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hazing) the peregrine falcon (Falco

peregrinus) throughout the species

range in conjunction with scientific

research on peregrine falcons, especially

with regard to their interactions with

California least tern (Sterna albifrons

browni) colonies and western snowy

plovers (Charadrius alexandrinus

nivosus), for the purpose of enhancing

its survival.

Permit No. 783928

Applicant: California Department of

Transportation, San Diego, California.

The applicant requests a permit

amendment to take (capture, handle,

and release) the desert pupfish

(Cyprinodon macularius) in Imperial

and Riverside Counties, California, in

conjunction with presence or absence

surveys, for the purpose of enhancing its

survival.

Permit No. 785148

Applicant: Ogden Environmental, San

Diego, California.

The applicant requests a permit

amendment to take (capture, handle,

and release) the San Bernardino

kangaroo rat (Dipodomys merriami

parvus) and the Amargosa vole

(Mocrotus californicus scirpensis), and

take (harass by survey) the Quino

checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas

editha quino) and the southwestern

willow flycatcher Empidonax traillii

extimus) in conjunction with presence

or absence surveys and ecological

research throughout each species’ range,

for the purpose of enhancing their

survival.

DATES: Written comments on these

permit applications must be received on

or before August 3, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments

should be submitted to the Chief,

Division of Consultation and

Conservation Planning, Ecological

Services, Fish and Wildlife Service, 911

N.E. 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon

97232–4181; Fax: (503) 231–6243.

Please refer to the respective permit

number for each application when

submitting comments. All comments,

including names and addresses,

received will become part of the official

administrative record and may be made

available to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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 within 20

days of the date of publication of this

notice to the address above; telephone:

(503) 231–2063. Please refer to the

respective permit number for each

application when requesting copies of

documents.

Dated: June 24, 1998.

John H. Doebel,

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland,

Oregon.

[FR Doc. 98–17593 Filed 7–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Big Game Guiding on National Wildlife

Refuges in Alaska

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of solicitation.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given the

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is

soliciting proposals to conduct

commercial big game guide services on

several national wildlife refuges in

Alaska.

DATES: Proposals should be postmarked

by Monday, November 16, 1998, or

hand delivered to the respective refuge

manager by Friday, November 20, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Mail proposals to the refuge

manager at the appropriate refuge as

listed in the section, SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Tony Booth, Division of Refuges, U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, 1011 East

Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska, 99503;

telephone (907) 786–3357 [TTY: (907)

786–3552].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service is requesting

proposals to conduct commercial big

game guide services within use areas on

several National Wildlife Refuges in

Alaska. These offerings are for use areas

which have become vacant or may

become vacant soon. Big game guiding

services will be authorized on these

areas for the period July 1, 1999,

through June 30, 2004. Authorizations

to conduct guiding services in these

areas will be awarded through a

competitive selection process.

The offerings will include the

following guide use areas:

Alaska Peninsula/Becharof Refuge—

BCH–06, AKP–09

Address: Refuge Manager, Alaska

Peninsula/Becharof National

Wildlife Refuge, Post Office Box

277, King Salmon, Alaska 99613.

Arctic Refuge—ARC–01, 02, 15

Address: Refuge Manager, Arctic

National Wildlife Refuge, 101 12th

Avenue, Box 20, Fairbanks, Alaska

99701.

Innoko Refuge—INN–03

Address: Refuge Manager, Innoko

National Wildlife Refuge, Post

Office Box 69, McGrath, Alaska

99627.

Kanuti Refuge—KAN–01

Address: Refuge Manager, Kanuti

National Wildlife Refuge, 101 12th

Avenue, Room 112, Fairbanks,

Alaska 99701.

Kenai Refuge—KEN–02, 03

Address: Kenai National Wildlife

Refuge, Post Office Box 2139,

Soldotna, Alaska 99699–2139.

Koyukuk Refuge—KOY–02

Address: Koyukuk/Nowitna National

Wildlife Refuge, Post Office Box

287,Galena, Alaska 99741.

Selawik Refuge—SEL–01

Address: Selawik National Wildlife

Refuge, Post Office Box 270,

Kotzebue, Alaska 99752.

The Service is also requesting

proposals for the following refuge guide

use areas where the Service proposes to

not renew existing guiding permits.

Interested qualified guides who apply

for the following use areas should be

aware that the availability of these areas

is uncertain at this time because existing

permittees may seek reconsideration or

appeal a decision to not renew their

permits. Since the Service does not plan

to issue a seperate notice for these

tentative offerings, interested parties

should submit proposals in response to

this notice. These tentative offerings

include the following areas:

Alaska Peninsula/Becharof Refuge—

BCH–02, 03

Address: Alaska Peninsula/Becharof

National Wildlife Refuge, Post

Office Box 277, King Salmon,

Alaska 99613.

Arctic Refuge—ARC–08

Address: Arctic National Wildlife

Refuge, 101 12th Avenue, Box 20,

Fairbanks, Alaska, 99701.

Izembek Refuge—IZM–02

Address: Izembek National Wildlife

Refuge, Post Office Box 127, Cold

Bay, Alaska 99571–0127.

Kodiak Refuge—KOD–14, 15

Address: Kodiak National Wildlife

Refuge, 1390 Buskin River Road,

Kodiak, Alaska 99615.

Koyukuk Refuge—KOY–03

Address: Koyukuk/Nowitna National

Wildlife Refuge, Post Office Box

287, Galena, Alaska 99741.

A letter announcing these offerings is

being sent to all State of Alaska

registered big game guides. Proposals

must be postmarked by Monday,

November 16, 1998 or hand delivered to

the appropriate refuge manager by 4:30
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p.m., Alaska Standard Time, Friday,

November 20, 1998.

Copies of the solicitation are available

to any interested party by calling or

writing the above telephone number/

address.

Dated: June 11, 1998.

David B. Allen,

Regional Director, Anchorage, Alaska.

[FR Doc. 98–17667 Filed 7–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[BLM–070–98–1430–00–P]

Emergency Closure of Public Lands to

Motorized Vehicles Within the Butte

Field Office, Butte, MT

AGENCY: Butte Field Office, Bureau of

Land Management, DOI.

ACTION: Notice is hereby given that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 8340.0–3, 8341.2(a),

and 8364.1, the following closure shall

take effect immediately in the area

described in this notice within the

jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land

Management until the WhitetailPipestone Environmental Impact

Statement (EIS) is completed with

public involvement.

The following described lands

administered by the Bureau of Land

Management in the Whitetail-Pipestone

project area are limited to use of existing

roads and trails for all motorized

vehicles, except snowmobiles. All

existing roads and trails are open unless

signed otherwise. These lands are

bordered on the west by U.S. Interstate

15 from Butte to Boulder, on the east by

the Whitetail Road from Boulder to

Whitehall, and on the south by Highway

2 from Whitehall to Butte.

The purpose of the closure is to

protect cultural resources and riparian

areas, reduce erosion and new spread of

noxious weeds in the area, and stop the

proliferation of user-created trails. Most

of the existing roads and trails will be

open in the area during the closure

order.

Pursuant to 43 CFR 8340.0–4, the

following use is exempt from this order:

(1) Any military, fire, emergency, or

law-enforcement vehicle that is being

used for emergency purposes;

(2) Any vehicle whose use is

expressly authorized by the Authorized

Officer or otherwise officially approved;

and

(3) Vehicles in official use.

More specifically, these lands are:

All BLM lands north of Highway 2 and south

of Interstate 90 as follows:

N1⁄2N1⁄2 of Sec. 6, T. 1 N., R. 5 W.

NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, of Sec. 2; N1⁄2NW1⁄4

of Sec. 3; N1⁄2NW1⁄4 of Sec. 4; S1⁄2NW1⁄4,

SW1⁄4 of Sec. 9; S1⁄2SE1⁄4 of Sec. 10;

SW1⁄4SW1⁄4 of Sec. 11; NW1⁄4SW1⁄4 of

Sec. 12; NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2NW1⁄4 of Sec.

14; T. 1 N., R. 6 W.

Secs. 23, 24, 25, 26, and 35 of T. 2 N., R.

6 W.

S1⁄2SW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4 of Sec. 19; all of Secs.

30 and 31; S1⁄2NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4, NW1⁄4SE1⁄4

of Sec. 32, T. 2 N., R. 5 W.

All BLM lands north of Interstate 90 and

south of the township line between T. 2

N. and T. 3 N. as follows:

N1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, of

Sec. 6; W1⁄2SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4 of

Sec. 18, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4 of Sec. 26, T. 2 N.,

R. 4 W.

All of Secs. 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10; SW1⁄4 of

Sec. 14; all of Secs. 15, 17, and 18;

NW1⁄4NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4 of Sec. 19; N1⁄2,

NE1⁄4SE1⁄4 of Sec. 20; N1⁄2, N1⁄2SE1⁄4 of

Sec. 21; N1⁄2, SE1⁄4 of Sec. 22; SE1⁄4NE1⁄4,

NW1⁄4 of Sec. 24, T. 2 N., R. 5 W.

All BLM lands north of the township line

between T. 2 N. and T. 3 N., south of the

township line between T. 4 N. and T. 5

N., and west of the Whitetail Road as

follows:

All of Secs. 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, and 24

except mining claims in Sec. 11, T. 2 N.,

R. 6 W.

NW1⁄4NW1⁄4 of Sec. 4; all of Sec. 6; W1⁄2,

W1⁄2E1⁄2 of Sec. 8; W1⁄2, W1⁄2E1⁄2 of Sec.

32, T. 3 N., R. 4 W.

All of Secs. 25, 26, and 35, T. 3 N., R. 5

W.

E1⁄2, N1⁄2NW1⁄4 of Sec. 4; NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2,

W1⁄2E1⁄2 of Sec. 5; NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4,

SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4 of Sec. 8; W1⁄2 of

Sec. 17; W1⁄2, SW1⁄4SE1⁄4 of Sec. 20; N1⁄2,

SE1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4 of Sec. 28; all of Secs.

30 and 31, T. 4 N., R. 4 W.

All BLM lands north of the township line

between T. 4 N. and T. 5 N., south of

Interstate 15, and west of Highway 69

that runs between Boulder and

Whitehall, as follows:

SW1⁄4SW1⁄4 of Sec. 19; SE1⁄4 of Sec. 30;

W1⁄2NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, NW1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4,

SW1⁄4SW1⁄4 of Sec. 32, T. 5 N., R. 3 W.

W1⁄2 of Sec. 5; all of Sec. 6; W1⁄2, SE1⁄4 of

Sec. 8; SW1⁄4SW1⁄4 of Sec. 13;

SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4, W1⁄2SE1⁄4, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4

of Sec. 14, T. 5 N., R. 4 W.

W1⁄2SW1⁄2NE1⁄4, W1⁄2, W1⁄2SE1⁄4, SE1⁄4SE1⁄4

of Sec. 31; SW1⁄4NW1⁄4, SW1⁄4,

E1⁄2SW1⁄4SE1⁄4 of Sec. 32, T. 6 N., R. 4 W.

All BLM lands south of U.S. Interstate 15 as

follows:

S1⁄2SW1⁄4 of Sec. 15; S1⁄2S1⁄2SW1⁄4 of Sec.

16; SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4 of Sec. 17; S1⁄2SW1⁄4.

W1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4 of Sec. 22; SE1⁄4,

SW1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4 of Sec. 23;

SE1⁄4SE1⁄4SW1⁄4 of Sec. 24; W1⁄2,

SW1⁄4SE1⁄4 of Sec. 25, T. 6 N., R. 5 W.

The authorities for this closure are 43

CFR 8340.0–3, 8341.2, and 8364.1. The

closure will remain in effect until the

Recreation Management Plan

Environmental Impact Statement for

this area is completed.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the closure order

and maps showing the location of the

closed areas are available from the

Bureau of Land Management, Butte

Field Office, 106 North Parkmont, P.O.

Box 3388, Butte, Montana 59702,

telephone 406–494–5059.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Merle Good, Field Manager, Butte Field

Office, P.O. Box 3388, Butte, Montana

59702; telephone 406–494–5059.

Dated: June 25, 1998.

Merle Good,

Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–17703 Filed 7–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–921–41–5700; WYW138133]

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of

Terminated Oil and Gas Lease

June 18, 1998.

Pursuant to the provisions of 30

U.S.C. 188(d) and (e), and 43 CFR

3108.2–3(a) and (b)(1), a petition for

reinstatement of oil and gas lease

WYW138133 for lands in Campbell

County, Wyoming, was timely filed and

was accompanied by all the required

rentals accruing from the date of

termination. The lessee has agreed to

the amended lease terms for rentals and

royalties at rates of $10.00 per acre, or

fraction thereof, per year and 162⁄3

percent, respectively.

The lessee has paid the required $500

administrative fee and $125 to

reimburse the Department for the cost of

this Federal Register notice. The lessee

has met all the requirements for

reinstatement of the lease as set out in

Section 31 (d) and (e) of the Mineral

Lands Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C.

188), and the Bureau of Land

Management is proposing to reinstate

lease WYW138133 effective February 1,

1998, subject to the original terms and

conditions of the lease and the

increased rental and royalty rates cited

above.

Pamela J. Lewis,

Chief, Leasable Minerals Section.

[FR Doc. 98–17654 Filed 7–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–22–M