Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 28 / Thursday, February 10, 2000 / Notices 6619

The applicant requests a permit to

export semen samples collected from

one captive-bred Sumatram orangutan

(Pongo oygmaeus abelii) to the

Singapore Zoo, for the purpose of

enhancement of the survival of the

species through scientific research and

propagation.

PRT–022092

Applicant: University of Wisconsin

Zoological Museum, Madison, WI

The applicant requests a permit to reexport the salvaged skeleton of a brown

pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) to the

Catholic University, Quito, Ecuador, for

the purpose of enhancement of the

survival of the species through scientific

research.

Written data or comments should be

submitted to the Director, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Office 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.

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).

PRT–022027

Applicant: Horst J. Baier, Miami, Fl

The applicant requests a permit to

import a sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus

maritimus) taken in March 1999 from

the Beaufort Sea-Poulatuk polar bear

population, Northwest Territories,

Canada, for personal use.

Written data, comments or requests

for copies of these complete

applications or requests for a public

hearing on these applications should be

sent to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Office of Management

Authority, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room

700, Arlington, Virginia 22203. These

requests must be received within 30

days of the date of publication of this

notice. 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.

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, Office of

Management Authority, 4401 Fairfax

Drive, Room 700, Arlington, Virginia

22203. Phone: (703/358–2104); FAX:

(703/358–2281).

Dated: February 4, 2000.

Margaret Tieger,

Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of

Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 00–3081 Filed 2–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ–050–00–1150–JB; 6636]

Arizona: Availability of the Draft

Sonoran Pronghorn Forage

Enhancement Project Environmental

Assessment (EA), Yuma and Phoenix

Field Offices

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the draft

Sonoran Pronghorn Forage

Enhancement Project Environmental

Assessment (EA), Yuma and Phoenix

Field Offices.

SUMMARY: The draft Sonoran Pronghorn

Forage Enhancement Project

Environmental Assessment (EA)

evaluates the environmental impacts of

a proposed project to improve habitat

for the endangered Sonoran pronghorn

on the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force

Range. The Sonoran pronghorn was

listed as an endangered subspecies in

1967. Since that time, numbers of the

animal in the United States have been

estimated to fluctuate between 100 and

400 animals. The population appears to

be limited by low recruitment of fawns

into the population. Most fawns die

each year in late June and early July

when the availability of green forage

decreases. The proposed forage

enhancement project would provide

forage for pronghorn on up to 14 plots.

The plots would provide native forage

for pronghorn and a source of free water

to aid in digestion. The plots would not

be permanently established and are not

meant to interfere with the normal

seasonal movements of pronghorn. The

project would be jointly carried out by

the Arizona Game and Fish Department,

Luke Air Force Base, Marine Corps Air

Station, Yuma, and the Bureau of Land

Management.

DATES: Comments on the draft

Environmental Assessment will be

accepted through March 24, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the

Environmental Assessment are available

upon request to: Field Manager, Bureau

of Land Management, 2555 East Gila

Ridge Road, Yuma, Arizona 85365.

There are also copies available for

review at that location and at the Yuma

County Library, 350 South Third

Avenue, Yuma, Arizona, 85364.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wildlife Biologist Susanna Henry,

Bureau of Land Management, 2555 East

Gila Ridge Road, Yuma, Arizona, 85365,

telephone (520) 317–3211.

Dated: January 31, 2000.

Gail Acheson,

Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 00–3106 Filed 2–9–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–32–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT–079–00–1020–XQ]

Resource Advisory Council Meeting,

Butte, MT

AGENCY: Butte Field Office, Bureau of

Land Management, DOI.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Western Montana

Resource Advisory Council will

convene at 9 a.m., Wednesday, March 1,

2000, at the Butte Field Office, 106

North Parkmont, Butte, Montana. Issues

will include the statewide weed

management steering committee, the

Elkhorns Westslope Cutthroat

Restoration Plan, an update on the

Montana/Dakotas Off-Highway Vehicle

environmental impact statement, and

sage grouse habitat management.

The meeting is open to the public and

written comments may be given to the

Council. Oral comments may be

presented to the Council at 11:30 a.m.

The time allotted for oral comment may

be limited, depending on the number of

persons wishing to be heard.

Individuals who plan to attend and

need further information about the

meeting, or who need special assistance,

such as sign language or other

reasonable accommodations, should

contact Jean Nelson-Dean, Resource

Advisory Coordinator, at the Butte Field

Office, 106 North Parkmont (P.O. Box

3388), Butte, Montana 59702–3388,

telephone 406–494–5059.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Acting Butte Field Manager Tim

Bozorth or Jean Nelson-Dean at the

above address or telephone number.