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BILLING CODE 4140-01-M DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency [FEMA-2005-0042] RIN 1660-ZA11 Privacy Act of 1974; National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP); Letter of Map Amendment

(LOMA)System of Records AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice of Privacy Act system of records. SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, the Department of Homeland Security gives notice that its Federal Emergency Management Agency proposes to establish a System of Records, entitled the Letter of Map Amendment system, DHS/FEMA/NFIP/LOMA-1. This system of records will contain individually identifying information voluntarily provided by applicants for Letters of Map Amendments to exclude properties from special flood hazard area maps when appropriate. DATES: The proposed System of Records will be effective March 17, 2006, unless comments are received that result in a contrary determination. The public is invited to comment on the proposed System of Records. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by FEMA-2005-0042 by one of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: *http://www.regulations.gov* . Follow the instructions for submitting comments. • E-mail: *FEMA-RULES@dhs.gov* . Include FEMA-2005-0042 in the subject line of the message. • Fax: 202-646-4536. (Not a toll-free number). • Mail: Please address them to the Rules Docket Clerk, Office of General Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Room 406, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472; Maureen Cooney, Acting Chief Privacy Officer, 601 S. 12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202. • Hand Delivery/Courier: Please address them to the Rules Docket Clerk, Office of General Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Room 406, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472; Maureen Cooney, Acting Chief Privacy Officer, 601 S. 12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rena Y. Kim, Privacy Act Officer, Room 406, 500 C Street, SW., Washington, DC 20472; (telephone)

(202)646-3949; Maureen Cooney, Acting Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security, 601 S. 12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202-4202 by telephone

(571)227-3813 or facsimile

(571)227-4171. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) embodies fair information principles in a statutory framework governing the means by which the United States Government collects, maintains, uses and disseminates personally identifiable information. The Act applies to information that is maintained in a “system of records.” A “system of records” is a group of any records under the control of an agency from which information is retrieved by the name of the individual or by some identifying number, symbol, or other identifying particular assigned to the individual. The Letter of Map Amendment

(LOMA)system established by this Notice is such a system of records. The Privacy Act requires each agency to publish in the **Federal Register** a description of the type and character of each system of records that the agency maintains, and the routine uses for which such information may be disseminated and the purpose for which the system is maintained. The Letter of Map Amendment system will be used to support FEMA's administration of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, Public Law 90-448, as amended by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, Public Law 93-234, established the NFIP to provide flood insurance in communities that voluntarily adopt and enforce floodplain management ordinances that meet minimum NFIP requirements. As part of the NFIP, FEMA assists communities by producing flood maps that indicate, among other things, which properties are located in special flood hazard areas (SFHA). Limitations of scale or topographic definition of the source maps used to prepare the Flood Insurance Rate Map

(FIRM)may cause small areas that are at or above the one percent annual chance flood elevation to be inadvertently shown within the SFHA boundaries. In SFHAs, flood insurance is required on properties with federally-backed loans. A property outside of an SFHA is not required by FEMA to carry flood insurance, and often lenders do not require individuals who are financing or refinancing properties located outside of SFHAs to buy flood insurance policies. For this reason, individuals seek LOMAs to request that FEMA reverse the determination that their property is situated in an SFHA. FEMA offers administrative procedures to review SFHA designations and, with appropriate engineering documentation, to exclude property from inadvertent inclusion in an SFHA. FEMA accomplishes this through a LOMA, in which FEMA officially states its position whether property is located outside of a special flood hazard area. FEMA's regulations for issuing LOMAs can be found in 44 CFR Part 70. The new LOMA system of records will contain personally identifying information voluntarily provided by applicants (individuals and/or certifiers as described below) applying for LOMAs. • An individual is any person financing or refinancing structures or parcels of land (hereinafter referred to as “property” or “properties”) with a federally-backed loan. Examples of individuals are home owners, investors, and property developers. • A certifier is a Registered Professional Engineer or Licensed Land Surveyor who provides technical information, such as elevation, to FEMA. Certifiers have the professional credentials to analyze engineering information. The certifier may provide information either electronically or in hard copy on behalf of the individual. The information collected includes the individual's name, mailing address, signature, and signature date. The individual can voluntarily provide daytime telephone number, e-mail address, and fax number—which are not required—but which enables FEMA to contact the individual should questions arise. In addition, the certifier is required to provide name, professional license number and expiration date, company name, property address or legal description, e-mail address, and business telephone number. The certifier can voluntarily provide a fax number that enables FEMA to fax documents related to the LOMA. The information will be collected in hard copy format and maintained at FEMA's repository located at 847 South Pickett Street, Alexandria, VA 22034, or electronically through the proposed mapping information platform (MIP). The collected information will be maintained either as paper records or computerized files retrieved by an individual's property address or legal description and/or case number. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r), DHS has provided a report of this new system of records to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)and to Congress. System Name: Letter of Map Amendment System (LOMA), DHS/FEMA/NFIP/LOMA-1. Security Classification: Unclassified. System Location: Electronic: Solutions Delivery Center (SDC), 3039 Cornwallis Road, Building 301, Dock 85/86, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709. Paper: FEMA's Map Modernization Library, 847 South Pickett Street, Alexandria VA 22034. Categories of individuals covered by the system: The system covers only applicants (individuals and/or certifiers) who are seeking a letter of map amendment (LOMA). Categories of records in the system: There are three ways to apply for a LOMA. They include the paper only MT-1 form, online MT-EZ, and electronic LOMA (eLOMA). The associated categories of records include: • Individual's name • Individual's mailing address • Individual's signature • Individual's signature date • Certifier's (registered professional engineer or licensed land surveyor) name • Certifier's professional license number • Certifier's professional license expiration date • Certifier's company name • Individual's property address • Individual's legal property description • Certifier's business telephone number Authority for maintenance of the system: The National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, Public Law 90-448, as amended by the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, Public Law 93-234. Purpose: This system is maintained for the purpose of determining an applicant's eligibility for LOMAs. An applicant can be a private individual or a certified professional. Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories of users and the purposes of such uses: In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 552a(b) of the Privacy Act, all or a portion of the records or information contained in this system may be disclosed outside DHS as a routine use pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows: A. To an agency, organization, or individual for the purposes of performing authorized audit or oversight operations. B. To a congressional office from the record of an individual in response to an inquiry from that congressional office made at the request of the individual to whom the record pertains. C. To contractors, grantees, experts, consultants, students, and others performing or working on a contract, service, grant, cooperative agreement, or other assignment for the Federal government, when necessary to accomplish an agency function related to this. D. Where a record, either on its face or in conjunction with other information, indicates a violation or potential violation of law—criminal, civil or regulatory—the relevant records may be referred to an appropriate Federal, State, territorial, tribal, local, international, or foreign agency law enforcement authority or other appropriate agency charged with investigating or prosecuting such a violation or enforcing or implementing such law. E. To the Department of Justice

(DOJ)or other Federal agency conducting litigation or in proceedings before any court, adjudicative or administrative body, when:

(a)DHS, or

(b)any employee of DHS in his/her official capacity, or

(c)any employee of DHS in his/her individual capacity where DOJ or DHS has agreed to represent the employee, or

(d)the United States or any agency thereof, is a party to the litigation or has an interest in such litigation. F. To the National Archives and Records Administration

(NARA)or other Federal government agencies pursuant to records management inspections being conducted under the authority of 44 U.S.C. Sections 2904 and 2906. Disclosure to consumer reporting agencies: Privacy Act information may be reported to consumer reporting agencies pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(b)(12). Policies and Practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining, and disposing of records in the system. Storage: Official records in this system are stored on paper at the FEMA Map Modernization Library, located at 847 South Pickett Street, Alexandria VA 22034. Electronic records will be stored at the FEMA's limited access facility—Service Delivery Center, located at 3039 East Cornwallis Road, Raleigh NC 27709. Computerized records are stored in a database server in a secured file server room. Personally identifying information is appropriately stored in accordance with the DHS Information Technology Security Program Handbook. Retrievability: Records are retrieved by the individual's property address or, if there is no address, by the legal description of the property. Records are also retrieved by the individual's uniquely identifying case number. Safeguards: Safeguards include restricting access to authorized personnel who have a need to know, using locks, and password protection identification features. File areas are locked after normal duty hours, and the facilities are protected by security personnel or technology such as security cameras. Use of the database and physical records will be carefully monitored by the system administrators and the library administrators at: • Paper: FEMA Map Modernization Library, 847 South Pickett Street, Alexandria VA 22034 • Electronic: Service Delivery Center, 3039 East Cornwallis Road, Raleigh NC 27709 The system has an audit trail of changes made to the application and the user identification of who made the changes. Electronic records are also safeguarded by software programs that monitor traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or otherwise cause damage. Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information are prohibited and may be punishable under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act. Retention and Disposal: The retention schedule has been approved by NARA. The NARA authority is N1-311-86-1 2A2c; the retention period is 20-years. Electronic copies of MT-EZs and eLOMAs will be printed and retained in the same manner as hard copies. System Manager(s) and Address: Paper: FEMA Map Modernization Library, 847 South Pickett Street, Alexandria VA 22034. Electronic: Service Delivery Center, 3039 East Cornwallis Road, Raleigh NC 27709. Notification Procedure: A request for access to records in this system may be made by writing to the System Manager, identified above, or to the Privacy Act Officer, in conformance with 6 CFR part 5, subpart B and 44 CFR part 6, which provides the rules for requesting access to Privacy Act records. Record Access Procedure: The procedures for individuals to gain access to their own information are listed both in FEMA's and the DHS's Privacy Act regulations, 44 CFR part 6 and 6 CFR part 5, subpart B. Requests for Privacy Act protected information must be made in writing, and clearly marked as a “Privacy Act Request.” The name of the requester, the nature of the record sought, and the required verification of identity must be clearly indicated. Requests should be sent to: Privacy Act Officer, DHS/FEMA, Office of General Counsel, Room 406, 500 C Street, SW., Washington DC 20472. Contesting Record Procedures: Same as Record Access Procedure (above). State clearly and concisely the information being contested, the reasons for contesting it, and the proposed change to the record. Record Source Categories: The information will come from individuals and certifiers. Exemption Claimed for the System: None. Dated: February 9, 2006. Maureen Cooney, Acting Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security. [FR Doc. E6-2122 Filed 2-14-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4410-P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR-5031-C-02] Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program—Contract Rent Annual Adjustment Factors, Fiscal Year 2006: Correction AGENCY: Office of Policy Development and Research, HUD. ACTION: Notice of revised contract rent Annual Adjustment Factors, correction. SUMMARY: This notice makes corrections to the revised Annual Adjustment Factors

(AAFs)published in the **Federal Register** on December 1, 2005 (70 FR 72168), for two areas: the Midwest region and the South region. The numbers for these two areas were reversed. The correct numbers were used in calculating Fair Market Rents

(FMRs)and in other publications that used FMRs or AAFs. DATES: *Effective Date:* December 1, 2005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Contact: David Vargas, Senior Advisor, Housing Voucher Management and Operations Division, Office of Public Housing and Voucher Programs,

(202)708-0477 can respond to questions relating to the Section 8 Voucher, Certificate, and Moderate Rehabilitation programs; Mark Johnston, Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs, Office of Community Planning and Development,

(202)708-1234, for questions regarding the Single Room Occupancy Moderate Rehabilitation program; Willie Spearmon, Director, Office of Housing Assistance and Grant Administration, Office of Housing,

(202)708-3000, for questions relating to all other Section 8 programs. Marie L. Lihn, Economic and Market Analysis Division, Office of Policy Development and Research

(202)708-0590, is the contact for technical information regarding the development of the factors for specific areas or the methods used for calculating the AAFs. Mailing address for above persons: Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW, Washington, DC 20410. Hearing- or speech-impaired persons may contact the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 (TTY). (Other than the “800” TTY number, the above-listed telephone numbers are not toll-free.) Correction Accordingly, in FR Doc 02-5031, a document published on December 1, 2005 (70 FR 72168), is corrected as follows: 1. On page 72170, Schedule C, Table 1, the entries for Midwest region and South region are corrected to read as follows: 2006 Contract Rents, Table 1 Highest Cost Utility Included Excluded Midwest Region 1.022 1.013 South Region 1.029 1.024 1. On page 72175, Schedule C, Table 2, the entries for the Midwest region and the South region are corrected to read as follows: 2006 Contract Rents, Table 2 Highest Cost Utility Included Excluded Midwest Region 1.012 1.003 South Region 1.019 1.014 These changes only affect the report as published in the **Federal Register** . The correct factors were used to update Fair Market Rents. The PHA-designated AAFs do not include this error. It is only an error in the report printed for the **Federal Register** Notice. Dated: February 9, 2006. Harold L. Bunce, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs. [FR Doc. E6-2148 Filed 2-14-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210-27-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Office of the Secretary Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council; Notice of Meeting AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of the Interior. ACTION: Notice of meeting. SUMMARY: The Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary is announcing a public meeting of the *Exxon Valdez* Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee. DATES: March 6, 2006, at 10 a.m. ADDRESSES: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council Office, 441 West 5th Avenue, Suite 500, Anchorage, Alaska. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Mutter, Department of the Interior, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, 1689 “C” Street, Suite 119, Anchorage, Alaska 99501,

(907)271-5011. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Public Advisory Committee was created by Paragraph V.A.4 of the Memorandum of Agreement and Consent Decree entered into by the United States of America and the State of Alaska on August 27, 1991, and approved by the United States District Court for the District of Alaska in settlement of *United States of America* v. *State of Alaska* , Civil Action No. A91-081 CV. The meeting agenda will include a discussion of restoration recommendations related to resources injured by the oil spill. Willie R. Taylor, Director, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance. [FR Doc. E6-2082 Filed 2-14-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-RG-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Notice of Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Advisory Committee Meeting AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program Office. ACTION: Notice; FACA Committee Meeting Announcement. SUMMARY: As required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, the Department of the Interior, Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program Office gives notice of the second meeting of the Department's Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee will meet at the U.S. Department of the Interior, South Building Auditorium, 1951 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20240 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on March 2, 2006. Members of the public are invited to attend the Committee Meeting to listen to the committee proceedings and to provide public input. Public Input: Any member of the public interested in providing public input at the Committee Meeting should contact Mr. Steve Glomb, whose contact information is listed under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. Each individual providing oral input is requested to limit those comments to three minutes. This time frame may be adjusted to accommodate all those who would like to speak. Requests to be added to the public speaker list must be received in writing (letter, e-mail, or fax) by noon eastern standard time on February 21, 2006. Anyone wishing to submit written comments should provide a copy of those comments to Mr. Glomb in the following formats: One hard copy with original signature, and one electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable file formats are: Adobe Acrobat, WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files) by noon eastern standard time on February 21, 2006. Document Availability: Interested individuals may view the draft agenda for the meeting online at *http://restoration.doi.gov/faca* or may request the draft agenda from Mr. Glomb. In preparation for this meeting of the Advisory Committee, the Committee and the public can find helpful background information at the Restoration Program Web site *http://restoration.doi.gov.* The site provides a good introduction to the program for those who are relatively new to the damage assessment and restoration arena and a useful reference for seasoned practitioners and policy leaders. Links to the statutory and regulatory framework for the program are found at *http://restoration.doi.gov/laws.htm.* DOI Program policies are found at *http://restoration.doi.gov/policy.htm.* Agenda for Meeting The agenda will cover the following principal subjects: —Welcome/Kickoff address by senior Departmental official. —Potential amendment of committee by-laws. —Discussion of subcommittee reports. —Formal public input (if any). —Finalize subcommittee scopes and workplans. *Meeting Access:* Individuals requiring special accommodation at this meeting must contact Mr. Steve Glomb (see contact information below) by noon eastern standard time on February 21, 2006, so that appropriate arrangements can be made. DATES: March 2, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (open to the public). ADDRESSES: Auditorium, U.S Department of the Interior, South Building, 1951 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20240. All individuals attending the Committee Meeting will be required to present photo identification to security officers to gain access to the South Interior Building. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Glomb, U.S. Department of the Interior, Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program, Mail Stop MIB 4449, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240; phone 202-208-4863; fax 202-208-2681; or *steve_glomb@ios.doi.gov.* Dated: February 9, 2006. Frank M. DeLuise, Designated Federal Officer, DOI Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Advisory Committee. [FR Doc. E6-2089 Filed 2-14-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-RK-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 5-Year Review of Florida Scrub-Jay AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces a 5-year review of the Florida scrub-jay ( *Aphelocoma coerulescens* ) under section 4(c)(2) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The purpose of reviews conducted under this section of the Act is to ensure that the classification of species as threatened or endangered on the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants (50 CFR 17.11 and 17.12) is accurate. The 5-year review is an assessment of the best scientific and commercial data available at the time of the review. DATES: To allow us adequate time to conduct this review, information submitted for our consideration must be received on or before April 17, 2006. However, we will continue to accept new information about any listed species at any time. ADDRESSES: You may submit data, information, and comments by any of the following methods: 1. You may submit written comments and information to the Field Supervisor, Jacksonville Ecological Services Office, 6620 Southpoint Drive South, Suite 310, Jacksonville, FL 32216. 2. You may hand-deliver written comments to our Office, at the above address. 3. You may send comments by electronic mail (e-mail) to *floridascrubjay@fws.gov* . Include “Florida Scrub-Jay Five-Year Review” in the subject line of the message. 4. You may fax your comments to 904/232-2404. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dawn Zattau, Jacksonville Field Office at telephone

(904)232-1067. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Act (16 U.S.C. 1533 *et seq.* ), the Service maintains a list of endangered and threatened wildlife and plant species at 50 CFR 17.11 (for animals) and 17.12 (for plants) (collectively referred to as the List). Section 4(c)(2)(A) of the Act requires that we conduct a review of listed species at least once every 5 years. Then, on the basis of such reviews, under section 4(c)(2)(B), we determine whether or not any species should be removed from the List (delisted), or reclassified from endangered to threatened or from threatened to endangered. Delisting a species must be supported by the best scientific and commercial data available and only considered if such data substantiate that the species is neither endangered nor threatened for one or more of the following reasons:

(1)The species is considered extinct;

(2)the species is considered to be recovered; and/or

(3)the original data available when the species was listed, or the interpretation of such data, were in error. Any change in Federal classification would require a separate rulemaking process. The regulations at 50 CFR 424.21 require that we publish a notice in the **Federal Register** announcing those species currently under active review. This notice announces our active review of the Florida scrub-jay that is currently listed as threatened. The List is found at 50 CFR 17.11 (wildlife) and 17.12 (plants) and is also available on our Internet site at *http://www.fws.gov/endangered/wildlife.html#species* . Amendments to the List through final rules are published in the **Federal Register** . What information is considered in the review? A 5-year review considers all new information available at the time of the review. A 5-year review will consider the best scientific and commercial data that have become available since the current listing determination or most recent status review of each species, such as: A. Species biology, including but not limited to population trends, distribution, abundance, demographics, and genetics; B. Habitat conditions, including but not limited to amount, distribution, and suitability; C. Conservation measures that have been implemented to benefit the species; D. Threat status and trends (see five factors under heading “How do we determine whether a species is endangered or threatened?”); and E. Other new information, data, or corrections, including but not limited to taxonomic or nomenclatural changes, identification of erroneous information contained in the List, and improved analytical methods. Specific Information Requested for the Florida Scrub-Jay We are especially interested in information on the status of this species throughout its range. We specifically request any recent information regarding its responses to prescribed fire and any other management actions on conservation lands. Definitions Related to This Notice The following definitions are provided to assist those persons who contemplate submitting information regarding the species being reviewed: A. *Species* includes any species or subspecies of fish, wildlife, or plant, and any distinct population segment of any species of vertebrate which interbreeds when mature. B. *Endangered* means any species that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range. C. *Threatened* means any species that is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range. How do we determine whether a species is endangered or threatened? Section 4(a)(1) of the Act establishes that we determine whether a species is endangered or threatened based on one or more of the following five factors: A. The present or threatened destruction, modification, or curtailment of its habitat or range; B. Overutilization for commercial, recreational, scientific, or educational purposes; C. Disease or predation; D. The inadequacy of existing regulatory mechanisms; or E. Other natural or manmade factors affecting its continued existence. Section 4(a)(1) of the Act requires that our determination be made on the basis of the best scientific and commercial data available. What could happen as a result of this review? If we find that there is new information concerning this species indicating that a change in classification may be warranted, we may propose a new rule that could do one of the following:

(a)Reclassify the species from threatened to endangered (uplist) or

(b)delist the species. If we determine that a change in classification is not warranted, then this species will remain on the List under its current status. Public Solicitation of New Information We request any new information concerning the status of this species. See “What information is considered in the review?” heading for specific criteria. Information submitted should be supported by documentation such as maps, bibliographic references, methods used to gather and analyze the data, and/or copies of any pertinent publications, reports, or letters by knowledgeable sources. Our practice is to make comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, available for public review. Individual respondents may request that we withhold their home addresses from the supporting record, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. There also may be circumstances in which we may withhold from the supporting record a respondent's identity, as allowable by law. If you wish us to withhold your name and/or address, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comment. We will not consider anonymous comments, however. We will make all submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety. Authority This document is published under the authority of the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 *et seq.* ). Dated: January 31, 2006. Cynthia K. Dohner, Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region. [FR Doc. E6-2134 Filed 2-14-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Indian Affairs Notice of Acceptance of Retrocession of Jurisdiction for the Santee Sioux Nation, NE AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior by Executive Order No. 11435 of November 21, 1968 (33 FR 17339), and redelegated to the Associate Deputy Secretary, I hereby accept at 12:01 a.m. CST, February 15, 2006, retrocession to the United States of civil and criminal jurisdiction over the Santee Sioux Nation, which was acquired by the State of Nebraska, pursuant to Public Law 83-280, 67 Stat. 588, 18 U.S.C. 1162, 28 U.S.C. 1360. The retrocession herein accepted was offered by Legislative Resolution 17 by the legislature of the State of Nebraska on May 31, 2001, and transmitted to the Secretary on November 13, 2001. By Resolution No. 2001-12 dated December 20, 2000, the Santee Sioux Nation requested that the State of Nebraska retrocede civil and criminal jurisdiction to the United States. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Christopher B. Chaney, Deputy Bureau Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Law Enforcement Services, 1849 C Street, NW., Mail Stop 2429, Washington, DC 20240, Telephone number

(202)208-5787. Dated: February 8, 2006. James E. Cason, Associate Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 06-1437 Filed 2-10-06; 8:45 am]

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