18576 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 64 / Monday, April 4, 2011 / Notices 

Dated: March 30, 2011. 

Christopher P. Dionghi, 

Acting Executive Director, National Invasive 

Species Council. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7916 Filed 4–1–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–RK–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R6–ES–2011–N056; 60120–1113– 

0000–D2] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Permits 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications 

for permits. 

SUMMARY: We announce our receipt of 

applications to conduct certain 

activities pertaining to enhancement of 

survival of endangered species. The 

Endangered Species Act requires that 

we invite public comment on these 

permit applications. 

DATES: Written comments on this 

request for a permit must be received by 

May 4, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit written data or 

comments to the Assistant Regional 

Director—Ecological Services, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 25486, 

Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 

80225–0486; facsimile 303–236–0027. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal indentifying 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. 

Document Availability 

Documents and other information 

submitted with these applications 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), by any 

party who submits a request for a copy 

of such documents within 30 days of the 

date of publication of this notice to Kris 

Olsen, by mail (see ADDRESSES) or by 

telephone at 303–236–4256. All 

comments we receive from individuals 

become part of the official public 

record. 

Applications 

The following applicants have 

requested issuance of enhancement of 

survival permits to conduct certain 

activities with endangered species 

pursuant to Section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Renewals 

Applicants: Rockford Plettner, 

Nebraska Public Power District, 

Columbus, Nebraska, TE–039100; 

Kathleen Triby, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Bowdoin National Wildlife 

Refuge, Malta, Montana, TE–127250; 

and Chadwin Smith, Headwaters Corp., 

Kearney, Nebraska, TE–183430. These 

applicants request renewed permits to 

take interior least terns (Sterna 

antillarum athalassos) and piping 

plovers (Charadrius melodus) in 

conjunction with recovery activities 

throughout the species’ ranges for the 

purpose of enhancing their survival and 

recovery. 

Applicants: Brian Holmes, Bureau of 

Land Management, Meeker, Colorado, 

TE–121911; Ben Janis, Lower Brule 

Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule, South Dakota, 

TE–131398; and Duane Shroufe, 

Arizona Game and Fish Department, 

Phoenix, Arizona, TE–163125. These 

applicants request renewed permits to 

take black-footed ferrets (Mustela 

nigripes) in conjunction with recovery 

activities throughout the species’ range 

for the purpose of enhancing its survival 

and recovery. 

Applicants: U.S. Geological Survey, 

South Dakota Coop Unit, Brookings, 

South Dakota, TE–104580; Patrick 

Braaten, U.S. Geological Survey, Ft. 

Peck, Montana, TE–047285; Rob Holm, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Garrison 

Dam National Fish Hatchery, Riverdale, 

North Dakota, TE–062035; and Jeffery 

Powell, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery, 

Yankton, South Dakota, TE–109048. 

These applicants request renewed 

permits to take pallid sturgeons 

(Scaphirhynchus albus) in conjunction 

with recovery activities throughout the 

species’ range for the purpose of 

enhancing its survival and recovery. 

Applicants: Melvin Coonrod, EIS 

Environmental and Engineering 

Consulting, Helper, Utah, TE–044836; 

Jim Friedley, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Ignacio, Colorado, TE–047381; William 

Butler, ERO Resources Corp., Denver, 

Colorado, TE–040510; and Peter Smith, 

Smith Environmental and Engineering, 

Westminster, Colorado, TE–044780. 

These applicants request renewed 

permits to take Southwestern willow 

flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) 

in conjunction with recovery activities 

throughout the species’ range for the 

purpose of enhancing its survival and 

recovery. 

Applicant: National Park Service, 

Prairie Cluster Ecological Monitoring, 

Republic, Missouri, TE–047288. The 

applicant requests a renewed permit to 

take Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka) in 

conjunction with recovery activities 

throughout the species’ range for the 

purpose of enhancing its survival and 

recovery. 

Applicant: Claire Crow, National Park 

Service, Zion National Park, Springdale, 

Utah, TE–057485. The applicant 

requests a renewed permit to take 

Southwestern willow flycatcher 

(Empidonax traillii extimus), 

Arctomecon humilis (Dwarf bearpoppy), Astragalus holmgreniorum 

(Holmgren milk-vetch), and Astragalus 

ampullarioides (Shivwitz milk-vetch) in 

conjunction with recovery activities 

throughout the species’ range for the 

purpose of enhancing their survival and 

recovery. 

Applicant: Rabdy Chapo, Lincoln 

Children’s Zoo, Lincoln, Nebraska, TE– 

210754. The applicant requests a 

renewed permit to take Salt Creek tiger 

beetle (Cicindela nevadica lincolniana) 

in conjunction with recovery activities 

throughout the species’ range for the 

purpose of enhancing its survival and 

recovery. 

Display Renewal 

Applicant: Robert Brynda, Landry’s 

Downtown Aquarium, Denver, 

Colorado, TE–046427. The applicant 

requests a renewed permit to possess 

bonytail chub (Gila elegans), humpback 

chub (Gila cypha), Colorado 

pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius), 

razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus), 

desert pupfish (Cyprinodon 

macularius), and green sea turtle 

(Chelonia mydas agassisi) for public 

display and propagation in conjunction 

with recovery activities for the purpose 

of enhancing their survival and 

recovery. 

Applicant: Tony Korth, Ak-sar-ben 

Aquarium, Gretna, Nebraska, TE– 

039090. The applicant requests a 

renewed permit to possess pallid 

sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) for 

public display and propagation in 

conjunction with recovery activities for 

the purpose of enhancing the species’ 

survival and recovery. 

Applicant: Tracy Brower-Thessing, 

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Colorado 

Springs, Colorado, TE–040748. The 

applicant requests a renewed permit to 

possess black-footed ferret (Mustela 

nigripes) and Wyoming toad (Bufo 

baxteri) for public display and 


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propagation in conjunction with 

recovery activities for the purpose of 

enhancing their survival and recovery. 

Applicant: Eddie Overbay, Texas Zoo, 

Victoria, Texas, TE–051840. The 

applicant requests a renewed permit to 

possess black-footed ferret (Mustela 

nigripes) for public display and 

propagation in conjunction with 

recovery activities for the purpose of 

enhancing the species’ survival and 

recovery. 

Applicant: Brent Anderson, Living 

Planet Aquarium, Sandy, Utah, TE– 

131638. The applicant requests a 

renewed permit to possess bonytail 

chub (Gila elegans), Colorado 

pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius), 

June sucker (Chasmistes liorus), and 

razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) 

for public display and propagation in 

conjunction with recovery activities for 

the purpose of enhancing their survival 

and recovery. 

Applicant: Lee Jackson, National 

Mississippi River Museum, Dubuque, 

Iowa, TE–37337A. The applicant 

requests a permit to take Wyoming toad 

(Bufo baxteri) for public display and 

propagation in conjunction with 

recovery activities for the purpose of 

enhancing the species’ survival and 

recovery. 

Amendments 

Applicant: Lee Simmons, Omaha’s 

Henry Doorly Zoo, Omaha, NE, TE– 

053961. The applicant requests a permit 

amendment to add surveys for Salt 

Creek tiger beetle (Cicindela nevadica 

lincolniana) in conjunction with 

recovery activities throughout the 

species’ range for the purpose of 

enhancing its survival and recovery. 

New 

Applicant: Stephen Spomer, Lincoln, 

NE, TE–37351A. The applicant requests 

a permit to take Salt Creek tiger beetle 

(Cicindela nevadica lincolniana) in 

conjunction with recovery activities 

throughout the species’ range for the 

purpose of enhancing its survival and 

recovery. 

Dated: March 28, 2011. 

Hugh Morrison, 

Acting Regional Director, Denver, Colorado. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7879 Filed 4–1–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–ES–2011–N032; 40130–8081– 

0000–5B] 

Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, 

Volusia and Brevard Counties, FL; 

Collection of Entrance Fees 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce our 

intent to modify the existing fee 

collection program at Merritt Island 

National Wildlife Refuge by adding 

entrance fees. The proposed entrance 

fees are $1.00 a day for one person, 

$5.00 a day for one vehicle, and $15.00 

a year for one person. Under the Federal 

Lands Recreation Enhancement Act 

(REA), we will identify and post specific 

visitor fees and begin collecting them. 

The proposed fees only affect Black 

Point Wildlife Drive and three improved 

refuge boat ramps (Bairs Cove, Beacon 

42, and Bio Lab). Fees are not required 

to enter any other portion of the refuge. 

DATES: Submit your comments on this 

action by August 1, 2011. Unless we 

publish a notice in the Federal Register 

withdrawing this action, we will begin 

collecting entrance fees on September 1, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments by 

one of the following methods: 

• U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Merritt 

Island National Wildlife Refuge 

(Attention: Dorn Whitmore), P.O. Box 

2683, Titusville, FL 32781; 

• Fax: 321–861–1276, attn: ‘‘Merritt 

Island Fee’’; or 

• E-mail: Dorn_Whitemore@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dorn Whitmore, 321–861–2384. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In an 

effort to meet increasing demands for 

services, and to maintain developed 

facilities, we announce our intent to add 

a new class of fees to the existing fee 

program at Merritt Island National 

Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) under section 

3(e) of the REA (16 U.S.C. 6801–6814). 

The Refuge will add the following type 

of entrance fees. 

Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge 

Visitors Entrance Fees 

1. Free—Youth Ages 15 and Under. 

2. $1.00—Daily Individual Entrance 

Fee (fee is per person/per day, when 

arriving on foot, bicycle, as part of a tour 

group, or on a bus). 

3. $5.00—Daily Noncommercial 

Vehicle Entrance Fee (fee is per single, 

private noncommercial vehicle). 

4. $5.00—Family Group Entrance Fee 

(fee is the maximum per day, per family, 

when arriving on foot, bicycle, as part 

of a tour group, or on a bus). A family 

group is defined as up to four adults (16 

years and older) and any number of 

children (15 years and under). 

5. $15.00—Annual Merritt Island 

National Wildlife Refuge Pass (per 

single private noncommercial vehicle) 

valid for 1 year. 

Special Provisions and Exceptions to 

the Entrance Fee Structure 

National Public Lands Day (NPLD) is 

a ‘‘fee-free’’ day for all visitors to the 

Refuge. The National Environmental 

Education Foundation determines the 

date of NPLD. The Refuge may establish 

other ‘‘fee-free’’ days in conjunction with 

special events such as Veterans Day and 

National Wildlife Refuge Week. The 

Refuge will not collect entrance fees 

from volunteers who are actively 

working on or for the Refuge during 

their scheduled duty times. Volunteers 

who contribute and record 80 hours of 

volunteer service or more during a fiscal 

year will receive an Annual Refuge Pass 

at no charge. The Refuge will waive 

entrance fees for school groups. 

Passes in Lieu of Entrance Fees 

The Refuge participates in two pass 

programs, the Federal Duck Stamp and 

the America the Beautiful National 

Parks and Federal Recreational Lands 

Pass programs. The Refuge honors and 

offers for purchase passes associated 

with these programs. Information on the 

programs is available at http:// 

www.fws.gov/duckstamps/ and http:// 

www.fws.gov/refuges/visitors/ 

passes.html. 

The Refuge will also honor Golden 

Eagle, Golden Age, and Golden Access 

passes. A list of passes the Refuge will 

honor and/or sell follows. If your pass 

is not listed, we encourage you to 

contact the Refuge and inquire about 

pass acceptance prior to your visit. 

1. Federal Duck Stamp (valid for 1 

year beginning July 1: $15.00 annually. 

2. America the Beautiful National 

Parks and Federal Recreational Lands. 

Annual Pass: $80.00 annually. 

Senior Pass (lifetime pass for those 

who qualify): One time fee of $10.00. 

Access Pass (lifetime pass for those 

who qualify): Free. 

3. Golden Eagle, Golden Age, and 

Golden Access Pass: The Refuge will 

honor these passes according to the 

provisions of each, but not available for 

purchase. 

4. Annual Merritt Island National 

Wildlife Refuge Pass: $15.00 annually. 

5. Annual Canaveral National 

Seashore Pass. 


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