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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: Housing

Development Grant Program Project

Settlement Procedures.

OMB Approval Number: 2502–0382.

Form Numbers: HUD–90024, 90025,

90026, 90027, 90028.

Description of the Need for the

Information and Its Proposed Use: The

collection of project settlement

information is necessary upon

construction completion, that all project

owners account for funds expended.

The information provided in the project

settlement process will permit HUD to

determine that only the amount of funds

necessary were awarded to the project

and will also permit HUD to determine

the owner’s minimum equity

requirements have been met.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Frequency of Submission: Reporting

Other project settlement.

Reporting Burden:

Number of

respondents × Frequency ofresponse × Hours perresponse = Burdenhours

15 1 8 120

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 120.

Status: Reinstatement, without

change.

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork

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

amended.

Dated: January 2, 2001.

Wayne Eddins,

Departmental Reports Management Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–471 Filed 1–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4210–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Availability of Draft Comprehensive

Conservation Plan and Environmental

Assessment for North Platte National

Wildlife Refuge, Scottsbluff, NE

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Refuge

Improvement Act of 1997, the U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service has published the

Draft North Platte National Wildlife

Refuge Comprehensive Conservation

Plan and Environmental Assessment.

This Plan describes how the FWS

intends to manage the North Platte NWR

for the next 10–15 years.

DATES: Submit written comments by

February 8, 2001. All comments need to

be addressed to: Brad McKinney, Refuge

Manage, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

North Platte National Wildlife Refuge,

115 Railway Street, Suite C109,

Scottsbluff, NE 69363–1346.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the Draft Plan

may be obtained by writing to U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, North Platte NWR,

115 Railway Street, Suite C109,

Scottsbluff, NE 69363–1346 or from

http://www.r6.fws.gov/larp/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brad

McKinney, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, North Platte NWR, 115 Railway

Street, Suite C109, Scottsbluff, NE

bradlmckinney@fws.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 2,909-

acre North Platte National Wildlife

Refuge is located in the Nebraska

Panhandle, within the Central Flyway

and Kansas/Platte Rivers ecosystem,

about eight miles north of the city of

Scottsbluff, NE. This Refuge is

superimposed over or adjoining three

Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs

consisting of Lake Minatare, Winters

Creek Lake, and Lake Alice. The North

Platte NWR was established by

Executive Order in 1916 as a ‘‘preserve

and breeding ground for native birds.’’

Since the Refuge is superimposed over

Bureau lands, it remains subordinate to

‘‘Reclamation service uses.’’

Management of the North Platte NWR

will be guided by its purpose to provide

a preserve and breeding ground for

migratory birds as well as to provide for

the life requirements of other species of

wildlife, subject to Bureau uses, and to

provide compatible, high quality

environmental education and wildlifeoriented recreational opportunities.

Dated: January 3, 2001.

John A. Blankenship,

Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.

[FR Doc. 01–508 Filed 1–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Availability of a Draft Recovery Plan

for the Bruneau Hot Springsnail

(Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis) for Review

and Comment

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability.

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, announce the

availability for public review of a draft

recovery plan for the Bruneau hot

springsnail (Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis).

This endangered snail is native to

thermal springs habitats along a 6.9-

kilometer (4.3-mile) reach of the

Bruneau River and its tributary Hot

Creek in southwestern Idaho.

DATES: Comments on the draft recovery

plan received by March 12, 2001 will be

considered by the Service.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft recovery

plan are available for inspection, by

appointment, during normal business

hours at the following location: Snake

River Basin Office, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, 1387 S. Vinnell Way,

Suite 368, Boise, Idaho 83709 (phone:

208/378–5243). Requests for copies of

the draft recovery plan and written

comments and materials regarding this

plan should be addressed to Robert

Ruesink, Field Supervisor, at the above

address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeri

Wood, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, at

the above address.

SUPPLEMENTATARY 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

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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 requires that

public notice and an opportunity for

public review and comment be provided

during recovery plan development. We

will consider all information presented

during the public comment period prior

to approval of each new or revised

recovery plan. Substantive technical

comments will result in changes to the

plans. Substantive comments regarding

recovery plan implementation may not

necessarily result in changes to the

recovery plans, but will be forwarded to

the appropriate Federal Agency or other

entities so that they can take these

comments into account during the

course of implementing recovery

actions.

The Bruneau hot springsnail

(Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis) is listed as

endangered. The species currently

survives in approximately 89, out of

155, small, flowing geothermal springs

and seeps along an approximately 6.9-

kilometer (4.3-mile) reach of the

Bruneau River and its tributary Hot

Creek in southwestern Idaho. The

species is found in a narrow elevation

range of 803.7 to 815.7 meters (2,636.9

to 2,676.1 feet).

The Bruneau hot springsnail has been

found in flowing geothermal springs

and seeps with temperatures ranging

from 15.7 to 36.9 degrees Celsius (60.3

to 98.4 degrees Fahrenheit), with the

highest densities of springsnails noted

at temperatures ranging from 22.8 to

36.6 degrees Celsius (73 to 98 degrees

Fahrenheit). Bruneau hot springsnails

are found in these habitats on the

exposed surfaces of various substrates,

including rocks, gravel, sand, mud, and

algal film. The principal threat to this

species is the reduction or elimination

of its geothermal spring habitats as a

result of agricultural-related

groundwater withdrawal and pumping.

The objective of this plan is to

provide a framework for the recovery of

the Bruneau hot springsnail so that

protection by the Endangered Species

Act is no longer necessary. Recovery is

contingent upon conserving and

increasing geothermal spring habitats

within the recovery area for the Bruneau

hot springsnail, while acknowledging

that geothermal groundwater can

continue to be managed to fulfill other

beneficial uses.

The Bruneau hot springsnail will be

considered for downlisting to a

threatened status when groundwater

management activities have been

implemented and monitoring indicates

an increasing trend in water levels in

the geothermal aquifer and occupied

geothermal springs for a period of 10

years. Delisting of the species will be

considered when: (1) Water levels in the

geothermal aquifer have increased and

stabilized at 816.96 meters (2,678.54

feet) in elevation (as measured in

October at one of the Hot Creek water

monitoring wells (USGS well number

03BDC1)); (2) the total number of

geothermal springs discharging within

the recovery area is 200 or more (this is

equivalent to the 1991 level of 211

geothermal springs), distributed within

the current range of the Bruneau hot

springsnail; (3) more than two-thirds of

available geothermal springs within the

recovery area (approximately 131

springs) are occupied by stable, medium

to high density populations of the

Bruneau hot springsnail; and (4)

groundwater levels are permanently

protected against further reductions

through implementation of groundwater

management activities.

Public Comments Solicited

We solicit written comments on the

recovery plan described. All comments

received by the date specified above

will be considered prior to approval of

this plan.

Authority

The authority for this action is section

4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16

U.S.C. 1533 (f).

Dated: January 3, 2001.

Anne Badgley,

Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 01–505 Filed 1–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Information Collection Submitted to

the Office of Management and Budget

for Review Under the Paperwork

Reduction Act; Correction

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

SUMMARY: On August 28, 2000, the

Bureau of Indian Affairs published a 60-

day notice in the Federal Register (65

FR 52123) inviting comments on the

proposed renewal of the collection of

information in 25 CFR part 151, Land

Acquisitions, OMB No. 1076–0100. One

comment was received to the Federal

Register notice.

This notice addresses the comment

that was inadvertently omitted in the

30-day notice published in the Federal

Register on November 3, 2000 (65 FR

66257). The comment suggested that

Indian tribes be required to consult with

local governments or other potentially

interested parties prior to an Indian

tribe’s submission of an application.

The comment was not accepted because

there is no statutory requirement that

Indian tribes consult with local

governments or other interested parties

prior to beginning the application

process.

All other information published in the

November 3, 2000 notice remains

unchanged.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Larry E. Scrivner or Helen R. Latall,

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Division of

Real Estate Services, MS 4510–MIB,

1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC

20240, telephone (202) 208–7737.

Dated: December 20, 2000.

Kevin Gover,

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.

[FR Doc. 01–582 Filed 1–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–02–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Education Facilities Replacement

Construction Priority List as of FY

2000, With Additions

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs

is adding seven educational facilities to

the Education Facilities Replacement

Construction Priority List (Priority List)