8056 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 28 / Friday, February 10, 1995 / Notices

New York

Land

VA Medical Center

Property Number: 979010017

Fed Reg Date: 12/10/94

Project Name: VA Medical Center

Fort Hill Avenue

Canandaigua, NY, Co: Ontario, Zip: 14424–

Status: Underutilized

Reason: 13 acres/Canandaigua School Dist.,

14.5 acres landlocked.

Buildings

Bldg. 144, VAECC

Property Number: 979210004

Fed Reg Date: 12/10/94

Linden Blvd. and 179th St.

St. Albans, NY, Co: Queens, Zip: 11425–

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Construction in process.

Bldg. 143, VAECC

Property Number: 979210005

Fed Reg Date: 12/10/94

Linden Blvd. and 179th St.

St. Albans, NY, Co: Queens, Zip: 11425–

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Construction in process.

Bldgs. 142/146, VAECC

Property Number: 979210006

Fed Reg Date: 12/10/94

Linden Blvd. and 179th St.

St. Albans, NY, Co: Queens, Zip: 11425–

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Construction in process.

Pennsylvania

Land

VA Medical Center

Property Number: 979010016

Fed Reg Date: 12/10/94

Project Name: VA Medical Center

New Castle Road

Butler, PA, Co: Butler, Zip: 16001–

Status: Underutilized

Reason: Used as natural drainage for facility

property.

Land No. 645

Property Number: 979010080

Fed Reg Date: 12/10/94

Project Name: VA Medical Center

VA. Medical Center

Highland Drive

Pittsburgh, PA, Co: Alleghany, Zip: 15206–

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Property is essential to security and

safety of patients.

Land—34.16 acres

Property Number: 979340001

Fed Reg Date: 12/10/94

VA Medical Center

1400 Black Horse Hill Road

Coatesville, PA, Co: Chester, Zip: 19320–

Status: Underutilized

Reason: needed for mission related functions.

Buildings

Bldg. 2, VAMC

Property Number: 979230011

Fed Reg Date: 12/10/94

1700 South Lincoln Avenue

Lebanon, PA, Co: Lebanon, Zip: 17042–

Status: Underutilized

Reason: Construction projects in progress.

Bldg. 3, VAMC

Property Number: 979230012

Fed Reg Date: 12/10/94

1700 South Lincoln Avenue

Lebanon, PA, Co: Lebanon, Zip: 17042–

Status: Underutilized

Reason: Construction in progress.

Bldg. 103, VAMC

Property Number: 979230014

Fed Reg Date: 12/10/94

1700 South Lincoln Avenue

Lebanon, PA, Co: Lebanon, Zip: 17042–

Status: Underutilized

Reason: Construction in progress.

Wyoming

Buildings

Bldg. 13

Property Number: 979110001

Fed Reg Date: 12/10/94

Project Name: Medical Center

Medical Center

N.W. of town at the end of Fort Road

Sheridan, WY, Co: Sheridan, Zip: 82801–

Status: Unutilized

Reason: Planned for future use—currently

used for storage.

Bldg. 79

Property Number: 979110003

Fed Reg Date: 12/10/94

Project Name: Medical Center

Medical Center

N.W. of town at the end of Fort Road

Sheridan, WY, Co: Sheridan, Zip: 82801–

Status: Unutilized

Reason: VA uses as a filtration plant.

[FR Doc. 95–3203 Filed 2–9–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–29–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[MT–060–05–1610–00]

Availability of the Draft Sweet Grass

Hills Resource Management Plan

Amendment and Environmental Impact

Statement; Liberty and Toole Counties,

MT

AGENCY: Department of the Interior,

Bureau of Land Management.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the

Draft Sweet Grass Hills Resource

Management Plan Amendment and

Environmental Impact Statement.

SUMMARY: The draft Amendment and

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

addresses future management options

for land tenure adjustment, off-road

vehicle use, oil and gas leasing, and

locatable mineral development for lands

and minerals administered by the

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in

the Sweet Grass Hills in Toole and

Liberty Counties, Montana, and amends

the West HiLine Resource Management

Plan (1988 and 1992). This includes

approximately 7,717 surface acres,

19,765 acres of all mineral estate, and

1,644 acres of only oil and gas estate.

These lands are administered by the

BLM through the Great Falls Resource

Area. The draft preferred alternative and

three other alternatives have been

developed to provide management

options for the Sweet Grass Hills.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: Copies of the draft

Amendment/EIS will be available from

the Lewistown District Office, P.O. Box

1160, Lewistown, MT 59457–1160,

(406) 538–7461. Public reading copies

will be available for review at the

following BLM locations: Office of

External Affairs, Main Interior Building,

Room 5600, 18th and C Streets, NW.,

Washington, DC 20240; External Affairs

Office, Montana State Office, P.O. Box

36800, 222 North 32nd Street, Billings,

MT 59107; Lewistown District Office,

Airport Road, P.O. Box 1160,

Lewistown, MT 59457–1160; and Great

Falls Resource Area, 812 14th St. N.,

Great Falls, MT 59401.

Written comments on the draft

Amendment/EIS will be accepted for 90

days following the date the

Environmental Protection Agency

publishes the Notice of Filing of the

Draft in the Federal Register. Comments

can also be presented at four public

meetings to be held at: Shelby, MT,

Shelby High School Auditorium,

February 27, 1995, 7 p.m.; Browning,

MT, Browning High School Annex,

February 28, 1995, 7 p.m.; Chester, MT,

Chester High School Auditorium, March

1, 1995, 7 p.m.; and, Rocky Boy, MT,

Community Hall, March 2, 1995, 10 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the

document should be addressed to

Richard Hopkins, Area Manager, Great

Falls Resource Area, 812 14th St. N.,

Great Falls, MT 59401.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tad

Day, Team Lead, Great Falls Resource

Area, 812 14th St. N., Great Falls, MT

59401, (406) 727–0503.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In August

1993, the BLM segregated the Federal

mineral estate in the Sweet Grass Hills

for a two-year period which closed the

area to the location of new mining

claims until August 1995. The BLM also

began amending the West HiLine

Resource Management Plan to

reevaluate current management

decisions for the Sweet Grass Hills. The

amendment to the West HiLine

Resource Management Plan will provide

specific direction concerning locatable

mineral development and will

recommend whether some or all of the

area should be closed to mining claim

location. If the final amendment and

record of decision recommends closure,

the BLM would begin processing a 20-

year term withdrawal.
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 28 / Friday, February 10, 1995 / Notices 8057

Dated: February 7, 1995.

Gary Slagel,

Acting District Manager.

[FR Doc. 95–3505 Filed 2–9–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P

Fish and Wildlife Service

Availability of an Environmental

Assessment and Receipt of an

Application for an Incidental Take

Permit From Mr. Robert Farr, in

Baldwin County, AL

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Mr. Robert Farr (Applicant),

has applied to the Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service) for an incidental take

permit pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(B) of

the Endangered Species Act (Act). The

proposed permit would authorize for a

period of 30 years the incidental take of

an endangered species, the Alabama

beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus

ammobates), known to occupy lands

owned by the Applicant in Baldwin

County, Alabama. The Application

proposed to construct and use a single

family residence on less than 0.5 acres

of privately owned land, which is in the

Cabana Beach subdivision.

The Service also announces the

availability of an environmental

assessment (EA) and habitat

conservation plan (HCP) for the

incidental take application. Copies of

the EA or HCP may be obtained by

making requests to the addresses below.

The Service is soliciting data on

Peromyscus polionotus ammobates in

order to assist in the requirement of the

intra-Service consultation. This notice

also advices the public that the Service

has made a preliminary determination

that issuing the incidental take permit is

not a major Federal action significantly

affecting the quality of the human

environment within the meaning of

Section 102(2)(C) of the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as

amended. The Finding of No Significant

Impact is based on information

contained in the EA and HCP. The final

determination will be made no sooner

than 30 days from the date 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 permit

application, EA and HCP should be

received on or before March 13, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review

the application may obtain a copy by

writing the Service’s Southeast Regional

Office, Atlanta, Georgia. Persons

wishing to review the EA or HCP may

obtain a copy by writing the Regional

Office or the Jackson, Mississippi, Field

Office. Documents will also be available

for public inspection, by appointment,

during normal business hours at the

Regional Office, or the Field Office.

Written data or comments concerning

the application, EA, or HCP should be

submitted to the Regional Office. Please

reference permit under PRT–798697 in

such comments.

Regional Permit Coordinator (TE),

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875

Century Boulevard, Suite 210, Atlanta,

Georgia 30345, (telephone 404/679–

7110, FAX 404/679–7280).

Field Supervisor, U.S.Fish and

Wildlife Service, 6578 Dogwood View

Parkway, Suite A, Jackson, Mississippi

39213 (telephone 601/965–4900, FAX

601/965–4340).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Will McDearman at the above Jackson,

Mississippi, Field Office.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Alabama beach mouse (AMB),

Peromyscus polionotus ammobates, is a

subspecies of the common oldfield

mouse Peromyscus polionotus and is

restricted to the dune systems of the

Gulf Coast of Alabama. The know

current range of ABM extends from Fort

Morgan eastward to the western

terminus of Alabama Highway 182,

including the Perdue Unit on the Bon

Secour National Wildlife Refuge. The

sand dune systems inhabited by this

species are not uniform; several habitat

types are distinguishable. The species

inhabits primary dunes, interdune areas,

secondary dunes, and scrub dunes. The

depth and area of these habitats from

the beach inland varies. Population

surveys indicate that this subspecies is

usually more abundant in primary

dunes than in secondary dunes, and

usually more abundant in secondary

dunes than in scrub dunes. Optimal

habitat consists of dune systems with all

dune types. Though fewer ABM inhabit

scrub dunes, these high dunes can serve

as refugia during devastating hurricanes

that overwash, flood, and destroy or

alter secondary and frontal dunes. ABM

surveys have not been conducted on the

Applicant’s property. Suitable habitat in

the form of secondary and scrub dunes

exist on the Applicant’s property. These

habitats are likely to be occupied by

ABM. The Applicant’s property resides

in designated critical habitat for the

ABM. Construction of the single family

residence on about 0.1–0.2 acres of the

Applicant’s property may result in the

death of, or injury to, ABM. Habitat

alterations due to house placement and

its subsequent use may reduce available

habitat for food, shelter, and

reproduction.

The EA considers the environmental

consequences of three alternatives. The

proposed action alternative is the

issuance of the incidental take permit.

This provided for restrictions that

include house placement landward of

the frontal crest of the scrub dune line,

establishment of a walkover structure

across that scrub dune, a prohibition

against housing or keeping pet cats,

scavenger-proof garbage containers, no

landscaping, and the minimization and

control of outdoor lighting. The HCP

provides a funding source for these

mitigation measures.

Dated: February 3, 1995.

Jerome M. Butler,

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 95–3353 Filed 2–9–94; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

Availability of an Environmental

Assessment and Receipt of an

Application for an Incidental Take

Permit for a Project Called Cypress

Creek (Phase I), a Single Family

Residence Subdivision, in Brevard

County, FL

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: RNR Properties, Ltd.,

(Applicant), is seeking an incidental

take permit from the Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service), pursuant to Section

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

Act of 1973 (Act), as amended. The

permit would authorize the take of two

families of the threatened Florida scrub

jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens

coerulescens in Brevard County,

Florida, for a period of 10 years. The

proposed taking is incidental to

construction of 148 single family homes,

including the necessary infrastructure,

on approximately 225 acres (Project).

Within the Project, 28.7 acres are

occupied by Florida scrub jays and will

be permanently altered. The Project is

called Cypress Creek (Phase I), and it is

located on the mainland of Brevard

County, in the Town of Grant.

The Service also announces the

availability of an environmental

assessment (EA) and habitat

conservation plan (HCP) for the

incidental take application. Copies of

the EA or HCP may be obtained by

making a request to the Regional Office

address below. This notice also advises

the public that the Service has made a

preliminary determination that issuing

the incidental take permit is not a major