81 FR 23510 - Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Applications for Participation in the Amended Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan for the American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 77 (April 21, 2016)

Page Range		23510-23511
FR Document		2016-09249

Under the Endangered Species Act, as amended (Act), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on incidental take permit applications for take of the federally listed American burying beetle resulting from activities associated with the geophysical exploration (seismic) and construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of oil and gas well field infrastructure and pipelines within Oklahoma. If approved, the permits would be issued under the approved Amended Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan Associated with Issuance of Endangered Species Act Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permits for the American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma (ICP).

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R2-ES-2016-N057; FXES11120200000-167-FF02ENEH00]


Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Applications for Participation 
in the Amended Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan for the American 
Burying Beetle in Oklahoma

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for public comments.

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SUMMARY: Under the Endangered Species Act, as amended (Act), we, the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on 
incidental take permit applications for take of the federally listed 
American burying beetle resulting from activities associated with the 
geophysical exploration (seismic) and construction, maintenance, 
operation, repair, and decommissioning of oil and gas well field 
infrastructure and pipelines within Oklahoma. If approved, the permits 
would be issued under the approved Amended Oil and Gas Industry 
Conservation Plan Associated with Issuance of Endangered Species Act 
Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permits for the American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma 
(ICP).

DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or 
before May 23, 2016.

ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of all documents and submit comments 
on the applicant's ITP application by one of the following methods. 
Please refer to the permit number when requesting documents or 
submitting comments.
    [cir] U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of 
Endangered Species--HCP Permits, P.O. Box 1306, Room 6034, Albuquerque, 
NM 87103.
    [cir] Electronically: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marty Tuegel, Branch Chief, by U.S. 
mail at: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Environmental Review Division, 
P.O. Box 1306, Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM 87103; or by telephone at 
505-248-6651.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Introduction

    Under the Endangered Species Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.; Act), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public 
to comment on incidental take permit (ITP) applications for take of the 
federally listed American burying beetle (Nicrophorus

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americanus) resulting from activities associated with geophysical 
exploration (seismic) and construction, maintenance, operation, repair, 
and decommissioning of oil and gas well field infrastructure, as well 
as construction, maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and 
reclamation of oil and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution 
pipeline infrastructure within Oklahoma. If approved, the permit would 
be issued to the applicant under the Amended Oil and Gas Industry 
Conservation Plan Associated with Issuance of Endangered Species Act 
Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permits for the American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma 
(ICP). The original ICP was approved on May 21, 2014 (publication of 
the FONSI notice was on July 25, 2014; 79 FR 43504). The draft amended 
ICP was made available for comment on March 8, 2016 (81 FR 12113), and 
approved on April 13, 2016. The ICP and the associated environmental 
assessment/finding of no significant impact are available on the Web 
site at http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/oklahoma/ABBICP. However, we 
are no longer taking comments on these finalized, approved documents.

Applications Available for Review and Comment

    We invite local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies, and the 
public to comment on the following application under the ICP, for 
incidental take of the federally listed ABB. Please refer to the 
appropriate permit number (e.g., TE-123456) when requesting application 
documents and when submitting comments. Documents and other information 
the applicants have submitted with this application are available for 
review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) 
and Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).

Permit TE40320B

Applicant: Enable Midstream Partners, LP, Shreveport, LA.

    Applicant requests an amended permit for oil and gas upstream and 
midstream production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and 
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of 
oil and gas well field infrastructure, as well as construction, 
maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation of oil 
and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline 
infrastructure within Oklahoma.

Permit TE49742B

Applicant: BP America Production Co., Houston, TX.

    Applicant requests an amended permit for oil and gas upstream and 
midstream production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and 
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of 
oil and gas well field infrastructure, as well as construction, 
maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation of oil 
and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline 
infrastructure within Oklahoma.

Permit TE51520B

Applicant: Bravo Arkoma, LLC, Tulsa, OK.

    Applicant requests an amended permit for oil and gas upstream and 
midstream production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and 
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of 
oil and gas well field infrastructure, as well as construction, 
maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation of oil 
and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline 
infrastructure within Oklahoma.

Permit TE55794B

Applicant: ONE GAS, Inc., Tulsa, OK.

    Applicant requests an amended permit for oil and gas upstream and 
midstream production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and 
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of 
oil and gas well field infrastructure, as well as construction, 
maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation of oil 
and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline 
infrastructure within Oklahoma.

Permit TE60265B

Applicant: White Star Energy, LLC, Oklahoma City, OK.

    Applicant requests an amended permit for oil and gas upstream and 
midstream production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and 
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of 
oil and gas well field infrastructure, as well as construction, 
maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation of oil 
and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline 
infrastructure within Oklahoma.

Permit TE78500B

Applicant: Chesapeake Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, OK.

    Applicant requests an amended permit for oil and gas upstream and 
midstream production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and 
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of 
oil and gas well field infrastructure, as well as construction, 
maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation of oil 
and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline 
infrastructure within Oklahoma.

Permit TE92748B

Applicant: Diamond Pipeline, LLC, Houston, TX.

    Applicant requests a new permit for oil and gas upstream and 
midstream production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and 
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of 
oil and gas well field infrastructure, as well as construction, 
maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation of oil 
and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline 
infrastructure within Oklahoma.

Public Availability of Comments

    Written comments we receive become part of the public record 
associated with this action. 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 request in your comment that we withhold 
your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot 
guarantee that we will be able to do so. We will not consider anonymous 
comments. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from 
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of 
organizations or businesses, will be made available for public 
disclosure in their entirety.

Authority

    We provide this notice under section 10(c) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.) and its implementing regulations (50 CFR 17.22) and the 
National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its 
implementing regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).

    Dated: April 13, 2016.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region.
[FR Doc. 2016-09249 Filed 4-20-16; 8:45 am]
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Permit No. TE–92770B Permit No. TE–89998A DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Applicant: East Bay Zoological Society, Applicant: Matthew Amalong, Fountain Fish and Wildlife Service
Oakland, California Valley, California
[FWS–R2–ES–2016–N057;
The applicant requests a permit to The applicant requests a permit FXES11120200000–167–FF02ENEH00]
take (captive rear, perform husbandry, renewal to take (harass by survey, locate
transport, insert PIT tag, perform and monitor nests, capture, band, and Receipt of Incidental Take Permit
biological testing, treat, euthanize, release) California least tern (Sternula Applications for Participation in the
perform behavior studies, and perform antillarum browni) (Sterna a. browni) in Amended Oil and Gas Industry
genetic analysis) throughout all life Conservation Plan for the American
conjunction with survey and population
Burying Beetle in Oklahoma
stages, the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged monitoring activities throughout the
frog (Rana sierrae), and mountain range of the species in California for the AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
yellow-legged frog ((southern California purpose of enhancing the species’ Interior.
DPS, and northern California DPS) survival. ACTION: Notice of availability; request
(Rana muscosa)) in conjunction with for public comments.
research, captive rearing, and general Permit No. TE–92905B
husbandry activities at the Oakland Zoo, Applicant: Brian Berry, Bakersfield, SUMMARY: Under the Endangered
Oakland, California for the purpose of California Species Act, as amended (Act), we, the
enhancing the species’ survival. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite
The applicant requests a permit to the public to comment on incidental
Permit No. TE–106908 take (harass by survey, capture, handle, take permit applications for take of the
Applicant: Manna Warburton, San mark, and release) the Tipton kangaroo federally listed American burying beetle
Diego, California rat (Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides), resulting from activities associated with
Fresno kangaroo rat (Dipodomys the geophysical exploration (seismic)
The applicant requests a permit nitratoides exilis), and giant kangaroo and construction, maintenance,
renewal to take (harass by survey, rat (Dipodomys ingens) in conjunction operation, repair, and decommissioning
capture, handle, measure, insert PIT tag, with survey activities throughout the of oil and gas well field infrastructure
and release) the arroyo toad (arroyo range of the species in California for the and pipelines within Oklahoma. If
southwestern) (Anaxyrus californicus) approved, the permits would be issued
purpose of enhancing the species’
and the mountain yellow-legged frog under the approved Amended Oil and
survival.
(southern California DPS) (Rana Gas Industry Conservation Plan
mucosa) in Imperial, Los Angeles, Public Comments Associated with Issuance of Endangered
Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Species Act Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permits
Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura We invite public review and comment for the American Burying Beetle in
Counties, California; take (harass by on each of these recovery permit Oklahoma (ICP).
survey, capture, handle, and release) the applications. Comments and materials DATES: To ensure consideration, written
tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius we receive will be available for public comments must be received on or before
newberryi) in San Diego, Orange, Los inspection, by appointment, during May 23, 2016.
Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San normal business hours at the address ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of
Luis Obispo, Monterey, Santa Cruz, San listed in the ADDRESSES section of this all documents and submit comments on
Mateo, San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, notice. the applicant’s ITP application by one of
Mendocino, and Humboldt Counties, Before including your address, phone the following methods. Please refer to
California; and take the unarmored number, email address, or other the permit number when requesting
threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus personal identifying information in your documents or submitting comments.
aculeatus williamsoni) in the Santa comment, you should be aware that Æ U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Clara River in Los Angeles and Ventura your entire comment—including your Service, Division of Endangered
Counties, and Sugarloaf Pond in the San personal identifying information—may Species—HCP Permits, P.O. Box 1306,
Bernardino National Forest, San be made publicly available at any time. Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM 87103.
Bernardino County, California, in While you can ask us in your comment Æ Electronically: fw2_hcp_permits@
conjunction with survey activities for fws.gov.
to withhold your personal identifying
the purpose of enhancing the species’ information from public review, we FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
survival. cannot guarantee that we will be able to Marty Tuegel, Branch Chief, by U.S.
do so. mail at: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Permit No. TE–92799B
Environmental Review Division, P.O.
Applicant: Karl Fairchild, Fullerton, Angela Picco, Box 1306, Room 6034, Albuquerque,
California Acting Regional Director, Pacific Southwest NM 87103; or by telephone at 505–248–
Region, Sacramento, California. 6651.
The applicant requests a new permit [FR Doc. 2016–09260 Filed 4–20–16; 8:45 am] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
to take (harass by survey, and locate and BILLING CODE 4333–15–P
monitor nests) southwestern willow Introduction
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flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) Under the Endangered Species Act, as
and least Bell’s vireo (Vireo bellii amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; Act),
pusillus) in conjunction with survey we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
and population monitoring activities in invite the public to comment on
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purpose of enhancing the species’ for take of the federally listed American
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Section		Notices
Action		Notice of availability; request for public comments.
Dates		To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or before May 23, 2016.
Contact		Marty Tuegel, Branch Chief, by U.S. mail at: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Environmental Review Division, P.O. Box 1306, Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM 87103; or by telephone at 505-248-6651.
FR Citation		81 FR 23510

81 FR 23510 - Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Applications for Participation in the Amended Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan for the American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORFish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 77 (April 21, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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