[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 21, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69890-69891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28287]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R2-ES-2012-N249; FXES11130200000-134-FF02ENEH00]
Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities
with endangered or threatened species. The Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (Act), prohibits activities with endangered and
threatened species unless a Federal permit allows such activities. The
Act and the National Environmental Policy Act also require that we
invite public comment before issuing these permits.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or
before December 21, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Marty Tuegel, Section 10 Coordinator, by U.S. mail at
Division of Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O.
Box 1306, Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM at (505) 248-6920. Please refer to
the respective permit number for each application when submitting
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Endangered
Species Division, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103; (505) 248-6651.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Availability of Comments
The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) prohibits activities with
endangered and threatened species unless a Federal permit allows such
activities. 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 applicants to conduct activities with U.S. endangered or
threatened species for scientific purposes, enhancement of survival or
propagation, or interstate commerce. Our regulations regarding
implementation of section 10(a)(1)(A) 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.
Applications Available for Review and Comment
We invite local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies, and the
public to comment on the following applications. Please refer to the
appropriate permit number (e.g., Permit No. TE-123456) when requesting
application documents and when submitting comments.
Documents and other information the applicants have submitted with
these applications 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 TE-85077A
Applicant: ZARA Environmental, Inc., Manchaca, Texas.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following species within
Texas:
Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea sosorum)
Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella reddelli)
Black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla)
Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi)
Braken Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina venii)
Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus)
Cokendolpher Cave harvestman (Texella cokendolpheri)
Comal Springs dryopid beetle (Stygoparnus comalensis)
Comal Springs riffle beetle (Heterelmis comalensis)
Golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia)
Government Canyon Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina vespera)
Government Canyon Bat Cave spider (Neoleptoneta microps)
Ground beetle (Rhadine exilis)
Ground beetle (Rhadine infernalis)
Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes venyivi)
Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (Texamaurops reddelli)
Madla Cave meshweaver (Cicurina madla)
Peck's Cave amphipod (Stygobromus pecki)
Robber Baron Cave meshweaver (Cicurina baronia)
San Marcos salamander (Eurycea nana)
Texas blind salamander (Typhlomolge rathbuni)
Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine persephone)
Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion (Tartarocreagris texana)
Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta (=Leptoneta) myopica)
Permit TE-103076
Applicant: Transcon Environmental, Mesa, Arizona.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) within
California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas.
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Permit TE-798998
Applicant: Horizon Environmental Services, Inc., Austin, Texas.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to allow handling and relocating of interior
least tern (Sternula antillarum athalassos) chicks during constructions
projects for Texas Department of Transportation projects within Red
River County, Texas and McCurtain County, Oklahoma.
Permit TE-815409
Applicant: New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, Santa Fe, New
Mexico.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys, camera
surveys, scat collection, and genetic analysis for jaguar (Pathera
onca) within New Mexico.
Permit TE-88512A
Applicant: New Mexico Department of Transportation--Environmental
Bureau, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys of southwestern willow flycatcher
(Empidonax traillii extimus) within New Mexico.
Permit TE-205904
Applicant: Heritage Environmental Consultants, Denver, Colorado.
Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of black-footed
ferret (Mustela nigripes) within Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah,
Wyoming, Kansans and Nebraska; Preble's meadow jumping mouse (Zapus
hudonius preblei) within Colorado; and southwestern willow flycatcher
(Empidonax traillii extimus) within New Mexico and Arizona.
Permit TE-88519A
Applicant: U.S. Forest Service Lincoln National Forest, Alamogordo,
New Mexico.
Applicant requests a new permit for Sacramento prickly-poppy
(Aregemone pinnatisecta) to collect, store, and transport seeds, plant
materials, and whole plants; establish a seed production garden;
establish educational displays; establish a seed production plot in
cooperation with Los Lunas Plant Materials Center; grow individuals for
transport to the Los Lunas Plant Materials Center; and transplant
cultivated plants and seed within potential range on Forest Service
lands within New Mexico.
Permit TE-205717
Applicant: Valerie Collins, San Antonio, Texas.
Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following
species within Texas:
Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella reddelli)
Black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla)
Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi)
Braken Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina venii)
Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus)
Cokendolpher Cave harvestman (Texella cokendolpheri)
Golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia)
Government Canyon Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina vespera)
Government Canyon Bat Cave spider (Neoleptoneta microps)
Ground beetle (Rhadine exilis)
Ground beetle (Rhadine infernalis)
Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes venyivi)
Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis)
Interior least tern (Sterna antillarum)
Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi)
Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (Texamaurops reddelli)
Madla's Cave meshweaver (Cicurina madla)
Northern aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis)
Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
Piping plover (Charadrius melodus)
Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)
Robber Baron Cave meshweaver (Cicurina baronia)
Texas trailing phlox (Phlox nivalis ssp. texensis)
Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine persephone)
Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion (Tartarocreagris texana)
Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta (=Leptoneta) myopica)
Permit TE-89061A
Applicant: Arizona State University of Life Sciences, Tempe,
Arizona.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
for Kearney's blue state (Amsonia kearneyana) to conduct presence/
absence surveys, conduct microclimate analysis, and to germinate in the
wild with seed donated by Desert Botanical Garden (Phoenix, Arizona)
within Brown Canyon, Pima County, Arizona.
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 these permits 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: November 15, 2012.
Michelle Shaughnessy,
Regional Director, Southwest Region.
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