11178 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 36 / Thursday, February 22, 2001 / Notices

ADDRESSES: Interested persons are

invited to submit comments regarding

this proposal. Comments should refer to

the proposal by name and/or OMB

approval number (2503–0018) and

should be sent to: Joseph F. Lackey, Jr.,

OMB Desk Officer, Office of

Management and Budget, Room 10235,

New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne Eddins, Reports Management

Officer, Q, Department of Housing and

Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street,

SW., Washington, DC 20410; e-mail

Wayne_Eddins@HUD.gov; telephone

(202) 708–2374. This is not a toll-free

number. Copies of the proposed forms

and other available documents

submitted to OMB may be obtained

from Mr. Eddins.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department has submitted the proposal

for the collection of information, as

described below, to OMB for review, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35). The Notice

lists the following information: (1) The

title of the information collection

proposal; (2) the office of the agency to

collect the information; (3) the OMB

approval number, if applicable; (4) the

description of the need for the

information and its proposed use; (5)

the agency form number, if applicable;

(6) what members of the public will be

affected by the proposal; (7) how

frequently information submissions will

be required; (8) an estimate of the total

number of hours needed to prepare the

information submission including

number of respondents, frequency of

response, and hours of response; (9)

whether the proposal is new, an

extension, reinstatement, or revision of

an information collection requirement;

and (10) the name and telephone

number of an agency official familiar

with the proposal and of the OMB Desk

Officer for the Department.

This Notice also lists the following

information:

Title of Proposal: Prospectus.

OMB Approval Number: 2503–0018.

Form Numbers: HUD–11712, 11712–

11, 11717, 11717–11, 1724, 11728,

11728–11, 1731, 1734, 11747, 11747–11,

11772–11.

Description of the Need for the

Information and its Proposed Use:

GNMA is authorized to guarantee the

timely payment of principal and interest

on securities which are based on or

backed by a pool composed of

mortgages insured by the FHA. Forms

are used to provide a standard format

for the description of securities for each

type of mortgage eligible for inclusion in

a mortgage-backed securities pool. Since

each type of mortgage has different

characteristics, it is necessary to have

separate prospectuses for each program.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, Federal Government.

Frequency of Submission: On

occasion.

Reporting Burden

No. of

respondents × Frequencyof response × Hours perresponse = Burdenhours

655 48 0.25 7,885

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 7,885.

Status: Reinstatement, without

change.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as

amended.

Dated: February 13, 2001.

Wayne Eddins,

Departmental Reports Management Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–4387 Filed 2–21–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Availability of a Final Recovery Plan

for Thirteen Plant Taxa From the

Northern Channel Islands

AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability.

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, announce the

availability of a final recovery plan for

13 plant taxa from the northern Channel

Islands, California. These taxa include

11 plants listed as endangered,

Hoffmann’s rock-cress (Arabis

hoffmannii), Santa Rosa Island

manzanita (Arctostaphylos

confertiflora), island barberry (Berberis

pinnata ssp. insularis), soft-leaved

paintbrush (Castilleja mollis), island

bedstraw (Galium buxifolium),

Hoffmann’s slender-flowered gilia (Gilia

tenuiflora ssp. hoffmannii), Santa Cruz

Island bushmallow (Malacothamnus

fasciculatus var. nesioticus), Santa Cruz

Island malacothrix (Malacothrix

indecora), island malacothrix

(Malacothrix squalida), island phacelia

(Phacelia insularis var. insularis), and

Santa Cruz Island fringepod

(Thysanocarpus conchuliferus) and two

plants listed as threatened, Santa Cruz

Island dudleya (Dudleya nesiotica) and

island rush-rose (Helianthemum

greenei). These threatened and

endangered plants are native to

Anacapa, San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa

Cruz, and Santa Catalina Islands. To

assure their recovery, they require

control of introduced herbivores and

weeds, habitat restoration, and

reintroduction measures.

ADDRESSES: Recovery plans that have

been approved by the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service are available on the

World Wide Web at http://

www.r1.fws.gov. Recovery Plans may

also be obtained from: Fish and Wildlife

Reference Service, 5430 Grosvenor

Lane, Suite 110, Bethesda, Maryland

20814, 301/429–6403 or 1–800–582–

3421. The fee for the plan varies

depending on the number of pages of

the plan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim

Thomas, Fish and Wildlife Biologist,

Barstow Field Sub-Office of the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service, 222 East

Main Street, Suite 202, Barstow CA

92311, (phone 760/255–8890).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Restoring endangered or threatened

animals and plants to the point where

they are again secure, self-sustaining

members of their ecosystems is a

primary goal of the U. S. Fish and

Wildlife Service’s endangered species

program. To help guide the recovery

effort, we are working to prepare

recovery plans for most of the listed

species native to the United States.

Recovery plans describe actions

considered necessary for the

conservation of the species, establish

criteria for downlisting or delisting

listed species, and estimate time and

cost for implementing the recovery

measures needed.

The Endangered Species Act of 1973,

as amended (Act) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et

seq.), 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 as amended in

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1988 requires that public notice and an

opportunity for public review and

comment be provided during recovery

plan development. Information

presented during the public comment

period has been considered in the

preparation of the final recovery plan,

and is summarized in the appendix to

the recovery plan. We will forward

substantive comments regarding

recovery plan implementation to

appropriate Federal or other entities so

that they can take these comments into

account during the course of

implementing recovery actions.

All 13 plant taxa covered in this

recovery plan are endemic to the

northern Channel Islands (Anacapa,

Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, and San

Miguel), with the exception of a few

populations of island rush-rose that

occur on the more southerly island of

Santa Catalina. These plants occur in a

variety of habitats: coastal terrace,

coastal bluff scrub, coastal sage scrub,

and chaparral. All 13 plant taxa and

their habitats have been variously

affected or are currently threatened by

one or more of the following: soil loss;

historic and continuing habitat

alteration by mammals alien to the

Channel Islands (pigs, goats, sheep,

donkeys, cattle, deer, elk, horses, bison);

direct predation by these same alien

mammals; habitat alteration by native

seabirds; competition with alien plant

taxa; and increased vulnerability to

extinction due to reduced genetic

viability, depressed reproductive vigor,

and the chance of extinction from

random naturally occurring events

because of small numbers of individuals

and isolated populations.

The objective of this plan is to

conserve the plants so that protection by

the Act is no longer necessary. Actions

necessary to accomplish this objective

include active control programs for

introduced animals, implementation of

an interagency Conservation Strategy,

habitat restoration and weed control,

surveys, conservation research, seed

storage in cooperating facilities, and

development of techniques for

germination, propagation, and

outplanting.

Authority

The authority for this action is section

4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16

U.S.C. 1533(f).

Dated: February 15, 2001.

Michael J. Spear,

Manager, California/Nevada Operations

Office, Region 1, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service.

[FR Doc. 01–4365 Filed 2–21–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force

Mitten Crab Control Committee

Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance

Species (ANS) Task Force Mitten Crab

Control Committee. The meeting topics

are identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.

DATES: The Mitten Crab Control

Committee will meet from 9 a.m. to 4:30

p.m., Tuesday, March 6, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The Mitten Crab Control

Committee Meeting will be held in the

Pavilion Room at the Radisson Hotel,

500 Leisure Lane, Sacramento,

California.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sharon Gross, Executive Secretary,

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, at

703–358–2308 or by e-mail at

sharonlgross@fws.gov or Kim Webb,

Mitten Crab Control Committee Chair, at

209–946–6400.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.

I), this notice announces a meeting of

the Aquatic Nuisance Specifies Task

Force Mitten Crab Control Committee.

The ANS Task Force was established by

the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance

Prevention and Control Act of 1990.

Topics to be covered during the

Mitten Crab Control Committee meeting

include: a review of the life history of

the mitten crab, a description of the

California invasion, a review of the draft

management plan, an update of the

current status, and a discussion of

Committee actions to further develop a

comprehensive management plan.

Minutes of the meeting will be

maintained by the Executive Secretary,

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force,

Suite 810, 4401 North Fairfax Drive,

Arlington, Virginia 22203–1622, and

will be available for public inspection

during regular business hours, Monday

through Friday.

Dated: February 14, 2001.

Cathleen I. Short,

Co-Chair, Acquatic Nuisance Species Task

Force, Assistance Director—Fisheries and

Habitat Restoration.

[FR Doc. 01–4359 Filed 2–21–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Addition to Ninigret National Wildlife

Refuge

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Director of the U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service has approved the

114 acre expansion of the Ninigret

National Wildlife Refuge.

DATES: This action was effective on

February 9, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Andrew French, Chief, Division of

Realty, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

2nd Floor, 300 Westgate Center Drive,

Hadley, Massachusetts. Telephone 413–

253–8590.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

property has been identified as the

preferred site for the proposed Rhode

Island National Wildlife Complex

visitor center. The property is also

within the boundary of all the proposed

alternatives of the draft Comprehensive

Conservation Plan currently proposed

for the Rhode Island Complex.

Based on the information contained in

the decision document, a categorical

exclusion was signed on December 20,

2000, by the Regional Director.

Dated: February 9, 2001.

Marshall P. Jones, Jr.,

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 01–4356 Filed 2–21–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Geological Survey

Notice of Proposed Cooperative

Research and Development Agreement

(CRADA) Negotiations Under the

Technology Transfer Act of 1986

SUMMARY: The United States Geological

Survey (USGS) is contemplating

entering into a Cooperative Research

and Development Agreement (CRADA)

with Schering-Plough Animal Health

Corporation to seek U.S. Food and Drug

Administration approval of the

antibacterial florfenicol for use in public

and private aquaculture.

Inquiries: If any other parties are

interested in similar activities with the

USGS, please contact: William H.

Gingerich, 2630 Fanta Reed Road, La

Crosse, Wisconsin 54603; Telephone

608–783–6451; Internet

‘‘bill_gingerich@usgs.gov’’.