34858 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 129 / Wednesday, July 3, 1996 / Notices

date of publication of this notice: U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of

Management Authority, 4401 North

Fairfax Drive, Room 430, Arlington,

Virginia 22203. Phone: (703/358–2104);

FAX: (703/358–2281).

Dated: June 28, 1996.

Caroline Anderson,

Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of

Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 96–17019 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

Issuance of Permit for Marine

Mammals

On May 15, 1996, a notice was

published in the Federal Register, Vol.

61, No. 95, Page 24506, that an

application had been filed with the Fish

and Wildlife Service by the Center for

Coastal Physical Oceanography for a

permit (PRT–814695) for the import of

tissue samples from one walrus

(Odobenus rosmarus) and one polar bear

(Ursus maritimus) in support of research

on environmental contamination.

Notice is hereby given that on June

20, 1996, as authorized by the

provisions of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and

Wildlife Service authorized the

requested permit subject to certain

conditions set forth therein.

Documents and other information

submitted for these applications are

available for review by any party who

submits a written request to the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of

Management Authority, 4401 North

Fairfax Drive, Rm 430, Arlington,

Virginia 22203. Phone (703) 358–2104

or Fax (703) 358–2281.

Dated: June 28, 1996.

Caroline Anderson

Acting Chief, Branch of Permits Office of

Management Authority.

[FR Doc. 96–17018 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310-55–P

Geological Survey

Federal Geographic Data Committee

(FGDC); Public Review of Vegetation

Classification and Information

Standards

ACTION: Notice; Request for comments.

SUMMARY: The FGDC is sponsoring a

public review of the draft ‘‘FGDC

Vegetation Classification and

Information Standards’’ to be

considered for adoption as an FGDC

standard. If adopted, the standard must

be followed by all Federal agencies for

data collected directly or indirectly

(through grants, partnerships, or

contracts).

In its assigned leadership role for

developing the National Spatial Data

Infrastructure (NSDI), the FGDC

recognizes that the standards must also

meet the needs and recognize the views

of State and local governments,

academia, industry, and the public. The

purpose of this notice is to solicit such

views. The FGDC invites the community

to review, test, and evaluate the

proposed classification system and

information standards. Comments are

encouraged about the content,

completeness, and usability of the

proposed standard. The FGDC

anticipates that the proposed vegetation

classification and information standard,

after updating or revision, will be

adopted as a Federal Geographic Data

Committee standard. The standard may

be forwarded to other standards

organizations for adoption if interest

warrants such action.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before October 1, 1996.

CONTACT AND ADDRESSES: Requests for

written copies of the classification

system and information standards being

proposed as a standard should be sent

to Vegetation Standards Review, FGDC

Secretariat (attn: Jennifer Fox), U.S.

Geological Survey, 590 National Center,

12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston,

Virginia, 20192; telephone 703–648–

5514; facsimile 703–648–5755; or

Internet ‘‘gdc@usgs.gov’’. The proposed

standard is available for viewing

through Internet on the Vegetation

Subcommittee Home Page; the URL is:

http://www.nbs.gov/∼mikez/fgdc–

sub.htm. The standard may also be

downloaded from the FGDC Home Page

at the following URL: www.fgdc.gov

(select Public Documents) or directly

from the FGDC anonymous ftp site by

using the address: www.fgdc.gov/pub/

standards/veg.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

overall objective of the Vegetation

Classification and Information

Standards is to support the production

of uniform statistics on vegetation

resources at the national level. It is

important that, as agencies map or

inventory Earth cover that is vegetated,

they collect enough data to accurately

and precisely translate it for national

reporting, aggregation, and comparisons.

This will eventually support the

detailed, quantitative, geo-referenced

basis for vegetation cover modeling,

mapping and analysis at the field level.

This document proposes a vegetation

classification system and set of

information standards to be used by

Federal agencies and others in their

activities for inventory, mapping, and

reporting on the vegetation resources of

the United States. It includes a

description of the proposed Vegetation

Classification and Information

Standards, general policy regarding

Federal agencies’ use, suggested

applications, the principles (basic ideas,

requirements) that guided the

development of this system, and a list

of definitions used in the system and its

development. This document does not

detail the floristically defined units of

the classification standard, the field

methods, or the data management and

analysis standards that will be required

to develop and maintain this Vegetation

Classification and Information Standard.

This information will be presented in

subsequent documents by the

Subcommittee. Vegetation Cover is

defined as vegetation that covers or is

visible at or above the land or water

surface. Vegetation data are the

attributes of the vegetation that are used

to classify and characterize the

vegetation type and to map a vegetation

stand. These data come from the

interpretation; of remotely sensed

imagery, field work, and other thematic

data sources.

Input sought on the draft standards

includes how well it meets user needs.

Specific issues on which response is

requested include: the threshold for

separating vegetated from non-vegetated

areas; the threshold for defining

dominance; the criteria for separating

tree from shrub; and the need for

parallelism between tree-dominated

cover classes and other life form cover

classes. For examples, tree-dominated

land is divided into open and closed

canopy. Are similar divisions needed

within the shrub and herbaceous life

forms? Shrub classes are divided based

upon shrub height; are height classes

needed for other life forms?

Reviewer comments should be sent to

the FGDC Secretariat at the above

address. Please send comments in both

hardcopy and softcopy, preferably on a

3.5-inch diskette.

Dated: June 25, 1996.

Richard E. Witmer,

Acting Chief, National Mapping Division.

[FR Doc. 96–16898 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

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Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 129 / Wednesday, July 3, 1996 / Notices 34859

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–020–1900–01]

Twin Creeks Mine 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 of 1969, notice is given that the

Winnemucca District of the Bureau of

Land Management (BLM) has prepared,

by third party contractor, a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement on

Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corporation’s

Twin Creeks Mine Consolidation and

Expansion Project. 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 September 3, 1996.

A public meeting to receive oral and

written comments has been scheduled

for the date and place listed below. The

meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m., August

15, 1996, at the Winnemucca District

Office, Winnemucca, Nevada.

A copy of the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement can be obtained from:

Bureau of Land Management,

Winnemucca District Office, ATTN:

Gerald Moritz, Project Manager, 5100 E.

Winnemucca Boulevard, Winnemucca,

Nevada 89445.

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,

Nevada; Humboldt County Library,

Winnemucca, Nevada; Lander County

Library, Battle Mountain, Nevada; and

the University of Nevada Library in

Reno, Nevada.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gerald Moritz, Project Manager at the

above Winnemucca District address or

telephone (702) 623–1500.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Draft

Environmental Impact Statement

analyzes the potential environmental

impacts that could result from the

consolidation and expansion of the

current gold mining operation at the

Twin Creeks Mine. Alternatives

analyzed include the Proposed Action,

No Action, the Partial Vista Pit Backfill

Alternative, the Selective Handling of

Overburden and Interburden Storage

Area Alternatives. The project involves

the consolidation of the Rabbit Creek

and Chimney Creek Mines, expansion of

the South Pit, overburden and

interburden storage area, ore processing

facilities, expanded dewatering system

and water disposal facilities, and

diversion of Rabbit Creek and

tributaries.

Dated June 21, 1996.

Ron Wenker,

District Manager.

[FR Doc. 96–16882 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P

[CA–930–06–2700 WARD]

Extension of Scoping Period for Ward

Valley Supplemental Environmental

Impact Statement (SEIS) Until July 15,

1996

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management (BLM) in California

announces an extension of the scoping

period for the Ward Valley SEIS until

July 15, 1996. Three public scoping

workshops were held in Sacramento,

San Bernardino and Needles, California.

This extension is to allow the public

more time to provide written comments

on the scope of the SEIS.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard F. Johnson or John S. Miles at

(916) 979–2800.

Philip L. Damon,

Acting Area manager.

[FR Doc. 96–17122 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P

[WO–300–1310–00]

Green River Basin Advisory

Committee, Colorado and Wyoming

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting of the Green

River Basin Advisory Committee.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

dates, time, and schedule and initial

agenda for a meeting of the Green River

Basin Advisory Committee (GRBAC).

DATES: July 17, 1996, from 8:00 a.m.

until 6:00 p.m. and July 18, 1996, from

8:00 a.m. until 3:15 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Jeffrey Center, 3rd and

Spruce Streets, Rawlins, WY 82301.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Terri Trevino, GRBAC Coordinator,

Bureau of Land Management, P.O. Box

1828, Cheyenne, WY 82003, telephone

(307) 775–6020.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The topics

for the meeting will include:

(1) Road standards, alternative funding,

and the NEPA process.

(2) Public comment.

This meeting is open to the public.

Persons interested in making oral

comments or submitting written

statements for the GRBAC’s

consideration should notify the GRBAC

Coordinator at the above address by July

10. The GRBAC will hear oral comments

from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on July 17.

The GRBAC may establish a time limit

for oral statements.

Date Signed: June 28, 1996.

Mat Millenbach,

Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management.

[FR Doc. 96–17121 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

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[OR–030–06–1220–00: GP6–0196]

Notice of Meetings of Southeastern

Oregon Resource Advisory Council

AGENCY: Vale District, Bureau of Land

Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

SUMMARY: Notice is given that a meeting

of the Southeastern Oregon Resource

Advisory Council will be held August 5,

1996 from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and

August 6 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

at the Jordan Valley Lions Club Room,

902 Bassett Street, Jordan Valley,

Oregon.

At an appropriate time, the Council

will recess for approximately one hour

for lunch and one and one-half hours for

dinner. Public comments will be

received from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.,

August 6, 1996. Topics to be discussed

during the meeting are administrative

activities of the Council, the

Southeastern Oregon Resource

Management Plan, and the Interior

Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management

Project.

Notice is given that a meeting of the

Southeastern Oregon Resource Advisory

Council will be held September 19,

1996 from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and

September 20 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00

noon at the Harney County Museum

Club Room, 18 West ‘‘D’’ Street, Burns,

Oregon.

At an appropriate time, the Council

will recess for approximately one and

one-half hours for dinner. Public

comments will be received from 7:00

p.m. to 7:30 p.m., September 19, 1996.

Topics to be discussed during the

meeting are administrative activities of

the Council, the Southeastern Oregon

Resource Management Plan, and the

Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem

Management Plan.

DATES: The Southeastern Oregon

Resource Advisory Council meeting will

begin at 8:00 a.m. and continue to 9:00

p.m., August 5 and, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00

noon on August 6, 1996.