[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 77 (Thursday, April 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23510-23511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09249]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R2-ES-2016-N057; FXES11120200000-167-FF02ENEH00]
Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Applications for Participation
in the Amended Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan for the American
Burying Beetle in Oklahoma
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: Under the Endangered Species Act, as amended (Act), we, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on
incidental take permit applications for take of the federally listed
American burying beetle resulting from activities associated with the
geophysical exploration (seismic) and construction, maintenance,
operation, repair, and decommissioning of oil and gas well field
infrastructure and pipelines within Oklahoma. If approved, the permits
would be issued under the approved Amended Oil and Gas Industry
Conservation Plan Associated with Issuance of Endangered Species Act
Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permits for the American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma
(ICP).
DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or
before May 23, 2016.
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 permit number when requesting documents or
submitting comments.
[cir] U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of
Endangered Species--HCP Permits, P.O. Box 1306, Room 6034, Albuquerque,
NM 87103.
[cir] Electronically: fw2_hcp_permits@fws.gov.
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 6034, 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.; Act), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public
to comment on incidental take permit (ITP) applications for take of the
federally listed American burying beetle (Nicrophorus
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americanus) resulting from activities associated with geophysical
exploration (seismic) and construction, maintenance, operation, repair,
and decommissioning of oil and gas well field infrastructure, as well
as construction, maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and
reclamation of oil and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution
pipeline infrastructure within Oklahoma. If approved, the permit would
be issued to the applicant under the Amended Oil and Gas Industry
Conservation Plan Associated with Issuance of Endangered Species Act
Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permits for the American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma
(ICP). The original ICP was approved on May 21, 2014 (publication of
the FONSI notice was 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 the Web
site 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 application under the ICP, for
incidental take of the federally listed ABB. Please refer to the
appropriate permit number (e.g., TE-123456) when requesting application
documents and when submitting comments. Documents and other information
the applicants have submitted with this application are available for
review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a)
and Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
Permit TE40320B
Applicant: Enable Midstream Partners, LP, Shreveport, LA.
Applicant requests an amended permit for oil and gas upstream and
midstream production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of
oil and gas well field infrastructure, as well as construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation of oil
and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline
infrastructure within Oklahoma.
Permit TE49742B
Applicant: BP America Production Co., Houston, TX.
Applicant requests an amended permit for oil and gas upstream and
midstream production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of
oil and gas well field infrastructure, as well as construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation of oil
and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline
infrastructure within Oklahoma.
Permit TE51520B
Applicant: Bravo Arkoma, LLC, Tulsa, OK.
Applicant requests an amended permit for oil and gas upstream and
midstream production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of
oil and gas well field infrastructure, as well as construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation of oil
and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline
infrastructure within Oklahoma.
Permit TE55794B
Applicant: ONE GAS, Inc., Tulsa, OK.
Applicant requests an amended permit for oil and gas upstream and
midstream production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of
oil and gas well field infrastructure, as well as construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation of oil
and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline
infrastructure within Oklahoma.
Permit TE60265B
Applicant: White Star Energy, LLC, Oklahoma City, OK.
Applicant requests an amended permit for oil and gas upstream and
midstream production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of
oil and gas well field infrastructure, as well as construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation of oil
and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline
infrastructure within Oklahoma.
Permit TE78500B
Applicant: Chesapeake Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, OK.
Applicant requests an amended permit for oil and gas upstream and
midstream production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of
oil and gas well field infrastructure, as well as construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation of oil
and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline
infrastructure within Oklahoma.
Permit TE92748B
Applicant: Diamond Pipeline, LLC, Houston, TX.
Applicant requests a new permit for oil and gas upstream and
midstream production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of
oil and gas well field infrastructure, as well as construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation of oil
and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline
infrastructure within 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. We will not consider anonymous
comments. 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 section 10(c) of the Act (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: April 13, 2016.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region.
[FR Doc. 2016-09249 Filed 4-20-16; 8:45 am]
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