[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21146-21147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08180]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R2-ES-2013-N078; FXES11130200000-134-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 May 9, 2013.

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 part 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-98707A

Applicant: Mitchell Lockhart, Sallisaw, Oklahoma.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys of American burying beetle 
(Nicrophorus americanus) within Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, and Kansas.

Permit TE-837751

Applicant: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix, Arizona.

    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) in Navajo, 
Apache, Greenlee, and Coconino Counties, Arizona, and Catron, Grant, 
and Hidalgo Counties, New Mexico; desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius 
macularius), Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis), 
and Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) in San Juan, Grant, 
Catron, and Hidalgo Counties, New Mexico; and Gila chub (Gila 
intermedia), spikedace (Mega fulgida), loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis), 
and woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus) in Maricopa, Pima, Cochise, 
Graham, Coconino, Greenlee, and Santa Cruz Counties, Arizona, and 
Catron, Grant and Hidalgo Counties, New Mexico.

Permit TE-42737A

Applicant: Sevenecoten, LLC, Dripping Springs, Texas.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct nest monitoring and searching for 
golden-cheeked warblers (Dendroica chrysoparia) and black-capped vireos 
(Vireo atricapilla) within Texas.

Permit TE-821356

Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research 
Station, Flagstaff, Arizona.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to deliberately take up to 150 endangered 
humpback chub (Gila cypha) smaller than 120 millimeters by hoop net, 
minnow trap, and seine within Arizona.

Permit TE-88512A

Applicant: New Mexico Department of Transportation Environmental 
Bureau, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to excavate and transplant Echinocereus fendleri 
var. kuenzleri (Kuenzler's hedgehog cactus) along U.S. Highway 54 in 
New Mexico.

Permit TE-000948

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

    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys and nest 
monitoring of southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 
extimus) within New Mexico.

Permit TE-829995

Applicant: Dallas Zoo and Aquarium, Dallas, Texas.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct husbandry and holding of hawksbill sea 
turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) at the Dallas Zoo and Aquarium.

Permit TE-00347B

Applicant: Alisha Powell, Sallisaw, Oklahoma.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to capture and release American burying beetles (Nicrophorus 
americanus) for presence/absence surveys in Oklahoma.

Permit TE-009926

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

    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of interior least 
tern (Sterna antillarum) along the major tributaries of the Red River 
in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

    In compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), we have made an 
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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: April 1, 2013.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region.
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