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Information Collection To Be Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Approval; Togiak National

Wed, Jun 11 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will submit the collection of information listed below to OMB for approval under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act. The information collection requirement is described in this notice. If you wish to obtain copies of the proposed information collection requirement, related forms, or explanatory material, contact the Service Information Collection Clearance Officer at the address listed below.

Notice of Availability of the Record of Decision To Authorize Issuance of a Section 10 Permit to the Salt River

Wed, Jun 11 2003 11:00:00 GMT

Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), this notice advises the public that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has issued an incidental take permit (ITP), pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), to the Salt River Project (SRP). The permit authorizes the incidental take of the following federally listed and candidate species: Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)(flycatcher), Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis) (clapper rail), bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), and the yellowbilled cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)(cuckoo). The authorized take will occur in Gila and Maricopa counties, Arizona, as a result of management actions allowing Roosevelt Lake to fill, causing inundation of occupied habitat. The Service issued an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that evaluated the impacts of alternatives considered prior to issuance of the ITP. SRP submitted the Roosevelt Habitat Conservat

Receipt of Applications for Permit

Wed, Jun 11 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The public is invited to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species and/or marine mammals.

Notice of Coal Lease Offering

Wed, Jun 11 2003 11:00:00 GMT

Notice is hereby given that at 1 p.m., June 12, 2003, certain coal resources in lands hereinafter described in Emery County, Utah will be offered for competitive lease by sealed bid of $100.00 per acre or more to the qualified bidder submitting the highest bonus bid in accordance with the provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (41 Stat. 437). However, no bid will be accepted for less than fair market value as determined by the authorized officer. A company or individual is limited to one sealed bid. If a company or individual submits two or more sealed bids for this tract, all of the company's or individual's bids will be rejected.

Authority: 43 CFR 3422.2(a).

This lease is being offered for sale under the provisions set forth in the regulations for Leasing on Application at 43 CFR part 3425.

The lease sale will be held in the Bureau of Land Management Fourth Floor Conference Room, 324 South State Street, Suite 400, Salt Lake City, Utah, at 1 p.m. on June 12, 2003.

Notice of Meeting, Front Range Resource Advisory Council (Colorado)

Wed, Jun 11 2003 11:00:00 GMT

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Front Range Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will meet as indicated below.

Notice of Availability for Public Comment of an Administrative Order Concerning the Dinero Mine Located Near

Wed, Jun 11 2003 11:00:00 GMT

Pursuant to section 122(1) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(1), notice is hereby given that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), by and through the Department of the Interior, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), have signed a proposed Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) concerning the Dinero Complex Site (Site) located near Leadville, Colorado. The Department of Justice has issued its concurrence with the AOC.

The Site affects public land managed by BLM and includes private land owned by John D. Lundquist (Lundquist). The Site includes two mine waste rock piles estimated to contain approximately 40,000 cubic yards of material extracted from the nearby Dinero mine tunnel. The piles are partially located on wetlands within the Sugarloaf Gulch drainage, a tributary of the Lake Fork of the Arkansas River. Several studies conducted at the Site indicate that the two mine waste rock piles contain toxic metal compound

Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement/ General Management Plan, Big Bend National Park,

Wed, Jun 11 2003 11:00:00 GMT

Pursuant to section 102 (2) (C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4332 (C), the National Park Service announces the availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a General Management Plan (DEIS/GMP) for Big Bend National Park, Texas.

Fire Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement, Big Bend National Park, Texas

Wed, Jun 11 2003 11:00:00 GMT

Under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service is preparing an environmental impact statement for the Fire Management Plan for Big Bend National Park. This cooperative effort among park staff, other Federal and State agencies, nonprofit organizations, and the public, is expected to result in a comprehensive management plan that protects life, property, and cultural resources; provides opportunities for visitor interpretation; and returns natural processes to park ecosystems. In cooperation with neighboring property owners attention will also be given to resources outside the boundaries that affect the integrity of Big Bend National Park. The international border forms the park's southern boundary, and coordination with Mexico is also integral to the fire management program. There are four Fire Management Alternatives being considered. These are NoAction, Full Suppression, Full Wildland Fire Use, and Progressive Fire Use. The No Action alternativ

Notice of Realty Action for Proposed Land Exchange

Wed, Jun 11 2003 11:00:00 GMT

A land exchange is proposed of a federally owned conservation easement on privately owned lands for a similar conservation easement on adjacent privately owned lands, located in Lake Clark National Preserve, and the Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska.

I. The following described federally owned conservation easement, which was acquired by the National Park Service in 1992, has been determined to be suitable for disposal by exchange. The authority for this exchange is section 1302 (h), Public Law 96487, Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, December 2, 1980. The current federally owned conservation easement is within the boundary of Lake Clark National Preserve. It is not required for retention, in that park unit. This federal conservation easement, which is proposed for disposal, is a 40acre portion of a 66acre conservation easement (Tract No. 08107) that was acquired by the United States of America by deed recorded in Deed Book 20 on Page 528 of the Iliamna Recording District, Al