80 FR 53323 - Endangered Species; Receipt of Applications for Permit
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 171 (September 3, 2015)
Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 171 (September 3, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 171 (Thursday, September 3, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 53323-53324] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-21889] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-HQ-IA-2015-N173; FXIA16710900000-156-FF09A30000] Endangered Species; Receipt of Applications for Permit AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) prohibit activities with listed species unless Federal authorization is acquired that allows such activities. DATES: We must receive comments or requests for documents on or before October 5, 2015. ADDRESSES: Monica Thomas, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Management Authority, Branch of Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041; fax (703) 358-2281; or email DMAFR@fws.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Monica Thomas, (703) 358-2104 (telephone); (703) 358-2281 (fax); DMAFR@fws.gov (email). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Public Comment Procedures A. How do I request copies of applications or comment on submitted applications? Send your request for copies of applications or comments and materials concerning any of the applications to the contact listed under ADDRESSES. Please include the Federal Register notice publication date, the PRT-number, and the name of the applicant in your request or submission. We will not consider requests or comments sent to an email or address not listed under ADDRESSES. If you provide an email address in your request for copies of applications, we will attempt to respond to your request electronically. Please make your requests or comments as specific as possible. Please confine your comments to issues for which we seek comments in this notice, and explain the basis for your comments. Include sufficient information with your comments to allow us to authenticate any scientific or commercial data you include. The comments and recommendations that will be most useful and likely to influence agency decisions are: (1) Those supported by quantitative information or studies; and (2) Those that include citations to, and analyses of, the applicable laws and regulations. We will not consider or include in our administrative record comments we receive after the close of the comment period (see DATES) or comments delivered to an address other than those listed above (see ADDRESSES). B. May I review comments submitted by others? Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents, will be available for public review at the street address listed under ADDRESSES. The public may review documents and other information applicants have sent in support of the application unless our allowing viewing would violate the Privacy Act or Freedom of Information Act. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that [[Page 53324]] 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. II. Background To help us carry out our conservation responsibilities for affected species, and in consideration of section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), along with Executive Order 13576, ``Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and Accountable Government,'' and the President's Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies of January 21, 2009--Transparency and Open Government (74 FR 4685; January 26, 2009), which call on all Federal agencies to promote openness and transparency in Government by disclosing information to the public, we invite public comment on these permit applications before final action is taken. III. Permit Applications A. Endangered Species Applicant: Zoological Society of Cincinnati/Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Cincinnati, OH; PRT-53920B The applicant requests a permit to export one male captive born Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) to Yayasan Badak Indonesia (YABI), West Java, Indonesia, for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the species through captive propagation. Applicant: Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, Inc., Baltimore, MD; PRT-64246B The applicant requests a permit to re-export biological samples obtained from salvaged wild specimens of Eastern gorilla (Gorilla beringei) to the United Kingdom for the purpose of scientific research. Applicant: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN; PRT-63281B The applicant requests a permit to export biological samples obtained from captive-bred tigers (Panthera tigris) to the United Kingdom for the purpose of scientific research. Applicant: Festival Fun Parks, LLC, Miami, FL; PRT-66062B The applicant requests a permit for interstate transport of 10 jackass penguins (Spheniscus demersus) from the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Vallejo, California, to Miami Seaquarium, Miami, Florida, for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the species. This notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period. Applicant: Crocodile Encounter, Angleton, TX; PRT-54414B The applicant requests a captive-bred wildlife registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for the following species to enhance species propagation or survival: Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus), Siamese crocodile (C. siamensis), Saltwater crocodile (C. porosus), Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis), and common caiman (Caiman crocodylus). This notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period. Applicant: Tomich, Ian, Phoenix, AZ; PRT-59955B The applicant requests a captive-bred wildlife registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for the following species to enhance species propagation or survival: Radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata). This notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period. Applicant: James Gresham, Richmond, TX; PRT-73576B The applicant requests a permit to import a sport-hunted trophy of one male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus) culled from a captive herd maintained under the management program of the Republic of South Africa, for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the species. Monica Thomas, Management Analyst, Branch of Permits, Division of Management Authority. [FR Doc. 2015-21889 Filed 9-2-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
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combination of documents from the documents that show you are a TPS ADDRESSES: Monica Thomas, U.S. Fish
Lists of Acceptable Documents if the beneficiary and/or show you are and Wildlife Service, Division of
documentation reasonably appears to be authorized to work based on TPS. Management Authority, Branch of
genuine and to relate to the employee, Examples are: Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike,
or an acceptable List A, List B, or List (1) Your EAD that has a valid Falls Church, VA 22041; fax (703) 358–
C receipt described in the Employment expiration date; 2281; or email DMAFR@fws.gov.
Eligibility Verification (Form I–9) (2) A copy of your Notice of Action FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Instructions. Employers may not require (Form I–797C) showing approval for Monica Thomas, (703) 358–2104
extra or additional documentation TPS, if you receive one from USCIS. (telephone); (703) 358–2281 (fax);
beyond what is required for Check with the government agency DMAFR@fws.gov (email).
Employment Eligibility Verification regarding which document(s) the agency
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
(Form I–9) completion. Further, will accept. You may also provide the
employers participating in E-Verify who agency with a copy of this Federal I. Public Comment Procedures
receive an E-Verify case result of Register Notice.
Some benefit-granting agencies use A. How do I request copies of
‘‘Tentative Nonconfirmation’’ (TNC) applications or comment on submitted
must promptly inform employees of the the USCIS Systematic Alien Verification
for Entitlements Program (SAVE) to applications?
TNC and give such employees an
opportunity to contest the TNC. A TNC confirm the current immigration status Send your request for copies of
case result means that the information of applicants for public benefits. If such applications or comments and materials
entered into E-Verify from Employment an agency has denied your application concerning any of the applications to
Eligibility Verification (Form I–9) differs based solely or in part on a SAVE the contact listed under ADDRESSES.
from Federal or state government response, the agency must offer you the Please include the Federal Register
records. opportunity to appeal the decision in notice publication date, the PRT-
Employers may not terminate, accordance with the agency’s number, and the name of the applicant
suspend, delay training, withhold pay, procedures. If the agency has received in your request or submission. We will
lower pay or take any adverse action and acted upon or will act upon a SAVE not consider requests or comments sent
against an employee based on the verification and you do not believe the to an email or address not listed under
employee’s decision to contest a TNC or response is correct, you may make an ADDRESSES. If you provide an email
because the case is still pending with E- InfoPass appointment for an in-person address in your request for copies of
Verify. A Final Nonconfirmation (FNC) interview at a local USCIS office. applications, we will attempt to respond
case result is received when E-Verify Detailed information on how to make to your request electronically.
cannot confirm an employee’s corrections, make an appointment, or Please make your requests or
employment eligibility. An employer submit a written request to correct comments as specific as possible. Please
may terminate employment based on a records under the Freedom of confine your comments to issues for
case result of FNC. Work-authorized Information Act can be found at the which we seek comments in this notice,
employees who receive an FNC may call SAVE Web site at http://www.uscis.gov/ and explain the basis for your
USCIS for assistance at 888–897–7781 save, then by choosing ‘‘How to Correct comments. Include sufficient
(TTY 877–875–6028). An employee who Your Records’’ from the menu on the information with your comments to
believes he or she was discriminated right. allow us to authenticate any scientific or
against by an employer in the E-Verify [FR Doc. 2015–21881 Filed 9–2–15; 8:45 am] commercial data you include.
process based on citizenship or The comments and recommendations
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immigration status, or based on national that will be most useful and likely to
origin, may contact OSC’s Worker influence agency decisions are: (1)
Information Hotline at 800–255–7688 Those supported by quantitative
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR information or studies; and (2) Those
(TTY 800–237–2515). Additional
information about proper Fish and Wildlife Service that include citations to, and analyses
nondiscriminatory Employment of, the applicable laws and regulations.
Eligibility Verification (Form I–9) and E- [FWS–HQ–IA–2015–N173; We will not consider or include in our
FXIA16710900000–156–FF09A30000] administrative record comments we
Verify procedures is available on the
OSC Web site at http://www.justice.gov/ Endangered Species; Receipt of receive after the close of the comment
crt/about/osc/ and the USCIS Web site Applications for Permit period (see DATES) or comments
at http://www.dhs.gov/E-verify. delivered to an address other than those
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, listed above (see ADDRESSES).
Note Regarding Federal, State, and Interior.
Local Government Agencies (Such as B. May I review comments submitted by
ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications
Departments of Motor Vehicles) others?
for permit.
While Federal Government agencies Comments, including names and
must follow the guidelines laid out by SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and street addresses of respondents, will be
the Federal Government, State and local Wildlife Service, invite the public to available for public review at the street
government agencies establish their own comment on the following applications address listed under ADDRESSES. The
rules and guidelines when granting to conduct certain activities with public may review documents and other
certain benefits. Each State may have endangered species. With some information applicants have sent in
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different laws, requirements, and exceptions, the Endangered Species Act support of the application unless our
determinations about what documents (ESA) prohibit activities with listed allowing viewing would violate the
you need to provide to prove eligibility species unless Federal authorization is Privacy Act or Freedom of Information
for certain benefits. Whether you are acquired that allows such activities. Act. Before including your address,
applying for a Federal, State, or local DATES: We must receive comments or phone number, email address, or other
government benefit, you may need to requests for documents on or before personal identifying information in your
provide the government agency with October 5, 2015. comment, you should be aware that
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your entire comment—including your purpose of enhancement of the survival FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
personal identifying information—may of the species. This notification covers Philip Johnson, Department of the
be made publicly available at any time. activities to be conducted by the Interior, Office of Environmental Policy
While you can ask us in your comment applicant over a 5-year period. and Compliance, 1689 ‘‘C’’ Street, Suite
to withhold your personal identifying Applicant: Crocodile Encounter, 119, Anchorage, Alaska, (907) 271–
information from public review, we Angleton, TX; PRT–54414B 5011.
cannot guarantee that we will be able to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
do so. The applicant requests a captive-bred
wildlife registration under 50 CFR EXXON VALDEZ Oil Spill Public
II. Background 17.21(g) for the following species to Advisory Committee was created by
enhance species propagation or Paragraph V.A.4 of the Memorandum of
To help us carry out our conservation
survival: Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus Agreement and Consent Decree entered
responsibilities for affected species, and
niloticus), Siamese crocodile (C. into by the United States of America
in consideration of section 10(a)(1)(A) of
siamensis), Saltwater crocodile (C. and the State of Alaska on August 27,
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
porosus), Chinese alligator (Alligator 1991, and approved by the United States
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), along
sinensis), and common caiman (Caiman District Court for the District of Alaska
with Executive Order 13576,
crocodylus). This notification covers in settlement of United States of
‘‘Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and
activities to be conducted by the America v. State of Alaska, Civil Action
Accountable Government,’’ and the
applicant over a 5-year period. No. A91–081 CV.
President’s Memorandum for the Heads
The EXXON VALDEZ Oil Spill Public
of Executive Departments and Agencies Applicant: Tomich, Ian, Phoenix, AZ; Advisory Committee Meeting agenda
of January 21, 2009—Transparency and PRT–59955B will focus on review of FY16 Work Plan
Open Government (74 FR 4685; January
The applicant requests a captive-bred projects, Annual Program Development
26, 2009), which call on all Federal
wildlife registration under 50 CFR and Implementation Budget (APDI),
agencies to promote openness and
17.21(g) for the following species to draft FY17–21 Invitation, and Habitat
transparency in Government by
enhance species propagation or matters, as applicable. An opportunity
disclosing information to the public, we
survival: Radiated tortoise (Astrochelys for public comments will be provided.
invite public comment on these permit
radiata). This notification covers The final agenda and materials for the
applications before final action is taken.
activities to be conducted by the meeting will be posted on the EXXON
III. Permit Applications applicant over a 5-year period. VALDEZ Oil Spill Trustee Council Web
site at www.evostc.state.ak.us. All
A. Endangered Species Applicant: James Gresham, Richmond, EXXON VALDEZ Oil Spill Public
Applicant: Zoological Society of TX; PRT–73576B Advisory Committee meetings are open
Cincinnati/Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical The applicant requests a permit to to the public.
Garden, Cincinnati, OH; PRT–53920B import a sport-hunted trophy of one
Willie Taylor,
The applicant requests a permit to male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus
Director, Office of Environmental Policy and
export one male captive born Sumatran pygargus) culled from a captive herd
Compliance.
rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) maintained under the management
[FR Doc. 2015–21907 Filed 9–2–15; 8:45 am]
to Yayasan Badak Indonesia (YABI), program of the Republic of South Africa,
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West Java, Indonesia, for the purpose of for the purpose of enhancement of the
enhancement of the survival of the survival of the species.
species through captive propagation. Monica Thomas, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Applicant: Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Management Analyst, Branch of Permits,
Division of Management Authority. National Park Service
Project, Inc., Baltimore, MD; PRT–
64246B [FR Doc. 2015–21889 Filed 9–2–15; 8:45 am] [NPS–AKRO–ANIA–LACL–WRST–19121;
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The applicant requests a permit to re-
export biological samples obtained from Notice of Open Public Meetings and
salvaged wild specimens of Eastern DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Teleconferences for the National Park
gorilla (Gorilla beringei) to the United Service Alaska Region Subsistence
Kingdom for the purpose of scientific Office of the Secretary Resource Commission Program
research.
[XXXD5198NI DS61100000 AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
Applicant: University of Tennessee, DNINR0000.000000 DX61104]
ACTION: Meeting notices.
Knoxville, TN; PRT–63281B
EXXON VALDEZ Oil Spill Public
The applicant requests a permit to SUMMARY: As required by the Federal
Advisory Committee Meeting
export biological samples obtained from Advisory Committee Act (16 U.S.C.
captive-bred tigers (Panthera tigris) to AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. Appendix 1–16), the National Park
the United Kingdom for the purpose of ACTION: Meeting notice. Service (NPS) is hereby giving notice
scientific research. that the Aniakchak National Monument
SUMMARY: The Department of the Subsistence Resource Commission
Applicant: Festival Fun Parks, LLC, Interior, Office of the Secretary is (SRC), the Lake Clark National Park SRC
Miami, FL; PRT–66062B announcing a public meeting of the
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and the Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
The applicant requests a permit for EXXON VALDEZ Oil Spill Public SRC will hold public meetings to
interstate transport of 10 jackass Advisory Committee. develop and continue work on NPS
penguins (Spheniscus demersus) from DATES: September 22, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. subsistence program recommendations,
the Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, ADDRESSES: First floor conference room, and other related regulatory proposals
Vallejo, California, to Miami Glenn Olds Hall, 4210 University Drive, and resource management issues. The
Seaquarium, Miami, Florida, for the Anchorage, AK 99508. NPS SRC program is authorized under
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| Action | Notice of receipt of applications for permit. | |
| Dates | We must receive comments or requests for documents on or before October 5, 2015. | |
| Contact | Monica Thomas, (703) 358-2104 (telephone); (703) 358-2281 (fax); [email protected] (email). | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 53323 |
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