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Applicant: Copperhead Environmental 

Consulting, Inc., Paint Lick, 

Kentucky, TE171516 

The applicant requests amendment of 

existing authorization to add authority 

to capture, handle, and release 31 

species of freshwater mussel for 

presence surveys throughout the species 

ranges in the eastern United States. 

Applicant: South Carolina Parks, 

Recreation and Tourism, Columbia, 

South Carolina TE207117 

The applicant requests authorization 

to harass, inspect nest cavities, and 

conduct other management activities 

with the red-cockaded woodpecker 

(Picoides borealis) throughout South 

Carolina. 

Applicant: Fort Benning Conservation 

Branch, Fort Benning, Georgia 

TE016270 

The applicant requests renewal of 

existing authorization to harass, inspect 

nest cavities, capture, translocate, and 

conduct other management activities 

with the red-cockaded woodpecker 

throughout Georgia, Alabama, Florida, 

and Mississippi. 

Applicant: Danny Gustafson, The 

Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina, 

TE117645 

The applicant requests renewal of 

existing authorization to collect leaves 

of pondberry (Lindera melissifolia) from 

throughout South Carolina. 

Applicant: North Carolina Botanical 

Garden, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 

TE091705 

The applicant requests renewal of 

existing authorization to collect seeds, 

spores, cuttings, and vegetative material 

of little amphianthus (Amphianthus 

pusillus), Alabama leather flower 

(Clematis socialis), harperella 

(Ptilimnium nodosum), Kral’s waterplantain (Sagittaria secundifolia), green 

pitcher-plant (Sarracenia oreophila), 

seabeach amaranth (Amaranthus 

pumilus), shale-barren rockcress (Arabis 

serotina), golden sedge (Carex lutea), 

Alabama leather-flower (Clematis 

socialis), smooth-purple coneflower 

(Echinacea laevigata), Applachian avens 

(Geum radiatum), rock gnome lichen 

(Gymnoderma lineare), Schweinitz’s 

sunflower (Helianthus schweinitzii), 

dwarf-flowered heartleaf (Hexastylis 

naniflora), mountain golden-heartleaf 

(Hudsonia montana), black-spore 

quillwort (Isoetes melanospora), 

Merlin’s-grass (Isoetes tegetiformans), 

Heller’s gayfeather (Liatris helleri), 

rough-leaved loosestrife (Lysimachia 

asperulaefolia), Canby’s dropwort 

(Oxypolis canbyi), Ruth’s golden aster 

(Pityopsis ruthii), Michaux’s sumac 

(Rhus michauxii), bunched arrowhead 

(Sagittaria fasciculata), mountain sweet 

pitcher-plant (Sarracenia jonesii), 

largeflower skullcap (Scutellaria 

montana), blue ridge goldenrod 

(Solidago spithamaea), Virginia spirea 

(Spiraea virginiana), Cooley’s 

meadowrue (Thalictrum cooleyi), and 

running buffalo clover (Trifolium 

stoloniferum) to develop and maintain 

germ plasm and propagated specimens 

of plants collected from throughout 

North Carolina, South Carolina, 

Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, 

West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland. 

Applicant: International Carnivorous 

Plant Society, Pinole, California, 

TE061005 

The applicant requests renewal of 

existing authorization to sell in 

interstate commerce cultivated seeds of 

green pitcher-plant (Sarracenia 

oreophila), Alabama canebreak pitcherplant (Sarracenia rubra spp. 

alabamensis), mountain sweet pitcherplant (Sarracenia rubra spp. jonesii), 

and godfrey’s butterwort (Pinguicula 

ionantha). To be sold throughout the 

United States from specimens cultivated 

at University of California, Davis, 

California. 

Applicant: Meadowview Biological 

Research Station, Woodford, Virginia, 

TE022690 

The applicant requests renewal of 

existing authorization to sell in 

interstate commerce cultivated 

specimens of green pitcher-plant, 

Alabama canebreak pitcher-plant, and 

mountain sweet pitcher-plant. To be 

sold throughout the United States from 

specimens cultivated at Woodford, 

Virginia. 

Dated: February 13, 2009. 

Jacquelyn B. Parrish, 

Acting Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. E9–4827 Filed 3–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R9–FHC–2008–N0058; 94300–1122– 

0000–Z2] 

Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory 

Committee; Announcement of Public 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), will host a 

Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory 

Committee (Committee) meeting on 

March 24–26, 2009. The meeting is open 

to the public. The meeting agenda will 

include reports from the Subcommittees 

on Incentives, Legal, Science Tools & 

Procedures, and Synthesis, and 

discussion of the draft 

Recommendations to the Secretary. 

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for 

March 24–26, 2009, from 11 a.m. to 

5:30 p.m. on March 24, 8 a.m. to 5:30 

p.m. on March 25, and 8 a.m. to 3:30 

p.m. on March 26. 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Rooms 

200 A & B, Arlington, VA 22203. For 

more information, see ‘‘Meeting 

Location Information.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachel London, Division of Habitat and 

Resource Conservation, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Department of the 

Interior, (703) 358–2161. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On March 13, 2007, the Department of 

the Interior published a notice of 

establishment of the Committee and call 

for nominations in the Federal Register 

(72 FR 11373). The Committee’s 

purpose is to provide advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary of the 

Interior (Secretary) on developing 

effective measures to avoid or minimize 

impacts to wildlife and their habitats 

related to land-based wind energy 

facilities. The Committee is expected to 

exist for 2 years and meet approximately 

four times per year, and its continuation 

is subject to biennial renewal. All 

Committee members serve without 

compensation. In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. App.), a copy of the Committee’s 

charter has been filed with the 

Committee Management Secretariat, 

General Services Administration; 

Committee on Environment and Public 

Works, U.S. Senate; Committee on 

Natural Resources, U.S. House of 

Representatives; and the Library of 

Congress. The Secretary appointed 22 

individuals to the Committee on 

October 24, 2007, representing the 

varied interests associated with wind 

energy development and its potential 

impacts to wildlife species and their 

habitats. The Service held five 

Committee meetings in 2008, and has 

held one meeting in January of 2009. All 

Committee meetings are open to the 

public. The public has an opportunity to 

comment at all Committee meetings. 

Meeting Location Information 

Please note that the meeting location 

is accessible to wheelchair users. If you 

require additional accommodations, 


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please notify us at least two weeks in 

advance of the meeting you plan to 

attend. 

All persons planning to attend the 

meeting will be required to present 

photo identification when entering the 

building. We require that persons 

planning to attend the workshop and/or 

meeting register at http://www.fws.gov/ 

habitatconservation/windpower/ 

wind_turbine_advisory_committee.html, 

by March 17, 2009. Seating is limited 

due to room capacity. We will give 

preference to registrants based on date 

and time of registration. Limited 

standing room will be available if all 

seats are filled. 

Dated: March 3, 2009. 

Rachel London, 

Alternate Designated Federal Officer, Wind 

Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. E9–4858 Filed 3–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2009–N0017; 81420–1113– 

0000–F3] 

Safe Harbor Agreement for East Bay 

Municipal Utility District Lands in San 

Joaquin, Amador, and Calaveras 

Counties, California 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; receipt of 

application and proposed safe harbor 

agreement. 

SUMMARY: This notice advises the public 

that East Bay Municipal Utility District 

(applicant) has applied to the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service (Service) for a Safe 

Harbor Agreement (Agreement) for three 

Federally threatened species: Valley 

elderberry longhorn beetle (Desmocerus 

californicus dimorphus), California redlegged frog (Rana aurora draytonii), and 

California tiger salamander (Ambystoma 

californiense). The Agreement is 

available for public comment. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before April 8, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Mr. Rick Kuyper, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Sacramento Fish 

and Wildlife Office, 2800 Cottage Way, 

W–2605, Sacramento, CA 95825. 

Written comments may also be sent by 

facsimile to (916) 414–6713. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Rick Kuyper, Sacramento Fish and 

Wildlife Office (see ADDRESSES); 

telephone: (916) 414–6600. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Availability of Documents 

You may obtain copies of the 

documents for review by contacting the 

individual named above. You may also 

make an appointment to view the 

documents at the above address during 

normal business hours. 

Background 

Under a Safe Harbor Agreement, 

participating landowners voluntarily 

undertake management activities on 

their property to enhance, restore, or 

maintain habitat benefiting species 

listed under the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

seq.). Safe Harbor Agreements, and the 

subsequent enhancement of survival 

permit that is issued pursuant to Section 

10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species 

Act of 1973, as amended (Act), 

encourage private and other non-Federal 

property owners to implement 

conservation efforts for listed species by 

assuring property owners that they will 

not be subjected to increased property 

use restrictions as a result of their efforts 

to attract listed species to their property, 

or to increase the numbers or 

distribution of listed species already on 

their property. Application 

requirements and issuance criteria for 

enhancement of survival permits 

through Safe Harbor Agreements are 

found in the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17.22(c). 

We have worked with the applicant to 

develop the proposed Agreement for the 

conservation of the valley elderberry 

longhorn beetle, the California redlegged frog, and the California tiger 

salamander on lands owned and 

managed by the applicant (Enrolled 

Property) in San Joaquin, Amador, and 

Calaveras Counties, California. The 

28,000-acre Enrolled Property subject to 

this Agreement consists of about 19,115 

acres of land and 9,034 acres of water 

surface. The Enrolled Property borders 

and includes Camanche and Pardee 

dams and reservoirs. It also includes the 

lands adjacent to the lower Mokelumne 

River for approximately 1⁄2 mile below 

Camanche Dam. Current and recent land 

use practices on the enrolled property 

include management for water supply, 

flood control, grazing, aquaculture, 

hydroelectric power, wastewater 

treatment, facility maintenance, 

residential use, and recreation. The 

applicant has proposed that the 

Agreement provide authorized 

incidental take of the three Federally 

listed species for the activities specified 

above, as well as for any future activities 

associated with raising the heights of 

any existing dams. 

In order to benefit the valley 

elderberry longhorn beetle, the 

California red-legged frog, and the 

California tiger salamander for the 

duration of this Agreement, the 

applicant proposes to create, restore, 

manage, and maintain suitable breeding 

and dispersal habitat for the three 

Federally listed species on the Enrolled 

Property. We expect that the proposed 

activities will result in an increase in 

dispersal opportunities throughout the 

Enrolled Property, thus resulting in a 

net conservation benefit for the three 

Federally listed species. The Enrolled 

Property has known occurrences of the 

valley elderberry longhorn beetle and 

the California tiger salamander. 

Although California red-legged frogs 

have not been detected within the 

Enrolled Property, there is suitable 

breeding habitat throughout the 

Enrolled Property, and there is a known 

occurrence of this species on privately 

owned property adjacent to the enrolled 

property. The Agreement includes a 

monitoring component that will aid the 

applicant in developing management 

strategies that will ensure the successful 

creation, restoration, enhancement, and 

management of breeding and dispersal 

habitat for the three Federally listed 

species. 

The proposed duration of the 

Agreement and the enhancement of 

survival permit is 30 years. When fully 

implemented, the Agreement and 

requested enhancement of survival 

permit will allow the applicant to return 

to baseline after the end of the 30-year 

term of the Agreement and prior to the 

expiration of the 30-year permit, if so 

desired by the applicant. The 

Agreement fully describes the 

management activities to be undertaken 

by the applicant, and the net 

conservation benefits expected to the 

three Federally listed species. 

Upon approval of this Agreement, and 

consistent with the our Safe Harbor 

Policy published in the Federal Register 

on June 17, 1999 (64 FR 32717), we 

would issue a permit to the applicant 

authorizing take of the valley elderberry 

longhorn beetle, the California redlegged frog, and the California tiger 

salamander incidental to the 

implementation of the management 

activities specified in the Agreement, 

incidental to other lawful uses of the 

Enrolled Property including normal, 

routine land management activities, and 

to return to pre-Agreement conditions 

(baseline). 

Public Review and Comments 

We have made a preliminary 

determination that the proposed 

Agreement and permit application are 

eligible for categorical exclusion under 

the National Environmental Policy Act 


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