[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 26, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70544-70545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28007]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R2-ES-2014-N226; FXES11130200000-156-FF02ENEH00]
Receipt of Six Incidental Take Permit Applications for
Participation 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 six
incidental take permit 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 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 December 26, 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 six incidental take permit (ITP) applications for take of
the federally listed American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus)
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 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 finding of no
significant impact (FONSI) notice was on July 25, 2014; 79 FR 43504).
The ICP and the associated environmental assessment/FONSI 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 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 (i.e., TE-XXXXXX) 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-49742B
Applicant: BP America Production Company, Houston, TX.
Applicant requests a new permit for oil and gas upstream
production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of
oil and gas well field infrastructure within Oklahoma.
Permit TE-49745B
Applicant: PetroQuest Energy, LLC, Tulsa, OK.
Applicant requests a new permit for oil and gas upstream
production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of
oil and gas well field infrastructure within Oklahoma.
Permit TE-49749B
Applicant: MarkWest Oklahoma Gas Company, LLC, Tulsa, OK.
Applicant requests a new permit for oil and gas midstream
production, including construction, maintenance, operation, repair,
decommissioning, and reclamation of oil and gas gathering,
transmission, and distribution pipeline infrastructure within Oklahoma.
Permit TE-51880B
Applicant: LINN Operating, Inc., 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, reclamation of oil and
gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline infrastructure
within Oklahoma.
Permit TE-51520B
Applicant: Bravo Arkoma, LLC, 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, reclamation of oil and
gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline infrastructure
within Oklahoma.
Permit TE-B
Applicant: Pantera Energy Company, Amarillo, TX.
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Applicant requests a new permit for oil and gas upstream
production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of
oil and gas well field 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 the
National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its
implementing regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: November 19, 2014.
David Mendais,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region.
[FR Doc. 2014-28007 Filed 11-25-14; 8:45 am]
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