[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 132 (Wednesday, July 12, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 32196-32198] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2017-14581] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-R1-ES-2017-N081; FXES11130100000-178-FF01E00000] U.S. Endangered Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), invite the public to comment on applications for permits to conduct activities intended for scientific purposes that promote recovery or to enhance the propagation or survival of endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) prohibits certain 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: To ensure consideration, we must receive your written comments by August 11, 2017. [[Page 32197]] ADDRESSES: Documents and other information submitted with the applications are available for review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act and the 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: Program Manager, Restoration and Endangered Species Classification, Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Regional Office, 911 NE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97232-4181. Submitting Comments: You may submit comments by one of the following methods. Please specify the applicant name(s) and permit number(s) to which your comments pertain (e.g., TE-25955C).Email: permitsR1ES@fws.gov. Please refer to the respective permit number (e.g., TE-25955C) in the subject line of your email message. U.S. Mail: Program Manager, Restoration and Endangered Species Classification, Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Regional Office, 911 NE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97232-4181. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colleen Henson, Recovery Permits Coordinator, Ecological Services, (503) 231-6131 (phone); permitsR1ES@fws.gov (email). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background The ESA prohibits certain activities with endangered and threatened species unless authorized by a Federal permit. 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. A recovery permit issued by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA authorizes the permittee to conduct activities with endangered or threatened 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. In accordance with section 10(c) of the ESA; Executive Order 13576, ``Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and Accountable Government''; and the President's Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies of January 21, 2009, ``Transparency and Open Government'' (74 FR 4685; January 26, 2009), all of which call on Federal agencies to promote openness and transparency in Government by disclosing information to the public, we invite public comment on these permit applications before final action is taken. Permit Applications Available for Review and Comment We invite local, county, State, and Federal agencies, Tribes, and the public to comment on the following applications. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Application No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of take Permit action -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TE-702631....................... U.S. Fish and Refer to the Throughout the Ecological studies Animals: Various Amend. Wildlife Service, following Web range of the and recovery activities Pacific Regional site for a list species within actions. including survey, Office, Portland, of species Hawaii, Idaho, capture, handle, Oregon. associated with Oregon, mark, monitor, this application: Washington, propagate, and http:// American Samoa, release. www.fws.gov/ Commonwealth of Plants: Various pacific/ the Northern activities ecoservices/ Mariana Islands, including survey, endangered/ Guam, and the collect, recovery/ Pacific Trust propagate, and Region_1_All_List Territories. outplant. ed_Species_201705 01.pdf. TE-40123A....................... U.S. Army Sicyos Hawaii............ Propagation and Remove and reduce Amend. Garrison, macrophyllus outplanting. to possession, Pohakuloa (`anunu), Festuca propagation, Training Area, hawaiiensis (no outplanting. Hilo, Hawaii. common name), Portulaca villosa (ihi), Schiedea hawaiiensis (ma`oli`oli), Exocarpos menziesii (heau). TE-19806C....................... Environmental yellow-faced bees Hawaii............ Population and Survey, capture, New. Solutions & (Hylaeus genetic studies. collect, collect Innovations, anthracinus, H. DNA samples. Inc., Cincinnati, assimulans, H. Ohio. facilis, H. kuakea, H. longiceps, H. mana, and H. hilaris). TE-25955C....................... Melissa Price, Band-rumped storm- Island of Oahu.... Population and Survey for stilts; New. University of petrel genetic studies. Survey, capture, Hawaii--Manoa, (Oceanodroma handle, band, bio- Honolulu, Hawaii. castro),. sample, release Hawaiian stilt petrels. (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni). [[Page 32198]] TE-018078....................... Hawaii Volcanoes Exocarpos Island of Hawaii.. Propagation and Remove and reduce Amend. National Park. menziesii, outplanting. to possession, Joinvillea propagation, ascendens ssp. outplanting. ascendens, Ochrosia haleakalae, Phyllostegia stachyoides, Portulaca villosa, Ranunculus hawaiensis, Sanicula sandwicensis, and Sicyos macrophyllus. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Contents of Public Comments Please make your comments as specific as possible. Please confine your comments to issues for which we seek comments in this notice, and explain the basis for your comments. Include sufficient information with your comments 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 the Service decides to issue permits to any of the applicants listed in this notice, we will publish a notice in the Federal Register. Authority: Section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) Dated: May 26, 2017. Jason Holm, Acting Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. 2017-14581 Filed 7-11-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4333-15-P