[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 30, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58169-58170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-23670]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R1-ES-2019-0091; FXES11140100000-201-FF01E00000]


Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Habitat 
Conservation Plan; Receipt of Applications for Incidental Take Permits; 
Klamath, Deschutes, Jefferson, Crook, Wasco, and Sherman Counties, 
Oregon; Extension of Public Comment Period

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability; extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is extending the 
public comment period for the draft environmental impact statement 
(DEIS) and habitat conservation plan (HCP) in support of incidental 
take permit (ITP) applications received from the Deschutes Basin Board 
of Control, on behalf of its eight member irrigation districts, and the 
City of Prineville (applicants). The applicants have submitted 
applications for ITPs to both the Service and the National Marine 
Fisheries Service for various species under each agency's jurisdiction. 
Also available for review is the Service's DEIS, which was prepared in 
response to the applications.

DATES: The comment period for the DEIS and HCP addressing the ITP 
applications for incidental take, which published on October 4, 2019 
(84 FR 53164), is extended by 15 days. Please submit your written 
comments by 11:59 p.m. EST on December 3, 2019.

ADDRESSES: 
    Document availability: To view the DEIS and HCP, go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket No. FWS-R1-ES-2019-0091.
    Submitting comments: You may submit comments by one of the 
following methods. If you have already submitted a comment, you need 
not resubmit it.
     Online: You may submit comments online at http://www.regulations.gov/ in Docket No. FWS-Rl-ES-2019-0091.
     Hard copy: Submit comments by U.S. mail or hand delivery 
to Public Comments Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS-Rl-ES-2019-0091; 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: JAO/lN; Falls 
Church, VA 22041-3803.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bridget Moran, by telephone at 541-
383-7146, or by email at [email protected]. Hearing or speech 
impaired individuals may call the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339 
for TTY assistance.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) 
and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) received incidental take 
permit (ITP) applications on August 30, 2019, from the Deschutes Basin 
Board of Control (DBBC) member districts (Arnold, Central Oregon, Lone 
Pine, North Unit, Ochoco, Swalley, Three Sisters, and Tumalo Irrigation 
Districts), and the City of Prineville (applicants) in accordance with 
the requirements of the Endangered Species Act, as amended (ESA; 16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The applicants prepared the draft Deschutes Basin 
habitat conservation plan (HCP) in support of the ITP applications and 
are seeking authorization for take of the federally threatened Oregon 
spotted frog (Rana pretiosa) and bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) 
from the Service; and take of the federally threatened Middle Columbia 
River steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and the non-listed Middle 
Columbia River spring Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha) and sockeye 
salmon (O. nerka) from the NMFS.
    The ITPs, if issued, would authorize take of the covered species 
that may occur incidental to the storage, release,

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diversion, and return of irrigation water by the DBBC member districts 
and groundwater withdrawals, effluent discharges, and surface water 
diversions by the City of Prineville.
    We are extending the public comment period on the DEIS and HCP 
documents (see DATES and ADDRESSES).

Public Availability of Comments

    We will post on http://regulations.gov all public comments and 
information received electronically. All comments and materials we 
receive 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. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and 
from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials 
of organizations or businesses, will be made available for public 
disclosure in their entirety.

Authority

    We provide this notice in accordance with the requirements of 
section 10 of the ESA and its implementing regulations (50 CFR 17.32) 
and NEPA and its implementing regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).

Robyn Thorson,
Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-23670 Filed 10-29-19; 8:45 am]
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