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and Geoffroy’s cat (Leopardus geoffroyi) 

collected in the wild in Port Alegre, 

Brazil, for the purpose of scientific 

research. This notification covers 

activities to be conducted by the 

applicant over a 5-year period. 

Applicant: Lori Snook-Haas, Bolivar, 

OH; Permit No. PER0024437 

The applicant requests a captive-bred 

wildlife registration under 50 CFR 

17.21(g) for Madagascar radiated tortoise 

(Astrochelys radiata) to enhance the 

propagation or survival of the species. 

This notification covers activities to be 

conducted by the applicant over a 5- 

year period. 

Applicant: Capron Park Zoo, Attleboro, 

MA; Permit No. 76158D 

The applicant requests a captive-bred 

wildlife registration under 50 CFR 

17.21(g) for the following species, to 

enhance the propagation or survival of 

the species. This notification covers 

activities to be conducted by the 

applicant over a 5-year period. 

Common name Scientific name 

Rodrigues fruit bat .... Pteropus rodricensis. 

Bush-tailed rat-kangaroo.Bettongia penicillata. 

Japanese crane ........ Grus japonensis. 

Black-and-white lemur Varecia variegata 

variegata. 

Red ruffed lemur ....... Varecia rubra. 

Ring-tailed lemur ....... Lemur catta. 

Lion ........................... Panthera leo leo. 

Lion ........................... Panthera leo 

melanochaita. 

Applicant: University of Florida, Florida 

Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, 

FL; Permit No. PER0025774 

The applicant requests authorization 

to export and re-import nonliving 

museum specimens of endangered 

species previously accessioned into the 

applicant’s collection for scientific 

research. This notification covers 

activities to be conducted by the 

applicant over a 5-year period. 

Applicant: Cherokee Exotic Adventures, 

Richmond, TX; Permit No. 82000D 

The applicant requests a permit 

authorizing the culling of excess red 

lechwe (Kobus leche) from the captive 

herd maintained at their facility, to 

enhance the species’ propagation and 

survival. This notification covers 

activities to be conducted by the 

applicant over a 5-year period. 

IV. Next Steps 

After the comment period closes, we 

will make decisions regarding permit 

issuance. If we issue permits to any of 

the applicants listed in this notice, we 

will publish a notice in the Federal 

Register. You may locate the notice 

announcing the permit issuance by 

searching http://www.regulations.gov 

for the permit number listed above in 

this document. For example, to find 

information about the potential issuance 

of Permit No. 12345A, you would go to 

regulations.gov and search for 

‘‘12345A’’. 

V. Authority 

We issue this notice under the 

authority of the Endangered Species Act 

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

seq.), and its implementing regulations. 

Brenda Tapia, 

Supervisor, Program Analyst/Data 

Administrator, Branch of Permits, Division 

of Management Authority. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R2–ES–2021–N189; 

FXES111602C0000–212–FF02ENEH00] 

Enhancement of Survival Permit; 

Agricultural Candidate Conservation 

Agreement With Assurances (CCAA) 

for Lesser Prairie Chicken in Oklahoma 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of an application to amend 

the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife 

Conservation’s enhancement of survival 

permit and the associated Agricultural 

Candidate Conservation Agreement with 

Assurances (CCAA) for Lesser Prairie 

Chickens (LEPC) in Oklahoma. The 

application package includes the 

proposed amendment to the CCAA and 

a draft screening form pursuant to the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA). 

DATES: Submission of comments: We 

will accept comments received or 

postmarked on or before February 17, 

2022. 

ADDRESSES: 

Obtaining documents: You may 

obtain copies of the EOS application, 

proposed CCAA amendment, draft 

NEPA screening form, or other related 

documents on the internet at https://

www.fws.gov/southwest/es/oklahoma. 

Submitting comments: You may 

submit written comments by email to 

OKES_NEPA@fws.gov. Please note that 

your comment is in reference to the 

above-referenced CCAA. For more 

information, see Public Availability of 

Comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

John Hendrix, Acting Field Supervisor, 

Oklahoma Ecological Services Field 

Office, Tulsa, OK; telephone 918–581– 

7458. Individuals who are hearing or 

speech impaired may call the Federal 

Relay Service at 800–877–8337 for TTY 

assistance. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice advises the public that the 

Oklahoma Department of Wildlife 

Conservation (ODWC) has applied to the 

Service to amend their existing 

enhancement of survival (EOS) 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.), 

and the associated Agricultural 

Candidate Conservation Agreement with 

Assurances (CCAA) for Lesser Prairie 

Chickens in Oklahoma. The permit 

application includes the CCAA 

amendment and the draft screening 

form supporting a categorical exclusion 

in accordance with the requirements of 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). We are 

making the permit application package 

available for public review and 

comment. 

Background 

Under a CCAA, the participants 

voluntarily undertake management 

activities on their properties to enhance, 

restore, or maintain habitat benefiting 

species that are proposed for listing 

under the ESA, candidates for listing, or 

species that may become candidates or 

proposed for listing. Enhancement of 

survival permits are issued to the 

applicants in association with approved 

CCAAs to authorize incidental take of 

the covered species from conservation 

measures and ongoing activities on the 

enrolled lands that are identified in the 

CCAA. Through the CCAA and the 

associated EOS permit, the Service 

provides assurances to enrolled 

property owners that they will not be 

subjected to increased land use 

restrictions if the covered species 

become listed under the ESA in the 

future, provided certain conditions are 

met. 

Application requirements and 

issuance criteria for EOS permits for 

CCAAs are found in the Code of 

Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 

17.22(d)(2)(ii) and 17.32(d)(2)(ii), for 

species that may become listed as 

endangered and threatened under the 

ESA, respectively. See also the joint 

policy on CCAAs, which was published 


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in the Federal Register with the 

Department of Commerce’s National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, National Marine 

Fisheries Service (80 FR 95164; 

December 27, 2016). 

Proposed Action 

The existing permitted CCAA is 

authorized for 25 years and covers 

agricultural activities in Alfalfa, Beaver, 

Beckham, Cimarron, Custer, Dewey, 

Ellis, Harper, Major, Roger Mills, Texas, 

Washita, Woods, and Woodward 

Counties, in Oklahoma. This area 

constitutes the CCAA’s planning area, 

with covered areas being non-Federal 

lands within the planning area that 

provide suitable habitat for LEPC, or 

have the potential to provide suitable 

LEPC habitat with the implementation 

of appropriate conservation 

management practices. The ODWC has 

applied for an amendment to the CCAA 

to increase the conservation benefit of 

the CCAA for LEPC in Oklahoma by 

increasing enrollment from the current 

maximum of 400,000 acres to 1,000,000 

acres by 2037, throughout the 14 

Oklahoma counties described in the 

CCAA. This would more than double 

the conservation program currently 

being implemented on agricultural 

lands within the planning range of the 

LEPC under the current EOS permit 

held by ODWC. This CCAA contributes 

to a larger conservation effort for the 

LEPC across its range within Colorado, 

Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and 

Texas. 

Pursuant to the CCAA, ODWC will 

enroll participating landowners through 

issuance of certificates of inclusion. 

Participating landowners who are fully 

implementing the CCAA provisions of 

the EOS permit will be provided 

assurances that, should the LEPC 

become listed, the Service will not 

require them to provide additional land, 

water, or financial resources, nor will 

there be any further restrictions to their 

land, water, or financial resources than 

those they committed to under the 

CCAA provisions. Furthermore, if the 

LEPC is listed, participating landowners 

would be provided incidental take 

authorization for LEPC under the EOS 

permit for the level of incidental take on 

the enrolled lands consistent with the 

activities under the CCAA provisions. 

This amendment would potentially 

increase the amount of the incidental 

take authorization proportionately with 

the increasing of the enrolled 

conservation acres. 

Next Steps 

We will evaluate the permit 

application, proposed amendment, draft 

NEPA screening form, and comments 

we receive to determine whether the 

EOS application meets the requirements 

of ESA, NEPA, and implementing 

regulations. If we determine that all 

requirements are met, we will approve 

the amendment and issue the amended 

EOS under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

ESA to the applicant in accordance with 

the terms of the amended CCAA and 

specific terms and conditions of the 

authorizing EOS. We will not make our 

final decision until after the 30-day 

comment period ends, and we have 

fully considered all comments received 

during the public comment period. 

Public Availability of Comments 

All comments we receive become part 

of the public record associated with this 

action. Requests for copies of comments 

will be handled in accordance with the 

Freedom of Information Act, NEPA, and 

Service and Department of the Interior 

policies and procedures. 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 to 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 the 

authority of section 10(c) of the ESA and 

its implementing regulations (50 CFR 

17.22 and 17.32) and NEPA (42 U.S.C. 

4371 et seq.) and its implementing 

regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). 

Amy Lueders, 

Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of the Secretary 

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DLSN00000.000000; DX62601] 

Report on the Department of the 

Interior Federal Financial Assistance 

Infrastructure Programs Subject to the 

Build America, Buy America Act 

Provisions of the Infrastructure 

Investment and Jobs Act 

AGENCY: Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the 

Interior (DOI) is publishing a report on 

DOI Federal Financial Assistance 

Programs for infrastructure subject to 

the Build America, Buy America Act 

Provisions of the Infrastructure 

Investment and Jobs Act. This report 

reflects the DOI’s initial analysis of 

financial assistance programs and 

associated Buy America requirements. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel Moline—Policy Analyst, DOI, 

Office of Grants Management, (202) 

513–7546, os_pgm@ios.doi.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

initial analysis, which can be found at 

following website: https://www.doi.gov/ 

grants/infrastructure-programs is based 

on the agency’s current understanding 

of information gathered as of the 

required 60-day reporting deadline. In 

particular, the DOI is still evaluating the 

application of the Build America, Buy 

America Act provisions to contracts and 

agreements executed under the Indian 

Self-Determination and Education and 

Assistance Act, as amended, 25 U.S.C. 

5301 et seq. Subject to additional 

ongoing evaluation and any further 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) implementation guidance 

regarding section 70915 of the 

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, 

DOI will work closely with OMB to 

make any necessary adjustments to this 

initial list. Therefore, this initial 

analysis is subject to change. 

Consistent with the policy direction 

of Executive Order 14005: Ensuring the 

Future is Made in All of America By All 

of America’s Workers, Title IX of the 

Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act 

(IIJA): Build America, Buy America Act 

imposes new, government-wide 

domestic content procurement 

preference requirements on all projects 

funded through financial assistance 

programs for infrastructure whether or 

not those programs are funded through 

IIJA. Section 70913(a) of IIJA requires 

each agency to submit a report to OMB 

and Congress that will be published in 

the Federal Register. As provided in 


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