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Weger Ranch (2,394 acres and 0 

territories). We anticipate that under the 

timber management prescriptions 

proposed in the programmatic SHA, at 

least 6,606 acres of nesting/roosting 

habitat will be enhanced on Blencowemanaged properties, and potentially up 

to 2 additional northern spotted owl 

territories could exist on each of the 

three properties at the end of the 40-year 

SHA term. 

For properties managed under the 

SHA, if any additional northern spotted 

owl territory becomes established on the 

property, take of northern spotted owls 

associated with the effects of timber 

harvest on such additional northern 

spotted owl territories would be 

authorized under the incidental take 

permit during the 40-year permit term. 

The Service anticipates that incidental 

take of a northern spotted owl would 

occur only if: (a) additional northern 

spotted owl territories were established 

on any of the enrolled properties; and 

(b) any of the enrolled properties were 

returned to baseline conditions after the 

term of the 40-year SHA has expired. 

The Service anticipates that no more 

than two additional northern spotted 

owl territories would be established on 

each property during the 40-year permit 

term. In other words, during the 40-year 

permit term, the Service anticipates that 

no more than 12 northern spotted owls 

(2 adult owls per territory and as many 

as 6 new territories) would be subject to 

take if habitat conditions were returned 

to baseline conditions. The 

development and maintenance of highquality functional habitat employing 

uneven-aged timber management 

practices in a matrix of private 

timberland subject to even-aged 

management regimes will provide a 

relatively stable habitat condition that 

we believe will provide high 

productivity for multiple generations of 

northern spotted owls. Therefore, the 

cumulative impact of the SHA and the 

activities it covers, which are facilitated 

by the allowable incidental take, are 

expected to provide a net conservation 

benefit to the northern spotted owl. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Written comments we receive become 

part of the administrative 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 can 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. 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(c) of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

and its implementing regulations (50 

CFR 17.22 and 17.32) and NEPA (42 

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

implementing regulations (40 CFR 

1506.6 and 43 CFR part 46). 

Tanya Sommer, 

Field Supervisor, Arcata Fish and Wildlife 

Office, Arcata, California. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R3–ES–2022–N028 

FXES11130300000–223–FF03E00000] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Receipt of 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, have received 

applications for permits to conduct 

activities intended to enhance the 

propagation or survival of endangered 

or threatened species under the 

Endangered Species Act. 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. 

DATES: We must receive your written 

comments on or before July 11, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit requests for copies 

of the applications and related 

documents, as well as any comments, by 

one of the following methods. All 

requests and comments should specify 

the applicant name(s) and application 

number(s) (e.g., TEXXXXXX; see table 

in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION): 

• Email: permitsR3ES@fws.gov. 

Please refer to the respective application 

number(s) (e.g., Application No. 

TEXXXXXX) in the subject line of your 

email message. 

• U.S. Mail: Regional Director, Attn: 

Nathan Rathbun, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Ecological Services, 5600 

American Blvd. West, Suite 990, 

Bloomington, MN 55437–1458. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nathan Rathbun, 612–713–5343 

(phone); permitsR3ES@fws.gov (email). 

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 

The Endangered Species Act of 1973, 

as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

seq.), prohibits certain activities with 

endangered and threatened species 

unless authorized by a Federal permit. 

The ESA and our implementing 

regulations in part 17 of title 50 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 

provide for the issuance of such permits 

and require that we invite public 

comment before issuing permits for 

activities involving endangered species. 

A recovery permit issued by us under 

section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA 

authorizes the permittee to conduct 

activities with endangered species for 

scientific purposes that promote 

recovery or for enhancement of 

propagation or survival of the species. 

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 

We invite local, State, and Federal 

agencies; Tribes; and the public to 

comment on the following applications: 


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Application No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of take Permit 

action 

PER0042011 ..... Dragons Wynd, Minneapolis, MN.Rusty patched bumble 

bee (Bombus affinis) 

and Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis).

MN ................................. Conduct presence/absence surveys, document habitat use, conduct population monitoring, and evaluate 

potential impacts.

Capture, handle, and release.New. 

TE92978B .......... Helms and Associates, 

Bellevue, IA.

17 freshwater mussels .. IL, IN, IA, MI, MN, MO, 

OH, WI.

Conduct presence/absence surveys, document habitat use, conduct population monitoring, and evaluate 

potential impacts.

Capture, handle, and release.Renew. 

ES30234C ......... Illinois Natural History 

Survey, Champaign, 

IL.

Eastern massasauga 

rattlesnake (Sistrurus 

catenatus).

IL .................................... Conduct presence/absence surveys, document habitat use, conduct population monitoring, and evaluate 

potential impacts.

Add: new activity—powder marking—to existing authorized activities: capture, handle, 

PIT tag, mark, collect 

tissue and blood samples, and release.

Amend. 

PER0044063 ..... Bruce R. Galer, Elk 

River, MN.

Rusty patched bumble 

bee (Bombus affinis).

IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI .. Conduct presence/absence surveys, document habitat use, conduct population monitoring, and evaluate 

potential impacts.

Capture, handle, and release.New. 

ES64080B–3 ..... Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Michigan State University, 

Lansing, MI.

American burying beetle 

(Nicrophorus 

americanus), clubshell 

(Pleurobema clava), 

copperbelly water 

snake (Nerodia 

erythrogaster 

neglecta), Hine’s emerald dragonfly 

(Somatochlora 

hineana), Indiana bat 

(Myotis sodalis), 

Karner blue butterfly 

(Lycaeides melissa 

samuelis), Mitchell’s 

satyr butterfly 

(Neonympha mitchellii 

mitchellii), northern 

long-eared bat (Myotis 

septentrionalis), northern riffleshell 

(Epioblasma 

rangiana), Poweshiek 

skipperling (Oarisma 

poweshiek), rayed 

bean (Villosa fabalis), 

rusty patched bumble 

bee (Bombus affinis), 

snuffbox (Epioblasma 

triquetra), white 

catspaw (Epioblasma 

obliquata perobliqua), 

and eight plant species.

Add: new States—IL, IN, 

MA, MN, MO OH—to 

existing authorized 

State MI.

Conduct presence/absence surveys, document habitat use, conduct population monitoring, and evaluate 

potential impacts.

Capture, handle, identify, mark, light-tag, 

PIT-tag, salvage, collect bio-sample, collect 

pollen samples, collect 

voucher specimens, 

and release.

Amend. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Written comments we receive become 

part of the administrative 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 can 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. Moreover, 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. 

Next Steps 

If we decide to issue permits to any 

of the applicants listed in this notice, 

we will publish a notice in the Federal 

Register. 

Authority 

We publish this notice under section 

10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 

seq.). 

Lori Nordstrom, 

Assistant Regional Director, Ecological 

Services. 

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