Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits, 77784 [E6-22135]

Download as PDF 77784 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 248 / Wednesday, December 27, 2006 / Notices handled in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act and other Service and Departmental policies and procedures. Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1963, to protect migratory birds through an agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as an overlay of John F. Kennedy Space Center. The over 140,000 acres of beaches and dunes, estuarine waters, forested and non-forested wetlands, impounded wetlands, adn upland shrub lands and forests of the refuge support over 500 wildlife species and over 1,000 plant species, including a variety of waterfowl, shorebirds, and neotropical migratory birds. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Hight, Refuge Manager, or Cheri Ehrhardt, Natural Resource Planner, at 321/861–0667. Authority: This notice is published under the authority of the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, Public Law 105–57. Dated: August 9, 2006. Cynthia K. Dohner, Acting Regional Director. Editorial Note: This document was received at the Office of the Federal Register on December 21, 2006. [FR Doc. 06–9870 Filed 12–26–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–55–M DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. Notice. ACTION: 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 January 26, 2007. SUMMARY: 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: Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, Georgia jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES ADDRESSES: VerDate Aug<31>2005 20:43 Dec 26, 2006 Jkt 211001 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 Fish and Wildlife 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 Fish and Wildlife 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 Fish and Wildlife 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: Joanne M. Potts, University of Saint Andrews, Saint Andrews, Fife, Scotland, TE139405–0. The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, radio tag/collar, examine, measure, release, recapture) the Key Largo woodrat (Neotoma floridana smalli) and Key Largo cotton mouse (Peromyscus gossypinus allapaticola) while developing efficient and reliable methods for long-term monitoring of the Key Largo woodrat’s population size. Although the Key Largo cotton mouse is not the target species, PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 it may be incidentally captured. The proposed activities would occur on the Crocodile Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (Monroe County, Florida) and the Key Largo Hammocks Botanical Reserve (Dade County, Florida). Applicant: FTN Associates, Ltd., Dennis E. Ford, Little Rock, Arkansas, TE139474–0. The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, identify, release) the American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) while conducting long-term monitoring of the population at the Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center in Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Applicant: Steven Bradford Cook, Cookeville, Tennessee, TE140151–0. The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, temporarily hold, release) the Nashville crayfish (Orconectes shoupi) while developing a macro and micro habitat model. The proposed activities would occur in the Mill Creek Watershed, Davidson and Williamson Counties, Tennessee. Dated: December 1, 2006. Cynthia Dohner, Acting Regional Director. [FR Doc. E6–22135 Filed 12–26–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–55–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Receipt of an Application for an Incidental Take Permit for Construction of a Single-Family Home in Charlotte County, FL Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: Carmen and John Wilson (Applicants) request an incidental take permit (ITP) for a duration of one year, pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The Applicants anticipate removal of about 0.23 acre of Florida scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) (scrub-jay) foraging, sheltering, and possibly nesting habitat, incidental to lot preparation for the construction of a single-family home and supporting infrastructure in Charlotte County, Florida (Project). The Applicants’ Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) describes the mitigation and minimization measures proposed to address the effects of the Project to the scrub-jay. These measures are outlined in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section below. E:\FR\FM\27DEN1.SGM 27DEN1

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[FR Doc No: E6-22135]


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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 January 26, 2007.

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: 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 Fish 
and Wildlife 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 Fish and Wildlife 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 Fish and Wildlife 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: Joanne M. Potts, University of Saint Andrews, Saint 
Andrews, Fife, Scotland, TE139405-0.
    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, radio tag/
collar, examine, measure, release, recapture) the Key Largo woodrat 
(Neotoma floridana smalli) and Key Largo cotton mouse (Peromyscus 
gossypinus allapaticola) while developing efficient and reliable 
methods for long-term monitoring of the Key Largo woodrat's population 
size. Although the Key Largo cotton mouse is not the target species, it 
may be incidentally captured. The proposed activities would occur on 
the Crocodile Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (Monroe County, Florida) 
and the Key Largo Hammocks Botanical Reserve (Dade County, Florida).
    Applicant: FTN Associates, Ltd., Dennis E. Ford, Little Rock, 
Arkansas, TE139474-0.
    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, identify, 
release) the American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) while 
conducting long-term monitoring of the population at the Fort Chaffee 
Maneuver Training Center in Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, 
Arkansas.
    Applicant: Steven Bradford Cook, Cookeville, Tennessee, TE140151-0.
    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, temporarily 
hold, release) the Nashville crayfish (Orconectes shoupi) while 
developing a macro and micro habitat model. The proposed activities 
would occur in the Mill Creek Watershed, Davidson and Williamson 
Counties, Tennessee.

    Dated: December 1, 2006.
Cynthia Dohner,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. E6-22135 Filed 12-26-06; 8:45 am]
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