83 FR 18588 - Incidental Take Permit Applications 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 82 (April 27, 2018)
Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 82 (April 27, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-08955 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 82 (Friday, April 27, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 18588-18589] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-08955] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-R2-ES-2018-N035; FXES11140200000-189-FF02ENEH00] Incidental Take Permit Applications 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 federally-listed American burying-beetle incidental take permit (ITP) applications. The applicants anticipate American burying-beetle take as a result of impacts to Oklahoma habitat the species uses for breeding, feeding, and sheltering. The take would be incidental to the applicants' activities associated with oil and gas well field and pipeline infrastructure (gathering, transmission, and distribution), including geophysical exploration (seismic), construction, maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation. If approved, the permits would be issued under the approved American Burying Beetle Amended Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan (ICP) Endangered Species Act Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permit Issuance in Oklahoma. DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or before May 29, 2018. ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of all documents and submit comments on the applicants' ITP applications by one of the following methods. Please refer to the proposed permit number when requesting documents or submitting comments.Email: [email protected]. U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species--HCP Permits, P.O. Box 1306, Room 6093, Albuquerque, NM 87103. 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 ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on ITP applications to take the federally-listed American burying-beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) during oil and gas well field infrastructure geophysical exploration (seismic) and construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning, as well as oil and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline infrastructure construction, maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation in Oklahoma. If approved, the permits would be issued to the applicants under the American Burying Beetle Amended Oil 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. Applications Available for Review and Comment We invite local, state, Tribal, and Federal agencies, and the public to comment on the following applications under the ICP, for incidentally taking the federally-listed American burying-beetle. Please refer to the appropriate proposed permit number (TE75667C or TE78510C) when requesting application documents and when submitting comments. Documents and other information the applicants have 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 TE75667C Applicant: Kaiser-Francis Oil Company, Tulsa, OK. Applicant requests a permit for oil and gas upstream and midstream production, including oil and gas well field infrastructure geophysical exploration (seismic) and construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning, as well as oil and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline infrastructure construction, maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation in Oklahoma. Permit TE78510C Applicant: Marathon Pipe Line Company, Findlay, OH. 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). [[Page 18589]] Dated: March 16, 2018. Amy L. Lueders, Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. 2018-08955 Filed 4-26-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4333-15-P
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D Grant Review Committee FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tulsa, OK.
D Adjournment Marty Tuegel, Branch Chief, by U.S.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: mail at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Applicant requests a permit for oil
Paul Zimmerman, General Counsel, Environmental Review Division, P.O. and gas upstream and midstream
(202) 683–7118. Box 1306, Room 6078, Albuquerque, production, including oil and gas well
NM 87103; or by telephone at 505–248– field infrastructure geophysical
Paul Zimmerman, exploration (seismic) and construction,
6651.
General Counsel. maintenance, operation, repair, and
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[FR Doc. 2018–09063 Filed 4–25–18; 4:15 pm] decommissioning, as well as oil and gas
BILLING CODE 7025–01–P Introduction gathering, transmission, and
distribution pipeline infrastructure
Under the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
construction, maintenance, operation,
seq.), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR repair, decommissioning, and
Service, invite the public to comment
reclamation in Oklahoma.
on ITP applications to take the
Fish and Wildlife Service federally-listed American burying-beetle Permit TE78510C
[FWS–R2–ES–2018–N035; (Nicrophorus americanus) during oil
FXES11140200000–189–FF02ENEH00] and gas well field infrastructure Applicant: Marathon Pipe Line
geophysical exploration (seismic) and Company, Findlay, OH.
Incidental Take Permit Applications construction, maintenance, operation, Applicant requests a permit for oil
Received To Participate in the repair, and decommissioning, as well as and gas upstream and midstream
American Burying-Beetle Amended Oil oil and gas gathering, transmission, and production, including oil and gas well
and Gas Industry Conservation Plan in distribution pipeline infrastructure field infrastructure geophysical
Oklahoma construction, maintenance, operation, exploration (seismic) and construction,
repair, decommissioning, and maintenance, operation, repair, and
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, reclamation in Oklahoma.
Interior. decommissioning, as well as oil and gas
If approved, the permits would be gathering, transmission, and
ACTION: Notice of availability; request issued to the applicants under the distribution pipeline infrastructure
for public comments. American Burying Beetle Amended Oil construction, maintenance, operation,
and Gas Industry Conservation Plan repair, decommissioning, and
SUMMARY: Under the Endangered
(ICP) Endangered Species Act Section reclamation in Oklahoma.
Species Act (ESA), as amended, we, the
10(a)(1)(B) Permit Issuance in
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite Public Availability of Comments
Oklahoma. The original ICP was
the public to comment on federally-
approved on May 21, 2014, and the ‘‘no
listed American burying-beetle Written comments we receive become
significant impact’’ finding notice was
incidental take permit (ITP) part of the public record associated with
published in the Federal Register on
applications. The applicants anticipate this action. Before including your
July 25, 2014 (79 FR 43504). The draft
American burying-beetle take as a result address, phone number, email address,
amended ICP was made available for
of impacts to Oklahoma habitat the or other personal identifying
comment on March 8, 2016 (81 FR
species uses for breeding, feeding, and information in your comment, you
12113), and approved on April 13, 2016.
sheltering. The take would be incidental should be aware that your entire
The ICP and the associated
to the applicants’ activities associated comment—including your personal
environmental assessment/finding of no
with oil and gas well field and pipeline identifying information—may be made
significant impact are available on our
infrastructure (gathering, transmission, publicly available at any time. While
website at http://www.fws.gov/
and distribution), including geophysical you can request in your comment that
southwest/es/oklahoma/ABBICP.
exploration (seismic), construction, we withhold your personal identifying
However, we are no longer taking
maintenance, operation, repair, information from public review, we
comments on these finalized, approved
decommissioning, and reclamation. If cannot guarantee that we will be able to
documents.
approved, the permits would be issued do so. All submissions from
under the approved American Burying Applications Available for Review and organizations or businesses, and from
Beetle Amended Oil and Gas Industry Comment individuals identifying themselves as
Conservation Plan (ICP) Endangered We invite local, state, Tribal, and representatives or officials of
Species Act Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permit Federal agencies, and the public to organizations or businesses, will be
Issuance in Oklahoma. comment on the following applications made available for public disclosure in
DATES: To ensure consideration, written under the ICP, for incidentally taking their entirety.
comments must be received on or before the federally-listed American burying- Authority
May 29, 2018. beetle. Please refer to the appropriate
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ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of proposed permit number (TE75667C or We provide this notice under the
all documents and submit comments on TE78510C) when requesting application ESA, section 10(c) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
the applicants’ ITP applications by one documents and when submitting seq.) and its implementing regulations
of the following methods. Please refer to comments. Documents and other (50 CFR 17.22) and the National
the proposed permit number when information the applicants have Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C.
requesting documents or submitting submitted are available for review, 4321 et seq.) and its implementing
comments. subject to Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).
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Dated: March 16, 2018. FR 51937). The United States Marine (‘‘Commerce’’) of affirmative
Amy L. Lueders, Corps, the Veterans Administration, and preliminary determinations in the
Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S. the Environmental Protection Agency investigations under sections 703(b) or
Fish and Wildlife Service. each accepted cooperating agency 733(b) of the Act, or, if the preliminary
[FR Doc. 2018–08955 Filed 4–26–18; 8:45 am] status. Notice of Availability for the determinations are negative, upon
BILLING CODE 4333–15–P draft EIR/EIS was published by the notice of affirmative final
Environmental Protection Agency on determinations in those investigations
November 24, 2017 (82 FR 55831) and under sections 705(a) or 735(a) of the
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR by the Bureau of Reclamation on Act. Parties that filed entries of
November 28, 2017 (82 FR 56264). The appearance in the preliminary phase of
Bureau of Reclamation comment period on the draft EIR/EIS the investigations need not enter a
ended on January 8, 2018. The final EIR/ separate appearance for the final phase
[RR03510000, XXXR0680R1,
RR171260120019400] EIS contains responses to all comments of the investigations. Industrial users,
received. and, if the merchandise under
Final Environmental Impact Statement, The final EIR/EIS is available on the investigation is sold at the retail level,
Pure Water San Diego Program, North City of San Diego website at: https:// representative consumer organizations
City Project; San Diego County, www.sandiego.gov/water/purewater/ have the right to appear as parties in
California purewatersd/reports. Commission antidumping and
countervailing duty investigations. The
Dated: April 23, 2018.
AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Secretary will prepare a public service
Interior. Terrance J. Fulp,
list containing the names and addresses
Regional Director, Lower Colorado Region. of all persons, or their representatives,
ACTION: Notice of availability.
[FR Doc. 2018–08942 Filed 4–26–18; 8:45 am] who are parties to the investigations.
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation BILLING CODE 4332–90–P
and the City of San Diego have Background
completed a final Environmental Impact On March 7, 2018, the Laminated
Report/Environmental Impact Statement INTERNATIONAL TRADE Woven Sacks Fair Trade Coalition,
for the North City Project, the first phase COMMISSION which is comprised of Polytex Fibers
of the Pure Water San Diego Program— Corporation (Houston, Texas) and
a water and wastewater facilities plan to [Investigation Nos. 701–TA–601 and 731– ProAmpac, LLC (Cincinnati, Ohio), filed
TA–1411 (Preliminary)]
produce potable water from recycled a petition with the Commission and
water. The Bureau of Reclamation is Laminated Woven Sacks from Vietnam Commerce, alleging that an industry in
recommending the Miramar Alternative the United States is materially injured
as the preferred alternative for approval. Determinations or threatened with material injury by
DATES: The Bureau of Reclamation will On the basis of the record 1 developed reason of LTFV and subsidized imports
not make a decision on the proposed in the subject investigations, the United of laminated woven sacks from
project until at least 30 days after the States International Trade Commission Vietnam. Accordingly, effective March
Notice of Availability is published by (‘‘Commission’’) determines, pursuant 7, 2018, the Commission, pursuant to
the Environmental Protection Agency. to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the Act’’), sections 703(a) and 733(a) of the Act (19
that there is a reasonable indication that U.S.C. 1671b(a) and 1673b(a)), instituted
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
an industry in the United States is countervailing duty investigation No.
Doug McPherson, Environmental 701–TA–601 and antidumping duty
Protection Specialist, Bureau of materially injured by reason of imports
investigation No. 731–TA–1411
Reclamation, Southern California Area of laminated woven sacks from Vietnam
(Preliminary).
Office, 27708 Jefferson Avenue, Suite that are alleged to be sold in the United Notice of the institution of the
202, Temecula, CA 92590; telephone: States at less than fair value (‘‘LTFV’’) Commission’s investigations and of a
(951) 695–5310; facsimile: (951) 695– and to be subsidized by the government public conference to be held in
5319; or email: dmcpherson@usbr.gov. of Vietnam.2 connection therewith was given by
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commencement of Final Phase posting copies of the notice in the Office
Miramar Alternative will expand the Investigations of the Secretary, U.S. International
existing North City Water Reclamation Trade Commission, Washington, DC,
Plant and construct an adjacent North Pursuant to section 207.18 of the
and by publishing the notice in the
City Pure Water Facility with a purified Commission’s rules, the Commission
Federal Register of March 13, 2018 (83
water pipeline to Miramar Reservoir. A also gives notice of the commencement
FR 10875). The conference was held in
project alternative would install a longer of the final phase of its investigations.
Washington, DC, on March 28, 2018,
pipeline to deliver product water to the The Commission will issue a final phase
and all persons who requested the
larger San Vicente Reservoir instead. notice of scheduling, which will be
opportunity were permitted to appear in
Other project components include: A published in the Federal Register as
person or by counsel.
new pump station and forcemain to provided in section 207.21 of the The Commission made these
deliver additional wastewater to the Commission’s rules, upon notice from determinations pursuant to sections
North City Water Reclamation Plant, a the U.S. Department of Commerce 703(a) and 733(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C.
brine discharge pipeline, upgrades to 1671b(a) and 1673b(a)). It completed
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1 The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the
the existing Metropolitan Biosolids Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 and filed its determinations in these
Center, and a renewable energy facility CFR 207.2(f)). investigations on April 23, 2018. The
with a landfill gas pipeline crossing 2 Laminated Woven Sacks From the Socialist views of the Commission are contained
Marine Corps Air Station Miramar and Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Countervailing in USITC Publication 4779 (April 2018),
Duty Investigation, 83 FR 14253, April 3, 2018;
the Miramar National Cemetery. Laminated Woven Sacks From the Socialist
entitled Laminated Woven Sacks from
The Bureau of Reclamation issued a Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair- Vietnam: Investigation Nos. 701–TA–
Notice of Intent on August 5, 2016 (81 Value Investigation, 83 FR 14257, April 3, 2018. 601 and 731–TA–1411 (Preliminary).
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