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meet on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 

from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to conduct 

working group sessions. The full 

Committee will meet on Wednesday, 

December 6, 2017, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

These meetings may end early if the 

Committee has completed its business, 

or the meetings may be extended based 

on the number of public comments. 

Comments and supporting 

documentation. Submit your comments 

no later than November 21, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: All meetings will be held at 

the Omni Riverfront Hotel, 701 

Convention Center Boulevard, New 

Orleans, Louisiana 70130; https://

www.omnihotels.com/hotels/neworleans-riverfront. 

For information on facilities or 

services for individuals with 

disabilities, or to request special 

assistance at the meetings, contact the 

individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section as soon as 

possible. 

Written comments must be submitted 

using the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 

http://www.regulations.gov. If you 

encounter technical difficulties with 

comment submission, contact the 

individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section below. 

Instructions: You are free to submit 

comments at any time, including orally 

at the meetings, but if you want 

Committee members to review your 

comment before the meetings, please 

submit your comments no later than 

November 21, 2017. We are particularly 

interested in comments on the issues in 

the ‘‘Agenda’’ section below. You must 

include ‘‘Department of Homeland 

Security’’ and the docket number 

USCG–2016–1059. Comments received 

will be posted without alteration at 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. You 

may review the Privacy Act and 

Security Notice for the Federal Docket 

Management System at https://

www.regulations.gov/privacyNotice. 

Docket Search: For access to the 

docket or to read documents or 

comments related to this notice, go to 

http://www.regulations.gov, insert 

USCG–2016–1059 in the Search box, 

press Enter, and then click on the item 

you wish to view. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Commander Jose Perez, Designated 

Federal Officer of the Towing Safety 

Advisory Committee, Commandant 

(CG–OES–2), U.S. Coast Guard, 2703 

Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE., Stop 

7509, Washington, DC 20593–7509; 

telephone 202–372–1410, fax 202–372– 

8382 or email jose.a.perez3@uscg.mil, or 

Mr. Kenneth Doyle, telephone 202–372– 

1363 or email kenneth.j.doyle@uscg.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of 

this meeting is in compliance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, Title 5 

United States Code Appendix. The 

Towing Safety Advisory Committee 

provides advice and recommendations 

to the Department of Homeland Security 

on matters relating to shallow-draft 

inland and coastal waterway navigation 

and towing safety. 

Agenda of Meetings 

On December 5 and 6, 2017, from 8 

a.m. to 5 p.m. the Towing Safety 

Advisory Committee and its 

subcommittees will meet to review, 

discuss, deliberate, and formulate 

recommendations, as appropriate, on 

the following: 

(1) Current Subcommittees 

a. Articulated Tug and Barge Operations 

and Manning (Task 15–02) 

b. Subchapter M Implementation (Task 

16–01) 

c. Inland Firefighting (Task 16–02) 

d. Towing Liquefied Natural Gas Barges 

(Task 16–03) 

e. Regulatory Reform (Task 17–01) 

(2) Proposed New Subcommittee and 

Task 

a. Load Line Exemption for River Barges 

on Lakes Erie and Ontario (Task 17– 

02) 

A copy of all meeting documentation, 

including any draft final reports, will be 

available at https://homeport.uscg.mil/ 

missions/ports-and-waterways/safetyadvisory-committees/tsac/meetingsminutes no later than November 28, 

2017. Alternatively, you may contact 

Mr. Kenneth Doyle as noted in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

above. 

Public comments or questions will be 

taken throughout the meeting as the 

committee discusses the issues and 

prior to deliberations and voting. There 

will also be a public comment period at 

the end of the meeting. Speakers are 

requested to limit their comments to 3 

minutes. Please note that the public 

comment period may end before the 

period allotted, following the last call 

for comments. Contact the individual 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section above to register as a 

speaker. 

Dated: 23 October 2017. 

Jeffrey G. Lantz, 

Director of Commercial Regulations and 

Standards. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23382 Filed 10–26–17; 8:45 am] 

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INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

TIME AND DATE: November 6, 2017, 1:30 

p.m.–5:00 p.m. 

PLACE: Offices of Baker/McKenzie LLP, 

815 Connecticut Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20006. 

STATUS: Meeting of the Board of 

Directors with the Advisory Council, 

Open to the public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

D Approval of the Minutes of the 

meetings held in April, May, and 

September 2017 

D Advisory Council Membership 

Update 

D Management Report 

D IAF Mexico Earthquake Response 

D New Business 

D Adjournment 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Paul Zimmerman, General Counsel, 

(202) 683–7118. 

Paul Zimmerman, 

General Counsel. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–ES–2017–N130; 

FXES11140400000–178–FF04E00000] 

Endangered Species Recovery Permit 

Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit 

applications; request for comment. 

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 

(ESA) prohibits activities with listed 

species unless a Federal permit is issued 

that allows such activities. The ESA 

requires that we invite public comment 

before issuing these permits. 

DATES: We must receive written data or 

comments on the applications at the 

address given in ADDRESSES by 

November 27, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Reviewing Documents: 

Documents and other information 

submitted with the applications are 

available for review, subject to the 

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a copy of such documents to the 

following office within 30 days of the 

date of publication of this notice (see 

DATES): U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

Regional Office, Ecological Services, 

1875 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 

30345 (Attn: Karen Marlowe, Permit 

Coordinator). 

Submitting Comments: If you wish to 

comment, you may submit comments by 

any one of the following methods: 

• U.S. mail or hand-delivery: U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service’s Regional 

Office (see above). 

• Email: permitsR4ES@fws.gov. 

Please include your name and return 

address in your email message. If you do 

not receive a confirmation from the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service that we have 

received your email message, contact us 

directly at the telephone number listed 

in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator, 

404–679–7097 (telephone) or 404–679– 

7081 (fax). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We invite 

review and comment from local, State, 

and Federal agencies and the public on 

applications we have received for 

permits to conduct certain activities 

with endangered and threatened species 

under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

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

and our regulations in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 

part 17. With some exceptions, the ESA 

prohibits activities with listed species 

unless a Federal permit is issued that 

allows such activities. The ESA requires 

that we invite public comment before 

issuing these permits. 

Public Availability of Comments 

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 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 Applications 

Permit 

application No. Applicant Species/numbers Location Activity Type of take Permit action 

TE 049502–8 ..... Carola A. Haas, 

Blacksburg, VA.

Reticulated flatwoods salamander 

(Ambystoma bishopi).

Eglin Air Force 

Base and Apalachicola National Forest, 

Florida.

Research on habitat use, population dynamics, 

landscape genetic analyses, 

and population 

augmentation.

Take tail clips from 

larvae and terrestrial salamanders; remove 

eggs and larvae 

from ponds for 

head-starting in 

cattle tanks on 

site and release 

following metamorphosis.

Amendment. 

TE 070800–4 ..... Ecological Solutions, Inc., 

Roswell, GA.

Alabama red-bellied turtle (Pseudemys 

alabamensis), eastern indigo snake 

(Drymarchon corais couperi), flattened musk turtle (Sternotherus 

depressus), gopher tortoise 

(Gopherus polyphemus), amber 

darter (Percina antesella), blue shiner (Cyprinella caerulea), Cherokee 

darter (Etheostoma scotti), Etowah 

darter (Etheostoma etowahae), 

goldline darter (Percina aurolineata), 

rush darter (Etheostoma 

phytophilum), snail darter (Percina 

tanasi), spring pygmy sunfish 

(Elassoma alabamae), vermilion 

darter (Etheostoma chermocki), Alabama pearlshell (Margaritifera 

marrianae), Choctaw bean (Villosa 

choctawensis), Cumberland bean 

(Villosa trabalis), fuzzy pigtoe 

(Pleurobema strodeanum), Georgia 

pigtoe (Pleurobema hanleyianum), 

narrow pigtoe (Fusconaia 

escambia), rabbitsfoot (Quadrula 

cylindrica cylindrica), round 

ebonyshell (Fusconaia rotulata), 

sheepnose mussel (Plethobasus 

cyphyus), slabshell pearlymussel 

(Pleuronaia dolabelloides), snuffbox 

mussel (Epioblasma triquetra), 

southern kidneyshell 

(Ptychobranchus jonesi), southern 

sandshell (Hamiota australis), 

spectaclecase (Cumberlandia 

monodonta), tapered pigtoe 

(Fusconaia burkei), and rough 

hornsnail (Pleurocera foremani).

AL, FL, GA, NC, 

SC, and TN.

Presence/absence 

surveys.

Scope burrows, 

capture, handle, 

release.

Renewal and 

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Permit 

application No. Applicant Species/numbers Location Activity Type of take Permit action 

TE 171545–3 ..... Ronald K. 

Redman, Benton, AR.

Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana 

bat (M. sodalis), northern long-eared 

bat (M. septentrionalis), Ozark bigeared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii 

ingens), Virginia big-eared bat (C. t. 

virginianus).

AL, AR, CO, DE, 

FL, GA, IL, IN, 

IA, KS, KY, LA, 

MD, MI, MN, 

MS, MO, NJ, 

NY, NC, OH, 

OK, PA, SC, TN, 

TX, VT, VA, WV, 

WI.

Presence/absence 

surveys and 

white-nose syndrome research.

Enter hibernacula 

or maternity 

roost caves, capture with mist 

nets or harp 

traps, handle, 

identify, band, 

radio-tag, wingpunch, and hold 

temporarily.

Renewal and 

Amendment. 

TE 070796–9 ..... Apogee, Inc., 

Whitesburg, KY.

Ozark big-eared bat (Corynorhinus 

townsendii ingens).

AR, MO, OK .......... Presence/absence 

surveys.

Capture with mist 

nets or harp 

traps, handle, 

collect hair samples, band, 

radio-tag, lighttag, and wingpunch.

Amendment. 

TE 71854A–1 .... David Eargle, 

South Carolina 

DHEC Bureau of 

Water, Columbia, 

SC.

Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona 

decorata).

NC, SC .................. Presence/absence 

surveys and collection of relic 

shells.

Capture, handle, 

release, salvage 

shells.

Renewal. 

TE 05565B–1 .... UT-Battelle Corp., 

Oak Ridge, TN.

Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana 

bat (M. sodalis), and northern longeared bat (M. septentrionalis).

Oak Ridge Reservation, Tennessee.Presence/absence 

surveys.

Enter hibernacula 

or maternity 

roost caves, salvage dead bats, 

capture with mist 

nets or harp 

traps, handle, 

identify, collect 

hair samples, 

band, radio-tag, 

light-tag, and 

wing-punch.

Renewal and 

Amendment. 

TE 65968A–1 .... Richard J. Dickey, 

Tallahassee, FL.

Alabama pearlshell (Margaritifera 

marrianae), Chipola slabshell 

(Elliptio chipolaensis), Choctaw bean 

(Villosa choctawensis), fat threeridge 

(Amblema neislerii), fuzzy pigtoe 

(Pleurobema strodeanum), Gulf 

moccasinshell (Medionidus 

penicillatus), narrow pigtoe 

(Fusconaia escambia), Ochlockonee 

moccasinshell (Medionidus 

simpsonianus), oval pigtoe 

(Pleurobema pyriforme), purple 

bankclimber (Elliptoideus 

sloatianus), round ebonyshell 

(Fusconaia rotulata), shinyrayed 

pocketbook (Lampsilis subangulata), 

southern kidneyshell 

(Ptychobranchus jonesi), southern 

sandshell (Hamiota australis), Suwannee moccasinshell (Medionidus 

walkeri), and tapered pigtoe 

(Fusconaia burkei).

AL, FL, GA ............ Presence/absence 

surveys.

Capture, identify, 

and release.

Renewal and 

Amendment. 

TE 37219B–1 .... Roger W. Perry, 

USDA Forest 

Service, Hot 

Springs, AR.

Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana 

bat (M. sodalis), and northern longeared bat (M. septentrionalis).

AR, LA, OK, TX .... Presence/absence 

surveys and 

studies to document habitat use.

Enter hibernacula 

or maternity 

roost caves, salvage dead bats, 

capture with mist 

nets, handle, 

identify, collect 

hair samples, 

band, radio-tag, 

light-tag, wingpunch, and selectively 

euthanize.

Amendment. 

TE 79580A–3 .... Jason M. Butler, 

Midway, KY.

Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) and northern long-eared bat (M. 

septentrionalis).

VA ......................... Presence/absence 

surveys.

Enter hibernacula 

or maternity 

roost caves, salvage dead bats, 

capture with mist 

nets or harp 

traps, handle, 

identify, band, 

and radio-tag.

Amendment. 


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Permit 

application No. Applicant Species/numbers Location Activity Type of take Permit action 

TE 034476–4 ..... Florida Forest 

Service, 

Blackwater Forestry Center, Milton, FL.

Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides 

borealis).

Blackwater River 

State Forest, 

Florida.

Population management and 

monitoring.

Install artificial nest 

cavities and 

restrictors, monitor nest cavities, 

capture, band, 

and translocate.

Renewal and 

Amendment. 

Authority: We provide this notice under 

section 10(c) of the Act. 

Dated: September 7, 2017. 

Aaron L. Valenta, 

Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological 

Services, Southeast Region. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCAD06000.51010000.

ER0000.LVRWB17B5480 17X5017AP; 

CACA41880] 

Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Supplemental Environmental Impact 

Statement and Environmental Impact 

Report and Draft Land Use Plan 

Amendment for the Palen Solar 

Photovoltaic Project, California 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has 

prepared a Draft Amendment to the 

California Desert Conservation Area 

(CDCA) Plan and a Draft Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the Palen Solar Photovoltaic (PSP) 

Project and by this Notice is announcing 

the opening of the comment period. 

This document is also an Environmental 

Impact Report (EIR) prepared by 

Riverside County under the California 

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). 

DATES: To ensure that all comments will 

be considered, the BLM must receive 

written comments on the Draft 

Supplemental EIS/EIR within 45 days 

following the date the Environmental 

Protection Agency publishes its Notice 

of Availability in the Federal Register. 

The BLM will announce future meetings 

or hearings and any other public 

involvement activities at least 15 days 

in advance through public notices, 

media releases, on the project Web site, 

and/or mailings. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

related to the PSP Project by any of the 

following methods: 

Web site: https://eplanning.blm.gov/ 

epl-front-office/eplanning/ 

planAndProjectSite.do?method

Name=renderDefaultPlanOrProject

Site&projectId=68122. 

Email: palensolar@blm.gov. 

Mail: Palen Solar PV Project, c/o 

Aspen Environmental Group, 235 

Montgomery Street, Suite 935, San 

Francisco, CA 94104 

Copies of the Draft Supplemental EIS/ 

EIR are available in the BLM-Palm 

Springs South Coast Field Office, 1201 

Bird Center Drive, Palm Springs, CA 

92262, and at the BLM California Desert 

District Office, 22835 Calle San Juan De 

Los Lagos, Moreno Valley, CA 92553, 

and electronically on the project Web 

site. Compact Disc copies of the 

document are available through request 

on this project Web site address. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark DeMaio, BLM Project Manager, 

telephone: (760) 833–7124; address: 

BLM, Palm Springs-South Coast Field 

Office, 1201 Bird Center Drive, Palm 

Springs, CA 92262; email: mdemaio@

blm.gov. 

Persons who use telecommunication 

devices for the deaf may call the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 to 

contact the above individual during 

normal business hours. The Service is 

available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 

to leave a message or questions with the 

above individual regarding the project. 

You will receive a reply during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EDF 

Renewable Energy has applied for a 

Right-of-Way (ROW) from the BLM to 

construct, operate, maintain, and 

decommission a 500 megawatt (MW) 

solar photovoltaic facility near Desert 

Center, Riverside County, California. 

The ROW application area comprises 

about 4,200 acres, with a proposed 

project footprint of about 3,400 acres. 

The proposed project also includes 

construction of a 6.7-mile single circuit 

230 kilovolt generation interconnection 

(gen-tie) transmission line connecting 

the project to the Southern California 

Edison (SCE) Red Bluff Substation. 

The BLM is also considering an 

amendment to the CDCA Plan that 

would be necessary to authorize the 

project. This is a joint EIS/EIR for 

compliance with NEPA and CEQA. 

Riverside County is the lead agency 

under CEQA. 

This Project application was 

originally submitted in 2007 as the 

Palen Solar Power Project (PSPP) by 

Palen Solar I, LLC (PSI), a wholly 

owned subsidiary of Solar Millennium. 

The PSPP was proposed as a solar 

trough project, and was the subject of an 

EIS under NEPA. The BLM, pursuant to 

its obligations under FLPMA and NEPA, 

published a Draft EIS, followed by a 

Proposed Resource Management Plan 

Amendment (RMP) and Final EIS on 

May 13, 2011 (76 FR 28064). 

Before the BLM issued a Record of 

Decision (ROD), PSI informed the BLM 

that it would not construct the Project 

due to bankruptcy. As a result, the BLM 

did not issue a ROD, did not amend the 

RMP, and did not issue a ROW grant for 

the PSPP. 

On June 21, 2012, the bankruptcy 

court approved the transfer of the 

application from PSI to Palen Solar III, 

LLC (PSIII). BrightSource Energy Inc., 

(BSE) then acquired all rights to PSIII at 

auction. PSIII submitted a revised ROW 

application to the BLM for the Palen 

Solar Electricity Generating System 

Project (PSEGS), a 500 MW 

concentrating solar power tower 

technology facility and single-circuit 

230 kV gen-tie line. On July 27, 2013, 

the BLM issued a Draft Supplemental 

EIS and Plan Amendment to evaluate 

the potential additional environmental 

impacts caused by PSEGS. As part of the 

State permitting process, the California 

Energy Commission evaluated the 

PSEGS under CEQA, and issued 

Preliminary and Final Staff Assessments 

for the amended project in June and 

November of 2013, respectively. 

The BLM did not issue a Final 

Supplemental EIS for the PSEGS Project 

because BSE and its partner, Abengoa 

Solar Inc., abandoned the State 

authorization proceedings at the 

California Energy Commission. In 

December 2015, EDF Renewable Energy 

acquired the PSEGS project. EDF 

Renewable Energy has submitted a 

revised ROW application for the 

Proposed Project, which is analyzed in 


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