[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4588-4589]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01662]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R2-ES-2015-N022; FXES11130200000-156-FF02ENEH00]


Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications; Correction

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

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

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, correct a 
typographical error in a recently published notice that announced our 
receipt of applications. Due to the inadvertent typographical error, 
the prior notice mischaracterized the area of translocation for a 
species for which the applicant seeks a permit. The error is not in the 
application materials, but only in one section of our previous Federal 
Register notice. If you requested documents for review, you need not 
request them again.

DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or 
before February 17, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Division of Classification and 
Restoration, by U.S. mail at Division of Classification and Recovery, 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103; 
or by telephone at 505-248-6920.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Division of 
Classification and Restoration, by U.S. mail at P.O. Box 1306, 
Albuquerque, NM 87103; or by telephone at 505-248-6920.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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.

Correction

    Due to an inadvertent typographical error, our January 15, 2015 (80 
FR 2118), Federal Register notice did not accurately reflect the 
translocation activities for one of the species for which we will 
consider issuing a recovery permit. In the Applications Available for 
Review and Comment section of the notice, for Permit TE091551 
(applicant: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service), Vermejo Park Ranch should 
not have been included as a translocation site. The correct description 
of the permit application reads as follows:

Permit TE-091551

    Applicant: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service--Mexican Wolf Recovery 
Program, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct the following activities for 
Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupis baileyi) within Arizona and New 
Mexico: Capture, including, but not limited to, leg-hold traps, 
helicopter or ground darting and net-gunning, and captive capture 
methods; handle; possession; administration of health care; 
propagation; radio collar or other marking techniques; release; 
obtain and preserve blood, tissue, semen, ova, and other samples 
that are

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considered parts of wolves (scat is not considered a part of a wolf 
and can be collected without a permit); translocate; transport 
between approved Mexican wolf captive management facilities in the 
United States and Mexico; to approved release sites; and purposeful 
lethal take (lethal take is limited to Mexican wolves within the 
MWEPA in Arizona and New Mexico); hazing via less-than-lethal 
projectiles; injurious harassment; research; and any other USFWS-
approved husbandry practice or management action for Mexican wolves.

Obtaining Documents for Review

    Please note that all the documents we made available from the date 
of publication of our earlier notice (January 15, 2015) are correct. If 
you already obtained any documents for review, you do not need to 
request new copies.

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

    In compliance with the NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), we have 
analyzed the proposed activities in permit TE091551 in the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Revision to the 
Regulations for the Nonessential Experimental Population of the Mexican 
Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) (November 2014).

    Dated: January 23, 2015.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-01662 Filed 1-26-15; 4:15 pm]
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