106 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 1 / Friday, January 2, 1998 / Notices

Committee Name: National Institute of

Mental Health Special Emphasis Panel.

Date: January 5, 1998.

Time: 3 p.m.

Place: Parklawn, Room 9C–18, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

Contact Person: Gloria B. Levin, Parklawn,

Room 9C–18, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville,

MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 443–1340.

The meeting will be closed in

accordance with the provisions set forth

in secs. 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title

5 U.S.C. Applications and/or proposals

and the discussions could reveal

confidential trade secrets or commercial

property such as patentable material

and personal information concerning

individuals associated with the

applications and/or proposals, the

disclosure of which would constitute a

clearly unwarranted invasion of

personal privacy.

This notice is being published less

than fifteen days prior to the meeting

due to the urgent need to meet timing

limitations imposed by the review and

funding cycle.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Numbers 93.242, 93.281, 93.282)

Dated: December 23, 1997.

LaVeen Ponds,

Acting Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 97–34150 Filed 12–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4235–N–36]

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: January 2, 1998.

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 speechimpaired (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 22, 1997.

Fred Karnas, Jr.,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic

Development.

[FR Doc. 97–33730 Filed 12–31–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–29–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Availability of a Draft

Recovery Plan for the Rio Grande

Silvery Minnow (Hybognathus amarus)

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 recovery plan

for the Rio Grande silvery minnow,

(Hybognathus amarus). The species

currently occurs in only 10 percent of

the historic range, 180 miles of the Rio

Grande in New Mexico between Cochiti

Lake and Elephant Butte Reservoir.

Historically, the species occurred from

Espanola in north central New Mexico

downstream to the Gulf of Mexico on

the main stem of the Rio Grande, and

from Santa Rosa, New Mexico to the

confluence with the Rio Grande in the

Pecos River. The Service solicits review

and comment from the public on this

draft plan.

DATES: Comments on the draft recovery

plan must be received on or before April

2, 1998 to receive consideration by the

Service.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review

the draft recovery plan may examine a

copy by contacting Field Supervisor,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New

Mexico Ecological Services Field Office,

2105 Osuna Road NE, Albuquerque,

New Mexico, 87113, telephone (505)

761–4525. Written comments and

materials regarding the plan should also

be addressed to the same address above.

Comments and materials received are

available on request for public

inspection, by appointment, during

normal business hours at the same

address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeffery C. Whitney, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service (see ADDRESSES) at

(505) 761–4525.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Restoring an endangered or

threatened animal or plant to the point

where it is a secure, self-sustaining

member of its ecosystem is a primary

goal of the Service’s endangered species

program. To help guide the recovery

effort, the Service is working to prepare

recovery plans for most of the native

species native to the United States.

Recovery plans describe actions

considered necessary for conservation of

the species, establish criteria for the

recovery levels for down listing or

delisting them, and estimate time and

cost for implementing the recovery

measures needed.

The Endangered Species Act of 1973

(Act), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et

seq.) requires the development of

recovery plans for listed species unless

such a plan would not promote the

conservation of a particular species.

Section 4(f) of the Act, as amended in

1988, requires that public notice and an

opportunity for public review and

comment be provided during recovery

plan development. The Service will

consider all information presented

during a public comment period prior to

approval of each new or revised

Recovery Plan. The Service and other

Federal agencies will also take these

comments into account in the course of

implementing approved recovery plans.

The silvery minnow was listed as

endangered on July 18, 1994. This

Recovery Plan is the product of

considerable biological and hydrological

data developed by a team of scientists,

agency personnel, stakeholders from the

management community, Native

American community and conservation

organizations. It includes scientific

information about the species and

provides management procedures for

protecting its habitat and expanding its

range and abundance to the extent that

no natural or man-caused disturbance

will result in irrevocable losses.

Public Comments Solicited

The Service solicits written comments

on the recovery plan described. All

comments received by the date specified

above will be considered prior to

approval of the plan.

Authority

The authority for this action is

Section 4(f) of the Endangered Species

Act, 16 U.S.C. 1533(F).