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Safety Advisory Committee advises the 

U.S. Coast Guard on matters relating to 

communications, surveillance, traffic 

management, anchorages, development, 

and operation of the New Orleans 

Vessel Traffic Service, and other related 

topics dealing with navigation safety on 

the Lower Mississippi River as required 

by the U.S. Coast Guard. 

The Committee expects to meet at 

least two times annually. It may also 

meet for extraordinary purposes with 

the approval of the Designated Federal 

Officer. We will consider applications 

for 25 positions that expire or become 

vacant August 27, 2015. To be eligible, 

you should have experience regarding 

the transportation, equipment, and 

techniques that are used to ship cargo 

and to navigate vessels on the Lower 

Mississippi River and its connecting 

navigable waterways, including the Gulf 

of Mexico. The 25 positions available 

for application are broken down as 

follows: 

1. Five members representing River 

Port authorities between Baton Rouge, 

Louisiana, and the Head of Passes of the 

Lower Mississippi River, of which one 

member shall be from the Port of St. 

Bernard and one member from the Port 

of Plaquemines. 

2. Two members representing vessel 

owners domiciled in the state of 

Louisiana. 

3. Two members representing 

organizations which operate harbor tugs 

or barge fleets in the geographical area 

covered by the Committee. 

4. Two members representing 

companies which transport cargo or 

passengers on the navigable waterways 

in the geographical area covered by the 

Committee. 

5. Three members representing State 

Commissioned Pilot organizations, with 

one member each representing New 

Orleans-Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots 

Association, the Crescent River Port 

Pilots Association, and the Associated 

Branch Pilots Association. 

6. Two at-large members who utilize 

water transportation facilities located in 

the geographical area covered by the 

Committee. 

7. Three members each one 

representing one of three categories: 

Consumers, shippers, and importersexporters that utilize vessels which 

utilize the navigable waterways covered 

by the Committee. 

8. Two members representing those 

licensed merchant mariners, other than 

pilots, who perform shipboard duties on 

those vessels which utilize navigable 

waterways covered by the Committee. 

9. One member representing an 

organization that serves in a consulting 

or advisory capacity to the maritime 

industry. 

10. One member representing an 

environmental organization. 

11. One member drawn from the 

general public. 

12. One member representing the 

Associated Federal Pilots and Docking 

Masters of Louisiana. 

Each member serves for a term of 2 

years. Members may serve consecutive 

terms. All members serve at their own 

expense and receive no salary, 

reimbursement of travel expenses, or 

other compensation from the Federal 

Government. If you are selected as a 

member from the general public and 

from at-large members who utilize water 

transportation facilities in the 

geographical area covered by the 

Committee, you will be appointed and 

serve as a Special Government 

Employee as defined in section 202(a) of 

title 18, United States Code. As a 

candidate for appointment as a Special 

Government Employee, applicants are 

required to complete a Confidential 

Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 

450). The Coast Guard may not release 

the reports or the information in them 

to the public except under an order 

issued by a Federal court or as 

otherwise provided under the Privacy 

Act (5 U.S.C. 552a). Applicants can 

obtain this form by going to the Web site 

of the Office of Government Ethics 

(www.oge.gov), or by contacting the 

individual listed above. Applications for 

Special Government Employee which 

are not accompanied by a completed 

OGE Form 450 will not be considered. 

Registered lobbyists are not eligible to 

serve on federal advisory committees in 

her or his individual capacity. See 

guidance notice (79 FR 47482, August 

13, 2014). Positions we list for members 

from the general public and from atlarge members who utilize water 

transportation facilities in the 

geographical area covered by the 

Committee would be someone 

appointed in her or his individual 

capacity and she or he would be 

designated as a Special Government 

Employee as defined in 202(a) of title 

18, United States Code. Registered 

lobbyists are lobbyists required to 

comply with provisions contained in 

the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–65, as amended by title II 

of Pub. L. 110–81). 

The Department of Homeland 

Security does not discriminate in 

selection of Committee members on the 

basis of race, color, religion, sex, 

national origin, political affiliation, 

sexual orientation, gender identity, 

marital status, disability and genetic 

information, age, membership in an 

employment organization, or any other 

non-merit factor. The Department of 

Homeland Security strives to achieve a 

widely diverse candidate pool for all of 

its recruitment actions. 

To visit our online docket, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, enter the 

docket number for this notice (USCG– 

2014–0879) in the Search box, and click 

‘‘Search’’. Please do not post your 

resume on this site. 

Note that during the vetting process 

applicants may be asked to provide date 

of birth and social security number. All 

email submittals will receive receipt 

confirmation. 

Dated: December 5, 2014. 

K. S. Cook, 

Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Commander, 

Eighth Coast Guard District. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00797 Filed 1–16–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R2–ES–2014–N259; 

FXES11130200000–156–FF02ENEH00] 

Receipt of an Incidental Take Permit 

Application for Participation in the Oil 

and Gas Industry Conservation Plan 

for the American Burying Beetle in 

Oklahoma 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for public comments. 

SUMMARY: Under the Endangered 

Species Act, as amended (Act), we, the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite 

the public to comment on an incidental 

take permit application for take of the 

federally listed American burying beetle 

resulting from activities associated with 

the geophysical exploration (seismic) 

and construction, maintenance, 

operation, repair, and decommissioning 

of oil and gas well field infrastructure 

within Oklahoma. If approved, the 

permit would be issued under the 

approved Oil and Gas Industry 

Conservation Plan Associated with 

Issuance of Endangered Species Act 

Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permits for the 

American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma 

(ICP). 

DATES: To ensure consideration, written 

comments must be received on or before 

February 19, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of 

all documents and submit comments on 

the applicant’s ITP application by one of 

the following methods. Please refer to 


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the permit number when requesting 

documents or submitting comments. 

Æ U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Division of Endangered 

Species—HCP Permits, P.O. Box 1306, 

Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM 87103. 

Æ Electronically: fw2_hcp_permits@

fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marty Tuegel, Branch Chief, by U.S. 

mail at Environmental Review, P.O. Box 

1306, Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM 

87103; or by telephone at 505–248– 

6651. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

Under the Endangered Species Act, as 

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

we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

invite the public to comment on an 

incidental take permit (ITP) application 

for take of the federally listed American 

burying beetle (Nicrophorus 

americanus) resulting from activities 

associated with geophysical exploration 

(seismic) and construction, 

maintenance, operation, repair, and 

decommissioning of oil and gas well 

field infrastructure within Oklahoma. If 

approved, the permit would be issued to 

the applicant under the Oil and Gas 

Industry Conservation Plan Associated 

with Issuance of Endangered Species 

Act Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permits for the 

American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma 

(ICP). The ICP was made available for 

comment on April 16, 2014 (79 FR 

21480), and approved on May 21, 2014 

(publication of the FONSI notice was on 

July 25, 2014; 79 FR 43504). The ICP 

and the associated environmental 

assessment/finding of no significant 

impact are available on the Web site at 

http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/

oklahoma/ABBICP. However, we are no 

longer taking comments on these 

documents. 

Applications Available for Review and 

Comment 

We invite local, State, Tribal, and 

Federal agencies, and the public to 

comment on the following application 

under the ICP, for incidental take of the 

federally listed ABB. Please refer to the 

appropriate permit number (TE– 

54185B) when requesting application 

documents and when submitting 

comments. Documents and other 

information the applicants have 

submitted with this application 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 TE–54185B 

Applicant: Chaparral Energy, LLC, 

Oklahoma City, OK. 

Applicant requests a new permit for 

gas upstream and midstream 

production, including geophysical 

exploration (seismic) and construction, 

maintenance, operation, repair, and 

decommissioning of gas well field 

infrastructure, as well as construction, 

maintenance, operation, repair, 

decommissioning, and reclamation of 

gas gathering, transmission, and 

distribution pipeline infrastructure 

within Oklahoma. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Written comments we receive become 

part of the public 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. We will not consider anonymous 

comments. 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 Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

and its implementing regulations (50 

CFR 17.22) and the National 

Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 

4321 et seq.) and its implementing 

regulations (40 CFR 1506.6). 

Dated: January 12, 2015. 

Joy E. Nicholopoulos, 

Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region. 

[FR Doc. 2015–00725 Filed 1–16–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[14XL LLIDB00100 LF1000000.HT0000 

LXSS020D0000 241A 4500069722] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed Bruneau-Owyhee SageGrouse Habitat Project, Owyhee 

County, Idaho 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended, the Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Boise District, 

Boise, Idaho, intends to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

and by this notice is announcing the 

beginning of the scoping process to 

solicit public comments to identify 

relevant issues. 

DATES: This notice initiates the public 

scoping process for the EIS. Comments 

on issues may be submitted in writing 

until February 19, 2015. The date(s) and 

location(s) of any scoping meetings will 

be announced at least 15 days in 

advance through local media, 

newspapers and the BLM Web site, 

http://www.blm.gov/id. In order to be 

included in the draft EIS, all comments 

must be received prior to the close of 

the 30-day scoping period or 15 days 

after the last public meeting, whichever 

is later. There will be additional 

opportunities for public participation 

upon publication of the draft EIS. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

related to the Bruneau Owyhee SageGrouse Habitat Project by any of the 

following methods: 

• Web site: http://www.blm.gov/id/st/ 

en/prog/nepa_register/BOSH-juniperremoval.html. 

• email: blm_id_

bruneauowyheesagegrouse@blm.gov. 

• fax: 208–384–3326. 

• mail: 3948 S. Development Avenue, 

Boise, ID 83705–5339. 

Documents pertinent to this proposal 

may be examined at the Boise District 

Office at the above address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike McGee, Wildlife Biologist, Boise 

District Fuels Management to have your 

name added to the mailing list, at 

telephone 208–384–3300; address 3948 

S. Development Avenue, Boise, ID 

83705–5339; email blm_id_

bruneauowyheesagegrouse@blm.gov. 

Persons who use a telecommunications 


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