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mammals. The application was

submitted to satisfy requirements of the

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972,

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and

the regulations governing marine

mammals (50 CFR 18).

Applicant: Gloria Erickson, Holdrege,

NE, PRT–033948.

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted from the Lancaster Sound,

polar bear population, Canada for

personal use.

Applicant: Robert Miller, North East,

PA, PRT–034022.

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted from the McClintock

Channel, polar bear population, Canada

for personal use.

Applicant: Chicago Zoological

Society, Brookfield, IL, PRT–032510.

The applicant requests a permit to

import 1.0 live captive born polar bear

(Ursus maritimus) from the Jardin Zoo,

Quebec, Canada, for the purpose of

public display and conservation

education.

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

the Director within 30 days of the date

of this publication.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife has

information collection approval from

OMB through February 28, 2001. OMB

Control Number 1018–0093. Federal

Agencies may not conduct or sponsor

and a person is not required to respond

to a collection of information unless it

displays a current valid OMB control

number.

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 28, 2000.

Charlie Chandler,

Chief, Branch of Permits, Division of

Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 00–25444 Filed 10–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Initial Meeting of the Alaska Migratory

Bird Co-management Council

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Alaska Migratory Bird

Co-management Council has scheduled

its first meeting to begin the process of

recommending regulations for the

spring/summer migratory bird

subsistence harvest for the period

beginning March 10, 2002. At this

meeting the Co-management Council

will approve its by-laws, finalize an

operations manual for Council

members, elect officers, review resource

information presented by staff of the

Alaska Department of Fish and Game

and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

and establish regulations frameworks for

seven geographic regions.

DATES: The Co-management Council

will meet October 30–November 1,

2000.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be

conducted at the Hawthorn Suites Hotel

at 1110 W. 8th Avenue in Anchorage,

Alaska.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information call Mimi Hogan

at 907/786–3673 or Bob Stevens at 907/

786–3499. Individuals with a disability

who may need special accommodations

in order to participate in the public

comment portion of the meeting should

call one of the above numbers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service formed the

Alaska Migratory Bird Co-Management

Council, which includes Native, State,

and Federal representatives as equals,

by means of a Notice of Decision

published in the Federal Register, 65 FR

16405–16409, March 28, 2000.

Amended migratory bird treaties with

Canada and Mexico required the

formation of such a management body.

The Co-management Council will make

recommendations for, among other

things, regulations for spring/summer

harvesting of migratory birds in Alaska.

In addition to creation of the Comanagment Council, the Notice of

Decision identified seven geographic

regions. Each region will submit to the

Co-management Council requests for

specific regulations for its area. The Comanagement Council will then develop

recommendations for statewide

regulations and submit them to the Fish

and Wildlife Service for approval.

The initial meeting of the Comanagement Council will begin on

Monday, October 30 at 1 p.m. Sessions

on October 31 and November 1 will

begin at 8:00 a.m. The public is invited

to attend. The Co-management Council

will provide opportunities for public

comment on agenda items. Agendas will

be available at the door.

Dated: September 20, 2000.

David B. Allen,

Regional Director, Anchorage, Alaska.

[FR Doc. 00–25402 Filed 10–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–932–1320–05; NMNM 99144]

Notice of Coal Lease Offering

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of competitive coal lease

sale.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

certain coal resources in the tract

described below in San Juan County,

New Mexico, will be offered for

competitive lease by sealed bid in

accordance with the provisions of the

Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as

amended (30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.).

DATES: The lease sale will be held at

10:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 1,

2000. Sealed bids must be submitted on

or before 9 a.m., on November 1, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The lease sale will be held

in the BLM Conference Room, located at

1474 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe, NM 87505.

Sealed bids must be submitted on or

before 9 a.m. on November 1, 2000, to:

Cashier, New Mexico State Office, P.O.

Box 27115, Santa Fe, NM 87502–0115.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ida

T. Viarreal at (505) 438–7603.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The tract

will be leased to the qualified bidder

submitting the highest cash offer

provided that the high bid meets or

exceeds the fair market value of the tract

as determined by the Authorized Officer

after the sale. Each bid should be clearly

identified by tract number or serial

number on the outside of the envelope

containing the bid. No bid that is less

than $100.00 per acre, or fraction

thereof, will be considered.

This $100.00 per acre is a regulatory

minimum, and is not intended to reflect

fair market value of the tract. Sealed

bids clearly marked ‘‘Sealed Bid for

NMNM 99144 Coal Sale—Not to be

opened before 10 a.m. Wednesday,

November 1, 2000,’’ must be received on

or before 9 a.m., Wednesday, November

1, 2000. Bids should be sent by certified

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mail, return receipt requested, or should

be hand delivered. The cashier will

issue a receipt for each hand delivered

sealed bid. Bids received after 9 a.m., on

November 1, 2000, will not be

considered. The fair market value of the

tract will be determined by the

Authorized Officer after the sale. If

identical high sealed bids are received,

the tying bidders will be requested to

submit follow-up sealed bids until a

high bid is received. All tie-breaking

sealed bids must be within 15 minutes

following the sale official’s

announcement at the sale that identical

sealed bids have been received.

Coal Tract to be Offered: The coal

resources to be offered consist of all

recoverable reserves in the following

described lands located in San Juan

County, New Mexico and are described

as follows:

T.30 N., R. 14 W., NMPM

Sec. 17, All;

Sec. 18, All;

Sec. 19, All;

Sec. 20, All;

Sec. 29, All;

Sec. 30, All;

Sec. 31, Lots 1–4, N1⁄2,N1⁄2S1⁄2.

Containing 4,483.88 acres, more or

less.

The tract that is being offered for lease

is comprised of seven sections of Bureau

of Land Management Lands. The tract is

subject to several prior valid and preexisting surface and subsurface rights.

These include, but are not limited to: (1)

rights-of-way issued for large fluid

transmission pipelines, electrical power

transmission lines, water lines, roads,

and other utilities, (2) surface grazing

and water rights, (3) subsurface leases

for oil and gas, which include all of the

coal bed methane gas within the

Fruitland coal, and associated oil and

gas lease surface rights for storage,

gathering lines, access roads, drilling

pads, etc., and (4) existing producing

and non-producing oil, gas and coal bed

methane wells on the aforementioned

leases. It shall be the responsibility of

the successful coal bidder to determine

just how any and all of the pre-existing

rights will affect the mining operations.

A list of the pre-existing surface and

subsurface encumbrances by serial

number and type that are currently a

matter of public record can be obtained

at the BLM New Mexico State Office.

The right to mine and remove coal

from the tract is a subordinate right to

any and all prior valid and pre-existing

rights. If during any of the operations

related to the mining of the coal it

becomes necessary to infringe upon the

prior rights, then any and all actions,

and negotiations allowing adjustments,

relinquishments, suspensions, etc., and

the costs and compensations related

thereto, shall be the sole responsibility

of the successful coal bidder. Any

conflicts between the successful bidder

and the holders of oil and gas leases

must be cleared by negotiations between

the successful bidder and said oil and

gas lesses(s). The Bureau of Land

Management will not be a party to or

have any involvement in any

negotiations between any parties in

regards to this tract.

Rental and Royalty: The lease issued

as a result of this lease offering will

require payment of an annual rental of

$3.00 per acre or a fraction thereof, and

a royalty payable to the United States of

121⁄2 percent of the value of the coal

removed by surface methods and 8

percent of the value of the coal removed

by underground methods. The value of

the coal will be determined in

accordance with 30 CFR § 206.250.

Notice of Availability: Bidding

instructions for the offered tract is

included in the Detailed Statement of

Coal Lease Sale. Copies of the Statement

and the proposed coal lease are

available upon request in person or by

mail from the BLM New Mexico State

Office at the addresses shown above.

The case files are available for

inspection during normal business

hours only at the Santa Fe, New Mexico

location.

Dated: September 27, 2000.

Carsten F. Goff,

Acting State Director.

[FR Doc. 00–25326 Filed 10–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–84–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

Notice of Realty Action, Recreation

and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act

Classification

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Realty Action,

Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP)

Act Classification, UTU–78912.

SUMMARY: The following public land in

Garfield County, Utah has been

examined and found suitable for

classification for conveyance under the

provisions of the R&PP Amendment Act

of 1988 (Pub. L. 100–648): Salt Lake

Meridian, Utah, T. 35 South, R. 5 West,

Section 5, S1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4,

S1⁄2SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and Section 9,

N1⁄2NW1⁄4NW1⁄4, N1⁄2NE1⁄4NW1⁄4

containing 80 Acres. Garfield County

intends to use the land for a public

shooting range. The land is not needed

for a Federal purpose. Conveyance is

consistent with current Bureau of Land

Management land use planning and

would be in the public interest.

DATES: On or before November 20, 2000,

interested parties may submit comments

regarding the proposed classification. In

the absence of adverse comments, the

classification will become effective

December 4, 2000.

ADDRESSES: For further information,

contact the Field Manager, Kanab Field

Office, Bureau of Land Management,

318 North 100 East, Kanab, Utah 84741,

435–644–4600. Comments should be

submitted to the same address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

patent, when issued, will be subject to

the following terms, conditions and

reservations:

1. Provisions of the R&PP Act and to

all applicable regulations of the

Secretary of the Interior.

2. All minerals shall be reserved to

the United States, together with the

right to prospect for, mine, and remove

the minerals.

3. A right-of-way for ditches and

canals constructed by authority of the

United States (Act of August 30, 1890,

26 Stat. 391; 43 U.S.C. 945).

4. Those rights for power transmission

line purposes granted by right-of-way #

SL 052370.

5. All other valid existing rights.

6. The (patentee), its successors or

assigns, assumes all liability for and

shall defend, indemnify, and save

harmless the United States and its

officers, agents, representatives, and

employees (hereinafter referred to in

this clause as the United States), from

all claims, loss, damage, actions, causes

of action, expense, and liability

(hereinafter referred to in this clause as

claims) resulting from, brought for, or

on account of, any personal injury,

threat of personal injury, or property

damage received or sustained by any

person or persons (including the

patentee’s employees) or property

growing out of, occurring, or attributable

directly or indirectly, to the disposal of

solid waste on, or the release of

hazardous substances from the above

described public land, regardless of

whether such claims shall be

attributable to: (1) the concurrent,

contributory, or partial fault, failure, or

negligence of the United States, or (2)

the sole fault, failure, or negligence of

the United States.

7. Title shall revert to the United

States upon a finding, after notice and

opportunity for a hearing, that the

patentee has not substantially

developed the lands in accordance with

the approved plan of development on or