[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16553-16554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6777]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R2-ES-2012-N053; FXES11130200000F5-123-FF02ENEH00]


Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to 
comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities 
with endangered or threatened species. The Endangered Species Act of 
1973, as amended (Act), prohibits activities with endangered and 
threatened species unless a Federal permit allows such activities. The 
Act and the National Environmental Policy Act also require that we 
invite public comment before issuing these permits.

DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or 
before April 20, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Marty Tuegel, Section 10 Coordinator, by U.S. mail at 
Division of Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. 
Box 1306, Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM at (505) 248-6920. Please refer to 
the respective permit number for each application when submitting 
comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Endangered 
Species Division, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103; (505) 248-6651.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Availability of Comments

    The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) prohibits activities with 
endangered and threatened species unless a Federal permit allows such 
activities. Along with our implementing regulations in the Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17, the Act provides for permits, 
and requires that we invite public comment before issuing these 
permits.
    A permit granted by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act 
authorizes applicants to conduct activities with U.S. endangered or 
threatened species for scientific purposes, enhancement of survival or 
propagation, or interstate commerce. Our regulations regarding 
implementation of section 10(a)(1)(A) permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22 
for endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened wildlife 
species, 50 CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species, and 50 CFR 17.72 
for threatened plant species.

Applications Available for Review and Comment

    We invite local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies, and the 
public to comment on the following applications. Please refer to the 
appropriate permit number (e.g., Permit No. TE-123456) when requesting 
application documents and when submitting comments.
    Documents and other information the applicants have submitted with 
these applications are available for review, subject to the 
requirements of the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of 
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).

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Permit TE-64115A

Applicant: Bureau of Land Management, Yuma, Arizona.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys for Yuma clapper rail (Rallus 
longirostris yumanensis) within Arizona.

Permit TE-64595A

Applicant: Gulf South Research Corporation, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to collect genetic material from Sneed Pincushion cactus (Coryphantha 
sneedii sneedii) and Lee Pincushion cactus (Coryphantha sneedii leei) 
within New Mexico and Texas.

Permit TE-64968A

Applicant: Apex Companies, LLC, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys, bait aways, trapping and 
relocation of American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americaus) within 
Oklahoma, Texas, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Arkansas.

Permit TE-841353

Applicant: Loomis Partners, Inc., Austin, Texas.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for capture, 
removal, and release of Houston Toad (Bufo houstonensis) related to 
FEMA operations within Bastrop County, Texas.

Permit TE-227185

Applicant: Andrew Eastty, San Diego, California.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) within 
Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

Permit TE-144755

Applicant: Reagan Smith Energy Solutions, Inc., Oklahoma City, 
Oklahoma.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys, mist 
netting, and trapping for gray bat (Myotis grisescens) and Indiana bat 
(Myotis sodalis) within Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, 
Mississippi, Kentucky, Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Oklahoma, 
North Carolina, and Tennessee.

Permit TE-800611

Applicant: SWCA Environmental Consultants, San Antonio, Texas.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for capture, 
removal, and release of Houston Toad (Bufo houstonensis) related to 
FEMA operations within Bastrop County, Texas.

Permit TE-66060A

Applicant: Janine A. Spencer, Tucson, Arizona.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys for southwestern willow flycatcher 
(Empidonax traillii extimus) within Arizona.

Permit TE-840214

Applicant: Luminant Power, Dallas, Texas.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of interior 
least tern (Sterna antillarum) at Turlington Mine (Freestone County), 
Kossee Mine (Robertson and Limestone Counties), and Bremond Mine 
(Robertson County) within Texas.

Permit TE-65178A

Applicant: Jennifer L. Reidy, Columbia, Missouri.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys, point counts, nest searches, nest 
monitoring, mist netting, and banding of golden-cheeked warbler 
(Dendroica chrysoparia) within Texas.

Permit TE-66055A

Applicant: The Navajo Nation dba The Navajo Nation Zoological & 
Botanical Park, Window Rock, Arizona.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to hold and exhibit Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus), and Colorado 
pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) at the zoo in Arizona.

Permit TE-821577

Applicant: Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, Arizona.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of loach 
minnow (Tiaroga cobitis) and spikedace (Meda fulgida) in Arizona.

Permit TE-815409

Applicant: New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of loach 
minnow (Tiaroga cobitis) and spikedace (Meda fulgida) in New Mexico.

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

    In compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), we have made an 
initial determination that the proposed activities in these permits are 
categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental 
assessment or environmental impact statement (516 DM 6 Appendix 1, 
1.4C(1)).

Public Availability of Comments

    All comments and materials we receive in response to this request 
will be available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal 
business hours at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section of this 
notice.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

    Authority:  We provide this notice under section 10 of the Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)

    Dated: March 13, 2012.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region.
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