Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Applications for Participation in the Amended Oil and Gas Industry Conservation Plan for the American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma, 23510-23511 [2016-09249]
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Permit No. TE–92770B
Permit No. TE–89998A
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Applicant: East Bay Zoological Society,
Oakland, California
Applicant: Matthew Amalong, Fountain
Valley, California
Fish and Wildlife Service
The applicant requests a permit to
take (captive rear, perform husbandry,
transport, insert PIT tag, perform
biological testing, treat, euthanize,
perform behavior studies, and perform
genetic analysis) throughout all life
stages, the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged
frog (Rana sierrae), and mountain
yellow-legged frog ((southern California
DPS, and northern California DPS)
(Rana muscosa)) in conjunction with
research, captive rearing, and general
husbandry activities at the Oakland Zoo,
Oakland, California for the purpose of
enhancing the species’ survival.
The applicant requests a permit
renewal to take (harass by survey, locate
and monitor nests, capture, band, and
release) California least tern (Sternula
antillarum browni) (Sterna a. browni) in
conjunction with survey and population
monitoring activities throughout the
range of the species in California for the
purpose of enhancing the species’
survival.
Permit No. TE–106908
Applicant: Manna Warburton, San
Diego, California
The applicant requests a permit
renewal to take (harass by survey,
capture, handle, measure, insert PIT tag,
and release) the arroyo toad (arroyo
southwestern) (Anaxyrus californicus)
and the mountain yellow-legged frog
(southern California DPS) (Rana
mucosa) in Imperial, Los Angeles,
Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San
Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura
Counties, California; take (harass by
survey, capture, handle, and release) the
tidewater goby (Eucyclogobius
newberryi) in San Diego, Orange, Los
Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San
Luis Obispo, Monterey, Santa Cruz, San
Mateo, San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma,
Mendocino, and Humboldt Counties,
California; and take the unarmored
threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus
aculeatus williamsoni) in the Santa
Clara River in Los Angeles and Ventura
Counties, and Sugarloaf Pond in the San
Bernardino National Forest, San
Bernardino County, California, in
conjunction with survey activities for
the purpose of enhancing the species’
survival.
Permit No. TE–92799B
Permit No. TE–92905B
Applicant: Brian Berry, Bakersfield,
California
The applicant requests a permit to
take (harass by survey, capture, handle,
mark, and release) the Tipton kangaroo
rat (Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides),
Fresno kangaroo rat (Dipodomys
nitratoides exilis), and giant kangaroo
rat (Dipodomys ingens) in conjunction
with survey activities throughout the
range of the species in California for the
purpose of enhancing the species’
survival.
Public Comments
We invite public review and comment
on each of these recovery permit
applications. Comments and materials
we receive will be available for public
inspection, by appointment, during
normal business hours at the address
listed in the ADDRESSES section of this
notice.
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.
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Applicant: Karl Fairchild, Fullerton,
California
Angela Picco,
Acting Regional Director, Pacific Southwest
Region, Sacramento, California.
The applicant requests a new permit
to take (harass by survey, and locate and
monitor nests) southwestern willow
flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)
and least Bell’s vireo (Vireo bellii
pusillus) in conjunction with survey
and population monitoring activities in
Ventura County, California for the
purpose of enhancing the species’
survival.
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Receipt of Incidental Take Permit
Applications for Participation in the
Amended 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 applications 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
and pipelines within Oklahoma. If
approved, the permits would be issued
under the approved Amended 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
May 23, 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.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marty Tuegel, Branch Chief, by U.S.
mail at: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Environmental Review Division, 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
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americanus) resulting from activities
associated with 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. If
approved, the permit would be issued to
the applicant under the Amended 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 original ICP was
approved on May 21, 2014 (publication
of the FONSI notice was on July 25,
2014; 79 FR 43504). The draft amended
ICP was made available for comment on
March 8, 2016 (81 FR 12113), and
approved on April 13, 2016. 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
finalized, approved documents.
jstallworth on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
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 (e.g., 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 TE40320B
Applicant: Enable Midstream Partners,
LP, Shreveport, LA.
Applicant requests an amended
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 TE49742B
Applicant: BP America Production Co.,
Houston, TX.
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Applicant requests an amended
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.
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 TE51520B
Applicant: Bravo Arkoma, LLC, Tulsa,
OK.
Applicant requests an amended
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.
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 TE55794B
Applicant: ONE GAS, Inc., Tulsa, OK.
Applicant requests an amended
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 TE60265B
Applicant: White Star Energy, LLC,
Oklahoma City, OK.
Applicant requests an amended
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 TE78500B
Applicant: Chesapeake Energy Corp.,
Oklahoma City, OK.
Applicant requests an amended
permit for oil and gas upstream and
midstream production, including
geophysical exploration (seismic) and
construction, maintenance, operation,
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Permit TE92748B
Applicant: Diamond Pipeline, LLC,
Houston, TX.
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: April 13, 2016.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R2-ES-2016-N057; FXES11120200000-167-FF02ENEH00]
Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Applications for Participation
in the Amended 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 applications 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 and pipelines within Oklahoma. If approved, the permits
would be issued under the approved Amended 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 May 23, 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: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Environmental Review Division,
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
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americanus) resulting from activities associated with 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. If approved, the permit would
be issued to the applicant under the Amended 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 original ICP was approved on May 21, 2014 (publication of
the FONSI notice was on July 25, 2014; 79 FR 43504). The draft amended
ICP was made available for comment on March 8, 2016 (81 FR 12113), and
approved on April 13, 2016. 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 finalized, approved 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 (e.g., 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 TE40320B
Applicant: Enable Midstream Partners, LP, Shreveport, LA.
Applicant requests an amended 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 TE49742B
Applicant: BP America Production Co., Houston, TX.
Applicant requests an amended 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 TE51520B
Applicant: Bravo Arkoma, LLC, Tulsa, OK.
Applicant requests an amended 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 TE55794B
Applicant: ONE GAS, Inc., Tulsa, OK.
Applicant requests an amended 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 TE60265B
Applicant: White Star Energy, LLC, Oklahoma City, OK.
Applicant requests an amended 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 TE78500B
Applicant: Chesapeake Energy Corp., Oklahoma City, OK.
Applicant requests an amended 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 TE92748B
Applicant: Diamond Pipeline, LLC, Houston, TX.
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 the
National Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its
implementing regulations (40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: April 13, 2016.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region.
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