5480 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 21 / Tuesday, February 2, 2016 / Notices 

Applications Available for Review and 

Comment 

We invite local, State, and Federal 

agencies and the public to comment on 

the following applications. Documents 

and other information the applicants 

have submitted with their applications 

are available for review, subject to the 

requirements of the Privacy Act (5 

U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of 

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). 

Permit Application Number TE85057B 

Applicant: George Cunningham, 

Omaha, NE. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

conduct presence/absence surveys for 

Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka) in 

Nebraska, Kansas, and South Dakota to 

conduct presence/absence surveys for 

the purpose of enhancing the species’ 

survival. 

Permit Application Number TE047288 

Applicant: National Park Service, 

Heartland Network, Republic, MO. 

The applicant requests a renewal to 

an existing permit to continue presence/ 

absence surveys for Topeka shiner 

(Notropis topeka) in Kansas and 

Minnesota for the purpose of enhancing 

the species’ survival. 

Permit Application Number TE85664B 

Applicant: Wingate Biological 

Solutions, LLC, Durango, CO. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

conduct survey and monitoring 

activities for the southwestern willow 

flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) 

in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and 

Arizona for the purpose of enhancing 

the species’ survival. 

Permit Application Number TE056001 

Applicant: East Dakota Water 

Development District, Brookings, SD. 

The applicant requests a renewal to 

an existing permit to continue presence/ 

absence surveys for Topeka shiner 

(Notropis topeka) in Kansas and 

Minnesota for the purpose of enhancing 

the species’ survival. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.), we have made an initial 

determination that the proposed 

activities in these permits are 

categorically excluded from the 

requirement to prepare an 

environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement (516 

DM 6 Appendix 1, 1.4C(1)). 

Public Availability of Comments 

All comments and materials we 

receive in response to these requests 

will be available for public inspection, 

by appointment, during normal business 

hours at the address listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

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. 

Authority 

We provide this notice under section 

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

Michael G. Thabault, 

Assistant Regional Director, Mountain-Prairie 

Region. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01834 Filed 2–1–16; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

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Notice of Public Meetings, Northwest 

Resource Advisory Council Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Northwest 

Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will 

meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The Northwest RAC has 

scheduled meetings August 18 and 

December 8, 2016, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

with public comment periods regarding 

matters on the agenda at 10 a.m. and 2 

p.m. A specific agenda for each meeting 

will be available prior to the meetings 

at http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_

Resources/racs/nwrac.html. 

ADDRESSES: The August 18 meeting will 

be held in Craig, Colorado, at the Craig 

Memorial Hospital on 750 Hospital 

Loop, Craig, CO 81625. The December 8 

meeting will be held at the Courtyard by 

Marriott, 765 Horizon Drive, Grand 

Junction, CO 81506. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chris Joyner, Public Affairs Specialist, 

Grand Junction Field Office, 2815 H 

Road, Grand Junction, CO 81506, or by 

telephone at (970) 244–3097. Persons 

who use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339 to contact the above 

individual during normal business 

hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a 

day, seven days a week, to leave a 

message or question with the above 

individual. You will receive a reply 

during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Northwest RAC advises the Secretary of 

the Interior, through the BLM, on a 

variety of public land issues in 

northwestern Colorado. 

Topics of discussion during 

Northwest RAC meetings may include 

management of Greater Sage-Grouse, 

working group reports, recreation, fire 

management, land use planning, 

invasive species management, energy 

and minerals management, travel 

management, wilderness, wild horse 

herd management, land exchange 

proposals, cultural resource 

management, and other issues as 

appropriate. 

These meetings are open to the 

public. Subcommittees under this RAC 

may meet this year regarding travel 

management in the White River Field 

Office. Active subcommittees report to 

the NW RAC at each council meeting. 

Subcommittee meetings are open to the 

public. More information is available at 

http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_

Resources/racs/nwrac.html. The public 

may present written comments to the 

RACs. Each formal RAC meeting will 

also have time, as identified above, 

allocated for hearing public comments. 

Depending on the number of persons 

wishing to comment and time available, 

the time for individual oral comments 

may be limited. 

Ruth Welch, 

BLM Colorado State Director. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01740 Filed 2–1–16; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

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Notice of Meeting of the Northwest 

Oregon Resource Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act and the Federal Advisory 


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