[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 141 (Monday, July 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43107-43108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17873]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R2-ES-2012-N148; 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 August 22, 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).

Permit TE-039571

Applicant: Garcia and Associates, Arcata, California.

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

Permit TE-841359

Applicant: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Gila National Forest, Silver 
City, New Mexico.
    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys and 
monitoring of loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis) and spikedace (Meda 
fulgida) within New Mexico.

Permit TE-819471

Applicant: SWCA, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah.

    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of black-footed 
ferret (Mustela nigripes), Kanab ambersnail (Oxyloma haydeni 
kanabensis), southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax trailii 
extimus), and Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis) within 
Arizona, Nevada, and Utah.

Permit TE-028605

Applicant: SWCA, Inc., Flagstaff, Arizona.

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

Permit TE-054791

Applicant: Bryce Marshall, Flagstaff, Arizona.

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

Permit TE-045236

Applicant: SWCA, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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

Permit TE-814829

Applicant: Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, Oklahoma City, 
Oklahoma.

    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following 
species within Oklahoma:
     American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus)
     Interior least tern (Sternula antillarum)
     Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)
     Whooping crane (Grus americana)

Permit TE-094375

Applicant: Azimuth Forestry Services, Shelbyville, Texas.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys and collect 
plant material (leaves, flowers) of white bladderpod (Physaria pallida) 
within Texas.

Permit TE-75972A

Applicant: Western New Mexico University, Silver City, New Mexico.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys and monitoring for repatriation of 
loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis) and spikedace (Mega fulgida) within New 
Mexico.

Permit TE-012642

Applicant: Blue Earth Ecological Consultants, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax trailii extimus) in Arizona 
and spikedace (Mega fulgida) within New Mexico and Arizona.

Permit TE-77222A

Applicant: Clinton Moran, Flagstaff, Arizona.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to acquire 500 fertilized eggs from the Bubbling Ponds Native Fish 
Hatchery in Arizona, which will be reared to conduct feeding and 
swimming trials at Nothern Arizona University, Arizona.

Permit TE-58781A

Applicant: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys using camera 
surveys, scat collection, possession of samples for DNA analysis, and 
genetic analysis for ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), jaguarundi 
(Herpailurus yagouaroundi), and jaguar (Panthera onca) within 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: July 11, 2012.
Benjamin N. Tuggle,
Regional Director, Southwest Region.
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