Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 77 /Wednesday, April 22, 1998 / Notices 19933

Additional information on matters

related to this Federal Register Notice

can be obtained at the address and

telephone number set forth below: Mr.

Michael Hansen, Program Coordinator,

CUP Completion Act Office, Department

of the Interior, 302 East 1860 South,

Provo, UT 84606–7317, Telephone:

(801) 379–1194, E-Mail address:

mhansen@uc.usbr.gov.

Dated: April 16, 1998.

Ralph G. Swanson,

Acting CUP Program Director, Department

of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 98–10650 Filed 4–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Assistant Secretary—

Water and Science

Notice of Intent To Negotiate a

Repayment Contract Between the

Central Utah Water Conservancy

District and the Department of the

Interior for Repayment of the

Reimbursable Costs of the Uintah Unit

Replacement Project of the Central

Utah Project

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary—Water and Science,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to negotiate a

repayment contract between the Central

Utah Water Conservancy District and

the Department of the Interior for

repayment of reimbursable costs

associated with the construction of the

Uintah Unit Replacement Project of the

Central Utah Project as provided in

Section 201(c) of Pub. L. 102–575.

SUMMARY: Pub. L. 102–575, Central Utah

Project Completion Act, Section 201(c),

allows for the construction of the Uintah

Unit Replacement Project as part of the

Central Utah Project. A repayment

contract will provide the terms of

repayment by the Central Utah Water

Conservancy District to the United

States of the appropriate costs

associated with the development of

supplemental irrigation water by the

Uintah Unit Replacement Project. The

District will enter into separate

subscription contracts with individual

irrigators to obtain the funds to make

their annual payments to the United

States. The contract will address the

application of the Leavitt Act for

deferment of repayment by Indians for

the cost of development of

supplemental irrigation water for use on

Indian lands.

The purpose of the negotiation

sessions will be to establish the terms of

repayment and funding of operation,

maintenance, and replacement expenses

for the Uintah Unit Replacement

Project.

DATES: Dates for public negotiation

sessions will be announced in local

newspapers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Additional information on matters

related to this Federal Register Notice

can be obtained at the address and

telephone number set forth below: Mr.

Michael Hansen, Program Coordinator,

CUP Completion Act Office, Department

of the Interior, 302 East 1860 South,

Provo, UT 84606–7317, Telephone:

(801) 379–1194, E-Mail address:

mhansen@uc.usbr.gov.

Dated: April 16, 1998.

Ralph G. Swanson,

Acting CUP Program Director, Department

of the Interior.

[FR Doc. 98–10651 Filed 4–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered and Threatened Species

Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications.

The following applicants have

applied for permits 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.).

PRT–826077

Applicant: Wayne P. Steffans,

Superior, Wisconsin.

The applicant requests an amendment

to his permit for Hine’s emerald

dragonfly (Somatochlora hineana) to

add the following to the scope of

permitted activities: (1) add the

following states: Alabama, Arkansas,

Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,

Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan,

Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North

Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina,

Tennessee, and Wisconsin and (2) add

the following take activities: salvage

dead specimens, and survey for larvae

and exuviae, and voucher larvae. Take

activities are currently authorized

throughout the Upper Peninsula of

Michigan and include capture and

release and take of voucher specimens

of adults. The amendment is requested

for the purpose of presence/absence

surveys of the species and habitat

monitoring for the purpose of survival

and enhancement of the species in the

wild.

PRT–840112

Applicant: The Nature Conservancy,

Michigan Chapter, East Lansing,

Michigan; Thomas M. Woiwode, Vice

President.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass through surveying and

monitoring) Mitchell satyr’s butterfly

(Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii) in

Cass, Jackson, and St. Joseph Counties,

Michigan. Activities are proposed to

document presence or absence of the

species, monitor the species, survey the

habitat for other species, and map the

habitat for the purpose of survival and

enhancement of the species in the wild.

PRT–840524

Applicant: Lynn Robbins, Department

of Biology, Southwest Missouri State

University, Springfield, Missouri.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (capture, handle, tag, and release)

gray bats (Myotis grisescens) and

Indiana bats (M. sodalis) in Kansas and

Missouri. Activities are proposed for the

purpose of scientific research aimed at

enhancement and survival of the species

in the wild.

Written data or comments should be

submitted to the Regional Director, U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, 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, Ecological Services Operations,

1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling,

Minnesota 55111–4056. Telephone:

(612/713–5332); FAX: (612/713–5292).

Dated: April 15, 1998.

John A. Blankenship,

Assistant Regional Director, IL, IN, MO

(Ecological Services), Region 3, Fort Snelling,

Minnesota.

[FR Doc. 98–10592 Filed 4–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered and Threatened Species

Permit Applications

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications.