Receipt of an Incidental Take Permit Application for Participation in the Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan for the American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma, 79609 [2015-32103]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R2–ES–2015–N227;
FXES11120200000–167–FF02ENEH00]
Receipt of an Incidental Take Permit
Application 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 an incidental
take permit application for take of the
federally listed American burying beetle
resulting from activities associated with
the geophysical exploration (seismic)
and construction, maintenance,
operation, repair, and decommissioning
of oil and gas well field infrastructure
within Oklahoma. If approved, the
permit 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
January 21, 2016.
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:
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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 an
incidental take permit (ITP) application
for take of the federally listed American
burying beetle (Nicrophorus
americanus) resulting from activities
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associated with geophysical exploration
(seismic) and construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, and
decommissioning of oil and gas well
field infrastructure within Oklahoma. If
approved, the permit would be issued to
the applicant 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 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 invite local, State, Tribal, and
Federal agencies, and the public to
comment on the following application
under the ICP, for incidental take of the
federally listed ABB. Please refer to the
appropriate permit number (TE80998B)
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 TE80998B
Applicant: Explorer Pipeline, Tulsa, OK.
Applicant requests a new permit for
gas upstream and midstream
production, including geophysical
exploration (seismic) and construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, and
decommissioning of gas well field
infrastructure, as well as construction,
maintenance, operation, repair,
decommissioning, and reclamation of
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
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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).
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R2-ES-2015-N227; FXES11120200000-167-FF02ENEH00]
Receipt of an Incidental Take Permit Application 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 an
incidental take permit application for take of the federally listed
American burying beetle resulting from activities associated with the
geophysical exploration (seismic) and construction, maintenance,
operation, repair, and decommissioning of oil and gas well field
infrastructure within Oklahoma. If approved, the permit 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 January 21, 2016.
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 an incidental take permit (ITP) application for take of
the federally listed American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus)
resulting from activities associated with geophysical exploration
(seismic) and construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and
decommissioning of oil and gas well field infrastructure within
Oklahoma. If approved, the permit would be issued to the applicant
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 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 invite local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies, and the
public to comment on the following application under the ICP, for
incidental take of the federally listed ABB. Please refer to the
appropriate permit number (TE80998B) 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 TE80998B
Applicant: Explorer Pipeline, Tulsa, OK.
Applicant requests a new permit for gas upstream and midstream
production, including geophysical exploration (seismic) and
construction, maintenance, operation, repair, and decommissioning of
gas well field infrastructure, as well as construction, maintenance,
operation, repair, decommissioning, and reclamation of 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 the
National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its
implementing regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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