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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. 

Acting BSEE Information Collection 

Clearance Officer: Cheryl Blundon, 

(703) 787–1607. 

Dated: April 4, 2012. 

Douglas W. Morris, 

Chief, Office of Offshore Regulatory Programs. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9100 Filed 4–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–VH–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R6–ES–2012–N079; 

FXES11130600000D2–123–FF06E00000] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Recovery Permit 

Application[s] 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on the following application 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species. The Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (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 this permit. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, please 

send your written comments by May 16, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

or requests for copies or more 

information by any of the following 

methods. Alternatively, you may use 

one of the following methods to request 

hard copies or a CD–ROM of the 

documents. Please specify the permit 

you are interested in by number (e.g., 

Permit No. TE–123456). 

• Email: permitsR6ES@fws.gov. 

Please refer to the respective permit 

number (e.g., Permit No. TE–123456) in 

the subject line of the message. 

• U.S. Mail: Ecological Services, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 

25486–DFC, Denver, CO 80225. 

• In-Person Drop-off, Viewing, or 

Pickup: Call (303) 236–4256 to make an 

appointment during regular business 

hours at 134 Union Blvd. Suite 645, 

Lakewood, CO 80228. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kris 

Olsen, Permit Coordinator Ecological 

Services, (303) 236–4256 (phone); 

permitsR6ES@fws.gov (email). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

prohibits activities with endangered and 

threatened species unless a Federal 

permit allows such activity. Along with 

our implementing regulations in the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 

CFR part 17, the Act provides for 

permits, and requires that we invite 

public comment before issuing this 

permit. 

A permit granted by us under section 

10(a)(1)(A) of the Act authorizes you to 

conduct activities with United States 

endangered or threatened species for 

scientific purposes, enhancement of 

propagation or survival, or interstate 

commerce (the latter only in the event 

that it facilitates scientific purposes or 

enhancement of propagation or 

survival). 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. 

Applications Available for Review and 

Comment 

We invite local, State, and Federal 

agencies, and the public to comment on 

the following applications. Please refer 

to the appropriate permit number (e.g., 

Permit No. TE–123456) for the 

application when submitting comments. 

Documents and other information the 

applicants have submitted with these 

applications are available for review, 

subject to the requirements of the 

Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and 

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 

552). 

Permit Application Number: TE–059369 

Applicant: Robert Schoor, Colorado 

Natural Heritage Program 

The applicant requests amendment of 

an existing permit to add removal and 

reduction to possession the following 

species, in conjunction with surveys 

and population monitoring for the 

purpose of enhancing each species’ 

survival. Activities will occur on 

Federal lands in Colorado, throughout 

the range of each species. 

Eriogonum pelinophilum (Clay-loving 

wild-buckwheat) 

Pediocactus knowltonii (Knowlton 

cactus) 

Astragalus humillimus (Mancos milkvetch) 

Phacelia formosula (North Park 

phacelia) 

Astragalus osterhoutii (Osterhout 

milk-vetch) 

Ipomopsis polyantha (Pagosa 

skyrocket) 

Penstemon penlandii (Penland 

beardtongue) 

National Environmental Policy Act 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), we have made an initial 

determination that the proposed 

activities in this permit are categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement (516 

DM 6 Appendix 1, 1.4C(1)). 

Public Availability of Comments 

All comments and materials we 

receive in response to this request will 

be available for public inspection, by 

appointment, during normal business 

hours at the address listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

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. 

Authority: We provide this notice under 

section 10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Dated: April 2, 2012. 

Michael G. Thabault, 

Acting Regional Director, Mountain-Prairie 

Region. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9048 Filed 4–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R9–IA–2012–N085; 

FXIA16710900000P5–123–FF09A30000] 

Endangered Species; Marine 

Mammals; 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, marine mammals, 

or both. With some exceptions, the 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) and 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA) prohibits activities with listed 


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species unless Federal authorization is 

acquired that allows such activities. 

DATES: We must receive comments or 

requests for documents on or before 

May 16, 2012. We must receive requests 

for marine mammal permit public 

hearings, in writing, at the address 

shown in the ADDRESSES section by May 

16, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Lisa Lierheimer, 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: Lisa 

Lierheimer, (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 street 

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.), and 

the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 

1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 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. 

Under the MMPA, you may request a 

hearing on any MMPA application 

received. If you request a hearing, give 

specific reasons why a hearing would be 

appropriate. The holding of such a 

hearing is at the discretion of the 

Service Director. 

III. Permit Applications 

A. Endangered Species 

Applicant: Wild Acres Ranch, 

Sandusky, OH; PRT–64940A 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import four captive-bred cheetahs 

(Acinonyx jubatus), one male and three 

females, from Bester Birds and Animals 

Zoo Park, Pretoria, South Africa, for the 

purpose of enhancement of the survival 

of the species through captive breeding 

and zoological exhibition. 

Applicant: U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Corpus Christi, TX; PRT– 

71576A 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import one Kemp’s ridley sea turtle 

(Lepidochelys kempii) found stranded in 

the Netherlands for the purpose of 

enhancement of the survival of the 

species. 

Applicant: The Dallas World Aquarium, 

Dallas, TX; PRT–71351A 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import two captive-bred Harpy eagles 

(Harpia harpyja), one male and one 

female, from UMA Vida Silvestre Jesus 

Estudillo Lopez, Ixtapaluca, Mexico, for 

the purpose of enhancement of the 

survival of the species through captive 

breeding and zoological exhibition. 

Multiple Applicants 

The following applicants each request 

a permit to import the sport-hunted 

trophy of one male bontebok 

(Damaliscus pygargus pygargus) culled 

from a captive herd maintained under 

the management program of the 

Republic of South Africa, for the 

purpose of enhancement of the survival 

of the species. 

Applicant: Jon W. Holman, West Fargo, 

ND; PRT–47905A 

Applicant: Billy R. Hablinski, Athens, 

TX; PRT–71492A 

B. Endangered Marine Mammals 

Applicant: Edmund Gerstein, Florida 

Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL; 

PRT–063561 

The applicant requests a renewal of 

the permit to take Florida manatees 

(Trichechus manatus latirostris) for the 

purpose of scientific research. The 

applicant is requesting no changes to his 

permit but an extension of time to allow 

him to complete a study to archive and 

evaluate manatee responses to 

controlled boat approaches; his research 

was hampered by weather and other 

circumstances beyond his control. This 

notification covers activities to be 

conducted by the applicant over a 2- 

year period. 

Applicant: Dr. Milton Levin, University 

of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; PRT–48161A 

The applicant requests a permit to 

acquire biological samples from polar 

bears (Ursus maritimus) and Florida 

manatees (Trichechus manatus 

latirostris) held in captivity and to 

import biological samples from polar 

bears in the wild for the purpose of 

scientific research. This notification 

covers activities to be conducted by the 

applicant over a 5-year period. 

Concurrent with publishing this 

notice in the Federal Register, we are 

forwarding copies of the above 

applications to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and the Committee of 

Scientific Advisors for their review. 


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Dated: April 6, 2012. 

Lisa J. Lierheimer, 

Supervisory Policy Specialist, Branch of 

Permits, Division of Management Authority. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9035 Filed 4–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCAN03900 L17110000 AL0000] 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Visitor Use Surveys for Headwaters 

Forest Reserve and King Range 

National Conservation Area 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: 30-Day Notice and Request for 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) has submitted a 

request to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) to approve surveys of 

visitors to the Headwaters Forest 

Reserve (Reserve) and the King Range 

National Conservation Area (KRNCA) in 

California. In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

BLM invites the general public and 

other Federal agencies to comment on 

this proposed information collection. 

DATES: The OMB is required to respond 

to this information collection request 

within 60 days but may respond after 30 

days. Therefore, written comments 

should be received on or before May 16, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Please submit comments 

directly to the Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Interior (OMB #1004– 

New), Office of Management and 

Budget, Office of Information and 

Regulatory Affairs, fax 202–395–5806, 

or by electronic mail at 

oira_docket@omb.eop.gov. Please 

provide a copy of your comments to the 

BLM. You may do so via mail, fax, or 

electronic mail. 

Mail: U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Land Management, 1849 C 

Street NW., Room 2134LM, Attention: 

Jean Sonneman, Washington, DC 20240. 

Fax: To Jean Sonneman at 202–245– 

0050. 

Electronic mail: 

Jean_Sonneman@blm.gov. Please 

indicate ‘‘Attn: 1004–New’’ regardless of 

the form of your comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chris Heppe, Arcata Field Office, at 

(707) 825–2351 (Commercial or FTS). 

Persons who use a telecommunication 

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) on 1–800–877–8339, to contact 

Mr. Heppe. You may also review the 

information collection request online at 

http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501–3521) and OMB regulations at 5 

CFR part 1320 provide that an agency 

may not conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

Until OMB approves a collection of 

information, you are not obligated to 

respond. In order to obtain an OMB 

control number, Federal agencies are 

required to seek public comment on 

information collection and 

recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR 

1320.10(a)). 

The BLM published a 60-day notice in 

the Federal Register on February 8, 

2011 (76 FR 6815), and the comment 

period ended April 11, 2011. The BLM 

received no comments. The BLM now 

requests comments on the following 

subjects: 

1. Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

functioning of the BLM, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

2. The accuracy of the BLM’s estimate 

of the burden of collecting the 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

3. The quality, utility and clarity of 

the information to be collected; and 

4. How to minimize the information 

collection burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other forms of 

information technology. 

Please send comments as directed 

under ADDRESSES and DATES. Please 

refer to OMB control number 1004– 

NEW in your correspondence. 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. 

The following information is provided 

for the information collection: 

Title: Visitor Use Surveys for 

Headwaters Forest Reserve and King 

Range National Conservation Area. 

Forms: None. 

OMB Control Number: 1004–New. 

Abstract: The proposed visitor use 

surveys would assist the BLM in 

meeting goals set forth in Resource 

Management Plans (RMPs) for the 

Reserve and the KRNCA that the BLM 

approved in 2004 and 2005, 

respectively. The BLM conducted 

baseline studies of visitor-use 

characteristics in the Reserve and the 

KRNCA in 1999 and 2003, respectively. 

In light of the addition of new 

facilities, the implementation of new 

management actions, and increasing 

annual visitation, the BLM needs to 

conduct new visitor-use studies. The 

information will assist the BLM in 

determining changes in visitor 

characteristics, including demographics, 

usage, user conflicts, and perspectives 

on management programs and facilities. 

The methods will include conducting 

on-site interviews with visitors on a 

stratified random sampling basis and 

distributing mail-back questionnaires. 

The study will take place during the 

summer season when visitation rates are 

highest. Data will be analyzed and a 

final report developed for both the 

Reserve and the KRNCA. This collection 

of information will enable the BLM to 

respond to problems, protect natural 

and cultural resources, and develop 

appropriate interpretive programs. 

Frequency: One-time. 

Description of Respondents: Visitors 

and recreationists. 

Respondents’ Obligation: Voluntary. 

Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping ‘‘Hour’’ Burden: The 

estimated reporting burden for this 

collection is 1,700 responses and 467 

hours. The following table details the 

individual components and estimated 

hour burdens of this collection. 

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS, RESPONSES AND TIME

Activity 

Estimated 

number of 

respondents 

Estimated 

number of responses per 

respondent 

Completion 

time per 

response 

(minutes) 

Total burden 

hours 

Headwaters Visitor Interview ........................................................................... 600 1 7 70 


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