Proposed Safe Harbor Agreement With the California Department of Fish and Wildlife for the Abbott Lake Unit of the Feather River Wildlife Area in Sutter County, California, 2197-2198 [2014-00368]
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III. Permit Applications
A. Endangered Species
Applicant: Los Angeles Zoo, Los
Angeles, CA; PRT–24209B
The applicant requests a permit to
import two captive-born ale brush-tailed
bettong (Bettongia penicillata) from Zoo
Duisburg Ag, Germany, for the purpose
of enhancement of the survival of the
species.
Applicant: Zoofari Animal Park &
Preserve, Como, MS; PRT–24177B
The applicant requests a captive-bred
wildlife registration under 50 CFR
17.21(g) for the following species, to
enhance the species’ propagation or
survival. This notification covers
activities to be conducted by the
applicant over a 5-year period.
Species
Barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii)
Eld’s deer (Rucervus eldii)
Scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah)
Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx)
Addax (Addax nasomaculatus)
Dama gazelle (Nanger dama)
Red lechwe (Kobus leche)
Southern white rhinoceros
(Ceratotherium simum simum)
Grevy’s zebra (Equus grevyi)
Hartmann’s mountain zebra (Equus
zebra hartmannae)
Przewalski’s horse (Equus przewalskii)
African wild ass (Equus africanus)
Asian wild ass (Equus hemionus)
Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus
pygargus)
Arabian gazelle (Gazella gazella)
Cuvier’s gazelle (Gazella cuvieri)
Slender-horned gazelle (Gazella
leptoceros)
Anoa (Bubalus depressicornis)
Seladang (Bos gaurus)
Galapagos tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra)
Applicant: Anthony Pierlioni,
Plainville, CT; PRT–24368B
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The applicant requests a captive-bred
wildlife registration under 50 CFR
17.21(g) for the radiated tortoise
(Astrochelys radiata), yellow-spotted
river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis), and
spotted pond turtle (Geoclemys
hamiltonii) to enhance the species’
propagation or survival. This
notification covers activities to be
conducted by the applicant over a 5year period.
Applicant: Turtles and Tortoises Inc.,
Lakeland, FL; PRT–24163B
The applicant requests a captive-bred
wildlife registration under 50 CFR
17.21(g) for the Galapagos tortoise
(Chelonoidis nigra), radiated tortoise
(Astrochelys radiata), aquatic box turtle
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(Terrapene coahuila), yellow-spotted
river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis),
tartaruga (Podocnemis expansa) spotted
pond turtle (Geoclemys hamiltonii),
river terrapin (Batagur baska), African
dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis),
Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus),
Siamese crocodile (Crocodylus
siamensis), Cuban crocodile
(Crocodylus rhombifer), saltwater
crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), yacare
caiman (Caiman yacare), caiman
(Caiman crocodilus), broad-snouted
caiman (Caiman latirostris), and
Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) to
enhance the species’ propagation or
survival. This notification covers
activities to be conducted by the
applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Ralph Hoekstra, Huntington
Beach, CA; PRT–050827
The applicant requests renewal of
their captive-bred wildlife registration
under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for radiated
tortoise (Astrochelys radiata) to enhance
the species’ propagation or survival.
This notification covers activities to be
conducted by the applicant over a 5year period.
Applicant: Oregon Zoo, Portland, OR;
PRT–677662
The applicant requests amendment of
their captive-bred wildlife registration
under 50 CFR 17.21(g) to include
African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) to
enhance the species’ propagation or
survival. This notification covers
activities to be conducted by the
applicant over a 5-year period.
Applicant: Zoo New England, Boston,
MA; PRT–692781
The applicant requests renewal of
their captive-bred wildlife registration
under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for the following
families and species, to enhance the
species’ propagation or survival. This
notification covers activities to be
conducted by the applicant over a 5year period.
Family:
Bovidae
Cercopithecidae
Cervidae
Equidae
Felidae (does not include jaguar, margay
or ocelot)
Hominidae
Hylobatidae
Lemuridae
Tapiridae
Gruidae
Crocodylidae (does not include
American crocodile)
Species
African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)
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Northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita)
Andean condor (Vultur gryphus)
Rothschild’s starling (Leucopsar
rothschildi)
Scarlet-chested parakeet (Neophema
splendida)
Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus
zeteki)
Brenda Tapia,
Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch
of Permits, Division of Management
Authority.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[Docket No. FWS–R8–ES–2013–N263;
81420–1113–0000–F3]
Proposed Safe Harbor Agreement With
the California Department of Fish and
Wildlife for the Abbott Lake Unit of the
Feather River Wildlife Area in Sutter
County, California
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
This notice advises the public
that the California Department of Fish
and Wildlife (Department) has applied
to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(Service) for an enhancement of survival
permit under the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The
permit application includes a proposed
safe harbor agreement (agreement)
between the Department and the Service
for the federally-threatened valley
elderberry longhorn beetle (Desmocerus
californicus dimorphus) (beetle). The
Agreement is available for public
comment.
SUMMARY:
To ensure consideration, please
send your written comments by
February 12, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Mr. Rick
Kuyper, via U.S. Mail at U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Sacramento Fish and
Wildlife Office, 2800 Cottage Way,
W–2605, Sacramento, CA 95825.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Rick Kuyper, Sacramento Fish and
Wildlife Office (see ADDRESSES);
telephone: (916) 414–6600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
Availability of Documents
You may obtain copies of the
document for review by contacting the
individual named above (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). You
may also make an appointment to view
the document at the above address
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during normal business hours (see
ADDRESSES).
Background
Under a Safe Harbor Agreement,
participating landowners voluntarily
undertake management activities on
their property to enhance, restore, or
maintain habitat benefiting species
listed under the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.). Safe Harbor Agreements and the
subsequent enhancement of survival
permits, issued pursuant to Section
10(a)(1)(A) of the Act, encourage private
and other non-Federal property owners
to implement conservation efforts for
listed species by assuring property
owners that they will not be subjected
to increased property use restrictions as
a result of their efforts to attract listed
species to their property, to increase the
numbers or distribution of listed species
already on their property. Application
requirements and issuance criteria for
enhancement of survival permits
through Safe Harbor Agreements are
found in 50 CFR 17.22(c) and 17.32(c).
These permits allow any necessary
future incidental take of covered species
above the mutually agreed upon
baseline conditions for those species in
accordance with the terms and
conditions of the permits and
accompanying agreements.
The Agreement is expected to
promote the recovery of the beetle
within the Abbott Lake Unit of the
Feather River Wildlife Area, Sutter
County, which is owned and managed
by the Department. The proposed
duration of the Agreement is 20 years.
The enhancement of survival permit
would authorize the incidental taking of
the beetle associated with: the
restoration, enhancement, and
maintenance of suitable habitat for the
beetle; routine activities associated with
routine and ongoing lands management
within the Abbott Lake Unit; and the
potential future return of the property to
baseline conditions. The Department
would receive assurances under our ‘‘no
surprises’’ regulations (50 CFR
17.22(c)(5) and 17.32(c)(5)) for the
beetle. In addition to meeting other
criteria, actions to be performed under
the enhancement of survival permit
must not jeopardize the existence of
federally listed fish, wildlife, or plants.
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Public Review and Comments
The Service has made a preliminary
determination that the proposed
Agreement and permit application are
eligible for categorical exclusion under
the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (NEPA). We explain the basis
for this determination in an
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Environmental Action Statement that is
also available for public review.
Individuals wishing copies of the
Environmental Action Statement, and/
or copies of the full text of the
Agreement should contact the office and
personnel listed in the ADDRESSES
section above.
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.
The Service will evaluate this permit
application, associated documents, and
comments submitted to determine
whether the permit application meets
the requirements of section 10(a) of the
Act and NEPA regulations. If the Service
determines that the requirements are
met, we will sign the proposed
Agreement and issue an enhancement of
survival permit under section
10(a)(1)(A) of the Act to the Department
for take of the beetle incidental to
otherwise lawful activities in
accordance with the terms of the
Agreement. The Service will not make
our final decision until after the end of
the 30-day comment period and will
fully consider all comments received
during the comment period.
The Service provides this notice
pursuant to section 10(c) of the Act and
pursuant to implementing regulations
for NEPA (40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: January 7, 2014.
Jennifer M. Norris,
Field Supervisor, Sacramento Fish and
Wildlife Office, Sacramento, California.
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States’ Decisions on Participating in
Accounting and Auditing Relief for
Federal Oil and Gas Marginal
Properties
Office of Natural Resources
Revenue, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Final regulations that the
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
(ONRR) published September 13, 2004
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(69 FR 55076), provide two types of
accounting and auditing relief for
Federal onshore or Outer Continental
Shelf lease production from marginal
properties. As the regulations require,
ONRR provided a list of qualifying
marginal Federal oil and gas properties
to States that received a portion of
Federal royalties. Each State then
decided whether to participate in one or
both relief options. For calendar year
2013, we provide in this notice the
affected States’ decisions to allow one or
both types of relief.
DATES: Effective January 1, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Richard Adamski, Program Manager,
Asset Valuation, at (303) 231–3410; or
(303) 231–3744 via fax; or via email to
richard.adamski@onrr.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
regulations, codified at 30 CFR part
1204, subpart C, implement certain
provisions of section 7 of the Federal
Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and
Fairness Act of 1996 (RSFA) (30 U.S.C.
1726), which allows States to relieve the
lessees of marginal properties from
certain reporting, accounting, and
auditing requirements. States make an
annual determination of whether or not
to allow relief. Two options for relief are
provided: (1) Notification-based relief
for annual reporting and (2) other
requested relief, as industry proposed
and ONRR and the affected State
approved. The regulations require
ONRR to publish by December 1 of each
year a list of the States and their
decisions regarding marginal property
relief.
To qualify for the first relief option
(notification-based relief) for calendar
year 2013, properties must have
produced less than 1,000 barrels-of-oilequivalent (BOE) per year for the base
period (July 1, 2011, through June 30,
2012). Annual reporting relief will begin
January 1, 2013, with the annual report
and payment due February 28, 2014, or
March 31, 2014, if you have an
estimated payment on file. To qualify
for the second relief option (other
requested relief), the combined
equivalent production of the marginal
properties during the base period must
equal an average daily well production
of less than 15 BOE per well, per day
calculated under 30 CFR 1204.4(c).
The following table shows the States
that have qualifying marginal properties
and the States’ decisions to allow one or
both forms of relief.
State
1,000 BOE
Alabama ................
California ...............
Colorado ...............
No ............
No ............
No ............
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[FR Doc No: 2014-00368]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[Docket No. FWS-R8-ES-2013-N263; 81420-1113-0000-F3]
Proposed Safe Harbor Agreement With the California Department of
Fish and Wildlife for the Abbott Lake Unit of the Feather River
Wildlife Area in Sutter County, California
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the California Department
of Fish and Wildlife (Department) has applied to the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service) for an enhancement of survival permit under
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The permit
application includes a proposed safe harbor agreement (agreement)
between the Department and the Service for the federally-threatened
valley elderberry longhorn beetle (Desmocerus californicus dimorphus)
(beetle). The Agreement is available for public comment.
DATES: To ensure consideration, please send your written comments by
February 12, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Mr. Rick Kuyper, via U.S. Mail at U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, 2800 Cottage
Way, W-2605, Sacramento, CA 95825.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Rick Kuyper, Sacramento Fish and
Wildlife Office (see ADDRESSES); telephone: (916) 414-6600.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Availability of Documents
You may obtain copies of the document for review by contacting the
individual named above (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). You may
also make an appointment to view the document at the above address
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during normal business hours (see ADDRESSES).
Background
Under a Safe Harbor Agreement, participating landowners voluntarily
undertake management activities on their property to enhance, restore,
or maintain habitat benefiting species listed under the Act (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.). Safe Harbor Agreements and the subsequent enhancement of
survival permits, issued pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act,
encourage private and other non-Federal property owners to implement
conservation efforts for listed species by assuring property owners
that they will not be subjected to increased property use restrictions
as a result of their efforts to attract listed species to their
property, to increase the numbers or distribution of listed species
already on their property. Application requirements and issuance
criteria for enhancement of survival permits through Safe Harbor
Agreements are found in 50 CFR 17.22(c) and 17.32(c). These permits
allow any necessary future incidental take of covered species above the
mutually agreed upon baseline conditions for those species in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the permits and
accompanying agreements.
The Agreement is expected to promote the recovery of the beetle
within the Abbott Lake Unit of the Feather River Wildlife Area, Sutter
County, which is owned and managed by the Department. The proposed
duration of the Agreement is 20 years. The enhancement of survival
permit would authorize the incidental taking of the beetle associated
with: the restoration, enhancement, and maintenance of suitable habitat
for the beetle; routine activities associated with routine and ongoing
lands management within the Abbott Lake Unit; and the potential future
return of the property to baseline conditions. The Department would
receive assurances under our ``no surprises'' regulations (50 CFR
17.22(c)(5) and 17.32(c)(5)) for the beetle. In addition to meeting
other criteria, actions to be performed under the enhancement of
survival permit must not jeopardize the existence of federally listed
fish, wildlife, or plants.
Public Review and Comments
The Service has made a preliminary determination that the proposed
Agreement and permit application are eligible for categorical exclusion
under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). We explain
the basis for this determination in an Environmental Action Statement
that is also available for public review.
Individuals wishing copies of the Environmental Action Statement,
and/or copies of the full text of the Agreement should contact the
office and personnel listed in the ADDRESSES section above.
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.
The Service will evaluate this permit application, associated
documents, and comments submitted to determine whether the permit
application meets the requirements of section 10(a) of the Act and NEPA
regulations. If the Service determines that the requirements are met,
we will sign the proposed Agreement and issue an enhancement of
survival permit under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act to the Department
for take of the beetle incidental to otherwise lawful activities in
accordance with the terms of the Agreement. The Service will not make
our final decision until after the end of the 30-day comment period and
will fully consider all comments received during the comment period.
The Service provides this notice pursuant to section 10(c) of the
Act and pursuant to implementing regulations for NEPA (40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: January 7, 2014.
Jennifer M. Norris,
Field Supervisor, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, Sacramento,
California.
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