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BILLING CODE 4333-15-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-HQ-ES-2018-N063; FF09E42000 178 FXES11130900000] Endangered and Threatened Species; Issuance of Enhancement of Survival and Incidental Take Permits January 2, 2017 Through December 29, 2017 AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in accordance with section 10(d) of the Endangered Species Act
(ESA)as amended, provide a list to the public of the permits issued under sections 10(a)(1)(A) and 10(a)(1)(B) of the ESA. With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits take of listed species unless a Federal permit is issued that authorizes the taking or is exempted through section 7 of the ESA. Under section 10(a)(1)(A), we issue enhancement of survival permits in conjunction with candidate conservation agreements with assurances
(CCAA)and safe harbor agreements (SHA). Section 10(a)(1)(A) also authorizes recovery permits, but this notice is limited to permits issued with CCAAs and SHAs; issued recovery permits will be summarized in a separate notice. Section 10(a)(1)(B) permits authorize take of endangered and threatened species incidental to otherwise lawful activities associated with habitat conservation plans. We provide this list to the public as a summary of our permit issuances for calendar year 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information about the ESA permit process, contact Karen Anderson, 703-358-2301, *karen_anderson@fws.gov.* For information on specific permits, see the contact information below in Permits Issued. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Under the authority of section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 *et seq.;* ESA), we have issued permits to conduct activities that provide a conservation benefit for endangered or threatened species, or for unlisted species should they become listed in the future, in response to permit applications that we received in conjunction with a CCAA or SHA. Under section 10(a)(1)(B), we may issue permits for any taking otherwise prohibited by section 9 if such taking is incidental to, and not the purpose of, carrying out an otherwise lawful activity (known as an incidental take permit (ITP)) and the permit applicant submits a habitat conservation plan
(HCP)that meets the permit issuance criteria under section 10(a)(2)(B). Typically, applicants seek an ITP to conduct activities such as residential and commercial development, infrastructure development or maintenance, and energy development projects that range in scale from small to landscape-level planning efforts. We issued the permits listed below between January 17 and December 27, 2017. Under section 10(a)(1)(A), we issued each permit only after we determined that it was applied for in good faith, that granting the permit would not be to the disadvantage of the listed species, that the proposed activities would benefit the recovery or the enhancement of survival of the species, and that the terms and conditions of the permits were consistent with the purposes and policy set forth in the ESA. Under section 10(a)(1)(B), we issued permits only after we determined that the applicant is eligible and has submitted a complete application and HCP that fully meets the permit issuance criteria consistent with section 10(a)(2)(B). Permits Issued Region 1 (Pacific Region: Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon (except for the Klamath Basin), Washington, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the Pacific Trust Territories) The following permits were applied for and issued in Region 1. For more information about any of the following permits, contact the field office that issued the permit by telephone at: Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office (OR), 503-231-6179 Washington Fish and Wildlife Office (WA), 360-753-9440 Permit No. Plan or agreement type/field office Permittee Date issued TE28451C-0 HCP/OR Oregon Department of Transportation 3/31/2017 TE38529C-0 HCP/OR Port of Portland 6/21/2017 TE33852C-0 HCP/WA Cedar River Timberlands, LLC 5/16/2017 TE40744C-0 HCP/WA Steve McLain 9/15/2017 TE15888C-0 HCP/WA Weyerhaueser Co 2/13/2017 TE93256B-1 SHA/OR Oregon Department of Forestry 11/15/2017 TE84825B-1, TE84826B-1 SHA/OR Roseburg Resources Company, Oxbow Timber I, LLC 11/15/2017 TE05794C-1 SHA/OR Roseburg Resources Company 11/15/2017 TE85855B-1 SHA/OR Weyerhaeuser Company 11/15/2017 Region 2 (Southwest Region: Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas) The following permits were applied for and issued in Region 2. For more information about any of the following permits, contact the HCP, CCAA, or SHA Permit Coordinator by email at *FW2_HCP_Permits@fws.gov* or by telephone at 505-248-6651. Permit No. Plan or agreement type/field office Permittee Date issued TE38803C-0 HCP Antioch Operating, LLC 10/6/2017 TE97022B-0 HCP Calyx Energy III, LLC 8/5/2017 TE38404B-2 HCP Canyon Creek Energy Operating 5/3/2017 TE13632C-0 HCP The Center of Excellence 10/13/2017 TE33336C-0 HCP Corterra Energy Operating, LLC 7/27/2017 TE29847C-0 HCP Council Oak Resources, LLC 7/27/2017 TE19776C-0 HCP MV Purchasing 7/5/2017 TE35998C-0 HCP NGPL Pipe Co., LLC 10/6/2017 TE24128C-0 HCP Paragon Geophysical Services, Inc 7/5/2017 TE11120C-0 HCP Performance Petroleum Co 1/30/2017 TE41500C-0 HCP Plains All America Pipeline 10/11/2017 TE086834-2 HCP Sears, Peter John 3/20/2017 TE23848C-0 HCP Targa Pipeline Mid-Continent, LLC 7/7/2017 TE23851C-0 HCP Targa South OK/NGL Pipeline, LLC 7/7/2017 TE25117C-0 HCP Tenaska, Inc 7/5/2017 TE024619-2 HCP Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 7/12/2017 TE22132C-0 HCP TPL Arkoma, Inc 7/5/2017 TE22139C-0 HCP TPL Arkoma, Midstream 7/7/2017 TE49745B-2 HCP Trinity Operating USG, LLC (AKA PetroQuest 1/20/2017 TE35997C-0 HCP Wildhorse Terminal, LLC 7/30/2017 TE22080C-0 SHA Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 7/12/2017 TE43603C-0 CCAA New Mexico State Land Office 10/6/2017 TE06522C-0 CCAA The Center of Excellence 10/6/2017 Region 3 (Midwest Region: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin) The following permit was applied for and issued in Region 3. For more information about the permit, contact the field office that issued the permit by telephone at: Illinois-Iowa Ecological Services Field Office, 309-757-5800. Permit No. Plan or agreement type/field office Permittee Date issued TE54252C-0 HCP Hoopeston Wind, LLC 10/5/17 Region 4 (Southeast Region: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) The following permits were applied for and issued in Region 4. For more information about any of the following permits, contact the HCP or CCAA Permit Coordinator by email at *PermitsR4ES@fws.gov* or by telephone at 404-679-7140. Permit No. Plan or agreement type Permittee Date issued TE11183C-0 HCP Baker, Duane A 1/17/2017 TE160194-1 HCP Barnette, Joe And Mary 9/15/2017 TE089051-1 HCP Calandruccio, Peter C 7/21/2017 TE218326-1 HCP Cline, Brent A 12/18/2017 TE11182C-0 HCP Colich, Joe 3/1/2017 TE15009C-0 HCP Coral Reef Retail, LLC, Coral Reef RESI PH1, LLC, University of Miami 12/5/2017 TE18547C-0 HCP Covington, Thomas R 3/24/2017 TE23539C-0 HCP Cummans, George D 3/10/2017 TE76592B-1 HCP Cummins, Betty 9/22/2017 TE24111C-0 HCP Dean, Russell Edward 4/3/2017 TE14819C-0 HCP Duke Energy Florida, LLC 5/23/2017 TE151089-2 HCP Eber Cove Investments, LLC 7/7/2017 TE42764C-0 HCP Elle Fish Design, LLC 8/2/2017 TE86572B-1 HCP Englebert, Donald D 9/22/2017 TE101841-1 HCP Fennell, James Greg 11/17/2017 TE24770C-0 HCP Finn, Matthew David 4/6/2017 TE97201B-0 HCP Florida Department of Transportation 7/28/2017 TE88370B-0 HCP Francis, Conrad H 9/27/2017 TE101842-2 HCP Gable, Anthony Kent 3/20/2017 TE22698C-0 HCP Grant, Rodrick E 3/24/2017 TE32251C-0 HCP Hanover Capital Partners, LLC 12/1/2017 TE56970C-0 HCP Harrison, William Gary 10/13/2017 TE23538C-0 HCP Hulsart, Bruce W 3/20/2017 TE12514C-0 HCP Ira Innovations, LLC 2/6/2017 TE25021C-0 HCP Jellison, Peter S 4/19/2017 TE11097C-0 HCP Jones, Charles L 1/17/2017 TE18546C-1 HCP Leasure, Anthony M 2/17/2017 TE84215B-1 HCP Little Lagoon Cottages, LLC 8/22/2017 TE42765C-0 HCP Lottaland, Inc 9/8/2017 TE135281-1 HCP Lowe, Edward Dewayne 7/21/2017 TE156573-1 HCP Manning, Ryan H 11/17/2017 TE087068-1 HCP Marion, Troy Lee 9/8/2017 TE14817C-0 HCP Mattamy Orlando, LLC 4/25/2017 TE14818C-0 HCP Mattamy Orlando, LLC 4/25/2017 TE58959C-0 HCP Maxwell, Stephen R 11/2/2017 TE24376C-0 HCP Micco Road Investments, LLC, and Atlantic Coast Paladin Estates, LLC 8/21/2017 TE22684C-0 HCP Midway Coastal Investments 3/13/2017 TE101843-1 HCP Nelson Holdings, LLC 3/13/2017 TE19759C-0 HCP New Beginnings of Central Florida, Inc 5/11/2017 TE218224-2 HCP Nickles, Joel A 8/1/2017 TE39111C-0 HCP Orange Dale Venture, LLC 12/27/2017 TE32252C-0 HCP Palmetto Babson Park-scenic Hwy 17, LLC 11/17/2017 TE078721-1 HCP Perrino, Ralph 7/21/2017 TE54007C-1 HCP RFC, LLC 12/15/2017 TE078829-1 HCP Ryder, Jeffery A 5/12/2017 TE42792C-0 HCP Saint Gemma Properties 9/8/2017 TE14814C-1 HCP Salvant, Paul P 10/13/2017 TE218362-1 HCP Samson, Scott 2/15/2017 TE22682C-0 HCP Saverio Vacation Rentals, LLC 5/8/2017 TE42767C-0 HCP Scruggs, John E 7/24/2017 TE11085C-0 HCP Sedrak Partners Ltd 1/27/2017 TE218277-2 HCP Smith, David Edward 2/1/2017 TE42768C-0 HCP Smith, Joseph James 8/2/2017 TE218248-1 HCP Stender, William H 5/15/2017 TE070602-1 HCP Valentine, Jeff P 1/20/2017 TE218288-1 HCP Wales, Jason R 7/21/2017 TE131058-1 HCP Whitfield, Nancy E 11/2/2017 TE32249C-0 HCP 17-92, LLC 12/1/2017 TE72196B CCAA Florida Armory Board 2/1/2017 Region 5 (Northeast Region: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia) The following permit was applied for and issued in Region 5. For more information about the permit, contact the HCP Permit Coordinator by email at *martin_miller@fws.gov* or by telephone at 413-253-8615. Permit No. Plan or agreement type Permittee Date issued TE13435C HCP Slack Chemical Company 1/26/2017 Region 6 (Mountain-Prairie Region: Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming) The following permits were applied for and issued in Region 6. For more information about any of the following permits, contact the HCP or CCAA Permit Coordinator by email at *amelia_orton-palmer@fws.gov* or by telephone at 303-236-4211. Permit No. Plan or agreement type Permittee Date issued TE070004-2 HCP Stimson Lumber Company 10/25/2017 TE034609-3 HCP Weyerhaeuser Company 10/25/2017 TE95812B-0 CCAA Thunder Basin Grasslands Prairie Ecosystem Association 3/1/2017 Region 7 (Alaska Region) No ITPs or enhancement of survival permits for CCAAs or SHAs were applied for in Region 7. Region 8 (Pacific Southwest Region: California, Nevada, and the Klamath Basin Portion of Oregon) The following permits were applied for and issued in Region 8. For more information about any of the following permits, contact the HCP Permit Coordinator by email at *dan_cox@fws.gov.* Permit No. Plan or agreement type Permittee Date issued TE57028C-0 HCP BAE Systems, Platforms and Services 9/2/17 TE62704C-0 HCP Betteravia Ranches, LLC 11/27/17 TE29065C-0 HCP Broadway 11, LLC 8/3/17 TE42935C-0 HCP California Flats Solar 130, LLC 10/10/17 TE62355C-0 HCP Campbell, Robert C 11/27/17 TE50775C-0 HCP CED Lost Hills Solar, LLC 11/8/17 TE62701C-0 HCP Highlands at Double R, LLC 12/1/2017 TE16913C-0 HCP Laguna County Sanitation District 8/22/2017 TE16901-C HCP Mammen, Kurt D 1/19/17 TE32842C-0 HCP Orange County Transportation Authority 6/19/17 TE56826C-0 HCP Pacific Gas and Electric 10/2/2017 TE52396C-0 HCP Phillips 66
(300)Pipeline, LLC 12/15/17 TE23515C-0 HCP Phillips 66 Pipeline, LLC 6/1/17 TE61313C-0 HCP Protek Investments, LLC 11/27/17 TE844722-0 HCP RMC Pacific Materials, LLC 4/11/2017 TE27152C-0 HCP Rothman, Phillip and Pamela 9/19/17 TE26660C-0 HCP San Diego Gas and Electric Company 3/15/17 TE58263C-0 HCP San Lorenzo Valley Water District 10/18/17 TE34995C-0 HCP Scotts Valley Unified School District 6/8/17 Availability of Documents The **Federal Register** documents publishing the receipt of applications for these permits may be viewed here: *https://www.fws.gov/policy/frsystem/default.cfm.* Documents and other information submitted with these applications are available for review subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552), by any party who submits a written request for a copy of such documents. For detailed information regarding a particular permit, please contact the Region that issued the permit. Authority We provide this notice under the authority of section 10 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 *et seq.* ). Dated: March 30, 2018. Lisa Ellis, Chief, Branch of Recovery, Conservation Planning, and Communication. [FR Doc. 2018-10670 Filed 5-17-18; 8:45 am]
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