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Development Award for Clinicians, Scientist

Development Awards, and Research Scientist

Awards; 93.278, Drug Abuse National

Research Service Awards for Research

Training; 93.279, Drug Abuse Research

Programs, National Institutes of Health, HHS)

Dated: July 7, 1998.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 98–18625 Filed 7–9–98; 9:23 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute of Child Health and

Human Development; Notice of Closed

Meeting

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following

meeting.

The meeting will be closed to the

public in accordance with the

provisions set forth in sections

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,

as amended. The grant applications and

the discussions could disclose

confidential trade secrets or commercial

property such as patentable material,

and personal information concerning

individuals associated with the grant

applications, the disclosure of which

would constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy.

Name of Committee: National Institute of

Child Health and Human Development

Special Emphasis Panel, Who Application

Review.

Date: July 9, 1998.

Time: 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.

Agenda: to review and evaluate grant

applications.

Place: 6100 Executive Blvd., Room 5E01,

Rockville, MD 20852 (Telephone Conference

Call).

Contact Person: Gopal M. Bhatnagar,

Scientific Review Administrator, Division of

Scientific Review, National Institute of Child

Health and Human Development, National

Institutes of Health, PHS, DHHS, 9000

Rockville Pike, 6100 Bldg., Room 5E01,

Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 496–1485.

This notice is being published less than 15

days prior to the meeting due to the timing

limitations imposed by the review and

funding cycle.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 93.864, Population Research;

93.865, Research for Mothers and Children;

93.929, Center for Medical Rehabilitation

Research; 93.209, Contraception and

Infertility Loan Repayment Program, National

Institutes of Health, HHS)

Dated: July 7, 1998.

LaVerne Y. Stringfield,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 98–18626 Filed 7–9–98; 9:23 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4377–FA–01]

Housing Counseling Program

Announcement of Funding Award—FY

1998

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Housing—Federal Housing

Commissioner, HUD.

ACTION: Announcement of funding

award.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

102 (a)(4)(C) of the Department of

Housing and Urban Development

Reform Act of 1989, this announcement

notifies the public of a funding decision

made by the Department of Housing and

Urban Development. Noncompetitive

funding was provided under the

Housing Counseling Program initiatives,

for homebuyer education and

counseling, targeted to potential firsttime homebuyers. This announcement

contains the name and address of the

award winner and the amount of the

award.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kitty Woodley, Director of Marketing

and Outreach, Office of Single Family

Housing, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,

SW, Washington, DC 20410, Telephone

(202) 708–0614, ext. 2307. Hearing- or

speech-impaired individuals may access

this number by calling the Federal

Information Relay Service TTY at 1–

800–877–8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Housing Counseling Program is

authorized by section 106 of the

Housing and Urban Development Act of

1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701x).

The objective of this grant is to

promote first-time homeownership

through homebuyer education and

counseling to potential first-time

homebuyers. The Congress of National

Black Churches, Inc. (CNBC) is a

coalition of eight major historically

black denominations. Together, these

denominations represent 65,000

churches and a membership of more

than 19 million people. CNBC will

facilitate delivery of homebuyer

education and counseling through

affiliate organizations in major cities

throughout the country. Since 1996,

HUD has been working in partnership

with CNBC through the HOME-NOW

program to address the lack of

homeownership opportunities for

families in underserved communities.

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance number for the Housing

Counseling Program is 14.169.

In accordance with section 102

(a)(4)(C) of the Department of Housing

and Urban Development Reform Act of

1989 (103 Stat. 1987, 42 U.S.C. 3545),

the Department is publishing the name,

address, and amount of the award as

follows:

Congress of National Black Churches,

Inc., 1225 Eye Street, NW, Suite 750,

Washington, DC 20005.

Amount: $348,900.

Dated: July 1, 1998.

Ira G. Peppercorn,

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Housing, Deputy Federal Housing

Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 98–18469 Filed 7–10–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Availability of a Technical/

Agency Draft Multi-Species Recovery

Plan for the Threatened and

Endangered Species of South Florida

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability

and public comment period.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) announces the availability for

public review of Volume II of a twovolume draft multi-species recovery

plan for the threatened and endangered

species of South Florida and the

ecosystems upon which they depend.

Volume II provides an ecosystem

approach toward restoration of the

South Florida Ecosystem, and discusses

the biological composition, status,

trends, management, and restoration

needs of 23 major ecological

communities in this region. This

volume integrates the needs for species

of concern in addition to the federally

listed species discussed in Volume I. A

notice announcing the availability of

Volume I was published in the Federal

Register on March 6, 1998 (63 FR

11304). The Service solicits review and

comments from the public on Volume II

of the draft recovery plan.

DATES: Comments on the draft recovery

plan must be received on or before

September 30, 1998, to ensure

consideration by the Service.
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ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft recovery

plan can be obtained by contacting the

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Publications Unit, National

Conservation Training Center, c/o

Aramark, Rt. 1 Box 166, Shepherd Grade

Rd., Shepherdstown, West Virginia

25443. The Service is encouraging that

requests for copies be for the CD–ROM

version as the hard copy encompasses

approximately 850 pages. Additionally,

this document may be viewed or

downloaded from the Service’s South

Florida Ecological Service’s Field Office

website at: http://www.fws.gov/r4eao/

esvb.htm.

Written comments and materials

regarding the plan should be addressed

to Dawn Jennings, South Florida Field

Office, 1360 U.S. Highway 1, Suite 5,

Vero Beach, Florida 32960. Comments

and materials received are available on

request for public inspection, by

appointment, during normal business

hours at the South Florida Field Office.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dawn Jennings at the South Florida

Field Office (561) 562–3909 for

information on the recovery plan; the

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Publications Unit (304) 876–7203 for

additional copies of the draft recovery

plan.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Restoring endangered or threatened

animals and plants to the point where

they are again secure, self-sustaining

members of their ecosystems is a

primary goal of the Fish and Wildlife

Service’s threatened and endangered

species program. To help guide the

recovery effort, the Service prepares

recovery plans for most of the listed

species native to the United States.

Recovery plans describe actions that

may be necessary for conservation of

these species, establish criteria for the

recovery levels for reclassification from

endangered to threatened status or

removal from the list, and estimate the

time and cost for implementing the

needed recovery measures.

The Endangered Species Act of 1973

(Act), as amended (16 U.S.C. et seq.)

requires the development of recovery

plans for listed species unless such a

plan would not promote the

conservation of a particular species.

Section 4(f) of the Act requires that

public notice and an opportunity for

public review and comment be provided

during the recovery plan development.

The Service will consider all

information presented during a public

comment period prior to approval of

each new or revised recovery plan. The

Service and other Federal agencies will

take these comments into account in the

course of implementing approved

recovery plans.

The Multi-Species Recovery Plan

identifies the recovery and restoration

needs of 68 threatened and endangered

species and their habitats in the South

Florida Ecosystem—an area

encompassing 67,346 square kilometers

covering the 19 southernmost counties

in Florida, using an ecosystem-wide

approach. The species addressed in this

plan are found throughout South

Florida. Some are endemic to this area,

others range outside of South Florida,

and some of the species included in this

plan migrate through or winter in South

Florida. These species use every

vegetative, terrestrial, and aquatic

community present in South Florida.

The status of these species varies,

although very few show an increasing

trend. These species include:

Status Species Scientific name

Mammals

E ........... Florida panther ................................................................................ Puma (=Felis) concolor coryi.

E ........... Key deer .......................................................................................... Odocoileus virginianus clavium.

E ........... Key Largo cotton mouse ................................................................. Peromyscus gossypinus allapaticola.

E ........... Key Largo woodrat .......................................................................... Neotoma floridana smalli.

E ........... Silver rice rat ................................................................................... Oryzomys palustris natator (=O. argentatus).

E ........... Lower Keys marsh rabbit ................................................................ Sylvilagus palustris hefneri.

T ........... Southeastern beach mouse ............................................................ Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris.

E ........... West Indian manatee ...................................................................... Trichechus manatus.

Birds

T ........... Audubon’s crested caracara ........................................................... Polyborus plancus audubonii.

E ........... Bachman’s warbler .......................................................................... Vermivora bachmanii.

T ........... Bald eagle ....................................................................................... Haliaeetus leucocephalus.

E ........... Cape Sable seaside sparrow .......................................................... Ammodramus (=Ammospiza) maritimus mirabilis.

E ........... Snail kite .......................................................................................... Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus.

E ........... Florida grasshopper sparrow .......................................................... Ammodramus savannarum floridanus.

T ........... Florida scrub-jay .............................................................................. Aphelocoma coerulescens.

E ........... Ivory-billed woodpecker .................................................................. Campephilus principalis.

E ........... Kirtland’s warbler ............................................................................. Dendroica kirtlandii.

T ........... Piping plover ................................................................................... Charadrius melodus.

E ........... Red-cockaded woodpecker ............................................................. Picoides (=Drendrocopos) borealis.

T ........... Roseate tern .................................................................................... Sterna dougallii dougallii.

E ........... Wood stork ...................................................................................... Mycteria americana.

Reptiles

E ........... American crocodile .......................................................................... Crocodylus acutus.

T ........... Atlantic salt marsh snake ................................................................ Nerodia clarkii (=fasciata) taeniata.

T ........... Bluetail (blue-tailed) mole skink ...................................................... Eumeces egregius lividus.

T ........... Eastern indigo snake ...................................................................... Drymarchon corais couperi.

E ........... Green sea turtle .............................................................................. Chelonia mydas.

E ........... Hawksbill sea turtle ......................................................................... Eretmochelys imbricata.

E ........... Kemp’s (Atlantic) ridley sea turtle ................................................... Lepidochelys kempii.

E ........... Leatherback sea turtle .................................................................... Dermochelys coriacea.

T ........... Loggerhead sea turtle ..................................................................... Caretta caretta.
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Status Species Scientific name

T ........... Sand skink ....................................................................................... Neoseps reynoldsi.

Invertebrates

E ........... Schaus swallowtail butterfly ............................................................ Heraclides (=Papilio) aristodemus ponceanus.

T ........... Stock Island tree snail ..................................................................... Orthalicus reses.

Plants

E ........... Avon Park harebells ........................................................................ Crotalaria avonensis.

E ........... Beach jacquemontia ........................................................................ Jacquemontia reclinata.

E ........... Beautiful pawpaw ............................................................................ Deeringothamnus pulchellus.

E ........... Britton’s beargrass .......................................................................... Nolina brittoniana.

E ........... Carter’s mustard .............................................................................. Warea carteri.

E ........... Crenulate lead-plant ........................................................................ Amorpha crenulata.

E ........... Deltoid spurge ................................................................................. Chamaesyce (=Euphorbia) deltoidea.

T ........... Florida bonamia .............................................................................. Bonamia grandiflora.

E ........... Florida golden aster ........................................................................ Chrysopsis (=Heterotheca) floridana.

E ........... Florida perforate cladonia ............................................................... Cladonia perforata.

E ........... Florida ziziphus ............................................................................... Ziziphus celata.

E ........... Four-petal pawpaw .......................................................................... Asimina tetramera.

E ........... Fragrant prickly-apple ..................................................................... Cereus eriophorus var. fragrans.

T ........... Garber’s spurge .............................................................................. Chamaesyce (=Euphorbia) garberi.

E ........... Garrett’s mint ................................................................................... Dicerandra christmanii.

E ........... Highlands scrub hypericum ............................................................. Hypericum cumulicola.

E ........... Key tree-cactus ............................................................................... Pilosocereus (=Cereus) robinii.

E ........... Lakela’s mint ................................................................................... Dicerandra immaculata.

E ........... Lewton’s polygala ............................................................................ Polygala lewtonii.

E ........... Okeechobee gourd .......................................................................... Cucurbita okeechobeensis ssp. okeechobeensis.

T ........... Papery whitlow-wort ........................................................................ Paronychia chartacea (=Nyachia pulvinata).

T ........... Pigeon wing ..................................................................................... Clitoria fragrans.

E ........... Pygmy fringe-tree ............................................................................ Chionanthus pygmaeus.

E ........... Sandlace ......................................................................................... Polygonella myriophylla.

E ........... Scrub blazing star ........................................................................... Liatris ohlingerae.

T ........... Scrub buckwheat ............................................................................. Eriogonum longifolium var. gnaphalifolium.

E ........... Scrub lupine .................................................................................... Lupinus aridorum.

E ........... Scrub mint ....................................................................................... Dicerandra frutescens.

E ........... Scrub plum ...................................................................................... Prunus geniculata.

E ........... Short-leaved rosemary .................................................................... Conradina brevifolia.

E ........... Small’s milkpea ............................................................................... Galactia smallii.

E ........... Snakeroot ........................................................................................ Eryngium cuneifolium.

E ........... Tiny polygala ................................................................................... Polygala smallii.

E ........... Wide-leaf warea .............................................................................. Warea amplexifolia.

E ........... Wireweed ........................................................................................ Polygonella basiramia (=ciliata var. b.).

The Service has completed recovery

plans for many of these species at

various times between 1980 and 1996 to

identify actions necessary to effect

recovery. The ivory-billed woodpecker,

Bachman’s warbler, silver rice rat, Key

Largo woodrat, Key Largo cotton mouse,

and Okeechobee gourd do not have

approved recovery plans. Since the

approval of many of the recovery plans

for South Florida species, identified

tasks have been completed, and new

information has become available on the

biology, distribution, life history, and

needs of these species. In addition,

some species with a South Florida

population had no tasks identified for

recovery in this area. This plan updates

some existing recovery plans, serves as

the recovery plan for other species, or

identifies South Florida’s contribution

to recovery. The plan also addresses

new threats and needs for all the species

identified within it. This plan is a twovolume effort to identify recovery needs

of the species of South Florida and the

ecosystems upon which they depend.

The focus of Volume I is the individual

species, while Volume II integrates the

species needs with those of the

ecological communities in which they

reside.

Paper copies of both volumes of the

draft recovery plan are available for

public inspection at the following

locations:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, South

Florida Field Office, U.S. Highway 1,

Suite 5, Vero Beach, Florida 32960.

561–562–3909

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Merritt

Island National Wildlife Refuge, 4

miles east of Titusville, State Road

402, Titusville, Florida 32782. 407–

861–0667

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, J.N.

‘‘Ding’’ Darling National Wildlife

Refuge, 1 Wildlife Drive, Sanibel,

Florida 33957. 813–472–1100

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Florida

Panther National Wildlife Refuge,

3860 Tollgate Boulevard, Suite 300,

Naples, Florida 34114. 941–353–8442

U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

National Key Deer Refuge, Winn Dixie

Shopping Plaza, Big Pine Key, Florida

33043–1510. 305–872–2239

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Loxahatchee National Wildlife

Refuge, 10216 Lee Road, Boynton

Beach, Florida 33437–4796. 561–732–

3684

University of Florida, Smathers Library

West, Gainesville, Florida 32611

University of Miami Library, 4600

Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami,

Florida 33149

University of Central Florida Library,

4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando,

Florida 32816

Florida Atlantic University Library, 777

Glades Rd, Boca Raton, Florida 33431
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Florida International University Library,

FIU University Park, 11200 SW A St.,

Miami, Florida 33199

University of South Florida Library,

4202 E. Fowler Ave., Tampa, Florida

33620

Florida Gulf Coast University Library,

19501 Ben Hill Griffin Parkway, Ft.

Myers, Florida 33965–6565

Archbold Biological Station Library,

P.O. Box 2057, Old State Road 8, Lake

Placid, Florida 33852

Fairchild Tropical Garden Library,

11935 Old Cutler Road, Miami,

Florida 33156

Big Pine Key Branch Library, 213 Key

Deer Boulevard, Big Pine Key, Florida

33043

Public Comments Solicited

The Service solicits written comments

on the recovery plan described. All

comments received by the date

identified above will be considered

prior to approval of the plan.

Authority

The authority for this action is section

4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16

U.S.C. 1533(f).

Dated: June 24, 1998.

James J. Slack,

Project Leader.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT–930–08–1210–00]

Notice of Closure of Public Lands;

Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of a temporary closure to

off highway vehicle use for portions of

the Moquith Mountain Wilderness

Study Area including the Coral Pink

Sand Dunes.

SUMMARY: This notice closes to off

highway vehicle (OHV) use

approximately 14,140 acres of the

Moquith Mountain Wilderness Study

Area (WSA) including some 800 acres

within the Coral Pink Sand Dunes.

Areas within the WSA that will remain

open to vehicle use include designated

routes within closed areas and

approximately 700 acres within the

Coral Pink Sand Dunes. OHV access to

the open portion of the dunes will be

provided by three designated access

routes. Five designated routes within

the non sand dune portion of the WAS

on Moquith Mountain will also remain

open. Temporary fencing and signing

will be used as necessary to facilitate

this action. The authority for this action

is 43 CFR 8341.2.

DATES: This closure will begin

immediately and remain in effect

pending amendment of the Vermilion

Land Use Plan, which is expected to be

completed by the end of April 1999.

ADDRESSES: Copies of maps are available

at the Bureau of Land Management

(BLM), Kanab Area Field Office, 318

North First East, Kanab, Utah 84741 and

BLM Utah State Office, 324 South State

Street, P.O. Box 45155, Salt Lake City,

Utah 84145–0155.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Verlin Smith, Kanab Area Field Office,

at (435) 644–2672, ext. 2646 or Ronald

Bolander, BLM, Utah State Office, at

(801) 539–4065.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

14,830-acre Moquith Mountain WSA

was established in 1980 and includes

the northern segment of the Coral Pink

Sand Dunes (about 1,500 acres). The

remaining 2,000 acres of the dunes are

part of the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State

Park which was established in 1963.

The sand dunes are a historic and

popular OHV and other recreational use

area. Most of the WSA is currently

designated as open to OHV use as

documented in the Vermilion

Management Framework Plan,

completed in 1981.

In 1994, BLM implemented

management actions through the

Moquith Mountain WSA Management

Guidance and Schedule (Guidance) to

protect wilderness resource values. In

1998, an interdisciplinary team was

established to review the effectiveness

of the Guidance and determine if

impairment of wilderness values was

occurring. BLM policy allows for an

open OHV category in sand dune areas

as long as impairment of wilderness

suitability does not occur.

The team determined that no

impairment of wilderness values is

occurring on the majority of the dunes.

However, impairment is occurring in

peripheral areas of the northern portion

of the dunes where vegetation is more

prevalent. Therefore, BLM is

temporarily closing to OHV use the sand

dunes north and west of an existing

allotment fence with the exception of a

portion of a dry lake bed and designated

OHV access routes which will remain

open. The three designated OHV access

routes are located as follows: (1) Sand

Spring; (2) the dry lake bed east of the

Yellowjacket Road and, (3) the Hancock

Road near the Ponderosa Grove

Campground.

BLM is also concerned that vehicle

routes may be forming in other portions

of the WSA. Therefore, the non sand

dune portion of the WSA will also be

temporarily closed with the exception of

the following designated routes that will

remain open: the Sand Spring Road,

South Fork Indian Canyon Petroglyph

Road, the Moquith Mountain Loop, Hell

Drive and Lamb’s Point routes.

Dated: July 7, 1998.

Linda S. Colville,

Acting State Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AK–910–0777–51]

Notice of Iditarod Advisory Council

Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Iditarod Advisory

Council Meeting.

SUMMARY: The Iditarod Advisory

Council will conduct an open meeting

Tuesday, August 4, 1998, and

Wednesday, August 5, 1998, from 9 a.m.

until 4 p.m. each day. The purpose of

the meeting is to discuss the formation

of a non-profit organization to assist in

the management of the Iditarod National

Historic Trail. The meeting will be held

at the BLM Anchorage Field Office,

6881 Abbott Loop Road, Anchorage, AK.

Public comments pertaining to

management of the Iditarod National

Historic Trail will be taken from 1–2

p.m. Tuesday, August 4. Written

comments may be submitted at the

meeting or mailed to the address below

prior to the meeting.

ADDRESSES: Inquiries about the meeting

should be sent to External Affairs,

Bureau of Land Management, 222 W.

7th Avenue, #13, Anchorage, Alaska

99513–7599.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Teresa McPherson, (907) 271–5555.

Dated: July 1, 1998.

Nick Douglas,

Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 98–18607 Filed 7–10–98; 8:45 am]

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