Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 77 / Thursday, April 20, 2000 / Notices 21203

Dated: April 12, 2000.

Richard Kopanda,

Executive Officer, SAMHSA.

[FR Doc. 00–9887 Filed 4–19–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–4561–N–30]

Notice of Submission of Proposed

Information Collection to OMB;

Multifamily Housing Service

Coordinator Program

AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information

Officer, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The proposed information

collection requirement described below

has been submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review, as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act. The Department is

soliciting public comments on the

subject proposal.

DATES: Comments Due Date: May 22,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

approval number (2502–0447) and

should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr.,

OMB Desk Officer, Office of

Management and Budget, Room 10235,

New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management

Officer, Q, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,

Southwest, Washington, DC 20410; email WaynelEddins@HUD.gov;

telephone (202) 708–2374. This is not a

toll-free number. Copies of the proposed

forms and other available documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department has submitted the proposal

for the collection of information, as

described below, to OMB for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The Notice

lists the following information (1) The

title of the information collection

proposal; (2) the office of the agency to

collect the information; (3) the OMB

approval number, if applicable; (4) the

description of the need for the

information and its proposed use; (5)

the agency form number, if applicable;

(6) what members of the public will be

affected by the proposal; (7) how

frequently information submissions will

be required; (8) an estimate of the total

number of hours needed to prepare the

information submission, including

number of respondents, frequency of

response, and hours of response; (9)

whether the proposal is new, an

extension, reinstatement, or revision of

an information collection requirement;

and (10) the name and telephone

number of an agency official familiar

with the proposal and of the OMB Desk

Officer for the Department.

This Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Multifamily

Housing Service Coordinator Program.

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0447.

Form Numbers: HUD–92456, HUD–

50080–SCMF, SF–269, SF–424, SF–

424–B, HUD–2880, SF–LLL.

Description of the Need for the

Information and Its Proposed Use: This

package revises and reinstates

information collection and reporting

requirements for the Service

Coordinator Program. It adds three new

financial and performance reports, as

well as a new grant application package.

Respondents: Business or other Notfor-profit, Not-for-profit institutions.

Frequency of Submission: Quarterly

Semi-annually.

Reporting Burden:

Number of

respondents x Frequency ofresponse x Hours per response = Burden hours

Reporting ................................................................................... 4,060 9 .85 47,400

Total Estimated Burden Hours:

47,400.

Status: Reinstate with change.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as

amended.

Dated: April 14, 2000.

Wayne Eddins,

Departmental Reports Management Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered and Threatened Species

Permit Application

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit

application and availability of Habitat

Conservation Plan and Environmental

Assessment.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that Magic Carpet Woods Association

(Applicant) has applied to the Fish and

Wildlife Service (Service) for an

incidental take permit pursuant to

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

Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act).

This notice is provided pursuant to

section 10(c) of the Endangered Species

Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C.

1531, et seq.). The application has been

assigned permit number TE 025433. The

applicant requests a permit to authorize

the incidental take associated with

harassment (i.e., harm) of the piping

plover (Charadrius melodus) which is

federally listed as endangered. The

permit is requested for a period of 25

years. The take would occur as a result

of residential construction adjacent to

Lake Michigan in Leelanau Township,

Leelanau County, Michigan.

The Service also announces the

availability of a Habitat Conservation

Plan (HCP), draft Implementing

Agreement, and Draft Environmental

Assessment (EA) for the incidental take

application. Copies of the application

package may be obtained by making a

request to the Regional Office address

below. Requests must be submitted in

writing to be processed. 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 HCP should be received

on or before May 22, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Individuals wishing copies

of the permit application, HCP,

Implementing Agreement, or Draft EA,

may contact the Service’s Regional

Office, Fort Snelling, Minnesota. The

documents will also be available for

public inspection, by appointment,

during normal business hours at the

Regional Office or the East Lansing

Field Office. Written data or comments

concerning the application, EA, or HCP

should be submitted to the Regional

Office. Please reference permit under

TE–025433 in such comments.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1

Federal Drive, Fort Snelling,

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Minnesota 55111–4056, Telephone:

612/713–5343, Fax: 612/713–5292.

Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, East Lansing Field Office,

2651 Coolidge Rd., Suite 101, East

Lansing, Michigan 48823–6316,

Telephone: 517/351–6274.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pete

Fasbender, Regional HCP Coordinator,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Fort

Snelling, Minnesota, telephone 612/

713–5343.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under

Section 9 of the Act and applicable

federal regulations, the ‘‘taking’’ of a

species listed as endangered or

threatened is prohibited. However, the

Service, under limited circumstances,

may issue permits to ‘‘take’’ listed

species, provided such take is incidental

to, and not the purpose of, an otherwise

lawful activity. Regulations governing

permits for endangered species are

promulgated in 50 CFR 17.22

Regulations governing permits for

threatened species are promulgated in

50 CFR 17.32.

Background

Piping plovers are sensitive to human

disturbance and the effects of human

activity throughout the Great Lakes and

Atlantic Coast breeding range lead to its

listing as an endangered species in

1985. Human activity remains the

primary threat to the species survival in

the Great Lakes region. The proposed

residential development consists of 13

single family residences located within

the forested portion of a 91 acre tract at

the north end of Kehl Road in Leelanau

Township, Leelanau County, Michigan

(SW1⁄4SE1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4 Section 14,

T32N R11W). Of the total 91 acre parcel

proposed for development, a maximum

of 3 acres may be potential piping

plover habitat. The shoreline beach/

dune area is an average of 85 feet wide

(1999) and consists of equal portions of

non-vegetated beach and vegetated low

dunes with an abrupt edge along the

forested area. The beach within the

proposed development is not good

nesting habitat and there are no records

of piping plover nesting or other use on

the property. Excellent nesting habitat

occurs 0.5 mile west of the proposed

development. Three and two pairs of

piping plovers nested within Leelanau

State Park in 1998 and 1999,

respectively. Seven young plovers

fledged in 1998, while seven hatched

but disappeared prior to fledging in

1999. The Service believes the

Applicant’s property provides valuable

foraging habitat for plovers nesting

nearby. There is also potential for future

plover nesting on the Applicant’s

property if an expanded plover

population exhibits variation in

breeding habitat characteristics or

natural forces alter current beach

characteristics.

The open dune portion of the

Applicant’s property contains several

hundred individual Pitcher’s thistle

(Cirsium pitcheri), a threatened plant

species. Boardwalks may be constructed

through the vegetated dunes, but

otherwise the project will not result in

any construction on or other physical

alteration of the beach portion of the

property. Construction of the proposed

project would result in human activity

along a section of beach presently

associated with undeveloped land. The

HCP provides conservation or protective

measures which would minimize or

avoid potential negative effects to

piping plovers of the proposed

development. Protective measures

include seasonal restriction of human

use of the beach, control of domestic

animals and other wild or feral

predators, control of garbage, and the

presence of a piping plover steward

during selected periods. Unregulated

trespass of the proposed development is

expected to be eliminated by the

presence of residence owners. No

critical habitat for listed species

currently occurs on the project site.

However its consideration as piping

plover critical habitat is expected by

June 2000. The Proposed Action

consists of the issuance of an incidental

take permit and implementation of the

HCP, which includes measures to

minimize or avoid impacts of the project

on the piping plover. The EA considers

four alternatives to the Proposed Action.

We will evaluate the permit application,

the HCP, and comments submitted

thereon to determine whether the

application meets the requirements of

section 10(a) of the Act. If the

requirements are met, the Service will

issue a permit to Magic Carpet Woods

Association for the incidental take of the

piping plover from human activity

associated with residential development

on the Association property. The final

permit decision will be made no sooner

than 30 days from the date of this

notice.

Dated: April 12, 2000.

T.J. Miller,

Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological

Services, Region 3, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Availability of a Draft Environmental

Assessment, Preliminary Finding of No

Significant Impact, and Notice of

Receipt of an Application for an

Enhancement of Survival Permit by

The Nature Conservancy, Virginia

Chapter, To Administer a ‘‘Safe

Harbor’’ Program in Southeast Virginia

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Nature Conservancy,

Virginia Chapter, (Applicant) has

applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service) for an enhancement of

survival permit (ESP) pursuant to

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

Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act).

The proposed ESP would authorize the

incidental take of a federally

endangered species, the red-cockaded

woodpecker, Picoides borealis (RCW).

The permit would authorize incidental

take only on land that is enrolled in the

proposed Safe Harbor program. (See the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section

below.)

The Service also announces the

availability of a draft environmental

assessment (EA) and safe harbor plan for

the ESP application. Copies of the EA

and/or safe harbor plan may be obtained

by making a request to the Northeast

Regional Office (see ADDRESSES).

Requests must be in writing to be

processed. This notice also advises the

public that the Service has made a

preliminary determination that issuing

the ESP is not a major Federal action

significantly effecting the quality of the

human environment within the meaning

of Section 102(2)(C) of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as

amended (NEPA). The Finding of No

Significant Impact (FONSI) is based on

information contained in the EA and the

safe harbor plan. The final

determination will be made no sooner

than 30 days from the date of this

notice. An excerpt of the FONSI appears

in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section of this notice. This notice is

provided pursuant to Section 10(c) of

the Act and NEPA Regulations (40 CFR

1506.6).

DATES: Written comments on the permit

application, EA/FONSI, and safe harbor

plan should be sent to the Service’s

Northeast Regional Office (see

ADDRESSES) and should be received on

or before May 22, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review

the application, safe harbor plan, and