Notice2025-17219
Endangered Species and Eagles; Issuance of Biological Opinion and Permit
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Published
September 8, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentFish and Wildlife Service
Abstract
In accordance with the statute of limitations provision in title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are providing this notification of our issuance of a biological opinion and permit for the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas Project. We issue this biological opinion under the Endangered Species Act and this permit under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 171 (Monday, September 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43231-43232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17219]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R7-ES-2025-0440; FXES11140700000-256-FF07C00000]
Endangered Species and Eagles; Issuance of Biological Opinion and
Permit
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of issuance.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the statute of limitations provision in
title 41 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, we, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are providing this notification of our
issuance of a biological opinion and permit for the Alaska Liquefied
Natural Gas Project. We issue this biological opinion under the
Endangered Species Act and this permit under the Bald and Golden Eagle
Protection Act.
ADDRESSES: Information about the biological opinion and permit listed
in this notice is available online at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for details.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
For the biological opinion: Drew Crane, by telephone at 907-302-
9266 or via email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#65011700123a0617040b00250312164b020a13"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6a0e180f1d3509180b040f2a0c1d19440d051c">[email protected]</span></a>.
For the permit: Wendy Loya, by telephone at 907-227-2942 or via
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6f180a010b16300300160e2f09181c41080019"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c5b2a0aba1bc9aa9aabca485a3b2b6eba2aab3">[email protected]</span></a>.
Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TTD, or
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals
outside the United States should use the relay services offered within
their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in
the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under title 41 of the Fixing America's
Surface Transportation Act (FAST-41) (42 U.S.C. 4370m et seq., as
amended), the statute of limitations provision (42 U.S.C. 4370m6(a)(1))
requires that claims challenging any authorization issued by a Federal
agency for a FAST-41 covered project must be filed within 2 years of
the date on which notice of the authorization is published in the
Federal Register. The provision is intended to provide certainty about
the status of legal claims concerning a covered project by establishing
a maximum time after which legal proceedings cannot be initiated.
Building on the goal of FAST-41 to increase transparency in Federal
decision-making, publication in the Federal Register puts potential
litigants on notice that an authorization is subject to judicial review
and the statute of limitations has begun.
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are therefore providing
notice of our issuance of a biological opinion in accordance with
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.). We also provide notice of our issuance of a permit to
conduct certain activities affecting bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalis)
and golden (Aquila chrysaetos) eagles under the authority of the Bald
and Golden Eagle Protection Act of 1940, as amended (16 U.S.C. 668-
668d), in response to a permit application that we received for the
Alaska Liquefied Natural Gas Project (Docket No. CP17-178-000). The
biological opinion and the permit are final agency actions under the
Endangered Species Act and Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act,
respectively, and authorizations for purposes of FAST-41. Publication
of this notice serves as the initiation of the 2-year statute of
limitations periods concerning each action.
Availability of Documents
You may view the biological opinion at <a href="https://reports.ecosphere.fws.gov/FWSPublicReports/Reports/Index?reportname=BiologicalOpinionReport">https://reports.ecosphere.fws.gov/FWSPublicReports/Reports/Index?reportname=BiologicalOpinionReport</a> by searching for the
appropriate project code provided in the following table and the permit
at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> under Docket No. FWS-R7-ES-2025-0440.
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Biological opinion/ permit issuance
Project code/ePermit No. Applicant date
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2023-0017116.......................... Federal Energy Regulatory May 1, 2025.
Commission.
MBPER20700551......................... Alaska Gasline Development May 23, 2025.
Corporation.
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Authority
We issue this notice under the authority of title 41 of the Fixing
America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST-41) (42 U.S.C. 4370m et
seq., as amended), the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act of 1940,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 668-668d), and their implementing regulations.
Peter Fasbender,
Assistant Regional Director, Fisheries and Ecological Services Alaska
Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-17219 Filed 9-5-25; 8:45 am]
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