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announce the availability of a record of 

decision (ROD) for the final 

environmental impact statement for the 

Bighorn Sheep Management Plan at the 

Hart Mountain National Antelope 

Refuge (Refuge), in Lake County, 

Oregon. The ROD documents the 

Service’s decision to select Alternative 

D, Comprehensive Integrated 

Management (Preferred), which is a 

combination of bighorn sheep habitat 

improvement and population 

management actions. 

The bighorn sheep herd on the Refuge 

has declined from approximately 150 

animals in 2017, to as few as 48 in 2020. 

Consequently, the herd is at risk of 

extirpation (local extinction) in the next 

few years without prompt management 

intervention. In response to the decline, 

the Service developed a bighorn sheep 

management plan and final 

environmental impact statement (EIS) to 

analyze existing data and identify 

alternatives and actions needed to 

restore the herd to a sustainable 

population level. The EIS analyzes four 

alternatives: Continuing current 

management; a habitat management 

focus; a predator control focus; and a 

preferred alternative, which is a 

combination of habitat management and 

predator control. The alternatives reflect 

the urgency to implement short-term 

management actions that are based on 

the best available science, in 

combination with mid-to-long-term 

management and monitoring. 

The ROD documents the Service’s 

decision to select Alternative D, the 

Comprehensive Integrated Management 

approach. Considering complex 

interactions between habitat features 

and demographic factors that ultimately 

determine the sustainability of bighorn 

sheep on the Refuge, we prefer an 

integrated management approach. 

Alternative D includes a long-term focus 

on habitat improvement and a shorterterm focus on bighorn sheep and 

predator population management. 

We are advising the public of the 

availability of the ROD, developed in 

compliance with agency decision 

making requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et 

seq.). Our draft EIS and final EIS were 

made available to the public via 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

Federal Register notices on April 30, 

2021 (86 FR 22963), and December 3, 

2021 (86 FR 68661), respectively. In the 

draft and final EIS documents, we 

described in detail, evaluated, and 

analyzed all alternatives. Because we 

initiated the EIS process prior to the 

September 14, 2020, effective date for 

the Council on Environmental Quality’s 

updated NEPA regulations, the final EIS 

and ROD were completed consistent 

with the previous regulations (40 CFR 

1506.13). 

Authority 

We provide this notice in accordance 

with the requirements of NEPA (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its 

implementing regulations (40 CFR 

1506.6; 43 CFR part 46). 

Hugh Morrison, 

Acting Regional Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2022–0051; 

FXES11140800000–223–FF08EVEN00] 

Receipt of Incidental Take Permit 

Application and Proposed Habitat 

Conservation Plan for California Tiger 

Salamander and California Red-Legged 

Frog; Monterey County, CA; 

Categorical Exclusion 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service), announce receipt of 

an application from Mike Knoop and 

Michelle Wright (applicants) for an 

incidental take permit (ITP) under the 

Endangered Species Act. The applicants 

request the ITP to take the federally 

listed California tiger salamander and 

California red-legged frog, incidental to 

the development of a single-family 

residence in Carmel Valley, California. 

We request public comment on the ITP 

application, which includes the 

applicants’ proposed habitat 

conservation plan (HCP), and on the 

Service’s preliminary determination that 

this HCP qualifies as ‘‘low effect,’’ 

categorically excluded under the 

National Environmental Policy Act. To 

make this determination, we used our 

environmental action statement and 

low-effect screening form, both of which 

are also available for public review. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before June 24, 2022. 

ADDRESSES:

To obtain documents: You may obtain 

copies of the documents online in 

Docket No. FWS–R8–ES–2022–0051 at 

https://www.regulations.gov, or you may 

request copies of the documents by 

email, phone, or U.S. mail (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

To submit comments: If you wish to 

submit comments on any of the 

documents, you may do so in writing by 

any one of the following methods: 

• Online: https:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on Docket No. FWS–R8–ES–2022–0051. 

• U.S. mail: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R8– 

ES–2022–0051; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, MS: PRB/3W, 5275 Leesburg 

Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3803. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Sinclair, Biologist, by email at 

karen_sinclair@fws.gov, by phone at 

805–677–3315, or by U.S. mail at the 

Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, 2493 

Portola Rd #B, Ventura, CA 93003. 

Individuals in the United States who 

are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability may dial 711 

(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the 

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

announce the availability of a draft 

habitat conservation plan (HCP) and 

draft screening form for a low-effect 

incidental take permit (ITP) 

determination, and a National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

environmental action statement 

(screening form) for activities described 

in an application for an incidental take 

permit (ITP) under the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 

16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The application 

was received from Mike Knoop and 

Michelle Wright (applicants). If granted, 

the permit would authorize take of the 

federally threatened California tiger 

salamander (Ambystoma californiense) 

and California red-legged frog (Rana 

draytonii) incidental to activities 

described in the HCP for the 

construction of a single-family 

residence, within Monterey County 

Parcels 187–021–040 and 187–021–041, 

and driveway improvements within 

adjacent parcels 187–021–028 and 187– 

021–013, in the northern foothills of 

Carmel Valley, California. The 

applicants developed a draft HCP as 

part of their application for an ITP 

under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA. 

The Service prepared a draft screening 

form in accordance with 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 applicants. We 


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invite public comment on these 

documents. 

Background 

The California tiger salamander was 

listed as threatened on August 8, 2004 

(69 FR 47212), and the California redlegged frog was listed as threatened on 

May 23, 1996 (61 FR 25813). Section 9 

of the ESA prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of fish 

or wildlife species listed as endangered. 

Pursuant to section 4(d) of the ESA, the 

take prohibition was extended by 

regulation to certain threatened species, 

including, as applicable here, the 

California tiger salamander and 

California red-legged frog. ‘‘Take’’ is 

defined under the ESA 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); however, under section 

10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA, we may issue 

permits to authorize incidental take of 

listed species. Incidental take is take 

that is incidental to, and not the 

purpose of, carrying out of an otherwise 

lawful activity. Issuance of an ITP also 

must not jeopardize the existence of 

federally listed fish, wildlife, or plant 

species, pursuant to section 7 of the 

ESA and 50 CFR 402.02. The permittee 

would receive assurances under our 

‘‘No Surprises’’ regulations (50 CFR 

17.22(b)(5)). 

Applicants’ Proposed Activities 

The applicants have applied for a 10- 

year-term permit for incidental take of 

the California tiger salamander and the 

California red-legged frog. The take 

would occur in association with the 

construction of a single-family home 

and associated activities, such as 

vegetation removal, site grubbing, and 

grading for proposed development. The 

proposed development, including the 

home, infrastructure, driveway 

improvements, utility expansions, 

detached underground guest suite, 

underground garage and utility room, an 

equipment room, retaining wall and 

patios, and all associated disturbance 

areas, would be sited on approximately 

2.39 acres (ac) of the 265-ac property. 

Approximately 2.60 ac would be 

temporarily impacted and would be 

restored to pre-construction conditions. 

To mitigate the effects of permanent 

impacts and the taking of California 

tiger salamander and the California redlegged frog, the applicants propose to 

purchase 9.56 ac of credits at the 

Sparling Ranch Conservation Bank in 

Santa Clara and San Benito Counties. 

The HCP includes avoidance and 

minimization measures for the 

California tiger salamander and the 

California red-legged frog and mitigation 

for unavoidable loss of habitat. The 

applicants’ conservation strategy 

includes an on-site re-vegetation plan to 

restore temporarily impacted habitat 

suitable for California tiger salamanders 

and California red-legged frogs through 

removal of nonnative plants, planting 

and seeding of locally occurring native 

grassland species, and a monitoring 

program that describes monitoring 

efforts and contingency plans if success 

criteria are not met. 

Public Comments 

If you wish to comment on the draft 

HCP and low-effect ITP screening form, 

you may submit comments by one of the 

methods 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 view, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Authority 

We provide this notice under section 

10 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

and NEPA regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). 

Stephen Henry, 

Field Supervisor, Ventura Fish and Wildlife 

Office, Ventura, California. 

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Receipt of Complaint; 

Solicitation of Comments Relating to 

the Public Interest 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. International Trade 

Commission has received a complaint 

entitled Certain Universal Golf Club 

Shaft and Golf Club Head Connection 

Adaptors, Certain Components Thereof, 

and Products Containing the Same, DN 

3622; the Commission is soliciting 

comments on any public interest issues 

raised by the complaint or 

complainant’s filing pursuant to the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

R. Barton, Secretary to the Commission, 

U.S. International Trade Commission, 

500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 

20436, telephone (202) 205–2000. The 

public version of the complaint can be 

accessed on the Commission’s 

Electronic Document Information 

System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

For help accessing EDIS, please email 

EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its internet server at United 

States International Trade Commission 

(USITC) at https://www.usitc.gov. The 

public record for this investigation may 

be viewed on the Commission’s 

Electronic Document Information 

System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

Hearing-impaired persons are advised 

that information on this matter can be 

obtained by contacting the 

Commission’s TDD terminal on (202) 

205–1810. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission has received a complaint 

and a submission pursuant to § 210.8(b) 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure filed on behalf of ClubConex, LLC on May 19, 2022. The 

complaint alleges violations of section 

337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 

1337) in the importation into the United 

States, the sale for importation, and the 

sale within the United States after 

importation of certain universal golf 

club shaft and golf club head connection 

adaptors, certain components thereof, 

and products containing the same. The 

complainant names as respondent: Top 

Golf Equipment Co. Limited of China. 

The complainant requests that the 

Commission issue a limited exclusion 

order, a cease and desist order, and 

impose a bond upon respondents 

alleged infringing articles during the 60- 

day Presidential review period pursuant 

to 19 U.S.C. 1337(j). 

Proposed respondent, other interested 

parties, and members of the public are 

invited to file comments on any public 

interest issues raised by the complaint 

or § 210.8(b) filing. Comments should 

address whether issuance of the relief 

specifically requested by the 

complainant in this investigation would 

affect the public health and welfare in 

the United States, competitive 

conditions in the United States 

economy, the production of like or 

directly competitive articles in the 

United States, or United States 

consumers. 

In particular, the Commission is 

interested in comments that: 

(i) Explain how the articles 

potentially subject to the requested 

remedial orders are used in the United 

States; 


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