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potential impacts for each alternative as 

presented in the Final Second SEIS, and 

all comments received throughout the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) process. After careful 

consideration, the ASLM selected 

BOEM’s preferred alternative, to affirm 

Lease Sale 193 and leases previously 

issued. This selection meets the purpose 

and need for the proposed action, 

promotes orderly resource development 

with protection of the human, marine, 

and coastal environments, and ensures 

that the public receives an equitable 

return for these resources and that freemarket competition is maintained. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

more information on the ROD, you may 

contact Mr. Michael Routhier, Bureau of 

Ocean Energy Management, Alaska OCS 

Region, 3801 Centerpoint Drive, Ste. 

500, Anchorage, Alaska 99503. You may 

also contact Mr. Routhier by telephone 

at 907–334–5265. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the 

Lease Sale 193 Final Second SEIS, 

BOEM evaluated four alternatives 

summarized below: 

Alternative I—The Proposed Action: 

This alternative entails offering the 

entire Chukchi Sea Program Area for 

leasing. The area available for leasing 

under this alternative consists of 

approximately 34 million acres within 

the Chukchi Sea. Specifically excluded 

from this alternative was the 25 mile (40 

kilometer (km)) buffer implemented by 

then-Secretary Kempthorne in the Final 

OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 

2007–2012. 

Alternative I was not selected for the 

original sale in 2008. Since Lease Sale 

193 has already occurred, all of the 

leases originally issued are contained in 

an area smaller than, but covered by, 

Alternative I. Accordingly, selecting 

Alternative I would result in affirming 

Lease Sale 193 and all of the leases 

issued as a result of the sale. 

Alternative II—No Lease Sale: This 

alternative, which is the ‘‘No Action 

Alternative,’’ entails offering no areas in 

the Chukchi Sea for leasing. The 

opportunity to develop oil and gas 

resources that could have resulted from 

the lease sale would be precluded or 

postponed. This ‘‘no action’’ alternative 

would avoid any potential 

environmental impacts associated with 

the other alternatives. Since Lease Sale 

193 has already occurred, selecting 

Alternative II would result in not 

affirming the lease sale and voiding or 

vacating the remaining 460 leases issued 

in 2008 as a result of Lease Sale 193. 

Alternative III—Corridor I Deferral: 

This alternative entails offering the 

entire Chukchi Sea Program Area for 

leasing, minus a corridor (referred to as 

Corridor I) extending 60 miles (97 km) 

offshore along the coastward edge of the 

Program Area to protect important 

bowhead whale habitat. The area 

available for leasing under this 

alternative consists of approximately 24 

million acres in the Chukchi Sea. 

Five leases issued as a result of Lease 

Sale 193 are contained within Corridor 

I. Accordingly, selecting Alternative III 

would result in affirming the lease sale 

and all leases, except the Corridor I area, 

and those five leases, which would be 

vacated. 

Alternative IV—Corridor II Deferral: 

Alternative IV was the alternative 

originally selected for Lease Sale 193 

and BOEM’s preferred alternative in the 

Final Second SEIS. This alternative 

entails offering the entire Chukchi Sea 

Program Area available for leasing, 

minus a corridor (referred to as Corridor 

II) along the coastward edge of the 

Program Area. The area covered by 

Corridor II is a subset of the area 

covered by Corridor I. The area for 

leasing under this Alternative consists 

of 29.4 million acres. Selecting 

Alternative IV would result in affirming 

Lease Sale 193 and all existing leases. 

Alternative IV was BOEM’s preferred 

alternative because it represented a 

reasonable balance between 

environmental, economic, and technical 

considerations mandated by the OCS 

Lands Act. 

After careful consideration, the ASLM 

has decided to select Alternative IV and 

affirm Lease Sale 193 and the leases 

issued as a result of the sale. As 

described in the ROD, the ASLM fully 

considered the potential impacts of this 

action as described in the Final Second 

SEIS, considered potential mitigation of 

potential impacts through deferral of 

sensitive OCS areas and implementation 

of lease stipulations, and articulated 

factors considered in selecting the 

agency’s preferred alternative. In 

making her decision, the ASLM 

confirmed the previously adopted lease 

stipulations as being the most 

practicable means of reducing or 

avoiding impacts to the environment, 

while also noting that the OCS Lands 

Act provides BOEM and BSEE broad 

discretion to require additional 

mitigations on postlease activities. 

In affirming Lease Sale 193 and 

preserving the opportunity to explore 

and possibly develop all the leases 

issued in Chukchi Sea Lease Sale 193, 

the ASLM’s decision balances the 

national policies mandated by Congress 

to expeditiously and safely develop the 

natural resources of the OCS, subject to 

environmental safeguards, in a manner 

that is consistent with the maintenance 

of competition and other national needs. 

The ASLM’s selection of Alternative IV, 

and adoption of all practicable 

mitigation measures at the lease sale 

stage, balances the goal of orderly 

resource development with protection 

of the human, marine, and coastal 

environments, while also ensuring that 

the public receives an equitable return 

for these resources and that free-market 

competition is maintained. 

Record of Decision Availability: To 

obtain a single printed or CD copy of the 

ROD for Chukchi Sea Lease Sale 193, 

you may contact BOEM, Alaska OCS 

Region, Alaska OCS Region, 3801 

Centerpoint Drive, Suite 500, 

Anchorage, Alaska 99503 or by 

telephone at 1–907–334–5200. An 

electronic copy of the ROD is available 

on BOEM’s Internet Web site at http:// 

www.boem.gov/About-BOEM/BOEMRegions/Alaska-Region/Leasing-andPlans/Leasing/Lease-Sales/Sale-193/

Index.aspx. 

Authority: This NOA is published 

pursuant to the regulations (40 CFR part 

1506) implementing the provisions of the 

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 

Dated: March 31, 2015. 

Abigail Ross Hopper, 

Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07860 Filed 4–3–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–ES–2015–N060; 

FXES11130100000–156–FF01E00000] 

Endangered Species; Recovery Permit 

Applications 

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 applications 

for recovery permits to conduct 

activities with the purpose of enhancing 

the survival of an endangered species. 

The Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act), prohibits certain 

activities with endangered species 

unless a Federal permit allows such 

activity. The Act also requires that we 

invite public comment before issuing 

such permits. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, please 

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ADDRESSES: Program Manager for 

Restoration and Endangered Species 

Classification, Ecological Services, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific 

Regional Office, 911 NE 11th Avenue, 

Portland, OR 97232–4181. Please refer 

to the permit number for the application 

when submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colleen Henson, Fish and Wildlife 

Biologist, at the above address, or by 

telephone (503–231–6131) or fax (503– 

231–6243). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

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

prohibits certain activities with respect 

to 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 certain permits, and 

requires that we invite public comment 

before issuing these permits for 

endangered species. 

A permit granted by us under section 

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

permittee to conduct activities 

(including take or interstate commerce) 

with respect to U.S. endangered or 

threatened species for scientific 

purposes or enhancement of 

propagation or survival. Our regulations 

implementing section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

Act 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 permit number for the application 

when submitting comments. 

Documents and other information 

submitted with these applications are 

available for review by request from the 

Program Manager for Restoration and 

Endangered Species Classification at the 

address listed in the ADDRESSES section 

of this notice, subject to the 

requirements of the Privacy Act (5 

U.S.C. 552a) and the Freedom of 

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). 

Permit Number: TE–014497 

Applicant: Haleakala National Park, 

Kula, Hawaii 

The permittee requests a permit 

amendment to remove and reduce to 

possession (survey, collect, propagate, 

and outplant) Bidens campylotheca 

pentamera (ko‘oko‘olau), Bidens 

campylotheca waihoiensis 

(ko‘oko‘olau), Cyanea asplenifolia 

(haha), Cyanea duvalliorum (haha), 

Cyanea horrida (nui haha), Cyanea 

kunthiana (haha), Cyanea maritae 

(haha), Cyrtandra ferripilosa (haiwale), 

Geranium hanaense (nohoanu), 

Phyllostegia bracteata (no common 

name (NCN)), Phyllostegia haliakalae 

(NCN), and Wikstoemia villosa (NCN) at 

Haleakala National Park on the island of 

Maui, in conjunction with scientific 

research and recovery actions, for the 

purpose of enhancing the species’ 

survival. 

Permit Number: TE–08964A 

Applicant: Dana N. Ross, Corvallis, 

Oregon 

The permittee requests a permit 

amendment to take (survey, capture, 

handle, photograph, and release) the 

Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly 

(Euphydryas editha taylori) in Oregon, 

in conjunction with monitoring studies, 

for the purpose of enhancing the 

species’ survival. 

Permit Number: TE–42195A 

Applicant: U.S. Department of the 

Navy, Santa Rita, Guam 

The permittee requests a permit 

amendment to take (harass by survey 

using taped playback and monitor nests 

with cameras) the Mariana common 

moorhen (Gallinula chloropus guami) 

on Guam, in conjunction with life 

history studies, for the purpose of 

enhancing the species’ survival. 

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. 

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: March 27, 2015. 

Richard R. Hannan, 

Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07662 Filed 4–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCO923000–L14400000–ET0000 15X; 

COC–024224] 

Public Land Order No. 7833; 

Withdrawal of Public Lands, Browns 

Canyon Corridor, Colorado 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Public Land Order. 

SUMMARY: This order withdraws 230.08 

acres of public lands from location and 

entry under the United States mining 

laws for 20 years on behalf of the 

Bureau of Land Management to protect 

scenic, recreational, and other natural 

resource values within the Browns 

Canyon corridor of the Arkansas River. 

The lands have been and will remain 

open to leasing under the mineral and 

geothermal leasing laws. 

DATES: Effective Date: March 24, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Craddock, Bureau of Land 

Management Colorado State Office, 

303–239–3707, or write: Land Tenure 

Program Lead, BLM Colorado State 

Office, 2850 Youngfield Street, 

Lakewood, Colorado 80215–7093. 

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. The FIRS is available 

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

a message or question with the above 

individual. You will receive a reply 

during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Bureau of Land Management will 

manage the Browns Canyon corridor of 

the Arkansas River to protect the unique 

natural, scenic, cultural, and 

recreational values. 

Order 

By virtue of the authority vested in 

the Secretary of the Interior by Section 

204 of the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 

1714, it is ordered as follows: 

1. Subject to valid existing rights, the 

following described public lands are 

hereby withdrawn from location and 

entry under the United States mining 

laws, but not from leasing under the 

mineral or geothermal leasing laws, to 

protect the unique natural, scenic, 

cultural, and recreational values in the 

Browns Canyon corridor of the Arkansas 

River: 

New Mexico Principal Meridian 

T. 51 N., R. 8 E., 

Sec. 26, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4SW1⁄4, and that portion 

of the NE1⁄4SW1⁄4, SE1⁄4SW1⁄4, 


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