Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 74 / Monday, April 17, 2000 / Notices 20483

Persons wishing to review the EA/HCP

may obtain a copy by written or

telephone request to Tannika Engelhard,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Ecological Services Office, 10711 Burnet

Road, Suite 200, Austin, Texas 78758

(512/490–0057, extension 242).

Documents will be available for public

inspection by written request or by

appointment only during normal

business hours (8:00 to 4:30) at the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service Office,

Austin, Texas. Data or comments

concerning the application and EA/HCP

should be submitted in writing to the

Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service Office, Austin, Texas at the

above address. Please refer to permit

number TE–024872–0 when submitting

comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Tannika Engelhard at the above

U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service Office,

Austin, TX.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 9

of the Act prohibits the ‘‘taking’’ of

endangered species such as the Houston

toad. However, the Service, under

limited circumstances, may issue

permits to take endangered wildlife

species incidental to, and not the

purpose of, otherwise lawful activities.

Regulations governing permits for

endangered species are at 50 CFR 17.22.

Applicant

Paula Hanks and Jason Sims plan to

construct one single family residence on

0.5 acres of the 7.6-acre Lot 20, Section

2 in the Circle D Country Acres

Subdivision, Bastrop County, Texas.

This action will eliminate less than one

acre of habitat and result in an

unquantifiable amount of indirect

impact. The applicants propose to

compensate for this incidental take of

the Houston Toad by providing

$1,500.00 to the National Fish and

Wildlife Foundation for the specific

purpose of land acquisition and

management within Houston toad

habitat, as identified by the Service.

Alternatives to this action were

rejected because not developing the

subject property with federally listed

species present was not economically

feasible and alteration of the project

design would not alter the level of

impacts.

Geoffrey L. Haskett,

Acting Regional Director, Region 2,

Albuquerque, New Mexico.

[FR Doc. 00–9356 Filed 4–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–050–1610–DG]

Notice of Intent To Revise the Nellis Air

Force Range Resource Plan and

Prepare a New Environmental Impact

Statement

AGENCY: Department of the Interior,

Bureau of Land Management in

cooperation with the Department of

Defense, Nellis Air Force Base and the

United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

ACTION: Notice of Intent. The Bureau of

Land Management is proposing to revise

the existing Nellis Air Force Range

Resource Plan based on specific

direction within Public Law 106–65,

section 3014. The BLM will include an

amendment to the Tonopah Resource

Management Plan which will prescribe

management of the lands identified for

return to public land management, all in

one action.

SUMMARY: New issues have surfaced

which require additional analysis to

determine the best use of the existing

resources. New issues include: (1) The

Nellis Range is located in the serious

non-attainment for PM 10 and Carbon

Monoxide; (2) management of the Wild

Horses on the range has caused much

controversy over the past 10 years; (3)

approximately 30,000 acres may be

returned to public land management

status provided it is hazardous materials

free. The Bureau is interested in other

issues the public will present as part of

the record.

Due to an accelerated timeline set

forth by Congress and the President, for

completion of this revised Nellis Range

Resource Plan, October 5, 2001, the

BLM will ensure the process proceeds

as quickly as possible.

COOPERATING AGENCY STATUS: This plan

revision is being completed in full

cooperation with the United States Fish

and Wildlife Service and the

Department of Defense. Based on other

express interest by other State and

Federal agencies as well as all three

county’s affected by this action, we

anticipate additional interest in

cooperating agency status. We will

either wait until the Notice of

Availability is sent to identify those

additional cooperators or issue a

separate Federal Register notice in the

next 2 to 3 months.

DATES: Public scoping meeting are set

for the week of May 1–5 as follows:

Monday, May 1, 2000; 3–5pm at the

Beatty Community Center, Beatty

Nevada, 100 A Avenue South. Monday,

May 1, 2000; 7–9pm at the Tonopah

Convention Center, 301 Brougher

Avenue, Tonopah, Nevada. Tuesday,

May 2, 2000; 7–9pm at the Bob Ruud

Community Center, 150 N. Highway

160, Pahrump, Nevada. Wednesday,

May 3, 2000; 7–9pm, at the Amargosa

Valley Community Center, 821 E. Farm

Road, Amargosa, Nevada. Thursday,

May 4, 2000; 7–9pm at the New Alamo

High School Multi-purpose Room, 151

S. Main, Alamo Nevada. Friday, May 5,

2000; 7–9pm at the BLM Las Vegas

Field Office, 4765 W. Vegas Drive, Las

Vegas Nevada. Other meetings may be

planned in the future if a need is

expressed.

ADDRESSES: For further information

contact Jeffrey G. Steinmetz, Las Vegas

Field Office Environmental Protection

Specialist and Team Lead for the BLM

at Bureau of Land Management, Las

Vegas Field Office, 4765 W. Vegas

Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89108,

telephone (702)–647–5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff

Steinmetz, RMP Team Leader, at BLM’s

Las Vegas Field Office listed above or

telephone (702) 647–5097.

Dated: April 5, 2000.

Mark T. Morse,

Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 00–9423 Filed 4–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT–929–1220–PA–002E]

Notice of Proposed Supplementary

Rule Concerning Minors in Possession

of Alcoholic Beverages on Public

Lands Administered by the Bureau of

Land Management (BLM); Montana,

North Dakota, and South Dakota

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Underage drinking is a

growing problem on the public lands.

Such activity poses a significant health

and safety hazard to both underage

violators and other users of the public

lands and can result in the destruction

of natural resources and property.

Therefore, the State Director is

prohibiting the possession, or providing,

of an intoxicating substance by, or to, a

person under 21 years of age upon the

public lands in Montana, North Dakota,

and South Dakota. This action will

allow BLM law enforcement officers to

restrict the supply and possession and/

or consumption of alcoholic beverages