Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 236 / Thursday, December 7, 2000 / Notices 76661

Recommended Actions To Meet These

Responsibilities

HUD encourages jurisdictions that are

recipients of funds covered by the

Consolidated Plan to make outreach

efforts to ensure that persons with

disabilities are consulted and have an

equal opportunity to participate in

developing the jurisdiction’s analysis of

needs and plans for the use of Federal

and other resources. HUD staff in the

State and Area Community Planning

and Development and Fair Housing and

Equal Opportunity Offices can be

consulted in helping develop outreach

efforts and a significant amount of

information is found on HUD’s

homepage on the Internet at

www.hud.gov.

During the new five-year

Consolidated Plan cycle that begins in

Fiscal Year 2001, Consolidated Plan

jurisdictions are strongly encouraged to

periodically review and update their

AIs, as appropriate, to give the same

attention to impediments to fair housing

choice for persons with disabilities as is

provided for other bases of

discrimination such as race that have

been prohibited by the Act since its

inception in 1968. HUD in its review of

Annual Action Plan submissions and

during on-site reviews, will consider

whether jurisdictions are giving

appropriate attention in their Action

Plans to compliance with the

accessibility requirements of the Act by

both private and public housing

providers.

Jurisdictions are also encouraged to

take other actions to advance fair

housing choice for persons with

disabilities in support of their

certification to affirmatively further fair

housing. Recent HUD House

Appropriations report language would

direct HUD, when reviewing

Consolidated Plans, to take into

consideration a community’s adoption

of a building code that satisfies the Act’s

accessibility requirements along with

the community’s other efforts to remove

impediments to fair housing (see H.

Rep. 106–674).

With respect to building codes, HUD

encourages elected officials and those

engaged in housing and community

development programs to determine

whether the jurisdiction’s building code

is inconsistent in any respect with the

Act’s accessibility requirements. HUD’s

recently completed review of the four

model building codes for consistency

with the Act can assist with this

determination because most local

building codes are derived from one or

more national model codes. HUD’s final

report reviewing the model building

codes was published in the Federal

Register on March 23, 2000 (65 FR

15740).

In its March 23, 2000 final report,

HUD identified those areas of the model

building codes that were not consistent

with the accessibility requirements of

the Act, and included recommended

language for addressing these variations.

Since that time, HUD has been working

with the model code organizations and

other interested persons in developing

proposed code language to address the

findings in the Department’s final report

with respect to the International

Building Code 2000.

HUD also encourages jurisdictions to

find ways to inform builders and

architects as early as possible in the

project design phase, but certainly no

later than the issuance of a building

permit, of the need to comply with the

accessibility requirements of the Act.

Dated: December 1, 2000.

Joseph A. D’Agosta,

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Community Planning and Development.

Eva M. Plaza,

Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and

Equal Opportunity.

[FR Doc. 00–31120 Filed 12–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–29–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Receipt of Applications for

Permit

Endangered Species

The following applicants have

applied for a permit to conduct certain

activities with endangered species. This

notice is provided pursuant to section

10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et

seq.):

Applicant: Zoological Society of San Diego,

San Diego, CA, PRT–036157

The applicant requests a permit to

import three male and three female

captive born Przewalski’s wild horse

(Equus p. przewalskii) from the Calgary

Zoo, Calgary Alta, Canada for the

purpose of enhancement of the survival

of the species through captive

propagation.

Applicant: Bell Bud, Houston, TX, PRT–

036529

The applicant requests a permit to

import the sport-hunted trophy of one

male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus

dorcas) culled from a captive herd

maintained under the management

program of the Republic of South Africa,

for the purpose of enhancement of the

survival of the species.

Applicant: Triple S Game Farm, Edmond,

OK, PRT–35441

The applicant requests a permit to

export biological samples of the

following endangered pheasant species:

imperial (Lophura imperialis), Edward’s

(Lophura edwardsi), Swinhoe’s

(Lophura swinhoii), white-eared

(Crossoptilon crossoptilon), browneared (Crossoptilon mantchuricum),

cheer (Catreus wallichi), Elliot’s

(Syrmaticus ellioti), bar-tailed

(Syrmaticus humiae), mikado

(Syrmaticus mikado); to Dr. Ettore

Randi, National Institute of Wildlife,

Ozzano Emilia, Italy, for scientific

research for the purpose of

enhancement of the survival of the

species.

Applicant: Marc A. Cheramie, Golden

Meadow, LA, PRT–036303

The applicant requests a permit to

import the sport-hunted trophy of one

male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus

dorcas) culled from a captive herd

maintained under the management

program of the Republic of South Africa,

for the purpose of enhancement of the

survival of the species.

Applicant: Jeffrey R. Powell, Yale University,

Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,

New Haven CT, PRT–036010

The applicant requests a permit to reexport 171 blood samples collected from

Galapagos tortoises (Geochelone nigra)

to Michel C. Milinkovitch, Unit of

Evolutionary Genetics, Dept. of

Molecular Biology, Free University of

Belgium, Gosselies, Belgium, for the

purpose of scientific research. The

samples were originally collected by the

applicant from wild tortoises in the

Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, and

imported to the United States under

permit no. US784934.

Applicant: Wildlife Conservation Society,

Bronx, NY, PRT–811776

The applicant requests re-issuance of

a permit to import feathers dropped

from wild and captive-born birds, which

are obtained through various

international institutions and through

collecting conducted during field

studies, for the purpose of the scientific

research. This notification covers

activities conducted by the applicant

over a five year period.

Written data or comments 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.

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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]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–U

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]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

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