76662 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 236 / Thursday, December 7, 2000 / Notices

Marine Mammals

The public is invited to comment on

the following application for a permit to

conduct certain activities with marine

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: Bryce W. Smith, Bay City, OR,

PRT–036348

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted from the Southern

Beaufort Sea polar bear population in

Canada for personal use.

Applicant: J. Herbert Fisher, Jr., Lancaster,

PA, PRT–032816

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport-hunted from the, M’Clintock

Channel polar bear population, Canada,

for personal use. On September 19, 2000

(65 FR 56588), the permit request was

mistakenly published as a sport-hunted

bear from the Lancaster Sound

population.

Applicant: Nathan P. Newbern, Ft. Worth,

TX, PRT–035772

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.

Written data or comments, requests

for copies of any of these complete

applications, or requests for a public

hearing on this application 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. Anyone requesting a

hearing should give specific reasons

why a hearing would be appropriate.

The holding of such a hearing is at the

discretion of the Director.

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, Division of

Management Authority, 4401 North

Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington,

Virginia 22203. Phone: (703/358–2104);

FAX: (703/358–2281).

Dated: December 1, 2000.

Charlie R. Chandler,

Chief, Branch of Permits, Division of

Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 00–31222 Filed 12–6–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Issuance of Permit for Marine

Mammals

On September 21, 2000, a notice was

published in the Federal Register, Vol.

64, No. 184, Page 57205, that an

application had been filed with the Fish

and Wildlife Service by Larry Martin for

a permit (PRT–032405) to import one

polar bear (Ursus maritimus) trophy

taken from the M’Clintock Channel

population, Canada for personal use.

Notice is hereby given that on

November 14, 2000, as authorized by

the provisions of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the Fish and

Wildlife Service authorized the

requested permit subject to certain

conditions set forth therein.

On October 4, 2000, a notice was

published in the Federal Register, Vol.

65, No. 193, Page 59197, that an

application had been filed with the Fish

and Wildlife Service by Chicago

Zoological Society, Brookfield, IL, for a

permit (PRT–032510) to import one

captive born polar bear (Ursus

maritimus) from the Jardin Zoo, Quebec,

Canada for the purposes of public

display and conservation education.

Notice is hereby given that on

November 24, 2000, as authorized by

the provisions of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the Fish and

Wildlife Service authorized the

requested permit subject to certain

conditions set forth therein.

Documents and other information

submitted for these applications are

available for review by any party who

submits a written request to the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of

Management Authority, 4401 North

Fairfax Drive, Rm. 700, Arlington,

Virginia 22203. Phone (703) 358–2104

or Fax (703) 358–2281.

Dated: December 1, 2000.

Charlie R. Chandler,

Chief, Branch of Permits, Division of

Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 00–31223 Filed 12–6–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force

Great Lakes Panel Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces

meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance

Species (ANS) Task Force Great Lakes

Panel. The meeting topics are identified

in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: The Great Lakes Panel will meet

from 1 pm to 5 pm on Tuesday,

December 12, 2000, and 8 am to 12 noon

on Wednesday, December 3, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The Great Lakes Panel

meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn,

North Campus, 3600 Plymouth Road,

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathe Glassner-Shwayder, Project

Manager, Great Lakes Commission, at

734–665–9135 or Sharon Gross,

Executive Secretary, Aquatic Nuisance

Species Task Force at 703–358–2308 or

by e-mail at: sharon_gross@fws.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.

I), this notice announces meetings of the

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force

Great Lakes Panel. The Task Force was

established by the Nonindigenous

Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and

Control Act of 1990.

The Great Lakes Panel, comprised of

representatives from Federal, State, and

local agencies and from private

environmental and commercial

interests, provides the following:

(a) Identify priorities for the Great

Lakes Region with respect to aquatic

nuisance species;

(b) Make recommendations to the

Task Force regarding programs to carry

out zebra mussel programs;

(c) Assist the Task Force in

coordinating Federal aquatic nuisance

species program activities in the Great

Lakes region;

(d) Coordinate, where possible,

aquatic nuisance species program

activities in the Great Lakes region that

are not conducted pursuant to the

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance

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Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (as

amended, 1996);

(e) Provide advice to public and

private individuals and entities

concerning methods of controlling

aquatic nuisance species; and

(f) Submit an annual report describing

activities within the Great Lakes region

related to aquatic nuisance species

prevention, research, and control.

The focus of this meeting will be to:

Review panel activities for the past year,

hear updates of ongoing activities, and

review the Great Lakes Action Plan.

Minutes of the meeting will be

maintained by the Executive Secretary,

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force,

Suite 851, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,

Arlington, Virginia 22203–1622, and

will be available for public inspection

during regular business hours, Monday

through Friday.

Dated: December 1, 2000.

Cathleen I. Short,

Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task

Force, Assistant Director—Fisheries & Habitat

Conservation.

[FR Doc. 00–31119 Filed 12–6–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Receipt of Petitions for Federal

Acknowledgment of Existence as an

Indian Tribe

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

This notice is published in the

exercise of authority delegated by the

Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant

Secretary—Indian Affairs by 209 DM 8.

Pursuant to 25 CFR 83.9(a) notice is

hereby given that the following groups

have each filed a letter of intent to

petition for acknowledgment by the

Secretary of the Interior that the group

exists as an Indian tribe. Each letter of

intent was received by the Bureau of

Indian Affairs (BIA) on the date

indicated, and was signed by members

of the group’s governing body.

Ozark Mountain Cherokee Tribe of

Arkansas and Missouri, c/o Mr. Terry D.

Smith, P.O. Box 271, Melbourne,

Arkansas 72556. October 19, 1999.

Creek-Euchee Band of Indians of

Florida, c/o Chris Sewell, P.O. Box 157,

Bristol, Florida 32321. November 23,

1999.

Ooragnak-Indian Nation, c/o Mr.

William Blake, 8181 Deadstream Road,

Honor, Michigan 44640. December 1,

1999.

Saponi Nation of Missouri, c/o Mr.

John Trullinger, 3445, CR 4990, Willow

Springs, Missouri 65793–9728.

December 14, 1999.

Maconce Village Band of Ojibwa, c/o

Mr. Ernest I. Young, 6300 Church Road,

Ira Township, Michigan 48023. March

7, 2000.

Traditional Choinumni Tribe, c/o Ms.

Angie Osborne, 2787 North Piedra Road,

Sanger, California 93657. March 29,

2000.

Federation of Old Plimoth Indian

Tribes, Inc., c/o Rodney Joseph, 558

Wareham Road, Plymouth,

Massachusetts 02360. May 16, 2000.

Honey Lake Maidu, c/o Ronnie

Morales, 1101 Arnold Street, Susanville,

California 96130. June 1, 2000.

United Cherokee Indian Tribe of

Virginia, c/o Samuel H. Penn, Sr., P.O.

Box 1104, Madison Heights, Virginia

24572. July 31, 2000.

Cherokee River Indian Community, c/

o Steven Bison, 11271 County Road 7,

Moulton, Alabama 35650. August 3,

2000.

Wicocomico Indian Nation, c/o Al

Byrd, 2054 Newmans Neck Road,

Heathsville, Virginia 22473. August 28,

2000.

Cherokee’s of Lawrence County,

Tennessee, c/o Joe Harlan White, 393

Rabbit Trail Road, Leoma, Tennessee

38468. September 14, 2000.

Wiquapaug Eastern Pequot Tribe, c/o

Byron O. Brown, P.O. Box 1148, Hope

Valley, Rhode Island 02832. September

15, 2000.

North Valley Yokut Tribe, c/o

Katherine Perez, 1234 Luna Lane,

Stockton, California 95206. September

22, 2000.

Tejon Indian Tribe, c/o Dick Montes,

2234 Fourth Street, Wasco, California

93280. October 27, 2000.

This is a notice of receipt of these

letters of intent to petition and does not

constitute notice that the petitions are

under active consideration. Notice of

active consideration will be sent by mail

to the petitioner and other interested

parties at the appropriate time.

Under section 83.9(a) of the Federal

regulations, third parties may submit

factual and/or legal arguments in

support of or in opposition to each

group’s petition and may request to be

kept informed of all general actions

affecting the petition. Third parties

should provide copies of their

submissions to the petitioner. Any

information submitted will be made

available on the same basis as other

information in the BIA’s files. The

petitioner will be provided an

opportunity to respond to such

submissions prior to a final

determination regarding the petitioner’s

status.

The petitions may be examined, by

appointment, in the Department of the

Interior, BIA, Branch of

Acknowledgment and Research, MS:

4660–MIB, 1849 C Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20240; Telephone:

(202) 208–3592.

Dated: November 21, 2000.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–31147 Filed 12–6–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–932–1430–ET; NMNM 25016–30]

Public Land Order No. 7470; Partial

Revocation of Executive Order Dated

April 17, 1926; New Mexico

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Public land order.

SUMMARY: This order partially revokes

an Executive order insofar as it affects

39.91 acres of land withdrawn for the

Bureau of Land Management’s Public

Water Reserve No. 107. The land does

not meet the criteria for a public water

reserve. This action will open the land

to surface entry and nonmetalliferous

mining. The Executive order did not

close any of the land to metalliferous

mining or to mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 8, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeanette Espinosa, BLM New Mexico

State Office, 1474 Rodeo Road, Santa Fe,

New Mexico 87505, 505–438–7597.

By virtue of the authority vested in

the Secretary of the Interior by section

204 of the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C.

1714 (1994), it is ordered as follows:

1. The Executive Order dated April

17, 1926, which established Public

Water Reserve No. 107, is hereby

revoked insofar as it affects the

following described land:

New Mexico Principal Meridian

T. 20 S., R. 28 E.,

Sec. 1, lot 1.

The area described contains 39.91 acres in

Eddy County.

2. At 10 a.m. on January 8, 2001, the

land described in paragraph 1 will be

opened to the operation of the public

land laws generally, subject to valid

existing rights, the provisions of existing

withdrawals, other segregations of

record, and the requirements of