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agency name, ‘‘U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection,’’ and the title of the 

document, ‘‘Tuna—Tariff-Rate Quota; 

the Tariff-Rate Quota for Calendar Year 

2012 Tuna Classifiable under 

Subheading 1604.14.22, Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTSUS).’’ 

Dated: April 25, 2012. 

Harold M. Singer, 

Director, Regulations and Disclosure Law 

Division, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10409 Filed 4–30–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–ES–2012–N092; 40120–1112– 

0000–F2] 

Receipt of Applications for 

Endangered Species Permits 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species. With some 

exceptions, the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA) prohibits activities with listed 

species unless a Federal permit is issued 

that allows such activities. The ESA 

requires that we invite public comment 

before issuing these permits. 

DATES: We must receive written data or 

comments on the applications at the 

address given below, by May 31, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Documents and other 

information submitted with the 

applications are available for review, 

subject to the requirements of the 

Privacy Act and Freedom of Information 

Act, by any party who submits a written 

request for a copy of such documents to 

the following office within 30 days of 

the date of publication of this notice: 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 

Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, 

GA 30345 (Attn: Cameron Shaw, Permit 

Coordinator). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cameron Shaw, telephone 904/731– 

3191; facsimile 904/731–3045. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

public is invited to comment on the 

following applications for permits to 

conduct certain activities with 

endangered and threatened species 

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

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

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

our regulations in the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR part 17. 

This notice is provided under section 

10(c) of the Act. 

If you wish to comment, you may 

submit comments by any one of the 

following methods. You may mail 

comments to the Fish and Wildlife 

Service’s Regional Office (see 

ADDRESSES section) or via electronic 

mail (email) to: permitsR4ES@fws.gov. 

Please include your name and return 

address in your email message. If you do 

not receive a confirmation from the Fish 

and Wildlife Service that we have 

received your email message, contact us 

directly at the telephone number listed 

above (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section). Finally, you may 

hand deliver comments to the Fish and 

Wildlife Service office listed above (see 

ADDRESSES section). 

Before including your address, 

telephone number, email address, or 

other personal identifying information 

in your comments, 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 

comments to withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. 

Permit Application Number: TE– 

66439A 

Applicant: Atlanta Botanical Garden, 

Atlanta, Georgia 

Applicant requests authorization to 

collect seeds from Trillium reliquum 

(relict trillium) for the purpose of seed 

banking and propagation. This activity 

will be conducted on Fort Benning 

Military Base, Columbus, Georgia. 

Permit Application Number: TE–237537 

Applicant: Missouri Botanical Garden, 

St. Louis, Missouri 

Applicant requests authorization to 

collect seeds from the following plant 

species: 

Arenaria cumberlandensis

Cumberland sandwort 

Astragalus bibullatus Guthries ground 

plum 

Solidago albopilosa White-haired 

Goldenrod 

Xyris tennesseensis Tennessee yelloweyed grass 

This project will take place on Federal 

properties in Alabama, Tennessee, 

Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Virginia 

and West Virginia. 

Permit Application Number: TE–148282 

Applicant: Jack Wilhide, Chapmanville, 

West Virginia 

Applicant requests reauthorization to 

conduct presence/absence surveys on 

the following species: 

Indiana bat Myotis sodalis 

Gray bat Myotis grisescens 

Virginia big-eared bat Corynorhinus 

townsendii virginianus 

Ozark big-eared bat Corynorhinus 

townsendii ingens 

These surveys will be conducted in 

West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, 

Kentucky, North Carolina and Arkansas. 

Permit Application Number: TE– 

67142A 

Applicant: Woodson Asher, 

Mancherster, Kentucky 

Applicant requests reauthorization to 

conduct presence/absence surveys on 

the following species: 

Indiana bat Myotis sodalis 

Gray bat Myotis grisescens 

Virginia big-eared bat Corynorhinus 

townsendii virginianus 

These surveys will be conducted 

throughout the species ranges. 

Permit Application Number: TE– 

67464A 

Applicant: Irene Liu, Duke University, 

Durham, North Carolina 

Applicant requests authorization to 

monitor nests, capture, band, draw 

blood and conduct laparotomies on 

yellow-shouldered blackbirds (Agelaius 

xanthomus) in Puerto Rico. 

Permit Application Number: TE–108990 

Applicant: Ronald Spears, Centennial, 

Colorado 

Applicant requests reauthorization to 

conduct presence/absence surveys on 

the following species: 

Indiana bat Myotis sodalis 

Gray bat Myotis grisescens 

Mexican long-nosed bat

Leptonycteris nivalis 

Lesser long-nosed bat Leptonycteris 

curasoae 

These surveys will be conducted 

throughout the species ranges. 

Permit Application Number: TE–88889 

Applicant: The Nature Conservancy. 

Applicant requests renewed 

authorization to capture, band, 

translocate and install artificial nesting 

cavities for the red-cockaded 

woodpecker (Picoides borealis) on the 

Disney Preserve in Osceola and Polk 

Counties, Florida. 

Permit Application Number: TE–156392 

Applicant: Skybax Ecological Services, 

Berea, Kentucky 

Applicant requests reauthorization to 

conduct scientific studies and surveys 

on the following species: 

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Indiana bat Myotis sodalis 

Gray bat Myotis grisescens 

Virginia big-eared bat Corynorhinus 

townsendii virginianus 

These surveys will be conducted 

throughout the species ranges. 

Dated: April 11, 2012. 

Jacquelyn B. Parrish, 

Acting Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10430 Filed 4–30–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCAD01000 L19900000.DB0000] 

30-Day Extension of Call for 

Nominations for the Bureau of Land 

Management’s California Desert 

District Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management’s (BLM) California Desert 

District is extending the call for 

nominations from the public for six 

members of its District Advisory 

Council to serve 3-year terms, first 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 19, 2012 (77 FR 2755). Council 

members provide advice and 

recommendations to the BLM on the 

management of public lands in southern 

California. 

DATES: Nominations will be accepted 

until May 31, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent 

to Teresa Raml, District Manager, 

Bureau of Land Management, California 

Desert District Office, 22835 Calle San 

Juan De Los Lagos, Moreno Valley, CA 

92553. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Briery, BLM California Desert 

District External Affairs (951) 697–5220. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

California Desert District Advisory 

Council is comprised of 15 individuals 

who represent different interests and 

advise BLM officials on policies and 

programs concerning the management of 

11 million acres of public land in 

southern California. The Council meets 

in formal session three to four times 

each year in various locations 

throughout the BLM’s California Desert 

District. Council members serve without 

compensation. Members serve 3-year 

terms and may be nominated for 

reappointment for additional 3-year 

terms. 

Section 309 of the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act directs the 

Secretary of the Interior to involve the 

public in planning and issues related to 

management of BLM-administered 

lands. The Secretary also selects 

Council nominees consistent with the 

requirements of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), which requires 

nominees appointed to the Council be 

balanced in terms of points of view and 

representative of the various interests 

concerned with the management of the 

public lands. 

The Council also is balanced 

geographically, and the BLM strives to 

find qualified representatives from areas 

throughout the California Desert 

District. The District covers portions of 

eight counties, and includes more than 

11 million acres of public land in the 

California Desert Conservation Area of 

Mono, Inyo, Kern, San Bernardino, 

Riverside, and Imperial counties, as 

well as 300,000 acres of scattered 

parcels in San Diego, western Riverside, 

western San Bernardino, Orange, and 

Los Angeles counties (known as the 

South Coast). 

The BLM is extending the nomination 

period in order to broaden the pool of 

qualified nominations from which a 

selection can be made by the Secretary 

of the Interior. Nominations will be 

accepted for 30 days from the 

publication date of this notice. The 

3-year terms would begin immediately 

upon appointment by the Secretary of 

the Interior. 

The six positions to be filled include 

one representative of transportation/ 

rights-of-way groups or organizations, 

one elected official, one representative 

of renewable energy groups or 

organizations, one representative of 

non-renewable resources groups or 

organizations, one representative of 

environmental protection groups or 

organizations, and one representative of 

the public-at-large. 

Any group or individual may 

nominate a qualified person, based 

upon education, training, and 

knowledge of the BLM, the California 

Desert, and the issues involving BLMadministered public lands throughout 

southern California. Qualified 

individuals also may nominate 

themselves. If you have already 

submitted your nomination materials for 

2012 you will not need to resubmit. 

The nomination form may be found 

on the Desert Advisory Council Web 

page: http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/ 

rac/dac.html. The following must 

accompany the nomination form for all 

nominations: 

Æ Letters of reference from 

represented interests or organizations; 

Æ A completed background 

information nomination form; and 

Æ Any other information that 

addresses the nominee’s qualifications. 

Nominees unable to download the 

nomination form may contact the BLM 

California Desert District External 

Affairs staff at (951) 697–5220 to request 

a copy. Advisory Council members are 

appointed by the Secretary of the 

Interior. 

The Obama Administration prohibits 

individuals who are currently federally 

registered lobbyists to serve on all 

FACA and non-FACA boards, 

committees or councils. 

Authority: 43 CFR subpart 1784. 

Raymond C. Lee, 

Acting California Desert District Manager. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10427 Filed 4–30–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–40–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLUT923–12–L13200000–EL000, UTU– 

88878] 

Notice of Invitation To Participate in 

Coal Exploration License, Utah 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: All interested qualified 

parties are hereby invited to participate 

with Ark Land Company on a pro rata 

cost-sharing basis in its program for the 

exploration of coal deposits owned by 

the United States of America in Sanpete 

County, Utah. 

DATES: The notice of invitation to 

participate in this coal exploration 

license was published once each week 

for 2 consecutive weeks in The Sanpete 

Messenger (beginning the last week of 

January 2012), and by virtue of this 

announcement in the Federal Register. 

Any person seeking to participate in this 

exploration program must send written 

notice to both the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) and Ark Land 

Company, as provided in the ADDRESSES

section below no later than 30 days after 

the publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the exploration 

license and plan are available for review 

from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday 

through Friday, excluding Federal 

holidays (serial number UTU–88878) in 

the public room of the BLM State Office, 

440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt 

Lake City, Utah. 

The written notice to participate in 

the exploration program should be sent 

to Stan Perkes, Bureau of Land 

Management, Utah State Office, 

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