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prerequisite to applying to the CTPAT 

Trade Compliance program. CTPAT 

members are given the opportunity to 

receive additional benefits in exchange 

for a commitment to assume 

responsibility for monitoring their own 

compliance by applying to the CTPAT 

Trade Compliance program. After a 

company has completed the security 

aspects of the CTPAT program and is in 

good standing, it may opt to apply to the 

CTPAT Trade Compliance component. 

The CTPAT Trade Compliance program 

strengthens security by leveraging the 

CTPAT supply chain requirements, 

identifying low-risk trade entities for 

supply chain security, and increasing 

the overall efficiency of trade by 

segmenting risk and processing by 

account. 

The CTPAT Trade Compliance 

program is open to U.S. and nonresident Canadian importers that have 

satisfied both the CTPAT supply chain 

security and trade compliance 

requirements. 

The CTPAT Trade Compliance 

program application includes questions 

about the following: 

• Primary Point of Contact including 

name, title, email address, and phone 

number 

• Business information including 

Company Name, Company Address, 

Company phone number, Company 

website, Company type (private or 

public), CBP Bond information, 

Importer of Record Number, and 

number of employees 

• Information about the applicant’s 

Supply Chain Security Profile 

• Trade Compliance Profile and Internal 

Control Operating Procedures of the 

applicant 

• Company Broker information 

• Training material for Supply Chain 

Security and Trade Compliance 

• Risk Assessment documentation and 

results 

• Period testing documentation and 

results 

• Prior disclosure history 

• Partner Government Agency 

affiliation information 

After an importer obtains CTPAT 

Trade Compliance membership, the 

importer will be required to submit an 

Annual Notification Letter to CBP 

confirming that they are continuing to 

meet the requirements of the program. 

This letter should include: Personnel 

changes that impact the CTPAT Trade 

Compliance Program; organizational 

and procedural changes; a summary of 

risk assessment and self-testing results; 

a summary of post-entry amendments 

and/or disclosures made to CBP; and 

any importer activity changes within the 

last 12-month period. 

Type of Information Collection: 

CTPAT Application. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

750. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 750. 

Estimated Time per Response: 20 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 15,000. 

Type of Information Collection: 

CTPAT Trade Compliance Application. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

50. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 50. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 100. 

Type of Information Collection: 

CTPAT Trade Compliance Program’s 

Annual Notification Letter. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

50. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Estimated Number of Total Annual 

Responses: 50. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 100. 

Dated: February 14, 2022. 

Seth D. Renkema, 

Branch Chief, Economic Impact Analysis 

Branch, U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 

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BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[Docket No. FWS–R8–ES–2022–N005; 

FXES11140800000–223–FF08ECAR00] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Receipt of an Incidental Take Permit 

Application and Low-Effect Habitat 

Conservation Plan for the Big Tujunga 

Dam Project, Los Angeles County 

Department of Public Works, Los 

Angeles County, CA 

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 a draft habitat 

conservation plan (HCP) and draft 

categorical exclusion for activities 

associated with continued operation 

and maintenance of Big Tujunga Dam 

and a spillway improvement project. 

Los Angeles County Department of 

Public Works (applicant) developed a 

draft HCP as part of their application for 

an incidental take permit (ITP) under 

the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended. The Los Angeles Department 

of Water and Power would be a 

participating agency. The Service 

prepared a draft low-effect screening 

form and environmental action 

statement in accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) to evaluate the potential effects 

to the natural and human environment 

resulting from issuing an ITP to the 

applicant. We invite public comment on 

these documents. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, please 

send your written comments on or 

before March 21, 2022. 

ADDRESSES:

Obtaining Documents: The documents 

this notice announces, as well as any 

comments and other materials that we 

receive, will be available for public 

inspection online at https://

pw.lacounty.gov/wrd/projects/ 

bigtujunga/. 

Submitting Comments: You may 

submit comments by email at 

fw8cfwocomments@fws.gov. Please 

reference Big Tujunga Dam Project in 

the subject line of your email. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jesse Bennett, Fish and Wildlife 

Biologist, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife 

Office, via phone at 760–431–9440 or 

email atfw8cfwocomments@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the 

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

received an application from the Los 

Angeles County Department of Public 

Works (applicant) for an incidental take 

permit under the Endangered Species 

Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The applicant has 

requested take authorization for the 

federally endangered arroyo toad 

(Anaxyrus californicus), southwestern 

willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 

extimus), and least Bell’s vireo (Vireo 

bellii pusillus); the federally threatened 

Santa Ana sucker (Catostomus 

santaanae) and western distinct 

population segment of the yellow-billed 

cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus); and the 

non-federally listed arroyo chub (Gila 

orcuttii), Santa Ana speckled dace 

(Rhinichthys osculus), and southwestern 

pond turtle (Actinemys pallida), 

incidental to activities associated with 

the continued operation and 

maintenance of Big Tujunga Dam in Los 

Angeles County, California, and a 


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spillway improvement project. 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 

resulting from issuing an ITP to the 

applicant. We invite public comment on 

these documents. 

Background 

The Service listed the arroyo toad as 

endangered on December 16, 1994 (59 

FR 64859), and published a revised final 

rule designating critical habitat on 

February 7, 2001 (66 FR 9414). The 

Service listed the southwestern willow 

flycatcher as endangered on February 

27, 1995 (60 FR 10695), and published 

a revised final rule designating critical 

habitat on January 3, 2013 (78 FR 

344534). The Service listed the least 

Bell’s vireo as endangered on May 2, 

1986 (51 FR 16474), and published a 

final rule designating critical habitat on 

February 2, 1994 (59 FR 4845). The 

Service listed the Santa Ana sucker as 

threatened on April 12, 2000 (65 FR 

19686), and published a revised final 

rule designating critical habitat on 

December 14, 2010 (75 FR 77962). The 

Service listed the yellow-billed cuckoo 

as threatened on October 3, 2014 (79 FR 

59992), and published a final rule 

designating critical habitat on April 21, 

2021 (86 FR 20798). 

Section 9 of the ESA prohibits take of 

fish and wildlife species listed as 

endangered (16 U.S.C. 1538). Under the 

ESA, ‘‘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). Section 4(d) of the ESA allows 

the Secretary to extend protections for 

endangered species to those listed as 

threatened. Under section 10(a)(1)(B) of 

the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1539(a)(1)(B)), we 

may issue permits to authorize take of 

listed fish and wildlife species that is 

incidental to, and not the purpose of, 

carrying out an otherwise lawful 

activity. 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. Issuance of an ITP also 

must not be likely to jeopardize the 

continued existence of federally listed 

fish, wildlife, or plant species, pursuant 

to section 7 of the ESA and 50 CFR part 

402. The permittee would receive 

assurances under our ‘‘No Surprises’’ 

regulations (50 CFR 17.22(b)(5) and 

17.32(b)(5)). 

Project 

Big Tujunga Dam is a 244-foot high 

dam located on Big Tujunga River in the 

Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles 

County, California. The applicant 

requests a 30-year incidental take permit 

for operation and maintenance of Big 

Tujunga Dam, which regulates stream 

flows in the Big Tujunga River from Big 

Tujunga Dam downstream to Hansen 

Dam, a distance of approximately 14 

miles. The incidental take permit would 

also address a spillway improvement 

project at Big Tujunga Dam. 

The applicant proposes to mitigate or 

minimize impacts through ramping of 

water conservation releases during the 

spawning season of fish, providing up to 

1,500 acre-feet of water in supplemental 

flows during the dry season, monitoring 

and adaptive management to benefit 

covered species, funding of nonnative 

species removal or other recovery 

measures, and best management 

practices. The proposed plan also 

allows for the potential translocation of 

Santa Ana sucker upstream of Big 

Tujunga Dam to expand the range of this 

species. 

Our Preliminary Determination 

The Service has made a preliminary 

determination that issuance of the ITP 

and implementation of the project is not 

a major Federal action that will 

significantly affect the quality of the 

human environment within the meaning 

of section 102(2)(C) of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA; 42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). Moreover, issuance 

of the ITP and implementation of the 

project individually and cumulatively 

will not have more than a minor or 

negligible effect on federally listed or 

covered species and the environment. 

Therefore, we have preliminarily 

concluded that the ITP for this project 

would qualify for categorical exclusion 

as provided by our NEPA regulations at 

43 CFR 46.205 and 46.215. 

Next Steps 

We will evaluate the proposed HCP 

and any comments received to 

determine whether to issue the 

requested permit. We will also conduct 

an intra-Service consultation pursuant 

to section 7 of the ESA to evaluate the 

effects of our proposed action. After 

considering the above findings, we will 

determine whether the permit issuance 

criteria of section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA 

have been met. If the criteria are met, we 

will issue the permit to the applicant for 

incidental take. 

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 may 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(c) of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1539 et seq.) 

and NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). 

Kristine Petersen, 

Acting Field Supervisor, Carlsbad Fish and 

Wildlife Office, Carlsbad, California. 

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BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–R–2021–N217; 

FXGO1664091HCC0–FF09D00000–190] 

Hunting and Wildlife Conservation 

Council Charter Renewal; Request for 

Nominations 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior (DOI) and Department of 

Agriculture (USDA) are renewing the 

charter for and seeking member 

nominations to the Hunting and 

Wildlife Conservation Council 

(Council). The renewed Council 

replaces and changes the name of the 

previous Hunting and Shooting Sports 

Conservation Council. The Secretary of 

the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture 

(Secretaries), after consultation with the 

General Services Administration, have 

renewed the Council charter for 2 years. 

The Council will provide 

recommendations to the Federal 

Government, through the Secretary of 

the Interior (Secretary) and the Secretary 

of Agriculture, regarding the 

establishment and implementation of 

existing and proposed policies and 

authorities with regard to wildlife and 

habitat conservation endeavors that 

benefit wildlife resources; encourage 

partnership among the public, sporting 

conservation organizations, and Federal, 

State, Tribal, and territorial 

governments; and benefit recreational 

hunting and recreational shooting 

sports. 

DATES: Comments regarding the 

establishment of this Council must be 


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