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Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R3–ES–2020–N137;
FXES11130300000–201–FF03E00000]
Endangered and Threatened Species;
Receipt of Recovery Permit
Applications
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit
applications; request for comments.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, have received
applications for permits to conduct
activities intended to enhance the
propagation or survival of endangered
or threatened species under the
Endangered Species Act. We invite the
public and local, State, Tribal, and
Federal agencies to comment on these
applications. Before issuing any of the
requested permits, we will take into
consideration any information that we
receive during the public comment
period.
SUMMARY:
We must receive your written
comments on or before November 23,
2020.
DATES:
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
Application No.
Document availability and
comment submission: Submit requests
for copies of the applications and
related documents, as well as any
comments, by one of the following
methods. All requests and comments
should specify the applicant name(s)
and application number(s) (e.g.,
TEXXXXXX; see table in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION):
• Email: permitsR3ES@fws.gov.
Please refer to the respective application
number (e.g., Application No.
TEXXXXXX) in the subject line of your
email message.
• U.S. Mail: Regional Director, Attn:
Nathan Rathbun, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Ecological Services, 5600
American Blvd. West, Suite 990,
Bloomington, MN 55437–1458.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nathan Rathbun, 612–713–5343
(phone); permitsR3ES@fws.gov (email).
Individuals who are hearing or speech
impaired may call the Federal Relay
Service at 1–800–877–8339 for TTY
assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
seq.), prohibits certain activities with
endangered and threatened species
unless authorized by a Federal permit.
The ESA and our implementing
regulations in part 17 of title 50 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)
provide for the issuance of such permits
and require that we invite public
comment before issuing permits for
activities involving endangered species.
A recovery permit issued by us under
section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA
authorizes the permittee to conduct
activities with endangered species for
scientific purposes that promote
recovery or for enhancement of
propagation or survival of the species.
Our regulations implementing section
10(a)(1)(A) for these permits are found
at 50 CFR 17.22 for endangered wildlife
species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened
wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.62 for
endangered plant species, and 50 CFR
17.72 for threatened plant species.
Background
The Endangered Species Act of 1973,
as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et
We invite local, State, and Federal
agencies; Tribes; and the public to
comment on the following applications:
ADDRESSES:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Applicant
Species
Type of take
Conduct scientific research
on the impacts of wind
turbine smart curtailment,
population management
and monitoring.
Conduct presence/ absence surveys, document
habitat use, conduct population monitoring, evaluate impacts.
Harass, kill, salvage ...........
New.
Capture, handle, hold, tag,
propagate, culture, release, relocate, headstart, buccal swab.
New.
Indiana bat (Myotis
sodalis), Northern longeared bat (Myotis
septentrionalis).
MI .................
TE33381D .........
Neosho National Fish
Hatchery, Neosho, MO.
Hungerford’s crawling water
beetle (Brychius
hungerfordi), Arkansas
fatmucket (Lampsilis
powellii), fat pocketbook
(Potamilus capax), Neosho mucket (Lampsilis
rafinesqueana), Ouachita
rock pocketbook
(Arkansia wheeleri), pink
mucket (Lampsilis
abrupta), rabbitsfoot
(Quadrula cylindrica
cylindrica), scaleshell
(Leptodea leptodon),
sheepnose (Plethobasus
cyphyus), snuffbox
(Epioblasma triquetra),
spectaclecase
(Cumberlandia
monodonta), winged
mapleleaf (Quadrula
fragosa).
AR, KS, MI,
MO, OK.
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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. Moreover, all
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Permit
action
Activity
Consumers Energy, Jackson, MI.
Written comments we receive become
part of the administrative 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
Permit Applications Available for
Review and Comment
Location
TE85465D .........
Public Availability of Comments
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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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Next Steps
If we decide to issue permits to any
of the applicants listed in this notice,
we will publish a notice in the Federal
Register.
Authority
We publish this notice under section
10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.).
Lori Nordstrom,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological
Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–NWRS–2020–N096;
FXRS126109HD000–201–FF09R23000; OMB
Control Number 1018–New]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Programmatic
Clearance for U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service Social Science Research
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act, we, the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), are
proposing a new information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before
November 23, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments and
suggestions on the information
collection requirements to the Desk
Officer for the Department of the
Interior at OMB–OIRA at (202) 395–
5806 (fax) or OIRA_Submission@
omb.eop.gov (email). Please provide a
copy of your comments to the Service
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
MS: PRB (JAO/3W), 5275 Leesburg Pike,
Falls Church, VA 22041–3803 (mail); or
by email to Info_Coll@fws.gov. Please
reference OMB Control Number ‘‘1018–
Programmatic’’ in the subject line of
your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Madonna L. Baucum, Service
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, by email at Info_Coll@fws.gov,
or by telephone at (703) 358–2503.
Individuals who are hearing or speech
impaired may call the Federal Relay
Service at 1–800–877–8339 for TTY
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
SUMMARY:
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assistance. You may also view the ICR
at https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain.
In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we
provide the general public and other
Federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
On April 17, 2020, we published in
the Federal Register (86 FR 21450) a
notice of our intent to request that OMB
approve this information collection. In
that notice, we solicited comments for
60 days, ending on June 16, 2020. No
comments were received in response to
that notice.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting
comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed ICR
that is described below. We are
especially interested in public comment
addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;
(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of response.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. 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
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cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Abstract: Improving customer
experience with Federal services is part
of the President’s Management Agenda
(OMB Circular A–11, Section 280,
‘‘Managing Customer Experience and
Improving Service Delivery’’). The
collection of information is necessary to
enable the Service to garner customer
and stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with our
commitment to improving service
delivery. Additionally, this new
programmatic clearance is needed in
order to be more responsive to
Secretarial Orders 3356 (hunting and
fishing opportunities), 3362 (big game
habitat), and 3366 (outdoor recreation).
This proposed new collection of
information will also allow the Service
to improve customer service delivery
and response. This is important because
OMB Circular A–11 designates the
Service as a High-Impact Service
Provider.
The programmatic clearance applies
to social science surveys, interviews,
and focus groups designed to provide
information to Service managers and
practitioners to improve quality and
utility of agency programs, services, and
planning efforts. To ensure continuous
improvement, Service activities and
projects require ongoing systematic
assessment of their design,
implementation, and outcomes. Data
from collections undertaken through the
proposed programmatic clearance
would provide information for
planning, monitoring, and evaluating
National Wildlife Refuge System efforts
as well as efforts of other Service
programs. The scope of this
programmatic clearance includes
individual surveys, focus groups, and
interviews of refuge visitors, potential
visitors, and residents of communities
near Service-managed units, and
stakeholders and partners, including
tribal interests.
To qualify for the generic
programmatic review process, survey
questions must show a clear tie to
Service management needs. The
programmatic review may only be used
for noncontroversial information
collections that are unlikely to attract or
include topics of significant public
interest. We must obtain OMB approval
of all surveys developed using the preapproved suite of questions before the
survey can be initiated. This suite of
questions will be used to develop
customer experience and satisfaction
surveys to meet requirements of OMB
Circular A–11, as well as commitments
to respond to the above-named
Secretarial Orders.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R3-ES-2020-N137; FXES11130300000-201-FF03E00000]
Endangered and Threatened Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit
Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have received
applications for permits to conduct activities intended to enhance the
propagation or survival of endangered or threatened species under the
Endangered Species Act. We invite the public and local, State, Tribal,
and Federal agencies to comment on these applications. Before issuing
any of the requested permits, we will take into consideration any
information that we receive during the public comment period.
DATES: We must receive your written comments on or before November 23,
2020.
ADDRESSES: Document availability and comment submission: Submit
requests for copies of the applications and related documents, as well
as any comments, by one of the following methods. All requests and
comments should specify the applicant name(s) and application number(s)
(e.g., TEXXXXXX; see table in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION):
Email: [email protected]. Please refer to the respective
application number (e.g., Application No. TEXXXXXX) in the subject line
of your email message.
U.S. Mail: Regional Director, Attn: Nathan Rathbun, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, 5600 American Blvd.
West, Suite 990, Bloomington, MN 55437-1458.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nathan Rathbun, 612-713-5343 (phone);
[email protected] (email). Individuals who are hearing or speech
impaired may call the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 for TTY
assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.), prohibits certain activities with endangered and threatened
species unless authorized by a Federal permit. The ESA and our
implementing regulations in part 17 of title 50 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) provide for the issuance of such permits and require
that we invite public comment before issuing permits for activities
involving endangered species.
A recovery permit issued by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA
authorizes the permittee to conduct activities with endangered species
for scientific purposes that promote recovery or for enhancement of
propagation or survival of the species. Our regulations implementing
section 10(a)(1)(A) for these permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22 for
endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened wildlife
species, 50 CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species, and 50 CFR 17.72
for threatened plant species.
Permit Applications Available for Review and Comment
We invite local, State, and Federal agencies; Tribes; and the
public to comment on the following applications:
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Application No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of take Permit action
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TE85465D.............. Consumers Energy, Indiana bat (Myotis MI................... Conduct scientific Harass, kill, New.
Jackson, MI. sodalis), Northern research on the salvage.
long-eared bat impacts of wind
(Myotis turbine smart
septentrionalis). curtailment,
population
management and
monitoring.
TE33381D.............. Neosho National Fish Hungerford's crawling AR, KS, MI, MO, OK... Conduct presence/ Capture, handle, New.
Hatchery, Neosho, MO. water beetle absence surveys, hold, tag,
(Brychius document habitat propagate, culture,
hungerfordi), use, conduct release, relocate,
Arkansas fatmucket population headstart, buccal
(Lampsilis monitoring, swab.
powellii), fat evaluate impacts.
pocketbook
(Potamilus capax),
Neosho mucket
(Lampsilis
rafinesqueana),
Ouachita rock
pocketbook (Arkansia
wheeleri), pink
mucket (Lampsilis
abrupta),
rabbitsfoot
(Quadrula cylindrica
cylindrica),
scaleshell (Leptodea
leptodon), sheepnose
(Plethobasus
cyphyus), snuffbox
(Epioblasma
triquetra),
spectaclecase
(Cumberlandia
monodonta), winged
mapleleaf (Quadrula
fragosa).
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Public Availability of Comments
Written comments we receive become part of the administrative
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. Moreover, 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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Next Steps
If we decide to issue permits to any of the applicants listed in
this notice, we will publish a notice in the Federal Register.
Authority
We publish this notice under section 10(c) of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Lori Nordstrom,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services.
[FR Doc. 2020-23505 Filed 10-22-20; 8:45 am]
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