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Authority: This document is published 

under the authority of the Endangered 

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

1531 et seq.). 

Dated: July 26, 2005. 

Gary Edwards, 

Acting Regional Director, Region 7, Fish and 

Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–17317 Filed 8–30–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Marine Mammal Annual Report 

Availability, Combined Calendar Years 

1999 and 2000 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service and the Biological 

Resources Discipline of the U.S. 

Geological Survey, have issued our 

combined Calendar Years 1999 and 

2000 annual report on marine mammals 

under the jurisdiction of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, as required 

by section 103(f) of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972. Our report 

covers the periods of January 1 to 

December 31, 1999, and January 1 to 

December 31, 2000. We submitted the 

report to Congress on September 7, 

2004. By this notice, we are informing 

you, the public, that the report is 

available and that copies may be 

obtained on request to the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service. 

ADDRESSES: You should submit written 

requests for copies to: Publications Unit, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National 

Conservation Training Center, Route 1, 

Box 166, Shepherd Grade Road, 

Shepherdstown, WV 25443. You may 

also contact that office by telephone at 

1–800–344–WILD (9453). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diane Bowen, Division of Habitat and 

Resource Conservation, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service in Arlington, Virginia, 

at telephone 703–358–2161. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. 

Department of the Interior is responsible 

for eight species of marine mammals, as 

assigned by the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.). These species are 

polar bear, sea and marine otters, 

walrus, three species of manatee, and 

dugong. Administrative actions 

discussed in our report include 

appropriations, status reports, research 

activities, scientific research and public 

display permits, international activities, 

law enforcement actions, and outer 

continental shelf operations and 

environmental studies. 

Dated: July 25, 2005. 

Mamie Parker, 

Assistant Director, Fisheries and Habitat 

Conservation. 

[FR Doc. 05–17330 Filed 8–30–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task 

Force—Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic 

Regional Panel 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance 

Species (ANS) Task Force Mid-Atlantic 

Regional Panel. The meeting is open to 

the public. The meeting topics are 

identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section. 

DATES: The Mid-Atlantic Regional Panel 

will meet from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on 

Wednesday, September 7, 2005, and 9 

a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on Thursday, 

September 8, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: The Mid-Atlantic Regional 

Panel meeting will be held at Cacapon 

State Park, 818 Cacapon Lodge Drive, 

Berkeley Springs, WV 25411; (304) 258–

1022. Minutes of the meeting will be 

maintained in the office of Division of 

Environmental Quality, Chief, Branch of 

Invasive Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Suite 322, 4401 North Fairfax 

Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22203–1622, 

and will be made available for public 

inspection during regular business 

hours, Monday through Friday. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

Thompson, Mid-Atlantic Regional Panel 

Coordinator, 410–573–4517, 

Julie_Thompson@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

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

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

App.), this notice announces a meeting 

of the ANS Task Force Mid-Atlantic 

Regional Panel. The ANS Task Force 

was established by the Nonindigenous 

Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and 

Control Act of 1990. The Mid-Atlantic 

Regional Panel was established by the 

ANS Task Force in 2003 and includes 

eight Mid-Atlantic States (Delaware, 

Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey, 

New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and 

West Virginia) and the District of 

Columbia. The Regional Panel is 

comprised of representatives from 

Federal, State, and local agencies, as 

well as from private environmental and 

commercial interests, and performs the 

following activities: 

a. Identifies priorities for activities in 

the Mid-Atlantic region, 

b. Develops and submits 

recommendations to the national 

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, 

c. Coordinates aquatic nuisance 

species program activities in the MidAtlantic region, 

d. Advises public and private 

interests on control efforts, and 

e. Submits an annual report to the 

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. 

Topics to be addressed at this meeting 

include: Regional Panel business 

(standard operating procedures and 

membership), international ballast water 

standards, a spotlight on the northern 

snakehead (Channa argus), 

development and implementation of an 

ANSTF management plan, status of 

ANS management plans in the MidAtlantic Region, updates on ANS Task 

Force activities and the National 

Aquatic Invasive Species Act, and 

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concurrent workgroup sessions to 

discuss potential projects. 

Dated: August 17, 2005. 

Frank DeLuise, 

Acting Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species 

Task Force, Acting Assistant Director—

Fisheries & Habitat Conservation. 

[FR Doc. 05–17328 Filed 8–30–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Burns Paiute Tribe Liquor Ordinance; 

Amendment 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes an 

Amendment to the Burns Paiute Tribe’s 

Liquor Control Ordinance. The 

Ordinance regulates and controls the 

possession, sale and consumption of 

liquor within the Burns Paiute Tribe’s 

Indian Country. The land is located on 

trust land and this Ordinance allows for 

the possession and sale of alcoholic 

beverages within the Burns Paiute 

Tribe’s Indian Country and will increase 

the ability of the tribal government to 

control the tribe’s liquor distribution 

and possession, and at the same time 

will provide an important source of 

revenue for the continued operation and 

strengthening of the tribal government 

and the delivery of tribal services. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: This Amendment is 

effective on August 31, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Betty Scissons, Division of Tribal 

Government Services, Bureau of Indian 

Affairs, Northwest Regional Office, 911 

NE. 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97232–

4169, Telephone 503–231–6723, Fax 

503–231–2189; or Ralph Gonzales, 

Office of Tribal Services, 1951 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Mail Stop 

320–SIB, Washington, DC 20240, 

Telephone (202) 513–7629. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Act of August 15, 1953, Public 

Law 83–277, 67 Stat. 586, 18 U.S.C. 

1161, as interpreted by the Supreme 

Court in Rice v. Rehner, 463 U.S. 713 

(1983), the Secretary of the Interior shall 

certify and publish in the Federal 

Register notice of adopted liquor 

ordinances for the purpose of regulating 

liquor transactions in Indian country. 

The Burns Paiute Tribal Council 

adopted this Amendment by Resolution 

No. 2005–05 on April 12, 2005. The 

purpose of this Amendment to their 

Ordinance is to permit the sale and 

service of alcohol anywhere in the Old 

Camp Casino instead of restricting 

liquor sales to the lounge, restaurant, 

and bingo hall. 

This notice is published in 

accordance with the authority delegated 

by the Secretary of the Interior to the 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—

Indian Affairs. I certify that this 

Amendment to the Liquor Ordinance of 

the Burns Paiute Tribe was duly 

adopted by the Tribal Council on April 

12, 2005. 

Dated: August 19, 2005. 

Michael D. Olsen, 

Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—

Indian Affairs. 

The Amendment to Burns Paiute 

Tribe’s Liquor Ordinance reads as 

follows: 

1. Remove the second sentence in 

section 5 which reads: ‘‘The sales and 

service of liquor in the Old Camp 

Casino may only be permitted in the 

following areas: liquor lounge, 

restaurant, and bingo hall when used for 

entertainment, food service, or 

convention/meeting purposes.’’

2. Remove the following phrase from 

the first sentence of section 6.C: ‘‘the 

lounge or restaurant area within.’’

The re-statement of the Burns-Paiute 

Tribal Liquor Ordinance incorporating 

the Amendment will now read as 

follows: 

Burns-Paiute Tribal Liquor Ordinance 

Section 1—Title 

This Ordinance shall be the Liquor 

Ordinance of the Burns-Paiute Indian 

Tribe and shall be referenced as the 

Tribal Liquor Ordinance. 

Section 2—Findings and Purpose 

1. The introduction, possession, and 

sale of liquor on Indian Reservations has 

historically been recognized as a matter 

of special concern to Indian tribes and 

to the United States. The control of 

liquor on Reservations remains 

exclusively subject to their legislative 

enactments. 

2. Federal law currently prohibits the 

introduction of liquor into Indian 

Country (18 U.S.C. 1154), leaving tribes 

the decision regarding when and to 

what extent liquor transactions, sales, 

possession and service shall be 

permitted on their Reservation (18 

U.S.C. 1161). 

3. The Burns-Paiute General Council 

discussed and approved a Resolution to 

permit the sale and service of liquor at 

the Old Camp Casino, but at no other 

location, at the General Council meeting 

held in June, 1999. 

4. The enactment of this Tribal 

Ordinance to govern liquor sales and 

service on the Burns-Paiute Reservation, 

and the limitation of such liquor sales 

and service at the Old Camp Casino, 

will increase the ability of the tribal 

government to control Reservation 

liquor distribution and possession, and 

at the same time will provide an 

important source of revenue for the 

continued operation of tribal 

government and the delivery of 

governmental services, as well as 

provide an amenity to customers at the 

Old Camp Casino. 

5. In order to authorize limited liquor 

sales and service at the Old Camp 

Casino, to facilitate increased tribal 

control over liquor distribution on the 

Burns-Paiute Reservation, and to 

provide for urgently needed additional 

revenues for the Burns-Paiute tribal 

government, the Burns-Paiute Tribal 

Council adopts this Liquor Ordinance. 

6. The Burns-Paiute Tribe has entered 

a Memorandum of Understanding 

(MOU) with the Oregon Liquor Control 

Commission to deal with governmental 

issues associated with the licensing and 

regulation of liquor sales on the BurnsPaiute Indian Reservation. 

Section 3—Definitions 

Unless otherwise required by the 

context, the following words and 

phrases shall have the designated 

meanings: 

1. Alcohol: Is that substance known as 

ethyl alcohol, hydrated oxide or ethyl, 

or spirit of wine, which is commonly 

produced by the fermentation or 

distillation of grain, starch, molasses, or 

sugar, or other substances including all 

dilutions and mixtures of those 

substances. 

2. Casino Manager: That person 

appointed by the Tribal Council to 

manage the Old Camp Casino. 

3. Liquor or Liquor Products: Includes 

the four varieties of liquor herein 

defined (alcohol, spirits, wine, and beer) 

and all fermented, spirituous, vinous, or 

malt liquor, or a combination thereof, 

and mixed liquor, a part of which is 

fermented, spirituous, vinous, or malt 

liquor or otherwise intoxicating in every 

liquid or solid or semi-solid or other 

substance patented or not containing 

alcohol, spirits, wine, or beer, and all 

drinks of potable liquids and all 

preparations or mixtures capable of 

human consumption, and any liquid, 

semi-solid, solid, or other substance, 

which contains more than one percent 

(1%) of alcohol by weight shall be 

conclusively deemed to be intoxicating. 

4. Old Camp Casino: Shall be the 

gaming facility located on the 10-acre 

Old Camp site located on the BurnsPaiute Indian Reservation which is more 

specifically described in Exhibit 1 to the 

Tribal-State Compact between the