9594 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 27 / Thursday, February 8, 2001 / Notices

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

memorandum of January 20, 2001, from

the Assistant to the President and Chief

of Staff, entitled ‘‘Regulatory Review

Plan,’’ published in the Federal Register

on January 24, 2001 (66 FR 7701), this

document temporarily delays for 60

days the effective date of the document

entitled ‘‘Policy on Maintaining the

Biological Integrity, Diversity, and

Environmental Health of the National

Wildlife Refuge System; Notice,’’

published in the Federal Register on

January 16, 2001 (66 FR 3809). This

policy guides personnel of the National

Wildlife Refuge System in

implementing the clause of the National

Wildlife Refuge System Improvement

Act of 1997 directing the Secretary of

the Interior to ensure that the

‘‘biological integrity, diversity, and

environmental health’’ of the System is

maintained.

DATES: The effective date of the Policy

on Maintaining the Biological Integrity,

Diversity, and Environmental Health of

the National Wildlife Refuge System

published in the Federal Register on

January 16, 2001, at 66 FR 3809, is

delayed for 60 days, from February 15,

2001, to a new effective date of April 16,

2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elizabeth Souheaver, Acting Chief,

Division of Natural Resources, National

Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax

Drive, Room 670, Arlington, Virginia

22203; telephone (703) 358–1744.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To the

extent that 5 U.S.C. section 553 applies

to this action, this action is exempt from

notice and comment because it

constitutes a rule of procedure under 5

U.S.C. section 553(b)(A). Alternatively,

the Department’s implementation of this

action without opportunity for public

comment, effective immediately upon

publication today in the Federal

Register, is based on the good cause

exceptions in 5 U.S.C. sections

553(b)(3)(B) and 553(d)(3), in that

seeking public comment is impractical,

unnecessary and contrary to the public

interest. The temporary 60-day delay in

effective date is necessary to give

Department officials the opportunity for

further review and consideration of new

regulations, consistent with the

Assistant to the President’s

memorandum of January 20, 2001.

Given the imminence of the effective

date, seeking prior public comment on

this temporary delay would have been

impractical, as well as contrary to the

public interest in the orderly

promulgation and implementation of

regulations.

Dated: February 2, 2001.

Timothy S. Elliott,

Acting Deputy Solicitor.

[FR Doc. 01–3223 Filed 2–7–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[ID–070–1020–PG]

Resource Advisory Council Meeting;

Upper Snake River District

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Resource Advisory Council

meeting locations and times

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Federal Land Policy and Management

Act and the Federal Advisory

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), 5

U.S.C., the Department of the Interior,

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

meeting of the Upper Snake River

District Resource Advisory Council

(RAC) will be held as indicated below.

The agenda for this two-day meeting

will include updates on the designation

of an expanded Craters of the Moon,

Fire Management Planning, the

Shoshone Land Use Plan Amendments,

Sage Grouse Studies in the Lower Snake

River District as a starting point for

studies in this District, and Selenium

cleanup in the Pocatello Field Office.

The agenda may change as other issues

warrant between publication of this

notice and the meeting. All meetings are

open to the public. The public may

present written or oral comments to the

council. Each formal council meeting

will have a time allocated for hearing

public comments. Individuals who plan

to attend and need further information

about the meetings, or need special

assistance such as sign language

interpretation or other reasonable

accommodations should contact David

Howell at the Upper Snake River

District Office, 1405 Hollipark Dr.,

Idaho Falls, ID 83401, or telephone

(208) 524–7559.

DATES AND TIMES: The next meeting will

be held February 21–22, 2000 at the Best

Western Burley Inn, address in Burley,

Idaho. An executive session of the RAC

will begin at 1 p.m., and the full RAC

meeting will begin at 2 p.m. The

meeting will conclude no later than 3

p.m. the following day. Public

comments, if any, will be scheduled

from 2:00 to 2:30 p.m. on February 21,

2001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the Resource Advisory

Council is to advise the Secretary of the

Interior, through the BLM, on a variety

of planning and management issues

associated with the management of the

of the public lands.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Howell, Upper Snake River

District, 1405 Hollipark Dr., Idaho Falls,

ID 83401, (208) 524–7559.

Dated: January 19, 2001.

Joe Kraayenbrink,

Idaho Falls Field Manager.

[FR Doc. 01–3280 Filed 2–7–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[NV–930–1430–ET; N–62297]

Cancellation of Proposed Withdrawal;

Nevada

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land

Management has canceled its

withdrawal application to protect

resource values and open space in

southern Washoe County.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dennis J. Samuelson, BLM Nevada State

Office, P.O. Box 12000, Reno, Nevada

89520, 775–861–6532.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice

of Proposed Withdrawal was published

as FR Doc. 98–18016 in the Federal

Register, 63 FR 36937–36940, July 8,

1998, for the Bureau of Land

Management to withdraw 15,757.14

acres of reserved Federal minerals from

mining and 166,906.28 acres of public

land from surface entry and mining, but

not from sales, exchanges, recreation

and public purposes, or mineral leasing

to protect resource values and open

space in the southern Washoe County

urban, suburban, and rural residential

areas. This proposed withdrawal has

been superseded by a subsequent

proposal.

The segregative effect for the lands

described in the notice terminated in

accordance with said notice on July 7,

2000, subject to valid existing rights, the

provisions of existing withdrawals,

other segregations of record, and the

requirements of applicable law.

Dated: February 1, 2001.

Jim Stobaugh,

Lands Team Lead.

[FR Doc. 01–3241 Filed 2–7–01; 8:45 am]

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