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Office, 3170 East Main, Canon City, CO

81212.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie

Howard, Area Manager at (719) 589–

4975.

Stuart L. Freer,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 95–9584 Filed 4–18–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–M

[NV–040–1990–01; M46–83–004P]

Bald Mountain Mine Expansion Project

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c)

of the National Environmental Policy

Act, notice is given that the Ely District

of the Bureau of Land Management has

prepared, by a third party contractor, a

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

on Placer Dome U.S. Bald Mountain

Mine Expansion Project in eastern

Nevada. This document is available for

public review for a 45 day period.

DATES AND ADDRESSES: Written

comments on the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement must be postmarked

by June 16, 1995.

Public meetings to receive oral and

written comments have been scheduled

for the dates and places listed below.

All meetings will begin at 7:00 p.m.

each evening.

• May 8, 1995—at the Ely Bureau of

Land Management District Office, 702

Industrial Way, Ely, NV 89301.

• May 9, 1995—Stockman’s Motor

Hotel, 340 Commercial St., Elko, Nevada

89803.

• May 10, 1995—Sands Regency

Hotel Casino, 345 N. Arlington Ave.,

Reno, Nevada 89501.

• A copy of the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement can be obtained from:

Bureau of Land Management, Ely

District Office, ATTN: Dan Netcher,

Project Leader, HC 33 Box 33500, Ely,

NV 89301.

• The Draft Environmental Impact

Statement is available for inspection at

the following additional locations:

Bureau of Land Management, Nevada

State Office, 850 Harvard Way, Reno,

NV 89520; Eureka, White Pine and Elko

County Libraries; and the University of

Nevada libraries in Reno and Las Vegas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dan Netcher, Project Leader at the above

Ely District Office address or telephone

(702) 289–1800.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

analyzes the potential environmental

impacts that could result from the

expansion of the current gold mining

operations at Bald Mountain Mine and

development of the Horseshoe/Galaxy

Mine (Proposed Action) and reasonable

alternatives. Alternatives analyzed

consist of: (1) no action; (2) haul road

design; (3) waste rock dump

configurations; and (4) reclamation

options. The project would involve

construction and operation of a new

mine at Horseshoe/Galaxy with open

pits, crushing facilities, waste dumps,

conventional heap leaching facilities

and several ancillary facilities. The Bald

Mountain Mine expansion would

consist of modification of the processing

circuit with a wet crushing circuit that

would produce a split flow of ore, and

the processing facility would consist of

both heap leaching and carbon-in-leach

facilities with associated tailings. The

Bald Mountain Mine expansion would

also consist of expansion of the current

Top Pit and development of the Sage Pit

with corresponding waste rock dumps.

Dated: April 4, 1995.

Ann J. Morgan,

State Director, Nevada.

[FR Doc. 95–9621 Filed 4–18–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–M

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered and Threatened Species

Permit Application

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

Availability of an Environmental

Assessment and Receipt of an

Application for an Incidental Take

Permit for the City of Waterford,

Stanislaus County, California.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that the City of Waterford (City) has

applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service) for an incidental take

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

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (Act). The application has

been assigned permit number 801047.

The proposed permit would authorize

the incidental take of the threatened

valley elderberry longhorn beetle

(Desmocerus californicus

dimorphis)(VELB) and/or loss of its

habitat during the expansion of the

city’s wastewater treatment facility

(WWTF).

The Service also announces the

availability of an environmental

assessment (EA) for the incidental take

permit application, the proposed habitat

conservation plan fully describing the

proposed project and mitigation, and

the accompanying implementing

agreement. 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 and EA should be received

on or before May 19, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding the

application or adequacy of the EA

should be addressed to Mr. Joel Medlin,

Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Sacramento Field Office, 2800

Cottage Way, Room E–1823,

Sacramento, California 95825. Please

refer to permit number 801047 when

submitting comments. Individuals

wishing copies of the application or EA

for review should immediately contact

the above office at (916) 979–2725.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Michael Horton, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Sacramento Field Office, 2800

Cottage Way, Room E–1823,

Sacramento, California 95825 (916–979–

2725).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Under Section 9 of the Act, and its

implementing regulations, taking of the

VELB, a threatened species, is

prohibited. However, the Service, under

limited circumstances, may issue

permits to take threatened species

incidental to, and not the purpose of,

otherwise lawful activities. Regulations

governing permits for threatened species

are promulgated at 50 CFR 17.32.

The City of Waterford proposes to

expand their WWTF along the

Tuolumne River in Eastern Stanislaus

County, California. As a result of

construction activities related to the

proposed project, 18 valley elderberry

bushes (Sambucus mexicana) with 149

individual stems 1 inch or greater in

diameter will be destroyed resulting in

the incidental taking of VELB. This

destruction will be mitigated through

the replacement planting and

permanent protection of 894 elderberry

bush seedlings on approximately 3.9

acres in the immediate area. The City

has committed to achieving a 90 percent

elderberry plant survival rate at the end

of the ten-year monitoring period. The

associated native species also will be

planted. The City has made sufficient

funds available to implement all steps of

the mitigation and monitoring plan.

The EA considers a no action

alternative. This alternative would not

involve the removal of elderberry

bushes and consequently would not

affect the VELB. Under the no action

alternative the City’s WWTF would

continue to experience ‘‘surges’’ in the

flow volume due to municipal storm
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water inundation. This alternative was

rejected by the City for a number of

reasons. First, the current system is

antiquated, in need of major renovations

and near capacity. Second, continued

use of the existing WWTF will likely

cause discharge of effluent into the

Tuolumne River, one of the nation’s

waterways. Third, the City anticipates

changes in rules and regulations

governed by the California Water

Quality Control Board concerning small

City WWTF’s that will require the type

of expansion contemplated by the City’s

proposed plan.

Dated: April 13, 1995.

Thomas Dwyer,

Deputy Regional Director, Region 1, Portland,

Oregon.

[FR Doc. 95–9620 Filed 4–18–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

Receipt of Application(s) for Permit

The following applicant(s) 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–800923

Applicant: Mr. Philip C. Rosen, University

of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

The applicant requests a permit to

take several endangered and threatened

fish species that occur within waters in

Arizona for the purpose of scientific

research and enhancement of

propagation and survival of the species

as prescribed by Service recovery

documents.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments

should be submitted to the Assistant

Regional Director, Ecological Services,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box

1306, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103,

and must be received by the Assistant

Regional Director within 30 days from

the date of this publication.

Documents and other information

submitted with this application 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 above

office within 30 days of the date of

publication of this notice. (See

ADDRESSES above).

James A. Young,

Acting Regional Director, Region 2,

Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

COOPERATION AGENCY

Overseas Private Investment

Corporation

Agency Report Form Under OMB

Review

AGENCY: Overseas Private Investment

Corporation, IDCA.

ACTION: Request for comments.

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35), agencies are required to

submit information collection requests

to OMB for review and approval, and to

publish a notice in the Federal Register

notifying the public that the Agency has

made such a submission. The proposed

form under review is summarized

below.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before May 3, 1995. If you anticipate

commenting on the form but find that

time to prepare will prevent you from

submitting comments promptly, you

should advise the OMB Reviewer and

the Agency Submitting Officer of your

intent as early as possible.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the subject form

and the request for review submitted to

OMB may be obtained from the Agency

Submitting Officer. Comments on the

form should be submitted to the Agency

Submitting Officer and the OMB

Reviewer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

OPIC Agency Submitting Officer: Lena

Paulson, Manager, Information

Center, Overseas Private Investment

Corporation, 1100 New York Avenue

NW., Washington, D.C. 20527; (202)

336–8565.

OMB Reviewer: Jeff Hill, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

New Executive Office Building,

Docket Library, Room 3201,

Washington, D.C. 20503; (202) 395–

7340.

SUMMARY OF FORM UNDER REVIEW:

Type of Request: Extension.

Title: Preliminary Application for

Financing.

Form Number: OPIC 115.

Frequency of Use: Once per project

sponsor per project.

Type of Respondents: Business or other

institutions.

Standard Industrial Classification

Codes: All.

Description of Affected Public: U.S.

companies investing overseas.

Reporting Hours: 2 hours per

application.

Number of Responses: 300 per year.

Federal Cost: $9,216.00 per year.

Authority for Information Collection:

Sections 231 and 234 (b) and (c) of the

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as

amended.

Abstract (Needs and Uses): This

application is sent to U.S. companies

requesting information concerning

OPIC’s finance program. The

information provided by these

companies is reviewed by OPIC

finance officers to determine the

soundness of the proposed project

and the applicant’s qualification for

receiving OPIC financial assistance.

Dated: April 11, 1995.

James R. Offutt,

Assistant General Counsel, Department of

Legal Affairs.

[FR Doc. 95–9583 Filed 4–18–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3210–01–M

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COMMISSION

Agency Form Submitted for OMB

Review

AGENCY: United States International

Trade Commission.

ACTION: In accordance with the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1980 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the

Commission has submitted a proposal

for the collection of information to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review.

PURPOSE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION:

The proposed information collection is

for use by the Commission in

connection with investigation No. 332–

135 for the quarterly preliminary report

on U.S. production of selected synthetic

organic chemicals, instituted under the

authority of section 332(g) of the Tariff

Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)).

Summary of Proposal

(1) Number of forms submitted: One.

(2) Title of form: Preliminary Report on

U.S. Production of Selected Synthetic

Organic Chemicals (Including

Synthetic Plastics and Resins

materials).

(3) Type of request: Reinstatement.

(4) Frequency of use: Quarterly.

(5) Description of respondents: Firms

manufacturing selected synthetic

organic chemicals in the United

States.

(6) Estimated number of respondents:

233.

(7) Estimated total number of hours to

annually complete the forms: 932.

(8) Confidentiality: Information obtained

from the form that qualifies as

confidential business information will

be so treated by the Commission and