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The Urban Renewal Plan will be used 

as a revitalization strategy to improve 

the residential character of the area, 

expand business opportunities and 

improve the transportation network. 

The Master Plan for the URA will 

include: the provision of a range of 

housing opportunities; mixed use 

development along Ashburton Avenue; 

and transportation improvements, 

including street widenings along 

Ashburton Avenue to improve east-west 

access between the Saw Mill River 

Parkway and the Downtown Waterfront 

District, allow on-street parking, reduce 

traffic congestion and allow for an 

upgraded sidewalk and streetscape plan. 

The Draft EIS analyzes three 

alternatives to the proposed action for 

revitalizing the Ashburton Avenue area 

and improving the transportation 

network: (1) A no action alternative, i.e., 

the Ashburton Avenue right-of-way is 

not widened and Mulford Gardens is 

not redeveloped under the HOPE VI 

program, (2) the Ashburton Avenue 

right-of-way is not widened along all 

segments of the roadway, and (3) the 

Mulford Gardens/HOPE VI 

revitalization plan is reduced/modified 

in scale. 

Questions may be directed to the 

individual named above under the 

heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Dated: September 19, 2005. 

Pamela H. Patenaude, 

Assistant Secretary for Community Planning 

and Development. 

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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 scientific research permits to 

conduct certain activities with 

endangered species pursuant to section 

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

Act of 1973, as amended. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be received on or before 

October 28, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to the Chief, Endangered 

Species Division, Ecological Services, 

P.O. Box 1306, Room 4102, 

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103. 

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. Documents 

will be available for public inspection, 

by appointment only, during normal 

business hours at the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 500 Gold Ave. SW., 

Room 4102, 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, 

(505) 248–6920. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Permit No. TE–676811 

Applicant: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 

Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Applicant requests an amendment to 

the Regional Director’s permit to add the 

following species: Roswell springsnail 

(Pyrgulopsis roswellensis), Koster’s 

springsnail (Juturnia kosteri), Noel’s 

amphipod (Gammarus desperatus), and 

Pecos assiminea (Assiminea pecos) 

within New Mexico and Texas. The 

listed species will be effective 

September 8, 2005. 

Permit No. TE–109028 

Applicant: Susan Courage, San Antonio, 

Texas. 

Applicant requests a new permit for 

research and recovery purposes to 

conduct presence/absence surveys for 

golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica 

chrysoparia) and black-capped vireo 

(Vireo atricapillus) within Texas. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq. 

Dated: September 13, 2005. 

Larry G. Bell, 

Acting Regional Director, Region 2, 

Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Recovery Plan for Blackburn’s Sphinx 

Moth (Manduca blackburni) 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of document availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (we) announces the availability 

of the Recovery Plan for Blackburn’s 

Sphinx Moth (Manduca blackburni) 

(sphinx moth). This insect taxon is 

endemic to the main Hawaiian Islands. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of this recovery plan 

will be available within 4 weeks by 

request form the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Pacific Islands Fish and 

Wildlife Office, 300 Ala Moana 

Boulevard, Room 3–122, Box 50088, 

Honolulu, Hawaii 96850 (phone: 808–

792–9400) and the Hawaii State Library 

478 S. King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 

96813. An electronic copy of the 

recovery plan is now available on the 

World Wide Web at: http:// 

endangered.fws.gov/recovery/ 

index.html#plans. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Field Supervisor at the above Honolulu 

address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Restoring endangered or threatened 

animals and plants to the point where 

they are again secure, self-sustaining 

members of their ecosystems is a 

primary goal of our endangered species 

program. The Endangered Species Act 

(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) (ESA) requires 

the development of recovery plans for 

listed species unless such a plan would 

not promote the conservation of a 

particular species. Recovery plans help 

guide the recovery effort by describing 

actions considered necessary for the 

conservation of the species, establishing 

criteria for downlisting or delisting 

listed species, and estimating time and 

cost for implementing the measures 

needed for recovery. 

Section 4(f) of the Act requires that 

public notice and an opportunity for 

public review and comment be provided 

during recovery plan development. In 

fulfillment of this requirement, the Draft 

Recovery Plan for the Blackburn’s 

Sphinx Moth (Manduca blackburni) was 

available for public comment from 

December 18, 2003, through February 

17, 2004 (68 FR 70528). Information 

presented during the public comment 

period has been considered in the 

preparation of this final recovery plan, 

and is summarized in the appendix to 

the recovery plan. We will forward 

substantive comments regarding 

recovery plan implementation to 

appropriate Federal or other entities so 

that they can take these comments into 

account during the course of 

implementing recovery actions. 

The sphinx moth was federally listed 

as endangered in 2000 (65 FR 4770) and 

22,440 hectares (55,451 acres) of critical 

habitat was designated in 2003 (68 FR 

34710). This insect taxon is currently 

known to occur on three of the seven 

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Hawaiian Islands where it historically 

occurred, including Hawaii, Maui, and 

Kahoolawe. Vegetation types that 

support the sphinx moth include dry to 

mesic shrub land and forest from sea 

level to mid-elevations. Soil and 

climatic conditions, as well as physical 

factors, affect the suitability of habitat 

within the species’ range. 

Threats include impacts to the sphinx 

moth’s habitat from urban and 

agricultural development, invasion by 

non-native plant species, habitat 

fragmentation and degradation, 

increased wildfire frequency, ungulates, 

and direct impacts to the moth from 

non-native parasitoids and insect 

predators. 

The objective of this recovery plan is 

to provide a framework for the recovery 

of the sphinx moth so that protection by 

the ESA is no longer necessary. Actions 

necessary to accomplish this objective 

include: (1) Protection, management, 

restoration of habitat, and control of 

threats; (2) expanding existing wild 

Nothocestrum spp. host plant 

populations; (3) conducting additional 

research essential to recovery of the 

sphinx moth; (4) development and 

implementation of a detailed monitoring 

plan for the sphinx moth; (5) 

reestablishing and augmentation of wild 

sphinx moth populations within its 

historic range; (6) developing and 

providing information for the public on 

the sphinx moth; (7) validating recovery 

objectives which includes refining/ 

revising the downlisting and delisting 

criteria; and (8) develop a post-delisting 

monitoring plan. 

Authority: The authority for this action is 

section 4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 

16 U.S.C. 1533(f). 

Dated: August 26, 2005. 

David J. Wesley, 

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[MT–060–01–1020–PG] 

Notice of Public Meeting; Central 

Montana Resource Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Central 

Montana Resource Advisory Council 

(RAC) will meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

October 19, 2005, at the Bureau of Land 

Management’s Lewistown Field Office 

in Lewistown, Montana (920 NE. Main, 

in Lewistown, MT). The meeting will 

begin at 10 a.m. with a 30-minute public 

comment period. This meeting is 

scheduled to adjourn at 5:30 p.m. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 15- 

member council advises the Secretary of 

the Interior on a variety of management 

issues associated with public land 

management in Montana. At this 

meeting the council will discuss/act 

upon: 

The minutes of their proceeding 

meeting; 

Orientation of new council members; 

Field managers’ updates; 

The BLM planning process; 

Range management programs; 

A presentation from American Prairie’s 

Foundation; 

An overview of the monument resource 

management plan; and administrative 

details. 

All meetings are open to the public. 

The public may present written 

comments to the RAC. Each formal RAC 

meeting will also have time allocated for 

hearing public comments. Depending on 

the number of persons wishing to 

comment and time available, the time 

for individual oral comments may be 

limited. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT: June 

Bailey, Lewistown Field Manager, 

Lewistown Field Office, P.O. Box 1160, 

Lewistown, Montana, 59457, (406) 538–

1900. 

Dated: September 21, 2005. 

June Bailey, 

Lewistown Field Manager. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Institutes of Electrical 

and Electronics Engineers 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 8, 2005, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

Institute of Electrical and Electronics 

Engineers (‘‘IEEE’’) has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing additions or 

changes to its standards development 

activities. The notifications were filed 

for the purpose of extending the Act’s 

provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages 

under specified circumstances. 

Specifically, 5 new standards have been 

initiated and 5 existing standards are 

being revised. More detail regarding 

these changes can be found at http:// 

standards.ieee.org/standardswire/sba/ 

08–12–05.html. 

On September 17, 2004, IEEE filed its 

original notification pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the Act. The Department of 

Justice published a notice in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on November 3, 2004 (69 FR 64105). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on July 1, 2005. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act of August 11, 2005 (70 FR 46890). 

Dorothy B. Fountain, 

Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust 

Division. 

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—Portland Cement 

Association 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

September 7, 2005, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 

Portland Cement Association (‘‘PCA’’) 

has filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

membership. The notifications were 

filed for the purpose of extending the 

Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages 

under specified circumstances. 

Specifically, the Rocky Mountain 

Concrete Promotion Council has 

changed its name to the Rocky 

Mountain Cement Council, Denver, CO. 

No other changes have been made in 

either the membership or planned 

activity of the group research project. 

Membership in this group research 

project remains open, and PCA intends 

to file additional written notification 

disclosing all changes in membership.