[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64374-64375]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26866]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R1-ES-2011-N201; 10120-1113-0000-F5]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Recovery Permit
Application
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), invite the
public to comment on the following application for a recovery permit to
conduct enhancement of survival activities with endangered species. The
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), prohibits activities
with endangered species unless a Federal permit allows such activity.
The Act also requires that we invite public comment before issuing such
permits.
DATES: To ensure consideration, please send your written comments by
November 17, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Endangered Species Program Manager, Ecological Services,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Regional Office, 911 NE 11th
Avenue, Portland, OR 97232-4181. Please refer to the permit number for
the application when submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Grant Canterbury, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist, at the above address or by telephone (503-231-2071) or fax
(503-231-6243).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) prohibits activities with
endangered and threatened species unless a Federal permit allows such
activity. Along with our implementing regulations in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17, the Act provides for permits,
and requires that we invite public comment before issuing these
permits.
A permit granted by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act
authorizes the permittee to conduct activities with U.S. endangered or
threatened species for scientific purposes, enhancement of propagation
or survival, or interstate commerce. Our regulations implementing
section 10(a)(1)(A) for these permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22 for
endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened wildlife
species, 50 CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species, and 50 CFR 17.72
for threatened plant species.
Application Available for Review and Comment
We invite local, State, and Federal agencies, and the public to
comment on the following application. Please refer to the appropriate
permit number for the application when submitting comments.
Documents and other information submitted with this application are
available for review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act (5
U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
Permit Number: TE-003483
Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystem Research
Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
The permittee requests an amendment to an existing permit to take
(capture; band; collect blood, ectoparasites, fecal samples, feather
samples, and tissue scrapings of lesions; measure, and release) the
Maui akepa (Loxops coccineus ochraceus), small Kauai thrush (Myadestes
palmeri), and Kauai creeper (Oreomystis bairdi); and take (capture;
band; collect blood, ectoparasites, fecal samples, feather samples, and
tissue scrapings of lesions; measure, attach radio transmitters,
release, and search for and monitor nests) the akiapolaau (Hemignathus
munroi), Hawaii akepa (Loxops coccineus coccineus), and Hawaii creeper
(Oreomystis mana) in conjunction with monitoring and population studies
on the islands of Hawaii and Kauai in the State of Hawaii, for the
purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
The existing permit currently covers limited take of the following
species:
Palila (Loxioides bailleui),
Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis),
Hawaiian hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus semotus),
Nene (Branta sandvicensis).
The existing permit also currently covers removal and reduction to
possession of the following species:
Cyrtandra giffardii (haiwale),
Melicope zahlbruckneri (alani),
Nothocestrum breviflorum (aiea),
Phyllostegia parviflora var. glabriuscula (no common name),
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Pleomele hawaiiensis (hala pepe),
Portulaca sclerocarpa (poe),
Sesbania tomentosa (ohai).
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
In compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), we have made an
initial determination that the proposed activities in this permit are
categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental
assessment or environmental impact statement (516 DM 6 Appendix 1,
1.4C(1)).
Public Availability of Comments
All comments and materials we receive in response to this request
will be available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal
business hours at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section of this
notice.
Before including your address, phone number, email 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.
Authority
We provide this notice under section 10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.)
Dated: October 7, 2011.
Richard R. Hannan,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-26866 Filed 10-17-11; 8:45 am]
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