66552 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 215 / Monday, November 6, 2000 / Notices

Procurement and Administrative Law,

Department of Housing and Urban

Development, Room 10180, 451 7th

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410,

(202) 708–0622. (This is not a toll-free

number.) This number may be accessed

via TTY by calling the Federal

Information Relay Service at 1–800–

877–8339 (toll-free).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Assistant Secretary for Public and

Indian Housing is issuing this Order of

Succession of officials authorized to

perform the functions and duties of the

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Public and Indian Housing when, by

reason of absence, disability, or vacancy

in office, the Assistant Secretary is not

available to exercise the powers or

perform the duties of the office. This

Order of Succession is subject to the

provisions of the Federal Vacancies

Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. 3345–

3349d. This publication supersedes the

Order of Succession notice on August

22, 2000 at 65 FR 51015.

Accordingly, the Assistant Secretary

for Public and Indian Housing

designates the following Order of

Succession:

Section A. Order of Succession

Subject to the provisions of the

Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998,

during any period when, by reason of

absence, disability, or vacancy in office,

the Assistant Secretary for Public and

Indian Housing is not available to

exercise the powers or perform the

duties of the Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing, the following officials within

the Office of Public and Indian Housing

are hereby designated to exercise the

powers and perform the duties of the

Office:

(1) General Deputy Assistant

Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing;

(2) Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Public and Assisted Housing Delivery;

(3) Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Policy, Program and Legislative

Initiatives;

(4) Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Public Housing Investments;

(5) Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Troubled Agency Recovery.

These officials shall perform the

functions and duties of the Office in the

order specified herein, and no official

shall serve unless all the other officials,

whose position titles precede his/hers in

this order, are unable to act by reason

of absence, disability, or vacancy in

office.

Section B. Authority Superseded

This Order of Succession supersedes

the Order of Succession for the

Assistant Secretary for Public and

Indian Housing, published at 65 FR

51015 (August 22, 2000).

Authority: Section 7(d), Department of

Housing and Urban Development Act, 42

U.S.C. Sec. 3535(d).

Dated: August 23, 2000.

Harold Lucas,

Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing.

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BILLING CODE 4210–33–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered Species Permit

Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit

applications.

SUMMARY: The following applicants have

applied for a scientific research permit

to conduct certain activities with

endangered species pursuant to section

10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species

Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531

et seq.).

Permit No. TE–814216

Applicant: Mark A. Holmgren, Santa Barbara,

California

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by survey, locate and

monitor nests, capture, mark, band, and

release) the southwestern willow

flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)

and take (locate and monitor nests) the

least Bell’s vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus)

in conjunction with surveys and

scientific research through out each

species range in California for the

purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE–032209

Applicant: Guam Department of Agriculture,

Division of Aquatic and Wildlife

Resources, Mangilao, Guam

The applicant requests a permit to

take (collect eggs, hatchlings, and

adults; band; collect blood samples; and

apply radio transmitters) the Mariana

crow (Corvus kubaryi) in conjunction

with captive propagation, translocation,

and release on the island of Rota, in the

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

Islands, and Guam for the purposes of

enhancing its survival. These activities

have previously been authorized under

subpermit GDAWR–4.

Permit No. TE–032711

Applicant: Timothy Ziesmer, Bodega,

California

The applicant requests a permit to

take (capture) the San Francisco garter

snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia)

in conjunction with population studies

thoughout the species range in

California for the purpose of enhancing

its survival.

Permit No. TE–016591

Applicant: Wendy Weber, Hayward,

California

The permittee requests a permit

amendment to take (capture) the San

Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis

sirtalis tetrataenia) and the Alameda

whipsnake (Masticophis lateralis

euryxanthus) in conjunction with

surveys and population studies

thoughout the range of each species in

California for the purpose of enhancing

their survival.

Permit No. TE–832262

Applicant: Department of Parks and

Recreation, San Luis Obispo, California

The permittee requests a permit

amendment to take (locate) the Morro

shoulderband snail (Helminthoglypta

walkeriana) in conjunction with habitat

enhancement in San Luis Obispo,

California for the purpose of enhancing

its survival.

Permit No. TE–032713

Applicant: California Department of

Transportation, Clovis, California

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by survey, collect and

sacrifice) the Conservancy fairy shrimp

(Branchinecta conservatio), longhorn

fairy shrimp (Branchinecta

longiantenna), vernal pool tadpole

shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), San Diego

fairy shrimp (Brachinecta

sandiegonensis), and the Riverside fairy

shrimp (Streptocephalus woottoni) in

conjunction with surveys throughout

each species’ range in California for the

purpose of enhancing their survival.

Permit No. TE–034299

Applicant: Psomas, Costa Mesa, California

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by survey, locate and

monitor nests) the southwestern willow

flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)

in conjunction with surveys and

scientific research through out each

species range in California for the

purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE–034293

Applicant: Bureau of Reclamation, Klamath

Falls, Oregon

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The applicant requests a permit to

take (capture and sacrifice) the

shortnose sucker (Chasmistes

brevirostris) and the Lost River sucker

(Deltistes luxatus) in conjunction with

population and ecological studies

throughout each species range for the

purpose of enhancing their survival.

These activities were previously

authorized under subpermit BUETM–3.

Permit No. TE–003483

Applicant: Biological Resources Division,

Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center,

Hawaii National Park, Hawaii

The permittee requests a permit

amendment to take (locate and monitor

nests) the nene goose (Branta

sandivcensis) in conjunction with

population estimates and ecological

studies throughout the species range

within the Hawaiian Islands, for the

purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE–032726

Applicant: Nevada Division of Wildlife,

Reno, Nevada

The applicant requests a permit to:

take (capture, remove biological

samples, translocate, and release) the

Devil’s Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon

diabolis) in conjunction with genetic

research; take (capture, remove

biological samples, and transport) the

Pahranagat roundtail chub (Gila robusta

jordani); take (capture, mark, transfer,

and release) the Pahrump poolfish

(Empetrichthys latos latos); take

(capture, release, or kill) the Ash

Meadows speckled dace (Thinichthys

osculus nevadensis); and take (hold,

mark, transfer, and release) the

woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus)

in conjunction with population

management and scientific research;

and take (capture, rear, mark, and

release) the razorback sucker

(Xyrauchen texanus) in conjunction

with an established recovery program

throughout each species’ range for the

purpose of enhancing their survival.

These activities were previously

authorized under subpermit NDOW–15.

DATES: Written comments on these

permit applications must be received on

or before December 6, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments

should be submitted to the ChiefEndangered Species, Ecological

Services, Fish and Wildlife Service, 911

NE. 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon

97232–4181; Fax: (503) 231–6243.

Please refer to the respective permit

number for each application when

submitting comments. All comments

received, including names and

addresses, will become part of the

official administrative record and may

be made available to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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 within 20

days of the date of publication of this

notice to the address above; telephone:

(503) 231–2063. Please refer to the

respective permit number for each

application when requesting copies of

documents.

Dated: October 27, 2000.

Rowan W. Gould,

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland,

Oregon.

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–910–00–1020–PB]

New Mexico Resource Advisory

Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Council Meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act and the Federal Advisory

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C.

appendix 1, The Department of the

Interior, Bureau of Land Management

(BLM), announces a meeting of the New

Mexico Resource Advisory Council

(RAC). The meeting will be held on

January 25 and 26, 2001, at the Holiday

Inn Express Conference Center, in the

Neptune Room, 1100 California N.E.,

Socorro, New Mexico 87801. There will

be an optional all day field trip on

Wednesday, January 24, 2001.

Transportation will be provided for RAC

members. The optional field trip will be

organized by the Socorro Field Office of

the BLM. The Field Tour will leave from

the Holiday Inn Express at 8:00 a.m. The

first stop will be The Box Special

Management Area to visit the renowned

rock climbing recreation area.

Significant use has led the Socorro Field

Office to enter into an extensive

contracted cultural survey that will test,

record, and mitigate significant cultural

properties that are currently threatened

by recreational users. There will follow

a stop at Datil Well Campground before

seeing the Horse Mountain urban

interface hazardous fuels reduction

project. Socorro Field Office is

dedicated to protecting the sensitive

natural resources within the Wildlife

Study Area, and to protecting the rural

homeowners in the area from potential

catastrophic wildfire. The tour will

proceed to Pelona Mountain to see how

prescribed fire projects over the last

seven or eight years minimized

potentially catastrophic effects that were

likely to have been evident during this

summer’s 32,000 acre Chance wildfire.

Land exchange consolidation efforts and

easement acquisitions will also be

viewed along the way as will issues

relative to access along a current

powerline. The last stop will be at the

Kellogg Canyon watershed project in

which BLM and the USFS have worked

cooperatively to complete fire and

watershed restoration projects. Those

interested may continue on to the

proposed site of the Camino Real

International Heritage Center and the

Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge to

see the birds return at dusk. In case of

bad weather, there is an alternate plan

for the tour. The meeting on Thursday,

January 25, 2001, will start at 8:00 a.m.

and will end about 5:00 p.m. The draft

agenda for the RAC meeting includes

agreement on the meeting agenda, any

RAC comments on the draft minutes of

the last RAC meeting on October 11

through 13, 2001, in Silver City, New

Mexico, and a check-in from the RAC

members. The focus of the meeting will

be on all aspects of wildfire.

Presentations will include discussion.

Invited speakers are: Dr. Carl Edminster

of the Rocky Mountain Research Station

in Flagstaff, Arizona; Doug Boykin,

District Forester with New Mexico

Forestry and Resources Conseration

Division in Socorro; Brad Vierra,

President, New Mexico Archaeological

Council; Tom Swetnam of the Tree Ring

Laboratory at the University of Arizona;

Bob Lee, Fire Management Officer, of

the New Mexico State Office of the

BLM, and Dave Heft, Wildlife Biologist

and Dan Huisjen, Fire Management

Officer, of the Socorro BLM Field Office.

The three established RAC

Subcommittees may have late afternoon

or evening meetings on Wednesday,

January 24, after the optional field trip,

or on Thursday, January 25, after the

meeting. The exact time and location of

possible Subcommittee meetings will be

established by the Chairperson of each

Subcommittee and be available to the

public following the field trip on

Wednesday, January 24, and during the

RAC meeting on Thursday, January 25,

for that evening. That information will

also be available at the desk of the

Holiday Inn Express on those two days.