70580 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 227 / Friday, November 24, 2000 / Notices

Applicant requests authorization for

recovery purposes to conduct presence/

absence surveys for the cactus

ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium

brasilianum cactorum) on Bureau of

Reclamation lands in central and south

central Arizona.

DATES: Written comments on these

permit applications must be received on

or before December 26, 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

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: The

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Ecological Services, Division of

Endangered Species/Permits, P.O. Box

1306, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103.

Please refer to the respective permit

number for each application when

requesting copies of documents.

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 before

December 26, 2000, to the address

above.

Stephen C. Helfert,

Assistant Regional Director, Ecological

Services, Region 2, Albuquerque, New

Mexico.

[FR Doc. 00–30019 Filed 11–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Letters of Authorization To Take

Marine Mammals

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of issuance of a Letter of

Authorization to take marine mammals

incidental to oil and gas industry

activities.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

101(a)(5)(A) of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended, and

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

implementing regulations (50 CFR

18.27(f)(3)), notice is hereby given that

a Letter of Authorization to take polar

bears incidental to oil and gas industry

exploration activities has been issued to

the following companies:

Company Activity Date issued

Western Geophysical Company ........................................ Exploration ....................................................................... October 13, 2000.

Western Geophysical Company ........................................ Exploration ....................................................................... October 13, 2000.

Contact: Mr. John W. Bridges at the

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Marine

Mammals Management Office, 1011 East

Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99503,

(800) 362–5148 or (907) 786–3810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Letters of Authorization were issued in

accordance with U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service Federal Rules and Regulations

‘‘Marine Mammals; Incidental Take

During Specified Activities (65 FR

16828; March 30, 2000).’’

Dated: November 13, 2000.

Gary Edwards,

Deputy Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 00–29975 Filed 11–22–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[No. CIV 90–0957 LH/WWD]

Notice of Publication of Final Share

Percentage Schedule: Ramah Navajo

Chapter v. Bruce Babbitt

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice publishes the

‘‘Final Share Percentage Schedule’’ for

the Class in Ramah Navajo Chapter, et

al. v. Bruce Babbitt, et al., as required

by paragraphs 11 and 12 of Appendix D

of the Partial Settlement Agreement

(PSA) previously approved by the Court

in this case for the years 1989–1993.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael P. Gross, Class Counsel, 460 St.

Michael’s Drive, #300, Santa Fe, NM

87505–7602; (505) 983–6686; FAX (505)

986–1367; or C. Bryant Rogers, CoCounsel, Roth, VanAmberg, Rogers,

Ortiz, Fairbanks & Yepa LLP, 347 East

Palace Avenue, Post Office Box 1447,

Santa Fe, NM 87504–1447; (505) 988–

8979; FAX (505) 983–7508.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice is published in exercise of

authority delegated by the Secretary of

the Interior to the Assistant Secretary—

Indian Affairs in Part 290, Chapter 8, of

the Departmental Manual.

The notice of ‘‘Final Share Percentage

Schedule’’ in Ramah Navajo Chapter,

and Oglala Sioux Tribe, for themselves

and on behalf of a Class of persons

similarly situated v. Bruce Babbitt,

Secretary of the Interior; Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior;

Robert J. Williams, Acting Inspector

General, U.S. Department of the Interior;

and the United States of America [No.

CIV 90–0957 LH/WWD], before the

United States District Court for the

District of New Mexico, reads as

follows:

Dated: November 17, 2000.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

Notice of Publication of Final Share

Percentage Schedule

This Notice publishes the ‘‘Final

Share Percentage Schedule’’ for the

Class in Ramah Navajo Chapter, et al.

v. Bruce Babbitt, et al., as required by

paragraphs 11 and 12 of Appendix D of

the Partial Settlement Agreement (PSA)

previously approved by the Court in this

case for the years 1989–1993.

The ‘‘Final Share Percentage

Schedule’’ appended hereto as Exhibit

A sets out each Class Member’s

percentage share of the partial

settlement amount separately stated for

each of the five settlement years for all

class members reflected in the

‘‘Amended Final List of Class Members’’

prepared per paragraph 8(c) of

Appendix D of the PSA and filed on

October 2, 2000. The methodology and

computations used by the Independent

CPA in preparing this schedule were

independently reviewed and verified by

Kenton Keckler, P.C., CPAs &

Consultants, 1850 Calle Medico, Suite

K, Santa Fe, NM 87505, the Court

Approved Class Monitor. The draft

schedule was also made available to

Class Counsel and Defendants’ counsel

for review prior to finalization per

paragraphs 11 and 12 of Appendix D of

the PSA. A Stipulation of Counsel was

subsequently filed shortening all review