Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 242 / Monday, December 17, 2001 / Notices 64987

Dated: December 7, 2001.

Monica Farris,

Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits,

Division of Management Authority.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Receipt of Application for

Endangered Species Permit

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt.

The following applicant has applied

for a permit to conduct certain activities

with an endangered species. This notice

is provided pursuant to section 10(c) of

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended.

Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey,

Silvio O. Conte Anadromous Fish

Research Center, Turners Falls,

Massachusetts, PRT–TE050317–0.

The applicant requests authorization

to take (harm, harass, and kill) 12,000

eyed eggs of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo

salar). The eggs were captively bred at

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s

Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery,

East Orland, Maine, and will be

transferred to the Conte Anadromous

Fish Research Center, Turners Falls,

Massachusetts to conduct specific

research activities.

Written data or comments should be

submitted to the Regional Permits

Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, 300 Westgate Center Drive,

Hadley, Massachusetts, 01035, and must

be received within 30 days of the date

of this publication.

Documents and other information

submitted with this application are

available for review by any party who

submits a written request for a copy of

such documents to the following office

within 30 days of the date of publication

of this notice: U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, 300 Westgate Center Drive,

Hadley, Massachusetts 01035.

Attention: Diane Lynch, Regional

Permits Coordinator. Telephone: 413–

253–8628; Fax: 413–253–8482.

Dated: November 21, 2001.

Richard O. Bennett,

Acting Regional Director.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Notice of Issuance of Permit for Marine

Mammals

On September 25, 2001, a notice was

published in the Federal Register (66

FR 49035), that an application had been

filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service

by Clayton Green for a permit (PRT–

048095) to import one polar bear (Ursus

maritimus) taken from the Southern

Beaufort Sea population, Canada for

personal use.

Notice is hereby given that on

November 21, 2001, 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, Division of

Management Authority, 4401 North

Fairfax Drive, Room 700, Arlington,

Virginia 22203, telephone (703) 358–

2104 or fax (703) 358–2281.

Dated: December 7, 2001.

Monica Farris,

Senior Permit Biologist, Branch of Permits,

Division of Management Authority.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Service Regulations Committee

Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service

(hereinafter Service) will conduct an

open meeting on January 24, 2002, to

identify and discuss preliminary issues

concerning the 2002–03 migratory bird

hunting regulations.

DATES: The meeting will be held January

24, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The Service Regulations

Committee will meet at the Arlington

Square Building, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room

200 A/B, Arlington, Virginia.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jonathan Andrew, Chief, Division of

Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, Department of the

Interior, ms 634–ARLSQ, 1849 C Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20240, (703) 358–

1714.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Representatives from the Service, the

Service’s Migratory Bird Regulations

Committee, and Flyway Council

Consultants will meet on January 24,

2002, at 8:30 a.m. to identify

preliminary issues concerning the 2002–

03 migratory bird hunting regulations

for discussion and review by the Flyway

Councils at their March meetings.

In accordance with Departmental

policy regarding meetings of the Service

Regulations Committee attended by any

person outside the Department, these

meetings are open to public observation.

Members of the public may submit

written comments on the matters

discussed to the Director.

Dated: November 27, 2001.

Kevin R. Adams,

Acting Deputy Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

Presidential Task Force on

Employment of Adults With

Disabilities; Notice of Open Meeting

Background and Authority

The Presidential Task Force on

Employment of Adults with Disabilities

(Task Force) was established by

Executive Order 13078. The primary

purpose of the Task Force is ‘‘* * * to

create a coordinated and aggressive

national policy to bring adults with

disabilities into gainful employment at

a rate that is as close as possible to that

of the general adult population.’’

Task Force membership includes the

following Executive Branch positions:

Secretary of Labor; Secretary of

Education, Secretary of Veterans Affairs;

Secretary of Health and Human

Services; Commissioner of the Social

Security Administration; Secretary of

the Treasury; Secretary of Commerce;

Secretary of Transportation; Secretary of

Housing and Urban Development,

Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of

Agriculture, the Attorney General of the

United States; Director of the Office of

Personnel Management; Administrator

of the Small Business Administration;

Chair of the Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission; Chair of the

Federal Communications Commission;

and Chair of the National Council on

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Disability. The Secretary of Labor has

been designated as Task Force Chair.

Notice of Meeting Including

Specifications as to Time and Place

An open meeting of the Task Force

will take place on Monday, January 28,

2002 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the U.

S. Chamber of Commerce, 1615 H Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20062.

Agenda Items

This being the first Task Force

meeting since the introduction of the

President’s New Freedom Initiative, the

agenda will include: (1) Reports on the

implementation of the President’s New

Freedom Initiative to date, (2)

discussion of the interagency

coordination needed to expand upon

the New Freedom Initiative, (3) future

actions departments or agencies will

undertake to further the goals of the

New Freedom Initiative, and (4) a

demonstration of assistive technology

products.

Special Accommodations

Any individuals wishing to attend the

Task Force meeting who need special

accommodations or require further

information should contact Mr. Paul

Bennett at 202/693–4939 (voice), 202/

693–4929 (fax), or 202/693–4920 (TTY)

by Friday, January 18, 2001.

Signed in Washington, DC, this 7th day of

December, 2001.

William R. McKinnon,

Acting Executive Director, Presidential Task

Force on Employment of Adults with

Disabilities.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Mine Safety and Health Administration

Summary of Decisions Granting in

Whole or in Part Petitions for

Modification

AGENCY: Mine Safety and Health

Administration (MSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice of affirmative decisions

issued by the Administrators for Coal

Mine Safety and Health and Metal and

Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health on

petitions for modification of the

application of mandatory safety

standards.

SUMMARY: Under section 101 of the

Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of

1977, the Secretary of Labor (Secretary)

may allow the modification of the

application of a mandatory safety

standard to a mine if the Secretary

determines either that an alternate

method exists at a specific mine that

will guarantee no less protection for the

miners affected than that provided by

the standard, or that the application of

the standard at a specific mine will

result in a diminution of safety to the

affected miners.

Final decisions on these petitions are

based upon the petitioner’s statements,

comments and information submitted

by interested persons, and a field

investigation of the conditions at the

mine. MSHA, as designee of the

Secretary, has granted or partially

granted the requests for modification

listed below. In some instances, the

decisions are conditioned upon

compliance with stipulations stated in

the decision. The term ‘‘FR Notice’’

appears in the list of affirmative

decisions below. The term refers to the

Federal Register volume and page

where MSHA published a notice of the

filing of the petition for modification.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Petitions and

copies of the final decisions are

available for examination by the public

in the Office of Standards, Regulations,

and Variances, MSHA, Room 627, 4015

Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia

22203. Contact Barbara Barron at 703–

235–1910.

Dated at Arlington, Virginia this 10th day

of December 2001.

David L. Meyer,

Director, Office of Standards, Regulations,

and Variances, Enclosures.

Affirmative Decisions on Petitions for

Modification

Docket No.: M–2000–104–C.

FR Notice: 65 FR 58819.

Petitioner: West Ridge Resources, Inc.

Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.901

Summary of Findings: The

petitioner’s proposal is to use an

alternative method of grounding a diesel

generator. The petitioner proposes to

use a 480-volt, wye connected, 320 KW

portable diesel powered generator for

utility power and to move electrically

powered mining equipment in and

around the mine. This is considered an

acceptable alternative method for the

West Ridge Mine. MSHA grants the

petition for modification for the 480-

volt, three-phase, 320KW diesel

powered generator (DPG) set, Serial No.

31545, used to supply power to a 400

KVA autotransformer and three-phase

480- and 995-volt power circuits for the

West Ridge Mine with conditions.

Docket No.: M–2000–113–C.

FR Notice: 65 FR 58820.

Petitioner: Blue Mountain Energy, Inc.

Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.350.

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal is to use air coursed through

conveyor belt entries to ventilate

working places. The petitioner proposes

to install a carbon monoxide monitoring

system as an early warning fire

detection system in all belt entries used

to course intake air to a working place.

This is considered an acceptable

alternative method for the Deserado

Mine. MSHA grants the petition for

modification for the Deserado Mine

with conditions.

Docket No.: M–2000–118–C.

FR Notice: 65 FR 58821.

Petitioner: West Ridge Resources, Inc.

Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.1002–

1(a)

Summary of Findings: Petitioner’s

proposal is to use nonpermissible lowvoltage or battery-powered electronic

testing and diagnostic equipment within

150 feet of pillow workings, and limited

to laptop computers, oscilloscopes,

vibration analysis machines, cable fault

detectors, point temperature probes,

infrared temperature devices and

recorders, pressures and flow

measurements devices, signal analyzer

devices, ultrasonic thickness gauges,

electronic component testers, and

electronic tachometers. Other testing

and diagnostic equipment may be used

if approved by the District Manager.

This is considered an acceptable

alternative method for the West Ridge

Mine. MSHA grants the petition for

modification for the use of low-voltage

or battery-powered nonpermissible

electronic testing and diagnostic

equipment within 150 feet of pillar

workings at the West Ridge Mine with

conditions.

Docket No.: M–2000–125–C.

FR Notice: 65 FR 64261.

Petitioner: Snyder Coal Company.

Regulation Affected: 30 CFR 75.1405.

Summary of Findings: The

petitioner’s proposal is to use bar and

pin or link and pin couplers on

underground haulage equipment. This

is considered an acceptable alternative

method for the Rattling Run Slope Mine.

MSHA grants the petition for

modification for the Rattling Run Slope

Mine with conditions.

Docket No.: M–2000–126–C.

FR Notice: 65 FR 64261.

Petitioner: Three W–M Coal

Company.

Regulation Affected: 75.1400(c).

Summary of Findings: The

petitioner’s proposal is to use stronger

rope and secondary safety rope

connections in place of safety catches or

other no less effective devices on a slope

conveyance (gunboat) in transporting

persons. This is considered an

acceptable alternative method for the

Orchard Slope Mine. MSHA grants the