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Initiative. EITI is a signature initiative of 

the U.S. national action plan for the 

international Open Government 

Partnership and offers a voluntary 

framework for governments and 

companies to publicly disclose in 

parallel the revenues paid and received 

for extraction of oil, gas and minerals 

owned by the state. The design of each 

framework is country-specific, and is 

developed through a multi-year, 

consensus based process by a multistakeholder group comprised of 

government, industry and civil society. 

Thirty-five countries are in various 

stages of implementing EITI, most of 

them developing countries. 

On October 25, President Obama 

named Secretary of the Interior Ken 

Salazar as the U.S. Senior Official 

responsible for implementing the 

United States Extractive Industries 

Transparency Initiative (USEITI). In 

response, Secretary Salazar posted a 

White House blog the same day, 

committing to work with industry and 

civil society to implement USEITI. 

EITI will strengthen relationships 

among the U.S. government, industry, 

and civil society; deliver a more 

transparent, participatory, and 

collaborative government; promote 

accountability to help ensure the full 

and fair return to the American people 

for the use of its public resources; and 

enable the U.S. to lead by example 

internationally on transparency and 

good governance. For further 

information on EITI, please visit the 

Department’s EITI Web page at http:// 

www.doi.gov/EITI. 

Accordingly, the Department of the 

Interior is seeking public comment and 

recommendations on the following 

specific issues: 

• The EITI requires a multistakeholder group to be formed to 

oversee implementation. Who are the 

key sectors or stakeholders that need to 

be involved in the multi-stakeholder 

group? 

• How best can a balance of interests 

and perspectives, be achieved in the 

formation of the multi-stakeholder 

group? 

• In your opinion, what are the key 

attributes of both a successful and high 

functioning multi-stakeholder group 

and the successful implementation of 

USEITI? 

• What key concerns, if any, do you 

have about implementing the USEITI 

process? 

We encourage stakeholders and 

members of the public to participate. 

The listening sessions will be open to 

the public without advance registration; 

however, attendance may be limited to 

the space available at each venue. For 

building security measures, each person 

may be required to present a picture 

identification to gain entry to the 

meetings. 

Dated: March 2, 2012. 

Gregory J. Gould, 

Director for Office of Natural Resources 

Revenue. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5668 Filed 3–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–T2–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R9–FHC–2012–N030; FF09F21000, 

FXHC11240900000T5, 123] 

John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier 

Resources System; Lee County, FL, 

and Newport County, RI; Availability of 

Draft Maps and Request for Comments 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of two John H. Chafee 

Coastal Barrier Resources System 

(CBRS) draft revised maps for public 

review and comment. The first map, 

dated January 10, 2012, is for two CBRS 

units located in Lee County, Florida. 

The second map, dated September 30, 

2009, is for four CBRS units located in 

Newport County, Rhode Island. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, we 

must receive your written comments by 

April 23, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Mail or hand-deliver 

(during normal business hours) 

comments to Katie Niemi, Coastal 

Barriers Coordinator, Division of Habitat 

and Resource Conservation, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, 4401 N. Fairfax 

Drive, Room 860A, Arlington, VA 

22203, or send comments by electronic 

mail (email) to 

CBRAcomments@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katie Niemi, Coastal Barriers 

Coordinator, (703) 358–2161. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Coastal barriers are typically 

elongated, narrow landforms located at 

the interface of land and sea. Coastal 

barriers provide important habitat for 

fish and wildlife and serve as the 

mainland’s first line of defense against 

the impacts of severe storms. With the 

passage of the Coastal Barrier Resources 

Act (CBRA) in 1982 (Pub. L. 97–348), 

Congress recognized that certain actions 

and programs of the Federal 

Government have historically 

subsidized and encouraged 

development on coastal barriers and 

have resulted in the loss of valuable 

natural resources; threats to human life, 

health, and property; and the 

expenditure of millions of tax dollars to 

build structures and infrastructure and 

then rebuild them again after damaging 

storms. The CBRA established the 

CBRS, a defined set of 186 geographic 

units, encompassing approximately 

453,000 acres, of undeveloped lands 

and associated aquatic habitat along the 

Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts. 

Most new Federal expenditures and 

financial assistance that have the effect 

of encouraging development are 

prohibited within the CBRS. 

Development can still occur within the 

CBRS provided that private developers 

or other non-Federal parties bear the full 

cost instead of the American taxpayers. 

The CBRS was expanded by the Coastal 

Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. 

L. 101–591) to include additional areas 

along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico 

coasts as well as areas along the Great 

Lakes, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin 

Islands coasts. The CBRS now 

comprises 857 units encompassing 

approximately 3.1 million acres of 

coastal barrier lands and associated 

aquatic habitat. These areas are depicted 

on a series of maps entitled ‘‘John H. 

Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources 

System.’’ 

The CBRS includes two types of units, 

System units and Otherwise Protected 

Areas (OPAs). System units generally 

comprise private lands that were 

relatively undeveloped at the time of 

their designation within the CBRS. Most 

new Federal expenditures and financial 

assistance, including Federal flood 

insurance, are prohibited within System 

units. OPAs generally comprise lands 

established under Federal, State, or 

local law or held by a qualified 

organization primarily for wildlife 

refuge, sanctuary, recreational, or 

natural resource conservation purposes. 

OPAs are denoted with a ‘‘P’’ at the end 

of the unit number. The only Federal 

spending prohibition within OPAs is 

the prohibition on Federal flood 

insurance. 

The Secretary of the Interior 

(Secretary), through the Service, is 

responsible for administering the CBRA, 

which includes maintaining the official 

maps of the CBRS; consulting with 

Federal agencies that propose to spend 

funds within the CBRS; preparing draft 

maps that update and correct existing 

maps; and making recommendations to 

Congress regarding proposed changes to 

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exceptions, only Congress—through 

new legislation—can modify the maps 

of the CBRS to add or remove land. 

These exceptions include: (1) The CBRA 

5-year review requirement, which 

considers only changes that have 

occurred to the CBRS by natural forces 

such as erosion and accretion; (2) 

voluntary additions to the CBRS by 

property owners; and (3) additions of 

excess Federal property to the CBRS. 

The proposed changes described in this 

notice, including any additions to and 

deletions from the CBRS, will become 

effective only if enacted by Congress 

through new legislation. 

Proposed Changes to the John H. Chafee 

Coastal Barrier Resources System in 

Florida 

The Service has prepared a 

comprehensively revised map for 

Gasparilla Island Units FL–70/FL–70P, 

dated January 10, 2012, in response to 

a request from the House of 

Representatives Subcommittee on 

Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular 

Affairs (Subcommittee). Legislation was 

introduced in the 112th Congress (H.R. 

2154) to replace the existing map for 

Gasparilla Island Unit FL–70P with a 

revised map. The Service testified 

before the Subcommittee on October 25, 

2011, and did not take a position on 

H.R. 2154 because the Service had not 

yet conducted a comprehensive review 

of the area at the time. The Service 

receives numerous requests from 

property owners and other interested 

parties who seek to remove lands from 

the CBRS. Before the Service can make 

an informed recommendation to the 

Congress concerning whether a change 

to a CBRS unit is appropriate, the 

Service must conduct a comprehensive 

review of the history of the CBRS unit 

in question. The Service has a large 

backlog of requests to conduct reviews 

of CBRS units. These reviews are time 

and resource intensive, and the Service 

attempts to conduct them on a first-in, 

first-out, basis to be fair to property 

owners who have been waiting the 

longest for their area to be reviewed and 

potentially remapped. 

Below is a summary of the proposed 

changes depicted on the draft map for 

Units FL–70/FL–70P. 

The Service’s draft revised map for 

Units FL–70/FL–70P removes 

approximately 6 upland acres from the 

CBRS and adds approximately 1,759 

acres to the CBRS (including 87 acres of 

upland and 1,672 acres of associated 

aquatic habitat). The Service’s 

assessment of 2011 aerial imagery 

estimates that the draft map for Units 

FL–70/FL–70P removes from the CBRS 

a total of 27 structures, including 25 

privately owned homes, 1 home owned 

by Lee County, and 1 restaurant. The 

Service’s assessment of 2011 aerial 

imagery estimates that the draft map for 

Units FL–70/FL–70P adds to the CBRS 

a total of 5 structures, including 4 parkrelated structures (2 maintenance sheds, 

1 bathhouse/restroom, and 1 chapel) 

and 1 structure owned by Florida Power 

and Light. The draft map also adds to 

the CBRS an operational lighthouse 

owned by the U.S. Coast Guard known 

as the Boca Grande Rear Range Light. 

The map makes progress towards 

fulfilling a mandate in the Coastal 

Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act 

of 2006 (Pub. L. 109–226) to modernize 

all CBRS maps. 

The proposed Unit FL–70P boundary 

was adjusted to more precisely follow 

the boundaries of Gasparilla Island State 

Park; remove private lands that were not 

intended to be part of the OPA; and add 

lands that are appropriate for inclusion 

within the OPA. At the northern end of 

Unit FL–70P, the boundaries were 

adjusted to add the adjacent Boca 

Grande Ballfield Site, owned by Lee 

County, and additional State park lands 

to Unit FL–70P. A new discrete segment 

is proposed for inclusion within Unit 

FL–70P to add lands owned by the 

Gasparilla Island Conservation and 

Improvement Association. This new 

discrete segment is located on a spit to 

the northeast of the State park and is 

connected to the main portion of Unit 

FL–70P by the proposed new System 

Unit FL–70. The draft map adds 

approximately 246 total acres to Unit 

FL–70P, including 42 acres of upland 

and 204 acres of associated aquatic 

habitat. The draft map removes 

approximately 6 upland acres from Unit 

FL–70P. The draft map also reclassifies 

2 acres from OPA Unit FL–70P to 

System Unit FL–70, including 1 acre of 

upland and 1 acre of associated aquatic 

habitat. 

Unit FL–70 is a proposed new System 

unit that contains undeveloped coastal 

barrier lands and associated aquatic 

habitat that are adjacent to or in the 

vicinity of Unit FL–70P. The proposed 

new unit contains parcels that are 

owned by Lee County, the Boca Bay 

Master Association, the U.S. Coast 

Guard, and Florida Power and Light. 

The Service’s assessment indicates that 

these lands meet the CBRA definition of 

an ‘‘undeveloped coastal barrier’’ 

(Section 12 of Pub. L. 101–591), but do 

not meet the definition of ‘‘otherwise 

protected’’ that was published by the 

Department of the Interior in the 

Federal Register on March 4, 1985 (50 

FR 8701). Although an April 2011 Lee 

County Future Land Use Map classifies 

some of these areas as conservation 

lands and/or environmentally critical, 

the Service is not aware of compelling 

evidence of an intent on the part of the 

owners to dedicate these lands for 

conservation or public recreation (e.g., 

deed restriction, conservation easement, 

etc.). Therefore, the Lee County, Boca 

Bay Master Association, U.S. Coast 

Guard, and Florida Power and Light 

parcels are proposed for inclusion 

within a new System unit, FL–70, 

instead of within the existing OPA. 

CBRS areas generally include coastal 

barrier lands and the aquatic habitat 

associated with the coastal barrier. The 

draft map proposes the addition of 

aquatic habitat associated with Units 

FL–70/FL–70P. With the exception of 

the northeasternmost segment of Unit 

FL–70P, the associated open water sandsharing area of Charlotte Harbor, Boca 

Grande, and the Gulf of Mexico is 

proposed for inclusion within System 

Unit FL–70. The open water sandsharing area currently within OPA FL– 

70P (located along the Gulf of Mexico 

near the southern tip of Gasparilla 

Island) is proposed for reclassification 

from OPA FL–70P to System Unit FL– 

70. The Unit FL–70 boundary on the 

Charlotte Harbor side is drawn as a 

straight line approximately one mile 

landward of the farthest extent of the 

wetlands, which is consistent with 

established boundary delineation 

criteria (50 FR 8701). The Unit FL–70 

boundary on the Gulf of Mexico side is 

open to include the entire sand-sharing 

system (normally defined by the 30-foot 

bathymetric contour), which is also 

consistent with established boundary 

delineation criteria (50 FR 8701, March 

4, 1985). 

The draft map adds approximately 

1,513 total acres to Unit FL–70, 

including 45 acres of upland and 1,468 

acres of associated aquatic habitat. The 

draft map also reclassifies 2 acres from 

OPA Unit FL–70P to System Unit FL– 

70 including 1 acre of upland and 1 acre 

of associated aquatic habitat. 

Proposed Changes to the John H. Chafee 

Coastal Barrier Resources System in 

Rhode Island 

The Service has prepared a 

comprehensively revised map dated 

September 30, 2009, for Sachuest Point 

Unit RI–04P, Easton Beach Unit RI–05P, 

Almy Pond Unit RI–06, and Hazards 

Beach Unit RI–07. The Service received 

a request in 2004 to review CBRS Unit 

RI–05P. When the Service finds a 

technical mapping error that warrants a 

change in one part of a CBRS map, we 

review all adjacent areas on the map to 

ensure that the entire map is accurate. 

This comprehensive approach to map 

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be affected equitably, and it also ensures 

that the Service and Congress will not 

have to revisit the same map in the 

future. In accordance with this 

comprehensive mapping approach, the 

Service reviewed and revised the 

boundaries of Units RI–04P, RI–06, and 

RI–07, which are located on the same 

map panel as Unit RI–05P. 

Legislation was introduced in the 

111th Congress (H.R. 5331) that would 

replace the existing map for Units RI– 

04P, RI–05P, RI–06, and RI–07, with the 

revised map dated September 30, 2009. 

The Service testified in support of H.R. 

5331 at a hearing before the 

Subcommittee on July 27, 2010. The 

111th Congress did not enact the 

legislation into law. Legislation was 

introduced in the 112th Congress (H.R. 

2027 and S. 1296) that would replace 

the existing map for this area with the 

revised map dated September 30, 2009. 

The Subcommittee held a hearing on 

H.R. 2027 on October 25, 2011, and the 

Service testified in support of the 

legislation. On February 1, 2012, the 

Senate passed S. 1296. 

Below is a summary of the proposed 

changes depicted on the draft map for 

Units RI–04P, RI–05P, RI–06, and RI–07. 

The Service’s draft revised map for 

Units RI–04P, RI–05P, RI–06, and RI–07, 

removes approximately 22 acres 

(including 20 acres of upland and 2 

acres of associated aquatic habitat) from 

the CBRS and adds approximately 67 

acres (including 34 acres of upland and 

33 acres of associated aquatic habitat) to 

the CBRS. The Service’s assessment of 

2010 aerial imagery estimates that the 

draft map for Units RI–04P, RI–05P, RI– 

06, and RI–07 removes a total of 8 

structures, including 7 homes and 1 

pump house and adds no structures to 

the CBRS. The map makes progress 

towards fulfilling a mandate in the 

Coastal Barrier Resources 

Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 

109–226) to modernize all CBRS maps. 

The proposed Unit RI–04P boundary 

was adjusted to include areas that are 

appropriate for inclusion within the 

OPA, including portions of the lands 

owned by the Norman Bird Sanctuary, 

the City of Newport Water Department, 

and the Town of Middletown (Second 

Beach). The draft map adds 

approximately 24 total acres to Unit RI– 

04P, including 14 acres of upland and 

10 acres of associated aquatic habitat. 

The draft map removes 1 upland acre 

from Unit RI–04P. 

The proposed Unit RI–05P boundary 

was adjusted to more precisely follow 

the boundaries of Easton Beach and 

Easton Pond, which are owned by the 

City of Newport; add public beach and 

park lands owned by the Town of 

Middletown that are appropriate for 

inclusion within the OPA; and remove 

private lands that were not intended to 

be part of the OPA. The draft map adds 

approximately 10 acres to Unit RI–05P, 

including 3 acres of upland and 7 acres 

of associated aquatic habitat. The draft 

map removes approximately 15 total 

acres from Unit RI–05P, including 14 

acres of upland and 1 acre of associated 

aquatic habitat. 

The proposed Unit RI–06 boundary 

was adjusted to add the remaining 

undeveloped portions of the privately 

owned Bailey’s Beach; more precisely 

follow the wetland/upland interface 

around Almy Pond; and remove lands 

that were not intended to be part of the 

unit. The draft map adds approximately 

7 total acres to Unit RI–06, including 3 

acres of upland and 4 acres of associated 

aquatic habitat. The draft map removes 

a total of approximately 5 upland acres 

from Unit RI–06. 

The proposed Unit RI–07 boundary 

was adjusted to include all of the 

privately owned Gooseberry Beach and 

most of the privately owned Hazards 

Beach; more precisely follow the 

wetland/upland interface around Lily 

Pond; and include a parcel that the 

Audubon Society of Rhode Island has 

voluntarily requested be added to the 

CBRS as a System unit. The offshore 

boundaries have been lengthened to 

clarify that Gooseberry Island is 

included in the unit. The draft map 

adds approximately 26 total acres to 

Unit RI–07, including 14 acres of 

upland and 12 acres of associated 

aquatic habitat. The draft map removes 

1 acre of associated aquatic habitat from 

Unit RI–07. 

Proposed Additions to the John H. 

Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources 

System 

The draft revised maps for Units FL– 

70, FL–70P, RI–04P, RI–05P, RI–06, and 

RI–07 propose additions to the CBRS 

that are consistent with a directive in 

Section 4 of Public Law 109–226 

concerning recommendations for 

expansion of the CBRS. The proposed 

boundaries depicted on the draft maps 

for Florida and Rhode Island are based 

upon the best data available to the 

Service at the time the draft maps were 

created. Our assessment indicated that 

any new areas proposed for addition to 

the CBRS were relatively undeveloped 

at the time the draft maps were created. 

Section 2 of the Coastal Barrier 

Resources Reauthorization Act of 2000 

(Pub. L. 106–514) codified the following 

guidelines for what the Secretary shall 

consider when making 

recommendations to the Congress 

regarding the addition of any area to the 

CBRS and in determining whether, at 

the time of inclusion of a System unit 

within the CBRS, a coastal barrier is 

undeveloped: (1) The density of 

development is less than one structure 

per 5 acres of land above mean high 

tide; and (2) there is existing 

infrastructure consisting of a road, with 

a reinforced road bed, to each lot or 

building site in the area; a wastewater 

disposal system sufficient to serve each 

lot or building site in the area; electric 

service for each lot or building site in 

the area; and a fresh water supply for 

each lot or building site in the area. 

If, upon review of the draft maps for 

Florida and Rhode Island, interested 

parties find that any areas proposed for 

addition to the CBRS currently exceed 

the development threshold established 

by Section 2 of Public Law 106–514, 

they may submit supporting 

documentation of such development to 

the Service during this public comment 

period. For any areas proposed for 

addition to the CBRS on the draft map, 

we will consider the density of 

development and level of infrastructure 

on the ground as of the close of the 

comment period on the date listed in 

the DATES section of this notice. 

Request for Comments 

We invite the public to review and 

comment on the draft revised map dated 

January 10, 2012, for CBRS Units FL– 

70/FL–70P and the draft revised map 

dated September 30, 2009, for CBRS 

Units RI–04P, RI–05P, RI–06, and RI–07. 

The Service is specifically notifying the 

following stakeholders concerning the 

availability of the draft revised maps: 

the Chair and Ranking Member of the 

House of Representatives Committee on 

Natural Resources; the Chair and 

Ranking Member of the Senate 

Committee on Environment and Public 

Works; the members of the Senate and 

House of Representatives for the 

potentially affected areas; the Governors 

of Florida and Rhode Island; Federal, 

State, and local officials; and 

nongovernmental organizations. 

Interested parties may submit written 

comments and accompanying data to 

the individual and location identified in 

the ADDRESSES section above. The 

Service will also accept digital 

Geographic Information System (GIS) 

data files that are accompanied by 

written comments. Comments regarding 

specific units should reference the 

appropriate CBRS unit number and unit 

name. We must receive comments on or 

before the date listed in the DATES

section of this document. 

Following the close of the comment 

period on the date listed in the DATES

section of this document, we will 


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review all comments received on the 

draft maps and we will make 

adjustments to the draft maps, as 

appropriate, based on information 

received through public comments, 

updated aerial imagery, CBRA criteria, 

and objective mapping protocols. We 

will then prepare final recommended 

maps to be submitted to Congress. The 

final recommended maps will become 

effective only if they are enacted by 

Congress through new legislation. 

Availability of Draft Maps and Related 

Information 

The draft maps, summaries of the 

proposed boundary changes, and digital 

boundary data can be accessed and 

downloaded from the Service’s Internet 

site: http://www.fws.gov/CBRA/. The 

digital boundary data are available in 

shapefile format for reference purposes 

only. The Service is not responsible for 

any misuse or misinterpretation of the 

digital boundary data. 

Interested parties may also contact the 

Service individual identified in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

above to make arrangements to view the 

draft maps at the Service’s Washington 

Office. In the past, draft CBRS maps 

were also made available for public 

viewing at the appropriate Service 

regional and field offices. Because most 

interested parties now access the draft 

maps via the Internet, the Service is no 

longer making the draft maps available 

for public viewing at its regional and 

field offices. Interested parties who are 

unable to access the draft maps via the 

Internet or at the Service’s Washington 

Office may contact the Service 

individual identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section above, and 

reasonable accommodations will be 

made to ensure the public’s ability to 

view the draft maps. 

Public Availability of Comments 

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. 

Dated: February 16, 2012. 

Bryan Arroyo, 

Assistant Director for Fisheries and Habitat 

Conservation. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R9–IA–2011–N060; 

FXIA16710900000P5–123–FF09A30000] 

Endangered Species; Receipt of 

Applications for Permit 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications 

for permit. 

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 

(ESA) prohibits activities with listed 

species unless Federal authorization is 

acquired that allows such activities. 

DATES: We must receive comments or 

requests for documents on or before 

April 9, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Brenda Tapia, Division of 

Management Authority, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax 

Drive, Room 212, Arlington, VA 22203; 

fax (703) 358–2280; or email 

DMAFR@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda Tapia, (703) 358–2104 

(telephone); (703) 358–2280 (fax); 

DMAFR@fws.gov (email). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Comment Procedures 

A. How do I request copies of 

applications or comment on submitted 

applications? 

Send your request for copies of 

applications or comments and materials 

concerning any of the applications to 

the contact listed under ADDRESSES. 

Please include the Federal Register 

notice publication date, the PRTnumber, and the name of the applicant 

in your request or submission. We will 

not consider requests or comments sent 

to an email or address not listed under 

ADDRESSES. If you provide an email 

address in your request for copies of 

applications, we will attempt to respond 

to your request electronically. 

Please make your requests or 

comments as specific as possible. Please 

confine your comments to issues for 

which we seek comments in this notice, 

and explain the basis for your 

comments. Include sufficient 

information with your comments 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. 

We will not consider or include in our 

administrative record comments we 

receive after the close of the comment 

period (see DATES) or comments 

delivered to an address other than those 

listed above (see ADDRESSES). 

B. May I review comments submitted by 

others? 

Comments, including names and 

street addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the 

address listed under ADDRESSES. The 

public may review documents and other 

information applicants have sent in 

support of the application unless our 

allowing viewing would violate the 

Privacy Act or Freedom of Information 

Act. 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. 

II. Background 

To help us carry out our conservation 

responsibilities for affected species, and 

in consideration of section 10(a)(1)(A) of 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

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

with Executive Order 13576, 

‘‘Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and 

Accountable Government,’’ and the 

President’s Memorandum for the Heads 

of Executive Departments and Agencies 

of January 21, 2009—Transparency and 

Open Government (74 FR 4685; January 

26, 2009), which call on all Federal 

agencies to promote openness and 

transparency in Government by 

disclosing information to the public, we 

invite public comment on these permit 

applications before final action is taken. 

III. Permit Applications 

A. Endangered Species 

Applicant: San Diego Zoo Global, 

Escondido, CA; PRT–63409A 

The applicant requests a permit to 

export two captive-bred Andean 

condors (Vultur gryphus)—one male 

and one female—for the purpose of 

reintroduction to enhance the survival 

of the species. 

Applicant: Association for the 

Conservation of Threatened Parrots, 


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