Receipt of Six Incidental Take Permit Applications for Participation in the Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan for the American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma, 70544-70545 [2014-28007]
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Service section 7 consultation. The
results of this consultation, in
combination with the above findings,
will be used in the final analysis to
determine whether or not to issue the
ITP. If it is determined that the
requirements of the Act are met, the ITP
will be issued.
Authority
We provide this notice under Section
10 of the Endangered Species Act (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and NEPA
regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R2–ES–2014–N226; FXES1113
0200000–156–FF02ENEH00]
Receipt of Six Incidental Take Permit
Applications for Participation 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 six incidental
take permit 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 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).
SUMMARY:
To ensure consideration, written
comments must be received on or before
December 26, 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.
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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.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: November 20, 2014.
Robert Progulske,
Field Supervisor, South Florida Ecological
Services Office.
DATES:
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.
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 six
incidental take permit (ITP) applications
for take of the federally listed American
burying beetle (Nicrophorus
americanus) 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 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 finding of no
significant impact (FONSI) notice was
on July 25, 2014; 79 FR 43504). The ICP
and the associated environmental
assessment/FONSI 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 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
(i.e., TE–XXXXXX) 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–49742B
Applicant: BP America Production
Company, Houston, TX.
Applicant requests a new permit for
oil and gas upstream production,
including geophysical exploration
(seismic) and construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, and
decommissioning of oil and gas well
field infrastructure within Oklahoma.
Permit TE–49745B
Applicant: PetroQuest Energy, LLC,
Tulsa, OK.
Applicant requests a new permit for
oil and gas upstream production,
including geophysical exploration
(seismic) and construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, and
decommissioning of oil and gas well
field infrastructure within Oklahoma.
Permit TE–49749B
Applicant: MarkWest Oklahoma Gas
Company, LLC, Tulsa, OK.
Applicant requests a new permit for
oil and gas midstream production,
including construction, maintenance,
operation, repair, decommissioning, and
reclamation of oil and gas gathering,
transmission, and distribution pipeline
infrastructure within Oklahoma.
Permit TE–51880B
Applicant: LINN Operating, Inc.,
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, reclamation of
oil and gas gathering, transmission, and
distribution pipeline infrastructure
within Oklahoma.
Permit TE–51520B
Applicant: Bravo Arkoma, LLC, 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, reclamation of
oil and gas gathering, transmission, and
distribution pipeline infrastructure
within Oklahoma.
Permit TE–B
Applicant: Pantera Energy Company,
Amarillo, TX.
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Applicant requests a new permit for
oil and gas upstream production,
including geophysical exploration
(seismic) and construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, and
decommissioning of oil and gas well
field 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 the National
Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.) and its implementing
regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: November 19, 2014.
David Mendais,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
[Docket No. BOEM–2014–0091]
Atlantic Wind Lease Sale 4 (ATLW4)
Commercial Leasing for Wind Power
on the Outer Continental Shelf
Offshore Massachusetts—Final Sale
Notice; MMAA104000
Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management (BOEM), Interior.
ACTION: Final Sale Notice for
Commercial Leasing for Wind Power on
the Outer Continental Shelf Offshore
Massachusetts.
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AGENCY:
This document is the Final
Sale Notice (FSN) for the sale of four
commercial wind energy leases on the
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore
SUMMARY:
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Massachusetts, pursuant to BOEM’s
regulations at 30 CFR 585.216. BOEM is
offering four leases for sale using a
multiple factor auction format: Lease
OCS–A 0500, Lease OCS–A 0501, Lease
OCS–A 0502, and Lease OCS–A 0503.
The four lease areas (LAs) are identical
to those announced in the Proposed
Sale Notice (PSN) for Commercial
Leasing for Wind Power on the Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) Offshore
Massachusetts, which was published on
June 18, 2014, in the Federal Register
with a 60-day public comment period
(79 FR 34771). This FSN contains
information pertaining to the areas
available for leasing, lease provisions
and conditions, auction procedures, the
lease form, criteria for evaluating
competing bids, award procedures,
appeal procedures, and lease execution.
The issuance of the leases resulting from
this lease sale would not constitute an
approval of project-specific plans to
develop offshore wind energy. Such
plans, expected to be submitted by
successful lessees, will be subject to
subsequent environmental and public
review prior to a decision to proceed
with development.
DATES: BOEM will hold a mock auction
for the eligible bidders on January 26,
2015. The monetary auction will be held
online and will begin at 8:30 a.m.
Eastern Standard (EST) on January 29,
2015. Additional details are provided in
the section entitled, ‘‘Deadlines and
Milestones for Bidders.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jessica Stromberg, BOEM Office of
Renewable Energy Programs, 381 Elden
Street, HM 1328, Herndon, Virginia
20170, (703) 787–1320 or
jessica.stromberg@boem.gov.
Authority: This FSN is published
pursuant to subsection 8(p) of the OCS Lands
Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(p)) (‘‘the Act’’), as
amended by section 388 of the Energy Policy
Act of 2005 (EPAct), and the implementing
regulations at 30 CFR part 585, including 30
CFR 585.211 and 585.216.
Background: The four LAs offered in
this FSN are the same areas BOEM
announced in the PSN on June 18, 2014
(79 FR 34771). BOEM received 25
comment submissions in response to the
PSN, which are available in the Federal
Register docket for this notice through
BOEM’s Web site at: https://
www.boem.gov/State-ActivitiesMassachusetts/. BOEM also has posted
a document containing responses to
comments submitted during the PSN
comment period and a list of other
changes that BOEM has implemented
for this lease sale since publication of
the PSN. The document entitled,
Response to Comments and Explanation
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of Changes can be found at the
following URL: https://www.boem.gov/
State-Activities-Massachusetts/.
On June 18, 2014, BOEM published a
Notice of Availability (NOA) (79 FR
34781) for the revised Environmental
Assessment (EA) and Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI) for
commercial wind lease issuance and
site assessment activities on the Atlantic
OCS offshore Massachusetts pursuant to
the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA). Consultations occurred
concurrently with the preparation of the
EA and included consultation under the
Endangered Species Act (ESA), the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(MSFCMA), and the Coastal Zone
Management Act (CZMA). BOEM
prepared and executed a programmatic
agreement (PA) to guide its
consultations under section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act
(NHPA). The PA provides for
consultations to continue through
BOEM’s decision-making process
regarding the approval, approval with
modification, or disapproval of a
lessee’s Site Assessment Plan (SAP),
and allows for phased identification and
evaluation of historic properties. The
four LAs identified in this FSN together
comprise the Massachusetts Wind
Energy Area (WEA) described in the
preferred alternative in the Commercial
Wind Lease Issuance and Site
Assessment Activities on the Atlantic
OCS Offshore Massachusetts Revised
Environmental Assessment, which can
be found at: https://www.boem.gov/StateActivities-Massachusetts/.
Additional environmental reviews
will be conducted upon receipt of the
lessees’ proposed project-specific plans,
such as a SAP or Construction and
Operations Plan (COP).
List of Eligible Bidders: BOEM has
determined that the following
companies are legally, technically, and
financially qualified, pursuant to 30
CFR 585.106 and 107, to hold a
commercial wind lease offshore
Massachusetts, and are therefore eligible
to participate in this lease sale as
bidders.
Company name
Deepwater Wind New England,
LLC ..............................................
EDF Renewable Development, Inc.
Energy Management, Inc. ..............
Fishermen’s Energy, LLC ...............
Green Sail Energy LLC ..................
IBERDROLA RENEWABLES, Inc.
NRG Bluewater Wind Massachusetts, LLC ....................................
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R2-ES-2014-N226; FXES11130200000-156-FF02ENEH00]
Receipt of Six Incidental Take Permit Applications for
Participation 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 six
incidental take permit 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 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 December 26, 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 six incidental take permit (ITP) applications for take of
the federally listed American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus)
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 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 finding of no
significant impact (FONSI) notice was on July 25, 2014; 79 FR 43504).
The ICP and the associated environmental assessment/FONSI 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 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 (i.e., TE-XXXXXX) 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-49742B
Applicant: BP America Production Company, Houston, TX.
Applicant requests a new permit for oil and gas upstream
production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of
oil and gas well field infrastructure within Oklahoma.
Permit TE-49745B
Applicant: PetroQuest Energy, LLC, Tulsa, OK.
Applicant requests a new permit for oil and gas upstream
production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of
oil and gas well field infrastructure within Oklahoma.
Permit TE-49749B
Applicant: MarkWest Oklahoma Gas Company, LLC, Tulsa, OK.
Applicant requests a new permit for oil and gas midstream
production, including construction, maintenance, operation, repair,
decommissioning, and reclamation of oil and gas gathering,
transmission, and distribution pipeline infrastructure within Oklahoma.
Permit TE-51880B
Applicant: LINN Operating, Inc., 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, reclamation of oil and
gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline infrastructure
within Oklahoma.
Permit TE-51520B
Applicant: Bravo Arkoma, LLC, 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, reclamation of oil and
gas gathering, transmission, and distribution pipeline infrastructure
within Oklahoma.
Permit TE-B
Applicant: Pantera Energy Company, Amarillo, TX.
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Applicant requests a new permit for oil and gas upstream
production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of
oil and gas well field 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 the
National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its
implementing regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: November 19, 2014.
David Mendais,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region.
[FR Doc. 2014-28007 Filed 11-25-14; 8:45 am]
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