66660 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 244 / Friday, December 19, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4235–N–34]

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities

To Assist the Homeless

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This Notice identifies

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and

surplus Federal property reviewed by

HUD for suitability for possible use to

assist the homeless.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 19, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Johnston, Department of Housing

and Urban Development, Room 7256,

451 Seventh Street SW., Washington,

DC 20410; telephone (202) 708–1226;

TDD number for the hearing- and

speech-impaired (202) 708–2565 (these

telephone numbers are not toll-free), or

call the toll-free Title V information line

at 1–800–927–7588.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with the December 12, 1988

court order in National Coalition for the

Homeless v. Veterans Administration,

No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD

publishes a Notice, on a weekly basis,

identifying unutilized, underutilized,

excess and surplus Federal buildings

and real property that HUD has

reviewed for suitability for use to assist

the homeless. Today’s Notice is for the

purpose of announcing that no

additional properties have been

determined suitable or unsuitable this

week.

Dated: December 11, 1997.

Fred Karnas, Jr.,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic

Development

[FR Doc. 97–32789 Filed 12–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–29–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Receipt of Applications for

Permit

The following applicants have

applied for a permit 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.):

Applicant: University of Arizona,

Tucson, AZ, PRT–837560.

The applicant requests a permit to

import blood samples from captive-held

chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), pygmy

chimpanzee (Pan paniscus), gorilla

(Gorilla gorilla), and orangutan (Pongo

pygmaeus) and to import fecal and hair

samples taken from chimpanzee (Pan

troglodytes), pygmy chimpanzee (Pan

paniscus), gorilla (Gorilla gorilla), and

orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) in the wild

for the purpose of scientific research.

Applicant: International Crane

Foundation, Baraboo, WI, PRT–837403.

The applicant requests a permit to

export captive-bred Siberian crane (Grus

leucogeranus) eggs for reintroduction

into the wild in Russia to enhance the

survival of the species.

Applicant: Omaha’s Henry Doorly

Zoo, Omaha, NE, PRT–837631.

The applicant requests a permit to

export one captive-born Malayan tapir

(Tapirus indicus) to the Adelaide Zoo,

Adelaide, Australia, for captive breeding

to enhance the survival of the species.

Applicant: St. Louis Zoological Park,

St. Louis, MO, PRT–837553.

The applicant requests a permit to

import one male and one female

captive-held false gavial (Tomistoma

schlegelii) from the Singapore Zoo for

the purpose of enhancement of the

survival of the species through captive

propagation and conservation

education.

Applicant: Felson Bowman,

Greenwood, Indiana, PRT–837701.

The applicant requests a permit to

import the sport-hunted trophy of one

male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus

dorcas) culled from a captive herd

maintained under the management

program of the Republic of South Africa,

for the purpose of enhancement of the

survival of the species.

Written data or comments should be

submitted to the Director, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Office of Management

Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,

Room 700, Arlington, Virginia 22203

and must be received by the Director on

or before January 20, 1998.

The public is invited to comment on

the following application for permits to

conduct certain activities with marine

mammals. The application was

submitted to satisfy requirements of the

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972,

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and

the regulations governing marine

mammals (50 CFR 18).

Applicant: Eugene Giscombe,

Amityville, NY, PRT–837603.

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted from the McClintock

Channel polar bear population,

Northwest Territories, Canada for

personal use.

Applicant: William Jury, Gilroy, CA,

PRT–837379.

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport hunted, prior to April 30, 1994,

from the Lancaster Sound polar bear

population, Northwest Territories,

Canada for personal use.

Applicant: Jack R. Cook, Mondovi,

WI, PRT–837437.

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted, prior to April 30, 1994,

from the Lancaster Sound polar bear

population, Northwest Territories,

Canada for personal use.

Written data or comments, requests

for copies of any of these complete

applications, or requests for a public

hearing on these applications should be

sent to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Office of Management

Authority, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room

700, Arlington, Virginia 22203,

telephone 703/358–2104 or fax 703/358-

2281 and must be received within 30

days of the date of publication of this

notice. Anyone requesting a hearing

should give specific reasons why a

hearing would be appropriate. The

holding of such a hearing is at the

discretion of the Director.

Documents and other information

submitted with the 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 above

address on or before January 20, 1998.

Dated: December 15, 1997.

MaryEllen Amtower,

Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of

Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 97–33089 Filed 12–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Availability of a Draft

Management Plan for the Northern End

of South Monomoy Island, Monomoy

National Wildlife Refuge for Review

and Comment

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service announces the availability for

public review of a draft management

plan for the northern end of South

Monomoy Island, Monomoy National

Wildlife Refuge, Chatham, MA. The

multi-year adaptive management plan,

to be initiated in the 1998 season,

focuses on management of wildlife