83_FR_4085 83 FR 4066 - Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications

83 FR 4066 - Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 19 (January 29, 2018)

Page Range4066-4067
FR Document2018-01570

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) prohibits activities with listed species unless a Federal permit is issued that allows such activities. The ESA requires that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 19 (Monday, January 29, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 19 (Monday, January 29, 2018)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R4-ES-2017-N154; FXES11140400000-178-FF04E00000]


Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

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

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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. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species 
Act (ESA) prohibits activities with listed species unless a Federal 
permit is issued that allows such activities. The ESA requires that we 
invite public comment before issuing these permits.

DATES: We must receive written data or comments on the applications at 
the address given in ADDRESSES by February 26, 2018.

ADDRESSES: 
    Reviewing Documents: Documents and other information submitted with 
the applications are available for review, subject to the requirements 
of the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act, by any party who 
submits a written request for a copy of such documents to the following 
office within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice (see 
DATES): U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Office, Ecological 
Services, 1875 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30345 (Attn: Karen 
Marlowe, Permit Coordinator).
    Submitting Comments: If you wish to comment, you may submit 
comments by any one of the following methods:
     U.S. mail or hand-delivery: U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service's Regional Office (see above).
     Email: permitsR4ES@fws.gov. Please include your name and 
return address in your email message. If you do not receive a 
confirmation from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that we have 
received your email message, contact us directly at the telephone 
number listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator, 
404-679-7097 (telephone) or 404-679-7081 (fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We invite review and comment from local, 
State, and Federal agencies and the public on applications we have 
received for permits to conduct certain activities with endangered and 
threatened species under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; ESA), and our 
regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR part 17. 
With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits activities with listed species 
unless a Federal permit is issued that allows such activities. The ESA 
requires that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.

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. 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.

                                                                   Permit Applications
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 Permit  application
         No.                 Applicant          Species/numbers          Location              Activity            Type of take         Permit action
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TE 125521-3..........  Department of         Puerto Rican parrot   Puerto Rico.........  Captive propagation   Collect eggs from    Renewal.
                        Natural and           (Amazona vittata)/1-                        and reintroduction.   wild nests for
                        Environmental         2 eggs per year and                                               hatching and
                        Resources, San        1-2 chicks per year.                                              rearing in
                        Juan, PR.                                                                               captivity and
                                                                                                                remove sick chicks
                                                                                                                from wild for
                                                                                                                veterinary
                                                                                                                treatment.
TE 132409-2..........  Gary R. O'Neill,      Red-cockaded          Arkansas and          Population            Construct and        Renewal and
                        Jr., Camden, AR.      woodpecker            Louisiana.            enhancement,          install artificial   Amendment.
                                              (Picoides borealis).                        management, and       nest cavities and
                                                                                          monitoring.           restrictors;
                                                                                                                monitor nest
                                                                                                                cavities.
TE 56430B-2..........  Jonathan R. Hootman,  Gray bat (Myotis      Alabama, Arkansas,    Presence/absence      Enter hibernacula,   Amendment.
                        Mayking, KY.          grisescens).          Florida, Georgia,     surveys.              salvage dead bats,
                                                                    Illinois, Indiana,                          capture with mist
                                                                    Kansas, Kentucky,                           nets or harp
                                                                    Mississippi,                                traps, handle,
                                                                    Missouri, North                             identify, collect
                                                                    Carolina, Oklahoma,                         hair samples,
                                                                    Tennessee, Virginia.                        band, radio-tag,
                                                                                                                swab, and wing-
                                                                                                                punch.

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TE 14105A-2..........  Breedlove, Dennis,    Red-cockaded          Alabama, Arkansas,    Population            Construct and        Renewal and
                        and Associates,       woodpecker            Florida, Georgia,     enhancement,          monitor artificial   Amendment.
                        Inc., Winter Park,    (Picoides borealis).  Louisiana,            management, and       nest cavities and
                        FL.                                         Mississippi, North    monitoring.           restrictors,
                                                                    Carolina, South                             monitor nest
                                                                    Carolina.                                   cavities, capture,
                                                                                                                band, and
                                                                                                                translocate.
TE 56827C-0..........  De Soto National      Isoetes               National Forests in   Species               Remove and reduce    New.
                        Forest, Wiggins, MS.  louisianensis         Mississippi.          identification and    to possession
                                              (Louisiana                                  confirmation,         (collect) whole
                                              quillwort),                                 genetic studies and   and/or partial
                                              Schwalbea americana                         preservation, and     plants, seeds and
                                              (American                                   reproduction          spore-bearing and
                                              chaffseed), and                             studies.              non-spore-bearing
                                              Lindera                                                           sporophylls.
                                              melissifolia
                                              (pondberry).
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    Authority: We provide this notice under section 10(c) of the 
Act.

Leopoldo Miranda,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2018-01570 Filed 1-26-18; 8:45 am]
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                                                33 CFR 84.05(b) and (d) of the                              ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit                               directly at the telephone number listed
                                                International and Inland Navigational                       applications; request for comment.                                in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
                                                Rules.
                                                   The U.S. Coast Guard certifies that                      SUMMARY:   We, the U.S. Fish and                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                full compliance with the International                      Wildlife Service, invite the public to                            Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator,
                                                and Inland Navigational Rules would                         comment on the following applications                             404–679–7097 (telephone) or 404–679–
                                                interfere with the special functions and                    to conduct certain activities with                                7081 (fax).
                                                intent of the vessel and would not                          endangered species. With some                                     SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:      We invite
                                                significantly enhance the safety of the                     exceptions, the Endangered Species Act                            review and comment from local, State,
                                                vessel’s operation. Due to the design of                    (ESA) prohibits activities with listed
                                                                                                                                                                              and Federal agencies and the public on
                                                the vessel, the superstructure is offset to                 species unless a Federal permit is issued
                                                                                                                                                                              applications we have received for
                                                the starboard side of the vessel as far aft                 that allows such activities. The ESA
                                                                                                            requires that we invite public comment                            permits to conduct certain activities
                                                as practical in order to permit the
                                                loading of two vehicles on the forward                      before issuing these permits.                                     with endangered and threatened species
                                                part of the main deck.                                                                                                        under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the
                                                                                                            DATES: We must receive written data or
                                                   The Certificate of Alternative                                                                                             Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
                                                                                                            comments on the applications at the
                                                Compliance authorizes the M/V                                                                                                 amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; ESA),
                                                                                                            address given in ADDRESSES by February
                                                NORDLAND II (O.N. 1274463) to                                                                                                 and our regulations in the Code of
                                                                                                            26, 2018.
                                                deviate from the requirements set forth                                                                                       Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR
                                                                                                            ADDRESSES:                                                        part 17. With some exceptions, the ESA
                                                in Annex I of the International
                                                Navigational Rules and 33 CFR 84.05 of                        Reviewing Documents: Documents                                  prohibits activities with listed species
                                                the Inland Navigational Rules by                            and other information submitted with                              unless a Federal permit is issued that
                                                placing its required lights about a line                    the applications are available for review,                        allows such activities. The ESA requires
                                                aft of amidships and 7 feet and 6                           subject to the requirements of the
                                                                                                                                                                              that we invite public comment before
                                                starboard of the vessel’s centerline.                       Privacy Act and Freedom of Information
                                                                                                                                                                              issuing these permits.
                                                   This notice is issued under authority                    Act, by any party who submits a written
                                                of 33 U.S.C. 1605(c) and 33 CFR 81.18.                      request for a copy of such documents to                           Public Availability of Comments
                                                                                                            the following office within 30 days of
                                                  Dated: December 20, 2017.                                                                                                     Before including your address, phone
                                                                                                            the date of publication of this notice
                                                B.S. Gilda,                                                                                                                   number, email address, or other
                                                                                                            (see DATES): U.S. Fish and Wildlife
                                                Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Prevention Chief,                Service Regional Office, Ecological                               personal identifying information in your
                                                Thirteenth Coast Guard District.
                                                                                                            Services, 1875 Century Boulevard,                                 comment, you should be aware that
                                                [FR Doc. 2018–01596 Filed 1–26–18; 8:45 am]                                                                                   your entire comment—including your
                                                                                                            Atlanta, GA 30345 (Attn: Karen
                                                BILLING CODE 9110–04–P                                      Marlowe, Permit Coordinator).                                     personal identifying information—may
                                                                                                              Submitting Comments: If you wish to                             be made publicly available at any time.
                                                                                                            comment, you may submit comments by                               While you can ask us in your comment
                                                DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                                  any one of the following methods:                                 to withhold your personal identifying
                                                                                                              • U.S. mail or hand-delivery: U.S.                              information from public review, we
                                                Fish and Wildlife Service
                                                                                                            Fish and Wildlife Service’s Regional                              cannot guarantee that we will be able to
                                                [FWS–R4–ES–2017–N154;                                       Office (see above).                                               do so.
                                                FXES11140400000–178–FF04E00000]                               • Email: permitsR4ES@fws.gov.
                                                                                                            Please include your name and return
                                                Endangered Species Recovery Permit
                                                                                                            address in your email message. If you do
                                                Applications
                                                                                                            not receive a confirmation from the U.S.
                                                AGENCY:     Fish and Wildlife Service,                      Fish and Wildlife Service that we have
                                                Interior.                                                   received your email message, contact us
                                                                                                                        PERMIT APPLICATIONS
                                                     Permit                  Applicant                Species/numbers                 Location                         Activity                 Type of take           Permit action
                                                 application No.

                                                TE 125521–3 .....     Department of Natural      Puerto Rican parrot         Puerto Rico ..................    Captive propagation       Collect eggs from wild       Renewal.
                                                                        and Environmental          (Amazona vittata)/1–                                          and reintroduction.       nests for hatching
                                                                        Resources, San             2 eggs per year and                                                                     and rearing in cap-
                                                                        Juan, PR.                  1–2 chicks per year.                                                                    tivity and remove
                                                                                                                                                                                           sick chicks from wild
                                                                                                                                                                                           for veterinary treat-
                                                                                                                                                                                           ment.
                                                TE 132409–2 .....     Gary R. O’Neill, Jr.,      Red-cockaded wood-          Arkansas and Lou-                 Population enhance-       Construct and install        Renewal and
                                                                       Camden, AR.                 pecker (Picoides bo-        isiana.                           ment, management,         artificial nest cavities     Amendment.
                                                                                                   realis).                                                      and monitoring.           and restrictors; mon-
                                                                                                                                                                                           itor nest cavities.
                                                TE 56430B–2 ....      Jonathan R. Hootman,       Gray bat (Myotis            Alabama, Arkansas,                Presence/absence sur-     Enter hibernacula, sal-      Amendment.
                                                                        Mayking, KY.               grisescens).                Florida, Georgia, Illi-           veys.                     vage dead bats, cap-
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                                                                                                                               nois, Indiana, Kan-                                         ture with mist nets or
                                                                                                                               sas, Kentucky, Mis-                                         harp traps, handle,
                                                                                                                               sissippi, Missouri,                                         identify, collect hair
                                                                                                                               North Carolina, Okla-                                       samples, band,
                                                                                                                               homa, Tennessee,                                            radio-tag, swab, and
                                                                                                                               Virginia.                                                   wing-punch.




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                                                                                                             PERMIT APPLICATIONS—Continued
                                                     Permit                 Applicant                Species/numbers               Location                    Activity                Type of take            Permit action
                                                 application No.

                                                TE 14105A–2 ....     Breedlove, Dennis, and     Red-cockaded wood-          Alabama, Arkansas,         Population enhance-       Construct and monitor        Renewal and
                                                                       Associates, Inc.,          pecker (Picoides bo-        Florida, Georgia,          ment, management,         artificial nest cavities     Amendment.
                                                                       Winter Park, FL.           realis).                    Louisiana, Mis-            and monitoring.           and restrictors, mon-
                                                                                                                              sissippi, North Caro-                                itor nest cavities,
                                                                                                                              lina, South Carolina.                                capture, band, and
                                                                                                                                                                                   translocate.
                                                TE 56827C–0 ....     De Soto National For-      Isoetes louisianensis       National Forests in        Species identification    Remove and reduce to         New.
                                                                      est, Wiggins, MS.           (Louisiana quillwort),      Mississippi.               and confirmation, ge-     possession (collect)
                                                                                                  Schwalbea ameri-                                       netic studies and         whole and/or partial
                                                                                                  cana (American                                         preservation, and re-     plants, seeds and
                                                                                                  chaffseed), and                                        production studies.       spore-bearing and
                                                                                                  Lindera melissifolia                                                             non-spore-bearing
                                                                                                  (pondberry).                                                                     sporophylls.



                                                  Authority: We provide this notice under                  Number 1076–0131 in the subject line of                    information in your comment, you
                                                section 10(c) of the Act.                                  your comments.                                             should be aware that your entire
                                                Leopoldo Miranda,                                          FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To                        comment—including your personal
                                                Assistant Regional Director, Ecological                    request additional information about                       identifying information—may be made
                                                Services, Southeast Region.                                this ICR, contact Ms. Evangeline                           publicly available at any time. While
                                                [FR Doc. 2018–01570 Filed 1–26–18; 8:45 am]                Campbell by email at                                       you can ask us in your comment to
                                                                                                           Evangeline.Campbell@bia.gov, or by                         withhold your personal identifying
                                                BILLING CODE 4333–15–P
                                                                                                           telephone at (202) 513–7621. You may                       information from public review, we
                                                                                                           also view the ICR at http://                               cannot guarantee that we will be able to
                                                DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                                 www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.                         do so.
                                                                                                                                                                         Abstract: The BIA is seeking to renew
                                                                                                           SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
                                                Bureau of Indian Affairs                                                                                              the information collection conducted
                                                                                                           accordance with the Paperwork
                                                                                                                                                                      under 25 CFR 23, related to the Indian
                                                                                                           Reduction Act of 1995, we provide the
                                                                                                                                                                      Child Welfare Act (ICWA). BIA collects
                                                [189A2100DD/AAKC001030/                                    general public and other Federal
                                                A0A501010.999900 253G; OMB Control                                                                                    information using a consolidated
                                                                                                           agencies with an opportunity to
                                                Number 1076–0131]                                                                                                     caseload form, which tribal ICWA
                                                                                                           comment on new, proposed, revised,
                                                                                                                                                                      program directors fill out. BIA uses the
                                                                                                           and continuing collections of
                                                Agency Information Collection                                                                                         information to determine the extent of
                                                                                                           information. This helps us assess the
                                                Activities; Submission to the Office of                                                                               service needs in local Indian
                                                                                                           impact of our information collection
                                                Management and Budget for Review                                                                                      communities, assess ICWA program
                                                                                                           requirements and minimize the public’s
                                                and Approval; Indian Child Welfare                                                                                    effectiveness, and provide date for the
                                                                                                           reporting burden. It also helps the
                                                Quarterly and Annual Report                                                                                           annual program budget justification.
                                                                                                           public understand our information
                                                                                                                                                                      The aggregated report is not considered
                                                AGENCY:   Bureau of Indian Affairs,                        collection requirements and provide the
                                                                                                                                                                      confidential. This form must completed
                                                Interior.                                                  requested data in the desired format.
                                                                                                              A Federal Register notice with a 60-                    by tribes that operate child protection
                                                ACTION: Notice of information collection;                                                                             programs. Submission of this
                                                                                                           day public comment period soliciting
                                                request for comment.                                                                                                  information by Indian tribes allows BIA
                                                                                                           comments on this collection of
                                                                                                           information was published on                               to consolidate and review selected data
                                                SUMMARY:   In accordance with the                                                                                     on Indian child welfare cases. The data
                                                Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,                       November 2, 2017 (82 FR 50890). No
                                                                                                           comments were received.                                    is useful on a local level, to the tribes
                                                the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is                                                                                 and tribal entities that collect it, for case
                                                proposing to renew an information                             We are again soliciting comments on
                                                                                                           the proposed ICR that is described                         management purposes. The data are
                                                collection.                                                                                                           useful on a nationwide basis for
                                                                                                           below. We are especially interested in
                                                DATES:  Interested persons are invited to                  public comment addressing the                              planning and budget purposes.
                                                submit comments on or before February                                                                                    Title of Collection: Indian Child
                                                                                                           following issues: (1) is the collection
                                                28, 2018.                                                                                                             Welfare Quarterly and Annual Report.
                                                                                                           necessary to the proper functions of the                      OMB Control Number: 1076–0131.
                                                ADDRESSES: Send written comments on                        BIA; (2) will this information be                             Form Number: None.
                                                this information collection request (ICR)                  processed and used in a timely manner;                        Type of Review: Revision of a
                                                to the Office of Management and                            (3) is the estimate of burden accurate;                    currently approved collection.
                                                Budget’s Desk Officer for the                              (4) how might the BIA enhance the                             Respondents/Affected Public: Indian
                                                Department of the Interior by email at                     quality, utility, and clarity of the                       tribes or tribal entities that are operating
                                                OIRA_Submission@omb.eop.gov; or via                        information to be collected; and (5) how                   programs for Indian tribes.
                                                facsimile to (202) 395–5806. Please                        might the BIA minimize the burden of                          Total Estimated Number of Annual
                                                provide a copy of your comments to Ms.                     this collection on the respondents,
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                                                                                                                                                                      Respondents: 940 per year, on average.
                                                Evangeline Campbell, Chief, Division of                    including through the use of                                  Total Estimated Number of Annual
                                                Human Services, Office of Indian                           information technology.                                    Responses: 3,760 per year, on average.
                                                Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1849                      Comments that you submit in                                Estimated Completion Time per
                                                C Street NW, MS–4513–MIB,                                  response to this notice are a matter of                    Response: Approximately 15 minutes
                                                Washington, DC 20240; facsimile: (202)                     public record. Before including your                       for Part A—ICWA Data; approximately
                                                208–5113; email: Evangeline.Campbell@                      address, phone number, email address,                      15 minutes for Part B—Tribal Child
                                                bia.gov. Please reference OMB Control                      or other personal identifying                              Abuse and Neglect Data.


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Document Created: 2018-01-27 00:57:41
Document Modified: 2018-01-27 00:57:41
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 applications; request for comment.
DatesWe must receive written data or comments on the applications at
ContactKaren Marlowe, Permit Coordinator, 404-679-7097 (telephone) or 404-679-7081 (fax).
FR Citation83 FR 4066 

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