Eagle Permits; Incidental Take

33 organizations filed 40 public comments on Eagle Permits; Incidental Take, at the Fish and Wildlife Service. The comment window closed 1307d ago.

Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, propose the following revisions to regulations authorizing the issuance of permits for eagle incidental take and eagle nest take. In addition to continuing to authorize specific permits, we propose the creation of general permits for certain activities under prescribed conditions. We propose a general permit option for qualifying wind-energy generation projects, power line infrastructure, activities that may disturb breeding bald eagles, and bald eagle nest take. We propose to remove the current third-party monitoring requirement from eagle incidental take permits. We also propose to update current permit fees and clarify definitions.

Commenters (33)

• American Clean Power Associationtrade assoc.

  2 filings · confidence 97%
• Avian Power Line Interaction Committeetrade assoc.

  2 filings · confidence 85%
• Defenders of Wildlife

  2 filings · confidence 97%
• Edison Electric Institutetrade assoc.

  2 filings · confidence 97%
• Energy and Wildlife Action Coalitiontrade assoc.

  2 filings · confidence 85%
• National Rural Electric Cooperative Associationtrade assoc.

  2 filings · confidence 97%
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce

  2 filings · confidence 97%
• Alaska Power Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Alliant Energy Corporationunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• American Petroleum Institutetrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Atlantic Flyway Counciltrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Brigham Young University Political Science Classunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Center for Biological Diversity

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• Colorado Rural Electric Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• CTIA - The Wireless Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Energy and Wildlife Coalitiontrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Idaho Power Companyunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Inc. dba National Eagle Centerunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• LLC and Mosaic Potash Carlsbad Inc.unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• Maryland Ornithological Societytrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• MJB&A Permitting and Infrastructure Coalitiontrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• National Association of Home Builderstrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• National Hydropower Association and Northwest Hydroelectric Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• National Mining Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 97%
• New Mexico Cattle Growers' Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• New Mexico Wool Grower's Inc.unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• North Shore Audubon Societytrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Otter Tail Power Companyunverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%
• San Diego Audubon Societytrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• The Ornithological Counciltrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• The Wildlife Societytrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• The Wireless Infrastructure Associationtrade assoc.

  1 filing · confidence 85%
• Xcel Energy Inc.unverified attribution

  1 filing · confidence 70%