The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces availability for public review of a technical/agency draft recovery plan for the endangered Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis). The Karner blue butterfly is known to presently occur in seven states: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, New Hampshire, New York, and Ohio,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

The following applicants have applied for a scientific research permit to conduct certain activities with endangered species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 USC 1531 et seq.).
Permit No. TE049668
Applicant: California Department of Fish and Game, Bishop, California.

The applicant requests a

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

The following applicants have applied for a scientific research permit to conduct certain activities with endangered species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.).
Permit No. TE814933
Applicant: Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, Austin, Texas.

Applicant requests a permit to

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Fish and Wildlife Service

The Office of the Secretary, along with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians, and Office of Indian Trust Transition will conduct meetings on Indian trust asset management. The purpose is to discuss a proposed reorganization of the Department's trust responsibility functions to improve the management of

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Veterans Affairs Department

The Steens Mountain Advisory Council (SMAC) will meet at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Burns District Office, 28910 Hwy 20 West, Hines, Oregon 97738, on December 17 and 18, 2001; January 24 and 25, 2002; February 28 and March 1, 2002; April 4 and 5, 2002; June 13 and 14, 2002; October 21 and 22, 2002; and December 2 and 3, 2002; and will

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Land Management Bureau

To comply with the requirements of the Paper Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, we are submitting to OMB for review and approval an information collection request (ICR) for the Department of the Interior (DOI) to conduct voluntary customer satisfaction surveys to gather input and feedback from the public. The ICR is entitled ``DOI Programmatic Clearance

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Minerals Management Service

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) is extending the public review period for the Draft EIS/EIR for the PCWA American River Pump Station Project to December 13, 2001. The notice of availability for the Draft EIS/EIR was published in the Federal Register on September 13, 2001 (66 FR 4768547686). The public review period was originally to end on

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Reclamation Bureau