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Species name Scientific name Federal listing status Federal Register listing citation 

Safe Harbor Agreement Covered Species 

Fishes: 

Arkansas River shiner ............ Notropis girardi ............................. Threatened ................................... 63 FR 64772; November 13, 

1998. 

Neosho madtom ..................... Noturus placidus ........................... Threatened ................................... 55 FR 21148; May 22, 1990. 

Neosho mucket ....................... Lampsilis rafinesqueana ............... Endangered .................................. 78 FR 57076; September 17, 

2013. 

Peppered chub ....................... Macrhybopsis tetranema .............. Endangered .................................. 87 FR 11188; February 28, 2022. 

Topeka shiner ......................... Notropis topeka ............................ Endangered .................................. 63 FR 69008; December 15, 

1998. 

Mussels: 

Rabbitsfoot .............................. Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica ....... Threatened ................................... 78 FR 57076; September 17, 

2013. 

Western fanshell ..................... Cyprogenia aberti ......................... Threatened ................................... 88 FR 41724; June 27, 2023. 

Snuffbox mussel ..................... Epioblasma triquetra ..................... Endangered .................................. 77 FR 8631; February 14, 2012. 

Spectaclecase ........................ Cumberlandia monodonta ............ Endangered .................................. 77 FR 14914; March 13, 2012. 

Candidate Conservation Agreement With Assurances Covered Species 

Reptiles: 

Alligator snapping turtle .......... Macrochelys temminckii ............... Proposed Threatened ................... 86 FR 62434; November 9, 2021. 

Fishes: 

Hornyhead chub ..................... Nocomis biguttatus ....................... Unlisted ......................................... N/A. 

Plains minnow ......................... Hybognathus placitus ................... Unlisted ......................................... N/A. 

Silver chub .............................. Macrhybopsis storeriana .............. Unlisted ......................................... N/A. 

Lake sturgeon ......................... Acipenser fulvescens .................... Unlisted ......................................... N/A. 

Sicklefin chub .......................... Macrhybopsis meeki ..................... Unlisted ......................................... N/A. 

Sturgeon chub ........................ Macrhybopsis gelida ..................... Unlisted ......................................... N/A. 

Mussels: 

Butterfly mussel ...................... Ellipsaria lineolata ......................... Unlisted ......................................... N/A. 

Cylindrical papershell .............. Anodontoides ferussacianus ........ Unlisted ......................................... N/A. 

Flat floater ............................... Anodonta suborbiculata ................ Unlisted ......................................... N/A. 

Fluted shell ............................. Lasmigona costata ....................... Unlisted ......................................... N/A. 

Ouachita kidneyshell ............... Ptychobranchus occidentalis ........ Unlisted ......................................... N/A. 

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. 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. 

Authority 

We provide this notice under section 

10(c) of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

and its implementing regulations (50 

CFR 17.22 and 17.32) and NEPA (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its 

implementing regulations (40 CFR 

1500–1508 and 43 CFR 46). 

Marjorie Nelson, 

Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological 

Services, Mountain-Prairie Region. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2024–0002; 

FXES11140800000–245–FF08EVEN00] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Proposed Safe Harbor 

Agreement and Proposed Categorical 

Exclusion; Los Robles Ranch, Santa 

Barbara County, CA 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; receipt of 

permit application. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of an application for an 

enhancement of survival permit 

pursuant to the Endangered Species Act. 

As part of the application, the applicant 

submitted a proposed safe harbor 

agreement. The Service prepared a draft 

screening form in accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act to 

evaluate the potential effects of the 

specific project to the natural and 

human environment. We invite the 

public and local, State, Tribal, and 

Federal agencies to comment on these 

documents. Before issuing the requested 

permit, we will take into consideration 

any information that we receive during 

the public comment period. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before March 4, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: 

Obtaining Documents: You may 

obtain copies of the documents, and any 

comments and other materials that we 

receive, in Docket No. FWS–R8–ES– 

2024–0002 at https://

www.regulations.gov. 

Submitting Comments: You may 

submit comments on the documents, 

and any comments and other materials 

that we receive, by one of the following 

methods: 

• Online: https://

www.regulations.gov. Search for and 

submit comments on Docket No. FWS– 

R8–ES–2024–0002. 

• U.S. mail: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R8– 


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ES–2024–0002; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service Headquarters, MS: PRB/3W; 

5275 Leesburg Pike; Falls Church, VA 

22041–3803. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Morrissette, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, 

via email at eric_morrissette@fws.gov, 

by telephone at 805–644–1766, or by 

mail to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 2493 Portola Road, Suite B, 

Ventura, CA 93003. 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), 

announce the availability of an 

application for an enhancement of 

survival permit pursuant to section 

10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species 

Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). As part of the 

application, the applicant developed 

and submitted the proposed Safe Harbor 

Agreement for the California Tiger 

Salamander and Western Spadefoot at 

Los Robles Ranch in Santa Barbara 

County, California (SHA), which 

describes activities associated with the 

maintenance, enhancement, and 

restoration of habitat; ongoing legal land 

use such as ranching or farming; and 

other covered activities, including the 

potential future return of any enrolled 

lands to the baseline condition. The 

Service prepared a draft low-effect 

screening form and environmental 

action statement in accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) to 

evaluate the potential effects to the 

natural and human environment. 

If the requested enhancement of 

survival permit is approved, it would 

authorize the applicant to incidentally 

take the federally endangered Santa 

Barbara County distinct population 

segment (DPS) of the California tiger 

salamander (Ambystoma californiense) 

and the federally ‘‘at-risk’’ western 

spadefoot (Spea hammondii) during 

implementation of activities associated 

with the maintenance, enhancement, 

and restoration of habitat; ongoing legal 

land use such as ranching or farming; 

and other covered activities, including 

the potential future return of any 

enrolled lands to the baseline (preagreement) condition. We invite public 

comment on these documents. 

Background 

The Service listed the Santa Barbara 

County DPS of the California tiger 

salamander as endangered on 

September 21, 2000 (65 FR 57242). The 

western spadefoot has no current 

official status under the ESA, but is 

under review for listing and is referred 

to as an at-risk species. Section 9 of the 

ESA prohibits ‘‘take’’ of fish and 

wildlife species listed as threatened or 

endangered (16 U.S.C. 1538), where take 

is defined to include the following 

activities: ‘‘to harass, harm, pursue, 

hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, 

or collect, or to attempt to engage in any 

such conduct’’ (16 U.S.C. 1532). Under 

section 10(a) of the ESA, we may issue 

permits to authorize take of listed fish 

and wildlife species. Regulations 

governing incidental take permits for 

endangered and threatened species are 

in the Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR) at 50 CFR 17.22 and 17.32, 

respectively. 

Under a SHA, participating 

landowners voluntarily undertake 

conservation and management activities 

on their properties to benefit species 

listed under the ESA. Enhancement of 

survival permits are issued to applicants 

in association with approved SHAs to 

authorize take of the covered species 

from covered activities on the enrolled 

lands that are identified in the SHA. 

Covered activities are those beneficial or 

otherwise lawful actions that could 

cause take of a covered species and for 

which take is authorized by a permit 

under 50 CFR 17.22a(c). Under a SHA, 

the Service may authorize incidental 

taking of a covered species at a level 

that enables the participating landowner 

ultimately to return the enrolled 

property back to agreed-upon baseline 

conditions. Through the SHA and the 

associated enhancement of survival 

permit, the Service also provides 

assurances to enrolled property owners 

that additional land, water, and/or 

natural resource use restrictions will not 

be imposed as a result of their voluntary 

conservation actions. 

Applicant’s Proposed Activities 

The proposed action involves the 

issuance of an enhancement of survival 

permit to the applicant in association 

with the implementation of the SHA. 

The enhancement of survival permit 

would authorize incidental take that 

may result from the implementation of 

the proposed conservation and 

management activities on the enrolled 

property during a 30-year permit term, 

with an option to return the property to 

the baseline condition at the conclusion 

of the permit. 

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 view, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Authority 

We provide this notice under section 

10(c) of the Endangered Species Act (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and its 

implementing regulations (50 CFR 17.22 

and 17.32) and the National 

Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.) and its implementing 

regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). 

Stephen P. Henry, 

Field Supervisor, Ventura Fish and Wildlife 

Office, Ventura, California. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NRNHL–DTS#–37306; 

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 20, 2024, for listing or 

related actions in the National Register 

of Historic Places. 

DATES: Comments should be submitted 

electronically by February 16, 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, 


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