83_FR_15667 83 FR 15597 - U.S. Endangered Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Application

83 FR 15597 - U.S. Endangered Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Application

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 70 (April 11, 2018)

Page Range15597-15598
FR Document2018-07446

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on an application for a permit to conduct activities intended to enhance the propagation or survival of an endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) prohibits activities that constitute take of listed species unless a Federal permit is issued that allows such activity. The ESA also requires that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 70 (Wednesday, April 11, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15597-15598]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-07446]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R6-ES-2017-N171; FXES11130600000-178-FF06E00000]


U.S. Endangered Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Application

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

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

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to 
comment on an application for a permit to conduct activities intended 
to enhance the propagation or survival of an endangered species. With 
some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) prohibits activities 
that constitute take of listed species unless a Federal permit is 
issued that allows such activity. The ESA also requires that we invite 
public comment before issuing these permits.

DATES: We must receive your written comments by May 11, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Document availability: The application, as well as any 
comments and other materials that we receive, will be available for 
public inspection in hard copy for viewing by appointment between 8 
a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays, at 
Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 134 Union Blvd., 
Suite 645, Lakewood, CO 80228; telephone 303-236-4224.
    Submitting comments: You may submit comments by one of the 
following methods. Please specify the applicant's name and the 
application number (TE59243C-0).
     Email: permitsR6ES@fws.gov. Please refer to the permit 
number (Application No. TE59243C-0) in the subject line of your email 
message.
     U.S. mail: Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, P.O. Box 25486-DFC, Denver, CO 80225.
     Hand-delivery, Pickup, or Viewing: Call 303-236-4224 to 
make an appointment during regular business hours at 134 Union Blvd., 
Suite 645, Lakewood, CO 80228.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Konishi, Recovery Permits 
Coordinator, Ecological Services, 303-236-4224 (phone); 
permitsR6ES@fws.gov (email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
invite the public to comment on an application for a permit to conduct 
activities intended to promote recovery of a species that is listed as 
endangered under the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq,; 
ESA). 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.

Background

    The ESA prohibits certain activities with endangered and threatened 
species unless authorized by a Federal permit. A recovery permit issued 
by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA authorizes the permittee to 
conduct activities with endangered 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.

Permit Application Available for Review and Comment

    We invite local, State, and Federal agencies, Tribes, and the 
public to comment on the following application:

Permit Application Number TE59243C-0

    Applicant: Revive and Restore, Sausalito, CA.
    The applicant requests a permit to conduct ``Phase 1'' of a multi-
phase process to generate disease-resistant black-footed ferrets 
(Mustela nigripes). This phase would involve research in laboratories 
located in North Rose, NY, and San Diego, CA. The studies aim to 
develop, test, and optimize model cisgenic and novel disease-resistance 
pathways in the black-footed ferret, both in vitro and in vivo, 
leveraging domestic ferret resources for comparative genomics, 
comparative proteomics, and interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfer 
(iSCNT) reproductive techniques for the purpose of enhancing the 
species' survival.
    Integration of genetically modified black-footed ferrets into wild 
populations would require careful execution and constitutes ``Phase 2'' 
of the long-term program.

Public Availability of Comments

    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. 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.

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Contents of Public Comments

    Please make your comments as specific as possible and explain the 
basis for your comments. Include sufficient information 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.

Next Steps

    If we decide to issue a permit to the applicant listed in this 
notice, we will publish a notice in the Federal Register.

    Authority:  We publish this notice under section 10(c) of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)

Michael Thabault,
Assistant Regional Director, Mountain-Prairie Region.
[FR Doc. 2018-07446 Filed 4-10-18; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 70 / Wednesday, April 11, 2018 / Notices 15597 PERMIT APPLICATIONS—Continued Permit Permit application Applicant Species/Numbers Location Activity Type of take action No. TE 65550A–2 ............ Dale Gawlik, Florida American wood stork Florida ...................... Research on dif- Capture, band, and Amendment. Atlantic University, (Mycteria ameri- ferences in nest- collect feathers. Boca Raton, FL. cana). ling health and sur- vival based upon prey selection. TE 27608B–1 ............ McGehee Engineer- Gray bat (Myotis Alabama ................... Presence/absence Enter hibernacula, Renewal. ing Corp., Jasper, grisescens), Indi- surveys and popu- capture with mist AL. ana bat (M. lation monitoring. nets or harp traps, sodalis), and north- handle, identify, ern long-eared bat band, and radio- (M. septentrionalis). tag. Authority: We provide this notice under applicant’s name and the application endangered plant species, and 50 CFR section 10(c) of the ESA. number (TE59243C–0). 17.72 for threatened plant species. Todd Hopkins, • Email: permitsR6ES@fws.gov. Permit Application Available for Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Please refer to the permit number Review and Comment Services, Southeast Region. (Application No. TE59243C–0) in the [FR Doc. 2018–07434 Filed 4–10–18; 8:45 am] subject line of your email message. We invite local, State, and Federal BILLING CODE 4333–15–P • U.S. mail: Ecological Services, U.S. agencies, Tribes, and the public to Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box comment on the following application: 25486–DFC, Denver, CO 80225. Permit Application Number DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR • Hand-delivery, Pickup, or Viewing: TE59243C–0 Call 303–236–4224 to make an Fish and Wildlife Service appointment during regular business Applicant: Revive and Restore, [FWS–R6–ES–2017–N171; hours at 134 Union Blvd., Suite 645, Sausalito, CA. FXES11130600000–178–FF06E00000] Lakewood, CO 80228. The applicant requests a permit to FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: conduct ‘‘Phase 1’’ of a multi-phase U.S. Endangered Species; Receipt of process to generate disease-resistant Kathy Konishi, Recovery Permits Recovery Permit Application black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes). Coordinator, Ecological Services, 303– AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 236–4224 (phone); permitsR6ES@ This phase would involve research in Interior. fws.gov (email). laboratories located in North Rose, NY, ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit and San Diego, CA. The studies aim to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the application; request for comments. develop, test, and optimize model U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite cisgenic and novel disease-resistance the public to comment on an SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and pathways in the black-footed ferret, both application for a permit to conduct Wildlife Service, invite the public to in vitro and in vivo, leveraging domestic activities intended to promote recovery comment on an application for a permit ferret resources for comparative of a species that is listed as endangered to conduct activities intended to genomics, comparative proteomics, and under the Endangered Species Act (16 enhance the propagation or survival of interspecies somatic cell nuclear U.S.C. 1531 et seq,; ESA). The ESA and an endangered species. With some transfer (iSCNT) reproductive our implementing regulations in part 17 exceptions, the Endangered Species Act techniques for the purpose of enhancing of title 50 of the Code of Federal (ESA) prohibits activities that constitute the species’ survival. Regulations (CFR) provide for the take of listed species unless a Federal issuance of such permits and require Integration of genetically modified permit is issued that allows such that we invite public comment before black-footed ferrets into wild activity. The ESA also requires that we issuing permits for activities involving populations would require careful invite public comment before issuing endangered species. execution and constitutes ‘‘Phase 2’’ of these permits. the long-term program. DATES: We must receive your written Background Public Availability of Comments comments by May 11, 2018. The ESA prohibits certain activities ADDRESSES: Document availability: The with endangered and threatened species Before including your address, phone application, as well as any comments unless authorized by a Federal permit. number, email address, or other and other materials that we receive, will A recovery permit issued by us under personal identifying information in your be available for public inspection in section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA comment, you should be aware that hard copy for viewing by appointment authorizes the permittee to conduct your entire comment—including your between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday activities with endangered species for personal identifying information—may through Friday, except Federal holidays, scientific purposes that promote be made publicly available at any time. amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with NOTICES at Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and recovery or for enhancement of If you submit a hardcopy comment that Wildlife Service, 134 Union Blvd., Suite propagation or survival of the species. includes personal identifying 645, Lakewood, CO 80228; telephone Our regulations implementing section information, you may request at the top 303–236–4224. 10(a)(1)(A) for these permits are found of your document that we withhold this Submitting comments: You may at 50 CFR 17.22 for endangered wildlife information from public review; submit comments by one of the species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened however, we cannot guarantee that we following methods. 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15598 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 70 / Wednesday, April 11, 2018 / Notices Contents of Public Comments be part of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of ADDRESSES: Send your comments on Please make your comments as Chippewa Indians, Michigan this information collection request (ICR) specific as possible and explain the Reservation in Mackinac County, by mail to the U.S. Department of the basis for your comments. Include Michigan. Interior, Bureau of Land Management, sufficient information to allow us to Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, 1849 C Street NW, Room 2134LM, authenticate any scientific or Michigan Reservation Washington, DC 20240, Attention: Jean commercial data you include. Sonneman; or by email to jesonnem@ 1 Parcel—Michigan Meridian, Mackinac blm.gov. Please reference OMB Control The comments and recommendations County, Michigan that will be most useful and likely to Number 1004–0029 in the subject line of Legal Description Containing 79.54 Acres, your comments. influence agency decisions are: (1) More or Less Those supported by quantitative FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To information or studies; and (2) Those Brown Parcel 469–T–38 request additional information about that include citations to, and analyses Lot 2, Section 19, Township 41 North, this ICR, contact Pamela Ridley by email of, the applicable laws and regulations. Range 3 West and the South 1⁄2 of the at pridley@blm.gov or by telephone at Southwest 1⁄4 of said Section 19, (202) 853–0522. Next Steps Township 41 North, Range 3 West, lying SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In If we decide to issue a permit to the Southerly of a line described as accordance with the Paperwork applicant listed in this notice, we will beginning at a point 650 feet Northerly Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the publish a notice in the Federal Register. along the centerline of Mackinac Trail general public and other Federal Authority: We publish this notice under and South line of Section 19; thence agencies with an opportunity to section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act Northeasterly to the Southeast corner of comment on new, proposed, revised, of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) the Northwest 1⁄4 of the Southwest 1⁄4 of and continuing collections of Michael Thabault, Section 19, Township 41 North, Range information. This helps us assess the 3 West, Michigan Meridian, Michigan. impact of our information collection Assistant Regional Director, Mountain-Prairie Region. Containing 79.54 acres, more or less. requirements and minimize the public’s The above-described lands contain a reporting burden. It also helps the [FR Doc. 2018–07446 Filed 4–10–18; 8:45 am] total of 79.54 acres, more or less, which public understand our information BILLING CODE 4333–15–P are subject to all valid rights, collection requirements and provide the reservations, rights-of-way, and requested data in the desired format. We easements of record. are soliciting comments on the proposed DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR This proclamation does not affect title ICR that is described below. We are Bureau of Indian Affairs to the lands described above, nor does especially interested in public comment it affect any valid existing easements for addressing the following issues: (1) Is [189A2100DD/AAKC001030/ public roads, highways, public utilities, the collection necessary to the proper A0A501010.999900] railroads, pipelines, or any other valid functions of the BLM; (2) will this easements or rights-of-way or information be processed and used in a Proclaiming Certain Lands as reservations of record. timely manner; (3) is the estimate of Reservation for the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan Dated: March 12, 2018. burden accurate; (4) how might the BLM John Tahsuda, enhance the quality, utility, and clarity AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, of the information to be collected; and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian Interior. Affairs Exercising the Authority of the (5) how might the BLM minimize the ACTION: Notice. Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. burden of this collection on the [FR Doc. 2018–07475 Filed 4–10–18; 8:45 am] respondents, including through the use SUMMARY: This notice informs the public of information technology. BILLING CODE 4337–15–P that the Principal Deputy Assistant Comments that you submit in Secretary—Indian Affairs, exercising the response to this notice are a matter of authority of the Assistant Secretary— public record. We will include or DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Indian Affairs, proclaimed summarize each comment in our request approximately 79.54 acres, more or less, Bureau of Land Management to OMB to approve this ICR. Before an addition to the reservation of the including your address, phone number, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa [LLWO350000 1440000 PN0000; OMB Control Number 1004–0029] email address, or other personal Indians, Michigan on March 12, 2018. identifying information in your FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Agency Information Collection comment, you should be aware that Sharlene M. Round Face, Bureau of Activities; Color-of-Title Application your entire comment—including your Indian Affairs, Division of Real Estate personal identifying information—may Services, 1849 C Street NW, MS–4642– AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, be made publicly available at any time. MIB, Washington, DC 20240, telephone Interior. While you can ask us in your comment (202) 208–3615. ACTION: Notice of information collection; to withhold your personal identifying SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This request for comment. information from public review, we notice is published in the exercise of cannot guarantee that we will be able to authority delegated by the Secretary of SUMMARY: In accordance with the do so. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with NOTICES the Interior to the Assistant Secretary— Abstract: The Color-of-Title Act (43 Indian Affairs by part 209 of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is U.S.C. 1068, 1068a, and 1068b) provides Departmental Manual. proposing to renew an information for the issuance of a land patent to a A proclamation was issued according collection. tract of public land of up to 160 acres, to the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 986; DATES: Interested persons are invited to where the claimant shows peaceful, 25 U.S.C. 5110) for the lands described submit comments on or before June 11, adverse possession of the tract in good below. These lands were proclaimed to 2018. faith for more than 20 years, as well as VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:17 Apr 10, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\11APN1.SGM 11APN1


Document Created: 2018-04-10 23:59:21
Document Modified: 2018-04-10 23:59:21
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 permit application; request for comments.
DatesWe must receive your written comments by May 11, 2018.
ContactKathy Konishi, Recovery Permits Coordinator, Ecological Services, 303-236-4224 (phone); [email protected] (email).
FR Citation83 FR 15597 
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