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727–6300/800–999–5227 South Bend

Medical Foundation, Inc., 530 N.

Lafayette Blvd., South Bend, IN

46601, 219–234–4176,

Southwest Laboratories, 2727 W.

Baseline Rd., Tempe, AZ 85283, 602–

438–8507/800–279–0027

Sparrow Health System, Toxicology

Testing Center, St. Lawrence Campus,

1210 W. Saginaw, Lansing, MI 48915,

517–377–0520, (formerly: St.

Lawrence Hospital & Healthcare

System)

St. Anthony Hospital Toxicology

Laboratory, 1000 N. Lee St.,

Oklahoma City, OK 73101, 405–272–

7052

Toxicology & Drug Monitoring

Laboratory, University of Missouri

Hospital & Clinics, 2703 Clark Lane,

Suite B, Lower Level, Columbia, MO

65202, 573–882–1273

Toxicology Testing Service, Inc., 5426

N.W. 79th Ave., Miami, FL 33166,

305–593–2260

UNILAB, 18408 Oxnard St., Tarzana,

CA 91356, 818–996–7300/800–339–

4299, (formerly: MetWest-BPL

Toxicology Laboratory)

Universal Toxicology Laboratories, LLC,

9930 W. Highway 80, Midland, TX

79706, 915–561–8851/888–953–8851

* The Standards Council of Canada (SCC)

voted to end its Laboratory Accreditation

Program for Substance Abuse (LAPSA)

effective May 12, 1998. Laboratories certified

through that program were accredited to

conduct forensic urine drug testing as

required by U.S. Department of

Transportation (DOT) regulations. As of that

date, the certification of those accredited

Canadian laboratories will continue under

DOT authority. The responsibility for

conducting quarterly performance testing

plus periodic on-site inspections of those

LAPSA-accredited laboratories was

transferred to the U.S. DHHS, with the

DHHS’ National Laboratory Certification

Program (NLCP) contractor continuing to

have an active role in the performance testing

and laboratory inspection processes. Other

Canadian laboratories wishing to be

considered for the NLCP may apply directly

to the NLCP contractor just as U.S.

laboratories do. Upon finding a Canadian

laboratory to be qualified, the DHHS will

recommend that DOT certify the laboratory

(FEDERAL REGISTER, 16 July 1996) as meeting

the minimum standards of the ‘‘Mandatory

Guidelines for Workplace Drug Testing’’ (59

FEDERAL REGISTER, 9 June 1994, Pages 29908–

29931). After receiving the DOT certification,

the laboratory will be included in the

monthly list of DHHS certified laboratories

and participate in the NLCP certification

maintenance program.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, Substance Abuse and

Mental Health Services Administration.

[FR Doc. 00–25683 Filed 10–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Intent to Prepare

Comprehensive Conservation Plan for

Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge

in Williamson, Jackson and Union

Counties, IL

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent (Revised) to

prepare a Comprehensive Conservation

Plan (CCP) for Crab Orchard National

Wildlife Refuge.

SUMMARY: This revised notice advises

the public that the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service (Service) intends to

gather information necessary to prepare

a comprehensive conservation plan and

an associated environmental document

for Crab Orchard National Wildlife

Refuge in Williamson, Jackson and

Union Counties, Illinois. The Service is

furnishing this notice in compliance

with Service comprehensive

conservation plan policy and the

National Environmental Policy Act and

implementing regulations to achieve the

following:

(1) Advise other agencies and the

public of our intentions, and

(2) Obtain suggestions and

information on the scope of issues,

opportunities, and concerns for

inclusion in the environmental

assessment.

DATES: The Service will solicit

information from the public via open

houses, workshops, focus groups, and

written comments. Special mailings,

newspapers articles and radio

announcements will inform people of

the time and place of open houses. The

date, time and place of open houses will

also be posed on the Crab Orchard

National Wildlife Refuge planning web

site: http://www.fws.gov/r3pao/

planning/cotop.htm

Public Involvement: Public scoping

will begin with three open houses in

October. The first meeting is scheduled

Thursday, October 19, from 4 p.m. to 8

p.m. at Southwestern Illinois College in

Red Bud, Illinois. The College is located

at 500 West South Fourth Street. The

meeting will be in the Dining Room of

the New Classroom Building. A second

meeting is scheduled Friday, October

20, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Marion

Hotel and Conference Center in Marion,

Illinois. The hotel is located at 2600

West DeYoung Street near the

intersection of Interstate 57 (Exit 54B)

and Illinois New Route 13. A third open

house is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 12

p.m. at Crab Orchard National Wildlife

Refuge Visitor Center. The Visitor

Center is located on the east side of

Route 148 about 13⁄4 miles south of the

intersection of Route 148 and New

Route 13.

ADDRESSES: Address comments and

requests from more information to:

Refuge Manager, Crab Orchard National

Wildlife Refuge, 8588 Route 148,

Marion, IL 62959; or E-mail: conwrccp@fws.gov

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Thomas Palmer, Planning Coordinator,

Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 8588

Route 148, Marion, IL 62959–9970,

telephone 618–997–3344; or Mr. John

Schomaker, Refuge Planning Specialist,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, RO/AP,

BHW Federal Building, 1 Federal Drive,

Ft. Snelling, MN 55111, telephone 612–

713–5476.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: It is

Service policy to have all lands within

the National Wildlife Refuge System

managed in accordance with an

approved comprehensive conservation

plan. The plan guides management

decisions and identifies Refuge goals,

objectives, and strategies for achieving

Refuge purposes. Public input into this

planning process is encouraged. The

plan will provide other agencies and the

public with a clear understanding of the

desired future conditions of the Refuge

and how the Service will implement

management strategies. Some of the

issues to be addressed in the plan

include the following:

(a) Habitat management;

(b) Public use management;

(c) Wildlife population management;

(d) Wilderness management;

(e) Industrial facilities management;

and

(f) Cultural resource identification

and protection.

After the public scoping of issues, a

decision will be made whether to

prepare an environmental assessment or

an environmental impact statement. If

we decide to prepare an environmental

impact statement, another notice of

intent will be published announcing

that decision. The environmental

assessment or environmental impact

statement will include several

alternatives that address the issues and

management strategies associated with

these topics.

Crab Orchard National Wildlife

Refuge was established on August 5,

1947, by Public law 80–361. This Act of

Congress transferred certain Federal

lands acquired in connection with the

Crab Orchard Creek project and the

Illinois Ordnance Plant to the Secretary

of the Interior. This legislation

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mandated that these lands be

administered by the Secretary through

the Fish and Wildlife Service ‘‘for the

conservation of wildlife, and for the

development of the agricultural,

recreational, industrial, and related

purposes specified in this Act.’’

The 43,890-acre Refuge contains three

large man-made lakes and numerous

small ponds totaling 9,000 acres, 26,000

acres of forest and brush land, 5,000

acres of cropland, 2,000 acres of

grassland, and 2,000 acres of

administrative lands. The Refuge

supports an extensive variety of plant

and animal species, hosts 1.2 million

recreational visitors per year, provides

facilities for industrial tenants, and

sponsors cooperative farmers and

permittee graziers. The 4,050-acre Crab

Orchard Wilderness, the first wilderness

are a designated in the State of Illinois,

is within the Refuge.

Dated: September 29, 2000.

Marvin E. Moriarty,

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 00–25552 Filed 10–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Operation and Maintenance Rate

Adjustment for the Colorado River

Irrigation Project, Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rate

adjustment.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs

proposes to adjust the assessment rates

for operating and maintaining the

Colorado River Irrigation Project for the

2001 irrigation season.

DATES: Interested parties may submit

comments on the proposed rate

adjustment. Comments must be

submitted on or before December 4,

2000.

ADDRESSES: All comments concerning

the proposed rate adjustment must be in

writing and addressed to the Bureau of

Indian Affairs, Director of Trust

Responsibilities, ATTN: Irrigation and

Power, Mail Stop 3061, 1849 C Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20240, telephone;

(202) 208–5480.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Regional Director, Bureau of Indian

Affairs, Western Region, P.O. Box 10,

Phoenix, Arizona 85001; telephone

(602) 379–6956.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

authority to issue this document is

vested in the Secretary of the Interior by

5 U.S.C. 301 and the Act of August 14,

1914 (38 Stat. 583; 25 U.S.C. 385). The

Secretary has delegated this authority to

the Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs

pursuant to part 209 Departmental

Manual, Chapter 8.1A and

memorandum dated January 25, 1994,

from Chief of Staff, Department of the

Interior, to Assistant Secretaries, and

Heads of Bureaus and Offices. The new

rates are specified in the following

schedule.

This notice is given in accordance

with Section 171.1(e) and 171.1(g) of

part 171, Subchapter H, Chapter 1, of

Title 25 of the Code of Federal

Regulations, which provides for the

fixing and announcing the rates for

annual operation and maintenance

assessments and related information of

Bureau of Indian Affairs irrigation

projects.

Background

The assessment rates are based on a

prepared estimate of the cost of normal

operation and maintenance of the

irrigation project. Normal operation and

maintenance means the expenses we

incur to provide direct support or

benefit to the project’s activities for

administration, operation, maintenance,

and rehabilitation. We must include at

least:

(a) Personnel salaries and benefits for

the project engineer/manager and our

employees under his management/

control;

(b) Materials and supplies;

(c) Major and minor vehicle and

equipment repairs;

(d) Equipment, including

transportation, fuel, oil, grease, lease

and replacement;

(e) Capitalization expenses;

(f) Acquisition expenses; and

(g) Other expenses we determine

necessary to properly perform the

activities and functions characteristic of

an irrigation project.

Payments

The irrigation operation and

maintenance assessments become due

based on locally established payment

requirements. No water shall be

delivered to any of these lands until all

irrigation charges have been paid.

Interest and Penalty Fees

Interest, penalty, and administrative

fees will be assessed, where required by

law, on all delinquent operation and

maintenance assessment charges as

prescribed in the Code of Federal

Regulations, Title 4, Part 102, Federal

Claims Collection Standards; and 42

BIAM Supplement 3, part 3.8 Debt

Collection Procedures. Beginning 30

days after the due date, interest will be

assessed at the rate of the current value

of funds to the U.S. Treasury. An

administrative fee of $12.50 will be

assessed each time an effort is made to

collect a delinquent debt; a penalty

charge of 6 percent per year will be

charged on delinquent debts over 90

days old and will accrue from the date

the debt became delinquent. No water

shall be delivered to any farm unit until

all irrigation charges have been paid.

Within 180 days a delinquent debt will

be forwarded to the U.S. Treasury for

further action in accordance with Debt

Collection Improvement Act of 1996

(Public Law 104–134).

Rate Adjustment

The following table illustrates the

impact of the rate adjustment:

COLORADO RIVER IRRIGATION PROJECT

[Irrigation rate per assessable acre]

Present 2000 Proposed 2001 Proposed 2002

Up to 5 acre-feet/acre ............................................................... $38.50 $37.00 ..................................... $37.00.

Excess Water/acre-foot ............................................................. 17.00 Unchanged .............................. Unchanged.

Determinations and Certifications

Regulatory Planning and Review (E.O.

12866): This rate adjustment is not a

significant regulatory action and has

been reviewed by the Office of

Management and Budget under

Executive Order 12866.

Regulatory Flexibility Act: This rate

making is not a rule for the purposes of

the Regulatory Flexibility Act because it

is ‘‘a rule of particular applicability

relating to rates’’ (5 U.S.C. § 601(2)).

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act: This

rate adjustment imposes no unfunded