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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Harry Messner, Office of Asset
Management, Policy and Participation
Standards Division, Department of
Housing, Department of Housing and
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seeking approval from OMB for the
information collection described in
Section A.
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Title of Information Collection: HUD
Multifamily Energy Assessment.
OMB Approval Number: 2502–0568.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Form Number: HUD–9614.
Description of the need for the
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B. Solicitation of Public Comment
This notice is soliciting comments
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(1) Whether the proposed collection
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electronic submission of responses.
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submit comment in response to these
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Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
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Dated: December 5, 2013.
Laura M. Marin,
Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Housing-Associate Deputy Federal
Housing Commissioner.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R2–ES–2013–N240;
FXES11130200000–145–FF02ENEH00]
Endangered and Threatened Species
Permit Applications
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications;
request for public comment.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with
endangered or threatened species. The
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (Act), prohibits activities with
endangered and threatened species
unless a Federal permit allows such
activities. The Act and the National
Environmental Policy Act also require
that we invite public comment before
issuing these permits.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
comments must be received on or before
January 10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Marty Tuegel, Section 10
Coordinator, by U.S. mail at Division of
Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 1306, Room
6034, Albuquerque, NM at 505–248–
6920. Please refer to the respective
permit number for each application
when submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Endangered
Species Division, P.O. Box 1306,
Albuquerque, NM 87103; 505–248–
6651.
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Availability of Comments
The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
prohibits activities with endangered and
threatened species unless a Federal
permit allows such activities. Along
with our implementing regulations in
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the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at
50 CFR part 17, the Act provides for
permits, and requires that we invite
public comment before issuing these
permits.
A permit granted by us under section
10(a)(1)(A) of the Act authorizes
applicants to conduct activities with
U.S. endangered or threatened species
for scientific purposes, enhancement of
survival or propagation, or interstate
commerce. Our regulations regarding
implementation of section 10(a)(1)(A)
permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22 for
endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR
17.32 for threatened wildlife species, 50
CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species,
and 50 CFR 17.72 for threatened plant
species.
Applications Available for Review and
Comment
We invite local, State, Tribal, and
Federal agencies, and the public to
comment on the following applications.
Please refer to the appropriate permit
number (e.g., Permit No. TE–123456)
when requesting application documents
and when submitting comments.
Documents and other information the
applicants have submitted with these
applications are available for review,
subject to the requirements of the
Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.
552).
Permit TE–078189
Applicant: Adkins Consulting Inc.,
Durango, Colorado.
Applicant requests a renewal to a
current permit for research and recovery
purposes to conduct presence/absence
surveys of southwestern willow
flycatcher (Empinodax traillii extimus)
within New Mexico.
Permit TE–819477
Applicant: Parametrix, Inc.,
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Applicant requests an amendment to
a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/
absence surveys and temporarily hold
for the purposes of collecting biological
data Jemez Mountain salamanders
(Plethodon neomexicanus) within New
Mexico.
Permit TE–045236
Applicant: SWCA, Inc., Albuquerque,
New Mexico.
Applicant requests an amendment to
a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/
absence surveys; construction
monitoring; capture and relocation of
Jemez Mountain salamanders
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(Plethodon neomexicanus) within New
Mexico.
Permit TE–071287
Applicant: Bruce Christman,
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Applicant requests a renewal to an
expired permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/
absence surveys and temporarily hold
for the purposes of collecting biological
data Jemez Mountain salamanders
(Plethodon neomexicanus) within New
Mexico.
Permit TE–19661B
Applicant: Tetra Tech, Inc., Portland,
Oregon.
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) within
the Middle Rio Grande River, New
Mexico.
Permit TE–116382
Applicant: Peoria Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma, Miami, Oklahoma.
Applicant requests an amendment to
a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to hold and
propagate Neosho mucket (Lampsilis
rafinesqueana) and release into the wild
in Oklahoma.
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Permit TE–833851
Applicant: City of Austin Watershed
Protection Department, Austin, Texas.
Applicant requests an amendment to
a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/
absence surveys; abundance surveys
using mark/recapture; hormone
sampling; collection of up to 3
individuals as voucher specimens from
new locations; and collection of tail
clips for genetic sampling of the Austin
blind salamander (Eurycea
waterlooensis) within Texas.
Permit TE–13850A
Applicant: Jarrod Edens, Edmond,
Oklahoma.
Applicant requests a renewal to a
current permit for research and recovery
purposes to conduct presence/absence
surveys for American burying beetle
(Nicrophorus americanus) within
Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas.
Permit TE–819558
Applicant: U.S.D.A. Forest Service,
National Forests and Grasslands in
Texas, Lufkin, Texas.
Applicant requests a renewal to a
current permit for research and recovery
purposes to conduct presence/absence
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surveys of interior least tern (Sterna
antillarum) and American burying
beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) and
the following activities for red-cockaded
woodpecker (Picoides borealis) in
Texas: presence/absence surveys; roost
searches; tree activity status checks;
handling of juvenile and chicks;
banding of adults; banding of nestlings;
translocating; trapping; installing
artificial cavities, and cavity exams.
Permit TE–676811
Applicant: U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service-Region 2, Albuquerque, New
Mexico.
Applicant requests an amendment to
a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/
absence surveys and recovery the
following species within New Mexico,
Oklahoma, and Texas:
• Austin blind salamander (Eurycea
waterlooensis)
• Chupadera springsnail (Pyrgulopsis
chupadarae)
• Jemez Mountains salamander
(Plethodon neomexicanus)
• Neosho mucket (Lampsilis
Rafinesqueana)
Permit TE–819451
Applicant: Travis County
Transportation and Natural
Resources, Austin, Texas.
Applicant requests a renewal to a
current permit for research and recovery
purposes to conduct presence/absence
surveys of the following species in
Texas:
• Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella
reddelli)
• Black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla)
• Bone Cave harvestman (Texella
reyesi)
• Braken Bat Cave meshweaver
(Cicurina venii)
• Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes
texanus)
• Cokendolpher Cave harvestman
(Texella cokendolpheri)
• Golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica
chrysoparia)
• Government Canyon Bat Cave
meshweaver (Cicurina vespera)
• Government Canyon Bat Cave spider
(Neoleptoneta microps)
• Ground beetle (Rhadine exilis)
• Ground beetle (Rhadine infernalis)
• Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes
venyivi)
• Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle
(Texamaurops reddelli)
• Madla Cave meshweaver (Cicurina
madla)
• Robber Baron Cave meshweaver
(Cicurina baronia)
• Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine
persephone)
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• Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion
(Tartarocreagris texana)
• Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta
(=Leptoneta) myopica)
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA)
In compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.), we have made an initial
determination that the proposed
activities in these permits are
categorically excluded from the
requirement to prepare an
environmental assessment or
environmental impact statement (516
DM 6 Appendix 1, 1.4C(1)).
Public Availability of Comments
All comments and materials we
receive in response to this request will
be available for public inspection, by
appointment, during normal business
hours at the address listed in the
ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Before including your address, phone
number, email 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.
Authority
We provide this notice under section
10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
Dated: November 22, 2013.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region.
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Assessment and Finding of No
Significant Impact for Flood Control
Improvements to the Rio Grande
Canalization Project in Vado, New
Mexico; Notice of Availability
United States Section,
International Boundary and Water
Commission (USIBWC), United States
and Mexico.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Draft
Supplemental Environmental
Assessment (SEA) and Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI).
AGENCY:
Pursuant to Section 102(2)(c)
of the National Environmental Policy
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R2-ES-2013-N240; FXES11130200000-145-FF02ENEH00]
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: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities
with endangered or threatened species. The Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (Act), prohibits activities with endangered and
threatened species unless a Federal permit allows such activities. The
Act and the National Environmental Policy Act also require that we
invite public comment before issuing these permits.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or
before January 10, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Marty Tuegel, Section 10 Coordinator, by U.S. mail at
Division of Endangered Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O.
Box 1306, Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM at 505-248-6920. Please refer to
the respective permit number for each application when submitting
comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Endangered
Species Division, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103; 505-248-6651.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Availability of Comments
The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) prohibits activities with
endangered and threatened species unless a Federal permit allows such
activities. Along with our implementing regulations in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR part 17, the Act provides for
permits, and requires that we invite public comment before issuing
these permits.
A permit granted by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act
authorizes applicants to conduct activities with U.S. endangered or
threatened species for scientific purposes, enhancement of survival or
propagation, or interstate commerce. Our regulations regarding
implementation of section 10(a)(1)(A) permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22
for endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened wildlife
species, 50 CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species, and 50 CFR 17.72
for threatened plant species.
Applications Available for Review and Comment
We invite local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies, and the
public to comment on the following applications. Please refer to the
appropriate permit number (e.g., Permit No. TE-123456) when requesting
application documents and when submitting comments.
Documents and other information the applicants have submitted with
these applications are available for review, subject to the
requirements of the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
Permit TE-078189
Applicant: Adkins Consulting Inc., Durango, Colorado.
Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of southwestern
willow flycatcher (Empinodax traillii extimus) within New Mexico.
Permit TE-819477
Applicant: Parametrix, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys and
temporarily hold for the purposes of collecting biological data Jemez
Mountain salamanders (Plethodon neomexicanus) within New Mexico.
Permit TE-045236
Applicant: SWCA, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys; construction
monitoring; capture and relocation of Jemez Mountain salamanders
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(Plethodon neomexicanus) within New Mexico.
Permit TE-071287
Applicant: Bruce Christman, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Applicant requests a renewal to an expired permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys and temporarily
hold for the purposes of collecting biological data Jemez Mountain
salamanders (Plethodon neomexicanus) within New Mexico.
Permit TE-19661B
Applicant: Tetra Tech, Inc., Portland, Oregon.
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) within the Middle Rio Grande
River, New Mexico.
Permit TE-116382
Applicant: Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, Miami, Oklahoma.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to hold and propagate Neosho mucket (Lampsilis
rafinesqueana) and release into the wild in Oklahoma.
Permit TE-833851
Applicant: City of Austin Watershed Protection Department, Austin,
Texas.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys; abundance
surveys using mark/recapture; hormone sampling; collection of up to 3
individuals as voucher specimens from new locations; and collection of
tail clips for genetic sampling of the Austin blind salamander (Eurycea
waterlooensis) within Texas.
Permit TE-13850A
Applicant: Jarrod Edens, Edmond, Oklahoma.
Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for American
burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) within Oklahoma, Texas, and
Arkansas.
Permit TE-819558
Applicant: U.S.D.A. Forest Service, National Forests and Grasslands in
Texas, Lufkin, Texas.
Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of interior least
tern (Sterna antillarum) and American burying beetle (Nicrophorus
americanus) and the following activities for red-cockaded woodpecker
(Picoides borealis) in Texas: presence/absence surveys; roost searches;
tree activity status checks; handling of juvenile and chicks; banding
of adults; banding of nestlings; translocating; trapping; installing
artificial cavities, and cavity exams.
Permit TE-676811
Applicant: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service-Region 2, Albuquerque, New
Mexico.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys and recovery
the following species within New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas:
Austin blind salamander (Eurycea waterlooensis)
Chupadera springsnail (Pyrgulopsis chupadarae)
Jemez Mountains salamander (Plethodon neomexicanus)
Neosho mucket (Lampsilis Rafinesqueana)
Permit TE-819451
Applicant: Travis County Transportation and Natural Resources, Austin,
Texas.
Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following
species in Texas:
Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella reddelli)
Black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla)
Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi)
Braken Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina venii)
Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus)
Cokendolpher Cave harvestman (Texella cokendolpheri)
Golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia)
Government Canyon Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina vespera)
Government Canyon Bat Cave spider (Neoleptoneta microps)
Ground beetle (Rhadine exilis)
Ground beetle (Rhadine infernalis)
Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes venyivi)
Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (Texamaurops reddelli)
Madla Cave meshweaver (Cicurina madla)
Robber Baron Cave meshweaver (Cicurina baronia)
Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine persephone)
Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion (Tartarocreagris texana)
Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta (=Leptoneta) myopica)
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
In compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), we have made an
initial determination that the proposed activities in these permits are
categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental
assessment or environmental impact statement (516 DM 6 Appendix 1,
1.4C(1)).
Public Availability of Comments
All comments and materials we receive in response to this request
will be available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal
business hours at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section of this
notice.
Before including your address, phone number, email 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.
Authority
We provide this notice under section 10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.)
Dated: November 22, 2013.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region.
[FR Doc. 2013-29460 Filed 12-10-13; 8:45 am]
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