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to conduct certain activities with

endangered species pursuant to section

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

Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531

et seq.).

Permit No. TE–039100

Applicant: Nebraska Public Power District,

Columbus, Nebraska.

The applicant requests a permit to

conduct surveys for interior least terns

(Sterna antillarum) in conjunction with

recovery activities throughout the

species’ range for the purpose of

enhancing its survival and recovery.

Permit No. TE–039267

Applicant: Ronald L. Hartman, Rocky

Mountain Herbarium, Laramie, Wyoming.

The applicant requests a permit to

take Osterhout milkvetch (Astragalus

osterhoutii), North Park phacelia

(Phacelia formosula), and Penland

alpine fen mustard (Eutrema penlandii)

in conjunction with recovery activities

throughout the species’ range for the

purpose of enhancing their survival and

recovery.

Permit No. TE–040242

Applicant: Harold Tyus, University of

Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.

The applicant requests a permit to

take Colorado pikeminnows

(Ptychocheilus lucius), humpback chubs

(Gila cypha), bonytail chubs (Gila

elegans), and razorback suckers

(Xyrauchen texanus) in conjunction

with recovery activities throughout the

species’ range for the purpose of

enhancing their survival and recovery.

Permit No. TE–040241

Applicant: Roger L. Boyd, Baker University,

Baldwin City, Kansas.

The applicant requests a permit to

take interior least terns (Sterna

antillarum) in conjunction with

recovery activities throughout the

species’ range for the purpose of

enhancing its survival and recovery.

Written data or comments in regard to

the applications should be sent to the

address provided below. Documents

and other information submitted in

conjunction with this application 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, P.O. Box

25486, Denver Federal Center, Denver,

Colorado 80225–0486 (Attn: ARDEcological Services); phone (303) 236–

7400 or fax (303) 236–0027.

Dated: April 12, 2001.

John A. Blankenship,

Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.

[FR Doc. 01–12004 Filed 5–14–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered and Threatened Species

Permit Applications

ACTION: Notice of Receipt of

Applications.

SUMMARY: The following applicants have

applied for a scientific research permit

to conduct certain activities with

endangered species pursuant to section

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

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

1531, et seq.).

Permit No. TE–040341

Applicant: William Charles Larsen,

Round Rock, Texas

Applicant requests a permit for

recovery purposes to conduct surveys

for the Texas blind salamander

(Typhlomolge rathbuni), Peck’s Cave

amphipod (Stybobromus) (=Stygonectes)

pecki), and following karst cave

invertebrate species: Tooth Cave spider

(Neoleptoneta myopica), Bee Creek Cave

harvestman (Texella reddelli), Bone

Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi), Tooth

Cave ground beetle (Rhadine

persephone), Kretschmarr Cave mold

beetle (Texamaurops reddelli), Coffin

Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus),

Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion

(Tartarocreagris texana), Helotes mold

beetle (Batrisodes venyivi), Robber

Baron Cave harvestman (Texella

cokendolpheri), Robber Baron Cave

spider (Cicurina baronia), Madla’s cave

spider (Cicurina madla), vesper cave

spider (Cincurina vespera), Government

Canyon cave spider (Neoleptoneta

microps), as well as another cave spider

(Cicurina venii) and two cave beetles

(Rhadine exilis and Rhadine infernalis)

that do not have common names. These

activities will be conducted within

Texas.

Permit No. TE–040342

Applicant: North Wind Environmental,

Inc., Idaho Falls, Idaho

Applicant requests a permit to

conduct presence/absence surveys for

the black-footed ferret (Mustela

nigripes), southwestern willow

flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus),

Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus

lucius), and razorback sucker

(Xyrauchen texanus) within Chaco

Culture National Historic Park, New

Mexico.

Permit No. TE–040345

Applicant: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation,

Yuma Area Office, Yuma Arizona

Applicant requests a permit to

conduct presence/absence surveys for

the southwestern willow flycatcher

(Empidonax traillii extimus) and Yuma

clapper rail (Rallus longirostris

yumanensis) in Arizona.

Permit No. TE–014168

Applicant: Peter Sprouse, Austin, Texas

Applicant requests a permit to

conduct presence/absence surveys for

the following karst cave invertebrates:

Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes

venyivi), Robber Baron Cave harvestman

(Texella cokendolpheri), Robber Baron

Cave spider (Cicurina baronia), Madla’s

cave spider (Cicurina madla), vesper

cave spider (Cincurina vespera),

Government Canyon cave spider

(Neoleptoneta microps), as well as

another cave spider (Cicurina venii) and

two cave beetles (Rhadine exilis and

Rhadine infernalis) that do not have

common names. These activities will be

conducted within Texas.

Permit No. TE–820022

Applicant: PBS&J, Austin, Texas

Applicant requests a permit to

conduct presence/absence surveys for

interior least tern (Sterna antillarum

athalassos), Barton Springs salamander

(Eurycea sosorum), Helotes mold beetle

(Batrisodes venyivi), Robber Baron Cave

harvestman (Texella cokendolpheri),

Robber Baron Cave spider (Cicurina

baronia), Madla’s cave spider (Cicurina

madla), vesper cave spider (Cincurina

vespera), Government Canyon cave

spider (Neoleptoneta microps), Bracken

Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina venii)

and two cave beetles (Rhadine exilis and

Rhadine infernalis) that do not have

common names. All activities will take

place in Texas.

DATES: Written comments on these

permit applications must be received on

or before June 14, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments

should be submitted to the Chief,

Endangered Species Division, Ecological

Services, P.O. Box 1306, Room 4102,

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103; (505)

248–6649; Fax (505) 248–6788.

Documents will be available for public

inspection by written request, by

appointment only, during normal

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

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Fish and Wildlife Service, Albuquerque,

New Mexico. Please refer to the

respective permit number for each

application when submitting comments.

All comments received, including

names and addresses, will become part

of the official administrative record and

may be made available to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the above

address. 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

within 30 days of the date of publication

of this notice, to the address above.

Bryan Arroyo,

Assistant Regional Director, Ecological

Services, Region 2, Albuquerque, New

Mexico.

[FR Doc. 01–12172 Filed 5–14–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Reopening of Comment Period: Draft

Policy on National Wildlife Refuge

System: Mission, Goals, and Purposes

(Notice); Draft Appropriate Refuge

Uses Policy Pursuant to the National

Wildlife Refuge System Improvement

Act of 1997 (Notice); Draft WildlifeDependent Recreational Uses Policy

Pursuant to the National Wildlife

Refuge System Improvement Act of

1997 (Notice); and Draft Wilderness

Stewardship Policy Pursuant to the

Wilderness Act of 1964 (Notice)

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice; further reopening of

comment period.

SUMMARY: We are reopening the

comment period on the Federal Register

notice dated January 16, 2001, that

invites the public to comment on the

following draft policies: National

Wildlife Refuge System: Mission, Goals,

and Purposes; Appropriate Refuge Uses

Policy Pursuant to the National Wildlife

Refuge System Improvement Act of

1997; Wildlife-Dependent Recreational

Uses Policy Pursuant to the National

Wildlife Refuge System Improvement

Act of 1997; and Wilderness

Stewardship Policy Pursuant to the

Wilderness Act of 1964.

DATES: Submit comments by or before

June 14, 2001. Note that you must

resubmit comments sent to us between

April 19, 2001 and before May 15, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments in the

following ways: in writing to Acting

Chief, Division of Conservation

Planning and Policy, National Wildlife

Refuge System, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Room

670, Arlington, Virginia 22203; by FAX

to (703) 358–2248; or by e:mail to one

of the following addresses:

Mission_And _Goals_

Policy_Comments@fws.gov;

Appropriate_Uses_Policy_

Comments@fws.gov;

Wildlife_ Dependent_Recreational

_Uses_Policy_Comments@fws.gov; or

Wilderness_Policy_Comments@fws.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barry Stieglitz, Acting Chief, Division of

Conservation Planning and Policy,

National Wildlife Refuge System (703)

358–1744.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a

Federal Register notice dated January

16, 2001 (66 FR 3668) we published

draft policies for: National Wildlife

Refuge System: Mission, Goals, and

Purposes; Appropriate Refuge Uses

Policy Pursuant to the National Wildlife

Refuge System Improvement Act of

1997; Wildlife-Dependent Recreational

Uses Policy Pursuant to the National

Wildlife Refuge System Improvement

Act of 1997; and Wilderness

Stewardship Policy Pursuant to the

Wilderness Act of 1964. These policies,

affecting management and use of the

National Wildlife Refuge System,

represent the culmination of our initial

policy development in response to the

landmark National Wildlife Refuge

System Improvement Act of 1997.

In a subsequent Federal Register

notice dated March 15, 2001 (66 FR

15136) we extended the comment

period until April 19, 2001 to ensure

that the public had an adequate

opportunity to review and comment on

our draft policy.

To allow for continued discussion

with the States on these policies, we are

reopening the comment period for an

additional 30 days.

Dated: April 30, 2001.

Marshall P. Jones, Jr.,

Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service.

[FR Doc. 01–12215 Filed 5–14–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–U

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NM–070–7122ES–839G; NMNM 104467]

Notice of Realty Action—Recreation

and Public Purpose (R&PP) Act

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The following described

public land in San Juan County, New

Mexico has been examined and found

suitable for classification for lease/

conveyance to Farmington Municipal

School under the provisions of the

R&PP Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et

seq.). Farmington School proposes to

use the land for an elementary, a middle

school, and a satellite transportation

yard.

T. 29 N., R. 12 W.,

Sec. 2, lot 7;

Sec. 10, lot 1;

Sec. 11, lot 4.

Containing 116.14 acres, more or less.

Comment Dates: On or before June 29,

2001. Interested parties may submit

comments regarding the proposed

classification/conveyance of the lands to

the Bureau of Land Management at the

following address. Any adverse

comments will be reviewed by the Field

Manager, Bureau of Land Management

(BLM), 1235 La Plata Highway, Suite A,

Farmington, NM 87401, who may

sustain, vacate, or modify this realty

action. In the absence of any adverse

comments, this realty action becomes

the final determination of the

Department of the Interior and 60 days

from date of publication.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Information related to this action,

including the environmental

assessment, is available for review at the

Bureau of Land Management,

Farmington Field Office, at the above

address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Upon

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register, the lands will be segregated

from all other forms of appropriation

under the public land laws, including

the general mining laws, except for lease

or conveyance under the R&PP Act and

leasing under the mineral leasing laws.

The segregative effect will terminate

upon issuance of the patent to

Farmington Municipal School, or two

(2) years from the date of this

publication, whichever occurs first.

The lease/patent, when issued, will be

subject to the following terms,

conditions and reservations: