[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 2422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-948]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Endangered Species Permits Issued

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of incidental take permits issued in 1999.

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    Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Region 3, has taken the following action with regard to permit 
applications duly received in accordance with section 10 of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1539, et seq.). 
Each permit listed as issued was granted only after it was determined 
that is was applied for in good faith, that by granting the permit it 
will not be to the disadvantage of the endangered species, and that it 
was consistent with the purposes and policy set forth in the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973, as amended.

TE-006295  Town of Rome, Wisconsin

    On January 12, 1999, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Volume 64, No. 7, that an application was filed with the Fish 
and Wildlife Service by the Town of Rome, Wisconsin, for a permit to 
incidentally take, pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1539), as amended, endangered Karner 
blue butterflies (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) pursuant to a Habitat 
Conservation Plan for road reconstruction activities.
    Notice is hereby given that on April 14, 1999, the Service issued a 
permit (TE-006295), as authorized by the provisions of the Act, to the 
Town of Rome subject to certain conditions set forth therein.

TE-010064  State of Wisconsin

    On April 14, 1999, a notice was published in the Federal Register, 
Volume 64, No. 71, pp. 18440-18442, that an application was filed with 
the Fish and Wildlife Service by the State of Wisconsin, Department of 
Natural Resources, for a permit to incidentally take, pursuant to 
section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1539), as amended, endangered Karner blue butterflies (Lycaeides 
melissa samuelis) in the State of Wisconsin in accordance with a multi-
party Statewide Habitat Conservation Plan. The Department of Natural 
Resources was one of 26 partners to the HCP. This single-species HCP 
was developed for multiple land uses and required development of an 
Environmental Impact Statement in accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Following public input on the draft 
Environmental Impact Statement and permit application, the Service made 
a decision to issue an incidental take permit. The Record of Decision 
describing the Service's rationale was published in the Federal 
Register, Volume 64, No. 191, pp. 53683-53686. The Record of Decision 
fully describes the Service's decision making process and determination 
to issue an incidental take permit to the Department of Natural 
Resources.
    Notice is hereby given that on September 27, 1999, as authorized by 
the provisions of the Act, the Service issued a permit (TE-010064) to 
the State of Wisconsin, Department of Natural Resources, and 25 
Parties, subject to certain conditions set forth in the permit and 
Implementing Agreement for the HCP.

TE-016724  Cinergy Corporation, Gibson County, Indiana

    On September 2, 1999, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Volume 64, No. 170, p. 48189-48190, that an application was 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by Cinergy Corporation, Gibson 
County, Indiana, for a permit to incidentally take, pursuant to section 
10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1539), as 
amended, endangered Interior least terns (Sterna antillarum) pursuant 
to a Habitat Conservation Plan for operation of Cinergy's Gibson 
Generating Facility.
    Notice is hereby given that on December 21, 1999, the Service 
issued a permit (TE-016724), as authorized by the provisions of the 
Act, to Cinergy Corporation subject to certain conditions set forth 
therein.
    Each of the above referenced permits was granted only after the 
Service determined that it was applied for in good faith, that granting 
the permit would not be to the disadvantage of the endangered species, 
and that the permit was consistent with the purposes and policy set 
forth in the Endangered Species Act, as amended.
    Additional information on any of these permit actions may be 
requested by contacting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological 
Services Operations, 612/713-5350, between the hours of 7:30 am and 
4:00 pm, weekdays, or by writing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Ecological Services Operations, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, 
Minnesota 55111-4056.

    Dated: January 6, 2000.
T.J. Miller,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 3, Fort 
Snelling, Minnesota.
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