[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32196-32198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14581]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R1-ES-2017-N081; FXES11130100000-178-FF01E00000]


U.S. Endangered Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), invite the 
public to comment on applications for permits to conduct activities 
intended for scientific purposes that promote recovery or to enhance 
the propagation or survival of endangered species. With some 
exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) prohibits certain 
activities that constitute take of listed species unless a Federal 
permit is issued that allows such activity. The ESA also requires that 
we invite public comment before issuing these permits.

DATES: To ensure consideration, we must receive your written comments 
by August 11, 2017.

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ADDRESSES: Documents and other information submitted with the 
applications are available for review, subject to the requirements of 
the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act, by any party who 
submits a written request for a copy of such documents to the following 
office within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice: 
Program Manager, Restoration and Endangered Species Classification, 
Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Regional 
Office, 911 NE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97232-4181.
    Submitting Comments: You may submit comments by one of the 
following methods. Please specify the applicant name(s) and permit 
number(s) to which your comments pertain (e.g., TE-25955C).
     Email: [email protected]. Please refer to the respective 
permit number (e.g., TE-25955C) in the subject line of your email 
message.
     U.S. Mail: Program Manager, Restoration and Endangered 
Species Classification, Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Pacific Regional Office, 911 NE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 
97232-4181.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colleen Henson, Recovery Permits 
Coordinator, Ecological Services, (503) 231-6131 (phone); 
[email protected] (email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The ESA prohibits certain activities with endangered and threatened 
species unless authorized by a Federal permit. The ESA and our 
implementing regulations in part 17 of title 50 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) provide for the issuance of such permits and require 
that we invite public comment before issuing permits for activities 
involving endangered species.
    A recovery permit issued by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA 
authorizes the permittee to conduct activities with endangered or 
threatened species for scientific purposes that promote recovery or for 
enhancement of propagation or survival of the species. 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.
    In accordance with section 10(c) of the ESA; Executive Order 13576, 
``Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and Accountable Government''; and 
the President's Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and 
Agencies of January 21, 2009, ``Transparency and Open Government'' (74 
FR 4685; January 26, 2009), all of which call on Federal agencies to 
promote openness and transparency in Government by disclosing 
information to the public, we invite public comment on these permit 
applications before final action is taken.

Permit Applications Available for Review and Comment

    We invite local, county, State, and Federal agencies, Tribes, and 
the public to comment on the following applications.

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         Application No.               Applicant            Species            Location            Activity          Type of take        Permit action
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TE-702631.......................  U.S. Fish and       Refer to the        Throughout the      Ecological studies  Animals: Various    Amend.
                                   Wildlife Service,   following Web       range of the        and recovery        activities
                                   Pacific Regional    site for a list     species within      actions.            including survey,
                                   Office, Portland,   of species          Hawaii, Idaho,                          capture, handle,
                                   Oregon.             associated with     Oregon,                                 mark, monitor,
                                                       this application:   Washington,                             propagate, and
                                                       http://             American Samoa,                         release.
                                                       www.fws.gov/        Commonwealth of                        Plants: Various
                                                       pacific/            the Northern                            activities
                                                       ecoservices/        Mariana Islands,                        including survey,
                                                       endangered/         Guam, and the                           collect,
                                                       recovery/           Pacific Trust                           propagate, and
                                                       Region_1_All_List   Territories.                            outplant.
                                                       ed_Species_201705
                                                       01.pdf.
TE-40123A.......................  U.S. Army           Sicyos              Hawaii............  Propagation and     Remove and reduce   Amend.
                                   Garrison,           macrophyllus                            outplanting.        to possession,
                                   Pohakuloa           (`anunu), Festuca                                           propagation,
                                   Training Area,      hawaiiensis (no                                             outplanting.
                                   Hilo, Hawaii.       common name),
                                                       Portulaca villosa
                                                       (ihi), Schiedea
                                                       hawaiiensis
                                                       (ma`oli`oli),
                                                       Exocarpos
                                                       menziesii (heau).
TE-19806C.......................  Environmental       yellow-faced bees   Hawaii............  Population and      Survey, capture,    New.
                                   Solutions &         (Hylaeus                                genetic studies.    collect, collect
                                   Innovations,        anthracinus, H.                                             DNA samples.
                                   Inc., Cincinnati,   assimulans, H.
                                   Ohio.               facilis, H.
                                                       kuakea, H.
                                                       longiceps, H.
                                                       mana, and H.
                                                       hilaris).
TE-25955C.......................  Melissa Price,      Band-rumped storm-  Island of Oahu....  Population and      Survey for stilts;  New.
                                   University of       petrel                                  genetic studies.   Survey, capture,
                                   Hawaii--Manoa,      (Oceanodroma                                                handle, band, bio-
                                   Honolulu, Hawaii.   castro),.                                                   sample, release
                                                      Hawaiian stilt                                               petrels.
                                                       (Himantopus
                                                       mexicanus
                                                       knudseni).

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TE-018078.......................  Hawaii Volcanoes    Exocarpos           Island of Hawaii..  Propagation and     Remove and reduce   Amend.
                                   National Park.      menziesii,                              outplanting.        to possession,
                                                       Joinvillea                                                  propagation,
                                                       ascendens ssp.                                              outplanting.
                                                       ascendens,
                                                       Ochrosia
                                                       haleakalae,
                                                       Phyllostegia
                                                       stachyoides,
                                                       Portulaca
                                                       villosa,
                                                       Ranunculus
                                                       hawaiensis,
                                                       Sanicula
                                                       sandwicensis, and
                                                       Sicyos
                                                       macrophyllus.
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Public Availability of Comments

    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. If you submit 
a hardcopy comment that includes personal identifying information, you 
may request at the top of your document that we withhold this 
information from public review; however, we cannot guarantee that we 
will be able to do so.

Contents of Public Comments

    Please make your comments as specific as possible. Please confine 
your comments to issues for which we seek comments in this notice, and 
explain the basis for your comments. Include sufficient information 
with your comments to allow us to authenticate any scientific or 
commercial data you include.
    The comments and recommendations that will be most useful and 
likely to influence agency decisions are: (1) Those supported by 
quantitative information or studies; and (2) those that include 
citations to, and analyses of, the applicable laws and regulations.

Next Steps

    If the Service decides to issue permits to any of the applicants 
listed in this notice, we will publish a notice in the Federal 
Register.

    Authority: Section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)

    Dated: May 26, 2017.
Jason Holm,
Acting Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-14581 Filed 7-11-17; 8:45 am]
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