80 FR 79607 - Endangered Species; Wild Bird Conservation; Receipt of Applications for Permit

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 245 (December 22, 2015)

Page Range		79607-79608
FR Document		2015-32013

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) prohibits activities with listed species unless Federal authorization is acquired that allows such activities.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2015-0179; FXIA16710900000-156-FF09A30000]


Endangered Species; Wild Bird Conservation; Receipt of 
Applications for Permit

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit.

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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 species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species 
Act (ESA) prohibits 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 
January 21, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Submitting Comments: You may submit comments 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-2015-0179.
     U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public Comments Processing, 
Attn: Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2015-0179; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
Headquarters, MS: BPHC; 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-
3803.
    When submitting comments, please indicate the name of the applicant 
and the PRT# you are commenting on. We will post all comments on http://www.regulations.gov. This generally means that we will post any 
personal information you provide us (see the Public Comments section 
below for more information). Viewing Comments: Comments and materials 
we receive 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, 
Falls Church, VA 22041-3803; telephone 703-358-2095.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
    Endangered Species Applications: Brenda Tapia, Program Analyst/Data 
Administrator, Division of Management Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service Headquarters, MS: IA; 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 
22041-3803; telephone 703-358-2104; facsimile 703-358-2280.

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    Wild Bird Conservation Act Applications: Craig Hoover, Chief, 
Division of Management Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
Headquarters, MS: IA; 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803; 
telephone 703-358-2095; facsimile 703-358-2298. If you use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 800-877-8339.

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 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: Memphis Zoo, Memphis, TN; PRT-61689B
    The applicant requests a permit to import one male captive-born 
mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) from Calgary Zoo, Calgary, Alberta, 
Canada, for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the species.
Applicant: Smithsonian's National Zoological Park, Washington, DC; PRT-
700309
    The applicant requests renewal of their permit to take, import, 
export or re-export, and purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, 
blood, hair and other tissue samples, as well as salvaged material from 
any endangered or threatened wildlife exotic to the United States, for 
the purpose of scientific research. Samples are to be obtained from 
wild, captive-held and/or captive-born animals. Samples collected in 
the wild are to be taken opportunistically during immobilization of 
animals by local wildlife management officials or trained 
veterinarians, and animals may not be harmed for the purpose of 
collecting such samples. This notification covers activities to be 
conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period.

B. Wild Bird Conservation Act

    The public is invited to comment on the following applications for 
approval to conduct certain activities with bird species covered under 
the Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 4901-4916). This 
notice is provided pursuant to section 112(4) of the Wild Bird 
Conservation Act of 1992, 50 CFR 15.26(c).
Applicant: John Aynes, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
    The applicant wishes to establish a cooperative breeding program 
for red-fan parrot, also known as hawk-headed parrot (Deroptyus 
accipitrinus). The applicant wishes to be an active participant in this 
program along with Susan Clubb, DVM, Loxahatchee, Florida.
    If approved, the program will be overseen by the Zoological 
Association of America, Punta Gorda, Florida.

III. Public Comments

    You may submit your comments and materials concerning this notice 
by one of the methods listed in ADDRESSES. We will not consider 
comments sent by email or fax or to an address not listed in ADDRESSES.
    If you submit a comment via http://www.regulations.gov, your entire 
comment, including any personal identifying information, will be posted 
on the Web site. If you submit a hardcopy comment that includes 
personal identifying information, you may request at the top of your 
document that we withhold this information from public review. However, 
we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
    We will post all hardcopy comments on http://www.regulations.gov.

IV. Authority

Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 4901-4916).
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531).

Brenda Tapia,
Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch of Permits, Division of 
Management Authority.
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the grouping together of some of the function to support the giant garter DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
populations. snake and its community members.
The giant garter snake has specific 3. Ameliorate or eliminate, to the Fish and Wildlife Service
habitat needs that include summer extent possible, the threats that caused [Docket No. FWS–HQ–IA–2015–0179;
aquatic habitat for foraging, bankside the species to be listed or are otherwise FXIA16710900000–156–FF09A30000]
basking areas with nearby emergent of concern, and any foreseeable future
vegetation for cover and thermal threats. Endangered Species; Wild Bird
regulation, and upland refugia for The strategy used to recover the giant Conservation; Receipt of Applications
extended periods of inactivity. garter snake is focused on protecting for Permit
Perennial wetlands provide the highest existing occupied habitat and
quality habitat for the giant garter snake, AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
identifying and protecting areas for Interior.
and rice lands, with interconnected habitat restoration, enhancement, or
water conveyance structures, serve as an ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications
creation, including areas that are needed
alternative habitat in the absence of to provide connectivity between for permit.
higher quality wetlands. populations. Appropriate management SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
The loss and subsequent is needed for all giant garter snake Wildlife Service, invite the public to
fragmentation of habitat is the primary conservation lands to ensure that stable comment on the following applications
threat to the giant garter snake and viable populations can be to conduct certain activities with
throughout the Central Valley of maintained in occupied areas, and that endangered species. With some
California. Habitat loss has occurred colonization will be promoted in exceptions, the Endangered Species Act
from urban expansion, agricultural restored and enhanced unoccupied (ESA) prohibits activities with listed
conversion, and flood control. Habitat habitat. As the giant garter snake meets species unless Federal authorization is
fragmentation restricts dispersal and delisting criteria, we will review its acquired that allows such activities.
isolates populations of the giant garter status and consider it for delisting on
snake, increasing the likelihood of DATES: We must receive comments or
the Federal Lists of Endangered and
inbreeding, decreasing fitness, and requests for documents on or before
Threatened Wildlife and Plants.
reducing genetic diversity, and January 21, 2016.
ultimately has resulted in the loss of the Public Comments Solicited ADDRESSES: Submitting Comments: You
snake from the southern one-third of its We solicit written comments on this may submit comments by one of the
range in former wetlands associated revised draft recovery plan described in following methods:
with the historical Buena Vista, Tulare, this notice. All comments received by • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
and Kern Lake beds. In addition to the date specified in the DATES section www.regulations.gov. Follow the
habitat loss, the remaining Central will be considered in development of a instructions for submitting comments
Valley populations of the giant garter final recovery plan for giant garter on Docket No. FWS–HQ–IA–2015–0179.
snake are subject to the cumulative snake. You may submit written • U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public
effects of a number of other existing and comments and information by mail or in Comments Processing, Attn: Docket No.
potential threats, including: roads and person to the Sacramento Fish and FWS–HQ–IA–2015–0179; U.S. Fish and
vehicular traffic, climate change, and Wildlife Office at the above address (see Wildlife Service Headquarters, MS:
predation by non-native species. ADDRESSES).
BPHC; 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls
Church, VA 22041–3803.
Recovery Plan Goals Public Availability of Comments When submitting comments, please
The purpose of a recovery plan is to Before including your address, phone indicate the name of the applicant and
provide a framework for the recovery of number, email address, or other the PRT# you are commenting on. We
species so that protection under the Act personal identifying information in your will post all comments on http://
is no longer necessary. A recovery plan comment, you should be aware that www.regulations.gov. This generally
includes scientific information about your entire comment—including your means that we will post any personal
the species and provides criteria that personal identifying information—may information you provide us (see the
enable us to gauge whether downlisting be made publicly available at any time. Public Comments section below for
or delisting the species is warranted. While you can ask us in your comment more information). Viewing Comments:
Furthermore, recovery plans help guide to withhold your personal identifying Comments and materials we receive will
our recovery efforts by describing information from public review, we be available for public inspection on
actions we consider necessary for each cannot guarantee that we will be able to http://www.regulations.gov, or by
species’ conservation and by estimating do so. appointment, between 8 a.m. and 4
time and costs for implementing needed p.m., Monday through Friday, except
recovery measures. Authority Federal holidays, at the U.S. Fish and
The goal of this revised draft recovery Wildlife Service, Division of
We developed this revised draft
plan is to improve the status of giant Management Authority, 5275 Leesburg
recovery plan under the authority of
garter snake so that it can be delisted. Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3803;
section 4(f) of the Act, 16 U.S.C. 1533(f).
To meet the recovery goal of delisting, telephone 703–358–2095.
We publish this notice under section
the following objectives have been 4(f) of the Endangered Species Act of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et Endangered Species Applications:
1. Establish and protect self- seq.). Brenda Tapia, Program Analyst/Data
sustaining populations of the giant Administrator, Division of Management
garter snake throughout the full Alexandra Pitts, Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
ecological, geographical, and genetic Regional Director, Pacific Southwest Region, Service Headquarters, MS: IA; 5275
range of the species. Sacramento, California. Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
2. Restore and conserve healthy [FR Doc. 2015–32108 Filed 12–21–15; 8:45 am] 3803; telephone 703–358–2104;
Central Valley wetland ecosystems that BILLING CODE 4310–55–P facsimile 703–358–2280.

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of receipt of applications for permit.
Dates		We must receive comments or requests for documents on or before January 21, 2016.
Contact		Endangered Species Applications: Brenda Tapia, Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Division of Management Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters, MS: IA; 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803; telephone 703-358-2104; facsimile 703-358-2280.
FR Citation		80 FR 79607

80 FR 79607 - Endangered Species; Wild Bird Conservation; Receipt of Applications for Permit

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORFish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 245 (December 22, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service