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Office of Technology Transfer, National under the Freedom of Information Act, We will prepare minutes of the Institutes of Health, 6011 Executive 5 U.S.C. 552. meeting and will make them available Boulevard, Suite 325, Rockville, MD Dated: April 11, 2003. for public viewing at the Emergency 20852–3804; Telephone: (301) 435– Steven M. Ferguson, Preparedness and Response Directorate, 5606; Facsimile: (301) 402–0220, e-mail: Preparedness Division, Urban Search Acting Director, Division of Technology [email protected]. Development and Transfer, Office of and Rescue (US&R), 500 C Street, SW., SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The patent Technology Transfer. Room 326, Washington, DC 20472. application describes a novel protein, [FR Doc. 03–9924 Filed 4–21–03; 8:45 am] Copies of the minutes will be available upon request 30 days after the meeting. obligate domain-swapped dimer of BILLING CODE 4140–01–P Cyanovirin-N (CVN), discovered by Dr. Dated: April 15, 2003. Carole A. Bewley at the National Michael D. Brown, Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Undersecretary, Emergency Preparedness and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The obligate DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND Response. SECURITY domain-swapped dimer of Cyanovirin-N [FR Doc. 03–9868 Filed 4–21–03; 8:45 am] (CVN) displays enhanced anti-HIV BILLING CODE 6718–06–P activity relative to the wild-type CVN Federal Emergency Management monomer and offers a great advantage Agency over wild-type CVN because it is Open Meeting, Advisory Committee for extremely easy to purify large quantities the National Urban Search and Rescue DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR to greater than 98% homogeneity. So, it Response System may open the possibility that an Fish and Wildlife Service effective drug treatment for the human AGENCY: Federal Emergency immunodeficiency virus (HIV) could Management Agency, Emergency Notice of Availability of an Agency reach underdeveloped countries. Preparedness and Response Directorate Draft Recovery Plan for Five The prospective exclusive license will (EP&R), Department of Homeland Freshwater Mussels—Cumberland be royalty-bearing and will comply with Security. Elktoe (Alasmidonta atropurpurea), Oyster Mussel (Epioblasma the terms and conditions of 35 U.S.C. ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. The prospective capsaeformis), Cumberlandian Combshell exclusive license may be granted unless, SUMMARY: In accordance with section (Epioblasma brevidens), Purple Bean within 60 days from the date of this 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory (Villosa perpurpurea), and Rough published Notice, NIH receives written Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 5 U.S.C. Rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica evidence and argument that establishes App.), we, EP&R, announce the strigillata)—for Review and Comment that the grant of the license would not following committee meeting: AGENCY: be consistent with the requirements of Name: National Urban Search and Fish and Wildlife Service, 35 U.S.C. 209 and 37 CFR 404.7. Rescue Response System Advisory Interior. The field of use may be limited to: Committee. ACTION: Notice of document availability 1. Compositions, devices and methods Date of Meeting: April 30–May 1, and public comment period. for the prevention and treatment of HIV 2003. infection and infections caused by Place: Holiday Inn Capital, 550 C SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife enveloped viruses causing hemorrhagic Street, Apollo Room, Washington, DC Service, announce the availability of the fever, systemically, but not topically, 20024. agency draft recovery plan for five utilizing obligate domain-swapped Time: April 30: 8 a.m.–4 p.m. freshwater mussels—Cumberland elktoe dimer of Cyanovirin-N, anti-HIV May 1: 8 a.m.–4 p.m. (Alasmidonta atropurpurea), oyster mutants of obligate domain-swapped Proposed Agenda: The Committee mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis), dimer of Cyanovirin-N, and anti-HIV will receive a program update that will Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma fragments of both; address the status of ongoing program brevidens), purple bean (Villosa 2. Compositions, devices and methods activities, including recent training and perpurpurea), and rough rabbitsfoot for the ex vivo removal or inactivation exercises. The committee will consider (Quadrula cylindrica strigillata). These of HIV from fluid samples, utilizing current and future program species are endemic to the Cumberland obligate domain-swapped dimer of requirements and will make and Tennessee River systems in Cyanovirin-N, anti-HIV mutants of recommendations for budget allocations Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, obligate domain-swapped dimer of and requests for Fiscal Years 2004 and Tennessee, and Virginia. Recent Cyanovirin-N, and anti-HIV fragments of 2005. The Committee will also discuss research has greatly increased our both; urban search and rescue task force understanding of the ecology of these but excluding pegylated obligate operational status and transportation species. The agency draft recovery plan domain-swapped dimer of Cyanovirin- issues. The Committee will review the includes specific recovery objectives N, pegylated anti-HIV mutants of current status of proposed urban search and criteria to be met in order to obligate domain-swapped dimer of and rescue regulations and system downlist these mussels to threatened Cyanovirin-N and pegylated anti-HIV documentation revisions. Finally, the status or delist them under the fragments of both. committee will review priorities for its Endangered Species Act of 1973, as Properly filed competing applications subordinate working groups for the amended (Act). We solicit review and for a license filed in response to this remainder of Fiscal Year 2003. comment on this agency draft recovery notice will be treated as objections to The meeting will be open to the plan from local, State, and Federal the contemplated license. Comments public, with approximately 20 seats agencies, and the public. and objections submitted in response to available on a first-come, first-served DATES: In order to be considered, we this notice will not be made available basis. All members of the public must receive comments on the draft for public inspection, and, to the extent interested in attending should contact recovery plan on or before June 23, permitted by law, will not be released Michael Tamillow at 202–646–3498. 2003.

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ADDRESSES: If you wish to review this Habitat alteration continues to be the date specified above prior to final agency draft recovery plan, you may major threat to the continued existence approval of the plan. obtain a copy by contacting the of these species. This includes the Please submit electronic comments as Asheville Field Office, U.S. Fish and negative effects of impoundments, an ASCII file format and avoid the use Wildlife Service, 160 Zillicoa Street, channelization, mining, pollutants, of special characters and encryption. Asheville, North Carolina 28801 sedimentation, and construction Please also include your name and (Telephone 828/258–3939), or by activities. Alien species (e.g., the zebra return address in your e-mail message. visiting our recovery plan Web site at mussel, Dreissena polymorpha) and If you do not receive a confirmation http://endangered.fws.gov/recovery/ genetic factors associated with from the system that we have received index.html #plans. If you wish to increasingly small and isolated your e-mail message, contact us directly comment, you may submit your populations are also factors contributing by calling our Asheville Field Office comments by any one of several to the continued imperilment of these (see ADDRESSES section). methods: five mussels. Our practice is to make all comments, 1. You may submit written comments Restoring an endangered or including names and home addresses of and materials to the State Supervisor, at threatened animal or plant to the point respondents, available for public review the above address. where it is again a secure, self- during regular business hours. 2. You may hand-deliver written sustaining member of its ecosystem is a Individual respondents may request that comments to our Asheville Field Office, primary goal of the endangered species we withhold their home address from at the above address, or fax your program. To help guide the recovery the rulemaking record, which we will comments to (828)258–5330. effort, we are preparing recovery plans honor to the extent allowable by law. In for most listed species native to the 3. You may send comments by e-mail some circumstances, we would United States. Recovery plans describe to [email protected]. For directions on withhold also from the rulemaking actions considered necessary for how to submit electronic filing of record a respondent’s identity, as conservation of the species, establish comments, see the ‘‘Public Comments allowable by law. If you wish for us to criteria for downlisting or delisting, and Solicited’’ section. withhold your name and/or address, estimate time and cost for implementing Comments and materials received are you must state this prominently at the recovery measures. beginning of your comments. However, available on request for public The Endangered Species Act of 1973, inspection, by appointment, during we will not consider anonymous as amended (16 U.S.C. et seq.) (Act), comments. We will make all normal business hours at the above requires the development of recovery address. submissions from organizations or plans for listed species unless such a businesses, and from individuals FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bob plan would not promote the identifying themselves as Butler at the above address (Telephone conservation of a particular species. representatives or officials of 828/258–3939, Ext. 235). Section 4(f) of the Act, as amended in organizations or businesses, available 1988, requires us to provide a public for public inspection in their entirety. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: notice and an opportunity for public Background review and comment be provided Authority during recovery plan development. We The authority for this action is section We listed these five mussels as will consider all information presented endangered species under the Act, on 4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16 during a public comment period prior to U.S.C. 1533 (f). January 10, 1997. The five freshwater approval of each new or revised Dated: April 4, 2003. mussels are restricted to either the recovery plan. We and other Federal Cumberland River system (Cumberland agencies will take these comments into J. Mitch King, elktoe), the Tennessee River system account in the course of implementing Deputy Regional Director, Southeast Region, (purple bean and rough rabbitsfoot), or approved recovery plans. Fish and Wildlife Service. both of these river systems (oyster We developed a technical draft of this [FR Doc. 03–9859 Filed 4–21–03; 8:45 am] mussel and Cumberlandian combshell). recovery plan and released it for review BILLING CODE 4310–55–P They once existed in hundreds of by the professional community in 1998. stream miles and now survive in only a We incorporated received comments few relatively small, isolated where appropriate into this subsequent DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR populations in Alabama, Kentucky, agency draft recovery plan, which we Bureau of Indian Affairs Mississippi, Tennessee, and Virginia. are now making available for review by Currently they are found in the Clinch all interested agencies and parties, Office of the Special Trustee for River (Tennessee and Virginia), Duck including the general public. River (Tennessee), Nolichucky River The objective of this draft plan is to American Indians (Tennessee), Powell River (Tennessee provide a framework for the recovery of Working Group on Land Consolidation and Virginia), Bear Creek (Alabama and these five species so that protection Program: Call for Nominations Mississippi), Beech Creek (Tennessee), under the Act is no longer necessary. As Buck Creek (Kentucky), Copper Creek recovery criteria are met, the status of AGENCIES: Bureau of Indian Affairs, (Virginia), Indian Creek (Virginia), the species will be reviewed and they Interior, Office of the Special Trustee for Marsh Creek (Kentucky), Sinking Creek will be considered for removal from the American Indians, Interior. (Kentucky), Laurel Fork (Kentucky), Big Federal List of Endangered and ACTION: Notice. South Fork (Kentucky and Tennessee), Threatened Wildlife and Plants (50 CFR and several tributaries in the Big South part 17). SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs Fork drainage (Rock Creek, in Kentucky; (BIA) and the Office of the Special and the New River, Clear Fork, North Public Comments Solicited Trustee for American Indians (OST) in Prong Clear Fork, Bone Camp Creek, We solicit written comments on the the Department of the Interior intend to Crooked Creek, North White Oak Creek, recovery plan described. We will assemble a working group to address the and White Oak Creek, all in Tennessee). consider all comments received by the rapidly increasing fractionation of

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