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the open session and need special

assistance, such as sign language

interpretation or other reasonable

accommodations, should contact Ms.

O’Connor in advance of the meeting.

Dated: November 12, 1997.

LaVeen Ponds,

Acting, Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 97–30322 Filed 11–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ–050–08–1110–00; 6780; 1782]

Arizona: Availability of the Final

Lechuguilla-Mohawk Habitat

Management Plan (HMP), Yuma Field

Office

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the final

Lechuguilla-Mohawk Habitat

Management Plan (HMP) and

environmental assessment, Yuma Field

Office.

SUMMARY: The Lechuguilla-Mohawk

Habitat Management Plan covers

wildlife habitat improvement projects

and monitoring on approximately

930,000 acres of public land and

military-withdrawn public land in

southwestern Arizona. The plan will be

implemented in cooperation with

Arizona Game and Fish Department

under the Sikes Act. Most of the land

included in the plan is part of the Barry

M. Goldwater Air Force Range which is

administered by the Luke Air Force

Base in Glendale, Arizona. The western

portion of the Goldwater Range is used

primarily by the Marine Corps Air

Station, Yuma for training.

Objectives of the plan include

maintenance and enhancement of

habitat for Sonoran pronghorn, desert

tortoise, flat-tailed horned lizard, mule

deer, desert bighorn sheep, upland

game, nongame, and other sensitive

wildlife habitat. It is projected that the

plan objectives will be achieved within

20 years.

ADDRESSES: A limited number of copies

of the Plan and Environmental

Assessment are available upon request

to: Field Manager, Bureau of Land

Management, 2555 East Gila Ridge

Road, Yuma, Arizona 85365. There are

also copies available for review at the

above location.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wildlife Biologist Susanna Henry,

Bureau of Land Management, 2555 East

Gila Ridge Road, Yuma, Arizona 85365,

telephone (520) 317–3211.

Dated: November 10, 1997.

Curtis Gunn,

Program Manager, Resources, Lands, and

Minerals/Acting Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–30299 Filed 11–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–32–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–040–1020–001]

Mojave-Southern Great Basin

Resource Advisory Council—Notice of

Meeting, Locations and Times

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Resource Advisory Council

Meeting Locations and Times.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act and the Federal Advisory

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5

U.S.C., the Department of the Interior,

Bureau of Land Management (BLM),

council meeting of the Mojave-Southern

Great Basin Resource Advisory Council

(RAC) will be held as indicated below.

The agenda includes a public comment

period, and discussion of public land

issues.

The Resource Advisory Council

develops recommendations for BLM

regarding the preparation, amendment,

and implementation of land use plans

for the public lands and resources

within the jurisdiction of the council.

For the Mojave-Great Basin RAC this

jurisdiction is Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln

and Nye counties in Nevada. Except for

the purposes of long-range planning and

the establishment of resource

management priorities, the RAC shall

not provide advice on the allocation and

expenditure of Federal funds, or on

personnel issues.

The RAC may develop

recommendation for implementation of

ecosystem management concepts,

principles and programs, and assist the

BLM to establish landscape goals and

objectives.

All meetings are open to the public.

The public may present written

comments to the council. Public

comments should be limited to issues

for which the RAC may make

recommendations within its area of

jurisdiction. Depending of the number

of persons wishing to comment, and

time available, the time for individual

oral comments may be limited.

Individuals who plan to attend and

need further information about the

meetings, or need special assistance

such as sign language interpretation or

other reasonable accommodations,

should contact Michael Dwyer at the

Las Vegas District Office, 4765 Vegas

Dr., Las Vegas, NV 89108, telephone,

(702) 647–5000.

DATES: Date is December 8, 1997, from

1:00 p.m. to approximately 4 p.m. and

will reconvene on December 9, 1997

and meet from 8 a.m. to 4:40 p.m. The

public comment period will begin at 2

p.m. on December 8, 1997 at 2:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The council will meet at the

Las Vegas District Office, 4765 West

Vegas Drive, Las Vegas, NV.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dan Netcher, District Minerals

Specialist, Ely, telephone: (702) 289–

1872.

Dated: November 10, 1997.

Gene A. Kolkman,

Ely District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–30300 Filed 11–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ES–960–1420–00] ES–49231, Group 34,

Illinois

Notice of Filing of Plat of Survey;

Illinois

The plat of the survey of the

Kaskaskia Lock and Dam acquisition

boundary, Township 6 South, Range 8

West, Third Principal Meridian, Illinois,

will be officially filed in Eastern States,

Springfield, Virginia at 7:30 a.m., on

December 22, 1997.

The survey was requested by the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers.

All inquiries or protests concerning

the technical aspects of the survey must

be sent to the Chief Cadastral Surveyor,

Eastern States, Bureau of Land

Management, 7450 Boston Boulevard,

Springfield, Virginia 22153, prior to

7:30 a.m., December 22, 1997.

Copies of the plat will be made

available upon request and prepayment

of the reproduction fee of $2.75 per

copy.

Dated: November 7, 1997.

Stephen G. Kopach,

Chief Cadastral Surveyor.

[FR Doc. 97–30298 Filed 11–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–GJ–M