Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Research Committee Meeting, 38191-38192 [05-13043]

Download as PDF 38191 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 126 / Friday, July 1, 2005 / Notices Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the regulations governing marine mammals (50 CFR part 18). Written data, comments, or requests for copies of the complete applications or requests for a public hearing on these applications should be submitted to the Director (address above). Anyone requesting a hearing should give specific reasons why a hearing would be appropriate. The holding of such a hearing is at the discretion of the Director. Applicant: John L. Amistoso, Deer Park, WA, PRT–104360. The applicant requests a permit to import a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) sport hunted from the Norweigian Bay polar bear population in Canada for personal, noncommercial use. Applicant: John F. Vipperman, Chapman, NE, PRT–104361. 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[FR Doc. 05–13047 Filed 6–30–05; 8:45 am] Species (ANS) Task Force Research Committee. This meeting is open to the pubic. The meeting topics are identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. BILLING CODE 4310–55–P DATES: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Research Committee Meeting Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of meeting. AGENCY: SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance VerDate jul<14>2003 18:11 Jun 30, 2005 Jkt 205001 The Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Research Committee will meet from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12, 2005. Minutes of the meeting will be available for public inspection during regular business hours, Monday through Friday. ADDRESSES: The Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Research Committee meeting will be held at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1311–B East West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. Minutes of the meeting will be maintained in the office of Chief, PO 00000 Frm 00102 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Permit issuance date May 25, 2005. Division of Environmental Quality, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Suite 322, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22203–1622. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dorn Carlson, Research Committee Chair, Associate Program Director for Aquatic Nuisance Species—National Sea Grant Office, by telephone at (301) 713–2435 or by email at Dorn.Carlson@noaa.gov. Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. I), this notice announces meetings of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. The Task Force was established by the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E:\FR\FM\01JYN1.SGM 01JYN1 38192 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 126 / Friday, July 1, 2005 / Notices The formation of the Research Committee is part of the implementation of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Strategic Plan for 2002–2007. The committee’s responsibilities include: (a) Advising the Task Force on national research needs, long-term research goals and annual priorities; (b) facilitating Regional Panel research planning and prioritization; (c) facilitating information sharing and coordination of governmental and nongovernmental invasive species research; and (d) assuring that invasive species research does not itself result in the spread of invasive species. This will be the initial meeting of the Research Committee. After the committee meeting ends, the meeting space will be available for breakout discussions if needed until 5. Topics to be covered during the ANS Task Force Research Committee meeting include: (a) the committee’s roles and responsibilities under the Task Force; (b) the ground rules under which the committee will operate; (c) whether there are gaps in the current committee membership; (d) immediate actions for the committee; and (e) first steps towards completing a 2005 committee report and a 2006 committee action plan. Dated: June 23, 2005. Mamie Parker, Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Assistant Director—Fisheries & Habitat Conservation. [FR Doc. 05–13043 Filed 6–28–05; 1:26 pm] BILLING CODE 4310–55–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [WO–320–1990–05–24 1A] Mining Claim and Site Maintenance and Location Fees Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Restoration of location and maintenance fees. AGENCY: SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is publishing this notice to advise the mining community that the location fee for newly located mining claims or sites has been restored from $25 to $30 per mining claim or site. In addition, the annual maintenance fee has been restored from $100 to $125 per mining claim or site. BLM reduced the fees on December 8, 2004, as directed by statute. The statute further provided that the fees would return to their formerly increased levels when BLM had met certain conditions. These conditions have now been met VerDate jul<14>2003 18:11 Jun 30, 2005 Jkt 205001 and the fees have returned to the levels that are reflected in the regulations found at 43 CFR 3830.21 (2004). Mining claim holders must pay a $30 location fee and a $125 maintenance fee for all mining claims and sites recorded on or after June 30, 2005. In addition, the annual maintenance fee due September 1, 2005, is $125 per mining claim or site, as reflected in the current regulations. Effective Date: The fees that are listed in 43 CFR 3830.21 (2004) are again effective as of June 30, 2005. ADDRESSES: You may mail suggestions or inquiries to Bureau of Land Management, Solid Minerals Group, Room 501 LS, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240–0001. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roger Haskins in the Solid Minerals Group at (202) 452–0355. For assistance in reaching Mr. Haskins, persons who use a tele-communications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service at 1–(800) 877–8339, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. DATES: On July 1, 2004, the Department of the Interior adjusted the location and maintenance fees for mining claims and sites based upon the Consumer Price Index (CPI), as required by the Mining Law. See 69 FR 40,294. The Department increased the location fee from $25 to $30 and increased the annual maintenance fee from $100 to $125. The Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2005, Division E, Title I, Section 120 of Public Law 108–447 of December 8, 2004, directed the Department of the Interior to roll back these location and maintenance fees for mining claims and sites to their pre-July 2004 level. This meant that, as of December 8, 2004, the location fee was rolled back from $30 to $25 per new location and the annual maintenance fee was rolled back from $125 to $100 per mining claim or site. However, the 2005 Appropriations Act also provided that the fees would return to their increased levels when the Department met certain conditions, including establishing a plan of operations tracking system and filing a report with Congress regarding the length of time it takes the Department to approve proposed mining plans of operations and recommending steps to reduce current delays. The Department met these conditions on June 30, 2005. Therefore, in accordance with the terms of the 2005 Appropriations Act, the fees have returned to the rates established in 2004. Mining claim holders must pay a SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00103 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 $30 location fee and a $125 maintenance fee for all mining claims and sites recorded on or after June 30, 2005. In addition, the annual maintenance fee due September 1, 2005, is $125 per mining claim or site. The complete listing of fees and service charges may be found at 43 CFR 3830.21 (2004). Under the regulations at 43 CFR 3834.23(c), if a mining claimant timely pays pre-increase fees, the BLM will provide notice to the claimant and an opportunity to pay the difference. Although the fee increase addressed by this notice was not directly a CPI–based increase, the 2004 increase that has been restored was CPI–based. Therefore, we believe that the cure provisions of the rule will apply if a claimant timely pays $100 for a claim on or before September 1, 2005. However, the BLM will issue an additional rule before September 1, 2005, further clarifying that mining claimants may cure the filing of an insufficient payment of fees when the fees have changed through means other than a CPI adjustment, as was the case here. Kathleen Clarke, Director, Bureau of Land Management. 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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 126 (Friday, July 1, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38191-38192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-13043]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Research Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance 
Species (ANS) Task Force Research Committee. This meeting is open to 
the pubic. The meeting topics are identified in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION section.

DATES: The Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Research Committee will 
meet from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12, 2005. Minutes of the 
meeting will be available for public inspection during regular business 
hours, Monday through Friday.

ADDRESSES: The Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Research Committee 
meeting will be held at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, 1311-B East West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 
20910. Minutes of the meeting will be maintained in the office of 
Chief, Division of Environmental Quality, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Suite 322, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia 
22203-1622.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dorn Carlson, Research Committee 
Chair, Associate Program Director for Aquatic Nuisance Species--
National Sea Grant Office, by telephone at (301) 713-2435 or by email 
at Dorn.Carlson@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. I), this notice announces 
meetings of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. The Task Force was 
established by the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and 
Control Act of 1990.

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    The formation of the Research Committee is part of the 
implementation of the Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force Strategic 
Plan for 2002-2007. The committee's responsibilities include: (a) 
Advising the Task Force on national research needs, long-term research 
goals and annual priorities; (b) facilitating Regional Panel research 
planning and prioritization; (c) facilitating information sharing and 
coordination of governmental and nongovernmental invasive species 
research; and (d) assuring that invasive species research does not 
itself result in the spread of invasive species. This will be the 
initial meeting of the Research Committee. After the committee meeting 
ends, the meeting space will be available for breakout discussions if 
needed until 5.
    Topics to be covered during the ANS Task Force Research Committee 
meeting include: (a) the committee's roles and responsibilities under 
the Task Force; (b) the ground rules under which the committee will 
operate; (c) whether there are gaps in the current committee 
membership; (d) immediate actions for the committee; and (e) first 
steps towards completing a 2005 committee report and a 2006 committee 
action plan.

    Dated: June 23, 2005.
Mamie Parker,
Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Assistant Director--
Fisheries & Habitat Conservation.
[FR Doc. 05-13043 Filed 6-28-05; 1:26 pm]
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