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BILLING CODE 4140–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R4–ES–2014–N025; 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 22,
2014.
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: Angela Romito, Permit
Coordinator).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Angela Romito, 10(a)(1)(A) Permit
Coordinator, telephone 404–679–7101;
facsimile 404–679–7081.
SUMMARY:
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
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 17. This
notice is provided under section 10(c) of
the Act.
Public Comments
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 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).
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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: T35313B
Applicant: Dr. Emma Willcox,
Knoxville, Tennessee
The applicant requests authorization
to take (acoustical monitoring, enter
hibernacula or maternity roost caves,
salvage dead bats, capture with mist
nets or harp traps, handle, identify,
collect hair samples, band, attach
transmitters, light-tag, wing-punch, pittag, and selectively euthanize for white
nose syndrome testing) Indiana bats
(Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis
grisescens), and northern long-eared
bats (Myotis septentrionalis) while
conducting studies in Tennessee,
Kentucky, and North Carolina (1) to
assess effects of prescribed fire and
canopy reduction treatments on roosting
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and foraging habitat, and (2) to study
roosting and foraging ecology of Indiana
bats in an agriculture landscape.
Permit Application Number: TE35319B
Applicant: Dr. Trevor Zachariah,
Brevard Zoo, Melbourne, Florida
The applicant requests authorization
to hold for veterinary treatment, to
retain un-releasable specimens, or to
euthanize specimens of Kemp’s ridley
(Lepidochelys kempii), hawksbill
(Eretmochelys imbricata), leatherback
(Dermochelys coriacea), green (Chelonia
mydas), and loggerhead (Caretta caretta)
sea turtles. Treatment facilities are at the
Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, Florida, but
turtles may be accepted from authorized
sources throughout Florida and other
southeastern states.
Permit Application Number: TE051552–
6
Applicant: Dr. Peter Frederick,
University of Florida, Gainesville,
Florida
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his permit to take (capture,
weigh, measure, examine, collect blood
and tissues, sex, band, attach scientific
devices, and salvage) American wood
storks (Mycteria Americana) in Dade,
Broward, Monroe, Martin, Lee, and
Palm Beach Counties in Florida and in
Jenkins County, Georgia.
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Permit Application Number: TE077175–
3
Applicant: Dr. Troy Best, Auburn
University, Auburn, Alabama
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his permit to take (acoustical
monitoring, enter hibernacula or
maternity roost caves, salvage dead bats,
capture with mist nets or harp traps,
handle, identify, collect hair samples,
band, transmitter, light-tag, wing-punch,
and selectively euthanize for white nose
syndrome testing) Indiana bats (Myotis
sodalis), and gray bats (Myotis
grisescens) in Alabama while
conducting presence/absence surveys,
studies to document habitat use, and
population monitoring.
Permit Application Number: TE–
21809A–1
Applicant: Monica Folk, Kissimmee,
Florida
The applicant requests authorization
to renew her permit to take (harass,
capture, handle, mark, attach scientific
devices, temporarily hold, and release)
American wood storks (Mycteria
americana), Red cockaded woodpeckers
(Picoides borealis), Florida scrub jays
(Aphelocoma coerulescens), gopher
tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus),
eastern indigo snakes (Drymarchon
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couperi), and reticulated Flatwoods
salamanders (Ambystoma cingulatum)
throughout the species’ ranges in
Florida.
Permit Application Number: TE–
37219B–0
Applicant: Roger Perry, US Forest
Service, Southern Research Station, Hot
Springs, Arkansas
The applicant requests authorization
to take (acoustical monitoring, enter
hibernacula or maternity roost caves,
salvage dead bats, capture with mist
nets or harp traps, handle, identify,
collect hair samples, band, transmitter,
light-tag, wing-punch, and selectively
euthanize for white nose syndrome
testing) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis),
gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and
Northern long-eared bats (Myotis
septenrionalis) in the Ozark/Ouachita
region of Arkansas and Oklahoma while
conducting research activities to
monitor and evaluate the effects of
White Nose Syndrome in bats.
Permit Application Number: TE–
034476–3
Applicant: Elizabeth Langston, US
Forest Service, Milton, Florida
The applicant requests authorization
to renew her permit to take (harass,
capture, band, and translocate), redcockaded woodpeckers (Picoides
borealis) for the purposes of banding
juveniles and adults and monitoring
populations and nest cavities,
throughout the species’ range in
Blackwater River State Forest, Santa
Rosa and Okaloosa Counties, Florida.
Permit Application Number: TE–
37492B–0
Applicant: Anthony C. Grow, HDR
Inc., Millington, Tennessee
The applicant requests authorization
for a new permit to take (acoustical
monitoring, enter hibernacula or
maternity roost caves, salvage dead bats,
capture with mist nets or harp traps,
handle, identify, collect hair samples,
band, transmitter, light-tag, and wingpunch) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), in
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky,
Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi,
Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North
Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont,
Virginia, West Virginia while
conducting presence/absence surveys
and telemetry research to document bat
movement.
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Permit Application Number: TE–
008187–1
Applicant: Stephanie Fudge,
Environmental Compliance and
Consulting, Hartford, Arizona
The applicant requests authorization
to renew her permit to take (trap, tag,
relocate, and temporarily hold)
American burying beetle in Arkansas
and Oklahoma for scientific research
purposes.
Permit Application Number: TE–
819338–1
Applicant: Hanford Farrell, FarrellCooper Mining Company, Ft. Smith
Arkansas
The applicant requests authorization
to renew her permit to take (trap, tag,
relocate, and temporarily hold)
American burying beetle in Arkansas
and Oklahoma for scientific recovery
purposes.
Permit Application Number: TE–
070796–6
Applicant: Joel Beverly, Apogee
Environmental & Archeological Inc.,
Whitesburg, Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his permit to take (acoustical
monitoring, enter hibernacula or
maternity roost caves, salvage dead bats,
capture with mist nets or harp traps,
handle, identify, collect hair samples,
band, transmitter, light-tag, wing-punch,
and selectively euthanize for white nose
syndrome testing) Indiana bats (Myotis
sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens)
and Virginia big-eared bats
(Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus)
throughout the species’ respective
ranges which cover the eastern half of
the United States. The applicant also
requests authorization to amend his
permit to add Northern long-eared bat
(Myotis septentrionalis) and seven
subpermittees (Robert Oney, Dan
Lerner, Ashleigh Green, David La
Marche, Hans Otto, Curtis Hart, and
Dylan Brooks).
Permit Application Number: TE–
212106–1
Applicant: Richard K. Kessler,
Campbellsville University,
Campbellsville, Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his permit to take (capture,
retain temporarily, and release) ringpink
mussels (Obovaria retusa), fanshell
mussels (Cyprogenia stegaria),
pocketbook mussels (Potamilus capax),
clubshell mussels (Pleurobema clava),
rough pigtoe mussels (Pleurobema
plenum), snuffbox mussels (Epioblasma
triquetra), and rabbit’s-foot mussels
(Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica)
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throughout the species’ ranges in the
state of Kentucky.
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Permit Application Number: TE–
009638–10
Applicant: Timothy Compton,
Appalachian Technical Services, Wise,
Virginia
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his permit to take (capture,
handle, radio-tag, and release) Indiana
bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis
grisescens), Virginia big-eared bats
(Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus),
blackside dace (Phoxinus
cumberlandensis), yellowfin madtom
(Noturus flavipinnis), slender chub
(Erimystax cahni), fanshell (Cyprogenia
stegaria), dromedary pearlymussel
(Dromus dromas), Cumberlandian
combshell (Epioblasma brevidens),
Appalachian monkeyface (Quadrula
sparsa), Cumberland monkeyface
(Quadrula intermedia), pink mucket
(Lampsilis abrupta), rough pigtoe
(Pleurobema plenum), littlewing
pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), birdwing
pearlymussel (Conradilla caelata),
oyster mussel (Epioblasma
capsaeformis), fine-rayed pigtoe
(Fusconia cor), shiny pigtoe (Fusconia
cuneolus), cracking pearlymussel
(Hemistena lata), rough rabbitsfoot
(Quadrula cylindrica strigillata), purple
bean (Villosa perpurpurea), and
Cumberland bean (Villosa trabilis)
throughout the species’ ranges in
Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama,
Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia,
and West Virginia. The applicant also
requests to amend his permit to add
James E. Breeding as a subpermittee and
to remove Quinten D. Tolliver.
Permit Application Number: TE–
37490B–0
Applicant: Melissa Littrell, Lexington,
Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization
to take (capture, handle, radio-tag, and
release) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis),
gray bats (Myotis grisescens), Virginia
big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii
virginianus), Northern long-eared bats
(Myotis septenrionalis), and the
following mussels: fanshell (Cyprogenia
stegaria), Cumberland bean (Villosa
trabalis), tubercled blossom
(Epioblasma torulosa torulosa), purple
cat’s paw (Epioblasma obliquata
obliquata), rough pigtoe (Pleurobema
plenum), ringpink mussel (Obovaria
retusa), fat pocketbook mussel
(Potamilus capax), clubshell mussel
(Pleurobema clava), Cumberlandian
combshell (Epioblasma brevidens),
Cumberland elktoe (Alasmidonta
atropurpurea), winged mapleleaf
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(Quadrula fragosa), pink mucket
(Lampsilis abrupta), cracking
pearlymussel (Hemistena lata),
dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus
dromas), little-wing pearlymussel
(Pegias fabula), orangefoot pimpleback
(Plethobasus cooperianus), Northern
riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa
rangiana), tan riffleshell (Epioblasma
florentina walker), and white wartyback
pearlymussel (Plethobasus cicatricosus),
for the purposes of conducting
presence/absence surveys and studies to
document habitat use. The applicant
would be authorized to work with listed
mussels and the Virginia big-eared bat
throughout their ranges in the State of
Kentucky. The applicant requests to be
authorized to work with gray bats,
Indiana bats, and Northern long-eared
bats throughout the species’ ranges.
Permit Application Number: TE–
022689–4
Applicant: Dr. Philip Sheridan,
Meadowview Biological, Woodford
Virginia
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his permit to sell via interstate
commerce artificially propagated
specimens of the green pitcher-plant
(Sarracenia oreophila), Alabama
canebrake pitcher-plant (Sarracenia
rubra ssp. alabamensis), and the
mountain sweet pitcher-plant
(Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii) for the
purposes of outreach and education.
Permit Application Number: TE–
070584–11
Applicant: Mark Gumbert,
Copperhead Environmental Consulting,
Paint Lick, Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization
to renew and amend his permit to take
(capture, handle, radio-tag, and release)
Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats
(Myotis grisescens), Virginia big-eared
bats (Corynorhinus townsendii
virginianus), Ozark big-eared bats
(Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), and
Northern longed-eared bats (Myotis
septentrionalis) for the purposes of
conducting presence/absence surveys,
migration surveys, and telemetry
surveys throughout the species’ ranges.
Permit Application Number: TE–
022468–4
Applicant: Jessie Schillaci, Fort Bragg
Endangered Species Branch, Fort Bragg,
North Carolina
The applicant requests authorization
to renew her permit to take (harass)
endangered red-cockaded woodpeckers
(Picoides borealis) for the purposes of
constructing and monitoring artificial
nest cavities and restrictors; for
capturing, banding, and translocating
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birds; and for monitoring populations
and nest cavities in the areas of Fort
Bragg and Camp Mackall, and on private
and State lands throughout the
Sandhills Region of North Carolina.
Permit Application Number: TE–
37498B–0
Applicant: Rena Borkhataria,
Everglades Research and Education
Center, Belle Glade, Florida
The applicant requests authorization
to take (capture, handle, monitor, and
salvage) wood storks (Mycteria
americana) for the purpose of
investigating demographic parameters
and habitat availability in the States of
Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and
South Carolina.
Permit Application Number: TE–
37886B–0
Applicant: Jeff Duke, Civil &
Environmental Consultants Inc.,
Franklin, Tennessee
The applicant requests authorization
to take (capture, identify, enumerate,
determine sex, and relocate) the
Nashville Crayfish (Orconectes shoupi)
for the purpose of minimizing impacts
of construction activities associated
with stream crossings in the Mill Creek
Watershed, Davidson and Williamson
Counties, Tennessee.
Permit Application Number: TE–
225877–1
Applicant: Daniel Maloney,
Jacksonville Zoological Society and
Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his permit to take (possess)
Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus
clavium) for the purposes of conducting
rehabilitation and educational outreach
activities at the Jacksonville Zoo in
Duval County, Florida. The applicant
also requests to amend his permit to
reflect changes in personnel at the
Jacksonville Zoo (i.e., add Daniel
Maloney as the Principal Officer and
Tracey Fenn and Dr. Adrienne Atkins as
subpermittees).
Permit Application Number: TE–
125620–3
Applicant: Brian Roh, Burns and
McDonnell, Kansas City, Missouri
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his permit to take (trap and
release) the American burying beetle
(Nicrophorus americanus) while
conducting presence and absence
surveys in Crawford, Sebastian,
Franklin, Logan, and Scott Counties in
Arkansas and Oklahoma.
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Permit Application Number: TE–
171516–3
Permit Application Number: TE–
37887B–0
Applicant: Mark Gumbert,
Copperhead Consulting, Paint Lick,
Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his permit to take (capture,
identify, and release) the blackside dace
(Phoxinus cumberlandensis) and to take
(capture, release, track/radio-telemetry,
wade in habitat) the following federally
listed mussels: Cumberland elktoe
(Alasmidonta atropurpurea), tan
riffleshell (Epioblasma florentina),
white catspaw (Epioblasma obliquata
perobliqua), northern riffleshell
(Epioblasma torulosa rangiana),
scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon), fat
pocketbook (Potamilus capax), rough
rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrical
strigillata), Appalachian monkeyface
(Quadrula sparsa), purple bean (Villosa
perpurpurea), catspaw (Epioblasma
obliquata obliquata), clubshell
(Pleurobema clava), cracking
pearlymussel (Hemistena lata),
Cumberland bean (Villosa trabalis),
Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma
brevidens), fanshell (Cyprogenia
stegaria), fine-rayed pigtoe (Fusconaia
cuneolus), littlewing pearlymussel
(Pegias fabula), orangefoot pimpleback
(Plethobasus cooperianus), oyster
mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis), pink
mucket pearlymussel (Lampsilis
abrupta), ring pink mussel (Obovaria
retusa), rough pigtoe (Pleurobema
plenum), shiny pigtoe (Fusconaia
coredgariana), southern clubshell
(Pleurobema decisum), tubercled
blossom (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa),
turgid blossom pearlymussel
(Epioblasma turgidula), white
wartyback pearlymussel (Plethobasus
cicatricosus), and yellow blossom
pearlymussel (Epioblasma florentina
florentina), for the purpose of
conducting presence/absence surveys
throughout the species’ ranges in
Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas,
Georgia, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and
Missouri. The applicant also requests to
amend his permit to add mussel species
(fluted kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus
subtentum), sheepnose mussel
(Plethobasus cyphyus), snuffbox mussel
(Epioblasma triquetra), dromedary
pearlymussel (Dromus dromas), slabside
pearlymussel (Pleuronaia
dolabelloides), rabbitsfoot (Quadrula
cylindrica cylindrica), and spectaclecase
(Cumberlandia monodonta)), a new
subpermittee (Gregg Shirk), and the
method of mark-recapture for the
blackside dace.
Applicant: Kevin Mills, South
Carolina Aquarium, Charleston, South
Carolina
The applicant requests authorization
to hold for veterinary treatment, to
retain unreleasable specimens, or to
euthanize specimens of Kemp’s ridley
(Lepidochelys kempii), hawksbill
(Eretmochelys imbricata), green
(Chelonia mydas), leatherback
(Dermochelys coriacea), green (Chelonia
mydas), and loggerhead (Caretta caretta)
sea turtles. Treatment facilities are at the
South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston,
South Carolina, but turtles may be
accepted from authorized sources
throughout South Carolina and other
southeastern States.
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Dated: July 15, 2014.
Mike Oetker,
Acting Regional Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Indian Gaming
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ACTION: Notice of Approved Tribal-State
Class III Gaming Compact.
AGENCY:
This notice publishes the
approval of an amendment to the Class
III Tribal-State Gaming Compact
(Amendment) between the Swinomish
Indian Tribal Community and the State
of Washington.
DATES: Effective Date: July 23, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Paula L. Hart, Director, Office of Indian
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Development, Washington, DC 20240,
(202) 219–4066.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under
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Tribal-State compacts for the purpose of
engaging in Class III gaming activities
on Indian lands. As required by 25 CFR
293.4, all compact amendments are
subject to review and approval by the
Secretary. The Amendment permits
persons between the ages of 18 and 20
to participate in class III gaming
activities offered by the Tribe.
SUMMARY:
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Dated: July 16, 2014.
Kevin K. Washburn,
Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs.
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as a result of the Notice of Proposed
Action published in the Federal
Register on May 16, 2014.
DATES: This implementation plan is
effective on July 23, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Jolley, 806–356–1002. Persons
who use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339. The FIRS is available 24
hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave a
message for Mr. Jolley. You will receive
a reply during normal business hours.
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SUMMARY:
A. Purpose and Background
The BLM published a Notice of
Proposed Action: Implementation of
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Auctions, in the Federal Register on
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2014-N025; 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 22, 2014.
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: Angela Romito, Permit Coordinator).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Romito, 10(a)(1)(A) Permit
Coordinator, telephone 404-679-7101; facsimile 404-679-7081.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
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 17. This notice is
provided under section 10(c) of the Act.
Public Comments
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 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).
Public Availability of Comments
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: T35313B
Applicant: Dr. Emma Willcox, Knoxville, Tennessee
The applicant requests authorization to take (acoustical
monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, salvage dead
bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect
hair samples, band, attach transmitters, light-tag, wing-punch, pit-
tag, and selectively euthanize for white nose syndrome testing) Indiana
bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and northern
long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) while conducting studies in
Tennessee, Kentucky, and North Carolina (1) to assess effects of
prescribed fire and canopy reduction treatments on roosting
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and foraging habitat, and (2) to study roosting and foraging ecology of
Indiana bats in an agriculture landscape.
Permit Application Number: TE35319B
Applicant: Dr. Trevor Zachariah, Brevard Zoo, Melbourne, Florida
The applicant requests authorization to hold for veterinary
treatment, to retain un-releasable specimens, or to euthanize specimens
of Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), hawksbill (Eretmochelys
imbricata), leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), green (Chelonia mydas),
and loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtles. Treatment facilities are
at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, Florida, but turtles may be accepted
from authorized sources throughout Florida and other southeastern
states.
Permit Application Number: TE051552-6
Applicant: Dr. Peter Frederick, University of Florida, Gainesville,
Florida
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(capture, weigh, measure, examine, collect blood and tissues, sex,
band, attach scientific devices, and salvage) American wood storks
(Mycteria Americana) in Dade, Broward, Monroe, Martin, Lee, and Palm
Beach Counties in Florida and in Jenkins County, Georgia.
Permit Application Number: TE077175-3
Applicant: Dr. Troy Best, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(acoustical monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves,
salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle,
identify, collect hair samples, band, transmitter, light-tag, wing-
punch, and selectively euthanize for white nose syndrome testing)
Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), and gray bats (Myotis grisescens) in
Alabama while conducting presence/absence surveys, studies to document
habitat use, and population monitoring.
Permit Application Number: TE-21809A-1
Applicant: Monica Folk, Kissimmee, Florida
The applicant requests authorization to renew her permit to take
(harass, capture, handle, mark, attach scientific devices, temporarily
hold, and release) American wood storks (Mycteria americana), Red
cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis), Florida scrub jays
(Aphelocoma coerulescens), gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus),
eastern indigo snakes (Drymarchon couperi), and reticulated Flatwoods
salamanders (Ambystoma cingulatum) throughout the species' ranges in
Florida.
Permit Application Number: TE-37219B-0
Applicant: Roger Perry, US Forest Service, Southern Research
Station, Hot Springs, Arkansas
The applicant requests authorization to take (acoustical
monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, salvage dead
bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect
hair samples, band, transmitter, light-tag, wing-punch, and selectively
euthanize for white nose syndrome testing) Indiana bats (Myotis
sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and Northern long-eared bats
(Myotis septenrionalis) in the Ozark/Ouachita region of Arkansas and
Oklahoma while conducting research activities to monitor and evaluate
the effects of White Nose Syndrome in bats.
Permit Application Number: TE-034476-3
Applicant: Elizabeth Langston, US Forest Service, Milton, Florida
The applicant requests authorization to renew her permit to take
(harass, capture, band, and translocate), red-cockaded woodpeckers
(Picoides borealis) for the purposes of banding juveniles and adults
and monitoring populations and nest cavities, throughout the species'
range in Blackwater River State Forest, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa
Counties, Florida.
Permit Application Number: TE-37492B-0
Applicant: Anthony C. Grow, HDR Inc., Millington, Tennessee
The applicant requests authorization for a new permit to take
(acoustical monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves,
salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle,
identify, collect hair samples, band, transmitter, light-tag, and wing-
punch) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan,
Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia
while conducting presence/absence surveys and telemetry research to
document bat movement.
Permit Application Number: TE-008187-1
Applicant: Stephanie Fudge, Environmental Compliance and
Consulting, Hartford, Arizona
The applicant requests authorization to renew her permit to take
(trap, tag, relocate, and temporarily hold) American burying beetle in
Arkansas and Oklahoma for scientific research purposes.
Permit Application Number: TE-819338-1
Applicant: Hanford Farrell, Farrell-Cooper Mining Company, Ft.
Smith Arkansas
The applicant requests authorization to renew her permit to take
(trap, tag, relocate, and temporarily hold) American burying beetle in
Arkansas and Oklahoma for scientific recovery purposes.
Permit Application Number: TE-070796-6
Applicant: Joel Beverly, Apogee Environmental & Archeological Inc.,
Whitesburg, Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(acoustical monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves,
salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle,
identify, collect hair samples, band, transmitter, light-tag, wing-
punch, and selectively euthanize for white nose syndrome testing)
Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens) and
Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus)
throughout the species' respective ranges which cover the eastern half
of the United States. The applicant also requests authorization to
amend his permit to add Northern long-eared bat (Myotis
septentrionalis) and seven subpermittees (Robert Oney, Dan Lerner,
Ashleigh Green, David La Marche, Hans Otto, Curtis Hart, and Dylan
Brooks).
Permit Application Number: TE-212106-1
Applicant: Richard K. Kessler, Campbellsville University,
Campbellsville, Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(capture, retain temporarily, and release) ringpink mussels (Obovaria
retusa), fanshell mussels (Cyprogenia stegaria), pocketbook mussels
(Potamilus capax), clubshell mussels (Pleurobema clava), rough pigtoe
mussels (Pleurobema plenum), snuffbox mussels (Epioblasma triquetra),
and rabbit's-foot mussels (Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica)
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throughout the species' ranges in the state of Kentucky.
Permit Application Number: TE-009638-10
Applicant: Timothy Compton, Appalachian Technical Services, Wise,
Virginia
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(capture, handle, radio-tag, and release) Indiana bats (Myotis
sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), Virginia big-eared bats
(Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), blackside dace (Phoxinus
cumberlandensis), yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis), slender chub
(Erimystax cahni), fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), dromedary
pearlymussel (Dromus dromas), Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma
brevidens), Appalachian monkeyface (Quadrula sparsa), Cumberland
monkeyface (Quadrula intermedia), pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta),
rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), littlewing pearlymussel (Pegias
fabula), birdwing pearlymussel (Conradilla caelata), oyster mussel
(Epioblasma capsaeformis), fine-rayed pigtoe (Fusconia cor), shiny
pigtoe (Fusconia cuneolus), cracking pearlymussel (Hemistena lata),
rough rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica strigillata), purple bean
(Villosa perpurpurea), and Cumberland bean (Villosa trabilis)
throughout the species' ranges in Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama,
Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, and West Virginia. The applicant also requests to amend his
permit to add James E. Breeding as a subpermittee and to remove Quinten
D. Tolliver.
Permit Application Number: TE-37490B-0
Applicant: Melissa Littrell, Lexington, Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, handle,
radio-tag, and release) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats
(Myotis grisescens), Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii
virginianus), Northern long-eared bats (Myotis septenrionalis), and the
following mussels: fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), Cumberland bean
(Villosa trabalis), tubercled blossom (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa),
purple cat's paw (Epioblasma obliquata obliquata), rough pigtoe
(Pleurobema plenum), ringpink mussel (Obovaria retusa), fat pocketbook
mussel (Potamilus capax), clubshell mussel (Pleurobema clava),
Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma brevidens), Cumberland elktoe
(Alasmidonta atropurpurea), winged mapleleaf (Quadrula fragosa), pink
mucket (Lampsilis abrupta), cracking pearlymussel (Hemistena lata),
dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus dromas), little-wing pearlymussel
(Pegias fabula), orangefoot pimpleback (Plethobasus cooperianus),
Northern riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana), tan riffleshell
(Epioblasma florentina walker), and white wartyback pearlymussel
(Plethobasus cicatricosus), for the purposes of conducting presence/
absence surveys and studies to document habitat use. The applicant
would be authorized to work with listed mussels and the Virginia big-
eared bat throughout their ranges in the State of Kentucky. The
applicant requests to be authorized to work with gray bats, Indiana
bats, and Northern long-eared bats throughout the species' ranges.
Permit Application Number: TE-022689-4
Applicant: Dr. Philip Sheridan, Meadowview Biological, Woodford
Virginia
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to sell
via interstate commerce artificially propagated specimens of the green
pitcher-plant (Sarracenia oreophila), Alabama canebrake pitcher-plant
(Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis), and the mountain sweet pitcher-
plant (Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii) for the purposes of outreach and
education.
Permit Application Number: TE-070584-11
Applicant: Mark Gumbert, Copperhead Environmental Consulting, Paint
Lick, Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization to renew and amend his permit
to take (capture, handle, radio-tag, and release) Indiana bats (Myotis
sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), Virginia big-eared bats
(Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), Ozark big-eared bats
(Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), and Northern longed-eared bats
(Myotis septentrionalis) for the purposes of conducting presence/
absence surveys, migration surveys, and telemetry surveys throughout
the species' ranges.
Permit Application Number: TE-022468-4
Applicant: Jessie Schillaci, Fort Bragg Endangered Species Branch,
Fort Bragg, North Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to renew her permit to take
(harass) endangered red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) for
the purposes of constructing and monitoring artificial nest cavities
and restrictors; for capturing, banding, and translocating birds; and
for monitoring populations and nest cavities in the areas of Fort Bragg
and Camp Mackall, and on private and State lands throughout the
Sandhills Region of North Carolina.
Permit Application Number: TE-37498B-0
Applicant: Rena Borkhataria, Everglades Research and Education
Center, Belle Glade, Florida
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, handle,
monitor, and salvage) wood storks (Mycteria americana) for the purpose
of investigating demographic parameters and habitat availability in the
States of Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
Permit Application Number: TE-37886B-0
Applicant: Jeff Duke, Civil & Environmental Consultants Inc.,
Franklin, Tennessee
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, identify,
enumerate, determine sex, and relocate) the Nashville Crayfish
(Orconectes shoupi) for the purpose of minimizing impacts of
construction activities associated with stream crossings in the Mill
Creek Watershed, Davidson and Williamson Counties, Tennessee.
Permit Application Number: TE-225877-1
Applicant: Daniel Maloney, Jacksonville Zoological Society and
Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(possess) Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium) for the purposes of
conducting rehabilitation and educational outreach activities at the
Jacksonville Zoo in Duval County, Florida. The applicant also requests
to amend his permit to reflect changes in personnel at the Jacksonville
Zoo (i.e., add Daniel Maloney as the Principal Officer and Tracey Fenn
and Dr. Adrienne Atkins as subpermittees).
Permit Application Number: TE-125620-3
Applicant: Brian Roh, Burns and McDonnell, Kansas City, Missouri
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(trap and release) the American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus)
while conducting presence and absence surveys in Crawford, Sebastian,
Franklin, Logan, and Scott Counties in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
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Permit Application Number: TE-171516-3
Applicant: Mark Gumbert, Copperhead Consulting, Paint Lick,
Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(capture, identify, and release) the blackside dace (Phoxinus
cumberlandensis) and to take (capture, release, track/radio-telemetry,
wade in habitat) the following federally listed mussels: Cumberland
elktoe (Alasmidonta atropurpurea), tan riffleshell (Epioblasma
florentina), white catspaw (Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua), northern
riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana), scaleshell (Leptodea
leptodon), fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax), rough rabbitsfoot
(Quadrula cylindrical strigillata), Appalachian monkeyface (Quadrula
sparsa), purple bean (Villosa perpurpurea), catspaw (Epioblasma
obliquata obliquata), clubshell (Pleurobema clava), cracking
pearlymussel (Hemistena lata), Cumberland bean (Villosa trabalis),
Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma brevidens), fanshell (Cyprogenia
stegaria), fine-rayed pigtoe (Fusconaia cuneolus), littlewing
pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), orangefoot pimpleback (Plethobasus
cooperianus), oyster mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis), pink mucket
pearlymussel (Lampsilis abrupta), ring pink mussel (Obovaria retusa),
rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), shiny pigtoe (Fusconaia
coredgariana), southern clubshell (Pleurobema decisum), tubercled
blossom (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa), turgid blossom pearlymussel
(Epioblasma turgidula), white wartyback pearlymussel (Plethobasus
cicatricosus), and yellow blossom pearlymussel (Epioblasma florentina
florentina), for the purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys
throughout the species' ranges in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas,
Georgia, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri. The applicant also
requests to amend his permit to add mussel species (fluted kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus subtentum), sheepnose mussel (Plethobasus cyphyus),
snuffbox mussel (Epioblasma triquetra), dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus
dromas), slabside pearlymussel (Pleuronaia dolabelloides), rabbitsfoot
(Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica), and spectaclecase (Cumberlandia
monodonta)), a new subpermittee (Gregg Shirk), and the method of mark-
recapture for the blackside dace.
Permit Application Number: TE-37887B-0
Applicant: Kevin Mills, South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston, South
Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to hold for veterinary
treatment, to retain unreleasable specimens, or to euthanize specimens
of Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), hawksbill (Eretmochelys
imbricata), green (Chelonia mydas), leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea),
green (Chelonia mydas), and loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtles.
Treatment facilities are at the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston,
South Carolina, but turtles may be accepted from authorized sources
throughout South Carolina and other southeastern States.
Dated: July 15, 2014.
Mike Oetker,
Acting Regional Director.
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