[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44857-44858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18165]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R2-ES-2014-N148; FXES11130200000-145-FF02ENEH00]


Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Applications for Participation 
of Applicants in the Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan for the 
American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: Under the Endangered Species Act, as amended (Act), we, the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on 
incidental take permit (ITP) applications for take of the federally 
listed American burying beetle resulting from activities associated 
with the construction, operation, maintenance, repair, and 
decommissioning of oil and gas pipelines and related well field 
activities in Oklahoma. If approved, the permits would be issued to 
applicants under the approved Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan 
Associated With Issuance of Endangered Species Act Section 10(a)(1)(B) 
Permits for the American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma (ICP).

DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or 
before September 2, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of all documents and submit comments 
on the applicant's ITP application by one of the following methods. 
Please refer to the permit number when requesting documents or 
submitting comments.
    [cir] U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of 
Endangered Species--HCP Permits, P.O. Box 1306, Room 6034, Albuquerque, 
NM 87103.
    [cir] Electronically: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marty Tuegel, Branch Chief, by U.S. 
mail at Environmental Review, P.O. Box 1306, Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM 
87103; or by telephone at 505-248-6651.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Introduction

    Under the Endangered Species Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.; Act), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public 
to comment on incidental take permit (ITP) applications for take of the 
federally listed American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) 
resulting from activities

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associated with the construction, operation, maintenance, repair, and 
decommissioning of oil and gas pipelines and related well field 
activities in Oklahoma. If approved, the permits would be issued to the 
applicants under the Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan Associated 
with Issuance of Endangered Species Act Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permits for 
the American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma (ICP). The ICP was made 
available for comment on April 16, 2014 (79 FR 21480), and approved on 
May 21, 2014 (publication of the FONSI & Canyon Creek Energy Operating 
application notice was on July 25, 2014, 79 FR 43504). The ICP and the 
associated environmental assessment/finding of no significant impact 
are available on the Web site at http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/oklahoma/ABBICP. However, we are no longer taking comments on these 
documents.

Applications Available for Review and Comment

    We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite local, State, 
Tribal, and Federal agencies, and the public to comment on the 
following applications under the ICP, for incidental take of the 
federally listed American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus; ABB). 
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 this application 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-40328B

Applicant: ScissorTail Energy, LLC and Subsidiaries, Tulsa, OK.

    Applicant requests a new permit for oil and gas upstream and 
midstream production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and 
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of 
oil and gas well field infrastructure, as well as construction, 
maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation of oil 
and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline 
infrastructure within Oklahoma.

Permit TE-40320B

Applicant: Enable Midstream Partners, LP, Oklahoma City, OK.

    Applicant requests a new permit for oil and gas upstream and 
midstream production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and 
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of 
oil and gas well field infrastructure, as well as construction, 
maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation of oil 
and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline 
infrastructure within Oklahoma.

Public Availability of Comments

    Written comments we receive become part of the public record 
associated with this action. 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 request in your comment that we withhold 
your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot 
guarantee that we will be able to do so. We will not consider anonymous 
comments. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from 
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of 
organizations or businesses, will be made available for public 
disclosure in their entirety.

Authority

    We provide this notice under section 10(c) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.) and its implementing regulations (50 CFR 17.22) and NEPA 
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its implementing regulations (40 CFR 
1506.6).

    Dated: July 17, 2014.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region.
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