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C+ office Dallas, TX; in addition,

includes all Multifamily Asset

Management and Asset Disposition

functions for C+ offices Albuquerque,

NM and Dallas, TX; and includes all

Multifamily Asset Disposition functions

for A offices Little Rock, AR and San

Antonio, TX, and all Multifamily Asset

Management functions for C+ office

Shreveport, LA)’’

Therefore, authority over the single

family housing program functions listed

within the redelegation at 59 FR 62739,

for the geographic area of the Dallas

field office, is redelegated to the Fort

Worth, Texas Office of Housing

Director.

Authority: Section 7(d), Department of

Housing and Urban Development Act, 42

U.S.C. 3535(d).

Nicolas P. Retsinas,

Assistant Secretary for Housing—Federal

Housing Commissioner.

[FR Doc. 96–16233 Filed 6–25–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–27–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Performance Review Board

Appointments

AGENCY: Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Performance Review

Board Appointments.

SUMMARY: This notice provides the

names of individuals who have been

appointed to serve as members of the

Department of the Interior Performance

Review Board. The publication of these

appointments is required by Section

405(a) of the Civil Service Reform Act

of 1978 (P.L. 95–454, 5 U.S.C.

4314(c)(4).

DATES: The appointments are effective

June 26, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dolores Chacon, Acting Director of

Personnel, Office of the Secretary,

Department of the Interior, (1849 C

Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20240,

Telephone Number: (202) 208–6403.

Department of the Interior SES

Performance Review Board—1995

Carolita Kallaur, Chair, Minerals

Management Service (Career

Appointee)

May Josie Blanchard, Office of Surface

Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

(Career Appointee)

Robert Stanton, National Park Service

(Career Appointee)

Robert E. Doyle, Jr., Bureau of Land

Management (Career Appointee)

Judy R. Harrison, Office of the Inspector

General (Career Appointee)

Hilda Manuel, Bureau of Indian Affairs

(Career Appointee)

Dated: June 17, 1996.

Dolores Chacon,

Acting Director of Personnel.

[FR Doc. 96–16193 Filed 6–25–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–10–M

Bureau of Land Management

[UT–920–06–1320–00]

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Utah.

ACTION: Notice of Public Hearing and

Call for Public Comment on Fair Market

Value and Maximum Economic

Recovery; Coal Lease Application UTU–

73975.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) announces a public

hearing on the Environmental

Assessment (EA) for a proposed coal

lease sale and requests public comment

on the fair market value of certain coal

resources it proposes to offer for

competitive lease sale. The lands

included in coal lease application UTU–

73975 are located in Carbon County,

Utah, approximately 10 miles north of

Price, Utah on public land and are

described as follows:

T. 12 S., R. 9 E., SLM,

Sec. 25, lots 1–4, W21⁄2E1⁄2, W1⁄2;

Sec. 26, E1⁄2E1⁄2.

T. 12 S., R. 10 E., SLM

Sec. 28, E1⁄2, E1⁄2W1⁄2, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4,

W1⁄2SW1⁄4;

Sec. 29, N1⁄2N1⁄2, S1⁄2NW1⁄4, NW1⁄4SW1⁄4,

E1⁄2SE1⁄4;

Sec. 30, lots 1–4, NE1⁄4, E1⁄2W1⁄2, N1⁄2SE1⁄4,

SW1⁄4SE1⁄4.

Containing 2,299.4 acres more or less.

Three economically minable coal

beds, the C Seam, Kenilworth, and D

Seams are found in this tract. Seams are

all greater than 6 feet in thickness. This

tract contains an estimated 20 to 30

million tons of recoverable high-volatile

B bituminous coal. The range of coal

quality in the seams on an as received

basis is as follows: 12,685–12,805 BTU/

lb., 3.23–4.23 percent moisture, .34-.44

percent sulfur, 5,36- 6.9 percent ash,

46.57–49.08 percent fixed carbon, and

41.89–42.27 percent volatile matter. The

public is invited to the hearing to make

public or written comments on the EA

concerning the proposal to lease the

Willow Creek Tract, and also to submit

comments on the fair market value

(FMV) and the maximum economic

recovery (MER) of the tract.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

accordance with Federal coal

management regulations 43 CFR 4322

and 4325, a public hearing shall be held

on the proposed sale to allow public

comment on and discussion of the

potential effects of mining and proposed

lease. Not less than 30 days prior to the

publication of the notice of sale, the

Secretary shall solicit public comments

on fair market value appraisal and

maximum economic recovery and on

factors that may affect these two

determinations. Proprietary data marked

as confidential may be submitted to the

Bureau of Land Management in

response to this solicitation of public

comments. Data so marked shall be

treated in accordance with the laws and

regulations governing the

confidentiality of such information. A

copy of the comments submitted by the

public on fair market value and

maximum economic recovery, except

those portions identified as proprietary

by the author and meeting exemptions

stated in the Freedom of Information

Act, will be available for public

inspection at the Bureau of Land

Management, Utah State Office during

regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:00

p.m.) Monday through Friday.

Comments on fair market value and

maximum economic recovery should be

sent to the Bureau of Land Management

and should address, but not necessarily

be limited to, the following information:

1. The quality and quantity of the coal

resource.

2. The mining method or methods

which would achieve maximum

economic recovery of the coal,

including specifications of seams to be

mined and the most desirable timing

and rate of production.

3. The quantity of coal.

4. If this tract is likely to be mined as

part of an existing mine and therefore be

evaluated on a realistic incremental

basis, in relation to the existing mine to

which it has the greatest value.

5. If this tract should be evaluated as

part of a potential larger mining unit

and evaluated as a portion of a new

potential mine (i.e., a tract which does

not in itself form a logical mining unit).

6. The configuration of any larger

mining unit of which the tract may be

a part.

7. Restrictions to mining which may

affect coal recovery.

8. The price that the mined coal

would bring when sold.

9. Costs, including mining and

reclamation, of producing the coal and

the time of production.

10. The percentage rate at which

anticipated income streams should be

discounted, either in the absence of

inflation or with inflation, in which case

the anticipated rate of inflation should

be given.
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11. Depreciation and other tax

accounting factors.

12. The value of any surface estate

where held privately.

13. Documented information on the

terms and conditions of recent and

similar coal land transactions in the

lease sale area.

14. Any comparable sales data of

similar coal lands.

Coal quantities and the FMV of the

coal developed by BLM may or may not

change as a result of comments received

from the public and changes in market

conditions between now and when final

economic evaluations are completed.

DATES: The public hearing will be held

at the BLM Price Office Conference

Room, 125 South 600 West, Price Utah,

at 7:00 p.m. on July 30, 1996. Comments

on fair market value and maximum

economic recovery must be received at

the Bureau of Land Management, Utah

State Office, by August 15, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Max

Nielson, 801–539–4038, Bureau of Land

Management, Utah State Office,

Division of Natural Resources, P. O. Box

45155, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84145–

0155. Copies of the Willow Creek EA

may be obtained by contacting Penny

Dunn at the Price BLM Office at 801–

636–3600.

Dated: June 18, 1996.

LeRoy R. Turner,

State Director, Utah, Acting.

[FR Doc. 96–16089 Filed 6–25–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–P

[UT–942–4212–13; UTU–51891]

Classification Termination and

Opening Order; Utah

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice terminates a R&PP

classification and provides for a opening

order.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael L. Crocker, Bureau of Land

Management, Utah State Office, 324

South State Street, P.O. Box 45155, Salt

Lake City, Utah 84145–0155, 801–539–

4118.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to 43 CFR 2740, the Bureau of Land

Management hereby terminates the

R&PP Classification UTU–51891 which

involves the following described land:

Salt Lake Meridian

T. 36S., R. 11 E.,

Sec. 20, Beginning at a point 42.2 feet

South and 1655.4 feet West to the center

of Section 20, T. 36 S., R. 11 E., Corner

No. 1, thence South 72° 12′ 28′′ East

748.9 feet to Corner No. 2, thence South

14° 19′ 33′′ West 2405.5 feet to Corner

No. 3, thence North 83° 25′ 16′′ West

990.8 feet to Corner No. 4, thence North

19° 30′ 19′′ East 2595.0 feet to the point

of beginning.

The area described contains 48.90 acres

located in Garfield County.

The classification provided for

segregation of the lands from all forms

of appropriation under the public land

laws including location under the

mining laws, but not the mineral leasing

laws.

At 8:00 a.m., on July 26, 1996, the

lands described above will be opened to

appropriation under the public land

laws and location and entry under the

general mining laws, subject to any

valid existing rights, and the

requirements of applicable laws, rules

and regulations.

Dated: June 19, 1996.

Teresa L. Catlin,

Chief, Branch of Lands and Minerals

Operations.

[FR Doc. 96–16289 Filed 6–25–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–DQ–M

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered and Threatened Species

Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications.

SUMMARY: 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.).

Permit No. 815213

Applicant: Anne Tipton, Arroyo

Grande, California.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by survey, and locate and

monitor nests) the California least tern

(Sterna albifrons browni) for the

purpose of enhancing its survival in

conjunction with surveys and

population monitoring in San Luis

Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties,

California.

Permit No. 815214

Applicant: California Department of

Parks and Recreation, Arroyo Grande,

California.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass while erecting and

monitoring exclosures) the California

least tern (Sterna albifrons browni) for

the purpose of enhancing its survival in

conjunction with minimizing or

eliminating human impacts at Pismo

Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area

in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara

Counties, California.

Permit No. 813775

Applicant: Phillip Unitt, San Diego

Museum of Natural History, San Diego,

California.

The applicant requests a permit to

take (harass by survey) the southwestern

willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii

extimus), light-footed clapper rail

(Rallus longirostris levipes), Yuma

clapper rail (Rallus longirostris

yumanensis), and the least Bell’s vireo

(Vireo bellii pusillus) throughout the

range of these species in California for

the purpose of enhancing their survival

in conjunction with surveys and

population monitoring studies.

Permit No. 794783

Applicant: Mark W. Webb, El Cajon,

California.

The applicant requests an amendment

of his permit to include take (harass by

survey) of the southwestern willow

flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)

for the purpose of enhancing its survival

in conjunction with conducting surveys

in San Diego County, California.

Permit No. 758175

Applicant: John Griffith and Jane

Griffith, San Clemente, California.

The applicants request an amendment

of their permit to extend the area

authorized to take (harass by survey;

capture, band, and release) the coastal

California gnatcatcher (Polioptila

californica californica) and least Bell’s

vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus), and to take

(harass by survey, and locate and

monitor nests) the southwestern willow

flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)

to include Ventura, Los Angeles, Santa

Barbara, and San Bernardino Counties,

California for the purpose of enhancing

their survival in conjunction with

conducting life history studies.

Permit No. 815413

Applicant: Susan E. Langland West,

University of California, Los Angeles,

California.

The applicant request a permit to take

(collect feathers, abandoned eggs,

carcasses) the California least tern

(Sterna albifrons browni) throughout the

species range in California in

conjunction with conducting genetic

studies for the purpose of enhancing its

survival.

Permit No. 815144

Applicant: Rosemary Ann Thompson,

Santa Barbara, California.