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DATES: Written comments on the permit

application must be received on or

before March 31, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review

the permit application may obtain a

copy by writing to the Assistant Field

Supervisor, Utah Ecological Services

Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, 145 East 1300 South Street,

Suite 404, Salt Lake City, Utah 84115.

Documents will be available for public

inspection by written request, or by

appointment only, during business

hours (8:00 AM to 4:30 PM) at the above

address.

Written data or comments concerning

the permit application should be

submitted to the Assistant Field

Supervisor, Utah Ecological Services

Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Salt Lake City, Utah (see

ADDRESSES above). Please refer to permit

number PRT–825570 in all

correspondence regarding these

documents.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert D. Williams, Assistant Field

Supervisor or Marilet A. Zablan,

Wildlife Biologist, at the above U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service office in Salt Lake

City, Utah (see ADDRESSES above)

(telephone: (801) 524–5001, facsimile:

(801) 524–5021).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 9

of the Act prohibits the ‘‘taking’’ of any

threatened or endangered species, such

as the threatened Utah Prairie Dog.

However, the Service, under limited

circumstances, may issue permits to

take threatened or endangered wildlife

species when such taking is incidental

to, and not the purpose of, otherwise

lawful activities. Regulations governing

permits for threatened and endangered

species are at 50 CFR 17.22.

Applicant

The Applicant plans to develop a 6.3-

acre church facility, located in section

35 in Township 35 South, Range 11

West, Salt Lake Base and Meridian,

within Cedar City, Iron County, Utah.

Development is planned to include a

meeting house, seminary building,

parking area, and installation of

associated infrastructure such as natural

gas, sewer, water, electrical power, and

telephone service. The construction will

impact 6.3 acres of Utah Prairie Dog

habitat, and the Applicant foresees an

incidental take of a maximum of 22

Utah Prairie Dogs through trapping and

relocation and the potential incidental

take of no more than two Utah Prairie

Dogs as a result of direct mortality

during construction. The Applicant

proposes to compensate for this habitat

loss by payment of $900 per acre for

each acre developed, to be used for

public land management actions for

Utah Prairie Dog conservation and to

implement recovery actions for

conservation of the Utah Prairie Dog,

through contribution to the Utah Prairie

Dog Conservation Fund.

A no-action alternative to the

proposed action was considered,

consisting of foregoing the development

of the 6.3-acre area of Utah Prairie Dog

habitat. The no-action alternative was

rejected for reasons including loss of use

of the private property, resulting in

significant economic loss to the

Applicant.

Authority: The authority for this action is

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq.) and the

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969,

as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et. seq.)

Dated: February 24, 1997.

Terry Terrell,

Deputy Regional Director, Region 6, Denver,

Colorado.

[FR Doc. 97–4995 Filed 2–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

Bureau of Land Management

[AK–962–1410–00-P; AA–9299]

Notice for Publication; Alaska Native

Claims Selection

In accordance with Departmental

regulation 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is

hereby given that a decision to issue

conveyance under the provisions of

Section 14(h)(1) of the Alaska Native

Claims Settlement Act of December 18,

1971, 43 U.S.C. 1601, 1613(h)(1), will be

issued to Calista Corporation for

approximately 36.8 acres. The lands

involved are in the vicinity of Nunivak

Island, Alaska.

Seward Meridian, Alaska

T. 2 N., R. 104 W.,

Sec. 36.

A notice of the decision will be

published once a week, for four (4)

consecutive weeks, in the Anchorage

Daily News. Copies of the decision may

be obtained by contacting the Alaska

State Office of the Bureau of Land

Management, 222 West Seventh

Avenue, #13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513–

7599 ((907) 271–5960).

Any party claiming a property interest

which is adversely affected by the

decision, an agency of the Federal

government or regional corporation,

shall have until March 31, 1997 to file

an appeal. However, parties receiving

service by certified mail shall have 30

days from the date of receipt to file an

appeal. Appeals must be filed in the

Bureau of Land Management at the

address identified above, where the

requirements for filing an appeal may be

obtained. Parties who do not file an

appeal in accordance with the

requirements of 43 CFR Part 4, Subpart

E, shall be deemed to have waived their

rights.

Patricia A. Baker,

Land Law Examiner, ANCSA Team, Branch

of 962 Adjudication.

[FR Doc. 97–5008 Filed 2–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–$$–P

[OR–030–07–1120–00: GP7–0107]

National Historic Oregon Trail

Interpretive Center Advisory Board;

Notice

AGENCY: Vale District, Bureau of Land

Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to solicit public nominations for seven

seats on the Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) National Historic

Oregon Trail Interpretative Center

Advisory Board. The Advisory Board,

created in 1997 by the Secretary of the

Interior, provides advice to BLM on

matters pertinent to the Bureau of Land

Management’s responsibilities for the

management of the National Historic

Oregon Trail Interpretive Center.

Nominations should be received 45 days

from the publication date of this notice.

In making appointments to the Advisory

Board, the Secretary will also consider

nominations made by the Governor of

Oregon. The Federal Land Policy and

Management Act (FLPMA) directs the

Secretary of the Interior to establish

advisory councils to provide advice on

land use planning and issues related to

management of lands administered by

BLM. In order to reflect a fair balance

of viewpoints, the membership of the

National Historic Oregon Trail

Interpretive Center Advisory Board

must represent various interests

concerned with the management of the

National Historic Oregon Trail

Interpretive Center. These include:

1. The Wallowa Whitman Forest

Supervisor or his designee.

2. A representative from Trail

Tenders, Inc.

3. A representative from the Oregon

Trail Preservation Trust.

4. A representative from the business

community.

5. A representative of county or local

elected office.

6. Two members of public-at-large.

Individuals may nominate themselves

or other but nominees must be residents

of Oregon. Nominees will be evaluated
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based on their demonstrated ability to

analyze and interpret data and

information, evaluate proposals,

identify problems, and promote the use

of collaborative management

techniques. These include long-term

planning and further development of

the Interpretive Center, interagency

coordination, management across

jurisdictional boundaries, data sharing,

information exchange, and partnerships.

All nominations must be accompanied

by letters of reference from represented

interests or organizations, a completed

background information nomination

form, as well as any other information

that speaks to the nominee’s

qualifications. The nomination period

will also be announced through news

releases issued by the BLM Vale

District, Oregon office. Nominations for

the Advisory Board should be sent to

National Historic Oregon Trail

Interpretive Center Advisory Board,

Attention: Jonne Hower, BLM, 100

Oregon St., Vale, Oregon 97918.

DATES: All nominations should be

received on or before April 15, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND

APPLICATION FORMS CONTACT: Jonne

Hower, Bureau of Land Management,

Vale District, 100 Oregon Street, Vale,

OR 97918, (Telephone 541 473–3144).

Completed Nominations/Background

Forms should be obtained from and

returned to the same addresses listed

above.

Edwin J. Singleton,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97–4975 Filed 2–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–33–M

[MT–962–1020–00]

Notice of Availability for the Montana/

Dakotas Standards for Rangeland

Health and Guidelines for Livestock

Grazing Management Supplement to

the Draft Environmental Impact

Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Supplement to the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

includes additional information and

documents the effects of adopting

regional standards for rangeland health

and guidelines for livestock grazing

management on BLM-administered

lands west of the Continental Divide, in

Montana. The supplement discloses

additional impacts not already covered

in the Draft EIS from implementing the

proposed alternatives on lands west of

the Continental Divide. This action is

proposed in accordance with revised

regulations for livestock grazing on

BLM-administered lands (43 CFR 4100).

The proposed standards and guidelines

were developed in partnership with the

Butte Resource Advisory Council (RAC),

and with other public input. There will

be a 60-day comment period on the

Draft EIS Supplement. The comment

period will begin the day the EPA

Notice appears in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandy Brooks, BLM Montana State

Office, P.O. Box 36800, Billings,

Montana 59107–6800, or 406–255–2929.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When the

Montana/Dakotas Draft EIS for

Standards for Rangeland Health and

Guidelines for Livestock Grazing

Management was issued, lands west of

the Continental Divide were not

included in the analysis because they

are being considered as part of the

Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem

Management Project (ICBEMP).

However, the schedule to complete the

ICBEMP has been extended, which

would cause the Fallback Standards and

Guidelines to automatically go into

effect on August 12, 1997. By

supplementing the Montana/Dakotas

Draft EIS, these lands would be subject

to the same consideration and analysis

of alternatives as other lands in

Montana/Dakotas. The record of

decision signed on the Montana/Dakotas

Standards and Guidelines Final EIS,

will apply to lands west of the

Continental Divide, in Montana. The

ICBEMP decision will supersede the

Montana/Dakotas Standards and

Guidelines decision, for these lands,

when the ICBEMP is complete. The

supplement to the DEIS revises

information and analysis in the Draft

EIS to include BLM-administered lands

west of the Continental Divide. There

will be a 60-day comment period.

Comments must be received by May 3,

1997. An open house will be held to

exchange information with the public

about the standards and guidelines

supplement to the Draft EIS. The open

house will be held on March 20, 1997,

at the Garnet Resource Area Office, 3255

Fort Missoula Road, Missoula, Montana,

from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Dated: February 21, 1997.

Thomas P. Lonnie,

Deputy State Director, Division of Resources.

[FR Doc. 97–4996 Filed 2–27–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P

[CO–010–07–1020–00–241A]

Northwest Colorado Resource

Advisory Council Meetings

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the next meetings of the Northwest

Colorado Resource Advisory Council

will be held on Friday, March 14, 1997,

in Grand Junction, Colorado; and

Wednesday, May 14, 1997, in Steamboat

Springs, Colorado.

DATES: Meetings are scheduled for

Friday, March 14, 1997, and

Wednesday, May 14, 1997.

ADDRESS: For further information,

contact Joann Graham, Bureau of Land

Management (BLM), Grand Junction

District Office, 2815 H Road, Grand

Junction, Colorado 81506; Telephone

(970) 244–3000; TDD (970) 244–3037.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Friday, March 14, 1997

This meeting will be held in the BLM

District Office Conference Room, 2815 H

Road, Grand Junction, Colorado.

Wednesday, May 14, 1997

This meeting will be held at the

Yampa Valley Rural Electrification

Building, 32 Tenth Street, Steamboat

Springs, Colorado.

All meetings are scheduled to begin at

9 a.m. The March 14 meeting in Grand

Junction will focus on general Council

business, Council subcommittee reports,

and Area Manager reports on the

following topics: (1) The status of the

Bang’s Canyon Management Plan, (2)

possible acquisition of the Naval Oil

Shale Reserve, and (3) resource

management conflicts in new areas

proposed for wilderness designation by

a group of 47 conservationists.

The agenda for the May 14 meeting in

Steamboat Springs will focus on general

Council business and subcommittee

reports.

All Resource Advisory Council

meetings are open to the public.

Interested persons may make oral

statements at the meetings or submit

written statements following the

meetings. The Grand Junction/Craig

District Manager may set per-person

time limits for oral statements, if

needed, to allow all interested persons

an opportunity to speak.

Summary minutes for the Council

meeting will be maintained in the Grand

Junction and Craig District Offices and

will be available for public inspection

and reproduction during regular