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Environmental Policy Act. We will take
comments into consideration before
deciding whether to issue an incidental
take permit.
DATES: We are extending the standard
30-day comment period by 15 days to
allow additional time for public
comment. Written comments should be
received on or before February 5, 2021.
ADDRESSES:
To obtain documents: You may view
or download copies of the draft
conservation plan and draft
environmental assessment at https://
www.fws.gov/carlsbad/, or you may
request hardcopies of the draft
documents by contacting our Palm
Springs office (see below).
To submit written comments: Please
submit your written comments by either
of the following methods:
D Email: [email protected].
Include ‘‘Manzana Wind Power
Incidental Take Permit’’ in the subject
line of the message.
D U.S. Mail: Assistant Field
Supervisor, Palm Springs Fish and
Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 777 East Tahquitz Canyon Way,
Suite 208, Palm Springs, CA 92284.
We request that you send written
comments by only the methods
described above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peter Sanzenbacher, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist, by mail at Palm Springs Fish
and Wildlife Office (address above), by
phone at 760–322–2070, extension 425,
or via email at peter_sanzenbacher@
fws.gov. If you use a
telecommunications device for the deaf,
hard of hearing, or speech disabled,
please call the Federal Relay Service at
800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We have
received an application from Manzana
Wind LLC (applicant) for an incidental
take permit under the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA;
16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The application
addresses the potential take of the
federally endangered California condor
(condor), incidental to otherwise lawful
activities at the Manzana Wind Power
Project (project), as described in the
applicant’s draft conservation plan. The
project began operations in 2012 and is
in the Antelope Valley region of Kern
County, California, along the southern
foothills of the Tehachapi Mountains.
Background
Section 9 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1538)
and Federal regulations promulgated
pursuant to section 4(d) of the ESA (16
U.S.C. 1533) prohibit the take of
endangered species without special
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the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1539), we may issue
permits to authorize take of listed fish
and wildlife species that is incidental
to, and not the purpose of, carrying out
an otherwise lawful activity.
Regulations governing permits for
endangered and threatened species are
set forth in title 50 of the Code of
Federal Regulations at part 17, sections
17.22 and 17.32.
The National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.)
requires Federal agencies to analyze
their proposed actions to determine
whether the actions may significantly
affect the human environment. In the
NEPA analysis, the Federal agency will
identify the effects, as well as possible
mitigation for effects on environmental
resources, that could occur with the
implementation of the proposed action
and alternatives. The Federal action in
this case is the Service’s proposed
issuance of an incidental take permit for
the federally endangered California
condor.

You may submit comments by one of
the methods shown under ADDRESSES.
All comments and materials we receive
in response to this request will become
part of the decision record associated
with this action. 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 Application

Authority

The applicant has submitted a draft
conservation plan that describes the
activities covered by the permit, such as
the operation of wind turbines and other
specified activities associated with
project components. To minimize the
risk of incidental take, the applicant
will maintain a program to detect
condors approaching the project and
temporarily curtail operating wind
turbines when appropriate; the
conservation plan also includes
adaptive management to allow for
maintaining the protection of condors as
technologies, condor behavior, and
other factors change over time. To
mitigate the impact of the potential
incidental take, the applicant proposes
to work with an existing captive
breeding facility to fund the production
of additional condors for release into the
wild. The Service and applicant used a
population viability analysis to inform
the mitigation strategy and ensure that
the level of potential injury or mortality
of condors permitted at the project
would not impede recovery of the
species. The population viability
analysis report is appended to the draft
conservation plan and the draft
environmental assessment. A
‘‘Frequently Asked Questions’’
document for the population viability
analysis is also attached to the draft
environmental assessment. The draft
conservation plan and the draft
environmental assessment consider
alternatives to the proposed action,
including a no action alternative.

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If you wish to comment on the draft
conservation plan and draft
environmental assessment, you may
submit comments by one of the methods
in ADDRESSES.
Public Availability of Comments

We issue this notice pursuant to
section 10(c) of the ESA (16 U.S.C.
1539) and its implementing regulations
(50 CFR 17.22), and NEPA (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.) and its implementing
regulations (40 CFR 1506.6 and 43 CFR
46.305).
Scott Sobiech,
Field Supervisor, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife
Office, Carlsbad, California.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Alaska Guide Service
Evaluation
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of information collection;
request for comment.
AGENCY:

In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(Service), are proposing to renew an
information collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before January
21, 2021.
SUMMARY:

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Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under Review—Open for
Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function. Please provide a copy
of your comments to the Service
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
MS: PRB/PERMA (JAO/3W), 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803 (mail); or by email to Info_Coll@
fws.gov. Please reference OMB Control
Number 1018–0141 in the subject line of
your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Madonna L. Baucum, Service
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, by email at [email protected],
or by telephone at (703) 358–2503.
Individuals who are hearing or speech
impaired may call the Federal Relay
Service at 1–800–877–8339 for TTY
assistance. You may also view the
information collection request (ICR) at
http://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA, 44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.) and 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), we
provide the general public and other
Federal agencies with an opportunity to
comment on new, proposed, revised,
and continuing collections of
information. This helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. It also helps the
public understand our information
collection requirements and provide the
requested data in the desired format.
On August 26, 2020, we published in
the Federal Register (85 FR 52631) a
notice of our intent to request that OMB
approve this information collection. In
that notice, we solicited comments for
60 days, ending on October 26, 2020.
We received no comments in response
to that notice.
As part of our continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent
burdens, we are again soliciting
comments from the public and other
Federal agencies on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. We are especially
interested in public comment
addressing the following:
(1) Whether or not the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether or not the
information will have practical utility;

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(2) The accuracy of our estimate of the
burden for this collection of
information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(4) How might the agency minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on those who are to
respond, including through the use of
appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other technological
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submission of response.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. 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.
Abstract: We collect information via
FWS Form 3–2349 (Alaska Guide
Service Evaluation) to help us evaluate
commercial guide services on our
national wildlife refuges in the State of
Alaska (State). The National Wildlife
Refuge Administration Act of 1966, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 668dd–ee),
authorizes us to permit uses, including
commercial visitor services, on national
wildlife refuges when we find the
activity to be compatible with the
purposes for which the refuge was
established. With the objective of
making available a variety of quality
visitor services for wildlife-dependent
recreation on National Wildlife Refuge
System lands, we issue permits for
commercial guide services, including
big game hunting, sport fishing, wildlife
viewing, river trips, and other guided
activities. We use FWS Form 3–2349 as
a method to:
• Monitor the quality of services
provided by commercial guides.
• Gauge client satisfaction with the
services.
• Assess the impacts of the activity
on refuge resources.
The client is the best source of
information on the quality of
commercial guiding services. We
collect:
• Client name.
• Guide name(s).
• Type of guided activity.
• Dates and location of guided
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• Information on the services
received, such as the client’s
expectations, safety, environmental
impacts, and client’s overall
satisfaction.
We encourage respondents to provide
any additional comments that they wish
regarding the guide service or refuge
experience, and ask whether or not they
wish to be contacted for additional
information.
The above information, in
combination with State-required guide
activity reports and contacts with guides
and clients in the field, provides a
comprehensive method for monitoring
permitted commercial guide activities.
A regular program of client evaluation
helps refuge managers detect potential
problems with guide services so that we
can take corrective actions promptly. In
addition, we use this information during
the competitive selection process for big
game and sport fishing guide permits to
evaluate an applicant’s ability to
provide a quality guiding service.
The Service is actively reviewing the
current evaluation form to identify ways
to improve the information collected to:
• Provide more quantifiable and
defensible data;
• Provide statistical data for each
completed and submitted form;
• Provide more quantifiable rather
than qualitative information; and
• Translate the client responses into
useful information, in order for refuge
management to make informed
decisions.
The Service initially planned to
submit the new form (tentatively
assigned FWS Form 3–2538, ‘‘Alaska
Guide Service Evaluation’’) to OMB for
approval to conduct usability testing
under OMB Control No. 1090–0011,
‘‘DOI Generic Clearance for the
Collection of Qualitative Feedback on
Agency Service Delivery,’’ in time to
pretest it during the 2020 Alaska guide
season. However, the pandemic
significantly limited the number of
guide trips during the 2020 guide
season, necessitating the usability
testing be conducted during the 2021
Alaska guide season (and possibly the
2022 season). At the conclusion of the
usability testing, the Service will
evaluate all feedback of the new
evaluation form to determine whether
additional updates need to be made to
it. At that time, we will begin the
process to initiate a revision to this
information collection by publishing the
required notices in the Federal Register
announcing to the public our intention
to submit the final evaluation form to
OMB for approval prior to the calendar
year 2023 Alaska guide season. In
addition, the Service will provide the

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Alaska National Interest Lands
Conservation Act (ANILCA) Coordinator
for the State of Alaska with a copy of the
proposed new guide form for review/
comment.
Title of Collection: Alaska Guide
Service Evaluation.
OMB Control Number: 1018–0141.
Form Number: FWS Form 3–2349.
Type of Review: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: Clients
of permitted commercial guide service
providers.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 264.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 264.
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 15 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 66.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time,
following use of commercial guide
services.
Total Estimated Annual Nonhour
Burden Cost: None.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor and a person is not required to
respond to a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB
control number.
The authority for this action is the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Dated: December 17, 2020.
Madonna Baucum,
Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Endangered and Threatened Species;
Receipt of Recovery Permit
Applications
AGENCY:

Fish and Wildlife Service,

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Notice of receipt of permit
applications; request for comments.

ACTION:

We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, have received
applications for permits to conduct
activities intended to enhance the
propagation or survival of endangered
or threatened species under the
Endangered Species Act. We invite the
public and local, State, Tribal, and
Federal agencies to comment on these
applications. Before issuing any of the
requested permits, we will take into
consideration any information that we
receive during the public comment
period.
DATES: We must receive your written
comments on or before January 21,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Document availability and
comment submission: Submit requests
for copies of the applications and
related documents and submit any
comments by one of the following
methods. All requests and comments
should specify the applicant name(s)
and application number(s) (e.g.,
TEXXXXXX).
• Email: [email protected].
• U.S. Mail: Susie Tharratt, Regional
Recovery Permit Coordinator, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, 2800 Cottage Way,
Room W–2606, Sacramento, CA 95825.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susie Tharratt, via phone at 916–414–
6561, via email at [email protected],
or via the Federal Relay Service at 1–
800–877–8339 for TTY assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite
the public to comment on applications
for permits under section 10(a)(1)(A) of
the Endangered Species Act, as
amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
The requested permits would allow the
applicants to conduct activities
intended to promote recovery of species
that are listed as endangered or
threatened under the ESA.
SUMMARY:

of listed species unless a Federal permit
is issued that allows such activity. The
ESA’s definition of ‘‘take’’ includes such
activities as pursuing, harassing,
trapping, capturing, or collecting, in
addition to hunting, shooting, harming,
wounding, or killing.
A recovery permit issued by us under
section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA
authorizes the permittee to conduct
activities with endangered or threatened
species for scientific purposes that
promote recovery or for enhancement of
propagation or survival of the species.
These activities often include such
prohibited actions as capture and
collection. Our regulations
implementing section 10(a)(1)(A) for
these permits are found in the Code of
Federal Regulations at 50 CFR 17.22 for
endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR
17.32 for threatened wildlife species, 50
CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species,
and 50 CFR 17.72 for threatened plant
species.
Permit Applications Available for
Review and Comment
Proposed activities in the following
permit requests are for the recovery and
enhancement of propagation or survival
of the species in the wild. The ESA
requires that we invite public comment
before issuing these permits.
Accordingly, we invite local, State,
Tribal, and Federal agencies and the
public to submit written data, views, or
arguments with respect to these
applications. The comments and
recommendations that will be most
useful and likely to influence agency
decisions are those supported by
quantitative information or studies.

Background
With some exceptions, the ESA
prohibits activities that constitute take

Application No.

Applicant, city, state

Species

Location

Take activity

TE–115370 ...........

Gage Dayton, Santa Cruz, California.

• Ohlone tiger beetle (Cicindela
ohlone).

CA ....................

TE–88650D ...........

Joshua Goodwin, Rocklin, California.

CA ....................

New.

TE–72045A ...........

Alisa Zych, Oceanside, California.

CA ....................

Play taped vocalizations ............

Renew.

TE–52816B ...........

David Davis, Barstow, California

• California tiger salamander
(Santa Barbara County and
Sonoma County Distinct Population Segments (DPSs))
(Ambystoma californiense).
• Southwestern willow
flycatcher (Empidonax traillii
extimus).
• Southwestern willow
flycatcher (Empidonax traillii
extimus).

Capture, handle, release, habitat enhancement, mark burrows, and translocation.
Capture, handle, and release ....

CA ....................

Play taped vocalizations ............

Renew and Amend.

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