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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.

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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.

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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.

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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’’.