80_FR_15301 80 FR 15246 - Endangered and Threatened Species; Permits

80 FR 15246 - Endangered and Threatened Species; Permits

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 55 (March 23, 2015)

Page Range15246-15247
FR Document2015-06519

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have issued the following permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species under the authority of the Endangered Species Act, as amended (Act).

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 55 (Monday, March 23, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 55 (Monday, March 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15246-15247]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06519]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R6-ES-2015-N010; FXES11130600000-156-FF06E00000]


Endangered and Threatened Species; Permits

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have issued the 
following permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species 
under the authority of the Endangered Species Act, as amended (Act).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Konishi, Recovery Permit 
Coordinator, Ecological Services, (719) 628-2670 (phone); 
permitsR6ES@fws.gov (email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We have issued the following permits in 
response to recovery permit applications we received under the 
authority of section 10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). Issuance 
of each permit occurred only after we determined that it was applied 
for in good faith, that granting the permit would not be to the 
disadvantage of the listed species, and that the terms and conditions 
of the permit were consistent with purposes and policy set forth in the 
Act.

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                         Applicant name                             Permit No.      Date issued    Date expired
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BIO-LOGIC INC...................................................          36792A       12/1/2014      12/31/2019
BLAHA RANCH, INC................................................          40466B      10/10/2014       10/7/2034
BOROFF LAND & LIVESTOCK.........................................          40464B      10/10/2014       10/7/2034
BOUSMAN LIVESTOCK, INC..........................................          32286B      10/10/2014       10/7/2034
CITY OF FORT COLLINS NATURAL AREAS DEPARTMENT...................          42721B      10/21/2014       9/30/2019
DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE...........................................          40145B       12/1/2014      12/31/2019
G&E LIVESTOCK, INC..............................................          32288B      10/10/2014       10/7/2034
HIP INVESTMENTS LLC.............................................          40463B      10/10/2014       10/7/2034
LAWRENCE, CINDY.................................................          27300B       7/11/2014       6/30/2019

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LONGREACH BUFFALO CO, LLC.......................................          42567B      10/10/2014       10/7/2034
MARETTE, BRANDON B..............................................          25496B      12/15/2014      12/31/2019
MERLIN RANCH, INC...............................................          40602B      10/10/2014       10/7/2034
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE...........................................          191853       8/20/2014        7/1/2019
PAPE RANCHES, INC...............................................          40467B      10/10/2014       10/7/2034
PETERSON, JOHN F................................................          34900B       12/5/2014      12/31/2019
ROGERS, DONALD W................................................          40478B      10/10/2014       10/7/2034
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY..........................................          121914       7/25/2014       5/31/2019
UTAH DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES.............................          39634B       6/23/2014       6/16/2050
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Availability of Documents

    Documents and other information submitted with these applications 
are available for review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy 
Act and Freedom of Information Act, by any party who submits a written 
requires for a copy of such documents to Kathy Konishi (see FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT).

Authority

    We provide this notice under section 10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 
et seq.).

Michael G. Thabault,
Assistant Regional Director, Mountain-Prairie Region.
[FR Doc. 2015-06519 Filed 3-20-15; 8:45 am]
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                                                  • Large-fruited sand verbena (Abronia                                  • Texas prairie dawn (=Texas                                        personal identifying information—may
                                                    macrocarpa)                                                            bitterweed) (Hymenoxys texana)                                    be made publicly available at any time.
                                                  • Lee pincushion cactus (Coryphantha                                   • Texas poppy-mallow (Callirhoe                                     While you can ask us in your comment
                                                    (=Escobaria, =Mammillaria) sneedii                                     scabriuscula)                                                     to withhold your personal identifying
                                                    var. leei)                                                           • Texas trailling phlox (Phlox nivalis                              information from public review, we
                                                  • Little Aguja pondweed (Potamogeton                                     ssp. texensis)                                                    cannot guarantee that we will be able to
                                                    clystocarpus)                                                        • Texas wild-rice (Zizania texana)                                  do so.
                                                  • Lloyd’s mariposa cactus                                              • Texas snowbells (Styrax texana)
                                                    (Echinomastus (=Echinocactus,                                        • Tobusch fishhook cactus                                           Authority
                                                    =Sclerocactus, =Neolloydia                                             (Ancistrocactus (=Echinocactus,                                     We provide this notice under section
                                                    mariposensis))                                                         =Mammillaria) tobuschii)                                          10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
                                                  • Mancos milk-vetch (Astragalus                                        • Todsen’s pennyroyal (Hedeoma
                                                                                                                                                                                               Dated: March 11, 2015.
                                                    humillimus)                                                            todsenii)
                                                  • Mesa Verde cactus (Sclerocactus                                      • Walker’s manioc (Manihot walkerae)                                Stephen Robertson,
                                                    (=Coloradoa, =Echinocactus,                                          • Welsh’s milkweed (Asclepias welshii)                              Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region,
                                                    =Pediocactus) mesae- verdae)                                         • Western prairie fringed orchid                                    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
                                                  • Navajo sedge (Carex specuicola)                                        (Platanthera praeclara)                                           [FR Doc. 2015–06573 Filed 3–20–15; 8:45 am]
                                                  • Navasota ladies’-tresses (Spiranthes                                 • White bladderpod (Lesquerella                                     BILLING CODE 4310–55–P
                                                    parksii)                                                               pallida)
                                                  • Neches River rose-mallow (Hibiscus                                   • Zapata bladderpod (Lesquerella
                                                    dasycalyx)                                                             thanmnophila)                                                     DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                  • Nellie cory cactus (Coryphantha                                      • Zuni (=Rhizome) fleabane (Erigeron
                                                    (=Escobaria, =Mammillaria) minima                                      rhizomatus)                                                       Fish and Wildlife Service
                                                    (=nellieae))                                                         Permit TE–5878A
                                                  • Nichol’s Turk’s head cactus                                                                                                              [FWS–R6–ES–2015–N010;
                                                                                                                           Applicant: University of Arizona,                                 FXES11130600000–156–FF06E00000]
                                                    (Echinocactus horizonthalonius var.
                                                    nicholii)                                                            Tucson, Arizona.
                                                                                                                           Applicant requests a renewal to a                                 Endangered and Threatened Species;
                                                  • Pecos (=puzzle) sunflower                                                                                                                Permits
                                                    (Helianthus paradoxus)                                               current permit for research and recovery
                                                  • Peebles Navajo cactus (Pediocactus                                   purposes to conduct presence/absence                                AGENCY:   Fish and Wildlife Service,
                                                    (=Echinocactus, =Navajoa, =                                          surveys and research activities for ocelot                          Interior.
                                                    Toumeya, =Utahia) peeblesianus var.                                  (Leopardus pardalis) and jaguar
                                                                                                                                                                                             ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits.
                                                    peeblesianus)                                                        (Panthera onca) within Arizona.
                                                  • Pima pineapple cactus (Coryphantha                                   National Environmental Policy Act                                   SUMMARY:    We, the U.S. Fish and
                                                    scheeri var. robustispina)                                           (NEPA)                                                              Wildlife Service, have issued the
                                                  • Sacramento prickly-poppy (Argemone                                                                                                       following permits to conduct certain
                                                    pleiacantha ssp. pinnatisecta)                                         In compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C.                                activities with endangered species
                                                  • Sacramento Mountains thistle                                         4321 et seq.), we have made an initial                              under the authority of the Endangered
                                                    (Cirsium vinaceum)                                                   determination that the proposed                                     Species Act, as amended (Act).
                                                  • San Francisco Peaks groundsel                                        activities in these permits are
                                                                                                                                                                                             FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                    (Senecio franciscanus)                                               categorically excluded from the
                                                                                                                                                                                             Kathy Konishi, Recovery Permit
                                                  • Sentry milk-vetch (Astragalus                                        requirement to prepare an
                                                                                                                                                                                             Coordinator, Ecological Services, (719)
                                                    cremnophylax var. cremnophylax)                                      environmental assessment or
                                                                                                                                                                                             628–2670 (phone); permitsR6ES@
                                                  • Siler pincushion cactus (Pediocactus                                 environmental impact statement (516
                                                                                                                         DM 6 Appendix 1, 1.4C(1)).                                          fws.gov (email).
                                                    (=Echinocactus, =Utahia) sileri)
                                                  • Slender rush-pea (Hoffmannseggia                                                                                                         SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We have
                                                                                                                         Public Availability of Comments                                     issued the following permits in response
                                                    tenella)
                                                  • Sneed pincushion cactus                                                All comments and materials we                                     to recovery permit applications we
                                                    (Coryphantha (=Escobaria,                                            receive in response to this request will                            received under the authority of section
                                                    =Mammillaria) sneedii var. sneedii)                                  be available for public inspection, by                              10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
                                                  • South Texas ambrosia (Ambrosia                                       appointment, during normal business                                 Issuance of each permit occurred only
                                                    cheiranthifolia)                                                     hours at the address listed in the                                  after we determined that it was applied
                                                  • Star cactus (Astrophytum asterias)                                   ADDRESSES section of this notice.                                   for in good faith, that granting the
                                                  • Terlingua Creek cat’s eye (Cryptantha                                  Before including your address, phone                              permit would not be to the disadvantage
                                                    crassipes)                                                           number, email address, or other                                     of the listed species, and that the terms
                                                  • Texas ayenia (Ayenia limitaris)                                      personal identifying information in your                            and conditions of the permit were
                                                  • Texas golden gladecress                                              comment, you should be aware that                                   consistent with purposes and policy set
                                                    (Leavenworthia texana)                                               your entire comment—including your                                  forth in the Act.

                                                                                                          Applicant name                                                                     Permit No.       Date issued      Date expired

                                                  BIO–LOGIC INC. .........................................................................................................................       36792A          12/1/2014        12/31/2019
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                                                  BLAHA RANCH, INC. ..................................................................................................................           40466B         10/10/2014         10/7/2034
                                                  BOROFF LAND & LIVESTOCK ..................................................................................................                     40464B         10/10/2014         10/7/2034
                                                  BOUSMAN LIVESTOCK, INC. ....................................................................................................                   32286B         10/10/2014         10/7/2034
                                                  CITY OF FORT COLLINS NATURAL AREAS DEPARTMENT ..................................................                                               42721B         10/21/2014         9/30/2019
                                                  DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE .......................................................................................................                  40145B          12/1/2014        12/31/2019
                                                  G&E LIVESTOCK, INC. ...............................................................................................................            32288B         10/10/2014         10/7/2034
                                                  HIP INVESTMENTS LLC ............................................................................................................               40463B         10/10/2014         10/7/2034
                                                  LAWRENCE, CINDY ...................................................................................................................            27300B          7/11/2014         6/30/2019



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                                                                                                        Applicant name                                                                  Permit No.      Date issued    Date expired

                                                  LONGREACH BUFFALO CO, LLC .............................................................................................                   42567B        10/10/2014      10/7/2034
                                                  MARETTE, BRANDON B. ...........................................................................................................           25496B        12/15/2014     12/31/2019
                                                  MERLIN RANCH, INC. ................................................................................................................       40602B        10/10/2014      10/7/2034
                                                  NATIONAL PARK SERVICE .......................................................................................................             191853         8/20/2014       7/1/2019
                                                  PAPE RANCHES, INC. ...............................................................................................................        40467B        10/10/2014      10/7/2034
                                                  PETERSON, JOHN F. .................................................................................................................       34900B         12/5/2014     12/31/2019
                                                  ROGERS, DONALD W. ...............................................................................................................         40478B        10/10/2014      10/7/2034
                                                  U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY .....................................................................................................              121914         7/25/2014      5/31/2019
                                                  UTAH DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES ..........................................................................                            39634B         6/23/2014      6/16/2050



                                                  Availability of Documents                                            one of the following methods to request                          and other information the applicants
                                                    Documents and other information                                    hard copies or a CD–ROM of the                                   have submitted with their applications
                                                  submitted with these applications are                                documents. Please specify the permit                             are available for review, subject to the
                                                  available for review, subject to the                                 you are interested in by number (e.g.,                           requirements of the Privacy Act (5
                                                  requirements of the Privacy Act and                                  Permit No. TE–XXXXXX).                                           U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of
                                                                                                                         • Email: permitsR6ES@fws.gov.                                  Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
                                                  Freedom of Information Act, by any
                                                                                                                       Please refer to the respective permit
                                                  party who submits a written requires for                                                                                              Permit Application Number TE704930
                                                                                                                       number (e.g., Permit No. TE–XXXXXX)
                                                  a copy of such documents to Kathy                                                                                                       Applicants: Michael Thabault and
                                                                                                                       in the subject line of the message.
                                                  Konishi (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
                                                                                                                         • U.S. Mail: Ecological Services, U.S.                         Nicole Alt, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
                                                  CONTACT).
                                                                                                                       Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box                              Service, Region 6, Ecological Services,
                                                  Authority                                                            25486–DFC, Denver, CO 80225.                                     Denver, CO.
                                                                                                                         • In-Person Drop-off, Viewing, or                                The applicants request an amendment
                                                    We provide this notice under section
                                                                                                                       Pickup: Call (719) 628–2670 to make an                           to add New Mexico meadow jumping
                                                  10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
                                                                                                                       appointment during regular business                              mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus), red
                                                  Michael G. Thabault,                                                 hours at 134 Union Blvd., Suite 645,                             knot (Calidris canutus rufa), Gunnison
                                                  Assistant Regional Director, Mountain-Prairie                        Lakewood, CO 80228.                                              sage-grouse (Centrocercus minimus),
                                                  Region.                                                              FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                                 yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–06519 Filed 3–20–15; 8:45 am]                          Kathy Konishi, Recovery Permits                                  americanus), Eskimo curlew (Numenius
                                                  BILLING CODE 4310–55–P                                               Coordinator, Ecological Services, (719)                          borealis), lesser prairie-chicken
                                                                                                                       628–2670 (phone); permitsR6ES@                                   (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), white
                                                                                                                       fws.gov (email).                                                 sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus),
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                                           SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                                       Gierisch mallow (Sphaeralcea
                                                                                                                                                                                        gierischii), Leedy’s roseroot (Rhodiola
                                                  Fish and Wildlife Service                                            Background                                                       integrifolia ssp. leeydi), Higgins eye
                                                  [FWS–R6–ES–2014–N252;                                                  The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)                               (pearlymussel) (Lampsilis higginsii),
                                                  FXES11130600000–156–FF06E00000]                                      prohibits activities with endangered and                         rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica
                                                                                                                       threatened species unless a Federal                              cylindrica), Dakota skipper (Hesperia
                                                  Endangered and Threatened Wildlife                                   permit allows such activity. Along with                          dacotae), and Poweshiek skipperling
                                                  and Plants; Recovery Permit                                          our implementing regulations at 50 CFR                           (Oarisma poweshiek) to an existing
                                                  Applications                                                         17, the Act provides for permits and                             permit to purposefully take (display,
                                                                                                                       requires that we invite public comment                           photograph, harass by survey, capture,
                                                  AGENCY:   Fish and Wildlife Service,                                                                                                  handle, weigh, measure, mark, obtain
                                                                                                                       before issuing these permits.
                                                  Interior.                                                                                                                             biological samples, breed in captivity,
                                                                                                                         A permit granted by us under section
                                                  ACTION: Notice of availability; request                              10(a)(1)(A) of the Act authorizes the                            reintroduce, relocate, remove from the
                                                  for comments.                                                        permittees to conduct activities with                            wild, and kill) in conjunction with
                                                                                                                       U.S. endangered or threatened species                            surveys and population monitoring for
                                                  SUMMARY:   We, the U.S. Fish and                                                                                                      the purpose of enhancing the species’
                                                                                                                       for scientific purposes, enhancement of
                                                  Wildlife Service, invite the public to                                                                                                survival. This permit will allow Fish
                                                                                                                       propagation or survival, or interstate
                                                  comment on the following applications                                                                                                 and Wildlife Service (Service)
                                                                                                                       commerce (the latter only in the event
                                                  to conduct certain activities with                                                                                                    employees, agents of the Service, and
                                                                                                                       that it facilitates scientific purposes or
                                                  endangered or threatened species. With                                                                                                Service volunteers to lawfully conduct
                                                                                                                       enhancement of propagation or
                                                  some exceptions, the Endangered                                                                                                       threatened and endangered species
                                                                                                                       survival). Our regulations implementing
                                                  Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act),                                                                                                activities, in conjunction with recovery
                                                                                                                       section 10(a)(1)(A) for these permits are
                                                  prohibits activities with endangered and                                                                                              activities throughout the species’ range,
                                                                                                                       found at 50 CFR 17.22 for endangered
                                                  threatened species unless a Federal                                                                                                   as outlined in Fish and Wildlife Service
                                                                                                                       wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.32 for
                                                  permit allows such activity. The Act                                                                                                  employees’ and volunteers’ position
                                                                                                                       threatened wildlife species, 50 CFR
                                                  requires that we invite public comment                                                                                                descriptions.
                                                                                                                       17.62 for endangered plant species, and
                                                  before issuing these permits.
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                                                                                                                       50 CFR 17.72 for threatened plant                                Permit Application Number TE232905
                                                  DATES: To ensure consideration, please                               species.
                                                  send your written comments by April                                                                                                   Applicant: City of Saint Paul, Como
                                                  20, 2015.                                                            Applications Available for Review and                              Zoo, Saint Paul, MN.
                                                  ADDRESSES: You may submit comments                                   Comment                                                            The applicant requests a permit to
                                                  or requests for copies or more                                         We invite local, State, and Federal                            propagate Wyoming toads (Anaxyrus
                                                  information by any of the following                                  agencies and the public to comment on                            baxteri) to preserve genetic diversity
                                                  methods. Alternatively, you may use                                  the following applications. Documents                            and provide individuals for


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Document Created: 2018-02-21 09:47:41
Document Modified: 2018-02-21 09:47:41
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of issuance of permits.
ContactKathy Konishi, Recovery Permit Coordinator, Ecological Services, (719) 628-2670 (phone); [email protected] (email).
FR Citation80 FR 15246 

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