[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 141 (Monday, July 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43107-43108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17873]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R2-ES-2012-N148; FXES11130200000F5-123-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 August 22, 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-039571
Applicant: Garcia and Associates, Arcata, California.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys for southwestern willow flycatcher
(Empidonax traillii extimus) within Arizona, California, and Nevada.
Permit TE-841359
Applicant: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Gila National Forest, Silver
City, New Mexico.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys and
monitoring of loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis) and spikedace (Meda
fulgida) within New Mexico.
Permit TE-819471
Applicant: SWCA, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah.
Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of black-footed
ferret (Mustela nigripes), Kanab ambersnail (Oxyloma haydeni
kanabensis), southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax trailii
extimus), and Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis) within
Arizona, Nevada, and Utah.
Permit TE-028605
Applicant: SWCA, Inc., Flagstaff, Arizona.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and
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recovery purposes to conduct presence/absences surveys of loach minnow
(Tiaroga cobitis) and spikedace (Mega fulgida) within Arizona.
Permit TE-054791
Applicant: Bryce Marshall, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absences surveys of loach
minnow (Tiaroga cobitis) and spikedace (Mega fulgida) within Arizona.
Permit TE-045236
Applicant: SWCA, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absences surveys of loach
minnow (Tiaroga cobitis) and spikedace (Mega fulgida) within Arizona.
Permit TE-814829
Applicant: Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma.
Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following
species within Oklahoma:
American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus)
Interior least tern (Sternula antillarum)
Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)
Whooping crane (Grus americana)
Permit TE-094375
Applicant: Azimuth Forestry Services, Shelbyville, Texas.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys and collect
plant material (leaves, flowers) of white bladderpod (Physaria pallida)
within Texas.
Permit TE-75972A
Applicant: Western New Mexico University, Silver City, New Mexico.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys and monitoring for repatriation of
loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis) and spikedace (Mega fulgida) within New
Mexico.
Permit TE-012642
Applicant: Blue Earth Ecological Consultants, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax trailii extimus) in Arizona
and spikedace (Mega fulgida) within New Mexico and Arizona.
Permit TE-77222A
Applicant: Clinton Moran, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to acquire 500 fertilized eggs from the Bubbling Ponds Native Fish
Hatchery in Arizona, which will be reared to conduct feeding and
swimming trials at Nothern Arizona University, Arizona.
Permit TE-58781A
Applicant: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys using camera
surveys, scat collection, possession of samples for DNA analysis, and
genetic analysis for ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), jaguarundi
(Herpailurus yagouaroundi), and jaguar (Panthera onca) within New
Mexico.
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: July 11, 2012.
Benjamin N. Tuggle,
Regional Director, Southwest Region.
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