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Chief, Natural Resources Conservation 

Service (NRCS); and Administrator, 

Farm Services Agency (FSA). The 

Council’s duties are strictly advisory 

and consist of, but are not limited to, 

providing recommendations for: 

1. Implementing the Recreational 

Hunting and Wildlife Resource 

Conservation Plan; 

2. Increasing public awareness of and 

support for the Wildlife Restoration 

Program; 

3. Fostering wildlife and habitat 

conservation and ethics in hunting and 

shooting sports recreation; 

4. Stimulating sportsmen and 

women’s participation in conservation 

and management of wildlife and habitat 

resources through outreach and 

education; 

5. Fostering communication and 

coordination among state, tribal, and 

Federal governments; industry; hunting 

and shooting sportsmen and women; 

wildlife and habitat conservation and 

management organizations; and the 

public; 

6. Providing appropriate access to 

Federal lands for recreational shooting 

and hunting; 

7. Providing recommendations to 

improve implementation of Federal 

conservation programs that benefit 

wildlife, hunting, and outdoor 

recreation on private lands; and 

8. When requested by the Designated 

Federal Officer in consultation with the 

Council Chairperson, performing a 

variety of assessments or reviews of 

policies, programs, and efforts through 

the Council’s designated subcommittees 

or workgroups. 

Background information on the 

Council is available at http://

www.fws.gov/whhcc. 

Meeting Agenda 

The Council will convene to consider 

issues including: 

1. Implementing Department of the 

Interior Secretarial Order 3347— 

Conservation Stewardship and Outdoor 

Recreation; 

2. Status of the Recreation Hunting 

and Wildlife Conservation Plan, as 

directed by Executive Order 13443; and 

3. Other Council business. 

The final agenda will be posted on the 

internet at http://www.fws.gov/whhcc. 

Public Input 

If you wish to: 

You must contact the Council Designated Federal Officer (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than: 

Listen to the Teleconference .......................................................................................................... August 17, 2017. 

Submit written information or questions before the teleconference for the Council to consider 

during the meeting.

August 17, 2017. 

Give an oral presentation during the teleconference ..................................................................... August 17, 2017. 

Submitting Written Information or 

Questions 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant information or 

questions for the Council to consider 

during the public teleconference. 

Written statements must be received by 

the date in Public Input so that the 

information may be made available to 

the Council for consideration prior to 

this meeting. Written statements must 

be supplied to the Council Designated 

Federal Officer in both of the following 

formats: One hard copy with original 

signature, and one electronic copy via 

email (acceptable file formats are Adobe 

Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS 

PowerPoint, or rich text file). 

Giving an Oral Presentation 

Individuals or groups who want to 

make an oral presentation during the 

teleconference will be limited to 2 

minutes per speaker, with no more than 

a total of 30 minutes for all speakers. 

Interested parties should contact the 

Council Designated Federal Officer, in 

writing (preferably via email; see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), to be 

placed on the public speaker list for this 

teleconference. Nonregistered public 

speakers cannot be accommodated 

during the teleconference. Registered 

speakers who wish to expand upon their 

oral statements, or those who had 

wished to speak but could not be 

accommodated on the agenda, may 

submit written statements to the 

Council Designated Federal Officer up 

to 30 days subsequent to the 

teleconference. 

Meeting Minutes 

Summary minutes of the 

teleconference will be maintained by 

the Council Designated Federal Officer 

(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

They will be available for public 

inspection within 90 days of the 

teleconference, and will be posted on 

the Council’s Web site at http://

www.fws.gov/whhcc. 

Public Disclosure of Comments: 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, please be aware that your 

entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may 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. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2. 

Joshua Winchell, 

Designated Federal Officer, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–ES–2017–N097; 

FXES11140100000–178–FF01E00000] 

Proposed Low-Effect Habitat 

Conservation Plan for the Olympia 

Subspecies of the Mazama Pocket 

Gopher, Thurston County, Washington 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), received an 

application from Mr. Steven McLain 

(applicant) for an Incidental Take 

Permit (ITP) pursuant to the Endangered 

Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). 

The applicant requests an ITP that 

would authorize ‘‘take’’ of the 

threatened Olympia subspecies of the 

Mazama pocket gopher incidental to 

otherwise lawful construction of a 

single-family home in Thurston County, 

Washington. The application includes a 

draft Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) 

with measures to minimize and mitigate 

the impacts of the taking on the covered 

species. We have also prepared a draft 

Environmental Action Statement (EAS) 

for our preliminary determination that 

the HCP and permit decision may be 

eligible for categorical exclusion under 

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(NEPA). We invite comments from all 

interested parties regarding the permit 

application, draft HCP, and the draft 

EAS. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, please 

submit written comments by September 

13, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may view or download 

copies of the draft HCP and obtain 

additional information on the Internet at 

http://www.fws.gov/wafwo/. To request 

further information or submit written 

comments, please use one of the 

following methods, and note that your 

information request or comments are in 

reference to ‘‘The McLain HCP’’: 

• Electronic: wfwocomments@

fws.gov. 

• U.S. Mail: Public Comments 

Processing, Attn: FWS–R1–ES–2017– 

N097; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 

Washington Fish and Wildlife Office, 

510 Desmond Drive SE., Suite 102; 

Lacey, Washington 98503. 

• In-Person Drop-off, Viewing, or 

Pickup: Call 360–753–5823 to make an 

appointment (necessary for viewing or 

picking up documents only) during 

normal business hours at the above 

address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

Romanski, Conservation Planning and 

Hydropower Branch Manager, 

Washington Fish and Wildlife Office, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (see 

ADDRESSES), telephone: 360–753–5823. 

If you use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf, please call the Federal 

Relay Service at 800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 9 of the ESA prohibits ‘‘take’’ 

of fish and wildlife species listed as 

endangered or threatened. Under the 

ESA, the term ‘‘take’’ means to harass, 

harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, 

trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to 

engage in any such conduct (16 U.S.C. 

1532(19)). The term ‘‘harm,’’ as defined 

in our regulations, includes significant 

habitat modification or degradation that 

results in death or injury to listed 

species by significantly impairing 

essential behavioral patterns, including 

breeding, feeding, or sheltering (50 CFR 

17.3). The term ‘‘harass’’ is defined in 

our regulations as to carry out actions 

that create the likelihood of injury to 

listed species to such an extent as to 

significantly disrupt normal behavioral 

patterns, which include, but are not 

limited to, breeding, feeding, or 

sheltering (50 CFR 17.3). 

Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA 

contains provisions that authorize the 

Service to issue permits to non-federal 

entities for the take of endangered and 

threatened species caused by otherwise 

lawful activities, provided the following 

criteria are met: (1) The taking will be 

incidental; (2) the applicant will, to the 

maximum extent practicable, minimize 

and mitigate the impact of such taking; 

(3) the applicant will ensure that 

adequate funding for the plan will be 

provided; (4) the taking will not 

appreciably reduce the likelihood of the 

survival and recovery of the species in 

the wild; and (5) the applicant will carry 

out any other measures that the Service 

may require as being necessary or 

appropriate for the purposes of the plan. 

Regulations governing permits for 

endangered and threatened species are 

found in 50 CFR 17.22 and 17.32, 

respectively. 

We received an application from the 

applicant for an ITP pursuant to Section 

10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA. The applicant 

requests an ITP having a 2-year term 

that would authorize ‘‘take’’ of the 

threatened Olympia subspecies of the 

Mazama pocket gopher (Thomomys 

mazama pugetensis), hereafter referred 

to as Olympia pocket gopher, incidental 

to otherwise lawful construction of one 

single-family home on land he owns in 

Thurston County, Washington. The 

application includes a draft HCP that 

describes actions the applicant will take 

to minimize and mitigate the impacts of 

the taking on covered species. 

Proposed Action 

The Service proposes to issue the 

requested 2-year ITP based on the 

applicant’s commitment to implement 

the draft HCP, if permit issuance criteria 

are met. Covered activities include 

construction of the single-family home. 

The area covered under the draft HCP 

consists of an approximately one-half 

acre project development site and an 

approximately one acre conservation 

site on land owned by the applicant. 

Take of the Olympia pocket gopher 

would occur within the half-acre 

development site and will be offset by 

permanently managing an acre of 

occupied habitat for the covered species 

on the applicant’s land until and unless 

the take impacts are offset by 

purchasing equivalent credits from a 

Service-approved conservation bank for 

the Olympia pocket gopher. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

Compliance 

The proposed issuance of an ITP is a 

Federal action that triggers the need for 

compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 

et seq.). Pursuant to NEPA, we prepared 

an Environmental Action Statement 

(EAS) to analyze the environmental 

impacts of the proposed Federal action 

of issuing the requested ITP and 

implementation of the conservation 

program under the proposed HCP. 

Based on the EAS, we have 

preliminarily determined that the 

applicant’s proposal, including the 

proposed mitigation measures, would 

have minor or negligible effects on the 

species covered in the HCP. Therefore, 

we determined that the proposed HCP is 

eligible for ‘‘low-effect’’ status and 

qualifies for categorical exclusion under 

NEPA, as provided by the Department of 

the Interior NEPA regulations (43 CFR 

part 46). A low-effect HCP is one 

involving (1) minor or negligible effects 

on federally listed or candidate species 

and their habitat, and (2) minor or 

negligible effects on other 

environmental values or resources. 

Public Comments 

You may submit your comments and 

materials by one of the methods listed 

in the ADDRESSES section. We 

specifically request information, views, 

and suggestions from interested parties 

regarding our proposed Federal action, 

including adequacy of the draft HCP 

pursuant to the requirements for permits 

at 50 CFR parts 13 and 17 and adequacy 

of the EAS pursuant to NEPA. 

Public Availability of Comments 

All comments and materials we 

receive become part of the public record 

associated with this action. Before 

including your address, phone number, 

email address, or other personally 

identifiable information in your 

comments, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personally identifiable information— 

may be made publicly available at any 

time. While you can ask us in your 

comment to withhold your personally 

identifiable 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. Comments and materials 

we receive will be available for public 

inspection by appointment, during 

normal business hours, at our 

Washington Fish and Wildlife Office 

(see ADDRESSES). 

Next Steps 

We will evaluate the permit 

application, the HCP, and any 

comments received to determine 

whether the permit application meets 

the requirements of section 10(a)(1)(B) 

of the ESA. We will also evaluate 

whether issuance of the requested 

permit would comply with section 7 of 


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the ESA by conducting an intra-Service 

section 7 consultation on anticipated 

ITP actions. We will use the results of 

this consultation, in combination with 

the above findings, in our final analysis 

to determine whether to issue the ITP. 

If we determine that all requirements 

are met, we will issue an ITP under 

section 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA to the 

applicant for the take of the covered 

species, incidental to otherwise lawful 

covered activities. We will make the 

final permit decision no sooner than 30 

days after the date of this notice. 

Authority 

We provide this notice in accordance 

with the requirements of section 10 of 

the ESA and NEPA and their 

implementing regulations (50 CFR 17.32 

and 40 CFR 1506.6, respectively). 

Dated: June 20, 2017. 

Theresa E. Rabot, 

Deputy Regional Director, Pacific Region, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon. 

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–1066] 

Certain Recombinant Factor IX 

Products; Institution of Investigation 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a 

complaint was filed with the U.S. 

International Trade Commission on July 

7, 2017, under section 337 of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of 

Bioverativ Inc. of Waltham, 

Massachusetts; Bioverativ Therapeutics 

Inc. of Waltham, Massachusetts; and 

Bioverativ U.S. LLC of Waltham, 

Massachusetts. A supplement to the 

complaint was filed on July 14, 2017. 

The complaint alleges violations of 

section 337 based upon the importation 

into the United States, the sale for 

importation, and the sale within the 

United States after importation of 

certain recombinant Factor IX products 

by reason of infringement of certain 

claims of U.S. Patent No. 9,670,475 

(‘‘the ’475 patent’’); U.S. Patent No. 

9,623,091 (‘‘the ’091 patent’’); and U.S. 

Patent No. 9,629,903 (‘‘the ’903 patent’’). 

The complaint further alleges that an 

industry in the United States exists as 

required by the applicable Federal 

Statute. 

The complainants request that the 

Commission institute an investigation 

and, after the investigation, issue a 

limited exclusion order and cease and 

desist orders. 

ADDRESSES: The complaint, except for 

any confidential information contained 

therein, is available for inspection 

during official business hours (8:45 a.m. 

to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW., Room 

112, Washington, DC 20436, telephone 

(202) 205–2000. Hearing impaired 

individuals are advised that information 

on this matter can be obtained by 

contacting the Commission’s TDD 

terminal on (202) 205–1810. Persons 

with mobility impairments who will 

need special assistance in gaining access 

to the Commission should contact the 

Office of the Secretary at (202) 205– 

2000. General information concerning 

the Commission may also be obtained 

by accessing its internet server at 

https://www.usitc.gov. The public 

record for this investigation may be 

viewed on the Commission’s electronic 

docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pathenia M. Proctor, The Office of 

Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 

telephone (202) 205–2560. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: The authority for 

institution of this investigation is 

contained in section 337 of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337 

and in section 210.10 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 (2017). 

Scope of Investigation: Having 

considered the complaint, the U.S. 

International Trade Commission, on 

August 8, 2017, ordered that— 

(1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of 

section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended, an investigation be instituted 

to determine whether there is a 

violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of 

section 337 in the importation into the 

United States, the sale for importation, 

or the sale within the United States after 

importation of certain recombinant 

Factor IX products by reason of 

infringement of one or more of claims 1, 

2, 4–19, 24, 25, 29, and 34 of the ’475 

patent; claims 1–7, 11–16, 18, 19, 21, 

and 23–27 of the ’091 patent; and claims 

1–10, 13–15, and 17–28 of the ’903 

patent; and whether an industry in the 

United States exists as required by 

subsection (a)(2) of section 337; 

(2) Pursuant to Commission Rule 

210.50(b)(1), 19 CFR 210.50(b)(1), the 

presiding Administrative Law Judge 

shall take evidence or other information 

and hear arguments from the parties or 

other interested persons with respect to 

the public interest in this investigation, 

as appropriate, and provide the 

Commission with findings of fact and a 

recommended determination on this 

issue, which shall be limited to the 

statutory public interest factors set forth 

in 19 U.S.C. 1337(d)(1), (f)(1), (g)(1); 

(3) For the purpose of the 

investigation so instituted, the following 

are hereby named as parties upon which 

this notice of investigation shall be 

served: 

(a) The complainants are: Bioverativ 

Inc., 225 Second Avenue, Waltham, MA 

02451. Bioverativ Therapeutics Inc., 225 

Second Avenue, Waltham, MA 02451. 

Bioverativ U.S. LLC, 225 Second 

Avenue, Waltham, MA 02451. 

(b) The respondents are the following 

entities alleged to be in violation of 

section 337, and are the parties upon 

which the complaint is to be served: 

CSL Behring LLC, 1020 First Avenue, 

King of Prussia, PA 19406. CSL Behring 

GmbH, Emil-von-Behring-Strasse 76, 

Marburg, Hessen 35041 Germany. CSL 

Behring Recombinant Facility AG, 

Wankdorfstrasse 10, Bern, Bern 3014 

Switzerland. 

(c) The Office of Unfair Import 

Investigations, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW., Suite 

401, Washington, DC 20436; and 

(4) For the investigation so instituted, 

the Chief Administrative Law Judge, 

U.S. International Trade Commission, 

shall designate the presiding 

Administrative Law Judge. 

Responses to the complaint and the 

notice of investigation must be 

submitted by the named respondents in 

accordance with section 210.13 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant to 

19 CFR 201.16(e) and 210.13(a), such 

responses will be considered by the 

Commission if received not later than 20 

days after the date of service by the 

Commission of the complaint and the 

notice of investigation. Extensions of 

time for submitting responses to the 

complaint and the notice of 

investigation will not be granted unless 

good cause therefor is shown. 

Failure of a respondent to file a timely 

response to each allegation in the 

complaint and in this notice may be 

deemed to constitute a waiver of the 

right to appear and contest the 

allegations of the complaint and this 

notice, and to authorize the 

administrative law judge and the 

Commission, without further notice to 

the respondent, to find the facts to be as 

alleged in the complaint and this notice 

and to enter an initial determination 

and a final determination containing 

such findings, and may result in the 

issuance of an exclusion order or a cease 


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