58282 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 189 / Thursday, September 28, 2000 / Notices

Dated: September 20, 2000.

William C. Apgar,

Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal

Housing Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 00–24950 Filed 9–27–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4561–N–61]

Notice of Submission of Proposed

Information Collection to OMB; LifeCycle Cost Analysis of Utility

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information

Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

has been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: October 30,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

approval number (2577–0024) and

should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr.,

OMB Desk Officer, Office of

Management and Budget, Room 10235,

New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management

Officer, Q, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,

SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail

Wayne_Eddins@HUD.gov; telephone

(202) 708–2374. This is not a toll-free

number. Copies of the proposed forms

and other available documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department has submitted the proposal

for the collection of information, as

described below, to OMB for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The Notice

lists the following information: (1) The

title of the information collection

proposal; (2) the office of the agency to

collect the information; (3) the OMB

approval number, if applicable; (4) the

description of the need for the

information and its proposed use; (5)

the agency form number, if applicable;

(6) what members of the public will be

affected by the proposal; (7) how

frequently information submissions will

be required; (8) an estimate of the total

number of hours needed to prepare the

information submission including

number of respondents, frequency of

response, and hours of response; (9)

whether the proposal is new, an

extension, reinstatement, or revision of

an information collection requirement;

and (10) the name and telephone

number of an agency official familiar

with the proposal and of the OMB Desk

Officer for the Department.

This Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Life-Cycle Cost

Analysis of Utility.

OMB Approval Number: 2577–0024.

Form Numbers: None.

Description of the Need for the

Information and its Proposed Use:

Utility cost analysis for Housing

Agencies to ensure selection of the most

effective heating and cooling systems for

new construction or substantial

rehabilitation of public housing.

Respondents: Not-for-profit

institutions and State, local or Tribal

governments.

Frequency of Submission: Biannually.

Reporting Burden:

Number of respondents × Frequency

of response × Hours perresponse = Burdenhours

248 .................................................................................................................................. 1 6 1,428

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 1,428.

Status: Reinstate without change.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork

Reduction act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as

amended.

Dated: September 20, 2000.

Wayne Eddins,

Departmental Reports Management Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–24951 Filed 9–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Receipt of Applications for

Permit

Endangered Species

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: Dr. Cynthia Lagueux, The

Wildlife Conservation Society,

Gainsville, FL, PRT—781606.

The applicant requests a permit to

import blood and tissue samples taken

from Leatherback sea turtles,

Dermochelys coriacea), and Hawksbill

sea turtles, (Eretmochelys imbricata), in

Nicaraugua for enhancement of the

species through scientific research. This

notification covers activities conducted

by the applicant over a five year period.

Applicant: USGS/National Wildlife

Health Center, Madison, WI. PRT—

016660. The applicant requests an

amendment to their initial request

published October 14, 1999, in Vol. 64,

No. 198. to export yolk samples from

infertile eggs of captive-born Puerto

Rican parrots (Amazona Vittata) to the

Scottish Agricultural College, Scotland,

United Kingdom. The applicant would

like to amend the permit to include egg

yolk samples taken from other captive

born sources and from the nest of Puerto

Rican parrots found in the wild.

Applicant: James D. Stewart, Bedford,

TX, PRT—033659.

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.

Applicant: Betty J. Young dba

Riverglen Tiger Refuge, Mountainburg,

AR, PRT—824228.

The applicant requests a re-issuance

of the permit to re-export and re-import

captive-born tigers (Panthera tigris) and

progeny of the animals currently held

by the applicant and any animals

acquired in the United States by the

applicant to/from worldwide locations

to enhance the survival of the species

through conservation education. This

notification covers activities conducted

by the applicant over a three year

period.

Written data or comments should be

submitted to the Director, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Division of

Management Authority, 4401 North

Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington,

Virginia 22203 and must be received by

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the Director within 30 days of the date

of this publication.

Documents and other information

submitted with these applications 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

following office within 30 days of the

date of publication of this notice. U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of

Management Authority, 4401 North

Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington,

Virginia 22203. Phone: (703/358–2104);

FAX: (703/358–2281).

Dated: September 22, 2000.

Charlie Chandler,

Chief, Branch of Permits, Division of

Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 00–24913 Filed 9–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Issuance of Permit for Marine

Mammals

On July 13, 2000, a notice was

published in the Federal Register, Vol.

65, No. 135, Page 43380, that an

application had been filed with the Fish

and Wildlife Service by James L. Scull,

Jr., for a permit (PRT–029977) to import

one polar bear (Ursus maritimus) trophy

taken from the Lancaster Sound

population, Canada for personal use.

Notice is hereby given that on

September 12, 2000, as authorized by

the provisions of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and

Wildlife Service authorized the

requested permit subject to certain

conditions set forth therein.

Dated: September 22, 2000.

Charlie Chandler,

Chief, Branch of Permits, Division of

Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 00–24914 Filed 9–27–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Availability of a Draft

Recovery Plan for the Bog Turtle,

Northern Population, 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 allopatric northern population of

the bog turtle (Clemmys muhlenbergii).

The bog turtle’s northern population

was listed as a threatened species on

November 4, 1997. Although this

population is currently known to occur

in a total of 360 sites in the states of

Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland,

Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York,

and Pennsylvania, it has experienced at

least a 50 percent reduction in range

and numbers over the past 20 years. The

greatest threats to the long-term survival

of the northern bog turtle population

include the loss, degradation, and

fragmentation of its habitat,

compounded by the increasing take of

long-lived adult animals from wild

populations for illegal wildlife trade.

The overall objective of the bog turtle

recovery program is to protect and

maintain the northern allopatric

population of this species and its habitat

by securing protection for at least 185

populations distributed across the

species’ range, and ensuring that these

populations are stable or increasing. The

Service solicits review and comment

from the public on this draft Plan.

DATES: Comments on the draft Recovery

Plan must be received by November 27,

2000 to receive consideration by the

Service.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review

the draft Recovery Plan can obtain a

copy from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Pennsylvania Field Office, 315

South Allen Street, Suite 322, State

College, Pennsylvania 16801. Comments

should be sent to this address, to the

attention of Carole Copeyon.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carole Copeyon (see ADDRESSES),

telephone 814–234–4090.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Restoring an endangered or

threatened animal or plant to the point

where it is again a secure, selfsustaining member of its ecosystem is a

primary goal of the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service’s endangered species

program. To help guide the recovery

effort, the Service is working to prepare

Recovery Plans for most of the listed

species native to the United States.

Recovery Plans describe actions

considered necessary for conservation of

the species, establish criteria for the

recovery levels for downlisting or

delisting them, and estimate time and

cost for implementing the recovery

measures needed.

The Endangered Species Act of 1973,

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 Recovery Plans.

The document submitted for review is

the Agency Draft Bog Turtle (Clemmys

muhlenbergii), Northern Population,

Recovery Plan. The northern population

of the bog turtle was listed as a

threatened species on November 4,

1997. This population is currently

known to occur in Connecticut (5 sites),

Delaware (4), Maryland (71),

Massachusetts (3), New Jersey (165),

New York (37), and Pennsylvania (75).

Bog turtles usually occur in small,

discrete populations, generally

occupying open-canopy, herbaceous

sedge meadows and fens bordered by

wooded areas. These wetlands are a

mosaic of micro-habitats that include

dry pockets, saturated areas, and areas

that are periodically flooded. Bog turtles

depend upon this diversity of microhabitats for foraging, nesting, basking,

hibernation and shelter. Unfragmented

riparian systems that are sufficiently

dynamic to allow the natural creation of

open habitat are needed to compensate

for ecological succession. Beaver, deer,

and cattle may be instrumental in

maintaining the open-canopy wetlands

essential for this species’ survival.

The bog turtle has experienced at least

a 50 percent reduction in range and

numbers over the past 20 years. The

greatest threats to its survival include

the loss, degradation, and fragmentation

of its habitat, compounded by the

increasing take of long-lived adult

animals from wild populations for

illegal wildlife trade.

The overall objective of the bog turtle

recovery program is to protect and

maintain the northern allopatric

population of this species and its

habitat. This will be accomplished by

(1) securing long-range protection for at

least 185 populations distributed among

five recovery units: 10 in the Prairie

Peninsula/Lake Plain Recovery Unit, 5

in the Outer Coastal Plain Recovery

Unit, 40 in the Hudson/Housatonic

Recovery Unit, 50 in the Susquehanna/

Potomac Recovery Unit, and 80 in the