69044 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 221 / Wednesday, November 15, 2000 / Notices

Dated: November 6, 2000.

Rowan W. Gould,

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland,

Oregon.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered Species Permit

Application

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Regional Director’s

Permit Amendment (TE–676811–1).

SUMMARY: The Regional Director, Region

2, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Albuquerque, New Mexico (Applicant),

requests authorization to amend U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered

Species Permit TE–676811, from

September 1, 2000 through December

31, 2003. This amendment updates the

Regional Director’s permit to include

species that have recently been listed.

The permit allows ‘‘take’’ of species

listed as threatened or endangered

under the Endangered Species Act for

scientific research and recovery

purposes or the enhancement of

propagation or survival for approved

recovery activities. This notice is

provided pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A)

of the Endangered Species Act of 1973,

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.).

DATES: Written comments on this permit

amendment must be received on or

before December 15, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments

should be submitted to the Legal

Instruments Examiner, Division of

Endangered Species/Permits, Ecological

Services, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque,

New Mexico 87103. Please refer to the

permit number for this 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: U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service (see address

above). Please refer to the permit

number for this amendment when

requesting copies of documents.

Documents and other associated

information 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 30 days of the date of publication

of this notice, to the address above.

Bryan Arroyo,

Assistant Regional Director, Ecological

Services, Region 2, Fish and Wildlife Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Plan for the Use and Distribution of the

Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin

Settlement Funds—Termination Act

Claims

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the plan for the use and distribution of

the Menominee Indian Tribe of

Wisconsin settlement fund is effective

as of September 20, 2000. The

settlement fund was created under

section 3 the Act of August 17, 1999,

Public Law 106–54, 113 Stat. 398.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Daisy West, Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Division of Tribal Government Services,

MS–4631–MIB, 1849 C Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20240. Telephone

number: (202) 208–2475.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Subsection 3(c)(1) of the Act of August

17, 1999, supra, and section 3(b) of the

Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Act, 25

U.S.C. 1403(b), requires that a plan be

prepared and submitted to Congress for

the use and distribution of the

Menominee settlement funds. The plan

for the use and distribution of the funds

was submitted to Congress on May 22,

2000, by letters dated May 19, 2000. The

receipt of the letters was recorded in the

Congressional Record published on May

24, 2000. The plan became effective on

September 20, 2000, since a joint

resolution disapproving it was not

enacted. The plan reads as follows:

Plan

For the Use and Distribution of the

Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin

Judgment Funds

The funds appropriated on September

27, 1999, in satisfaction of an award

granted to the Menominee Indian Tribe

of Wisconsin (Tribe) pursuant to the Act

of August 17, 1999, Pub. L. 106–54, 113

Stat. 398, including all interest and

investment income accrued, less

attorney fees and litigation expenses,

shall be distributed as herein provided.

A. Per Capita Distribution

Approximately $16,026,000 (58.8

percent of the judgment funds

remaining after payment of litigation

expenses) shall be made available for a

$2,000 per capita payment to all duly

enrolled tribal members that filed

enrollment applications with the Tribe

on or before October 15, 1999. Judgment

fund per capita shares shall also be set

aside for the estates of tribal members

that were living on August 17, 1999, but

deceased prior to the per capita

distribution, provided, that enrollment

applications were filed with the Tribe

prior to the application deadline date.

If the estimated amount is not

sufficient to cover the per capita portion

of the distribution, funding adjustments

can be made from the Alternative and

Additional Projects account.

The per capita shares of living

competent adults shall be paid directly

to them. The per capita shares of

incarcerated members who are eligible

for the per capita payment shall be

placed in Individual Indian Money (IIM)

accounts, provided that the Tribe

provides a certified list of those

individuals to the Bureau of Indian

Affairs along with the written requests

from those individuals requesting that

their per capita funds be placed in a

non-supervised IIM account. The per

capita shares of deceased individual

beneficiaries shall be determined in

accordance with 43 CFR, Subpart D. Per

capita shares of legal incompetents and

minors shall be placed in IIM accounts

and shall not be available for

disbursement until a payment plan is

developed by the Tribe for the

disbursement of funds from the

supervised IIM accounts as required

under 25 U.S.C. 1403(b)(3). The

payment plan for the shares belonging

to legal incompetents and minors must

be approved by the Secretary. The Tribe

may make the per capita distribution as

authorized under 25 U.S.C. 117(b).

B. Programming

The programming funds shall be

allocated by the Tribe for the following

projects. The programming funds are

authorized for expenditure in

accordance with the revised tribal plan

approved by the Menominee Tribal

Legislature under Resolution No. 00–14,

on March 23, 2000.

Renovation and Expansion of the Tribal Courthouse—Principal and investment income earned after the account is established by the Tribe will be available for the renovation and expansion project ........................................................................ $1,500,000