83 FR 12202 - Incidental Take Permit Application Received To Participate in the American Burying-Beetle Amended Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan in Oklahoma
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 54 (March 20, 2018)
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Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 54 (March 20, 2018)
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 20, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 12202-12203] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-05589] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-R2-ES-2017-N186; FXES11140200000-189-FF02ENEH00] Incidental Take Permit Application Received To Participate in the American Burying-Beetle Amended Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan in Oklahoma AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability; request for public comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), as amended, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on a federally listed American burying-beetle incidental take permit (ITP) application. The applicant anticipates 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 applicant's activities associated with oil and gas well field and pipeline infrastructure (gathering, transmission, and distribution), including geophysical exploration (seismic), construction, maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation. If approved, the permit would be issued under the approved American Burying Beetle Amended Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan (ICP) Endangered Species Act Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permit Issuance in Oklahoma. DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or before April 19, 2018. ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of all documents and submit comments on the applicant's ITP application by one of the following methods. Please refer to the proposed permit number when requesting documents or submitting comments.U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species--HCP Permits, P.O. Box 1306, Room 6093, Albuquerque, NM 87103. Electronically: [email protected]. [[Page 12203]] 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 6078, 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.; ESA), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on an ITP application to take the federally listed American burying-beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) during oil and gas well field infrastructure geophysical exploration (seismic) and construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning, as well as oil and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline infrastructure construction, maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation in Oklahoma. If approved, the permit would be issued to the applicant under the American Burying Beetle Amended Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan (ICP) Endangered Species Act Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permit Issuance in Oklahoma. The original ICP was approved on May 21, 2014, and the ``no significant impact'' finding notice was published in the Federal Register on July 25, 2014 (79 FR 43504). The draft amended ICP was made available for comment on March 8, 2016 (81 FR 12113), and approved on April 13, 2016. The ICP and the associated environmental assessment/ finding of no significant impact are available on our website at http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/oklahoma/ABBICP. However, we are no longer taking comments on these finalized, approved documents. Application Available for Review and Comment We invite local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies, and the public to comment on the following application under the ICP, for incidentally taking the federally-listed American burying-beetle. Please refer to the appropriate permit number (TE66214C) when requesting application documents and when submitting comments. Documents and other information the applicant has submitted 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 TE66214C Applicant: Arkoma Resources, 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. 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. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be made available for public disclosure in their entirety. Authority We provide this notice under the ESA, section 10(c) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and its implementing regulations (50 CFR 17.22) and the National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its implementing regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). Dated: January 11, 2018. Joy N. Nicholopoulos, Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. 2018-05589 Filed 3-19-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4333-15-P
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CCAA, available for public review and Sonoran desert tortoise habitat, and; its implementing regulations (40 CFR
comment. limiting taking habitat, eggs, and female 1506.6).
Sonoran desert tortoises. Additionally,
Background Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
through the CCAA’s reporting
Survival enhancement of permits requirements, the FWS will receive Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region,
issued for CCAAs encourage non- Albuquerque, New Mexico.
additional tortoise distribution data to
Federal landowners, including non- [FR Doc. 2018–05590 Filed 3–19–18; 8:45 am]
add to the overall Sonoran desert
Federal operators holding easements on tortoise knowledge base, and use it to BILLING CODE 4333–15–P
private lands, to implement further species conservation. Since the
conservation measures for species that Sonoran desert tortoise is not federally
are, or are likely to become, candidates DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
listed, there is no regulatory
for Federal listing as endangered or requirement for AEPCO to implement a
threatened under the Act, by assuring Fish and Wildlife Service
conservation program. Therefore, absent
landowners/operators they will not be the CCAA, it is unlikely these benefits
subjected to increased property use [FWS–R2–ES–2017–N186;
to the tortoise would be realized. FXES11140200000–189–FF02ENEH00]
restrictions if the covered species
We will evaluate the permit
becomes listed in the future. Incidental Take Permit Application
application, associated documents, and
Application requirements and survival Received To Participate in the
comments we receive to determine
enhancement of permit issuance criteria American Burying-Beetle Amended Oil
whether the permit application meets
for CCAAs are in the Code of Federal and Gas Industry Conservation Plan in
the requirements of the Act, NEPA, and
Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17.22(d) Oklahoma
implementing regulations. If we
and 17.32(d). The joint policy on
determine that all requirements are met,
CCAAs was published in the Federal AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
we will approve the proposed CCAA
Register with the Department of Interior.
and, should the species become listed as
Commerce’s National Oceanic and ACTION: Notice of availability; request
threatened or endangered under the Act
Atmospheric Administration, National for public comments.
in the future, the AEPCO permit under
Marine Fisheries Service on December
the Act, section 10(a)(1)(A), will become
27, 2016 (80 FR 95164; December 27, SUMMARY: Under the Endangered
effective and provide Sonoran desert
2016). Species Act (ESA), as amended, we, the
tortoise incidental take coverage
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite
Proposed Action through the remainder of the CCAA’s
the public to comment on a federally
The proposed action is the FWS 25-year duration. We will not make our
listed American burying-beetle
issuing AEPCO a permit for covered final decision until after the comment
incidental take permit (ITP) application.
activities in the permit area for up to 25 period ends, and we will fully consider
The applicant anticipates American
years, pursuant to the Act, section all comments we receive during the
burying-beetle take as a result of
10(a)(1)(A). The Permit would cover public comment period.
impacts to habitat the species uses for
Sonoran desert tortoise ‘‘take’’ Public Availability of Comments breeding, feeding, and sheltering in
associated with covered activities Oklahoma. The take would be
occurring within the permit area. All comments we receive become part incidental to the applicant’s activities
The proposed AEPCO CCAA commits of the public record associated with this associated with oil and gas well field
AEPCO to implement conservation action. Requests for copies of comments and pipeline infrastructure (gathering,
measures to reduce threats and will be handled in accordance with the transmission, and distribution),
contribute to furthering Sonoran desert Freedom of Information Act, NEPA, and including geophysical exploration
tortoise conservation on lands AEPCO Service and Department of the Interior (seismic), construction, maintenance,
uses while implementing covered policies and procedures. Before operation, repair, decommissioning, and
activities within the tortoise’s Arizona including your address, phone number, reclamation. If approved, the permit
range. email address, or other personal would be issued under the approved
To meet section 10(a)(1)(A) permit identifying information in your American Burying Beetle Amended Oil
requirements, the applicant developed comment, you should be aware that and Gas Industry Conservation Plan
and proposes to implement the AEPCO your entire comment—including your (ICP) Endangered Species Act Section
CCAA, which describes the personal identifying information—may 10(a)(1)(B) Permit Issuance in
conservation measures AEPCO has be made publicly available at any time. Oklahoma.
agreed to undertake to reduce tortoise While you can ask us to withhold your
threats, ensure that incidental take will personal identifying information from DATES: To ensure consideration, written
not appreciably reduce the likelihood public review, we cannot guarantee that comments must be received on or before
the species can survive and recover in we will be able to do so. All April 19, 2018.
the wild, and benefit Sonoran desert submissions from organizations or ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of
tortoises and their habitats. businesses, and from individuals all documents and submit comments on
Expected benefits include, but may identifying themselves as the applicant’s ITP application by one of
not be limited to: Developing and representatives or officials of the following methods. Please refer to
delivering personnel and contractors a organizations or businesses, will be the proposed permit number when
training and awareness program, along made available for public disclosure in requesting documents or submitting
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with annual refreshers to avoid and their entirety. comments.
minimize Sonoran desert tortoise take; • U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Authority
limiting the amount of new disturbance Service, Endangered Species—HCP
within tortoise habitat; providing early We provide this notice under the Act, Permits, P.O. Box 1306, Room 6093,
notification of new buffelgrass section 10(c) and its implementing Albuquerque, NM 87103.
infestations to afford opportunity for regulations (50 CFR 17.22 and 17.32) • Electronically: fw2_hcp_permits@
buffelgrass management to improve and NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4371 et seq.) and fws.gov.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Applicant requests a permit for oil park. The United States will purchase,
Marty Tuegel, Branch Chief, by U.S. and gas upstream and midstream from a willing seller, a parcel containing
mail at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, production, including oil and gas well 100.77 acres of land. The tract
Environmental Review Division, P.O. field infrastructure geophysical encompasses the north half of Bates Old
Box 1306, Room 6078, Albuquerque, exploration (seismic) and construction, River and northern uplands east of
NM 87103; or by telephone at 505–248– maintenance, operation, repair, and Highway 601.
6651. decommissioning, as well as oil and gas DATES: The applicable date of this
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: gathering, transmission, and boundary revision is March 20, 2018.
distribution pipeline infrastructure ADDRESSES: The map depicting this
Introduction
construction, maintenance, operation, boundary revision is available for
Under the Endangered Species Act, as repair, decommissioning, and inspection at the following locations:
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; ESA), reclamation in Oklahoma. National Park Service, Southeast Region
we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Land Resources Program Center, 1924
invite the public to comment on an ITP Public Availability of Comments
Building, 100 Alabama Street SW,
application to take the federally listed Written comments we receive become Atlanta, Georgia 30303 and National
American burying-beetle (Nicrophorus part of the public record associated with Park Service, Department of the Interior,
americanus) during oil and gas well this action. Before including your 1849 C Street NW, Washington, DC
field infrastructure geophysical address, phone number, email address, 20240.
exploration (seismic) and construction, or other personal identifying
maintenance, operation, repair, and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
information in your comment, you
decommissioning, as well as oil and gas should be aware that your entire National Park Service, Anthony
gathering, transmission, and comment—including your personal Marshall Acting Chief, Southeast Region
distribution pipeline infrastructure identifying information—may be made Land Resources Program Center, 1924
construction, maintenance, operation, publicly available at any time. While Building, 100 Alabama Street SW,
repair, decommissioning, and you can request in your comment that Atlanta, Georgia 30303, telephone 404–
reclamation in Oklahoma. 507–5657.
we withhold your personal identifying
If approved, the permit would be information from public review, we SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
issued to the applicant under the cannot guarantee that we will be able to hereby given that, pursuant to 54 U.S.C.
American Burying Beetle Amended Oil do so. All submissions from 100506, the boundary of Congaree
and Gas Industry Conservation Plan organizations or businesses, and from National Park is modified to include
(ICP) Endangered Species Act Section individuals identifying themselves as 100.77 acres of adjacent land acres
10(a)(1)(B) Permit Issuance in representatives or officials of identified as Tract 101–81. The
Oklahoma. The original ICP was organizations or businesses, will be boundary revision is depicted on Map
approved on May 21, 2014, and the ‘‘no made available for public disclosure in No. 178/132,867 dated August 2017.
significant impact’’ finding notice was their entirety. Specifically, 54 U.S.C. 100506
published in the Federal Register on provides that, after notifying the House
July 25, 2014 (79 FR 43504). The draft Authority Committee on Natural Resources and
amended ICP was made available for We provide this notice under the the Senate Committee on Energy and
comment on March 8, 2016 (81 FR ESA, section 10(c) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et Natural Resources, the Secretary of the
12113), and approved on April 13, 2016. seq.) and its implementing regulations Interior is authorized to make this
The ICP and the associated (50 CFR 17.22) and the National boundary revision upon publication of
environmental assessment/finding of no Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. notice in the Federal Register. The
significant impact are available on our 4321 et seq.) and its implementing Committees have been notified of this
website at http://www.fws.gov/ regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). boundary revision. This boundary
southwest/es/oklahoma/ABBICP. revision and subsequent acquisition of
Dated: January 11, 2018.
However, we are no longer taking Tract 101–81 will enable the National
Joy N. Nicholopoulos, Park Service to manage and protect
comments on these finalized, approved
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region, significant resources located in the
documents. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Congaree National Park.
Application Available for Review and [FR Doc. 2018–05589 Filed 3–19–18; 8:45 am]
Dated: January 4, 2018.
Comment BILLING CODE 4333–15–P
Stan Austin,
We invite local, State, Tribal, and Regional Director, Southeast Region.
Federal agencies, and the public to
comment on the following application DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR [FR Doc. 2018–05575 Filed 3–19–18; 8:45 am]
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under the ICP, for incidentally taking National Park Service
the federally-listed American burying-
beetle. Please refer to the appropriate [NPS–SER–CONG–24776;
permit number (TE66214C) when PS.SSELA0303.00.1] DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
requesting application documents and Office of the Chief Information Officer
Minor Boundary Revision at Congaree
when submitting comments. Documents
National Park [OMB Number 1105—NEW]
and other information the applicant has
submitted are available for review, AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
subject to Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) Agency Information Collection
ACTION: Notification of boundary
and Freedom of Information Act (5 Activities; Proposed eCollection
revision.
U.S.C. 552) requirements. eComments Requested
SUMMARY: The boundary of Congaree AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information
Permit TE66214C National Park is modified to include Officer, Department of Justice.
Applicant: Arkoma Resources, LLC, 100.77 acres of land immediately
ACTION: 60 day notice.
Houston, TX. adjacent to the boundary of the national
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