3910 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 17 /Tuesday, January 27, 1998 / Notices

pigtoe, rough (Pleurobema plenum)

pocketbook, fat [Potamilus (=Proptera)

capax]

riffleshell, northern (Epioblasma

torulosa rangiana)

Snails

snail, Iowa Pleistocene (Discus

macclintocki)

Insects

beetle, American burying (=giant

carrion) (Nicrophorus americanus)

beetle, Hungerford’s crawling water

(Brychius hungerfordi)

butterfly, Karner blue (Lycaeides

melissa samuelis)

butterfly, Mitchell’s satyr (Neonympha

mitchellii mitchellii)

dragonfly, Hine’s (=Ohio) emerald

(Somatochlora hineana)

Plants

Aconitum noveboracense (northern wild

monkshood)

Apios priceana (Price’s potato-bean)

Asclepias meadii (Mead’s milkweed)

Asplenium (=Phyllitis) scolopendrium

(=japonica) var. americanum

(American hart’s-tongue fern)

Boltonia decurrens (decurrent false

aster)

Cirsium pitcheri (Pitcher’s thistle)

Dalea foliosa (=Petalostemum f.) (leafy

prairie-clover)

Erythronium propullans (Minnesota

dwarf trout lily)

Geocarpon minimum (no common

name)

Hymenoxys herbacea (=acaulis var.

glabra) (lakeside daisy)

Iris lacustris (dwarf lake iris)

Isotria medeoloides (small whorled

pogonia)

Lespedeza leptostachya (prairie bushclover)

Lesquerella filiformis (Missouri bladderpod)

Lindera melissifolia (pondberry)

Mimulus glabratus var. michiganensis

(Michigan monkey-flower)

Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea

(Fassett’s locoweed)

Platanthera leucophaea (eastern prairie

fringed orchid)

Platanthera praeclara (western prairie

fringed orchid)

Sedum integrifolium ssp. leedyi (Leedy’s

roseroot)

Solidago houghtonii (Houghton’s

goldenrod)

Spiraea virginiana (Virginia spiraea)

Trifolium stoloniferum (running buffalo

clover)

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:

(612/725–3536 x224); FAX: (612/725–

3526).

Dated: January 20, 1998.

Matthias A. Kerschbaum,

Acting Assistant Regional Director, IL, IN,

MO (Ecological Services), Region 3, Fort

Snelling, Minnesota.

[FR Doc. 98–1859 Filed 1–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered and Threatened Species

Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit

applications.

SUMMARY: The following applicants have

applied for a scientific research permit

to conduct certain activities with

endangered species pursuant to section

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

Act of 1973, as amended (16 USC 1531

et seq.).

Permit No. 837580

Applicant: Robert Weppler, Riverside,

California.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by survey) the Delhi Sands

flower-loving fly (Rhaphiomidas

terminatus abdominalis) in southern

California in conjunction with presence

or absence surveys for the purpose of

enhancing its survival.

Permit No. 799486

Applicant: Jan Randall, San

Francisco, California.

The applicant requests an amendment

of her permit to take (capture and

remove eight individuals from the wild)

the giant kangaroo rat (Dipodomys

ingens) in conjunction with scientific

research in Merced, Fresno, Monterey,

San Luis Obispo, Kings, Kern, and Santa

Barbara Counties, California, for the

purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No.’s: 838028, 785138, 832945,

810768, 837301, 781217, 797999

Applicants: Michael G. Van Hattem,

San Juan Capistrano, California; David

Levine, Laguna Beach, California; Lisa

M. Kegarice, San Bernardino, California;

Harmsworth Associates, Dove Canyon,

California; Jeffrey L. Lincer, Poway,

California; Chambers Group, Inc., Irvine,

California; Merkel and Associates, San

Diego, California.

These applicants request a permit or

a permit amendment to take (harass by

survey) the Quino checkerspot butterfly

(Euphydryas editha quino) in

conjunction with presence or absence

surveys throughout the species range in

California, for the purpose of enhancing

its survival.

Permit No. 781384

Applicant: Thomas A. Leslie,

Wildomar, California.

The applicant requests an amendment

to his permit to take (harass by survey)

the Quino checkerspot butterfly

(Euphydryas editha quino) in

conjunction with presence or absence

surveys and ecological research

throughout the species range in

California, for the purpose of enhancing

its survival.

Permit No. 814215

Applicant: Claude Edwards, San

Diego, California.

The applicant requests an amendment

to his permit to take (harass by survey)

the Quino checkerspot butterfly

(Euphydryas editha quino) in

conjunction with presence or absence

surveys and observational studies

throughout the species range in

California, for the purpose of enhancing

its survival.

Permit No. 821229

Applicant: David G. Crawford, Agoura

Hills, California.

The applicant requests an amendment

to his permit to take (harass by survey)

the Delhi-Sands flower loving fly

(Rhaphiomidas terminatus abdominalis)

in Riverside and San Bernardino

Counties, California, and take (harass by

survey) the tidewater goby (Eucyclobius

newberryi) throughout its range in

California in conjunction with presence

or absence surveys, for the purpose of

enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 838015

Applicant: Stephan Henry Sprague,

Anaheim, California.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by survey) the Delhi-Sands

flower loving fly (Rhaphiomidas

terminatus abdominalis), Quino

checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas

editha quino), and the coastal California

gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica

californica) in conjunction with

presence or absence surveys throughout
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each species range, for the purpose of

enhancing their survival.

Permit No. 787645

Thomas Olsen Associates, Inc.,

Hemet, California.

The applicant requests an amendment

to his permit to take (harass by survey)

the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl

(Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) in

conjunction with presence or absence

surveys in Pima County, Arizona, for

the purpose of enhancing its survival.

DATES: Written comments on these

permit applications must be received on

or before February 26, 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 received,

including names and addresses, 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: January 21, 1998.

Thomas Dwyer,

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland,

Oregon.

[FR Doc. 98–1884 Filed 1–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–070–08–1210–04]

Notice of Intent To Prepare and

Environmental Impact Statement on Oil

and Gas Development Within the Bisti/

De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area; Invitation

for Public Participation and Call for

Information

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement,

invitation for public involvement, and

call for information on oil and gas

minerals and other resources.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM), Farmington District

Office is initiating preparation of an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

on proposed oil and gas development of

three existing leases within the Bisti/DeNa-Zin Wilderness Area. The public is

invited to participate in this planning

effort with the identification of

additional issues and planning criteria.

This notice is also to solicit oil and

gas mineral and other resource

information and indications of interest

and need. Mineral extraction

companies, environmental

organizations, state, Tribal, and local

governments, and the general public are

encouraged to submit information to the

BLM to assist in the determinations of

oil and gas development potential and

possible conflicts with other resources.

The planning document will be

prepared by an interdisciplinary team of

specialists within the Farmington

District Office. Two public scoping

meetings will be held: in Farmington,

New Mexico on February 24, 1998 in

the San Juan College Henderson Fine

Arts Building, room 9012 at 7:00 p.m.;

and in Santa Fe, New Mexico on

February 25, 1998 in the BLM New

Mexico State Office, 1474 Rodeo Road,

at 7:00 p.m. Public hearings will be

announced after the completion of a

Draft EIS.

DATES: Comments relating to the

identification issues and planning

criteria, and responses to this call for oil

and gas mineral and other resource

information will be accepted through

the close of business March 20, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments and requests to

be included on the mailing list should

be sent to: Lee Otteni, District Manager;

Bureau of Land Management,

Farmington District Office; 1235 La

Plata Highway, Suite A, Farmington,

New Mexico 87401. Proprietary data

should be identified as such to ensure

confidentiality.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christopher V. Barns at the address

above, or call 505–599–6338.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

existing leases are found in the Hunter

Wash portion of the Bisti/De-Na-Zin

Wilderness Area on 2,630.93 acres of

the following public lands:

T. 24 N., R. 12 W., NMPM,

Sec. 3, lots 8, 9, 16, 17;

Sec. 4, lots 5 to 20, inclusive;

Sec. 8, lots 1, 2, 7 to 16, inclusive;

Sec. 9, lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13;

Sec. 17, lots 1 to 16, inclusive; and

Sec. 18, lots 13 to 20, inclusive.

The issues anticipated to be addressed

by this EIS include the conflicting

mandates of protecting wilderness

resources and values while honoring

valid existing oil and gas rights.

The proposed planning criteria

include:

1. All proposed actions and

alternatives considered must comply

with current laws and federal

regulations.

2. The EIS will weigh long-term

benefits and detriments against shortterm benefits and detriments.

3. This planning process will provide

for public involvement including early

notice and frequent opportunity for

interested citizens and groups to

participate in and comment on the

preparation of plans and related

guidance.

Dated: January 21, 1998.

M.J. Cha ́vez,

State Director.

[FR Doc. 98–1882 Filed 1–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–FB–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT–020–1020–00]

Environmental Analysis; Cedar City

District, Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management, Cedar City District, has

completed an Environmental Analysis

(EA)/Finding of No Significant Impact

(FONSI) of the Proposed Plan

Amendments to the Cedar/Beaver/

Garfield/Antimony and the Paria,

Vermilion and Zion Management

Framework Plans. The Proposed

Amendments involve the addition of

five new land tenure adjustment criteria

(LTAs). These LTAs could be used to

facilitate changes in land ownership

enhancing the ability to provide for

economic growth as well as provide

additional protection for sensitive

resources.

DATES: The protest period for these

Proposed Plan Amendments will

commence with the date of publication

of this notice and last for 30 days.

Protests must be received on or before

January 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Protests must be addressed

to the Director (WO–210), Bureau of

Land Management, Attn: Brenda

Williams, 1849 C Street, N.W.,