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cylindrellus), purple bean (Villosa 

perpurpurea), and Cumberland bean 

(pearlymussel) (Villosa trabalis). Take 

would occur while conducting 

presence/absence surveys and research 

studies. The proposed activities would 

occur in Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, 

Florida, and Missouri.

Applicant: Thane R. Wibbels, 

University of Alabama at Birmingham, 

Birmingham, Alabama, TE108537–0.

The applicant requests authorization 

to take (collect and receive blood and 

tissue samples, place data loggers in 

nest, capture, identify, release) the 

Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), 

loggerhead (Caretta caretta), green 

(Chelonia mydas), hawksbill 

(Eretmochelys imbricata), leatherback 

(Dermochelys coriacea), and olive ridley 

(Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles while 

conducting sex ratio and genetic 

analysis. The proposed activities would 

occur in Alabama and the Virgin 

Islands.

Applicant: Jess W. Jones, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Department of 

Fisheries and Wildlife Services, 

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State 

University, Blacksburg, Virginia, 

TE108813–0.

The applicant requests authorization 

to harass (collect, temporarily hold, 

translocate, release) oyster mussels 

(Epioblasma capsaeformis) while 

conducting restoration activities. The 

proposed activities would occur from 

the Tennessee section of the Clinch 

River upstream into the Virginia section 

of the river.

Applicant: Warren G. Montague, 

Ouachita National Forest, Waldon, 

Arkansas, TE108839–0.

The applicant requests authorization 

to take (collect non-viable eggs of) redcockaded woodpeckers (Picoides 

borealis) while studying developmental 

analysis to determine fertility, while 

conducting genetic studies, and while 

conducting other applicable studies. 

The proposed activities would occur 

throughout the species’ southern range.

Applicant: Ronald W. Rohrbaugh, Jr., 

Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, 

New York, TE108852–0.

The applicant requests authorization 

to take (capture, identify, translocate, 

release, harass, inspect cavities of) 

Ivory-billed woodpeckers (Campephilus 

principalis) while conducting presence/

absence studies and translocation 

activities and working to clearly 

document their existence and assess 

their ecology and behavior specific to 

the Mississippi delta region of eastern 

Arkansas. Presence/absence surveys 

would take place in North Carolina, 

South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, 

Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, 

Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois.

Applicant: Richard Frederick Lance, 

U.S. Army Research & Development 

Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 

TE108962–0.

The applicant requests authorization 

to harass (capture, collect tissue 

samples, release) a maximum of 1,000 

gray bats (Myotis grisescens) while 

conducting non-lethal tissue sampling, 

primarily wing punches, and some 

experimental sampling of genetic source 

material through the collection of scat 

and buccal (mouth) swabs while 

conducting genetic studies. The 

proposed activities would take place at 

the following locations: Jesse James 

Cave, Edmonson County, Kentucky; 

Fern Cave, Jackson County, Alabama; 

Cave Mountain Cave, Newton County, 

Arkansas; Pearson Cave, Hawkins 

County, Tennessee; Tobbaccoport 

Saltpeter Cave, Steward County, 

Tennessee; Hubbards Cave, Warren 

County, Tennessee; Coffin Cave, Laclede 

County, Missouri; and Chimney Cave, 

Shannon County, Missouri. The 

proposed activities for smaller maternity 

and hibernating colonies would occur in 

Pulaski, Laclede, Wright, Reynolds, 

Shannon, Oregon, Dallas, Hickory, 

Camden, and Miller Counties, Missouri.

Applicant: Ronald E. Spears, Asheville, 

North Carolina, TE108990–0.

The applicant requests authorization 

to take (capture, identify, examine, 

measure, photograph, release) the gray 

(Myotis grisescens) and the Indiana 

(Myotis sodalis) bats while conducting 

presence/absence surveys throughout 

the states of North Carolina, South 

Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, 

Arkansas, Alabama, Mississippi, and 

South Carolina.

Dated: August 10, 2005. 

Cynthia K. Dohner, 

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 05–16983 Filed 8–25–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Issuance of Permits

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits for 

endangered species and/or marine 

mammals. 

SUMMARY: The following permits were 

issued.

ADDRESSES: 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 to: 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division 

of Management Authority, 4401 North 

Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington, 

Virginia 22203; fax (703) 358–2281.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Division of Management Authority, 

telephone (703) 358–2104.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that on the dates below, as 

authorized by the provisions of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and/

or the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 

1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et 

seq.), the Fish and Wildlife Service 

issued the requested permit(s) subject to 

certain conditions set forth therein. For 

each permit for an endangered species, 

the Service found that (1) the 

application was filed in good faith, (2) 

the granted permit would not operate to 

the disadvantage of the endangered 

species, and (3) the granted permit 

would be consistent with the purposes 

and policy set forth in Section 2 of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended. 

Endangered Species

Permit

number Applicant Receipt of application Federal Register notice Permit number issuance date 

797485 ......... International Wildlife Veterinary Services .................. 70 FR 34791; June 15, 2005 .................................... July 21, 2005. 

Marine Mammals

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Permit number Applicant Receipt of application Federal Register notice Permit issuance 

date 

098679 ............... Brian J. Hansen ........................... 70 FR 7295; February 11, 2005 ........................................................ May 17, 2005. 

102654 ............... James J. Weyand ........................ 70 FR 29362; May 20, 2005 .............................................................. July 20, 2005. 

102694 ............... John J. Keslar .............................. 70 FR 29362, May 20, 2005 .............................................................. July 22, 2005. 

Dated: August 5, 2005. 

Michael L. Carpenter, 

Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits, 

Division of Management Authority.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management 

National Park Service 

[ID 231 1610 DQ 051D] 

Notice of Availability of the Proposed 

Management Plan and Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Craters of the Moon National 

Monument and Preserve

AGENCIES: Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) and National Park Service (NPS).

ACTION: Reissuance of a Notice of 

Availability of a Final EIS for a 

Proposed Resource Management Plan / 

General Management Plan (hereinafter, 

Proposed Plan/Final EIS), for the Craters 

of the Moon National Monument and 

Preserve. The Monument is located in 

Blaine, Butte, Lincoln, Minidoka, and 

Power Counties, in Idaho. (This Notice 

of Availability was prematurely released 

on August 12, 2005 and retracted.) 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, the National Park and 

Recreation Act of 1978, and the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the 

Bureau of Land Management and the 

National Park Service have jointly 

prepared a Proposed Plan/Final EIS for 

the Craters of the Moon National 

Monument and Preserve. The Final EIS 

discusses public and agency comments 

received on the draft EIS. It describes 

and analyzes four alternative 

management strategies, each presenting 

a different approach to resolving issues 

identified through public scoping. 

Alternative A is the ‘‘no action’’ or 

continuation of present management 

alternative. Alternative B would 

promote more travel and access within 

the Monument. Alternative C would 

emphasize retention and enhancement 

of the Monument’s primitive character. 

The Proposed Plan is Alternative D, the 

agency preferred alternative from the 

draft Plan/EIS, refined by public 

comment. Alternative D, which 

emphasizes protection and restoration 

of physical and biological resources, is 

also considered to be the 

environmentally preferred alternative.

DATES: No decision on the proposed 

plan will be made for at least 30 days 

after the Environmental Protection 

Agency publishes its notice of 

availability of this final EIS in the 

Federal Register. BLM regulations (43 

CFR 1610.5–2) state that any person 

who participated in the planning 

process and has an interest that may be 

adversely affected may protest those 

proposed decisions that would be 

implemented on BLM-administered 

lands. The protest must be filed within 

30 days of the date that the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes its notice of availability. 

The National Park Service regulations 

do not provide a formal protest process. 

However, persons wishing to 

communicate with the Regional Director 

of the NPS during the 30 days after the 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

notice is published may do so by 

sending correspondence to Jonathan B. 

Jarvis, Regional Director, National Park 

Service, 1111 Jackson Street, Oakland 

CA 94607. 

Instructions for filing protests with 

the BLM are included in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice.

ADDRESSES: The Proposed Plan/FEIS is 

posted on Web sites at http://

www.id.blm.gov/planning/craters/

index.htm or http://www.nps.gov/crmo

and has been mailed to those who have 

indicated that they want to receive it in 

hard copy or on a compact disk. 

Additional copies in both paper and 

digital format are available in limited 

numbers. To receive a copy, write or 

call one of the individuals identified in 

the next paragraph.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard VanderVoet, Monument 

Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 

Shoshone Field Office, 400 West F 

Street, Shoshone, ID 83352–1522, phone 

(208) 732–7200 or John Apel Acting 

Superintendent, National Park Service, 

P.O. Box 29, Arco, ID 83213, phone 

(208) 527–3257.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Established in 1924, the Craters of the 

Moon National Monument was 

expanded by Presidential Proclamation 

7373 on November 9, 2000, for the 

purpose of protecting the entire Great 

Rift volcanic zone and associated lava 

features, all objects of scientific interest. 

On August 21, 2002, Public Law 107–

213 re-designated the National Park 

Service portion of the expanded 

Monument as a National Preserve. The 

Bureau of Land Management and 

National Park Service are managing the 

National Monument and Preserve 

cooperatively and are preparing one 

management plan to be implemented by 

both agencies. 

The key components of the Proposed 

Plan are as follows: 

• Promotes use of partnerships at offsite facilities such as visitor centers and 

state parks to provide Monument 

information and interpretation. 

• Emphasizes protection of vegetation 

resources in North Laidlaw Park. 

• Maintains a road network suitable 

for aggressive fire suppression and 

restoration activities within the 

Monument. 

• Encourages outfitter and guide 

services in the expanded portion of the 

Monument, instead of new agencyprovided services and facilities.

• Promotes a proactive Integrated 

Weed Management Program. 

• Proactively protects and restores 

sagebrush steppe communities. 

• Continues to focus visitor 

experience within the Monument on the 

existing lands and facilities located at 

the north end of the Monument. 

• Continues management of the 

wilderness area within the original 

National Monument boundary and the 

wilderness study areas that are awaiting 

Congressional action. Proposes a joint 

NPS/BLM wilderness/WSA 

management plan. 

Protests regarding proposed decisions 

affecting BLM-administered lands must 

be in writing and filed with the BLM 

Director. Protests may raise only those 

issues that were submitted for the 

record during the planning process. Email and faxed protests will not be 

accepted as valid protests unless the 

protesting party also provides the 

original letter by either regular or 

overnight mail postmarked by the close 

of the protest period. Under these 

conditions the BLM will consider the email or faxed protest as an advance 

copy, and it will receive full