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elements, including: (1) Conservation of 

the Refuge’s fish and wildlife 

populations and habitats in their natural 

diversity; (2) facilitation of subsistence 

use by local residents; (3) access for 

traditional activities; and (4) 

conservation of resource values, 

including cultural resources, 

wilderness, and rivers. The final revised 

CCP will detail programs, activities, and 

measures necessary to best administer 

the Refuge to protect these values and 

fulfill Refuge purposes over the next 15 

years. Until the revised CCP is 

completed, management will continue 

to be guided by the original CCP, 

Federal legislation regarding 

management of National Wildlife 

Refuges, and other legal, regulatory, and 

policy guidance. The original CCP was 

approved in 1988. 

Public Involvement 

We plan to hold public involvement 

activities in communities within the 

Refuge. We plan to visit every one of the 

occupied villages within the Refuge at 

least once during plan revision. With 

appropriate advance notice, scoping 

meetings will be held between October 

15, 2007, and the end of February 2008, 

as weather and other conditions permit. 

We will also be accepting comments via 

mail, e-mail, telephone, and through 

personal contacts throughout the 

planning process. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your name, 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: May 8, 2007. 

Thomas O. Melius, 

Regional Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife 

Service, Anchorage, Alaska. 

[FR Doc. E7–9285 Filed 5–14–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Endangered and Threatened Species 

Permit Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of permit 

applications; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The following applicant has 

applied for a permit to conduct certain 

activities with endangered species. 

DATES: We must receive any written 

comments on or before June 14, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Regional Director, Attn: 

Peter Fasbender, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Ecological Services, 1 Federal 

Drive, Fort Snelling, MN 55111–4056. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Peter Fasbender, (612) 713–5343. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Endangered Species 

The Endangered Species Act of 1973, 

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

(Act), with some exceptions, prohibits 

activities affecting endangered species 

unless authorized by a permit from the 

Service. Before issuing a permit, we 

invite public comment on it. 

Accordingly, we invite public comment 

on the following applicant’s permit 

application for certain activities with 

endangered species authorized by 

section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act and the 

regulations governing the taking of 

endangered species (50 CFR part 17). 

Submit your written data, comments, or 

requests for copies of the complete 

applications to the address shown in 

ADDRESSES. 

Permit Number: TE049738 

Applicant: Third Rock Consultants, 

Lexington, Kentucky. 

The applicant requests a permit 

amendment to take listed fish, mussel, 

and bat species throughout New York, 

Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West 

Virginia. The applicant also requests to 

take the American burying beetle 

(Nicrophorus americanus) throughout 

the range of the species. The scientific 

research is aimed at enhancement of 

survival of the species in the wild. 

Permit Number: TE151107 

Applicant: Redwing Ecological Services, 

Inc., Louisville, Kentucky. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take the Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), 

gray bat (M. grisescens), Ozark big-eared 

bat (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), 

and Virginia big-eared bat (C. t. 

virginianus) throughout the range of the 

species. The scientific research is aimed 

at enhancement of survival of the 

species in the wild. 

Permit Number: TE151109 

Applicant: Ohio Division of Wildlife, 

Columbus, Ohio. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take the American burying beetle 

(Nicrophorus americanus) for the 

purpose of establishing captive colonies 

to be used for release into the wild. The 

scientific research is aimed at 

enhancement of survival of the species 

in the wild. 

Permit Number: TE151117 

Applicant: Sarah Bradley, Salem, 

Missouri. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take the Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) and 

gray bat (M. grisescens) throughout the 

Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri. 

The scientific research is aimed at 

enhancement of survival of the species 

in the wild. 

Permit Number: TE152002 

Applicant: FMSM Engineers, Inc., 

Louisville, Kentucky. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take 5 listed fish species, 23 species of 

listed mussels, 4 species of listed bats, 

and 2 listed reptile species throughout 

28 states. The scientific research is 

aimed at enhancement of survival of the 

species in the wild. 

Permit Number: TE152216 

Applicant: Marlin Bowles, The Morton 

Arboreteum, Lisle, Illinois. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take Mead’s milkweed (Asclepius 

meadii) throughout Illinois. The 

scientific research is aimed at 

enhancement of survival of the species 

in the wild. 

Public Comments 

We solicit public review and 

comment on this permit application. 

Please refer to the respective permit 

number when you submit comments. 

We make all comments we receive, 

including names and addresses, part of 

the official administrative record, and 

may make them available to the public. 

Our practice is to make comments, 

including names and home addresses of 

respondents, available for public review 

during regular business hours. 

Individual respondents may request that 

we withhold their home addresses from 

the record, which we will honor to the 

extent allowable by law. There also may 

be circumstances in which we would 

withhold from the record a respondent’s 

identity, as allowable by law. If you 

wish us to withhold your name and/or 

address, you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

comment, but you should be aware that 

we may be required to disclose your 

name and address pursuant to the 

Freedom of Information Act. We will 

make all submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

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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] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

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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