Document
Incidental Take Permit Application Received To Participate in the American Burying-Beetle Amended Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan in Oklahoma
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...
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.