82_FR_40062 82 FR 39901 - U.S. Endangered Species; Recovery Permit Applications

82 FR 39901 - U.S. Endangered Species; Recovery Permit Applications

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 161 (August 22, 2017)

Page Range39901-39903
FR Document2017-17710

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications for a permit to conduct activities intended to recover and enhance the survival of endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA), prohibits certain activities that may impact endangered species unless a Federal permit allows such activity. The ESA also requires that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 161 (Tuesday, August 22, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39901-39903]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17710]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R2-ES-2017-N082; FXES11130200000-178-FF02ENEH00]


U.S. Endangered Species; Recovery Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to 
comment on the following applications for a permit to conduct 
activities intended to recover and enhance the survival of endangered 
species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 
amended (ESA), prohibits certain activities that may impact endangered 
species unless a Federal permit allows such activity. The ESA also 
requires that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.

DATES: To ensure consideration, please send your written comments by 
September 21, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Request documents or submit comments to Susan Jacobsen, 
Chief, Division of Classification and Restoration, by U.S. mail at 
Division of Classification and Recovery, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103. Please specify the 
permit you are interested in by number (e.g., Permit No. TE-123456).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Division of 
Classification and Restoration, by U.S. mail at P.O. Box 1306, 
Albuquerque, NM 87103; or by telephone at 505-248-6641.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
invite the public to comment on the following applications for a permit 
to conduct activities intended to recover and enhance the survival of 
endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act of 
1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; ESA), prohibits certain 
activities that may impact endangered species, unless a Federal permit 
allows such activity. The ESA also requires that we invite public 
comment before issuing these permits.

Background

    The ESA prohibits certain activities with endangered and threatened 
species unless authorized by a Federal permit. The ESA and our 
implementing regulations in part 17 of title 50 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) provide for the issuance of such permits and require 
that we invite public comment before issuing permits for activities 
involving endangered species.
    A recovery permit issued by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA 
authorizes the permittee to conduct activities with endangered or 
threatened species for scientific purposes that promote recovery or for 
enhancement of propagation or survival of the species. Our regulations 
implementing section 10(a)(1)(A) for these permits are found at 50 CFR 
17.22 for endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened 
wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species, and 50 CFR 
17.72 for threatened plant species.
    In accordance with section 10(c) of the ESA; 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; January 26, 2009), all of which call on 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.

Applications Available for Review and Comment

    We invite local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies and the public 
to comment on the following applications. Please refer to the permit 
number for the application when submitting comments.
    Documents and other information submitted with these applications 
are available for review by any party who submits a written request to 
the Program Manager for Restoration and Endangered Species 
Classification at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section. Requests 
must be submitted within 30 days of the date of publication of this 
notice. Release of documents is subject to the requirements of the 
Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and the Freedom of Information Act (5 
U.S.C. 552).

Permit Applications

    Proposed activities in the following permit requests are for the 
recovery and enhancement of survival of the species.

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   Application No.         Applicant                Species               Location            Activity          Type of take          Permit action
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TE-22964C...........  Memphis Zoo,         Houston toad (Bufo        Tennessee.........  Captive             Harm and harass...  New.
                       Memphis, Tennessee.  houstonensis).                                propagation and
                                                                                          genetic research.
TE-25105C...........  Heidi Kloeppel       Southwestern willow       Arizona...........  Presence/absence    Harass............  New.
                       Trathnigg,           flycatcher (Empidonax                         surveys.
                       Flagstaff, Arizona.  traillii extimus).
TE-829761...........  Bureau of Land       Gila chub (Gila           New Mexico........  Presence/absence    Capture and harass  Amend.
                       Management, Las      intermedia).                                  surveys.
                       Cruces, New Mexico.
TE-216075...........  Martin R. Heaney,    Pink mucket (Lampsilis    Arkansas..........  Presence/absence    Capture and harass  Amend.
                       Rosenberg, Texas.    abrupta) and winged                           surveys.
                                            mapleleaf (Quadrula
                                            fragosa).

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TE-048464...........  Joanne M. Roberts,   Lesser long-nosed bat     Arizona...........  Presence/absence    Capture, harm, and  Amend and Renew.
                       Hereford, Arizona.   (Leptonycteris curasoae                       surveys.            harass.
                                            yerbabuenae),
                                            southwestern willow
                                            flycatcher (Empidonax
                                            traillii extimus), and
                                            Lilaeopsis
                                            schaffneriana var.
                                            recurva (Huachuca water
                                            umbel).
TE-29890C...........  Matrix Consulting    Southwestern willow       Arizona, Colorado,  Presence/absence    Harass............  New.
                       NM, Albuquerque,     flycatcher (Empidonax     New Mexico,         surveys.
                       New Mexico.          traillii extimus).        Texas, and Utah.
TE-794593...........  Texas State          Masked bobwhite quail     Texas.............  Enhancement of      None..............  Amend.
                       Aquarium, Corpus     (Colinus virginianus                          propagation or
                       Christi, Texas.      ridgwayi).                                    survival of
                                                                                          species.
TE-232639...........  DESCO Environmental  American burying beetle   Oklahoma and Texas  Presence/absence    Capture and harass  Amend.
                       Consultants, LP,     (Nicrophorus                                  surveys.
                       Magnolia, Texas.     americanus).
TE-21840C...........  Wildwood             Gray bat (Myotis          Arkansas,           Presence/absence    Capture, harm, and  New.
                       Environmental        grisescens), Indiana      Louisiana, North    surveys.            harass.
                       Credit Company,      bat (Myotis sodalis),     Carolina,
                       Tyler, Texas.        Ozark big-eared bat       Oklahoma,
                                            (Corynorhinus             Tennessee, and
                                            (=plecotus) townsendii    Texas.
                                            ingens), and Virginia
                                            big-eared bat
                                            (Corynorhinus
                                            (=plecotus) townsendii
                                            virginianus).
TE-72079A...........  John N. Rinne,       Loach minnow (Tiaroga     New Mexico........  Presence/absence    Capture, harm, and  Renew.
                       Flagstaff, Arizona.  cobitis), and spikedace                       surveys.            harass.
                                            (Meda fulgida).
TE-32832C...........  U.S. Fish and        Masked bobwhite (Colinus  Arizona...........  Captive             Capture, harm, and  New.
                       Wildlife Service--   virginianus ridgwayi).                        propagation,        harass.
                       Buenos Aires                                                       research, and
                       National Wildlife                                                  reintroduction.
                       Refuge, Sasabe,
                       Arizona.
TE-32916C...........  G.M. Sutton Avian    Masked bobwhite (Colinus  Oklahoma..........  Captive breeding,   Capture, harm, and  New.
                       Research Center.     virginianus ridgwayi).                        and subsequent      harass.
                                                                                          tracking and
                                                                                          monitoring of
                                                                                          released birds.
TE-32917C...........  Ashley M. Long.....  Golden-cheeked warbler    Texas.............  Presence/absence    Capture, harm, and  New.
                                            (Setophaga                                    surveys, mist       harass.
                                            chrysoparia), Black-                          netting and
                                            capped vireo (Vireo                           banding, use of
                                            atricapilla).                                 geolocators and
                                                                                          radiotrackers.
TE-40886B...........  Jennifer Zahratka,   New Mexico meadow         Colorado, New       Radio-collaring     Capture, harm, and  Amend.
                       Durango, Colorado.   jumping mouse (Zapus      Mexico.             and collecting      harass.
                                            hudsonius luteus).                            tissue samples to
                                                                                          confirm taxonomic
                                                                                          identification
                                                                                          with genetic
                                                                                          analysis.
TE43754A............  Turner Endangered    Chupadera springsnail     New Mexico........  Monitor, survey,    Capture, harm, and  Amend.
                       Species Fund,        (Pyrgulopsis                                  handle, and         harass..
                       Bozeman, Montana.    chupaderae).                                  collect.
TE34460C............  Grouse Mountain      Southwestern willow       Arizona, Colorado,  Presence/absence    Harm and harass...  New.
                       Environmental        flycatcher (Empidonax     New Mexico,         surveys.
                       Consultants, Santa   traillii extimus).        Texas, Utah,
                       Fe, New Mexico.                                Wyoming.
TE35802C............  Geodata Crawler      American burying beetle   Arkansas, Kansas,   Presence/absence    Harm and harass...  New.
                       Research             (Nicrophorus              Nebraska,           surveys.
                       Institute, Fort      americanus).              Oklahoma, South
                       Smith, Arkansas.                               Dakota, Texas.
TE00479C............  Kevin Johnson,       American burying beetle   Alabama, Arkansas,  Presence/absence    Harm and harass...  New.
                       Oklahoma City,       (Nicrophorus              Florida, Georgia,   surveys.
                       Oklahoma.            americanus), Red          Kentucky,
                                            cockaded woodpecker       Louisiana,
                                            (Picoides borealis).      Mississippi,
                                                                      Nebraska, North
                                                                      Carolina, Ohio,
                                                                      Oklahoma, South
                                                                      Carolina, South
                                                                      Dakota,
                                                                      Tennessee, Texas,
                                                                      Virginia.
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Public Availability of Comments

    All comments and materials we receive in response to these requests 
will be available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal 
business hours at the address listed in ADDRESSES.

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    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 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 
et seq.).

    Dated: June 7, 2017.
Benjamin N. Tuggle,
Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-17710 Filed 8-21-17; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 161 / Tuesday, August 22, 2017 / Notices 39901 design characteristics, conclusions, and intended to recover and enhance the A recovery permit issued by us under the executive summary. The AAR is the survival of endangered species. With section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA output of the exercise process. some exceptions, the Endangered authorizes the permittee to conduct Stakeholders use the report to identify Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA), activities with endangered or threatened strengths or areas in which they can prohibits certain activities that may species for scientific purposes that assign resources to mitigate risk and impact endangered species unless a promote recovery or for enhancement of enhance the security posture within Federal permit allows such activity. The propagation or survival of the species. their organization. ESA also requires that we invite public Our regulations implementing section Based on industry population comment before issuing these permits. 10(a)(1)(A) for these permits are found estimates and growth rates, and interest DATES: To ensure consideration, please at 50 CFR 17.22 for endangered wildlife generated amongst the transportation send your written comments by species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened modes during the years following EXIS’ September 21, 2017. wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.62 for release to the public, TSA estimates that endangered plant species, and 50 CFR ADDRESSES: Request documents or there will be approximately 7,885 17.72 for threatened plant species. submit comments to Susan Jacobsen, primary and secondary access users in In accordance with section 10(c) of Chief, Division of Classification and Year 1, 9,447 users in Year 2, and the ESA; Executive Order 13576, Restoration, by U.S. mail at Division of 11,320 users in Year 3, for an average ‘‘Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and Classification and Recovery, U.S. Fish annual respondents estimate of 9,551. Accountable Government’’; and the and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 1306, TSA estimates a proportion of primary President’s Memorandum for the Heads Albuquerque, NM 87103. Please specify access users and secondary users will of Executive Departments and Agencies the permit you are interested in by spend approximately 3.5 hours per EXIS of January 21, 2009, ‘‘Transparency and number (e.g., Permit No. TE–123456). user inputting the information described Open Government’’ (74 FR 4685; above. TSA estimates secondary users FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: January 26, 2009), all of which call on will also spend approximately 0.25 Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Division of Federal agencies to promote openness hours completing a survey. Given this Classification and Restoration, by U.S. and transparency in Government by information, the total annual hourly mail at P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, disclosing information to the public, we burden for EXIS’s collection of NM 87103; or by telephone at 505–248– invite public comment on these permit information is 4,820 hours. 6641. applications before final action is taken. Dated: August 16, 2017. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite Applications Available for Review and Christina A. Walsh, Comment the public to comment on the following TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, Office of Information Technology. applications for a permit to conduct We invite local, State, Tribal, and activities intended to recover and Federal agencies and the public to [FR Doc. 2017–17654 Filed 8–21–17; 8:45 am] enhance the survival of endangered comment on the following applications. BILLING CODE 9110–05–P species. With some exceptions, the Please refer to the permit number for the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as application when submitting comments. amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; ESA), Documents and other information DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR prohibits certain activities that may submitted with these applications are impact endangered species, unless a available for review by any party who Fish and Wildlife Service Federal permit allows such activity. The submits a written request to the Program [FWS–R2–ES–2017–N082; ESA also requires that we invite public Manager for Restoration and FXES11130200000–178–FF02ENEH00] comment before issuing these permits. Endangered Species Classification at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section. U.S. Endangered Species; Recovery Background Requests must be submitted within 30 Permit Applications The ESA prohibits certain activities days of the date of publication of this AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, with endangered and threatened species notice. Release of documents is subject Interior. unless authorized by a Federal permit. to the requirements of the Privacy Act ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit The ESA and our implementing (5 U.S.C. 552a) and the Freedom of applications; request for comments. regulations in part 17 of title 50 of the Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and provide for the issuance of such permits Permit Applications Wildlife Service, invite the public to and require that we invite public Proposed activities in the following comment on the following applications comment before issuing permits for permit requests are for the recovery and for a permit to conduct activities activities involving endangered species. enhancement of survival of the species. Application No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of take Permit action TE–22964C ....... Memphis Zoo, Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis) ..... Tennessee ............ Captive propaga- Harm and harass New. Memphis, Ten- tion and genetic nessee. research. TE–25105C ....... Heidi Kloeppel Southwestern willow flycatcher Arizona ................. Presence/absence Harass .................. New. Trathnigg, Flag- (Empidonax traillii extimus). surveys. sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES staff, Arizona. TE–829761 ........ Bureau of Land Gila chub (Gila intermedia) ................. New Mexico .......... Presence/absence Capture and har- Amend. Management, surveys. ass. Las Cruces, New Mexico. TE–216075 ........ Martin R. Heaney, Pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta) and Arkansas .............. Presence/absence Capture and har- Amend. Rosenberg, winged mapleleaf (Quadrula surveys. ass. Texas. fragosa). VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:00 Aug 21, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00153 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22AUN1.SGM 22AUN1

39902 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 161 / Tuesday, August 22, 2017 / Notices Application No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of take Permit action TE–048464 ........ Joanne M. Rob- Lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris Arizona ................. Presence/absence Capture, harm, Amend and erts, Hereford, curasoae yerbabuenae), south- surveys. and harass. Renew. Arizona. western willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), and Lilaeopsis schaffneriana var. recurva (Huachuca water umbel). TE–29890C ....... Matrix Consulting Southwestern willow flycatcher Arizona, Colorado, Presence/absence Harass .................. New. NM, Albu- (Empidonax traillii extimus). New Mexico, surveys. querque, New Texas, and Utah. Mexico. TE–794593 ........ Texas State Masked bobwhite quail (Colinus Texas .................... Enhancement of None ..................... Amend. Aquarium, Cor- virginianus ridgwayi). propagation or pus Christi, survival of spe- Texas. cies. TE–232639 ........ DESCO Environ- American burying beetle (Nicrophorus Oklahoma and Presence/absence Capture and har- Amend. mental Consult- americanus). Texas. surveys. ass. ants, LP, Mag- nolia, Texas. TE–21840C ....... Wildwood Environ- Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana Arkansas, Lou- Presence/absence Capture, harm, New. mental Credit bat (Myotis sodalis), Ozark big- isiana, North surveys. and harass. Company, Tyler, eared bat (Corynorhinus (=plecotus) Carolina, Okla- Texas. townsendii ingens), and Virginia homa, Ten- big-eared bat (Corynorhinus nessee, and (=plecotus) townsendii virginianus). Texas. TE–72079A ........ John N. Rinne, Loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis), and New Mexico .......... Presence/absence Capture, harm, Renew. Flagstaff, Ari- spikedace (Meda fulgida). surveys. and harass. zona. TE–32832C ....... U.S. Fish and Masked bobwhite (Colinus virginianus Arizona ................. Captive propaga- Capture, harm, New. Wildlife Serv- ridgwayi). tion, research, and harass. ice—Buenos and reintroduc- Aires National tion. Wildlife Refuge, Sasabe, Arizona. TE–32916C ....... G.M. Sutton Avian Masked bobwhite (Colinus virginianus Oklahoma ............. Captive breeding, Capture, harm, New. Research Center. ridgwayi). and subsequent and harass. tracking and monitoring of re- leased birds. TE–32917C ....... Ashley M. Long .... Golden-cheeked warbler (Setophaga Texas .................... Presence/absence Capture, harm, New. chrysoparia), Black-capped vireo surveys, mist and harass. (Vireo atricapilla). netting and banding, use of geolocators and radiotrackers. TE–40886B ........ Jennifer Zahratka, New Mexico meadow jumping mouse Colorado, New Radio-collaring Capture, harm, Amend. Durango, Colo- (Zapus hudsonius luteus). Mexico. and collecting and harass. rado. tissue samples to confirm taxo- nomic identifica- tion with genetic analysis. TE43754A .......... Turner Endan- Chupadera springsnail (Pyrgulopsis New Mexico .......... Monitor, survey, Capture, harm, Amend. gered Species chupaderae). handle, and col- and harass.. Fund, Bozeman, lect. Montana. TE34460C ......... Grouse Mountain Southwestern willow flycatcher Arizona, Colorado, Presence/absence Harm and harass New. Environmental (Empidonax traillii extimus). New Mexico, surveys. Consultants, Texas, Utah, Santa Fe, New Wyoming. Mexico. TE35802C ......... Geodata Crawler American burying beetle (Nicrophorus Arkansas, Kansas, Presence/absence Harm and harass New. Research Insti- americanus). Nebraska, Okla- surveys. tute, Fort Smith, homa, South Arkansas. Dakota, Texas. TE00479C ......... Kevin Johnson, American burying beetle (Nicrophorus Alabama, Arkan- Presence/absence Harm and harass New. Oklahoma City, americanus), Red cockaded wood- sas, Florida, surveys. Oklahoma. pecker (Picoides borealis). Georgia, Ken- tucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ne- braska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES Tennessee, Texas, Virginia. Public Availability of Comments will be available for public inspection, hours at the address listed in All comments and materials we by appointment, during normal business ADDRESSES. receive in response to these requests VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:00 Aug 21, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00154 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22AUN1.SGM 22AUN1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 161 / Tuesday, August 22, 2017 / Notices 39903 Before including your address, phone thereof, per year, and 162⁄3 percent, request with information in support of number, email address, or other respectively. The lessee agrees to the request to the Arkansas State personal identifying information in your additional or amended stipulations. The Highway and Transportation comment, you should be aware that lessee paid the $500 administration fee Department at the address in this notice your entire comment—including your for the reinstatement of the lease and by September 21, 2017. personal identifying information—may $159 cost for publishing this Notice. ADDRESSES: Kristina Boykin, Arkansas be made publicly available at any time. The lessee met the requirements for State Highway and Transportation While you can ask us in your comment reinstatement of the lease per Sec. 31(d) Department, P.O. Box 2261, Little Rock, to withhold your personal identifying and (e) of the Mineral Leasing Act of AR 72203, telephone (501) 569–2079, information from public review, we 1920. We are proposing to reinstate the email Kristina.Boykin@ahtd.AR.gov. cannot guarantee that we will be able to lease, effective the date of termination, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is do so. subject to the: here given in accordance with the • Original terms and conditions of the Authority Native American Graves Protection and lease; Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. We provide this notice under section • Additional and amended 3003, of the completion of an inventory 10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). stipulations; • Increased rental of $10 per acre; of human remains under the control of Dated: June 7, 2017. the Arkansas State Highway and • Increased royalty of 162⁄3 percent; Benjamin N. Tuggle, Transportation Department. The human and Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife • $159 cost of publishing this Notice. remains were removed from a salvage Service. operation in Randolph County, AR. [FR Doc. 2017–17710 Filed 8–21–17; 8:45 am] Authority: 30 U.S.C. 188. This notice is published as part of the BILLING CODE 4333–15–P Kimberly Werven, National Park Service’s administrative Chief, Fluids Adjudication Section. responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 [FR Doc. 2017–17725 Filed 8–21–17; 8:45 am] U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR The determinations in this notice are BILLING CODE 4310–DN–P the sole responsibility of the museum, Bureau of Land Management institution, or Federal agency that has [LLMT922200–17X–L13100000–FI0000– DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR control of the Native American human P;NDM 94112–MO#4500107589] remains. The National Park Service is National Park Service not responsible for the determinations Proposed Reinstatement of Terminated in this notice. Oil and Gas Lease NDM 94112, North [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23717; Dakota PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] History and Description of the Remains Notice of Inventory Completion: In 1888, human remains representing, AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, at minimum, two individuals were Interior. Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Little recovered from site 3RA387 in ACTION: Notice of lease reinstatement. Randolph County, AR. The human Rock, AR remains were discovered during a SUMMARY: As required under the AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. salvage operation of site 3RA387 as part Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, Emerald ACTION: Notice. of the re-routing of Highway 304. Oil, Inc. timely filed a petition for Excavations were undertaken by the reinstatement of competitive oil and gas SUMMARY: The Arkansas State Highway Arkansas State Highway and lease NDM 94112, McKenzie County, and Transportation Department has Transportation Department. Currently, North Dakota. The lessee paid the completed an inventory of human the remains are being stored at the required rental and royalties accruing remains, in consultation with the Arkansas Archeological Survey’s from the date of termination. No leases appropriate Indian tribes or Native curation facility. The gender and age of were issued that affect these lands. The Hawaiian organizations, and has the human remains were undetermined. Bureau of Land Management proposes determined that there is no cultural No known individuals were identified. to reinstate the lease. affiliation between the human remains No associated funerary objects are FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: and any present-day Indian tribes or present. No diagnostic artifacts were Kimberly Werven, Chief, Fluids Native Hawaiian organizations. found at site 3RA387 to indicate when Adjudication Section, Bureau of Land Representatives of any Indian tribe or these human remains were buried. The Management Montana State Office, 5001 Native Hawaiian organization not cultural and temporal identity of these Southgate Drive, Billings, Montana identified in this notice that wish to human remains is difficult to discern 59101–4669; telephone: 406–896–5091; request transfer of control of these and they cannot be clearly culturally email: kwerven@blm.gov. Persons who human remains should submit a written affiliated with an Indian tribe. use a telecommunications device for the request to the Arkansas State Highway deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay and Transportation Department. If no Determinations Made by the Arkansas Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to additional requestors come forward, State Highway and Transportation contact the above individual during transfer of control of the human remains Department normal business hours. The FRS is to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian Officials of the Arkansas State sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, organizations stated in this notice may Highway and Transportation to leave a message or question with the proceed. Department have determined that: above individual. You will receive a DATES: Representatives of any Indian • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the reply during normal business hours. tribe or Native Hawaiian organization human remains described in this notice SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The lessee not identified in this notice that wish to represent the physical remains of two agrees to new lease terms for rentals and request transfer of control of these individuals of Native American royalties of $10 per acre, or fraction human remains should submit a written ancestry. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:00 Aug 21, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00155 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22AUN1.SGM 22AUN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of receipt of permit applications; request for comments.
DatesTo ensure consideration, please send your written comments by September 21, 2017.
ContactSusan Jacobsen, Chief, Division of Classification and Restoration, by U.S. mail at P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103; or by telephone at 505-248-6641.
FR Citation82 FR 39901 
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