Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 96 / Thursday, May 18, 1995 / Notices 26737

Sec. 21;

Sec. 28;

Sec. 29, N1⁄2, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4SW1⁄4,

S1⁄2NW1⁄4SW1⁄4, S1⁄2SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4;

Sec. 30, lots 1, 4, and 6, N1⁄2NE1⁄4,

E1⁄2W1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, E1⁄2SW1⁄4NE1⁄4,

W1⁄2SE1⁄4NE, NE1⁄4NW1⁄4, S1⁄2NE1⁄4SW1⁄4,

SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, W1⁄2NE1⁄4SE1⁄4,

SE1⁄4NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, and

S1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 31, lots 1 to 4 inclusive, E1⁄2, and

E1⁄2W1⁄2;

Sec. 32;

Sec. 33.

T. 30 S., R. 38 E.,

All of the following land lying north of the

northern right-of-way boundary of the

highway known as the Redrock Randsburg

Road:

Sec. 4, lot 2 of NE1⁄4, and E1⁄2 lot 2 of

NW1⁄4.

Sec. 6, lot 1 of NE1⁄4, lot 1 of NW1⁄4, lot 2

of NE1⁄4, lot 2 of NW1⁄4, lot 1 of SW1⁄4,

lot 2 of SW1⁄4, and SE1⁄4.

The area within the withdrawal contains

approximately 16,560 acres.

Congress has mandated all the public

lands described above be conveyed to

the State of California, subject to valid

existing rights, for inclusion in Red

Rock Canyon State Park (California

Desert Protection Act, 108 Stat. 4471,

sec. 701.) The purpose of the proposed

withdrawal is to protect the park values

of this designated area until the lands

can be conveyed to the State of

California pursuant to the

aforementioned act.

For a period of 90 days from the date

of publication of this notice, all persons

who wish to submit comments,

suggestions, or objections in connection

with the proposed withdrawal may

present their views in writing to the

California State Director of the Bureau

of Land Management.

A public meeting is required to be

held regarding the proposed

withdrawal. Upon determination by the

authorized officer of the location and

date of the meeting, a notice of time and

place will be published in the Federal

Register and in a local newspaper at

least 30 days before the scheduled date

of the meeting.

The application will be processed in

accordance with the regulations set

forth in 43 CFR 2300. Records relating

to the application are available for

examination in the BLM Public Room,

2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA

95825.

For a period of 2 years from the date

of publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, the lands will be

segregated as specified above unless the

application is denied or canceled or the

withdrawal is approved prior to that

date.

The temporary uses which will be

permitted during this segregative period

are land uses consistent with the

California Desert Conservation Area

Plan and permitted by the

Memorandum of Understanding

between the Bureau of Land

Management and the California

Department of Parks and Recreation.

Existing rights are not affected by this

action.

David M. McIlnay

Chief, Branch of Lands

[FR Doc. 95–12205 Filed 5–17–95; 8:45 am]

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Fish and Wildlife Service

Information Collection Submitted to

the Office of Management and Budget

for Review Under the Paperwork

Reduction Act

The proposal for the collection of

information listed below has been

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for reinstatement

approval under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35). Copies of the proposed

information collection requirement and

related forms and explanatory material

may be obtained by contacting the

Service’s clearance officer at the phone

number listed below. Comments and

suggestions on the requirement should

be made directly to the Service

Clearance Officer and the Office of

Management and Budget, Paperwork

Reduction Project (1018–0009)

Washington, D.C. 20503, telephone 202–

395–7340.

Title: Woodcock Wing Collection

Envelope

OMB Approval Number: 1018–0009

Abstract: The Migratory Bird Treaty

Act authorizes and directs the Secretary

of the Interior to determine to what

extent migratory game birds may be

hunted. For several species of game

birds, including the woodcock, this

determination is based primarily on

biological information gathered through

surveys. Survey cooperators provide

data on their harvests and hunting

activities, and from each bird taken,

they submit one wing for certain

biological determinations.

Service Form Number: 3–156A.

Frequency: On occasion.

Description of Respondents:

Individuals and households.

Completion Time: The overall

reporting burden is estimated to average

4 minutes per response with a response

rate average of 5 responses per

respondent.

Annual Responses: 2,000.

Annual Burden Hours: 670.

Service Clearance Officer: Phyllis H.

Cook, 703–358–1943 Mail Stop—224

Arlington Square, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Washington, D.C.

20240.

Dated: April 14, 1995.

John J. Doggett,

Acting Assistant Director—Refuges and

Wildlife.

[FR Doc. 95–12224 Filed 5–17–95; 8:45 am]

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Endangered and Threatened Species

Permit Application

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability;

request for comments.

Availability of an Environmental

Assessment and Receipt of an

Application for a Permit to Allow

Incidental Take of Threatened and

Endangered Species by Murray Pacific

Corporation on its Mineral Tree Farm in

Lewis County, Washington.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that Murray Pacific Corporation

(Applicant) has applied to the U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service (FWS) for an

incidental take permit pursuant to

section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered

Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act).

The Applicant has requested the permit

as an amendment to their existing

permit (PRT–777837) authorizing

incidental take of the northern spotted

owl, which was issued on September

24, 1993, and have amended their

existing Habitat Conservation Plan

(HCP). The application has been

assigned permit number PRT–777837.

The Applicant has also requested to

enter into a consensual agreement with

the U.S. National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS) to address the needs of

anadromous salmonids being

considered for listing under the Act, and

with the FWS to conserve other fish and

wildlife species which may be

associated with habitats on their

Mineral Tree Farm in Lewis County,

Washington (Tree Farm). The requested

permit would authorize the incidental

take of all species presently listed under

the Act, that may occur on the

Applicant’s Tree Farm. The proposed

incidental take would occur as a result

of timber harvest activities in the

various habitat types that occur now,

and will occur on the Tree Farm during

the term of the proposed permit. The

HCP Amendment includes an agreement

for the issuance of additional permits

for the incidental take of species not

presently listed under the Act, but

which may become listed during the

term of the proposed permit, and which

may occur in habitats on the Tree Farm.
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The FWS in conjunction with NMFS

announce the availability of an

Environmental Assessment (EA) for the

proposed issuance of the incidental take

permit and signing of the agreement.

The FWS is taking administrative

responsibility for announcing the

availability of the aforementioned

documents. This notice is provided

pursuant to section 10(c) of the Act and

National Environmental Policy Act

regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).

DATES: Written comments on the permit

application and EA should be received

on or before June 19, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the

application or EA should be addressed

to Mr. Curt Smitch, Assistant Regional

Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

3773 Martin Way East, Building C—

Suite 101, Olympia, Washington 98501.

Please refer to permit No. PRT–777837

when submitting comments. Individuals

wishing copies of the application or EA

for review should immediately contact

the above office (360–534–9330).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Craig Hansen, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, 3773 Martin Way East, Building

C- Suite 101, Olympia, WA., 98501;

(360) 412–5465. Steve Landino,

National Marine Fisheries Service, 3773

Martin Way East, Building C- Suite 101,

Olympia, WA., 98501; (360) 412–5469.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Under section 9 of the Act and its

implementing regulations, ‘‘taking’’ of a

threatened or endangered species, is

prohibited. However, the FWS and

NMFS, under limited circumstances,

may issue permits to take threatened

and endangered wildlife species if such

taking is incidental to, and not the

purpose of, otherwise lawful activities.

Regulations governing permits for

threatened species are in 50 CFR 17.32

and in 50 CFR 17.22 for endangered

species.

The Applicant proposes to implement

an amendment to their HCP for the

northern spotted owl that will allow

timber harvest on portions of

approximately 55,000 acres of their Tree

Farm. The Applicant’s proposed timber

harvest may result in the take, as

defined in the Act and its implementing

regulations, of listed species. The HCP

and permit would be in effect through

the year 2094. The application includes

an amended HCP and Implementation

Agreement.

The Applicant proposes to mitigate

for the incidental take of all listed

species by maintaining at least 10

percent of the Tree Farm in nonharvestable reserves for the term of the

permit. Reserves would be established

during a Watershed Analysis process

which the Applicant would complete by

2004. The expected result of Watershed

Analysis would place a majority of the

reserves in riparian zones. In addition,

the Applicant would be committed to a

variety of special measures intended to

mitigate and minimize impacts to the

habitat types which occur on the Tree

Farm, and specific State and Federal

species of concern including the grizzly

bear, gray wolf, bald and golden eagles,

goshawk, Larch Mountain salamander,

Townsend’s big-eared bat, long-legged

myotis (bat), and others. The Applicant

also proposes to mitigate for impacts to

anadromous salmonids through habitat

conservation measures for these species.

The EA considers the environmental

consequences of 5 alternatives,

including the proposed action and noaction alternatives. The proposed action

alternative is the issuance of a permit

under section 10(a) of the Act that

would authorize incidental take of all

listed species, and signing of the

agreement for currently unlisted

species, that may occur in the habitats

on the Applicant’s Tree Farm. The

proposed action would require the

Applicant to implement their amended

Habitat Conservation Plan. Under the

no-action alternative, the Applicant

would continue to implement their

existing northern spotted owl HCP, and

additional incidental take permits

would not be issued. The third

alternative is to maintain approximately

29 percent of the Tree Farm in reserves

generated according to Watershed

Analysis prescriptions. The fourth

alternative is to maintain reserves on

about 17 percent of the Tree Farm, and

would allow the Applicant to harvest

timber on a limited basis in the outer

half of riparian reserves. The fifth

alternative would place about 5 percent

of the Tree Farm in riparian reserves

with additional protection on steep

slopes with wet talus habitat, the

Applicant would commit to and

complete further Watershed Analysis by

the year 2004, and the Applicant would

retain all live conifer and conifer snags

greater than 40 inches in diameter at

breast height.

Dated: May 12, 1995.

Thomas Dwyer,

Deputy Regional Director, Region 1, Fish and

Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon.

[FR Doc. 95–12204 Filed 5–17–95; 8:45 am]

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National Park Service

National Capital Memorial

Commission; Public Meeting

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with the Federal Advisory Committee

Act that a meeting of the National

Capital Memorial Commission will be

held on Tuesday, June 20, 1995, at 1

p.m., at the National Building Museum,

Room 312, 5th and F Streets, NW.

The Commission was established by

Public Law 99–652, the Commemorative

Works Act, for the purpose of preparing

and recommending to the Secretary of

the Interior, Administrator, General

Services Administration, and Members

of Congress broad criteria, guidelines,

and policies for memorializing persons

and events on Federal lands in the

National Capital Region (as defined in

the National Capital Planning Act of

1952, as amended), through the media

of monuments, memorials and statues. It

is to examine each memorial proposal

for adequacy and appropriateness, make

recommendations to the Secretary and

Administrator, and to serve as

information focal point for those

persons seeking to erect memorials on

Federal land in the National Capital

Region.

The members of the Commission are

as follows:

Director, National Park Service

Chairman, National Capital Planning

Commission

The Architect of the Capitol

Chairman, American Battle Monuments

Commission

Chairman, Commission of Fine Arts

Mayor of the District of Columbia

Administrator, General Services

Administration

Secretary of Defense

The purpose of the meeting will be to

consider sites for the World War II

Memorial. The meeting will be open to

the public. Any person may file with the

Commission a written statement

concerning the matters to be discussed.

Persons who wish to file a written

statement or testify at the meeting or

who want further information

concerning the meeting may contact the

Commission at 202–619–7097. Minutes

of the meeting will be available for

public inspection 4 weeks after the

meeting at the Office of Land Use

Coordination, National Capital Region,

1100 Ohio Drive, SW., Room 201,

Washington, D.C., 20242.

Dated: May 11, 1995.

Robert Stanton,

Regional Director, National Capital Region.

[FR Doc. 95–12260 Filed 5–17–95; 8:45 am]

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