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qualified applicants may apply for a 

LEOSA ID Card, a Retired Badge, and/ 

or a Retired Credential, as applicable, 

either while still employed by TSA 

(shortly before separating or retiring) or 

after they have separated or retired (after 

they become private citizens, i.e., are no 

longer employed by the Federal 

Government). 

The LEOSA Identification Card 

Application (TSA Form 2825A) requires 

collection of identifying information, 

contact information, official title, 

separation date, and last known field 

office. Identifying information, such as 

the date of birth and social security 

number, are necessary to confirm the 

individual’s identity and to process the 

individual through the National Crime 

Information Center database. Similarly, 

for purposes of a retired badge and/or 

credential, TSA Form 2808–R, Retired 

Badge and/or Retired Credential 

Application, requires collection of 

identifying information, contact 

information, TSA employment/position 

information (TSA component or 

Government agency), official title, and 

entry on duty date. This collection of 

information is necessary to confirm the 

identity of the individual, conduct the 

necessary qualification process to 

determine the individual’s eligibility for 

a retired badge and/or credential, and to 

contact the individual if needed. 

Based on current data, TSA estimates 

183 TSA Forms 2825A and 183 TSA 

Forms 2808–R will be submitted, for a 

total of 366 respondents annually. It 

takes approximately 5 minutes (0.08333 

hours) to complete either form, so the 

total annual hour burden to the public 

will be 366 x 0.08333 hours, or 30.5 

hours. 

Dated: January 6, 2022. 

Christina A. Walsh, 

TSA Paperwork Reduction Act Officer, 

Information Technology. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R2–ES–2021–0136; 

FXES11130200000–212–FF02ENEH00] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Draft Recovery Plan for the 

New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, announce the 

availability of our draft recovery plan 

for the New Mexico meadow jumping 

mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus). This 

subspecies occurs in riparian habitats in 

New Mexico, Arizona, and southern 

Colorado, and was listed as endangered 

in 2014 under the Endangered Species 

Act. We request review and comment on 

this draft recovery plan from local, 

State, and Federal agencies; Tribes; 

nongovernmental organizations; and the 

public. 

DATES: We must receive any comments 

on or before March 14, 2022. Comments 

submitted online at http://

www.regulations.gov (see ADDRESSES) 

must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern 

Time on March 14, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: 

Obtaining Documents: You may 

obtain a copy of the draft recovery plan 

and species status assessment by the 

following methods: 

• Internet: Go to one of the following 

sites: 

Æ http://www.regulations.gov in 

Docket No. FWS–R2–ES–2021–0136; 

Æ http://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/ 

7965; or 

Æ https://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/ 

NewMexico/. 

• U.S. mail: Send a request to U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, New Mexico 

Ecological Services Field Office 

(NMESFO), 2105 Osuna NE, 

Albuquerque, NM 87113. 

• Telephone: 505–346–2525 or 800– 

299–0196. 

Submitting Comments: Submit your 

comments in writing by one of the 

following methods: 

• Internet: http://

www.regulations.gov. Search for and 

submit comments on Docket No. FWS– 

R2–ES–2021–0136. 

• U.S. mail: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R2– 

ES–2021–0136; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service Headquarters, MS: PRB/3W, 

5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 

22041–3803. 

For additional information about 

submitting comments, see Request for 

Public Comments and Public 

Availability of Comments under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shawn Sartorius, Field Supervisor, at 

505–346–2525, or by email at nmesfo@

fws.gov. Individuals who are hearing or 

speech impaired may call the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 for 

TTY assistance. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(USFWS), announce the availability of 

our draft recovery plan for New Mexico 

meadow jumping mouse (Zapus 

hudsonius luteus), which we listed as 

endangered in 2014 (79 FR 33119) 

under the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 

et seq.). The subspecies is endemic to 

New Mexico, Arizona, and a small area 

of southern Colorado. It nests in dry 

soils and uses dense riparian vegetation 

up to an elevation of about 9,500 feet. 

The draft recovery plan includes 

specific goals, objectives, and criteria 

that may help to inform our 

consideration of whether to reclassify 

the species as threatened (i.e., 

‘‘downlist’’) or remove the subspecies 

from the Federal List of Endangered and 

Threatened Wildlife (i.e., ‘‘delist’’). We 

request review of and comment on the 

draft recovery plan from local, State, 

and Federal agencies; Tribes; 

nongovernmental organizations; and the 

public. 

Recovery Planning and Implementation 

Section 4(f) of the ESA requires the 

development of recovery plans for listed 

species, unless such a plan would not 

promote the conservation of a particular 

species. Also pursuant to section 4(f) of 

the ESA, a recovery plan must, to the 

maximum extent practicable, include: 

(1) A description of site-specific 

management actions as may be 

necessary to achieve the plan’s goals for 

the conservation and survival of the 

species; 

(2) Objective, measurable criteria that, 

when met, would support a 

determination under section 4(a)(1) that 

the species should be removed from the 

List of Endangered and Threatened 

Species; and 

(3) Estimates of the time and costs 

required to carry out those measures 

needed to achieve the plan’s goal and to 

achieve intermediate steps toward that 

goal. 

In 2016 the USFWS revised its 

approach to recovery planning, and is 

now using a process termed recovery 

planning and implementation (RPI) (see 

https://www.fws.gov/endangered/esalibrary/pdf/RPI.pdf). The RPI approach 

is intended to reduce the time needed 

to develop and implement recovery 

plans, increase recovery plan relevance 

over a longer timeframe, and add 

flexibility to recovery plans so they can 

be adjusted to new information or 

circumstances. Under RPI, a recovery 

plan addresses the statutorily required 

elements under section 4(f) of the Act, 

including site-specific management 

actions, objective and measurable 

recovery criteria, and the estimated time 

and cost to recovery. The RPI recovery 

plan is supported by two supplementary 

documents: A species status assessment 

(SSA), which describes the best 


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available scientific information related 

to the biological needs of the species 

and assessment of threats, and a 

recovery implementation strategy, 

which details the particular near-term 

activities needed to implement the 

recovery actions identified in the 

recovery plan. Under this approach, we 

can more nimbly incorporate new 

information on species biology or 

details of recovery implementation by 

updating these supplementary 

documents without concurrent revision 

of the entire recovery plan, unless 

changes to statutorily required elements 

are necessary. 

Species Background 

On June 10, 2014, we published a 

final rule (79 FR 33119) to list the New 

Mexico meadow jumping mouse as 

endangered. On March 16, 2016, we 

published a final rule (81 FR 14264) 

designating critical habitat for the 

subspecies. The New Mexico meadow 

jumping mouse is a small (181 to 233 

millimeters (mm); 7.1 to 9.2 inches (in) 

in total length) dark brown rodent with 

an extremely long, bicolored tail (125.1 

mm; 4.9 in), with a white underside and 

yellowish-brown sides. It is a true 

hibernator, hibernating from October 

through May, and is active from late 

May or early June into early October. 

The subspecies occurs within elevations 

ranging from approximately 1,372 m 

(4,500 ft) up to approximately 2,896 m 

(9,500 ft). It is a habitat specialist that 

requires dense riparian herbaceous 

vegetation with a minimum height of 61 

cm (24 in) associated with seasonally 

available or perennial (persistent) 

flowing water, moist soils, and adjacent 

uplands that can support the vegetation 

characteristics needed for jumping 

mouse foraging, breeding, and 

hibernating. 

Past and current habitat loss has 

resulted in the extirpation of historical 

populations and has reduced the size 

and increased the isolation of existing 

populations. The primary sources of 

current and anticipated future habitat 

loss include (1) livestock, elk, and feral 

horse grazing pressure that is 

incompatible with maintaining needed 

vegetation structure and diversity (i.e., 

contributes to riparian herbaceous 

vegetation loss); (2) incompatible water 

management and use (e.g., dams and 

water diversion and mowing along 

irrigation ditches); (3) lack of water due 

to drought (exacerbated by climate 

change); and (4) severe wildland fires 

that cause changes to riparian habitat 

(also exacerbated by climate change). 

Additional sources of habitat loss are 

likely to occur from post-fire scouring 

floods, stream incision resulting in 

disconnection of the floodplain from the 

stream channel, loss of beaver ponds, 

highway construction and maintenance, 

residential and commercial 

development, coalbed methane 

development, and unregulated 

recreation. 

Recovery Criteria 

The draft recovery criteria are 

summarized below. For a complete 

description of the rationale behind the 

objective, measurable criteria, the 

recovery strategy, site-specific 

management actions, and estimated 

time and costs associated with recovery, 

refer to the draft recovery plan for New 

Mexico meadow jumping mouse (see 

ADDRESSES for document availability). 

The ultimate recovery goal is to delist 

the subspecies by ensuring the longterm viability in the wild. The New 

Mexico meadow jumping mouse 

currently is known to occur within 

thirteen 8th hydrological unit code 

(HUC8) subunits distributed across the 

subspecies’ historical range in eastern 

Arizona, southern Colorado, and New 

Mexico. The thirteen HUC8s are within 

six geographical units (GUs) that 

contain the currently known 

populations. In the recovery plan, we 

define the following criteria for 

downlisting and delisting. 

Downlisting Criteria 

Criterion 1: Occupied riparian and 

adjacent upland New Mexico meadow 

jumping mouse habitat within each of 

13 HUC8s are protected, maintained, 

and/or restored. 

Criterion 2: Within an occupied 

HUC8, an overall stable or increasing 

New Mexico meadow jumping mouse 

estimate population trend is 

documented over an 8-year period. 

Criterion 3: Threats to New Mexico 

meadow jumping mouse are decreasing 

or abated when the protection and 

expansion of occupied New Mexico 

meadow jumping mouse riparian 

functionally connected habitat and 

adjacent upland habitat meet Criteria 1 

and 2. 

Criterion 4: At least one HUC8 in each 

of the GUs has functional habitat and 

population(s) maintained as to meet 

criteria 1 and 2 above, to ensure genetic 

and ecological representation. 

Delisting Criteria 

Criterion 1: Occupied riparian and 

adjacent upland New Mexico meadow 

jumping mouse habitat within each of 

16 HUC8s are protected, maintained, 

and/or restored. 

Criterion 2: Within an occupied 

HUC8, an overall stable or increasing 

New Mexico meadow jumping mouse 

estimated population trend is 

documented over a 12-year period. 

Criterion 3: Threats to New Mexico 

meadow jumping mouse are decreasing 

or abated when the protection and 

expansion of occupied New Mexico 

meadow jumping mouse riparian 

functionally connected habitat and 

adjacent upland habitat meet Criteria 1 

and 2, and significant threats that 

include excessive grazing, ineffective 

water management and/or water 

diversions, stream degradation, and 

stream incision with flood plain 

disconnection are controlled or 

managed to the extent that they do not 

pose imminent or chronic downward 

pressures on the New Mexico meadow 

jumping mouse and its habitat. 

Criterion 4: At least two HUC8s in 

each of the GUs have functional habitat 

and populations maintained as to meet 

criteria 1 and 2 above to ensure genetic 

and ecological representation. 

Request for Public Comments 

Section 4(f) of the ESA requires us to 

provide public notice and an 

opportunity for public review and 

comment during recovery plan 

development. It is also our policy to 

request peer review of recovery plans 

(59 FR 34270; July 1, 1994). In an 

appendix to the final recovery plan, we 

will summarize and respond to the 

issues raised during public comment 

and peer review. Substantive comments 

may or may not result in changes to the 

recovery plan. Comments regarding 

recovery plan implementation will be 

forwarded as appropriate to Federal 

agencies or other entities so that they 

can be taken into account during the 

course of implementation of recovery 

actions. 

We invite written comments on this 

draft recovery plan. In particular, we are 

interested in additional information 

regarding the current threats to the 

species, ongoing beneficial management 

efforts, and the costs associated with 

implementing the recommended 

recovery actions. The species status 

assessment is accessible as a supporting 

document for the draft recovery plan, 

but we are not seeking comments on 

that document. We will consider all 

comments we receive by the date 

specified in DATES, above, prior to final 

approval of the plan. 

Public Availability of Comments 

All comments we receive, including 

names and addresses, will become part 

of the administrative record and will be 

available to the public. Before including 

your address, phone number, email 

address, or other personal identifying 

information in your comment, you 


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should be aware that your entire 

comment—including your personal 

identifying information—will be 

publicly available. While you may 

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. 

Authority 

We developed our draft recovery plan 

and publish this notice under the 

authority of section 4(f) of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

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

Amy L. Lueders, 

Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R5–ES–2021–N198; 

FXES11130500000–212–FF05E00000] 

Endangered Species; Receipt of 

Recovery Permit Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit 

applications; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, have received 

applications for permits to conduct 

activities intended to enhance the 

propagation or survival of endangered 

species under the Endangered Species 

Act. We invite the public and local, 

State, Tribal, and Federal agencies to 

comment on these applications. Before 

issuing the requested permits, we will 

take into consideration any information 

that we receive during the public 

comment period. 

DATES: We must receive your written 

comments on or before March 14, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Use one of the following 

methods to request documents or 

submit comments. Requests and 

comments should specify the applicant 

name and application number (e.g., 

PER0001234): 

• Email: permitsR5ES@fws.gov. 

• U.S. Mail: Abby Gelb, Ecological 

Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

300 Westgate Center Dr., Hadley, MA 

01035. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Abby Gelb, 413–253–8212 (phone), or 

permitsR5ES@fws.gov (email). 

Individuals who are hearing or speech 

impaired may call the Federal Relay 

Service at 1–800–877–8339 for TTY 

assistance. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite 

the public to comment on applications 

for permits under section 10(a)(1)(A) of 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

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

The requested permits would allow the 

applicants to conduct activities 

intended to promote recovery of species 

that are listed as endangered under the 

ESA. 

Background 

With some exceptions, the ESA 

prohibits activities that constitute take 

of listed species unless a Federal permit 

is issued that allows such activity. The 

ESA’s definition of ‘‘take’’ includes such 

activities as pursuing, harassing, 

trapping, capturing, or collecting, in 

addition to hunting, shooting, harming, 

wounding, or killing. 

A recovery permit issued by us under 

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

authorizes the permittee to conduct 

activities with endangered or threatened 

species for scientific purposes that 

promote recovery or for enhancement of 

propagation or survival of the species. 

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. 

Permit Applications Available for 

Review and Comment 

We invite local, State, and Federal 

agencies; Tribes; and the public to 

comment on the following applications. 

Application No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of take Permit 

action 

PER0002181 ... Paul L. Angermeier, dba 

USGS/Virginia Tech, 

Blacksburg, VA.

Candy darter 

(Etheostoma osburni).

Add: West Virginia ......... Electrofish, survey .......... Capture, collect .............. Amend. 

PER0027548 ... State University of New 

York—ESF, Syracuse, 

NY.

Piping plover 

(Charadrius melodus).

New York ....................... Survey, band, biological 

samples, propagate.

Capture, collect, wound New. 

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, North AtlanticAppalachian Region. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[222A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A51010.999900] 

Notice of Deadline for Submitting 

Completed Applications To Begin 

Participation in the Tribal SelfGovernance Program in Fiscal Year 

2023 or Calendar Year 2023 

AGENCY: Office of Self-Governance, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of application deadline. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, the Office of 

Self-Governance (OSG) establishes a 

March 1, 2022, deadline for Indian 

tribes/consortia to submit completed 

applications to begin participation in 


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