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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 187 / Wednesday, September 28, 2005 / Notices 56735 The Urban Renewal Plan will be used Documents and other information Sphinx Moth (Manduca blackburni) as a revitalization strategy to improve submitted with these applications are (sphinx moth). This insect taxon is the residential character of the area, available for review, subject to the endemic to the main Hawaiian Islands. expand business opportunities and requirements of the Privacy Act and ADDRESSES: Copies of this recovery plan improve the transportation network. Freedom of Information Act. Documents will be available within 4 weeks by The Master Plan for the URA will will be available for public inspection, request form the U.S. Fish and Wildlife include: the provision of a range of by appointment only, during normal Service, Pacific Islands Fish and housing opportunities; mixed use business hours at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Office, 300 Ala Moana development along Ashburton Avenue; Wildlife Service, 500 Gold Ave. SW., Boulevard, Room 3–122, Box 50088, and transportation improvements, Room 4102, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Honolulu, Hawaii 96850 (phone: 808– including street widenings along Please refer to the respective permit 792–9400) and the Hawaii State Library Ashburton Avenue to improve east-west number for each application when 478 S. King Street, Honolulu, Hawaii access between the Saw Mill River submitting comments. All comments 96813. An electronic copy of the Parkway and the Downtown Waterfront received, including names and recovery plan is now available on the District, allow on-street parking, reduce addresses, will become part of the World Wide Web at: http:// traffic congestion and allow for an official administrative record and may endangered.fws.gov/recovery/ upgraded sidewalk and streetscape plan. be made available to the public. index.html#plans. The Draft EIS analyzes three FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The alternatives to the proposed action for Chief, Endangered Species Division, Field Supervisor at the above Honolulu revitalizing the Ashburton Avenue area (505) 248–6920. address. and improving the transportation SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: network: (1) A no action alternative, i.e., the Ashburton Avenue right-of-way is Permit No. TE–676811 Background not widened and Mulford Gardens is Applicant: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Restoring endangered or threatened not redeveloped under the HOPE VI Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico. animals and plants to the point where program, (2) the Ashburton Avenue Applicant requests an amendment to they are again secure, self-sustaining right-of-way is not widened along all the Regional Director’s permit to add the members of their ecosystems is a segments of the roadway, and (3) the following species: Roswell springsnail primary goal of our endangered species Mulford Gardens/HOPE VI (Pyrgulopsis roswellensis), Koster’s program. The Endangered Species Act revitalization plan is reduced/modified springsnail (Juturnia kosteri), Noel’s (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) (ESA) requires in scale. amphipod (Gammarus desperatus), and the development of recovery plans for Questions may be directed to the Pecos assiminea (Assiminea pecos) listed species unless such a plan would individual named above under the within New Mexico and Texas. The not promote the conservation of a heading FOR FURTHER INFORMATION listed species will be effective particular species. Recovery plans help CONTACT. September 8, 2005. guide the recovery effort by describing Dated: September 19, 2005. actions considered necessary for the Permit No. TE–109028 Pamela H. Patenaude, conservation of the species, establishing Assistant Secretary for Community Planning Applicant: Susan Courage, San Antonio, criteria for downlisting or delisting and Development. Texas. listed species, and estimating time and [FR Doc. 05–19297 Filed 9–27–05; 8:45 am] Applicant requests a new permit for cost for implementing the measures BILLING CODE 4210–29–P research and recovery purposes to needed for recovery. conduct presence/absence surveys for Section 4(f) of the Act requires that golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica public notice and an opportunity for DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR chrysoparia) and black-capped vireo public review and comment be provided (Vireo atricapillus) within Texas. during recovery plan development. In fulfillment of this requirement, the Draft Fish and Wildlife Service Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq. Recovery Plan for the Blackburn’s Endangered and Threatened Species Dated: September 13, 2005. Sphinx Moth (Manduca blackburni) was Permit Applications Larry G. Bell, available for public comment from Acting Regional Director, Region 2, December 18, 2003, through February AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 17, 2004 (68 FR 70528). Information Interior. [FR Doc. 05–19336 Filed 9–27–05; 8:45 am] presented during the public comment ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications. BILLING CODE 4310–55–P period has been considered in the preparation of this final recovery plan, SUMMARY: The following applicants have and is summarized in the appendix to applied for scientific research permits to DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR the recovery plan. We will forward conduct certain activities with substantive comments regarding endangered species pursuant to section Fish and Wildlife Service recovery plan implementation to 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species appropriate Federal or other entities so Act of 1973, as amended. Recovery Plan for Blackburn’s Sphinx Moth (Manduca blackburni) that they can take these comments into DATES: To ensure consideration, written account during the course of comments must be received on or before AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, implementing recovery actions. October 28, 2005. Interior. The sphinx moth was federally listed ADDRESSES: Written comments should ACTION: Notice of document availability. as endangered in 2000 (65 FR 4770) and be submitted to the Chief, Endangered 22,440 hectares (55,451 acres) of critical Species Division, Ecological Services, SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife habitat was designated in 2003 (68 FR P.O. Box 1306, Room 4102, Service (we) announces the availability 34710). This insect taxon is currently Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103. of the Recovery Plan for Blackburn’s known to occur on three of the seven VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:02 Sep 27, 2005 Jkt 205001 PO 00000 Frm 00114 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\28SEN1.SGM 28SEN1 56736 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 187 / Wednesday, September 28, 2005 / Notices Hawaiian Islands where it historically Department of the Interior, Bureau of notifications simultaneously with the occurred, including Hawaii, Maui, and Land Management (BLM) Central Attorney General and the Federal Trade Kahoolawe. Vegetation types that Montana Resource Advisory Council Commission disclosing additions or support the sphinx moth include dry to (RAC) will meet as indicated below. changes to its standards development mesic shrub land and forest from sea DATES: The meeting will be held activities. The notifications were filed level to mid-elevations. Soil and October 19, 2005, at the Bureau of Land for the purpose of extending the Act’s climatic conditions, as well as physical Management’s Lewistown Field Office provisions limiting the recovery of factors, affect the suitability of habitat in Lewistown, Montana (920 NE. Main, antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages within the species’ range. in Lewistown, MT). The meeting will under specified circumstances. Threats include impacts to the sphinx begin at 10 a.m. with a 30-minute public Specifically, 5 new standards have been moth’s habitat from urban and comment period. This meeting is initiated and 5 existing standards are agricultural development, invasion by scheduled to adjourn at 5:30 p.m. being revised. More detail regarding non-native plant species, habitat SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 15- these changes can be found at http:// fragmentation and degradation, member council advises the Secretary of standards.ieee.org/standardswire/sba/ increased wildfire frequency, ungulates, the Interior on a variety of management 08–12–05.html. and direct impacts to the moth from issues associated with public land On September 17, 2004, IEEE filed its non-native parasitoids and insect management in Montana. At this original notification pursuant to Section predators. meeting the council will discuss/act 6(a) of the Act. The Department of The objective of this recovery plan is upon: Justice published a notice in the Federal to provide a framework for the recovery Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the The minutes of their proceeding of the sphinx moth so that protection by Act on November 3, 2004 (69 FR 64105). meeting; the ESA is no longer necessary. Actions The last notification was filed with necessary to accomplish this objective Orientation of new council members; Field managers’ updates; the Department on July 1, 2005. A include: (1) Protection, management, notice was published in the Federal restoration of habitat, and control of The BLM planning process; Range management programs; Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the threats; (2) expanding existing wild Act of August 11, 2005 (70 FR 46890). Nothocestrum spp. host plant A presentation from American Prairie’s populations; (3) conducting additional Foundation; Dorothy B. Fountain, research essential to recovery of the An overview of the monument resource Deputy Director of Operations,
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