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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants: Eastern New York Chapter
of the Nature Conservancy,
Enhancement of Survival Permit
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability and
Receipt of Application; Request for
Comments.
AGENCY:
The Eastern New York
Chapter of The Nature Conservancy
(TNC) has applied to the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service) for an
Enhancement of Survival Permit (ESP)
pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act),
as amended. The requested permit,
which is for a period of 50 years,
includes a draft Safe Harbor Agreement
(SHA) for the Karner blue butterfly in
portions of Albany, Saratoga,
Schenectady, and Warren Counties,
New York.
A draft Environmental Assessment
(EA), pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA), is also available for public
review. We are requesting comments on
this application.
DATES: Written comments on the permit
application, SHA, and EA must be
received on or before November 9, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Please address comments to
Field Office Supervisor, New York Field
Office, 3817 Luker Road, Cortland, New
York 13045; facsimile 607–753–9699.
Please refer to permit TE162713–0 when
submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Stilwell or Robyn Niver at the
New York Field Office (see ADDRESSES
above), telephone 607–753–9334;
facsimile 607–753–9699, or
Robyn_Niver@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Document Availability
Individuals wishing copies of the
permit application or the draft EA, or
copies of the full text of the proposed
SHA, should contact the office and
personnel listed in the ADDRESSES
section. Documents also will be
available for public inspection, by
appointment, during normal business
hours at this office (see ADDRESSES).
We specifically request information,
views, and opinions from the public on
the proposed Federal action of issuing a
permit. Further, we solicit information
regarding the adequacy of the SHA as
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measured against our permit issuance
criteria found in 50 CFR 17.22(c).
Before including your address,
telephone number, electronic mail
address, or other personal identifying
information in your comment, be
advised 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 from
public review your personal identifying
information, we cannot guarantee that
we will be able to do so.
Background
TNC has applied to the Service for a
section 10(a)(1)(A) ESP for the
endangered Karner blue butterfly in
portions of 4 eastern New York counties
(Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady, and
Warren) for a period of 50 years.
TNC plans to implement a
programmatic SHA program on nonFederal and non-TNC lands in eastern
New York to promote the recovery of
the Karner blue butterfly on enrolled
private lands located in the counties
listed above. The conservation measures
will improve and maintain pitch pine
scrub oak barrens oak-pine savannahs,
and tall grass prairie openings through
mowing, tree clearing, and grubbing,
removal of debris, prescribed burning,
limited use of herbicides, and planting
seeds or seedlings by hand or
mechanical equipment. TNC may also
employ captive-rearing and
translocation methods to enhance
butterfly colonization of sites. Due to
the programmatic nature of the SHA,
baseline conditions will be determined
at the time of enrollment. Baseline
conditions for most properties are
anticipated to be zero. Where properties
are determination to have an
environmental baseline greater than
zero, these areas shall be described in
the cooperative agreement between TNC
and the property owner, with detailed
descriptions and maps showing the
locations of existing habitat attached to
the cooperative agreement.
Under an SHA, a participating
property owner voluntarily undertakes
management activities on their property
to enhance, restore, or maintain habitat
benefiting species listed under the Act.
Safe Harbor Agreements encourage
private and other non-Federal property
owners to implement conservation
efforts for listed species by assuring
property owners they will not be subject
to increased property use restrictions if
their efforts attract listed species to their
property or increase the numbers or
distribution of listed species already on
their property.
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The draft EA considers the
environmental consequences of three
alternatives, including a no-action
alternative, the proposed action, and an
alternative involving individual SHAs
with the Service.
Decision
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We provide this notice pursuant to
section 10(c) of the Act and pursuant to
implementing regulations for NEPA (40
CFR 1506.6). We will evaluate the
permit application, the proposed SHA,
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and comments submitted thereon to
determine whether the application
meets the requirements of section 10(a)
of the Action and NEPA regulations. If
the requirements are met, we will sign
the proposed SHA and issue an
enhancement of survival permit under
section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act to TNC for
take of Karner blue butterfly incidental
to otherwise lawful activities of the
project. We will not make a final
decision until after the end of the 30day comment period and will fully
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consider all comments received during
the comment period.
Authority: The authority for this action is
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969,
as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
Dated: August 24, 2007.
Thomas J. Healy,
Acting Regional Director, Region 5.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Eastern New York
Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, Enhancement of Survival Permit
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability and Receipt of Application; Request for
Comments.
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SUMMARY: The Eastern New York Chapter of The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
has applied to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) for an
Enhancement of Survival Permit (ESP) pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended. The requested
permit, which is for a period of 50 years, includes a draft Safe Harbor
Agreement (SHA) for the Karner blue butterfly in portions of Albany,
Saratoga, Schenectady, and Warren Counties, New York.
A draft Environmental Assessment (EA), pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), is also available for public
review. We are requesting comments on this application.
DATES: Written comments on the permit application, SHA, and EA must be
received on or before November 9, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Please address comments to Field Office Supervisor, New York
Field Office, 3817 Luker Road, Cortland, New York 13045; facsimile 607-
753-9699. Please refer to permit TE162713-0 when submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Stilwell or Robyn Niver at the
New York Field Office (see ADDRESSES above), telephone 607-753-9334;
facsimile 607-753-9699, or Robyn--Niver@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Document Availability
Individuals wishing copies of the permit application or the draft
EA, or copies of the full text of the proposed SHA, should contact the
office and personnel listed in the ADDRESSES section. Documents also
will be available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal
business hours at this office (see ADDRESSES).
We specifically request information, views, and opinions from the
public on the proposed Federal action of issuing a permit. Further, we
solicit information regarding the adequacy of the SHA as measured
against our permit issuance criteria found in 50 CFR 17.22(c).
Before including your address, telephone number, electronic mail
address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, be
advised 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 from public review your personal
identifying information, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do
so.
Background
TNC has applied to the Service for a section 10(a)(1)(A) ESP for
the endangered Karner blue butterfly in portions of 4 eastern New York
counties (Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady, and Warren) for a period of 50
years.
TNC plans to implement a programmatic SHA program on non-Federal
and non-TNC lands in eastern New York to promote the recovery of the
Karner blue butterfly on enrolled private lands located in the counties
listed above. The conservation measures will improve and maintain pitch
pine scrub oak barrens oak-pine savannahs, and tall grass prairie
openings through mowing, tree clearing, and grubbing, removal of
debris, prescribed burning, limited use of herbicides, and planting
seeds or seedlings by hand or mechanical equipment. TNC may also employ
captive-rearing and translocation methods to enhance butterfly
colonization of sites. Due to the programmatic nature of the SHA,
baseline conditions will be determined at the time of enrollment.
Baseline conditions for most properties are anticipated to be zero.
Where properties are determination to have an environmental baseline
greater than zero, these areas shall be described in the cooperative
agreement between TNC and the property owner, with detailed
descriptions and maps showing the locations of existing habitat
attached to the cooperative agreement.
Under an SHA, a participating property owner voluntarily undertakes
management activities on their property to enhance, restore, or
maintain habitat benefiting species listed under the Act. Safe Harbor
Agreements encourage private and other non-Federal property owners to
implement conservation efforts for listed species by assuring property
owners they will not be subject to increased property use restrictions
if their efforts attract listed species to their property or increase
the numbers or distribution of listed species already on their
property.
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The draft EA considers the environmental consequences of three
alternatives, including a no-action alternative, the proposed action,
and an alternative involving individual SHAs with the Service.
Decision
We provide this notice pursuant to section 10(c) of the Act and
pursuant to implementing regulations for NEPA (40 CFR 1506.6). We will
evaluate the permit application, the proposed SHA, and comments
submitted thereon to determine whether the application meets the
requirements of section 10(a) of the Action and NEPA regulations. If
the requirements are met, we will sign the proposed SHA and issue an
enhancement of survival permit under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act to
TNC for take of Karner blue butterfly incidental to otherwise lawful
activities of the project. We will not make a final decision until
after the end of the 30-day comment period and will fully consider all
comments received during the comment period.
Authority: The authority for this action is the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.).
Dated: August 24, 2007.
Thomas J. Healy,
Acting Regional Director, Region 5.
[FR Doc. E7-19882 Filed 10-9-07; 8:45 am]
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