[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44857-44858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18165]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R2-ES-2014-N148; FXES11130200000-145-FF02ENEH00]
Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Applications for Participation
of Applicants in the Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan for the
American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: Under the Endangered Species Act, as amended (Act), we, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on
incidental take permit (ITP) applications for take of the federally
listed American burying beetle resulting from activities associated
with the construction, operation, maintenance, repair, and
decommissioning of oil and gas pipelines and related well field
activities in Oklahoma. If approved, the permits would be issued to
applicants under the approved Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan
Associated With Issuance of Endangered Species Act Section 10(a)(1)(B)
Permits for the American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma (ICP).
DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or
before September 2, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of all documents and submit comments
on the applicant's ITP application by one of the following methods.
Please refer to the permit number when requesting documents or
submitting comments.
[cir] U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of
Endangered Species--HCP Permits, P.O. Box 1306, Room 6034, Albuquerque,
NM 87103.
[cir] Electronically: fw2_hcp_permits@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marty Tuegel, Branch Chief, by U.S.
mail at Environmental Review, P.O. Box 1306, Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM
87103; or by telephone at 505-248-6651.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
Under the Endangered Species Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.; Act), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public
to comment on incidental take permit (ITP) applications for take of the
federally listed American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus)
resulting from activities
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associated with the construction, operation, maintenance, repair, and
decommissioning of oil and gas pipelines and related well field
activities in Oklahoma. If approved, the permits would be issued to the
applicants under the Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan Associated
with Issuance of Endangered Species Act Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permits for
the American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma (ICP). The ICP was made
available for comment on April 16, 2014 (79 FR 21480), and approved on
May 21, 2014 (publication of the FONSI & Canyon Creek Energy Operating
application notice was on July 25, 2014, 79 FR 43504). The ICP and the
associated environmental assessment/finding of no significant impact
are available on the Web site at http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/oklahoma/ABBICP. However, we are no longer taking comments on these
documents.
Applications Available for Review and Comment
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite local, State,
Tribal, and Federal agencies, and the public to comment on the
following applications under the ICP, for incidental take of the
federally listed American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus; ABB).
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 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 TE-40328B
Applicant: ScissorTail Energy, LLC and Subsidiaries, Tulsa, OK.
Applicant requests a new permit for oil and gas upstream and
midstream production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of
oil and gas well field infrastructure, as well as construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation of oil
and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline
infrastructure within Oklahoma.
Permit TE-40320B
Applicant: Enable Midstream Partners, LP, Oklahoma City, OK.
Applicant requests a new permit for oil and gas upstream and
midstream production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of
oil and gas well field infrastructure, as well as construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation of oil
and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline
infrastructure within Oklahoma.
Public Availability of Comments
Written comments we receive become part of the public record
associated with this action. 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 request in your comment that we withhold
your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so. We will not consider anonymous
comments. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be made available for public
disclosure in their entirety.
Authority
We provide this notice under section 10(c) of the Act (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) and its implementing regulations (50 CFR 17.22) and NEPA
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its implementing regulations (40 CFR
1506.6).
Dated: July 17, 2014.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region.
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