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Applicant: Mark Clementz, Earth

Science Department, University of

California, Santa Cruz, CA, PRT–038747

Permit Type: Take for scientific

research.

Name and Number of Animals: West

Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus

latirostris), up to 30 specimens

providing 1 tooth sample and 1 bone

sample.

Summary of Activity to be

Authorized: The applicant has requested

a permit for the purpose of scientific

research to analyze samples of teeth and

bone from specimens in a museum

collection for assessment of the role that

diet plays on manatee health in the

wild.

Source of Marine Mammals: archived

specimens in the Florida State Museum

of Natural History.

Period of Activity: Up to 5 years, if

issued.

Concurrent with the publication of

this notice in the Federal Register, the

Division of Management Authority is

forwarding copies of the above

applications to the Marine Mammal

Commission and the Committee of

Scientific Advisors for their review.

Applicant: William Cunningham, MD,

Hillsborough, NJ, PRT–042218

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport hunted from the Lancaster Sound

polar bear population in Canada, taken

in March 2001 for personal use.

Applicant: Lee Anderson, Jr., Long Lake,

MN, PRT–042060

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport hunted from the Lancaster Sound

polar bear population in Canada, taken

in March 2001 for personal use.

Applicant: Robert V. Polito, Lebanon,

PA, PRT–041826

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport hunted from the Northern Beaufort

polar bear population in Canada, taken

in March 2001 for personal use.

Applicant: Jay W. Furney, Pueblo, CO,

PRT–037656

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport hunted from the Northern Beaufort

polar bear population in Canada, taken

in February 2001 for personal use.

Applicant: David Polke, Southbury, CT,

PRT–042518

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport hunted from the Lancaster Sound

polar bear population in Canada, taken

in March 2001 for personal use.

Applicant: John E. Link, Minong, WI,

PRT–042520

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport hunted from the Lancaster Sound

polar bear population in Canada, taken

in March 2001 for personal use.

Applicant: Daniel Welch, Curran, MI,

PRT–042573

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport hunted from the Northern Beaufort

Sea polar bear population in Canada,

taken in April 2001 for personal use.

Applicant: John Van Horn, Mifflintown,

PA, PRT–042638

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport hunted prior to May 31, 2000,

from the McClintock Channel polar bear

population in Canada, taken in April

2000 for personal use.

Applicant: William Carvajal, El Paso,

TX, PRT–042636

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport hunted from the Lancaster Sound

polar bear population in Canada, taken

in April 2001 for personal use.

Applicant: Danny Spindler, Evansville,

IN, PRT–042635

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport hunted from the Lancaster Sound

polar bear population in Canada, taken

in April 2001 for personal use.

Applicant: Gary Sorensen, Paradise, UT,

PRT–042199

The applicant requests a permit to

import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

sport hunted from the Southern

Beaufort polar bear population in

Canada, taken in April 2001 for personal

use.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife has

information collection approval from

OMB through February 28, 2001. OMB

Control Number 1018–0093. Federal

Agencies may not conduct or sponsor

and a person is not required to respond

to a collection of information unless it

displays a current valid OMB control

number.

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, Division of

Management Authority, 4401 North

Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington,

Virginia 22203. Phone: (703/358–2104);

Fax: (703/358–2281).

Dated: May 11, 2001.

Anna Barry,

Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits,

Division of Management Authority.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Issuance of Permit for Marine

Mammals

On March 6, 2001, a notice was

published in the Federal Register, Vol.

66, No. 44, Page 13566, that an

application had been filed with the Fish

and Wildlife Service by Circo Hermanos

Suarez S.A., San Juan, PR, for a permit

(PRT–036843) to import for the purpose

of public display seven polar bears

(Ursus maritimus) obtain from captive

and wild sources.

Notice is hereby given that on May 5,

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.

Date: May 11, 2001.

Anna Barry,

Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits,

Division of Management Authority.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[UT–10000–1610–00]

Zion National Park; Availability of Final

General Management Plan and Final

Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the

National Parks and Recreation Act of

1978; section 102 of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969

(NEPA); section 202 of the Federal Land

Policy and Management Act of 1976

(FLPMA) and 43 CFR part 1610, the

Final General Management Plan (FGMP)

and Final Environmental Impact

Statement (FEIS) for Zion National Park

has been prepared. The FGMP/FEIS

incorporates a land use plan

amendment for BLM’s St. George Field

Office (formerly called the Dixie

Resource Area) Resource Management

Plan (RMP), approved March 1999,

prepared under a joint planning effort

with Zion National Park. This notice

announces the availability of the FGMP/

FEIS and describes the protest process

for the proposed plan amendment to the

BLM RMP.

DATES: Those portions of the FGMP/

FEIS that concern wild and scenic rivers

recommendations on public lands

administered by BLM may be protested

for a 30 day period to the Director of

BLM. The protest period will commence

with the date of publication of the

Notice of Availability. Protests must be

submitted to the Director of the Bureau

of Land Management on or before June

21, 2001.

Only those persons or organizations

that participated in the scoping or

comment periods during the planning

process for the Draft Zion General

Management Plan/Environmental

Impact Statement leading to this Final

General Management Plan/ Final

Environmental Impact Statement may

protest. If BLM’s administrative records

do not indicate standing in this

planning process, any protest will be

dismissed without further review. A

protesting party may only raise those

issues that he/she submitted for the

record during the planning process. The

period for filing a protest begins with

publication of BLM’s Notice of

Availability for the FGMP/FEIS. The

protest should include the specific

information described in Appendix J of

the FGMP. To be considered timely, a

protest must be postmarked no later

than the last day of the protest period.

At the end of the 30-day protest period,

and after the Governor’s 60-day

consistency review, the BLM’s proposed

land use plan amendment, excluding

any portions under protest, will become

final. Approval will be withheld on any

portion of the BLM’s land use plan

amendment under protest until final

action has been completed on such

protest.

BLM will prepare its own Record of

Decision regarding stream segments and

adjacent public lands that are managed

by BLM. Such decision will constitute

a plan amendment to the approved St.

George Field Office RMP.

ADDRESSES: Protests must be in writing

to the Director, Bureau of Land

Management, Attn: Brenda Williams

(LS–1050), Protests Coordinator, 1849 C

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240.

Overnight Mail Address: Director,

Bureau of Land Management; 1620 L

Street NW., Suite 1075, Washington, DC

20036; Telephone: (202) 452–5110.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dawna Ferris-Rowley, Assistant Field

Office Manager, St. George Field Office,

Telephone: (435) 688–3216. Public

reading copies of the FGMP/FEIS will

be available for review at the following

locations: Office of the Superintendent,

Zion National Park, Springdale, UT

84767–1099; Telephone: (435) 772–

0211; Planning and Environmental

Quality, Intermountain Support OfficeDenver, National Park Service, PO Box

25287, Telephone: (303) 969–2377;

Office of Public Affairs, National Park

Service, Department of the Interior, 18th

and C Streets NW., Washington, DC

20240, Telephone: (202) 208–6843. The

FGMP/FEIS is also available for review

on the National Park Service’s Internet

site at www.nps.gov/planning.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 26, 2001, the National Park

Service (NPS) released the FGMP/FEIS

to the public. A Notice of Availability

for the FGMP/FEIS was published by

the Environmental Protection Agency in

the Federal Register on March 23, 2001.

The Draft General Management Plan/

Draft EIS was released for public review

and comments in November, 1999 and

was followed by a 90 day comment

period. Since the release of the Draft

GMP/DEIS, public meetings, workshops,

mailings and briefings have been

conducted to solicit comments, new

information, and ideas for the FGMP/

FEIS.

The FGMP/FEIS contains

recommendations concerning the

eligibility, classification, and suitability

of rivers, their tributaries, and adjacent

lands for inclusion in the National Wild

and Scenic Rivers System, under section

5(d)(1) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers

Act of 1968 (as amended). These were

evaluated through a cooperative NPS–

BLM study, authorized under two

Memoranda of Understanding (MOU)

concerning wild and scenic river studies

in Utah. The first MOU was signed in

1997 by the Governor of Utah, the BLM

State Director, the Regional Forester of

the USDA Forest Service, the Regional

Director of the NPS, and affected local

agencies. These entities agreed to

cooperatively conduct wild and scenic

river studies and to make efforts to

reach consensus on the Utah wild and

scenic river recommendations to

Congress.

In 1998, a second MOU was signed

between NPS and BLM for the

cooperative study of river segments

within Zion National Park and on

public lands contiguous to the

boundaries of the Park. The

recommendations from this NPS–BLM

study of river segments on BLMadministered public lands constitute an

amendment to the St. George Field

Office RMP (approved in 1999).

The following six river segments

(totaling 2.3 miles) on BLMadministered public lands were

evaluated as eligible, classified as wild,

and recommended as suitable for

inclusion in the national system: Willis

Creek (T. 38 S., R. 11 W., Sec. 27:

SWSW–40 acres); Beartrap Canyon (T.

39 S., R. 11 W., Sec. 3: SWNW–40

acres); Goose Creek (T. 39 S., R. 10 W.,

Sec. 31 NESE, S2SE–120 acres); Shunes

Creek, Segment A (T. 42 S, R. 91/2 W.,

Sec. 17 N2 (portions thereof); Sec. 18

N2; T. 42 S., R. 10 W.; Sec. 1: N2N2

(portions thereof—240 acres); the head

of the Middle Fork of Taylor Creek (T.

38 S., R. 11 W., Sec. 30: SWNW–40

acres); and the head of Kolob Creek (T.

39 S., R. 10 W., Sec. 30–40 acres).

Although these same river segments

were initially found not eligible for

further study when considered

individually in BLM’s original

inventory (except for Shunes Creek,

Segment B from the dry fall to the

Washington County line), they have

been found to be both eligible and

suitable, when considered in

conjunction with contiguous segments

in the Park. Approved land use

decisions in BLM’s St. George RMP will

be amended as follows:

Willis Creek Segment: Closed to

Motorized and Non-Motorized OffHighway Vehicle Use; Closed to Mineral

Materials; Category 3 for Fluid Minerals;

Plan of Operation required for Locatable

Minerals.

Kolob Narrows Segment: Closed to

Motorized and Non-Motorized OffHighway Vehicle Use; Category 3 for

Fluid Minerals; Plan of Operation

required for Locatable Minerals.

Goose Creek Segment: Closed to

Motorized and Non-Motorized OffHighway Vehicle Use; Category 3 for

Fluid Minerals; Plan of Operation

required for Locatable Minerals.

Robert A. Bennett,

Acting Utah State Director.

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