34714 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 126 / Friday, June 29, 2001 / Notices

SUMMARY: This notice advises that the

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intends

to gather information necessary to

prepare a Comprehensive Conservation

Plan and associated environmental

documents for Lost Trail National

Wildlife Refuge in northwestern

Montana. Lost Trail National Wildlife

Refuge manages the McGregor Meadows

Wetland Protection Area in

northwestern Montana. However, a CCP

for this protected area will not be

prepared concurrent with the CCP for

Lost Trail MWR. The Service is

furnishing this Notice in compliance

with Service CCP policy to advise other

agencies and the public of its intentions

and to obtain suggestions and

information on the scope of issues to be

considered in the planning process.

DATES: Written comments should be

received by July 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments and request for

more information regarding Lost Trail

MWR should be sent to Bernardo Garza.

Planning Team Leader, Division of

Planning, P.O. Box 25486, DFC, Denver,

CO 80225.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bernardo Garza, Planning Team Leader,

Division of Planning, P.O. Box 25486,

DFC, Denver, CO 80225 or Michael

Spratt, Chief, Division of Planning, P.O.

Box 25486, DFC, Denver, CO 80225.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Service has initiated Comprehensive

Conservation Planning for the Lost Trail

National Wildlife Refuge near Marion,

Montana.

Each National Wildlife Refuge has

specific purposes for which it was

established and for which legislation

was enacted. Those purposes are used to

develop and prioritize management

goals and objectives within the National

Wildlife Refuge System mission and to

guide which public uses will occur on

the Refuge. The planning process is a

way for the Service and the public to

evaluate management goals and

objectives for the best possible

conservation efforts of this important

wildlife habitat, while providing for

wildlife-dependent recreation

opportunities that are compatible with

each National Wildlife Refuge’s

establishing purposes and the mission

of the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge

(approximately 9,300 acres) was

established in August, 1999. This

Refuge is located west-southwest of

Kalispell and northwest of the town of

Marion, Montana, in a long valley with

Pleasant Valley Creek flowing south out

of the south. The Refuge also encompass

the 160-acre Dahl Lake, a partially

drained shallow lacustrine system

maintained by several watersheds.

The Service will conduct a

comprehensive planning process that

will provide opportunity for Tribal,

State, and local governments, agencies,

organizations, and the public to

participate in issue scoping and public

comment. The Service is requesting

input for issues, concerns, ideas, and

suggestions for the future management

of Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge in

northwestern Montana. Anyone

interested in providing input is invited

to respond to the following three

questions.

(1) What makes Lost Trail NWR

special or unique for you?

(2) What problems or issues do you

want to see addressed in the

Comprehensive Conservation Plan?

(3) What improvements would you

recommend for Lost Trail NWR?

The Service has provided the above

questions for your optional use; you are

not required to provide information to

the Service. The Planning Team

developed these questions to facilitate

finding out more information about

individuals issues and ideas concerning

this Refuge. Comments received by the

Planning Team will be used as part of

the planning process; individual

comments will not be referenced in our

reports or directly responded to.

Opportunities will be given to the

public to provide input at open houses

and other public meetings to scope

issues and concerns (schedules can be

obtained from the Planning Team

Leaders at the above addresses).

Comments may also be submitted

anytime during the planning process by

writing to the above addresses. All

information provided voluntarily by

mail, phone, or at public meeting

becomes part of the official public

record (i.e., names, addresses, letters of

comment, input recorded during

meetings). If requested under the

Freedom of Information Act by a private

citizen or organization, the Service may

provide information copies.

The environmental review of this

project will be conducted in accordance

with the requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), NEPA

Regulations (40 CFR 1500–1508), and

other appropriate Federal laws and

regulations, and Service policies and

procedures for compliance with those

regulations. All comments received

from individuals on Service

Environmental Assessments and

Environmental Impact Statements

become part of the official public

record. Requests for such comments will

be handled in accordance with the

Freedom of Information Act, NEPA (40

CFR 1506.6(f))), and other Departmental

and Service policy and procedures.

When requested, the Service generally

will provide comment letters with the

names and addresses of the individuals

who wrote the comments. However, the

telephone number of the commenting

individual will not be provided in

response to such requests to the extend

permissible by law. Additionally, public

comment letters are not required to

contain the commentator’s name,

address, or any other identifying

information. Such comments may be

submitted anonymously to the Service.

Dated: June 15, 2001.

John A. Blankenship,

Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered and Threatened Species

Permit Applications

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications.

SUMMARY: The following applicants have

applied for a scientific research permit

to conduct certain activities with

endangered species pursuant to section

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

Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C.

1531, et seq.).

Permit No. TE–043210

Applicant: Damian Fagan, Moab,

Utah.

Applicant requests a permit for

recovery purposes to conduct surveys

for the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher

(Empidonax traillii extimus) within

Utah.

Permit No. TE–043231

Applicant: JBR Environmental

Consultants, Inc., Sandy, Utah.

Applicant requests a permit for

recovery purposes to conduct surveys

for the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher

(Empidonax traillii extimus) within

Utah, Nevada, Colorado, and California.

Permit No. TE–833868

Applicant: URS Corporation, Tucson,

Arizona.

Applicant requests a permit for

recovery purposes to conduct surveys

for the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher

(Empidonax traillii extimus) within

Arizona.

Permit No. TE–042958

Applicant: Southwest Research,

Boulder, Colorado.

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Applicant requests a permit for

recovery purposes to conduct surveys

for the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher

(Empidonax traillii extimus) within

Utah.

Permit No. TE–043791

Applicant: Christiana Manville,

Littleton, Colorado.

Applicant requests a permit for

recovery purposes to conduct surveys

for the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher

(Empidonax traillii extimus) within

Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.

Permit No. TE–022749

Applicant: Dan Godec, Phoenix,

Arizona.

Applicant requests a permit for

recovery purposes to conduct surveys

for the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher

(Empidonax traillii extimus) within

Arizona.

Permit No. TE–043941

Applicant: James P. Collins, Tempe,

Arizona.

Applicant requests a permit for

recovery purposes to conduct surveys

for the Sonora tiger salamander

(Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi) within

Utah.

Permit No. TE–021847

Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey,

Columbia Environmental Research

Center, Columbia, Missouri.

Applicant requests a permit for

recovery purposes to conduct surveys

for the Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon

macularius) within California.

Permit No. TE–043399

Applicant: Eagle Environmental

Consulting, Inc., Owasso, Oklahoma.

Applicant requests a permit for

recovery purposes to conduct surveys

for the American Burying Beetle

(Nicrophorus americanus) within

Oklahoma.

Permit No. TE–044359

Applicant: Enercon Services, Inc.,

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Applicant requests a permit for

recovery purposes to conduct surveys

for the American Burying Beetle

(Nicrophorus americanus) within

Oklahoma.

DATES: Written comments on these

permit applications must be received on

or before July 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments

should be submitted to the Chief,

Endangered Species Division, Ecological

Services, P.O. Box 1306, Room 4102,

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103; (505)

248–6649; Fax (505) 248–6788.

Documents will be available for public

inspection by written request, by

appointment only, during normal

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

Fish and Wildlife Service, Albuquerque,

New Mexico. 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:

Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the above

address. 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 30 days of the date of publication

of this notice, to the address above.

Steve C. Helfert,

Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological

Services, Region 2, Albuquerque, New

Mexico.

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force

Caulerpa taxifolia Prevention

Committee

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

workshop sponsored by the Aquatic

Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force

Caulerpa taxifolia Prevention

Committee. The workshop topics are

identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.

DATES: The Caulerpa taxifolia

Prevention Committee will meet from

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 10,

2001, and 8:00 a.m. to noon on

Wednesday, July 11, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The Caulerpa taxifolia

Prevention Committee workshop will be

held at the Holiday Inn-San Diego

Bayside, 4875 North Harbor Drive, San

Diego, CA 92106–2394.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra M. Keppner, Caulerpa taxifolia

Prevention Committee Chairperson, at

716–691–5456 ext 23 or by e-mail at

sandra_keppner@fws.gov; or Sharon

Gross, Executive Secretary, Aquatic

Nuisance Species Task Force at 703–

358–2308 or by e-mail at

sharon_gross@fws.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.

I), this notice announces a workshop of

the Aquatic Nuisance Species Caulerpa

taxifolia Prevention Committee. The

Task Force was established by the

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance

Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16

U.S.C. 4701–4741). Topics to be

addressed at the Caulerpa taxifolia

Prevention Committee workshop

include: the problems, costs, and

lessons learned in regional efforts to

manage invasive marine algal species;

an overview of the coordinated response

approach in California including a

review of control and eradication efforts

planned; an overview of efforts to

engage California in ANS management

planning: and a working review of an

action plan including the draft

comprehensive national prevention

program developed by the Committee.

Minutes of the meeting will be

maintained by the Executive Secretary,

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force,

Suite 810, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,

Arlington, Virginia 22203–1622.

Minutes for the meeting will be

available at these locations for public

inspection during regular business

hours, Monday through Friday.

Dated: June 25, 2001.

Cathleen I. Short,

Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task

Force, Assistant Director—Fisheries and

Habitat Conservation.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submitted for Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

Review, Comment Request

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service

(MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of extension of a

currently approved collection (OMB

Control Number 1010–0110).

SUMMARY: To comply with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of

1995, we are submitting to OMB for

review and approval an information

collection request (ICR) titled ‘‘Training

and Outreach Evaluation Forms (Forms

MMS–4420 A–H) (OMB Control

Number 1010–0110). This ICR was

originally titled ‘‘Training and Outreach

Evaluation Questionnaires.’’ We are