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endangered species under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act). The Act requires that we 

invite public comment on these permit 

applications. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be received on or before 

April 27, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to the Chief, Endangered 

Species Division, Ecological Services, 

P.O. Box 1306, Room 6034, 

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103. 

Documents and other information 

submitted with these applications are 

available for review, subject to the 

requirements of the Privacy Act and 

Freedom of Information Act. Documents 

will be available for public inspection, 

by appointment only, during normal 

business hours at the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 500 Gold Ave., SW., 

Room 6034, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Please refer to the respective permit 

number for each application when 

submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Endangered 

Species Division, P.O. Box 1306, 

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103, (505) 

248–6920. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail 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. 

Permit TE–207369 

Applicant: U.S. Army Garrison, 

Environmental and Natural Resources 

Division, Fort Huachuca, Arizona. 

Applicant requests a new permit for 

research and recovery purposes to 

propagate and transplant Huachuca 

water umbel (Lilaeopsis schaffneriana 

spp. recurva) within Arizona. 

Permit TE–207863 

Applicant: URS Corporation, Austin, 

Texas. 

Applicant requests a new permit for 

research and recovery purposes to 

conduct presence/absence surveys of 

the following species: golden-cheeked 

warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia), blackcapped vireo (Vireo atricapillus), and 

Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis) 

within Oklahoma and Texas. 

Permit TE–207880 

Applicant: Steven Taylor, Champaign, 

Illinois. 

Applicant requests a new permit for 

research and recovery purposes to 

conduct presence/absence surveys of 

the following species: Peck’s Cave 

amphipod (Stygobromus peckii), Comal 

Spring dryopid beetle (Stygoparnus 

comalensis), Coffin Cave mold beetle 

(Batrisodes texanus), Helotes mold 

beetle (Batrisodes venyivi), Comal 

Springs riffle beetle (Heterelmis 

comalensis), ground beetle (Rhadine 

exilis), ground beetle (Rhadine 

infernalis), Tooth Cave ground beetle 

(Rhadine persephone), Robber Baron 

Cave meshweaver (Cicurina baronia), 

Madla Cave meshweaver (Cicurina 

venii), Braken Bat Cave mesheweaver 

(Cicurina venii), Government Canyon 

Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina 

vespera), Government Canyon Bat Cave 

spider (Neoleptoneta microps), Tooth 

Cave spider (Neoleptoneta myopica), 

Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion 

(Tartarocreagris texana), Bee Creek 

harvestman (Texella reddelli), Bone 

Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi), and 

Robber Baron Cave harvestman (Texella 

cokendolpheri) within Texas. 

Permit TE–207893 

Applicant: Robert Edwards, Edinburg, 

Texas. 

Applicant requests a new permit for 

research and recovery purposes to 

conduct presence/absence surveys of 

the following species: Rio Grande 

silvery minnow (Hybognathus amarus), 

Big bend gambusia (Gambusia gaigei), 

Clear Creek gambusia (Gambusia 

heterochir), Comanche Springs pupfish 

(Cyprinodon elegans), Pecos gambusia 

(Gambusia nobilis), Leon Springs 

pupfish (Cyprinodon bovines), San 

Marcos gambusia (Gambusia georgei), 

and fountain darter (Etheostoma 

fonticola) within Texas. 

Permit TE–202343 

Applicant: Daniel Ginter, Tucson, 

Arizona. 

Applicant requests a new permit for 

research and recovery purposes to 

conduct presence/absence surveys of 

lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris 

curasoae yerbabuenae) and 

southwestern willow flycatcher 

(Empidonax taillii extimus) within 

Arizona and New Mexico. 

Permit TE–208531 

Applicant: Sarah Zappitello, Buda, 

Texas. 

Applicant requests a new permit for 

research and recovery purposes to 

conduct presence/absence surveys of 

the following species: Peck’s Cave 

amphipod (Stygobromus peckii), Comal 

Spring dryopid beetle (Stygoparnus 

comalensis), Coffin Cave mold beetle 

(Batrisodes texanus), Helotes mold 

beetle (Batrisodes venyivi), Comal 

Springs riffle beetle (Heterelmis 

comalensis), ground beetle (Rhadine 

exilis), ground beetle (Rhadine 

infernalis), Tooth Cave ground beetle 

(Rhadine persephone), Robber Baron 

Cave meshweaver (Cicurina baronia), 

Madla Cave meshweaver (Cicurina 

venii), Braken Bat Cave meshweaver 

(Cicurina venii), Government Canyon 

Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina 

vespera), Government Canyon Bat Cave 

spider (Neoleptoneta microps), Tooth 

Cave spider (Neoleptoneta myopica), 

Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion 

(Tartarocreagris texana), Bee Creek 

harvestman (Texella reddelli), Bone 

Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi), 

Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle 

(Texamaurops reddelli), Cokendolpher 

Cave harvestman (Texella 

cokendolpheri), San Marcos salamander 

(Eurycea nana), and Texas blind 

salamander (Eurycea rathbuni) within 

Texas. 

Permit TE–819528 

Applicant: New Mexico Natural 

Heritage Program, Albuquerque, New 

Mexico. 

Applicant requests an amendment to 

a current permit for research and 

recovery purposes to conduct presence/ 

absence surveys of northern aplomado 

falcon (Falco femoralis septentrionalis) 

within New Mexico. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. 

Dated: March 18, 2009. 

Brian A. Millsap, 

Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region, 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLAKA01000. L16100000. DQ0000. 

LXSI086L0000] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare Ring of Fire 

Resource Management Plan 

Amendment and Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement, 

Alaska 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) Anchorage Field 

Office, Anchorage, Alaska, intends to 

prepare a Resource Management Plan 

(RMP) Amendment with an associated 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for the Haines planning 

block of the Ring of Fire RMP and by 

this notice is announcing the beginning 

of the public scoping process. 

DATES: The BLM will announce public 

scoping meetings in Anchorage, Haines, 

and Skagway, Alaska through local 

news media, newsletters, and the BLM 

Web site (http://www.blm.gov/ak) at 

least 15 days prior to each meeting. We 

will provide formal opportunities for 

public comment upon publication of the 

Draft RMP Amendment and 

Supplemental EIS, including a 90-day 

public comment period. Please submit 

your comments on or before June 24, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• Web Site: http://www.blm.gov/ak. 

• E-Mail: ak_rof_amend@blm.gov. 

• Fax: (907) 267–1267. 

• Mail: BLM-Anchorage Field Office, 

Attention—Ring of Fire Amendment, 

4700 BLM Road, Anchorage, AK 99507. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined at the Anchorage 

Field Office, 4700 BLM Road, 

Anchorage, AK 99507. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information and/or to have your name 

added to the mail list, contact Beth 

Maclean, Ring of Fire Amendment Team 

Leader, (beth_maclean@blm.gov) at 

(907) 267–1214. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

document provides notice that the BLM 

Anchorage Field Office, Anchorage, 

Alaska, intends to prepare an RMP 

Amendment with an associated 

Supplemental EIS for the Haines 

planning block of the Ring of Fire RMP 

and announces the beginning of the 

public scoping process. 

The planning area is located in 

southeast Alaska. Bound by the 

Canadian border to the north and east 

and the Haines Borough boundary to the 

south and west, the planning area 

encompasses the towns of Haines and 

Skagway. This planning activity 

encompasses approximately 320,000 

acres of public land. The plan will 

fulfill the needs and obligations set forth 

by the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA), the Federal Land Policy 

and Management Act (FLPMA), and 

BLM management policies. The BLM 

will work collaboratively with 

interested parties to identify the 

management decisions that are best 

suited to local, regional, and national 

needs and concerns. 

The purpose of the public scoping 

process and public scoping meetings is 

to identify relevant issues that will 

influence the scope of the 

environmental analysis and 

Supplemental EIS alternatives. These 

issues also guide the planning process. 

You may submit comments on issues 

and planning criteria in writing to the 

BLM at any public scoping meeting, or 

you may submit them to the BLM using 

one of the methods listed in the 

ADDRESSES section above. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

e-mail 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. 

Preliminary issues and management 

concerns identified by BLM personnel, 

other agencies, and individuals and user 

groups represent the BLM’s knowledge 

to date regarding existing issues and 

concerns with current land 

management. The major issue that will 

be addressed in this planning effort 

relates to potential impacts on wildlife 

populations from recreation activities 

occurring on BLM-managed lands in the 

Haines Block. 

The BLM will analyze the following 

decisions through the RMP Amendment 

and Supplemental EIS: 

• Whether to designate any of the 

Haines Block lands as an Area of 

Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), 

• Whether to retain the Haines Block 

Special Recreation Management Area 

(SRMA) designation, and 

• What terms and conditions for 

special recreation permits in the Haines 

Block lands should be developed. 

If the Haines Block SRMA designation 

is retained, the BLM, through the RMP 

Amendment and Supplemental EIS, 

will: 

• Decide whether to change the 

boundaries of the SRMA, 

• Make SRMA decisions as outlined 

in the Appendix C of the H–1601–1 

Land Use Planning Handbook, and 

• Develop a Special Recreation 

Management Plan (SRMP) for the 

Haines Block SRMA. 

The BLM will evaluate the identified 

issues to be addressed in the plan and 

will place them into one of three 

categories: 

1. Issues to be resolved in the plan, 

2. Issues to be resolved through policy 

or administrative action, or 

3. Issues beyond the scope of this 

plan. 

The BLM will explain in the plan why 

an issue was placed in category two or 

three. In addition to these major issues, 

a number of management questions and 

concerns will be addressed in the plan. 

The public is encouraged to help 

identify these questions and concerns 

during the scoping phase. 

Preliminary planning criteria include 

the following: 

1. Multiple use is the primary 

function of BLM-administered public 

lands. 

2. Areas to be addressed are the 

surface acres administered by the BLM 

in the Haines planning block. 

3. Decisions will be limited to those 

related to recreation, wildlife, travel 

management, an ACEC and an SRMA. 

4. Valid existing rights will be 

protected throughout the planning area. 

5. Plans and policies of adjacent land 

owners/managers will be considered. 

6. The BLM will encourage and 

participate in collaborative planning. 

7. Identification, designation, and 

protection of an SRMA and an ACEC 

will receive full consideration. 

8. The BLM will comply with all 

relevant laws, statutes, regulations, 

manuals, and handbooks. 

9. Subsistence uses will be considered 

and adverse impacts minimized in 

accordance with Section 810 of 

ANILCA. 

10. This resource management plan 

amendment will conform to the 

Bureau’s H–1601–1 Land Use Planning 

Handbook. 

11. The plan will be consistent with 

the Alaska Land Health Standards. 

12. Areas of proposed ACEC 

designation will meet the criteria found 

in 43 CFR 1610.7–2. 

The BLM will use an interdisciplinary 

approach while developing the plan to 

ensure consideration of the variety of 

resource issues and concerns identified. 

Thomas P. Lonnie, 

State Director. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLUT920–09–L13200000–EL000, UTU– 

87061] 

Notice of Invitation To Participate in 

Coal Exploration License, Utah 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior.