Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 87 / Friday, May 4, 2001 / Notices 22593

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered and Threatened Species

Permit Application

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of intent to amend

endangered species recovery.

The following applicant has applied

for an amended permit 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.).

Permit Number TE023308–2

Applicant: U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Twin Cities Field Office,

Bloomington, Minnesota (Russ Peterson,

Field Supervisor).

The applicant holds a permit to take

(collect, hold in captivity, propagate,

and release) endangered Higgins’ eye

pearlymussels (Lampsilis higginsi) from

locations within their historic range in

the States of Iowa, Minnesota, and

Wisconsin. The applicant requests

authorization to expand the

geographical area permitted for

reintroducing artificially propagated

specimens into the wild to include all

historical locations of the species,

including mainstem and tributaries of

the Upper Mississippi River including

the Chippewa, St. Croix, Black and

Wisconsin Rivers in Wisconsin; the

Iowa, Cedar and Wapsipinicon Rivers in

Iowa; the Illinois, Sangamon, and Rock

Rivers in Illinois; and, the Minnesota

River in Minnesota. This permit is for

the enhancement of survival of the

species in the wild to protect from zebra

mussel (Dreissena polymorpha)

infestation, in the interest of recovery.

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 this application 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:

(612/713–5343); FAX: (612/713–5292).

Dated: April 20, 2001.

Charlie Wooley,

Assistant Regional Director, Ecological

Services, Region 3, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. Geological Survey

Advisory Committee on Water

Information (ACWI); Meeting

AGENCY: United States Geological

Survey, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting of the

Advisory Committee on Water

Information (ACWI).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a

meeting of the ACWI. This meeting of

the ACWI is to discuss broad policyrelated topics relating to national water

initiatives, and to hear reports from

ACWI subgroups. The proposed agenda

will include a series of discussions

concerning various U.S. Government

policies and programs related to the

development and dissemination of

water information.

The ACWI has been established under

the authority of the Office of

Management and Budget Memorandum

92–01 and the Federal Advisory

Committee Act. The purpose of the

ACWI is to provide a forum for waterinformation users and professionals to

advise the Federal Government of

activities and plans which may improve

the effectiveness of meeting the Nation’s

water information needs. More than 30

organizations have been invited by the

Secretary of the Interior to name

representatives to the ACWI. These

include Federal departments, State,

local, and tribal government

organizations, industry, academia,

agriculture, environmental

organizations, professional societies,

and volunteer groups.

DATES: The formal meeting will convene

at 8:30 a.m., on May 15, 2001, and will

adjourn on May 16, 2001 at 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: American Society of Civil

Engineers Bechtel Conference Center,

1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston,

Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Toni M. Johnson (Executive Secretary),

Chief, Water Information Coordination

Program, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201

Sunrise Valley Drive, 417 National

Center, Reston, VA 20192. Telephone:

703–648–6810; Fax: 703–648–5644.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

meeting is open to the public. Up to a

half hour will be set aside for public

comment. Persons wishing to make a

brief presentation (up to 5 minutes) are

asked to provide a written request with

a description of the general subject to

Ms. Johnson at the above address no

later than noon, May 11, 2001. It is

requested that 40 copies of a written

statement be submitted at the time of

the meeting for distribution to members

of the ACWI and placement in the

official file. Any member of the public

may submit written information and (or)

comments to Ms. Johnson for

distribution at the ACWI Meeting.

Dated: April 30, 2001.

Stephen F. Blanchard,

Acting Chief, Office of Information, U.S.

Geological Survey.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Indian Gaming

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of approved off-track

wagering Tribal-State compact.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 11 of the

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988

(IGRA), Pub. L. 100–497, 25 U.S.C.

2710, the Secretary of the Interior shall

publish in the Federal Register, notice

of approved Tribal-State Compacts for

the purpose of engaging in Class III

gaming activities on Indian lands. The

Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian

Affairs (Management), Department of

the Interior, through his delegated

authority, has approved the Tribal-State

Compact between the Absentee

Shawnee Tribe and the State of

Oklahoma, which was executed on

March 28, 2001.

DATES: This action is effective May 4,

2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

George T. Skibine, Director, Office of

Indian Gaming Management, Bureau of

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC 20240,

(202) 219–4066.

Dated: May 1, 2001.

James H. McDivitt,

Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs

(Management).

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