[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 212 (Tuesday, November 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 67782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27973]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R2-ES-2015-N193; FXES11120200000-167-FF02ENEH00]
Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Applications 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
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 within Oklahoma. If approved, the permits 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 December 3, 2015.
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: [email protected].
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 incidental take permit (ITP) applications 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 http://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 (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 TE-78498B
Applicant: Grand Mesa Pipeline, LLC, Edmond, 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.
Permit TE-78500B
Applicant: Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Oklahoma City, 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).
Dated: October 21, 2015.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region.
[FR Doc. 2015-27973 Filed 11-2-15; 8:45 am]
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