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Application No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of take Permit action 

TE35518B ...... Jeremy 

Sheets, 

Plymouth, 

IN.

Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), 

gray bat (M. grisescens), 

northern long-eared bat 

(M. septentrionalis), Virginia big-eared bat 

(Corynorhinus townsendii 

virginianus).

Rangewide ........ Conduct presence/absence 

surveys, document habitat 

use, conduct population 

monitoring, evaluate impacts.

Add new activity—band—to 

existing authorized activities: Capture, handle, 

mist-net, radio-tag, release.

Amend, renew. 

TE85232B ...... Zachary Kaiser, Independence, 

MO.

Add gray bat (Myotis 

grisescens) to existing permitted species: Indiana bat 

(M. sodalis), northern 

long-eared bat (M. 

septentrionalis).

Rangewide ........ Conduct presence/absence 

surveys, document habitat 

use, conduct population 

monitoring, evaluate impacts.

Capture, handle, mist-net, 

radio-tag, light-tag, band, 

wing biopsy, collect tissue 

and hair samples, release, 

salvage.

Amend. 

TE38769A ...... Sarah Bradley, Salem, 

MO.

Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), 

gray bat (M. grisescens), 

northern long-eared bat 

(M. septentrionalis).

Missouri ............. Conduct presence/absence 

surveys, document habitat 

use, conduct population 

monitoring, evaluate impacts.

Capture, handle, mist-net, 

harp trap, radio-tag, band, 

release, enter hibernacula.

Renew. 

TE106220 ...... Brianne Walters, Indiana 

State University Bat 

Center, 

Terre 

Haute, IN.

Add gray bat (Myotis 

grisescens) to existing permitted species: Indiana bat 

(M. sodalis), northern 

long-eared bat (M. 

septentrionalis).

Rangewide ........ Research, conduct presence/absence surveys, 

document habitat use, 

conduct population monitoring, evaluate impacts.

Add new activities—harp 

trap, wing biopsy, collect 

tissue and hair samples, 

salvage, and enter 

hibernac-ula—to existing 

authorized activities: Capture, handle, mist-net, 

radio-tag, band, release.

Amend, renew. 

Public Availability of Comments 

We seek public review and comments 

on these permit applications. Please 

refer to the permit number when you 

submit comments. Comments and 

materials we receive in response to this 

notice are available for public 

inspection, by appointment, during 

normal business hours at the address 

listed in ADDRESSES. 

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 in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Contents of Public Comments 

Please make your comments as 

specific as possible. Please confine your 

comments to issues for which we seek 

comments in this notice, and explain 

the basis for your comments. Include 

sufficient information with your 

comments to allow us to authenticate 

any scientific or commercial data you 

include. 

The comments and recommendations 

that will be most useful and likely to 

influence agency decisions are: (1) 

Those supported by quantitative 

information or studies; and (2) Those 

that include citations to, and analyses 

of, the applicable laws and regulations. 

Next Steps 

If the Service decides to issue permits 

to any of the applicants listed in this 

notice, we will publish a notice in the 

Federal Register. 

Authority 

Section 10 of the Endangered Species 

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

et seq.). 

Dated: December 1, 2017. 

Lori H. Nordstrom, 

Assistant Regional Director, Ecological 

Services, Midwest Region. 

[FR Doc. 2017–28382 Filed 1–2–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R2–R–2017–N138]; 

FXRS12610200000–189–FF02RTTM00] 

Application for Right of Way Permit for 

an Ethane Pipeline and Approved 

Compatibility Determination; San 

Bernard National Wildlife Refuge 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, have received an 

application for a 30-year right-of-way 

(ROW) permit under the Migratory Bird 

Conservation Act from Lavaca Pipeline 

Company. The applicant wishes to 

install, own, and operate a natural gas 

pipeline within an existing ROW 

easement crossing 203 feet on San 

Bernard National Wildlife Refuge in 

Brazoria County, Texas. We request 

public comment on the permit 

application. 

DATES: We must receive any written 

comments regarding the permit 

application on or before February 2, 

2018. 

ADDRESSES: If you wish to review 

documents and submit comments, you 

may request documents by U.S. mail, 

email, or phone (see below). Documents 

are also available for public inspection 

by appointment during normal business 

hours at the Texas Mid-coast Complex 

office below (open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.). 

Send your comments or requests by any 

one of the following methods. 

• Email: jennifer_sanchez@fws.gov 

(use ‘‘Lavaca ROW’’ as your message 

subject line). 

• Fax: 979–964–4021 (‘‘Lavaca ROW’’ 

subject line). 

• U.S. mail: Project Leader, Texas 

Mid-coast Complex, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 2547 County Road 316, 

Brazoria, TX 77422. 

• In-person drop-off: You may drop 

off information during regular business 

hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the above 

office address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jennifer Sanchez, 979–964–4011 

(phone), or jennifer_sanchez@fws.gov 

(email). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: There is 

also an approved compatibility 

determination available for review. 

Comments regarding the compatibility 

determination will be received and 

filed, but we will not be amending the 

document. 


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Applicant’s Proposal 

Lavaca Pipeline Company has 

requested to purchase a 30-foot-wide 

pipeline easement across a 203-foot-long 

section of the San Bernard National 

Wildlife Refuge NWR in Brazoria 

County, Texas. The (ROW) permit 

would enable the applicant to install, 

own, and operate a 16-inch-diameter 

steel pipeline to transport ethane gas. 

The requested ROW overlies an existing 

ROW easement, and the pipeline would 

be laid parallel to an already existing 

pipeline. The applicant’s pipeline 

would be installed by means of a 

conventional bore technique under 

refuge land; therefore, the process 

would not require trenching on refuge 

lands. No additional easement 

boundaries beyond the existing ROW 

are required. The bore holes will be 

located 300 feet outside the refuge 

property line on adjacent private lands. 

Background 

Lavaca Pipeline Company is 

constructing a 16-inch-diameter 

pipeline for the transportation of ethane 

through Galveston, Brazoria, Matagorda, 

and Wharton Counties in Southeast 

Texas. Lavaca Pipeline is making efforts 

to co-locate the pipeline within existing 

pipeline ROW corridors. Lavaca 

Pipeline has requested to cross the San 

Bernard NWR along an existing ROW. 

Although a new ROW is being 

requested, an existing ROW and 

pipeline are already in place. The 

existing pipeline ROW is not an 

exclusive easement; therefore, 

additional ROWs and pipelines can be 

installed within the same cleared 

corridor. The requested permit would 

allow for the pipeline to cross a narrow 

(203-foot-wide) strip of refuge that 

connects two larger parcels and is 

commonly referred to as the Sulfur 

Ditch. 

Compatibility Determination 

In our compatibility determination, 

which was approved on July 26, 2017, 

we determined that placing the pipeline 

across this narrow (203-foot-wide) strip 

would minimize the impact to other 

refuge lands. Several options were 

evaluated, but it was determined that 

they would have resulted in greater 

impact than this proposal. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Written comments we receive become 

part of the public 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 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. We will not consider anonymous 

comments. 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 

Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 

U.S.C. 715d). 

Dated: November 6, 2017. 

Lueders, 

Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–28385 Filed 1–2–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCAD08000.18XL1109AF. 

L12200000.EA0000.LXSSB0280000] 

Notice of Temporary Closure on Public 

Lands for the Annual King of the 

Hammers Race, San Bernardino 

County, CA 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of temporary closure. 

SUMMARY: As authorized under the 

provisions of the Federal Land Policy 

and Management Act of 1976, as 

amended, the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) is giving notice that 

certain public lands located near 

Johnson Valley, California, within the 

Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle 

Recreation Area, will be temporarily 

closed to all public use to enhance 

public safety during Hammerking 

Productions’ annual King of the 

Hammers desert race authorized under 

a Special Recreation Permit (SRP). This 

action is in effect for King of the 

Hammers, which takes place annually, 

during a 9-day period. 

DATES: This Notice is effective from 

February 2, 2018, through February 10, 

2018. The Hammerking Productions 

SRP for this event is valid until 

February 22, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: The BLM will post the 

temporary closure notice and a map of 

the temporary closure area on the BLM 

website at: https://www.blm.gov/ 

california; and at the following BLM 

offices: California Desert District Office, 

22835 Calle San Juan De Los Lagos, 

Moreno Valley, CA 92553; and Barstow 

Field Office, 2601 Barstow Road, 

Barstow, CA 92311. Notice of the 9-day 

temporary closure period for subsequent 

races will be published in annual news 

releases and posted on the BLM website 

at least 30-days in advance of the event. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth 

Ransel, District Manager, California 

Desert District, telephone: 951–697– 

5200, email: bransel@blm.gov; or 

Katrina Symons, Barstow Field 

Manager, telephone: 760–252–6004, 

email: ksymons@blm.gov. Persons who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay 

Service at 1–800–877–8339 to contact 

the above individuals during normal 

business hours. The Service is available 

24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave 

a message or question with the above 

individuals. You will receive a reply 

during normal hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The dates 

for King of the Hammers, the dates of 

the temporary closure, and a map of the 

closure area will be posted at the 

California Desert District Office, the 

Barstow Field Office, and on the BLM 

website at the addresses provided above 

every year at least 30 days prior to the 

event. The dates are also available upon 

request. 

This temporary closure applies to all 

public use, including pedestrian use 

and vehicles. The BLM will also post 

the temporary closure notice and map of 

the temporary closure area at the main 

entry points into the Johnson Valley OffHighway Vehicle Recreation Area. The 

annual temporary closure will comply 

with the management plan for the area, 

ensuring that when the annual 

temporary closure period includes a 

Saturday or Sunday, a minimum of 

three staging areas within the Johnson 

Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation 

Area will remain open to the public on 

those weekend days. 

Exclusive Use: The area will be for 

exclusive use of King of the Hammers 

participants, registered spectators for 

the King of the Hammers, and other 

authorized users with an authorized 

SRP valid for activities within the 

temporary closure area. For the 

temporary closure area, anyone without 

a SRP authorizing use within the 

temporary closure area during the 

temporary closure period is prohibited 

from using the area. 

Exceptions: Temporary closure 

restrictions do not apply to medical and 

rescue personnel in the performance of 

their official duties; official United 


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