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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R3–ES–2023–N047;
FXES11130300000–234–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 ESA.
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 August 23, 2023.
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.,
ESXXXXXX; see table in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION):
• Email (preferred method):
permitsR3ES@fws.gov. Please refer to
the respective application number (e.g.,
lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1
SUMMARY:
Application No. ESXXXXXX) 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 in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have
a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY,
TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite
review and comment from the public
and local, State, Tribal, and Federal
agencies on applications we have
received for permits to conduct certain
activities with endangered and
threatened species under section
10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and our regulations
in the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) at 50 CFR part 17. Documents and
other information submitted with the
applications are available for review,
subject to the requirements of the
Privacy Act and the Freedom of
Information Act.
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
The ESA requires that we invite
public comment before issuing these
permits. Accordingly, we invite local,
State, Tribal, and Federal agencies and
the public to submit written data, views,
or arguments with respect to these
applications. The comments and
recommendations that will be most
useful and likely to influence agency
decisions are those supported by
quantitative information or studies.
Proposed activities in the following
permit requests are for the recovery and
enhancement of propagation or survival
of the species in the wild.
Applicant
Species
Location
Activity
ES02344A .........
Mainstream Commercial
Divers, Inc., Murray,
KY.
Add new locations—KS,
NE, OK, SD—to existing authorized locations: AL, AR, FL,
GA, IN, IL, IA, KY,
LA, MI, MN, MO, MS,
OH, PA, TN, WV, WI.
Conduct presence/absence surveys, document habitat use,
conduct population
monitoring, and
evaluate impacts.
Capture, handle, release, and relocate
due to stranding.
Amend.
PER2549878 .....
Morgan E. Christman,
Columbus, OH.
Add new species—
round hickorynut
(Obovaria subrotunda) and
longsolid (Fusconaia
subrotunda)—to existing authorized species: 26 freshwater
mussel species.
Rusty patched bumble
bee (Bombus affinis).
IA, IL, IN, MI, OH, WI ...
Capture, handle, temporary hold, release,
collect bio-samples.
New.
PER1462021 .....
Keystone Ecological
Services, LLC,
Wellsboro, PA.
Northern long-eared bat
(Myotis
septentrionalis), Indiana bat (M. sodalis),
Virginia big-eared bat
(Corynorhinus
townsendii
virginianus).
Add new locations—CT,
NJ, TX, WY—to existing authorized locations: DE, DC, IA,
KY, LA, MA, MD, ME,
MI, MN, MT, NC, ND,
NE, NH, NY, OH, PA,
RI, SC, SD, TN, VA,
VT, WI, WV.
Conduct presence/absence surveys,document habitat use, conduct population monitoring,
and evaluate impacts.
Conduct presence/absence surveys, document habitat use,
conduct population
monitoring, and
evaluate impacts.
Capture, handle, identify, band, attach
radio transmitters,
collect non-intrusive
measurements, release.
Amend.
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Applicant
ES06801A .........
Pittsburgh Wildlife &
Environmental, Inc.,
McDonald, PA.
ES26855C .........
Jeanette Bailey, Deerfield, IL.
Location
Activity
Type of take
Add new species—tricolored bat
(Perimyotis subflavus)
and Virginia big-eared
bat (Corynorhinus
townsendii
virginianus)—to existing authorized species: gray bat (Myotis
grisescens), Indiana
bat (M. sodalis) and
northern long-eared
bat (M.
septentrionalis).
Gray bat (Myotis
grisescens), Indiana
bat (M. sodalis) and
northern long-eared
bat (M.
septentrionalis).
Add new locations—CT,
DE, ME, MD, MA,
MN, MT, NH, RI, TX,
VT, WY—to existing
authorized locations:
AL, AR, FL, GA, IL,
IN, IA, KS, KY, LA,
MI, MO, MS, NE, NJ,
NY, NC, ND, OK,
OH, PA, SC, SD TN,
VA, WV, WI.
Conduct presence/absence surveys, document habitat use,
conduct population
monitoring, and
evaluate impacts.
Capture, handle, band,
attach radio transmitters, enter
hibernacula, release.
Amend.
IL, IA, IN, MI, MN, MO,
OH, WI, AL, AR, FL,
GA, KY, LA, MS, NC,
SC, TN, CT, DE, DC,
ME, MD, MA, NH,
NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT,
VA, WV.
Conduct presence/absence surveys, document habitat use,
conduct population
monitoring, and
evaluate impacts.
Add new activity—Attach radio transmitters—to existing authorized activities:
Capture, handle, release.
Renew/
Amend.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
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.
Drug Enforcement Administration
Next Steps
lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1
If we decide to issue permits to any
of the applicants listed in this notice,
we will publish a notice in the Federal
Register.
[Docket No. DEA–1216]
Bulk Manufacturer of Controlled
Substances Application: Veranova,
L.P.; Correction
Drug Enforcement
Administration, Justice.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
The Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA) published a
document in the Federal Register on
June 12, 2023, concerning a notice of
application for bulk manufacturer of
Controlled Substances. As that
document indicated the registrant’s
wrong state in the address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Correction
In the Federal Register of June 12,
2023, in FR Doc. 2023–12433 (88 FR
38099), on page 1, under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION correct the
registrant’s address to read 25 Patton
Road, Pharmaceutical Service, Devens,
Massachusetts 01434–3803.
Authority
Matthew Strait,
Deputy Assistant Administrator.
We publish this notice under section
10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.).
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Lori Nordstrom,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological
Services, USFWS Region 3.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice of Lodging of Proposed
Consent Decree
In accordance with Departmental
Policy, 28 CFR 50.7, notice is hereby
given that a proposed Consent Decree in
United States v. Brock Maslonka, Case
No. 2:20–cv–304–SAB, (E.D. Wash.),
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was lodged with the United States
District Court for the Eastern District of
Washington on July 14, 2023.
This proposed Consent Decree
concerns a complaint filed by the
United States against Defendant Brock
Maslonka, pursuant to section 301(a) of
the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1311(a),
to obtain injunctive relief from and
impose civil penalties against the
Defendant for violating the Clean Water
Act by discharging pollutants without a
permit into waters of the United States.
The proposed Consent Decree resolves
these allegations by requiring the
Defendant to restore the impacted areas,
perform mitigation, and pay a civil
penalty.
The Department of Justice will accept
written comments relating to this
proposed Consent Decree for thirty days
from the date of publication of this
Notice. Please address comments to Gus
Maxwell by mail at United States
Department of Justice, Environment and
Natural Resources Division,
Environmental Defense Section, Denver
Place Building, 999 18th Street, Suite
370—South Terrace, Denver, CO 80202,
or by email at pubcomment_eds.enrd@
usdoj.gov, and refer to United States v.
Brock Maslonka, DJ #90–5–1–1–21697.
The proposed Consent Decree may be
examined at the Clerk’s Office, United
States District Court for the Eastern
District of Washington, Thomas S. Foley
United States Courthouse, 920 West
Riverside Avenue, Room 840, Spokane,
WA 99201. In addition, the proposed
Consent Decree may be examined
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R3-ES-2023-N047; FXES11130300000-234-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
ESA. 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 August 23,
2023.
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., ESXXXXXX; see table in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION):
Email (preferred method): [email protected]. Please
refer to the respective application number (e.g., Application No.
ESXXXXXX) 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 in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial
711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay
services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay
services offered within their country to make international calls to
the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
invite review and comment from the public and local, State, Tribal, and
Federal agencies on applications we have received for permits to
conduct certain activities with endangered and threatened species under
section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended
(ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and our regulations in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR part 17. Documents and other
information submitted with the applications are available for review,
subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act and the Freedom of
Information Act.
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
The ESA requires that we invite public comment before issuing these
permits. Accordingly, we invite local, State, Tribal, and Federal
agencies and the public to submit written data, views, or arguments
with respect to these applications. The comments and recommendations
that will be most useful and likely to influence agency decisions are
those supported by quantitative information or studies. Proposed
activities in the following permit requests are for the recovery and
enhancement of propagation or survival of the species in the wild.
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Application No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of take Permit action
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ES02344A............... Mainstream Add new species-- Add new locations-- Conduct presence/ Capture, handle, Amend.
Commercial Divers, round hickorynut KS, NE, OK, SD--to absence surveys, release, and
Inc., Murray, KY. (Obovaria existing authorized document habitat relocate due to
subrotunda) and locations: AL, AR, use, conduct stranding.
longsolid FL, GA, IN, IL, IA, population
(Fusconaia KY, LA, MI, MN, MO, monitoring, and
subrotunda)--to MS, OH, PA, TN, WV, evaluate impacts.
existing authorized WI.
species: 26
freshwater mussel
species.
PER2549878............. Morgan E. Christman, Rusty patched bumble IA, IL, IN, MI, OH, Conduct presence/ Capture, handle, New.
Columbus, OH. bee (Bombus WI. absence temporary hold,
affinis). surveys,document release, collect
habitat use, bio-samples.
conduct population
monitoring, and
evaluate impacts.
PER1462021............. Keystone Ecological Northern long-eared Add new locations-- Conduct presence/ Capture, handle, Amend.
Services, LLC, bat (Myotis CT, NJ, TX, WY--to absence surveys, identify, band,
Wellsboro, PA. septentrionalis), existing authorized document habitat attach radio
Indiana bat (M. locations: DE, DC, use, conduct transmitters,
sodalis), Virginia IA, KY, LA, MA, MD, population collect non-
big-eared bat ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, monitoring, and intrusive
(Corynorhinus ND, NE, NH, NY, OH, evaluate impacts. measurements,
townsendii PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, release.
virginianus). VA, VT, WI, WV.
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ES06801A............... Pittsburgh Wildlife Add new species--tri- Add new locations-- Conduct presence/ Capture, handle, Amend.
& Environmental, colored bat CT, DE, ME, MD, MA, absence surveys, band, attach radio
Inc., McDonald, PA. (Perimyotis MN, MT, NH, RI, TX, document habitat transmitters, enter
subflavus) and VT, WY--to existing use, conduct hibernacula,
Virginia big-eared authorized population release.
bat (Corynorhinus locations: AL, AR, monitoring, and
townsendii FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, evaluate impacts.
virginianus)--to KS, KY, LA, MI, MO,
existing authorized MS, NE, NJ, NY, NC,
species: gray bat ND, OK, OH, PA, SC,
(Myotis SD TN, VA, WV, WI.
grisescens),
Indiana bat (M.
sodalis) and
northern long-eared
bat (M.
septentrionalis).
ES26855C............... Jeanette Bailey, Gray bat (Myotis IL, IA, IN, MI, MN, Conduct presence/ Add new activity-- Renew/Amend.
Deerfield, IL. grisescens), MO, OH, WI, AL, AR, absence surveys, Attach radio
Indiana bat (M. FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, document habitat transmitters--to
sodalis) and NC, SC, TN, CT, DE, use, conduct existing authorized
northern long-eared DC, ME, MD, MA, NH, population activities:
bat (M. NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, monitoring, and Capture, handle,
septentrionalis). VA, WV. evaluate impacts. release.
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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.
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, USFWS Region 3.
[FR Doc. 2023-15552 Filed 7-21-23; 8:45 am]
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