Archive of Region 3 Permit Applications that were Available for Public Comment
Published
on January 24, 2008
Notice of Availablity and Request for Comments on the Draft HCP and Draft Environmental Assessment for Michigan DNR's application for a Karner Blue Butterfly Incidental Take Permit (Federal Register Notice: 24 January 2008)
Published
on October 11, 2007
Federal Register Notice of Intent to prepare an environmental impact statement, announcement of public scoping meetings, and request for comments on the NiSource Inc.'s Application for an Incidental Take Permit
Published
on March 2, 2006
Draft Environmental
Assessment - Control of Depredating Wolves in Wisconsin. The Environmental
Assessment was prepared in response to a Wisconsin DNR application for
a permit to "take" (killing, harming) gray wolves for various
recovery activities.
Published
on January 19, 2006
Draft Environmental
Assessment - Control of Depredating Wolves in Michigan. The Environmental
Assessment was prepared in response to a Michigan DNR application for
a permit to "take" (killing, harming) gray wolves for various
recovery activities.
Published
on Sept. 20, 2005
Ohio
Department of Natural Resources Candidate Conservation Agreement With
Assurances and Enhancement of Survival Permit Application for the Eastern
Massasauga Rattlesnake.
SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has received an application from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (Applicant) for an enhancement of survival permit (ESP) pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), as amended (Act). The Applicant proposes to implement conservation measures for the Eastern Massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus sistrurus catenatus) by removing the threats to the survival and protecting and managing its habitat within the Rome State Nature Preserve. The Service announces receipt of the ESP application as well as the availability of a proposed Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) intended to facilitate the implementation of conservation measures for the species by the Applicant. Compliance under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for the proposed action was addressed in an Environmental Assessment (EA) approved July 26, 2005. A copy of the final EA and Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is available at: http://www.fws.gov/midwest/NEPA.
Federal Register Notice (PDF; 2 pages)
Permit Application (PDF; 4 pages)
Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances for Rome State Nature Preserve (PDF; 21 pages)
Published
on Sept. 20, 2005
Notice of Availability of a Draft Safe Harbor Agreement and Receipt of
an Application for an Enhancement of Survival Permit Associated With Proposed
Restoration Activities for the Karner Blue Butterfly in the West Gary,
Indiana Recovery Unit.
SUMMARY: The Nature Conservancy (Applicant) has applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an Enhancement of Survival Permit Associated with proposed restoration activities for the Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), as amended (Act). This permit Agreement (SHA) between the Applicant and the Service. The proposed SHA and permit would become effective upon signature of the SHA and issuance of the permit and would remain in effect for 15 years. We are requesting comments on the permit application and on the Service’s preliminary determination that the proposed SHA qualifies as a categorical exclusion (516 DM 6 Appendix 1, 1.4C(1)) under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended. Further, the Service is specifically soliciting information regarding the adequacy of the SHA as measured against the Service’s Safe Harbor Policy and the implementing regulations.
Federal Register Notice (PDF; 2 pages)
Permit Application (PDF; 3 pages)
Environmental Action Statement (PDF; 4 pages)
Safe Harbor Agreement (PDF; 15 pages)
Attachment C (PDF; 3 pages)
Published
on September 14, 2005
Michigan Department of Natural
Resources’ Application for an Endangered Species Permit
Published
on September 14, 2005
Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources’ Application for an Endangered Species
Permit
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