82 FR 37603 - Endangered and Threatened Species; Receipt of Applications for Permit
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 154 (August 11, 2017)
Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 154 (August 11, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-16947 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 154 (Friday, August 11, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 37603-37604] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-16947] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2017-0043; FXIA16710900000-178-FF09A30000] Endangered and Threatened Species; Receipt of Applications for Permit AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered and threatened 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 September 11, 2017. 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-2017-0043. U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public Comments Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2017-0043; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 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 Public Comments, 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: Joyce Russell, Government Information Specialist, Division of Management Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters, MS: IA; 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803; telephone 703-358-2023; facsimile 703-358-2280. 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 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. 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. [[Page 37604]] 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; Jan. 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 We invite the public to comment on applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; ESA) prohibits activities with listed species unless Federal authorization is acquired that allows such activities. Applicant: Liliana Cortez Ortiz, Ann Arbor, MI; PRT-26524C The applicant requests a permit to import howler monkey (Alouatta palliata palliata) biological samples from nongovernmental organization (NGO) Asociaci[oacute]n para el Desarrollo de Solentiname, Isla Mancarr[oacute]n, El Archipielago de Solentiname, Nicaragua, for the purpose of scientific research. This notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period. Applicant: Zoological Society of Philadelphia, PA; PRT-31910C The applicant requests a permit to import one captive born female jaguar (Panthera onca) from Zoo de Granby, Quebec, Canada, for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the species. Applicant: Ricardo Longoria, Natalia, TX; PRT-192403 The applicant requests renewal of a permit to authorize interstate commerce, export and cull excess barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii), Eld's deer (Rucervus eldii), and red lechwe (Kobus lechwe) from the captive herds maintained at their facility for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the species. This notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period. Applicant: Cynthia Page-Karjian, Florida Atlantic Univ, Fort Pierce, FL; PRT-34054C The applicant requests a permit to import DNA samples from the following species: leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), and hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) for the purpose of scientific research. This notification is for a single import. Applicant: John Aynes, Oklahoma City, OK; PRT-29141A The applicant requests a renewal and amendment to a captive-bred wildlife registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for the following species: Golden conure/Queen of Bavaria conure (Aratinga guarouba), which is listed as the golden parakeet; red-vented cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia), which is listed as the Philippine cockatoo; citron cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea citrinocristata); and blue-throated macaw (Ara glaucogularis) to enhance the propagation or survival of the species. This notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period. Applicant: Jason Troxell, Eagle River, AK; PRT-32830 The applicant requests a captive-bred wildlife registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for radiated tortoises (Astrochelys radiata) to enhance species survival. This notification covers activities conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period. Multiple Applicants Applicant: Sal Davino, Morristown, NJ; PRT-21334C Applicant: Sharon Fisher, Dorr, MI; PRT-32360C The applicant requests a permit to import sport-hunted trophies of a male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus) culled from a captive herd maintained under the management program of the Republic of South Africa, for the purpose of enhancing the propagation or survival of the species. IV. Next Steps If the Service decides to issue permits to any of the applicants listed in this notice, we will publish a notice in the Federal Register. You may locate the Federal Register notice announcing the permit issuance date by searching in www.regulations.gov under the permit number listed in this document. V. 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. VI. Authority The authority for this action is the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). Joyce Russell, Government Information Specialist, Branch of Permits, Division of Management Authority. [FR Doc. 2017-16947 Filed 8-10-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4333-15-P
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Next Steps DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
We will evaluate the permit Fish and Wildlife Service I. Public Comment Procedures
application, including the draft HCP A. How do I request copies of
[Docket No. FWS–HQ–IA–2017–0043;
and comments we receive, to determine applications or comment on submitted
FXIA16710900000–178–FF09A30000]
whether it meets the requirements of applications?
section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act. We will Endangered and Threatened Species;
also evaluate whether issuance of the Receipt of Applications for Permit Send your request for copies of
ITP would comply with section 7 of the applications or comments and materials
Act by conducting an intra-Service AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, concerning any of the applications to
consultation pursuant to section 7(a)(2). Interior. the contact listed under FOR FURTHER
ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications INFORMATION. Please include the Federal
Public Review for permit. Register notice publication date, the
PRT-number, and the name of the
We request comments from the public SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and applicant in your request or submission.
regarding our preliminary determination Wildlife Service, invite the public to We will not consider requests or
that the applicant’s proposal will have comment on the following applications comments sent to an email or address
a minor or negligible effect on the Morro to conduct certain activities with not listed under ADDRESSES. If you
shoulderband snail and that the HCP endangered and threatened species. provide an email address in your
qualifies for processing as low effect. With some exceptions, the Endangered request for copies of applications, we
We will evaluate comments received Species Act (ESA) prohibits activities will attempt to respond to your request
and make a final determination with listed species unless Federal electronically.
regarding whether the application meets authorization is acquired that allows Please make your requests or
the requirements of section 10(a)(1)(B) such activities. comments as specific as possible. Please
of the Act. We will incorporate the DATES: We must receive comments or confine your comments to issues for
results of our intra-Service consultation, requests for documents on or before which we seek comments in this notice,
in combination with the above findings, September 11, 2017. and explain the basis for your
in our final analysis to determine ADDRESSES: Submitting Comments: You comments. Include sufficient
whether to issue the ITP. If all of our may submit comments by one of the information with your comments to
requirements are met, we will issue the following methods: allow us to authenticate any scientific or
ITP to the applicant. Permit issuance • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// commercial data you include.
would not occur less than 30 days after www.regulations.gov. Follow the The comments and recommendations
the publication date of this notice. instructions for submitting comments that will be most useful and likely to
Public Comments on Docket No. FWS–HQ–IA–2017–0043. influence agency decisions are: (1)
• U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public Those supported by quantitative
If you wish to comment on the permit Comments Processing, Attn: Docket No. information or studies; and (2) Those
application, HCP, and associated FWS–HQ–IA–2017–0043; U.S. Fish and that include citations to, and analyses
documents, you may submit comments Wildlife Service, MS: BPHC; 5275 of, the applicable laws and regulations.
by either of the methods provided in Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041– We will not consider or include in our
ADDRESSES. 3803. administrative record comments we
When submitting comments, please receive after the close of the comment
Public Availability of Comments indicate the name of the applicant and period (see DATES) or comments
the PRT# you are commenting on. We delivered to an address other than those
Before including your address, phone
will post all comments on http:// listed above (see ADDRESSES).
number, email address, or other www.regulations.gov. This generally
personal identifying information in your means that we will post any personal B. May I review comments submitted by
comment, you should be aware that information you provide us (see Public others?
your entire comment, including your Comments, below, for more Comments, including names and
personal identifying information, may information). street addresses of respondents, will be
be made publicly available at any time. Viewing Comments: Comments and available for public review at the street
While you can ask us in your comment materials we receive will be available address listed under ADDRESSES. The
to withhold your personal identifying for public inspection on http:// public may review documents and other
information from public view, we www.regulations.gov, or by information applicants have sent in
cannot guarantee that we will be able to appointment, between 8 a.m. and 4 support of the application unless our
do so. p.m., Monday through Friday, except allowing viewing would violate the
Authority Federal holidays, at the U.S. Fish and Privacy Act or Freedom of Information
Wildlife Service, Division of Act. Before including your address,
We provide this notice under section Management Authority, 5275 Leesburg phone number, email address, or other
10(c) of the Act and the NEPA public Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3803; personal identifying information in your
telephone 703–358–2095.
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES
involvement regulations (40 CFR comment, you should be aware that
1500.1(b), 1500.2(d), and 1506.6). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: your entire comment—including your
Dated: August 7, 2017.
Joyce Russell, Government Information personal identifying information—may
Specialist, Division of Management be made publicly available at any time.
Stephen P. Henry, Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife While you can ask us in your comment
Field Supervisor, Ventura Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters, MS: IA; 5275 to withhold your personal identifying
Office, Ventura, California. Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041– information from public review, we
[FR Doc. 2017–16976 Filed 8–10–17; 8:45 am] 3803; telephone 703–358–2023; cannot guarantee that we will be able to
BILLING CODE 4333–15–P facsimile 703–358–2280. do so.
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II. Background The applicant requests a permit to If you submit a comment via http://
import DNA samples from the following www.regulations.gov, your entire
To help us carry out our conservation
species: leatherback sea turtle comment, including any personal
responsibilities for affected species, and
(Dermochelys coriacea), green sea turtle identifying information, will be posted
in consideration of section 10(a)(1)(A) of
(Chelonia mydas), and hawksbill sea on the Web site. If you submit a
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) for the hardcopy comment that includes
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), along
purpose of scientific research. This personal identifying information, you
with Executive Order 13576,
notification is for a single import. may request at the top of your document
‘‘Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and
Applicant: John Aynes, Oklahoma City, that we withhold this information from
Accountable Government,’’ and the
OK; PRT–29141A public review. However, we cannot
President’s Memorandum for the Heads
guarantee that we will be able to do so.
of Executive Departments and Agencies The applicant requests a renewal and We will post all hardcopy comments
of January 21, 2009—Transparency and amendment to a captive-bred wildlife on http://www.regulations.gov.
Open Government (74 FR 4685; Jan. 26, registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for
2009), which call on all Federal the following species: Golden conure/ VI. Authority
agencies to promote openness and Queen of Bavaria conure (Aratinga The authority for this action is the
transparency in Government by guarouba), which is listed as the golden Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
disclosing information to the public, we parakeet; red-vented cockatoo (Cacatua U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
invite public comment on these permit haematuropygia), which is listed as the
applications before final action is taken. Philippine cockatoo; citron cockatoo Joyce Russell,
(Cacatua sulphurea citrinocristata); and Government Information Specialist, Branch
III. Permit Applications of Permits, Division of Management
blue-throated macaw (Ara
We invite the public to comment on glaucogularis) to enhance the Authority.
applications to conduct certain propagation or survival of the species. [FR Doc. 2017–16947 Filed 8–10–17; 8:45 am]
activities with endangered species. With This notification covers activities to be BILLING CODE 4333–15–P
some exceptions, the Endangered conducted by the applicant over a 5-
Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; year period.
ESA) prohibits activities with listed DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Applicant: Jason Troxell, Eagle River,
species unless Federal authorization is AK; PRT–32830
acquired that allows such activities. Bureau of Indian Affairs
The applicant requests a captive-bred [178A2100DD/AAKC001030/
Applicant: Liliana Cortez Ortiz, Ann wildlife registration under 50 CFR
Arbor, MI; PRT–26524C A0A501010.999900 253G]
17.21(g) for radiated tortoises
The applicant requests a permit to (Astrochelys radiata) to enhance species Rate Adjustments for Indian Irrigation
import howler monkey (Alouatta survival. This notification covers Projects
palliata palliata) biological samples activities conducted by the applicant
from nongovernmental organization over a 5-year period. AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs,
(NGO) Asociación para el Desarrollo de Interior.
Solentiname, Isla Mancarrón, El Multiple Applicants ACTION: Notice.
Archipielago de Solentiname, Applicant: Sal Davino, Morristown, NJ;
Nicaragua, for the purpose of scientific PRT–21334C SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs
research. This notification covers (BIA) owns or has an interest in
Applicant: Sharon Fisher, Dorr, MI;
activities to be conducted by the irrigation projects located on or
PRT–32360C
applicant over a 5-year period. associated with various Indian
The applicant requests a permit to reservations throughout the United
Applicant: Zoological Society of import sport-hunted trophies of a male States. We are required to establish
Philadelphia, PA; PRT–31910C bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus irrigation assessment rates to recover the
The applicant requests a permit to pygargus) culled from a captive herd costs to administer, operate, maintain,
import one captive born female jaguar maintained under the management and rehabilitate these projects. We are
(Panthera onca) from Zoo de Granby, program of the Republic of South Africa, notifying you that we have adjusted the
Quebec, Canada, for the purpose of for the purpose of enhancing the irrigation assessment rates at several of
enhancement of the survival of the propagation or survival of the species. our irrigation projects and facilities to
species. IV. Next Steps reflect current costs of administration,
Applicant: Ricardo Longoria, Natalia, operation, maintenance, and
If the Service decides to issue permits rehabilitation.
TX; PRT–192403
to any of the applicants listed in this
The applicant requests renewal of a notice, we will publish a notice in the DATES: The irrigation assessment rates
permit to authorize interstate commerce, Federal Register. You may locate the are current as of January 1, 2017.
export and cull excess barasingha Federal Register notice announcing the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
(Rucervus duvaucelii), Eld’s deer permit issuance date by searching in details about a particular BIA irrigation
(Rucervus eldii), and red lechwe (Kobus www.regulations.gov under the permit project or facility, please use the tables
lechwe) from the captive herds in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES
number listed in this document.
maintained at their facility for the section to find contacts at the regional
purpose of enhancement of the survival V. Public Comments or local office at which the project or
of the species. This notification covers You may submit your comments and facility is located.
activities to be conducted by the materials concerning this notice by one SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice
applicant over a 5-year period. of the methods listed in ADDRESSES. We of Proposed Rate Adjustment was
Applicant: Cynthia Page-Karjian, will not consider comments sent by published in the Federal Register on
Florida Atlantic Univ, Fort Pierce, FL; email or fax or to an address not listed April 21, 2017 (82 FR 18770) to propose
PRT–34054C in ADDRESSES. adjustments to the irrigation assessment
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| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of receipt of applications for permit. | |
| Dates | We must receive comments or requests for documents on or before September 11, 2017. | |
| Contact | Joyce Russell, Government Information Specialist, Division of Management Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters, MS: IA; 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803; telephone 703-358-2023; facsimile 703-358-2280. | |
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