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• 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: Kris Olsen, Permit 

Coordinator, 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 17, the Act provides for permits, 

and requires that we invite public 

comment before issuing these permits. 

A permit granted by us under section 

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

applicants to conduct activities with 

U.S. 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–064680 

Applicant: David Worthington, National 

Park Service, Capitol Reef National 

Park, Torrey, Utah. 

The applicant requests renewal of an 

existing permit to remove and reduce to 

possession Schoenocrambe barnebyi 

(Barney reed-mustard) and Sclerocactus 

wrightiae (Wright fishhook cactus), in 

conjunction with surveys and 

population monitoring for the purpose 

of enhancing each species’ survival. 

Activities would occur on Federal lands 

in Utah, throughout the range of each 

species. 

Permit Application Number: TE–207948 

Applicant: John Mull, Weber State 

University, Ogden, Utah. 

The applicant requests renewal of an 

existing permit to remove and reduce to 

possession Astragalus holmgreniorum 

(Holmgren milk-vetch), in conjunction 

with surveys and population monitoring 

for the purpose of enhancing each 

species’ survival. Activities would occur 

on Federal lands in Arizona and Utah, 

throughout the range of the species. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) 

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

4321 et seq.), we have made an initial 

determination that the proposed 

activities in these permits 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: January 2, 2013. 

Michael G. Thabault, 

Assistant Regional Director, Mountain-Prairie 

Region. 

[FR Doc. 2013–00133 Filed 1–8–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

[FWS–R5–ES–2012–N195; 

FXES11130300000–134–FF03E00000] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Draft Revised Indiana Bat 

Summer Survey Guidelines 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (USFWS), announce 

the availability of our draft revised 

summer survey guidelines for the 

Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) for public 

review and comment. The Indiana bat is 

federally listed as endangered under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act). The draft guidelines 

were prepared by representatives of the 

U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest 

Service, U.S. Department of Defense’s 

Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. 

Department of the Interior’s Geological 

Survey and USFWS, Kentucky 

Department of Fish and Wildlife 

Resources, New York State Department 

of Environmental Conservation, and the 

Indiana Department of Natural 

Resources. We request review and 

comment on our guidelines—along with 

acoustic identification software testing 

criteria our 2013 contingency plan— 

from local, State, and Federal agencies 

and the public. 

DATES: Comments on the draft 

guidelines must be received on or before 

February 8, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: The 

draft survey guidelines, acoustic 

identification software testing criteria, 

and 2013 contingency plan are available 

at http://www.fws.gov/midwest/ 

Endangered/mammals/inba/ 

inbasummersurveyguidance.html. The 

documents are also available by request, 

by U.S. mail from the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Ecological Services 

Field Office, 620 South Walker Street, 

Bloomington, IN 47403–2121; or by 

phone at 812–334–4261, x1216. 

Submitting Comments: If you wish to 

comment on the documents, you may 

submit your comments in writing by 

any one of the following methods: 

• U.S. mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 620 South Walker Street, 

Bloomington, IN 47403–2121; 

• Hand-delivery: Field Supervisor at 

the above U.S. mail address; 

• Email: indiana_bat@fws.gov; or 

• Fax: 812–334–4273. Include 

‘‘Indiana Bat Summer Survey 

Guidelines’’ in the subject line of the 

facsimile transmittal. 


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions or requests for additional 

information may be directed to any of 

the following: (1) Mr. Andrew King, 

Endangered Species Biologist, at the 

Bloomington, Indiana, Field Office 

address or phone above; (2) Ms. Robyn 

Niver, Endangered Species Biologist, by 

U.S. mail at U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Ecological Services Field 

Office, 3817 Luker Road, Cortland, NY 

13045; or by phone at 607–753–9334; or 

(3) Mr. Mike Armstrong, Endangered 

Species Biologist, by U.S. mail at U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological 

Services Field Office, J. C. Watts Federal 

Building, Room 265, 330 West 

Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601–8670; 

or by phone at 502–229–4632. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Indiana bat was originally listed 

as in danger of extinction under the 

Endangered Species Preservation Act of 

1966. Summer survey guidelines (mistnetting protocols) were first developed 

for the species in the early 1990s and 

the USFWS provided revised mistnetting guidelines in our 2007 Draft 

Revised Recovery Plan. The USFWS 

recently convened a group of State and 

Federal agency representatives to revise 

existing survey guidelines. We solicited 

peer review through the bat working 

groups across the range of the Indiana 

bat between February and March 2012 

and received comments from 57 

individuals. Based upon comments 

received and the results of pilot testing 

of the survey guidelines at known 

Indiana bat maternity colonies in the 

summer of 2012, we offer the revised 

guidelines for public review and 

comment. 

In addition to soliciting comments on 

draft survey guidelines for determining 

presence or probable absence of Indiana 

bats in the summer, we request 

comment on our proposed approach and 

criteria for testing the accuracy and 

suitability of available acoustic 

identification software programs. Only 

programs that pass our suitability test 

would be approved by the USFWS for 

official survey use. Our goal is to 

incorporate comments and finalize the 

draft survey guidelines and testing 

criteria in time for implementation in 

the 2013 field season. However, should 

no USFWS-approved software programs 

be concurrently available, we propose to 

follow an intermediary contingency 

plan. The draft survey guidelines, draft 

acoustic identification software testing 

criteria, and 2013 contingency plan, 

with instructions for commenting, are 

available on the Internet (see 

ADDRESSES). 

Request for Public Comments 

We invite written comments on (1) 

The draft survey guidelines, (2) the 

acoustic identification software testing 

criteria, and (3) the 2013 contingency 

plan. Substantive comments may or may 

not result in changes to the USFWS 

guidance document. Please include 

sufficient information with your 

comments to allow us to verify any 

scientific or commercial information 

you include. 

While all comments we receive will 

be considered in developing final 

documents, we encourage commenters 

to focus on those portions of the 

guidelines that have been revised, 

particularly those topics noted above 

that address peer-review comments. 

All comments received by the date 

specified in DATES will be considered in 

preparing final documents. Methods of 

submitting comments are in ADDRESSES. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Responses to individual commenters 

will not be provided; however, we will 

provide the comments we receive and a 

summary of how we addressed 

substantive comments in a frequently 

asked questions document on the Web 

site listed above. If you submit 

comments or information by email to 

indiana_bat@fws.gov, your entire 

submission—including any personal 

identifying information—will be posted 

on the Web site. If your submission is 

made by hard copy that includes 

personal identifying information, 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. 

We will post all hard copy and email 

submissions on the Web site listed 

above in ADDRESSES. 

Comments and materials we receive 

will be available on our Web site; 

however, individuals without internet 

access may request an appointment to 

inspect the comments during normal 

business hours at our office in 

Bloomington, Indiana (see ADDRESSES). 

Authority 

The authority for this action is the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

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

Dated: January 2, 2013. 

Lynn M. Lewis, 

Assistant Regional Director, Ecological 

Services, Midwest Region. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNM–922000–L51100000–GA0000– 

LVEMG12CG300; NMNM–126813] 

Notice of Availability of the 

Environmental Assessment and Notice 

of Public Hearing for the Peabody 

Natural Resources Company Federal 

Coal Lease Application, NM 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal coal management regulations, 

the Peabody Natural Resources 

Company, Federal Coal Lease-byApplication Environmental Assessment 

(EA) is available for public review and 

comment. The Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM) New Mexico State Office, will 

hold a public hearing to receive 

comments on the EA, Fair Market Value 

(FMV), and Maximum Economic 

Recovery (MER) of the coal resources for 

Peabody Natural Resources Company, 

NMNM–126813. 

DATES: The public hearing will be held 

at 3 p.m. on February 8, 2013. Written 

comments should be received no later 

than March 11, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be 

held at the Cibola County Convention 

Room, 515 West High St., Grants, New 

Mexico. Written comments should be 

sent to Gary Torres at the BLM 

Farmington Field Office, 6251 College 

Blvd., Suite A, Farmington, NM 87402 

or by fax at 505–564–7608. Copies of the 

Draft EA, the unsigned Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI) and the 

MER report are available at the 

Farmington Field Office address above. 

The documents are also available 

electronically at the following Web site: 

http://www.blm.gov/nm/st/en/fo/ 

Farmington_Field_Office/ffo_nepa/ 

ffo_mineral_eas_open.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shannon Hoefeler at 505–564–7732, 

shoefele@blm.gov, or Gary Torres at 

505–564–7612, gtorres@blm.gov. 

Persons who use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 

Federal Information Relay Service 

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 to contact the 

above individual during normal 

business hours. The FIRS is available 24 

hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a 

message or question with the above 

individuals. You will receive a reply 

during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A leaseby-application was filed by Peabody 


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