58742 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 210 / Thursday, October 30, 1997 / Notices

a State to add land to the System

pursuant to Section 4(c).

On November 26, 1991, the State of

Florida contacted the Service regarding

the addition of several properties to the

System, including a portion of Ocean

Reef community that the State planned

to purchase under its Conservation and

Recreational Lands Program. The

boundary for North Key Largo Unit FL–

35, as originally established under the

CBIA, excluded all of the Ocean Reef

community from the System. Based on

the State’s representation that it

intended to purchase the property, the

Service added the Ocean Reef parcel to

Unit FL–35 of the System, as described

in the Service response to the State

dated April 24, 1992 and the Federal

Register notice published November 15,

1993 (58 FR 60288–60301).

The State subsequently decided

against the purchase of the Ocean Reef

parcel. If the State had not based its

request for a boundary change for this

unit on its plan to purchase the

property, the Service would not have

revised the boundary, and the original

CBIA boundary for Unit FL–35 as

approved by Congress would still be in

effect. As a result of the State’s decision

not to purchase the property, the

Service mistakenly added private

property to the System, which is beyond

the scope of its authority under Section

4(e) of the CBIA.

The Service stresses that it is not reopening the process under Section 4(c)

of the CBIA that allowed States to elect,

within 18 months of enactment of the

CBIA, to add State-owned property to

the System. This boundary modification

of Unit FL–35 instead corrects an error

made earlier in the administrative

process. This modification will return

the boundary for North Key Largo Unit

FL–35 to its original October 24, 1990,

location for that portion of the unit in

the vicinity of the Ocean Reef Harbor

Course South development.

Copies of the revised System map for

this unit are currently being printed.

Upon completion of printing, copies of

the map will be filed with the House of

Representatives Committee on

Resources and the Committee on

Banking and Financial Services, and the

Senate Committee on Environment and

Public Works. Copies will also be

distributed to the Chief Executive

Officer (or representative) of each

appropriate Federal, State, or local

agency having jurisdiction over the area

in which the modified unit is located.

Copies of the map are also available for

inspection at the following Service

headquarters, regional, and field offices:

Washington Office

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division

of Habitat Conservation, 4401 N.

Fairfax Drive Room 400, Arlington,

Virginia 22203, (703) 358–2201.

Regional Office

Region 4, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, 1875 Century Blvd., Atlanta,

Georgia 30345, (404) 679–7125.

Field Office

Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, 1360 U.S. Highway 1, #5,

Vero Beach, FL 32961, (561) 562–

3909.

Dated: October 14, 1997.

John G. Rogers,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S.

Department of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 97–28766 Filed 10–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Receipt of Application for

Endangered Species Permit

The following applicants have

applied for permits 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.):

PRT–835659

Applicant: Annette Y. Taylor, Dial Cordy,

Wetland and Environmental Services, Inc.,

Wilmington, North Carolina

The applicant requests authorization

to take (salvage dead shells, and harass

during surveys) the dwarf wedge

mussel, Alasmidonta heterodon, and the

Tar River spinymussel, Elliptio

steinstansana, throughout their ranges

in North Carolina, for the purpose of

enhancement of survival of the species.

PRT–801592

Applicant: Kent S. Karriker, CZR

Incorporated, Wilmington, North Carolina.

The applicant requests authorization

to take (salvage dead shells, and harass

during surveys) the dwarf wedge

mussel, Alasmidonta heterodon, and the

Tar River spinymussel, Elliptio

steinstansana, throughout their ranges

in North Carolina, for the purpose of

enhancement of survival of the species.

This is a renewal and modification of

previously authorized activities.

Written data or comments on these

applications should be submitted to:

Regional Permit Biologist, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, 1875 Century

Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, Georgia

30345. All data and comments must be

received by December 1, 1997.

Documents and other information

submitted with this application 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 to the

following office within 30 days of the

date of publication of this notice: U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century

Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, Georgia

30345 (Attn: David Dell, Permit

Biologist). Telephone: 404/679–7313;

Fax: 404/679–7081.

Dated: October 22, 1997.

H. Dale Hall,

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 97–28741 Filed 10–29–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

Request for Public Comments on

Information Collection to be Submitted

to the Office of Management and

Budget for Review Under the

Paperwork Reduction Act

A request extending the collection of

information listed below will be

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget for approval under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). Copies of the

proposed collection of information and

related forms may be obtained by

contacting the Bureau’s Clearance

Officer at the phone number listed

below. Comments and suggestions on

the requirement should be made within

60 days directly to the Bureau Clearance

Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 807

National Center, Reston, VA 20192.

As required by OMB regulations at 5

CFR 1320.8(d)(1), the U.S. Geological

Survey solicits specific public

comments regarding the proposed

information collection as to:

1. Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

bureau, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

2. The accuracy of the bureau’s

estimate of the burden of the collection

of information, including the validity of

the methodology and assumptions used;

3. The utility, quality, and clarity of

the information to be collected; and,

4. How to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including the use of

appropriate automated electronic,