12968 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 46 / Thursday, March 9, 1995 / Notices

Workshops Hearings

Alturas, CA, City Hall, 200 North Street ....................................................................... Monday, 3/13/95, 6 p.m ..... Monday, 4/17/95, 6 p.m.

Susanville, CA, Monticola Club, 140 S. Lassen St ...................................................... Tuesday, 3/14/95, 6 p.m .... Tuesday, 4/18/95, 6 p.m.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: This

Federal Notice of Availability of Draft

EIR/S is issued by the District Manager,

Bureau of Land Management, 705 Hall

Street, Susanville, California 96130. For

further information write to the District

Manager or call Peter Humm, BLM

Project Manager, at (916) 257–0456.

Dated: February 28, 1995.

Herrick E. Hanks,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 95–5694 Filed 3–8–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–M

Bureau of Land Management

[WY–040–05–1310–01]

Texaco’s Stagecoach Draw Unit;

Wyoming; Availability of Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft

environmental impact statement (EIS).

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) announces the

availability of Texaco’s Stagecoach

Draw Draft EIS analyzing the

environmental consequences of a

proposed natural gas development and

production operation in the Stagecoach

Draw Unit approximately 7 miles

southwest of Farson, Wyoming,

Sweetwater County. The project area

encompasses 23,575 acres within

portions of Townships 22, 23, and 24

north, ranges 107 and 108 North.

DATES: Comments on the Draft EIS will

be accepted for 45 days following the

date that the Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) publishes their Notice of

Availability in the Federal Register. The

EPA notice is expected to be published

on March 10, 1995. There are presently

no plans to hold a public hearing on the

Texaco Stagecoach Draw Unit Draft EIS

because of apparent lack of substantial

environmental controversy concerning

the proposed project. Reviewers are

encouraged to visit the local BLM

offices in Cheyenne and Rock Springs,

Wyoming and talk with the Managers

about any concerns. If enough people

indicate a desire to testify by returning

the tear-out sheet provided in the Draft

EIS, a public hearing(s) will be

scheduled. Information on the

hearing(s) will be published in state and

local newspapers and other media

sources, and direct mailing to the

recipients of the Draft EIS to give the

public enough notice.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the Draft EIS

should be sent to Bureau of Land

Management, Bill McMahan (Project

Coordinator), P.O. Box 1869, Rock

Springs, WY 82902–1869.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft

EIS analyzes a proposed action, one

development alternative, and the no

action alternative. Texaco USA proposes

to develop a 23,575 acre natural gas

field by drilling 72 wells on an average

spacing of 320 acres over the next 6 to

10 years. Texaco’s plans and drilling

schedules would be contingent upon

both an increased demand for natural

gas supplies in response to the Clean

Air Act amendments of 1990 and an

adequate price for the gas at the

wellhead. The Draft EIS describes the

physical, biological, cultural, historic,

and socioeconomic resources in and

surrounding the project area. The focus

for impact analysis was based upon

resource issues and concerns identified

during the public scoping. Potential

impacts of concern from development

were to antelope migrations and crucial

winter range; sage grouse and raptor

breeding and nesting; sediment

increases to the Big Sandy River;

groundwater contamination; Oregon,

Mormon Pioneer, Pony Express, and

California Historic Trails condition and

viewshed; changes in livestock and wild

horse management; and cumulative

effects. The Draft EIS, in compliance

with Section 7(c) of the Endangered

Species Act (as amended), includes the

Biological Assessment for the purpose

of identifying any endangered or

threatened species which are likely to

be affected by the proposed action.

Dated: March 2, 1995.

Alan L. Kesterke,

Associate State Director.

[FR Doc. 95–5765 Filed 3–8–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–22–M

[ID–015–05–1430–01; IDI–30841]

Notice of Realty Action, Sale of Public

Lands in Owyhee County, Idaho

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Sale of public lands in Owyhee

County.

SUMMARY: The following-described

public land has been examined and

through the public-supported land use

planning process has been determined

to be suitable for disposal by direct sale

pursuant to Section 203 of the Federal

Land Policy and Management Act of

1976 at no less than appraised fair

market value. The lands will not be

offered for sale until at least 60 days

after the date of publication of this

notice in the Federal Register.

Boise Meridian, Idaho

T. 5 S., R. 3 W.,

Sec. 6: Lot 70.

The area described contains .06 acres, more

or less.

DATES: Upon publication of this notice

in the Federal Register, the land

described above will be segregated from

appropriation under the public land

laws, including the mining laws, except

the sale provision of the Federal Land

Policy and Management Act. The

segregative effect will end upon

issuance of patent or 270 days from the

date of publication, whichever occurs

first.

ADDRESSES: Boise District Office, 3948

Development Avenue, Boise, Idaho

83705.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kelley Moore, Land Law Examiner, at

the address shown above or (208) 384–

3452.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This land

is being offered by direct sale to

Kenneth M. and Linda R. Jantz, and Erik

A. Jantz, of Elkhorn, Nebraska, the

current building owners, at fair market

value in order to give the Silver City

community a more permanent character

and the building owners a tenure

interest in the land on which the

building is located. Selling this parcel to

the building owners will provide

incentive to maintain the building in the

historical nature in which it was built,

thus maintaining a valuable part of our
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early history in this historic mining

district.

For a period of 45 days from the date

of publication of this notice in the

Federal Register, interested parties may

submit comments to the District

Manager, Boise District, at the above

address. Any adverse comments will be

reviewed by the District Manager, who

may vacate or modify this realty action

to accommodate the protest. If the

protest is not accommodated, the

comments are subject to review of the

State Director, who may sustain, vacate,

or modify this realty action. In the

absence of any adverse comments, this

realty action will become the final

determination of the Department of the

Interior.

The reservations, terms and

conditions of this sale are as follows:

1. A right-of-way thereon for ditches

or canals constructed by the authority of

the United States under the Act of

August 30, 1890, (43 U.S.C. 945).

2. All mineral deposits in the lands so

patented pursuant to the Act of October

21, 1976, (90 Stat. 2757; 43 U.S.C. 1719),

and to it, or persons authorized by it the

right to prospect, mine and remove such

deposits from the same under applicable

law and such regulations as the

Secretary of the Interior may prescribe.

3. Excepting and reserving to the

public a right-of-way for existing roads

over the lot for public access.

4. The patent will be subject to Silver

City Zoning Ordinance No. 88–03, dated

October 11, 1988.

Dated: March 1, 1995.

J. David Brunner,

Ecosystem Manager.

[FR Doc. 95–5764 Filed 3–8–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–GG–P

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Receipt of Applications for

Permit

The following applicants have

applied for a permit to conduct certain

activities with endangered species. This

notice is provided pursuant to Section

10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et

seq.):

PRT–799196

Applicant: Patricia Wainright, New

Brunswick, NJ.

The applicant request a permit to

import dropped feathers and blood

taken from captive Cuban parrots

(Amazona leucocephala) in Cuba for the

purpose of the survival of the species

through scientific research.

PRT–799556

Applicant: Charles Whitlow, Nunica, MI.

The applicant requests a permit to

import the sport-hunted trophy of one

male bontebok (Damaliscus dorcas

dorcas) culled from the captive herd

maintained by J.B. Pohl, Shenfield,

Grahamstown, Riebeek East, Republic of

South Africa, for the purpose of

enhancement of the survival of the

species.

Written data or comments should be

submitted to the Director, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Office of Management

Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,

Room 420(c), Arlington, Virginia 22203

and must be received by the Director

within 30 days of the date of this

publication.

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, by any

party who submits a written request for

a copy of such documents to the

following office within 30 days of the

date of publication of this notice: U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of

Management Authority, 4401 North

Fairfax Drive, Room 420(c), Arlington,

Virginia 22203. Phone: (703/358–2104);

FAX: (703/358–2281).

Dated: March 3, 1995.

Caroline Anderson,

Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of

Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 95–5708 Filed 3–8–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

Withdrawal of Proposed Guidelines on

African Elephant Sport-hunted Trophy

Permits

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of withdrawal of

proposed guidelines.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) announces the withdrawal of

the proposed guidelines for the issuance

of Scientific Authority advice on permit

applications under the Convention on

International Trade in Endangered

Species on Wild Fauna and Flora

(CITES) for the import of sport-hunted

African elephant trophies.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

At the seventh meeting of the CITES

Conference of the Parties, held on

October 9–20, 1989, the Party nations

voted to transfer the African elephant

from Appendix II to Appendix I, and

this action became effective on January

18, 1990. As a result of this action,

Appendix I import permits for the

importation of the sport-hunted African

elephant trophies are required under

CITES.

Under CITES, Appendix I import

permits can be issued if the Scientific

Authority of the importing country has

advised the Management Authority of

the importing country that the import

will be for purposes not detrimental to

the survival of the species. Additional

guidance for issuance of such advice

was provided by CITES resolution Conf.

2.11 on ‘‘Trade in Hunting Trophies of

Species Listed in Appendix I,’’ which

had been adopted at the second meeting

of the Conference of the Parties in 1979.

Paragraph c of that resolution called for

the Scientific Authority to conduct a

‘‘comprehensive examination

concerning the question of whether the

importation is serving a purpose which

is not detrimental to the survival of the

species,’’ including whether the killing

of the animals whose trophies are

intended for import would enhance the

survival of the species.

In reviewing permit applications for

the importation of sport-hunted African

elephant trophies, the Service believes

that the populations to be hunted

should be of sufficient size and stability

to allow for the projected off-take and

that the country’s management and

enforcement authorities should have the

ability to ensure adequate management

of the species. In addition, the Service

has considered whether the activity

associated with the importation would

enhance the survival of the elephant.

For these reasons, the Service developed

internal guidelines that described all of

the factors that might be considered in

issuing a Scientific Authority advice,

especially if the expected off-take

approached the maximum allowable to

sustain a population. One aspect of the

guidelines called for clear evidence that

the sport hunting activities enhance the

survival of the species.

In response to the Service’s use of

these guidelines, Safari Club

International filed suit challenging the

procedure and substantive adequacy of

the guidelines, see Safari Club

International v. Lujan, Civ. No. 91–2523

(D.D.C., filed Oct. 8, 1991). As a

consequence, the Service voluntarily

sought public review and comments on

its guidelines through a February 9,

1993, Federal Register notice of

proposed guidelines (58 FR 7813).

The U.S. Scientific Authority has

issued general ‘‘non-detriment’’ advices

covering African elephant trophies

lawfully taken in South Africa and

Zimbabwe and has issued ‘‘nondetriment’’ advices for trophies taken in