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comments and other materials that we 

receive, will be available for public 

inspection online in Docket No. FWS– 

R8–ES–2022–0050 at https://

www.regulations.gov. 

Submitting Comments: You may 

submit comments by one of the 

following methods: 

• Online: https://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments 

on Docket No. FWS–R8–ES–2022–0050. 

• U.S. mail: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R8– 

ES–2022–0050; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 777 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, 

Suite 208, Palm Springs, CA 92262. 

We request that you send comments 

by only one of the methods described 

above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Karin Cleary-Rose, Division Supervisor, 

Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office, 760– 

322–2070. 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), 

received an application from Blossom 

Trails (Tract 20090) Project Owner, S– 

P Deerfield, LLC (applicant), for an 

incidental take permit under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The 

requested permit would authorize take 

of the federally endangered San 

Bernardino kangaroo rat (Dipodomys 

merriami parvus) incidental to grading, 

subdividing, and developing 

approximately 137 single-family 

dwelling units and open space, a 

recreational pool area, a water quality 

management plan basin, and a public 

services and facilities plan on 

approximately 25.5 acres in San 

Bernardino County, California. 

The proposed project will impact an 

estimated 2.85 acres of habitat occupied 

by at least four San Bernardino kangaroo 

rats. Although not likely to support 

breeding of the species, an additional 

19.15 acres of disturbed designated 

critical habitat will also be permanently 

impacted; however, of those additional 

acres of critical habitat, only 11.65 acres 

may support San Bernardino kangaroo 

rat foraging and sheltering. 

We are requesting comments on the 

permit application and on our 

preliminary determination that the 

proposed HCP qualifies as a low-effect 

HCP, eligible for a categorical exclusion 

under the National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). The basis for this 

determination is discussed in our draft 

NEPA compliance documentation, 

which is also available for public 

review. 

Project 

The project area is located on a 25.5- 

acre site in the City of Highland Hills in 

San Bernardino County, California. The 

applicant requests a 5-year incidental 

take permit for take associated with 

permanent impacts to 2.85 acres of 

occupied San Bernardino kangaroo rat 

habitat and 11.65 acres of unoccupied 

San Bernardino kangaroo rat habitat. 

The applicant proposes to mitigate 

impacts through the conservation of 

11.5 acres of San Bernardino kangaroo 

rat occupied sage scrub habitat off site 

at the San Bernardino Valley Water 

Conservation District property in San 

Bernardino County. The off-site 

mitigation area provides higher quality 

habitat than that found on the project 

site and will be conserved, managed, 

and monitored in perpetuity. In 

addition, the off-site mitigation area is 

within designated San Bernardino 

kangaroo rat critical habitat. 

The applicant’s proposed HCP also 

contains measures to minimize the 

effects of construction activities on the 

San Bernardino kangaroo rat, including 

the following: 

• Erecting an exclusion fence around 

the project site to exclude San 

Bernardino kangaroo rats; 

• Providing a qualified biologist on 

site to ensure that San Bernardino 

kangaroo rats will not be harmed during 

fence construction, capture, and 

translocation activities; and 

• Monitoring and reporting to the 

Service upon project completion. 

Our Preliminary Determination 

The Service has made a preliminary 

determination that the project, 

including grading, subdividing, 

construction, and the proposed 

mitigation, would individually and 

cumulatively have a minor or negligible 

effect on the San Bernardino kangaroo 

rat and the environment. Therefore, we 

have preliminarily concluded that the 

HCP is low effect and that the issuance 

of an incidental take permit for this 

project would qualify for a categorical 

exclusion under our NEPA regulations 

at 43 CFR 46.205 and 46.210. 

A low-effect HCP is one that would 

result in: 

• Minor or negligible effects on 

federally listed, proposed, and 

candidate species and their habitats; 

• Minor or negligible effects on other 

environmental values or resources; and 

• Impacts that, when considered 

together with the impacts of other past, 

present, and reasonably foreseeable 

similarly situated projects, would not 

over time result in significant 

cumulative effects to environmental 

values or resources. 

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 the proposed take. 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 met, we will issue the 

permit to the applicant for incidental 

take of the San Bernardino kangaroo rat. 

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

and NEPA regulations at 40 CFR 1506.6. 

Scott Sobiech, 

Field Supervisor, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife 

Office, Carlsbad, California. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12002 Filed 6–3–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R2–ES–2022–N027; 

FXES11130200000–223–FF02ENEH00] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Recovery Permit 

Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit 

applications; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

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intended to recover and enhance 

endangered species survival. With some 

exceptions, the Endangered Species Act 

prohibits certain activities that may 

impact endangered species unless a 

Federal permit allows such activity. The 

ESA also requires that we invite public 

comment before issuing these permits. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, please 

submit your written comments by July 

6, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: 

Document availability: Request 

documents by phone or email: Marty 

Tuegel 505–248–6651, marty_tuegel@

fws.gov. 

Comment submission: Submit 

comments by email to fw2_te_permits@

fws.gov. Please specify the permit 

application you are interested in by 

number (e.g., Permit Record No. 

PER1234567). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marty Tuegel, Supervisor, 

Environmental Review Division, 505– 

248–6651. 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: 

Background 

With some exceptions, the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 

prohibits activities that constitute take 

of listed species unless a Federal permit 

is issued that allows such activity. The 

ESA’s definition of ‘‘take’’ includes 

hunting, shooting, harming, wounding, 

or killing, and also such activities as 

pursuing, harassing, trapping, capturing, 

or collecting. 

The ESA and our implementing 

regulations in the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) at title 50, part 17, 

provide for issuing such permits and 

require that we invite public comment 

before issuing permits for activities 

involving listed species. 

A recovery permit we issue under the 

ESA, section 10(a)(1)(A), authorizes the 

permittee to conduct activities with 

endangered or threatened species for 

scientific purposes that promote 

recovery or enhance the species’ 

propagation or survival. These activities 

often include such prohibited actions as 

capture and collection. Our regulations 

implementing section 10(a)(1)(A) for 

these permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22 

for endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR 

17.32 for threatened wildlife species, 50 

CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species, 

and 50 CFR 17.72 for threatened plant 

species. 

Permit Applications Available for 

Review and Comment 

Documents and other information 

submitted with these applications are 

available for review by any party who 

submits a request as specified in 

ADDRESSES. Our release of documents is 

subject to Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) 

and Freedom of Information Act (5 

U.S.C. 552) requirements. 

Proposed activities in the following 

permit requests are for the recovery and 

enhancement of propagation or survival 

of the species in the wild. We invite 

local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies 

and the public to submit written data, 

views, or arguments with respect to 

these applications. The comments and 

recommendations that will be most 

useful and likely to influence agency 

decisions are those supported by 

quantitative information or studies. 

Please refer to the permit record number 

when submitting comments. 

Permit record No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of 

take Permit action 

PER0040480 ................. Green, Dana; 

Flagstaff, Arizona.

Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), 

gray bat (Myotis grisescens).

Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, 

Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, 

New Jersey, North Carolina, 

Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, 

Virginia, West Virginia.

Presence/absence surveys, capture.Harass, 

harm, 

capture.

Renew/Amend. 

PER0039980 ................. Green, Eric; 

Flagstaff, Arizona.

Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), 

gray bat (Myotis grisescens).

Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, 

Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, 

New Jersey, North Carolina, 

Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, 

Virginia, West Virginia.

Presence/absence surveys, capture.Harass, 

harm, 

capture.

Renew/Amend. 

PER0036360 ................. Aztec Engineering Inc.; Phoenix, Arizona.Southwestern willow flycatcher 

(Empidonax traillii extimus), 

Yuma Ridgway’s rail (Rallus 

obsoletus yumanensis).

California, Nevada .................... Presence/absence surveys.Harass, 

harm.

Amend. 

PER0040491 ................. Velardi, Milu; 

Santa Fe, 

New Mexico.

New Mexico meadow jumping 

mouse (Zapus hudsonius 

luteus), Jemez Mountains 

salamander (Plethodon 

neomexicanus), Mexican 

long-nosed bat 

(Leptonycteris nivalis).

New Mexico .............................. Presence/absence surveys, habitat 

assessment, 

nest monitoring, capture.

Harass, 

harm, 

capture.

New. 

PER0040910 ................. Henson, Jeremy; 

Round Rock, 

Texas.

Golden-cheeked warbler 

(Setophaga chrysoparia), 

Northern Aplomado Falcon 

(Falco femoralis 

septentrionalis), Redcockaded woodpecker 

(Picoides borealis), Houston 

toad (Bufo houstonensis), 

Texas hornshell (Popenaias 

popeii), Sheepnose mussel 

(Plethobasus cyphyus).

Arizona, Illinois, New Mexico, 

Texas.

Presence/absence surveys, habitat 

assessment, 

quantitative 

surveys, qualitative surveys.

Harass, 

harm, 

capture.

Renew/Amend. 


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Permit record No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of 

take Permit action 

PER0041635 ................. Gregory, Cody; 

San Antonio, 

Texas.

Golden-cheeked warbler 

(Setophaga chrysoparia).

Texas ........................................ Presence/absence surveys.Harass, 

harm.

New. 

PER0042593 ................. Gielow, Kurt; Escondido, California.Golden-cheeked warbler 

(Setophaga chrysoparia).

Texas ........................................ Presence/absence surveys.Harass, 

harm.

New. 

PER0042604 ................. Malaney, Jason; 

Albuquerque, 

New Mexico.

New Mexico meadow jumping 

mouse (Zapus hudsonius 

luteus).

Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico Presence/absence surveys.Harass, 

harm, 

capture.

New. 

PER0042610 ................. Marshall, Bryce; 

Flagstaff, Arizona.

New Mexico meadow jumping 

mouse (Zapus hudsonius 

luteus), southwestern willow 

flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 

extimus), spikedace (Meda 

fulgida), loach minnow 

(Tiaroga cobitis).

Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah.Presence/absence surveys.Harass, 

harm.

Renew/Amend. 

PER0043053 ................. ZoOceanarium 

Group; St. 

Louis, Missouri.

Hawksbill sea turtle 

(Eretmochelys imbricata).

Texas ........................................ Rehabilitation, 

display for 

educational 

purposes.

Harass, 

harm.

New. 

Public Availability of Comments 

All comments we receive become part 

of the public record associated with this 

action. Requests for copies of comments 

will be handled in accordance with the 

Freedom of Information Act, National 

Environmental Policy Act, and Service 

and Department of the Interior policies 

and procedures. 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 to withhold your 

personal identifying information from 

public review, we cannot guarantee that 

we will be able to do so. 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 section 

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

Amy L. Lueders, 

Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12047 Filed 6–3–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[Docket No. FWS–HQ–IA–2022–0033; 

FXIA16710900000–223–FF09A30000] 

Marine Mammal Protection Act; 

Receipt of Permit Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit 

applications; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), invite the 

public to comment on applications to 

conduct certain activities with foreign 

species that are listed as endangered 

under the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA) and foreign or native species for 

which the Service has jurisdiction 

under the Marine Mammal Protection 

Act (MMPA). With some exceptions, the 

ESA and the MMPA prohibit activities 

with listed species unless Federal 

authorization is issued that allows such 

activities. These Acts also require that 

we invite public comment before 

issuing permits for any activity they 

otherwise prohibit with respect to any 

species. 

DATES: We must receive comments by 

July 6, 2022. 

ADDRESSES:

Obtaining Documents: The 

application, application supporting 

materials, and any comments and other 

materials that we receive will be 

available for public inspection at 

https://www.regulations.gov in Docket 

No. FWS–HQ–IA–2022–0033. 

Submitting Comments: When 

submitting comments, please specify the 

name of the applicant and the permit 

number at the beginning of your 

comment. You may submit comments 

by one of the following methods: 

• Internet: https://

www.regulations.gov. Search for and 

submit comments on Docket No. FWS– 

HQ–IA–2022–0033. 

• U.S. Mail: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–HQ– 

IA–2022–0033; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service Headquarters, MS: PRB/3W; 

5275 Leesburg Pike; Falls Church, VA 

22041–3803. 

For more information, see Public 

Comment Procedures under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda Tapia, by phone at 703–358– 

2185, or via email at DMAFR@fws.gov. 

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: 

I. Public Comment Procedures 

A. How do I comment on submitted 

applications? 

We invite the public and local, State, 

Tribal, and Federal agencies to comment 

on these applications. Before issuing 

any of the requested permits, we will 

take into consideration any information 

that we receive during the public 

comment period. 

You may submit your comments and 

materials by one of the methods in 

ADDRESSES. We will not consider 

comments sent by email or fax, or to an 

address not in ADDRESSES. We will not 

consider or include in our 

administrative record comments we 

receive after the close of the comment 

period (see DATES). 


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