[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 78 (Monday, April 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24216-24217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9715]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R1-ES-2012-N090; FXES11130100000F5-123-FF01E00000]


Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Recovery Permit 
Application

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to 
comment on the following application for a recovery permit to conduct 
enhancement of survival activities with an endangered species. The 
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), prohibits certain 
activities with endangered species unless a Federal permit allows such 
activity. The Act also requires that we invite public comment before 
issuing such permits.

DATES: To ensure consideration, please send your written comments by 
May 23, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Endangered Species Program Manager, Ecological Services, 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Regional Office, 911 NE 11th 
Avenue, Portland, OR 97232-4181. Please refer to the permit number for 
the application when submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colleen Henson, Fish and Wildlife 
Biologist, at the above address or by telephone (503-231-2071) or fax 
(503-231-6243).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) prohibits certain activities with 
endangered and threatened species unless a Federal permit allows such 
activity. Along with our implementing regulations in the Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR part 17, the Act provides for 
certain 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 the permittee to conduct activities (including take or 
interstate commerce) with U.S. endangered or threatened species for 
scientific purposes or to enhance the propagation or survival of the 
affected species. Our regulations implementing section 10(a)(1)(A) for 
these 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.

Application Available for Review and Comment

    We invite local, State, and Federal agencies, and the public to 
comment on the following application. Please refer to the appropriate 
permit number for the application when submitting comments.
    Documents and other information submitted with this application are 
available for review by request from the Endangered Species Program 
Manager at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice, 
subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and the 
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
    Permit Number: TE-210255.
    Applicant: Ryan Sylvester, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, Libby, 
Montana.
    The permittee requests an amendment to an existing scientific 
research permit to take (tag, conduct adult and juvenile telemetry, 
determine sex and maturity, and possible use of egg mats and larval 
sampling) the Kootenai River population of the white sturgeon 
(Acipenser transmontanus) in conjunction with research in the State of 
Montana, for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival. The 
original permit was announced in a notice that published in the Federal 
Register on April 22, 2009 (74 FR 18396).

Public Availability of Comments

    All comments and materials we receive in response to this request 
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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.)

    Dates: April 12, 2012.
Hugh Morrison,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-9715 Filed 4-20-12; 8:45 am]
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