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TABLE 1—PERMIT APPLICATIONS RECEIVED

Application No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of 

take 

Permit 

action 

01086D–4 ...... Virginia Department of Wildlife 

Resources, Marion, VA; Timothy 

Lane.

Appalachian monkeyface (Quadrula sparsa), birdwing 

pearlymussel (Lemiox rimosus), cracking pearlymussel 

(Hemistena lata), Cumberland monkeyface (Quadrula 

intermedia), Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma 

brevidens), dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus dromas), 

fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), finerayed pigtoe 

(Fusconaia cuneolus), fluted kidneyshell 

(Ptychobranchus subtentus), littlewing pearlymussel 

(Pegias fabula), oyster mussel (Epioblasma 

capsaeformis), pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta), purple 

bean (Villosa perpurpurea), rough pigtoe (Pleurobema 

plenum), rough rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica 

strigillata), sheepnose (Plethobasus cyphyus), shiny 

pigtoe (Fusconaia cor), slabside pearlymussel 

(Pleuronaia dolabelloides), snuffbox (Epioblasma 

triquetra), spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta), 

tan riffleshell (Epioblasma florentina walkeri).

Virginia, Tennessee.Collect, transport, 

hold in captivity 

for longer than 

45 days, propagate, release, research, and 

translocate.

Capture, 

collect.

Renew. 

PER12175217 Jacob Miller, Hurricane, WV.Clubshell (Pleurobema clava), dwarf wedgemussel 

(Alasmidonta heterodon), fanshell (Cyprogenia 

stegaria), fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax), Higgins’ 

eye Pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsii), James 

spinymussel (Parvaspina collina), longsolid (Fusconaia 

subrotunda), northern riffleshell (Epioblasma rangiana), 

orangefoot pimpleback (Plethobasus cooperianus), pink 

mucket (Lampsilis abrupta), purple catspaw 

(Epioblasma obliquata), rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica 

cylindrica), rayed bean (Villosa fabalis), ring pink 

(Obovaria retusa), rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), 

round hickorynut (Obovaria subrotunda), sheepnose 

(Plethobasus cyphyus), snuffbox (Epioblasma triquetra), 

spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta), white 

catspaw (Epioblasma perobliqua), white wartyback 

(Plethobasus cicatricosus).

Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, 

Georgia, Illinois, 

Indiana, Iowa, 

Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, 

Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, 

Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, 

Nebraska, New 

Hampshire, New 

York, North 

Carolina, Ohio, 

Oklahoma, 

Pennsylvania, 

Tennessee, 

Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin.

Presence/absence 

survey.

Capture New. 

PER12201376 Monongahela National Forest, 

Parsons, WV; 

Andrew Moore.

Rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) ...................... West Virginia ......... Presence/absence 

survey.

Capture New. 

PER1541732– 

1.

Emily Pody, New 

Braunfels, TX.

Add: Ouachita rock pocketbook (Arcidens wheeleri), Guadalupe orb (Cyclonaias necki), Balcones spike 

(Fusconaia iheringi), false spike (Fusconaia mitchelli), 

Guadalupe fatmucket (Lampsilis bergmanni), Texas 

fatmucket (Lampsilis bracteata), Texas hornshell 

(Popenaias popeii), Texas pimpleback (Cyclonaias 

petrina), Texas fawnsfoot (Truncilla macrodon).

Add: Texas ............ Survey, collect 

samples, tag, 

salvage shells.

Capture, 

collect.

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 the 

applicants listed in this notice, we will 

publish a notice in the Federal Register. 

Authority 

Section 10(c) of the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 

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

Martin Miller, 

Manager, Division of Endangered Species, 

Ecological Services, Northeast Region. 

[FR Doc. 2024–22950 Filed 10–3–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[BLM_NV_FRN_MO# 4500180403] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment and 

Amend the Resource Management 

Plan for the Proposed Dodge Flat Solar 

II Project in Washoe County, Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

Nevada State Office intends to prepare 

a Resource Management Plan (RMP) 

amendment with an associated 


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Environmental Assessment (EA) for the 

proposed Dodge Flat Solar II Project and 

by this notice is announcing the 

beginning of the scoping period to 

solicit public comments and identify 

issues, and is providing the planning 

criteria for public review. 

DATES: The BLM requests the public 

submit comments concerning the scope 

of the analysis, potential alternatives, 

and identification of relevant 

information and studies by November 4, 

2024. To afford the BLM the 

opportunity to consider issues raised by 

commenters in the Draft RMP 

amendment and associated EA, please 

ensure your comments are received 

prior to the close of the 30-day scoping 

period or 15-days after the last public 

meeting, whichever is later. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

on issues and planning criteria related 

to the Dodge Flat Solar II Project by any 

of the following methods: 

• Website: https://eplanning.blm.gov/ 

eplanning-ui/project/2027081/510. 

• Email: BLM_NV_CCDO_Dodge_

Flat_Solar@blm.gov. 

• Mail: BLM, Carson City District 

Office, Attn: Dodge Flat Solar II Project, 

5665 Morgan Mill Rd., Carson City, NV 

89701. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined online at https://

eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/ 

project/2027081/510 and at the Carson 

City District Office. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jonathan Kalb, Realty Specialist, 

telephone (775) 885–6033; address 5665 

Morgan Mill Rd., Carson City, NV 

89701; email Jkalb@blm.gov. Contact 

Jonathan Kalb to have your name added 

to our mailing list. 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 for 

contacting Jonathan Kalb. Individuals 

outside the United States should use the 

relay services offered within their 

country to make international calls to 

the point-of-contact in the United 

States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document provides notice that the BLM 

intends to prepare an RMP amendment 

with an associated EA for the proposed 

Dodge Flat Solar II Project and 

announces the beginning of the scoping 

process that seeks public input on 

issues and planning criteria. The RMP 

amendment is being considered to allow 

the BLM to evaluate modifying a portion 

of an energy corridor designated by 

BLM under section 368 of the Energy 

Policy Act of 2005 (Section 368 energy 

corridors) around the proposed Dodge 

Flat Solar II Project. This would require 

removal of approximately 608 acres of 

the section 368 energy corridor, as 

currently identified, and designating 

approximately 92 acres of new section 

368 energy corridor to the southeast of 

the proposed Dodge Flat Solar II Project. 

Section 368 energy corridors are 

managed as the preferred locations for 

development of energy transportation 

projects on lands managed by the BLM. 

Each corridor has a defined centerline, 

width, and compatible uses 

(underground-only, electric-only, or 

multi-modal). The rerouting of the 

section 368 energy corridor would 

require amending the Carson City Field 

Office Consolidated RMP, as amended 

by the 2009 West Wide Energy Corridor 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement Record of Decision. The 

planning area is located in Washoe 

County, NV, and encompasses 

approximately 990 acres of public land. 

Purpose and Need 

The BLM’s purpose for this Federal 

action is to respond to the ROW 

application submitted under Title V of 

FLPMA and to amend the section 368 

energy corridor (15–17) direction in the 

Carson City Field Office Consolidated 

RMP in compliance with the BLM ROW 

regulations (43 CFR part 2800) and other 

applicable Federal and State laws and 

policies. In accordance with FLPMA, 

there is a need to consider the long-term 

needs of future generations for 

renewable and non-renewable resources 

in the context of the multiple resource 

objectives in the Carson City Field 

Office Consolidated RMP planning area. 

A Notice of Intent for an amendment 

to the Carson City Field Office 

Consolidated RMP for use of exclusion 

areas within the proposed Dodge Flat 

Solar II Project was published on 

January 19, 2024. Since then, it was 

determined that an amendment to the 

Carson City Field Office Consolidated 

RMP is needed for the Section 368 

energy corridor rerouting as well. 

Preliminary Alternatives 

Under the No Action alternative, the 

BLM would not approve the proposed 

Dodge Flat Solar II Project on public 

lands and would not amend the corridor 

alignment in the Carson City Field 

Office Consolidated RMP. Under the 

proposed action alternative, the BLM 

would change the corridor alignment in 

the Carson City Field Office 

Consolidated RMP to allow the Dodge 

Flat Solar II Project to be developed as 

currently proposed. The BLM welcomes 

comments and suggestions for 

additional alternatives. 

Planning Criteria 

The planning criteria guide the 

planning effort and lay the groundwork 

for effects analysis by identifying the 

preliminary issues and their analytical 

frameworks. Preliminary issues for the 

planning area have been identified by 

BLM personnel and from early 

engagement conducted for this planning 

effort with Federal, State, and local 

agencies; Tribes; and stakeholders. The 

BLM has identified several preliminary 

issues for this planning effort’s analysis. 

The planning criteria are available for 

public review and comment at the 

ePlanning website (see ADDRESSES). 

Public Scoping Process 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping period and public review of the 

planning criteria, which guide the 

development and analysis of the RMP 

amendment and associated EA. The 

BLM will hold one virtual scoping 

meeting. The specific date and time of 

the scoping meeting will be announced 

at least 15 days in advance through the 

project ePlanning web page (See 

ADDRESSES). 

Interdisciplinary Team 

The BLM will use an interdisciplinary 

approach to develop the plan 

amendment in order to consider the 

variety of resource issues and concerns 

identified. Specialists with expertise in 

the following disciplines will be 

involved in this planning effort: air 

quality, archaeology, botany, climate 

change (greenhouse gases), 

environmental justice, fire and fuels, 

geology/mineral resources and soils, 

hazardous materials, hydrology, 

groundwater, invasive/non-native 

species, jurisdictional delineations, 

lands and realty, paleontology, public 

health and safety, rangelands, 

transportation, socioeconomics, soils, 

visual resources, and wildlife. 

Additional Information 

The BLM will identify, analyze, and 

consider mitigation to address the 

reasonably foreseeable impacts to 

resources from the proposed plan 

amendment and all analyzed reasonable 

alternatives and, in accordance with 40 

CFR 1502.14(e), include appropriate 

mitigation measures not already 

included in the proposed plan 

amendment or alternatives. Mitigation 

may include avoidance, minimization, 

rectification, reduction or elimination 

over time, and compensation; and may 

be considered at multiple scales, 

including the landscape scale. 

The BLM will utilize and coordinate 

the NEPA and land use planning 

processes for this planning effort to help 


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support compliance with applicable 

procedural requirements under the 

Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 

1536) and section 106 of the National 

Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. 

306108) as provided in 36 CFR 

800.2(d)(3), including public 

involvement requirements of section 

106. The information about historic and 

cultural resources and threatened and 

endangered species within the area 

potentially affected by the proposed 

plan amendment will assist the BLM in 

identifying and evaluating impacts to 

such resources. 

The BLM will consult with Indian 

Tribes on a government-to-government 

basis in accordance with Executive 

Order 13175, BLM MS 1780, and other 

Departmental policies. Tribal concerns, 

including impacts on Indian trust assets 

and potential impacts to cultural 

resources, will be given due 

consideration. Federal, State, and local 

agencies, along with Indian Tribes and 

other stakeholders that may be 

interested in or affected by the proposed 

Dodge Flat Solar II Project that the BLM 

is evaluating, are invited to participate 

in the scoping process and, if eligible, 

may request or be requested by the BLM 

to participate in the development of the 

EA as a cooperating agency. 

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: 40 CFR 1501.7, 43 CFR 1610.2, 

and 43 CFR 2800) 

Jon K. Raby, 

State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

[BLM_UT_FRN_MO 4500181748] 

Notice of Availability of the Proposed 

Resource Management Plan and Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Bears Ears National Monument in Utah 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior; Forest Service, Agriculture 

(USDA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and 

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service (USDA Forest Service), 

collectively ‘‘the Agencies,’’ have 

prepared a Proposed Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) and Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Bears Ears National Monument 

(BENM or monument) and by this notice 

are announcing the start of a 30-day 

protest period of the Proposed RMP. 

DATES: This notice announces a 30-day 

protest period to the BLM on the 

Proposed RMP beginning on the date of 

the Environmental Protection Agency’s 

(EPA) publication of its Notice of 

Availability (NOA) of the Proposed 

RMP/Final EIS in the Federal Register. 

The EPA usually publishes its NOAs on 

Fridays. Protests must be postmarked or 

electronically submitted on the BLM’s 

ePlanning site during the 30-day protest 

period. 

ADDRESSES: The Proposed RMP, Final 

EIS and associated documents are 

available on the BLM ePlanning project 

website at https://eplanning.blm.gov/ 

eplanning-ui/project/2020347/510. 

Pertinent documents may also be 

examined at the BLM Monticello Field 

Office, 365 North Main, Monticello, 

Utah 84535. 

Instructions for filing a protest with 

the BLM for the BENM Proposed RMP/ 

Final EIS can be found at: https://

www.blm.gov/programs/planning-andnepa/public-participation/filing-a-planprotest and at 43 CFR 1610.5–2. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill 

Stephenson, Project Manager, 

telephone: 435–259–2100; address: 

Bureau of Land Management Canyon 

Country District, 82 E Dogwood, Moab, 

Utah 84532; email: jstephenson@

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 for contacting Ms. Stephenson. 

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: The 

planning area is located in San Juan 

County, Utah, and encompasses 

approximately 1.36 million acres of 

federal land administered by the BLM 

and USDA Forest Service. 

The USDA Forest Service will adopt 

the BLM’s administrative review protest 

procedures, as provided by the Forest 

Service Planning Rule at 36 CFR 

219.59(a). 

Purpose and Need for the Planning 

Effort 

Presidential Proclamation 10285 

directs the Agencies to ‘‘prepare and 

maintain a new management plan for 

the entire monument’’ for the specific 

purposes of ‘‘protecting and restoring 

the objects identified [in Proclamation 

10285] and in Proclamation 9558.’’ 

The RMP’s underlying purpose (40 

CFR 1502.13) is to provide a 

management framework, including 

goals, objectives, and management 

direction, to guide BENM management 

consistent with the protection of BENM 

objects and the management direction 

provided in Proclamation 10285. 

The purpose and need for the BENM 

RMP is aligned with the purpose and 

need to amend the plan direction and 

management allocation for BENM in the 

Manti-La Sal National Forest Land and 

Resource Management Plan (LRMP). 

The proposed programmatic 

amendment incorporates the proposed 

BENM RMP and updated land 

management allocation of the BENM 

boundary area into the Manti-La Sal 

LRMP. The scope of the USDA Forest 

Service amendment is based on the 

objects identified in Proclamation 

10285, and the scale applies to National 

Forest System (NFS) lands within the 

BENM boundary area. 

Alternatives Considered 

The Final EIS evaluates six 

alternatives in detail, including the no 

action alternative. Alternative A (the no 

action alternative) represents current 

management from the 2020 BENM 

Approved Monument Management 

Plans, which apply to lands that 

remained in BENM under Proclamation 

9681, and the 2008 Monticello 

Approved RMP, 2008 Moab Approved 


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