Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits, 19517-19518 [2013-07497]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 62 / Monday, April 1, 2013 / Notices
ultimately be decided by the
implementation body.
ecosystems was important to provide
context for the later section on
adaptation strategies.
Comments Relating to Scientific
Information, Tools, and Accuracy
The Management Team received 116
unique comments relating to scientific
information, tools, and accuracy. These
comments ranged from suggestions for
additional or substitute references to
concerns about uncertainty and
consensus surrounding anthropogenic
influence on the climate system. While
the Strategy acknowledges the role of
humans, it presents observed changes in
species’ ranges and environmental
conditions and provides adaptation
strategies regardless of the underlying
cause. The draft Strategy has undergone
a review in accordance with the
Information Quality Act and a review by
Federal, State, and tribal agencies.
References were changed or added only
to correct errors or if they substantially
added to the quality of document, or if
they clarified the discussion of a
specific topic.
pmangrum on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Comments Regarding Existing Stressors
The Management Team received 82
unique comments regarding existing
stressors on fish, wildlife, plants, and
their related habitats. The majority of
these comments encouraged further
discussion of invasive species in the
Strategy. The Management Team
clarified the definition of invasive
species and urged consideration of the
potential for facilitation of invasive
species movement through corridors.
Based on comments, the Management
Team added an additional action within
Strategy 7.3 that explicitly addresses
invasive species. Strategy 7.4 was also
added to address the need for reduction
of destructive capture practices, illegal
trade, and over-harvesting.
Comments Regarding the Structure,
Leveling, and Prioritization
The Management Team received 153
unique comments regarding the
structure and prioritization of the
Strategy. In response, the Management
Team ensured that all actions and items
in the Progress Check Lists progressed
in a logical order and revised or
repositioned items as needed. The
Management Team also clarified that
the Check Lists are not comprehensive.
There were also several comments
encouraging prioritization throughout
the Strategy. The strategies and actions
are not ordered according to their
priority, nor does the Implementation
section identify a prioritized list of what
to pursue. The Management Team
decided that priorities should and will
VerDate Mar<15>2010
15:34 Mar 29, 2013
Jkt 229001
Comments Relating to the Clarification
and Consistent Use of Terms
The Management Team received 38
unique comments on the need to clarify
or be consistent with terms used in the
Strategy. In particular, definitions of
‘‘resilience,’’ ‘‘restoration,’’ and
‘‘invasive species’’ garnered many
comments. Based on the input received
and discussions within the Management
Team, the terms were further discussed
in the text, better defined in the
Glossary (Appendix B), or both, and
checked for consistency throughout the
Strategy.
Comments Unrelated to or Outside the
Scope of the Strategy
The Management Team received 163
unique comments that fell outside the
scope of the Strategy’s purpose. These
comments included concerns over a
lack of emphasis on mitigation of
greenhouse gases, changes and
references to the ecosystem background
papers, and many other considerations
that were not the main focus of the
Strategy. The Management Team
included further information on the
carbon capture benefits provided by
ecosystems. However, though climate
change mitigation is important, the
main focus of the Strategy is climate
adaptation for fish, wildlife, and plants.
Public comment on the ecosystem
background papers was not solicited as
part of the public comment period;
therefore, no changes were made in
response to comments received
regarding the ecosystem background
papers. These papers were developed as
source material for the Strategy, but are
not formal appendices to the Strategy.
Comments that provided background
material on climate change mitigation
and adaptation were reviewed; however,
many were outside the scope of the
document. No changes were made in
response to comments outside the scope
of the Strategy.
Comments of an Editorial or OpinionBased Nature
The Management Team received 270
unique comments that were of an
editorial or opinion-based nature. These
comments were taken into account
during review. The majority of
comments of this nature required no
change to the document; however,
minor changes were made to the
Strategy in response where necessary,
given the purpose and scope of the
document.
PO 00000
Frm 00074
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
19517
V. Authority
Conference Report for the Interior,
Environment and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2010.
Dated: March 20, 2013.
Gabriela Chavarria,
Science Advisor to the Director, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2013–07507 Filed 3–29–13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–55–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R4–ES–2013–N069; 40120–1112–
0000–F2]
Receipt of Applications for
Endangered Species Permits
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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 May 1, 2013.
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, 1875
Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta,
GA 30345 (Attn: David Dell, Permit
Coordinator).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Dell, Permit Coordinator,
telephone 404–679–7313; facsimile
404–678–7081.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
public is invited to comment on the
following applications for permits to
conduct certain activities with
endangered and threatened species
pursuant to 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 part 17.
This notice is provided under section
10(c) of the Act.
E:\FR\FM\01APN1.SGM
01APN1
19518
Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 62 / Monday, April 1, 2013 / Notices
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 (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 Application Number:
TE–94704A
Applicant: Dorothy Brown, Candler,
North Carolina
Applicant requests authorization to
take (capture, mark, apply transmitters,
track, survey, and collect tissues)
Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), gray bat (M.
grisescens), Virginia big-eared bat
(Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus),
Carolina northern flying squirrel
(Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus), and bog
turtle (Clemmys muhlenbergii) for the
purpose of conducting presence/absence
surveys and assisting in species
recovery efforts. These activities may be
conducted throughout the States of
Tennessee, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida,
Mississippi, Kentucky, Virginia,
Maryland, West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio,
Arkansas, Missouri, and Illinois.
pmangrum on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Permit Application Number:
TE–97394A
Applicant: Zachary Couch,
Pleasureville, Kentucky
Applicant requests authorization to
take (capture, mark, apply transmitters,
track, survey, and collect tissues)
Indiana bat (M. sodalis), gray bat (M.
grisescens), and Virginia big-eared bat
(C. t. virginianus), for the purpose of
conducting presence/absence surveys
and assisting in species recovery efforts.
These activities may be conducted
throughout Kentucky.
VerDate Mar<15>2010
15:34 Mar 29, 2013
Jkt 229001
Permit Application Number:
TE–97999A
Applicant: National Park Service, Buck
Island Reef National Monument,
Christiansted, Virgin Islands
Applicant requests authorization to
take (capture, handle, mark, track, and
survey) the St. Croix ground lizard
(Ameiva polops) for the purpose of
conducting presence/absence surveys
and assisting in species recovery efforts.
These activities will be conducted in
Buck Island Reef National Monument,
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Permit Application Number:
TE–96635A
Applicant: David Thomas, Austin,
Texas
Applicant requests authorization to
take (capture, handle, and survey) pallid
sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus), Gulf
sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus
desotoi), Alabama shad (Alosa
alabamae), pearl darter (Percina
aurora), fat pocketbook (Potamilus
capax), inflated heelsplitter (Potamilus
inflatus), Louisiana pearlshell
(Margaritifera hembeli), pink mucket
(Lampsilis abrupta), and rabbitsfoot
(Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica) for the
purpose of conducting presence/absence
surveys and assisting in species
recovery efforts. These activities will be
conducted in Louisiana.
Permit Application Number:
TE–94669A
Applicant: Toledo Zoological Gardens,
Toledo, Ohio
The applicant requests authorization
to take the Virgin Islands boa (Epicrates
monensis granti) for the purpose of
developing a conservation breeding
program and reintroduction to the wild.
This activity will occur in Puerto Rico.
Permit Application Number:
TE–105626
Applicant: Rex Roberg, Cabot, Arkansas
The applicant requests authorization
to take (capture, handle, release)
American burying beetle (Nicrophorus
americanus) for the purpose of
conducting presence/absence surveys
and assisting in species recovery efforts.
These activities will be conducted in
Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Permit Application Number:
TE–97308A
Applicant: John Harris, Scott, Arkansas
The applicant requests authorization
to take (capture, handle, tissue
sampling, release) 18 species of
freshwater mussels for the purpose of
PO 00000
Frm 00075
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
conducting presence/absence/
population surveys and assisting in
species recovery efforts. These activities
will be conducted throughout the range
of each species: Ouachita rock
pocketbook (Arkansia wheeleri),
spectaclecase (Cumberlandia
monodonta), fanshell (Cyprogenia
stegaria), Curtis pearlymussel
(Epioblasma florentina curtisii),
snuffbox (E. triquetra), turgid blossom
(E. turgidula), pink mucket (Lampsilis
abrupta), Arkansas fatmucket (Lampsilis
powellii), Neosho mucket (L.
rafinesqueana), speckled pocketbook (L.
streckeri), scaleshell (Leptodea
leptodon), Louisiana pearlshell
(Margaritifera hembeli), ring pink
(Obovaria retusa), sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus), rough pigtoe
(Pleurobema plenum), fat pocketbook
(Potamilus capax), rabbitsfoot
(Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica), and
winged mapleleaf (Q. fragosa).
Dated: March 21, 2013.
Kenneth A. Garrahan,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 2013–07497 Filed 3–29–13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310–55–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLWO320000 L13100000 DT0000
LXSIOSHL0000]
Notice of Availability of Approved Land
Use Plan Amendments/Record of
Decision for Allocation of Oil Shale
and Tar Sands Resources on Lands
Administered by the Bureau of Land
Management in Colorado, Utah, and
Wyoming and Final Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, and the Federal Land
Policy and Management Act of 1976, as
amended, the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) announces the
availability of the Approved Land Use
Plan Amendments/Record of Decision
(ROD) for Allocation of Oil Shale and
Tar Sands Resources on Lands
Administered by the BLM in Colorado,
Utah, and Wyoming. The BLM Principal
Deputy Director signed the ROD on
March 22, 2013, which constitutes the
final decision of the BLM and makes the
Approved Plan Amendments effective
immediately.
E:\FR\FM\01APN1.SGM
01APN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 62 (Monday, April 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19517-19518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07497]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2013-N069; 40120-1112-0000-F2]
Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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 May 1, 2013.
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, 1875 Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta,
GA 30345 (Attn: David Dell, Permit Coordinator).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Dell, Permit Coordinator,
telephone 404-679-7313; facsimile 404-678-7081.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public is invited to comment on the
following applications for permits to conduct certain activities with
endangered and threatened species pursuant to 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
part 17. This notice is provided under section 10(c) of the Act.
[[Page 19518]]
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 (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 Application Number: TE-94704A
Applicant: Dorothy Brown, Candler, North Carolina
Applicant requests authorization to take (capture, mark, apply
transmitters, track, survey, and collect tissues) Indiana bat (Myotis
sodalis), gray bat (M. grisescens), Virginia big-eared bat
(Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), Carolina northern flying
squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus), and bog turtle (Clemmys
muhlenbergii) for the purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys
and assisting in species recovery efforts. These activities may be
conducted throughout the States of Tennessee, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Kentucky, Virginia,
Maryland, West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, Missouri, and
Illinois.
Permit Application Number: TE-97394A
Applicant: Zachary Couch, Pleasureville, Kentucky
Applicant requests authorization to take (capture, mark, apply
transmitters, track, survey, and collect tissues) Indiana bat (M.
sodalis), gray bat (M. grisescens), and Virginia big-eared bat (C. t.
virginianus), for the purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys
and assisting in species recovery efforts. These activities may be
conducted throughout Kentucky.
Permit Application Number: TE-97999A
Applicant: National Park Service, Buck Island Reef National Monument,
Christiansted, Virgin Islands
Applicant requests authorization to take (capture, handle, mark,
track, and survey) the St. Croix ground lizard (Ameiva polops) for the
purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys and assisting in species
recovery efforts. These activities will be conducted in Buck Island
Reef National Monument, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.
Permit Application Number: TE-96635A
Applicant: David Thomas, Austin, Texas
Applicant requests authorization to take (capture, handle, and
survey) pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus), Gulf sturgeon
(Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi), Alabama shad (Alosa alabamae), pearl
darter (Percina aurora), fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax), inflated
heelsplitter (Potamilus inflatus), Louisiana pearlshell (Margaritifera
hembeli), pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta), and rabbitsfoot (Quadrula
cylindrica cylindrica) for the purpose of conducting presence/absence
surveys and assisting in species recovery efforts. These activities
will be conducted in Louisiana.
Permit Application Number: TE-94669A
Applicant: Toledo Zoological Gardens, Toledo, Ohio
The applicant requests authorization to take the Virgin Islands boa
(Epicrates monensis granti) for the purpose of developing a
conservation breeding program and reintroduction to the wild. This
activity will occur in Puerto Rico.
Permit Application Number: TE-105626
Applicant: Rex Roberg, Cabot, Arkansas
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, handle,
release) American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) for the
purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys and assisting in species
recovery efforts. These activities will be conducted in Oklahoma and
Arkansas.
Permit Application Number: TE-97308A
Applicant: John Harris, Scott, Arkansas
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, handle,
tissue sampling, release) 18 species of freshwater mussels for the
purpose of conducting presence/absence/population surveys and assisting
in species recovery efforts. These activities will be conducted
throughout the range of each species: Ouachita rock pocketbook
(Arkansia wheeleri), spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta), fanshell
(Cyprogenia stegaria), Curtis pearlymussel (Epioblasma florentina
curtisii), snuffbox (E. triquetra), turgid blossom (E. turgidula), pink
mucket (Lampsilis abrupta), Arkansas fatmucket (Lampsilis powellii),
Neosho mucket (L. rafinesqueana), speckled pocketbook (L. streckeri),
scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon), Louisiana pearlshell (Margaritifera
hembeli), ring pink (Obovaria retusa), sheepnose (Plethobasus cyphyus),
rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax),
rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica), and winged mapleleaf (Q.
fragosa).
Dated: March 21, 2013.
Kenneth A. Garrahan,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-07497 Filed 3-29-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
