[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 12, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32196-32198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14581]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R1-ES-2017-N081; FXES11130100000-178-FF01E00000]
U.S. Endangered Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), invite the
public to comment on applications for permits to conduct activities
intended for scientific purposes that promote recovery or to enhance
the propagation or survival of endangered species. With some
exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) prohibits certain
activities that constitute take of listed species unless a Federal
permit is issued that allows such activity. The ESA also requires that
we invite public comment before issuing these permits.
DATES: To ensure consideration, we must receive your written comments
by August 11, 2017.
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ADDRESSES: Documents and other information submitted with the
applications are available for review, subject to the requirements of
the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act, by any party who
submits a written request for a copy of such documents to the following
office within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice:
Program Manager, Restoration and Endangered Species Classification,
Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Regional
Office, 911 NE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97232-4181.
Submitting Comments: You may submit comments by one of the
following methods. Please specify the applicant name(s) and permit
number(s) to which your comments pertain (e.g., TE-25955C).
Email: permitsR1ES@fws.gov. Please refer to the respective
permit number (e.g., TE-25955C) in the subject line of your email
message.
U.S. Mail: Program Manager, Restoration and Endangered
Species Classification, Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Pacific Regional Office, 911 NE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR
97232-4181.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colleen Henson, Recovery Permits
Coordinator, Ecological Services, (503) 231-6131 (phone);
permitsR1ES@fws.gov (email).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The ESA prohibits certain activities with endangered and threatened
species unless authorized by a Federal permit. The ESA and our
implementing regulations in part 17 of title 50 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) provide for the issuance of such permits and require
that we invite public comment before issuing permits for activities
involving endangered species.
A recovery permit issued by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA
authorizes the permittee to conduct activities with endangered or
threatened species for scientific purposes that promote recovery or for
enhancement of propagation or survival of the species. 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.
In accordance with section 10(c) of the ESA; Executive Order 13576,
``Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and Accountable Government''; and
the President's Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and
Agencies of January 21, 2009, ``Transparency and Open Government'' (74
FR 4685; January 26, 2009), all of which call on Federal agencies to
promote openness and transparency in Government by disclosing
information to the public, we invite public comment on these permit
applications before final action is taken.
Permit Applications Available for Review and Comment
We invite local, county, State, and Federal agencies, Tribes, and
the public to comment on the following applications.
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Application No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of take Permit action
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TE-702631....................... U.S. Fish and Refer to the Throughout the Ecological studies Animals: Various Amend.
Wildlife Service, following Web range of the and recovery activities
Pacific Regional site for a list species within actions. including survey,
Office, Portland, of species Hawaii, Idaho, capture, handle,
Oregon. associated with Oregon, mark, monitor,
this application: Washington, propagate, and
http:// American Samoa, release.
www.fws.gov/ Commonwealth of Plants: Various
pacific/ the Northern activities
ecoservices/ Mariana Islands, including survey,
endangered/ Guam, and the collect,
recovery/ Pacific Trust propagate, and
Region_1_All_List Territories. outplant.
ed_Species_201705
01.pdf.
TE-40123A....................... U.S. Army Sicyos Hawaii............ Propagation and Remove and reduce Amend.
Garrison, macrophyllus outplanting. to possession,
Pohakuloa (`anunu), Festuca propagation,
Training Area, hawaiiensis (no outplanting.
Hilo, Hawaii. common name),
Portulaca villosa
(ihi), Schiedea
hawaiiensis
(ma`oli`oli),
Exocarpos
menziesii (heau).
TE-19806C....................... Environmental yellow-faced bees Hawaii............ Population and Survey, capture, New.
Solutions & (Hylaeus genetic studies. collect, collect
Innovations, anthracinus, H. DNA samples.
Inc., Cincinnati, assimulans, H.
Ohio. facilis, H.
kuakea, H.
longiceps, H.
mana, and H.
hilaris).
TE-25955C....................... Melissa Price, Band-rumped storm- Island of Oahu.... Population and Survey for stilts; New.
University of petrel genetic studies. Survey, capture,
Hawaii--Manoa, (Oceanodroma handle, band, bio-
Honolulu, Hawaii. castro),. sample, release
Hawaiian stilt petrels.
(Himantopus
mexicanus
knudseni).
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TE-018078....................... Hawaii Volcanoes Exocarpos Island of Hawaii.. Propagation and Remove and reduce Amend.
National Park. menziesii, outplanting. to possession,
Joinvillea propagation,
ascendens ssp. outplanting.
ascendens,
Ochrosia
haleakalae,
Phyllostegia
stachyoides,
Portulaca
villosa,
Ranunculus
hawaiensis,
Sanicula
sandwicensis, and
Sicyos
macrophyllus.
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Public Availability of Comments
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. If you submit
a hardcopy comment that includes personal identifying information, you
may request at the top of your document that we withhold this
information from public review; however, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
Contents of Public Comments
Please make your comments as specific as possible. Please confine
your comments to issues for which we seek comments in this notice, and
explain the basis for your comments. Include sufficient information
with your comments to allow us to authenticate any scientific or
commercial data you include.
The comments and recommendations that will be most useful and
likely to influence agency decisions are: (1) Those supported by
quantitative information or studies; and (2) those that include
citations to, and analyses of, the applicable laws and regulations.
Next Steps
If the Service decides to issue permits to any of the applicants
listed in this notice, we will publish a notice in the Federal
Register.
Authority: Section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
Dated: May 26, 2017.
Jason Holm,
Acting Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-14581 Filed 7-11-17; 8:45 am]
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