Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan for the American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma; Finding of No Significant Impact for Environmental Assessment; Receipt of an Incidental Take Permit Application for Participation From Canyon Creek Energy Operating, 43504-43505 [2014-17551]
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Dated: July 22, 2014.
Tina A. Campbell,
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Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R2–ES–2014–N120;
FXES11130200000–145–FF02ENEH00]
Oil and Gas Industry Conservation
Plan for the American Burying Beetle
in Oklahoma; Finding of No Significant
Impact for Environmental Assessment;
Receipt of an Incidental Take Permit
Application for Participation From
Canyon Creek Energy Operating
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for public comment.
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AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, make available the
final Environmental Assessment (EA),
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI), Response to Comments, and
the final Oil and Gas Industry
Conservation Plan Associated With
Issuance of Endangered Species Act
SUMMARY:
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Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permits for the
American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma
(ICP). We also invite the public to
comment on an application from
Canyon Creek Energy Operating, for
incidental take of the federally listed
American burying beetle resulting from
activities associated with the
construction, operation, maintenance,
repair, and decommissioning of oil and
gas pipelines and related well field
activities in Oklahoma, under the ICP.
The final ICP, final EA, FONSI, and
Response to Comments are available for
review; however, we are not accepting
comments on these final, approved
documents. We are only accepting
comments on the applicant’s incidental
take application.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
comments on the application from
Canyon Creek Energy Operating, for
incidental take of the federally listed
American burying beetle must be
received on or before August 25, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of
all documents and submit comments on
the applicant’s application by one of the
following methods. Please refer to the
permit number (TE–38404B) when
requesting documents or submitting
comments.
Æ U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Division of Endangered
Species—HCP Permits, P.O. Box 1306,
Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM 87103.
Æ Electronically: fw2_hcp_permits@
fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marty Tuegel, Branch Chief, by U.S.
mail at Environmental Review, P.O. Box
1306, Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM
87103; or by telephone at 505–248–
6651.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Final Environmental Assessment,
Finding of No Significant Impact,
Response to Comments, and Oil and
Gas Industry Conservation Plan
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, make available the final
Environmental Assessment (EA),
Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI), Response to Comments, and
the final Oil and Gas Industry
Conservation Plan Associated With
Issuance of Endangered Species Act
Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permits for the
American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma
(ICP). Drafts of the EA and ICP were
made available for comment on April
16, 2014 (79 FR 21480), and were
approved on May 21, 2014.
Under the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et
seq.), this notice advises the public that
we, the Service, have analyzed the
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impacts to the human environment
related to the issuance of incidental take
permits (ITPs) under ESA section
10(a)(1)(B) to oil and gas companies
(applicants) who agree to the conditions
in the ICP. The ICP is a habitat
conservation plan (HCP) that will
address take of the ABB that is
incidental to covered activities
associated with oil and gas
development, including geophysical
exploration (seismic) and the
construction, operation, maintenance,
repair, and decommissioning of oil and
gas pipelines and well field
infrastructure. The ICP includes
measures necessary to minimize and
mitigate impacts to the covered species
and their habitats to the maximum
extent practicable. Any ITPs issued
under the ICP will be in effect from the
date of issuance for a period of up to 24
months for construction, and up to 20
years of operation, maintenance, repairs,
and decommissioning, pursuant to the
ICP. The ICP Planning Area covers 45
Oklahoma counties: Adair, Atoka,
Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw,
Cleveland, Coal, Craig, Creek, Delaware,
Garvin, Haskell, Hughes, Johnson, Kay,
Latimer, Le Flore, Lincoln, Love,
Marshall, Mayes, McClain, McCurtain,
McIntosh, Murray, Muskogee, Noble,
Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage,
Ottawa, Pawnee, Payne, Pittsburg,
Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Pushmataha,
Rogers, Seminole, Sequoyah, Tulsa,
Wagoner, and Washington.
Activities associated with the
construction, operation, maintenance,
repair, and decommissioning of oil and
gas pipelines and related well field
activities as described in the ICP were
developed through a collaborative effort
between the Service, oil and gas
companies in Oklahoma, and other
stakeholders. To meet the requirements
of a section 10(a)(1)(B) ITP, the
applicant agrees to the conditions in the
ICP, which describes the conservation
measures to minimize and mitigate for
incidental take of the covered species to
the maximum extent practicable.
Application Available for Review and
Comment
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, invite local, State, Tribal, and
Federal agencies, and the public to
comment on the application from
Canyon Creek Energy Operating, for
incidental take under the ICP of the
federally listed American burying beetle
(Nicrophorus americanus; ABB)
resulting from activities associated with
geophysical exploration (seismic),
development, extraction, or transport of
crude oil, natural gas, and/or other
petroleum products, and construction,
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maintenance, operation, repair, and
decommissioning of oil and gas
pipelines and well field infrastructure
within 45 counties in Oklahoma. Please
refer to permit number TE–38404B
when requesting application documents
and when submitting comments.
Documents and other information the
applicants have submitted with this
application 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–38404B
Applicant: Canyon Creek Energy
Operating, Tulsa, OK. Applicant
requests a new permit for oil and gas
upstream and midstream production,
including geophysical exploration
(seismic) and construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, and
decommissioning of oil and gas well
field infrastructure, as well as
construction, maintenance, operation,
repair, decommissioning, and
reclamation of oil and gas gathering,
transmission, and distribution pipeline
infrastructure within Oklahoma.
Public Availability of Comments
Written comments we receive become
part of the public record associated with
this action. 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 request in your comment that
we withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so. We will not consider anonymous
comments. All submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public disclosure in
their entirety.
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Authority
We provide this notice under section
10(c) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
and its implementing regulations (50
CFR 17.22) and NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321
et seq.) and its implementing
regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: July 9, 2014.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX14LR000F60100]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Comments
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of an extension and
revision of a currently approved
information collection (1028–0068).
AGENCY:
We (the U.S. Geological
Survey) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve the information collection (IC)
described below. This collection
consists of 15 forms. As part of the
requested extension, we will make
several revisions to the number and
nature of the associated collection
instruments. These revisions include:
(1) Deleting USGS Form 9–4092–A and
USGS Form 9–4106–M; (2) changing
USGS Form 9–4047–A from monthly
and annual to an annual-only reporting
form; (3) modifying USGS Form 9–
4044–A and USGS Form 9–4045–M; and
(4) modifying the title of USGS Form 9–
4076–A. As required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, and as
part of our continuing efforts to reduce
paperwork and respondent burden, we
invite the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on this IC. This
collection is scheduled to expire on July
31, 2014.
DATES: To ensure that your comments
are considered, OMB must receive them
on or before August 25, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Please submit your written
comments on this information
collection directly to the Office of
Management and Budget, Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Attention: Desk Officer for the
Department of the Interior, at OIRA_
SUBMISSION@omb.eop.gov (email); or
(202) 395–5806 (fax). Please also
forward a copy of your comments to the
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 807
National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley
Drive, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); 703–
648–7195 (fax); or gs-info_collections@
usgs.gov (email). Reference
‘‘Information Collection 1028–0068,
Ferrous Metals Surveys’’ in all
correspondence.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Elizabeth S. Sangine at 703–648–7720
(telephone); escottsangine@usgs.gov
(email); or by mail at U.S. Geological
Survey, 988 National Center, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192.
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You may also find information about
this Information Collection Request
(ICR) at www.reginfo.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Respondents to these forms supply
the USGS with domestic consumption
data for 13 ores, concentrates, metals,
and ferroalloys, some of which are
considered strategic and critical. These
data and derived information will be
published as chapters in Minerals
Yearbooks, monthly Mineral Industry
Surveys, annual Mineral Commodity
Summaries, and special publications,
for use by Government agencies,
industry education programs, and the
general public.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028–0068.
Form Number: Various (15 forms).
Title: Ferrous Metals Surveys.
Type of Request: Revision of a
currently approved collection.
Affected Public: Business or other-forprofit institutions: U.S. nonfuel
minerals consumers of ferrous and
related metals.
Respondent Obligation: None.
Participation is voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Monthly and
Annually.
Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 2,667.
Annual Burden Hours: 1,319 hours,
based on an estimated average of 10
minutes to 1 hour per response.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: There are no ‘‘non-hour cost’’
burdens associated with this collection
of information.
Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA
(44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an
agency may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid OMB control
number and current expiration date.
III. Request for Comments
On April 9, 2014, a 60-day Federal
Register notice (79 FR 19639) was
published announcing this information
collection. Public comments were
solicited for 60 days ending June 9,
2014. We received one public comment
in response to that notice from the
Department of Commerce Bureau of
Economic Analysis (BEA) supporting
the continued collection of these data
which are an important data source for
key components of BEA’s economic
statistics. We again invite comments as
to: (a) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the
agency to perform its duties, including
whether the information is useful; (b)
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R2-ES-2014-N120; FXES11130200000-145-FF02ENEH00]
Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan for the American Burying
Beetle in Oklahoma; Finding of No Significant Impact for Environmental
Assessment; Receipt of an Incidental Take Permit Application for
Participation From Canyon Creek Energy Operating
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for public comment.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, make available the
final Environmental Assessment (EA), Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI), Response to Comments, and the final Oil and Gas Industry
Conservation Plan Associated With Issuance of Endangered Species Act
Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permits for the American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma
(ICP). We also invite the public to comment on an application from
Canyon Creek Energy Operating, for incidental take of the federally
listed American burying beetle resulting from activities associated
with the construction, operation, maintenance, repair, and
decommissioning of oil and gas pipelines and related well field
activities in Oklahoma, under the ICP. The final ICP, final EA, FONSI,
and Response to Comments are available for review; however, we are not
accepting comments on these final, approved documents. We are only
accepting comments on the applicant's incidental take application.
DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments on the application
from Canyon Creek Energy Operating, for incidental take of the
federally listed American burying beetle must be received on or before
August 25, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of all documents and submit comments
on the applicant's application by one of the following methods. Please
refer to the permit number (TE-38404B) when requesting documents or
submitting comments.
[cir] U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of
Endangered Species--HCP Permits, P.O. Box 1306, Room 6034, Albuquerque,
NM 87103.
[cir] Electronically: fw2_hcp_permits@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marty Tuegel, Branch Chief, by U.S.
mail at Environmental Review, P.O. Box 1306, Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM
87103; or by telephone at 505-248-6651.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Final Environmental Assessment, Finding of No Significant Impact,
Response to Comments, and Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, make available the final
Environmental Assessment (EA), Finding of No Significant Impact
(FONSI), Response to Comments, and the final Oil and Gas Industry
Conservation Plan Associated With Issuance of Endangered Species Act
Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permits for the American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma
(ICP). Drafts of the EA and ICP were made available for comment on
April 16, 2014 (79 FR 21480), and were approved on May 21, 2014.
Under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321
et seq.), this notice advises the public that we, the Service, have
analyzed the impacts to the human environment related to the issuance
of incidental take permits (ITPs) under ESA section 10(a)(1)(B) to oil
and gas companies (applicants) who agree to the conditions in the ICP.
The ICP is a habitat conservation plan (HCP) that will address take of
the ABB that is incidental to covered activities associated with oil
and gas development, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and
the construction, operation, maintenance, repair, and decommissioning
of oil and gas pipelines and well field infrastructure. The ICP
includes measures necessary to minimize and mitigate impacts to the
covered species and their habitats to the maximum extent practicable.
Any ITPs issued under the ICP will be in effect from the date of
issuance for a period of up to 24 months for construction, and up to 20
years of operation, maintenance, repairs, and decommissioning, pursuant
to the ICP. The ICP Planning Area covers 45 Oklahoma counties: Adair,
Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal, Craig, Creek,
Delaware, Garvin, Haskell, Hughes, Johnson, Kay, Latimer, Le Flore,
Lincoln, Love, Marshall, Mayes, McClain, McCurtain, McIntosh, Murray,
Muskogee, Noble, Nowata, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee,
Payne, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pottawatomie, Pushmataha, Rogers, Seminole,
Sequoyah, Tulsa, Wagoner, and Washington.
Activities associated with the construction, operation,
maintenance, repair, and decommissioning of oil and gas pipelines and
related well field activities as described in the ICP were developed
through a collaborative effort between the Service, oil and gas
companies in Oklahoma, and other stakeholders. To meet the requirements
of a section 10(a)(1)(B) ITP, the applicant agrees to the conditions in
the ICP, which describes the conservation measures to minimize and
mitigate for incidental take of the covered species to the maximum
extent practicable.
Application Available for Review and Comment
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite local, State,
Tribal, and Federal agencies, and the public to comment on the
application from Canyon Creek Energy Operating, for incidental take
under the ICP of the federally listed American burying beetle
(Nicrophorus americanus; ABB) resulting from activities associated with
geophysical exploration (seismic), development, extraction, or
transport of crude oil, natural gas, and/or other petroleum products,
and construction,
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maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of oil and gas
pipelines and well field infrastructure within 45 counties in Oklahoma.
Please refer to permit number TE-38404B when requesting application
documents and when submitting comments.
Documents and other information the applicants have submitted with
this application 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-38404B
Applicant: Canyon Creek Energy Operating, Tulsa, OK. Applicant
requests a new permit for oil and gas upstream and midstream
production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of
oil and gas well field infrastructure, as well as construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation of oil
and gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline
infrastructure within Oklahoma.
Public Availability of Comments
Written comments we receive become part of the public record
associated with this action. 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 request in your comment that we withhold
your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot
guarantee that we will be able to do so. We will not consider anonymous
comments. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be made available for public
disclosure in their entirety.
Authority
We provide this notice under section 10(c) of the Act (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) and its implementing regulations (50 CFR 17.22) and NEPA
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its implementing regulations (40 CFR
1506.6).
Dated: July 9, 2014.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region.
[FR Doc. 2014-17551 Filed 7-24-14; 8:45 am]
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