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determine whether the permit
application meets the requirements of
section 10(a) of the Act and NEPA
regulations. If we determine that the
requirements are met, we will sign the
proposed Agreement and issue an
enhancement of survival permit under
section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act to the
Applicants for take of the VELB
incidental to otherwise lawful activities
in accordance with the terms of the
Agreement. We will not make our final
decision until after the end of the 30day comment period and will fully
consider all comments received during
the comment period.
The Service provides this notice
pursuant to section 10(c) of the Act and
pursuant to implementing regulations
for NEPA (40 CFR 1506.6).
Dated: March 21, 2006.
Susan Moore,
Acting Field Supervisor, Sacramento Fish and
Wildlife Office,Sacramento, California.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Receipt of Applications for
Endangered Species Permits
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The public is invited to
comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with
endangered species.
DATES: We must receive written data or
comments on these applications at the
address given below, by April 26, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Documents and other
information submitted with these
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, 1875
Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta,
Georgia 30345 (Attn: Victoria Davis,
Permit Biologist).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Victoria Davis, telephone 404/679–4176;
facsimile 404/679–7081.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
public is invited to comment on the
following applications for permits to
conduct certain activities with
endangered and threatened species.
This notice is provided under section
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10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.). If you wish to comment, you may
submit comments by any one of the
following methods. You may mail
comments to the Service’s Regional
Office (see ADDRESSES section) or via
electronic mail (e-mail) to
victoria_davis@fws.gov. Please include
your name and return address in your
e-mail message. If you do not receive a
confirmation from the Service that we
have received your e-mail message,
contact us directly at the telephone
number listed above (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section). Finally,
you may hand deliver comments to the
Service office listed above (see
ADDRESSES section).
Our practice is to make comments,
including names and home addresses of
respondents, available for public review
during regular business hours.
Individual respondents may request that
we withhold their home address from
the administrative record. We will
honor such requests to the extent
allowable by law. There may also be
other circumstances in which we would
withhold from the administrative record
a respondent’s identity, as allowable by
law. If you wish us to withhold your
name and address, you must state this
prominently at the beginning of your
comments. However, we will not
consider anonymous comments. We
will make all submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
Applicant: Round Mountain Biological
& Environmental Studies, Inc., Peggy A.
Measel, TE121059–0
The applicant requests authorization
to take (capture, exam, release) the
Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) and gray bat
(Myotis grisescens) while conducting
presence/absence surveys for coalrelated and other industries. The
proposed activities would occur in the
State of Tennessee.
Applicant: Christopher E. Skelton,
Athens, Georgia, TE121073–0
The applicant requests authorization
to take (capture, identify, release) the
following species: Shortnose sturgeon
(Acipenser brevirostrum), blue shiner
(Cyprinella caerulea), Etowah darter
(Etheostoma etowahae), Cherokee darter
(Etheostoma scotti), amber darter
(Percina antesella), goldline darter
(Percina aurolineata), Conasauga
logperch (Percina jenkinisi), snail darter
(Percina tanasi), fat threeridge
(Amblema neislerii), purple
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bankclimber (Elliptoideus sloatianus),
upland combshell (Epioblasma
metastriata), southern acornshell
(Epioblasma othcaloogensis), southern
combshell (Epioblasma penita), finelined pocketbook (Lampsilis altilis),
orange-nacre mucket (Lampsilis
perovalis), shinyrayed pocketbook
(Lampsilis subangulata), Alabama
moccasinshell (Medionidus
acutissimus), Coosa moccasinshell
(Medionidus parvulus), gulf
moccasinshell (Medionidus
penicillatus), Ochlockonee
moccasinshell (Medionidus
simpsonianus), southern clubshell
(Pleurobema decisum), southern pigtoe
(Pleurobema georgianum), ovate
clubshell (Pleurobema perovatum), oval
pigtoe (Pleurobema pyriforme), and
triangular kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus
greenii). The species would be taken
while conducting presence/absence
surveys throughout the state of Georgia.
Applicant: Benjamin Robert Laseter,
Fish and Wildlife Associates, Inc.,
TE121142–0
The applicant requests authorization
to take (capture, identify, release) the
Carolina northern flying squirrel
(Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus) while
conducting presence/absence surveys.
The proposed activities would occur on
tribal lands of the Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians, Swain and Jackson
Counties, North Carolina.
Applicant: University of Southern
Mississippi, Carl P. Qualls, TE120013–
0
The applicant requests authorization
to take (capture, measure, mark, tag,
collect egg masses, translocate, hold
temporarily) the Mississippi gopher frog
(Rana capito sevosa (R. sevosa)) while
conducting presence/absence surveys
and research studies. The proposed
activities would occur at Glen’s Pond
(Harrison County, Mississippi, DeSoto
Ranger Distist, DeSoto Ranger District,
DeSoto National Forest), Mike’s Pond
(Jackson County, Mississippi), McCoy’s
Pond (Jackson County, Mississippi,
section 16 public land south of Hurley),
TNC Pond (Jackson County, Mississippi,
Old Fort Bayou Mitigation Bank, north
of Ocean Springs).
Applicant: Timothy W. Savidge, The
Catena Group, Inc., Raleigh, North
Carolina, TE121698–0
The applicant requests authorization
to take (capture, identify, release, collect
relict shells) the James spinymussel
(Pleurobema collina), dwarf wedge
mussel (Alasmidonta heterodon), Tar
River spinymussel (Elliptio
steinstansana), Chipola slabshell
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(Elliptio chipolaensis), Gulf
moccasinshell (Medionidus
penicillatus), Ochlockonee
moccasinshell (Medionidus
simpsoniaus), oval pigtoe (Pleurobema
pyriforme), shinyrayed pocketbook
(Lampsilis subangulata), fat three-ridged
(Amblema neislerii), purple
bankclimber (Elliptoideus sloatianus),
Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona
decorata), Alabama moccasinshell
(Medionidus acutissimus), Coosa
moccasinshell (Medionidus parvulus),
finelined pocketbook (Lampsilis altillis),
ovate clubshell (Pleurobema
perovatum), southern acornshell
(Epioblasma othcaloogensis), southern
clubshell (Pleurobema decisum),
southern pigtoe (Pleurobema
geogianum), trianglar kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus greenii), Appalachian
elktoe (Alasmidonta raveneliana),
Cumberland bean (Villosa trabalis),
little-wing pearlymussel (Pegias fabula),
oyster mussel (Epioblasma
capsaeformis), tan riffleshell
(Epioblasma florentina walkeri), upland
combshell (Epioblasma metastriata),
snail darter (Percina tanasi), spotfin
chub (Cyprinella monacha), yellowfin
madtom (Noturus flavipinnis), amber
darter (Percina antesella), Conasauga
logperch (Percina jenkinsi), Etowah
darter (Etheostoma etowahae), blue
shiner (Cyprinella caerulea), Cherokee
darter (Etheostoma scotti), goldline
darter (Percina aurolineata), Cape Fear
shiner (Notropis mekistocholas), and
Waccamaw silverside (Menidia extensa)
while conducting presence/absence
studies. The proposed activities would
occur in Alabama, Georgia, North
Carolina, and South Carolina.
Dated: March 14, 2006.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Acting Regional Director.
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Receipt of Application of Endangered
Species Recovery Permits
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability and
receipt of applications.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: We announce our receipt of
applications to conduct certain
activities pertaining to enhancement of
survival of endangered species.
DATES: Written comments on this
request for a permit must be received by
April 26, 2006.
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Written data or comments
should be submitted to the Assistant
Regional Director-Ecological Services,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box
25486, Denver Federal Center, Denver,
Colorado 80225–0486; facsimile 303–
236–0027. 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
request for a copy of such documents
within 20 days of the date of publication
of this notice to Kris Olsen, by mail or
by telephone at 303–236–4256. All
comments received from individuals
become part of the official public
record.
ADDRESSES:
The
following applicants have requested
issuance of enhancement of survival
permits to conduct certain activities
with endangered species pursuant to
section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey,
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research
Center, Jamestown, North Dakota, TE–
121914. The applicant requests a permit
to take interior least terns (Sterna
antillarum athalassos) and piping
plovers (Charadrius melodus) in
conjunction with recovery activities
throughout the species’ range for the
purpose of enhancing their survival and
recovery.
Applicant: University of Nebraska,
Department of Entomology, Lincoln,
Nebraska, TE–121912. The applicant
requests a permit to take Salt Creek tiger
beetles (Cicindela nevadica lincolniana)
in conjunction with recovery activities
throughout the species’ range for the
purpose of enhancing their survival and
recovery.
Applicant: Bureau of Land
Management, White River Resource
Area, Meeker, Colorado, TE–121911.
The applicant requests a permit to take
black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) in
conjunction with recovery activities
throughout the species’ range for the
purpose of enhancing their survival and
recovery.
Applicant: Steven Wall, Volga, South
Dakota, TE–121908. The applicant
requests a permit to take Topeka shiner
(Notropis topeka) in conjunction with
recovery activities throughout the
species’ range for the purpose of
enhancing their survival and recovery.
Applicant: Yankton Sioux Tribe,
Marty, South Dakota, TE–121905. The
applicant requests a permit to take
interior least terns (Sterna antillarum
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athalassos) and piping plovers
(Charadrius melodus) in conjunction
with recovery activities throughout the
species’ range for the purpose of
enhancing their survival and recovery.
Applicant: Saskatoon Forestry Farm
park and Zoo, Saskatchewan, Canada,
TE–121906. The applicant requests a
permit to possess black-footed ferrets
(Mustela nigripes) for public display
and propagation in conjunction with
recovery activities for the purpose of
enhancing their survival and recovery.
Applicant: Colorado Division of
Wildlife, Grand Junction, Colorado, TE–
080990. The applicant requests a permit
amendment to add surveys for blackfooted ferrets (Mustela nigripes) in
conjunction with recovery activities
throughout the species’ range for the
purpose of enhancing its survival and
recovery.
Applicant: National Park Service,
Southeast Utah Group, Moab, Utah, TE–
047808. The applicant requests a
renewed permit to take Southwestern
willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii
extimus) in conjunction with recovery
activities throughout the species’ range
for the purpose of enhancing their
survival and recovery.
Applicant: Bureau of Land
Management, Grand Staircase-Escalante
National Monument, TE–057401. The
applicant requests a permit amendment
to add surveys for Shivwitz milk-vetch
(Astragalus ampullarioides) in
conjunction with recovery activities
throughout the species’ range for the
purpose of enhancing its survival and
recovery.
Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey,
South Dakota Coop Unit, Brookings,
South Dakota, TE–047249. The
applicant requests a renewed permit to
take Topeka shiners (Notropis topeka)
in conjunction with recovery activities
throughout the species’ range for the
purpose of enhancing their survival and
recovery.
Applicant: Texas Zoo, Victoria, Texas,
TE–051840. The applicant requests a
renewed permit to possess black-footed
ferrets (Mustela nigripes) for public
display and propagation in conjunction
with recovery activities for the purpose
of enhancing their survival and
recovery.
Dated: March 15, 2006.
Casey Stemler,
Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The public is invited to comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with endangered species.
DATES: We must receive written data or comments on these applications
at the address given below, by April 26, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Documents and other information submitted with these
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, 1875 Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta,
Georgia 30345 (Attn: Victoria Davis, Permit Biologist).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Davis, telephone 404/679-
4176; facsimile 404/679-7081.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public is invited to comment on the
following applications for permits to conduct certain activities with
endangered and threatened species. This notice is provided under
section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). If you wish to comment, you may submit comments
by any one of the following methods. You may mail comments to the
Service's Regional Office (see ADDRESSES section) or via electronic
mail (e-mail) to victoria_davis@fws.gov. Please include your name and
return address in your e-mail message. If you do not receive a
confirmation from the Service that we have received your e-mail
message, contact us directly at the telephone number listed above (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section). Finally, you may hand deliver
comments to the Service office listed above (see ADDRESSES section).
Our practice is to make comments, including names and home
addresses of respondents, available for public review during regular
business hours. Individual respondents may request that we withhold
their home address from the administrative record. We will honor such
requests to the extent allowable by law. There may also be other
circumstances in which we would withhold from the administrative record
a respondent's identity, as allowable by law. If you wish us to
withhold your name and address, you must state this prominently at the
beginning of your comments. However, we will not consider anonymous
comments. We will make all submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
Applicant: Round Mountain Biological & Environmental Studies, Inc.,
Peggy A. Measel, TE121059-0
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, exam,
release) the Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) and gray bat (Myotis
grisescens) while conducting presence/absence surveys for coal-related
and other industries. The proposed activities would occur in the State
of Tennessee.
Applicant: Christopher E. Skelton, Athens, Georgia, TE121073-0
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, identify,
release) the following species: Shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser
brevirostrum), blue shiner (Cyprinella caerulea), Etowah darter
(Etheostoma etowahae), Cherokee darter (Etheostoma scotti), amber
darter (Percina antesella), goldline darter (Percina aurolineata),
Conasauga logperch (Percina jenkinisi), snail darter (Percina tanasi),
fat threeridge (Amblema neislerii), purple bankclimber (Elliptoideus
sloatianus), upland combshell (Epioblasma metastriata), southern
acornshell (Epioblasma othcaloogensis), southern combshell (Epioblasma
penita), fine-lined pocketbook (Lampsilis altilis), orange-nacre mucket
(Lampsilis perovalis), shinyrayed pocketbook (Lampsilis subangulata),
Alabama moccasinshell (Medionidus acutissimus), Coosa moccasinshell
(Medionidus parvulus), gulf moccasinshell (Medionidus penicillatus),
Ochlockonee moccasinshell (Medionidus simpsonianus), southern clubshell
(Pleurobema decisum), southern pigtoe (Pleurobema georgianum), ovate
clubshell (Pleurobema perovatum), oval pigtoe (Pleurobema pyriforme),
and triangular kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus greenii). The species would
be taken while conducting presence/absence surveys throughout the state
of Georgia.
Applicant: Benjamin Robert Laseter, Fish and Wildlife Associates, Inc.,
TE121142-0
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, identify,
release) the Carolina northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus
coloratus) while conducting presence/absence surveys. The proposed
activities would occur on tribal lands of the Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians, Swain and Jackson Counties, North Carolina.
Applicant: University of Southern Mississippi, Carl P. Qualls,
TE120013-0
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, measure,
mark, tag, collect egg masses, translocate, hold temporarily) the
Mississippi gopher frog (Rana capito sevosa (R. sevosa)) while
conducting presence/absence surveys and research studies. The proposed
activities would occur at Glen's Pond (Harrison County, Mississippi,
DeSoto Ranger Distist, DeSoto Ranger District, DeSoto National Forest),
Mike's Pond (Jackson County, Mississippi), McCoy's Pond (Jackson
County, Mississippi, section 16 public land south of Hurley), TNC Pond
(Jackson County, Mississippi, Old Fort Bayou Mitigation Bank, north of
Ocean Springs).
Applicant: Timothy W. Savidge, The Catena Group, Inc., Raleigh, North
Carolina, TE121698-0
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, identify,
release, collect relict shells) the James spinymussel (Pleurobema
collina), dwarf wedge mussel (Alasmidonta heterodon), Tar River
spinymussel (Elliptio steinstansana), Chipola slabshell
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(Elliptio chipolaensis), Gulf moccasinshell (Medionidus penicillatus),
Ochlockonee moccasinshell (Medionidus simpsoniaus), oval pigtoe
(Pleurobema pyriforme), shinyrayed pocketbook (Lampsilis subangulata),
fat three-ridged (Amblema neislerii), purple bankclimber (Elliptoideus
sloatianus), Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata), Alabama
moccasinshell (Medionidus acutissimus), Coosa moccasinshell (Medionidus
parvulus), finelined pocketbook (Lampsilis altillis), ovate clubshell
(Pleurobema perovatum), southern acornshell (Epioblasma
othcaloogensis), southern clubshell (Pleurobema decisum), southern
pigtoe (Pleurobema geogianum), trianglar kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus
greenii), Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta raveneliana), Cumberland bean
(Villosa trabalis), little-wing pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), oyster
mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis), tan riffleshell (Epioblasma
florentina walkeri), upland combshell (Epioblasma metastriata), snail
darter (Percina tanasi), spotfin chub (Cyprinella monacha), yellowfin
madtom (Noturus flavipinnis), amber darter (Percina antesella),
Conasauga logperch (Percina jenkinsi), Etowah darter (Etheostoma
etowahae), blue shiner (Cyprinella caerulea), Cherokee darter
(Etheostoma scotti), goldline darter (Percina aurolineata), Cape Fear
shiner (Notropis mekistocholas), and Waccamaw silverside (Menidia
extensa) while conducting presence/absence studies. The proposed
activities would occur in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South
Carolina.
Dated: March 14, 2006.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Acting Regional Director.
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