67290 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 249 / Friday, December 28, 2001 / Notices

Request for Information

Our determination of candidate status

for the Rio Grande cutthroat trout shall

be based upon the best available

scientific and commercial data, as

required under section 4(b)(1)(A) of the

Act. We request you submit any further

information on the Rio Grande cutthroat

trout. We are particularly interested in

any information concerning the

following:

(1) Current population numbers and

trends for each of the populations of the

Rio Grande cutthroat trout;

(2) Whether there are documented

increases in those populations or their

habitat;

(3) The status of remaining habitat

areas;

(4) The current threats and future

threats to those populations and

remaining habitat areas; and

(5) Other regulatory mechanisms that

address those threats; and the success of

those mechanisms to date.

References Cited

A complete list of all references cited

is available upon request from the New

Mexico Ecological Services Field Office

(see ADDRESSES section).

Author

The primary author of this document

is New Mexico Ecological Services Field

Office staff (see ADDRESSES section).

Authority: The authority for this action is

section 4(b)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species

Act, 16 U.S.C. 1533.

Dated: November 23, 2001.

Nancy Kaufman,

Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 01–31911 Filed 12–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Industrial Gas Pipeline Right-of-Way

Permit Application Crossing Fish and

Wildlife Service National Wildlife

Refuge

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service) advises the public that

Air Products, L.P., of Houston, Texas,

has submitted an application to install

a 10-inch nominal pipeline for

transportation of industrial gas from

Bayport, Texas, to Freeport, Texas,

containing approximately 52.7 miles in

length and crossing portions of Harris,

Galveston, and Brazoria Counties,

Texas. The pipeline will be within an

existing 300-foot wide pipeline right-ofway corridor that crosses the Brazoria

National Wildlife Refuge, in Brazoria

County, Texas. The portion that will

cross the Service land is approximately

165.11 rods and will utilize a 12-foot by

55-foot surface site, in Brazoria County,

Texas. The pipeline will consist of 103⁄4

inches O.D. steel line pipe, 0.365-inch

wall thickness, API specification 5L

Grade X–42, coated with fusion bonded

epoxy, and cathodically protected, and

will be buried at a minimum of 5 feet.

An Environmental Analysis and

Cultural Resources Review has been

prepared and is on file.

This notice informs the public that

the Service will be proceeding with the

processing of the application, the

compatibility determination and the

approval processing which includes the

preparation of the terms and conditions

of the permit.

DATES: Written comments should be

received on or before January 28, 2002

to receive consideration by the Service.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to: Regional Director, U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of

Realty, Attention: Lena V. Marie, Realty

Specialist, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque,

New Mexico 87103–1306, telephone

number 505–248–7411 or fax number

505–248–6803.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Refuge Manager for the Brazoria

National Wildlife Refuge has approved

the route of the pipeline that lies within

an existing 300-foot wide right-of-way

corridor.

Right-of-Way applications for

pipelines are to be filed in accordance

with Section 28 of the Mineral Leasing

Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C.), as amended by

the Act of November 16, 1973, (37 Stat.

576, Public Law 93–153).

Dated: November 26, 2001.

Esther M. Pringle,

Acting Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 01–31858 Filed 12–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Applications for Incidental Take

Permits by Gulf Highlands LLC and

Fort Morgan Paradise Joint Venture in

Alabama

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability;

Reopening of public comment period.

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service (Service), announce the

availability of an Environmental

Assessment and receipt of applications

for incidental take permits for

residential development in Alabama.

We also provide notice that the public

comment period for the proposal is

reopened to allow all interested parties

to submit written comments on the

proposed incidental take permits.

Comments previously submitted need

not be resubmitted. The original public

notice, 66 FR 54020–54022, opened the

comment period from October 25

through December 10, 2001.

Gulf Highlands LLC and Fort Morgan

Paradise Joint Venture (Applicants) seek

incidental take permits (ITP) from the

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service)

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

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (Act). The proposed take

would be incidental to otherwise lawful

activities, including construction of

residential condominiums, commercial

facilities, and recreational amenities on

adjoining tracts of land owned by the

Applicants. The proposed action would

involve approval of the Habitat

Conservation Plan (HCP) jointly

developed by the Applicants, as

required by section 10(a)(2)(B) of the

Act, to minimize and mitigate for

incidental take of the Federally-listed,

endangered Alabama beach mouse

(Peromyscus polionotus

ammobates)(ABM), the endangered

Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys

kempii), the threatened green sea turtle

(Chelonia mydas), and the threatened

loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta).

The subject permits would authorize

take of ABM and the three sea turtles

along 2,844 linear feet of coastal dune

habitat fronting the Gulf of Mexico in

Baldwin County, Alabama. The

Applicants’ properties total 180.5 acres,

but only 62 acres would be developed.

Additionally, about 16 acres of platted

road rights-of-way are encompassed by

the project and bring the total area to

196.4 acres. A more detailed description

of the mitigation and minimization

measures to address the effects of the

Project to the ABM and sea turtles is

provided in the Applicants’ HCP, the

Service’s Environmental Assessment

(EA), and in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section below.

The Service announces the

availability of an Environmental

Assessment (EA) and Habitat

Conservation Plan/Applications for

Incidental Take. The permit

applications incorporate the Applicants’

HCP as the proposed action for

evaluation in the Service’s EA. Copies of

the EA on compact disk and the HCP