34948 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 127 / Monday, July 2, 2001 / Notices

Status of proposed information

collection: OMB approved an emergency

paperwork clearance for this

information collection and assigned it

OMB Control No. 2528–0182, expiration

date March 31, 2000. The information

collection was allowed to expire

because Congress stopped funding the

program. However, there are ongoing

monitoring and reporting

responsibilities for the existing grants

which will require an information

collection control number.

Authority: Sec. 3506 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35,

as amended.

Dated: June 25, 2001.

Lawrence L. Thompson,

General Deputy, Assistant Secretary for Policy

Development and Research.

[FR Doc. 01–16596 Filed 6–29–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–62–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Availability of an

Environmental Assessment/Habitat

Conservation Plan and Receipt of

Application for an Incidental Take

Permit for three karst cave

invertebrates from a Residential and

Commercial Development on

approximately 1,000 acres in Bexar

County, Texas

SUMMARY: La Cantera Development

Company, Ltd. (Applicant) has applied

to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) for an incidental take permit

pursuant to Section 10(a) of the

Endangered Species Act (Act). The

Applicant has been assigned permit

number TE–044512–0. The requested

permit, which is for a period of 30 years,

would authorize the incidental take of

Cicurina madla (Madla’s Cave spider),

Rhadine exilis and Rhadine infernalis

(no common names). The proposed take

would occur as a result of the

construction of commercial

developments on 1,000 acres in an area

bounded by I–10 to the east, Loop 1604

to the south, Babcock Road to the west,

and Camp Bullis Road to the north in

the City of San Antonio, Bexar County,

Texas.

The Service has prepared the

Environmental Assessment/Habitat

Conservation Plan (EA/HCP) for the

incidental take application. A

determination of jeopardy to the species

or a Finding of No Significant Impact

(FONSI) will not be made before 60 days

from the date of publication of this

notice. This notice is provided pursuant

to Section 10(c) of the Act and National

Environmental Policy Act regulations

(40 CFR 1506.6).

DATES: August 31, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review

the application may obtain a copy by

writing to the Regional Director, U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box

1306, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103.

Persons wishing to review the EA/HCPs

may obtain a copy by contacting

Christina Longacre, Ecological Services

Field Office, 10711 Burnet Road, Suite

200, Austin, Texas 78758 (512/490–

0063). Documents will be available for

public inspection by written request, by

appointment only, during normal

business hours (8:00 am to 4:30 pm),

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Austin,

Texas. Written data or comments

concerning the application and EA/HCP

should be submitted to the Field

Supervisor, Ecological Field Office,

Austin, Texas at the above address.

Please refer to permit number TE–

044512–0 when submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christina Longacre at the above Austin

Ecological Service Field Office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 9

of the Act prohibits the ‘‘taking’’ of

endangered species such as the Cicurina

madla (Madla’s Cave spider), Rhadine

exilis and Rhadine infernalis (no

common names). However, the Service,

under limited circumstances, may issue

permits to take endangered wildlife

species incidental to, and not the

purpose of, otherwise lawful activities.

Regulations governing permits for

endangered species are at 50 CFR 17.22.

Applicant: La Cantera Development

Company plans to construct a

commercial and residential

development on approximately 1,000

acres generally bounded by I–10 to the

east, Loop 1604 to the south, Babcock

Road to the west, and Camp Bullis Road

to the north in the City of San Antonio,

Bexar County, Texas. This action will

occur on all portions of the property

except those designated as necessary to

protect on-site karst areas and will

impact Caves #1 and #2, which contain

the endangered Rhadine exilis and

Cicurina madla, and Cave #3, which

contains only Cicurina. No take of any

other listed endangered species is

expected to result from completion of

the Proposed Alternative. However,

since Rhadine infernalis is known from

the general area and it has been

adequately mitigated for within the

proposed preserves, the Applicant will

be covered for this species.

The development will eliminate most

of the habitat for these species on site,

and will cause deterioration of the cave

ecosystem by encouraging fire ants,

altering the surface and subsurface

moisture and temperature regimes and

increasing human impacts. The

applicant proposes to compensate for

this incidental take of the three listed

species by protecting seven karst

preserves totaling 181 acres to be

protected and managed in perpetuity.

The karst preserves include one-acre onsite preserves for La Cantera Caves 1

and 2, and five off-site preserves totaling

approximately 179 acres. In addition,

undeveloped portions of the property

would be monitored and treated for

introduced fire ants, use of pesticides

and herbicides would be restricted, and

use of the premises for businesses that

have the potential to contaminate subsurface karst and/or groundwater (i.e.,

gas stations and dry cleaners) would be

prohibited.

Alternatives to this action were

rejected because not developing the

subject property with federally listed

species present was not economically

feasible and alteration of the project

design would increase the impacts.

Bryan Arroyo,

Acting Regional Director, Region 2,

Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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BILLING CODE 4510–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT–929–01–1420–HE]

Montana: Filing of Plat of Survey

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Montana State Office, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The plat of the following

described land is scheduled to be

officially filed in the Montana State

Office, Billings, Montana, thirty (30)

days from the date of this publication.

T. 20 N., R. 58 E., P.M., MT

The plat, representing the dependent

resurvey of portions of the south

boundary, subdivisional lines and the

adjusted original meanders of the right

bank of a channel of the Yellowstone

River, downstream, through section 34,

the subdivision of section 34, and the

survey of the present right bank of a

channel of the Yellowstone River,

downstream, through section 34 and a

certain division of accretion line in

section 34, Township 20 North, Range

58 East, Principal Meridian, Montana,

was officially accepted May 29, 2001.

The survey was requested by the

Miles City Field Office and was

necessary to identify accretion and