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Environmental Policy Act. We will take 

comments into consideration before 

deciding whether to issue an incidental 

take permit. 

DATES: We are extending the standard 

30-day comment period by 15 days to 

allow additional time for public 

comment. Written comments should be 

received on or before February 5, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: 

To obtain documents: You may view 

or download copies of the draft 

conservation plan and draft 

environmental assessment at https://

www.fws.gov/carlsbad/, or you may 

request hardcopies of the draft 

documents by contacting our Palm 

Springs office (see below). 

To submit written comments: Please 

submit your written comments by either 

of the following methods: 

D Email: fw8cfwocomments@fws.gov. 

Include ‘‘Manzana Wind Power 

Incidental Take Permit’’ in the subject 

line of the message. 

D U.S. Mail: Assistant Field 

Supervisor, Palm Springs Fish and 

Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 777 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, 

Suite 208, Palm Springs, CA 92284. 

We request that you send written 

comments by only the methods 

described above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Sanzenbacher, Fish and Wildlife 

Biologist, by mail at Palm Springs Fish 

and Wildlife Office (address above), by 

phone at 760–322–2070, extension 425, 

or via email at peter_sanzenbacher@

fws.gov. If you use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf, 

hard of hearing, or speech disabled, 

please call the Federal Relay Service at 

800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We have 

received an application from Manzana 

Wind LLC (applicant) for an incidental 

take permit under the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 

16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The application 

addresses the potential take of the 

federally endangered California condor 

(condor), incidental to otherwise lawful 

activities at the Manzana Wind Power 

Project (project), as described in the 

applicant’s draft conservation plan. The 

project began operations in 2012 and is 

in the Antelope Valley region of Kern 

County, California, along the southern 

foothills of the Tehachapi Mountains. 

Background 

Section 9 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1538) 

and Federal regulations promulgated 

pursuant to section 4(d) of the ESA (16 

U.S.C. 1533) prohibit the take of 

endangered species without special 

exemption. Under section 10(a)(1)(B) of 

the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1539), we may issue 

permits to authorize take of listed fish 

and wildlife species that is incidental 

to, and not the purpose of, carrying out 

an otherwise lawful activity. 

Regulations governing permits for 

endangered and threatened species are 

set forth in title 50 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations at part 17, sections 

17.22 and 17.32. 

The National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) 

requires Federal agencies to analyze 

their proposed actions to determine 

whether the actions may significantly 

affect the human environment. In the 

NEPA analysis, the Federal agency will 

identify the effects, as well as possible 

mitigation for effects on environmental 

resources, that could occur with the 

implementation of the proposed action 

and alternatives. The Federal action in 

this case is the Service’s proposed 

issuance of an incidental take permit for 

the federally endangered California 

condor. 

Permit Application 

The applicant has submitted a draft 

conservation plan that describes the 

activities covered by the permit, such as 

the operation of wind turbines and other 

specified activities associated with 

project components. To minimize the 

risk of incidental take, the applicant 

will maintain a program to detect 

condors approaching the project and 

temporarily curtail operating wind 

turbines when appropriate; the 

conservation plan also includes 

adaptive management to allow for 

maintaining the protection of condors as 

technologies, condor behavior, and 

other factors change over time. To 

mitigate the impact of the potential 

incidental take, the applicant proposes 

to work with an existing captive 

breeding facility to fund the production 

of additional condors for release into the 

wild. The Service and applicant used a 

population viability analysis to inform 

the mitigation strategy and ensure that 

the level of potential injury or mortality 

of condors permitted at the project 

would not impede recovery of the 

species. The population viability 

analysis report is appended to the draft 

conservation plan and the draft 

environmental assessment. A 

‘‘Frequently Asked Questions’’ 

document for the population viability 

analysis is also attached to the draft 

environmental assessment. The draft 

conservation plan and the draft 

environmental assessment consider 

alternatives to the proposed action, 

including a no action alternative. 

Public Comments 

If you wish to comment on the draft 

conservation plan and draft 

environmental assessment, you may 

submit comments by one of the methods 

in ADDRESSES. 

Public Availability of Comments 

You may submit comments by one of 

the methods shown under ADDRESSES. 

All comments and materials we receive 

in response to this request will become 

part of the decision 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. 

Authority 

We issue this notice pursuant to 

section 10(c) of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 

1539) and its implementing regulations 

(50 CFR 17.22), and NEPA (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.) and its implementing 

regulations (40 CFR 1506.6 and 43 CFR 

46.305). 

Scott Sobiech, 

Field Supervisor, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife 

Office, Carlsbad, California. 

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BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R7–NWRS–2020–N158; 

FF07R08000F–XRS–1263–0700000–201; 

OMB Control Number 1018–0141] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Alaska Guide Service 

Evaluation 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection; 

request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we, 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(Service), are proposing to renew an 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

21, 2021. 


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ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under Review—Open for 

Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. Please provide a copy 

of your comments to the Service 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

MS: PRB/PERMA (JAO/3W), 5275 

Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041– 

3803 (mail); or by email to Info_Coll@

fws.gov. Please reference OMB Control 

Number 1018–0141 in the subject line of 

your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Madonna L. Baucum, Service 

Information Collection Clearance 

Officer, by email at Info_Coll@fws.gov, 

or by telephone at (703) 358–2503. 

Individuals who are hearing or speech 

impaired may call the Federal Relay 

Service at 1–800–877–8339 for TTY 

assistance. You may also view the 

information collection request (ICR) at 

http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we 

provide the general public and other 

Federal agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on new, proposed, revised, 

and continuing collections of 

information. This helps us assess the 

impact of our information collection 

requirements and minimize the public’s 

reporting burden. It also helps the 

public understand our information 

collection requirements and provide the 

requested data in the desired format. 

On August 26, 2020, we published in 

the Federal Register (85 FR 52631) a 

notice of our intent to request that OMB 

approve this information collection. In 

that notice, we solicited comments for 

60 days, ending on October 26, 2020. 

We received no comments in response 

to that notice. 

As part of our continuing effort to 

reduce paperwork and respondent 

burdens, we are again soliciting 

comments from the public and other 

Federal agencies on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. We are especially 

interested in public comment 

addressing the following: 

(1) Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether or not the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

(4) How might the agency minimize 

the burden of the collection of 

information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of response. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. 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. 

Abstract: We collect information via 

FWS Form 3–2349 (Alaska Guide 

Service Evaluation) to help us evaluate 

commercial guide services on our 

national wildlife refuges in the State of 

Alaska (State). The National Wildlife 

Refuge Administration Act of 1966, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 668dd–ee), 

authorizes us to permit uses, including 

commercial visitor services, on national 

wildlife refuges when we find the 

activity to be compatible with the 

purposes for which the refuge was 

established. With the objective of 

making available a variety of quality 

visitor services for wildlife-dependent 

recreation on National Wildlife Refuge 

System lands, we issue permits for 

commercial guide services, including 

big game hunting, sport fishing, wildlife 

viewing, river trips, and other guided 

activities. We use FWS Form 3–2349 as 

a method to: 

• Monitor the quality of services 

provided by commercial guides. 

• Gauge client satisfaction with the 

services. 

• Assess the impacts of the activity 

on refuge resources. 

The client is the best source of 

information on the quality of 

commercial guiding services. We 

collect: 

• Client name. 

• Guide name(s). 

• Type of guided activity. 

• Dates and location of guided 

activity. 

• Information on the services 

received, such as the client’s 

expectations, safety, environmental 

impacts, and client’s overall 

satisfaction. 

We encourage respondents to provide 

any additional comments that they wish 

regarding the guide service or refuge 

experience, and ask whether or not they 

wish to be contacted for additional 

information. 

The above information, in 

combination with State-required guide 

activity reports and contacts with guides 

and clients in the field, provides a 

comprehensive method for monitoring 

permitted commercial guide activities. 

A regular program of client evaluation 

helps refuge managers detect potential 

problems with guide services so that we 

can take corrective actions promptly. In 

addition, we use this information during 

the competitive selection process for big 

game and sport fishing guide permits to 

evaluate an applicant’s ability to 

provide a quality guiding service. 

The Service is actively reviewing the 

current evaluation form to identify ways 

to improve the information collected to: 

• Provide more quantifiable and 

defensible data; 

• Provide statistical data for each 

completed and submitted form; 

• Provide more quantifiable rather 

than qualitative information; and 

• Translate the client responses into 

useful information, in order for refuge 

management to make informed 

decisions. 

The Service initially planned to 

submit the new form (tentatively 

assigned FWS Form 3–2538, ‘‘Alaska 

Guide Service Evaluation’’) to OMB for 

approval to conduct usability testing 

under OMB Control No. 1090–0011, 

‘‘DOI Generic Clearance for the 

Collection of Qualitative Feedback on 

Agency Service Delivery,’’ in time to 

pretest it during the 2020 Alaska guide 

season. However, the pandemic 

significantly limited the number of 

guide trips during the 2020 guide 

season, necessitating the usability 

testing be conducted during the 2021 

Alaska guide season (and possibly the 

2022 season). At the conclusion of the 

usability testing, the Service will 

evaluate all feedback of the new 

evaluation form to determine whether 

additional updates need to be made to 

it. At that time, we will begin the 

process to initiate a revision to this 

information collection by publishing the 

required notices in the Federal Register 

announcing to the public our intention 

to submit the final evaluation form to 

OMB for approval prior to the calendar 

year 2023 Alaska guide season. In 

addition, the Service will provide the 


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Alaska National Interest Lands 

Conservation Act (ANILCA) Coordinator 

for the State of Alaska with a copy of the 

proposed new guide form for review/ 

comment. 

Title of Collection: Alaska Guide 

Service Evaluation. 

OMB Control Number: 1018–0141. 

Form Number: FWS Form 3–2349. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Clients 

of permitted commercial guide service 

providers. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 264. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 264. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: 15 minutes. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 66. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: One time, 

following use of commercial guide 

services. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: None. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Dated: December 17, 2020. 

Madonna Baucum, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2020–N161; 

FXES11130800000–212–FF08E00000] 

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. 

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 

Endangered Species Act. 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 January 21, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Document availability and 

comment submission: Submit requests 

for copies of the applications and 

related documents and submit any 

comments by one of the following 

methods. All requests and comments 

should specify the applicant name(s) 

and application number(s) (e.g., 

TEXXXXXX). 

• Email: permitsr8es@fws.gov. 

• U.S. Mail: Susie Tharratt, Regional 

Recovery Permit Coordinator, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, 2800 Cottage Way, 

Room W–2606, Sacramento, CA 95825. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susie Tharratt, via phone at 916–414– 

6561, via email at permitsr8es@fws.gov, 

or via the Federal Relay Service at 1– 

800–877–8339 for TTY assistance. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite 

the public to comment on applications 

for permits under section 10(a)(1)(A) of 

the Endangered Species Act, as 

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

The requested permits would allow the 

applicants to conduct activities 

intended to promote recovery of species 

that are listed as endangered or 

threatened under the ESA. 

Background 

With some exceptions, the ESA 

prohibits activities that constitute take 

of listed species unless a Federal permit 

is issued that allows such activity. The 

ESA’s definition of ‘‘take’’ includes such 

activities as pursuing, harassing, 

trapping, capturing, or collecting, in 

addition to hunting, shooting, harming, 

wounding, or killing. 

A recovery permit issued by us under 

section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA 

authorizes the permittee to conduct 

activities with endangered or threatened 

species for scientific purposes that 

promote recovery or for enhancement of 

propagation or survival of the species. 

These activities often include such 

prohibited actions as capture and 

collection. Our regulations 

implementing section 10(a)(1)(A) for 

these permits are found in the Code of 

Federal Regulations 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 

Proposed activities in the following 

permit requests are for the recovery and 

enhancement of propagation or survival 

of the species in the wild. 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. 

Application No. Applicant, city, state Species Location Take activity Permit action 

TE–115370 ........... Gage Dayton, Santa Cruz, California.• Ohlone tiger beetle (Cicindela 

ohlone).

CA .................... Capture, handle, release, habitat enhancement, mark burrows, and translocation.Amend. 

TE–88650D ........... Joshua Goodwin, Rocklin, California.• California tiger salamander 

(Santa Barbara County and 

Sonoma County Distinct Population Segments (DPSs)) 

(Ambystoma californiense).

CA .................... Capture, handle, and release .... New. 

TE–72045A ........... Alisa Zych, Oceanside, California.• Southwestern willow 

flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 

extimus).

CA .................... Play taped vocalizations ............ Renew. 

TE–52816B ........... David Davis, Barstow, California • Southwestern willow 

flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 

extimus).

CA .................... Play taped vocalizations ............ Renew and Amend. 


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