4856 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 12 / Thursday, January 18, 2001 / Notices

ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment,

you may submit your comments by any

of several methods. You may mail your

comments to Mr. Charles R. Danner,

Team Leader, Planning and Support

Team, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

1875 Century Boulevard, Atlanta,

Georgia 30345. You may hand-deliver

your comments to Mr. Danner at the

same address. Or you may submit your

comments by telephone at 1–800–419–

9582. 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 record, which we will

honor to the extent allowable by law.

There also may be circumstances in

which we would withhold from the

record a respondent’s identity, as

allowable by law. if you wish us to

withhold your name and/or address,

you must state this prominently at the

beginning of your comment. 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 and businesses, available

for public inspection in their entirety.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposal would establish a national

wildlife refuge on up to 23,000 acres of

wetlands and bottomland hardwoods

along the confluence of the Green and

Ohio Rivers in Henderson County,

Kentucky. The Service is proposing to

establish the refuge through a

combination of fee title purchases from

willing sellers and leases, conservation

easements, or cooperative agreements

from willing landowners.

The goals of the proposed refuge

would be to provide (1) Habitat for

migrating and wintering waterfowl, (2)

habitat for non-game land birds, (3)

habitats for a natural diversity of fish

and wildlife, (4) nesting habitat for

wood ducks and other locally nesting

migratory waterfowl, (5) quality hunting

and sportfishing opportunities, and (6)

opportunities for environmental

education, interpretation, and wildlifeoriented recreation.

Dated: January 5, 2001.

Sam D. Hamilton,

Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 01–1441 Filed 1–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ID–957–1430–BJ]

Idaho: Filing of Plats of Survey

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The plats of the following

described lands were officially filed in

the Idaho State Office, Bureau of Land

Management, Boise, Idaho, effective 9

a.m., on the dates specified:

The plat representing the entire

survey record of the dependent resurvey

of a portion of the subdivisional lines,

T. 5 N., R. 1 E., Boise Meridian, Idaho,

Group Number 1092, was accepted

October 2, 2000. The plat was prepared

to meet certain administrative needs of

the Bureau of Land Management.

The plat representing the dependent

resurvey of a portion of the east

boundary and of the subdivisional lines,

and the subdivision of section 36, T. 2

S., R. 36 E., Boise Meridian, Idaho, and

the plat representing the dependent

resurvey of portions of the east and

north boundaries, and the subdivisional

lines, and the subdivision of sections

13, 14, and 24, T. 3 S., R. 36 E., Boise

Meridian, Idaho, Group Number 999,

were accepted November 6, 2000. The

plats were prepared to meet certain

administrative needs of the Bureau of

Indian Affairs, Fort Hall Agency.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Duane Olsen, Chief, Cadastral Survey,

Idaho State Office, Bureau of Land

Management, 1387 South Vinnell Way,

Boise, Idaho 83709–1657, 208–373–

3980.

Dated: January 3, 2001.

Harry K. Smith,

Acting Chief, Cadastral Surveyor for Idaho.

[FR Doc. 01–1395 Filed 1–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Definition and Payback of Inadvertent

Overruns for Delivery of Lower

Colorado River Water; Notice of Public

Comment Period

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public comment

period.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation

(Reclamation) proposes a policy that

will identify inadvertent overruns, will

establish procedures that account for

inadvertent overruns, and will define

subsequent payback requirements to the

Colorado River mainstream, and invites

comments on its draft proposal.

DATES: Comments on this notice must be

received at the address below on or

before March 24, 2001.

ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment,

you may mail comments to Deputy Area

Manager, Boulder Canyon Operations

Office, Lower Colorado Region, Bureau

of Reclamation, BCOO–1010, P.O. Box

61470, Boulder City, Nevada 89006. You

may also comment via the Internet at

InadvertentOverrun@lc.usbr.gov. If you

comment via the Internet, please submit

comments as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption. If you do not receive a

confirmation via e-mail that we have

received your Internet message, please

contact us directly at (702) 293–8592.

Our practice is to make comments,

including names and home addresses of

respondents, available for public

review. Individual respondents may

request that we withhold their home

address from public disclosure, which

we will honor to the extent allowable by

law. There also may be circumstances in

which we would withhold a

respondent’s identity from public

disclosure, as allowable by law. If you

wish us to withhold your name and/or

address, you must state this

prominently at the beginning of your

comment. 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 disclosure in their entirety.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

John Redlinger, (702) 293–8592.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In its June

3, 1963 opinion in the case of Arizona

v. California (373 U.S. 546), the

Supreme Court of the United States held

that the Congress has directed the

Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) to

administer a network of useful projects

constructed by the Federal Government

on the lower Colorado River, and it has

entrusted the Secretary with sufficient

power to direct, manage, and coordinate

their operation. The Court held that this

power must be construed to permit the

Secretary to allocate and distribute the

waters of the mainstream of the

Colorado River within the boundaries

set down by the Boulder Canyon Project

Act (45 Stat. 1057, 43 U.S.C. 617)

(BCPA). The Secretary has entered into

contracts for the delivery of Colorado

River water with entities in Arizona,

California, and Nevada in accordance

with section 5 of the BCPA. The