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homeless, (2) its intention to declare the

property excess to the agency’s needs, or

(3) a statement of the reasons that the

property cannot be declared excess or

made available for use as facilities to

assist the homeless.

Properties listed as suitable/available

will be available exclusively for

homeless use for a period of 60 days

from the date of this Notice. Homeless

assistance providers interested in any

such property should send a written

expression of interest to HHS, addressed

to Brian Rooney, Division of Health

Facilities Planning, U.S. Public Health

Service, HHS, room 17A–10, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857;

(301) 443–2265. (This is not a toll-free

number.) HHS will mail to the

interested provider an application

packet, which will include instructions

for completing the application. In order

to maximize the opportunity to utilize a

suitable property, providers should

submit their written expressions of

interest as soon as possible. For

complete details concerning the

processing of applications, the reader is

encouraged to refer to the interim rule

governing this program, 56 FR 24789

(May 24, 1991).

For properties listed as suitable/to be

excess, that property may, if

subsequently accepted as excess by

GSA, be made available for use by the

homeless in accordance with applicable

law, subject to screening for other

Federal use. At the appropriate time,

HUD will publish the property in a

Notice showing it as either suitable/

available or suitable/unavailable.

For properties listed as suitable/

unavailable, the landholding agency has

decided that the property cannot be

declared excess or made available for

use to assist the homeless, and the

property will not be available.

Properties listed as unsuitable will

not be made available for any other

purpose for 20 days from the date of this

Notice. Homeless assistance providers

interested in a review by HUD of the

determination of unsuitability should

call the toll free information line at 1–

800–927–7588 for detailed instructions

or write a letter to Mark Johnston at the

address listed at the beginning of this

Notice. Included in the request for

review should be the property address

(including zip code), the date of

publication in the Federal Register, the

landholding agency, and the property

number.

For more information regarding

particular properties identified in this

Notice (i.e., acreage, floor plan, existing

sanitary facilities, exact street address),

providers should contact the

appropriate landholding agencies at the

following addresses: U.S. Army: Elaine

Sims, CECPW–FP, U.S. Army Center for

Public Works, 7701 Telegraph Road,

Alexandria, VA 22310–3862; (703) 355–

3475; Dept. of Energy: Tom Knox, Realty

Specialist, AD223.1, 1000 Independence

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585;

(202) 586–1191; (These are not toll-free

numbers).

Dated: December 1, 1995.

Jacquie M. Lawing,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic

Development.

Title V, Federal Surplus Property Program

Federal Register Report for 12/08/95

Suitable/Available Properties

Buildings (by State)

Virginia

Bristol U.S. Army Reserve Ctr.

100 Piedmont Avenue

Bristol Co: Washington VA 24201–

Landholding Agency: Army

Property Number: 219440317

Status: Underutilized

Comment: 13,460 sq. ft., 2-story plus

basement, brick structure, presence of

asbestos, needs some rehab. (Property was

published incorrectly on 10/13/95

Unsuitable Properties

Buildings (by State)

Connecticut

9 Bldgs.

Knolls Atomic Power Lab, Windsor Site

Windsor Co: Hartford CT 06095–

Landholding Agency: Energy

Property Number: 419540004

Status: Excess

Reason: Secured Area

Ohio

Fernald Env. Mgmt. Project

7400 Willey Road

Fernald Co: Hamilton OH 45030–

Landholding Agency: Energy

Property Number: 419540005

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Other

Comment: contamination

Mound—Guard Post

Mound Road

Miamisburg Co: Montgomery OH 45343–

Landholding Agency: Energy

Property Number: 419540006

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Within 2,000 ft. of flammable or

explosive material.

[FR Doc. 95–29803 Filed 12–7–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–29–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Extension of the Public Comment

Period—Availability of an

Environmental Assessment and

Receipt of an Application for a

Residental Project Called Pineda

Crossing/Windover Farms, Located in

Brevard County, FL

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of extension of the public

comment period.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service

gives notice that the pubilc comment

period on the environmental

assessment/habitat conservation plan

for the Pineda Crossing/Windover

Farms projects (Applicant) application

for an incidental take permit pursuant to

Section 10(a) of the Endangered Species

Act (Act) is being extended. The

Applicant has been assigned permit

number PRT–808474. The original 30-

day comment period was to end on/

about December 15, 1995 (FR 60:57247–

48). In the intervening period, the Fish

and Wildlife Service was forced to cease

operations due to the lapse in

Congressional appropriations during the

period of November 14 through 19. The

Fish and Wildlife Service was unable to

expeditiously respond to the public

requesting the documentation

announced in the original Federal

Register notice. The Fish and Wildlife

Service is therefore extending the formal

public comment period to allow

opportunity for public review and

submittal of comments.

DATES: The public comment period for

this proposal, which originally closed

on December 15, 1995, is now extended

until December 26, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review

the application, HCP, and EA may

obtain a copy by writing the Service’s

Southeast Regional Office, Atlanta,

Georgia. Documents will also be

available for public inspection by

appointment during normal business

hours at the Regional Office, or the

Jacksonville, Florida, Field Office.

Written data or comments concerning

the application, EA, or HCP should be

submitted to the Regional Office. Please

reference permit under PRT–808474 in

such comments.

Regional Permit Coordinator, U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century

Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, Georgia

30345, (telephone 404/679–7110, fax

404/679–7081).

Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, 6620 Southpoint Drive,
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South, Suite 310, Jacksonville, Florida

32216–0912, (telephone 904/232–

2580, fax 904/232–2404).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dawn Zattau at the Jacksonville,

Florida, Field Office, or Rick G. Gooch

at the Atlanta, Georgia, Regional Office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The redcockaded woodpecker (RCW) is a

territorial, non-migratory cooperative

breeding bird species. RCWs live in

social units called groups which

generally consist of a breeding pair, the

current year’s offspring, and one or

more helpers (normally adult male

offspring of the breeding pair from

previous years). Groups maintain yearround territories near their roost and

nest trees. The RCW is unique among

North American woodpeckers in that it

is the only woodpecker that excavates

its roost and nest cavities in living pine

trees. Each group member has its own

cavity, although there may be multiple

cavities in a single pine tree. The

aggregate of cavity trees used by a

breeding group is called a cluster. RCWs

forage almost exclusively on pine trees

and they generally prefer pines greater

than 10 inches diameter at breast height.

Foraging habitat is contiguous with the

cluster. The number of acres required to

supply adequate foraging habitat

depends on the quantity and quality of

the pine stems available.

The RCW is endemic to the pine

forests of the Southeastern United States

and was once widely distributed across

16 States. The species evolved in a

mature, fire-maintained, ecosystem. The

RCW has declined primarily due to the

conversion of mature pine forests to

young pine plantations, agricultural

fields, residential and commercial

developments, and to hardwood

encroachment in existing pine forests

due to fire suppression. The species is

still widely distributed (presently

occurs in 13 southeastern States), but

remaining populations are highly

fragmented and isolated. Presently, the

largest populations occur on federally

owned lands such as military

installations and national forests.

Continued development of the two

tracts may result in death of, or harm to,

any remaining RCWs through the loss of

nesting and foraging habitat. The

Service’s EA outlines two alternatives in

response to this application. The first

alternative is a no-action alternative,

which would result in the Service’s

denial of the request for incidental take.

The second alternative is to accept the

application as sufficient and issue an

incidental take permit. Under

Alternative 2, the applicants’ HCP

proposes to offset the anticipated level

of incidental take, by implementing the

following mitigation/minimization

measures, including providing adequate

funding to ensure their success:

1. For Pineda Crossing, temporary

restrictions on construction activities at the

project site will continue during the

proposed period of 3 to 5 years of

reproductive monitoring and translocations.

This will provide temporary foraging,

nesting, and roosting habitat. Construction

within RCW habitat will not occur until

translocations success is noted at the

mitigation site or for 3 years, whichever

comes first. If young birds are not available

for 3 years, the HCP period will be extended

to 5 years.

2. Three new cluster sites will be created

at the Hal Scott Preserve in Orange County.

Each cluster site will con-sist of three

completed cavities and two start holes. New

cavities will be caged and inspected for 6

months for sap leakage. Any trees leaking sap

will not be opened for use by RCW.

3. Annual monitoring of nesting and

roosting activity will be conducted at the

project sites. During nesting season, weekly

visits to occupied cavity trees will be

conducted.

4. At Windover Farms, the single male

RCW will be relocated to the newly created

clusters at Hal Scott Preserve, along with a

young female from Pineda Crossing (if

available), or from the Big Econlockhatchee

population, of which the RCWs occupying

Hal Scott are a part.

5. The young birds from Pineda Crossing

will be translocated to the newly created

clusters at Hal Scott Preserve. Weekly visits

will be conducted to the mitigation site once

a week for 1 month after translocation to

inspect the cavity and the surrounding area

for the presence of these birds. Checks of the

cluster sites will also be made four times

during the following nesting season to

monitor reproductive status and success.

6. Young birds from the surrounding

population in the Big Econ River area will be

used, if necessary, to augment these created

cluster sites during years of no reproduction

on the Pineda Crossing site.

7. At the mitigation site, inspections will

be conducted in the fall and winter to locate

the roost sites.

Dated: December 1, 1995.

Noreen K. Clough,

Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 95–29941 Filed 12–7–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

Availability of an Environmental

Assessment/Habitat Conservation Plan

and Receipt of Application for

Incidental Take Permit for

Construction and Operation of a

Residential and Commercial

Development in Wimberely, Hays

County, Texas

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Douglas J. Barclay (Applicant)

has applied to the Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service) for an incidental take

permit pursuant to section 10(a) of the

Endangered Species Act (Act). The

Applicant has been assigned permit

number PRT–808691. The requested

permit, which is for a period of 30 years,

would authorize the incidental take of

the endangered golden-cheeked warbler

(Dendroica chrysoparia). The proposed

take would occur as a result of the

construction and operation of 164 acres

of residential and commercial

development in Wimberely, Hays

County, Texas.

The Service has prepared the

Environmental Assessment/Habitat

Conservation Plan (EA/HCP) for the

incidental take applications. A

determination of jeopardy to the species

or a Finding of No Significant Impact

(FONSI) will not be made before 30 days

from the date of publication of this

notice. This notice is provided pursuant

to section 10(c) of the Act and National

Environmental Policy Act regulations

(40 CFR 1506.6).

DATES: Written comments on the

application should be received on or

before January 8, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review

the application and EA/HCP may obtain

a copy by contacting Joseph E. Johnston

or Sybil Vosler, Ecological Services

Field Office, 10711 Burnet Road, suite

200, Austin, Texas 78758 (512/490–

0063). Documents will be available for

public inspection during normal

business hours (9 to 4:30) U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Austin, Texas. Written

data or comments concerning the

application(s) and EA/HCPs should be

submitted to the Acting Field

Supervisor, Ecological Field Office,

Austin, Texas (see ADDRESS above).

Please refer to permit number PRT–

808691 when submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph E. Johnston or Sybil Vosler at the

above Austin Ecological Service Field

Office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 9

of the Act prohibits the ‘‘taking’’ of

endangered species such as the goldencheeked warbler. However, the Service,

under limited circumstances, may issue

permits to take endangered wildlife

species incidental to, and not the

purpose of, otherwise lawful activities.

Regulations governing permits for

endangered species are at 50 CFR 17.22.

APPLICANT: Douglas J. Barclay plans to

construct and operate residential and

commercial development on 164 acres

in Wimberely, Hays County, Texas. This

action will eliminate the habitat for one

to two pairs of golden-cheeked warblers.