82 FR 13487 - Incidental Take Permit Application Received To Participate in American Burying Beetle Amended Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan in Oklahoma
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 47 (March 13, 2017)
Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 47 (March 13, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 47 (Monday, March 13, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 13487-13488] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-04845] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-R2-ES-2017-N005; FXES11140200000-178-FF02ENEH00] Incidental Take Permit Application Received To Participate in American Burying Beetle Amended Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan in Oklahoma AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability; request for public comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Under the Endangered Species Act, as amended (Act), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on an incidental take permit application for the federally listed American burying beetle. The applicant anticipates the take of American burying beetle as a result of impacts to habitat the species uses for breeding, feeding, and sheltering in Oklahoma. The take would be incidental to the applicant's activities associated with oil and gas well field and pipeline infrastructure (gathering, transmission, and distribution), including geophysical exploration (seismic), construction, maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation. If approved, the permit would be issued under the approved American Burying Beetle Amended Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan (ICP) Endangered Species Act Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permit Issuance in Oklahoma. DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or before April 12, 2017. ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of all documents and submit comments on the applicant's Incidental Take Permit (ITP) application by one of the following methods. Please refer to the proposed 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]. [[Page 13488]] 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 an ITP application to take the federally listed American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) beetle during oil and gas well field infrastructure geophysical exploration (seismic) and construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning, as well as oil and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline infrastructure construction, maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation in Oklahoma. If approved, the permit would be issued to the applicant under the American Burying Beetle Amended Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan (ICP) Endangered Species Act Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permit Issuance in Oklahoma. The original ICP was approved on May 21, 2014, and the ``no significant impact'' finding notice was published in the Federal Register 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 incidentally taking the federally listed American burying beetle. 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 Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) requirements. Permit TE38404B Applicant: Canyon Creek Energy Operating, LLC, Tulsa, OK. Applicant requests an amended permit for oil and gas upstream and midstream production, including oil and gas well field infrastructure, geophysical exploration (seismic), and construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning, as well as oil and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline infrastructure construction, maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation in Oklahoma. Comments' Public Availability 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 the Act, Section 10(c) (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). Benjamin N. Tuggle, Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. 2017-04845 Filed 3-10-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4333-15-P
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I. Public Comment Procedures in consideration of section 10(a)(1)(A) of conducted by the applicant over a 5-
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as year period.
A. How do I request copies of
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), along
applications or comment on submitted Joyce Russell,
with Executive Order 13576,
applications? Government Information Specialist, Branch
‘‘Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and
Send your request for copies of of Permits, Division of Management
Accountable Government,’’ and the Authority.
applications or comments and materials President’s Memorandum for the Heads
concerning any of the applications to [FR Doc. 2017–04868 Filed 3–10–17; 8:45 am]
of Executive Departments and Agencies
the contact listed under ADDRESSES. of January 21, 2009—Transparency and BILLING CODE 4333–15–P
Please include the Federal Register Open Government (74 FR 4685; January
notice publication date, the PRT- 26, 2009), which call on all Federal
number, and the name of the applicant DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
agencies to promote openness and
in your request or submission. We will transparency in Government by Fish and Wildlife Service
not consider requests or comments sent disclosing information to the public, we
to an email or address not listed under invite public comment on these permit [FWS–R2–ES–2017–N005;
ADDRESSES. If you provide an email FXES11140200000–178–FF02ENEH00]
applications before final action is taken.
address in your request for copies of
applications, we will attempt to respond III. Permit Applications Incidental Take Permit Application
to your request electronically. Received To Participate in American
Endangered Species Burying Beetle Amended Oil and Gas
Please make your requests or
comments as specific as possible. Please Applicant: Yerkes National Primate Industry Conservation Plan in
confine your comments to issues for Research Center, Atlanta, GA; PRT– Oklahoma
which we seek comments in this notice, 837068 AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
and explain the basis for your The applicant requests renewal of a Interior.
comments. Include sufficient permit to take captive-bred sooty ACTION: Notice of availability; request
information with your comments to mangabeys (Cercocebus atys) through for public comments.
allow us to authenticate any scientific or limited invasive sampling, including
commercial data you include. anesthetizing, collecting blood, skin, SUMMARY: Under the Endangered
The comments and recommendations Species Act, as amended (Act), we, the
and bone marrow tissue samples, and
that will be most useful and likely to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite
MRI scanning usually but not always,
influence agency decisions are: (1) the public to comment on an incidental
during routine veterinary examinations
Those supported by quantitative take permit application for the federally
for the purpose of scientific research.
information or studies; and (2) Those listed American burying beetle. The
This notification covers activities to be
that include citations to, and analyses applicant anticipates the take of
conducted by the applicant over a 5-
of, the applicable laws and regulations. American burying beetle as a result of
year period.
We will not consider or include in our impacts to habitat the species uses for
administrative record comments we Applicant: University of Illinois, breeding, feeding, and sheltering in
receive after the close of the comment Brookfield, IL; PRT–203197 Oklahoma. The take would be
period (see DATES) or comments The applicant requests a permit to incidental to the applicant’s activities
delivered to an address other than those import biological specimens from wild associated with oil and gas well field
listed above (see ADDRESSES). and captive-held grey wolves (Canis and pipeline infrastructure (gathering,
B. May I review comments submitted by lupus), bush dog (Speothos venaticus), transmission, and distribution),
others? and all cat species (Felidae) from any including geophysical exploration
location where individuals from these (seismic), construction, maintenance,
Comments, including names and species may be found for the purpose of operation, repair, decommissioning, and
street addresses of respondents, will be scientific research. This notification reclamation. If approved, the permit
available for public review at the street covers activities to be conducted by the would be issued under the approved
address listed under ADDRESSES. The applicant over a 5-year period. American Burying Beetle Amended Oil
public may review documents and other and Gas Industry Conservation Plan
information applicants have sent in Applicant: Forrest Simpson, Bedias, TX;
PRT–115344 (ICP) Endangered Species Act Section
support of the application unless our 10(a)(1)(B) Permit Issuance in
allowing viewing would violate the The applicant requests a captive-bred Oklahoma.
Privacy Act or Freedom of Information wildlife registration under 50 CFR
Act. Before including your address, 17.21(g) for the following species to DATES: To ensure consideration, written
phone number, email address, or other enhance species propagation or comments must be received on or before
personal identifying information in your survival: Barashingha (Rucervus April 12, 2017.
comment, you should be aware that duvaucelii). This notification covers ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of
your entire comment—including your activities to be conducted by the all documents and submit comments on
personal identifying information—may applicant over a 5-year period. the applicant’s Incidental Take Permit
be made publicly available at any time. (ITP) application by one of the following
Applicant: Stevens Forest Ranch, methods. Please refer to the proposed
While you can ask us in your comment Sanderson, TX; PRT–13615C permit number when requesting
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to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we The applicant requests a permit documents or submitting comments.
cannot guarantee that we will be able to authorizing the culling of excess Æ U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife
do so. barasinghas (Rucervus duvaucelii) from Service, Division of Endangered
the captive herd maintained at their Species—HCP Permits, P.O. Box 1306,
II. Background facility, to enhance the species’ Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM 87103.
To help us carry out our conservation propagation and survival. This Æ Electronically: fw2_hcp_permits@
responsibilities for affected species, and notification covers activities to be fws.gov.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Permit TE38404B SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Marty Tuegel, Branch Chief, by U.S. Applicant: Canyon Creek Energy Federal Land Policy and Management
mail at: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Operating, LLC, Tulsa, OK. Act and the Federal Advisory
Environmental Review Division, P.O. Applicant requests an amended Committee Act of 1972, the Bureau of
Box 1306, Room 6034, Albuquerque, permit for oil and gas upstream and Land Management (BLM) Nevada will
NM 87103; or by telephone at 505–248– midstream production, including oil hold a joint meeting of its three
6651. and gas well field infrastructure, Resource Advisory Councils (RACs), the
geophysical exploration (seismic), and Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: RAC, the Northeastern Great Basin RAC,
construction, maintenance, operation,
Introduction repair, and decommissioning, as well as and the Mojave-Southern Great Basin
oil and gas gathering, transmission, and RAC. The meeting is open to the public
Under the Endangered Species Act, as distribution pipeline infrastructure and a public comment period is
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; Act), construction, maintenance, operation, scheduled for April 5, 2017.
we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, repair, decommissioning, and DATES: The RACs will meet on Tuesday,
invite the public to comment on an ITP reclamation in Oklahoma. April 4, 2017, from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.;
application to take the federally listed Wednesday, April 5, 2017, from 8 a.m.
Comments’ Public Availability to 4:30 p.m.; and Thursday, April 6,
American burying beetle (Nicrophorus
americanus) beetle during oil and gas Written comments we receive become 2017, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. A public
well field infrastructure geophysical part of the public record associated with comment period will be held on
exploration (seismic) and construction, this action. Before including your Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 3:30 p.m.
maintenance, operation, repair, and address, phone number, email address, The agenda and additional information
decommissioning, as well as oil and gas or other personal identifying will be posted 2 weeks prior to the
gathering, transmission, and information in your comment, you meeting at https://on.doi.gov/2kxTU8l.
distribution pipeline infrastructure should be aware that your entire On Tuesday, April 4, 2017, prior to the
construction, maintenance, operation, comment—including your personal Tri-RAC meeting, the recreation,
repair, decommissioning, and identifying information—may be made planning, and standards and guides
reclamation in Oklahoma. publicly available at any time. While subcommittees of the Mojave-Southern
you can request in your comment that Great Basin RAC will meet from 9 a.m.
If approved, the permit would be we withhold your personal identifying to 12 p.m.
issued to the applicant under the information from public review, we ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at
American Burying Beetle Amended Oil cannot guarantee that we will be able to the Elko Convention Center, 700 Moren
and Gas Industry Conservation Plan do so. We will not consider anonymous Way, Elko, Nevada. Comments may also
(ICP) Endangered Species Act Section comments. All submissions from be submitted by email to crose@blm.gov
10(a)(1)(B) Permit Issuance in organizations or businesses, and from with the words ‘‘2017 Tri-RAC
Oklahoma. The original ICP was individuals identifying themselves as Comment’’ in the subject line. Written
approved on May 21, 2014, and the ‘‘no representatives or officials of comments should be sent to the
significant impact’’ finding notice was organizations or businesses, will be following address and be received no
published in the Federal Register on made available for public disclosure in later than March 21: BLM Nevada Tri-
July 25, 2014 (79 FR 43504). The draft their entirety. RAC Comments, Attention: Chris Rose,
amended ICP was made available for 1340 Financial Boulevard, Reno,
comment on March 8, 2016 (81 FR Authority
Nevada 89502.
12113), and approved on April 13, 2016. We provide this notice under the Act, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The ICP and the associated Section 10(c) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) Chris Rose by telephone at (775) 861–
environmental assessment/finding of no and its implementing regulations (50 6480, or by email at crose@blm.gov.
significant impact are available on the CFR 17.22) and the National Persons who use a telecommunications
Web site at http://www.fws.gov/ Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. device for the deaf (TDD) may call the
southwest/es/oklahoma/ABBICP. 4321 et seq.) and its implementing Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–
However, we are no longer taking regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). 877–8339 to contact the above
comments on these finalized, approved individual during normal business
Benjamin N. Tuggle,
documents. hours. The FRS is available 24 hours a
Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S.
Applications Available for Review and Fish and Wildlife Service. day, seven days a week, to leave a
Comment [FR Doc. 2017–04845 Filed 3–10–17; 8:45 am] message or question with the above
BILLING CODE 4333–15–P individual. You will receive a reply
We invite local, State, Tribal, and during normal business hours.
Federal agencies, and the public to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The three
comment on the following application DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 15-member Nevada RACs advise the
under the ICP, for incidentally taking Secretary of the Interior, through the
the federally listed American burying Bureau of Land Management BLM Nevada State Director, on a variety
beetle. Please refer to the appropriate [LLNV912000 L13400000.PQ0000 of planning and management issues
permit number (e.g., TE–123456) when LXSS006F0000; MO#4500104656] associated with public land
requesting application documents and management in Nevada. Agenda topics
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when submitting comments. Documents Notice of Public Meeting: Bureau of include presentations on public lands,
and other information the applicants Land Management Nevada Resource wild horses and burros, the Great Basin
have submitted with this application are Advisory Councils Landscape Conservation Cooperative,
available for review, subject to Privacy AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, and the National Conservation Lands
Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of Interior. program. Training conducted during the
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) meeting will include the National
ACTION: Notice.
requirements. Environmental Policy Act, RAC roles
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