Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 167 / Monday, August 30, 2010 / Notices 52971 

Dated: July 30, 2010. 

George J. Turnbull, 

Acting Regional Director, Pacific West Region. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21551 Filed 8–27–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS-R9-IA-2010-N183] 

[96300-1671-0000-P5] 

Receipt of Applications for Permit 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications 

for permit. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species, marine mammals, 

or both. With some exceptions, the 

Endangered Species Act (ESA) and 

Marine Mammal Protection Act 

(MMPA) prohibits activities with listed 

species unless a Federal permit is issued 

that allows such activities. Both laws 

requires that we invite public comment 

before issuing these permits. 

DATES: We must receive requests for 

documents or comments on or before 

September 29, 2010. We must receive 

requests for marine mammal permit 

public hearings, in writing, at the 

address shown in the ADDRESSES section 

by September 29, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Brenda Tapia, Division of 

Management Authority, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax 

Drive, Room 212, Arlington, VA 22203; 

fax (703) 358-2280; or e-mail 

DMAFR@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda Tapia, (703) 358-2104 

(telephone); (703) 358-2280 (fax); 

DMAFR@fws.gov (e-mail). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Comment Procedures 

A. How Do I Request Copies of 

Applications or Comment on Submitted 

Applications? 

Send your request for copies of 

applications or comments and materials 

concerning any of the applications to 

the contact listed under ADDRESSES. 

Please include the Federal Register 

notice publication date, the PRTnumber, and the name of the applicant 

in your request or submission. We will 

not consider requests or comments sent 

to an e-mail or address not listed under 

ADDRESSES. If you provide an email 

address in your request for copies of 

applications, we will attempt to respond 

to your request electronically. 

Please make your requests or 

comments as specific as possible. Please 

confine your comments to issues for 

which we seek comments in this notice, 

and explain the basis for your 

comments. Include sufficient 

information with your comments to 

allow us to authenticate any scientific or 

commercial data you include. 

The comments and recommendations 

that will be most useful and likely to 

influence agency decisions are: (1) 

Those supported by quantitative 

information or studies; and (2) Those 

that include citations to, and analyses 

of, the applicable laws and regulations. 

We will not consider or include in our 

administrative record comments we 

receive after the close of the comment 

period (see DATES) or comments 

delivered to an address other than those 

listed above (see ADDRESSES). 

B. May I Review Comments Submitted 

by Others? 

Comments, including names and 

street addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the 

address listed under ADDRESSES. The 

public may review documents and other 

information applicants have sent in 

support of the application unless our 

allowing viewing would violate the 

Privacy Act or Freedom of Information 

Act. 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. 

II. Background 

To help us carry out our conservation 

responsibilities for affected species, the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, section 

10(a)(1)(A), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 

et seq.), and our regulations in the Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 

17, the Marine Mammal Protection Act 

of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et 

seq.), and our[Doc the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 18 require 

that we invite public comment before 

final action on these permit 

applications. Under the MMPA, you 

may request a hearing on any MMPA 

application received. If you request a 

hearing, give specific reasons why a 

hearing would be appropriate. The 

holding of such a hearing is at the 

discretion of the Service Director. 

III. Permit Applications 

Endangered Species 

Applicant: Knoxville Zoological 

Gardens, Knoxville, TN; PRT-19934A 

The applicant requests a permit to 

export two captive-hatched Chinese 

alligators (Alligator sinensis) to Africam, 

S.A, Puebla, Mexico, for the purpose of 

enhancement of the survival of the 

species. 

Applicant: Rocky Mountain Wildlife 

Conservation Center, Keenesburg, CO; 

PRT-18346A 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import seven captive-born tigers 

(Panthera tigris) from Canada and 

Mexico, for the purpose of enhancement 

of the survival of the species. 

Multiple Applicants 

The following applicants each request 

a permit to import the sport-hunted 

trophy of one male bontebok 

(Damaliscus pygargus pygargus) culled 

from a captive herd maintained under 

the management program of the 

Republic of South Africa, for the 

purpose of enhancement of the survival 

of the species. 

Applicant: Gus Boniello, Golden 

Bridge, NY; PRT-19933A 

Applicant: Frank DeGennaro, Monroe, 

NY; PRT-19931A 

Applicant: Anthony Casola, Bronx, NY; 

PRT-19930A 

The following applicant requests a 

permit to re-export a sport-hunted 

trophy of one male bontebok 

(Damaliscus pygargus pygargus) culled 

from a captive herd maintained under 

the management program of the 

Republic of South Africa, for the 

purpose of enhancement of the survival 

of the species. 

Applicant: Roberto Delgado, Garza 

Garcia, NL MX; PRT-19421A 

Endangered Marine Mammals and 

Marine Mammals 

Applicant: Dr. Iskande Larkin, 

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL; 

PRT-038448 

The applicant requests amendment 

and renewal of the permit to take wild 

and captive-held Florida manatees 

(Trichechus manatus) for the purpose of 

scientific research. This notification 

covers activities to be conducted by the 

applicant over a 5–year period. 


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Applicant: Pennsylvania State 

University, University Park, PA; PRT14287A 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import biological samples of polar bears 

(Ursus maritimus) from Norway for the 

purpose of scientific research. This 

notification covers activities to be 

conducted by the applicant over a 1– 

year period. 

Concurrent with publishing this 

notice in the Federal Register, we are 

forwarding copies of the above 

applications to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and the Committee of 

Scientific Advisors for their review. 

Dated: August 20, 2010 

Brenda Tapia, 

Program Analyst, Branch of Permits, Division 

of Management Authority. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21475 Filed 8–27–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVW03000/L51050000.EA0000/ 

LVRCF1000700241A.MO#4500013866;10– 

08807; TAS:14X5017] 

Notice of Temporary Closures and 

Restrictions on Specific Uses of Public 

Lands in Pershing County, NV 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of temporary closures 

and restrictions. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

under the authority of the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act of 1976 

(FLPMA), as amended, the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Winnemucca 

District, Black Rock Field Office will 

implement and enforce the following 

temporary closures and restrictions to 

protect public safety and resources on 

public lands within and adjacent to the 

Burning Man Festival on the Black Rock 

Desert playa. 

DATES: The temporary restrictions will 

be in effect until September 17, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gene Seidlitz, District Manager, Bureau 

of Land Management, Winnemucca 

District, 5100 E. Winnemucca 

Boulevard, Winnemucca, NV 89445– 

2921, telephone: (775) 623–1500, e-mail: 

gene_seidlitz@blm.gov. 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, 7 days a week, to leave a message 

or question with the above individual. 

You will receive a reply during normal 

hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These 

temporary restrictions affect public 

lands on and adjacent to the Burning 

Man Event conducted on the Black Rock 

Desert playa within the Black Rock 

Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant 

Trails National Conservation Area in 

portions of Humboldt, Pershing and 

Washoe counties, Nevada. The legal 

description of the affected public lands 

is: 

I. 2010 Event Area: 

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada 

Unsurveyed T. 33 N., R. 24 E., 

Secs. 4, and 5, portions within 50 yards of 

the Event Entrance Road; 

Unsurveyed T. 331⁄2 N., R. 24 E., 

Sec. 25; 

Sec. 26 and 27, portions within event 

perimeter fence and 50 yards outside the 

fence; 

Sec. 33 and 34, portions within 50 yards 

of the Event Entrance Road; 

Sec. 35, portions within event perimeter 

fence, 50 yards outside the fence and 

within 50 yards of the Event Entrance 

Road; 

Sec. 36, portions within event perimeter 

fence, 50 yards outside the fence and the 

Airport tie-down area. 

Unsurveyed T. 34 N., R. 24 E., 

Secs. 25, 26, 34, and 35, portions within 

event perimeter fence and 50 yards 

outside the fence. 

Sec. 36. 

Unsurveyed T. 34 N., R. 25 E., 

Secs. 21, 28, and 33, portions within event 

perimeter fence and 50 yards outside the 

fence. 

The event area comprises 3,347 acres, 

more or less. 

II. Public Closure Area: 

Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada 

Unsurveyed T. 33 N., R. 24 E., 

Sec. 1, N1⁄2, portion west of the east playa 

road; 

Sec. 2, N1⁄2; 

Sec. 3, N1⁄2, SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 4, portion east of Washoe Co. Rd. 34 

and outside the Event Area; 

Sec. 5, E1⁄2, portion east of Washoe Co. Rd. 

34 and outside the Event Area; 

Sec. 8, NE1⁄4; 

Sec. 9, N1⁄2; 

Sec. 10, NW1⁄4. 

Unsurveyed T. 331⁄2 N., R. 24 E., 

Secs. 26 and 27, portions outside the Event 

Area; 

Sec. 28, portion east of Washoe Co. Rd. 34; 

Sec. 33, portions east of Washoe Co. Rd. 34 

and outside the Event Area; 

Secs. 34, 35 and 36, portions outside the 

Event Area. 

Unsurveyed T. 34 N., R. 24 E., 

Sec. 23, S1⁄2; 

Sec. 24, S1⁄2; 

Sec. 25 & 26; portions outside the Event 

Area; 

Sec. 27, SE1⁄4, E1⁄2; NE1⁄2, E1⁄2 SW1⁄4; 

Sec. 33, SE1⁄4, S1⁄2; NE1⁄4, NE1⁄4 NE1⁄4; 

Secs. 34 and 35, portions outside the Event 

Area; 

T. 33 N., R. 25 E., 

Sec. 4, Lots 2, 3, 4 and 5, portions west of 

the east playa road. 

Unsurveyed T. 34 N., R. 25 E., 

Sec. 16, S1⁄2; 

Sec. 21, portion outside the Event Area; 

Sec. 22, SW1⁄4, W1⁄2; NW1⁄4; 

Sec. 27, W1⁄2; 

Sec. 33, portion west of the east playa road 

and outside the Event Area; 

Sec. 34; W1⁄2, portion west of the east playa 

road. 

The public closure area comprises 

9,445 acres, more or less. 

The closure and temporary 

restrictions are necessary to provide a 

safe environment for the participants of 

the Burning Man Festival and to 

members of the public visiting the Black 

Rock Desert and to protect public land 

resources by addressing law 

enforcement and public safety concerns 

associated with the Burning Man 

Festival. The Burning Man Festival is 

held on public lands administered by 

the Bureau of Land Management. It is 

expected to attract approximately 

48,000 participants to a remote rural 

area, far from urban infrastructure and 

support, including law enforcement, 

public safety, transportation, and 

communication services. During the 

festival the associated city becomes the 

tenth largest metropolitan area in 

Nevada. This event is authorized on 

public lands under Special Recreation 

Permit #NV–025–06–01. 

The vast majority of Burning Man 

Festival participants do not cause any 

problems for the event organizers or the 

BLM. Actions by a few participants at 

previous events have resulted in law 

enforcement and public safety incidents 

similar to those observed in urban areas 

of similar size. Incidents that have 

required BLM law enforcement action in 

prior years include the following: 

Aircraft crashes; motor vehicle 

accidents with injuries within and 

outside the event (a temporary fence is 

installed around the event perimeter); 

fighting; sexual assaults; assaults on law 

enforcement officers; reckless or 

threatening behavior; crimes against 

property; crowd control issues; issues 

associated with possession and use of 

alcoholic beverages; persons acting in a 

manner where they may pose a danger 

to themselves or to others; possession, 

use, and distribution of controlled 

substances; and increased use of public 

lands outside the event perimeter. 

The Burning Man Festival takes place 

within Pershing County, a rural county 

with a small population and a small 

Sheriff’s Department. The county has 


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