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for public inspection in their entirety. 

Comments and materials we receive are 

available for public inspection, by 

appointment, during normal business 

hours at the address shown in the 

ADDRESSES section. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) 

In compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), we have made an initial 

determination that the activities 

proposed by this permit are 

categorically excluded from the 

requirement to prepare an 

environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Dated: April 17, 2007. 

Lynn Lewis, 

Deputy Assistant Regional Director, 

Ecological Services, Region 3, Fort Snelling, 

Minnesota. 

[FR Doc. E7–9266 Filed 5–14–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Receipt of Application for Endangered 

Species Permit 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The public is invited to 

comment on the following application 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species. 

DATES: We must receive written data or 

comments on the application at the 

address given below, by June 14, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Documents and other 

information submitted with the 

application 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: 

Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century 

Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, Georgia 

30345 (Attn: David Dell, HCP 

Coordinator). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Dell, telephone 404/679–7313; 

facsimile 404/679–7081. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

public is invited to comment on the 

following application for a permit to 

conduct certain activities with 

endangered and threatened species. 

This notice is provided under section 

10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 

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

seq.). 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 (e-mail) to david_dell@fws.gov. 

Please include your name and return 

address in your e-mail message. If you 

do not receive a confirmation from the 

Fish and Wildlife Service that we have 

received your e-mail 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, e-mail 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. There may also be 

other circumstances in which we would 

withhold from the administrative record 

a respondent’s identity, as allowable by 

law. If you wish us to withhold your 

name and address, you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

comments. We will not, however, 

consider anonymous comments. We 

will make all submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety. 

Applicant: Jackson Environmental 

Consulting Services, LLC, Jeremy Lynn 

Jackson, Richmond, Kentucky, 

TE102292–3. 

The applicant requests authorization 

to renew and amend an existing permit 

authorization to take (capture, identify, 

release) the gray bat (Myotis grisescens), 

Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), and 

Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus 

townsendii virginianus) while 

conducting presence/absence surveys in 

West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, 

North Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama, 

Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, 

Ohio, and Pennsylvania. 

Dated: April 9, 2007. 

Cynthia K. Dohner, 

Acting Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. E7–9273 Filed 5–14–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Proposed Low-Effect Habitat 

Conservation Plan for the Bay 

Checkerspot Butterfly for the MetcalfEl Patio Reconductor and MetcalfHicks/Vasona Reconductor, Santa 

Clara County, CA 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability: receipt of 

application; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), announce receipt of 

an application from the Pacific Gas & 

Electric Company (applicant) for a 

3-year incidental take permit for the 

federally threatened bay checkerspot 

butterfly (Euphydryas editha bayensis) 

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

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act). The application 

addresses the potential for ‘‘take’’ of the 

butterfly incidental to proposed 

reconductoring and conservation 

management activities at the Metcalf-El 

Patio 115 kV and Metcalf-Hicks/Vasona 

230 kV transmission line site in Santa 

Clara County, California (plan area). We 

request comments on the applicant’s 

application and low-effect habitat 

conservation plan (plan), and on our 

preliminary determination that the Plan 

qualifies as a ‘‘low-effect’’ habitat 

conservation plan eligible for a 

categorical exclusion under the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (NEPA). We discuss our basis 

for this determination in our 

environmental action statement (EAS), 

which is also available for review. 

DATES: We must receive any written 

comments on or before June 14, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Please address written 

comments to Lori Rinek, Chief, 

Conservation Planning and Recovery 

Division, Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, 

2800 Cottage Way, W–2605, 

Sacramento, CA 95825. Alternatively, 

you may send comments by facsimile to 

(916) 414–6713. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Tattersall, Chief, Conservation Planning 

Branch, or Cori Mustin, Senior 

Biologist, at the Sacramento Fish and 

Wildlife Office, at (916) 414–6600 

(telephone). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Availability of Documents 

You may obtain copies of the permit 

application, plan, and EAS from the 

individuals named under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. Documents will 


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