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used during construction of the

permanent residence and pond. Once

completed it is anticipated the

temporary home will be removed. This

action will eliminate 4.5 acres or less of

Houston toad habitat and result in

indirect impacts within the property.

The applicant proposes to compensate

for this incidental take of the Houston

toad by providing $6,000.00 to the

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

for the specific purpose of land

acquisition and management within

Houston toad habitat, as identified by

the Service.

Renne Lohoefener,

Regional Director, Region 2, Albuquerque,

New Mexico.

[FR Doc. 00–25325 Filed 10–2–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force

Ruffe Control Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance

Species (ANS) Task Force Ruffe Control

Committee. The meeting topics are

identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.

DATES: The Ruffe Control Committee

will meet from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.,

Wednesday, October 25, 2000 and 10

a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday, October 26,

2000.

ADDRESSES: The Ruffe Control

Committee meeting will be held in the

Comfort Inn, 4404 I–75 Business Spur,

Sault Ste Marie, Michigan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sharon Gross, Executive Secretary,

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force at

703–358–2308 or by e-mail at:

sharon_gross@fws.gov or Thomas

Busiahn, Ruffe Control Committee

Chair, at 703–358–1718.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.

I), this notice announces a meeting of

the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task

Force Ruffe Control Committee. The

ANS Task Force was established by the

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance

Prevention and Control Act of 1990.

Topics to be covered during the Ruffe

Control Committee meeting include: the

status of existing ruffe populations, a

review of the eight components of the

ruffe control plan, an evaluation of the

bait harvest prohibitions currently in

place on Lake Superior, and other

topics.

Minutes of the meeting will be

maintained by the Executive Secretary,

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force,

Suite 851, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,

Arlington, Virginia 22203–1622, and

will be available for public inspection

during regular business hours, Monday

through Friday.

Dated: September 27, 2000.

Cathleen I. Short,

Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task

Force, Assistant Director—Fisheries and

Habitat Conservation.

[FR Doc. 00–25315 Filed 10–2–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT–924–1430–HN–003E; MTM 84984, MTM

86124]

Public Notice—Jurisdiction Transfer as

Required by the Crow Boundary

Settlement Act of 1994; Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This document provides

notification to the public and state and

local governmental officials of the

transfer of exclusive jurisdiction and

administration of the surface estate of

12,465.32 acres of public lands from the

Bureau of Land Management to the

United States of America, Bureau of

Indian Affairs in trust for the Crow

Indian Tribe and shall be recognized as

part of the Crow Indian Reservation.

EFFECTIVE DATES: December 2, 1999,

December 8, 1999, December 16, 1999,

January 12, 2000, February 24, 2000,

and March 27, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Russell Sorensen, BLM Dillon Field

Office, 1005 Selway Drive, Dillon,

Montana 59725–9431, 406–683–8036.

By virtue of the authority vested in the

Secretary of the Interior pursuant to

Section 5(d)(G) of the Crow Boundary

Settlement Act of November 2, 1994,

P.L. 103–444, it is ordered as follows:

1. Subject to valid existing rights,

jurisdiction of the surface estate for the

following described lands was

transferred to the Bureau of Indian

Affairs in trust for the Crow Indian

Tribe on the dates listed below:

(a) December 2, 1999:

Principal Meridian

T. 3 S., R. 29 E.,

Sec. 10, all.

(b) December 8, 1999:

T. 6 S., R. 33 E.,

Sec. 12, NE1⁄4.

T. 1 S., R. 35 E.,

Sec. 16, all.

T. 3 S., R. 35 E.,

Sec. 16, all.

T. 2 S., R. 36 E.,

Sec. 16, all.

(c) December 16, 1999:

T. 3 S., R. 28 E.,

Sec. 36, NE1⁄4SE1⁄4.

(d) January 12, 2000:

T. 3 S., R. 33 E.,

Sec. 16, S1⁄2S1⁄2.

T. 3 S., R. 34 E.,

Sec. 36, lot 4, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4.

T. 4 S., R. 37 E.,

Sec. 21, all.

T. 4 S., R. 38 E.,

Sec. 16: NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4,

and SW1⁄4SW1⁄4.

T. 5 S., R. 36 E.,

Sec. 2, SE1⁄4;

Sec. 11, E1⁄2.

(e) February 24, 2000:

T. 3 S., R. 29 E.,

Sec. 11, all.

(f) March 27, 2000:

T. 1 S., R. 35 E.,

Sec. 36, all.

T. 1 S., R. 36 E.,

Sec. 16, N1⁄2NW1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4, and

N1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 36, all.

T. 2 S., R. 35 E.,

Sec. 16, all.

T. 2 S., R. 36 E.,

Sec. 36, all.

T. 3 S., R. 35 E.,

Sec. 36, all.

T. 3 S., R 36 E.,

Sec. 16, all.

T. 4 S., R. 37 E.,

Sec. 1, S1⁄2N1⁄2, and S1⁄2.

T. 5 S., R. 26 E.,

Sec. 16, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, and SE1⁄4.

T. 5 S., R. 30 E.,

Sec. 3, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S1⁄2N1⁄2, and

S1⁄2.

T. 5 S., R. 33 E.,

Sec. 36, all.

T. 6 S., R. 30 E.,

Sec. 1, lots 1 to 7, inclusive, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4,

S1⁄2NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4, and W1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 2, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S1⁄2N1⁄2, and

S1⁄2.

The areas described aggregate 12,465.32

acres in Big Horn and Yellowstone Counties,

Montana.

2. The transfer of the above described

surface estate for such lands and all

activities conducted thereon vests

custody and accountability unto the

United States of America, on behalf of

the Bureau of Indian Affairs, in trust for

the Crow Indian Tribe.

Dated: September 20, 2000.

Thomas P. Lonnie,

Deputy State Director, Division of Resources.

[FR Doc. 00–25301 Filed 10–2–00; 8:45 am]

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