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design. We collect the following 

information in conjunction with the 

account setup process and survey data 

submission: 

• Account setup process: 

Æ Email address, 

Æ Username, 

Æ Photo (optional), 

Æ Option for other users to contact 

the registrant, 

Æ Time zone, 

Æ First and last name, 

Æ Phone number, and 

Æ Start date. 

• Survey data submission: 

Æ Data submission location via online 

map, 

Æ Date and time of observation, 

Æ Number of cranes, 

Æ Method (ground count or point 

count), 

Æ Habitat (agricultural field, sandbar, 

wetland, or mixed-wetland 

agricultural field), and 

Æ Any additional notes the user 

would like to submit. 

We received OMB approval to 

conduct usability testing of the data 

entry portal in 2019 under Interior’s 

generic clearance process ‘‘DOI Generic 

‘Fast Track’ Clearance for the Collection 

of Qualitative Feedback on Agency 

Service Delivery’’ (OMB Control No. 

1090–0011). After conducting the 

usability testing of the data entry portal 

for 1 year, we are now ready to seek 

OMB’s full approval of this information 

collection under the PRA. 

Title of Collection: Online Eastern 

Population Sandhill Crane Survey Data 

Entry Portal. 

OMB Control Number: 1018–New. 

Form Number: None. 

Type of Review: New. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals and State agencies. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Respondents: 112. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 157. 

Estimated Completion Time per 

Response: Varies from 3 minutes to 5 

minutes, depending on activity. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 11. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Frequency of Collection: One time for 

the initial registration, and on occasion 

for survey submission. 

Total Estimated Annual Nonhour 

Burden Cost: None. 

An agency may not conduct or 

sponsor and a person is not required to 

respond to a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Dated: June 8, 2021. 

Madonna Baucum, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R6–ES–2020–N026; 

FXES11130600000–201–FF06E00000] 

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 

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 by July 12, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: 

Document availability and comment 

submission: Use one of the following 

methods to request documents or 

submit comments. Requests and 

comments should specify the applicant 

name(s) and application number(s) (e.g., 

TE123456): 

• Email: permitsR6ES@fws.gov. 

• U.S. Mail: Marjorie Nelson, Chief, 

Division of Ecological Services, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, 134 Union 

Blvd., Suite 670, Lakewood, CO 80228. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Konishi, Recovery Permits 

Coordinator, Ecological Services, 303– 

236–4224 (phone), or permitsR6ES@

fws.gov (email). Individuals who are 

hearing or speech impaired may call the 

Federal Relay Service at 1–800–877– 

8339 for TTY assistance. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite 

the public to comment on applications 

for permits under section 10(a)(1)(A) of 

the Endangered Species Act, as 

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

The requested permits would allow the 

applicants to conduct activities 

intended to promote recovery of species 

that are listed as endangered or 

threatened under the ESA. 

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 

Proposed activities in the following 

permit requests are for the recovery and 

enhancement of propagation or survival 

of the species in the wild. The ESA 

requires that we invite public comment 

before issuing these permits. 

Accordingly, we invite local, State, and 

Federal agencies; Tribes; and the public 

to submit written data, view, 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. 


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Application No. Applicant Species Location Take activity Permit action 

TE054237–4 ....... U.S. Forest Service, Rocky 

Mountain Region, Lakewood, CO.

• Southwestern willow 

flycatcher (Empidonax 

traillii extimus).

• Uncompahgre fritillary butterfly (Boloria acrocnema).

CO ......................................... Pursue to survey, capture, 

banding, presence/absence 

surveys.

Amend/renew. 

PER0004552 ...... U.S. National Park Service, 

Zion National Park, Springdale, UT.

• Shivwits milkwetch 

(Astragalus ampullarioides).

• Southwestern willow 

flycatcher (Empidonax 

traillii extimus).

UT .......................................... Remove and reduce to possession; seeds, fruits, tissue, and voucher specimens; presence/absence 

surveys.

Amend/renew. 

PER0005119 ...... U.S. National Park Service 

Heartland Network, Republic, MO.

• Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka).KS, MO .................................. Harass by survey/monitor, 

capture, handle.

Amend/renew. 

CS0076731 ........ University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE.• Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) 

• Gray bat (Myotis 

grisescens).

• Ozark big-eared bat 

(Corynorhinus townsendii 

ingens).

AL, AR, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, 

IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, 

MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, 

MT, NE, NH, NJ, NY, NC, 

ND, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, 

SD, TA, TX, VT, VA, WV, 

WI, WY.

Capture with mist-nets and 

harp traps, handle, band.

New. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Written comments we receive become 

part of the administrative record. 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. 

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.). 

Stephen Small, 

Assistant Regional Director, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service Department of the Interior 

Unified Regions 5 and 7. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2020–N150; FXES11130000– 

212–FF08E00000] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Draft Recovery Plan for 

Cirsium scariosum var. loncholepis (La 

Graciosa thistle) 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of document availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of the Draft Recovery Plan 

for Cirsium scariosum var. loncholepis 

(La Graciosa thistle) for public review 

and comment. The draft recovery plan 

includes objective, measurable criteria, 

and site-specific management actions as 

may be necessary to ameliorate threats, 

such that the species can be removed 

from the Federal List of Endangered and 

Threatened Plants. 

DATES: We must receive any comments 

on the draft recovery plan on or before 

July 12, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Document availability: You 

may obtain a copy of the recovery plan 

from our website at http://www.fws.gov/ 

endangered/species/recoveryplans.html. Alternatively, you may 

contact the Ventura Fish and Wildlife 

Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

2493 Portola Road, Suite B, Ventura, CA 

93003 (telephone 805–644–1766). 

Comment submission: If you wish to 

comment on the draft recovery plan, 

you may submit your comments in 

writing by any one of the following 

methods: 

• U.S. mail: Field Supervisor, at the 

above address; or 

• Email: r8venturarecoverycomments@fws.gov. 

For additional information about 

submitting comments, see the Request 

for Public Comments section below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Henry, Field Supervisor, at the 

above street address above or telephone 

805–644–1766. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Recovery of endangered or threatened 

animals and plants to the point where 

they are again secure, self-sustaining 

members of their ecosystems is a 

primary goal of our endangered species 

program and the Endangered Species 

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

1531 et seq.). Recovery means 

improvement of the status of listed 

species to the point at which listing is 

no longer necessary under the criteria 

specified in section 4(a)(1) of the Act. 

The Act requires the development of 

recovery plans for listed species, unless 

such a plan would not promote the 

conservation of a particular species. 

Pursuant to section 4(f) of the Act, a 

recovery plan must, to the maximum 

extent practicable, include (1) a 

description of site-specific management 

actions as may be necessary to achieve 

the plan’s goals for the conservation and 

survival of the species; (2) objective, 

measurable criteria which, when met, 

would support a determination under 

section 4(a)(1) that the species should be 

removed from the List of Endangered 

and Threatened Species; and (3) 

estimates of the time and costs required 

to carry out those measures needed to 

achieve the plan’s goal and to achieve 

intermediate steps toward that goal. 

The Service has revised its approach 

to recovery planning; the revised 

process is called Recovery Planning and 

Implementation (RPI). The RPI process 

is intended to reduce the time needed 

to develop and implement recovery 


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