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accordance with Section 203.439(c); and 

(c) provide documentation to HUD to 

support that the requirements of Section 

203.665 have been met. 

Agency form numbers, if applicable: 

None. 

Estimation of the total number of 

hours needed to prepare the information 

collection including number of 

respondents, frequency of response, and 

hours of response: The estimated total 

number of hours needed to prepare the 

information collection is 1,744; the 

number of respondents is 504 generating 

approximately 1,456 annual responses; 

the frequency of response is on 

occasion; and the number of hours per 

response varies from 2 minutes to 30 

minutes. 

Status of the proposed information 

collection: This is an extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 35, as amended. 

Dated: September 30, 2008. 

Ronald Y. Spraker, 

Acting General Deputy Assistant Secretary 

for Housing Deputy Federal Housing 

Commissioner. 

[FR Doc. E8–23787 Filed 10–7–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–ES–2008–N0273; 10120–1113– 

0000-C2] 

Draft Recovery Plan for the Prairie 

Species of Western Oregon and 

Southwestern Washington 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of document availability 

for review and comment; correction: 

public comment period. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service announces the comment period 

for public review of the draft Recovery 

Plan for the Prairie Species of Western 

Oregon and Southwestern Washington. 

The closing date of the public comment 

period was erroneously omitted from 

the notice of availability of this draft 

recovery plan published on September 

22, 2008. The listed species addressed 

in the recovery plan are the Fender’s 

blue butterfly (Icaricia icarioides 

fenderi), Willamette daisy (Erigeron 

decumbens var. decumbens), 

Bradshaw’s lomatium (Lomatium 

bradshawii), Kincaid’s lupine (Lupinus 

sulphureus ssp. kincaidii), Nelson’s 

checker-mallow (Sidalcea nelsoniana), 

and golden paintbrush (Castilleja 

levisecta). 

DATES: Comments on the draft recovery 

plan must be received on or before 

December 22, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft recovery 

plan are available by request from the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon 

Fish and Wildlife Office, 2600 SE 98th 

Avenue, Suite 100, Portland, OR 97266 

(phone: 503–231–6179). An electronic 

copy of the draft recovery plan is also 

available at http://endangered.fws.gov/ 

recovery/index.html#plans. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cat 

Brown, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, at 

the above Portland address and 

telephone number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 22, 2008, we published 

a notice of availability of the Draft 

Recovery Plan for the Prairie Species of 

Western Oregon and Southwestern 

Washington (73 FR 54603). The Notice 

announced a public comment period on 

this draft recovery plan, but the closing 

date of the comment period was 

erroneously omitted from the notice of 

availability. We wish to clarify that the 

public comment period closes on 

December 22, 2008. 

Recovery of endangered or threatened 

animals and plants is a primary goal of 

our endangered species program and the 

Endangered Species Act (Act) (16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.). Recovery means 

improvement of the status of listed 

species to the point at which listing is 

no longer appropriate under the criteria 

set out in section 4(a)(1) of the Act. 

Recovery plans describe actions 

considered necessary for the 

conservation of the species, establish 

criteria for downlisting or delisting 

listed species, and estimate the time for, 

and cost of implementing the measures 

needed for recovery. 

The Act requires the development of 

recovery plans for listed species unless 

such a plan would not promote the 

conservation of a particular species. 

Section 4(f) of the Act requires that 

public notice and an opportunity for 

public review and comment be provided 

during recovery plan development. We 

will consider all information presented 

during the public comment period prior 

to approval of each new or revised 

recovery plan. Substantive technical 

comments may result in changes to the 

plan. Substantive comments regarding 

recovery plan implementation may not 

necessarily result in changes to the 

recovery plan, but will be forwarded to 

appropriate Federal or other entities so 

that they can take these comments into 

account during the course of 

implementing recovery actions. 

Public Comments Solicited 

We solicit written comments on the 

draft recovery plan. All comments 

received by the date specified above 

will be considered prior to approval of 

this plan. If you wish to comment, you 

may submit your comments and 

materials concerning this recovery plan 

by any of these methods: 

1. You may submit written comments 

and information by mail, facsimile or in 

person to the Oregon Fish and Wildlife 

Office at the above address (see 

ADDRESSES). 

2. You may send comments by 

electronic mail (e-mail) to: 

FW1PrairieRecoveryPlan@fws.gov. If 

you submit comments by e-mail, please 

submit them as an ASCII file and avoid 

the use of special characters and any 

form of encryption. Please also include 

your name and return address in your 

e-mail message. 

Comments and materials received, as 

well as supporting documentation used 

in preparation of the recovery plan, will 

be available for inspection, during 

normal business hours at the above 

Portland address (see ADDRESSES). 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment, including your 

personal identifying information, may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While we will try to honor a written 

request to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. 

Authority: The authority for this action is 

section 4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 

16 U.S.C. 1533 (f). 

Dated: September 29, 2008. 

David J. Wesley, 

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–ES–2008–N0199; 10120–1112– 

0000–F2] 

Receipt of an Application for an 

Enhancement of Survival Permit for 

the Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application. 


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SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service 

(Service) announces the receipt of an 

application for an Enhancement of 

Survival Permit that would be issued 

pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act). The application was 

developed in accordance with the 

Template Safe Harbor Agreement 

(Template SHA) for the Columbia Basin 

pygmy rabbit (Brachylagus idahoensis). 

The permit applicant is the Washington 

Department of Natural Resources 

(WDNR). Issuance of a permit to WDNR 

would exempt incidental take of the 

Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit, which 

would otherwise be prohibited by 

section 9 of the Act, that is above the 

baseline conditions of WDNR properties 

enrolled under the Template SHA and 

that may result from the permittee’s 

otherwise lawful management activities. 

The Service requests comments from the 

public regarding the proposed issuance 

of a permit to WDNR. All comments 

received will become part of the public 

record. Before including your address, 

phone number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal information 

from public review, we cannot 

guarantee that we will be able to do so. 

All comments received from 

organizations, businesses, or individuals 

representing organizations or businesses 

are available for public inspection in 

their entirety. 

DATES: To be fully considered, written 

comments from interested parties must 

be received on or before November 7, 

2008. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

concerning this notice should be 

addressed to Supervisor, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Upper Columbia Fish 

and Wildlife Office, 11103 East 

Montgomery Drive, Spokane, 

Washington 99206. You may also send 

comments by facsimile, at (509) 891– 

6748, or by electronic mail, at: 

fw1cbprabbit@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chris Warren at (509) 893–8020. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Availability of Documents 

Copies of the WDNR permit 

application, the Template SHA, and 

other relevant documents addressing the 

Service’s proposed issuance of the 

subject permit are available for public 

inspection, by appointment, during 

normal business hours at the Upper 

Columbia Fish and Wildlife Office (see 

ADDRESSES), or they may be viewed on 

the internet at the following address: 

http://www.fws.gov/easternwashington/. 

You may also request copies of the 

documents by contacting the Service’s 

Upper Columbia Fish and Wildlife 

Office (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT) . The Service is furnishing this 

notice to provide the public, other State 

and Federal agencies, and interested 

Tribes an opportunity to review and 

comment on the Service’s proposed 

issuance of a permit to the WDNR. 

Background 

On September 7, 2006, the Service 

announced the availability for public 

review and comment of a draft Template 

SHA, which was jointly developed by 

the Service and the Washington 

Department of Fish and Wildlife 

(WDFW), and a draft Environmental 

Assessment, which was developed by 

the Service pursuant to Federal 

responsibilities under the National 

Environmental Policy Act (71 FR 

52816). The final Template SHA was 

signed by the Service and WDFW on 

October 24, 2006. To date, the Service 

has issued 16 Permits under the 

Template SHA, which cover 109,425 

acres that fall within the historic 

distribution of the Columbia Basin 

pygmy rabbit. The WDNR has requested 

to enroll an additional 11,148 acres of 

State trust lands under the Template 

SHA. 

The primary objective of the Template 

SHA is to facilitate collaboration 

between the Service, WDFW, and 

prospective participants to voluntarily 

implement conservation measures to 

benefit the Columbia Basin pygmy 

rabbit. Another objective of the 

Template SHA is to facilitate the 

processing of enhancement of survival 

permits that will provide incidental take 

coverage for participants to relieve them 

of additional section 9 liability under 

the Act if implementation of their 

conservation measures results in 

increased numbers or distribution of 

Columbia Basin pygmy rabbits on their 

enrolled properties. 

This notice is provided pursuant to 

section 10(c) of the Act. The Service has 

previously determined that 

implementation of the Template SHA 

will result in conservation benefits to 

the Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit and 

will not result in significant effects to 

the human environment. The Service 

will evaluate the permit application 

noticed herein, related documents, and 

any comments submitted thereon to 

determine whether the permit 

application is consistent with the 

measures prescribed by the Template 

SHA and whether it complies with 

relevant statutory and regulatory 

requirements. If it is determined that the 

requirements are met, a permit to 

exempt incidental take of the Columbia 

Basin pygmy rabbit will be issued to the 

applicant. The final permit 

determination will not be made until 

after the end of the 30-day comment 

period, and will fully consider all 

comments received. 

Dated: September 29, 2008. 

David J. Wesley, 

Deputy Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[ES–020–09–1610–DO–015M] 

Notice of Intent to Prepare a Resource 

Management Plan for the Jackson 

Field Office, Bureau of Land 

Management-Eastern States and 

Associated Environmental Impact 

Statement 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management—Eastern States (BLM-ES), 

Jackson Field Office, Jackson, 

Mississippi, intends to prepare a 

Resource Management Plan (RMP) with 

an associated Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for the Southeastern 

United States and, by this notice, is 

announcing public scoping meetings. 

The RMP will bring all BLM land in the 

Southeastern United States under a land 

use plan 

DATES: The BLM will announce public 

scoping meetings to identify relevant 

issues through local news media, 

newsletters, and the BLM web site 

http://www.blm.gov/es/st/en/fo/

Jackson_Home_Page.html at least 15 

days prior to the first meeting. We will 

provide formal opportunities for public 

participation upon publication of the 

Draft RMP/EIS. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: Web 

Site: http://www.blm.gov/es/st/en/fo/

Jackson_Home_Page.html 

• E-mail: Gary_Taylor@blm.gov 

• Fax: (601) 977–5440 

• Mail: Jackson Field Office, BLM, 

Attn: Gary Taylor, 411 Briarwood Drive, 

Suite 404, Jackson, Mississippi 39206. 


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