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to 446 ft (136.5 m), depending on the
type of turbine. The proposed wind
turbine hub height for Phase IV would
range 263–328 ft (80–100 m), depending
on the type of turbine selected. Rotor
diameters at Phase IV may vary from
253 to 371 ft (77 to 113 m), depending
on the type of turbine selected.
Approximate total height at the rotor
apex would vary from 389 to 514 ft
(118.5 to 156.5 m). Installation of each
individual turbine will temporarily
impact an area of approximately 2.9 ac
(1.2 ha), while the final footprint of each
turbine will be approximately 0.2 ac
(0.08 ha). Access roads to the turbines
will have a temporary width of up to 55
ft (17 m) during construction and a
permanent width of 16 to 20 ft (4.8 to
6.1 m).
The project is located in a rural
setting, with the landscape primarily
composed of agricultural properties. Of
the roughly 72,953 ac (29,523 ha) within
0.5 mi (0.8 km) of turbine locations, row
crops comprise about 93 percent of the
land use for the study area. After tilled
agriculture, the next most common land
uses within the FRWF are developed
areas (e.g., houses and buildings), which
comprise 5.0 percent of the total, and
pastures/hayfields, which comprise 1.4
percent of the total. There are 22.8 ac
(9.2 ha) of grasslands, which compose
less than 0.1 percent of the study area.
Grasslands in the study area are limited
primarily to strips along drainages,
railroad rights-of-way (ROW), and
ROWs along county and State roads.
Trees in the study area occur at
homesteads, along some of the drainages
and fencerows, and within some small,
isolated woodlots. Forested areas are
rare within the study area, based on
2001 data, and the 249.3 ac (100.8 ha)
of forest comprise 0.5 percent of the
total area. Small amounts of barren
ground, open water, and woody
wetlands are also present.
Despite the relatively small acreage of
land to be affected by the project,
impacts to wildlife, particularly birds
and bats, are anticipated. Minimization
for potential impacts to Indiana bats
will include a turbine operational
management adjustment program
developed based on the results of postconstruction studies conducted at
Phases I, II, and III of the project.
Any turbine operational management
adjustment program is likely to contain
various measures to avoid and minimize
impacts to Indiana bats, including the
impact of lethal take. Various methods
that may be considered include, but are
not limited to: Protection of roost trees
and surrounding habitat, set-back
distances from known roost trees,
mapping and avoidance of foraging
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areas, protection and enhancement of
Indiana bat habitat outside the project
area, various operational adjustments
for turbines during prime activity or
migration periods, and postconstruction monitoring for fatalities.
Alternatives to the Proposed Action
In addition to the proposed action,
there is one additional action alternative
that is currently under consideration
related to the proposed issuance of an
ITP to the Applicant for activities
associated with operation of the Fowler
Ridge Wind Farm. These alternatives,
and possibly additional alternatives,
will be considered in the draft EIS,
along with the potential impacts
associated with each alternative. Each
action alternative analyzed in the draft
EIS will be compared to the No Action
alternative. The No Action alternative
represents estimated future conditions
to which the proposed action can be
compared.
No Action Alternative
Under the No Action Alternative, an
ITP pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(B) of
the Act would not be issued for the
existing phases or the future Phase IV of
the Fowler Ridge Wind Farm. The
existing phases of the project would
continue to fully operate, and Phase IV
would fully operate once construction is
complete. Under the No Action
Alternative, the applicant would not
have coverage for an incidental take of
the Indiana bat and would be at risk of
violation of Section 9 of the Act. In
addition, no HCP would be produced;
therefore, the Indiana bat would not
have the protections afforded to it
through development and
implementation of an HCP. The
proposed project purpose would not be
met under the No Action Alternative.
Maximally Restricted Operations
Alternative
Under the Maximally Restricted
Operations Alternative, an ITP would be
issued; Phases I, II and III would
continue to operate; and Phase IV would
be constructed as described under
Proposed Action—i.e., full build-out of
up to 448 turbines. Minimization for
potential impacts to Indiana bats would
include shutting down turbines at night
during the period from April 1 through
October 31, the active period for Indiana
bats. This minimization would occur
during all four phases of the project,
every year the FRWF is in operation.
Environmental Review
The Service will conduct an
environmental review to analyze
various alternatives for implementing
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the proposed action and the associated
impacts of each. The draft EIS will be
the basis for the impact evaluation for
Indiana bats and the range of
alternatives to be addressed. The draft
EIS is expected to provide biological
descriptions of the affected species and
habitats, as well as the effects of the
alternatives on other resources such as
vegetation, wetlands, wildlife, geology
and soils, air quality, water resources,
water quality, cultural resources, land
use, recreation, water use, local
economy, and environmental justice.
Following completion of the
environmental review, the Service will
publish a notice of availability and a
request for comments on the draft EIS
and the Applicant’s permit application,
which will include the draft HCP. The
draft EIS and draft HCP are expected to
be completed and available to the public
in late 2011.
Authority
This notice is being furnished as
provided for by NEPA, the NEPA
regulations, and the Act. The intent of
the notice is to obtain suggestions and
additional information from other
agencies and the public on the scope of
issues to be considered. Comments and
participation in this scoping process are
solicited.
Dated: May 9, 2011.
Lynn Lewis,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological
Services, Region 3, Fort Snelling, MN.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R9–IA–2011–N110; 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
SUMMARY:
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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
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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 e-mail
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
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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.
B. Endangered Marine Mammals and
Marine Mammals
II. Background
require that we invite public comment
before issuing these permits.
DATES: We must receive comments or
requests for documents on or before
June 24, 2011. We must receive requests
for marine mammal permit public
hearings, in writing, at the address
shown in the ADDRESSES section by June
24, 2011.
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.
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Dated: May 20, 2011.
Brenda Tapia,
Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch
of Permits, Division of Management
Authority.
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 Texas at
Austin, Austin, TX; PRT–124346
The applicant requests renewal of the
permit to import biological samples
from wild Verreaux’s sifaka
(Propithecus verreauxi), for the purpose
of enhancement of the survival of the
species. This notification covers
activities to be conducted by the
applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Mary Hunt, Edmore, MI;
PRT–42976A
The applicant requests a permit to
import a 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: U.S. Geological Survey—
Sirenia Project, Gainesville, FL; PRT–
791721
The applicant requests renewal of the
permit to take and import West Indian
manatees (Trichechus manatus) and
other Sirenian species for the purpose of
scientific research. This notification
covers activities to be conducted by the
applicant over a 5-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.
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Filing of Plat of Survey, Wyoming
Bureau of Land Management,
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ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) is scheduled to file
the plat of survey of the lands described
below thirty (30) calendar days from the
date of this publication in the BLM
Wyoming State Office, Cheyenne,
Wyoming.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bureau of Land Management, 5353
Yellowstone Road, P.O. Box 1828,
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82003.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
survey was executed at the request of
the Bureau of Land Management and is
necessary for the management of these
lands. The lands surveyed are:
The plat and field notes representing
the dependent resurvey of a portion of
Lot No. 72, a portion of the
subdivisional lines, and the survey of
the subdivision of section 15, Township
52 North, Range 93 West, Sixth
Principal Meridian, Wyoming, Group
No. 834, was accepted May 19, 2011.
Copies of the preceding described plat
and field notes are available to the
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R9-IA-2011-N110; 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
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require that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.
DATES: We must receive comments or requests for documents on or before
June 24, 2011. We must receive requests for marine mammal permit public
hearings, in writing, at the address shown in the ADDRESSES section by
June 24, 2011.
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 e-mail 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 Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; PRT-124346
The applicant requests renewal of the permit to import biological
samples from wild Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi), for the
purpose of enhancement of the survival of the species. This
notification covers activities to be conducted by the applicant over a
5-year period.
Applicant: Mary Hunt, Edmore, MI; PRT-42976A
The applicant requests a permit to import a 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.
B. Endangered Marine Mammals and Marine Mammals
Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey--Sirenia Project, Gainesville, FL;
PRT-791721
The applicant requests renewal of the permit to take and import
West Indian manatees (Trichechus manatus) and other Sirenian species
for the purpose of scientific research. This notification covers
activities to be conducted by the applicant over a 5-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: May 20, 2011.
Brenda Tapia,
Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch of Permits, Division of
Management Authority.
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