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the Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs of Oregon, Warm Springs,
Oregon (Warm Springs Tribe) for
financial assistance and social service
programs.
DATES: The BIA approval was effective
on July 7, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Linda K. Ketcher, Supervisory Social
Worker, at (202) 513–7610.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Warm
Springs Tribe submitted to BIA a
request with supporting documentation
to modify its service area under 25 CFR
20.201. The Assistant Secretary—Indian
Affairs has approved the request based
on an evaluation of the information
provided. This modification will
expand the service area for the Warm
Springs Tribe to include Hood River
County (Oregon). The Tribe will provide
services for eligible Indian clients in the
new service area by setting up bi-weekly
office hours at Hood River County.
Dated: August 26, 2010.
Larry Echo Hawk,
Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-IA-2010-N204]
[96300-1671-0000-P5]
Endangered Species; Marine
Mammals; Receipt of Applications for
Permit
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications
for permit.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with
endangered species, marine mammals,
or both. With some exceptions, the
Endangered Species Act (ESA) and
Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA) prohibits activities with listed
species unless a Federal permit is issued
that allows such activities. Both laws
require that we invite public comment
before issuing these permits.
DATES: We must receive comments or
requests for documents or comments on
or before October 25, 2010. We must
receive requests for marine mammal
permit public hearings, in writing, at the
address shown in the ADDRESSES section
by October 25, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Brenda Tapia, Division of
Management Authority, U.S. Fish and
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Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax
Drive, Room 212, Arlington, VA 22203;
fax (703) 358-2280; or e-mail
DMAFR@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brenda Tapia, (703) 358-2104
(telephone); (703) 358-2280 (fax);
DMAFR@fws.gov (e-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Comment Procedures
A. How Do I Request Copies of
Applications or Comment on Submitted
Applications?
Send your request for copies of
applications or comments and materials
concerning any of the applications to
the contact listed under ADDRESSES.
Please include the Federal Register
notice publication date, the PRTnumber, and the name of the applicant
in your request or submission. We will
not consider requests or comments sent
to an e-mail or address not listed under
ADDRESSES. If you provide an email
address in your request for copies of
applications, we will attempt to respond
to your request electronically.
Please make your requests or
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.
We will not consider or include in our
administrative record comments we
receive after the close of the comment
period (see DATES) or comments
delivered to an address other than those
listed above (see ADDRESSES).
B. May I Review Comments Submitted
by Others?
Comments, including names and
street addresses of respondents, will be
available for public review at the
address listed under ADDRESSES. The
public may review documents and other
information applicants have sent in
support of the application unless our
allowing viewing would violate the
Privacy Act or Freedom of Information
Act. 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
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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.
II. Background
To help us carry out our conservation
responsibilities for affected species, the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, section
10(a)(1)(A), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.), and our regulations in the Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR
17, the Marine Mammal Protection Act
of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et
seq.), and our regulations in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 18
require that we invite public comment
before final action on these permit
applications. Under the MMPA, you
may request a hearing on any MMPA
application received. If you request a
hearing, give specific reasons why a
hearing would be appropriate. The
holding of such a hearing is at the
discretion of the Service Director.
III. Permit Applications
A. Endangered Species
Applicant: University of Connecticut,
Storrs, CT; PRT-14240A
The applicant requests a permit to
export biological samples from captive
born golden-crowned sifaka
(Propithecus tattersalli) for the purpose
of scientific research. This notification
covers activities to be conducted by the
applicant over a 5–year period.
Applicant: Christina Marisa Tellez,
University of California Los Angeles
(UCLA), Los Angeles, CA; PRT-10564A
The applicant requests a permit to
import biological samples from
American crocodile (Crocodylus
acutus), and Morelet’s crocodile
(Crocodylus moreletti) from Belize for
the purpose of enhancement of the
species through scientific research. This
notification covers activities conducted
by the applicant over a 5–year period.
Multiple Applicants
The following applicants each request
a permit to import the sport-hunted
trophy of one male bontebok
(Damaliscus pygargus pygargus) culled
from a captive herd maintained under
the management program of the
Republic of South Africa, for the
purpose of enhancement of the survival
of the species.
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Applicant: Steven Louis, Richland
Center, WI; PRT-21605A
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Applicant: Selmer Erickson, Park
Rapids, MN; PRT-21574A
[FWS–R8–WSR–2010–N162; 80213–94210–
0000; ABC Code: 7B]
B. Endangered Marine Mammals and
Marine Mammals
Applicant: U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Marine Mammals
Management, Anchorage, AK; PRT046081
The applicant requests amendment
and renewal of the permit to take and
harassment polar bears (Ursus
maritimus) in the wild in Alaska and in
waters around Alaska for the purpose of
scientific research. This notification
covers activities to be conducted by the
applicant over a 5–year period.
Applicant: Indianapolis Zoological
Society, Indianapolis, IN; PRT-19420A
The applicant requests a permit to
take a Pacific walrus, (Odobenus
rosmarus divergens), one male, found
beached and abandoned as a newborn
near Barrow, AK on July 4, 2003 for the
purpose of public display. This
notification covers activities to be
conducted by the applicant over a 5–
year period.
Applicant: Thomas A. Postel, Minneola,
FL; PRT-19806A
The applicant requests a permit to
photography Florida manatees
(Trichechus manatus) underwater for
commercial and educational purposes.
This notification covers activities to be
conducted by the applicant over a oneyear period.
Concurrent with publishing this
notice in the Federal Register, we are
forwarding copies of the above
applications to the Marine Mammal
Commission and the Committee of
Scientific Advisors for their review.
Dated: September 17, 2010
Brenda Tapia,
Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch
of Permits, Division of Management
Authority.
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Notice of Intent; Request for
Comments on Adoption of the National
Park Service’s Wetland and Creek
Restoration Final Environmental
Impact Statement/Environmental
Impact Report, Big Lagoon, Muir
Beach, Marin County, CA
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), give notice of
our intent to adopt the National Park
Service’s (NPS) existing final
environmental impact statement/
environmental impact report (EIS/EIR)
for the Wetland and Creek Restoration at
Big Lagoon, Muir Beach, California
(project). We are considering approving
a grant application by the California
State Coastal Conservancy (CSCC) to
assist with implementing restoration
activities that have been identified and
reviewed under the NPS’ existing final
EIS/EIR for the project. Based on our
independent evaluation, adoption of the
EIS/EIR would meet Department of
Interior (DOI) and Service National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
procedures and guidelines. In order to
meet our NEPA requirements for
approval of CSCC’s grant application,
we are recirculating the EIS/EIR for
written public comment via this notice,
in accordance with Service adoption
requirements.
DATES: We must receive any written
comments on or before October 20,
2010.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to:
Susan Detwiler, Chief, Wildlife and
Sport Fish Restoration Program, Region
8—Pacific Southwest, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 2800 Cottage Way,
Room W–1729, Sacramento, CA 95825.
The EIS/EIR and other documents
mentioned below are available at https://
parkplanning.nps.gov/
documentsList.cfm?projectID=12126.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Justin Cutler, Grants Management
Specialist, at the Sacramento address
above; (916) 414–6457 (phone); e-mail:
justin_cutler@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We are
considering approving a grant
application by CSCC to assist with
implementing restoration activities that
have been identified and reviewed
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under the NPS’ existing final EIS/EIR for
the project. We are recirculating the EIS/
EIR for written public comment via this
notice, in order to meet our National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA; 40
CFR 1506.6) requirements for approval
of CSCC’s grant application. Based on
our independent evaluation, adoption of
the EIS/EIR would meet Department of
Interior (DOI) and Service NEPA
procedures and guidelines. We
encourage interested persons to review
the EIS/EIR and submit written
comments.
Availability of Documents
The EIS/EIR and other documents
mentioned below are available at
https://parkplanning.nps.gov/
documentsList.cfm?projectID=12126. To
the extent practicable, copies of the EIS/
EIR and other relevant documents will
be made available for public review in
alternative formats. Please reach the
point of contact mentioned above to
request documents in alternative
formats.
Location
The 38-acre project site is located at
the mouth of Redwood Creek, in Golden
Gate National Recreation Area, Marin
County, California, approximate
Longitude: ¥122.57 and Latitude:
37.86. The project area encompasses the
Lower Redwood Creek riparian area and
wetlands extending from just
downstream of Highway 1 to the beach.
Background
The NPS and the County of Marin
(County) jointly prepared the following
three documents to meet their Federal
and State requirements:
• December 2007, Wetland and Creek
Restoration at Big Lagoon, Muir Beach,
Marin County, Final Environmental
Impact Statement/Environmental
Impact Report, (EIS/EIR).
• March 2008, Amendment to the
Final Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report Wetland
and Creek Restoration at Big Lagoon,
Muir Beach (amendment).
• November 2008, Wetland and Creek
Restoration at Big Lagoon, Muir Beach,
Marin County Record of Decision,
(ROD).
The CSCC then partnered with the
NPS and the County to assist in
obtaining funding for restoration
activities of the project. CSCC has
submitted a grant application to the
Service requesting funds under the
National Coastal Wetland Conservation
Grant Program for habitat restoration
activities. The specific purpose of
CSCC’s application is to restore Lower
Redwood Creek to a self-sustaining
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-IA-2010-N204]
[96300-1671-0000-P5]
Endangered Species; Marine Mammals; Receipt of Applications for
Permit
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities
with endangered species, marine mammals, or both. With some exceptions,
the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Marine Mammal Protection Act
(MMPA) prohibits activities with listed species unless a Federal permit
is issued that allows such activities. Both laws require that we invite
public comment before issuing these permits.
DATES: We must receive comments or requests for documents or comments
on or before October 25, 2010. We must receive requests for marine
mammal permit public hearings, in writing, at the address shown in the
ADDRESSES section by October 25, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Brenda Tapia, Division of Management Authority, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Room 212, Arlington, VA
22203; fax (703) 358-2280; or e-mail DMAFR@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brenda Tapia, (703) 358-2104
(telephone); (703) 358-2280 (fax); DMAFR@fws.gov (e-mail).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Public Comment Procedures
A. How Do I Request Copies of Applications or Comment on Submitted
Applications?
Send your request for copies of applications or comments and
materials concerning any of the applications to the contact listed
under ADDRESSES. Please include the Federal Register notice publication
date, the PRT-number, and the name of the applicant in your request or
submission. We will not consider requests or comments sent to an e-mail
or address not listed under ADDRESSES. If you provide an email address
in your request for copies of applications, we will attempt to respond
to your request electronically.
Please make your requests or 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. We
will not consider or include in our administrative record comments we
receive after the close of the comment period (see DATES) or comments
delivered to an address other than those listed above (see ADDRESSES).
B. May I Review Comments Submitted by Others?
Comments, including names and street addresses of respondents, will
be available for public review at the address listed under ADDRESSES.
The public may review documents and other information applicants have
sent in support of the application unless our allowing viewing would
violate the Privacy Act or Freedom of Information Act. 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.
II. Background
To help us carry out our conservation responsibilities for affected
species, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, section 10(a)(1)(A), as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and our regulations in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17, the Marine Mammal Protection
Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and our regulations
in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 18 require that we
invite public comment before final action on these permit applications.
Under the MMPA, you may request a hearing on any MMPA application
received. If you request a hearing, give specific reasons why a hearing
would be appropriate. The holding of such a hearing is at the
discretion of the Service Director.
III. Permit Applications
A. Endangered Species
Applicant: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; PRT-14240A
The applicant requests a permit to export biological samples from
captive born golden-crowned sifaka (Propithecus tattersalli) for the
purpose of scientific research. This notification covers activities to
be conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Christina Marisa Tellez, University of California Los
Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA; PRT-10564A
The applicant requests a permit to import biological samples from
American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus), and Morelet's crocodile
(Crocodylus moreletti) from Belize for the purpose of enhancement of
the species through scientific research. This notification covers
activities conducted by the applicant over a 5-year period.
Multiple Applicants
The following applicants each request a permit to import the sport-
hunted trophy of one male bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus)
culled from a captive herd maintained under the management program of
the Republic of South Africa, for the purpose of enhancement of the
survival of the species.
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Applicant: Steven Louis, Richland Center, WI; PRT-21605A
Applicant: Selmer Erickson, Park Rapids, MN; PRT-21574A
B. Endangered Marine Mammals and Marine Mammals
Applicant: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Marine Mammals Management,
Anchorage, AK; PRT-046081
The applicant requests amendment and renewal of the permit to take
and harassment polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the wild in Alaska and
in waters around Alaska for the purpose of scientific research. This
notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a
5-year period.
Applicant: Indianapolis Zoological Society, Indianapolis, IN; PRT-
19420A
The applicant requests a permit to take a Pacific walrus, (Odobenus
rosmarus divergens), one male, found beached and abandoned as a newborn
near Barrow, AK on July 4, 2003 for the purpose of public display. This
notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a
5-year period.
Applicant: Thomas A. Postel, Minneola, FL; PRT-19806A
The applicant requests a permit to photography Florida manatees
(Trichechus manatus) underwater for commercial and educational
purposes. This notification covers activities to be conducted by the
applicant over a one-year period.
Concurrent with publishing this notice in the Federal Register, we
are forwarding copies of the above applications to the Marine Mammal
Commission and the Committee of Scientific Advisors for their review.
Dated: September 17, 2010
Brenda Tapia,
Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch of Permits, Division of
Management Authority.
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