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Estimated Time Per Respondent: 24
hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 4,910.
Estimated Total Annualized Cost on
the Public: $108,020.
Dated: February 25, 2005.
Tracey Denning,
Agency Clearance Officer, Information
Services Group.
[FR Doc. 05–4038 Filed 3–1–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Receipt of Applications for
Endangered Species Permits
AGENCY:
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
Notice of receipt of applications
for permits.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The public is invited to
comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with
endangered species. We provide this
notice pursuant to section 10(c) of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
DATES: We must receive written data or
comments on these applications at the
address given below, by April 1, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Documents and other
information submitted with these
applications are available for review,
subject to the requirements of the
Privacy Act and Freedom of Information
Act, by any party who submits a written
request for a copy of such documents to
the following office within 30 days of
the date of publication of this notice:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875
Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta,
Georgia 30345 (Attn: Victoria Davis,
Permit Biologist).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Victoria Davis, telephone (404) 679–
4176; facsimile (404) 679–7081.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
public is invited to comment on the
following applications for permits to
conduct certain activities with
endangered and threatened species. If
you wish to comment, you may submit
comments by any one of the following
methods. You may mail comments to
the Service’s Regional Office (see
ADDRESSES section) or via electronic
mail (e-mail) to victoria_davis@fws.gov.
Please submit electronic comments as
an ASCII file avoiding the use of special
characters and any form of encryption.
Please also include your name and
return address in your e-mail message.
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If you do not receive a confirmation
from the Service that we have received
your e-mail message, contact us directly
at the telephone number listed above
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section). Finally, you may hand deliver
comments to the Service office listed
above (see ADDRESSES section).
Our practice is to make comments,
including names and home addresses of
respondents, available for public review
during regular business hours.
Individual respondents may request that
we withhold their home address from
the administrative record. We will
honor such requests to the extent
allowable by law. There may also be
other circumstances in which we would
withhold from the administrative record
a respondent’s identity, as allowable by
law. If you wish us to withhold your
name and address, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your
comments. However, we will not
consider anonymous comments. We
will make all submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
Applicant: Share the Beach, Michael
Ogden Reynolds, Gulf Shores, Alabama,
TE100012–0.
The applicant requests authorization
to take (monitor nest, excavate, and hold
nestlings temporarily, release) the
following species: loggerhead (Caretta
caretta), Kemp Ridley (Lepidochelys
kempi), and green turtle (Chelonia
mydas). The proposed activities would
take place while conducting monitoring
on private lands and while mitigating
human-related mortality, by assisting
hatchlings when they become
disoriented. The proposed activities
would occur on the entire Alabama Gulf
Coast (Baldwin and Mobile Counties,
Alabama).
Applicant: Andrew C. Miller, U.S.
Army Engineer District Mobile,
Vicksburg, Mississippi, TE099764–0.
The applicant requests authorization
to take (capture, identify, release) the
shinyrayed pocketbook (Lampsilis
subangulata), purple bankclimber
(Elliptoideus sloatianus), and threeridge
mussel (Amblema neislerii) while
conducting presence/absence surveys.
The proposed activities would occur in
the Flint River near Albany, Dougherty
County, Georgia.
Applicant: USDA Forest Service,
Bankhead National Forest, Double
Springs, Alabama, TE100070–0.
The applicant requests authorization
to take (capture, identify, and release)
Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) and gray
bats (Myotis grisescens) while
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conducting presence and absence
surveys, while assessing bat habitat
availability and use on the forest, and
while estimating population trends. The
proposed activities would occur on
national forests throughout the State of
Alabama.
Dated: February 14, 2005.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Acting Regional Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a
Comprehensive Conservation Plan and
Environmental Assessment for
Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge in
LaSalle and Catahoula Parishes,
Louisiana
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice advises the public
that the Fish and Wildlife Service,
Southeast Region, intends to gather
information necessary to prepare a
Comprehensive Conservation Plan and
Environmental Assessment for
Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge,
pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act and its implementing
regulations.
The National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966, as amended
by the National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997, requires the
Service to develop a comprehensive
conservation plan for each national
wildlife refuge. The purpose in
developing a comprehensive
conservation plan is so provide refuge
managers with a 15-year strategy for
achieving refuge purposes and
contributing toward the mission of the
National Wildlife Refuge System,
consistent with sound principles of fish
and wildlife management, conservation,
legal mandates, and Service policies. In
addition to outlining broad management
direction on conserving wildlife and
their habitats, the plan identifies
wildlife-dependent recreational
opportunities available to the public,
including opportunities for hunting,
fishing, wildlife observation, wildlife
photography, and environmental
education and interpretation.
The purpose of this notice is to
achieve the following:
(1) Advise other agencies and the
public of our intentions, and
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(2) Obtain suggestions and
information on the scope of issues to
include in the environmental document.
DATES: Open house style meeting(s) will
be held throughout the scoping phase of
the comprehensive conservation plan
development process. Special mailings,
newspaper articles, and other media
announcements will be used to inform
the public and state and local
government agencies of the
opportunities for input throughout the
planning process.
ADDRESSES: Address comments,
questions, and requests for more
information to Tina Chouinard, Natural
Resource Planner, Central Louisiana
National Wildlife Refuge Complex, 401
Island Road, Marksville, Louisiana
71351. To ensure consideration, written
comments must be received within 45
days following the date of this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Catahoula
National Wildlife Refuge was
established in 1958 primarily as a
wintering area for migratory waterfowl.
The refuge, in east-central LaSalle
Parish and west-central Catahoula
Parish, about 30 miles northeast of
Alexandria and 12 miles east of Jena,
now totals 25,162 acres. The 6,671-acre
Headquarters Unit borders 9 miles of the
northeast shore of Catahoula Lake, a
26,000-acre natural wetland renowned
for its large concentrations of migratory
waterfowl. The 18,491-acre Bushley
Bayou Unit, located 8 miles west of
Jonesville, was established in May 2001.
The acquisition was made possible
through a partnership agreement
between The Conservation Fund,
American Electric Power, and the Fish
and Wildlife Service.
The refuge lies within a
physiographic region known as the
Lower Mississippi River Alluvia Valley.
This valley was, at one time, a 25million-acre forested wetland complex
that extended along both sides of the
Mississippi River from Illinois to
Louisiana. Although the refuge was part
of this very productive bottomland
hardwood ecosystem, most of the forest
on the refuge was cleared in the early
1970s for agriculture production.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Natural Resource Planner, Central
Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge
Complex, telephone: 318/253–4238; fax:
318/253–7139; e-mail:
tina_chouinard@fws.gov.; or mail (write
to the Natural Resource Planner at
address in ADDRESSES section).
Authority: This notice is published under
the authority of the National Wildlife Refuge
System Improvement Act of 1997, Pub. L.
105–57.
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Dated: January 28, 2005.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 05–4012 Filed 3–1–05; 8:45 am]
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Public Meeting; Central
Montana Resource Advisory Council
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WY–100–05–1310–DB]
Notice of Meeting of the Pinedale
Anticline Working Group
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (1976) and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (1972), the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) Pinedale
Anticline Working Group (PAWG) will
meet in Pinedale, Wyoming, for a
business meeting. Group meetings are
open to the public.
DATES: The PAWG will meet March 15,
2005, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting of the PAWG
will be held at the Pinedale Volunteer
Fire Department, 130 S. Fremont Ave.,
Pinedale, WY.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carol Kruse, BLM/PAWG Liaison,
Bureau of Land Management, Pinedale
Field Office, 432 E. Mills St., PO Box
738, Pinedale, WY, 82941; 307–367–
5352.
The
Pinedale Anticline Working Group
(PAWG) was authorized and established
with release of the Record of Decision
(ROD) for the Pinedale Anticline Oil
and Gas Exploration and Development
Project on July 27, 2000. The PAWG
advises the BLM on the development
and implementation of monitoring plans
and adaptive management decisions as
development of the Pinedale Anticline
Natural Gas Field proceeds for the life
of the field.
The agenda for these meetings will
include follow-up discussions and
recommendations on proposed
monitoring plans submitted by
individual task groups. At a minimum,
public comments will be heard prior to
lunch and adjournment of the meeting
each day.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: February 24, 2005.
Priscilla E. Mecham,
Field Office Manager.
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Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972, the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) Central
Montana Resource Advisory Council
(RAC) will meet as indicated below.
DATES: The meeting will be held March
22 & 23, 2005, at the Best Western Great
Northern Inn, 1345 1st Street, in Havre,
Montana. The March 22 meeting will
begin at 1 p.m. with a 30-minute public
comment period. The meeting is
scheduled to adjourn at approximately 6
p.m. The March 23 meeting will begin
at 8 a.m. with a 60-minute public
comment period. This meeting will
adjourn at approximately 3 p.m.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 15member council advises the Secretary of
the Interior on a variety of management
issues associated with public land
management in Montana. At these
meetings the council will discuss/act
upon:
The minutes of their proceeding
meeting;
Election of officers;
The West Hi-Line update;
Oil and gas leases within the
monument;
Field Managers updates;
The upcoming Lewis and Clark
signature event;
The sage grouse management plan;
Potential for buy/out/trade-out of oil
and gas leases in the Blacklead area;
The Montana Challenge (the
economic contribution of public lands);
Community collaborative planning
along the Rock Mountain Forest; and
Special recreation use permits on the
river and in the uplands.
All meetings are open to the public.
The public may present written
comments to the RAC. Each formal RAC
meeting will also have time allocated for
hearing public comments. Depending on
the number of persons wishing to
comment and time available, the time
for individual oral comments may be
limited.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: June
Bailey, Lewistown Field Manager,
Lewistown Field Office, PO Box 1160,
Lewistown, MT 59457, (406) 538–7461.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a Comprehensive Conservation Plan
and Environmental Assessment for Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge in
LaSalle and Catahoula Parishes, Louisiana
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the Fish and Wildlife
Service, Southeast Region, intends to gather information necessary to
prepare a Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment
for Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge, pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act and its implementing regulations.
The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, as
amended by the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997,
requires the Service to develop a comprehensive conservation plan for
each national wildlife refuge. The purpose in developing a
comprehensive conservation plan is so provide refuge managers with a
15-year strategy for achieving refuge purposes and contributing toward
the mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System, consistent with
sound principles of fish and wildlife management, conservation, legal
mandates, and Service policies. In addition to outlining broad
management direction on conserving wildlife and their habitats, the
plan identifies wildlife-dependent recreational opportunities available
to the public, including opportunities for hunting, fishing, wildlife
observation, wildlife photography, and environmental education and
interpretation.
The purpose of this notice is to achieve the following:
(1) Advise other agencies and the public of our intentions, and
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(2) Obtain suggestions and information on the scope of issues to
include in the environmental document.
DATES: Open house style meeting(s) will be held throughout the scoping
phase of the comprehensive conservation plan development process.
Special mailings, newspaper articles, and other media announcements
will be used to inform the public and state and local government
agencies of the opportunities for input throughout the planning
process.
ADDRESSES: Address comments, questions, and requests for more
information to Tina Chouinard, Natural Resource Planner, Central
Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge Complex, 401 Island Road,
Marksville, Louisiana 71351. To ensure consideration, written comments
must be received within 45 days following the date of this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Catahoula National Wildlife Refuge was
established in 1958 primarily as a wintering area for migratory
waterfowl. The refuge, in east-central LaSalle Parish and west-central
Catahoula Parish, about 30 miles northeast of Alexandria and 12 miles
east of Jena, now totals 25,162 acres. The 6,671-acre Headquarters Unit
borders 9 miles of the northeast shore of Catahoula Lake, a 26,000-acre
natural wetland renowned for its large concentrations of migratory
waterfowl. The 18,491-acre Bushley Bayou Unit, located 8 miles west of
Jonesville, was established in May 2001. The acquisition was made
possible through a partnership agreement between The Conservation Fund,
American Electric Power, and the Fish and Wildlife Service.
The refuge lies within a physiographic region known as the Lower
Mississippi River Alluvia Valley. This valley was, at one time, a 25-
million-acre forested wetland complex that extended along both sides of
the Mississippi River from Illinois to Louisiana. Although the refuge
was part of this very productive bottomland hardwood ecosystem, most of
the forest on the refuge was cleared in the early 1970s for agriculture
production.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Natural Resource Planner, Central
Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge Complex, telephone: 318/253-4238;
fax: 318/253-7139; e-mail: tina_chouinard@fws.gov.; or mail (write to
the Natural Resource Planner at address in ADDRESSES section).
Authority: This notice is published under the authority of the
National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, Pub. L.
105-57.
Dated: January 28, 2005.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 05-4012 Filed 3-1-05; 8:45 am]
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