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Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 219 / Friday, November 13, 1998 / Notices 63487 the proposed appointment of Elizabeth DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ACTION: Notice of document availability Lohah Homer as an associate member of and public comment period. the Commission for a term of three Fish and Wildlife Service SUMMARY: years. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Notice of Receipt of Applications for Service announces the availability for Ms. Homer appears well-qualified to Permit public review of the draft revised serve as an associate member of the recovery plan for Todsen's pennyroyal The following applicants have Commission. She has served as the (Hedeoma todsenii), a plant from the applied for a permit to conduct certain Director, Office of American Indian San Andres and Sacramento mountains activities with endangered species. This Trust, United States Department of the in south-central New Mexico. This notice is provided pursuant to Section Interior, since December, 1994. In that species is know from 18 sites in pinyon- 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of capacity she has provided executive juniper woodland in Otero and Sierra 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et direction and management over the counties, New Mexico. The Service seq.): development, coordination, and Applicant: Colorado's Ocean Journey, solicits review and comment from the implementation of Indian trust policies. Denver, CO, PRT±004334 public on this draft revised recovery Ms. Homer served as a Special Attorney The applicant request a permit to plan. in the Criminal Division, United States import Asian bony tongue (Sceleropages DATES: Comments on the draft revised Department of Justice from August, 1992 formusus) fish from Dragon Fish recovery plan must be received on or to December, 1994. Between October, Industry, LCK Agrotechnology Park, before January 12, 1999 to ensure they 1989 and August, 1992 Ms. Homer was Singapore and Totoaba (Cynoscion receive consideration by the Service. an Assistant District Attorney, Violent macdonaldi) fish from Facultad de ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to receive Crimes Division, Office of the District Ciencias Marinas, Ensenada Baja the draft revised recovery plan may Attorney for the Second Judicial District California, Mexico for the purpose of obtain a copy by contacting the Field of New Mexico. Ms. Homer was the enhancement of the survival of the Supervisor, New Mexico Ecological Deputy Director of Americans for Indian species through conservation education. Services Field Office, 2105 Osuna, NE, Opportunity from January, 1982 to Applicant: Kansas City Zoological Albuquerque, New Mexico 87113 April, 1986. From August, 1980 to Gardens, Kansas City, MO, PRT±004333 (Telephone 505/346±2525). Written December, 1981, Ms. Homer served as a The applicant request permits to comments and materials regarding the import two captive born Western Policy Analyst for the Council of Energy plan should be addressed to the Field Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) Resource Tribes. She was a Tribal Supervisor at the above address. from Calgary Zoo, Alberta, Canada, for Programs Analyst for the Osage Tribe of Comments and materials received are the purpose of enhancement of the available for public inspection, by Oklahoma from July, 1979 to July, 1980. survival of the species. appointment, during normal business Ms. Homer is a member of the Osage Written data or comments should be hours at the above address. Tribe of Oklahoma. She received a submitted to the Director, U.S. Fish and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Wildlife Service, Office of Management Charles B. McDonald, Botanist, at the Science from the University of Colorado Authority, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, address and telephone number (Ext. in 1979. Ms. Homer also holds a Juris Room 700, Arlington, Virginia 22203 112) given above. and must be received by the Director Doctor from the University of New SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Mexico School of Law, awarded in within 30 days of the date of this 1989. Among Ms. Homer's professional publication. Background Documents and other information associations are membership in the Restoring endangered or threatened submitted with these applications are State Bar of New Mexico, the Federal animals and plants to the point where available for review, subject to the Bar for the District of New Mexico and they are again secure, self-sustaining requirements of the Privacy Act and the American Indian Law Enforcement members of their ecosystems is a Freedom of Information Act, by any primary goal of the U.S. Fish and Association. Ms. Homer does not appear party who submits a written request for Wildlife Service's endangered species to have any financial interests that a copy of such documents to the above program. To help guide the recovery would make her ineligible to serve on address within 30 days of the date of effort, the Service is working to prepare the Commission under 25 U.S.C. publication of this notice. 2704(b)(5)(B). recovery plans for most of the listed Dated: November 6, 1998. species native to the United States. Any person wishing to submit MaryEllen Amtower, Recovery plans describe actions comments on this proposed Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of considered necessary for conservation of appointment may submit written Management Authority. the species, criteria for recognizing the comments to the address listed above. [FR Doc. 98±30307 Filed 11±12±98; 8:45 am] recovery levels for downlisting or Comments must be received by the due BILLING CODE 4310±55±P delisting them, and initial estimates of date, which is 30 days from the date of times and costs to implement the the publication of this notice. needed recovery measures. Dated: November 6, 1998. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR The Endangered Species Act of 1973 Edward B. Cohen, (Act), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et Fish and Wildlife Service seq.), requires the development of Deputy Solicitor. Notice of Availability of a Draft Revised recovery plans for listed species unless [FR Doc. 98±30376 Filed 11±12±98; 8:45 am] such a plan would not promote the BILLING CODE 4310±02±M Recovery Plan for Todsen's Pennyroyal (Hedeoma todsenii) for conservation of a particular species. Review and Comment Section 4(f) of the Act as amended in 1988 requires that public notice and an AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, opportunity for public review and Interior. comment be provided during recovery 63488 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 219 / Friday, November 13, 1998 / Notices plan development. The Service will Dated: November 2, 1998. DATES: Comments on the Misstex RCW consider all information presented Renne Lohoefener, HCP, should be received in writing on during a public comment period prior to Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region, or before December 14, 1998. approval of each new or revised Fish and Wildlife Service. ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review recovery plan. The Service and other [FR Doc. 98±30337 Filed 11±12±98; 8:45 am] the application and HCP may obtain a Federal agencies will also take these BILLING CODE 4310±55±P copy by contacting Mr. Jeffrey A. Reid, comments into account in the course of Fish and Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish implementing approved recovery plans. and Wildlife Service, 701 N. First Street, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Lufkin, Texas 75901. Written comments Todsen's pennyroyal was listed under should also be sent to Jeffrey A. Reid at the Act as an endangered species on Fish and Wildlife Service the same address; please refer to permit January 18, 1981 (46 FR 5729). When No. TE±003596±0 when submitting Notice of Availability listed, it was known from only two sites comments. in the San Andres Mountains on the AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: White Sands Missile Range in Sierra Interior. Jeffrey A. Reid (Fish and Wildlife County, New Mexico. A recovery plan Receipt of an application for an Biologist) at the above address or for Todsen's pennyroyal was approved incidental take permit and availability telephone (409/639±8546). Documents in 1985. Subsequent to development of of the Misstex Habitat Conservation will also be available for public the original recovery plan, 15 new sites Plan for take of one red-cockaded inspection, by appointment, during for the plant were found on the western woodpecker group on 80 acres of private normal business hours at the above slope of the Sacramento Mountains in land in Montgomery County, Texas. address and at 711 Stadium Drive, Suite Otero County, New Mexico. The new SUMMARY: A private landowner, Mr. 252, Arlington, Texas 76011. An sites are on the Lincoln National Forest Charles H. Lewis III of Misstex appointment may be scheduled at the and on public lands administered by the Properties, L.C., has applied to the U.S. Arlington Office by calling (817/277± Bureau of Land Management. The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for 1100). discovery of the new sites plus an incidental take permit pursuant to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 9 additional new information about the Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered of the Act prohibits the ``taking'' of biology and ecology of the species have Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended. endangered species such as the RCW. necessitated revision of the original The applicant has been assigned permit However, the Service, under limited recovery plan. number TE±003596±0. The proposed circumstances, may issue permits to Recovery will focus on the continuing permit would authorize the applicant to take endangered wildlife species protection efforts of the three Federal take one red-cockaded woodpecker incidential to, and not the purpose of, otherwise lawful activities. Regulations agencies responsible for land (RCW) group incidental to timber governing permits for endangered management of existing sites. harvest operations and proposed development of 80 acres of timberland species are at 50 CFR 17.22.