The Federal Register

Marine Mammals; Incidental Take During Specified Activities

Fri, Nov 28 2003 11:00:00 GMT

We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have developed regulations that would authorize the incidental, unintentional take of small numbers of polar bears and Pacific walrus during yearround oil and gas industry (Industry) exploration, development, and production operations in the Beaufort Sea and adjacent northern coast of Alaska. Industry operations for the covered period are similar to and include all activities covered by the 3year Beaufort Sea incidental take regulations that were effective from March 30, 2000, through March 31, 2003 (65 FR 16828, March 30, 2000).

We find that the total expected takings of polar bear and Pacific walrus during oil and gas industry exploration, development, and production activities will have a negligible impact on these species and no unmitigable adverse impacts on the availability of these species for subsistence use by Alaska Natives. We base this finding on the results of 9 years of monitoring and evaluating interactions between polar bears, Pac

Issuance of Permits

Fri, Nov 28 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The following permits were issued.

Receipt of Applications for Permit

Fri, Nov 28 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.

Special Rules Applicable to Surface Coal Mining Hearings and Appeals

Fri, Nov 28 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The Office of Hearings and Appeals is publishing a final rule that revises an existing regulation allocating the burden of proof in a proceeding under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.

Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs; Gaming on Trust Lands Acquired After October 17, 1988

Fri, Nov 28 2003 11:00:00 GMT

As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Assistant SecretaryIndian Affair (ASIA) is submitting the
information collection titled Gaming on Trust Lands Acquired After October 17, 1988, OMB Control Number 10760158, for review and renewal by the Desk Officer for the Department of the Interior, Office of Management and Budget.

Guam War Claims Review Commission

Fri, Nov 28 2003 11:00:00 GMT

The Guam War Claims Review Commission, pursuant to section 10 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 10) and the Government in the Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b), hereby gives notice in regard to the scheduling of meetings for the transaction of Commission business, as follows:

Date and Time: Monday, December 8, 2003, 8 a.m.2 p.m., and Tuesday, December 9, 2003, 8 a.m.6 p.m. (local time).

Place: Guam Legislature Building, 155 Hesler Place, Hagatna, Guam 96910.

Subject Matter: Public hearings to take testimony of witnesses who survived the Japanese taking and occupation of Guam between 1941 and 1944.

Status: Open.

Witnesses will be selected from among the residents of Guam who have completed questionnaires describing their experiences during the World War II Japanese occupation of Guam. Members of the public interested in observing the meeting may do so either in person, as space permits, or via live television broadcast. Requests for information concerning the