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aviation aircraft operators to request 

permission to fly in restricted airspace. 

The information collected enables TSA 

to perform a background check on each 

individual on board the aircraft seeking 

to fly under the waiver. The affected 

public consists of aircraft operators of 

the general aviation community. 

Number of Respondents: 6,000. 

Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An 

estimated 4,400 hours annually. 

Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on 

September 15, 2008. 

John Manning, 

Acting Director, Business Management Office, 

Office of Information Technology. 

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BILLING CODE 9110–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

CUSTOMS AND BORDER 

PROTECTION 

Notice of Issuance of Final 

Determination Concerning Ground 

Fault Circuit Interrupter 

AGENCY: U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection, Department of Homeland 

Security. 

ACTION: Notice of final determination. 

SUMMARY: This document provides 

notice that U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (‘‘CBP’’) has issued a final 

determination concerning the country of 

origin of a ground fault circuit 

interrupter (‘‘GFCI’’). Based upon the 

facts presented, CBP has concluded in 

the final determination that China is the 

country of origin of the GFCI for 

purposes of U.S. Government 

procurement. 

DATES: The final determination was 

issued on September 15, 2008. A copy 

of the final determination is attached. 

Any party-at-interest, as defined in 19 

CFR 177.22(d), may seek judicial review 

of this final determination within 

October 20, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gerry O’Brien, Valuation and Special 

Programs Branch, Regulations and 

Rulings, Office of International Trade 

(202–572–8792). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that on September 15, 

2008, pursuant to subpart B of part 177, 

Customs Regulations (19 CFR part 177, 

subpart B), CBP issued a final 

determination concerning the country of 

origin of GFCI’s which may be offered 

to the United States Government under 

an undesignated government 

procurement contract. This final 

determination, in HQ H030645, was 

issued at the request of Pass & Seymour, 

Inc. under procedures set forth at 19 

CFR part 177, subpart B, which 

implements Title III of the Trade 

Agreements Act of 1979, as amended 

(19 U.S.C. 2511–18). In the final 

determination, CBP has concluded that, 

based upon the facts presented, certain 

GFCI’s, assembled in Mexico from parts 

made in China, are not substantially 

transformed in Mexico, such that China 

is the country of origin of the finished 

article for purposes of U.S. Government 

procurement. 

Section 177.29, Customs Regulations 

(19 CFR 177.29), provides that notice of 

final determinations shall be published 

in the Federal Register within 60 days 

of the date the final determination is 

issued. Section 177.30, CBP Regulations 

(19 CFR 177.30), provides that any 

party-at-interest, as defined in 19 CFR 

177.22(d), may seek judicial review of a 

final determination within 30 days of 

publication of such determination in the 

Federal Register. 

Dated: September 15, 2008. 

Myles B. Harmon, 

Acting Executive Director, Office of 

Regulations and Rulings, Office of 

International Trade. 

HQ H030645 

September 15, 2008 

MAR–2–05 OT:RR:CTF:VS H030645 

GOB 

CATEGORY: Marking 

Daniel B. Berman, Esq., Hancock & 

Estabrook, LLP, 1500 AXA Tower I, 

100 Madison Street, Syracuse, NY 

13202 

RE: U.S. Government Procurement; 

Title III, Trade Agreements Act of 

1979 (19 U.S.C. 2511); Subpart B, 

Part 177, CBP Regulations; Country 

of Origin Marking; Ground Fault 

Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) 

Dear Mr. Berman: This is in response 

to your correspondence of May 1, 2008, 

requesting a final determination on 

behalf of Pass & Seymour, Inc. (‘‘P&S’’), 

pursuant to subpart B of Part 177, 

Customs and Border Protection (‘‘CBP’’) 

Regulations (19 CFR 177.21 et seq.). 

Your letter was forwarded to CBP’s 

National Commodity Specialist Division 

in New York and was returned to this 

office by memorandum of June 3, 2008. 

Under the pertinent regulations, which 

implement Title III of the Trade 

Agreements Act of 1979, as amended 

(19 U.S.C. 2511 et seq.), CBP issues 

country of origin advisory rulings and 

final determinations as to whether an 

article is or would be a product of a 

designated country or instrumentality 

for the purpose of granting waivers of 

certain ‘‘Buy American’’ restrictions in 

U.S. law or practice for products offered 

for sale to the U.S. Government. 

This final determination concerns the 

country of origin of a ground fault 

circuit interrupter (‘‘GFCI’’). We note 

that P&S is a party-at-interest within the 

meaning of 19 CFR 177.22(d)(1) and is 

entitled to request this final 

determination. 

You also request a country of origin 

marking determination. 

Facts 

You describe the pertinent facts as 

follows. The business of P&S includes 

the design, manufacture, and 

distribution of GFCI’s in the U.S. for 

residential and commercial use in 

electrical circuits of less than 1,000 

volts. The GFCI’s are electrical 

components, designed for installation in 

electrical circuits, which are able to 

detect small imbalances in the circuit’s 

current caused by leakages of current to 

ground. When leakage is detected, the 

GFCI opens the electrical circuit, 

stopping the flow of current. Legrand, 

the parent company of P&S, produces 

the subcomponents of the GFCI in China 

through another subsidiary, Rocom 

Electric Co. Ltd. (‘‘Rocom’’). The 

subcomponents include the following: 

cover, reset button, test button, spring, 

light pipe, strap assembly, assembly 

terminals, contact, separator, springs, 

latch block top, spark gap blades, 

assembly screw terminals, armature, 

spring assembly, term assemblies, PCB 

subassembly, assembly screw terminals, 

back body, screws and labels. Rocom 

plans to ship the subcomponents to a 

facility in Mexico where they will be 

assembled into the GFCI’s. The GFCI’s 

will be tested and packaged at the same 

facility. Upon completion of assembly, 

testing, and packaging, the GFCI’s will 

be imported into the U.S. by P&S for 

sale and distribution. 

You state that the process in Mexico 

to assemble the GFCI is comprised of 

forty-three discrete steps and takes 

approximately ten minutes. You state 

that each GFCI is comprised of thirty 

component parts which, until inclusion 

in the final GFCI, have little or no 

functionality. 

An exhibit to your correspondence, 

which includes photographs, describes 

the assembly process as follows: 

1. Place back body into date code 

fixture/stamping press and press button 

to apply date code on side of back body. 

2. Remove back body from date code 

fixture. Place hot terminal screw 

pressure plate assembly into back body 

cradle on line end. 


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3. Place neutral terminal screw 

pressure plate assembly into back body 

cradle on line end. 

4. Place printed circuit board 

subassembly into back body, capturing 

terminal screw pressure plate 

subassemblies under line terminals. 

5. Place hot terminal screw pressure 

plate subassembly into back body cradle 

on load end. 

6. Place neutral terminal screw 

pressure plate subassembly into back 

body cradle on load end. 

7. Place hot load terminal assembly 

into back body, over load screw 

pressure plate subassembly. 

8. Place neutral load terminal 

subassembly into back body, over load 

screw pressure plate assembly. 

9. Place two break springs into latch 

block. 

10. Place latch block with springs 

onto line contacts, aligning leg of latch 

block over auxiliary switch on printed 

circuit board subassembly. 

11. Drop separator over device, 

aligning test resistor lead through role in 

separator. Snap separator onto back 

body. 

12. Place strap subassembly into 

center channel of separator. 

13. Place hot side load contact into 

slot in separator. 

14. Bend test resistor lead over with 

finger to test blade slot. 

15. Press test blade leg into slot in 

separator, capturing test resistor lead in 

slot on bottom leg of test blade. 

16. Place neutral side load contact 

into slot in separator. 

17. Place light pipe into slot in 

separator. 

18. Place reset button spring 

subassembly into hole through 

separator. 

19. Set two shutter subassemblies into 

pockets in test button subassembly. 

20. Place test button subassembly on 

top of device, fitting over reset button 

subassembly and light pipe. 

21. Turn device over. Place four 

assembly screws in holes at corners of 

back body. 

22. Run assembly screws in and 

torque down with driver. 

23. Place device in automated final 

tester fixture. 

24. Short circuit test. 

25. False trip test. 

26. Trip level test in forward polarity. 

27. Trip level test in reverse polarity. 

28. Grounded-neutral test. 

29. Test-button test. 

30. Dielectric test. 

31. Response time test with 500 ohm 

fault resistor. 

32. If device passes all tests, hand 

solder link across solder bridge on 

bottom of printed circuit board to 

activate miswire circuit. 

33. Depress reset button on device 

and place device in automatic miswirefunction tester. Push button to initiate 

test to verify device trips. 

34. If device passes, snap plastic cap 

into back body, covering miswire solder 

bridge. 

35. Remove miswire label from roll 

and apply across back body and load 

terminal screws. 

36. Remove UL label from roll and 

apply to neutral side of device, 

overlapping back body, separator and 

cover. 

37. Place cardboard protector over 

face of device. 

38. Place wallplate subassembly with 

captive screws over cardboard protector 

and face of device. 

39. Take stack of three pre-folded 

instruction sheets and fuse box label 

and place under device. 

40. Remove product box label from 

roll and place on flap of individual box. 

41. Assemble individual box, closing 

flap on one end. 

42. Slide device, protector, wallplate 

and instruction sheets into individual 

box and close flap. 

43. Place individual box in carton for 

shipping. 

Issues 

1. What is the country of origin of the 

GFCI’s for the purpose of U.S. 

government procurement? 

2. What is the country of origin of the 

GFCI’s for the purpose of marking? 

Law and Analysis 

Government Procurement 

Pursuant to Subpart B of Part 177, 19 

CFR 177.21 et seq., which implements 

Title III of the Trade Agreements Act of 

1979, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2511 et 

seq.), CBP issues country of origin 

advisory rulings and final 

determinations as to whether an article 

is or would be a product of a designated 

country or instrumentality for the 

purposes of granting waivers of certain 

‘‘Buy American’’ restrictions in U.S. law 

or practice for products offered for sale 

to the U.S. Government. 

Under the rule of origin set forth 

under 19 U.S.C. 2518(4)(B): 

An article is a product of a country or 

instrumentality only if (i) it is wholly the 

growth, product, or manufacture of that 

country or instrumentality, or (ii) in the case 

of an article which consists in whole or in 

part of materials from another country or 

instrumentality, it has been substantially 

transformed into a new and different article 

of commerce with a name, character, or use 

distinct from that of the article or articles 

from which it was so transformed. 

See also, 19 CFR 177.22(a). 

In rendering advisory rulings and 

final determinations for purposes of 

U.S. government procurement, CBP 

applies the provisions of subpart B of 

Part 177 consistent with the Federal 

Acquisition Regulations. See 19 CFR 

177.21. In this regard, CBP recognizes 

that the Federal Acquisition Regulations 

restrict the U.S. Government’s purchase 

of products to U.S.-made or designated 

country end products for acquisitions 

subject to the TAA. See 48 CFR 

25.403(c)(1). The Federal Acquisition 

Regulations define ‘‘U.S.-made end 

product’’ as: 

... an article that is mined, produced, or 

manufactured in the United States or that is 

substantially transformed in the United 

States into a new and different article of 

commerce with a name, character, or use 

distinct from that of the article or articles 

from which it was transformed. 

48 CFR 25.003. 

In determining whether the 

combining of parts or materials 

constitutes a substantial transformation, 

the determinative issue is the extent of 

operations performed and whether the 

parts lose their identity and become an 

integral part of the new article. Belcrest 

Linens v. United States, 573 F. Supp. 

1149 (Ct. Int’l Trade 1983), aff’d, 741 

F.2d 1368 (Fed. Cir. 1984). Assembly 

operations that are minimal or simple, 

as opposed to complex or meaningful, 

will generally not result in a substantial 

transformation. Factors which may be 

relevant in this evaluation may include 

the nature of the operation (including 

the number of components assembled), 

the number of different operations 

involved, and whether a significant 

period of time, skill, detail, and quality 

control are necessary for the assembly 

operation. See C.S.D. 80–111, C.S.D. 85– 

25, C.S.D. 89–110, C.S.D. 89–118, C.S.D. 

90–51, and C.S.D. 90–97. If the 

manufacturing or combining process is 

a minor one which leaves the identity 

of the article intact, a substantial 

transformation has not occurred. 

Uniroyal, Inc. v. United States, 3 CIT 

220, 542 F. Supp. 1026 (1982), aff’d 702 

F. 2d 1022 (Fed. Cir. 1983). In Uniroyal, 

the court determined that a substantial 

transformation did not occur when an 

imported upper, the essence of the 

finished article, was combined with a 

domestically produced outsole to form a 

shoe. 

In order to determine whether a 

substantial transformation occurs when 

components of various origins are 

assembled into completed products, 

CBP considers the totality of the 

circumstances and makes such 

determinations on a case-by-case basis. 

The country of origin of the item’s 

components, extent of the processing 

that occurs within a country, and 

whether such processing renders a 


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product with a new name, character, 

and use are primary considerations in 

such cases. Additionally, factors such as 

the resources expended on product 

design and development, extent and 

nature of post-assembly inspection and 

testing procedures, and the degree of 

skill required during the actual 

manufacturing process may be relevant 

when determining whether a substantial 

transformation has occurred. No one 

factor is determinative. 

In a number of rulings (e.g., HQ 

735608, dated April 27, 1995 and HQ 

559089 dated August 24, 1995), CBP has 

stated: ‘‘In our experience these 

inquiries are highly fact and product 

specific; generalizations are troublesome 

and potentially misleading. The 

determination is in this instance ‘a 

mixed question of technology and 

customs law, mostly the latter.’ Texas 

Instruments, Inc. v. United States, 681 

F.2d 778, 783 (CCPA 1982).’’ 

In HQ 734050 dated June 17, 1991, 

CBP held that the assembly of five 

subassemblies by a screwdriver 

operation that took 45 minutes was not 

a substantial transformation. In HQ 

561392 dated June 21, 1999, CBP 

considered the country of origin 

marking requirements of an insulated 

electric conductor which involved an 

electrical cable with pin connectors at 

each end used to connect computers to 

printers or other peripheral devices. The 

cable and connectors were made in 

Taiwan. In China, the cable was cut to 

length and connectors were attached to 

the cable. CBP held that cutting the 

cable to length and assembling the cable 

to the connectors in China did not result 

in a substantial transformation. In HQ 

560214 dated September 3, 1997, CBP 

held that where wire rope cable was cut 

to length, sliding hooks were put on the 

rope, and end ferrules were swaged on 

in the U.S., the wire rope cable was not 

substantially transformed. CBP 

concluded that the wire rope 

maintained its character and did not 

lose its identity and did not become an 

integral part of a new article when 

attached with the hardware. In HQ 

555774 dated December 10, 1990, CBP 

held that Japanese wire cut to length 

and electrical connectors crimped onto 

the ends of the wire was not a 

substantial transformation. In HQ 

562754 dated August 11, 2003, CBP 

found that cutting of cable to length and 

assembling the cable to the Chineseorigin connectors in China did not 

result in a substantial transformation of 

the cable. 

This case involves 30 components 

manufactured in China which are 

proposed to be assembled in Mexico in 

a process involving 43 steps which will 

take ten minutes. After a careful 

consideration of the pertinent facts and 

authorities, we find that the assembly 

operations to be performed in Mexico 

are not sufficiently complex for the 

process to result in a substantial 

transformation of the components. We 

note that the printed circuit board 

subassembly from China is placed into 

the back body of the GFCI. It is a major 

functional part of the finished GFCI and 

provides the essential character to the 

GFCI. Further, we note that: only a short 

amount of time is required for assembly 

(ten minutes); the assembly process 

itself is not at all complex; many of the 

steps involve testing, which we do not 

find in this case to be significant with 

respect to a substantial transformation 

claim; and all of the components are 

manufactured in China. 

Therefore, based upon our finding 

that there is no substantial 

transformation of the components in 

Mexico, we determine that the country 

of origin of the GFCI for government 

procurement purposes is China. 

Country of Origin Marking 

Section 304 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 

as amended (19 U.S.C. 1304), provides 

that, unless excepted, every article of 

foreign origin imported into the United 

States shall be marked in a conspicuous 

place as legibly, indelibly, and 

permanently as the nature of the article 

(or container) will permit, in such 

manner as to indicate to the ultimate 

purchaser in the U.S. the English name 

of the country of origin of the article. 

Part 134, CBP Regulations (19 CFR 

Part 134), implements the country of 

origin marking requirements and 

exceptions of 19 U.S.C. § 1304. Section 

134.1(b), CBP Regulations (19 CFR 

134.1(b)), defines the country of origin 

of an article as the country of 

manufacture, production, or growth of 

any article of foreign origin entering the 

United States. Further work or material 

added to an article in another country 

must effect a substantial transformation 

in order to render such other country 

the country of origin for country of 

origin marking purposes; however, for a 

good of a NAFTA country, the NAFTA 

Marking Rules will determine the 

country of origin. 

Section 134.1(j), CBP Regulations 

provides that the ‘‘NAFTA Marking 

Rules’’ are the rules promulgated for 

purposes of determining whether a good 

is a good of a NAFTA country. Section 

134.1(g), CBP Regulations defines a 

‘‘good of a NAFTA country’’ as an 

article for which the country of origin is 

Canada, Mexico or the United States as 

determined under the NAFTA Marking 

Rules. 

Part 102, CBP Regulations (19 CFR 

Part 102), sets forth the ‘‘NAFTA 

Marking Rules’’ for purposes of 

determining whether a good is a good of 

a NAFTA country. Section 102.11, CBP 

Regulations (19 CFR 102.11) sets forth 

the required hierarchy for determining 

country of origin for marking purposes. 

Section 102.11(a), CBP Regulations 

provides that the country of origin of a 

good is the country in which: 

(1) The good is wholly obtained or 

produced; 

(2) The good is produced exclusively 

from domestic materials; or 

(3) Each foreign material incorporated 

in that good undergoes an applicable 

change in tariff classification set out in 

section 102.20 and satisfies any other 

applicable requirements of that section, 

and all other requirements of these rules 

are satisfied. 

‘‘Foreign Material’’ is defined in 

section 102.1(e), CBP Regulations as ‘‘a 

material whose country of origin as 

determined under these rules is not the 

same country as the country in which 

the good is produced.’’ 

We find that we are unable to 

determine the country of origin of the 

GFCI by section 102.11(a), CBP 

Regulations. Section 102.11(a)(1) and (2) 

are not applicable, i.e., the GFCI is not 

wholly obtained or produced and the 

GFCI is not produced exclusively from 

domestic materials. Further, pursuant to 

section 102.11(a)(3), CBP Regulations, 

there is no applicable change in tariff 

classification for each foreign material 

as set out in section 102.20, CBP 

Regulations, as the GFCI and the PCB 

subassembly are both classified in 

subheading 8536.30.80, Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(‘‘HTSUS’’). 

Section 102.11(b), CBP Regulations 

provides in pertinent part that, except 

for a good that is specifically described 

in the HTSUS as a set, or is classified 

as a set pursuant to General Rule of 

Interpretation 3 (neither of these 

conditions are satisfied), where the 

country of origin cannot be determined 

under paragraph (a) of section 102.11: 

(1) The country of origin of the good 

is the country or countries of origin of 

the single material that imparts the 

essential character of the good[.] 

Section 102.18(b)(1), CBP Regulations 

provides in pertinent part as follows: 

(b)(1) For purposes of identifying the 

material that imparts the essential 

character to a good under § 102.11, the 

only materials that shall be taken into 

consideration are those domestic or 

foreign materials that are classified in a 

tariff provision from which a change in 

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the § 102.20 specific rule or other 

requirements applicable to the good. 

A change in tariff classification is not 

allowed with respect to the PCB 

subassembly. As stated above, both the 

PCB subassembly and the GFCI are 

classified in subheading 8536.30.80, 

HTSUS. The PCB subassembly is 

manufactured in China (as are all of the 

components of the GFCI). Therefore, 

under section 102.11(b)(1), CBP 

Regulations, the country of origin of the 

GFCI is China. 

Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1304, the 

country of origin of the GFCI for country 

of origin marking purposes is China. 

Holdings 

The assembly operations to be 

performed in Mexico are not sufficiently 

complex for the process to result in a 

substantial transformation of the 

components. Therefore, the country of 

origin of the GFCI for government 

procurement purposes is China. 

Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1304, the 

country of origin of the GFCI for country 

of origin marking purposes is China. 

Notice of this final determination will 

be given in the Federal Register, as 

required by 19 CFR 177.29. Any partyat-interest other than the party which 

requested this final determination may 

request, pursuant to 19 CFR 177.31, that 

CBP reexamine the matter anew and 

issue a new final determination. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 177.30, any partyat-interest may, within 30 days after 

publication of the Federal Register 

notice referenced above, seek judicial 

review of this final determination before 

the Court of International Trade. 

Sincerely, 

Myles B. Harmon, 

Acting Executive Director, 

Office of Regulations and Rulings, 

Office of International Trade. 

[FR Doc. E8–21934 Filed 9–18–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9111–14–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND 

URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

[Docket No. FR–5186–N–38] 

Federal Property Suitable as Facilities 

To Assist the Homeless 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Community Planning and 

Development, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice identifies 

unutilized, underutilized, excess, and 

surplus Federal property reviewed by 

HUD for suitability for possible use to 

assist the homeless. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 19, 

2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Ezzell, Department of Housing 

and Urban Development, 451 Seventh 

Street, SW., Room 7262, Washington, 

DC 20410; telephone (202) 708–1234; 

TTY number for the hearing- and 

speech-impaired (202) 708–2565, (these 

telephone numbers are not toll-free), or 

call the toll-free Title V information line 

at 800–927–7588. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the December 12, 1988 

court order in National Coalition for the 

Homeless v. Veterans Administration, 

No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD 

publishes a Notice, on a weekly basis, 

identifying unutilized, underutilized, 

excess and surplus Federal buildings 

and real property that HUD has 

reviewed for suitability for use to assist 

the homeless. Today’s Notice is for the 

purpose of announcing that no 

additional properties have been 

determined suitable or unsuitable this 

week. 

Dated: September 11, 2008. 

Mark R. Johnston, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs. 

[FR Doc. E8–21696 Filed 9–18–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R2–ES–2008–N0230; 20124–1113– 

0000–F5] 

Endangered and Threatened Species 

Permit Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications. 

SUMMARY: The following applicants have 

applied for scientific research permits to 

conduct certain activities with 

endangered species pursuant to section 

10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species 

Act of 1973, as amended. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be received on or before 

October 20, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be submitted to the Chief, Endangered 

Species Division, Ecological Services, 

P.O. Box 1306, Room 6034, 

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103. 

Documents and other information 

submitted with these applications are 

available for review, subject to the 

requirements of the Privacy Act and 

Freedom of Information Act. Documents 

will be available for public inspection, 

by appointment only, during normal 

business hours at the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 500 Gold Ave., SW., 

Room 6034, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 

Please refer to the respective permit 

number for each application when 

submitting comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, 

P.O. Box 1306, Room 4102, 

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103, (505) 

248–6920. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail 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. 

Permit TE–122856 

Applicant: George Myers, Buda, Texas. 

Applicant requests an amendment to 

a current permit for research and 

recovery purposes to conduct presence/ 

absence surveys of golden-cheeked 

warbler (Dendroica chryosparia) and 

black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla) 

within Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. 

Permit TE–187090 

Applicant: Patricia Salas, Castle Hills, 

Texas. 

Applicant requests a new permit for 

research and recovery purposes to 

conduct presence/absence surveys of 

golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica 

chrysoparia) and black-capped vireo 

(Vireo atricapillus) within Texas. 

Permit TE–188015 

Applicant: Pueblo of Santa Ana-Natural 

Resources, Pueblo of Santa Ana, New 

Mexico. 

Applicant requests a new permit for 

research and recovery purposes to 

conduct presence/absence surveys of 

the Rio Grande silvery minnow 

(Hybognathus amarus) on lands within 

the Pueblo of Santa Ana. 

Permit TE–189566 

Applicant: Monica Geick, Austin, Texas. 

Applicant requests a new permit for 

research and recovery purposes to 

conduct presence/absence surveys of 

golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica 

chrysoparia) and black-capped vireo 

(Vireo atricapillus) within Texas. 


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