32960 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 118 / Tuesday, June 19, 2001 / Notices

DATES: Written comments on this draft

FONSI/HCP should be received on or

before July 19, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review

the FONSI/HCP may obtain a copy by

written or telephone request to John

Wolflin, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

177 Admiral Cochrane Drive,

Annapolis, MD 21401 (410–573–4500).

Documents will be available for public

inspection by written request or by

appointment only during normal

business hours (8:00 to 4:30) at the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Annapolis,

MD. Data or comments concerning the

FONSI/HCP should be submitted in

writing to the Project Leader, U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service Office, Annapolis,

MD at the above address. Please refer to

permit number TE041642–0 when

submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

Wolflin at the above U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service Office, Annapolis, MD.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Section 9 of the Act prohibits the

‘‘taking’’ of endangered and threatened

species such as the bald eagle. However,

the Service, under limited

circumstances, may issue permits to

take endangered or threatened wildlife

species where the taking is incidental

to, and not the purpose of, an otherwise

lawful activity. Regulations governing

permits for endangered species are at 50

CFR 17.22.

Applicant: Mr. John Taylor plans to

construct and sell a single-family home

in an existing subdivision. After the

initial judicial determination that the

Service had effectively denied the

inadequate applications submitted by

the applicant, the Service has developed

the draft FONSI/HCP that meets the

statutory application and issuance

criteria required for the issuance of this

permit. Five alternatives were

developed.

Alternative 1, The No Action

Alternative. Under this Alternative, the

lot would remain in its existing

naturally wooded condition. Since the

lot would not be cleared for the

construction of a single family home,

this alternative would avoid all take of

bald eagles and no ITP permit would be

necessary. However, the stated purpose

of acquiring the land by the applicant

was to build a house and sell the lot.

Therefore, this alternative would not

satisfy the needs and purpose of the

proposed project and was rejected.

Under Alternative 2, the Proposed

Action. The Service would issue a

section 10(a)(1)(B) ITP for the take of

bald eagles resulting from clearing,

construction, and occupancy of the

house. The proposed HCP includes

implementation of a time of year

restriction on development activities,

measures to minimize impacts to on-site

bald eagle habitat, protection of forested

buffers on-site, and in addition to the

minimization measures, a private

conservation organization will provide/

insure funding for off-site artificial nest

construction to mitigate for the possible

abandonment of the nest by the resident

nesting eagles.

Alternative 3 is the Alternate

Development Configuration Alternative.

If the local zoning authority does not

issue the variances to the extent

envisioned by this HCP, it might require

that the house be placed further back on

the lot thus reducing the amount of a

front lot setback variance, or moving the

house further forward, or turning the

house at 90 degrees to comply with side

lot setbacks. The Service will need to reanalyze the specific impacts on the bald

eagles anticipated from the site plan as

approved and determine whether or not

it could still address the standards of

minimization of impacts to the

maximum extent practicable under this

alternative.

Alternative 4 is the Increased Impact

Alternative. The applicant initially

proposed placing a Mod-u-Kraf modular

home comprising 1560 square feet on

the site which would have entailed

cutting the majority of the trees on the

site and maintaining little or no

vegetative buffer on the property. The

applicant’s initial and October, 1998

HCP’s provided no specific site plan

detailing the exact configuration he

envisioned, no analysis of the impacts

anticipated from development within

250 feet of the nest tree, and no specific

mitigation or minimization proposals

other than construction outside of the

nesting season. Therefore, the Service

determined that these requests for an

HCP were incomplete and could not

meet the issuance criteria of section

10(a)(2)(A) of the Act. The Service has

developed Alternative 2 in order to

fulfill the goal of constructing a house

of at least 1560 square feet which would

also minimize the impacts of normal

human occupancy activities on the site

which likely would disturb, harm or

harass the bald eagles.

Alternative 5 is the Conservation

Acquisition Alternative under which

the site would be acquired by a

government, private association, or

lands trust organization to be retained in

its natural condition. Although the

project site is located within 1⁄2 mile of

the Mason Neck National Wildlife

Refuge and county and state parks, the

parcel is an isolated block that is less

than 1⁄2 acre of habitat within a

residential community, and therefore

has not been considered a priority for

acquisition by various public or private

land protection programs or

organizations or the Service’s National

Wildlife Refuge System.

Public Comments Solicited

The Service solicits written comments

on the draft FONSI/HCP described. All

comments received by the date specified

above will be considered prior to

approval of the FONSI/HCP.

Authority

The authority for this action is section

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

Act, 16 U.S.C. 1539(a)(B).

Dated: May 1, 2001.

Richard O. Bennett,

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 01–15390 Filed 6–18–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ES–930–01–1310–EI–241A: MSES 46739

and MSES 46740]

Notice of Proposed Reinstatement of

Terminated Oil and Gas Leases;

Correction

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management

Interior.

ACTION: Correction to Notice of Proposed

Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and

Gas Leases.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management published in the Federal

Register on March 29, 2001, a notice

announcing the proposed reinstatement

of oil and gas leases MSES 46739 and

MSES 46740. That notice contained

errors which this notice corrects.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ida

V. Doup, Chief, Branch of Use

Authorization, Division of Resources

Planning, Use and Protection at (703)

440–1541.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Bureau of Land Management published

in the Federal Register on March 29,

2001 (66 FR 17196), a notice

announcing the proposed reinstatement

of oil and gas leases MSES 46739 and

MSES 46740. That notice incorrectly

stated the increased rental for reinstated

leases as $10. The correct rental rate for

the reinstated leases would be $5. The

notice also incorrectly stated the cost of

publishing the notice as $148. The

correct publication cost is $158.

Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 118 / Tuesday, June 19, 2001 / Notices 32961

Dated: May 31, 2001.

Ida V. Doup,

Chief, Branch of Use Authorization, Division

of Resources Panning, Use and Protection.

[FR Doc. 01–15367 Filed 6–18–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation

Arrowrock Dam Outlet Works

Rehabilitation

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of Record

of Decision.

SUMMARY: This notice is issued under

authority of the National Environmental

Policy Act of 1969. The Record of

Decision (ROD) signed on April 30,

2001 contains the decision of the

Department of the Interior, Bureau of

Reclamation (Reclamation) Pacific

Northwest Region, to select and

implement the Preferred Alternative

(Alternative A), as described in the

Final Environmental Impact Statement

(FEIS). Alternative A was identified as

the environmentally preferred

alternative in the FEIS. This alternative

best achieves the project objectives and

meets the purpose and need of the

project in an environmentally sensitive

manner.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD may be

requested from the following locations:

• Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific

Northwest Region, 1150 North Curtis

Road, Suite 100, Boise, ID 83706–1234.

• Bureau of Reclamation, Snake River

Area Office, 214 Broadway Ave, Boise,

ID 83702–7298.

• The ROD is also available for

viewing or downloading on the internet

at http://www.pn.usbr.gov/project/

arrowrock/arrowrock.shtml.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steve Dunn, Environmental Specialist,

(208) 334–9844.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 102(2)(C) of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as

amended, Reclamation prepared a FEIS

to examine the impacts of alternative

methods to rehabilitate the outlet works

at Arrowrock Dam by removing the 10

lower level Ensign valves and replacing

them with clamshell gates. Two action

alternatives were identified that differed

only in the timing of reservoir

drawdown and the elevation of

Arrowrock Reservoir and Lucky Peak

Lake in the third construction season.

The preferred alternative (alternative A)

requires a longer period of drawdown of

Arrowrock Reservoir, but both

Arrowrock Reservoir and Lucky Peak

Lake would remain at a higher elevation

than with the other action alternative.

Based on comments received on the

Draft EIS concerning impacts to water

quality and bull trout, the preferred

alternative was modified so that the

probability of sluice gate use, which

could release large amounts of sediment

form Arrowrock Reservoir, was reduced

from 42% to 15%. The No Action

Alternative, which included actions that

would be required for an intensive

maintenance program if the Ensign

valves were not replaced, was also

evaluated.

Dated: May 24, 2001.

Kenneth R. Pedde,

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 01–15411 Filed 6–18–01; 8:45 am]

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

[WITC SC–01–024]

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: United

States International Trade Commission.

TIME AND DATE: June 29, 2001 at 2:00

p.m.

PLACE: Room 101, 500 E Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20436, Telephone:

(202) 205–2000.

STATUS: Open to the public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. Agenda for future meeting: none

2. Minutes

3. Ratification List

4. Inv. Nos. 701–TA–415 and 731–

TA–933–934 (Preliminary)(Polyethylene

Terephthalate Film, Sheet, and Strip

from India and Taiwan)—briefing and

vote. (The Commission is currently

scheduled to transmit its determination

to the Secretary of Commerce on July 2,

2001; Commissioners’ opinions are

currently scheduled to be transmitted to

the Secretary of Commerce July 10,

2001.)

5. Outstanding action jackets: none

In accordance with Commission

policy, subject matter listed above, not

disposed of at the scheduled meeting,

may be carried over to the agenda of the

following meeting.

By order of the Commission.

Issued: June 13, 2001.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–15485 Filed 6–15–01; 12:19 pm]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Office of Justice Programs

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection

Under Review; Revision of a Currently

Approved Collection Drug Court

Grantee Data Collection Survey.

The Department of Justice, Office of

Justice Programs has submitted the

following information collection request

for review and clearance in accordance

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995. Office of Management and Budget

approval is being sought for the

information collection listed below.

These proposed information collection

was previously published in the Federal

Register on March 21, 2001, allowing

for a 60-day public comment period.

The purpose of this notice is to allow

an additional 30 days for public

comment until July 19, 2001. This

process is conducted in accordance with

5 CFR 1320.10.

Written comments and/or suggestions

regarding the item(s) contained in each

notice, especially regarding the

estimated public burden and associated

response time, should be directed to the

Office of Management and Budget,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Attention: Department of Justice

Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20530.

Written comments and suggestions

from the public and affected agencies

concerning the proposed collection of

information should address one or more

of the following four points:

(1) Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

function of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(4) Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submission of

responses.