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mail (see ADDRESSES) or by telephone 

at (703) 358–2482. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

Our Endangered Species Program uses 

information that we collect on permit 

applications to determine the eligibility 

of applicants for permits requested in 

accordance with the criteria in various 

Federal wildlife conservation laws, 

including: 

• Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.). 

• Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 U.S.C. 

703 et seq.). 

• Lacey Act (16 U.S.C. 3371 et seq.). 

•Bald and Golden Eagle Protection 

Act (16 U.S.C. 668). 

• Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 

U.S.C. 1374). 

Service regulations implementing 

these statutes and treaties are in Chapter 

I, Subchapter B of Title 50 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR). These 

regulations stipulate general and 

specific requirements that when met 

allow us to issue permits to authorize 

activities that are otherwise prohibited. 

This IC includes the following permit 

application forms and the reporting 

requirements for each permit: 

(1) FWS Form 3-200-54 - 

Enhancement of Survival Permits 

Associated with Safe Harbor 

Agreements and Candidate 

Conservation Agreements with 

Assurances. 

(2) FWS Form 3-200-55 - Permits for 

Scientific Purposes, Enhancement of 

Propagation or Survival (i.e, Recovery) 

and Interstate Commerce. 

(3) FWS Form 3-200-56 - Incidental 

Take Permits Associated with a Habitat 

Conservation Plan. 

II. Data 

OMB Control Number: 1018-0094. 

Title: Federal Fish and Wildlife 

Permit Applications and Reports— 

Native Endangered and Threatened 

Species. 

Service Form Number(s): 3-200-54, 3- 

200-55, and 3-200-56. 

Type of Request: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals/ 

households, businesses, State and local 

agencies, private organizations, and 

scientific and research institutions. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Required to 

obtain or retain a benefit. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion 

for application forms and notifications; 

annually for reports. 

Estimated Annual Nonhour Burden: 

$64,450 for fees associated with permit 

applications. 

Activity Number of annual 

respondents 

Number of annual 

responses 

Completion time 

per response 

Annual burden 

hours 

3-200-54 – permit application .................................................. 11 11 3 hours ............ 33 

3-200-54 – annual report ......................................................... 64 64 8 hours ............ 512 

3-200-54 – notification of incidental take ................................ 1 1 1 hour .............. 1 

3-200-54 – notification of change in landowner ...................... 1 1 1 hour .............. 1 

2-200-55 – permit application .................................................. 579 579 4 hours ............ 2,316 

3-200-55 – annual report ......................................................... 1,034 1,034 8 hours ............ 8,272 

3-200-55 – notification of escape of living wildlife .................. 1 1 1 hour .............. 1 

3-200-56 – permit application .................................................. 60 60 3 hours ............ 180 

3-200-56 – annual report ......................................................... 748 748 10 hours .......... 7,480 

Totals ................................................................................ 2,499 2,499 ..................... 18,796 

III. Request for Comments 

We invite comments concerning this 

IC on: 

•Whether or not the collection of 

information is necessary, including 

whether or not the information will 

have practical utility; 

•The accuracy of our estimate of the 

burden for this collection of 

information; 

•Ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

•Ways to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on 

respondents. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include or 

summarize each comment in our request 

to OMB to approve this IC. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

e-mail 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. 

Dated: February 26, 2010. 

Hope Grey, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–ES–2009–N231; 10120–1113– 

0000–F5] 

Endangered Wildlife and Plants; 

Permits 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of a permit 

application; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), invite the 

public to comment on an application for 

a permit amendment, which would 

allow Service employees and their 

designated agents to conduct 

enhancement of survival activities for a 

plant that was recently added to the List 

of Endangered and Threatened Plants 

(Phyllostegia hispida). The Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), 

requires that we solicit public comment 

on this permit application involving 

endangered species. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, please 

send your written comments by April 9, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Program Manager, 

Endangered Species, Ecological 

Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

911 NE 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 

97232–4181. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Belluomini, Fish and Wildlife 

Biologist, at the above address or by 

telephone (503–231–6131) or fax (503– 

231–6243). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following applicant has applied for a 

recovery permit to conduct certain 

activities with an endangered species 

under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We are soliciting 

review of and comment on this 


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application by local, State, and Federal 

agencies and the public. 

Permit No. TE–702631 

Applicant: Regional Director, Region 1, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Portland, Oregon. 

The permittee requests a permit 

amendment to allow Service employees, 

and their designated agents to remove/ 

reduce to possession Phyllostegia 

hispida (no common name), a plant 

endemic to the island of Molokai, 

Hawaii. The purpose of these activities 

is to artificially propagate this species to 

enhance its chances of survival. 

Public Comments 

We are soliciting public review and 

comment on this recovery permit 

application. Before including your 

address, phone number, e-mail 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. 

Please refer to the permit number for 

the application when submitting 

comments. All comments and materials 

we receive in response to this request 

will be available for public inspection, 

by appointment, during normal business 

hours at the above address. 

Dated: January 20, 2010. 

Cynthia U. Barry, 

Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2010–N047; 80221–1112– 

0000–F2] 

San Diego County Water Authority 

Natural Communities Conservation 

Program/Habitat Conservation Plan, 

San Diego and Riverside Counties, CA 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of corrected public 

meeting dates. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), advise the 

public of corrections to meeting dates 

we previously announced in error in the 

Federal Register on March 4, 2010. That 

previous notice announced the 

availability of a draft environmental 

impact report (EIR)/environmental 

impact statement (EIS), receipt of 

incidental take permit application, and 

notice of public meetings for the San 

Diego County Water Authority’s (Water 

Authority/Applicant) draft Natural 

Communities Conservation Plan 

(NCCP)/Habitat Conservation Plan 

(HCP) prepared in application to us for 

an incidental take permit under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act). 

DATES: Comments: Please send written 

comments on or before June 2, 2010. 

Meetings: Two public meetings have 

been scheduled for the EIR, and we will 

accept comments for the EIS at these 

meetings. These public meetings will be 

held on the following dates: 

1. March 17, 2010, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., 

San Diego, CA. 

2. March 18, 2010, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., 

Escondido, CA. 

ADDRESSES: Comments: Please send 

written comments to Mr. Jim Bartel, 

Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife 

Office, 6010 Hidden Valley Road, Suite 

101, Carlsbad, CA 92011. You may also 

submit comments by facsimile to (760) 

431–5902. 

Information and comments related 

specifically to the draft EIR and the 

California Environmental Quality Act 

should be submitted to Mr. Bill Tippets, 

San Diego County Water Authority, 

4677 Overland Avenue, San Diego, CA 

92123. 

Meetings: The correct public meeting 

locations are: 

1. San Diego: San Diego County Water 

Authority, 4677 Overland Avenue, San 

Diego, CA 92123. 

2. Escondido: Escondido City Hall, 

Mitchell Room, 201 North Broadway, 

Escondido, CA 92025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Karen A. Goebel, Assistant Field 

Supervisor, at the Carlsbad Fish and 

Wildlife Office address above; telephone 

(760) 431–9440. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We advise 

the public of corrected meeting dates we 

previously announced in error in the 

Federal Register on March 4, 2010 (75 

FR 9921). See DATES and ADDRESSES for 

corrected meeting dates and locations. 

The Applicant is requesting a permit 

to incidentally take 37 animal species 

and seeking assurances for 27 plant 

species (including 19 federally listed 

species) during the term of the proposed 

55-year permit. The permit is needed to 

authorize take of listed animal species 

due to construction, operations, and 

maintenance activities in the 

approximately 992,000-acre (401,450- 

hectare) Plan Area in western San Diego 

County and south-central Riverside 

County, California. We are requesting 

public comment on the Draft NCCP/ 

HCP, Draft Implementing Agreement, 

and Draft EIR/EIS. For more background 

information on the application, and 

where to obtain documents for review, 

see our March 4, 2010, notice. 

Reasonable Accommodation 

The public meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Please make requests for specific 

accommodations to Bill Tippetts, San 

Diego County Water Authority, at (858) 

522–6784, at least 5 working days prior 

to the meeting date. 

Authority 

We provide this notice under section 

10(a) of the Act and Service regulations 

for implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (40 

CFR 1506.6). We will evaluate the 

application, associated documents, and 

comments submitted thereon to prepare 

a Final EIS. A permit decision will be 

made no sooner than 30 days after the 

publication of the Final EIS and 

completion of the Record of Decision. 

Ken McDermond, 

Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Southwest 

Region, Sacramento, California. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNM915000L14200000.BJ0000] 

Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey, NM 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of filing of Plats of 

Survey. 

SUMMARY: The plats of survey described 

below are scheduled to be officially 

filed in the New Mexico State Office, 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 

Santa Fe, New Mexico, thirty (30) 

calendar days from the date of this 

publication. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

New Mexico Principal Meridian, New 

Mexico (NM) 

The plat representing the dependent 

resurvey and survey in Township 12 

South, Range 22 East, of the New 

Mexico Principal Meridian, accepted 

January 15, 2010, for Group 1096 NM. 

The plat representing the dependent 

resurvey and survey, in Township 11 


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