[Federal Register: October 9, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 197)]
[Notices]
[Page 59644-59645]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R5-ES-2008-N0210; 50120-1113-0000-F5]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Permits
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), invite the
public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain
activities with endangered species.
DATES: Comments on these permit applications must be received on or
before November 10, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Program Coordinator,
Region 5, 300 Westgate Center Drive, Hadley, Massachusetts (telephone:
413-253-8615; facsimile: 413-253-8482). Please refer to the respective
permit number for each application when submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Parkin, Acting Endangered Species
Permits Coordinator, see ADDRESSES (telephone: 413-253-8617; facsimile:
413-253-8482).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We solicit reviews and comments on the
following applications for issuance of a scientific research permit and
an enhancement of survival permit, respectively, to conduct certain
activities with endangered species pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(A) of
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.).
We have made a determination that issuance of these permits would
be categorically excluded from further consideration under the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4332(C)), as
provided under part 516 of the Department of the Interior's
Departmental Manual (DM) Chapter 2, Appendix 1, and 516 DM 8.
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Permit Number: TE-191589
Applicant: Maine Cooperative Fisheries and Wildlife Unit, Orono, Maine.
The applicant requests a permit to take Atlantic salmon (Salmo
salar) within the Gulf of Maine Distinct Population Segment in
conjunction with a habitat use study in Washington, Hancock, and
Penobscot Counties in Maine for the purpose of enhancing its survival
and recovery.
Permit Number: TE-813745-1
Applicant: National Mohawk Power Corporation, dba National Grid,
Syracuse, New York.
The applicant requests renewal of an existing valid permit to take
Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) in conjunction with
operations resulting in maintenance of habitat for the purpose of
enhancing its survival.
All comments received, including names and addresses, will become
part of the official administrative record and may be made available to
the public. Before including your address, telephone number, electronic
mail 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. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
We solicit public review and comment on each permit application.
Comments and materials we receive will be available for public
inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the address
listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Author: The primary author of this notice is Mary Parkin from the
Service's Northeast Regional Office, Endangered Species Program (see
ADDRESSES section).
Authority: The authority for this section is the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: August 6, 2008.
Sherry Morgan,
Acting Regional Director, Northeast Region, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. E8-23243 Filed 10-8-08; 8:45 am]
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