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interested in sustaining biological

resources. It also provides

understanding to help avoid conflicts

that can both impede development and

degrade natural habitats.

The Species at Risk Program will

develop scientific information and

alternatives to assist Federal, State, and

other land managers in their decisions

regarding the protection of sensitive

species and habitats.

C. Availability of Funds

Through this program, pre-proposals

are invited for funding in Fiscal Year

1998. Total funding anticipated for the

fiscal year is approximately $375,000.

Monies will be provided to successful

applicants on a competitive basis. There

is no minimum project cost; the

maximum project cost will be $80,000.

D. Eligibility Requirements

Under the terms specified in the

information package, pre-proposals will

be accepted from State agencies, private

and industry groups, academic

institutions, and Native American

Tribes and Nations. Pre-proposals will

be evaluated in light of their scientific

merit, partnership opportunities,

potential for providing useful

information to resource managers,

potential for conservation agreements,

possibilities for cost sharing, and

demonstration of successful completion

within 18 months of date of initiation.

Possible selectees will then be invited to

submit a full proposal for consideration

of funding.

E. Application Process

Parties interested in participating in

this program should request an

information package that will include

detailed application forms, Federal

Assistance Forms (Standard Form 424,

etc), proposal format requirements, etc.,

from: Mail: Species at Risk Program,

12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 300,

Reston, VA 20192, ATTN: Dr. Nancy

Milton, or E-Mail:

nancylmlmilton@nbs.gov, or call:

(703) 648–4074.

F. Dates

Notice of interest in this program

must be received by December 31, 1997.

W. James Fleming,

Acting Chief Biologist, Biological Resources

Division.

[FR Doc. 97–32314 Filed 12–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–31–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ–930–1430–01; AZA 13411, AZA 13431]

Public Land Order No. 7300;

Revocation of Two Secretarial Orders

Dated November 18, 1904, and April 26,

1916; Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

SUMMARY: This order revokes, in their

entirety, two Secretarial orders as they

affect 5,922.44 acres of public lands

withdrawn for the Bureau of

Reclamation’s Little Colorado Project.

The project has not been developed and

there is no further need for the lands to

be withdrawn. The lands are closed to

surface entry and mining and will not

be opened at this time. The lands have

been and will continue to be open to

mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cliff

Yardley, BLM Arizona State Office, 222

North Central Ave., Phoenix, Arizona

85004–2203, 602–417–9437.

By virtue of the authority vested in

the Secretary of the Interior by Section

204 of the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.

1714 (1994), it is ordered as follows:

1. The Secretarial orders dated

November 18, 1904, and April 26, 1916,

which withdrew public lands for the

Bureau of Reclamation’s Little Colorado

River Project, are hereby revoked in

their entirety.The lands involved

aggregate 5,922.44 acres in Coconino

and Navajo Counties.

2. The lands will not be opened until

an analysis is completed to determine if

any of the lands need special

designation and to identify any land

exchange potential.

Dated: November 26, 1997.

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 97–32318 Filed 12–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–32–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[OR–958–0777–63; GP7–0018; OR–19136]

Public Land Order No. 7301;

Revocation of Secretarial Order Dated

June 18, 1924; Oregon

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public Land Order.

SUMMARY: This order revokes in its

entirety a Secretarial order which

withdrew 16,285 acres of National

Forest System lands and 20 acres of

public lands for the Bureau of Land

Management’s Powersite Classification

No. 78. The lands are no longer needed

for the purpose for which they were

withdrawn. The lands will remain

closed to surface entry and mining by

other overlapping withdrawals, and a

portion of the lands have been and will

remain open to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 9, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Betty McCarthy, BLM Oregon/

Washington State Office, P.O. Box 2965,

Portland, Oregon 97208–2965, 503–952–

6155.

By virtue of the authority vested in

the Secretary of the Interior by Section

204 of the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.

1714 (1994), it is ordered as follows:

1. The Secretarial Order dated June

18, 1924, which established Powersite

Classification No. 78, is hereby revoked

in its entirety:

Willamette Meridian

Public Lands

T. 5 S., R. 49 E.,

Protraction block no. 45 (formerly

identified as sec. 30).

Wallowa and Whitman National Forests

T. 5 N., R. 47 E., (unsurveyed),

Sec. 1, all unsurveyed lands lying within 1⁄4 mile of the Snake River.

T. 4 N., R. 48 E.,

Sec. 2, lot 1;

Sec. 3, lots 3, 4, 5, and 6;

Sec. 11, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4;

Sec. 13, lot 1;

Sec. 14, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4.

T. 5 N., R. 48 E., (unsurveyed),

Secs. 6, 7, 18, 19, 20, 28, 29, 33, and 34,

all unsurveyed lands lying within 1⁄4

mile of the Snake River.

T. 4 N., R. 49 E.,

Sec. 16, lots 1 to 5, inclusive, and

SE1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 17, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4;

Sec. 18, lot 3 and that portion of Mineral

Survey No. 469 formerly known as lots

1, 2, and 3;

Sec. 19, lots 1 and 2;

Sec. 27, lots 1, 2, and 3, and SE1⁄4NW1⁄4;

Sec. 35, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, and

NW1⁄4SE1⁄4.

T. 1 N., R. 50 E., (unsurveyed),

Secs. 24, 25, 26, 35, and 36, all unsurveyed

lands lying within 1⁄4 mile of the Snake

River.

T. 2 N., R. 50 E.,

Sec. 1, lots 1 and 4;

Sec. 12, all lands lying within 1⁄4 mile of

the Snake River.

T. 3 N., R. 50 E.,

Sec. 4, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4;

Sec. 10, lot 2, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, and NE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 11, lots 1, 2, and 3, and S1⁄2SW1⁄4;
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Sec. 13, lot 1;

Sec. 14, lots 1, 2, and 3, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, and

SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 23, E1⁄2NE1⁄4 and NE1⁄4SE1⁄4;

Sec. 24, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4;

Sec. 25, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4;

Sec. 26, E1⁄2E1⁄2.

T. 4 N., R. 50 E., (unsurveyed),

Secs. 31, 32, and 33, all unsurveyed lands

lying within 1⁄4 mile of the Snake River.

T. 1 N., R. 51 E., (unsurveyed),

Secs. 4, 5, 8, 17, 18, and 19, all unsurveyed

lands lying within 1⁄4 mile of the Snake

River.

T. 2 N., R. 51 E.,

Secs. 7, 17, and 18, all unsurveyed lands

lying within 1⁄4 mile of the Snake River;

Sec. 20, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, and NE1⁄4SW1⁄4;

Sec. 29, lot 3, and W1⁄2NW1⁄4NE1⁄4

(formerly known as lot 1);

Sec. 33, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, and E1⁄2SW1⁄4.

T. 2 S., R. 49 E., (unsurveyed),

Protraction block nos. 48, 49, and 52

(formerly identified as secs. 24, 25, and

35),

Secs. 26 and 36, all unsurveyed lands lying

within 1⁄4 mile of the Snake River.

T. 3 S., R. 49 E., (unsurveyed),

Secs. 2, 3, 10, 11, 14, 15, 22, 23, 26, 27,

33, and 34, all unsurveyed lands lying

within 1⁄4 mile of the Snake River.

T. 4 S., R. 49 E., (unsurveyed),

Protraction block nos. 37, 40, 41, 44, 45,

and 48 (formerly identified as secs. 4, 9,

16, 21, 28, 29, and 32), all unsurveyed

lands lying within 1⁄4 mile of the Snake

River.

T. 5 S., R. 49 E., (unsurveyed)

Protraction blocks nos. 37, 40 to 44,

inclusive, (formerly identified as secs. 4,

8, 9, 17, 19, and 20), all unsurveyed

lands lying within 1⁄4 mile of the Snake

River.

T. 1 S., R. 50 E., (unsurveyed),

Secs. 2, 3, 10, 11, 15, 21, 22, 28, and 33,

all unsurveyed lands lying within 1⁄4

mile of the Snake River.

T. 2 S., R. 50 E., (unsurveyed),

Secs. 4, 5, 7, 8, 18, and 19, all unsurveyed

lands lying within 1⁄4 mile of the Snake

River.

The areas described aggregate

approximately 16,305 acres in Wallowa

County.

2. The public lands in T. 5 S., R. 49

E., is included in the Hells Canyon

National Recreation Area and Power

Project No. 1971, and will not be

restored to operation of the public land

laws, including the mining and mineral

leasing laws.

3. The lands described in paragraph 1,

except as provided by paragraph 2, are

included in the Hells Canyon National

Recreation Area, the Middle Snake Wild

and Scenic River, and Power Project No.

1971, and will remain clod to such

forms of disposition as may by law be

made of National Forest System lands,

including the mining laws. The lands

lying outside the national recreation

area and wild and scenic river

boundaries have been and will remain

open to applications and offers under

the mineral leasing laws.

Dated: November 26, 1997.

Bob Armstrong,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 97–32317 Filed 12–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

Agency Form Submitted for OMB

Review

AGENCY: United States International

Trade Commission.

ACTION: In accordance with the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the

Commission has submitted a request for

approval of questionnaires to the Office

of Management and Budget for review.

PURPOSE OF INFORMATION

COLLECTION: The forms are for use by

the Commission in connection with

investigation No. 332–386, Macadamia

Nuts: Economic and Competitive

Conditions Affecting the U.S. Industry,

instituted under the authority of section

332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19

U.S.C. 1332(g)). This investigation was

requested by Committee on Finance,

U.S. Senate. The Commission expects to

deliver the results of its investigation to

the Committee on Finance by September

30, 1998.

PROPOSAL:

(1) Number of forms submitted: three

(2) Title of forms: Importer

Questionnaire, Grower

Questionnaire, and Grower/

Processor Questionnaire

(3) Type of request: new

(4) Frequency of use: Importer, Grower,

and Grower/Processor

questionnaire, single data gathering,

scheduled for February 1998

(5) Description of respondents: U.S.

firms which produce, process, and

or import macadamia nuts

(6) Estimated number of respondents:

100 (Grower questionnaire)

9 (Importer questionnaire)

6 (Grower/Processor questionnaire)

115 Total

(7) Estimated total number of hours to

complete the forms: 4,510

(8) Information obtained from the form

that qualifies as confidential

business information will be so

treated by the Commission and not

disclosed in a manner that would

reveal the individual operations of

a firm

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENT:

Copies of the forms and supporting

documents may be obtained from

Stephen Burket (USITC, telephone no.

(202) 205–3318). Comments about the

proposals should be directed to the

Office of Management and Budget,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Room 10102 (Docket Library),

Washington, DC 20503, ATTENTION:

Docket Librarian. All comments should

be specific, indicating which part of the

questionnaire is objectionable,

describing the concern in detail, and

including specific suggested revisions or

language changes. Copies of any

comments should be provided to Robert

Rogowsky, Director, Office of

Operations, U.S. International Trade

Commission, 500 E Street S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20436, who is the

Commission’s designated Senior Official

under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

Hearing impaired individuals are

advised that information on this matter

can be obtained by contacting our TDD

terminal (telephone no. 202–205–1810).

General information concerning the

Commission may also be obtained by

accessing its Internet server (http://

www.usitc.gov).

Issued: December 3, 1997.

By order of the Commission.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32334 Filed 12–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 332–325]

The Economic Effects of Significant

U.S. Import Restraints: Second

Biennial Update

AGENCY: United States International

Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice of hearing and

opportunity to submit written

comments for biennial update report.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 3, 1997.

SUMMARY: The Commission has

scheduled a hearing in connection with

the second biennial report in this

investigation for May 12, 1998, and has

established deadlines for the submission

of requests to appear at the hearing and

for the filing of written submissions as

set forth below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Gallaway at (202) 205–3247,

Office of Economics, U.S. International

Trade Commission. Hearing impaired

persons are advised that information on

this investigation can be obtained by

contacting the Commission’s TDD

terminal on (202) 205–1810.