[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 153 (Thursday, August 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39011-39012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-16970]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2019-0063; FXIA16710900000-190-FF09A30000]


Emergency Exemption; Issuance of Emergency Permit To Import 
Endangered Species

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have waived the 30-day 
public notice period and have issued an endangered species permit for 
activities with four wild-collected eggs from piping plover (Charadrius 
melodus), an endangered bird species. We issue this permit under the 
Endangered Species Act.

ADDRESSES: Materials pertaining to the permit application are available 
by submitting a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the 
Service's FOIA office https://www.doi.gov/foia/foia-request-form.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Tapia, by phone at 703-358-
2104, via email at [email protected], or via the Federal Relay Service at 
800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
(Service), have issued an emergency permit to conduct certain 
activities with the endangered piping plover (Charadrius melodus) in 
response to a permit application that we received under the authority 
of section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.)
    We issued the requested permit subject to certain conditions set 
forth in the permit. For the application, we found that (1) the 
application was filed in good faith, (2) the granted permit would not 
operate to the disadvantage of the endangered species, and (3) the 
granted permit would be consistent with the purposes and policy set 
forth in section 2 of the ESA.

                 Permit Issued Under Emergency Exemption
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     Permit No.              Applicant            Permit issuance date
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44262D.............  U.S. Fish and Wildlife    June 13, 2019.
                      Service.
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    The Service's piping plover coordinator requested a permit to 
import and captive-rear four viable wild-collected piping plover eggs 
from the Canadian Wildlife Service in

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Ontario, Canada, due to the eggs' having been washed out by a storm and 
abandoned by the parents in the wild. The Service determined that an 
emergency affecting the viability of the piping plover eggs existed, 
and that no reasonable alternative was available to the applicant.
    On June 13, 2019, the Service issued permit no. PRT-44262D to the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, East Lansing, Michigan, to import the 
four viable wild-collected eggs from piping plover for the purpose of 
enhancement of the survival of the species. The eggs were salvaged so 
that the Service could hatch them in captivity at a captive-rearing 
facility in the United States for eventual release of the fledged birds 
into the wild.

Authorities

    We issue this notice under the authority of the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and its 
implementing regulations.

Brenda Tapia,
Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch of Permits, Division of 
Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 2019-16970 Filed 8-7-19; 8:45 am]
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