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personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
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This document is published under the
authority of the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.).
Dated: July 13, 2016.
Gary Frazer,
Assistant Director—Ecological Services, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R4–ES–2016–N126; 40120–1112–
0000–F2]
Receipt of Applications for
Endangered Species Permits
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with
endangered species. With some
exceptions, the Endangered Species Act
(ESA) prohibits activities with listed
species unless a Federal permit is issued
that allows such activities. The ESA
requires that we invite public comment
before issuing these permits.
DATES: We must receive written data or
comments on the applications at the
address given below by August 31,
2016.
ADDRESSES: Documents and other
information submitted with the
applications are available for review,
subject to the requirements of the
Privacy Act and Freedom of Information
Act, by any party who submits a written
request for a copy of such documents to
the following office within 30 days of
the date of publication of this notice:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Ecological Services, 1875 Century
Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30345
(Attn: Karen Marlowe, Acting Permit
Coordinator).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Marlowe, Acting 10(a)(1)(A)
Permit Coordinator, telephone 205–726–
2667; facsimile 205–726–2479.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
public is invited to comment on the
following applications for permits to
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conduct certain activities with
endangered and threatened species
under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and
our regulations in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17. This
notice is provided under section 10(c) of
the Act.
If you wish to comment, you may
submit comments by any one of the
following methods. You may mail
comments to the Fish and Wildlife
Service’s Regional Office (see
ADDRESSES) or send them via electronic
mail (email) to permitsR4ES@fws.gov.
Please include your name and return
address in your email message. If you do
not receive a confirmation from the Fish
and Wildlife Service that we have
received your email message, contact us
directly at the telephone number listed
above (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT). Finally, you may handdeliver comments to the Fish and
Wildlife Service office listed above (see
ADDRESSES).
Before including your address,
telephone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information
in your comments, 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
comments to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
Permit Applications
Permit Application Number: TE
40523A–1
Applicant: David H. Nelson,
University of South Alabama, Mobile,
AL.
The applicant requests renewal and
amendment of his current permit to add
authorization to take (draw blood) for
DNA analyses and continue take (trap,
hand-capture, collect tail snips,
measure, mark, and attach scientific
devices) of Alabama red-bellied turtles
(Pseudemys alabamensis) in Alabama
and Mississippi for scientific research
purposes.
Permit Application Number: TE
060988–3
Applicant: Fort Jackson, Department
of the Army, Fort Jackson, SC.
The applicant requests renewal of the
current permit to continue take
(construct and monitor nest cavities and
restrictors, capture, band, and
translocate) red-cockaded woodpeckers
(Picoides borealis) at Fort Jackson,
South Carolina, and as directed by the
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for
enhancement of propagation and
survival of the species.
Permit Application Number: TE
31141A–2
Applicant: Tennessee Wildlife
Resources Agency, Nashville, TN.
The applicant requests renewal of the
current permit to continue take (humane
euthanasia) of gray bats (Myotis
grisescens) and Indiana bats (Myotis
sodalis) for white-nose syndrome
surveillance and testing purposes.
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Permit Application Number: TE
009638–11
Applicant: Appalachian Technical
Services, Inc., Wise, VA.
The permittee requests amendment of
their current permit to add
authorization to take (capture, handle,
identify, mark, and release) Big Sandy
crayfish (Cambarus callainus),
Guyandotte crayfish (Cambarus
veteranus), clubshell (Pleurobema
clava), Cumberland elktoe (Alasmidonta
atropurpurea), fluted kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus subtentum), sheepnose
mussel (Plethobasus cyphyus), snuffbox
mussel (Epioblasma triquetra), slabside
pearlymussel (Pleuronaia
dolabelloides), orangefoot pimpleback
(Plethobasus cooperianus), fat
pocketbook (Potamilus capax), purple
cat’s paw (Epioblasma obliquata
obliquata), rabbitsfoot (Quadrula
cylindrica ssp. cylindrica), northern
riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa
rangiana), ring pink (Obovaria retusa),
and Cumberlandian combshell
(Epioblasma brevidens) and take
(capture via seining and
electroshocking, handle, identify, and
release) Kentucky arrow darter
(Etheostoma sagitta spilotum) for
presence/absence surveys in Kentucky,
Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Permit Application Number: TE
42183A–1
Applicant: Eglin Air Force Base,
Niceville, FL.
The applicant requests renewal of the
current permit to continue continue take
(construct and monitor nest cavities and
restrictors, capture, band, and
translocate) red-cockaded woodpeckers
(Picoides borealis) at Eglin Air Force
Base and as directed by the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service for enhancement of
propagation and survival of the species.
Permit Application Number: TE
00868C–0
Applicant: Fred C. Shaffner,
University of Turabo, Gurabo, PR.
The applicant requests a permit to
take (capture with mist-nets, band, and
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release) Puerto Rican nightjar
(Caprimulgus noctitherus) and yellowshouldered blackbird (Agelaius
xanthomus) for presence/absence
surveys and to mark birds for future
population monitoring purposes.
Permit Application Number: TE
33465A–1
Applicant: U.S. Forest Service,
Montgomery, AL.
The applicant requests renewal of the
current permit to continue take
(construct and monitor nest cavities and
restrictors, capture, band, and
translocate) red-cockaded woodpeckers
(Picoides borealis) on national forests in
the State of Alabama and as directed by
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for
enhancement of propagation and
survival of the species.
Permit Application Number: TE
824723–9
Applicant: Reed Bowman, Archbold
Biological Station, Lake Placid, FL.
The applicant requests renewal of the
current permit to continue take
(construct and monitor nest cavities and
restrictors, capture, band, draw blood,
salvage nonviable eggs, and translocate)
red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides
borealis), take (capture, band, radio-tag,
draw blood, take feathers, treat with
Ivermectin) Florida scrub jays
(Aphelocoma coerulescens), and take
(capture, band, draw blood, salvage
unhatched eggs) Florida grasshopper
sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum
floridanus) in Florida for scientific
research purposes.
Dated: July 22, 2016.
Steven Bekkerus,
Acting Deputy Assistant Regional Director,
Ecological Services, Southeast Region.
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Receipt of Incidental Take Permit
Applications for Participation in the
Amended Oil and Gas Industry
Conservation Plan for the American
Burying Beetle in Oklahoma
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for public comments.
AGENCY:
Under the Endangered
Species Act, as amended (Act), we, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite
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the public to comment on incidental
take permit applications for take of the
federally listed American burying beetle
resulting from activities associated with
the geophysical exploration (seismic)
and construction, maintenance,
operation, repair, and decommissioning
of oil and gas well field infrastructure
within Oklahoma. If approved, the
permits would be issued under the
approved Amended Oil and Gas
Industry Conservation Plan Associated
with Issuance of Endangered Species
Act Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permits for the
American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma
(ICP).
DATES: To ensure consideration, written
comments must be received on or before
August 31, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of
all documents and submit comments on
the applicant’s ITP application by one of
the following methods. Please refer to
the permit number when requesting
documents or submitting comments.
Æ U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Division of Endangered
Species—HCP Permits, P.O. Box 1306,
Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM 87103.
Æ Electronically: fw2_hcp_permits@
fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marty Tuegel, Branch Chief, by U.S.
mail at: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Environmental Review Division, P.O.
Box 1306, Room 6034, Albuquerque,
NM 87103; or by telephone at 505–248–
6651.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
Under the Endangered Species Act, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; Act),
we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
invite the public to comment on
incidental take permit (ITP) applications
for take of the federally listed American
burying beetle (Nicrophorus
americanus) resulting from activities
associated with geophysical exploration
(seismic) and construction,
maintenance, operation, repair, and
decommissioning of oil and gas well
field infrastructure, as well as
construction, maintenance, operation,
repair, decommissioning, and
reclamation of oil and gas gathering,
transmission, and distribution pipeline
infrastructure within Oklahoma. If
approved, the permit would be issued to
the applicant under the Amended Oil
and Gas Industry Conservation Plan
Associated with Issuance of Endangered
Species Act Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permits
for the American Burying Beetle in
Oklahoma (ICP). The original ICP was
approved on May 21, 2014 (publication
of the FONSI notice was on July 25,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2016-N126; 40120-1112-0000-F2]
Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities
with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species
Act (ESA) prohibits activities with listed species unless a Federal
permit is issued that allows such activities. The ESA requires that we
invite public comment before issuing these permits.
DATES: We must receive written data or comments on the applications at
the address given below by August 31, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Documents and other information submitted with the
applications are available for review, subject to the requirements of
the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act, by any party who
submits a written request for a copy of such documents to the following
office within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice: U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, 1875 Century Boulevard,
Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30345 (Attn: Karen Marlowe, Acting Permit
Coordinator).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Marlowe, Acting 10(a)(1)(A)
Permit Coordinator, telephone 205-726-2667; facsimile 205-726-2479.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public is invited to comment on the
following applications for permits to conduct certain activities with
endangered and threatened species under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),
and our regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR
17. This notice is provided under section 10(c) of the Act.
If you wish to comment, you may submit comments by any one of the
following methods. You may mail comments to the Fish and Wildlife
Service's Regional Office (see ADDRESSES) or send them via electronic
mail (email) to permitsR4ES@fws.gov. Please include your name and
return address in your email message. If you do not receive a
confirmation from the Fish and Wildlife Service that we have received
your email message, contact us directly at the telephone number listed
above (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). Finally, you may hand-
deliver comments to the Fish and Wildlife Service office listed above
(see ADDRESSES).
Before including your address, telephone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comments, 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 comments to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Permit Applications
Permit Application Number: TE 40523A-1
Applicant: David H. Nelson, University of South Alabama, Mobile,
AL.
The applicant requests renewal and amendment of his current permit
to add authorization to take (draw blood) for DNA analyses and continue
take (trap, hand-capture, collect tail snips, measure, mark, and attach
scientific devices) of Alabama red-bellied turtles (Pseudemys
alabamensis) in Alabama and Mississippi for scientific research
purposes.
Permit Application Number: TE 060988-3
Applicant: Fort Jackson, Department of the Army, Fort Jackson, SC.
The applicant requests renewal of the current permit to continue
take (construct and monitor nest cavities and restrictors, capture,
band, and translocate) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) at
Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and as directed by the
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for enhancement of propagation and
survival of the species.
Permit Application Number: TE 31141A-2
Applicant: Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Nashville, TN.
The applicant requests renewal of the current permit to continue
take (humane euthanasia) of gray bats (Myotis grisescens) and Indiana
bats (Myotis sodalis) for white-nose syndrome surveillance and testing
purposes.
Permit Application Number: TE 009638-11
Applicant: Appalachian Technical Services, Inc., Wise, VA.
The permittee requests amendment of their current permit to add
authorization to take (capture, handle, identify, mark, and release)
Big Sandy crayfish (Cambarus callainus), Guyandotte crayfish (Cambarus
veteranus), clubshell (Pleurobema clava), Cumberland elktoe
(Alasmidonta atropurpurea), fluted kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus
subtentum), sheepnose mussel (Plethobasus cyphyus), snuffbox mussel
(Epioblasma triquetra), slabside pearlymussel (Pleuronaia
dolabelloides), orangefoot pimpleback (Plethobasus cooperianus), fat
pocketbook (Potamilus capax), purple cat's paw (Epioblasma obliquata
obliquata), rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica ssp. cylindrica), northern
riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana), ring pink (Obovaria
retusa), and Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma brevidens) and take
(capture via seining and electroshocking, handle, identify, and
release) Kentucky arrow darter (Etheostoma sagitta spilotum) for
presence/absence surveys in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West
Virginia.
Permit Application Number: TE 42183A-1
Applicant: Eglin Air Force Base, Niceville, FL.
The applicant requests renewal of the current permit to continue
continue take (construct and monitor nest cavities and restrictors,
capture, band, and translocate) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides
borealis) at Eglin Air Force Base and as directed by the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service for enhancement of propagation and survival of the
species.
Permit Application Number: TE 00868C-0
Applicant: Fred C. Shaffner, University of Turabo, Gurabo, PR.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture with mist-nets,
band, and release) Puerto Rican nightjar (Caprimulgus noctitherus) and
yellow-shouldered blackbird (Agelaius xanthomus) for presence/absence
surveys and to mark birds for future population monitoring purposes.
Permit Application Number: TE 33465A-1
Applicant: U.S. Forest Service, Montgomery, AL.
The applicant requests renewal of the current permit to continue
take (construct and monitor nest cavities and restrictors, capture,
band, and translocate) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) on
national forests in the State of Alabama and as directed by the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service for enhancement of propagation and survival
of the species.
Permit Application Number: TE 824723-9
Applicant: Reed Bowman, Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid,
FL.
The applicant requests renewal of the current permit to continue
take (construct and monitor nest cavities and restrictors, capture,
band, draw blood, salvage nonviable eggs, and translocate) red-cockaded
woodpeckers (Picoides borealis), take (capture, band, radio-tag, draw
blood, take feathers, treat with Ivermectin) Florida scrub jays
(Aphelocoma coerulescens), and take (capture, band, draw blood, salvage
unhatched eggs) Florida grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum
floridanus) in Florida for scientific research purposes.
Dated: July 22, 2016.
Steven Bekkerus,
Acting Deputy Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services,
Southeast Region.
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