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We invite comments concerning this

renewal on: (1) whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of burden, (3) ways to enhance the

quality, utility and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (4)

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond. The information

collections in this program are part of a

system of record covered by the Privacy

Act [5 U.S.C. 552(a)].

Federal agencies may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The OMB control

number for this collection of

information is 1018–0092.

The information collection

requirements in this submission

implement the regulatory requirements

of the Endangered Species Act (16

U.S.C. 1539), the Migratory Bird Treaty

Act (15 U.S.C. 704), the Lacey Act (18

U.S.C. 42–44), the Bald and Golden

Eagle Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 668), the

Convention on International Trade in

Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and

Flora (CITES), (27 UST 108), the Marine

Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C.

1361–1407), and Wild Bird

Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 4901–

4916), and are contained in Service

regulations in Chapter I, Subchapter B

of Title 50 Code of Federal Regulations

(CFR). Common permit application and

record keeping requirements have been

consolidated in 50 CFR 13, and unique

requirements of the various statutes in

the applicable Part.

OMB Control Number: 1018–0092.

Service Form Numbers: 3–200–1

through 3–200–3 and 3–200–26.

Frequency of Collection: On Occasion.

Description of Respondents:

Individuals, biomedical companies,

circuses, zoological parks, botanical

gardens, nurseries, museums,

universities, scientists, antique dealers,

exotic pet industry, hunters,

taxidermists, commercial importers/

exporters of wildlife and plants, freight

forwarders/brokers, local, State, tribal

and Federal governments.

Total Annual Burden Hours: 8,232.64.

Total Annual Responses: 8,236.

Total Annual Non-Hour Cost Burden:

$308,200 ($25 application fees and $50

license fee).

Dated: February 15, 2001.

Rebecca A. Mullin,

Information Collection Officer, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 01–5551 Filed 3–6–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Information Collection Submitted to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for Reinstatement Approval

Under the Paperwork Reduction Act

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interiors.

ACTION: Notice; request for comments.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service has submitted the collection of

information listed below to OMB for

approval under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act. A copy of the

information collection requirement is

included in this notice. Copies of the

proposed information collection

requirement, related forms, and

explanatory material may be obtained

by contacting the Service Information

Collection Clearance Officer at the

address listed below.

DATES: OMB has up to 60 days to

approve or disprove information

collection but may respond after 30

days. Therefore, to ensure maximum

consideration, you must submit

comments on or before April 6, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments and suggestions

on the requirement should be sent

directly to the Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs; Office of

Management and Budget; Attention:

Desk Officer for the Department of the

Interior; 725 17th Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20503; and a copy of

the comments should be sent to Rebecca

A. Mullin, Service Information

Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax

Drive, Mail Stop 224–ARLSQ;

Arlington, Virginia 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Rebecca A. Mullin, Service Information

Collection Clearance Officer at (703)

358–2287, or electronically at

rmullin@fws.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Endangered Species Act (ESA) provides

for the protection of listed species

through establishment of programs for

their recovery and through prohibition

of harmful activities. The ESA also

provides for a number of exceptions to

its prohibitions against ‘‘take’’ of listed

species. Under sections 6 and 10 of the

ESA, regulations have been promulgated

at 50 CFR 17.22 (endangered wildlife

species), 17.32 (threatened wildlife

species), 17.62 (endangered plant

species), and 17.72 (threatened plant

species) to guide implementation of

these exceptions to the ‘‘take’’

prohibitions through permitting

programs. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service’s general permit regulations can

be found at 50 CFR 13. Take authorized

under this permit program would

otherwise be prohibited by the ESA. The

permit issuance criteria are designed to

ensure that the requirements of the ESA

are met, i.e., that conduct of the

requested actions and issuance of the

permit will enhance the survival of the

species.

The Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) regulations at 5 CFR 1320, which

implement provisions of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13),

require that interested members of the

public and affected agencies have an

opportunity to comment on information

collection and recordkeeping activities

(see 5 CFR 1320.8(d)). The U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service (We) will submit a

request to OMB to renew its existing

approval of the collection of information

for Native Endangered and Threatened

Species Permit Applications, which

expires on February 28, 2001. We are

requesting a 3-year term of approval for

this information collection activity.

A previous 60-day notice on this

information collection requirement was

published in the Federal Register on

December 21, 2000 (65 FR 80449)

inviting public comment. No comments

on the previous notice were received as

of February 20, 2001. This notice

provides an additional 30 days in which

to comment on the following

information.

Federal agencies may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The current OMB

control number for this collection of

information is 1018–0094.

The information collection

requirements in this submission

implement the regulatory requirements

of the Endangered Species Act (16

U.S.C. 1539), the Migratory Bird Treaty

Act (16 U.S.C. 704), and the Bald Eagle

Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 668) contained

in Service regulations in Chapter I,

Subchapter B of Title 50 of the Code of

Federal Regulations (CFR).

The information to be supplied on the

application form and the attachments

will be used to review the application

and allow the Service to make

decisions, according to criteria

established in various Federal wildlife

conservation statutes and regulations on

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the issuance, suspension, revocation, or

denial of permits. The obligation to

respond is, ‘‘required to obtain a

benefit.’’ An agency may not conduct or

sponsor a collection of information

unless the collection of information

displays a currently valid OMB control

number. We have revised the following

requirements, and they are included in

this submission:

1. Title: Native Endangered and

Threatened Species—Enhancement of

Survival Permits associated with Safe

Harbor Agreements, and Candidate

Conservation Agreements with

Assurances.

Approval Number: 1018–0094.

Service Form Number: 3–200–54.

Frequency of Collection: Annually.

Description of Respondents:

Individuals, households, businesses,

State agencies, private organizations.

Total Annual Burden Hours: The

reporting burden is estimated to average

2.5 hours per respondent for the

application and 5 hours per respondent

for the annual report of permitted

activities. The Total Annual Burden

hours is 125 hours for the application

and 750 hours for the annual report on

the permitted activities.

Total Annual Responses: The number

of respondents is estimated to average

50 respondents for the application and

150 for the annual report of the

permitted activities.

Regulations have been promulgated at

17.22(c) and (d) for endangered wildlife

species and 17.32(c) and (d) for

threatened wildlife species to guide

implementation of these permitting

programs for Enhancement of Survival

permits associated with Safe Harbor

Agreements and with Candidate

Conservation Agreements with

Assurances under section 10(a)(1)(A) of

the ESA. Service form 3–200–54 was

developed to facilitate collection of

information required by these

regulations.

An Enhancement of Survival permit

authorizes incidental take that may

occur under the Safe Harbor Agreement

or Candidate Conservation Agreement

with Assurances. Under the Safe Harbor

policy, non-Federal property owners

who voluntarily enter into a Safe Harbor

Agreement for implementation of

conservation measures for listed species

will receive assurances from the Service

that additional regulatory restrictions

will not be imposed beyond those

existing at the time of the Agreement.

Under the Candidate Conservation

Agreements with Assurances policy,

non-Federal property owners who

voluntarily enter into such an

Agreement for implementation of

conservation measures for species

proposed for listing, species that are

candidates for listing, or species that are

likely to become candidates in the near

future will receive assurances from the

Service that additional conservation

measures will not be required and

additional regulatory restrictions will

not be imposed should the species

become listed in the future.

2. Title: Native Endangered and

Threatened Species—Permits for

Scientific Purposes, Enhancement of

Propagation or Survival (i.e., Recovery

Permits) and Interstate Commerce

Approval Number: 1018–0094.

Service Form Number: 3–200–55.

Frequency of Collection: Annually.

Description of Respondents:

Individuals, scientific and research

institutions.

Total Annual Burden Hours: The

reporting burden is estimated to average

2 hours per respondent for the

application and 2 hours per respondent

for the annual report on the permitted

activities. The Total Annual Burden

hours is 1,050 hours for the application

and 200 hours for the annual report on

the permitted activities.

Total Annual Responses: The number

of respondents is estimated to average

525 respondents for the application and

100 respondents for the annual report of

the permitted activities.

Regulations have been promulgated at

17.22(a) for endangered wildlife species,

17.32(a) for threatened wildlife species,

17.62 for endangered plant species, and

17.72 for threatened plant species to

guide implementation of these

permitting programs for Recovery and

Interstate Commerce permits under

section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA. Service

form 3–200–55 was developed to

facilitate collection of information

required by these regulations. Recovery

permits allow ‘‘take’’ of listed species as

part of scientific research and

management actions, enhancement of

propagation or survival, zoological

exhibition, educational purposes, or

special purposes consistent with the

ESA designed to benefit the species

involved. Interstate Commerce permits

allow transport and sale of listed species

across State lines as part of breeding

programs enhancing the survival of the

species. Detailed descriptions of the

proposed taking, its necessities for

success of the proposed action, and

benefits to the species resulting from the

proposed action are required under the

implementing regulations cited above.

3. Title: Native Endangered and

Threatened Species—Incidental Take

Permits Associated With a Habitat

Conservation Plan

Approval Number: 1018–0094.

Service Form Number: 3–200–56.

Frequency of Collection: Annually.

Description of Respondents:

Individuals, households, businesses,

local and State agencies.

Total Annual Burden Hours: The

reporting burden is estimated to average

2.5 hours per respondent for the

application and 5 hours per respondent

for the annual report on the permitted

activities. The Total Annual Burden

hours is 250 hours for the application

and 1,750 hours for the annual report on

the permitted activities.

Total Annual Responses: The number

of respondents is estimated to be 100

respondents for the application and 350

respondents for the annual report of the

permitted activities.

Regulations have been promulgated at

17.22(b) for endangered wildlife species

and 17.32(b) for threatened wildlife

species to guide implementation of

these permitting programs for Incidental

Take permits associated with a Habitat

Conservation Plan under section

10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA. Form number 3–

200–56 was developed to facilitate

collection of information required by

these regulations. These permits allow

‘‘take’’ of listed species that is incidental

to otherwise lawful non-Federal actions.

The Service’s Incidental Take permit

program provides a flexible process for

addressing situations in which a

property owner’s otherwise lawful

activities might result in incidental take

of a listed species. The Incidental Take

permit program’s major strength is that

it provides a process that readily allows

the development of local solutions to

wildlife conservation as an alternative

to comprehensive federal regulation.

Local entities and private landowners

are given assurances that they will not

be required to make additional

commitments of land, water, or money;

or be subject to additional restrictions

on the use of land, water, or other

natural resources for species adequately

covered by a properly implemented

Habitat Conservation Plan.

We invite comments concerning this

renewal on: (1) whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of our endangered and

threatened species management

functions, including whether the

information will have practical utility;

(2) the accuracy of our estimate of the

burden of the collection of information;

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

collected; and, (4) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents. The information

collections in this program are part of a

system of records covered by the

Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552(a)).

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Dated: February 23, 2001

Jack Kraus,

Chief, Division of Policy and Directives,

Management.

[FR Doc. 01–5552 Filed 3–6–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Letters of Authorization To Take

Marine Mammals

AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service–

DOI.

ACTION: Notice of issuance of a Letter of

Authorization to take marine mammals

incidental to oil and gas industry

activities.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

101(a)(5)(A) of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended, and

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

implementing regulations [50 CFR

18.27(f)(3)], notice is hereby given that

a Letter of Authorization to take polar

bears incidental to oil and gas industry

exploration activities has been issued to

the following company:

Company Activity Location Date issued

Phillips Alaska, Inc. ............................... Exploration ........................................... Cronus #1 ............................................. February 8, 2001.

CONTACT: Mr. John W. Bridges at the

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Marine

Mammals Management Office, 1011 East

Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99503,

(800) 362–5148 or (907) 786–3810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Letters of Authorization are issued in

accordance with U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service Federal Rules and Regulations

‘‘Marine Mammals; Incidental Take

During Specified Activities (65 FR

16828; March 30, 2000).’’

Dated: February 20, 2001.

David B. Allen,

Regional Director.

[FR Doc. 01–5514 Filed 3–6–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management, Alaska

[AK–962–1410–HY–P]

Notice for Publication; F–14870–A;

Alaska Native Claims Selection

In accordance with Departmental

regulation 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is

hereby given that the decision to issue

conveyance (DIC) to Kaktovik Inupiat

Corporation, notice of which was

published in the Federal Register,

Volume 66, Number 11, Pages 4038 and

4039, on January 17, 2001, is hereby

modified in part.

Notice of the modified decision will

be published once a week, for four (4)

consecutive weeks, in the Arctic

Sounder. Copies of the modified

decision may be obtained by contacting

the Alaska State Office of the Bureau of

Land Management, 222 West Seventh

Avenue, #13, Anchorage, Alaska 99513–

7599 ((907) 271–5960).

Any party claiming a property interest

which is adversely affected by the

decision, an agency of the Federal

government or regional corporation,

shall have until April 6, 2001 to file an

appeal. However, parties receiving

service by certified mail shall have 30

days from the date of receipt to file an

appeal. Appeals must be filed in the

Bureau of Land Management at the

address identified above, where the

requirements for filing an appeal may be

obtained. Parties who do not file an

appeal in accordance with the

requirements of 43 CFR Part 4, Subpart

E, shall be deemed to have waived their

rights.

Except as modified, the decision,

notice of which was given January 17,

2001, is final.

Ronald E. Royer,

Land Law Examiner, Branch of ANCSA

Adjudication.

[FR Doc. 01–5475 Filed 3–6–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

Dakotas Advisory Council Meeting;

Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

North Dakota Field Office, Interior.

SUMMARY: A meeting of the Dakotas

Resource Advisory Council will be held

March 26 & 27, 2001, at the Spearfish

Canyon Resort, Savoy, South Dakota.

The session will convene at 8 a.m. on

March 26th and resume at 8 a.m. on the

27th. Agenda items will include Off

Highway Vehicles, Homestake

Exchange, Endangered Species (sage

grouse and prairie dogs), Outfitting by

FS and BLM, Fire and Fuel Reductions

and Native American Consultation.

The meeting is open to the public and

a public comment period is set for 8

a.m. on March 27th. The public may

make oral statements before the Council

or file written statements for the Council

to consider. Depending on the number

of persons wishing to make an oral

statement, a per-person time limit may

be established. Summary minutes of the

meeting will be available for public

inspection and copying.

The 15-member Council advises the

Secretary of the Interior, through the

BLM, on a variety of planning and

management issues associated with

public land management in the Dakotas.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick Gubbins, Field Office Manager,

South Dakota Field Office, 310 Roundup

St., Belle Fourche, South Dakota.

Telephone (605) 892–7000.

Dated: February 1, 2001.

Patrick Gubbins,

Field Office Manager.

[FR Doc. 01–5476 Filed 3–6–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA920–1310–FI: CAS 019727B]

California: Notice of Proposed

Reinstatement of Terminated Oil and

Gas Lease

Under the provisions of Public Law

97–451, a petition for reinstatement of

oil and gas lease CAS 019272B for lands

in Kern County, California, was timely

filed and was accompanied by all the

required rentals and royalties accruing

from November 1, 2000, the date of

termination.

No valid lease has been issued

affecting the lands. The lessee has

agreed to amend lease terms for rentals

and royalties at the rate of $5.00 per

acre, or fraction thereof, per year and

162⁄3 percent, respectively. The lessee

has paid the required $500

administrative fee and $125 to

reimburse the Department for the cost of

this Federal Register notice.