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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Endangered Species Recovery Permit 

Application 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit 

application, request for comment. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), invite the public to 

comment on the following application 

to conduct certain activities with an 

endangered species. 

DATES: We must receive comments on 

this permit application on or before 

January 11, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written data or 

comments to the Chief, Endangered 

Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

300 Westgate Center Drive, Hadley, 

Massachusetts 01035 (telephone: 413–

253–8615; fax: 413–253–8482). Please 

refer to the permit number when 

submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Martin Miller, at the above address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following applicant has applied for a 

scientific research permit to conduct 

specific activities with an endangered 

species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) 

of the Endangered Species Act (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We solicit review 

and comment from local, State, and 

Federal agencies and the public on the 

following permit request: 

Permit No. 166622 

Applicant: U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Southwest Virginia Field 

Office, Abingdon, Virginia. The 

applicant requests a permit to take 

(capture and kill) the Lee County Cave 

isopod (Lirceus usdagalun) for the 

purpose of defining populations 

genetically and determining the degree 

of genetic separation between 

populations. 

Public Review of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Comments and materials received will 

be available for public inspection, by 

appointment, during normal business 

hours at the above address. 

Authority: The authority for this section is 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq.) 

Dated: November 8, 2007. 

Thomas J. Healy, 

Acting Regional Director, Region 5, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Recovery Plan for Hackelia venusta 

(Showy Stickseed) 

AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of document availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, announce the 

availability of the Recovery Plan for 

Hackelia venusta (Showy Stickseed). 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the final recovery 

plan are available by request from the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Central 

Washington Field Office, 215 Melody 

Lane, Wenatchee, Washington 98801. 

Requests for copies of the final recovery 

plan and materials regarding this plan 

should be addressed to the Supervisor, 

Central Washington Field Office, at the 

above Wenatchee address. An electronic 

copy of the final recovery plan will also 

be made available online at http:// 

www.fws.gov/pacific/ecoservices/ 

endangered/recovery/plans.html. 

Printed copies of the recovery plan will 

be available for distribution in 4 to 6 

weeks. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

McCracken, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, 

at the above address, by calling 509–

665–3508, extension 17, or by electronic 

mail to: Tim_McCracken@fws.gov. 

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 ESA requires that 

public notice, and an opportunity for 

public review and comment, be 

provided during recovery plan 

development. The Draft Recovery Plan 

for Hackelia venusta (Showy Stickseed) 

was available for public comment from 

March 13 through May 12, 2006 (71 FR 

12711). All information presented 

during the public comment period has 

been considered prior to approval of 

this final recovery plan, and is 

summarized in an appendix to the 

recovery plan. Some substantive 

technical comments resulted in changes 

to the recovery plan. Some substantive 

comments regarding recovery plan 

implementation did not result in 

changes to the recovery plan, but were 

forwarded to appropriate Federal or 

other entities so that they can take these 

comments into account during the 

course of implementing recovery 

actions. Individual responses to 

comments were not provided. 

Hackelia venusta is an attractive 

perennial plant with showy white or 

blue-tinged flowers in the forget-me-not 

family (Boraginaceae). The species is a 

narrow endemic, being known from 

only 1 population of roughly 600 

individuals in Chelan County, 

Washington. It occurs primarily on 

Federal lands, but a very small portion 

of the population is on private lands. 

Within its limited range, Hackelia 

venusta is found in open areas of 

steeply sloping, highly unstable granitic 

sand and granite cliffs. The common 

feature to its habitat appears to be the 

relatively sparse cover of other vascular 

plants and low canopy cover. 

Hackelia venusta was listed as an 

endangered species in 2002 (67 FR 

5515). The major threats to Hackelia 

venusta include: collection and physical 

disturbance to the plants and habitat by 

humans; mass wasting (landslides); 

nonnative noxious weeds; competition 

and shading from native trees and 

shrubs due to fire suppression; some 

highway maintenance activities; and 

low seedling establishment. The small 

population size and limited geographic 

extent of the species exacerbates all of 

these threats, and renders Hackelia 

venusta highly vulnerable to extirpation 

or extinction from either human-caused 

or random natural events. 

The objective of the recovery plan is 

to reduce the threats to Hackelia 

venusta sufficient to accomplish 

increases in population size and 

geographic distribution across its 

estimated historical range so that the 

species is no longer in danger of 

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extinction. The first step in the recovery 

strategy for the species is to protect and 

stabilize the existing population. This 

includes management to maintain an 

open habitat; noxious weed control; 

minimizing the damage of collection 

and trampling within the population; 

seed collection and long-term seed 

banking to protect the genetic resources 

of the species; and the development and 

implementation of management plans. 

In addition, to reduce the potential for 

extinction due to loss of the single 

population, recovery actions will likely 

require establishing additional 

populations within the estimated 

historical range of the species. 

The recovery of Hackelia venusta is 

complicated by the very small size and 

limited distribution of the single 

population, as well as by the extreme 

instability of the habitat where it occurs. 

Monitoring activities have the potential 

to destabilize the habitat and damage or 

even kill plants, particularly young 

germinants; therefore the need for 

monitoring and data collection must be 

carefully weighed against the possible 

negative impacts of such actions. 

Authority 

The authority for this action is section 

4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16 

U.S.C. 1533(f). 

Dated: November 15, 2007. 

Ren Lohoefener, 

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

Wildlife Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AA–6676–F, AA–6676–J, AA–6676–L, AA–

6676–A2; AK–964–1410–HY–P] 

Alaska Native Claims Selection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of decision approving 

lands for conveyance. 

SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 

2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an 

appealable decision approving lands for 

conveyance pursuant to the Alaska 

Native Claims Settlement Act will be 

issued to Koliganek Natives Limited. 

The lands are in the vicinity of 

Koliganek, Alaska, and are located in: 

Seward Meridian, Alaska 

T. 5 S., R. 45 W., Secs. 30, 31, and 34. 

Containing approximately 1,283 acres. 

T. 5 S., R. 46 W., Secs. 21 and 25. 

Containing 1,260.86 acres. 

T. 3 S., R. 48 W., Sec. 33. 

Containing approximately 18 acres. 

T. 5 S., R. 48 W., Secs. 16 and 17. 

Containing 776.00 acres. 

T. 5 S., R. 49 W., Secs. 7, 8, 17, and 18. 

Containing 2,487.92 acres. 

Aggregating approximately 5,826 acres. 

The subsurface estate in these lands will be 

conveyed to Bristol Bay Native Corporation 

when the surface estate is conveyed to 

Koliganek Natives Limited. Notice of the 

decision will also be published four times in 

the Bristol Bay Times. 

DATES: The time limits for filing an 

appeal are: 

1. Any party claiming a property 

interest which is adversely affected by 

the decision shall have until January 11, 

2008 to file an appeal. 

2. Parties receiving service of the 

decision by certified mail shall have 30 

days from the date of receipt to file an 

appeal. 

Parties who do not file an appeal in 

accordance with the requirements of 43 

CFR part 4, subpart E, shall be deemed 

to have waived their rights. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may 

be obtained from: Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 222 

West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

Alaska 99513–7504. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: The 

Bureau of Land Management by phone 

at 907–271–5960, or by e-mail at 

ak.blm.conveyance@ak.blm.gov. Persons 

who use a telecommunication device 

(TTD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8330, 24 hours a day, seven days a 

week, to contact the Bureau of Land 

Management. 

Michael Bilancione, 

Land Transfer Resolution Specialist, Land 

Transfer Adjudication I. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Minerals Management Service 

MMS Information Collection Activities: 

1010–0082 (30 CFR 282), Submitted for 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service 

(MMS), Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of a reinstatement of an 

information collection (1010–0081). 

SUMMARY: To comply with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), we are notifying the public that 

we have submitted to OMB an 

information collection request (ICR) to 

renew approval of the paperwork 

requirements in the regulations under 

30 CFR 282, Operations in the Outer 

Continental Shelf for Minerals Other 

than Oil, Gas, and Sulphur. This notice 

also provides the public a second 

opportunity to comment on the 

paperwork burden of these regulatory 

requirements. 

DATES: Submit written comments by 

January 11, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

either by fax (202) 395–6566 or e-mail 

(OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov) directly 

to the Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, OMB, Attention: 

Desk Officer for the Department of the 

Interior (1010–0081). Mail or hand carry 

a copy of your comments to the 

Department of the Interior; Minerals 

Management Service; Attention: Cheryl 

Blundon; Mail Stop 4024; 381 Elden 

Street; Herndon, Virginia 20170–4817. If 

you wish to e-mail your comments to 

MMS, the address is: 

rules.comments@mms.gov. Reference 

Information Collection 1010–0081 in 

your subject line and mark your 

message for return receipt. Include your 

name and return address in your 

message text. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cheryl Blundon, Regulations and 

Standards Branch, (703) 787–1607. You 

may also contact Cheryl Blundon to 

obtain a copy, at no cost, of the 

regulations that require the subject 

collection of information. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: 30 CFR 282, Operations in the 

Outer Continental Shelf for Minerals 

Other than Oil, Gas, and Sulphur. 

OMB Control Number: 1010–0081. 

Abstract: The Outer Continental Shelf 

(OCS) Lands Act, as amended (43 U.S.C. 

1334 and 43 U.S.C. 1337(k)), authorizes 

the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) 

to implement regulations to grant to the 

qualified persons, offering the highest 

cash bonus on a basis of competitive 

bidding, leases of any mineral other 

than oil, gas, and sulphur. This applies 

to any area of the Outer Continental 

Shelf not then under lease for such 

mineral upon such royalty, rental, and 

other terms and conditions as the 

Secretary may prescribe at the time of 

offering the area for lease. This 

regulation governs mining operations 

within the OCS for minerals other than 

oil, gas and sulphur and establishes a 

comprehensive leasing and regulatory 

program for such minerals. These 

regulations have been designed to (1) 

recognize the differences between the 

OCS activities associated with oil, gas, 

and sulphur discovery and 

development, and those associated with 

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