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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. 

MMS Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Arlene Bajusz, (202) 

208–7744. 

Dated: September 2, 2009. 

E.P. Danenberger, 

Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–23222 Filed 9–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2009–N199; 80221–1113– 

0000–F5] 

Endangered Species Recovery Permit 

Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit 

applications; request for comment. 

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 

(Act) prohibits activities with 

endangered and threatened species 

unless a Federal permit allows such 

activity. The Act also requires that we 

invite public comment before issuing 

these permits. 

DATES: Comments on these permit 

applications must be received on or 

before October 26, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments 

should be submitted to the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Endangered 

Species Program Manager, Region 8, 

2800 Cottage Way, Room W–2606, 

Sacramento, CA 95825 (telephone: 916– 

414–6464; fax: 916–414–6486). Please 

refer to the respective permit number for 

each application when submitting 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel Marquez, Fish and Wildlife 

Biologist; see ADDRESSES (telephone: 

760–431–9440; fax: 760–431–9624). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following applicants have applied for 

scientific research permits to conduct 

certain activities with endangered 

species under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). We seek 

review and comment from local, State, 

and Federal agencies and the public on 

the following permit requests. 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. 

Permit No. TE–221294 

Applicant: Michael J. Galloway, San 

Diego, California. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (survey by pursuit) the Quino 

checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas 

editha quino) in conjunction with 

surveys throughout the range of the 

species in California for the purpose of 

enhancing its survival. 

Permit No. TE–053598 

Applicant: Nicole Shorey, San Diego, 

California. 

The applicant requests an amendment 

to an existing permit (April 4, 2002, 67 

FR 16114) to take (survey by pursuit) 

the Quino checkerspot butterfly 

(Euphydryas editha quino) in 

conjunction with surveys throughout 

the range of the species in California for 

the purpose of enhancing its survival. 

Permit No. TE–227185 

Applicant: Andrew B. Eastty, San Diego, 

California. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (harass by survey and monitor 

nests) the southwestern willow 

flycatcher (Empidonax trailli extimus) 

and take (survey by pursuit) the Quino 

checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas 

editha quino) in conjunction with 

surveys and population monitoring 

throughout the range of the species in 

California; Lincoln County, Nevada; 

Yuma, Pima, Santa Cruz, Cochise, La 

Paz and Maricopa Counties in Arizona; 

Hidalgo, Luna, Dona Ana, Otero, Eddy, 

Lea, Sierra, Socorro and Lincoln 

Counties, New Mexico; and El Paso, 

Hudspeth, Culberson, Jeff Davis, 

Presidio, and Brewster Counties in 

Texas for the purpose of enhancing their 

survival. 

Permit No. TE–221295 

Applicant: Angelica Mendoza, San 

Bernardino, California. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (survey by pursuit) the Quino 

checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas 

editha quino) in conjunction with 

surveys within the San Jacinto Ranger 

District of the San Bernardino National 

Forest, Riverside County, California for 

the purpose of enhancing its survival. 

Permit No. TE–221411 

Applicant: The Center for Natural Lands 

Management, Fallbrook, California. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (harass by survey) the least Bell’s 

vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus); take (harass 

by survey and monitor nests) the 

southwestern willow flycatcher 

(Empidonax trailli extimus); take 

(capture, handle, and release) the giant 

kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ingens), 

Tipton kangaroo rat (Dipodomys 

nitratoides nitratoides) and San 

Bernardino kangaroo rat (Dipodomys 

merriami parvus); take (survey by 

pursuit) the Quino checkerspot butterfly 

(Euphydryas editha quino); and take 

(capture, collect, and kill) the 

Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta 

conservatio), the longhorn fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta longiantenna), the 

Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus 

wootoni), the San Diego fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta sandiegonensis), and the 

vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus 

packardi) in conjunction with surveys 

and or nest monitoring activities 

throughout the range of each species in 

California for the purpose of enhancing 

their survival. 

Permit No. TE–095858 

Applicant: Arianne B. Preite, Anaheim 

Hills, California. 

The applicant requests an amendment 

to an existing permit (December 8, 2004, 

69 FR 71070) to take (harass by survey) 

the light footed clapper rail (Rallus 

longirostris levipes) in conjunction with 

surveys throughout the range of the 

species in California for the purpose of 

enhancing its survival. 

Permit No. TE–225938 

Applicant: Frank R. Dittmer, San Diego, 

California. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (survey by pursuit) the Quino 

checkerspot butterfly (Euphydryas 

editha quino) in conjunction with 

surveys throughout the range of the 

species in California for the purpose of 

enhancing its survival. 

Permit No. TE–185595 

Applicant: Kelly E. Buja, Sacramento, 

California. 

The applicant requests an amendment 

to an existing permit (June 27, 2008, 73 

FR 36552) to take (harass by survey, 

capture, handle, and release) the 

California tiger salamander (Ambystoma 

californiense) in conjunction with 

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throughout the range of the species in 

California for the purpose of enhancing 

its survival. 

Permit No. TE–225970 

Applicant: Charlotte M. Marks, 

Sacramento, California. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (harass by survey, capture, handle, 

and release) the California tiger 

salamander (Ambystoma californiense) 

in conjunction with surveys and 

population monitoring throughout the 

range of the species in California for the 

purpose of enhancing its survival. 

Permit No. TE–225974 

Applicant: Midpeninsula Regional 

Open Space District, Los Altos, 

California. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (survey, capture, handle, release, 

and conduct habitat enhancement 

activities) the San Francisco garter 

snake (Thamnophis sirtalis) in 

conjunction with population monitoring 

and habitat enhancement activities in 

San Mateo County, California, for the 

purpose of enhancing its survival. 

Permit No. TE–073205 

Applicant: Cristina P. Sandoval, Goleta, 

California. 

The applicant requests an amendment 

to an existing permit, which we granted 

May 26, 2005, for a Federally threatened 

species. The original permit allowed the 

applicant to take (harass by survey, 

locate and monitor nests, erect nest 

exclosures, collect and incubate eggs 

that are abandoned and/or in danger of 

predation, captive-rear chicks, and 

release them into the wild) the western 

snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus 

nivosus) in conjunction with surveys 

and population monitoring activities at 

the Coal Point Reserve in Santa Barbara 

County, California, for the purpose of 

enhancing its survival. The applicant 

requests an amendment to take (survey, 

locate, population monitor, place 

decoys, and play taped vocalizations) 

the California least tern (Sterna 

antilluarum browni) in conjunction with 

surveys and population monitoring 

activities at the Coal Point Reserve in 

Santa Barbara County, California for the 

purpose of enhancing their survival. 

Permit No. TE–117947 

Applicant: Kevin B. Clark, San Diego, 

California. 

The applicant requests an amendment 

to an existing permit (February 13, 2006, 

71 FR 7563) to take (capture, collect, 

and kill) the Conservancy fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta conservatio), the 

longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta 

longiantenna), the Riverside fairy 

shrimp (Streptocephalus wootoni), the 

San Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta 

sandiegonensis), and the vernal pool 

tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi) in 

conjunction with surveys throughout 

the range of each species in California 

for the purpose of enhancing their 

survival. 

Permit No. TE–227263 

Applicant: Emilie A. Strauss, San 

Rafael, California. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (harass by survey) the California 

clapper rail (Rallus longirostris 

obsoletus) in conjunction with surveys 

and population monitoring studies 

throughout the range of the species in 

California, for the purpose of enhancing 

its survival. 

Permit No. TE–795930 

Applicant: Helm Biological 

Consulting, Lincoln, California. 

The applicant requests an amendment 

to an existing permit (February 16, 1996, 

61 FR 6253) to take (collect soil 

containing Federally listed fairy shrimp 

cysts, translocate, and inoculate cysts 

into restored vernal pools) the 

Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta 

conservatio), the longhorn fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta longiantenna), the 

Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus 

wootoni), the San Diego fairy shrimp 

(Branchinecta sandiegonensis), and the 

vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus 

packardi) in conjunction with vernal 

pool restoration and population 

enhancement activities throughout the 

range of each species in California for 

the purpose of enhancing their survival. 

We invite public review and comment 

on each of these recovery permit 

applications. Comments and materials 

we receive will be available for public 

inspection, by appointment, during 

normal business hours at the address 

listed in the ADDRESSES section of this 

notice. 

Dated: September 21, 2009. 

Michael Long, 

Acting Regional Director, Region 8, 

Sacramento, California. 

[FR Doc. E9–23195 Filed 9–24–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

for the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara (MHA) 

Nation’s Proposed Clean Fuels 

Refinery, Fort Berthold Indian 

Reservation, Ward County, ND 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Extension of comment period. 

SUMMARY: On August 28, 2009, the 

Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) as co-lead agencies; and the 

Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) 

Nation and the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers as cooperating agencies, 

published a Notice of Availability for a 

Final Environmental Impact Statement 

(FEIS) for the proposed Clean Fuels 

Refinery (74 FR 44380). This notice 

announces an extension of the public 

comment period until October 28, 2009. 

DATES: Public comments on the FEIS 

must arrive on or before October 28, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may mail or hand carry 

written comments to Mike Black, 

Regional Director, Bureau of Indian 

Affairs, Great Plains Regional Office, 

115 4th Avenue, SE., Aberdeen, SD. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike Black, BIA, 605–226–7343, or 

Steve Wharton, EPA, 303–312–6935 or 

800–227–8917. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Three Affiliated Tribes (MHA 

Nation) has requested that BIA accept 

into trust status 469 acres for the MHA 

Nation to construct, own, operate, and 

maintain a petroleum refinery on 190 

acres of the 469-acre parcel. The 

remaining acres would be used to grow 

forage for buffalo. The land in the 

northeast corner of the Fort Berthold 

Indian Reservation is located along 

Highway 23, four miles west of the town 

of Makoti in Ward County, North 

Dakota. 

The MHA Nation has also applied to 

EPA for a National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) permit 

under the Clean Water Act for 

discharges from the proposed refinery. 

Feedstock for the proposed refinery 

would include 10,000 barrels per stream 

day (BPSD) of synthetic crude oil via 

existing pipeline from Alberta, Canada; 

3,000 BPSD of field butane from local 

suppliers; 6 million standard cubic feet 

per day of natural gas via existing 

pipeline; and 300 barrels of bio-diesel or 

8,500 bushels per day of soybeans. From 

the feedstock, the refinery would 


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