31944 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 13, 2001 / Notices

Subject, city, state Effective

date

JACKSONVILLE, TX

MABERRY, STEPHEN F ......... 04/14/2000

FLOWER MOUND, TX

MABERRY, C LOUISE ............. 04/12/2000

ORANGE, TX

MAY, JAMES GARY ................ 02/16/2000

TAMPA, FL

MENKE, WILLIAM J ................. 10/20/2000

GULF BREEZE, FL

REVIS, TERRANCE FRANKLIN ......................................... 03/15/1999

SAPULPA, OK

SPENCER, RODERICK ........... 12/13/2000

YORBA LINDA, CA

YAHOLA, ROMAN .................... 03/15/1999

OKEMAH, OK

OWNED/CONTROLLED BY CONVICTED

EXCLUDED

A FAMILY CARE CENTER ...... 06/20/2001

COVINGTON, GA

LA COVADONGA MEDICAL

CENTER ............................... 06/20/2001

MIAMI, FL

MICHAEL’S PHARMACY, INC 06/20/2001

BROOKLYN, NY

PRIVATE CLINIC LABS ........... 06/20/2001

ATLANTA, GA

SPEECH & LANGUAGE

ASSOC, INC ......................... 06/20/2001

CINCINNATI, OH

DEFAULT ON HEAL LOAN

ALVARADO, ENRIQUE ............ 06/20/2001

CEDAR HILL, TX

AULD, ROBIN ........................... 06/20/2001

MCMURRAY, PA

BAILEY, GRIFFIN B JR ........... 06/20/2001

HANFORD, CA

BEIL, FLOYD M ........................ 06/20/2001

BOYNTON BCH, FL

BIRDSELL, ESTHER V ............ 06/20/2001

RANCHO PALOS VERDES,

CA

BIRNEY-DOBOGAI, REBECCA

J ............................................ 06/20/2001

APPLETON, WI

BLEHL, THOMAS A ................. 06/20/2001

ORLANDO, FL

BOURLAND, CHARLES ........... 06/20/2001

HARBOR, OR

BUNDRANT, BRADLY ............. 06/20/2001

FLORESVILLE, TX

BURKE, ANDREA MARIE ........ 04/20/2001

HOUSTON, TX

CAMINITI, GREGORY N .......... 06/20/2001

TAMPA, FL

CAMPBELL, THOMAS N ......... 06/20/2001

BEAUMONT, TX

CARMAN, TIMOTHY P ............ 05/17/2001

LA JOLLA, CA

CHAPMAN, WILLIAM

CHARLES JR ........................ 06/20/2001

SAN ANTONIO, TX

CHIGER, BYRON J .................. 06/20/2001

ACWORTH, GA

CLARK, GARTH A ................... 06/20/2001

HUMBLE, TX

COTA, CHRISTOPHER T ........ 06/20/2001

GRASS VALLEY, CA

CREA, JOSE ............................ 06/20/2001

Subject, city, state Effective

date

WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY

CROMWELL, YVETTE D ......... 06/20/2001

LITTLETON, CO

DEASY, MARC A ..................... 06/20/2001

WYNNEWOOD, PA

DELEONARDIS, MICHAEL S .. 06/20/2001

HOUSTON, TX

DEMOSS, KATHLEEN M ......... 06/20/2001

FLEMINGTON, NJ

DENNIS-KIMBROUGH,

KHRISTIE M K ...................... 06/20/2001

PITTSBURGH, PA

DIKENGIL, MEHMET S ............ 06/20/2001

EDGEWATER, NJ

DUBEL, DAVID A ..................... 06/20/2001

GREENVILLE, NC

DURKOP, DAVID A .................. 06/20/2001

HOUSTON, TX

DWELLY, BRUCE E ................. 06/20/2001

FAIR OAKS, CA

ERICKSON, PATRICK F .......... 06/20/2001

NORTH BRANCH, MN

FIELDS, JESSICA A ................ 06/20/2001

NEW YORK, NY

FLYNN, TIMOTHY G ................ 06/20/2001

KENT, WA

GILLESPIE, JON B .................. 06/20/2001

KENNEBUNK, ME

GIVARGIS, VLADMIR .............. 06/20/2001

GLENDALE, CA

GRIFFIN, AARON L ................. 06/20/2001

ALTA LOMA, CA

GUBNITSKY, MICHAEL ........... 06/20/2001

COCONUT CREEK, FL

HANE, GRACE S ..................... 06/20/2001

SANTA ANA, CA

HENDRICK, DENEEN M .......... 06/20/2001

MARYVILLE, TN

HIGGWE, GOLDEN G ............. 06/20/2001

DETROIT, MI

HIGHT, GREGORY E .............. 06/20/2001

GRASS VALLEY, CA

JAMES, TYSHAUN M .............. 06/20/2001

PORT WASHINGTON, NY

KABISCH, THOMAS F ............. 06/20/2001

ANN ARBOR, MI

KUNA, TIMOTHY ..................... 06/20/2001

MADISON HGTS, MI

MOSELY, LEE O JR ................ 06/20/2001

HOUSTON, TX

ODETTE, CAROLINE K ........... 05/03/2001

HOUSTON, TX

RODRIGUEZ, MARIA J ............ 06/20/2001

SAN GERMAN, PR

STEPHENS, GREGORY W ..... 06/20/2001

HOUSTON, TX

STUART, CLAUDETTE ............ 06/20/2001

HOUSTON, TX

TAHIJA, MARK J ...................... 06/20/2001

MINNEAPOLIS, MN

TOWNSEND, LEO W ............... 04/20/2001

ELK GROVE, CA

TYSON, YVONNE A ................ 06/20/2001

LONG BEACH, CA

VINCZE, MARGARET .............. 06/20/2001

OLD ORCHARD BCH, ME

WALKER, STEVE L ................. 06/20/2001

NASHVILLE, TN

WASHINGTON, PATRICIA L ... 06/20/2001

TORRANCE, CA

WIMBLY, TIMOTHY TYRONE 06/20/2001

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK

WISEMAN-STRANG, JACQUELINE D ........................... 06/20/2001

Subject, city, state Effective

date

COLUMBIA, MD

Dated: May 4, 2000.

Calvin Anderson, Jr.,

Director, Health Care Administrative

Sanctions, Office of Inspector General.

[FR Doc. 01–14885 Filed 6–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4150–04–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Availability of a Safe Harbor

Agreement and Receipt of an

Application for an Enhancement of

Survival Permit Associated With

Proposed Habitat Restoration

Activities for Schaus Swallowtail

Butterfly Within Cheeca Lodge, Upper

Matecumbe Key, Monroe County,

Florida

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Cheeca Lodge (Applicant) proposes to

enter into a Safe Harbor Agreement

(SHA) with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service) to restore habitat for

the endangered Schaus swallowtail

butterfly (Papilio aristodemus

ponceanus) (butterfly) for a period of 10

years. The Service’s Safe Harbor Policy

provides that landowners may return

properties enrolled under SHAs to

conditions that existed prior to entering

into the SHA (hereinafter referred to as

baseline conditions). Returning enrolled

properties to baseline conditions may

result in the take of federally listed

species, but such taking may be

authorized under section 10(a)(1)(A) of

the Endangered Species Act of 1973

(U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), as amended (Act),

provided that the actions taken pursuant

to a signed SHA result in a net

conservation benefit to the species. The

Applicant has committed to implement

such conservation measures for the

butterfly and requests issuance of an

enhancement of survival permit (ESP) in

order to address the take prohibitions of

section 9 of the Act should the

Applicant choose to return the enrolled

property to baseline conditions in the

future.

The proposed conservation measures,

and the possible future activities that

could reduce the effectiveness of these

conservation measures, will occur

within a golf course owned and

maintained by the Applicant in section

Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 114 / Wednesday, June 13, 2001 / Notices 31945

32, Township 63 South, Range 37 East,

Monroe County, Florida.

The passage of hurricane Georges in

1998 destroyed natural and planted

vegetation in the middle and lower

Florida Keys. Efforts are currently

underway by many landowners to

restore vegetation on their properties.

The Applicant intends to restore native

tropical hardwood vegetation on

portions of the enrolled property that

currently are maintained as a golf

course. With the assistance of the

University of Florida Department of

Entomology and using funding provided

through the National Fish and Wildlife

Foundation, the Applicant proposes to

plant up to 600 native shrubs and trees

within the enrolled property. These

vegetation plantings will help create an

estimated eight acres of native tropical

hardwood forest on the property.

Cheeca Lodge contains approximately

27 acres which will be covered under

the subject SHA.

Future activities of the Applicant may

result in the removal of some or all of

the planted native vegetation. Removal

of this vegetation could return the

enrolled property to the baseline

condition. Future alterations to the

planted vegetation may destroy all or

part of the potentially suitable butterfly

habitat that will be established.

A more detailed description of the

proposed conservation benefits and

potential effects of returning the

enrolled property to baseline conditions

is provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section below.

The SHA may be obtained by making

a request to the Regional Office (see

ADDRESSES). Requests must be in writing

to be processed. This notice also advises

the public that the Service has made a

preliminary determination that issuance

of the ESP will not result in significant

environmental, economic, social,

historical or cultural impacts and is,

therefore, categorically excluded from

review under the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as

amended (NEPA), pursuant to 516

Departmental Manual 2, Appendix 1

and 516 Departmental Manual 6,

Appendix 1. This notice is provided

pursuant to section 10 of the Act and

the Service’s Safe Harbor Policy

(Federal Register Vol. 64, No. 116, June

17, 1999, pp. 32717–32726). The Service

specifically requests information, views,

and opinions from the public via this

notice. Further, the Service is

specifically soliciting information

regarding the adequacy of the SHA as

measured against the Service’s Safe

Harbor Policy.

DATES: Written comments on the SHA

and ESP application should be sent to

the Service’s Regional Office (see

ADDRESSES) and should be received on

or before July 13, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review

the SHA and ESP application may

obtain a copy by writing the Service’s

Southeast Regional Office, Atlanta,

Georgia. Documents will also be

available for public inspection by

appointment during normal business

hours at the Regional Office, 1875

Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta,

Georgia 30345 (Attn: Endangered

Species Permits), or Field Supervisor,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Post

Office Box 2676, Vero Beach, Florida

32961–2676. Written data or comments

concerning the SHA or ESP application

should be submitted to the Regional

Office and must be in writing to be

processed. Comments must be

submitted in writing to be adequately

considered in the Service’s decisionmaking process. Please reference permit

number TE–022736–0 in your

comments, or in requests of the

documents discussed herein.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Lee Andrews, Regional Safe Harbor

Program Coordinator, (see ADDRESSES

above), telephone: 404/679–7217,

facsimile: 404/679–7081; or Mr. Mike

Jennings, Fish and Wildlife Biologist,

South Florida Field Office, Vero Beach,

Florida (see ADDRESSES above),

telephone: 561/562–3909.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Schaus swallowtail butterfly is a large

dark brown and yellow butterfly that

inhabits tropical hardwood hammocks

of extreme south Florida. Historically,

the Schaus swallowtail butterfly was

distributed from south Miami to Lower

Matecumbe Key. More recently, Schaus

swallowtail butterflies were known only

from undisturbed tropical hardwood

hammocks from Elliott Key in Biscayne

National Park south to northern Key

Largo. Reintroductions have recently

occurred from southern Dade County to

Lower Matecumbe Key. This species

was Federally listed as endangered in

1984 due to habitat destruction,

mortality associated with application of

pesticides for mosquito control, and

over-harvesting by collectors. These

factors acting in combination with high

natural mortality associated with

predation of caterpillars resulted in

substantial declines in the number and

range of this species.

The Schaus swallowtail butterfly

prefers dense, mature tropical hardwood

hammocks where direct sunlight is

filtered or dappled. Adults feed on a

number of nectar producing plant

species endemic to hardwood

hammocks but have most often been

observed feeding on guava (Psidium

guajava), cheese shrub (Morinda royoc),

and wild coffee (Psychotria undata).

Adults rarely feed in open areas

exposed to direct sunlight. The eggs of

this species are typically laid on wild

lime (Zanthoxylem fagara) and

torchwood (Amyris elemifera) with

larva subsequently eating the young,

tender shoots of these species.

The proposed planting of native

vegetation within the two enrolled

properties will provide important food

resources for dispersing butterflies.

Currently, butterflies traveling south

from core population centers on Key

Largo and Biscayne National Park do

not have dependable sources of nectar

producing vegetation and, as a result,

many of the dispersing butterflies are

thought to perish during their

dispersals. Suitable unoccupied habitat

exists in the lower Florida Keys, but

butterflies are not currently able to

travel from the core population centers

in the upper Florida Keys to these

locations because food supplies are

limited between these areas. The

proposed conservation measures will

reduce the distance butterflies will have

to fly in order to find nourishment,

resulting in increased survival of

dispersing butterflies. Increased survival

of dispersing butterflies is believed to

enhance the probability of natural

recolonization of unoccupied, suitable

habitat in the lower Florida Keys.

The Applicant recognizes the inherent

benefits of implementing the

conservation measures for the butterfly,

however, the Applicant also wishes to

retain flexibility with respect to future

land use of their property. Though not

anticipated in the immediate future,

such alterations in land uses may

require the removal of some or all of the

planted vegetation which could reduce,

or remove entirely, the overall

conservation value of these plantings to

the butterfly. Accordingly, the Service

has entered into the SHA with the

Applicant and proposes to issue the

requested ESP to cover the potential

removal of butterfly habitat by the

Applicant in the future to baseline

conditions. The Service has established

the baseline conditions at the enrolled

property as zero (0) butterflies and no

currently suitable butterfly habitat.

The Service will also evaluate

whether the issuance of the ESP

complies with section 7 of the Act by

conducting an intra-Service section 7

consultation. The results of the

biological opinion, in combination with

the above findings and any public

comments, will be used in the final

analysis to determine whether or not to

issue the requested ESP.

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Dated: May 29, 2001.

H. Dale Hall,

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 01–14860 Filed 6–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Availability of the Final Environmental

Assessment and Finding of No

Significant Impact for Federal Agency

Participation in the Virgin River

Resource Management and Recovery

Program

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of a Final

Environmental Assessment for Federal

agency participation in the Virgin River

Resource Management and Recovery

Program.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that a Finding of No Significant Impact

(FONSI) and the Final Environmental

Assessment (EA) for Federal agency

participation in the Virgin River

Resource Management and Recovery

Program (Program) are available for

public review. The purpose of the

proposed Federal action described in

the EA is to formally declare intent of

the Fish and Wildlife Service, the

Bureau of Land Management, and the

National Park Service to participate in

the multiagency program designed to

implement recovery actions for two

endangered fish species, the woundfin

and the Virgin River chub, as well as

conservation actions for the Virgin

spinedace, a species being managed as

sensitive by the State of Utah and

subject of a conservation agreement. In

addition to implementing recovery

actions, the Program will facilitate

resolution of conflicts between

endangered species protection and

water development in the Virgin River

Basin in Utah. Other participants

include the State of Utah Department of

Natural Resources, the Washington

County Water Conservancy District, and

Grand Canyon Trust, a local nonprofit

environmental conservation group.

The EA addresses three alternatives:

(A) A no action alternative for which the

Federal agencies would not participate

in the Program but would continue to

administer and comply with the

Endangered Species Act (Act) as

previously done; (B) Federal agency

participation in the Program which

describes a process for administration

and compliance with the Act that

provides for full implementation of

recovery and conservation actions for

the protected fish species, as well as

providing a mechanism for section 7

compliance of the Act that reduces

conflict in the Utah portion of the Virgin

River basin; and (C) Federal agency

participation in a basinwide recovery

program that includes implementation

of the Program in Arizona and Nevada,

as well as Utah. Based on the Finding

of No Significant Impact, the U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service has determined

that the proposed action is not a major

Federal action which would

significantly affect the quality of the

human environment within the meaning

of section 102(2)(c) of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

DATES: Copies of the Final EA and

FONSI will be mailed to affected

Government offices and interested

parties who specifically requested them.

Those interested persons not on the EA

mailing list may request a copy from the

Project Leader at the address below.

Written comments must be received on

or before July 13, 2001.

All comments received will become

part of the official public record.

Requests for such comments will be

handled in accordance with the

Freedom of Information Act and the

Council on Environmental Quality’s

National Environmental Policy Act

Regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). When

requested, comment letters with the

names and addresses of the individuals

who wrote the comments will generally

be provided in response to such

requests to the extent permissible by

law. Individual respondents may

request that we withhold their home

address from the record, which we will

honor to the extent allowable by law. If

you wish to withhold your name and/

or address, you must state this

prominently at the beginning of your

comments.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Field Supervisor,

Utah Ecological Services Field Office,

Lincoln Plaza, 145 East 1300 South

State Street, Suite 404, Salt Lake City,

Utah 84115. All comments and material

received will be available upon request

for public inspection, by appointment,

during normal business hours at the

above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Henry R. Maddux, Utah Field

Supervisor (see ADDRESSES above), or at

801–524–5001 extension 126.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The woundfin was listed as

endangered on October 13, 1970 (35 FR

16047). The Virgin River chub was

listed as endangered on August 24, 1989

(54 FR 35305). The Virgin River Fishes

Recovery Plan (VRFRP), which included

recovery of both woundfin and Virgin

River chub, was finalized in 1995.

Critical Habitat was designated for these

two species on January 26, 2000 (65 FR

4140). The Virgin spinedace was

proposed for listing as endangered on

May 18, 1994 (59 FR 25875). The Virgin

Spinedace Conservation Agreement and

Strategy (VSCAS) to eliminate or reduce

impacts threatening the continued

existence of Virgin spinedace was

finalized on April 11, 1995, and

subsequently, the proposal to list was

withdrawn on February 6, 1996 (61 FR

44010). All three of these fish species

are endemic to the Virgin River basin

through Utah, Arizona, and Nevada. The

southwestern willow flycatcher is a

neotropical migratory bird listed as

endangered on February 27, 1995 (60 FR

10693) that seasonally occupies sites

along the Virgin River and throughout

the desert southwest. In addition, the

Virgin River basin retains a diversity of

native desert animal and plant species,

many of which are declining due to

impacts from human development in

the area.

Despite Federal listing of two fish

species, implementation of recovery

actions in the Virgin River to benefit

endangered fish have been minimal due

to limited funding for recovery over the

past 25 years. Furthermore, conflicts

have arisen between water development

interests and those managing for

protection of native species that rely on

the river environment. Specifically,

contention between the local

environmental community and local

water developers over operations of the

Quail Creek Diversion in the Virgin

River near Hurricane, Utah, led to

discordant relations and threats of

litigation among the agencies and

organizations interested in water use.

To resolve this situation, the

interested entities agreed to develop the

Virgin River Resource Management and

Recovery Program that would provide a

mechanism to prioritize, fund, and

implement recovery actions while

allowing water development necessary

to meet human needs in the Utah

portion of the Virgin River basin. It is

anticipated that the Program will not

only provide recovery actions that are

necessary to offset impacts from

proposed development actions to the

native protected species, but further

lead to full recovery of the endangered

fish species and conservation of the

Virgin spinedace, as well as provide

benefits to the endangered southwestern

willow flycatcher.