Endangered and Threatened Species; Issuance of Enhancement of Survival and Incidental Take Permits for Safe Harbor Agreements, Candidate Conservation Agreements, Conservation Plans, and Recovery Activities; January 1, 2024, Through December 31, 2024

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), in accordance with the Endangered Species Act (ESA), provide a list to the public of permits issued under the ESA. With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits take of listed species unless a Federal permit is issued that authorizes or exempts the taking under the ESA. We provide this list to the public as a summary of our permit issuances for candidate conservation agreements with assurances, safe harbor agreements, conservation benefit agreements, habitat conservation plans, and recovery activities for calendar year 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 231 (Thursday, December 4, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55888-55919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-21886]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-ES-2025-N026; FF09E41000-256-FXES11130900000]


Endangered and Threatened Species; Issuance of Enhancement of 
Survival and Incidental Take Permits for Safe Harbor Agreements, 
Candidate Conservation Agreements, Conservation Plans, and Recovery 
Activities; January 1, 2024, Through December 31, 2024

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), in 
accordance with the Endangered Species Act (ESA), provide a list to the 
public of permits issued under the ESA. With some exceptions, the ESA 
prohibits take of listed species unless a Federal permit is issued that 
authorizes or exempts the taking under the ESA. We provide this list to 
the public as a summary of our permit issuances for candidate 
conservation agreements with assurances, safe harbor agreements, 
conservation benefit agreements, habitat conservation plans, and 
recovery activities for calendar year 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information about the ESA 
permit process, contact Diana Kramer, via phone at 703-358-1874 or via 
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3b5f525a555a6450495a565e497b5d4c48155c544d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="096d6068676856627b68646c7b496f7e7a276e667f">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. For information on specific permits, see 
the contact information below in Permits Issued. Individuals in the 
United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a 
speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, 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: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
(Service), provide a list to the public of the permits issued under 
sections 10(a)(1)(A) and 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 
1973 (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), as amended. The lists of 
10(a)(1)(A) permits are published in accordance with section 10(d) of 
the ESA, and the lists of 10(a)(1)(B) permits are published in 
accordance with chapter 16 of the Habitat Conservation Planning 
Handbook (December 21, 2016; 81 FR 93702), developed by the Service in 
cooperation with the National Marine Fisheries Service, and available 
at <a href="https://www.fws.gov/media/habitat-conservation-planning-and-incidental-take-permit-processing-handbook">https://www.fws.gov/media/habitat-conservation-planning-and-incidental-take-permit-processing-handbook</a>.
    With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits take of listed species 
unless a Federal permit is issued that authorizes the taking, or the 
take is exempted through section 7 of the ESA. In 2024, we revised the 
implementing regulations for ESA section 10(a) related to enhancement 
of survival permits supported by candidate conservation agreements with 
assurances (CCAAs) and safe harbor agreements (SHAs) (50 CFR 17.22(c) 
and (50 CFR 17.32 (c) and (d)), to combine the CCAAs and SHAs into one 
type of conservation agreement, called a conservation benefit agreement 
(CBA) (89 FR 26070; April 12, 2024). Therefore, permits listed in this 
notice include CCAAs and SHAs issued prior

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to the regulation change, and CBAs issued after the regulation change.

Background

    Under the authority of section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA, we may issue 
permits for any act otherwise prohibited by section 9 for scientific 
purposes or to enhance the propagation or survival of the affected 
species, including acts necessary for the establishment and maintenance 
of experimental populations. These permits must be issued in accordance 
with the purposes and policy of the ESA. The purposes of the ESA, as 
described in section 2(b), are to provide a means whereby the 
ecosystems upon which endangered species and threatened species depend 
may be conserved, to provide a program for the conservation of such 
endangered species and threatened species, and to take such steps as 
may be appropriate to achieve the purposes of treaties and conventions. 
Furthermore, the ESA describes the policy of Congress, in section 2(c), 
to be that all Federal departments and agencies shall seek to conserve 
endangered species and threatened species and shall utilize their 
authorities in furtherance of the purposes of the ESA. The terms 
``conserve,'' ``conserving,'' and ``conservation'' mean to use, and the 
use of, all methods and procedures which are necessary to bring any 
endangered species or threatened species to the point at which the 
measures provided pursuant to the ESA are no longer necessary. We 
equate ``recovery'' with the definition of ``conserve'' and define 
``recovery'' as improvement in the status of listed species to the 
point at which listing is no longer appropriate under criteria set out 
in section 4(a)(1) of the ESA. Therefore, we may issue enhancement of 
survival 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 SHA, CCAA, or CBA. 
We may also issue recovery permits under ESA section 10(a)(1)(A) to 
allow for purposeful take as part of activities intended to foster the 
recovery of listed species.
    Under ESA section 10(a)(1)(B), we may issue permits for any taking 
otherwise prohibited by ESA 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 an 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.
    The permits associated with SHAs, CCAAs, CBAs, HCPs, and recovery 
activities that we issued between January 1 and December 31, 2024, are 
listed below.
    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, or to 
the unlisted species should they be listed; 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 was eligible and had submitted a complete 
application and HCP that fully met the permit issuance criteria 
consistent with section 10(a)(2)(B).

Permits Issued

Region 1 (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, sorted by type of permit or agreement and 
date issued in the table below, were applied for and issued by the 
Regional office responsible for section 10 permitting in the States and 
territories listed above.
HCPs, CCAAs, SHAs, and CBAs
    For more information about HCP, CCAA, SHA, or CBA permits, contact: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#602934252f331005120d09141332512533200617134e070f16"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="69203d2c263a190c1b04001d1a3b582c3a290f1e1a470e061f">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> or by phone at 503-231-6131.
Recovery Permits
    For more information about any of the following recovery permits, 
contact the Recovery Permit Coordinator by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#633306110e0a171031522630230514104d040c15"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d888bdaab5b1acab8ae99d8b98beafabf6bfb7ae">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> 
or by telephone at 503-231-6131.
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Region 2 (Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas)

    The following permits, sorted by type of permit or agreement and 
date issued in the table below, were applied for and issued by the 
Regional office responsible for section 10 permitting in the States 
listed above.
HCPs, CCAAs, SHAs, and CBAs
    For more information about HCP, CCAA, SHA, or CBA permits, contact: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3f79680d60777c6f606f5a4d52564b4c7f59484c11585049"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aaecfd98f5e2e9faf5facfd8c7c3ded9eaccddd984cdc5dc">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> or by telephone at 505-248-6651.
Recovery Permits
    For more information about any of the following recovery permits, 
contact the Recovery Permit Coordinator by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#59093c2b34302d2a0b6b1c0a193f2e2a773e362f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="adfdc8dfc0c4d9deff9fe8feedcbdade83cac2db">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> 
or by telephone at 505-248-6649.
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Region 3 (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, 
and Wisconsin)

    The following permits, sorted by type of permit or agreement and 
date issued in the table below, were applied for and issued by the 
Regional office responsible for section 10 permitting in the States 
listed above.
HCPs, CCAAs, SHAs, and CBAs
    For more information about HCP, CCAA, SHA, or CBA permits, contact: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#572732253a3e2324056412041731202479303821"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ef9f8a9d82869b9cbddcaabcaf89989cc1888099">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> or by telephone at 612-713-5343.
Recovery Permits
    For more information about any of the following recovery permits, 
contact the Recovery Permit Coordinator by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="316154435c58454263027462715746421f565e47">[email&#160;protected]</a> 
or by telephone at 612-713-5343.

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Region 4 (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, 
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands)

    The following permits, sorted by type of permit or agreement and 
date issued in the table below, were applied for and issued by the 
Regional office responsible for section 10 permitting in the States and 
territories listed above.
HCPs, CCAAs, SHAs, and CBAs
    For more information about HCP, CCAA, SHA, or CBA permits contact: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#583e2f6c07303b2807283d2a35312c2b183e2f2b763f372e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c9afbefd96a1aab996b9acbba4a0bdba89afbebae7aea6bf">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> or by telephone at 404-679-7313.
Recovery Permits
    For more information about any of the following recovery permits, 
contact the Recovery Permit Coordinator by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#baeadfc8d7d3cec9e88effe9fadccdc994ddd5cc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="65350017080c111637512036250312164b020a13">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> 
or by telephone at 404-679-7097.

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Region 5 (Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, 
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode 
Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia)

HCPs, CCAAs, SHAs, and CBAs
    The following permits, sorted by type of permit or agreement and 
date issued in the table below, were applied for and issued by the 
Regional office responsible for section 10 permitting in the States and 
territories listed above.
    For more information about HCP, CCAA, SHA, or CBA permits, contact: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6f1f0a1d02061b1c3d5a2a3c2f09181c41080019"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6d1d081f0004191e3f58283e2d0b1a1e430a021b">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> or 413-253-8630.
Recovery Permits
    For more information about any of the following recovery permits, 
contact the Recovery Permit Coordinator by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d5d687f6064797e5f38485e4d6b7a7e236a627b">[email&#160;protected]</a> 
or by telephone at 413-253-8212.

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Region 6 (Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South 
Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming)

    The following permits, sorted by type of permit or agreement and 
date issued in the table below, were applied for and issued by the 
Regional office responsible for section 10 permitting in the States 
listed above.
HCPs, CCAAs, SHAs, and CBAs
    For more information about HCP, CCAA, SHA, or CBA permits, contact: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3f6f5a4d52564b4c6d097a6c7f59484c11585049"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c494a1b6a9adb0b796f2819784a2b3b7eaa3abb2">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> or by telephone at 303-236-7905.
Recovery Permits
    For more information about any of the following recovery permits, 
contact the Recovery Permit Coordinator by email at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#de8ebbacb3b7aaad8ce89b8d9eb8a9adf0b9b1a8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="df8fbaadb2b6abac8de99a8c9fb9a8acf1b8b0a9">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>, or by telephone at 303-236-4224.

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Region 7 (Alaska)

    No associated permits were issued in Region 7 (Alaska) in 2024.

Region 8 (California, Nevada, and the Klamath Basin Portion of Oregon)

    The following permits, sorted by type of permit or agreement and 
date issued in the table below, were applied for and issued by the 
Regional office responsible for section 10 permitting in the States and 
region listed above.
HCPs, CCAAs, SHAs, and CBAs
    For more information about HCP, CCAA, SHA, or CBA permits, contact: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b8f1ecfdf7ebc8ddcad5d1cccbea80fdebf8decfcb96dfd7ce"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0a435e4f45597a6f7867637e7958324f594a6c7d79246d657c">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

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Recovery Permits
    For more information about any of the following recovery permits, 
contact the Recovery Permit Coordinator by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#de8ebbacb3b7aaad8ce69b8d9eb8a9adf0b9b1a8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d787b2a5babea3a485ef928497b1a0a4f9b0b8a1">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> 
or by telephone at 916-414-6464.

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Availability of Documents

    You may request copies of the Federal Register documents publishing 
the receipt of applications for these permits from the office that 
issued the permit (see contact information for appropriate regions, 
above). 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.

Authority

    We provide this notice under the authority of section 10 of the 
Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

Gina Shultz,
Acting Assistant Director for Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-21886 Filed 12-3-25; 8:45 am]
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