[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 56 (Monday, March 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 16043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06289]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R1-ES-2014-N050; FXES11130100000-145-FF01E00000]
Endangered Wildlife and Plants; Recovery Permit Applications
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, invite the public to
comment on the following applications for recovery permits to conduct
activities with the purpose of enhancing the survival of endangered
species. The Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act),
prohibits certain 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
April 23, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Program Manager for Restoration and Endangered Species
Classification, 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: Colleen Henson, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist, at the above address or by telephone (503-231-6131) or fax
(503-231-6243).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) prohibits certain activities with
respect to 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
certain permits, and requires that we invite public comment before
issuing these permits for endangered species.
A permit granted by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act
authorizes the permittee to conduct activities (including take or
interstate commerce) with respect to U.S. endangered or threatened
species for scientific purposes or enhancement of propagation or
survival. Our regulations implementing section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act
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.
Applications Available for Review and Comment
We invite local, State, and Federal agencies, and the public to
comment on the following applications. Please refer to the appropriate
permit number for the application when submitting comments.
Documents and other information submitted with these applications
are available for review by request from the Program Manager for
Restoration and Endangered Species Classification at the address listed
in the ADDRESSES section of this notice, subject to the requirements of
the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and the Freedom of Information Act (5
U.S.C. 552).
Permit Number: TE-08913A
Applicant: Greg S. Fitzpatrick, Corvallis, Oregon
The applicant requests an amendment of a recovery permit to take
(pursue, capture, and establish new populations) the Fender's blue
butterfly (Icaricia icarioides fenderi) in conjunction with surveys and
establishment of new populations throughout its range in Oregon for the
purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
Permit Number: TE-096741
Applicant: Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific, Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing recovery permit
to take (collect eggshells, monitor nests and nest temperature, locate
with taped-playback calls, capture, band, measure, mark, collect blood
and feather samples, radio-tag, and release) the Micronesian megapode
(Megapodius laperouse laperouse) in conjunction with scientific
research in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for the
purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
Permit Number: TE-043638
Applicant: Directorate of Public Works, U.S. Army, Schofield Barracks,
Hawaii
The applicant requests an amendment to an existing recovery permit
to take (collect for captive propagation) Hawaiian picture-wing flies
Drosophila aglaia, D. hemipeza, D. montgomeryi, D. obatai, D.
substenoptera, and D. tarphytrichia, and to remove and reduce to
possession Tetramolopium lepidotum ssp. Lepidotum (no common name) on
Oahu Island, Hawaii, in conjunction with life-history studies for the
purpose of enhancing their survival.
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: March 13, 2014.
Jason Holm,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-06289 Filed 3-21-14; 8:45 am]
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