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Application No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of take Permit 

action 

ESPER1462021 ............... Keystone Ecological 

Services, 

LLC, 

Wellsboro, 

PA.

Add new species—Gray 

bat (Myotis grisescens), 

tricolored bat (Perimyotis 

subflavus)—to existing 

authorized species: Indiana bat (M. sodalis), 

northern long-eared bat 

(M. septentrionalis), Virginia big-eared bat 

(Corynorhinus townsendii 

virginianus).

Add new 

states—AL, 

AR, CO, 

GA, IL, IN, 

KS, MO, 

MS, NM, 

OK—to existing authorized 

states: CT, 

DC, DE, IA, 

KY, LA, 

MA, MD, 

ME, MI, 

MN, MT, 

NC, ND, 

NE, NH, 

NJ, NY, 

OH, PA, 

RI, SC, SD, 

TN, TX, 

VA, VT, 

WI, WV, 

WY.

Conduct presence/absence 

surveys, document habitat use, conduct population monitoring, and 

evaluate impacts.

Add new activity—capture 

with harp traps—to existing authorized activities: 

capture with mist nets, 

identify, handle, collect 

non-intrusive measurements, band, radio-tag, 

and release.

Amend. 

ESPER0002430 ............... David Ford, 

Spring, TX.

Add new species—Round 

hickorynut (Obovaria 

subrotunda) and 

longsolid (Fusconaia subrotunda), to existing authorized species: 21 

freshwater mussel species.

AL, AR, GA, 

IL, IN, IA, 

KS, KY, 

LA, MI, 

MN, MO, 

MS, NE, 

NM, NY, 

NC, OK, 

OH, PA, 

SD, TN, 

TX, VA, 

WV, WI.

Conduct presence/absence 

surveys, document habitat use, conduct population monitoring, and 

evaluate impacts.

Capture, handle, release, 

and relocate.

Amend. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Written comments we receive become 

part of the administrative record 

associated with this action. 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 request in your comment 

that we withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee that we 

will be able to do so. Moreover, all 

submissions from organizations or 

businesses, and from individuals 

identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, will be 

made available for public disclosure in 

their entirety. 

Next Steps 

If we decide to issue permits to any 

of the applicants listed in this notice, 

we will publish a notice in the Federal 

Register. 

Authority 

We publish this notice under section 

10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 

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

seq.). 

Lori Nordstrom, 

Assistant Regional Director, Ecological 

Service, Midwest Region. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01258 Filed 1–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[245A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900] 

Indian Gaming; Approval by Operation 

of Law of Amendment to Class III 

Tribal-State Gaming Compacts 

(Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo 

Indians, Resighini Rancheria, 

Manchester Band of Pomo Indians, 

Cahto Tribe of the Laytonville 

Rancheria, and the State of California) 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice publishes the 

approval by operation of law of 

amendments to the Tribal-State Gaming 

Compacts between the Sherwood Valley 

Rancheria of Pomo Indians, Resighini 

Rancheria, Manchester Band of Pomo 

Indians of the Manchester Rancheria, 

Cahto Tribe of the Laytonville 

Rancheria, respectively, and the State of 

California. 

DATES: The Compacts takes effect on 

January 23, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian 

Gaming, Office of the Assistant 

Secretary—Indian Affairs, Washington, 

DC 20240, (202) 219–4066. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, 

25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq., (IGRA) provides 

the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) 

with 45 days to review and approve or 

disapprove the Tribal-State compact 

governing the conduct of Class III 

gaming activity on the Tribe’s Indian 

lands. See 25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8). If the 

Secretary does not approve or 

disapprove a Tribal-State compact 

within the 45 days, IGRA provides the 

Tribal-State compact is considered to 

have been approved by the Secretary but 

only to the extent the compact is 

consistent with IGRA. See 25 U.S.C. 

2710(d)(8)(C). The IGRA also requires 

the Secretary of the Interior to publish 

in the Federal Register notice of the 

approved Tribal-State compacts for the 

purpose of engaging in Class III gaming 

activities on Indian lands. See 25 U.S.C. 

2710(d)(8)(D). The Department’s 

regulations at 25 CFR 293.4 require all 


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compacts and amendments to be 

reviewed and approved by the Secretary 

prior to taking effect. The Secretary took 

no action on the Compact amendments 

between the Sherwood Valley Band of 

Pomo Indians, Resighini Rancheria, 

Manchester Band of Pomo Indians, 

Cahto Tribe of the Laytonville 

Rancheria, respectively, and the State of 

California, within the 45-day statutory 

review period. Therefore, the Compact 

amendments are considered to have 

been approved, but only to the extent 

they are consistent with IGRA. See 25 

U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)(C). 

Bryan Newland, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01231 Filed 1–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4337–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_AZ_FRN_MO#4500176195; AZA– 

38291, AZAZ105848086] 

Notice of Public Meeting for U.S. 

Forest Service Hassayampa River 

Withdrawal Application 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, the U.S Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Land Management 

(BLM), Hassayampa Field Office, 

Arizona, will hold a public meeting for 

the U.S. Forest Service’s (FS) 

withdrawal application for 3,739 acres 

of National Forest System (NFS) lands 

within the Prescott National Forest. The 

FS’s request is for withdrawal of these 

lands from location and entry under the 

U.S. mining laws, and from leasing 

under the mineral and geothermal 

leasing laws, for a 20-year term, subject 

to valid existing rights. The purpose of 

the requested withdrawal is to protect 

the Hassayampa River riparian corridor, 

located in Yavapai County, Arizona, 

from potential adverse impacts from 

mining and mineral or geothermal 

development activities. 

DATES: The BLM will hold one public 

meeting on February 28, 2024. The 

meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Mountain 

Time (MT) and adjourn at 

approximately 7 p.m. MT. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Prescott Public Library, 215 East 

Goodwin Street, Prescott, AZ 86303. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Ouellett, Realty Specialist, 

BLM Arizona State Office, telephone 

(602) 417–9561, or email mouellett@

blm.gov. Individuals in the United 

States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of 

hearing, or have a speech disability may 

dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to 

access telecommunications relay 

services. Individuals outside the United 

States should use the relay services 

offered within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

Individuals who need special 

assistance, such as sign language 

interpretation or other reasonable 

accommodations, should contact 

Michael Ouellett at least two weeks 

before the start of the meeting. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FS’s 

request is for a new withdrawal 

encompassing 1,677.25 acres of NFS 

lands previously withdrawn by Public 

Land Order No. 7414 (expired October 

11, 2019), and an additional 2,061.75 

acres of riparian corridor that the FS has 

identified as needing protection. A 

description of these lands was 

published in the Federal Register (88 

FR 37088) on June 6, 2023, which is 

available at: https://

www.federalregister.gov/d/2023-11998. 

The meeting is open to the public, 

and a public comment period will be 

held. Depending on the number of 

persons wishing to comment and the 

time available, time allotted for 

individual oral comments may be 

limited. Use of the Prescott Public 

Library meeting rooms or other facilities 

by any person, candidate, group, or 

organization does not constitute or 

imply the endorsement, 

recommendation, or favoring of the City 

of Prescott, or any of its officials, 

employees, or contractors acting on its 

behalf. 

Written comments may be submitted 

at the meeting. 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: 43 CFR 2310.3–1(c)(1). 

Irina A Ford, 

Field Manager, BLM Arizona Hassayampa 

Field Office. 

[FR Doc. 2024–01157 Filed 1–22–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3411–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NRNHL–DTS#-37273; 

PPWOCRADI0, PCU00RP14.R50000] 

National Register of Historic Places; 

Notification of Pending Nominations 

and Related Actions 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service is 

soliciting electronic comments on the 

significance of properties nominated 

before January 13, 2024, for listing or 

related actions in the National Register 

of Historic Places. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

electronically by February 7, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments are encouraged 

to be submitted electronically to 

National_Register_Submissions@

nps.gov with the subject line ‘‘Public 

Comment on <property or proposed 

district name, (County) State>.’’ If you 

have no access to email, you may send 

them via U.S. Postal Service and all 

other carriers to the National Register of 

Historic Places, National Park Service, 

1849 C Street NW, MS 7228, 

Washington, DC 20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sherry A. Frear, Chief, National Register 

of Historic Places/National Historic 

Landmarks Program, 1849 C Street NW, 

MS 7228, Washington, DC 20240, 

sherry_frear@nps.gov, 202–913–3763. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

properties listed in this notice are being 

considered for listing or related actions 

in the National Register of Historic 

Places. Nominations for their 

consideration were received by the 

National Park Service before January 13, 

2024. Pursuant to section 60.13 of 36 

CFR part 60, comments are being 

accepted concerning the significance of 

the nominated properties under the 

National Register criteria for evaluation. 

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. 

Nominations submitted by State or 

Tribal Historic Preservation Officers: 

Key: State, County, Property Name, 

Multiple Name(if applicable), Address/ 

Boundary, City, Vicinity, Reference 

Number. 


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