Endangered Wildlife and Plants; Recovery Permit Applications, 16043 [2014-06289]

Agencies

• Fish and Wildlife Service
• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 56 (Monday, March 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 16043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-06289]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

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Endangered Wildlife and Plants; Recovery Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to 
comment on the following applications for recovery permits to conduct 
activities with the purpose of enhancing the survival of endangered 
species. The Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), 
prohibits certain activities with endangered species unless a Federal 
permit allows such activity. The Act also requires that we invite 
public comment before issuing such permits.

DATES: To ensure consideration, please send your written comments by 
April 23, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Program Manager for Restoration and Endangered Species 
Classification, Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Pacific Regional Office, 911 NE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97232-4181. 
Please refer to the permit number for the application when submitting 
comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Colleen Henson, Fish and Wildlife 
Biologist, at the above address or by telephone (503-231-6131) or fax 
(503-231-6243).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) prohibits certain activities with 
respect to endangered and threatened species unless a Federal permit 
allows such activity. Along with our implementing regulations in the 
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17, the Act provides for 
certain permits, and requires that we invite public comment before 
issuing these permits for endangered species.
    A permit granted by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act 
authorizes the permittee to conduct activities (including take or 
interstate commerce) with respect to U.S. endangered or threatened 
species for scientific purposes or enhancement of propagation or 
survival. Our regulations implementing section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act 
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.

Applications Available for Review and Comment

    We invite local, State, and Federal agencies, and the public to 
comment on the following applications. Please refer to the appropriate 
permit number for the application when submitting comments.
    Documents and other information submitted with these applications 
are available for review by request from the Program Manager for 
Restoration and Endangered Species Classification at the address listed 
in the ADDRESSES section of this notice, subject to the requirements of 
the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and the Freedom of Information Act (5 
U.S.C. 552).

Permit Number: TE-08913A

Applicant: Greg S. Fitzpatrick, Corvallis, Oregon

    The applicant requests an amendment of a recovery permit to take 
(pursue, capture, and establish new populations) the Fender's blue 
butterfly (Icaricia icarioides fenderi) in conjunction with surveys and 
establishment of new populations throughout its range in Oregon for the 
purpose of enhancing the species' survival.

Permit Number: TE-096741

Applicant: Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific, Pearl Harbor, 
Hawaii

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing recovery permit 
to take (collect eggshells, monitor nests and nest temperature, locate 
with taped-playback calls, capture, band, measure, mark, collect blood 
and feather samples, radio-tag, and release) the Micronesian megapode 
(Megapodius laperouse laperouse) in conjunction with scientific 
research in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands for the 
purpose of enhancing the species' survival.

Permit Number: TE-043638

Applicant: Directorate of Public Works, U.S. Army, Schofield Barracks, 
Hawaii

    The applicant requests an amendment to an existing recovery permit 
to take (collect for captive propagation) Hawaiian picture-wing flies 
Drosophila aglaia, D. hemipeza, D. montgomeryi, D. obatai, D. 
substenoptera, and D. tarphytrichia, and to remove and reduce to 
possession Tetramolopium lepidotum ssp. Lepidotum (no common name) on 
Oahu Island, Hawaii, in conjunction with life-history studies for the 
purpose of enhancing their survival.

Public Availability of Comments

    All comments and materials we receive in response to this request 
will be available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal 
business hours at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section of this 
notice.
    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.

Authority

    We provide this notice under section 10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 
et seq.).

    Dated: March 13, 2014.
Jason Holm,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-06289 Filed 3-21-14; 8:45 am]
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