82_FR_39604 82 FR 39445 - Incidental Take Permit Applications Received To Participate in American Burying Beetle Amended Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan in Oklahoma

82 FR 39445 - Incidental Take Permit Applications 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 159 (August 18, 2017)

Page Range39445-39446
FR Document2017-17533

Under the Endangered Species Act, as amended (Act), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on federally listed American burying beetle incidental take permit applications. The applicants anticipate American burying beetle take as a result of impacts to habitat the species uses for breeding, feeding, and sheltering in Oklahoma. The take would be incidental to the applicants' 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 permits 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.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 159 (Friday, August 18, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 159 (Friday, August 18, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39445-39446]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17533]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R2-ES-2017-N094; FXES11140200000-178-FF02ENEH00]


Incidental Take Permit Applications 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.

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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 
federally listed American burying beetle incidental take permit 
applications. The applicants anticipate American burying beetle take as 
a result of impacts to habitat the species uses for breeding, feeding, 
and sheltering in Oklahoma. The take would be incidental to the 
applicants' 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 
permits 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 September 18, 2017.

ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of all documents and submit comments 
on the applicants' incidental take permit (ITP) applications 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].

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 to take the 
federally listed American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) 
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 permits would be issued to the applicants under 
the American Burying Beetle Amended Oil

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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 applications 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 applicant has 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 TE35998C

Applicant: NGPL PipeCo, LLC and Subsidiaries, Tulsa, OK.

    Applicant requests a 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.

Permit TE35997C

Applicant: Wildhorse Terminal, LLC, Houston, TX.

    Applicant requests a 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.

Permit TE38803C

Applicant: Antioch Operating, LLC, Oklahoma City, OK.

    Applicant requests a 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.

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).

Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-17533 Filed 8-17-17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4333-15-P

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 159 / Friday, August 18, 2017 / Notices 39445 provide in any voluntary submission Overview of This Information the public to comment on federally you make. For additional information Collection listed American burying beetle please read the Privacy Act notice that (1) Type of Information Collection incidental take permit applications. The is available via the link in the footer of Request: Extension, Without Change, of applicants anticipate American burying http://www.regulations.gov. a Currently Approved Collection. beetle take as a result of impacts to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (2) Title of the Form/Collection: Free habitat the species uses for breeding, USCIS, Office of Policy and Strategy, Training for Civics and Citizenship of feeding, and sheltering in Oklahoma. Regulatory Coordination Division, Adults; Civics and Citizenship Toolkit. The take would be incidental to the Samantha Deshommes, Chief, 20 (3) Agency form number, if any, and applicants’ activities associated with oil Massachusetts Avenue NW., the applicable component of the DHS and gas well field and pipeline Washington, DC 20529–2140, sponsoring the collection: G–1190, G– infrastructure (gathering, transmission, Telephone number (202) 272–8377 1515; USCIS. and distribution), including geophysical (This is not a toll-free number; (4) Affected public who will be asked exploration (seismic), construction, comments are not accepted via or required to respond, as well as a brief maintenance, operation, repair, telephone message.). Please note contact abstract: Primary: Individuals or decommissioning, and reclamation. If information provided here is solely for households. This information is approved, the permits would be issued questions regarding this notice. It is not necessary to register for civics and under the approved American Burying for individual case status inquiries. citizenship of adults training and to Beetle Amended Oil and Gas Industry Applicants seeking information about obtain a civics and citizenship toolkit. Conservation Plan (ICP) Endangered the status of their individual cases can (5) An estimate of the total number of Species Act Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permit check Case Status Online, available at respondents and the amount of time Issuance in Oklahoma. the USCIS Web site at http:// estimated for an average respondent to DATES: To ensure consideration, written www.uscis.gov, or call the USCIS respond: Civics and Citizenship Toolkit: comments must be received on or before National Customer Service Center at 1,200 responses at 10 minutes (.166 September 18, 2017. (800) 375–5283; TTY (800) 767–1833. hours) per response. Training for Civics ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: and Citizenship of Adults: 1,000 all documents and submit comments on responses at 10 minutes (.166 hours) per the applicants’ incidental take permit Comments response. (ITP) applications by one of the The information collection notice was (6) An estimate of the total public following methods. Please refer to the previously published in the Federal burden (in hours) associated with the proposed permit number when Register on May 31, 2017, at 82 FR collection: The total estimated annual requesting documents or submitting 24986, allowing for a 60-day public hour burden associated with this comments. comment period. USCIS received one collection is 366 hours. Æ U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife comment in connection with the 60-day (7) An estimate of the total public Service, Division of Endangered notice. burden (in cost) associated with the Species—HCP Permits, P.O. Box 1306, You may access the information collection: The estimated total annual Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM 87103. collection instrument with instructions, cost burden associated with this Æ Electronically: fw2_hcp_permits@ or additional information by visiting the collection of information is $0. fws.gov. Federal eRulemaking Portal site at: Dated: August 14, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: http://www.regulations.gov and enter Samantha Deshommes, Marty Tuegel, Branch Chief, by U.S. USCIS–2011–0001 in the search box. mail at: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Written comments and suggestions from Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S. Citizenship Environmental Review Division, P.O. the public and affected agencies should and Immigration Services, Department of Box 1306, Room 6034, Albuquerque, address one or more of the following Homeland Security. NM 87103; or by telephone at 505–248– four points: [FR Doc. 2017–17471 Filed 8–17–17; 8:45 am] 6651. (1) Evaluate whether the proposed BILLING CODE 9111–97–P SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the Introduction functions of the agency, including Under the Endangered Species Act, as DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR whether the information will have amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; Act), practical utility; Fish and Wildlife Service we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, (2) Evaluate the accuracy of the invite the public to comment on agency’s estimate of the burden of the [FWS–R2–ES–2017–N094; incidental take permit (ITP) applications proposed collection of information, FXES11140200000–178–FF02ENEH00] to take the federally listed American including the validity of the burying beetle (Nicrophorus Incidental Take Permit Applications methodology and assumptions used; americanus) during oil and gas well Received To Participate in American (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and field infrastructure geophysical Burying Beetle Amended Oil and Gas clarity of the information to be exploration (seismic) and construction, Industry Conservation Plan in collected; and maintenance, operation, repair, and Oklahoma (4) Minimize the burden of the decommissioning, as well as oil and gas collection of information on those who AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, gathering, transmission, and mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES are to respond, including through the Interior. distribution pipeline infrastructure use of appropriate automated, ACTION: Notice of availability; request construction, maintenance, operation, electronic, mechanical, or other for public comments. repair, decommissioning, and technological collection techniques or reclamation in Oklahoma. other forms of information technology, SUMMARY: Under the Endangered If approved, the permits would be e.g., permitting electronic submission of Species Act, as amended (Act), we, the issued to the applicants under the responses. 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39446 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 159 / Friday, August 18, 2017 / Notices and Gas Industry Conservation Plan Permit TE38803C SUMMARY: This notice publishes (ICP) Endangered Species Act Section Applicant: Antioch Operating, LLC, amendments to the Santa Clara Pueblo 10(a)(1)(B) Permit Issuance in Oklahoma City, OK. Liquor Code (Code). The Code regulates Oklahoma. The original ICP was the control, possession, and sale of approved on May 21, 2014, and the ‘‘no Applicant requests a permit for oil liquor on the Santa Clara Pueblo trust significant impact’’ finding notice was and gas upstream and midstream lands, in conformity with the laws of published in the Federal Register on production, including oil and gas well the State of New Mexico, where July 25, 2014 (79 FR 43504). The draft field infrastructure geophysical applicable and necessary. amended ICP was made available for exploration (seismic) and construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and DATES: The amended Code becomes comment on March 8, 2016 (81 FR applicable September 18, 2017. 12113), and approved on April 13, 2016. decommissioning, as well as oil and gas gathering, transmission, and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. The ICP and the associated environmental assessment/finding of no distribution pipeline infrastructure Patricia L. Mattingly, Tribal Government significant impact are available on the construction, maintenance, operation, Officer, Southwest Regional Office, Web site at http://www.fws.gov/ repair, decommissioning, and Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1001 Indian southwest/es/oklahoma/ABBICP. reclamation in Oklahoma. School Road NW., Albuquerque, New However, we are no longer taking Mexico 87104, Phone: (505) 563–3446; Public Availability of Comments Fax: (602) 563–3101. comments on these finalized, approved documents. Written comments we receive become SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant part of the public record associated with to the Act of August 15, 1953, Public Applications Available for Review and this action. Before including your Law 83–277, 67 Stat. 586, 18 U.S.C. Comment address, phone number, email address, 1161, as interpreted by the Supreme We invite local, State, Tribal, and or other personal identifying Court in Rice v. Rehner, 463 U.S. 713 Federal agencies, and the public to information in your comment, you (1983), the Secretary of the Interior shall comment on the following applications should be aware that your entire certify and publish in the Federal under the ICP, for incidentally taking comment—including your personal Register notice of adopted liquor the federally listed American burying identifying information—may be made ordinances for the purpose of regulating beetle. Please refer to the appropriate publicly available at any time. While liquor transactions in Indian country. permit number (e.g., TE–123456) when you can request in your comment that The Santa Clara Pueblo Liquor Code, requesting application documents and we withhold your personal identifying Resolution No. 2016–113, was duly when submitting comments. Documents information from public review, we adopted by the Tribal Council on and other information the applicant has cannot guarantee that we will be able to September 12, 2016. The Santa Clara submitted with this application are do so. We will not consider anonymous Pueblo, in furtherance of its economic available for review, subject to Privacy comments. All submissions from and social goals, has taken positive Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of organizations or businesses, and from steps to regulate retail sales of alcohol Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) individuals identifying themselves as and use of revenues to combat alcohol requirements. representatives or officials of abuse and its debilitating effects among organizations or businesses, will be individuals and family members within Permit TE35998C made available for public disclosure in the reservation of Santa Clara Pueblo. Applicant: NGPL PipeCo, LLC and their entirety. This notice is being published in Subsidiaries, Tulsa, OK. Authority accordance with the authority delegated Applicant requests a permit for oil by the Secretary of the Interior to the and gas upstream and midstream We provide this notice under section Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs production, including oil and gas well 10(c) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) (Department of Interior-Departmental field infrastructure geophysical and its implementing regulations (50 Manual, 209 DM 8). I certify that exploration (seismic) and construction, CFR 17.22) and the National Resolution No. 2016–113, the Santa maintenance, operation, repair, and Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. Clara Pueblo Liquor Code, was duly decommissioning, as well as oil and gas 4321 et seq.) and its implementing adopted by the Tribal Council on gathering, transmission, and regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). September 12, 2016. This Code amends distribution pipeline infrastructure Joy E. Nicholopoulos, the previous liquor code as published in construction, maintenance, operation, Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region, the Federal Register on June 27, 2001 repair, decommissioning, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (66 FR 34233). reclamation in Oklahoma. [FR Doc. 2017–17533 Filed 8–17–17; 8:45 am] Dated: July 13, 2017. Permit TE35997C BILLING CODE 4333–15–P Michael S. Black, Applicant: Wildhorse Terminal, LLC, Acting Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. Houston, TX. The Santa Clara Pueblo Liquor Code Applicant requests a permit for oil DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR is amended to read as follows: and gas upstream and midstream Bureau of Indian Affairs CHAPTER 108—LIQUOR CODE production, including oil and gas well field infrastructure geophysical [178A2100DD/AAKC001030/ Subchapter 1: General Provisions. exploration (seismic) and construction, A0A501010.999900 253G] mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES Sec. 108.1 Findings maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning, as well as oil and gas Pueblo of Santa Clara Liquor The Tribal Council finds as follows: gathering, transmission, and Ordinance; Amendments A. The introduction, possession and distribution pipeline infrastructure AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, sale of alcoholic beverages into Santa construction, maintenance, operation, Interior. 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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of availability; request for public comments.
DatesTo ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or before September 18, 2017.
ContactMarty 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.
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