and volunteers.

Alternatives (and their effects) that

address the issues and management

strategies associated with these topics

will be included in the environmental

document. With the publication of this

notice, the public is encouraged to send

written comments on these and other

issues, courses of action that the Service

should consider, and potential impacts

that could result from CMP

implementation on Nisqually NWR.

Comments already received are on

record and need not be resubmitted.

The environmental review of this

project will be conducted in accordance

with the requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), NEPA

Regulations (40 CFR 1500–1508), other

appropriate Federal laws and

regulations, Executive Order 12996, and

Service policies and procedures for

compliance with those regulations. We

estimate that the draft environmental

document will be available by Fall 1998.

Dated: September 25, 1997.

Thomas J. Dwyer,

Acting, Regional Director, Region I, Portland

Oregon.

[FR Doc. 97–26809 Filed 10–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Ruffe Control Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Department of the Interior, Fish

and Wildlife Service.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Ruffe Control Committee,

a committee of the Aquatic Nuisance

Species Task Force. The purposes of the

upcoming meeting are to: (1) Review

current information on ruffe

populations; (2) review progress on

implementation of the eight components

of the Ruffe Control Program; and (3)

review the status of the Ruffe Control

Program and the Committee. Products of

the meeting will be: (1) material for a

report to the Aquatic Nuisance Species

Task Force on 1997 activities; and (2)

recommendations from the Committee

to the Task Force regarding the future of

the Ruffe Control Program and the

Committee. An optional field trip is

planned to trawl for ruffe in Duluth–

Superior Harbor.

DATES: The Ruffe Control Committee

will meet from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on

Wednesday, October 29, 1997, and 8:00

a.m. to 12 Noon on Thursday, October

30, 1997. The optional field trip will

begin at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, October

29, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Days Inn, 110 East Second Street,

Superior, Wisconsin. The optional field

trip will leave from the Days Inn.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom

Busiahn, Chair, Ruffe Control

Committee, at 715–682–6185, or Bob

Peoples, Executive Secretary, Aquatic

Nuisance Species Task Force, at 703–

358–2025.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 Ruffe Control Committee, a

committee of the Aquatic Nuisance

Species Task Force established under

the authority of the Nonindigenous

Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and

Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4701–

4741). Minutes of the meeting will be

maintained by the Executive Secretary,

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force,

Suite 840, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,

Arlington, Virginia 22203–1622, and the

Chair, Ruffe Control Committee, U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Fishery

Resources Office, 2800 Lake Shore Drive

East, Ashland, Wisconsin 54806, and

will be available for public inspection

during regular business hours, Monday

through Friday, within 30 days

following the meeting.

Dated: October 3, 1997.

Gary Edwards,

Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance, Species Task

Force Assistant Director—Fisheries.

[FR Doc. 97–26795 Filed 10–8–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–020–1990–01]

Final Environmental Impact Statement,

Florida Canyon Mine Proposed

Expansion and Comprehensive

Reclamation Plan

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the

Final Environmental Impact Statement

addressing the Florida Canyon Mine

Proposed Expansion and

Comprehensive Reclamation Plan, and

the initiation of a 30-day review period

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

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969, notice is given that the

Winnemucca Field Office of the Bureau

of Land Management (BLM) has

prepared, by third party contractor, a

Final Environmental Impact Statement

on Florida Canyon Mining

Incorporated’s Florida Canyon Mine

Expansion and Comprehensive

Reclamation Plan. The mine is located

on public and private lands in Pershing

County, Nevada, approximately 35

miles northeast of Lovelock and 38

miles southwest of Winnemucca. This

document will become available to the

public for a 30-day review period before

issuance of a Record of Decision.

DATES AND ADDRESSES: The Final

Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)