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allows such activities. The WBCA also 

requires that we invite public comment 

before issuing permits for any activity it 

otherwise prohibits. 

DATES: We must receive comments by 

October 26, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: 

Obtaining Documents: The 

application, application supporting 

materials, and any comments and other 

materials that we receive will be 

available for public inspection at 

https://www.regulations.gov in Docket 

No. FWS–HQ–IA–2023–0161. 

Submitting Comments: When 

submitting comments, please specify the 

name of the applicant and the permit 

number at the beginning of your 

comment. You may submit comments 

by one of the following methods: 

• Internet: https://

www.regulations.gov. Search for and 

submit comments on Docket No. FWS– 

HQ–IA–2023–0161. 

• U.S. mail: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–HQ– 

IA–2023–0161; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service Headquarters, MS: PRB/3W; 

5275 Leesburg Pike; Falls Church, VA 

22041–3803. 

For more information, see Public 

Comment Procedures under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda Tapia, by phone at 703–358– 

2185 or via email at DMAFR@fws.gov. 

Individuals in the United States who are 

deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 

a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Comment Procedures 

A. How do I comment on submitted 

applications? 

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. 

You may submit your comments and 

materials by one of the methods in 

ADDRESSES. We will not consider 

comments sent by email, or to an 

address not in ADDRESSES. We will not 

consider or include in our 

administrative record comments we 

receive after the close of the comment 

period (see DATES). 

When submitting comments, please 

specify the name of the applicant and 

the permit number at the beginning of 

your comment. Provide sufficient 

information to allow us to authenticate 

any scientific or commercial data you 

include. The comments and 

recommendations that will be most 

useful and likely to influence agency 

decisions are: (1) Those supported by 

quantitative information or studies; and 

(2) those that include citations to, and 

analyses of, the applicable laws and 

regulations. 

B. May I review comments submitted by 

others? 

You may view and comment on 

others’ public comments at https://

www.regulations.gov unless our 

allowing so would violate the Privacy 

Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) or Freedom of 

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). 

C. Who will see my comments? 

If you submit a comment at https://

www.regulations.gov, your entire 

comment, including any personal 

identifying information, will be posted 

on the website. If you submit a 

hardcopy comment that includes 

personal identifying information, such 

as your address, phone number, or 

email address, you may request at the 

top of your document that we withhold 

this information from public review. 

However, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. Moreover, all 

submissions from organizations or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public disclosure in 

their entirety. 

II. Background 

To help us carry out our conservation 

responsibilities for affected species, and 

in consideration of section 112(4) of the 

Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992 

(WBCA; 16 U.S.C. 4901–4916), we 

invite public comments on permit 

applications before final action is taken. 

With some exceptions, the WBCA 

prohibits certain activities with listed 

species unless Federal authorization is 

issued that allows such activities. 

Service regulations regarding permits 

for any activity otherwise prohibited by 

the WBCA with respect to any wild 

birds are available in title 50 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations in part 15. 

III. Permit Application 

We invite comments on the following 

application. 

Applicant: Christine Touchton, Lecanto, 

FL; Permit No. PER3341600 

The applicant wishes to re-issue the 

cooperative breeding program permit 

(CBP–044) covering cardinal lory 

(Chalcopsitta cardinalis), blue-crowned 

lorikeet (Vini australis), and collared 

lory (Phigys solitarius), and amend it by 

changing the lead cooperator from Greg 

Sercel to Christine Touchton. 

IV. Next Steps 

After the comment period closes, we 

will make a decision regarding permit 

issuance. If we issue the permit to the 

applicant listed, we will publish a 

notice in the Federal Register. You may 

locate the notice announcing the permit 

issuance by searching https://

www.regulations.gov for the permit 

number listed above in this document. 

For example, to find information about 

the potential issuance of Permit No. 

12345A, you would go to https://

www.regulations.gov and search for 

‘‘12345A’’. 

V. Authority 

We issue this notice under the 

authority of the Wild Bird Conservation 

Act of 1992 (16 U.S.C. 4901–4916). This 

notice is provided pursuant to section 

112(4) of the Wild Bird Conservation 

Act of 1992 and 50 CFR 15.26(c). 

Brenda Tapia, 

Supervisory Program Analyst/Data 

Administrator, Branch of Permits, Division 

of Management Authority. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R6–ES–2023–N077; 

FXES11130600000–234–FF06E00000] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Receipt of Recovery Permit 

Application 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit 

application; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, have received an 

application for a permit to conduct 

activities intended to enhance the 

propagation or survival of endangered 

species under the Endangered Species 

Act. We invite the public and local, 

State, Tribal, and Federal agencies to 

comment on this application. Before 

issuing the requested permit, we will 

take into consideration any information 

that we receive during the public 

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DATES: We must receive written data or 

comments on the application by October 

26, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: 

Document availability and comment 

submission: Use one of the following 

methods to request documents or 

submit comments. Requests and 

comments should specify the applicant 

and application number, i.e., U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Colorado Field 

Office; PER4054943. 

• Email: permitsR6ES@fws.gov. 

• U.S. Mail: Tom McDowell, Division 

Manager, Ecological Services, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 25486 

DFC, Denver, CO 80225. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Krijgsman, Recovery Permits 

Coordinator, Ecological Services, 303– 

236–4347 (phone), or permitsR6ES@

fws.gov (email). Individuals in the 

United States who are deaf, deafblind, 

hard of hearing, or have a speech 

disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or 

TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite 

review and comment from the public 

and local, State, Tribal, and Federal 

agencies on an application we have 

received for a permit to conduct certain 

activities with endangered species 

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

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

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

and our regulations in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 

part 17. Documents and other 

information submitted with the 

application are available for review, 

subject to the requirements of the 

Privacy Act and the Freedom of 

Information Act. 

Background 

With some exceptions, the ESA 

prohibits take of listed species unless a 

Federal permit is issued that authorizes 

such take. The ESA’s definition of 

‘‘take’’ includes hunting, shooting, 

harming, wounding, or killing, and also 

such activities as pursuing, harassing, 

trapping, capturing, or collecting. 

A recovery permit issued by us under 

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

authorizes the permittee to take 

endangered or threatened species while 

engaging in activities that are conducted 

for scientific purposes that promote 

recovery of species or for enhancement 

of propagation or survival of species. 

These activities often include the 

capture and collection of species, which 

would result in prohibited take if a 

permit were not issued. Our regulations 

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

these permits are found 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 Application Available for 

Review and Comment 

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. 

Proposed activities in the following 

permit request are for the recovery and 

enhancement of propagation or survival 

of the species in the wild: 

Permit No. Applicant Species Location Activity Permit action 

PER4054943 ................ U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Colorado 

Field Office, Lakewood, CO.

• Gray wolf (Canis 

lupus) • Mexican 

wolf (Canis lupus 

baileyi).

Arizona, Colorado, 

Kansas, Nebraska, 

New Mexico, North 

Dakota, Oklahoma, 

South Dakota, and 

Utah.

Capture, handle, anesthetize, collar, track, 

tag, administer first 

aid, transport, hold, 

relocate, collect tissue, collect biological 

samples, and 

euthanize moribund 

individuals.

New. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Written comments we receive become 

part of the administrative 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. All submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public disclosure in 

their entirety. 

Next Steps 

If we decide to issue a permit to the 

applicant listed in this notice, we will 

publish a notice in the Federal Register. 

Authority 

We publish this notice under section 

10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

seq.). 

Marjorie Nelson, 

Acting Assistant Regional Director, MountainPrairie Region. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R3–FAC–2023–N078; FF03F43100– 

XXXF1611NR; OMB Control Number 1018– 

0179] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget; Sea 

Lamprey Control Program 

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, without change. 


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