Safe Harbor Agreement and Receipt of Application for an Enhancement of Survival Permit Associated With the Restoration of Habitat for Utah Prairie Dogs on Private Land in Piute County, UT, 8766-8767 [E7-3378]
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landowner will receive relief from any
additional section 9 liability under the
Act beyond that which exists at the time
the agreement is signed (‘‘regulatory
baseline’’). The property is currently
maintained as fallow land, native
rangeland, and irrigated pastureland
and is bordered by other private lands
and Federal lands owned by the Bureau
of Land Management. At the present
time, the property supports several
active prairie dog burrows that comprise
a small colony. Several unoccupied
burrows also occur on the property.
Foraging habitat and habitat that offers
visual surveillance for the prairie dogs
will be further enhanced by
implementing a prescribed grazing plan,
seeding to improve the forage quality for
UPD, and installing irrigation
improvements. Additionally,
reintroduction of UPDs will occur on
the property once the vegetation
conditions have improved.
Habitat improvements will be
occurring throughout the term of the
agreement through managed grazing.
The Cooperator will receive an ESP that
authorizes implementation of the
conservation actions and other
provisions of this Agreement and
authorizes incidental take of the covered
species above the Cooperator’s baseline
responsibilities, as defined in SHA. The
proposed SHA would become effective
upon signature of the SHA and issuance
of the permit, and would remain in
effect for 15 years. The requested permit
would remain in effect for 35 years. We
have made the determination that the
proposed activities described in the
application and SHA will increase
available prairie dog habitat and will
potentially expand an existing active
colony and allow successful
establishment of a reintroduced colony
of Utah prairie dogs on the Bagley
property. The action is categorically
excluded under the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This
notice is provided pursuant to section
10 of the Act, and the Service’s Safe
Harbor Policy (64 FR 32717).
The Service has evaluated the impacts
of this action under the NEPA and
determined that it warrants categorical
exclusion as described in 516 DM 8, 8.5
C. (1). The Service will evaluate
whether the issuance of the ESP
complies with section 7 of the Act by
conducting an intra-Service section 7
consultation on the issuance of the
permit. The result of the biological
opinion, in combination with the above
finding and any public comments, will
be used in the final analysis to
determine whether or not to issue the
requested ESP, pursuant to the
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regulation that guide issuance of the
type of permit.
Authority: The authority for this action is
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: January 11, 2007.
James J. Slack,
Deputy Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.
[FR Doc. E7–3360 Filed 2–26–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Safe Harbor Agreement and Receipt of
Application for an Enhancement of
Survival Permit Associated With the
Restoration of Habitat for Utah Prairie
Dogs on Private Land in Piute County,
UT
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Mr. Val Norman (Applicant/
Cooperator) has applied to the Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service) for an
Enhancement of Survival Permit (ESP)
for the Utah prairie dog (UPD) pursuant
to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act).
This permit application includes a Safe
Harbor Agreement (SHA) between the
Applicant and the Service. The Service
requests information, views, and
opinions from the public via this notice.
Further, the Service is soliciting
information regarding the adequacy of
the SHA as measured against the
Service’s Safe Harbor Policy and the
regulations that implement it.
DATES: Written comments on the permit
application must be received on or
before March 29, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review
the SHA and the ESP application may
obtain a copy by writing the Service’s
Mountain-Prairie Regional Office,
Denver, Colorado. Documents also will
be available for public inspection during
normal business hours at the Regional
Office, 134 Union Boulevard, Denver,
Colorado 80228–1807, or the Utah Field
Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
2369 West Orton Circle, Suite 50, West
Valley City, Utah 84119. Written data or
comments concerning the SHA or ESP
application should be submitted to the
Regional office and must be in writing
to be processed. Comments must be
submitted in writing to be adequately
considered in the Service’s decisionmaking process. Please reference permit
number TE131545–0 in your comments,
or in the request for the documents
discussed herein.
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Pat
Mehlhop, Regional Safe Harbor
Coordinator (see Denver address above),
telephone 303–236–4215, or Larry Crist,
Utah Field Office Supervisor (see West
Valley City address above), telephone
801–975–3330.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The UPD
is the westernmost member of the genus
Cynomys. The species’ range, which is
limited to the southwestern quarter of
Utah, is the most restricted of all prairie
dog species in the United States.
Distribution of the UPD has been greatly
reduced due to disease (plague),
poisoning, drought, and human-related
habitat alteration. Protection of this
species and enhancement of its habitat
on private land will benefit recovery
efforts.
The primary objective of a SHA is to
encourage voluntary conservation
measures to benefit the species and the
landowner. Through this agreement, the
landowner will receive relief from any
additional section 9 liability under the
Act beyond that which exists at the time
the agreement is signed (‘‘regulatory
baseline’’). There are no buildings or
residences on the property; however it
is currently used to house hunting dogs
in an enclosed area less than 0.4 hectare
(1 acre) in size. The rest of the property
is unused and is not currently suitable
for livestock grazing due to the high
density of invasive weeds. The property
is bordered on four sides by private
lands. At the present time, the property
supports an active prairie dog colony
with many unoccupied burrows. In
addition, active UPD colonies are
known to exist on private property east
and south of the Norman property.
Foraging habitat and habitat that offers
visual surveillance for the prairie dogs
will be further enhanced by
implementing a prescribed grazing plan,
seeding to improve the forage quality for
UPD, and installing irrigation
improvements.
Habitat improvements will occur
throughout the term of the agreement
through managed grazing. The
Cooperator will receive an ESP that
authorizes implementation of the
conservation actions and other
provisions of this Agreement and
authorizes incidental take of the covered
species above the Cooperator’s baseline
responsibilities, as defined in the SHA.
The proposed SHA would become
effective upon signature of the SHA and
issuance of the permit, and would
remain in effect for 15 years. The
requested permit would remain in effect
for 35 years. We have made the
determination that the proposed
activities described in the application
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and SHA will increase available prairie
dog habitat and will potentially expand
an existing active colony of UPDs on the
Norman property. The action is
categorically excluded under the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA). This notice is provided
pursuant to section 10 of the Act, and
the Service’s Safe Harbor Policy (64 FR
32717).
The Service has evaluated the impacts
of this action under the NEPA and
determined that it warrants categorical
exclusion as described in 516 DM 8, 8.5
C. (1). The Service will evaluate
whether the issuance of the ESP
complies with section 7 of the Act by
conducting an intra-Service section 7
consultation on the issuance of the
permit. The result of the biological
opinion, in combination with the above
finding and any public comments, will
be used in the final analysis to
determine whether or not to issue the
requested ESP, pursuant to the
regulation that guide issuance of the
type of permit.
(Authority: The authority for this action is
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).)
Dated: January 11, 2007.
James J. Slack,
Deputy Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.
[FR Doc. E7–3378 Filed 2–26–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended;
Establishment of a New System of
Records
Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of addition of a new
system of records.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Department of the
Interior (DOI), Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA) is issuing public notice of its
intent to add a new Privacy Act system
of records to its inventory of records
systems subject to the Privacy Act of
1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a). This action is
necessary to meet the requirements of
the Privacy Act to publish in the
Federal Register notice of the existence
and character of records systems
maintained by the agency (5 U.S.C.
552a(e)(4)). The new Privacy Act system
of records is entitled ‘‘Interior BIA–27:
BIA Probate Files.’’
DATES: The proposed new system of
records will become effective without
further notice on April 9, 2007, unless
comments received result in a contrary
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determination. Under 5 U.S.C.
552a(e)(11), the public is provided a 30day period in which to comment on the
agency’s intended use of the
information in the system of records.
The Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), in its Circular A–130, requires
an additional 10-day period in which
OMB may comment (for a total of 40
days in which to make these comments).
BIA will publish a subsequent notice if
changes are made based on review of
comments received.
ADDRESSES: Interested individuals may
submit comments on this publication to
Director, Special Projects Office,
Western Regional Office, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, 400 N. 5th Street, 10th
Floor, Phoenix, AZ 85004, or fax to
(602) 379–4005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information regarding BIA–27 Probate,
contact Bill Titchywy, Director, Special
Projects Office, Western Regional Office,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, 400 N. 5th
Street, 10th Floor, Phoenix, AZ 85004,
(602) 379–4002.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice is published pursuant to the
Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4))
and is in exercise of authority delegated
by the Secretary of the Interior to the
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—
Indian Affairs in 209 DM 8.1. This
notice establishes the Privacy Act
system of records entitled ‘‘Interior
BIA–27: BIA Probate Files.’’ The
purpose of this system is to provide
information on the types of records
assembled in BIA for the purpose of
processing a probate file and the
categories of records associated with the
probate program. BIA assembles and
maintains these files with regard to any
given probate of an estate of a decedent
who owned trust or restricted Indian
land, then provides the file to the Office
of Hearings and Appeals for use in the
adjudication process. The records
include both hard copy and electronic
copy, stored in software called ProTrac.
The ProTrac software stores information
related to individual Indian estates and
allows BIA probate personnel to track
information related to each estate and
search the information during the
probate process. ProTrac allows BIA
probate personnel to obtain listings of
deaths, obtain the status on any estate,
and measure progress, correctness, and
timeliness of work done on probate
cases.
ProTrac is proposed to interface with
both the Trust Asset and Accounting
Management System (TAAMS) and the
Trust Fund Accounting System (TFAS)
to ensure that the information in
ProTrac necessary for probate functions
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is as up-to-date as possible and that
information affected by probate in
TAAMS and TFAS is updated.
Dated: February 7, 2007.
Michael D. Olsen,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs.
INTERIOR/BIA–27
SYSTEM NAME:
Bureau of Indian Affairs Probate Files.
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:
None.
SYSTEM LOCATION:
(1) Bureau of Indian Affairs Central
Office, 1849 C Street, NW., MS 4641,
MIB, Washington, DC 20240, and (2)
Bureau of Indian Affairs Regional
Offices at: Alaska, Eastern, Eastern
Oklahoma, Great Plains, Midwest,
Navajo, Northwest, Pacific, Rocky
Mountain, Southern Plains, Southwest,
and Western. (For a listing of specific
locations, contact the System Manager.)
These locations have access to the
ProTrac software.
CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE
SYSTEM:
Individuals who are potential heirs,
legatees, devisees, creditors, or parties
interested in the estate of a decedent
owning Indian land in trust or restricted
status or who provide information to the
BIA on the decedent.
CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:
Records in the system fall into the
following categories:
• Originals or copies of all wills,
codicils, and revocations, or other
evidence that a will may exist;
• Social Security Numbers of the
decedent, legatees, and probable heirs or
devisees;
• The place(s) of enrollment and the
tribal enrollment or census numbers of
the decedent and potential heirs,
legatees, or devisees;
• Current names and addresses of the
decedent’s potential heirs, legatees, and
devisees;
• Any sworn statements regarding the
decedent’s family, including any
statements of paternity or maternity;
• Any statements renouncing an
interest in the estate including
identification of the person or entity in
whose favor the interest is renounced, if
any;
• A list of known claims by creditors
of the decedent against the estate and
their addresses, including copies of any
court judgments;
• Documents, certified if possible,
from the appropriate authorities
concerning the public record of the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Safe Harbor Agreement and Receipt of Application for an
Enhancement of Survival Permit Associated With the Restoration of
Habitat for Utah Prairie Dogs on Private Land in Piute County, UT
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: Mr. Val Norman (Applicant/Cooperator) has applied to the Fish
and Wildlife Service (Service) for an Enhancement of Survival Permit
(ESP) for the Utah prairie dog (UPD) pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). This permit
application includes a Safe Harbor Agreement (SHA) between the
Applicant and the Service. The Service requests information, views, and
opinions from the public via this notice. Further, the Service is
soliciting information regarding the adequacy of the SHA as measured
against the Service's Safe Harbor Policy and the regulations that
implement it.
DATES: Written comments on the permit application must be received on
or before March 29, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review the SHA and the ESP application
may obtain a copy by writing the Service's Mountain-Prairie Regional
Office, Denver, Colorado. Documents also will be available for public
inspection during normal business hours at the Regional Office, 134
Union Boulevard, Denver, Colorado 80228-1807, or the Utah Field Office,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2369 West Orton Circle, Suite 50, West
Valley City, Utah 84119. Written data or comments concerning the SHA or
ESP application should be submitted to the Regional office and must be
in writing to be processed. Comments must be submitted in writing to be
adequately considered in the Service's decision-making process. Please
reference permit number TE131545-0 in your comments, or in the request
for the documents discussed herein.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat Mehlhop, Regional Safe Harbor
Coordinator (see Denver address above), telephone 303-236-4215, or
Larry Crist, Utah Field Office Supervisor (see West Valley City address
above), telephone 801-975-3330.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The UPD is the westernmost member of the
genus Cynomys. The species' range, which is limited to the southwestern
quarter of Utah, is the most restricted of all prairie dog species in
the United States. Distribution of the UPD has been greatly reduced due
to disease (plague), poisoning, drought, and human-related habitat
alteration. Protection of this species and enhancement of its habitat
on private land will benefit recovery efforts.
The primary objective of a SHA is to encourage voluntary
conservation measures to benefit the species and the landowner. Through
this agreement, the landowner will receive relief from any additional
section 9 liability under the Act beyond that which exists at the time
the agreement is signed (``regulatory baseline''). There are no
buildings or residences on the property; however it is currently used
to house hunting dogs in an enclosed area less than 0.4 hectare (1
acre) in size. The rest of the property is unused and is not currently
suitable for livestock grazing due to the high density of invasive
weeds. The property is bordered on four sides by private lands. At the
present time, the property supports an active prairie dog colony with
many unoccupied burrows. In addition, active UPD colonies are known to
exist on private property east and south of the Norman property.
Foraging habitat and habitat that offers visual surveillance for the
prairie dogs will be further enhanced by implementing a prescribed
grazing plan, seeding to improve the forage quality for UPD, and
installing irrigation improvements.
Habitat improvements will occur throughout the term of the
agreement through managed grazing. The Cooperator will receive an ESP
that authorizes implementation of the conservation actions and other
provisions of this Agreement and authorizes incidental take of the
covered species above the Cooperator's baseline responsibilities, as
defined in the SHA. The proposed SHA would become effective upon
signature of the SHA and issuance of the permit, and would remain in
effect for 15 years. The requested permit would remain in effect for 35
years. We have made the determination that the proposed activities
described in the application
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and SHA will increase available prairie dog habitat and will
potentially expand an existing active colony of UPDs on the Norman
property. The action is categorically excluded under the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This notice is provided pursuant to
section 10 of the Act, and the Service's Safe Harbor Policy (64 FR
32717).
The Service has evaluated the impacts of this action under the NEPA
and determined that it warrants categorical exclusion as described in
516 DM 8, 8.5 C. (1). The Service will evaluate whether the issuance of
the ESP complies with section 7 of the Act by conducting an intra-
Service section 7 consultation on the issuance of the permit. The
result of the biological opinion, in combination with the above finding
and any public comments, will be used in the final analysis to
determine whether or not to issue the requested ESP, pursuant to the
regulation that guide issuance of the type of permit.
(Authority: The authority for this action is the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).)
Dated: January 11, 2007.
James J. Slack,
Deputy Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.
[FR Doc. E7-3378 Filed 2-26-07; 8:45 am]
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