31464 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 125 / Wednesday, July 1, 2009 / Notices 

Total Estimated Burden Hours: 

53,722. 

Status: New collection. 

Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 35, as 

amended. 

Dated: June 25, 2009. 

Stephen A. Hill, 

Acting Director, Policy and E–GOV, Officer, 

Office of the Chief Information Officer. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CO–921–07–1320–EL; COC–70615] 

Notice of Public Meeting, To Receive 

Comments on an Environmental 

Analysis, Finding of No Significant 

Impact, Maximum Economic Recovery 

Report, and Fair Market Value for Coal 

Lease Application COC–70615 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Cancellation of scheduled 

Public Meeting. 

SUMMARY: The public meeting for 

Wednesday, July 8, 2009, at 7 p.m. is 

hereby cancelled. The meeting will be 

re-scheduled at a future date; which has 

not been determined. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kurt 

Barton at BLM Colorado State Office, 

2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, 

Colorado 80215, or by telephone 303– 

239–3714. 

Dated: June 25, 2009. 

Kurt M. Barton, 

Solid Minerals LLE, Division of Energy, Lands 

and Minerals. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R3–ES–2009–N130; 30120–1113– 

0000–F6] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Permit Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability of permit 

applications; request for comments. 

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. With some 

exceptions, the Endangered Species Act 

(Act) prohibits activities with 

endangered and threatened species 

unless a Federal permit allows such 

activity. The Act requires that we invite 

public comment before issuing these 

permits. 

DATES: We must receive any written 

comments on or before July 31, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

the Regional Director, Attn: Peter 

Fasbender, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Ecological Services, 1 Federal 

Drive, Fort Snelling, MN 55111–4056; 

electronic mail, permitsR3ES@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Fasbender, (612) 713–5343. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

We invite public comment on the 

following permit applications for certain 

activities with endangered species 

authorized by section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and our 

regulations governing the taking of 

endangered species in the Code of 

Federal Regulations at 50 CFR 17. 

Submit your written data, comments, or 

request for a copy of the complete 

application to the address shown in 

ADDRESSES. When submitting 

comments, please refer to the 

appropriate permit application number. 

Permit Applications 

Permit Application Number: 

TE217351. 

Applicant: U.S. Forest Service, 

Nelsonville, Ohio. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (harass through capture and 

release) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), 

gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and 

Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus 

townscendii virginianus) on the Wayne 

National Forest and Daniel Boone 

National Forest in Ohio and Kentucky. 

The applicant’s proposed activities 

under this permit application include 

presence or absence surveys, radiotelemetry studies to document habitat 

use, hibernacula surveys, population 

monitoring, and collection of biological 

data to complete environmental 

analyses for forest planning. 

The applicant’s proposed activities 

are for enhancement of the survival of 

the species in the wild. 

Permit Application Number: TE216605. 

Applicant: Robert R. Kiser, Whitesburg, 

Kentucky. 

The applicant requests to renew a 

permit to take (capture and release, 

sample collection) Indiana bats, gray 

bats, and Virginia big-eared bats 

throughout the range of the species in 

the following States: Alabama, 

Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, 

Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, 

Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, 

Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North 

Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, 

Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South 

Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, 

Wisconsin, and West Virginia. The 

applicant’s proposed activities under 

this permit would include presence or 

absence surveys, radio-telemetry studies 

to document habitat use, population 

monitoring, and sample collection 

(tissue samples and guano). In addition, 

this renewal application includes a 

request to renew an existing permit to 

take (capture and release) blackside 

dace (Phoxinus cumberlandensis) in 

Kentucky and Tennessee in the context 

of aquatic surveys. 

All proposed activities are for 

enhancement of the survival of the 

species in the wild. 

Public Comments 

We seek public review and comments 

on these permit applications. Please 

refer to the permit number when you 

submit comments. Comments and 

materials we receive are available for 

public inspection, by appointment, 

during normal business hours at the 

address shown in the ADDRESSES

section. 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. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) 

In compliance with NEPA (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)). 

Dated: June 24, 2009. 

Lynn M. Lewis, 

Assistant Regional Director, Ecological 

Services, Region 3. 

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