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A. Endangered Species 

Applicant: John Warren, Austin, TX; 

PRT–47139C 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import one male sport-hunted cape 

mountain zebra (Equus zebra zebra) 

from a captive herd in Ezulu Game 

Reserve, South Africa, for the purpose of 

enhancing the propagation or survival of 

the species. This notification is for a 

single import. 

Applicant: Craig B. Stanford, South 

Pasadena, CA; PRT–47036C 

The applicant requests a captive-bred 

wildlife registration under 50 CFR 

17.21(g) for aquatic box turtle 

(Terrapene coahuilensis) to enhance 

species propagation or survival. This 

notification covers activities to be 

conducted by the applicant over a 5- 

year period. 

Applicant: 777 Ranch, Inc., Hondo, TX; 

PRT–017404 

The applicant requests a captive-bred 

wildlife registration under 50 CFR 

17.21(g) for barasingha (Cervus 

duvaucelii), Eld’s Brow-antler deer 

(Cervus eldii), red lechwe (Kobus leche), 

and Arabian oryx (Oryx leucoryx) to 

enhance species propagation or 

survival. This notification covers 

activities to be conducted by the 

applicant over a 5-year period. 

Applicant: Houston Zoo, Inc., Houston, 

TX; PRT–44006C 

The applicant requests a permit to 

export samples of blue-billed curassow 

(Crax alberti) to the Museum of Zoology, 

University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, for 

scientific research. This notification is 

for a single export. 

Single Trophy 

The applicant requests a permit to 

import 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 enhancing the 

propagation or survival of the species. 

Applicant: Fred Jack Perret, Collierville, 

TN; PRT–47953C 

B. Marine Mammals 

Applicant: Stephen Kuhn-Hendricks, 

Tallahassee, FL; PRT–27209C 

The applicant requests a permit to 

acquire manatee mandibles (Trichechus 

manatus) from the Florida Fish and 

Wildlife Conservation Commission for 

the purpose of scientific research. This 

notification covers activities to be 

conducted by the applicant over a 5- 

year period. 

Applicant: Mote Marine Laboratory, 

Sarasota, Florida; PRT–100361 

The applicant requests authorization 

to renew and amend their permit to take 

Florida manatees (T. m. latirostris) and 

import manatees (Trichechus manatus, 

T. m. latirostris, T. m. manatus, T. 

inunguis, and T. senegalensis) and 

dugongs (Dugong dugon) for the 

purpose of scientific research. This 

notification covers activities to be 

conducted by the applicant over a 5- 

year period. 

IV. Next Steps 

If the Service decides to issue permits 

to any of the applicants listed in this 

notice, we will publish a notice in the 

Federal Register. You may locate the 

Federal Register notice announcing the 

permit issuance date by searching in 

www.regulations.gov under the permit 

number listed in this document. 

V. Public Comments 

You may submit your comments and 

materials concerning this notice by one 

of the methods listed in ADDRESSES. We 

will not consider comments sent by 

email or fax or to an address not listed 

in ADDRESSES. 

If you submit a comment via http://

www.regulations.gov, your entire 

comment, including any personal 

identifying information, will be posted 

on the Web site. If you submit a 

hardcopy comment that includes 

personal identifying information, you 

may request at the top of your document 

that we withhold this information from 

public review. However, we cannot 

guarantee that we will be able to do so. 

We will post all hardcopy comments 

on http://www.regulations.gov. 

VI. Authorities 

Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.); 

Marine Mammal Protection Act of 

1972 (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.). 

Joyce Russell, 

Government Information Specialist, Branch 

of Permits, Division of Management 

Authority. 

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BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–R–2017–N118]; 

[FXGO1664091HCC0–FF09D00000–178] 

International Wildlife Conservation 

Council Establishment; Request for 

Nominations 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior (DOI) is establishing and 

seeking nominations for the 

International Wildlife Conservation 

Council (Council). The Council will 

provide advice to the Federal 

Government, through the Secretary of 

the Interior (Secretary), on increasing 

public awareness domestically 

regarding the conservation, wildlife law 

enforcement, and economic benefits that 

result from U.S. citizens traveling to 

foreign nations to engage in hunting. 

Additionally, the Council shall advise 

the Secretary on the benefits 

international hunting has on foreign 

wildlife and habitat conservation, antipoaching and illegal wildlife trafficking 

programs, and other ways in which 

international hunting benefits human 

populations in these areas. 

DATES: Comments regarding the 

establishment of this Council must be 

submitted no later than November 24, 

2017. Nominations for the Council must 

be submitted by December 8, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

and/or nominations by any of the 

following methods: 

• Mail or hand-carry nominations to 

Joshua Winchell, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, National Wildlife Refuge 

System, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls 

Church, VA 22041–3803; or 

• Email nominations to: joshua_

winchell@fws.gov 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joshua Winchell, Council Designated 

Federal Officer, by U.S. mail at the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, National 

Wildlife Refuge System, 5275 Leesburg 

Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–3803; by 

telephone at (703) 358–2639; or by 

email at joshua_winchell@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council is established under the 

authority of the Secretary and regulated 

by the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), as amended (5 U.S.C. 

Appendix 2). The duties of the Council 

are solely advisory and include, but are 

not limited to: Developing a plan for 

public engagement and education on the 

benefits of international hunting; 


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reviewing and making 

recommendations for changes, when 

needed, on all Federal programs, and/or 

regulations, to ensure support of 

hunting as: (a) An enhancement to 

foreign wildlife conservation and 

survival, and (b) an effective tool to 

combat illegal trafficking and poaching; 

recommending strategies to benefit the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s permit 

office in receiving timely country data 

and information so as to remove barriers 

that impact consulting with range states; 

recommending removal of barriers to 

the importation into the United States of 

legally hunted wildlife; ongoing review 

of import suspension/bans and 

providing recommendations that seek to 

resume the legal trade of those items, 

where appropriate; reviewing seizure 

and forfeiture actions/practices, and 

providing recommendations for 

regulations that will lead to a reduction 

of unwarranted actions; reviewing the 

Endangered Species Act’s foreign listed 

species and interaction with the 

Convention on International Trade in 

Endangered Species of Wild Flora and 

Fauna, with the goal of eliminating 

regulatory duplications; and 

recommending methods for 

streamlining/expediting the process of 

import permits. 

The Council will meet approximately 

two times per year. The Secretary will 

appoint members and their alternates to 

the Council to serve up to a 3-year term. 

The Council will not exceed 18 

discretionary members and 4 ex officio 

members. 

Ex officio members will include: 

• Secretary of the Interior or 

designated DOI representatives; and 

• Secretary of State or designated 

Department of State representatives. 

The remaining members will be 

selected from among, but not limited to, 

the entities listed below. These 

members must be senior-level 

representatives of their organizations 

and/or have the ability to represent their 

designated constituency. 

• Wildlife and habitat conservation/ 

management organizations; 

• U.S. hunters actively engaged in 

international and/or domestic hunting 

conservation; 

• The firearms or ammunition 

manufacturing industry; 

• Archery and/or hunting sports 

industry; and 

• Tourism, outfitter, and/or guide 

industries related to international 

hunting. 

Nominations should include a resume 

providing an adequate description of the 

nominee’s qualifications, including 

information that would enable DOI to 

make an informed decision regarding 

meeting the membership requirements 

of the Council and to permit DOI to 

contact a potential member. 

Members of the Council serve without 

compensation. However, while away 

from their homes or regular places of 

business, Council and subcommittee 

members engaged in Council or 

subcommittee business that the DFO 

approves may be allowed travel 

expenses, including per diem in lieu of 

subsistence, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

5703, in the same manner as persons 

employed intermittently in Federal 

Government service. 

Public Disclosure 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. 

Certification Statement: I hereby 

certify that the International Wildlife 

Conservation Council is necessary and 

is in the public interest in connection 

with the performance of duties imposed 

on the Department of the Interior 43 

U.S.C. 1457, under the provisions of the 

Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 

742a–742j), and other Acts applicable to 

specific bureaus. 

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

Dated: November 3, 2017. 

Ryan K. Zinke, 

Secretary, Department of the Interior. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

[FWS–R4–ES–2017–N156; 

FVHC98220410150–XXX–FF04G01000] 

Notice of Availability; Florida Trustee 

Implementation Group Deepwater 

Horizon Oil Spill Draft Phase V.2 

Restoration Plan and Supplemental 

Environmental Assessment; Florida 

Coastal Access Project 

AGENCY: Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Oil 

Pollution Act of 1990, the National 

Environmental Policy Act, the 

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Final 

Programmatic Damage Assessment and 

Restoration Plan and Final 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement (Final PDARP/PEIS), and the 

resulting Consent Decree, the Federal 

and State natural resource trustee 

agencies for the Florida Trustee 

Implementation Group (Florida TIG) 

have prepared a Draft Phase V.2 

Restoration Plan and Supplemental 

Environmental Assessment (Draft Phase 

V.2 RP/SEA). The Draft Phase V.2 RP/ 

SEA supplements the 2016 Final Phase 

V Early Restoration Plan and 

Environmental Assessment (Final Phase 

V ERP/EA) and describes and proposes 

the second phase of the Florida Coastal 

Access Project intended to continue the 

process of restoring natural resources 

and services injured or lost as a result 

of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, 

which occurred on or about April 20, 

2010, in the Gulf of Mexico. 

DATES: The Florida TIG will consider 

public comments received on or before 

December 8, 2017. 

Public Meeting: The Florida TIG has 

scheduled a public meeting to facilitate 

public review and comment on the Draft 

Phase V.2 RP/SEA. Both written and 

verbal comments will be taken at the 

public meeting. The Florida TIG will 

hold an open house followed by a 

public meeting. The public meeting will 

include a presentation of the Draft Phase 

V.2 RP/SEA. The public meeting 

schedule is as follows: 

Date Time Location 

November 16, 2017 ............. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.: Open house—6:30 to 8:00 p.m.: 

Public meeting (presentations and discussion).

Robert M. Moore Administration Building, 1000 Cecil G. 

Costin Sr. Blvd., Port St. Joe, FL 32456. 

ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You 

may download the Draft Phase V.2 RP/ 

SEA at any of the following sites: 

• http://

www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov. 

• http://www.doi.gov/ 

deepwaterhorizon. 

• http://dep.state.fl.us/ 

deepwaterhorizon/default.htm. 

Alternatively, you may request a CD 

of the Draft Phase V.2 RP/SEA (see FOR


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