63248 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 234 / Wednesday, December 5, 2001 / Notices
Dated: November 19, 2001. authorization to conduct presence/ of the official administrative record and Rowan W. Gould, absence surveys for the Ocelot (Felis may be made available to the public. Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland, pardalis), Southwestern willow FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Oregon. flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), Chief, Endangered Species Division, [FR Doc. 01–30042 Filed 12–4–01; 8:45 am] Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the above BILLING CODE 4310–55–P borealis), Northern aplomado falcon address. Documents and other (Falco femoralis septentrionalis), information submitted with these Whooping Crane (Grus americana) and applications are available for review, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Interior least tern (Sterna antillarum) subject to the requirements of the within Texas. Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Fish and Wildlife Service Act, by any party who submits a written Permit No. TE–049001 request for a copy of such documents Endangered and Threatened Species Applicant: Plateau Integrated Land and within 30 days of the date of publication Permit Applications Wildlife Management, Dripping of this notice, to the address above. Springs, Texas. ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications. Susan MacMullin, Applicant requests a permit to Assistant Regional Director, Ecological SUMMARY: The following applicants have conduct presence/absence surveys and Services, Region 2, Albuquerque, New applied for a scientific research permit nest monitoring for the Golden-cheeked Mexico. to conduct certain activities with warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) and [FR Doc. 01–30053 Filed 12–4–01; 8:45 am] endangered species pursuant to section Black-capped vireo (Viero atricapillus) BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species within Texas. Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. Permit No. TE–050021 1531, et seq.). DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Applicant: Greg Clark, Chandler, Permit No. TE–814933 Arizona. Fish and Wildlife Service Applicant: Texas Parks & Wildlife Applicant requests a permit for Notice of Availability of the Karner Department, Austin, Texas. recovery purposes to conduct presence/ Blue Butterfly (Lycaeides melissa Applicant requests a permit to collect absence surveys for the Cactus samuelis) Technical/Agency Draft plant materials for research and Ferruginous Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium Recovery Plan for Review and recovery purposes from the following brasilianum) in Pima County, Arizona. plant species within Texas: Ashy Comment Permit No. TE–050241 dogweed (Thymophylla tephroleuca), AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Black lace cactus (Echinocereus Applicant: Carothers Environmental, Interior. reichenbachii var. albertii), Bunched LLC, Sedona, Arizona. ACTION: Notice of document availability. cory cactus (Coryphantha ramillosa), Applicant requests a permit for SUMMARY: American chaffseed (Schwalbea recovery purposes to conduct presence/ The U.S. Fish and Wildlife americana), Chisos Mountains hedgehog absence surveys for the following Service (Service) announces availability cactus (Echinocereus chisoensis var. species: Cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl for public review of a technical/agency draft recovery plan for the endangered chisoensis), Davis’green pitaya (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum), Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa (Echinocereus viridiflorus var. davisii), Southwestern willow flycatcher samuelis). The Karner blue butterfly is Hinckley Oak (Quercus hinckleyi), (Empidonax traillii extimus), Hualapai known to presently occur in seven Johnston’s frankenia (Frankenia Mexican Vole (Microtus mexicanus states: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, johnstonii), Large-fruited sand-verbena hualpaiensis), Humpback chub (Gila Indiana, New Hampshire, New York, (Abronia macrocarpa), Little Aguja cypha), Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen and Ohio, where it was recently pondweed (Potamogeton clystocarpus), texanus), and Kanab ambersnail reintroduced. The Service solicits Navasota ladies’ tresses (Spiranthes (Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis) within review and comments from the public parksii), Nellie cory cactus Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and on this draft plan. (Coryphantha minima), Pima pineapple Texas. cactus (Coryphantha scheeri var. DATES: Comments on the draft recovery robustispina), Slender rush-pea DATES: Written comments on these plan must be received on or before April (Hoffmannseggia tenella), Sneed permit applications must be received on 4, 2002 to receive consideration by the pincushion cactus (Coryphantha sneedii or before January 4, 2002. Service. var. sneedii), South Texas ambrosia ADDRESSES: Written data or comments ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review (Ambrosia cheiranthifolia), Star cactus should be submitted to the Chief, the draft recovery plan may obtain a (Astrophytum asterias), Terlingua Creek Endangered Species Division, Ecological copy by contacting the Field Supervisor cat’s eye (Cryptantha crassipes), Texas Services, P.O. Box 1306, Room 4102, of the Green Bay Ecological Services trailing phlox (Phlox nivalis ssp. Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103; (505) Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Texensis), Texas ayenia (Ayenia 248–6649; Fax (505) 248–6788. Service, 1015 Challenger Court, Green limitaris), Texas poppy-mallow Documents will be available for public Bay, Wisconsin 54311 or by accessing (Callirhoe scabriuscula), Texas prairie inspection by written request, by the website: http//midwest.fws.gov/ dawn-flower (Hymenoxys texana), appointment only, during normal endangered. Written comments and Texas snowbells (Styrax texana), business hours (8 to 4:30) at the U.S. materials regarding the plan should be Tobusch fishhook cactus Fish and Wildlife Service, Albuquerque, addressed to the Field Supervisor at the (Ancistrocactus tobuschii), Walker’s New Mexico. Please refer to the above address. Comments and materials manioc (Manihot walkerae), White respective permit number for each received will be available, by bladderpod (Lesquerella pallida), and application when submitting comments. appointment, for public inspection Zapata bladderpod (Lesquerella All comments received, including during normal business hours, at the thamnophila). Applicant also requests names and addresses, will become part above address.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. development, fragmentation, and DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Catherine Carnes, (at the above address) degradation through succession. Today, Telephone: (920) 465–7415. TTY users the butterfly inhabits remnant savanna Bureau of Land Management may contact Ms. Carnes through the and barrens habitats, as well as other [OR–027–1220–DG; G 2–0019] Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. more disturbed habitat sites including SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: younger forest stands, military bases, Steens Mountain Advisory Council; utility and roadway rights-of-way, and Meetings Background airports. Restoring an endangered or AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management The primary objective of the draft (BLM), Burns District, Interior. threatened animal or plant to the point recovery plan is to restore and protect ACTION: Meetings notice for the Steens where it is again a secure, self- an adequate number of Karner blue Mountain Advisory Council. sustaining member of its ecosystem is a butterfly populations throughout its primary goal of the Service’s range to ensure long-term viability of SUMMARY: The Steens Mountain endangered species program. To help the species in the wild. The plan Advisory Council (SMAC) will meet at guide the recovery effort, the Service is proposes a total of 13 recovery units the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), working to prepare recovery plans for throughout a six state recovery area Burns District Office, 28910 Hwy 20 most of the listed species native to the (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, West, Hines, Oregon 97738, on United States. Recovery plans describe Indiana, New York, and New December 17 and 18, 2001; January 24 actions considered necessary for Hampshire). In order to reclassify the and 25, 2002; February 28 and March 1, conservation of the species, establish butterfly from endangered to threatened 2002; April 4 and 5, 2002; June 13 and criteria for the recovery levels for status, the plan proposes the 14, 2002; October 21 and 22, 2002; and reclassification and delisting, and an establishment of at least 28 December 2 and 3, 2002; and will meet estimate of time and cost for metapopulations within the recovery in Frenchglen, Oregon 97736 on August implementing the recovery measures units. In order to remove the butterfly 15 and 16, 2002. All meeting sessions needed. The Endangered Species Act of 1973, from the Federal list of ‘‘Threatened and will begin the first day at 8 a.m., local as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et. seq.), Endangered Species,’’ the plan time, and will end at 5 p.m., local time. requires the development of recovery recommends a minimum of 29 The second day of each session will plans for listed species unless such a metapopulations be established begin at 8 a.m., local time, and will end plan would not promote the throughout the recovery units. at approximately 3 p.m., local time. The conservation of a particular species. The draft recovery plan presents a April 4 and 5, 2002; June 13 and 14, Section 4(f) of the Act, as amended in blueprint for action by Federal and state 2002; and August 15 and 16, 2002, 1988, requires that public notice and agencies, as well as other organizations, meeting sessions will consist of opportunity for public review and and private landowners interested in meetings on April 4, June 13, and comment to be provided during helping in the recovery of this August 15, followed by tours of the recovery plan development. The Service endangered species. Recovery actions Steens Mountain Cooperative will consider all information presented include restoration and protection of Management and Protection Area during a public comment period prior to Karner blue butterfly habitat, population (CMPA) on April 5, June 14, and August approval of each new or revised monitoring, continued refinement of 16, 2002, weather dependent. Topics to recovery plan. The Service and other habitat management guidelines, be discussed by the SMAC at the Federal agencies will also take these research to guide habitat management December 17 and 18, 2001, meeting comments into account in the course of and captive propagation efforts, and include selection of a chairperson; implementing approved recovery plans. education and outreach efforts. Working facilitation needs; Subbasins, Analysis The document submitted for review is with Federal, state and private of the Management Situation, Interim the Karner Blue Butterfly (Lycaeides landowners on a voluntary basis will be Management Policy, and Special melissa samuelis) Technical/Agency necessary to reduce the threats, and Recreation Permit Policy review; Draft Recovery Plan. Historically, the conserve, protect, and manage key Federal Advisory Committee Act; butterfly occurred in 12 states and the habitat areas for the Karner blue cooperative agreements/incentives; Province of Ontario. Its current range butterfly. winter recreation; signs; and other has been reduced to seven states: matters as may reasonably come before Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Public Comments Solicited the SMAC. Future meetings will cover Indiana, New Hampshire, New York, The Service solicits written comments categories such as education; and Ohio, where it was recently on the recovery plan described. All transportation; recreation/public use; reintroduced. Three of these states comments received by the date specified special designated areas; cultural (Ohio, New Hampshire, and Minnesota) will be considered prior to approval of resources; watersheds; projects; wildlife; have only one extant Karner blue the plan. Comments should be sent to partnerships/programs; volunteer-based butterfly population. Wisconsin and the Field Supervisor, Ecological information; adaptive management; Michigan support the majority of Services Field Office, at the above planning process; science committee/ populations throughout the range. address. consultants; and socioeconomics. All The Karner blue butterfly was listed meetings and tours are open to the as endangered on January 21, 1992. The Authority: The authority for this action is public in their entirety. Information to section 4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, butterfly depends on savanna and 16 U.S.C. 1533(f). be distributed to the SMAC is requested barrens habitats that support wild 10 days prior to the start of each SMAC lupine (Lupinus perennis), the only Dated: November 9, 2001 meeting. Public comment is scheduled plant Karner blue larvae (or caterpillars) T.J. Miller, for 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., local time, the are known to feed on. Threats to the Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological first day of each meeting session. The butterfly include continued loss and Services. amount of time scheduled for public alteration of habitat due to commercial, [FR Doc. 01–30079 Filed 12–4–01; 8:45 am] presentations and meeting times may be residential, and agricultural BILLING CODE 4310–55–P extended when the authorized
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