Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting for the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado, 50627-50628 [2024-13158]
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50627
Permit No.
Applicant
Species
Activity
Permit
action
ES–207946 ..................
Bureau of Reclamation,
Denver, CO.
Olsson Inc., Oklahoma
City, OK.
ES–64077B ..................
Scott Krych, New
Prague, MN.
Play taped vocalizations, monitor
nests, conduct training workshops, band, and collect tissue
for surveys and research.
Capture, handle, identify, band,
radio tag, swab, collect biological
samples, and release.
Capture, handle, and release for
surveys.
Renew and
amend.
PER8564470 ................
• Southwestern willow flycatcher
(Empidonax traillii extimus).
• New Mexico meadow jumping
mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus).
• Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) ........
• Northern long-eared bat (Myotis
septentrionalis).
• Poweshiek skipperling (Oarisma
poweshiek).
PER9323663 ................
Trevor Starks, Pratt,
KS.
• Neosho mucket (Lampsilis
rafinesqueana).
New.
PER9413569 ................
Crystal Benavidez,
Alamosa, CO.
SWCA Environmental
Consultants, Salt
Lake City, UT.
Pinyon Environmental,
Inc., Lakewood, CO.
University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ.
• Southwestern willow flycatcher
(Empidonax traillii extimus).
• Southwestern willow flycatcher
(Empidonax traillii extimus).
Colorado ......................
Capture, handle, propagate, rear,
and release for reintroduction efforts.
Play taped vocalizations for surveys.
Play taped vocalizations for surveys.
• Southwestern willow flycatcher
(Empidonax traillii extimus).
• Northern long-eared bat (Myotis
septentrionalis).
• Tricolored bat (Perimyotis
subflavus).
• Colorado pikeminnow
(Ptychocheilus lucius).
• Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen
texanus).
Arizona, Colorado, and
New Mexico.
South Dakota ...............
New.
• Colorado pikeminnow
(Ptychocheilus lucius).
• Bonytail (Gila elegans).
• Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen
texanus).
• Tricolored bat (Perimyotis
subflavus).
• Gray bat (Myotis grisescens).
Utah .............................
Play taped vocalizations for surveys.
Capture, handle, identify, band,
radio tag, swab, collect biological
samples, and release for surveys
and research.
Capture, electrofish, tag, handle,
collect biological samples, transport, propagate, rear, and release for research and captive
propagation of the species.
Research to quantify behaviors, including movements and feeding;
research to analyze deceased
specimens provided by hatcheries.
Capture, handle, identify, band,
radio tag, swab, collect biological
samples, and release for surveys
and research.
Remove and reduce to possession
from lands under Federal jurisdiction.
ES–819471 ..................
PER10286364 ..............
PER10894227 ..............
Arizona, New Mexico,
Texas, Colorado,
and Utah.
Throughout the range
of each species within the United States.
Iowa, Minnesota, North
Dakota, and South
Dakota.
Kansas .........................
Arizona, Colorado,
Idaho, and Utah.
ES–13623D ..................
James Whitney, Pittsburg, KS.
PER10898056 ..............
Terry Dial, Moab, UT ...
PER10899782 ..............
Andrew George, Pittsburg, KS.
ES–131639 ..................
U.S. Forest Service,
Nebraska National
Forest and Grasslands, Chadron, NE.
United Tribes Technical
College, Bismarck,
ND.
• Blowout penstemon (Penstemon
haydenii).
Nebraska .....................
• Northern long-eared Bat (Myotis
septentrionalis).
• Tricolored bat (Perimyotis
subflavus).
Utah Division of Wildlife, Hurricane, UT.
• Woundfin (Plagopterus
argentissimus).
Colorado, Kansas,
Montana Nebraska,
North Dakota, South
Dakota, and Wyoming.
Utah .............................
PER0013492 ................
ES–06665B ..................
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Location
Colorado, New Mexico,
and Utah.
Kansas .........................
New.
Renew.
New.
Renew and
amend.
New.
Renew and
amend.
New.
New.
Renew.
Capture, handle, identify, band,
radio tag, swab, collect biological
samples, and release for surveys
and research.
Amend.
Capture, handle, transport, release,
stock, tag.
Renew and
amend.
Public Availability of Comments
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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 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. 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.
If we decide to issue a permit to an
applicant listed in this notice, we will
publish a notice in the Federal Register.
Bureau of Land Management
Authority
Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and
Opportunity for Public Meeting for the
Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge,
Colorado
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We publish this notice under section
10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.).
Marjorie Nelson,
Assistant Regional Director, Mountain-Prairie
Region.
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Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of proposed withdrawal.
AGENCY:
On behalf of the United States
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and
subject to valid existing rights, the
Secretary of the Interior proposes to
withdraw 4,792.54 acres of public lands
from settlement, sale, location, or entry
under the general land laws, including
location and entry under the United
States mining laws, and from leasing
under the mineral and geothermal
leasing laws, and reserve them for any
SUMMARY:
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term up to an indefinite period as part
of the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge
(NWR) located in Jackson County,
Colorado. Publication of this notice
temporarily segregates the lands for up
to 2 years and announces to the public
an opportunity to comment and request
a public meeting on the proposed
withdrawal.
DATES: Comments and requests for a
public meeting must be received by
September 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: All comments and meeting
requests should be sent to the Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) Colorado State
Office, Attn: Arapaho NWR Withdrawal,
P.O. Box 151029, Lakewood, CO 80215;
faxed to (303) 239–3933; or sent by
email to blm_co_statedirector@blm.gov.
The BLM will not consider comments
expressed via telephone calls.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Jardine, Realty Specialist, BLM
Colorado State Office, telephone: (970)
385–1224, email at jjardine@blm.gov; or
you may contact the BLM office at the
address noted above. 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: The
applicant is the FWS, and its petition/
application requests that the Secretary
of the Interior withdraw the following
described public lands from settlement,
sale, location or entry under the general
land laws, including location and entry
under the United States mining laws,
and from leasing under the mineral and
geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid
existing rights, to protect refuge
resources and reserve them for wildlife
refuge purposes for any term up to an
indefinite term in accordance with the
provisions of the Game Range Act, 16
U.S.C. 668dd(a)(6) and section 204 of
the Federal Land Policy and
Management Act (FLPMA).
Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado
T. 7 N., R. 79 W.,
Sec. 4, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, that portion lying
southwest of a diagonal line extending
from the northwest corner to the
southeast corner;
Sec. 6, lot 1, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4, and E1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 7, E1⁄2, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, and E1⁄2SW1⁄4;
Sec. 9, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4;
Sec. 14, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, that portion lying
southwest of a diagonal line extending
from the northwest comer to the
southeast corner;
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Sec. 15, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, that portion lying
southwest of a diagonal line extending
from the northwest corner to the
southeast corner;
Sec. 17, SW1⁄4NW1⁄4 and NE1⁄4SW1⁄4;
Sec. 19, SE1⁄4NE1⁄4.
T. 8 N., R. 79 W.,
Sec. 3, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4;
Sec. 4, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4 and N1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 5, lot 4;
Sec. 6, lot 7, that portion lying southeast
of a diagonal line extending from the
northeast corner to the southwest corner,
the exact boundary being the existing
fence marking the Arapaho National
Wildlife Refuge;
Sec. 7, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4,
NE1⁄4SE1⁄4, and S1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 8, E1⁄2NW1⁄4 and S1⁄2;
Sec. 9, S1⁄2;
Sec. 17;
Sec. 18, NE1⁄4, E1⁄2NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4,
N1⁄2SE1⁄4, and SE1⁄4SE1⁄4;
Sec. 19, lots 2 and 3, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, S1/2NE1⁄4,
SE1⁄4NW1⁄4, NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, and N1/2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 20, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, and NW1⁄4;
Sec. 21, NW1⁄4SE1⁄4, that portion lying
northwest of a diagonal line extending
from the northeast corner to the
southwest corner, the exact boundary
being the existing fence marking the
Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge;
Sec. 30, E1⁄2NE1⁄4 and E1⁄2SE1⁄4, those
portions lying east of the east right-ofway boundary of State Highway 125;
Sec. 31, E1⁄2NE1⁄4, that portion lying east of
the east right-of-way boundary of State
Highway 125, and E1⁄2SW1⁄4;
Sec. 33. W1⁄2NW1⁄4 and NW1⁄4SW1⁄4.
T. 9 N., R. 79 W.
Sec. 32, W1⁄2NE1⁄4, W1⁄2SE1⁄4, and that
portion of E1⁄2SW1⁄4 lying east of the east
right-of-way boundary of State Highway
125;
Sec. 33, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4.
T. 7 N., R. 80 W.,
Sec. 10, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4;
Sec. 11, N1⁄2NW1⁄4;
Sec. 13, SW1⁄4SW1⁄4 and W1⁄2SE1⁄4;
Sec. 14, NW1⁄4NW1⁄4;
sec. 15, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4.
T. 8 N., R. 80 W.,
Sec. 11, SW1⁄4NE1⁄4, N1⁄2SW1⁄4, and
SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, those portions lying
southeast of a diagonal line extending
from the northeast corner of the
SW1⁄4NE1⁄4 to the southwest corner of the
SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, the exact boundary being
the existing fence marking the Arapaho
National Wildlife Refuge.
Sec. 12, S1⁄2NE1⁄4;
Sec. 15, NE1⁄4NE1⁄4 and SE1⁄4NW1⁄4.
The areas described aggregate 4,792.54
acres.
No additional water rights are needed
to fulfill the purpose of this new
withdrawal.
There are no suitable alternative sites
since these lands are located within the
Arapaho NWR.
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.
Notice is hereby given that an
opportunity for a public meeting is
afforded in connection with the
proposed withdrawal. All interested
persons who desire a public meeting for
the purpose of being heard on the
proposed withdrawal must submit a
written request to the BLM Colorado
State Director at the address listed above
no later than September 12, 2024. If the
authorized officer determines that a
public meeting will be held, a notice of
the time and place will be published in
the Federal Register and a local
newspaper at least 30 days before the
scheduled date of the meeting.
For a period until June 14, 2026 the
lands described above will be segregated
from settlement, sale, location, or entry
under the general land laws, including
location and entry under the United
States mining laws, and from leasing
under the mineral and geothermal
leasing laws, unless the application is
denied or canceled, or the withdrawal is
approved prior to that date.
This application will be processed in
accordance with the regulations setforth in 43 CFR part 2300.
(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714)
Douglas J. Vilsack,
Colorado State Director.
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The Secretary of the Interior approved
the FWS’s petition. Therefore, the
petition/application constitutes a
withdrawal proposal of the Secretary of
the Interior (43 CFR 2310.1–3(e)).
The use of a right-of-way, interagency
agreement, or cooperative agreement
would not provide adequate protection
of the wildlife refuge.
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[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[COCO0106240032; COC-080958]
Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting
for the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge, Colorado
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of proposed withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: On behalf of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)
and subject to valid existing rights, the Secretary of the Interior
proposes to withdraw 4,792.54 acres of public lands from settlement,
sale, location, or entry under the general land laws, including
location and entry under the United States mining laws, and from
leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, and reserve them
for any
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term up to an indefinite period as part of the Arapaho National
Wildlife Refuge (NWR) located in Jackson County, Colorado. Publication
of this notice temporarily segregates the lands for up to 2 years and
announces to the public an opportunity to comment and request a public
meeting on the proposed withdrawal.
DATES: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received by
September 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: All comments and meeting requests should be sent to the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado State Office, Attn: Arapaho
NWR Withdrawal, P.O. Box 151029, Lakewood, CO 80215; faxed to (303)
239-3933; or sent by email to [email protected]. The BLM
will not consider comments expressed via telephone calls.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Jardine, Realty Specialist,
BLM Colorado State Office, telephone: (970) 385-1224, email at
[email protected]; or you may contact the BLM office at the address
noted above. 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: The applicant is the FWS, and its petition/
application requests that the Secretary of the Interior withdraw the
following described public lands from settlement, sale, location or
entry under the general land laws, including location and entry under
the United States mining laws, and from leasing under the mineral and
geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights, to protect
refuge resources and reserve them for wildlife refuge purposes for any
term up to an indefinite term in accordance with the provisions of the
Game Range Act, 16 U.S.C. 668dd(a)(6) and section 204 of the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA).
Sixth Principal Meridian, Colorado
T. 7 N., R. 79 W.,
Sec. 4, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, that portion lying southwest of a
diagonal line extending from the northwest corner to the southeast
corner;
Sec. 6, lot 1, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\, and E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 7, E\1/2\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 9, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 14, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, that portion lying southwest of a
diagonal line extending from the northwest comer to the southeast
corner;
Sec. 15, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, that portion lying southwest of a
diagonal line extending from the northwest corner to the southeast
corner;
Sec. 17, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\ and NE\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 19, SE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 8 N., R. 79 W.,
Sec. 3, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 4, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ and N\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 5, lot 4;
Sec. 6, lot 7, that portion lying southeast of a diagonal line
extending from the northeast corner to the southwest corner, the
exact boundary being the existing fence marking the Arapaho National
Wildlife Refuge;
Sec. 7, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, SE\1/4\SW\1/4\, NE\1/
4\SE\1/4\, and S\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 8, E\1/2\NW\1/4\ and S\1/2\;
Sec. 9, S\1/2\;
Sec. 17;
Sec. 18, NE\1/4\, E\1/2\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, N\1/2\SE\1/4\,
and SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 19, lots 2 and 3, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, S1/2NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/
4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/4\, and N1/2SE\1/4\;
Sec. 20, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, and NW\1/4\;
Sec. 21, NW\1/4\SE\1/4\, that portion lying northwest of a
diagonal line extending from the northeast corner to the southwest
corner, the exact boundary being the existing fence marking the
Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge;
Sec. 30, E\1/2\NE\1/4\ and E\1/2\SE\1/4\, those portions lying
east of the east right-of-way boundary of State Highway 125;
Sec. 31, E\1/2\NE\1/4\, that portion lying east of the east
right-of-way boundary of State Highway 125, and E\1/2\SW\1/4\;
Sec. 33. W\1/2\NW\1/4\ and NW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 9 N., R. 79 W.
Sec. 32, W\1/2\NE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\, and that portion of E\1/
2\SW\1/4\ lying east of the east right-of-way boundary of State
Highway 125;
Sec. 33, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\.
T. 7 N., R. 80 W.,
Sec. 10, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\;
Sec. 11, N\1/2\NW\1/4\;
Sec. 13, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\ and W\1/2\SE\1/4\;
Sec. 14, NW\1/4\NW\1/4\;
sec. 15, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\.
T. 8 N., R. 80 W.,
Sec. 11, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\SW\1/4\, and SW\1/4\SW\1/4\,
those portions lying southeast of a diagonal line extending from the
northeast corner of the SW\1/4\NE\1/4\ to the southwest corner of
the SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, the exact boundary being the existing fence
marking the Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge.
Sec. 12, S\1/2\NE\1/4\;
Sec. 15, NE\1/4\NE\1/4\ and SE\1/4\NW\1/4\.
The areas described aggregate 4,792.54 acres.
The Secretary of the Interior approved the FWS's petition.
Therefore, the petition/application constitutes a withdrawal proposal
of the Secretary of the Interior (43 CFR 2310.1-3(e)).
The use of a right-of-way, interagency agreement, or cooperative
agreement would not provide adequate protection of the wildlife refuge.
No additional water rights are needed to fulfill the purpose of
this new withdrawal.
There are no suitable alternative sites since these lands are
located within the Arapaho NWR.
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.
Notice is hereby given that an opportunity for a public meeting is
afforded in connection with the proposed withdrawal. All interested
persons who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being heard on
the proposed withdrawal must submit a written request to the BLM
Colorado State Director at the address listed above no later than
September 12, 2024. If the authorized officer determines that a public
meeting will be held, a notice of the time and place will be published
in the Federal Register and a local newspaper at least 30 days before
the scheduled date of the meeting.
For a period until June 14, 2026 the lands described above will be
segregated from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the general
land laws, including location and entry under the United States mining
laws, and from leasing under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws,
unless the application is denied or canceled, or the withdrawal is
approved prior to that date.
This application will be processed in accordance with the
regulations set-forth in 43 CFR part 2300.
(Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1714)
Douglas J. Vilsack,
Colorado State Director.
[FR Doc. 2024-13158 Filed 6-13-24; 8:45 am]
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