Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications, 52965-52966 [2010-21502]
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prompting Federal disaster relief for
farmers in 2001 and for fishermen in
2006.
In November 2008 the U.S.
Government, the States of Oregon and
California, and the utility company
PacifiCorp signed an agreement in
principle (AIP) to remove four
hydroelectric dams on the Klamath
River by 2020. Dam removal is being
considered a viable alternative to
volitional fish passage (ladders and
screens), which was being considered
by the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) as a condition for
relicensing of PacifiCorp’s hydroelectric
project. Parties to the AIP are working
with stakeholders (including tribes,
fishers, farmers, conservation groups,
and local governments) to reach a final
agreement that would result in the
largest dam removal project in U.S.
history. If achieved, this agreement will
be part of a comprehensive solution to
species recovery, water allocation, and
water quality problems in the Klamath
Basin.
In October 2011 the Secretary of the
Interior is expected to make a final
determination regarding dam removal,
contingent on results of an economic
analysis that will address benefits, costs,
and distributional effects of dam
removal relative to volitional fish
passage. Dam removal is expected to
have positive long-term effects on the
viability of fish populations and other
aspects of the Klamath Basin ecosystem.
Benefits of these environmental
improvements include ‘‘non-use values,’’
which accrue to members of the public
who value such improvements
regardless of whether they ever
consume Klamath fish or visit the
Klamath Basin. An information
collection is planned in order to
implement a state-of-the-art non-use
valuation survey of the U.S. public that
addresses the incremental
environmental improvements of dam
removal relative to volitional fish
passage. This data collection is intended
to address one component of an
economic analysis that will include all
costs and benefits of dam removal
relative to volitional fish passage.
II. Data
Title: Klamath Non-Use Valuation
Survey.
OMB Control Number: 1090–0010.
Type of Review: Revision of an
approved collection.
Affected Entities: Households.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Response: One time.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 10,885 households who
will receive the survey (3,389
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respondents and 7,496 nonrespondents).
Estimated Total Annual Responses:
3,389.
Estimated Time per Response: The
base for this survey is 10,885
households. The households will be
divided into two mailing groups, at a
10/90 split. The first wave of mailings
will be to 10% of the households. 17%
of households are estimated to respond,
which will take 30 minutes. Nonrespondents will take 3 minutes. The
second mailing will be sent to the
remaining 83% of non-respondent
households. 10% of the households are
estimated to respond to the second
mailing, taking 30 minutes. The second
group of non-respondents are estimated
to spend 3 minutes. The Department
will then conduct preliminary analysis.
The second wave of mailings will be
to the remaining 90% of the households.
17% of households are estimated to
respond, which will take 30 minutes.
Non-respondents will take 3 minutes.
The second phase will be sent to the
remaining 83% of non-respondent
households. 10% of the households are
estimated to respond to the second
mailing, taking 30 minutes. The second
group of non-respondents are estimated
to spend 3 minutes.
The remaining non-respondents from
the second mailings will be split into
two groups in a 80/20 split. It is
assumed that 65% of the nonrespondent households will have a
phone number. Both groups will be sent
another copy of the survey. For the
households with a phone number, a non
response bias call will be made, taking
an estimated 2 to 5 minutes.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 3,205 hours.
III. Request for Comments
On June 9, 2009, we published in the
Federal Register (74 FR 27340) a request
for public comments on this proposed
survey. No comments were received.
This notice provides the public with an
additional 30 days in which to comment
on the proposed information collection
activity. The Department of the Interior
invites comments on:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
and the validity of the methodology and
assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
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(4) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons
to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or
prove information to or for a Federal
agency.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid
Office of Management and Budget
control number.
Dated: August 25, 2010.
Benjamin M. Simon,
Economics Staff Director, Office of Policy
Analysis.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R2–ES–2010–N180; 20124–1113–
0000–F5]
Endangered and Threatened Species
Permit Applications
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications;
request for public comment.
AGENCY:
The following applicants have
applied for scientific research permits to
conduct certain activities with
endangered species under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (Act). The Act requires that we
invite public comment on these permit
applications.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
comments must be received on or before
September 29, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be submitted to the Chief, Endangered
Species Division, Ecological Services,
P.O. Box 1306, Room 6034,
Albuquerque, NM 87103. Documents
and other information submitted with
these applications are available for
review, subject to the requirements of
the Privacy Act and Freedom of
Information Act. Documents will be
available for public inspection, by
appointment only, during normal
business hours at the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 500 Gold Ave., SW.,
Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM. Please
refer to the respective permit number for
each application when submitting
comments.
SUMMARY:
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Endangered
Species Division, P.O. Box 1306,
Albuquerque, NM 87103; (505) 248–
6920.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail 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.
Permit TE–13850A
Permit TE–236730
Applicant: Timothy Bonner, San
Marcos, Texas.
Applicant requests an amendment to
a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/
absence surveys for fountain darter
(Etheostoma fonticola), San Marcos
gambusia (Gambusia georgei), Comal
Springs riffle beetle (Heterelmis
comalensis), Texas wild-rice (Zizania
texana), and Texas blind salamander
(Eurycea rathbuni) within Texas.
Permit TE–20166A
Applicant: Trinity Bey, Boerne, Texas.
Applicant requests a new permit for
research and recovery purposes to
conduct presence/absence surveys for
golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica
chrysoparia) within Texas.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Applicant: Jarrod Edens, Fort Worth,
Texas.
Applicant requests a new permit for
research and recovery purposes to
conduct presence/absence surveys for
American burying beetle (Nicrophorus
americanus) within Oklahoma,
Arkansas, and Texas.
Dated: August 18, 2010.
Regional Director, Southwest Region, Fish
and Wildlife Service.
Permit TE–037155
Bureau of Land Management
Applicant: Bio-West, Inc., Round
Rock, Texas.
Applicant requests an amendment to
a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/
absence surveys for Rio Grande silvery
minnow (Hybognathus amarus) and
southwestern willow flycatcher
(Empidonax traillii extimus) along the
Rio Grande.
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Permit TE–17497A
Applicant: Christa Weise, Tucson,
Arizona.
Applicant requests a new permit for
research and recovery purposes to
conduct presence/absence surveys for
lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris
yerbabuenae) within Arizona and New
Mexico and Mexican long-nosed bat
(Leptonycteris nivalis) within New
Mexico and Texas.
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Permit TE–17509A
Applicant: University of Rhode
Island, Kingston, Rhode Island.
Applicant requests a new permit for
research and recovery purposes to
obtain seeds of Welsh’s milkweed
(Asclepias welshii) from the Arboretum
at Flagstaff (Permit TE–226653) at the
University’s greenhouse where
biological control agent testing will be
conducted inside their quarantine
facility.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Notice of Availability of the Final
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Genesis Solar, LLC Genesis Solar
Energy Project and Proposed
California Desert Conservation Area
Plan Amendment
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended (NEPA), and the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has
prepared a Proposed California Desert
Conservation Act Plan Amendment/
Final Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) for Genesis Solar LLC’s Genesis
Solar Energy Project (GSEP) and by this
notice is announcing its availability.
DATES: The publication of the
Environmental Protection Agency’s
(EPA) Notice of Availability (NOA) of
this Final EIS in the Federal Register
initiates a 30-day public comment
period. In addition, the BLM’s planning
regulations state that any person who
meets the conditions as described in the
regulations may protest the BLM’s
Proposed CDCA Plan Amendment. A
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person who meets the conditions and
files a protest must file the protest
within 30 days of the date that EPA
publishes its NOA in the Federal
Register.
Copies of the Proposed Plan
Amendment/Final EIS for the GSEP
have been sent to affected Federal, state,
and local government agencies and to
other stakeholders. Copies of the
Proposed Plan Amendment/Final EIS
are available for public inspection at the
Palm Springs South Coast Field Office,
1201 Bird Center Drive, Palm Springs,
California 92262. Interested persons
may also review the document at the
following Web site: https://www.blm.gov/
ca/st/en/fo/palmsprings/Solar_Projects/
Genesis_Ford_Dry_Lake.html. Submit
comments on the Final EIS to the Palm
Springs South Coast Field Office at the
address above or e-mail them to
CAPSSolarNextEraFPL@blm.gov.
All protests must be in writing and
mailed to one of the following
addresses:
Regular Mail: BLM Director (210),
Attention: Brenda Williams, P.O. Box
66538, Washington, DC 20035.
Overnight Mail: BLM Director (210),
Attention: Brenda Williams, 1620 L
Street, NW., Suite 1075, Washington,
DC 20036.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Allison Shaffer, BLM Project Manager,
telephone (760) 833–7100; address (see
ADDRESSES, above); or e-mail
CAPSSolarNextEraFPL@blm.gov.
ADDRESSES:
Genesis
Solar, LLC has submitted an application
to the BLM for development of the
proposed GSEP, which would consist of
two independent solar electric
generating facilities with a nominal net
electrical output of 125 megawatts (MW)
each, resulting in a total net electrical
output of 250 MW. The Proposed Action
would be designed to utilize solar
parabolic trough technology to generate
electricity.
Genesis Solar, LLC is seeking a rightof-way (ROW) grant for approximately
4,640 acres of land. Construction and
operation of the Proposed Action would
disturb a total of about 1,800 acres
within the site boundaries, and
approximately 90 acres for linear
facilities and drainage features outside
the site boundaries.
The proposed GSEP would be
approximately 27 miles east of the
unincorporated community of Desert
Center and 25 miles west of the
Arizona-California border city of Blythe
in Riverside County, California.
The Applicant proposes to construct
the GSEP in two phases, which would
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 167 (Monday, August 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52965-52966]
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[FR Doc No: 2010-21502]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R2-ES-2010-N180; 20124-1113-0000-F5]
Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: The following applicants have applied for scientific research
permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The Act requires that
we invite public comment on these permit applications.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or
before September 29, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to the Chief,
Endangered Species Division, Ecological Services, P.O. Box 1306, Room
6034, Albuquerque, NM 87103. Documents and other information submitted
with these applications are available for review, subject to the
requirements of the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act.
Documents will be available for public inspection, by appointment only,
during normal business hours at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 500
Gold Ave., SW., Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM. Please refer to the
respective permit number for each application when submitting comments.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Endangered
Species Division, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103; (505) 248-6920.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail 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.
Permit TE-13850A
Applicant: Jarrod Edens, Fort Worth, Texas.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys for American burying beetle
(Nicrophorus americanus) within Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas.
Permit TE-037155
Applicant: Bio-West, Inc., Round Rock, Texas.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for Rio
Grande silvery minnow (Hybognathus amarus) and southwestern willow
flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) along the Rio Grande.
Permit TE-17497A
Applicant: Christa Weise, Tucson, Arizona.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys for lesser long-nosed bat
(Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) within Arizona and New Mexico and Mexican
long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis) within New Mexico and Texas.
Permit TE-17509A
Applicant: University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to obtain seeds of Welsh's milkweed (Asclepias welshii) from the
Arboretum at Flagstaff (Permit TE-226653) at the University's
greenhouse where biological control agent testing will be conducted
inside their quarantine facility.
Permit TE-236730
Applicant: Timothy Bonner, San Marcos, Texas.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for fountain
darter (Etheostoma fonticola), San Marcos gambusia (Gambusia georgei),
Comal Springs riffle beetle (Heterelmis comalensis), Texas wild-rice
(Zizania texana), and Texas blind salamander (Eurycea rathbuni) within
Texas.
Permit TE-20166A
Applicant: Trinity Bey, Boerne, Texas.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys for golden-cheeked warbler
(Dendroica chrysoparia) within Texas.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Dated: August 18, 2010.
Regional Director, Southwest Region, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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