Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 106 / Friday, May 31, 1996 / Notices 27363

Rockville, MD 20857. Telephone: 301, 443–

6470.

The meetings will be closed in accordance

with the provisions set forth in secs.

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5, U.S.C.

Applications and/or proposals and the

discussions could reveal confidential trade

secrets or commercial property such as

patentable material and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

applications and/or proposals, the disclosure

of which would constitute a clearly

unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Numbers 93.242, 93.281, 93.282)

Dated: May 22, 1996.

Susan K. Feldman,

Committee Management Officer, NIH.

[FR Doc. 96–13660 Filed 5–30–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4140–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

[Docket No. FR–3778–N–87]

Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Community Planning and

Development; Federal Property

Suitable as Facilities To Assist the

Homeless

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Community Planning and

Development, HUD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This Notice identifies

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and

surplus Federal property reviewed by

HUD for suitability for possible use to

assist the homeless.

DATES: May 31, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Johnston, Department of Housing

and Urban Development, Room 7256,

451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington,

DC 20410; telephone (202) 708–1226;

TDD number for the hearing- and

speech-impaired (202) 708–2565, (these

telephone numbers are not toll-fee), or

call the toll-free Title V information line

at 1–800–927–7588.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with the December 12, 1988

court order in National Coalition for the

Homeless v. Veterans Administration,

No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD

publishes a Notice, on a weekly basis,

identifying unutilized, underutilized,

excess and surplus Federal buildings

and real property that HUD has

reviewed for suitability for use to assist

the homeless. Today’s Notice is for the

purpose of announcing that no

additional properties have been

determined suitable or unsuitable this

week.

Dated: May 23, 1996.

Jacquie M. Lawing,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic

Development.

[FR Doc. 96–13480 Filed 5–30–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–29–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Availability of the Final Joint

Programmatic Environmental Impact

Report and Environmental Impact

Statement on the Proposed Issuance

of Incidental Take Permits for the

Coastal California Gnatcatcher and Six

Other Listed Species in the Central and

Coastal Natural Community

Conservation Planning Subregion of

Orange County, CA

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public

that the Final Environmental Impact

Report/Environmental Impact Statement

(EIR/EIS) on the proposed issuance of

nine incidental take permits for seven

listed species in the Central and Coastal

Natural Community Conservation

Planning (NCCP) Subregion of Orange

County, California, is available.

Publication of the Record of Decision

and issuance of the permits will occur

no sooner than 30 days from the date of

this notice. This notice is provided

pursuant to regulations implementing

the National Environmental Policy Act

(40 CFR 1506.6).

ADDRESSES: The documents discussed

herein are available for public

inspection, by appointment, during

normal business hours, at the Carlsbad

Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, 2730 Loker Avenue West,

Carlsbad, California 92008 (telephone:

619–431–9440); and at the Planning

Department, Orange County

Environmental Management Agency,

300 North Flower Street, Santa Ana,

California 92702 (telephone: 714–834–

5550).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Gail Kobetich, Field Supervisor, U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service (see

ADDRESSES above), telephone: 619–431–

9440; or Mr. Tim Neely, Planning and

Zoning Administrator, Orange County

Environmental Management Agency

(see ADDRESSES above), telephone: 714–

834–2552.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Availability of Documents

Copies of the Final EIR/EIS and

associated documents (comment letters

on the Draft EIS/EIR, response to

comments, the final Implementation

Agreement, and final maps) can be

obtained by contacting the Carlsbad or

Santa Ana offices listed above (see

ADDRESSES). The response to comments

addresses changes that were made in

draft documents associated with the

permit applications that previously

were made available for public review.

The complete application file may be

viewed during normal business hours,

by appointment, at the Carlsbad and

Santa Ana offices. A letter announcing

availability of the Final EIR/EIS has

been forwarded to all parties who

previously received the notice of

availability of the Draft EIR/EIS, and/or

who requested a copy of, or commented

on, the Draft EIR/EIS.

Background

On March 30, 1993, the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service (Service) published a

final rule determining the coastal

California gnatcatcher (Polioptila

californica californica) as a threatened

species (58 FR 16742). The ‘‘take’’ of

threatened and endangered species is

prohibited under section 9 of the Act

and its implementing regulations. Take

is defined in part as killing, harming or

harassing listed species, including

significant habitat modification that

kills or injures listed species. The

Service, however, may issue permits

under section 10 of the Act to conduct

activities involving the take of

threatened and endangered species

under certain circumstances, including

carrying out scientific activities,

enhancing the propagation or survival of

the species, or incidentally taking the

species in connection with otherwise

lawful activities. Regulations governing

such permits are at 50 CFR 17.22 and

17.32.

On December 10, 1993, the Service

issued a final special rule for the coastal

California gnatcatcher, pursuant to

section 4(d) of the Act (58 FR 65088).

Incidental take of the gnatcatcher is

allowed under the special rule if such

take results from activities conducted

under a plan prepared pursuant to the

NCCP Act of 1991, NCCP Process

Guidelines, and the NCCP Southern

California Coastal Sage Scrub

Conservation Guidelines. The special

rule also requires Federal approval of

the NCCP Plan/Habitat Conservation

Plan (HCP).

The County of Orange (lead

applicant), University of California-