[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 2422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-948]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Endangered Species Permits Issued
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of incidental take permits issued in 1999.
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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Region 3, has taken the following action with regard to permit
applications duly received in accordance with section 10 of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1539, et seq.).
Each permit listed as issued was granted only after it was determined
that is was applied for in good faith, that by granting the permit it
will not be to the disadvantage of the endangered species, and that it
was consistent with the purposes and policy set forth in the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended.
TE-006295 Town of Rome, Wisconsin
On January 12, 1999, a notice was published in the Federal
Register, Volume 64, No. 7, that an application was filed with the Fish
and Wildlife Service by the Town of Rome, Wisconsin, for a permit to
incidentally take, pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1539), as amended, endangered Karner
blue butterflies (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) pursuant to a Habitat
Conservation Plan for road reconstruction activities.
Notice is hereby given that on April 14, 1999, the Service issued a
permit (TE-006295), as authorized by the provisions of the Act, to the
Town of Rome subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
TE-010064 State of Wisconsin
On April 14, 1999, a notice was published in the Federal Register,
Volume 64, No. 71, pp. 18440-18442, that an application was filed with
the Fish and Wildlife Service by the State of Wisconsin, Department of
Natural Resources, for a permit to incidentally take, pursuant to
section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C.
1539), as amended, endangered Karner blue butterflies (Lycaeides
melissa samuelis) in the State of Wisconsin in accordance with a multi-
party Statewide Habitat Conservation Plan. The Department of Natural
Resources was one of 26 partners to the HCP. This single-species HCP
was developed for multiple land uses and required development of an
Environmental Impact Statement in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969. Following public input on the draft
Environmental Impact Statement and permit application, the Service made
a decision to issue an incidental take permit. The Record of Decision
describing the Service's rationale was published in the Federal
Register, Volume 64, No. 191, pp. 53683-53686. The Record of Decision
fully describes the Service's decision making process and determination
to issue an incidental take permit to the Department of Natural
Resources.
Notice is hereby given that on September 27, 1999, as authorized by
the provisions of the Act, the Service issued a permit (TE-010064) to
the State of Wisconsin, Department of Natural Resources, and 25
Parties, subject to certain conditions set forth in the permit and
Implementing Agreement for the HCP.
TE-016724 Cinergy Corporation, Gibson County, Indiana
On September 2, 1999, a notice was published in the Federal
Register, Volume 64, No. 170, p. 48189-48190, that an application was
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by Cinergy Corporation, Gibson
County, Indiana, for a permit to incidentally take, pursuant to section
10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1539), as
amended, endangered Interior least terns (Sterna antillarum) pursuant
to a Habitat Conservation Plan for operation of Cinergy's Gibson
Generating Facility.
Notice is hereby given that on December 21, 1999, the Service
issued a permit (TE-016724), as authorized by the provisions of the
Act, to Cinergy Corporation subject to certain conditions set forth
therein.
Each of the above referenced permits was granted only after the
Service determined that it was applied for in good faith, that granting
the permit would not be to the disadvantage of the endangered species,
and that the permit was consistent with the purposes and policy set
forth in the Endangered Species Act, as amended.
Additional information on any of these permit actions may be
requested by contacting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological
Services Operations, 612/713-5350, between the hours of 7:30 am and
4:00 pm, weekdays, or by writing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Ecological Services Operations, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling,
Minnesota 55111-4056.
Dated: January 6, 2000.
T.J. Miller,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 3, Fort
Snelling, Minnesota.
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