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Assistant Administrator for Fisheries,

NOAA. All statements and opinions

contained in the permit action

summaries are those of the applicant

and do not necessarily reflect the views

of NMFS.

Species Covered in This Notice

The following species and

evolutionarily significant units (ESU’s)

are covered in this notice:

Sea turtles

Threatened and endangered Green

turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Endangered Hawksbill turtle

(Eretmochelys imbricata)

Endangered Kemp’s ridley turtle

(Lepidochelys kempii)

Endangered Leatherback turtle

(Dermochelys coriacea)

Threatened Loggerhead turtle (Caretta

caretta)

Fish

Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch):

threatened Southern Oregon/Northern

California Coasts (SONCC).

Steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus

mykiss): threatened lower Columbia

River (LCR)

Permits and Modified Permits Issued

Permit 1260

Notice was published on August 31,

2000 (65 FR 52988), that Dr. Joseph

Powers, of SERO applied for a scientific

research permit (1260). The applicant

has requested a 4–year permit to take

listed sea turtles in the coastal waters of

the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.

The research conducted in these areas

support the National Marine Fisheries

Service sea turtle recovery program.

Research activities include: directed in

water research, aerial surveys, resource

surveys, and fishery technology testing

and implementation. Leatherback,

loggerhead, green, hawksbill and

Kemp’s ridley sea turtles are the focus

of the recovery efforts in the southeast

region. Permit 1260 was issued on June

18, 2001, authorizing take of listed

species. Permit 1260 expires April 1,

2004.

Permit 1262

Notice was published on August 17,

2000 (65 FR 50185), that Dr. Cindy

Driscoll, of MD Department of Natural

Resources applied for a scientific

research permit (1262). The applicant

has requested a 5–year permit to take 50

loggerhead, 30 Kemp’s ridley, 10

leatherback, 5 green and 5 hawksbill

turtles from the upper and middle

Chesapeake Bay for scientific research

purposes. Each turtle would be

captured, handled, measured, weighed,

tagged, and have biological samples

(tissue and blood) collected and then

released. Yearly sampling would occur

from May to November. Permit 1262

was issued on June 19, 2001,

authorizing take of listed species. Permit

1262 expires July 31, 2006.

Permit 1135

Notice was published on March 2,

1998 (63 FR 10198), that USGS applied

for a scientific research permit (1135).

Permit 1135 was issued to USGS on

June 18, 2001. Permit 1135 authorizes

USGS an annual take of adult and

juvenile, threatened, LCR steelhead

associated with research designed to

provide information on the survival

rates, growth rates, habitat use,

population densities, fish health, and

life history diversity of steelhead in the

Wind River Basin of southern

Washington. The research will provide

information that will assist state, tribal,

and Federal managers in their effort to

restore LCR steelhead populations and

their habitats in the Wind River Basin.

ESA-listed adult and juvenile steelhead

will be observed/harassed during

snorkel surveys and during habitat

surveys at selected sites in the Wind

River Basin. ESA-listed juvenile

steelhead will also be collected using a

backpack electrofisher, anesthetized,

sampled for biological data (length,

weight, disease status) and tissues/

scales, allowed to recover from the

anesthesia, and released. Indirect

mortalities associated with the research

are authorized. In addition, ESA-listed

juvenile steelhead will be taken lethally

for pathological analyses. Permit 1135

expires on December 31, 2002.

Permit 1177

NMFS has issued an amendment to

the Corps’ scientific research/

enhancement permit to extend the

permit through June 30, 2003. The

permit was due to expire on

June 30, 2001. The permit authorizes

take of adult and juvenile, threatened,

SONCC coho salmon associated with

scientific research and an adult fish

trap-and-haul program at Elk Creek Dam

on the Rogue River in OR. The purpose

of the trap-and-haul program is to move

returning ESA-listed adult fish above

Elk Creek Dam, an impassable barrier

for adult salmonids, so that the fish may

use the habitat upstream of the dam for

natural spawning. To determine the

annual spawning success of the fish

upstream of the dam, ESA-listed

juvenile fish will be observed by

snorkeling. In addition, ESA-listed adult

fish carcasses will be examined for

evidence of spawning and immediately

returned to the stream. Permit 1177

expires on June 30, 2003.

Dated: June 22, 2001.

Phil Williams,

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,

Office of Protected Resources, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Public Hearing on the Draft

Supplement to the 1997 Environmental

Impact Statement for the Yuma

Training Range Complex

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD.

ACTION: Announcement of public

hearing.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the National

Environmental Policy Act as

implemented by the Council on

Environmental Quality Regulations (40

CFR parts 1500–1508), the Department

of the Navy has prepared a Supplement

to the 1997 Environmental Impact

Statement for the Yuma Training Range

Complex to evaluate the cumulative

impacts on the Sonoran Pronghorn, an

endangered species, of Marine Corps

actions when added to other past,

present and reasonably foreseeable

future actions. Three public hearings

will be held in order to collect public

comments on the document as indicated

below.

DATES: Public hearings will be held on

the following dates and at the locations

listed below.

1. Tuesday, July 10, 2001, in the Gila

Vista Junior High School Cafeteria, 2245

Arizona Avenue, Yuma, AZ, 5:30 to 8:00

p.m.

2. Wednesday, July 11, 2001, in the

Gila Bend High School Cafeteria, 308

North Martin, Gila Bend, AZ, 5:30 to

8:00 p.m.

3. Thursday, July 12, 2001, in the

Northwest Neighborhood Center, 2160

North 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ, 5:30 to 8:00

p.m.

ADDRESSES: All written comments

regarding the document should be

received by July 30, 2001, and may be

directed to Commander, Southwest

Division, Naval Facilities Engineering

Command, Code 5DPR.DT (Attn: Ms.

Deb Theroux), 220 Pacific Highway, San

Diego, CA, 92132–5190.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Deb Theroux, telephone (619) 532–1162,

FAX (619) 522–1242.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Marine Corps completed an

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Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

in 1997 addressing its military aviation

and associated ground training impacts

on the Yuma Training Range Complex.

This complex includes portions of the

Barry M. Goldwater Range, AZ, which

contains habitat for the Sonoran

Pronghorn.

On February 12, 2001, the United

States District Court for the District of

Columbia found that the cumulative

impact analysis in the 1997 Yuma

Training Range Complex EIS was

deficient in that it failed to provide

sufficient analysis of cumulative

impacts on the Sonoran Pronghorn in

accordance with 40 CFR 1508.7. The

Court remanded the matter to the

Marine Corps for further consideration

of such impacts.

Accordingly, the Department of the

Navy is preparing a supplement to the

EIS, in accordance with 40 CFR

1502.9(C), that will evaluate the

cumulative impacts on the Sonoran

Pronghorn of Marine Corps actions

when added to other past, present, and

reasonably foreseeable future actions

regardless of what agency or person

undertakes such other actions. The draft

supplemental environmental impact

statement analyzing these impacts was

distributed to the public on June 8,

2001.

Three public hearings on the

document will be held as discussed in

the DATES section of this notice. The

purpose of these hearings is for

interested persons to review displays

and ask questions regarding the

cumulative effects analysis, and to

provide comments on the draft

supplemental environmental impact

statement. Each hearing will be

conducted in an open house format.

Dated: June 26, 2001.

Jane Brattain,

Acting Head, U.S. Marine Corps, Military

Construction and Land Use Branch Facilities

and Services Division Installations and

Logistics Department Headquarters.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

SUMMARY: The Leader, Regulatory

Information Management Group, Office

of the Chief Information Officer invites

comments on the submission for OMB

review as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before July 30,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Lauren Wittenberg, Acting

Desk Officer, Department of Education,

Office of Management and Budget, 725

17th Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503 or should be electronically

mailed to the internet address

LaurenlWittenberg@omb.eop.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Leader,

Regulatory Information Management

Group, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, publishes that notice containing

proposed information collection

requests prior to submission of these

requests to OMB. Each proposed

information collection, grouped by

office, contains the following: (1) Type

of review requested, e.g. new, revision,

extension, existing or reinstatement; (2)

Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4)

Description of the need for, and

proposed use of, the information; (5)

Respondents and frequency of

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or

Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites

public comment.

Dated: June 26, 2001.

John Tressler,

Leader, Regulatory Information Management,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Postsecondary Education

Type of Review: Reinstatement

Title: Performance Report for the

Training Programs for Federal TRIO

Programs.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Not-for-profit

institutions.

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour

Burden: Responses: 25. Burden Hours:

113.

Abstract: Data assures that grantees

have conducted the project for which

funded, signals problems of

implementation, and indicates extent

and quality of performance. Reports are

used in evaluating project’s

continuations, determining future

funding levels and in assigning scores

for future competition.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request may be

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or

should be addressed to Vivian Reese,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW, Room 4050, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

20202–4651. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to the internet

address OCIOlIMGlIssues@ed.gov or

faxed to 202–708–9346. Please specify

the complete title of the information

collection when making your request.

Comments regarding burden and/or

the collection activity requirements

should be directed to Joseph Schubart at

(202) 708–9266 or via her internet

address Joe.Schubart@ed.gov.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8339.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Comment Period for Specific

Individuals for the Supplement to the

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

for a Geologic Repository for the

Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and

High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca

Mountain, Nye County, NV

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of comment period for

specific individuals.

SUMMARY: On May 4, 2001, the U.S.

Department of Energy (DOE) published

a Notice of Availability (66 FR 22540) of

its Supplement to the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for a

Geologic Repository for the Disposal of

Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level

Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain,

Nye County, Nevada (Draft EIS) (DOE/

EIS–0250D–S) and announced a 45-day

public comment period ending June 25,

2001. In response to requests from the

public, DOE extended the comment

period to July 6, 2001 (66 FR 33534).

DOE has discovered that some

individuals had requested and received

a copy of the Draft EIS, but were not

sent the Supplement to the Draft EIS.

DOE has now distributed the

Supplement to those individuals, and

will accept comments from those

individuals transmitted or postmarked

by August 13, 2001.