United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2022_register executive 2022-07-22 article Notices D09002ee1c7a30e69 D09002ee1c7a30f2c United States Department of the Interior originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Fish and Wildlife Service originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), are developing a proposed barred owl management strategy (management strategy) to address the threat of the nonnative, invasive barred owl (Strix varia) to the native northern and California spotted owls (Strix occidentalis). Implementation of the management strategy would require the take of barred owls, which is prohibited under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) unless authorized by a permit or regulation. We provide this notice to announce our intent to prepare an environmental impact statement to evaluate the impacts on the human environment related to the proposed management strategy and associated MBTA take authorization. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, we are opening a public scoping comment period to help determine the scope of issues for analysis and announcing a virtual public scoping meeting. 87 FR 43886 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2022-07-22/2022-15739 2022-15739 fr22jy22-79 4333-15-P Docket No. FWS-R1-ES-2022-0074 FXES11140100000-223-FF01E0000 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2022-07-22/2022-15739 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-07-22/html/2022-15739.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-07-22/pdf/2022-15739.pdf 4 p. 43886 43889 87 FR 43886 Barred Owl Management Strategy; Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement; Washington, Oregon, and California; Federal Register Vol. 87, Issue NOTICE 2022-15739 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service 2022-08-22 Docket No. FWS-R1-ES-2022-0074 FXES11140100000-223-FF01E0000 4333-15-P 2022-15739 Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement.

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), are developing a proposed barred owl management strategy (management strategy) to address the threat of the nonnative, invasive barred owl (Strix varia) to the native northern and California spotted owls (Strix occidentalis). Implementation of the management strategy would require the take of barred owls, which is prohibited under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) unless authorized by a permit or regulation. We provide this notice to announce our intent to prepare an environmental impact statement to evaluate the impacts on the human environment related to the proposed management strategy and associated MBTA take authorization. In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, we are opening a public scoping comment period to help determine the scope of issues for analysis and announcing a virtual public scoping meeting.

We will accept online or hardcopy comments. Comments submitted online at https://www.regulations.gov/ must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on August 22, 2022. Hardcopy comments must be received or postmarked on or before August 22, 2022 (see ADDRESSES). Robin Bown, by telephone at 503-231- 6923, or by email at Robin_Bown@fws.gov. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States. Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Barred Owl Management Strategy: Washington, Oregon, and California, Robin_Bown@fws.gov https://www.fws.gov/office/oregon-fish-and-wildlife https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2102859118 https://www.regulations.gov https://www.regulations.gov/ Vol. 87, no. 140 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2022-07-22 continuing daily deposited born digital 263 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2022-07-22 P0b002ee1b68e0ca9 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr22jy22 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2022-07-22 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-07-22/pdf/FR-2022-07-22.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-07-22/xml/FR-2022-07-22.xml fdlp 43731 43984 DGPO 2022-07-22 2024-05-29 FR-2022-07-22 machine generated eng FR FR-2022-07-22 87 140