6222 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 26 / Tuesday, February 8, 2000 / Notices

DATE: Comments on the draft revised

recovery plan must be received on or

before April 10, 2000 to receive

consideration by the Service.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review

the draft revised recovery plan may

obtain a copy by written request

addressed to the Field Supervisor,

Ventura Field Office, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, 2493 Portola Road,

Suite B, Ventura, California 93003.

Written comments and materials

regarding the plan should be addressed

to Mr. Carl Benz at the above Ventura,

California address. Comments and

materials received are available upon

request for public inspection, by

appointment, during normal business

hours at the above Ventura address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Carl Benz at the above Ventura address

(telephone 805–644–1766).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The southern (California) sea otter

(Enhydra lutris nereis) was listed as

threatened in 1977 under the

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended. It is also recognized as a

depleted population pursuant to the

Marine Mammal Protection Act.

Reduced range and population size,

vulnerability to oil spills, and the oil

spill risk from coastal tanker traffic were

the primary reasons for the threatened

status. The southern sea otter

population contains about 2,000

individuals and ranges between Half

Moon Bay south to Gaviota, California.

Approximately 20 otters, including

pups, are at San Nicolas Island as a

result of translocation efforts to

establish an experimental population.

After review of new biological

information, the Service, with assistance

of the Southern Sea Otter Recovery

Team, drafted for public review and

comment a revised recovery plan in

1991. A second revision was drafted for

public review in 1996. After review of

public comments on those drafts, and

review of new technical information

regarding oil spill risk to southern sea

otters, the Service, with assistance of the

Southern Sea Otter Recovery Team and

technical consultants, has drafted for

public review and comment a new draft

revised recovery plan.

Public Comments Solicited

The Service solicits written comments

on the recovery plan described. All

comments received by the date specified

above will be considered prior to

approval of the plan.

Authority

The authority for this action is section

4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16

U.S.C. 1533(f).

Dated: February 2, 2000.

Elizabeth H. Stevens,

Acting Manager, California/Nevada

Operations Office, Region 1, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 00–2764 Filed 2–7–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA–320–1820-XQ]

Notice of Resource Advisory Council

Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior, Northwest California Resource

Advisory Council, Redding, California.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in

the Federal Advisory Committees Act

(Public Law 92–463) and the Federal

Land Policy and Management Act

(Public Law 94–579), the U.S. Bureau of

Land Management’s Northwest

California Resource Advisory Council

will meet Thursday and Friday, March

30 and 31, 2000, for a business meeting

and field tour. The meeting and tour are

open to the public, but anyone attending

must provide their own transportation

and lunch.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting begins at 10 a.m. Thursday,

March 30, at the Bureau of Land

Management’s Redding Field Office, 355

Hemsted Drive, Redding, CA. The

members will depart immediately for a

tour of public lands managed by the

BLM’s Redding Field Office. On Friday,

March 31, the business meeting begins

at 8 a.m. in the Conference Room of the

Redding Field Office. Agenda items

include an update on the Headwaters

Forest, the status of the Redding

Resource Management Plan amendment

process, a status report on recovery from

the Lowden Fire, and a status report on

a management feasibility study for the

Lake Berryessa region.

Time will be set aside for public

comments. Depending on the number of

persons wishing to speak, a time limit

may be established.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lynda J. Roush, BLM Arcata Field

Manager, at (707) 825–2300.

Joseph J. Fontana,

Public Affairs Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–2829 Filed 2–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

National Register of Historic Places;

Notification of Pending Nominations

Nominations for the following

properties being considered for listing

in the National Register were received

by the National Park Service before

January 29, 2000. Pursuant to section

60.13 of 36 CFR Part 60 written

comments concerning the significance

of these properties under the National

Register criteria for evaluation may be

forwarded to the National Register,

National Park Service, 1849 C St. NW,

NC400, Washington, DC 20240. Written

comments should be submitted by

February 23, 2000.

Patrick W. Andrus,

Acting Keeper of the National Register.

ALABAMA

Blount County

Grififth, Robert G., Sr., House, 1204 Cty. Rd.

25, Summit, 00000143

Clarke County

Airmount Grave Shelter (Clarke County

MPS), N side of AL 5, 0.5 mi. W of Cty

Line, Thomasville, 00000142

McClellan, Doit W., Lustron House (Lustron

Houses in Alabama, MPS), 116 W. Pearl

St., Jackson, 00000136

McKee, J.P., Lustron House (Lustron Houses

in Alabama, MPS), 519 College Ave.,

Jackson, 00000132

Nettles, Isaac, Gravestones (Clarke County

MPS), E side Mt Nebo Rd., 0.5 mi. S of Cty

Rd. 19, Carlton, 00000141

Colbert County

Newman, E.L., Lustron House (Lustron

Houses in Alabama, MPS), 1406 34th St.,

Sheffield, 00000134

Jefferson County

Gleissner, John D. and Katherine, Lustron

House (Lustron Houses in Alabama, MPS),

2420 Cahaba Rd., Birmingham, 00000133

Lustron House on Columbiana Road (Lustron

Houses in Alabama, MPS), 430 Columbiana

Rd., Birmingham, 00000131

Wright, Bernice L., Lustron House, (Lustron

Houses in Alabama, MPS) 2424 Cahaba

Rd., Birmingham, 00000130

Lauderdale County

Bowen, William, Lustron House, (Lustron

Houses in Alabama, MPS) 1145 Wildwood

Park Rd., Florence, 00000135

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1Unless specifically noted, references to the BMA

Synthetic GIC refer to both types of Synthetic GIC

products that are offered to Plan investors by BMA.

Darby, E. H., Lustron House, (Lustron Houses

in Alabama, MPS) 321 Beverly, Florence,

00000127

Forks of Cypress Cemetery, 0.25 mi. N of

Jackson Rd., E side of Dowdy Rd., N of

Little Cypress Creek, Florence vicinity,

00000140

Madison County

Jude, George, House, 2132 Winchester Rd.,

Huntsville, 00000139

Montgomery County

Huntingdon College Campus Historic

District, 1500 E. Fairview Ave.,

Montgomery, 00000138

Perry County

Uniontown Historic District, Roughly

bounded by Tomasene St., Taylor St., East

Ave., and Green St., Uniontown, 00000137

Tuscaloosa County

Quayle, Margaret, Lustron House, (Lustron

Houses in Alabama, MPS) 27 Parkview Dr.,

Tuscaloosa, 00000126

ALASKA

Juneau Borough-Census Area

MacKinnon Apartments, 236 Third St.,

Juneau, 00000144

ARIZONA

Maricopa County

Ross, John M., House, 6722 N. Central Ave.,

Phoenix, 00000145

MASSACHUSETTS

Worcester County

Warren Public Library, Main St. at Bacon St.,

Warren, 00000146

MISSOURI

St. Louis Independent City

Jewel Box, Jct. of Wells Dr. and McKinley Dr.,

Forest Park, St. Louis, 00000147

MONTANA

Blaine County

Lodgepole Community Hall, Fort Belknap

Indian Community, Lodgepole, 00000148

A request for REMOVAL has been made for

the following resource:

PENNSYLVANIA

Greene County

Kent, Thomas, Jr., Farm 208 Laurel Run Rd.,

Waynesburg, 98000444

[FR Doc. 00–2745 Filed 2–7–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–P

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration

Prohibited Transaction Exemption

2000–05; Exemption Application No.

D–10542, et al.; Grant of Individual

Exemptions; Business Men’s

Assurance Company of America, et al.

AGENCY: Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration, Labor.

ACTION: Grant of individual exemptions.

SUMMARY: This document contains

exemptions issued by the Department of

Labor (the Department) from certain of

the prohibited transaction restrictions of

the Employee Retirement Income

Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the

Code).

Notices were published in the Federal

Register of the pendency before the

Department of proposals to grant such

exemptions. The notices set forth a

summary of facts and representations

contained in each application for

exemption and referred interested

persons to the respective applications

for a complete statement of the facts and

representations. The applications have

been available for public inspection at

the Department in Washington, DC. The

notices also invited interested persons

to submit comments on the requested

exemptions to the Department. In

addition the notices stated that any

interested person might submit a

written request that a public hearing be

held (where appropriate). The

applicants have represented that they

have complied with the requirements of

the notification to interested persons.

No public comments and no requests for

a hearing, unless otherwise stated, were

received by the Department.

The notices of proposed exemption

were issued and the exemptions are

being granted solely by the Department

because, effective December 31, 1978,

section 102 of Reorganization Plan No.

4 of 1978, 5 U.S.C. App. 1 (1996),

transferred the authority of the Secretary

of the Treasury to issue exemptions of

the type proposed to the Secretary of

Labor.

Statutory Findings

In accordance with section 408(a) of

the Act and/or section 4975(c)(2) of the

Code and the procedures set forth in 29

CFR Part 2570, Subpart B (55 FR 32836,

32847, August 10, 1990) and based upon

the entire record, the Department makes

the following findings:

(a) The exemptions are

administratively feasible;

(b) They are in the interests of the

plans and their participants and

beneficiaries; and

(c) They are protective of the rights of

the participants and beneficiaries of the

plans.

Business Men’s Assurance Company of

America (BMA) Located in Kansas City,

MO

[Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2000–05;

Exemption Application No. D–10542]

Exemption

Section I. Covered Transactions

The restrictions of sections 406(a),

406(b)(1) and (b)(2) of the Act and the

sanctions resulting from the application

of section 4975 of the Code, by reason

of section 4975(c)(1)(A) through (E) of

the Code, shall not apply to (1) the sales

and transfers of assets of an employee

benefit plan (the Plan) to BMA pursuant

to the terms of a benefit-responsive or a

non-benefit responsive synthetic

guaranteed investment contract (the

Benefit-Responsive BMA Synthetic GIC

or the Non-Benefit Responsive BMA

Synthetic GIC) entered into by the Plan

sponsor with BMA; 1

(2) Advances made by BMA to a Plan

in order to make unanticipated benefit

payments, if applicable, under a BenefitResponsive BMA Synthetic GIC; and (3)

the sweeping of interest and other

proceeds to BMA from a Plan’s

Contractholder Custodial Account

established under either a BenefitResponsive BMA Synthetic GIC or a

Non-Benefit Responsive BMA Synthetic

GIC. This exemption is subject to the

general conditions set forth below in

Section II.

Section II. General Conditions

(a) The decision to enter into a BMA

Synthetic GIC is made on behalf of a

participating Plan in writing by a

fiduciary of such Plan which is

independent of BMA.

(b) Only Plans with total assets having

an aggregate market value of at least $50

million are permitted to purchase BMA

Synthetic GICs; provided however

that—

(1) In the case of two or more Plans

which are maintained by the same

employer, controlled group of

corporations or employee organization (i.e.,

the Related Plans), whose assets are

commingled for investment purposes in

a single master trust or any other entity

the assets of which are ‘‘plan assets’’

under 29 CFR 2510.3–101 (the Plan

Asset Regulation), which entity has