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to be covered by the disbursement, and 

the name of the depository holding the 

Owner’s bank account, including the 

account number. 

Agency form numbers, if applicable: 

HUD–92403–CA and HUD–92403–EH. 

Estimation of the total numbers of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: The estimated total 

number of hours needed to prepare the 

information collection is 1,230, the 

number of respondents is 266 generating 

approximately 2,460 annual responses, 

the frequency of response is monthly 

and on occasion, the estimated time 

needed to prepare the response is 

approximately 30 minutes. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: This is an extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as amended. 

Dated: September 6, 2005. 

Frank L. Davis, 

General Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Housing—Deputy Federal Housing 

Commissioner. 

[FR Doc. E5–5002 Filed 9–13–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–4966–N–02] 

The Performance Review Board 

AGENCY: Office of the Deputy Secretary, 

HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of appointments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Housing 

and Urban Development announces the 

appointments of Aronetta Jo Baylor, 

Harold L. Bunce, L. Carter Cornick, and 

Michael F. Hill as members; and James 

M. Martin as an alternate member to the 

Departmental Performance Review 

Board. The address is: Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 

Washington, DC 20410–0001. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Persons desiring any further information 

about the Performance Review Board 

and its members may contact Earnestine 

Pruitt, Director, Executive Personnel 

Management Division, Department of 

Housing and Urban Development, 

Washington, DC 20410–3000, telephone 

(202) 708–1381. (This is not a toll-free 

number.) 

Dated: September 7, 2005. 

Roy A. Bernardi, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E5–5003 Filed 9–13–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Endangered and Threatened Species 

Permit Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications. 

SUMMARY: The following applicants have 

applied for permits to conduct certain 

activities with endangered species 

pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

U.S.C. 1531, et seq.), as amended (Act). 

This notice is provided pursuant to 

Section 10(c) of the Act. 

DATES: Written data or comments must 

be received on or before October 14, 

2005. 

ADDRESSES: Send written data or 

comments to the Regional Director 

(Attention: Peter Fasbender), U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Ecological 

Services, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, 

Minnesota 55111–4056. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Peter Fasbender, (612) 713–5343. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Permit 

Application Number: TE111357. 

Applicant: Michigan Department of 

Natural Resources, Lansing, Michigan. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take the gray wolf (Canis lupis) 

throughout Michigan. The take would 

include both lethal and non-lethal 

control for wolves involved in 

depredating livestock, livestock guard 

animals, and pets and is consistent with 

the State Management Plan for wolves 

and the 1992 Recovery Plan for the 

Eastern Timber Wolf. Non-lethal control 

would involve harassing wolves by 

using rubber bullets, projectile bean 

bags, or other scare tactics. These 

activities are aimed at enhancement of 

survival of the species in the wild. 

Permit Application Number: 

TE111360. 

Applicant: Wisconsin Department of 

Natural Resources, Madison, Wisconsin. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take the gray wolf (Canis lupis) 

throughout Wisconsin for research, 

monitoring, and depredation abatement 

activities. The take would involve both 

lethal and non-lethal control for wolves 

involved in depredating livestock, 

livestock guard animals, and pets. Nonlethal control would involve harassing 

wolves by using rubber bullets, 

projectile bean bags, or other scare 

tactics. Research and monitoring efforts 

may involve unintentional injury or 

death to animals caught during the 

course of these activities. The taking is 

consistent with both the State 

Management Plan for wolves and the 

1992 Recovery Plan for the Eastern 

Timber Wolf. The scientific research 

and depredation abatement activities are 

aimed at the enhancement of survival of 

the species in the wild. 

Availability of Documents 

Individuals requesting copies of the 

recovery permit applications should 

contact the Service by telephone at (612) 

713–5343 or by letter (see ADDRESSES). 

Copies of the applications are available 

for public inspection at the Service’s 

Regional Web site at: http:// 

www.fws.gov/midwest/NEPA. All 

comments received from individuals 

become part of the official public 

record. Requests for such comments will 

be handled in accordance with the 

Freedom of Information Act and the 

Council on Environmental Quality’s 

National Environmental Protection Act 

regulations [40 CFR 1506.6(f)]. Our 

practice is to make comments, including 

names and home addresses of 

respondents, available for public review 

during regular business hours. 

Individual respondents may request that 

we withhold their home address from 

the record, which we will honor to the 

extent allowable by law. If a respondent 

wishes us to withhold his/her name 

and/or address, this must be stated 

prominently at the beginning of the 

comment. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1539(c). 

Dated: September 7, 2005. 

Wendi Weber, 

Assistant Regional Director, Ecological 

Services, Region 3, Fort Snelling, Minnesota. 

[FR Doc. 05–18316 Filed 9–12–05; 12:39 pm] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Notice of Intent To Prepare a 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan and 

Associated Environmental 

Assessment for Howland Island, Baker 

Island, and Jarvis Island National 

Wildlife Refuges 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service) is gathering 

information necessary to prepare 

Comprehensive Conservation Plans 

(CCP) and associated environmental 

documentation for Howland Island 

National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), Baker 

Island NWR, and Jarvis Island NWR 

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(refuges, collectively). These refuges are 

unincorporated insular areas, or U.S. 

territories, located near the equator in 

the Pacific Ocean, approximately 1,300 

to 1,600 miles south to southwest of 

Honolulu, Hawaii, and are administered 

as units of the National Wildlife Refuge 

System. The Service is publishing this 

notice in compliance with the National 

Wildlife Refuge System Administration 

Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 

668dd et seq.) and the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and 

implementing regulations for the 

following purposes: (1) To advise the 

public and other agencies of this effort; 

(2) to obtain public comments, 

suggestions, and information on the 

issues to be addressed in the CCP; and 

(3) to determine interest from public 

and other agencies in attending public 

scoping meetings. Special mailings, 

newspaper articles, and other media 

announcements will be used to inform 

the public and foreign, State, and local 

government agencies of the 

opportunities for input throughout the 

planning process. 

DATES: Please provide written comments 

by October 14, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Address comments, 

requests for more information, or 

requests to be added to the mailing list 

for this project to: Charles Pelizza, 

Refuge Conservation Planner, Pacific 

and Remote Islands National Wildlife 

Refuge Complex, 300 Ala Moana Blvd., 

Room 5–231, Honolulu, HI 96850. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles Pelizza, Refuge Conservation 

Planner, (808) 792–9490, or visit the 

following Service Web sites: 

(1) http://pacific.fws.gov/planning. 

(2) http://www.fws.gov/pacific/ 

pacificislands/wnwr/pbakernwr.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Howland 

Island NWR, Baker Island NWR, and 

Jarvis Island NWR, established in 1974, 

collectively contain the following 

habitats: Approximately 1,946 acres of 

emergent island, and 101,806 acres of 

coral reefs, submerged lands, and 

associated waters. Howland Island and 

Baker Island are part of the Phoenix 

Islands and Jarvis Island is part of the 

Line Island archipelago. These island 

refuges and their coral reefs provide 

habitat for thousands of nesting 

seabirds, endemic coral reef fish, giant 

clams, sea turtles, marine mammals, and 

other endangered species. With the 

exception of brief research and 

management visits, the refuges are 

closed to public visitation to: protect 

their fragile ecosystems from invasion 

by exotic species; and provide nesting 

habitat for seabirds that is free of 

predators and excessive human 

disturbance. 

By Federal law, all lands within the 

National Wildlife Refuge System are to 

be managed in accordance with an 

approved CCP. The purpose of a CCP is 

to develop a vision for a refuge and 

provide management guidance for 

maintenance, restoration, and use of 

refuge resources during the next 15 

years. During the planning process, the 

Service will consider many elements 

including wildlife and habitat 

management, public recreational 

activities, and cultural resource 

protection. The comments and 

suggestions from the public on how the 

refuges should be managed will be 

considered during the development of 

the CCP. 

Several preliminary issues have been 

identified and will be addressed in the 

CCP. These issues include: continued 

cooperation and communication with a 

growing list of partners and cooperators 

in planning and implementing refuge 

management activities; evaluating 

recreational opportunities; increasing 

opportunities to monitor and collect 

adequate baseline biological information 

such as wildlife populations or the 

presence of invasive species; and 

improving recognition by the public and 

other agencies regarding refuge 

boundaries, mandates, and management 

activities. Additional issues will be 

identified during public scoping. 

CCP Process: Public Comment 

Opportunities 

With the publication of this notice, 

the public is encouraged to submit 

written comments. Public comments 

received will be used by the Service to 

identify issues to be considered in 

preliminary alternatives. As the CCP 

process progresses, two more public 

comment periods will be announced 

and occur as follows: when the 

preliminary alternatives are developed 

and released for public review and 

comments; and when the alternatives 

are then refined and analyzed in a draft 

CCP/NEPA document which is also 

released for public review and 

comments. All comments received 

become part of the public record and 

may be released. Comments already 

submitted are on record and need not be 

resubmitted. 

Dated: September 6, 2005. 

David J. Wesley, 

Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, Oregon. 

[FR Doc. 05–18206 Filed 9–13–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Notice of Scoping Meetings and Intent 

To Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment for the Proposed 

Designation of a Nonessential 

Experimental Population of Rio Grande 

Silvery Minnow; Correction 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent; correction. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), published a 

notice in the Federal Register on August 

3, 2005, with an incorrect date for 

submitting written comments and an 

incorrect reference to the time period for 

the scoping meetings. The document 

advised the public that a draft 

environmental assessment will be 

prepared, pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended, in conjunction with a 

proposed rule to establish, under 

section 10(j) of the Endangered Species 

Act of 1973, as amended, a Nonessential 

Experimental Population of Rio Grande 

silvery minnow (Hybognathus amarus) 

in the Rio Grande in Big Bend National 

Park and the Rio Grande Wild and 

Scenic River in Texas. 

DATES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

under the heading Corrections for the 

corrected date for submission of 

comments. 

ADDRESSES: Information, comments, or 

questions related to preparation of the 

draft environmental assessment and the 

NEPA process should be submitted to 

Joy Nicholopoulos, State Administrator, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New 

Mexico Ecological Services Field Office, 

2105 Osuna NE, Albuquerque, New 

Mexico, 87113. Written comments may 

also be sent by facsimile to (505) 346–

2542 or by e-mail to 

R2FWE_AL@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Parody, (505) 761–4710. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 

3, 2005, a document was published in 

the Federal Register (70 FR 44681) with 

an incorrect date for written comment 

submission and an incorrect reference to 

the time period for the scoping 

meetings. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of August 3, 

2005, in FR Doc. 05–15303 on page 

44681, in the first column, correct the 

DATES caption to read: DATES: Comments 

must be submitted directly to the 

Service (see ADDRESSES section) on or