2982 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 8 / Thursday, January 12, 1995 / Notices

prior to the official filing, the filing will

be stayed pending consideration of the

protest(s) and or appeal(s). A plat will

not be officially filed until after

disposition of protest(s) and or

appeal(s). These plats will be placed in

the open files of the Wyoming State

Office, Bureau of Land Management,

2515 Warren Ave., Cheyenne, Wyoming,

and will be available to the public as a

matter of information only. Copies of

the plats will be made available upon

request and prepayment of the

reproduction fee of $1.10 per copy.

A person or party who wishes to

protest a survey must file with State

Director, Bureau of Land Management,

Cheyenne, Wyoming, a notice of protest

prior to thirty (30) calendar days from

the date of this publication. If the

protest notice did not include a

statement of reasons for the protest, the

protestant shall file such a statement

with the State Director within thirty (30)

calendar days after the notice of protest

was filed.

The above-listed plats represent

dependent resurveys, subdivision of

sections and metes and bounds surveys.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box

1828, 2515 Warren Avenue, Cheyenne,

Wyoming 82003.

Dated: January 4, 1995.

John P. Lee,

Chief, Branch of Cadastral Survey.

[FR Doc. 95–778 Filed 1–11–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–22–M

Fish and Wildlife Service

Ruffe Control Program; Environmental

Assessment and Benefits and Cost

Analysis

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability

and request for comments.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of the proposed Ruffe

Control Program, a draft Environmental

Assessment of the proposed Ruffe

Control Program, and a Benefits and

Costs of the Ruffe Control Program for

public review and comment. Public

meetings to explain the proposed Ruffe

Control Program and to take comments

will be held in several areas of the Great

Lakes where ruffe are of particular

concern. Public meetings will be

scheduled for: Duluth, MN; Chicago, IL;

and, Buffalo, NY. The public meetings

will be announced when the locations

and dates are firmly established.

The proposed Ruffe Control Program

and the accompanying Environmental

Assessment were prepared by the Ruffe

Control Committee of the Aquatic

Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force as

required by Section 1202 of the

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance

Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (P.L.

101–464, Act). Comments received will

be considered in preparing the final

Ruffe Control Program that will become

the basis for Federal participation in

cooperative responses with State,

Tribes, and local resource agencies to

control ruffe.

DATES: Comments on the proposed Ruffe

Control Program, Environmental

Assessment, and Benefits and Cost

Analysis should be received by March

13, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written responses and

requests for copies of the documents

should be mailed to: Jay Troxel, ANS

Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (ARLSQ 820), 1849 C Street,

Washington, D.C. 20240. Specific

questions regarding the Ruffe Control

Program and related documents should

be directed to: Thomas Busiahn, U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Supervisor,

Ashland Fishery Resources Office,

Ashland, Wisconsin 54806, telephone

(715) 682–6186.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay

Troxel, ANS Coordinator, at (703) 358–

1718.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ANS

Task Force was established to

coordinate implementation of the

Nonindigenous Act and is co-chaired by

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and

the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration. The proposed Ruffe

Control Program and related documents

were developed by the Ruffe Control

Committee of the ANS Task Force. The

Ruffe Control Program presents the

goals and objectives of ruffe control, the

requisites to the Program, the

uncertainties regarding the proposed

control efforts, and the conditions for

revaluating or terminating the Program.

The Ruffe Control Program emphasizes

range reduction, ballast water

management, population investigation,

surveillance, predator evaluation, and

education. All the objectives must be

met if control is to be successful.

The Ruffe Control Committee has

prepared a draft Environmental

Assessment on the proposed Ruffe

Control Program. Taking into

consideration comments on the

proposed Ruffe Control Program and the

Environmental Assessment, a

determination will be made whether

approval of the Program is a major

Federal action significantly affecting the

quality of the human environment

within the meaning of section 102(20)(c)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969. The Ruffe Control

Committee also developed the Benefits

and Costs Analysis of the Ruffe Control

Program. The purpose is to evaluate the

cost-effectiveness of alternate control

strategies as well as the cost/benefit of

taking action versus no action.

Dated: January 6, 1995.

Gary Edwards,

Co-Chair, ANS Task Force, Assistant

Director—Fisheries.

[FR Doc. 95–694 Filed 1–11–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

Geological Survey

Application Notice Establishing the

Closing Date for Transmittal of

Applications Under the National

Earthquake Hazards Reduction

Program (NEHRP) for Fiscal Year (FY)

1996

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Applications are invited for

research projects under the NEHRP.

Authority for this program is

contained in the Earthquake Hazards

Reduction Act of 1977, Public Law 95–

124 (42 U.S.C. 7701, et. seq.).

The purpose of this program is to

support research in earthquake hazards

prediction to provide earth-science data

and information essential to mitigate

earthquake damage.

Applications may be submitted by

educational institutions, private firms,

private foundations, individuals, and

agencies of State and local governments.

The NEHRP supports research related

to the following general areas of interest:

I. Understanding the earthquake source:

Determine the physical properties and

mechanical behavior of active crustal

fault zones and their surroundings; and

develop quantitative models of the

physics of earthquake processes. II.

Evaluating earthquake potential:

Determine the geological and

geophysical setting and characteristics

of seismically active regions; determine

the occurrence, distribution and source

properties of earthquakes, and relate

seismicity to geologic structures and

tectonic processes; determine the nature

and rates of crustal deformation;

characterize the earthquake potential of

the United States on a regional and

national basis; identify active faults,

define their geometry, and determine

the characteristics and dates of past

earthquakes; conduct research to

facilitate long-term probabilistic

forecasts of the likelihood of large

earthquakes on active fault; conduct