Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Applications for Participation of Applicants in the Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan for the American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma, 44857-44858 [2014-18165]
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Receipt of Incidental Take Permit
Applications for Participation of
Applicants in the Oil and Gas Industry
Conservation Plan for the American
Burying Beetle in Oklahoma
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for public comments.
AGENCY:
Under the Endangered
Species Act, as amended (Act), we, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite
the public to comment on incidental
take permit (ITP) applications for 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. If approved, the
permits would be issued to applicants
under the approved 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).
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
comments must be received on or before
September 2, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of
all documents and submit comments on
the applicant’s ITP application by one of
the following methods. Please refer to
the permit number 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:
SUMMARY:
Introduction
Under the Endangered Species Act, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; Act),
we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
invite the public to comment on
incidental take permit (ITP) applications
for take of the federally listed American
burying beetle (Nicrophorus
americanus) resulting from activities
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associated with the construction,
operation, maintenance, repair, and
decommissioning of oil and gas
pipelines and related well field
activities in Oklahoma. If approved, the
permits would be issued to the
applicants under the 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). The ICP was made available for
comment on April 16, 2014 (79 FR
21480), and approved on May 21, 2014
(publication of the FONSI & Canyon
Creek Energy Operating application
notice was on July 25, 2014, 79 FR
43504). The ICP and the associated
environmental assessment/finding of no
significant impact are available on the
Web site at https://www.fws.gov/
southwest/es/oklahoma/ABBICP.
However, we are no longer taking
comments on these documents.
Applications 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 following applications
under the ICP, for incidental take of the
federally listed American burying beetle
(Nicrophorus americanus; ABB). 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 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).
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Permit TE–40328B
Applicant: ScissorTail Energy, LLC and
Subsidiaries, 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.
Permit TE–40320B
Applicant: Enable Midstream Partners,
LP, Oklahoma City, OK.
Applicant requests a new permit for
oil and gas upstream and midstream
production, including geophysical
exploration (seismic) and construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, and
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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 17, 2014.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R2-ES-2014-N148; FXES11130200000-145-FF02ENEH00]
Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Applications for Participation
of Applicants in the Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan for the
American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: Under the Endangered Species Act, as amended (Act), we, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on
incidental take permit (ITP) applications for 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. If approved, the permits would be issued to
applicants under the approved 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).
DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or
before September 2, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of all documents and submit comments
on the applicant's ITP application by one of the following methods.
Please refer to the permit number 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:
Introduction
Under the Endangered Species Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.; Act), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public
to comment on incidental take permit (ITP) applications for take of the
federally listed American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus)
resulting from activities
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associated with the construction, operation, maintenance, repair, and
decommissioning of oil and gas pipelines and related well field
activities in Oklahoma. If approved, the permits would be issued to the
applicants under the 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). The ICP was made
available for comment on April 16, 2014 (79 FR 21480), and approved on
May 21, 2014 (publication of the FONSI & Canyon Creek Energy Operating
application notice was on July 25, 2014, 79 FR 43504). The ICP and the
associated environmental assessment/finding of no significant impact
are available on the Web site at https://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/oklahoma/ABBICP. However, we are no longer taking comments on these
documents.
Applications 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
following applications under the ICP, for incidental take of the
federally listed American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus; ABB).
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 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-40328B
Applicant: ScissorTail Energy, LLC and Subsidiaries, 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.
Permit TE-40320B
Applicant: Enable Midstream Partners, LP, Oklahoma City, 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 17, 2014.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region.
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