Emergency Exemption; Issuance of Emergency Permit To Survey for and Relocate Jemez Mountain Salamanders Within the Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico, 64235-64236 [2013-25140]
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Colette Pollard,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R2–ES–2013–N222;
FXES11130200000F5–145–FF02ENEH00]
Emergency Exemption; Issuance of
Emergency Permit To Survey for and
Relocate Jemez Mountain
Salamanders Within the Santa Fe
National Forest, New Mexico
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of issuance of
endangered species emergency permits.
AGENCY:
The final rule to list the Jemez
Mountain salamander (Plethodon
neomexicanus) as endangered
throughout its range in New Mexico
published in the Federal Register on
September 10, 2013. The final rule
becomes effective on October 10, 2013.
Without having personnel authorized to
survey for and minimize impacts
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through moving individuals out of
harm’s way, the New Mexico Gas
Company’s ongoing pipeline repairs
may be delayed to prevent individual
Jemez Mountain salamanders being
needlessly harmed or killed. We, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have,
under an Endangered Species Act (ESA)
permit, authorized qualified researchers
to survey for and move Jemez Mountain
salamanders out of harm’s way during
pipeline repairs. These pipeline repairs
are considered essential to human and
environmental health.
ADDRESSES: Documents and other
information concerning the permit 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 87103.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Endangered
Species Division, P.O. Box 1306,
Albuquerque, NM 87103; (505) 248–
6920.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The New
Mexico Gas Company has identified
eight dented and corroded segments of
natural gas pipeline within the occupied
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range of the Jemez Mountain
salamander that are in critical condition
and require immediate repair. This
approximately 17.5-mile-long portion of
pipeline lies between the village of
Cuba, New Mexico, and the western
boundary of the Valles Cauldera
National Preserve within the Santa Fe
National Forest. Emergency repairs are
necessary to ensure that natural gas
pressure may be restored to levels
necessary to supply northern New
Mexico with adequate fuel for home
heating before any cold weather in early
November. These emergency repairs to
the pipeline have been analyzed and
authorized under an emergency
consultation between the Cuba Ranger
District, Santa Fe National Forest and
the Service’s New Mexico Ecological
Services Field Office (Consultation #
02ENNM00–2013–FE–0110). We, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service)
have, under an Endangered Species Act
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) permit,
authorized the following researchers to
survey for and move Jemez Mountain
salamanders out of harm’s way during
pipeline repairs:
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Permit TE–819477
Applicant: Parametrix, Inc.,
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
We approved the applicant’s request
for an amendment to a current permit
for research and recovery purposes to
survey for, locate, capture, temporarily
hold, sample for disease, measure,
relocate, salvage any dead, moribund, or
parts (e.g., severed tails) and release of
any Jemez Mountains salamander
(Plethodon neomexicanus) that is
directly in harm’s way or has been
harmed resulting from emergency
repairs by New Mexico Gas Company to
a natural gas pipeline located in the
Jemez Mountains, in Los Alamos, Rio
Arriba, and Sandoval Counties, New
Mexico.
Permit TE–045236
Applicant: SWCA, Inc., Albuquerque,
New Mexico.
We approved the applicant’s request
for an amendment to a current permit
for research and recovery purposes to
survey for, locate, capture, temporarily
hold, sample for disease, measure,
relocate, salvage any dead, moribund, or
parts (e.g., severed tails) and release of
any Jemez Mountains salamander
(Plethodon neomexicanus) that is
directly in harm’s way or has been
harmed resulting from emergency
repairs by New Mexico Gas Company to
a natural gas pipeline located in the
Jemez Mountains, in Los Alamos, Rio
Arriba, and Sandoval Counties, New
Mexico.
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Permit TE–071287
Applicant: Bruce Christman,
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
We approved the applicant’s request
for an amendment and renewal of an
expired permit for research and
recovery purposes to survey for, locate,
capture, temporarily hold, sample for
disease, measure, relocate, salvage any
dead, moribund, or parts (e.g., severed
tails) and release of any Jemez
Mountains salamander (Plethodon
neomexicanus) that is directly in harm’s
way or has been harmed resulting from
emergency repairs by New Mexico Gas
Company to a natural gas pipeline
located in the Jemez Mountains, in Los
Alamos, Rio Arriba, and Sandoval
Counties, New Mexico.
These emergency permits are issued
for the sole purpose of facilitating the
New Mexico Gas Company pipeline
repairs. Any further authorization for
surveys or research of the Jemez
Mountains salamander will be
processed separately.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Dated: October 21, 2013.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R2-ES-2013-N222; FXES11130200000F5-145-FF02ENEH00]
Emergency Exemption; Issuance of Emergency Permit To Survey for
and Relocate Jemez Mountain Salamanders Within the Santa Fe National
Forest, New Mexico
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of issuance of endangered species emergency permits.
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SUMMARY: The final rule to list the Jemez Mountain salamander
(Plethodon neomexicanus) as endangered throughout its range in New
Mexico published in the Federal Register on September 10, 2013. The
final rule becomes effective on October 10, 2013. Without having
personnel authorized to survey for and minimize impacts through moving
individuals out of harm's way, the New Mexico Gas Company's ongoing
pipeline repairs may be delayed to prevent individual Jemez Mountain
salamanders being needlessly harmed or killed. We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service have, under an Endangered Species Act (ESA) permit,
authorized qualified researchers to survey for and move Jemez Mountain
salamanders out of harm's way during pipeline repairs. These pipeline
repairs are considered essential to human and environmental health.
ADDRESSES: Documents and other information concerning the permit 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 87103.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Endangered
Species Division, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103; (505) 248-6920.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The New Mexico Gas Company has identified
eight dented and corroded segments of natural gas pipeline within the
occupied
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range of the Jemez Mountain salamander that are in critical condition
and require immediate repair. This approximately 17.5-mile-long portion
of pipeline lies between the village of Cuba, New Mexico, and the
western boundary of the Valles Cauldera National Preserve within the
Santa Fe National Forest. Emergency repairs are necessary to ensure
that natural gas pressure may be restored to levels necessary to supply
northern New Mexico with adequate fuel for home heating before any cold
weather in early November. These emergency repairs to the pipeline have
been analyzed and authorized under an emergency consultation between
the Cuba Ranger District, Santa Fe National Forest and the Service's
New Mexico Ecological Services Field Office (Consultation
02ENNM00-2013-FE-0110). We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(Service) have, under an Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.) permit, authorized the following researchers to survey for and
move Jemez Mountain salamanders out of harm's way during pipeline
repairs:
Permit TE-819477
Applicant: Parametrix, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico.
We approved the applicant's request for an amendment to a current
permit for research and recovery purposes to survey for, locate,
capture, temporarily hold, sample for disease, measure, relocate,
salvage any dead, moribund, or parts (e.g., severed tails) and release
of any Jemez Mountains salamander (Plethodon neomexicanus) that is
directly in harm's way or has been harmed resulting from emergency
repairs by New Mexico Gas Company to a natural gas pipeline located in
the Jemez Mountains, in Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, and Sandoval Counties,
New Mexico.
Permit TE-045236
Applicant: SWCA, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico.
We approved the applicant's request for an amendment to a current
permit for research and recovery purposes to survey for, locate,
capture, temporarily hold, sample for disease, measure, relocate,
salvage any dead, moribund, or parts (e.g., severed tails) and release
of any Jemez Mountains salamander (Plethodon neomexicanus) that is
directly in harm's way or has been harmed resulting from emergency
repairs by New Mexico Gas Company to a natural gas pipeline located in
the Jemez Mountains, in Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, and Sandoval Counties,
New Mexico.
Permit TE-071287
Applicant: Bruce Christman, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
We approved the applicant's request for an amendment and renewal of
an expired permit for research and recovery purposes to survey for,
locate, capture, temporarily hold, sample for disease, measure,
relocate, salvage any dead, moribund, or parts (e.g., severed tails)
and release of any Jemez Mountains salamander (Plethodon neomexicanus)
that is directly in harm's way or has been harmed resulting from
emergency repairs by New Mexico Gas Company to a natural gas pipeline
located in the Jemez Mountains, in Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, and Sandoval
Counties, New Mexico.
These emergency permits are issued for the sole purpose of
facilitating the New Mexico Gas Company pipeline repairs. Any further
authorization for surveys or research of the Jemez Mountains salamander
will be processed separately.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Dated: October 21, 2013.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-25140 Filed 10-25-13; 8:45 am]
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