20212 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 78 /Thursday, April 23, 1998 / Notices

Total Number of respondentsNumber of

responses/

respondent

Hours/responseTotal burden hours

Annualized

burden

hours1

Treatment providers ................................................................................ 255 1 1.5 384 128

Total ............................................................................................. .................... .................... ...................... 123,278 41,093

1Burden is annualized over the three-year period for which approval is requested.

Written comments and

recommendations concerning the

proposed information collection should

be sent within 30 days of this notice to:

Daniel Chenok, Human Resources and

Housing Branch, Office of Management

and Budget, New Executive Office

Building, Room 10235, Washington,

D.C. 20503.

Dated: April 16, 1998.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 98–10787 Filed 4–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4162–20–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Availability of Draft Reassessment of

the Interim Wolf Control Plan for the

Northern Rocky Mountains for Review

and Comment

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) announces the availability for

public review of a draft reassessment of

the 1988 Interim Wolf Control Plan for

the Northern Rocky Mountains. The

Service solicits review and comment

from the public on this draft

information.

DATES: Comments on the draft

reassessment must be received on or

before May 26, 1998 to ensure they

receive consideration by the Service.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review

the draft reassessment may obtain a

copy by contacting the Wolf Recovery

Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, 100 North Park, Suite 320,

Helena, Montana 59604. Written

comments and materials regarding this

information should be sent to the

Recovery Coordinator at the address

given above. Comments and materials

received are available on request for

public inspection, by appointment,

during normal business hours at the

above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ed Bangs, Wolf Recovery Coordinator

(see ADDRESSES above), at telephone

(406) 449–5225, extension 204.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Restoring an endangered or

threatened animal or plant to the point

where it is again a secure, selfsustaining member of its ecosystem is a

primary goal of the Fish and Wildlife

Service’s (Service) endangered species

program. Recovery plans describe

actions considered necessary for

conservation of the species, establish

criteria for recovery levels for

downlisting or delisting them, and

estimate time and cost for implementing

the recovery measures needed.

Under the provisions of the

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act) as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), the

Northern Rocky Mountains wolf

population was listed as endangered,

and the Service approved the Wolf

Recovery Plan for the Northern Rocky

Mountains in 1987. The Recovery Plan

recognized that, where ranges of wolves

and livestock overlap, some livestock

would be killed by wolves. In order to

address this issue the Recovery Plan

identified the need ‘‘to delineate

recovery areas and identify and develop

conservation strategies and management

plan(s) to ensure perpetuation of the

Northern Rocky Mountain wolf.’’ To

respond to this need a task was

included to develop and implement a

wolf control/contingency plan for

dealing with wolf depredations. An

interim wolf control plan for Montana

and Wyoming was approved by the

Service’s Regional Director on August 5,

1988. The plan includes criteria for

determining problem wolves, criteria for

their disposition, and protocols and

techniques for control actions.

The Service conducts control of

problem wolves through its section 10

permit authority. Under section

10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species

Act. ‘‘The Secretary (of the Interior) may

permit, under such terms and

conditions as he may prescribe—, (A)

any act otherwise prohibited by section

9 for scientific purposes or to enhance

the propagation or survival of the

affected species.’’ The Service conducts

control of problem wolves under the

terms and conditions of the section 10

permit which is consistent with the

guidance of the Interim Wolf Control.

Since issuance of the permit in 1988,

the wolf population in Northwest

Montana has been reproducing and

growing toward recovery levels.

The Interim Wolf Control Plan has

been in place for 10 years. It is time for

an assessment of the plan’s operation to

see if it is achieving its goal of

facilitating recovery of the Northern

Rocky Mountain endangered wolf

population. The assessment also will

identify recommendations for

improvements or other actions to

increase the plan’s effectiveness.

Public Comments Solicited

The Service solicits written comments

on the draft reassessment of the interim

wolf control plan described above. All

comments received by the date specified

in the DATES section above will be

considered prior to finalization of the

information. Appropriate portions of the

information will be appended to, and

become part of, the reassessment.

Authority

The authority for this action is section

4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16

U.S.C. 1533(f).

Dated: April 13, 1998.

Terry T. Terrell,

Deputy Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.

[FR Doc. 98–10297 Filed 4–22–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–033–98–1230–OHV1]

Temporary Closure of Public Lands:

Nevada, Carson City District

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Temporary closure of certain

public lands in Lyon, Storey, Churchill,

Douglas and Mineral Counties on and

adjacent to several Off Highway Vehicle

race courses. Races are conducted at

various times from May through October

1998:

1. May 9–10, 1998: Virginia City Grand

Prix—Permit Number NV–030–96–

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