[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 245 (Friday, December 20, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77152-77153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30307]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R1-ES-2013-N261;FXES11130100000-145-FF01E00000]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Recovery Permit
Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications for recovery permits to conduct
activities with the purpose of enhancing the survival of an endangered
species. The Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act),
prohibits certain activities with endangered species unless a Federal
permit allows such activity. The Act also requires that we invite
public comment before issuing such permits.
DATES: To ensure consideration, please send your written comments by
January 21, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Program Manager for Restoration and Endangered Species
Classification, Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Pacific Regional Office, 911 NE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97232-4181.
Please refer to the permit number for the application when submitting
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colleen Henson, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist, at the above address or by telephone (503-231-6131) or fax
(503-231-6243).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) prohibits certain activities with
respect to endangered and threatened species unless a Federal permit
allows such activity. Along with our implementing regulations in the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17, the Act provides for
certain permits, and requires that we invite public comment before
issuing these permits for endangered species.
A permit granted by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act
authorizes the permittee to conduct activities (including take or
interstate commerce) with respect to U.S. endangered or threatened
species for scientific purposes or enhancement of propagation or
survival. Our regulations implementing section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act
for these permits are found at 50
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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, and Federal agencies, and the public to
comment on the following applications. Please refer to the appropriate
permit number for the application when submitting comments.
Documents and other information submitted with these applications
are available for review by request from the Program Manager for
Restoration and Endangered Species Classification at the address listed
in the ADDRESSES section of this notice, subject to the requirements of
the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and the Freedom of Information Act (5
U.S.C. 552).
Permit Number: TE-19239B
Applicant: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Olympia,
Washington.
The applicant requests a new recovery permit to take (survey,
monitor habitat restoration, collect, captive rear and breed, and
reintroduce) the Taylor's checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas editha
taylori) in Oregon and Washington for the purpose of enhancing the
species' survival.
Permit Number: TE-21614B
Applicant: Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Salem, Oregon.
The applicant requests a new recovery permit to take (haze,
capture, and relocate) the Columbian white-tailed deer (Odocoileus
virginianus leucurus) in conjunction with a translocation effort in the
State of Washington for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
Permit Number: TE-702631
Applicant: Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Fish and
Wildlife Service, Pacific Region, Portland, Oregon.
The applicant requests a renewal of their recovery permit for
scientific take activities. This permit would allow Service employees,
and their designated agents, to take, or remove and reduce to
possession, all federally listed species in the States of Idaho,
Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington, and the trust territories of the
Pacific Islands in conjunction with recovery activities for scientific
purposes or for enhancing their propagation or survival. A list of
federally listed species covered by this permit is available at the
following Web site: http://www.fws.gov/pacific/ecoservices/endangered/recovery/documents/TE-702631-25R1SpeciesList2013.pdf
Permit Number: TE-22353B
Applicant: Center for Natural Lands Management, Temecula, California.
The applicant requests a new recovery permit to take (conduct
habitat restoration activities and survey) the Taylor's checkerspot
butterfly (Euphydryas editha taylori) in Oregon and Washington for the
purpose of enhancing the species' survival.
Permit Number: TE-146777
Applicant: Arleone Dibben-Young, Kaunakakai, Hawaii.
The applicant requests renewal of their recovery permit to take
(capture, measure, band, mark, release, and recapture) the ae`o or
Hawaiian stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) and the koloa or
Hawaiian duck (Anas wyvilliana), and take (capture, measure, band,
mark, take oropharyngeal and cloacal swabs, release, and recapture) the
`alae ke1oke`o or Hawaiian coot (Fulica alai) for the purposes of
scientific research and enhancing the species' survival.
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: December 13, 2013.
Colleen M. Henson,
Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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