81_FR_40463 81 FR 40344 - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Receipt of Application for Renewal of Incidental Take Permit; Enbridge Pipelines (Lakehead) LLC

81 FR 40344 - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Receipt of Application for Renewal of Incidental Take Permit; Enbridge Pipelines (Lakehead) LLC

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 119 (June 21, 2016)

Page Range40344-40345
FR Document2016-14623

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service, USFWS), have received an application from Enbridge Pipelines (Lakehead) L.L.C. (applicant) to renew an incidental take permit (ITP) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 for incidental take of the federally endangered Hine's emerald dragonfly. The applicant has requested renewal without change of the ITP, which expired on December 31, 2015. We invite comments on the applicant's application, including written data, views, or arguments with respect to the application.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 119 (Tuesday, June 21, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40344-40345]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14623]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R3-ES-2016-N068; FVES59420300000F2-14X-FF03E00000]


Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Receipt of 
Application for Renewal of Incidental Take Permit; Enbridge Pipelines 
(Lakehead) LLC

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service, USFWS), have 
received an application from Enbridge Pipelines (Lakehead) L.L.C. 
(applicant) to renew an incidental take permit (ITP) under the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 for incidental take of the federally 
endangered Hine's emerald dragonfly. The applicant has requested 
renewal without change of the ITP, which expired on December 31, 2015. 
We invite comments on the applicant's application, including written 
data, views, or arguments with respect to the application.

DATES: To ensure consideration, please send your written comments on or 
before July 21, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments by one of the following methods:
     U.S. mail: Field Supervisor, Attn: Jack Dingledine, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, 2651 Coolidge Road East, Ste. 101, Lansing, 
MI 48823.
     Email: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack Dingledine, by mail at the East 
Lansing Field Office (see ADDRESSES); by telephone (517-351-6320), or 
by facsimile (517-351-1443). If you use a telecommunications device for 
the deaf (TDD), please call the Federal Information Relay Service at 
800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
(Service, USFWS), have received an application from Enbridge Pipelines 
(Lakehead) L.L.C. (applicant) to renew an incidental take permit (ITP), 
TE03689B-1, under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.; ESA). In 2013, the applicant received an ITP for incidental take 
of the federally endangered Hine's emerald dragonfly (Somatochlora 
hineana) (78 FR 15374; March 11, 2013). That permit expired on December 
31, 2015. As part of the initial permit process, the applicant prepared 
a low-effect habitat conservation plan (HCP) to cover activities 
associated with pipeline maintenance work in Garfield Township, 
Mackinac County, Michigan. The pipeline inspection and maintenance have 
been completed per the HCP. The mitigation measures required in the HCP 
have been met; however, performance and success criteria for 
restoration of the site have been only partially met. The applicant has 
requested renewal of the ITP, without change, to continue monitoring of 
the restoration and implement any remedial measures, if necessary, 
until December 31, 2017. We invite comments on the applicant's 
application for renewal.

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Background

    On December 12, 2013, Enbridge Pipelines (Lakehead) L.L.C. 
(Enbridge) received an ITP for take of the Hine's Emerald Dragonfly 
(Somatochlora hineana) that may occur during inspection and repair of 
three sections of Enbridge's Line 5 (30-inch diameter) pipeline in 
Garfield Township, Mackinac County. The permit was amended on January 
25, 2015, to include a fourth section of pipeline within the original 
HCP boundaries (2.64 acres). The project is located approximately 1 
mile east of the City of Engadine, Michigan, along the Enbridge right-
of-way (ROW).

Applicant's Proposed Action

    Enbridge has completed the pipeline inspection and maintenance and 
all required mitigation measures, per the HCP. Enbridge has also 
conducted annual monitoring and submitted annual reports. The 
monitoring indicates that the performance and success criteria for 
restoration of the site have been only partially met. Enbridge requests 
renewal of the ITP to continue monitoring of the restoration and 
implement any remedial measures, if necessary, until December 31, 2017.

Reviewing Documents and Submitting Comments

    Please refer to permit number TE03689B-1 when submitting comments. 
The permit application and supporting documents may be obtained on the 
Internet at http://www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/permits/hcp/r3hcps.html. Persons without access to the Internet may obtain copies 
of the permit application by contacting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service (ADDRESSES). The permit application and supporting documents 
will also be available for public inspection, by appointment, during 
normal business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) at the USFWS Lansing office 
(see ADDRESSES). Written comments will be accepted as described under 
ADDRESSES.

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 the entire comment, including 
your personal identifying information, may be made 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.

Next Steps

    We will evaluate the permit application, including comments we 
receive, to determine whether the application meets the requirements of 
section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act. We will also evaluate whether renewal 
of the ITP would comply with section 7(a)(2) of the Act by conducting 
an intra-Service Section 7 consultation. We will use the results of our 
internal Service consultation, in combination with the above findings, 
in our final analysis to determine whether to renew the permit. If the 
requirements are met, we will renew the ITP. We will make the final 
permit decision no sooner than 30 days after the date of this notice.

Authority

    We provide this notice under section 10 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 
et seq.), section 668a of the Eagle Act (16 U.S.C. 668a-668d), NEPA (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1501.7, 1506.5, 
1506.6 and 1508.22).

    Dated: June 15, 2016.
Sean Marsan,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Midwest 
Region.
[FR Doc. 2016-14623 Filed 6-20-16; 8:45 am]
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40344 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 119 / Tuesday, June 21, 2016 / Notices rear) Kirtland’s warbler (Setophaga (Myotis sodalis), gray bat (Myotis SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and kirtlandii) in the State of Wisconsin. grisescens), and northern long-eared bat Wildlife Service (Service, USFWS), have The research entails capture and release, (Myotis septentrionalis) for presence/ received an application from Enbridge attaching radio-transmitters, tracking absence surveys, studies to document Pipelines (Lakehead) L.L.C. (applicant) fledgling movements, and recording habitat use, and population monitoring to renew an incidental take permit (ITP) nesting activities and nest predation. in the States of Illinois, Indiana, under the Endangered Species Act of Proposed activities are for the recovery Missouri, and Ohio. Proposed activities 1973 for incidental take of the federally and enhancement of survival of the are for the recovery and enhancement of endangered Hine’s emerald dragonfly. species in the wild. survival of the species in the wild. The applicant has requested renewal without change of the ITP, which Permit Application Number: TE839763 National Environmental Policy Act expired on December 31, 2015. We Applicant: John Whitaker, Jr., Terre The proposed activities in the invite comments on the applicant’s Haute, IN requested permits qualify as categorical application, including written data, The applicant requests a permit exclusions under the National views, or arguments with respect to the renewal, with amendment to take Environmental Policy Act, as provided application. (capture and release, handle, trap, and by Department of the Interior DATES: To ensure consideration, please tag) Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), gray implementing regulations in part 46 of send your written comments on or bat (Myotis grisescens), and northern title 43 of the CFR (43 CFR 46.205, before July 21, 2016. long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) 46.210, and 46.215). ADDRESSES: Send written comments by for presence/absence surveys, studies to Public Availability of Comments one of the following methods: document habitat use, and population We seek public review and comments • U.S. mail: Field Supervisor, Attn: monitoring throughout these species’ on these permit applications. Please Jack Dingledine, U.S. Fish and Wildlife ranges. Proposed activities are for the refer to the permit number when you Service, 2651 Coolidge Road East, Ste. recovery and enhancement of survival submit comments. Comments and 101, Lansing, MI 48823. of the species in the wild. materials we receive in response to this • Email: Jack_Dingledine@fws.gov. Permit Application Number: TE207523 notice are available for public FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jack inspection, by appointment, during Dingledine, by mail at the East Lansing Applicant: The Nature Conservancy— normal business hours at the address Field Office (see ADDRESSES); by Michigan Chapter, Lansing, MI listed above in ADDRESSES. telephone (517–351–6320), or by The applicant requests a permit Before including your address, phone facsimile (517–351–1443). If you use a renewal to take (harass/harm through number, email address, or other telecommunications device for the deaf habitat management; census and personal identifying information in your (TDD), please call the Federal monitoring) Mitchell’s satyr butterfly comment, you should be aware that Information Relay Service at 800–877– (Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii), your entire comment—including your 8339. Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa personal identifying information—may samuelis), and Pitcher’s thistle (Cirsium SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the be made publicly available at any time. pitcheri) within the State of Michigan. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service, While you can ask us in your comment Proposed activities are for the USFWS), have received an application to withhold your personal identifying conservation of the species through from Enbridge Pipelines (Lakehead) information from public review, we habitat management. L.L.C. (applicant) to renew an incidental cannot guarantee that we will be able to take permit (ITP), TE03689B–1, under Permit Application Number: TE38842A do so. the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 Applicant: Sanders Environmental Inc., Authority U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; ESA). In 2013, the Bellefonte, PA We provide this notice under section applicant received an ITP for incidental 10 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). take of the federally endangered Hine’s The applicant requests a permit emerald dragonfly (Somatochlora amendment to take (capture and release, Dated: June 15, 2016. hineana) (78 FR 15374; March 11, handle, and radio-tag) Indiana bat Sean Marsan, 2013). That permit expired on December (Myotis sodalis) and northern long-eared Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological 31, 2015. As part of the initial permit bat (Myotis septentrionalis) for Services, Midwest Region. process, the applicant prepared a low- presence/absence surveys, studies to [FR Doc. 2016–14622 Filed 6–20–16; 8:45 am] effect habitat conservation plan (HCP) to document habitat use, and population BILLING CODE 4333–15–P cover activities associated with pipeline monitoring in the States of Illinois, maintenance work in Garfield Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Township, Mackinac County, Michigan. Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin, Alabama, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR The pipeline inspection and Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, maintenance have been completed per Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Fish and Wildlife Service the HCP. The mitigation measures South Carolina, and Tennessee. [FWS–R3–ES–2016–N068; required in the HCP have been met; Proposed activities are for the recovery FVES59420300000F2–14X–FF03E00000] however, performance and success and enhancement of survival of the criteria for restoration of the site have asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES species in the wild. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife been only partially met. The applicant and Plants; Receipt of Application for has requested renewal of the ITP, Permit Application Number: TE06778A Renewal of Incidental Take Permit; without change, to continue monitoring Applicant: Shawnee National Forest, Enbridge Pipelines (Lakehead) LLC of the restoration and implement any Vienna, IL remedial measures, if necessary, until AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, The applicant requests a permit Interior. December 31, 2017. We invite renewal to take (capture and release, comments on the applicant’s ACTION: Notice of availability. handle, trap and radio-tag) Indiana bat application for renewal. 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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 119 / Tuesday, June 21, 2016 / Notices 40345 Background Next Steps indicators for UNISDR’s Sendai On December 12, 2013, Enbridge We will evaluate the permit Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction Pipelines (Lakehead) L.L.C. (Enbridge) application, including comments we 2015–2030. received an ITP for take of the Hine’s receive, to determine whether the DATES: Sunday, July 10, 2016, from 7:00 Emerald Dragonfly (Somatochlora application meets the requirements of p.m.–9:00 p.m. Mountain Daylight hineana) that may occur during section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act. We will Time. inspection and repair of three sections also evaluate whether renewal of the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For of Enbridge’s Line 5 (30-inch diameter) ITP would comply with section 7(a)(2) further information about the event or to pipeline in Garfield Township, of the Act by conducting an intra- RSVP to attend, please contact David Mackinac County. The permit was Service Section 7 consultation. We will Applegate, U.S. Geological Survey, Mail amended on January 25, 2015, to use the results of our internal Service Stop 111, National Center, Reston, include a fourth section of pipeline consultation, in combination with the Virginia 20192, 703–648–6600 or Bret within the original HCP boundaries above findings, in our final analysis to Schothorst, NSTC Subcommittee on (2.64 acres). The project is located determine whether to renew the permit. Disaster Reduction Executive Secretary, approximately 1 mile east of the City of If the requirements are met, we will 703–388–0312. Engadine, Michigan, along the Enbridge renew the ITP. We will make the final right-of-way (ROW). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Per the permit decision no sooner than 30 days Federal Advisory Committee Act, the Applicant’s Proposed Action after the date of this notice. U.S. National Platform for UNISDR must Enbridge has completed the pipeline Authority advertise any formal listening session or inspection and maintenance and all consultation with outside groups in the We provide this notice under section required mitigation measures, per the Federal Register. This event is free and 10 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), HCP. Enbridge has also conducted open to the public. section 668a of the Eagle Act (16 U.S.C. annual monitoring and submitted 668a–668d), NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et James D.R. Applegate, annual reports. The monitoring seq.), and NEPA regulations (40 CFR Co-Chair, Subcommittee on Disaster indicates that the performance and 1501.7, 1506.5, 1506.6 and 1508.22). Reduction, Associate Director for Natural success criteria for restoration of the site Hazards, U.S. Geological Survey. have been only partially met. Enbridge Dated: June 15, 2016. [FR Doc. 2016–14606 Filed 6–20–16; 8:45 am] requests renewal of the ITP to continue Sean Marsan, BILLING CODE 4338–11–P monitoring of the restoration and Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological implement any remedial measures, if Services, Midwest Region. necessary, until December 31, 2017. [FR Doc. 2016–14623 Filed 6–20–16; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BILLING CODE 4333–15–P Reviewing Documents and Submitting Comments Bureau of Land Management Please refer to permit number DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR [16XL LLIDB00100 LF1000000.HT0000 TE03689B–1 when submitting LXSIOVHD0000 241A 4500087305] comments. The permit application and Geological Survey supporting documents may be obtained Notice of Closure on Public Lands in [GX16GA01GD0SH00] Boise County, Idaho on the Internet at http://www.fws.gov/ midwest/endangered/permits/hcp/ White House National Science and AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, r3hcps.html. Persons without access to Technology Council; Subcommittee on Interior. the Internet may obtain copies of the Disaster Reduction; U.S. National ACTION: Notice of closure. permit application by contacting the Platform for the United Nations Office U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for Disaster Risk Reduction SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that (ADDRESSES). The permit application the Skinny Dipper Hot Springs, which and supporting documents will also be AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, is located on public lands administered available for public inspection, by Interior. by the Four Rivers Field Office, Bureau appointment, during normal business ACTION: Notice of listening session for of Land Management (BLM), is closed to hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) at the USFWS the U.S. National Platform. all uses. Lansing office (see ADDRESSES). Written SUMMARY: Pursuant to Public Law 106– DATES: The Skinny Dipper Hot Springs comments will be accepted as described 148, the U.S. National Platform for the closure will be in effect on the date this under ADDRESSES. United Nations Office for Disaster Risk notice is published in the Federal Public Availability of Comments Reduction (UNISDR)—facilitated by the Register and will remain in effect for Written comments we receive become White House National Science and five years or until rescinded or modified part of the public record associated with Technology Council (NSTC) by the authorized officer or designated this action. Before including your Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction Federal officer, whichever is earlier. address, phone number, email address, (SDR), which is co-chaired by the U.S. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tate or other personal identifying Geological Survey—plans to host a Fischer, Four Rivers Field Manager, information in your comment, you listening session at the 41st Natural 3948 Development Avenue, Boise, Idaho asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES should be aware that the entire Hazards Center Annual Workshop 83705, email tfischer@blm.gov, or phone comment, including your personal (Interlocken A, Omni Interlocken (208) 384–3300. Persons who use a identifying information, may be made Resort, Broomfield, Colorado) to hear telecommunications device for the deaf available at any time. While you can ask multi-sectoral perspectives from non- (TDD) may call the Federal Information us in your comment to withhold your governmental organizations, academic Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 personal identifying information from institutions, local and state to contact Mr. Fischer. The FIRS is public review, we cannot guarantee that governments, and private corporations available 24 hours a day, seven days a we will be able to do so. on the implementation of targets and week, to leave a message or question VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:37 Jun 20, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00087 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\21JNN1.SGM 21JNN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of availability.
DatesTo ensure consideration, please send your written comments on or before July 21, 2016.
ContactJack Dingledine, by mail at the East
FR Citation81 FR 40344 
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