81 FR 44038 - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Enhancement of Survival Permit Applications; Greater Sage-Grouse Umbrella Candidate Conservation Agreement With Assurances for Wyoming Ranch Management
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 129 (July 6, 2016)
Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 129 (July 6, 2016)
| Page Range | 44038-44039 | |
| FR Document | 2016-15963 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 6, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 44038-44039] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-15963] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-R6-ES-2016-N075; FXES1115XPSAGEG-167-FF06E13000] Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Enhancement of Survival Permit Applications; Greater Sage-Grouse Umbrella Candidate Conservation Agreement With Assurances for Wyoming Ranch Management AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have received applications for enhancement of survival permits (EOS permits) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), pursuant to the Greater Sage-grouse Umbrella Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances for Wyoming Ranch Management (Umbrella CCAA). The permit applications, if approved, would authorize incidental take associated with implementation of specified individual Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances (individual CCAAs) developed in accordance with the Umbrella CCAA. We invite the public to comment on the EOS permit applications described below. The Act requires that we invite public comment before issuing these permits. DATES: To ensure consideration, please send your written comments by August 5, 2016. ADDRESSES: Submitting Comments: Send written comments by one of the following methods. Please specify the permit(s) you are commenting on by relevant number(s) (e.g., Permit No. TE-XXXXXX).U.S. mail: Tyler Abbott, Wyoming Ecological Services Field Office (ESFO), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 5353 Yellowstone Road, Suite 308A, Cheyenne, WY 82009. Email: [email protected]. Fax: Tyler Abbott, (307) 772-2358. Reviewing Documents: You may review copies of the enhancement of survival permit applications during [[Page 44039]] regular business hours at the Wyoming ESFO (see address above). You may also request hard copies by telephone at (307) 772-2374, ext. 231, or by letter to the Wyoming ESFO. Please specify the permit(s) you are interested in by relevant number(s) (e.g., Permit No. TE-XXXXXX). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tyler Abbott, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, (307) 772-2374, ext. 231 (phone); [email protected] (email). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background A Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances is an agreement with the Service in which private and other non-Federal landowners voluntarily agree to undertake management activities and conservation efforts on their properties to enhance, restore, or maintain habitat to benefit species that are proposed for listing under the Act, that are candidates for listing, or that may become candidates. The Service and several State, Federal, and local partners developed the Umbrella CCAA (available at http://www.fws.gov/wyominges) to provide Wyoming ranchers with the opportunity to voluntarily conserve greater sage-grouse and its habitat while carrying out their ranching activities. The Umbrella CCAA was made available for public review and comment on February 7, 2013 (see 78 FR 9066), and was executed by the Service on November 8, 2013. Pursuant to the Umbrella CCAA, ranchers in Wyoming may apply for an EOS permit under the Act by agreeing to implement certain conservation measures for the greater sage-grouse on their properties. These conservation measures are specified in individual CCAAs for their properties, which are developed in accordance with the Umbrella CCAA and are subject to the terms and conditions stated in that agreement. Landowners consult with the Service and other participating agencies to develop an individual CCAA for their property, and submit it to the Service for approval with their EOS permit application. If we approve the individual CCAA and EOS permit application, we will issue an EOS permit, under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), that authorizes incidental take of greater sage-grouse that results from activities covered by the individual CCAA, should the species become listed. Through the Umbrella CCAA and the individual CCAA and EOS permit, we also provide assurances to participating landowners that, if the greater sage-grouse is listed, and so long as they are properly implementing their individual CCAA, we will not require any conservation measures with respect to greater sage-grouse in addition to those provided in the individual CCAA or impose additional land, water, or financial commitments or restrictions on land, water, or resource use in connection with the species. The EOS permit would become effective on the effective date of listing of the greater sage- grouse as endangered or threatened, and would continue through the end of the individual CCAA's 20-year term. Regulatory requirements and issuance criteria for EOS permits through a CCAA are found in 50 CFR 17.22(d) and 17.32(d), as well as 50 CFR part 13. Applications Available for Review and Comment We invite local, State, and Federal agencies and the public to comment on the following EOS permit applications. The Umbrella CCAA, as well as the individual CCAAs submitted with the permit applications, are also 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). The following applicants request approval of EOS permits for the greater sage-grouse, pursuant to the Umbrella CCAA, for the purpose of enhancing the species' survival. Permit Application Number TE88360B-0 Applicant: Sommers Ranch LLC, Sublette County, Wyoming. Permit Application Number TE88361B-0 Applicant: S. Robert Leaver Family Limited Partnership, Sublette County, Wyoming. Permit Application Number TE88365B-0 Applicant: Grindstone Cattle Company, Sublette County, Wyoming. Permit Application Number TE88366B-0 Applicant: Chrisman Land Company, Inc., Sublette and Lincoln Counties, Wyoming. Permit Application Number TE88362B-0 Applicant: Piney Creeks Ranch, Sublette County, Wyoming. Permit Application Number TE88363B-0 Applicant: Hi Allen Ranch, Carbon County, Wyoming. Permit Application Number TE58909B-1 Applicant: Blake Sheep Co., Carbon and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming. Public Availability of Comments All comments and materials we receive in response to these requests will become part of the public record, and will be available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section of this notice. 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. Authority We provide this notice under section 10(c) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1539(c)). Dated: June 17, 2016. Michael G. Thabault, Assistant Regional Director, Mountain-Prairie Region. [FR Doc. 2016-15963 Filed 7-5-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4333-15-P
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U.S. Mail: Kaua‘i National Wildlife direction on conserving wildlife and Dated: June 6, 2016.
Refuge Complex, P.O. Box 1128, their habitats, CCPs identify compatible Robyn Thorson,
Kı̄lauea, HI 96754. wildlife-dependent recreational Regional Director, Portland, Oregon, U.S. Fish
In-Person Viewing or Pickup: Call opportunities available to the public. and Wildlife Service.
(808) 828–1413 to make an appointment We will review and update the CCP at [FR Doc. 2016–15876 Filed 7–5–16; 8:45 am]
during regular business hours at the least every 15 years in accordance with BILLING CODE 4333–15–P
Kı̄lauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, the Refuge Administration Act.
3500 Kı̄lauea Road, Kı̄lauea, HI 96754.
Selected Alternative
For more information on locations for DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
viewing documents, see ‘‘Public Under the selected alternative, we
Availability of Documents’’ under will expand long-term protections and Fish and Wildlife Service
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. population and habitat enhancements
[FWS–R6–ES–2016–N075;
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
for migratory seabirds and the
FXES1115XPSAGEG–167–FF06E13000]
Michael Mitchell, Acting Project Leader, endangered nēnē (Hawaiian goose,
Kaua‘i National Wildlife Refuge Branta sandvicensis). We will restore Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
Complex, P.O. Box 1128, Kı̄lauea, HI native coastal plant communities. and Plants; Enhancement of Survival
96754; phone (808) 828–1413 and fax Priority research, inventories, Permit Applications; Greater Sage-
(808) 828–6381. monitoring, and other scientific Grouse Umbrella Candidate
assessments will increase. Conservation Agreement With
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The majority of public use activities Assurances for Wyoming Ranch
Introduction offered at the Refuge will continue to Management
revolve around wildlife observation and
With this notice, we finalize the CCP photography, environmental education, AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
process for the Refuge. We started this and interpretation located on Kı̄lauea Interior.
process through a notice in the Federal Point proper (Point) or at the Kı̄lauea ACTION: Notice of availability; request
Register (74 FR 49399; September 28, Road terminus (Overlook). We will offer
2009). For more information about the for comments.
guided interpretive hikes on Crater Hill,
history of the Refuge, see that notice. and our outreach, environmental SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
We also released the draft CCP/EA to education, and volunteer programs will Wildlife Service (Service), have received
the public and requested comments be expanded. applications for enhancement of
through a notice in the Federal Register To address transportation issues at the survival permits (EOS permits) under
(80 FR 7876; February 12, 2015). Point and Overlook, we will implement the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
We announce our decision and the short-, medium-, and long-term amended (Act), pursuant to the Greater
availability of the FONSI and the final strategies in a phased manner. The Sage-grouse Umbrella Candidate
CCP in accordance with National Kāhili Quarry area will continue to be Conservation Agreement with
Environmental Policy Act (40 CFR open 24 hours a day to some wildlife- Assurances for Wyoming Ranch
1506.6(b)) requirements. We completed dependent uses (fishing, wildlife Management (Umbrella CCAA). The
an analysis of impacts on the human observation, and photography) and as permit applications, if approved, would
environment in the draft CCP/EA. The public access to off-Refuge areas authorize incidental take associated
CCP will guide management of the (Kı̄lauea River, Kı̄lauea Bay, and Kāhili with implementation of specified
Refuge for 15 years, or until it is revised, Beach) for boating and other stream, individual Candidate Conservation
and actions will be implemented as beach, and ocean uses. Traditional Agreements with Assurances
funding becomes available. cultural practices, such as native (individual CCAAs) developed in
We selected a slightly modified Hawaiian fishing at Kı̄lauea (East) Cove, accordance with the Umbrella CCAA.
Alternative D for implementation. We will remain open. We invite the public to comment on the
made changes and clarifications to the The Refuge will maintain current EOS permit applications described
final CCP, where appropriate, to address infrastructure; however, a step-down below. The Act requires that we invite
public comments we received on the Master Site Plan will be developed to public comment before issuing these
draft CCP/EA. A summary of the public evaluate and detail building use and permits.
comments is included in the final CCP remodeling/maintenance needs. We will
with our responses. DATES: To ensure consideration, please
develop a new maintenance baseyard send your written comments by August
Background (e.g., storage sheds, bays, pole barns, 5, 2016.
and nursery) off-Refuge.
The National Wildlife Refuge System ADDRESSES: Submitting Comments:
Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. Public Availability of Documents Send written comments by one of the
668dd–668ee) (Refuge Administration You can view documents at the following methods. Please specify the
Act), as amended by the National following libraries: permit(s) you are commenting on by
Wildlife Refuge System Improvement • Princeville Public Library, 4343 relevant number(s) (e.g., Permit No. TE–
Act of 1997, requires us to develop a Emmalani Dr., Princeville, HI 96722 XXXXXX).
CCP for each national wildlife refuge. • Lı̄hu‘e Public Library, 4344 Hardy St., • U.S. mail: Tyler Abbott, Wyoming
The purpose for developing a CCP is to Lı̄hu‘e, HI 96766 Ecological Services Field Office (ESFO),
provide refuge managers with a 15-year • Kapa‘a Public Library, 4–1464 Kuhio U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 5353
ehiers on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
plan for achieving refuge purposes and Hwy., Kapa‘a, HI 96746 Yellowstone Road, Suite 308A,
contributing toward the mission of the • Koloa Public Library, 3451 Poipu Rd., Cheyenne, WY 82009.
National Wildlife Refuge System, Koloa, HI 96756 • Email: tyler_abbott@fws.gov.
consistent with sound principles of fish • Hanapepe Public Library, 4490 Kona • Fax: Tyler Abbott, (307) 772–2358.
and wildlife management, conservation, Rd., Hanapepe, HI 96716 Reviewing Documents: You may
legal mandates, and our policies. In • Waimea Public Library, 9750 review copies of the enhancement of
addition to outlining broad management Kaumualii Hwy., Waimea, HI 96796 survival permit applications during
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regular business hours at the Wyoming properly implementing their individual Permit Application Number
ESFO (see address above). You may also CCAA, we will not require any TE58909B–1
request hard copies by telephone at conservation measures with respect to Applicant: Blake Sheep Co., Carbon
(307) 772–2374, ext. 231, or by letter to greater sage-grouse in addition to those and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming.
the Wyoming ESFO. Please specify the provided in the individual CCAA or
permit(s) you are interested in by impose additional land, water, or Public Availability of Comments
relevant number(s) (e.g., Permit No. TE– financial commitments or restrictions All comments and materials we
XXXXXX). on land, water, or resource use in receive in response to these requests
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: connection with the species. The EOS will become part of the public record,
Tyler Abbott, U.S. Fish and Wildlife permit would become effective on the and will be available for public
Service, (307) 772–2374, ext. 231 effective date of listing of the greater inspection, by appointment, during
(phone); tyler_abbott@fws.gov (email). sage-grouse as endangered or normal business hours at the address
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: threatened, and would continue through listed in the ADDRESSES section of this
the end of the individual CCAA’s 20- notice.
Background year term. Regulatory requirements and Before including your address, phone
A Candidate Conservation Agreement issuance criteria for EOS permits number, email address, or other
with Assurances is an agreement with through a CCAA are found in 50 CFR personal identifying information in your
the Service in which private and other 17.22(d) and 17.32(d), as well as 50 CFR comment, you should be aware that
non-Federal landowners voluntarily part 13. your entire comment, including your
agree to undertake management Applications Available for Review and personal identifying information, may
activities and conservation efforts on Comment be made publicly available at any time.
their properties to enhance, restore, or While you can ask us in your comment
maintain habitat to benefit species that We invite local, State, and Federal to withhold your personal identifying
are proposed for listing under the Act, agencies and the public to comment on information from public review, we
that are candidates for listing, or that the following EOS permit applications. cannot guarantee that we will be able to
may become candidates. The Service The Umbrella CCAA, as well as the do so.
and several State, Federal, and local individual CCAAs submitted with the
permit applications, are also available Authority
partners developed the Umbrella CCAA
(available at http://www.fws.gov/ for review, subject to the requirements We provide this notice under section
wyominges) to provide Wyoming of the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and 10(c) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1539(c)).
ranchers with the opportunity to Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. Dated: June 17, 2016.
voluntarily conserve greater sage-grouse 552). The following applicants request Michael G. Thabault,
and its habitat while carrying out their approval of EOS permits for the greater
Assistant Regional Director, Mountain-Prairie
ranching activities. The Umbrella CCAA sage-grouse, pursuant to the Umbrella Region.
was made available for public review CCAA, for the purpose of enhancing the
[FR Doc. 2016–15963 Filed 7–5–16; 8:45 am]
and comment on February 7, 2013 (see species’ survival.
BILLING CODE 4333–15–P
78 FR 9066), and was executed by the Permit Application Number
Service on November 8, 2013. TE88360B–0
Pursuant to the Umbrella CCAA, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
ranchers in Wyoming may apply for an Applicant: Sommers Ranch LLC,
EOS permit under the Act by agreeing Sublette County, Wyoming. Bureau of Indian Affairs
to implement certain conservation Permit Application Number [167 A2100DD/AAKC001030/
measures for the greater sage-grouse on TE88361B–0 A0A501010.999900]
their properties. These conservation
measures are specified in individual Applicant: S. Robert Leaver Family Indian Gaming; Approval of
CCAAs for their properties, which are Limited Partnership, Sublette County, Amendment to Tribal-State Class III
developed in accordance with the Wyoming. Gaming Compact in the State of
Umbrella CCAA and are subject to the Permit Application Number Oregon
terms and conditions stated in that TE88365B–0
agreement. Landowners consult with AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,
the Service and other participating Applicant: Grindstone Cattle Interior.
agencies to develop an individual CCAA Company, Sublette County, Wyoming. ACTION: Notice.
for their property, and submit it to the Permit Application Number
Service for approval with their EOS SUMMARY: The Klamath Tribes and State
TE88366B–0 of Oregon entered into an amendment to
permit application. If we approve the
individual CCAA and EOS permit Applicant: Chrisman Land Company, an existing Tribal-State compact
application, we will issue an EOS Inc., Sublette and Lincoln Counties, governing Class III gaming; this notice
permit, under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Wyoming. announces approval of the amendment.
Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), that DATES: Effective July 6, 2016.
Permit Application Number FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
authorizes incidental take of greater TE88362B–0
sage-grouse that results from activities Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian
Gaming, Office of the Assistant
ehiers on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
covered by the individual CCAA, Applicant: Piney Creeks Ranch,
should the species become listed. Sublette County, Wyoming. Secretary—Indian Affairs, Washington,
Through the Umbrella CCAA and the DC 20240, (202) 219–4066.
Permit Application Number
individual CCAA and EOS permit, we SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 11
TE88363B–0
also provide assurances to participating of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
landowners that, if the greater sage- Applicant: Hi Allen Ranch, Carbon (IGRA) requires the Secretary of the
grouse is listed, and so long as they are County, Wyoming. Interior to publish in the Federal
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