27674 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 97 / Friday, May 18, 2001 / Notices

Permit No. TE–041668

Applicant: Eric R. Lichtwardt,

Sebastopol, California.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by survey and nest monitor)

the southwestern willow flycatcher

(Empidonax traillii extimus) and take

(nest monitor) the least Bell’s vireo

(Vireo bellii pusillus) in conjunction

with surveys and population monitoring

throughout the species’ range in

California for the purpose of enhancing

their survival.

Permit No. TE–041673

Applicant: Dr. Rachel E. O’Malley,

San Jose, California.

This applicant requests a permit to

take (capture, handle, and release) the

Zayante band-winged grasshopper

(Trimerotropis infantilis) in conjunction

with scientific research throughout the

species’ range in California for the

purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE–814222

Applicant: California Department of

Parks and Recreation, San Diego,

California.

This applicant requests a permit

amendment to take (harass by survey,

and locate and monitor nests) the

coastal California gnatcatcher (Polioptila

californica californica) and the

southwestern willow flycatcher

(Empidonax traillii extimus) and take

(locate and monitor nests) the least

Bell’s vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) while

conducting survey and population

monitoring activities for these species

on all California State Park System

lands for the purpose of enhancing their

survival.

Permit No. TE–844027

Applicant: Deborah House, Bishop,

California.

This applicant requested a permit to

take (harass by survey) the southwestern

willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii

extimus) while conducting presence/

absence surveys for this species in Inyo

and Mono Counties for the purpose of

enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE–820301

Applicant: Stephen Eugene Leach,

Walnut Creek, California.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by survey, collect and

sacrifice) the Conservancy fairy shrimp

(Branchinecta conservatio), longhorn

fairy shrimp (Branchinecta

longiantenna), San Diego fairy shrimp

(Branchinecta sandiegonensis), vernal

pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus

packardi), and Riverside fairy shrimp

(Streptocephalus wootoni) throughout

each species’ range in conjunction with

surveys for the purpose of enhancing

their survival.

Permit No. TE–042211

Applicant: Steven Lysne, Boise,

Idaho.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (collect and sacrifice) the Utah

valvata snail (Valvata utahensis) from

Lake Walcott, Minidoka County, Idaho

in conjunction with scientific research

for the purpose of enhancing its

survival.

Permit No. TE–042064

Applicant: Cecilia L. Meyer, San

Diego, California.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (survey by pursuit) Quino

checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas

editha quino) throughout the species’

range in conjunction with surveys for

the purpose of enhancing its survival.

Permit No. TE–042065

Applicant: Joseph A. Desarro, Roberts,

Montana.

The applicant requests a permit to

purchase, in interstate commerce, four

female and four male captive bred

Hawaiian (=nene) geese (Nesochen

[=Branta] sandvicensis) for the purpose

of enhancing the species propagation

and survival. This notification covers

activities conducted by the applicant

over the next 5 years.

DATES: Written comments on these

permit applications must be received on

or before June 18, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments

should be submitted to the Chief,

Endangered Species, Ecological

Services, Fish and Wildlife Service, 911

NE. 11th Avenue, Portland, Oregon

97232–4181; Fax: (503) 231–6243.

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:

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 20

days of the date of publication of this

notice to the address above; telephone:

(503) 231–2063. Please refer to the

respective permit number for each

application when requesting copies of

documents.

Dated: May 4, 2001.

Rowan W. Gould,

Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, Oregon.

[FR Doc. 01–12522 Filed 5–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–130–1610–DE]

Colorado Canyons National

Conservation Area Advisory Council;

Notice of Intent To Establish and Call

for Nominations

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management

(BLM), Grand Junction Field Office,

Grand Junction, CO

ACTION: Notice of intent to establish and

call for nominations for the Colorado

Canyons National Conservation Area

Advisory Council under the Colorado

Canyons National Conservation Area

and Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness

Act of 2000, 16 U.S.C. 460mmm,

4(h)(2000).

SUMMARY: BLM is publishing this notice

under Section 9(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act. Pursuant to

the Colorado Canyons National

Conservation Area and Black Ridge

Canyons Wilderness Act of 2000, BLM

gives notice that the Secretary of the

Interior intends to establish the

Colorado Canyons National

Conservation Area Advisory Council

(Council). The notice requests the

public to submit nominations for

membership on the Council. The

Council is necessary to advise the

Secretary and BLM on resource

management issues associated with the

Colorado Canyons National

Conservation Area and Black Ridge

Canyons Wilderness Act of 2000.

DATES: Submit a completed nomination

form and nomination letters to the

address listed below no later than June

18, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send nominations to: Field

Manager, Grand Junction Field Office,

Bureau of Land Management, 2815 H

Road, Grand Junction, CO 81506.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Catherine Robertson, Grand Junction

Field Manager, (970) 244–3010,

catherine_robertson@co.blm.gov or the

following web site http://

conet.coso.co.blm.gov/gjra/ccnca/

ccncahome.htm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any

individual or organization may

nominate one or more persons to serve

on the Colorado Canyons National

Conservation Area Advisory Council.

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Individuals may nominate themselves

for Council membership. You may

obtain nomination forms from the Grand

Junction Field Office, Bureau of Land

Management or download the

application from the Internet site (see

ADDRESSES and FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT, above). To make

a nomination, you must submit a

completed nomination form, letters of

reference from the represented interests

or organizations, as well as any other

information that speaks to the

nominee’s qualifications, to the Grand

Junction Field Office. You may make

nominations for the following categories

of interest:

(1) A member of, or nominated by, the

Mesa County Board of County

Commissioners.

(2) A member of, or nominated by, the

permittees holding grazing permits

within the National Conservation Area

or Wilderness.

(3) A member of, or nominated by, the

Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory

Council.

(4) Seven members residing in, or

within reasonable proximity to, Mesa

County, Colorado, with recognized

backgrounds reflecting—

(A) The purposes for which the

National Conservation Area or

Wilderness was established; and

(B) The interests of the stakeholders

that are affected by the planning and

management of the National

Conservation Area and Wilderness.

The specific category the nominee

would like to represent should be

identified in the letter of nomination

and in the nomination form. The Grand

Junction Field Office will collect the

nomination forms and letters of

reference and distribute them to the

officials responsible for submitting

nominations (commissioners of Mesa

County, grazing permittees holding

grazing allotments within the National

Conservation Area or Wilderness, the

Northwest Colorado Resource Advisory

Council, and the Bureau of Land

Management). The Bureau of Land

Management will then forward

recommended nominations to the

Secretary of the Interior who has

responsibility for making the

appointments.

The purpose of the Colorado Canyons

National Conservation Area Advisory

Council is to advise the Bureau of Land

Management on the management of the

Colorado Canyons National

Conservation Area and Black Ridge

Canyons Wilderness. Each member will

be a person who, as a result of training

and experience, has knowledge or

special expertise which qualifies him or

her to provide advice from among the

categories of interest listed above.

Members will serve without monetary

compensation, but will be reimbursed

for travel and per diem expenses at

current rates for Government

employees.

Dated: May 14, 2001.

Nina Rose Hatfield,

Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management.

[FR Doc. 01–12603 Filed 5–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

(WY–050–2001–1060–JJ)

Notice of Intent To Remove Excess

and Stray Wild Horses

SUMMARY: The Wild, Free Roaming

Horse and Burro Act (Pub. L. 92–195)

requires that , among other things,

horses that exceed the Appropriate

Management Levels (AMLs) established

for them or stray from designated Herd

Management Areas (HMAs) be removed.

In order to accomplish that, the Lander

Field Office of the Bureau of Land

Management plans to remove 350 excess

and stray horses from four contiguous

herd areas within the Lander Field

Office known as the Muskrat Basin

HMA, Conant Creek HMA, Rock Creek

Mountain HMA, Dishpan Butte HMA

and an area north and east of the

Muskrat Basin HMA into which horses

have strayed outside of the HMA. The

removal is scheduled for the summer/

fall seasons of 2001. Specific dates

depend on the weather and soil

conditions, and other factors unforseen

at this time. The Appropriate

Management level for these four

contiguous areas is 320 horses. An

Environmental Analysis (EA), and

Gather Plan for this removal will be

available on June 15, 2001 for a thirty

(30) day comment period. from: Jack

Kelly, Field Manager, P.O. Box 589,

Lander, Wyoming 82520; (307) 332–

8400. These documents are also

available for review on the Wyoming

BLM homepage at www.wy.blm.gov

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information please contact Roy

Packer, Bureau of Land Management,

Lander Field Office, 1335 Main Street,

P.O. Box 589, Lander, Wyoming 82520,

(307) 332–8400.

Dated: May 9, 2001.

Roy Packer,

Acting Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 01–12516 Filed 5–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

[ID–075–1330–AC–241E]

North Rasmussen Ridge Mine, BLM

Pocatello Field Office and CaribouTarghee National Forest, Caribou

County, ID

AGENCIES: Bureau of Land Management,

USDI and Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM),

Pocatello Field Office and the

Department of Agriculture, Forest

Service (USFS), Caribou-Targhee

National Forest, will jointly prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

to document the analysis and disclose

the environmental and human effects of

the proposed North Rasmussen Ridge

Mine and Reclamation Plan for future

operations at the existing Rasmussen

Ridge Mine, Caribou County, Idaho,

located approximately 25 miles

northeast of Soda Springs, Idaho. The

proposed mining operations would

utilize land administered by the U.S.

Forest Service and Bureau of Land

Management. Mining will take place on

Federal Phosphate Leases I–04375, I–

07619 within the Caribou-Targhee

National Forest, and in State Lease I–

7957 adjacent the Federal Phosphate

Leases.

Nu-West Industries, Inc. (Agrium)

must obtain federal and state permits

prior to mining under the proposed

mine plan. The existing mining

operation was authorized by Decision

Records (DR) associated with two

environmental analyses prepared—the

DR first issued in 1990 for the South

Rasmussen Ridge Mine and the second

DR in1997 for Central Rasmussen Ridge

Mine. The conditional permits granted

by the BLM and USFS at the beginning

of the Rasmussen Ridge mining

operations required that subsequent

site-specific mine plans for the

individual mine panels be submitted to

the agencies for their review and that

appropriate mitigation measures be

developed using further environmental

analysis.

The environmental effects from the

South and Central Rasmussen Ridge

mining panels were assessed in the 1990

and 1997 EAs, however this EIS would

evaluate the effects of the proposed

North Rasmussen Ridge Mine and