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SUMMARY: The following applicants have

applied for permits to conduct certain

activities with endangered species. 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.).

If you wish to comment, you may

submit comments by any one of the

several methods. You may mail

comments to the Service’s Regional

Office (see ADDRESSES). You may also

comment via the internet to

‘‘victoria_davis@fws.gov’’. Please

submit comments over the internet as an

ASCII file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form of encryption.

Please also include your name and

return address in your internet message.

If you do not receive a confirmation

from the Service that we have received

your internet message, contact us

directly at either telephone number

listed below (see FURTHER INFORMATION).

Finally, you may hand deliver

comments to either Service office listed

below (see ADDRESSES). Our practice is

to make comments, including names

and home addresses of respondents,

available for public review during

regular business hours. Individual

respondents may request that we

withhold their home address from the

administrative record. We will honor

such requests to the extent allowable by

law. There may also be other

circumstances in which we would

withhold from the administrative record

a respondent’s identity, as allowable by

law. If you wish us to withhold your

name and address, you must state this

prominently at the beginning of your

comments. However, we will not

consider anonymous comments. We

will make all submissions from

organizations or businesses, and from

individuals identifying themselves as

representatives or officials of

organizations or businesses, available

for public inspection in their entirety.

DATES: Written data or comments on

these applications must be received, at

the address given below, by May 29,

2001.

ADDRESSES: 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 to

the following office within 30 days of

the date of publication of this notice:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875

Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta,

Georgia 30345 (Attn: Victoria Davis,

Permit Biologist). Telephone: 404/679–

4176; Facsimile: 404/679–7081.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Victoria Davis, Telephone: 404/679–

4176; Facsimile: 404/679–7081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicant: Homosassa Springs

Wildlife State Park, Tom Linley, Park

Manager, Homosassa, Florida

TE040783–0

The applicant requests authorization

to take (Hold in Captivity) twelve Key

deer. Odocoileus virginianus clavium,

for the purposes of maintaining a

captive population to provide a safety

net for the wild population if a natural

disaster, i.e., catastrophic hurricane,

were to occur, and to provide

educational opportunities for the

general public. Odocoileus virginianus

clavium will be transferred from the

National Key Deer Refuge, Big Pine Key,

Monroe County, Florida to the

Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park,

Homossa, Citrus County, Florida.

Applicant: U.S. Forest ServiceSavannah River, Donald W. Imm, Acting

Assistant Manager Wildlife, Fisheries,

and Botany, New Ellenton, South

Carolina, TE040792–0.

The applicant requests authorization

to take (harass during capturing,

banding, releasing, monitoring, and

habitat management) the Red-cockaded

woodpecker, Picoides borealis, for the

purposes of managing the populations

on the Department of Energy Savannah

River Site. The proposed activities will

take place in Aiken, Barnwell, and

Allendale Counties, South Carolina.

Dated: April 12, 2001.

Sam D. Hamilton,

Regional Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Availability of a Draft

Recovery Plan for the Howell’s

Spectacular Thelypody (Thelypodium

howellii ssp. spectabilis) for Review

and Comment

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability.

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, announce the

availability for public review of a draft

recovery plan for the Howell’s

spectacular thelypody (Thelypodium

howellii ssp. spectabilis). This

threatened plant, a member of the

mustard family, occurs on fewer than 12

small sites located within 100 acres of

private lands near North Powder and

Haines in eastern Oregon (Baker and

Union Counties).

DATES: Comments on the draft recovery

plan received by June 25, 2001, will be

considered by the Service.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft recovery

plan are available for inspection, by

appointment, during normal business

hours at the following location: Snake

River Basin Office, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, 1387 S. Vinnell Way,

Suite 368, Boise, Idaho 83709 (phone:

208/378–5243). Requests for copies of

the draft recovery plan and written

comments and materials regarding this

plan should be addressed to Robert

Ruesink, Field Supervisor, at the above

address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Edna Vizgirdas, Fish and Wildlife

Biologist, at the above address.

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 U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service’s endangered species

program. To help guide the recovery

effort, we are working to prepare

recovery plans for most of the listed

species native to the United States.

Recovery plans describe actions

considered necessary for the

conservation of the species, establish

criteria for downlisting or delisting

listed species, and estimate time and

cost for implementing the recovery

measures needed.

The Endangered Species Act of 1973,

as amended (Act) (16 U.S.C. 1531 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 recovery plan development. We

will consider all information presented

during the public comment period prior

to approval of each new or revised

recovery plan. Substantive technical

comments will result in changes to the

plans. Substantive comments regarding

recovery plan implementation may not

necessarily result in changes to the

recovery plans, but will be forwarded to

appropriate Federal or other entities so

that they can take these comments into

account during the course of

implementing recovery actions.

The Howell’s spectacular thelypody

was listed as a threatened species on

June 25, 1999. This taxon is endemic to

the Baker-Powder River Valley in

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eastern Oregon. It is currently found in

five populations in Baker and Union

Counties, Oregon. It formerly also

occurred in the Willow Creek Valley in

Malheur County. The species grows in

alkaline meadows in valley bottoms,

usually in and around shrubs such as

greasewood or rabbitbrush. The plants

are threatened by habitat modification

such as grazing during spring and early

summer, trampling, urban development,

and competition from non-native plants.

The objective of this plan is to

provide a framework for the recovery of

the Howell’s spectacular thelypody so

that protection by the Endangered

Species Act is no longer necessary.

Recovery is contingent upon protecting

and managing the thelypody’s habitat to

maintain and enhance viable

populations of the thelypody.

The Howell’s spectacular thelypody

will be considered for delisting when:

(1) At least five stable or increasing

thelypody populations are distributed

throughout its extant or historic range

and populations must be naturally

reproducing with stable or increasing

trends for 10 years; (2) all five

populations are located on permanently

protected sites; (3) management plans

have been developed and implemented

for each site that specifically provide for

the protection of thelypody and its

habitat; and (4) a post-delisting

monitoring plan is in place that will

monitor the status of thelypody for at

least 5 years at each site.

Public Comments Solicited

We solicit written comments on the

recovery plan described. All comments

received by the date specified above

will be considered prior to approval of

this plan.

Authority: The authority for this action is

section 4(f) of the Endangered Species Act,

16 U.S.C. 1533 (f).

Dated: February 6, 2001.

Rowan W. Gould,

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Fish and

Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 01–10378 Filed 4–25–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Issuance of Permit for Marine

Mammals

On February 8, 2001, a notice was

published in the Federal Register, Vol.

66, No. 27, Page 9592, that an

application had been filed with the Fish

and Wildlife Service by Joseph Mirro for

a permit (PRT–037832) to import one

polar bear (Ursus maritimus) trophy

taken from the Western Hudson Bay

population, Canada for personal use.

Notice is hereby given that on April

2, 2001, as authorized by the provisions

of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of

1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et

seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service

authorized the requested permit subject

to certain conditions set forth therein.

Documents and other information

submitted for these applications are

available for review by any party who

submits a written request to the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of

Management Authority, 4401 North

Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington,

Virginia 22203. Phone (703) 358–2104

or Fax (703) 358–2281.

Dated: March 13, 2001.

Anna Barry,

Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits,

Division of Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 01–10335 Filed 4–25–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

Request for Public Comments on

Proposed Information Collection

Submitted to OMB for Review Under

the Paperwork Reduction Act

A request for the information

collection described below has been

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for approval under

the provisions of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)). Copies of the proposed

collection may be obtained by

contacting the Bureau’s clearance officer

at the phone number listed below. OMB

has up to 60 days to approve or

disapprove the information collection

but may respond after 30 days;

therefore, public comments should be

submitted to OMB within 30 days in

order to assure their maximum

consideration. Public comments on the

proposal should be made directly to the

Desk Officer for the Interior Department,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Washington, DC 20503 and to

the Bureau Clearance Officer, U.S.

Geological Survey, 807 National Center,

Reston, VA 20192.

As required by OMB regulations at 5

CFR 1320.8(d)(1), the U.S. Geological

Survey solicits specific public

comments as to:

1. Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions on the

bureaus, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

2. The accuracy of the bureau’s

estimate of the burden of the collection

of information, including the validity of

the methodology and assumptions used:

3. The quality, utility, and clarity of

the information to be collected; and

4. How to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including the use of

appropriate automated, electronic,

mechanical, or other forms of

information technology.

Title: Understanding Visitor Uses,

Motives, and Benefits at Sherburne

National Wildlife Refuge.

OMB Approval No: New collection.

SUMMARY: Respondents supply

information through a mailed survey

and onsite interviews on (1) their

motivations for visiting Sherburne

National Wildlife Refuge; (2) desired

experiences and benefits they receive

from the Refuge; (3) attitudes and

perceptions; and (4) actions and

objectives they prefer for Refuge.

Information will be used to improve

management and operation of Refuge.

Estimated Completion time: 25

minutes.

Estimated Annual Number of

Respondents: 1000.

Frequency: Once.

Estimated Annual Burden hours: 416

hours.

Affected Public: Visitors to Sherburne

National Wildlife Refuge in the State of

Minnesota.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To

obtain copies of the survey, contact the

Bureau clearance officer, U.S.

Geological Survey, 807 National Center,

12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston,

Virginia, 20192, telephone (703) 648–

7313.

Dated: April 10, 2001.

Dennis B. Fenn,

Associate Director for Biology.

[FR Doc. 01–10292 Filed 4–25–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

Request for Public Comments on

Proposed Information Collection

Submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget for Review Under the

Paperwork Reduction Act

The proposal for the collection of

information described below has been

submitted to the Office of Management

and Budget for approval under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). Copies of the