80 FR 26948 - Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; Seventeenth Regular Meeting; Request for Information and Recommendations on Resolutions, Decisions, and Agenda Items for Consideration
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 90 (May 11, 2015)
Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 90 (May 11, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-11251 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 90 (Monday, May 11, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 26948-26950] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-11251] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2014-0018; 96300-1671-0000-R4] Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; Seventeenth Regular Meeting; Request for Information and Recommendations on Resolutions, Decisions, and Agenda Items for Consideration AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: To implement the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES or the Convention), the Parties to the Convention meet periodically to review what species in international trade should be regulated and other aspects of the implementation of CITES. The seventeenth regular meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (CoP17) is tentatively scheduled to be held in September 2016 in South Africa. With this notice we are soliciting and invite you to provide us with information and recommendations on resolutions, decisions, and agenda items that the United States might consider submitting for discussion at CoP17. In addition, with this notice we provide preliminary information on how to request approved observer status for nongovernmental organizations that wish to attend the meeting. DATES: We will consider all information and comments we receive on or before July 10, 2015. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments pertaining to recommendations for resolutions, decisions, and agenda items for discussion at CoP17 by one of the following methods:Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments on Docket No. FWS-HQ- IA-2014-0018 (the docket number for this notice). U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public Comments Processing, Attn: FWS-HQ-IA-2014-0018; Division of Policy and Directives Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 5275 Leesburg Pike; MS: BPHC; Falls Church, VA 22041. We will not consider comments sent by email or fax, or to an address not listed in the ADDRESSES section. Comments and materials we receive in response to this notice will be available for public inspection on http://www.regulations.gov, or by appointment, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays, at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Management Authority, 5275 Leesburg Pike, 2nd Floor, Falls Church, VA 22041; telephone 703-358- 2095. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information pertaining to resolutions, decisions, and agenda items, contact Craig Hoover, Chief, Wildlife Trade and Conservation Branch, Division of Management Authority, at 703-358-2095 (phone), 703-358-2298 (fax), or [email protected] (email). If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 800-877-8339. For information pertaining to species proposals, contact Rosemarie Gnam, Chief, Division of Scientific Authority, at 703-358-1708 (phone), 703-358-2276 (fax), or [email protected] (email). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: [[Page 26949]] Background The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, hereinafter referred to as CITES or the Convention, is an international treaty designed to regulate international trade in certain animal and plant species that are now, or potentially may become, threatened with extinction. These species are listed in the Appendices to CITES, which are available on the CITES Secretariat's Web site at http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php. Currently, 180 countries, including the United States, are Parties to CITES. The Convention calls for regular biennial meetings of the Conference of the Parties, unless the Conference decides otherwise. At these meetings, the Parties review the implementation of CITES, make provisions enabling the CITES Secretariat in Switzerland to carry out its functions, consider amendments to the list of species in Appendices I and II, consider reports presented by the Secretariat, and make recommendations for the improved effectiveness of CITES. Any country that is a Party to CITES may propose amendments to Appendices I and II, resolutions, decisions, and agenda items for consideration by all the Parties at the meeting. This is our second in a series of Federal Register notices that, together with an announced public meeting (time and place to be announced), provide you with an opportunity to participate in the development of the U.S. submissions to, and negotiating positions for, the seventeenth regular meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (CoP17), which is tentatively scheduled to be held in September 2016 in South Africa. We published our first CoP17-related Federal Register notice on June 27, 2014 (79 FR 36550), in which we requested information and recommendations on species proposals for the United States to consider submitting for discussion at CoP17. In that notice, we also described the U.S. approach to preparations for CoP17. We intend to announce tentative species proposals that the United States is considering submitting for CoP17 and solicit further information and comments on them when we publish our next CoP17-related Federal Register notice. You may obtain information on species proposals by contacting the Division of Scientific Authority at the telephone number or email address provided in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT above. Our regulations governing this public process are found at 50 CFR 23.87. Request for Information and Recommendations on Resolutions, Decisions, and Agenda Items Although we have not yet received formal notice of the provisional agenda for CoP17, we invite your input on possible agenda items that the United States could recommend for inclusion, or on possible resolutions and decisions of the Conference of the Parties that the United States could submit for consideration. Copies of the agenda and the results of the last meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP16) in Bangkok, Thailand, in March 2013, as well as copies of all resolutions and decisions of the Conference of the Parties currently in effect, are available on the CITES Secretariat's Web site (http://www.cites.org/) or from the Division of Management Authority at the address provided in the ADDRESSES section above. Observers Article XI, paragraph 7 of CITES provides: ``Any body or agency technically qualified in protection, conservation or management of wild fauna and flora, in the following categories, which has informed the Secretariat of its desire to be represented at meetings of the Conference by observers, shall be admitted unless at least one-third of the Parties present object: (a) international agencies or bodies, either governmental or nongovernmental, and national governmental agencies and bodies; and (b) national nongovernmental agencies or bodies which have been approved for this purpose by the State in which they are located. Once admitted, these observers shall have the right to participate but not to vote.'' National agencies or organizations within the United States must obtain our approval to participate in CoP17, whereas international agencies or organizations must obtain approval directly from the CITES Secretariat. We will publish information in a future Federal Register notice on how to request approved observer status. A factsheet on the process is posted on our Web site at: http://www.fws.gov/international/pdf/factsheet-become-observer-to-cites-meeting-2013.pdf. Future Actions As stated above, the next regular meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP17) is tentatively scheduled to be held in South Africa in September 2016. The United States must submit any proposals to amend Appendix I or II, or any draft resolutions, decisions, or agenda items for discussion at CoP17, to the CITES Secretariat no later than 150 days (tentatively April 2016) prior to the start of the meeting. In order to meet this deadline and to prepare for CoP17, we have developed a tentative U.S. schedule. Approximately 14 months prior to CoP17, we plan to publish our next CoP17-related Federal Register notice announcing tentative species proposals that the United States is considering submitting for CoP17 and soliciting further information and comments on them. Following publication of that Federal Register notice and approximately 12 months prior to CoP17, we plan to publish a Federal Register notice announcing draft resolutions, draft decisions, and agenda items the United States is considering submitting for CoP17 and soliciting further information and comments on them. Approximately 4 months prior to CoP17, we will post on our Web site an announcement of the species proposals, draft resolutions, draft decisions, and agenda items submitted by the United States to the CITES Secretariat for consideration at CoP17. Through a series of additional notices and Web site postings in advance of CoP17, we will inform you about preliminary negotiating positions on resolutions, decisions, and amendments to the Appendices proposed by other Parties for consideration at CoP17, and about how to obtain observer status from us. We will also publish an announcement of a public meeting tentatively to be held approximately 3 months prior to CoP17. That meeting will enable us to receive public input on our positions regarding CoP17 issues. The procedures for developing U.S. documents and negotiating positions for a meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES are outlined in 50 CFR 23.87. As noted in paragraph (c) of that section, we may modify or suspend the procedures outlined there if they would interfere with the timely or appropriate development of documents for submission to the CoP and of U.S. negotiating positions. Author The primary author of this notice is Mark Albert, Division of Management Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Authority The authority for this action is the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). [[Page 26950]] Date: April 30, 2015. Stephen Guertin Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. 2015-11251 Filed 5-8-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
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II. Data the Northern Mariana Islands; the We require amendments on occasion
District of Columbia; the territories of when key elements of a project change.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0109.
Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, and We require quarterly and final
Title: Wildlife and Sport Fish Grants American Samoa; federally recognized performance reports in the National
and Cooperative Agreements, 50 CFR tribal governments; institutions of
80, 81, 84, 85, and 86. Outreach and Communication Program
higher education; and nongovernmental and annual and final performance
Service Form Number: None. organizations. reports in the other programs. We may
Type of Request: Revision of a Respondent’s Obligation: Required to require more frequent reports under the
currently approved collection. obtain or retain a benefit. conditions stated at 2 CFR 200.205 and
Description of Respondents: States; Frequency of Collection: We require
2 CFR 200.207.
the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and applications annually for new grants.
Completion
Number of Number of Total annual
Activity time per
respondents responses burden hours
response
Initial Application (project narrative) ................................................................ 200 2,500 44 110,000
Revision of Award Terms (Amendment) ......................................................... 150 1,500 6 9,000
Performance Reports ....................................................................................... 200 3,500 12 42,000
Totals ........................................................................................................ 550 7,500 ........................ 161,000
III. Comments DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR resolutions, decisions, and agenda items
for discussion at CoP17 by one of the
We invite comments concerning this Fish and Wildlife Service following methods:
information collection on:
[Docket No. FWS–HQ–IA–2014–0018; • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
• Whether or not the collection of 96300–1671–0000–R4] www.regulations.gov. Follow the
information is necessary, including instructions for submitting comments
whether or not the information will Conference of the Parties to the on Docket No. FWS–HQ–IA–2014–0018
have practical utility; Convention on International Trade in (the docket number for this notice).
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna • U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public
• The accuracy of our estimate of the and Flora; Seventeenth Regular Comments Processing, Attn: FWS–HQ–
burden for this collection of Meeting; Request for Information and IA–2014–0018; Division of Policy and
information; Recommendations on Resolutions, Directives Management; U.S. Fish and
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility, Decisions, and Agenda Items for Wildlife Service; 5275 Leesburg Pike;
and clarity of the information to be Consideration MS: BPHC; Falls Church, VA 22041.
collected; and We will not consider comments sent
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
• Ways to minimize the burden of the by email or fax, or to an address not
Interior.
collection of information on listed in the ADDRESSES section.
ACTION: Notice.
Comments and materials we receive in
respondents.
SUMMARY: To implement the Convention response to this notice will be available
Comments that you submit in on International Trade in Endangered for public inspection on http://
response to this notice are a matter of Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES www.regulations.gov, or by
public record. We will include or or the Convention), the Parties to the appointment, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
summarize each comment in our request Convention meet periodically to review Monday through Friday, except Federal
to OMB to approve this IC. Before what species in international trade holidays, at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
including your address, phone number, should be regulated and other aspects of Service, Division of Management
email address, or other personal the implementation of CITES. The Authority, 5275 Leesburg Pike, 2nd
identifying information in your seventeenth regular meeting of the Floor, Falls Church, VA 22041;
comment, you should be aware that Conference of the Parties to CITES telephone 703–358–2095.
your entire comment, including your (CoP17) is tentatively scheduled to be FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
personal identifying information, may held in September 2016 in South Africa. information pertaining to resolutions,
be made publicly available at any time. With this notice we are soliciting and decisions, and agenda items, contact
While you can ask us in your comment invite you to provide us with Craig Hoover, Chief, Wildlife Trade and
to withhold your personal identifying information and recommendations on Conservation Branch, Division of
information from public review, we resolutions, decisions, and agenda items Management Authority, at 703–358–
cannot guarantee that we will be able to that the United States might consider 2095 (phone), 703–358–2298 (fax), or
do so. submitting for discussion at CoP17. In managementauthority@fws.gov (email).
addition, with this notice we provide If you use a telecommunications device
Dated: May 5, 2015. preliminary information on how to for the deaf (TDD), call the Federal
Tina A. Campbell, request approved observer status for Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
nongovernmental organizations that 800–877–8339. For information
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Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and
Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife wish to attend the meeting. pertaining to species proposals, contact
Service. DATES: We will consider all information Rosemarie Gnam, Chief, Division of
[FR Doc. 2015–11259 Filed 5–8–15; 8:45 am] and comments we receive on or before Scientific Authority, at 703–358–1708
BILLING CODE 4310–55–P July 10, 2015. (phone), 703–358–2276 (fax), or
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments scientificauthority@fws.gov (email).
pertaining to recommendations for SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Date: April 30, 2015. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The company plans to mine the
Stephen Guertin Michael W. Glasson, Solid Minerals Federal coal as an extension from its
Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Program Lead, telephone: 202–912– existing underground mine if the lease
Service. 7723; or email: mglasson@blm.gov. is obtained. The proposed mine would
[FR Doc. 2015–11251 Filed 5–8–15; 8:45 am] Persons who use a telecommunications recover coal from the Middle Kittanning
BILLING CODE 4310–55–P device for the deaf (TDD) may call the seam at the base of the Pennsylvanian
Federal Information Relay Service aged Lower Freeport Sandstone. As
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact required under 43 CFR 3425.4, the
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Mr. Glasson during normal business public is invited to the hearing to give
hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a public oral and/or written comments on
Bureau of Land Management day, 7 days a week, to leave a message the EA, the FMV, and MER of the
[LLES93000—L13200000–ELOOOO– or question for Mr. Glasson. You will Federal tract. Written comments must
241AOO, OHES–57390] receive a reply during normal business be received within 30 days following
hours. the date of the public hearing. The
Notice of Availability of the meeting is being advertised in the
Buckingham Coal Company Federal SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Athens News, Athens Messenger and the
Coal Lease Application Environmental Buckingham Coal Company filed an
Logan Daily area newspapers.
Assessment and Public Hearing, Perry LBA with the BLM in December of 2011, The EA addresses the cultural,
and Morgan Counties, OH to lease Federal coal in Perry and socioeconomic, environmental and
Morgan Counties, Ohio. The U.S. Forest cumulative impacts that would likely
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Service (FS) completed an EA and
Interior. result from leasing these coal lands.
FONSI on March 11, 2014 and issued its Two alternatives are addressed in the
ACTION: Notice. consent to lease on March 11, 2014. The EA:
BLM anticipates issuing a Decision Alternative 1 (Proposed Action) The
SUMMARY: In accordance with Federal
Record after the public meeting tract would be leased, as applied for.
coal management regulations, the
announced by this Notice and after Alternative 2 (No Action) The
Buckingham Coal Company, Federal
having considered any comments application would be rejected or denied.
Coal Lease by Application (LBA)
received on the EA, FMV, and MER. The Federal coal would therefore be
Environmental Assessment (EA) is
available for public review and The lands included in the bypassed.
comment. A public hearing will be held Buckingham Coal Company Federal Proprietary data marked as
to receive comments on the EA and Coal LBA OHES–57390 are located in confidential may be submitted to the
associated Finding of No Significant Perry and Morgan Counties, Ohio, BLM in response to the solicitation of
Impact (FONSI), Fair Market Value approximately 2–4 miles east of public comments. Data so marked shall
(FMV), and Maximum Economic Corning, Ohio. The lands are described be treated in accordance with the laws
Recovery (MER) of the coal resources for as follows: and the regulations governing the
Buckingham Coal Company LBA confidentiality of such information. A
Parcel #1, Tract X32,
OHES–57390. Section 12, T. 12 N., R. 14 W., Ohio River
copy of the comments submitted by the
DATES: The public hearing will be held Survey Meridian, Ohio. public on FMV and MER, except those
at 7 p.m. on June 4, 2015. Written Containing 6.00 acres.
portions identified as proprietary by the
comments must be received within 30 author and meeting exemptions stated
Parcel #2 Tract X76,
days following the date of the public in the Freedom of Information Act, will
Section 24, T. 12 N., R. 14 W., Ohio River
hearing. Survey Meridian, Ohio.
be available for public inspection at the
Eastern States Office, 20 M Street SE.,
ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be Containing 10.00 acres.
Suite 950, Washington, DC 20003, 9th
held at the Trimble High School Parcel #3 Tract X41, Floor, during regular business hours (9
Cafeteria, One Tomcat Drive, Glouster, Section 14, T. 12 N., R. 14 W., Ohio River
a.m. to 4 p.m.), Monday through Friday.
Ohio 45832. Written comments on the Survey Meridian, Ohio.
Written comments on the FMV and
FMV and MER should be addressed to Containing 80.00 acres. MER should address, but need not be
Michael W. Glasson, BLM Eastern Parcel #4 Tract X37, limited to the following:
States, Division of Lands and Minerals, Section 13, T. 12 N., R. 14 W., Ohio River 1. The quality and quantity of the coal
Mail Stop 9242, 20 M Street SE., Suite Survey Meridian, Ohio. resource;
950, Washington, DC 20003. Comments Containing 109.25 acres. 2. The mining methods or methods
on the EA and FONSI should be sent to Parcel #5 Tract X38, which would achieve MER of the coal,
Dean Gettinger, Field Office Manager, Section 13 and Tract X53, Section 24, T. including specifications of seams to be
Northeastern States Field Office, 626 E. 12 N., R. 14 W., Ohio River Survey mined and the most desirable timing
Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 200, Meridian, Ohio. and rate of production;
Milwaukee, WI 53202–4617. Comments Containing 80.00 acres. 3. Restrictions to mining that may
may also be emailed to mglasson@ Parcel #6 Tract X35, affect coal recovery;
blm.gov. Copies of the EA are available Section 18 and Tract X38, Section 19, T. 4. The price that the mined coal
at the following office locations: BLM 8 N., R. 13 W., Ohio River Survey would bring when sold;
Eastern States Office, 20 M Street SE., Meridian, Ohio. 5. Costs, including mining and
Suite 950, Washington, DC 20003; and, Containing 60.94 acres (A subsurface reclamation, of producing the coal and
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BLM Northeastern States Field Office, ownership difference will be resolved on this the time of production;
626 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 200, parcel prior to lease issuance). 6. The percentage rate at which
Milwaukee, WI 53202–4617. Both Parcel #7 Tract X81, anticipated income streams should be
documents may also be accessed on the Section 24, T. 12 N., R. 14 W., Ohio River discounted, either with inflation or in
BLM Eastern States’ Web site at: Survey Meridian, Ohio. the absence of inflation, in which case
http://www.blm.gov/es/st/en/prog/ Containing 86.25 acres. the anticipated rate of inflation should
minerals/coal.html. Containing 432.44 acres. be given;
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| Dates | We will consider all information and comments we receive on or before July 10, 2015. | |
| Contact | For information pertaining to resolutions, decisions, and agenda items, contact Craig Hoover, Chief, Wildlife Trade and Conservation Branch, Division of Management Authority, at 703-358-2095 (phone), 703-358-2298 (fax), or [email protected] (email). If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 800-877-8339. For information pertaining to species proposals, contact Rosemarie Gnam, Chief, Division of Scientific Authority, at 703-358-1708 (phone), 703-358-2276 (fax), or [email protected] (email). | |
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