Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 76 / Thursday, April 20, 1995 / Notices 19765

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: Steven G. Madere (Permit

Number PRT–799859) plans to construct

a single-family residence on Lot 22,

Block H, Long Canyon Phase IIA

Subdivision, a k a 9000 Bell Mountain

Drive. This action will eliminate less

than one half acre of land and indirectly

impact less than one half additional acre

of golden-cheeked warbler habitat. The

applicant proposes to compensate for

this incidental take of golden-cheeked

warbler habitat by placing $1,500 into

the City of Austin Balcones

Canyonlands Conservation Fund to

acquire/manage lands for the

conservation of the golden-cheeked

warbler.

Applicant: Cecil Eugene Ethridge and

Doug Van Skyock (Permit Number PRT–

799946) plan to construct a singlefamily residence on Lot 44 on Mountain

Trail, Comanche Trail #3 Resubdivision.

This action will eliminate less than one

half acre of land and indirectly impact

less than one half additional acre of

golden-cheeked warbler habitat. The

applicant proposes to compensate for

this incidental take of golden-cheeked

warbler habitat by placing $1,500 into

the City of Austin Balcones

Canyonlands Conservation Fund to

acquire/manage lands for the

conservation of the golden-cheeked

warbler.

Applicant: Steven I. Adler (Permit

Number PRT–800130) plans to construct

a single-family residence on Lot 12 on

Wildwind Point, Westlake Highlands

Section 5, Phase 2, Revised Subdivision.

This action will eliminate less than one

half acre of land and indirectly impact

less than one additional acre of goldencheeked warbler habitat. The applicant

proposes to compensate for this

incidental take of golden-cheeked

warbler habitat by placing $1,500 into

the City of Austin Balcones

Canyonlands Conservation Fund to

acquire/manage lands for the

conservation of the golden-cheeked

warbler.

Applicant: Richard S. Baggett (Permit

Number PRT–800131) plans to construct

a single-family residence on Lot 2, Block

L, Long canyon, Phase IIB, a k a 9611

Bell Mountain Drive. This action will

eliminate less than one half acre of land

and indirectly impact less than one

additional acre of golden-cheeked

warbler habitat. The applicant proposes

to compensate for this incidental take of

golden-cheeked warbler habitat by

placing $1,500 into the City of Austin

Balcones Canyonlands Conservation

Fund to acquire/manage lands for the

conservation of the golden-cheeked

warbler.

Applicant: Mr. and Mrs. Larry

Michael Beasley (Permit Number PRT–

800080) plan to construct a singlefamily residence on Lot 4 on Lime Creek

Road, Lake Travis Subdivision No. 2.

This action will eliminate less than one

half acre of land and indirectly impact

less than one additional acre of goldencheeked warbler habitat. The applicant

proposes to compensate for this

incidental take of golden-cheeked

warbler habitat by placing $1,500 into

the City of Austin Balcones

Canyonlands Conservation Fund to

acquire/manage lands for the

conservation of the golden-cheeked

warbler.

Alternatives to these actions were

rejected by the Applicant(s) because

selling or not developing the

individually owned subject property

with federally listed species present was

not economically feasible.

Lynn B. Starnes,

Acting Regional Director, Region 2,

Albuquerque, New Mexico.

[FR Doc. 95–9767 Filed 4–19–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–55–M

Minerals Management Service

[DES 95–17]

Outer Continental Shelf, Gulf of Mexico

Region, Proposed Central and Western

Gulf Sales 157 and 161

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the draft

environmental impact statement and

intent to hold public hearings regarding

proposed central and western Gulf of

Mexico sales 157 and 161.

The Minerals Management Service

has prepared a draft environmental

impact statement (EIS) relating to

proposed 1996 Outer Continental Shelf

(OCS) oil and gas lease sales in the

Central and Western Gulf of Mexico.

The proposed Central Gulf Sale 157 will

offer for lease approximately 31.2

million unleased acres, and the Western

Gulf Sale 161 will offer approximately

28.3 million unleased acres. Single

copies of the draft EIS can be obtained

from the Minerals Management Service,

Gulf of Mexico OCS Region, Attention:

Public Information Unit (MS 5034),

1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, Room

114, New Orleans, Louisiana 70123–

2394.

Copies of the draft EIS will also be

available for review by the public in the

following libraries:

Texas

Alma M. Carpenter Public Library, 330 South

Ann, Sourlake

Aransas Pass Public Library, 110 North

Lamont Street, Aransas Pass

Austin Public Library, 402 West Ninth Street,

Austin

Bay City Public Library, 1900 Fifth Street,

Bay City

Brazoria County Library, 410 Brazoport

Boulevard, Freeport

Calhoun County Library, 301 South Ann,

Port Lavaca

Chambers County Library System, 202

Cummings Street, Anahuac

Comfort Public Library, Seventh & High

Streets, Comfort

Corpus Christi Central Library, 805

Comanche Street, Corpus Christi

Dallas Public Library, 1513 Young Street,

Dallas

Houston Public Library, 500 McKinney

Street, Houston

Jackson County Library, 411 North Wells

Street, Edna

Lamar University, Gray Library, Virginia

Avenue, Beaumont

LaRatama Library, 505 Mesquite Street,

Corpus Christi

Liberty Municipal Library, 1710 Sam

Houston Avenue, Liberty

Orange Public Library, 220 North Fifth Street,

Orange

Port Arthur Public Library, 3601 Cultural

Center Drive, Port Arthur

Port Isabel Public Library, 213 Yturria Street,

Port Isabel

Reber Memorial Library 193 North Fourth,

Raymondville

Refugio County Public Library, 815 South

Commerce Street, Refugio

Rice University, Fondren Library, 6100 South

Main Street, Houston

R.J. Kleberg Public Library, Fourth and

Henrietta, Kingsville

Rockwall County Library, 108 South Fannin

Street, Rockwall

Rosenberg Library, 2310 Sealy Street,

Galveston

Sam Houston Regional Library & Research

Center, FM 1011 Governors Road, Liberty

Texas A & M University, Corpus Christi

Library, 6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi

Texas A & M University, Evans Library,

Spence and Lubbock Streets, College

Station

Texas Southmost College Library, 1825 May

Street, Brownsville

Texas State Library, 1200 Brazos Street,

Austin

University of Houston Library, 4800 Calhoun

Boulevard, Houston

University of Texas at Brownsville, Arnulfo

Oliveria Memorial Library, 80 Fort Brown,

Brownsville

University of Texas Law School, Tarlton Law

Library, 727 East 26th Street, Austin

University of Texas, LBJ School of Public

Affairs Library, 2313 Red River Street,

Austin,
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University of Texas Library, 21st and

Speedway Streets, Austin

Victoria Public Library, 320 North Main,

Victoria

Louisiana

Calcasieu Parish Library, 327 Broad Street,

Lake Charles

Cameron Parish Library, Marshall Street,

Cameron

Grand Isle Branch Library, Highway 1, Grand

Isle

Government Documents Library, Loyola

University, 6363 St. Charles Avenue, New

Orleans

Iberville Parish Library, 24605 J. Gerald

Berret Boulevard, Plaquemine

Jefferson Parish Lobby Branch Library, 3410

North Causeway Boulevard, Metairie

Jefferson Parish West Bank Outreach Branch

Library, 2751 Manhattan Boulevard,

Harvey

Louisiana State University Library, 760

Riverside Road, Baton Rouge

Lafayette Public Library, 301 W. Congress

Street, Lafayette

Lafitte Branch Library, Route 1, Box 2, Lafitte

Lafourche Parish Library, 303 West 5th

Street, Thibodaux

Louisiana Tech University, Prescott

Memorial Library, Everet Street, Ruston

LUMCON, Library, Star Route 541, Chauvin

McNeese State University, Luther E. Frazar

Memorial Library, Ryan Street, Lake

Charles

New Orleans Public Library, 219 Loyola

Avenue, New Orleans

Nicholls State University, Nicholls State

Library, Leighton Drive, Thibodaux

Plaquemine Parish Library, 203 Highway 11,

South, Buras

St. Bernard Parish Library, 1125 East St.

Bernard Highway, Chalmette

St. Charles Parish Library, 105 Lakewood

Drive, Luling

St. John The Baptist Parish Library, 1334

West Airline Highway, Laplace

St. Mary Parish Library, 206 Iberia Street,

Franklin

St. Tammany Parish Library, Covington

Branch, 310 West 21st Street, Covington

St. Tammany Parish Library, Slidell Branch,

555 Robert Boulevard, Slidell

Terrebonne Parish Library, 424 Roussell

Street, Houma

Tulane University, Howard Tilton Memorial

Library, 7001 Freret Street, New Orleans

University of New Orleans Library,

Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans

University of Southwestern LA, Dupre

Library, 302 East St. Mary Boulevard,

Lafayette

Vermillion Parish Library, Abbeville Branch,

200 North Street, Abbeville

Mississippi

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Gunter

Library, 703 East Beach Drive, Ocean

Springs

Hancock County Library System, 312

Highway 90, Bay Saint Louis

Harrison County Library, 14th and 21st

Avenues, Gulfport

Jackson George Regional Library System,

3214 Pascagoula Street, Pascagoula

Alabama

Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Marine

Environmental Science Consortium,

Library, Bienville Boulevard, Dauphin

Island

Gulf Shores Public Library, Municipal

Complex, Route 3, Gulf Shores

Mobile Public Library, 701 Government

Street, Mobile

Montgomery Public Library, 445 South

Lawrence Street, Montgomery

Thomas B. Norton Public Library, 221 West

19th Avenue, Gulf Shores

University of South Alabama, University

Boulevard, Mobile

Florida

Bay County Public Library, 25 West

Government Street, Panama City

Florida A & M University, Coleman Memorial

Library, Martin Luther King Boulevard,

Tallahassee

Florida Northwest Regional Library System,

25 West Government Street, Panama City

Florida State University, Strozier Library,

Call Street and Copeland Avenue,

Tallahassee

Fort Walton Beach Public Library, 105

Miracle Strip Parkway, Fort Walton Beach

Leon County Public Library, 200 West Park

Avenue, Tallahassee

University of Florida Library, University

Avenue, Gainesville

University of Florida, Holland Law Center

Library, Southwest 25th Street and 2nd

Avenue, Gainesville

West Florida Regional Library, 200 West

Gregory Street, Pensacola

Public Hearings for Proposed Central

and Western Gulf of Mexico Sales 157

and 161

In accordance with 30 CFR 256.26,

the Minerals Management Service will

hold three public hearings (dates, times,

and locations are listed below) soliciting

comments on the draft environmental

impact statement (EIS) for proposed

1996 Gulf of Mexico Sales 157 and 161.

The hearings will provide the Secretary

of the Interior with information from

interested parties that will help in the

evaluation of the potential effects of

proposed lease Sales 157 and 161. These

hearings will also serve as an early

opportunity for determining the scope

of significant issues related to the

development of a draft EIS for proposed

1997 Gulf of Mexico Sales 166 and 168,

as well as for the draft EIS for the 5-year

OCS oil and gas leasing program for

1997–2002. The hearings will provide

information for the development of

appropriate alternatives and mitigating

measures, as well as for the

identification of significant issues, to be

considered in that draft EIS.

Persons who wish to testify at these

hearings may register the day of the

hearing at the hearing sites beginning

one hour prior to the meeting. Oral

testimony should be limited to 10

minutes. Each hearing will begin at the

specified time and will recess when all

speakers have had an opportunity to

testify. If there are no additional

speakers, the hearing will adjourn

immediately after the recess. Testimony

may be supplemented by a written

statement that, if submitted at a hearing,

will be considered as part of the hearing

record. Those unable to attend the

hearing may submit written statements

until the close of the comment period,

July 14, 1995. Written statements should

be submitted to the Regional Director,

Minerals Management Service, Gulf of

Mexico OCS Region, 1201 Elmwood

Park Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana

70123–2394.

Alabama: Dauphin Island on June 8,

1995; 7:00–9:00 p.m.

Dauphin Island Sea Lab, 101 Bienville

Boulevard, Dauphin Island,

Alabama

Texas: Houston on June 13, 1995; 1:00–

3:00 p.m.

Marriott International Airport Hotel,

18700 John F. Kennedy Boulevard,

Houston, Texas

Louisiana: New Orleans on June 14,

1995; 1:00–3:00 p.m.

Minerals Management Service, 1201

Elmwood Park Boulevard,

Conference Room 111, Jefferson,

Louisiana

Dated: April 14, 1995.

Thomas Gernhofer,

Associate Director for Offshore Minerals

Management.

Willie R. Taylor,

Director, Office of Environmental Policy and

Compliance.

[FR Doc. 95–9705 Filed 4–19–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P

Minerals Management Service (MMS)

Minerals Management Advisory Board,

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS),

Scientific Committee (SC);

Announcement of Plenary Session

This Notice is issued in accordance

with the provisions of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, Pub. L. 92–

463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix I, and the

Office of Management and Budget

Circular A–63, Revised.

The Minerals Management Advisory

Board OCS SC will meet in plenary

sessions on Wednesday, June 7, and

Thursday, June 8, 1995, at the Regal

Alaskan Hotel, 4800 Spenard Road,

Anchorage, Alaska 99517–3236,

telephone (907) 243–2300.

The SC is an outside group of

scientists which advises the Director,

MMS, on the feasibility,