[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21146-21147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08180]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R2-ES-2013-N078; FXES11130200000-134-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 May 9, 2013.
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 part 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-98707A
Applicant: Mitchell Lockhart, Sallisaw, Oklahoma.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys of American burying beetle
(Nicrophorus americanus) within Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, and Kansas.
Permit TE-837751
Applicant: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix, Arizona.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in Navajo,
Apache, Greenlee, and Coconino Counties, Arizona, and Catron, Grant,
and Hidalgo Counties, New Mexico; desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius
macularius), Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis),
and Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) in San Juan, Grant,
Catron, and Hidalgo Counties, New Mexico; and Gila chub (Gila
intermedia), spikedace (Mega fulgida), loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis),
and woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus) in Maricopa, Pima, Cochise,
Graham, Coconino, Greenlee, and Santa Cruz Counties, Arizona, and
Catron, Grant and Hidalgo Counties, New Mexico.
Permit TE-42737A
Applicant: Sevenecoten, LLC, Dripping Springs, Texas.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct nest monitoring and searching for
golden-cheeked warblers (Dendroica chrysoparia) and black-capped vireos
(Vireo atricapilla) within Texas.
Permit TE-821356
Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research
Station, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to deliberately take up to 150 endangered
humpback chub (Gila cypha) smaller than 120 millimeters by hoop net,
minnow trap, and seine within Arizona.
Permit TE-88512A
Applicant: New Mexico Department of Transportation Environmental
Bureau, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to excavate and transplant Echinocereus fendleri
var. kuenzleri (Kuenzler's hedgehog cactus) along U.S. Highway 54 in
New Mexico.
Permit TE-000948
Applicant: Western New Mexico University, Silver City, New Mexico.
Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys and nest
monitoring of southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii
extimus) within New Mexico.
Permit TE-829995
Applicant: Dallas Zoo and Aquarium, Dallas, Texas.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct husbandry and holding of hawksbill sea
turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) at the Dallas Zoo and Aquarium.
Permit TE-00347B
Applicant: Alisha Powell, Sallisaw, Oklahoma.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to capture and release American burying beetles (Nicrophorus
americanus) for presence/absence surveys in Oklahoma.
Permit TE-009926
Applicant: Gulf South Research Corporation, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of interior least
tern (Sterna antillarum) along the major tributaries of the Red River
in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
In compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), we have made an
initial
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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: April 1, 2013.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region.
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