12662 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 51 / Monday, March 17, 1997 / Notices

Davies County, Illinois. Expansion of

the scope of Ms. Ross’s permit is

proposed for genetic research for the

purpose of survival and enhancement of

the species in the wild.

Written data or comments should be

submitted to the Regional Director, U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of

Ecological Services Operations, 1

Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, Minnesota

55111–4056, and must be received

within 30 days of the date of this

publication.

Documents and other information

submitted with these applications are

available for review 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 Ecological Services

Operations, 1 Federal Drive, Fort

Snelling, Minnesota 55111–4056.

Telephone: (612/725–3536 x250); FAX:

(612/725–3526).

Dated: March 11, 1997.

Matthias A. Kerschbaum,

Acting Assistant Regional Director, IL, IN,

MO (Ecological Services), Region 3, Fort

Snelling, Minnesota.

[FR Doc. 97–6657 Filed 3–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative

Management Act; Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service and the National Marine

Fisheries Service will hold a joint

meeting to discuss coordination of

activities that support Atlantic States

Marine Fisheries Commission coastal

fisheries management plans under the

Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative

Management Act and the Atlantic

Striped Bass Conservation Act.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

April 9, 1997, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

and is open to the public.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Room 200AB, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive,

Arlington, VA 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Paul Perra, National Marine Fisheries

Service, at (301) 427–2014.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

meeting is being held pursuant to Public

Law 103–206, as amended, and Public

Law 89–304, as amended. Minutes of

the meetings will be maintained by the

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Room

840, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,

Arlington, Virginia 22203 and the

National Marine Fisheries Service, FX2,

8484 Georgia Ave., Suite 425, Silver

Spring, MD 20910, and will be available

for public inspection during regular

business hours, Monday through Friday

within 30 days following the meeting.

Dated: March 10, 1997.

Gary Edwards,

Co-Chair, Atlantic Coastal Fisheries

Cooperative Management Act Coordination

Committee, Assistant Director—Fisheries.

[FR Doc. 97–6608 Filed 3–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–910–07–1020–00]

New Mexico Resource Advisory

Council Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of council meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act and the Federal Advisory

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5 U.S.C.

Appendix 1, The Department of the

Interior, Bureau of Land Management

(BLM), announces a meeting of the New

Mexico Resource Advisory Council

(RAC). The meeting will be held on

April 24 and 25, 1997 at the New

Mexico Activities Association building,

6600 Palomas Av NE, Albuquerque,

NM. This location is near the Amberley

Suites Hotel in Albuquerque, NM.

The agenda for the RAC meeting will

include agreement on the meeting

agenda, any RAC comments on the draft

summary minutes of the last RAC

meeting of January 9 and 10, 1997 in

Albuquerque, NM., an update and

discussion on the status of the Resource

Management Plan Amendment/

Environmental Impact Statement for the

RAC Standards for Rangeland Health

and Guidelines for Livestock Grazing,

and discussions by the RAC on off road

vehicle use and access to BLM lands

and other items appropriate for RAC

discussion. The meeting will begin on

April 24, 1997 at 8:00 a.m. The meeting

is open to the public. The time for the

public to address the RAC is on

Thursday, April 24, 1997, from 3:00

p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The RAC may reduce

or extend the end time of 5:00 p.m.

depending on the number of people

wishing to address the RAC. The length

of time available for each person to

address the RAC will be established at

the start of the public comment period

and will depend on how many people

there are that wish to address the RAC.

At the completion of the public

comments the RAC may continue

discussion on its Agenda items. The

meeting on April 25, 1997, will be from

8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The end time of

4:00 p.m. for the meeting may be

changed depending on the work

remaining for the RAC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob

Armstrong, New Mexico State Office,

Planning and Policy Team, Bureau of

Land Management, 1474 Rodeo Road,

P.O. Box 27115, Santa Fe, New Mexico

87502–0115, telephone (505) 438–7436.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the Resource Advisory

Council is to advise the Secretary of the

Interior, through the BLM, on a variety

of planning and management issues

associated with the management of

public lands. The Council’s

responsibilities include providing

advice on long-range planning,

establishing resource management

priorities and assisting the BLM to

identify State and regional standards for

rangeland health and guidelines for

grazing management.

Dated: March 10, 1997.

William C. Calkins,

State Director.

[FR Doc. 97–6538 Filed 3–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–M

[MT–921–07–1320–01]

Qualification for Category 5 Royalty

Rate Reduction in Designated Areas of

Fort Union Federal Coal Production

Region

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Montana State Office, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Qualification for

Category 5 Royalty Rate Reduction

Region; Establishment of Competitive

Royalty Rate; and Acceptance of

Applications for Consideration for

Royalty Relief: McLean, Mercer, and

Oliver Counties, North Dakota, and

Richland County, Montana.

SUMMARY: This notice is issued for the

purpose of announcing: (1) The

determination that the Counties of

McLean, Mercer, and Oliver, North

Dakota, and Richland County, Montana,

within the Fort Union Federal Coal

Production Region, continue to meet the

criteria to qualify for royalty rate

differentials under Category 5 of the

Royalty Rate Reduction guidelines

published February 27, 1990 (55 FR

6841), and clarified May 2, 1990 (55 FR

18401); (2) Establishment of the

Category 5 royalty rate at 2.6 percent for

the Counties of McLean, Mercer, and

Oliver, North Dakota, and Richland