82_FR_57071 82 FR 56842 - Endangered Species; Marine Mammal Receipt of Applications for Permit

82 FR 56842 - Endangered Species; Marine Mammal Receipt of Applications for Permit

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 229 (November 30, 2017)

Page Range56842-56843
FR Document2017-25782

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species, marine mammals, or both. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) prohibit activities with listed species unless Federal authorization is acquired that allows such activities.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 229 (Thursday, November 30, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 229 (Thursday, November 30, 2017)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2017-0080; FXIA16710900000-178-FF09A30000]


Endangered Species; Marine Mammal Receipt of Applications for 
Permit

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to 
comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities 
with endangered species, marine mammals, or both. With some exceptions, 
the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal Protection Act 
(MMPA) prohibit 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 
January 2, 2018.

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-2017-0080.
     U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public Comments Processing, 
Attn: Docket No. FWS-HQ-IA-2017-0080; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
Headquarters, 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 the Public Comments section 
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 CONTACT. 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.

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.; ESA), and the 
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 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; January 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. 
Under the MMPA, you may request a hearing on any MMPA application 
received. If you request a hearing, give specific reasons why a hearing 
would be appropriate. The holding of such a hearing is at the 
discretion of the Service Director.

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.

A. Endangered Species

Applicant: Bruce Fairchild, Johnson City, TX; PRT-69947A

    The applicant requests renewal of a captive-bred wildlife 
registration under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for barasingha (Rucervus 
duvaucelii), Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx), and Hartmann's mountain 
zebra (Equus zebra hartamnnae) to enhance species propagation or 
survival. This notification covers activities to be conducted by the 
applicant over a 5-year period.

Applicant: Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, Fish and Wildlife

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Research Institute, St. Petersburg, FL; PRT-48288C

    The applicant requests a permit to import biological samples from 
wild specimens of hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), loggerhead 
turtle (Caretta caretta), and Kemp's ridley turtle (Lepidochelys 
kempii), from Panama and Bermuda for the purpose of scientific 
research. This notification covers activities to be conducted by the 
applicant over a 5-year period.

Applicant: White Oak Conservation, Yulee, FL; PRT-43164C

    The applicant requests a permit to import 2.2 southern black 
rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) from Wildlife Assignments International 
(PTY) Ltd., Gauteng, South Africa, for breeding to enhance the 
propagation or survival of the species. This notification is for a 
single import.

B. Marine Mammals

Applicant: University of California, UC Davis Stable Isotope Facility, 
Davis, CA; PRT-32831C

    The applicant requests a permit to import small amounts of 
biological samples that may be derived from museum, wild-caught or 
salvaged specimens worldwide for the purpose of scientific research for 
the following marine mammal species: manatee (Trichechus manatus, T. 
inunguis, T. senegalensis), polar bear (Ursus maritimus), walrus 
(Odobenus rosmarus), dugong (Dugong dugon), sea otter (Enhydra lutris 
lutris, E. l. kenyoni, E. l. nereis), and marine otter (Lontra felina). 
This notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant 
over a 5-year period.

Applicant: BBC Natural History Unit, London, UK; PRT-53019C

    The applicant requests a permit to photograph southern sea otters 
(Enhydra lutris nereis) within a 12-month period at the Monterey Bay 
and Elkhorn Slough areas, California, for the purpose of education. 
This notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant 
over a 5-year period.

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. Authorities

    Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.);
    Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.).

Joyce Russell,
Government Information Specialist, Branch of Permits, Division of 
Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 2017-25782 Filed 11-29-17; 8:45 am]
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56842 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 229 / Thursday, November 30, 2017 / Notices Board to review noncareer SES Federal holidays, at the U.S. Fish and Act. Before including your address, performance. The address is: Wildlife Service, Division of phone number, email address, or other Department of Housing and Urban Management Authority, 5275 Leesburg personal identifying information in your Development, Washington, DC 20410– Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3803; comment, you should be aware that 0050. telephone 703–358–2095. your entire comment—including your Dated: November 21, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: personal identifying information—may Towanda A. Brooks, Joyce Russell, Government Information be made publicly available at any time. Specialist, Division of Management While you can ask us in your comment Chief Human Capital Officer. Authority, U.S. Fish and Wildlife to withhold your personal identifying [FR Doc. 2017–25818 Filed 11–29–17; 8:45 am] Service Headquarters, MS: IA; 5275 information from public review, we BILLING CODE 4210–67–P cannot guarantee that we will be able to Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041– 3803; telephone 703–358–2023; do so. facsimile 703–358–2280. II. Background DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To help us carry out our conservation Fish and Wildlife Service I. Public Comment Procedures responsibilities for affected species, and [Docket No. FWS–HQ–IA–2017–0080; A. How do I request copies of in consideration of section 10(a)(1)(A) of FXIA16710900000–178–FF09A30000] applications or comment on submitted the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as applications? amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; ESA), Endangered Species; Marine Mammal and the Marine Mammal Protection Act Receipt of Applications for Permit Send your request for copies of of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et applications or comments and materials seq.), along with Executive Order 13576, AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, concerning any of the applications to Interior. ‘‘Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and the contact listed under FOR FURTHER Accountable Government,’’ and the ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications INFORMATION CONTACT. Please include President’s Memorandum for the Heads for permit. the Federal Register notice publication of Executive Departments and Agencies date, the PRT-number, and the name of of January 21, 2009—Transparency and SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and the applicant in your request or Wildlife Service, invite the public to Open Government (74 FR 4685; January submission. We will not consider 26, 2009), which call on all Federal comment on the following applications requests or comments sent to an email to conduct certain activities with agencies to promote openness and or address not listed under ADDRESSES. transparency in Government by endangered species, marine mammals, If you provide an email address in your or both. With some exceptions, the disclosing information to the public, we request for copies of applications, we invite public comment on these permit Endangered Species Act (ESA) and will attempt to respond to your request Marine Mammal Protection Act applications before final action is taken. electronically. Under the MMPA, you may request a (MMPA) prohibit activities with listed Please make your requests or species unless Federal authorization is hearing on any MMPA application comments as specific as possible. Please acquired that allows such activities. received. If you request a hearing, give confine your comments to issues for DATES: We must receive comments or specific reasons why a hearing would be which we seek comments in this notice, requests for documents on or before appropriate. The holding of such a and explain the basis for your January 2, 2018. hearing is at the discretion of the comments. Include sufficient Service Director. ADDRESSES: Submitting Comments: You information with your comments to may submit comments by one of the allow us to authenticate any scientific or III. Permit Applications following methods: commercial data you include. We invite the public to comment on • Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// The comments and recommendations applications to conduct certain www.regulations.gov. Follow the that will be most useful and likely to activities with endangered species. With instructions for submitting comments influence agency decisions are: (1) some exceptions, the Endangered on Docket No. FWS–HQ–IA–2017–0080. Those supported by quantitative Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; • U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public information or studies; and (2) Those ESA) prohibits activities with listed Comments Processing, Attn: Docket No. that include citations to, and analyses species unless Federal authorization is FWS–HQ–IA–2017–0080; U.S. Fish and of, the applicable laws and regulations. acquired that allows such activities. Wildlife Service Headquarters, MS: We will not consider or include in our BPHC; 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls administrative record comments we A. Endangered Species Church, VA 22041–3803. receive after the close of the comment Applicant: Bruce Fairchild, Johnson When submitting comments, please period (see DATES) or comments City, TX; PRT–69947A indicate the name of the applicant and delivered to an address other than those the PRT# you are commenting on. We listed above (see ADDRESSES). The applicant requests renewal of a will post all comments on http:// captive-bred wildlife registration under www.regulations.gov. This generally B. May I review comments submitted by 50 CFR 17.21(g) for barasingha means that we will post any personal others? (Rucervus duvaucelii), Arabian oryx information you provide us (see the Comments, including names and (Oryx leucoryx), and Hartmann’s Public Comments section for more street addresses of respondents, will be mountain zebra (Equus zebra daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES information). available for public review at the street hartamnnae) to enhance species Viewing Comments: Comments and address listed under ADDRESSES. The propagation or survival. This materials we receive will be available public may review documents and other notification covers activities to be for public inspection on http:// information applicants have sent in conducted by the applicant over a 5- www.regulations.gov, or by support of the application unless our year period. appointment, between 8 a.m. and allowing viewing would violate the Applicant: Florida Fish and Wildlife 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Privacy Act or Freedom of Information Commission, Fish and Wildlife VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:35 Nov 29, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\30NON1.SGM 30NON1

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 229 / Thursday, November 30, 2017 / Notices 56843 Research Institute, St. Petersburg, FL; will not consider comments sent by the close of the comment period or PRT–48288C email or fax or to an address not listed delivered to an address other than the The applicant requests a permit to in ADDRESSES. one listed in this notice may not be import biological samples from wild If you submit a comment via http:// considered or included in the specimens of hawksbill turtle www.regulations.gov, your entire administrative record for the proposed (Eretmochelys imbricata), loggerhead comment, including any personal fee. turtle (Caretta caretta), and Kemp’s identifying information, will be posted ADDRESSES: Documents concerning this ridley turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), from on the Web site. If you submit a fee change may be reviewed at the Royal Panama and Bermuda for the purpose of hardcopy comment that includes Gorge Field Office, 3028 E. Main Street, scientific research. This notification personal identifying information, you Canon City, CO 81212; phone: 719–269– covers activities to be conducted by the may request at the top of your document 8500; and online at: https://go.usa.gov/ applicant over a 5-year period. that we withhold this information from xnKWH. Applicant: White Oak Conservation, public review. However, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yulee, FL; PRT–43164C We will post all hardcopy comments Linda Skinner, Outdoor Recreation The applicant requests a permit to Planner, at the address above. Persons import 2.2 southern black rhinoceros on http://www.regulations.gov. who use a telecommunications device (Diceros bicornis) from Wildlife VI. Authorities for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Assignments International (PTY) Ltd., Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 to Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 Gauteng, South Africa, for breeding to contact the above individual during U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); enhance the propagation or survival of normal business hours. The Service is Marine Mammal Protection Act of the species. This notification is for a available 24 hours a day, seven days a 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.). single import. week, to leave a message or question Joyce Russell, with the above individual. You will B. Marine Mammals Government Information Specialist, Branch receive a reply during normal business Applicant: University of California, UC of Permits, Division of Management Davis Stable Isotope Facility, Davis, hours. Authority. CA; PRT–32831C [FR Doc. 2017–25782 Filed 11–29–17; 8:45 am] SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2013, The applicant requests a permit to the BLM began the public planning BILLING CODE 4333–15–P import small amounts of biological process for developing a management samples that may be derived from plan for the 80-acre Guffey Gorge parcel museum, wild-caught or salvaged DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR to manage the increasing impacts and specimens worldwide for the purpose of conflicts related to high visitation scientific research for the following Bureau of Land Management numbers. This process included marine mammal species: manatee presentations and site tours with the [LLCOF02000 L12200000.AL0000–17X] Resource Advisory Council (RAC), the (Trichechus manatus, T. inunguis, T. senegalensis), polar bear (Ursus Notice of Intent To Collect Fees at the BLM Solicitor, the Park County Sheriff, maritimus), walrus (Odobenus Guffey Gorge Day-Use Area in Park and neighboring landowners. The BLM rosmarus), dugong (Dugong dugon), sea County, Colorado released the draft Business Plan and otter (Enhydra lutris lutris, E. l. kenyoni, Guffey Gorge Management Plan E. l. nereis), and marine otter (Lontra AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Environmental Assessment (EA) for felina). This notification covers Interior. public comment in November 2014. The activities to be conducted by the ACTION: Notice. BLM considered all comments from the applicant over a 5-year period. EA when preparing the final versions of Applicant: BBC Natural History Unit, SUMMARY: Pursuant to applicable these documents as well as the Finding London, UK; PRT–53019C provisions of the Federal Lands of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and Recreation Enhancement Act (FLREA), Decision Record. The BLM signed the The applicant requests a permit to the Bureau of Land Management’s FONSI and Decision Record on June 29, photograph southern sea otters (Enhydra (BLM) Royal Gorge Field Office is 2015. lutris nereis) within a 12-month period proposing to begin collecting fees for a The EA and Business Plan provide at the Monterey Bay and Elkhorn Slough Standard Amenity Day-Use Site in the management direction for regulating areas, California, for the purpose of Guffey Gorge Day-Use Area, east of recreational visitation, while education. This notification covers Guffey, within Park County, Colorado. minimizing impacts to other resources activities to be conducted by the In the 2015 Guffey Gorge Management and providing a high quality experience. applicant over a 5-year period. Plan, the BLM designated Guffey Gorge The Business Plan analyzed anticipated IV. Next Steps Day-Use Area as a Special Area, where management costs and a variety of If the Service decides to issue permits resources require intensive management revenue structures to determine a fee to any of the applicants listed in this and control measures for their that is comparable to fees charged by notice, we will publish a notice in the protection, and a permit system to regional facilities that offer similar Federal Register. You may locate the achieve management objectives. amenities. Federal Register notice announcing the DATES: Comments on the proposed fee This Business Plan, prepared permit issuance date by searching in changes must be received or postmarked pursuant to the FLREA and BLM daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES www.regulations.gov under the permit by February 28, 2018 and include a recreation fee program policy, addressed number listed in this document. legible full name and address. establishing user fees. It established the Applicable May 29, 2018, the BLM will rationale for charging standard amenity V. Public Comments initiate fee collection at the Guffey fees, explained the fee collection You may submit your comments and Gorge Day-Use Area, unless the BLM process, and outlined how the fees materials concerning this notice by one publishes a Federal Register notice to would be used at the Guffey Gorge Day- of the methods listed in ADDRESSES. We the contrary. Comments received after Use Area. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:35 Nov 29, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\30NON1.SGM 30NON1


Document Created: 2017-11-30 00:34:52
Document Modified: 2017-11-30 00:34:52
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 receipt of applications for permit.
DatesWe must receive comments or requests for documents on or before January 2, 2018.
ContactJoyce 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.
FR Citation82 FR 56842 
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