[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 88 (Thursday, May 7, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26289-26290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10980]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R1-ES-2015-N075; FXES11120100000-156-FF01E00000]


Draft Environmental Assessment and Draft Habitat Conservation 
Plan for the Fender's Blue Butterfly on Private Lands in Yamhill 
County, Oregon; Reopening of Comment Period

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are 
reopening the comment period for an application from the Yamhill Soil 
and Water Conservation District (SWCD) for an incidental take permit 
(permit) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). 
The permit application includes a draft Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) 
addressing private land management activities within upland prairie in 
Yamhill County, Oregon, that may result in the incidental take of the 
endangered Fender's blue butterfly. The Service also announces the 
availability of a draft environmental assessment (EA) addressing the 
proposed HCP and issuance of a permit that was prepared in accordance 
with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA). 
We invite comments from all interested parties on the permit 
application, including the HCP and the EA. We are reopening the comment 
period to correct a technical error with the electronic email box 
associated with the email address provided in our original Federal 
Register notice. The public could send comments to the Service's email 
address but we were not able to retrieve the comments for review; 
therefore, the comments could not be considered and recognized as part 
of the record. If you have previously submitted comments via email, 
please resubmit them to the new email address in order to be considered 
since they were unfortunately not retrievable for consideration.

DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received from 
interested parties no later than June 8, 2015.

ADDRESSES: To request further information or submit written comments, 
please use one of the following methods, and note that your information 
request or comments are in reference to the Yamhill SWCD HCP.
     Internet: Documents may be viewed on the Internet at 
http://www.fws.gov/oregonfwo/ToolsForLandowners/HabitatConservationPlans/#HCP.
     Email: [email protected]. Include ``Yamhill SWCD 
HCP'' in the subject line of the message.
     U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Fish and 
Wildlife Office, 2600 SE. 98th Ave., Suite 100, Portland, OR 97266. 
Include ``Yamhill SWCD HCP'' in the subject line of the message.
     Fax: 503-231-6195, Attn: Yamhill SWCD HCP.
     In-Person Viewing or Pickup: Documents will be available 
for public inspection by appointment during normal business hours at 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office, 
2600 SE. 98th Ave., Suite 100, Portland, OR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Szlemp, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (see ADDRESSES), telephone: 
503-231-6179. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf, 
please call the Federal Information Relay Service at 800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 23, 2015, we published a Federal 
Register notice (80 FR 9477) announcing the availability of the draft 
HCP and the draft EA for a 30-day review and comment period. We are 
providing interested parties another opportunity to review and comment 
on these documents by reopening the comment period for 30 days. We are 
reopening the comment period to correct a technical error with the 
electronic email box associated with the email address provided in our 
original Federal Register notice (80 FR 9477). The public could send 
comments to the Service's email address but we were not able to 
retrieve the comments for review; therefore the comments could not be 
considered and recognized as part of the record. Therefore, if you 
submitted comments via email to the previously provided address, please 
resubmit your comments to the new email address or by using any of the 
methods provided in the ADDRESSES section above.
    For background and more information on the draft HCP and draft EA, 
see our February 23, 2015, notice. For information on where to view the 
documents and how to submit comments, please see the ADDRESSES section 
above.

Public Availability of Comments

    All comments and materials we receive will become part of the 
public record associated with this action. Before including your 
address, phone number, email address, or other personally identifiable 
information in your comments, you should be aware that your entire 
comment--including your personally identifiable information--may be 
made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your 
comment to withhold your personally identifiable information from 
public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. 
Comments and materials we receive, as well as supporting documentation 
we use in preparing the EA, will be available for public inspection by 
appointment, during normal business hours, at our Oregon Fish and 
Wildlife Office (see ADDRESSES).

Authority

    We provide this notice in accordance with the requirements of 
section 10 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and NEPA (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.) and their

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implementing regulations (50 CFR 17.22 and 40 CFR 1506.6, 
respectively).

    Dated: April 21, 2015.
Richard Hannan,
Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Portland, Oregon.
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