[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 65 (Monday, April 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18437-18438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07714]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R6-ES-2015-N063]; [FXES11130600000-156-FF06E00000]


Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Recovery Permit 
Applications

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 applications to conduct activities intended to 
enhance the survival of target endangered or threatened species. The 
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), prohibits certain 
activities with endangered and threatened species unless authorized by 
a Federal permit. The Act requires that we invite public comment before 
issuing these permits.

DATES: To ensure consideration, please send your written comments by 
May 6, 2015.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments or requests for copies or more 
information by any of the following methods. Alternatively, you may use 
one of the following methods to request hard copies or a CD-ROM of the 
documents. Please specify the permit

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you are interested in by number (e.g., Permit No. TE-XXXXXX).
     Email: [email protected]. Please refer to the respective 
permit number (e.g., Permit No. TE-XXXXXX) in the subject line of the 
message.
     U.S. Mail: Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, P.O. Box 25486-DFC, Denver, CO 80225.
     In-Person Drop-off, Viewing, or Pickup: Call (719) 628-
2670 to make an appointment during regular business hours at 134 Union 
Blvd., Suite 645, Lakewood, CO 80228.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Konishi, Recovery Permits 
Coordinator, Ecological Services, (719) 628-2670 (phone); 
[email protected] (email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) prohibits certain activities with 
endangered and threatened species unless authorized by a Federal 
permit. Along with our implementing regulations 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 the permittees to conduct activities with U.S. endangered or 
threatened species for scientific purposes, enhancement of propagation 
or survival, or interstate commerce (the latter only in the event that 
it facilitates scientific purposes or enhancement of propagation or 
survival). 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.

Applications Available for Review and Comment

    We invite local, State, and Federal agencies and the public to 
comment on the following applications. Documents and other information 
the applicants have submitted with their 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 Application Number TE220827

    Applicant: Bryce Canyon National Park, Bryce Canyon, UT.
    The applicant requests a permit renewal to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) 
in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah for the purpose of enhancing the 
species' survival.

Permit Application Number TE183430

    Applicants: Headwaters Corporation, Kearney, NE.
    The applicants request a permit renewal to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for interior least tern (Sterna antillarum athalassos) in 
Nebraska for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival.

Permit Application Number TE045150

    Applicant: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.
    The applicant requests an amendment to a permit to conduct 
presence/absence surveys and propagate American burying beetle 
(Nicrophorus americanus) in Nebraska, South Dakota, Kansas, Oklahoma 
and Arkansas for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival.

Permit Application Number TE220827

    Applicant: Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Colorado State 
University, Fort Collins, CO.
    The applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys 
for New Mexico meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus) in 
Colorado for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival.

Permit Application Number TE01741B

    Applicant: Colorado Department of Transportation, Lakewood, CO.
    The applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys 
for New Mexico meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus) in 
Colorado for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival.

Permit Application Number TE054237

    Applicant: USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region, Golden, CO.
    The applicant requests an amendment to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) 
in all national forests in Colorado for the purpose of enhancing the 
species' survival.

National Environmental Policy Act

    In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (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 these requests 
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.).

Michael G. Thabault,
Assistant Regional Director, Mountain-Prairie Region.
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