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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R4–ES–2014–N214; 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 November 17,
2014.
SUMMARY:
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).
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Angela Romito, 10(a)(1)(A) Permit
Coordinator, telephone 404–679–7101;
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
under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and
our regulations in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17. This
notice is provided under section 10(c) of
the Act.
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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).
Before including your address,
telephone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information
in your comments, you should be aware
that your entire comment—including
your personal identifying information—
may be made publicly available at any
time. While you can ask us in your
comments to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
Permit Applications
Permit Application Number: TE
083085–2
Applicant: Eric Menges, Venus, Florida
The applicant requests authorization
to take (remove or reduce to possession
parts) of the pygmy fringe tree
(Chionanthus pygmaeus), scrub
buckwheat (Eriogonum longifolium var.
gnaphalifolium), Britton’s beargrass
(Nolina brittoniana), Lewton’s milkwort
(Polygala lewtonii), scrub plum (Prunus
geniculata), and Florida ziziphus
(Ziziphus celata), for the purpose of
conducting research and recovery
activities on federally managed lands in
Highlands County, Florida.
Permit Application Number: TE
102418–2
Applicant: Paul Catlett, Starke, Florida
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his permit to take (monitor
nests, capture, band, release, collect
nonviable eggs, and install artificial
cavities) red-cockaded woodpeckers
(Picoides borealis) while conducting
presence/absence surveys and
population management activities at
Camp Blanding Joint Training Center in
Starke, Florida.
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Permit Application Number: TE
142294–3
and collection throughout the species’
range in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
conducting presence/absence surveys in
Kentucky and Tennessee.
Applicant: William Holimon, Little
Rock, Arkansas
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his permit to take (harass)
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 Ashley, Monroe,
Bradley, and Drew Counties, Arkansas.
Permit Application Number: TE
178643–2
Permit Application Number: TE
43704A–1
Applicant: Jeffery West, Columbia,
South Carolina
Permit Application Number: TE–1
Permit Application Number: TE
25612A–1
Applicant: David Saugey, Jessieville,
Arkansas
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)
Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats
(Myotis grisescens), Virginia big-eared
bats (Corynorhinus townsendii
virginianus), and Ozark big-eared bats
(Corynorhinus townsendii ingens),
while conducting presence/absence
surveys, studies to document habitat
use, and population monitoring
throughout the respective species’
ranges.
Applicant: Carl Dick, Bowling Green,
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, and wingpunch) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis),
gray bats (Myotis grisescens), Virginia
big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii
virginianus), Ozark big-eared bats
(Corynorhinus townsendii ingens),
Hawaiian hoary bats (Lasiurus cinereus
semotus), lesser long-nosed bats
(Leptonycteriscurasoae yerbabuenae),
and Mexican long-nosed bats
(Leptonycteris nivalis) while conducting
presence/absence surveys, studies to
document habitat use, and population
monitoring throughout the species’
respective ranges.
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his permit to take (capture and
temporarily hold for identification) the
Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona
decorata) while conducting presence/
absence surveys in North Carolina and
South Carolina.
Applicant: Stephen Samoray, Nashville,
Tennessee
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)
Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats
(Myotis grisescens), Virginia big-eared
bats (Corynorhinus townsendii
virginianus), and Ozark big-eared bats
(Corynorhinus townsendii ingens),
while conducting presence/absence
surveys, studies to document habitat
use, and population monitoring
throughout the species’ respective
ranges.
Permit Application Number: TE
28597A–1
Applicant: Joseph Alderman,
Hillsborough, North Carolina
Applicant: Dr. Kathryn Craven,
Savannah, Georgia
The applicant requests authorization
to renew her permit to take (harass,
excavate hatched nests, collect hatched
eggs, dead embryos and hatchlings)
loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta),
green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas),
Kemp’s Ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys
kempii), leatherback sea turtles
(Dermochelys coriacea), and hawksbill
sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata)
while monitoring nest success and
conducting scientific research in
Georgia.
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Permit Application Number: TE
38397A–1
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his permit to take (harass,
capture, handle, and release) the
following species: Carolina heelsplitter
(Lasmigona decorata), Appalachian
elktoe (Alasmidonta raveneliana), tar
river spinymussel (Elliptio
steinstansana), dwarf wedgemussel
(Alasmidonta heterodon), James
spinymussel (Pleurobema collina), little
wing pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), and
Cape Fear shiner (Notropis
mekistocholas), for the purpose of
conducting presence/absence surveys in
North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Virginia.
Permit Application Number: TE
206784–2
Applicant: William Bailey, Searcy,
Arkansas
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his permit to take (capture, tag,
translocate, release, and hold) American
burying beetles (Nicrophorus
americanus) for the purpose of survey
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Permit Application Number: TE
087176–3
Applicant: David Eisenhour, Morehead,
Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his permit to take (harass,
capture, identify, release) blackside dace
(Phoxinus cumberlandensis) while
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Permit Application Number: TE
065756–3
Applicant: John Alderman, Pittsboro,
North Carolina
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his permit to take (capture,
identify, and release) the following
plant species: Southern acornshell
(Epioblasma othcaloogensis), purple
bankclimber (Elliptoideus sloatianus),
Cumberland bean (Villosa trabalis),
purple bean (Villosa perpurpurea),
green blossom (Epioblasma torulosa
gubernaculum), tubercled blossom
(Epioblasma torulosa torulosa), turgid
blossom (Epioblasma turgidula), yellow
blossom (Epioblasma florentina
florentina), white catspaw (Epioblasma
obliquata perobliqua), clubshell
(Pleurobema clava), black clubshell
(Pleurobema curtum), ovate clubshell
(Pleurobema perovatum), Southern
clubshell (Pleurobema decisum),
Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma
brevidens), Southern combshell
(Epioblasma penita), upland combshell
(Epioblasma metastriata), Appalachian
elktoe (Alasmidonta raveneliana),
Cumberland elktoe (Alasmidonta
atropurpurea), fanshell (Cyprogenia
stegaria), Arkansas fatmucket (Lampsilis
powellii), Alabama Heelsplitter
(Potamilus inflatus), Carolina
Heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorate),
Higgins eye (Lampsilis higginsii),
triangular kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus
greenii), Alabama lampmussel
(Lampsilis virescens), pale lilliput
(Toxolasma cylindrellus), winged
mapleleaf (Quadrula fragosa), Alabama
moccasinshell (Medionidus
acutissimus), Coosa moccasinshell
(Medionidus parvulus), gulf
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moccasinshell (Medionidus
penicillatus), Ochlocknee moccasinshell
(Medionidus simpsonianus),
Appalachian monkeyface (Quadrula
sparsa), Cumberland monkeyface
(Quadrula intermedia), orangenacre
mucket (Lampsilis perovalis), pink
mucket (Lampsilis abrupta), oyster
mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis),
scaleshell mussel (Leptodea leptodon),
Louisiana pearlshell (Margaritifera
hembeli), birdwing pearlymussel
(Conradilla caelata), cracking
pearlymussel (Hemistena lata), Curtis
pearlymussel (Epioblasma florentina
curtisii), dromedary pearlymussel
(Dromus dromas), littlewing
pearlymussel (Pegias fabula),
Cumberland pigtoe (Pleurobema
gibberum), dark pigtoe (Pleurobema
furvum), finerayed pigtoe (Fusconaia
cuneolus), flat pigtoe (Pleurobema
marshalli), Georgia pigtoe (Pleurobema
hanleyianum), heavy pigtoe
(Pleurobema taitianum), oval pigtoe
(Pleurobema pyriforme), rough pigtoe
(Pleurobema plenum), shiny pigtoe
(Fusconaia cor), Southern pigtoe
(Pleurobema georgianum), orangefoot
pimpleback (Plethobasus cooperianus),
fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax),
finelined pocketbook (Lampsilis altilis),
Ouachita rock pocketbook (Arkansia
wheeleri), shinyrayed pocketbook
(Lampsilis subangulata), speckled
pocketbook (Lampsilis streckeri), purple
cat’s paw (Epioblasma obliquata
obliquata), rough rabbitsfoot (Quadrula
cylindrica strigillata), northern
riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa
rangiana), tan riffleshell (Epioblasma
florentina walkeri (=E. walkeri), Ring
pink (Obovaria retusa), Chipola
slabshell (Elliptio chipolaensis), James
spinymussel (Pleurobema collina), Tar
River spinymussel (Elliptio
steinstansana), stirrupshell (Quadrula
stapes), fat three-ridge (Amblema
neislerii), white wartyback, (Plethobasus
cicatricosus), dwarf wedgemussel
(Alasmidonta heterodon), and Altamaha
spinymussel (Elliptio spinosa). The take
would occur while the applicant
engaged in conducting presence/
absence surveys and translocations in
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida, and
Arkansas.
Permit Application Number: TE
97394A–2
Applicant: Zackary Couch,
Pleasureville, Kentucky
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,
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collect hair samples, band, transmitter,
light-tag, wing-punch) Indiana bats
(Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis
grisescens), Northern long eared bats
(Myotis septentrionalis), and Virginia
big eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii
virginianus), while conducting
presence/absence surveys, studies to
document habitat use, and population
monitoring throughout the species’
ranges.
Permit Application Number: TE
139474–7
Applicant: Dennis Ford, Little Rock,
Arkansas
The applicant requests authorization
to take (harass) the American burying
beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) while
conducting research activities in
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and
Texas.
Permit Application Number: TE
63633A–3
Applicant: David Evers, Gorham, Maine
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) northern longeared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) while
conducting presence/absence surveys in
Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts,
Virginia, Minnesota, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Pennsylvania, West
Virginia, and Missouri.
Permit Application Number: TE
13910A–2
Applicant: Terry Derting, Murray,
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),
Virginia big eared bats (Corynorhinus
townsendii virginianus), Ozark big-eared
bats (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens),
and northern long eared bats (Myotis
septentrionalis), while conducting
presence/absence surveys and studies to
document habitat use in Georgia,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana,
and West Virginia.
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Permit Application Number: TE
084047–4
Applicant: Maria Zondervan, Maitland,
Florida
The applicant requests authorization
to take (harass) the red-cockaded
woodpecker (Picoides borealis) and
Florida scrub jay (Aphelocoma
coerulescens) for the purposes of
constructing and monitoring artificial
nest cavities and restrictors; for
capturing, banding, and the
translocation of birds; and for
monitoring populations and nest
cavities on lands managed by the St.
John’s River Management District in
Florida.
Permit Application Number: TE
092854–2
Applicant: Samuel Van Hook, Babson
Park, Florida
The applicant requests authorization
to take (harass and insert artificial nest
cavities) red-cockaded woodpeckers
(Picoides borealis) while conducting
status surveys and habitat enhancement
activities in Florida.
Permit Application Number: TE
091705–3
Applicant: Peter White, Chapel Hill,
North Carolina
The applicant requests authorization
to possess (collect seeds, spores,
sporocarps, cuttings, vegetative
material) Amaranthus pumilus (sea
beach amaranth), Amphianthus pusillus
(little amphianthus), Arabis serotina
(shale-barren rockcress), Carex lutea
(golden sedge), Clematis socialis
(Alabama leather-flower), Echinacea
laevigata (smooth-purple coneflower),
Geum adiatum (Appalachian avens),
Gymnoderma lineare (rock gnome
lichen), Helianthus schweinitzii
(Schweinitz’s sunflower), Hexastylis
naniflora (dwarf-flowered hartleaf),
Hudsonia montana (mountain goldenheartleaf), Isoetes melanospora (blackspore quillwort), Isoetes tegetiformans
(Merlin’s-grass), Liatris helleri (Heller’s
gayfeather), Lysimachia asperulaefolia
(rough- leaved loosestrife), Oxypolis
canbyi (Canby’s dropwort), Pityopsis
ruthii (Ruth’s golden aster), Ptilimnium
nodosum (harparella), Rhus michauxii
(Michaux’s sumac), Sagittaria
fasciculata (bunched arrowhead),
Sagittaria secundifolia (little river
arrowhead), Sarracenia jonesii
(mountain sweet pitcher-plant),
Sarracenia oreophila (green pitcherplant), Scutellaria montana (largeflower
skullcap), Solidago spithamaea (blue
ridge goldenrod), Spiraea virginiana
(Virginia spirea), Thalictrum cooleyi
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(Cooley’s meadowrue), Trifolium
stoloniferum (running buffalo clover),
sensitive joint-vetch (Aeschynomene
virginica), Virginia round-leaf birch
(Betula uber), Roan Mountain bluet
(Hedyotis purpurea var. montana),
swamp pink (Helonias bullata),
American chaffseed (Schwalbea
americana), and white irisette
(Sisyrinchium dichotomum), throughout
the species’ ranges on federally
managed lands in North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama,
Florida, West Virginia, Virginia, and
Maryland.
Permit Application Number: TE
119937–3
Applicant: Susan Loeb, Clemson, South
Carolina
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) Indiana bats
(Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis
grisescens), and northern long-eared
bats (Myotis septentrionalis), while
conducting presence/absence surveys,
studies to document habitat use, and
population monitoring in North and
South Carolina, Tennessee, and
Kentucky.
Permit Application Number: TE
129703–5
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Applicant: Mitch Green, Frankfort,
Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his existing 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), northern
long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis),
and Virginia big-eared bats
(Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus)
while conducting presence/absence
surveys, studies to document habitat
use, and population monitoring in
Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama. The
applicant also requests authorization to
take (harass) the clubshell (Pleurobema
clava), scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon),
and northern riffleshell (Epioblasma
torulosa rangiana) while conducting
presence/absence surveys in North
Carolina, Alabama, and West Virginia.
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Permit Application Number: TE
38519A–1
Permit Application Number: TE
108584–6
Applicant: Joshua Hofkes, Tallahassee,
Florida
Applicant: Tim Nehus, Lebanon,
Tennessee
The applicant requests authorization
to take (capture, hold temporarily,
release, and translocate) Nashville
crayfish (Orconectes shoupi), birdwing
pearlymussel (Conradilla caelata),
oyster mussel (Epioblasma
capsaeformis), tan riffleshell
(Epioblasma walkeri), Cumberland
monkeyface (Quadrula intermedia),
orangefoot pimpleback (Plethobasus
cooperianus), Cumberland elktoe
(Alasmidonta atropurpurea),
Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta
raveneliana), fanshell (Cyprogenia
stegaria (irrorata)), dromedary
pearlymussel (Dromus dromus),
Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma
brevidens), yellow-blossom
pearlymussel (Epioblasma florentina),
upland combshell (Epioblasma
metastriata), Southern acornshell
(Epioblasma othcaloogensis), greenblossom pearlymussel (Epioblasma
torulosa gubernaculum), tuberculedblossom pearlymussel (Epioblasma
torulosa torulosa), turgid-blossom
pearlymussel (Epioblasma turgidula),
purple catspaw (Epioblasma obliquata),
fine-lined pocketbook (Lampsilis altilis),
pink mucket pearlymussel (Lampsilis
abrupta), Alabama lampmussel
(Lampsilis virescens), Alabama
moccasinshell (Medionidus
acutissimus), Coosa moccasinshell
(Medionidus parvulus), ring-pink
mussel (Obovaria retusa), little-wing
pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), white
warty-back (Plethobasus cicatricosus),
clubshell (Pleurobema clava), Southern
clubshell (Pleurobema decisum),
Southern pigtoe (Pleurobema
georgianum), Cumberland pigtoe
(Pleurobema gibberum), ovate clubshell
(Pleurobema perovatum), rough pigtoe
(Pleurobema plenum), triangular
kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus greeni),
rough rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica
strigillata), winged mapleleaf (Quadrula
fragosa), Appalachian monkeyface
(Quadrula sparsa), pale lilliput
(Toxolasma cylindrellus), Cumberland
bean pearlymussel (Villosa trabalis),
purple bean (Villosa perpurpurea), blue
shiner (Cyprinella caerulea), slender
chub (Erimystax cahni), slackwater
darter (Etheostoma boschungi),
duskytail darter (Etheostoma
percnurum), jewel darter (Etheostoma
sp.), boulder darter (Etheostoma wapiti),
spotfin chub (Cyprinella monacha),
palezone shiner (Notropis albizonatus),
smoky madtom (Noturus baileyi),
yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis),
pygmy madtom (Noturus stanauli),
The applicant requests authorization
to take (harass, capture, and translocate)
gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)
for the purpose of conducting
population surveys and removing
tortoises from development sites to
suitable alternative habitat in Louisiana,
Mississippi, and Alabama.
Permit Application Number: TE
810274–11
Applicant: Peter Droppelman,
Louisville, Kentucky
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, and wing-punch, Indiana bats
(Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis
grisescens), Virginia big eared bats
(Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus),
northern long eared bats (Myotis
septentrionalis), and Ozark big-eared
bats (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens)
while conducting presence/absence
surveys and studies to document habitat
use in the following States: Alabama,
Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Maryland, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, West
Virginia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio.
Permit Application Number: TE
71613A–1
Applicant: Gary McCracken, Knoxville,
Tennessee
The applicant requests authorization
to permittee is authorized to take
(acoustical monitoring, enter
hibernacula or maternity roost caves,
salvage dead bats, capture with mist
nets or harp traps, handle, identify,
collect hair and fecal samples, conduct
radio-telemetry, and PIT-tag) Indiana
bats (Myotis sodalis), northern longeared bats (Myotis septentrionalis), and
gray bats (Myotis grisescens) while
conducting presence/absence surveys
and studies to document habitat use in
Tennessee, Missouri, and the Fern and
Sauta caves in Jackson County,
Alabama.
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amber darter (Percina antesella),
Conasauga logperch (Percina jenkinsi),
snail darter (Percina tanasi), and
blackside dace (Phoxinus
cumberlandensis), while conducting
presence and absence studies and
translocation activities throughout the
species’ ranges in the State of
Tennessee.
Permit Application Number: TE
41910B–0
Applicant: Scott Rush, Starkville,
Mississippi
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, and wing-punch) Indiana bats
(Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis
grisescens), and northern long eared
bats (Myotis septentrionalis) while
conducting presence/absence surveys
and studies to document habitat use in
Mississippi.
Permit Application Number: TE
37951B–0
Applicant: Michael LaVoie, Cherokee,
North Carolina
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, and
selectively euthanize for white nose
syndrome testing) Indiana bats (Myotis
sodalis) in Jackson, Swain, Graham, and
Cherokee Counties in North Carolina,
while conducting presence/absence
surveys, studies to document habitat
use, and population monitoring.
Permit Application Number: TE
37967B–0
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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 blood, fecal, and hair samples,
band, attach transmitters, light-tag, and
wing-punch) Indiana bats (Myotis
sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens),
Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus
townsendii virginianus), and Ozark bigeared bats (Corynorhinus
townsendiiingens) while conducting
presence/absence surveys and other
research activities throughout the
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species’ ranges in Arkansas, Alabama,
Tennessee, Georgia, and Kentucky.
Permit Application Number: TE
37652B–0
Permit Application Number: TE
37900B–0
Applicant: Bambi Teague, Asheville,
North Carolina
Applicant: Sarah Lauerman, Gainesville,
Florida
The applicant requests authorization
take (harass) the following species:
Carolina Northern flying squirrel
(Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus),
Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus
townsendii virginianus), Indiana bats
(Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis
grisescens), bog turtle (Clemmys
muhlenbergii), Roanoke logperch
(Percina rex), spruce-fir moss spider
(Microhexura montivaga), and
Mitchell’s satyr (Neonympha mitchellii)
for the purposes of conducting
population studies throughout the
species’ ranges in Virginia and North
Carolina.
The applicant requests authorization
to take (harass, nest monitor, capture,
band, and translocate) red-cockaded
woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) for the
purposes of constructing and
monitoring artificial nest cavities and
restrictors; for capturing, banding, and
translocation of birds; and for
monitoring populations and nest
cavities in Osceola National Forest.
Permit Application Number: TE
37524B–0
Applicant: Kathy Heym, Tampa Florida
The applicant requests authorization
to take (hold for veterinary) loggerhead
sea turtles (Caretta caretta), green sea
turtles (Chelonia mydas), Kemp’s Ridley
sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii),
leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys
coriacea), hawksbill sea turtles
(Eretmochelys imbricata), and Olive
ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys
olivacea) at the Florida Aquarium
located in Tampa, Florida.
Permit Application Number: TE
37530B–0
Applicant: Kelly Morrison, Nashville,
Tennessee
Permit Application Number: TE
37666B–0
The applicant requests authorization
to take (capture, identify, hold
temporarily, release, and translocate)
Nashville crayfish (Orconectes shoupi)
for the purpose of minimizing effects of
development projects on individual
specimens in Davidson and Williamson
Counties, Tennessee.
Applicant: Jessica Allen, Bronx, New
York
Permit Application Number: TE
37661B–0
The applicant requests authorization
to take (collect squamules) rock gnome
lichens (Gymnoderma lineare) for the
purpose of conducting population
genetics research in the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, the Blue
Ridge Parkway, Pisgah National Forest,
and Nantahala National Forest, North
Carolina.
Applicant: William McCartney, Morton,
Mississippi
Permit Application Number: TE
37663B–0
Applicant: Matthew Grilliot, Opelika,
Alabama
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Applicant: Rebecca Ijames, Central City,
Kentucky
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, and wing-punch)
Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats
(Myotis grisescens), and northern long
eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) while
conducting presence/absence surveys
and studies to document habitat use in
Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, Ohio,
and Missouri.
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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, and wing-punch)
Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) and
northern long-eared bats (Myotis
septentrionalis) while conducting
presence/absence surveys and studies to
document habitat use in Louisiana.
Permit Application Number: TE
105674–2
Applicant: Stephen Shurter, White Oak
Conservation Holdings LLC, Yulee,
Florida
The applicant requests authorization
to take (harass, maintain in captivity,
and release) Mississippi sandhill cranes
(Grus canadensis pulla) throughout the
species’ range in Mississippi.
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Permit Application Number: TE
39433B–0
Permit Application Number: TE
41705B–0
Applicant: Linda Edwards, Smyrna,
Georgia
Applicant: John Mulvena, Naples Zoo
Inc. Naples, Florida
The applicant requests authorization
to take (possess) the Florida panther
(Puma concolor coryi) for the purposes
of rehabilitation and public education at
the Naples Zoo in Caribbean Gardens,
Naples, Florida.
The applicant requests authorization
to take (capture, hold temporarily, and
release) the bog turtle (Glyptemys
muhlenbergii), eastern indigo snake
(Drymarchon couperi), gopher tortoise
(Gopherus polyphemus), and spotted
turtle (Clemmys guttata) for the purpose
of conducting presence/absence surveys
in Georgia.
Permit Application Number: TE
171518–1
Applicant: Norman L. Wagoner,
Ouachita National Forest, Hot Springs,
Arkansas
The applicant requests authorization
to take (survey, capture, band, radio-tag,
translocate, and install artificial
structures) the red-cockaded
woodpecker (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
Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Permit Application Number: TE
070846–3
Applicant: Jeffrey Walters, Virginia
Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
The applicant requests authorization
to take (monitor nests, capture, band,
radio-tag, collect blood, construct
cavities, and translocate) red-cockaded
woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) for the
purposes of banding juveniles and
adults, monitoring populations and nest
cavities, and for conducting basic
research and recovery activities in
Florida, North Carolina, and South
Carolina.
Permit Application Number: TE
084054–3
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Applicant: James Orr, URS Corporation,
Franklin, Tennessee
The applicant requests authorization
to take (capture, identify, release, and
translocate) Nashville crayfish
(Orconectes shoupi) and Anthony’s
river snail (Athernia anthonyi) while
conducting presence/absence surveys,
population estimates, age class
determination, and relocation activities
in Alabama and Tennessee.
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Permit Application Number: TE
056510–5
Applicant: Joseph Pechmann, Western
Carolina University, Cullowhee, North
Carolina
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his existing permit to take
(capture, examine, measure, mark, tag,
and temporarily hold) dusky gopher
frogs (Rana sevosa) for the purpose of
conducting studies to evaluate habitat
requirements.
Permit Application Number: TE
061005–3
Applicant: Rickard Myers, International
Carnivorous Plant Society Inc. Walnut
Creek, California
The applicant requests authorization
to sell in interstate commerce seeds of
cultivated green pitcher-plant
(Sarracenia oreophil), Alabama cane
break pitcher-plant (Sarracenia rubra
spp. alabamensis), mountain sweet
pitcher-plant (Sarracenia rubra spp.
jonesii), and Godrey’s butterwort
(Pinquicula ionantha) for propagation
throughout the United States.
Permit Application Number: TE
40178B–0
for the purposes of implementing
recovery activities in in the lower
Mississippi River from the mouth of the
Missouri River to the mouth of the
Mississippi River.
Permit Application Number: TE
41966B–0
Applicant: Nicole McCaskill, Sandhills
State Forest, Patrick, South Carolina
The applicant requests authorization
to take (harass, nest monitor, capture,
band, and translocate) the red-cockaded
woodpecker (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 South
Carolina’s Sand Hills State Forest.
Permit Application Number: TE
102324–2
Applicant: Thomas Dickinson, Catena
Group, Hillsborough, North Carolina
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his permit to take (collect relict
shells, capture, identify, photograph,
and release) James spinymussel
(Pleurobema collina), tar spinymussel
(Elliptio steinstansana), dwarf-wedge
mussel (Alasmidonta heterodon),
Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona
decorata), Appalachian elktoe
(Alasmidonta raveneliana), littlewing
pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), oyster
mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis), and
Cumberland bean (Villosa trabalis),
while conducting presence/absence
surveys throughout the species’ ranges
in Georgia, North Carolina, and South
Carolina.
Applicant: Eric Washington, Lexington,
Kenkucky
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, and wing-punch) Indiana bats
(Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis
grisescens), and northern long-eared bat
(Myotis septentrionalis) while
conducting presence/absence surveys
and studies to document habitat use
throughout the species’ ranges.
Permit Application Number: TE
040423–4
Permit Application Number: TE
045109–4
Applicant: Larry Wood, McClellanville,
South Carolina
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his permit to take (harass)
red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides
borealis) for the purposes of
constructing and monitoring artificial
nest cavities and restrictors; for
capturing, banding, and translocating
Applicant: Jack Killgore, US Army
ERDC WES, Vicksburg, Mississippi
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his permit to take (capture,
hold temporarily, relocate, and release)
pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus)
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Applicant: Kevin Roe, Iowa State
University, Ames, Iowa
The applicant request authorization to
take (capture, photograph, examine,
remove small appendages
(swimmerettes), and release) Kentucky
cave shrimp (Palaemonias ganteri) for
the purposes of conducting
phylogenetic studies in Mammoth Cave
National Park, Kentucky.
Permit Application Number: TE
033469–5
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birds; and for monitoring populations
and nest cavities in South Carolina,
North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas,
Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Permit Application Number: TE
100012–2
Permit Application Number: TE
066980–4
Applicant: Brandon Rutledge, JW Jones
Ecological Research Center, Newton,
Georgia
The applicant requests authorization
to take (harass) red-cockaded
woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) for the
purposes conducting restoration and
genetic research activities at the JW
Jones Ecological Research Center in
Newton, Georgia.
Permit Application Number: TE
43261B–0
Applicant: Ann Altman, South Carolina
Department of Transportation,
Columbia, South Carolina
The applicant requests authorization
to take (harass) James spinymussel
(Pleurobema collina), tar spinymussel
(Elliptio steinstansana), dwarf-wedge
mussel (Alasmidonta heterodon),
Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona
decorata), Atlantic pigtoe (Fusconaia
masoni), Brook floater (Alsmidonta
varicose), Carolina creekshell (Villosa
vaugnhiana), green floater (Lasmigona
subviridis), Savanna Lilliput
(Taxolasma pullus), and yellow
lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa) for the
purpose of conducting presence/absence
surveys in North Carolina and South
Carolina.
Permit Application Number: TE
43264B–0
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Applicant: Nicole Riddle, South
Carolina Department of Transportation,
Columbia, South Carolina
The applicant requests authorization
to (take) James spinymussel
(Pleurobema collina), tar spinymussel
(Elliptio steinstansana), dwarf-wedge
mussel (Alasmidonta heterodon),
Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona
decorata), Atlantic pigtoe (Fusconaia
masoni), Brook floater (Alsmidonta
varicose), Carolina creekshell (Villosa
vaugnhiana) green floater (Lasmigona
subviridis), Savannah lilliput
(Taxolasma pullus), and yellow
lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa) for the
purpose of conducting presence/absence
surveys in North Carolina and South
Carolina.
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Permit Application Number: TE
386424A–1
Applicant: Michael Reynolds, Share the
Beach, Gulf Shores, Alabama
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his permit to take (monitor,
photograph, excavate and relocate nests,
temporarily hold nestlings, and release
nestlings) green (Chelonia mydas),
Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempi),
and loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea
turtles while monitoring and protecting
nests, throughout the species’ ranges on
the Alabama Gulf Coast in Baldwin and
Mobile Counties, Alabama.
Applicant: Kenneth Meyer, Avian
Research and Conservation Institute,
Gainesville, Florida
The applicant requests authorization
to take (capture, weigh, measure,
examine, collect blood and tissues, sex,
band, attach scientific devices, release,
and salvage) everglades snail kites
(Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus) for
the purpose of scientific study and to
determine potential contaminant levels
in the following Florida counties:
Osceola, Polk, Glades, Palm Beach,
Hendry, Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe,
and Collier.
Permit Application Number: TE
016270–9
Applicant: Michael Barron, US Army,
Fort Benning, Georgia
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his 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 translocation of
birds; and for monitoring populations
and nest cavities at the Fort Benning
Army Base and throughout species’
range as coordinated with the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.
Permit Application Number: TE
132772–1
Applicant: John Moran, US Forest
Service, Montgomery, Alabama
The applicant requests authorization
to take (capture examine, and release)
the following species: Cahaba shiner
(Notropis cahabae), Cumberlandian
Combshell (Epioblasma brevidens),
upland Combshell (Epioblasma
metastriata), southern acornshell
(Epioblasma othcaloogensis), Coosa
moccasinshell (Medionidus parvulus),
southern clubshell (Pleurobema
decisum), dark pigtoe (Pleurobema
furvum), southern pigtoe (Pleurobema
geogianum), ovate clubshell
(Pleurobema perovatum), triangular
kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus greenii),
flat pebblesnail (Lepyrium showalteri),
lacy elimia (Elimia crenatella),
cylindrical lioplax (Lioplax
cyclostomaformis), Tulotoma snail
(Tulotoma magnifica), rush darter
(Etheostoma phytophilum), southern
sandshell (Hamiota oustralis), Alabama
pearlshell (Margaritifera marrianae),
fuzzy pigtoe (Pieurobema strodeanum),
and Southern kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus jonesi), for the
purposes of conducting land
management and basic research
activities throughout the species’ ranges
on National Forests in Alabama.
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Permit Application Number: TE
069754–5
Applicant: Gerald Dinkins, Dinkins
Biological Consulting, Powell,
Tennessee
The applicant requests authorization
to take (harass, capture, handle,
identify, release, translocate live
specimens, and collect relict shells): 211
species of mussels, while conducting
presence/absence surveys in Georgia,
Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina,
Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia,
Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, Iowa,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan,
Arkansas, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
and Maryland.
Permit Application Number: TE
069754–5
Applicant: James Godwin, Auburn
University, Auburn, Alabama
The applicant requests authorization
to renew his permit to take (capture,
harass, handle, mark, collect tissue and
bodily fluid samples, attach/insert
scientific devices, relocate, and release)
the Alabama red-bellied turtle
(Pseudemys alabamensis), eastern
indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi),
flattened musk turtle (Sternotherus
depressus), gopher tortoise (Gopherus
Polyphemus), and red hills salamander
(Phaeognathus hubrichti) in Alabama
and Mississippi.
Permit Application Number: TE
47720B–0
Applicant: Hector Perez, University of
Florida, Gainesville, Florida
The applicant requests authorization
to take (harvest immature fruits)
Harper’s beauty (Harperocallis flava)
from Apalachicola National Forest,
Liberty County, Florida, for the purpose
of cultivating seedlings at the University
of Florida Plant Science Greenhouse
Facility in Liberty County, Florida.
Cultivated seedlings will be
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reintroduced to Apalachicola National
Forest to aid in recovery and provide
information on the germination ecology
and seedling establishment of Harper’s
Fairy.
Permit Application Number: TE
816862–7
Applicant: Joseph Settles, Young and
Settles, Winchester, Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization
to take (capture, identify, tag, and
release) northern long-eared bats (Myotis
septentrionalis), Virginia big-eared bats
(Plecotus townsendii virginianus),
Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats
(Myotis grisescens), and 29 species of
freshwater mussels, for the purpose of
conducting presence/absence surveys
studies to document habitat use
throughout each species’ respective
range in reference to bats, and in the
State of Kentucky in reference to
mussels.
Permit Application Number: TE
48579B–0
Applicant: J. Erik Alford, Ecological
Solutions, Roswell, Georgia
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 and tissue samples, swab for
white nose syndrome, band, transmitter,
light-tag, and wing-punch) Indiana bats
(Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis
grisescens), and northern long-eared
bats (Myotis Septentrionalis) while
conducting presence/absence surveys
and studies to document habitat use in
Georgia.
Dated: October 9, 2014.
Michael Oetker,
Acting Regional Director, Region 4.
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Permit Application Number: TE
94704A–1
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Applicant: Dorothy Brown, Alpharetta,
Georgia
National Park Service
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, and wing-punch) Indiana bats
(Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis
grisescens), and northern long-eared
bats (Myotis Septentrionalis) while
conducting presence/absence surveys
and studies to document habitat use in
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Florida, Mississippi,
Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland, West
Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas,
Missouri, Illinois. The applicant also
requests authorization to take (capture,
handle, tag, and release) Carolina
northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys
sabrinus coloratus) and bog turtle
(Clemmys muhlenbergii) for the same
purposes and states listed above.
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Permit Application Number: TE
070800–4
Applicant: Ecological Services Inc.,
Roswell, Georgia
The applicant requests authorization
to take (capture and release) 45 species
of freshwater mussels, 11 species of
snails, 20 species of freshwater fish, and
22 species of plants for the purpose of
conducting presence/absence surveys in
Georgia.
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Notice of Meeting for Cape Cod
National Seashore Advisory
Commission
National Park Service, Interior.
Meeting Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
This notice sets forth the date
of the 296th meeting of the Cape Cod
National Seashore Advisory
Commission.
SUMMARY:
The public meeting of the Cape
Cod National Seashore Advisory
Commission will be held on Monday,
November 17, 2014, at 1:00 p.m.
(EASTERN).
DATES:
The Commission members
will meet in the conference room at park
headquarters, 99 Marconi Site Road,
Wellfleet, Massachusetts 02667.
The 296th meeting of the Cape Cod
National Seashore Advisory
Commission will take place on Monday,
November 17, 2014, at 1:00 p.m., in the
meeting room at Headquarters, 99
Marconi Station Road, in Wellfleet,
Massachusetts to discuss the following:
1. Adoption of Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes of Previous
Meeting (September 29, 2014)
3. Reports of Officers
4. Reports of Subcommittees
Update of Pilgrim Nuclear Plant
Emergency Planning Subcommittee
5. Superintendent’s Report
Nauset Spit Update
ADDRESSES:
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Kiteboarding Update
Shorebird Management Planning
National Park Service Centennial
Healthy Parks, Healthy People
Improved Properties/Town Bylaws
Herring River Wetland Restoration
Highlands Center Update
Ocean Stewardship Topics—
Shoreline Change
Climate Friendly Parks
6. Old Business
Continue Discussion of NSTAR
Spraying Plans, Clearing
Alternatives and Utility Right-ofWays
Live Lightly Campaign Progress
Report
7. New Business
Presentation of Draft Section 208
Water Quality Plan Update for Cape
Cod and CCNS Comments (Possible
Vote)
Outer Cape Bike Trail Master Plan
Update
8. Date and Agenda for Next Meeting
9. Public Comment
10. Adjournment
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Further information concerning the
meeting may be obtained from George E.
Price, Jr., Superintendent, Cape Cod
National Seashore, 99 Marconi Site
Road, Wellfleet, MA 02667, or via
telephone at (508) 771–2144.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Commission was reestablished pursuant
to Public Law 87–126, as amended by
Public Law 105–280. The purpose of the
Commission is to consult with the
Secretary of the Interior, or her
designee, with respect to matters
relating to the development of Cape Cod
National Seashore, and with respect to
carrying out the provisions of sections 4
and 5 of the Act establishing the
Seashore.
The meeting is open to the public. It
is expected that 15 persons will be able
to attend the meeting in addition to
Commission members. Interested
persons may make oral/written
presentations to the Commission during
the business meeting or file written
statements. Such requests should be
made to the park superintendent prior
to the meeting. Before including your
address, telephone number, email
address, or other personal identifying
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment—including your personal
identifying information—may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you may ask us in your comment to
withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62453-62460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24702]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2014-N214; 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 November 17, 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: David Dell, Permit Coordinator).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Romito, 10(a)(1)(A) Permit
Coordinator, telephone 404-679-7101; 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 under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),
and our regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR
17. This notice is provided under section 10(c) of the Act.
If you wish to comment, you may submit comments by any one of the
following methods. You may mail comments to the Fish and Wildlife
Service's Regional Office (see ADDRESSES 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).
Before including your address, telephone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comments, you should be
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comments to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Permit Applications
Permit Application Number: TE 083085-2
Applicant: Eric Menges, Venus, Florida
The applicant requests authorization to take (remove or reduce to
possession parts) of the pygmy fringe tree (Chionanthus pygmaeus),
scrub buckwheat (Eriogonum longifolium var. gnaphalifolium), Britton's
beargrass (Nolina brittoniana), Lewton's milkwort (Polygala lewtonii),
scrub plum (Prunus geniculata), and Florida ziziphus (Ziziphus celata),
for the purpose of conducting research and recovery activities on
federally managed lands in Highlands County, Florida.
Permit Application Number: TE 102418-2
Applicant: Paul Catlett, Starke, Florida
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(monitor nests, capture, band, release, collect nonviable eggs, and
install artificial cavities) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides
borealis) while conducting presence/absence surveys and population
management activities at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center in Starke,
Florida.
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Permit Application Number: TE 142294-3
Applicant: William Holimon, Little Rock, Arkansas
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(harass) red[hyphen]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 Ashley, Monroe, Bradley,
and Drew Counties, Arkansas.
Permit Application Number: TE-1
Applicant: Carl Dick, Bowling Green, 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, and wing-
punch) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens),
Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), Ozark
big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), Hawaiian hoary bats
(Lasiurus cinereus semotus), lesser long-nosed bats
(Leptonycteriscurasoae yerbabuenae), and Mexican long-nosed bats
(Leptonycteris nivalis) while conducting presence/absence surveys,
studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring throughout
the species' respective ranges.
Permit Application Number: TE 38397A-1
Applicant: Dr. Kathryn Craven, Savannah, Georgia
The applicant requests authorization to renew her permit to take
(harass, excavate hatched nests, collect hatched eggs, dead embryos and
hatchlings) loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), green sea turtles
(Chelonia mydas), Kemp's Ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii),
leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), and hawksbill sea
turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) while monitoring nest success and
conducting scientific research in Georgia.
Permit Application Number: TE 206784-2
Applicant: William Bailey, Searcy, Arkansas
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(capture, tag, translocate, release, and hold) American burying beetles
(Nicrophorus americanus) for the purpose of survey and collection
throughout the species' range in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Permit Application Number: TE 178643-2
Applicant: Jeffery West, Columbia, South Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(capture and temporarily hold for identification) the Carolina
heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata) while conducting presence/absence
surveys in North Carolina and South Carolina.
Permit Application Number: TE 25612A-1
Applicant: Stephen Samoray, Nashville, Tennessee
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) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens),
Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), and
Ozark big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), while conducting
presence/absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, and
population monitoring throughout the species' respective ranges.
Permit Application Number: TE 28597A-1
Applicant: Joseph Alderman, Hillsborough, North Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(harass, capture, handle, and release) the following species: Carolina
heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata), Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta
raveneliana), tar river spinymussel (Elliptio steinstansana), dwarf
wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterodon), James spinymussel (Pleurobema
collina), little wing pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), and Cape Fear
shiner (Notropis mekistocholas), for the purpose of conducting
presence/absence surveys in North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Virginia.
Permit Application Number: TE 087176-3
Applicant: David Eisenhour, Morehead, Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(harass, capture, identify, release) blackside dace (Phoxinus
cumberlandensis) while conducting presence/absence surveys in Kentucky
and Tennessee.
Permit Application Number: TE 43704A-1
Applicant: David Saugey, Jessieville, Arkansas
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) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens),
Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), and
Ozark big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), while conducting
presence/absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, and
population monitoring throughout the respective species' ranges.
Permit Application Number: TE 065756-3
Applicant: John Alderman, Pittsboro, North Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(capture, identify, and release) the following plant species: Southern
acornshell (Epioblasma othcaloogensis), purple bankclimber
(Elliptoideus sloatianus), Cumberland bean (Villosa trabalis), purple
bean (Villosa perpurpurea), green blossom (Epioblasma torulosa
gubernaculum), tubercled blossom (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa), turgid
blossom (Epioblasma turgidula), yellow blossom (Epioblasma florentina
florentina), white catspaw (Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua), clubshell
(Pleurobema clava), black clubshell (Pleurobema curtum), ovate
clubshell (Pleurobema perovatum), Southern clubshell (Pleurobema
decisum), Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma brevidens), Southern
combshell (Epioblasma penita), upland combshell (Epioblasma
metastriata), Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta raveneliana), Cumberland
elktoe (Alasmidonta atropurpurea), fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria),
Arkansas fatmucket (Lampsilis powellii), Alabama Heelsplitter
(Potamilus inflatus), Carolina Heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorate),
Higgins eye (Lampsilis higginsii), triangular kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus greenii), Alabama lampmussel (Lampsilis virescens),
pale lilliput (Toxolasma cylindrellus), winged mapleleaf (Quadrula
fragosa), Alabama moccasinshell (Medionidus acutissimus), Coosa
moccasinshell (Medionidus parvulus), gulf
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moccasinshell (Medionidus penicillatus), Ochlocknee moccasinshell
(Medionidus simpsonianus), Appalachian monkeyface (Quadrula sparsa),
Cumberland monkeyface (Quadrula intermedia), orangenacre mucket
(Lampsilis perovalis), pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta), oyster mussel
(Epioblasma capsaeformis), scaleshell mussel (Leptodea leptodon),
Louisiana pearlshell (Margaritifera hembeli), birdwing pearlymussel
(Conradilla caelata), cracking pearlymussel (Hemistena lata), Curtis
pearlymussel (Epioblasma florentina curtisii), dromedary pearlymussel
(Dromus dromas), littlewing pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), Cumberland
pigtoe (Pleurobema gibberum), dark pigtoe (Pleurobema furvum),
finerayed pigtoe (Fusconaia cuneolus), flat pigtoe (Pleurobema
marshalli), Georgia pigtoe (Pleurobema hanleyianum), heavy pigtoe
(Pleurobema taitianum), oval pigtoe (Pleurobema pyriforme), rough
pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), shiny pigtoe (Fusconaia cor), Southern
pigtoe (Pleurobema georgianum), orangefoot pimpleback (Plethobasus
cooperianus), fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax), finelined pocketbook
(Lampsilis altilis), Ouachita rock pocketbook (Arkansia wheeleri),
shinyrayed pocketbook (Lampsilis subangulata), speckled pocketbook
(Lampsilis streckeri), purple cat's paw (Epioblasma obliquata
obliquata), rough rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica strigillata),
northern riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana), tan riffleshell
(Epioblasma florentina walkeri (=E. walkeri), Ring pink (Obovaria
retusa), Chipola slabshell (Elliptio chipolaensis), James spinymussel
(Pleurobema collina), Tar River spinymussel (Elliptio steinstansana),
stirrupshell (Quadrula stapes), fat three-ridge (Amblema neislerii),
white wartyback, (Plethobasus cicatricosus), dwarf wedgemussel
(Alasmidonta heterodon), and Altamaha spinymussel (Elliptio spinosa).
The take would occur while the applicant engaged in conducting
presence/absence surveys and translocations in North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida, and Arkansas.
Permit Application Number: TE 97394A-2
Applicant: Zackary Couch, Pleasureville, Kentucky
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) Indiana bats
(Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), Northern long eared
bats (Myotis septentrionalis), and Virginia big eared bats
(Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), while conducting presence/
absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, and population
monitoring throughout the species' ranges.
Permit Application Number: TE 139474-7
Applicant: Dennis Ford, Little Rock, Arkansas
The applicant requests authorization to take (harass) the American
burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) while conducting research
activities in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas.
Permit Application Number: TE 63633A-3
Applicant: David Evers, Gorham, Maine
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) northern long-
eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) while conducting presence/absence
surveys in Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Virginia, Minnesota, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Missouri.
Permit Application Number: TE 13910A-2
Applicant: Terry Derting, Murray, 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), Virginia
big eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), Ozark big-eared
bats (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), and northern long eared bats
(Myotis septentrionalis), while conducting presence/absence surveys and
studies to document habitat use in Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio,
Indiana, and West Virginia.
Permit Application Number: TE 084047-4
Applicant: Maria Zondervan, Maitland, Florida
The applicant requests authorization to take (harass) the
red[hyphen]cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) and Florida scrub
jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) for the purposes of constructing and
monitoring artificial nest cavities and restrictors; for capturing,
banding, and the translocation of birds; and for monitoring populations
and nest cavities on lands managed by the St. John's River Management
District in Florida.
Permit Application Number: TE 092854-2
Applicant: Samuel Van Hook, Babson Park, Florida
The applicant requests authorization to take (harass and insert
artificial nest cavities) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis)
while conducting status surveys and habitat enhancement activities in
Florida.
Permit Application Number: TE 091705-3
Applicant: Peter White, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to possess (collect seeds,
spores, sporocarps, cuttings, vegetative material) Amaranthus pumilus
(sea beach amaranth), Amphianthus pusillus (little amphianthus), Arabis
serotina (shale-barren rockcress), Carex lutea (golden sedge), Clematis
socialis (Alabama leather-flower), Echinacea laevigata (smooth-purple
coneflower), Geum adiatum (Appalachian avens), Gymnoderma lineare (rock
gnome lichen), Helianthus schweinitzii (Schweinitz's sunflower),
Hexastylis naniflora (dwarf-flowered hartleaf), Hudsonia montana
(mountain golden-heartleaf), Isoetes melanospora (black-spore
quillwort), Isoetes tegetiformans (Merlin's-grass), Liatris helleri
(Heller's gayfeather), Lysimachia asperulaefolia (rough- leaved
loosestrife), Oxypolis canbyi (Canby's dropwort), Pityopsis ruthii
(Ruth's golden aster), Ptilimnium nodosum (harparella), Rhus michauxii
(Michaux's sumac), Sagittaria fasciculata (bunched arrowhead),
Sagittaria secundifolia (little river arrowhead), Sarracenia jonesii
(mountain sweet pitcher-plant), Sarracenia oreophila (green pitcher-
plant), Scutellaria montana (largeflower skullcap), Solidago spithamaea
(blue ridge goldenrod), Spiraea virginiana (Virginia spirea),
Thalictrum cooleyi
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(Cooley's meadowrue), Trifolium stoloniferum (running buffalo clover),
sensitive joint-vetch (Aeschynomene virginica), Virginia round-leaf
birch (Betula uber), Roan Mountain bluet (Hedyotis purpurea var.
montana), swamp pink (Helonias bullata), American chaffseed (Schwalbea
americana), and white irisette (Sisyrinchium dichotomum), throughout
the species' ranges on federally managed lands in North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, West Virginia,
Virginia, and Maryland.
Permit Application Number: TE 119937-3
Applicant: Susan Loeb, Clemson, South Carolina
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) Indiana bats
(Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and northern long-
eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis), while conducting presence/absence
surveys, studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring in
North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky.
Permit Application Number: TE 129703-5
Applicant: Mitch Green, Frankfort, Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization to renew his existing 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), northern
long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis), and Virginia big-eared bats
(Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) while conducting presence/absence
surveys, studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring in
Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama. The applicant also requests
authorization to take (harass) the clubshell (Pleurobema clava),
scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon), and northern riffleshell (Epioblasma
torulosa rangiana) while conducting presence/absence surveys in North
Carolina, Alabama, and West Virginia.
Permit Application Number: TE 38519A-1
Applicant: Joshua Hofkes, Tallahassee, Florida
The applicant requests authorization to take (harass, capture, and
translocate) gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) for the purpose of
conducting population surveys and removing tortoises from development
sites to suitable alternative habitat in Louisiana, Mississippi, and
Alabama.
Permit Application Number: TE 810274-11
Applicant: Peter Droppelman, Louisville, Kentucky
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, and wing-punch, Indiana
bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), Virginia big
eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), northern long eared
bats (Myotis septentrionalis), and Ozark big-eared bats (Corynorhinus
townsendii ingens) while conducting presence/absence surveys and
studies to document habitat use in the following States: Alabama,
Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio.
Permit Application Number: TE 71613A-1
Applicant: Gary McCracken, Knoxville, Tennessee
The applicant requests authorization to permittee is authorized to
take (acoustical monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost
caves, salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle,
identify, collect hair and fecal samples, conduct radio-telemetry, and
PIT-tag) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), northern long-eared bats
(Myotis septentrionalis), and gray bats (Myotis grisescens) while
conducting presence/absence surveys and studies to document habitat use
in Tennessee, Missouri, and the Fern and Sauta caves in Jackson County,
Alabama.
Permit Application Number: TE 108584-6
Applicant: Tim Nehus, Lebanon, Tennessee
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, hold
temporarily, release, and translocate) Nashville crayfish (Orconectes
shoupi), birdwing pearlymussel (Conradilla caelata), oyster mussel
(Epioblasma capsaeformis), tan riffleshell (Epioblasma walkeri),
Cumberland monkeyface (Quadrula intermedia), orangefoot pimpleback
(Plethobasus cooperianus), Cumberland elktoe (Alasmidonta
atropurpurea), Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta raveneliana), fanshell
(Cyprogenia stegaria (irrorata)), dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus
dromus), Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma brevidens), yellow-blossom
pearlymussel (Epioblasma florentina), upland combshell (Epioblasma
metastriata), Southern acornshell (Epioblasma othcaloogensis), green-
blossom pearlymussel (Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum), tuberculed-
blossom pearlymussel (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa), turgid-blossom
pearlymussel (Epioblasma turgidula), purple catspaw (Epioblasma
obliquata), fine-lined pocketbook (Lampsilis altilis), pink mucket
pearlymussel (Lampsilis abrupta), Alabama lampmussel (Lampsilis
virescens), Alabama moccasinshell (Medionidus acutissimus), Coosa
moccasinshell (Medionidus parvulus), ring-pink mussel (Obovaria
retusa), little-wing pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), white warty-back
(Plethobasus cicatricosus), clubshell (Pleurobema clava), Southern
clubshell (Pleurobema decisum), Southern pigtoe (Pleurobema
georgianum), Cumberland pigtoe (Pleurobema gibberum), ovate clubshell
(Pleurobema perovatum), rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), triangular
kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus greeni), rough rabbitsfoot (Quadrula
cylindrica strigillata), winged mapleleaf (Quadrula fragosa),
Appalachian monkeyface (Quadrula sparsa), pale lilliput (Toxolasma
cylindrellus), Cumberland bean pearlymussel (Villosa trabalis), purple
bean (Villosa perpurpurea), blue shiner (Cyprinella caerulea), slender
chub (Erimystax cahni), slackwater darter (Etheostoma boschungi),
duskytail darter (Etheostoma percnurum), jewel darter (Etheostoma sp.),
boulder darter (Etheostoma wapiti), spotfin chub (Cyprinella monacha),
palezone shiner (Notropis albizonatus), smoky madtom (Noturus baileyi),
yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis), pygmy madtom (Noturus
stanauli),
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amber darter (Percina antesella), Conasauga logperch (Percina
jenkinsi), snail darter (Percina tanasi), and blackside dace (Phoxinus
cumberlandensis), while conducting presence and absence studies and
translocation activities throughout the species' ranges in the State of
Tennessee.
Permit Application Number: TE 41910B-0
Applicant: Scott Rush, Starkville, Mississippi
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, and wing-punch) Indiana
bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and northern long
eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) while conducting presence/absence
surveys and studies to document habitat use in Mississippi.
Permit Application Number: TE 37951B-0
Applicant: Michael LaVoie, Cherokee, North Carolina
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, and
selectively euthanize for white nose syndrome testing) Indiana bats
(Myotis sodalis) in Jackson, Swain, Graham, and Cherokee Counties in
North Carolina, while conducting presence/absence surveys, studies to
document habitat use, and population monitoring.
Permit Application Number: TE 37967B-0
Applicant: Matthew Grilliot, Opelika, Alabama
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
blood, fecal, and hair samples, band, attach transmitters, light-tag,
and wing-punch) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis
grisescens), Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii
virginianus), and Ozark big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendiiingens)
while conducting presence/absence surveys and other research activities
throughout the species' ranges in Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee,
Georgia, and Kentucky.
Permit Application Number: TE 37900B-0
Applicant: Sarah Lauerman, Gainesville, Florida
The applicant requests authorization to take (harass, nest monitor,
capture, band, and translocate) red[hyphen]cockaded woodpeckers
(Picoides borealis) for the purposes of constructing and monitoring
artificial nest cavities and restrictors; for capturing, banding, and
translocation of birds; and for monitoring populations and nest
cavities in Osceola National Forest.
Permit Application Number: TE 37524B-0
Applicant: Kathy Heym, Tampa Florida
The applicant requests authorization to take (hold for veterinary)
loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), green sea turtles (Chelonia
mydas), Kemp's Ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii), leatherback
sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys
imbricata), and Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) at the
Florida Aquarium located in Tampa, Florida.
Permit Application Number: TE 37666B-0
Applicant: Jessica Allen, Bronx, New York
The applicant requests authorization to take (collect squamules)
rock gnome lichens (Gymnoderma lineare) for the purpose of conducting
population genetics research in the Great Smoky Mountains National
Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway, Pisgah National Forest, and Nantahala
National Forest, North Carolina.
Permit Application Number: TE 37663B-0
Applicant: Rebecca Ijames, Central City, Kentucky
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, and wing-punch)
Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and
northern long eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) while conducting
presence/absence surveys and studies to document habitat use in
Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, Ohio, and Missouri.
Permit Application Number: TE 37652B-0
Applicant: Bambi Teague, Asheville, North Carolina
The applicant requests authorization take (harass) the following
species: Carolina Northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus
coloratus), Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii
virginianus), Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis
grisescens), bog turtle (Clemmys muhlenbergii), Roanoke logperch
(Percina rex), spruce-fir moss spider (Microhexura montivaga), and
Mitchell's satyr (Neonympha mitchellii) for the purposes of conducting
population studies throughout the species' ranges in Virginia and North
Carolina.
Permit Application Number: TE 37530B-0
Applicant: Kelly Morrison, Nashville, Tennessee
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, identify,
hold temporarily, release, and translocate) Nashville crayfish
(Orconectes shoupi) for the purpose of minimizing effects of
development projects on individual specimens in Davidson and Williamson
Counties, Tennessee.
Permit Application Number: TE 37661B-0
Applicant: William McCartney, Morton, Mississippi
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, and wing-punch)
Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) and northern long-eared bats (Myotis
septentrionalis) while conducting presence/absence surveys and studies
to document habitat use in Louisiana.
Permit Application Number: TE 105674-2
Applicant: Stephen Shurter, White Oak Conservation Holdings LLC, Yulee,
Florida
The applicant requests authorization to take (harass, maintain in
captivity, and release) Mississippi sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis
pulla) throughout the species' range in Mississippi.
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Permit Application Number: TE 39433B-0
Applicant: Linda Edwards, Smyrna, Georgia
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, hold
temporarily, and release) the bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii),
eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi), gopher tortoise (Gopherus
polyphemus), and spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata) for the purpose of
conducting presence/absence surveys in Georgia.
Permit Application Number: TE 171518-1
Applicant: Norman L. Wagoner, Ouachita National Forest, Hot Springs,
Arkansas
The applicant requests authorization to take (survey, capture,
band, radio-tag, translocate, and install artificial structures) the
red-cockaded woodpecker (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 Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Permit Application Number: TE 070846-3
Applicant: Jeffrey Walters, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
The applicant requests authorization to take (monitor nests,
capture, band, radio-tag, collect blood, construct cavities, and
translocate) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) for the
purposes of banding juveniles and adults, monitoring populations and
nest cavities, and for conducting basic research and recovery
activities in Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
Permit Application Number: TE 084054-3
Applicant: James Orr, URS Corporation, Franklin, Tennessee
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, identify,
release, and translocate) Nashville crayfish (Orconectes shoupi) and
Anthony's river snail (Athernia anthonyi) while conducting presence/
absence surveys, population estimates, age class determination, and
relocation activities in Alabama and Tennessee.
Permit Application Number: TE 41705B-0
Applicant: John Mulvena, Naples Zoo Inc. Naples, Florida
The applicant requests authorization to take (possess) the Florida
panther (Puma concolor coryi) for the purposes of rehabilitation and
public education at the Naples Zoo in Caribbean Gardens, Naples,
Florida.
Permit Application Number: TE 056510-5
Applicant: Joseph Pechmann, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee,
North Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to renew his existing permit
to take (capture, examine, measure, mark, tag, and temporarily hold)
dusky gopher frogs (Rana sevosa) for the purpose of conducting studies
to evaluate habitat requirements.
Permit Application Number: TE 061005-3
Applicant: Rickard Myers, International Carnivorous Plant Society Inc.
Walnut Creek, California
The applicant requests authorization to sell in interstate commerce
seeds of cultivated green pitcher-plant (Sarracenia oreophil), Alabama
cane break pitcher-plant (Sarracenia rubra spp. alabamensis), mountain
sweet pitcher-plant (Sarracenia rubra spp. jonesii), and Godrey's
butterwort (Pinquicula ionantha) for propagation throughout the United
States.
Permit Application Number: TE 40178B-0
Applicant: Eric Washington, Lexington, Kenkucky
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, and wing-punch) Indiana
bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and northern
long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) while conducting presence/
absence surveys and studies to document habitat use throughout the
species' ranges.
Permit Application Number: TE 045109-4
Applicant: Jack Killgore, US Army ERDC WES, Vicksburg, Mississippi
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(capture, hold temporarily, relocate, and release) pallid sturgeon
(Scaphirhynchus albus) for the purposes of implementing recovery
activities in in the lower Mississippi River from the mouth of the
Missouri River to the mouth of the Mississippi River.
Permit Application Number: TE 41966B-0
Applicant: Nicole McCaskill, Sandhills State Forest, Patrick, South
Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to take (harass, nest monitor,
capture, band, and translocate) the red[hyphen]cockaded woodpecker
(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 South Carolina's Sand Hills State Forest.
Permit Application Number: TE 102324-2
Applicant: Thomas Dickinson, Catena Group, Hillsborough, North Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(collect relict shells, capture, identify, photograph, and release)
James spinymussel (Pleurobema collina), tar spinymussel (Elliptio
steinstansana), dwarf-wedge mussel (Alasmidonta heterodon), Carolina
heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata), Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta
raveneliana), littlewing pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), oyster mussel
(Epioblasma capsaeformis), and Cumberland bean (Villosa trabalis),
while conducting presence/absence surveys throughout the species'
ranges in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
Permit Application Number: TE 040423-4
Applicant: Kevin Roe, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
The applicant request authorization to take (capture, photograph,
examine, remove small appendages (swimmerettes), and release) Kentucky
cave shrimp (Palaemonias ganteri) for the purposes of conducting
phylogenetic studies in Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky.
Permit Application Number: TE 033469-5
Applicant: Larry Wood, McClellanville, South Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(harass) red[hyphen]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 South
Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Permit Application Number: TE 066980-4
Applicant: Brandon Rutledge, JW Jones Ecological Research Center,
Newton, Georgia
The applicant requests authorization to take (harass)
red[hyphen]cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) for the purposes
conducting restoration and genetic research activities at the JW Jones
Ecological Research Center in Newton, Georgia.
Permit Application Number: TE 43261B-0
Applicant: Ann Altman, South Carolina Department of Transportation,
Columbia, South Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to take (harass) James
spinymussel (Pleurobema collina), tar spinymussel (Elliptio
steinstansana), dwarf-wedge mussel (Alasmidonta heterodon), Carolina
heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata), Atlantic pigtoe (Fusconaia masoni),
Brook floater (Alsmidonta varicose), Carolina creekshell (Villosa
vaugnhiana), green floater (Lasmigona subviridis), Savanna Lilliput
(Taxolasma pullus), and yellow lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa) for the
purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys in North Carolina and
South Carolina.
Permit Application Number: TE 43264B-0
Applicant: Nicole Riddle, South Carolina Department of Transportation,
Columbia, South Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to (take) James spinymussel
(Pleurobema collina), tar spinymussel (Elliptio steinstansana), dwarf-
wedge mussel (Alasmidonta heterodon), Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona
decorata), Atlantic pigtoe (Fusconaia masoni), Brook floater
(Alsmidonta varicose), Carolina creekshell (Villosa vaugnhiana) green
floater (Lasmigona subviridis), Savannah lilliput (Taxolasma pullus),
and yellow lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa) for the purpose of conducting
presence/absence surveys in North Carolina and South Carolina.
Permit Application Number: TE 100012-2
Applicant: Michael Reynolds, Share the Beach, Gulf Shores, Alabama
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(monitor, photograph, excavate and relocate nests, temporarily hold
nestlings, and release nestlings) green (Chelonia mydas), Kemp's ridley
(Lepidochelys kempi), and loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtles
while monitoring and protecting nests, throughout the species' ranges
on the Alabama Gulf Coast in Baldwin and Mobile Counties, Alabama.
Permit Application Number: TE 016270-9
Applicant: Michael Barron, US Army, Fort Benning, Georgia
The applicant requests authorization to renew his 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 translocation of birds;
and for monitoring populations and nest cavities at the Fort Benning
Army Base and throughout species' range as coordinated with the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
Permit Application Number: TE 132772-1
Applicant: John Moran, US Forest Service, Montgomery, Alabama
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture examine, and
release) the following species: Cahaba shiner (Notropis cahabae),
Cumberlandian Combshell (Epioblasma brevidens), upland Combshell
(Epioblasma metastriata), southern acornshell (Epioblasma
othcaloogensis), Coosa moccasinshell (Medionidus parvulus), southern
clubshell (Pleurobema decisum), dark pigtoe (Pleurobema furvum),
southern pigtoe (Pleurobema geogianum), ovate clubshell (Pleurobema
perovatum), triangular kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus greenii), flat
pebblesnail (Lepyrium showalteri), lacy elimia (Elimia crenatella),
cylindrical lioplax (Lioplax cyclostomaformis), Tulotoma snail
(Tulotoma magnifica), rush darter (Etheostoma phytophilum), southern
sandshell (Hamiota oustralis), Alabama pearlshell (Margaritifera
marrianae), fuzzy pigtoe (Pieurobema strodeanum), and Southern
kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus jonesi), for the purposes of conducting
land management and basic research activities throughout the species'
ranges on National Forests in Alabama.
Permit Application Number: TE 386424A-1
Applicant: Kenneth Meyer, Avian Research and Conservation Institute,
Gainesville, Florida
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, weigh,
measure, examine, collect blood and tissues, sex, band, attach
scientific devices, release, and salvage) everglades snail kites
(Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus) for the purpose of scientific study
and to determine potential contaminant levels in the following Florida
counties: Osceola, Polk, Glades, Palm Beach, Hendry, Broward, Miami-
Dade, Monroe, and Collier.
Permit Application Number: TE 069754-5
Applicant: Gerald Dinkins, Dinkins Biological Consulting, Powell,
Tennessee
The applicant requests authorization to take (harass, capture,
handle, identify, release, translocate live specimens, and collect
relict shells): 211 species of mussels, while conducting presence/
absence surveys in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina,
Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio,
Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, South
Carolina, and Maryland.
Permit Application Number: TE 069754-5
Applicant: James Godwin, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(capture, harass, handle, mark, collect tissue and bodily fluid
samples, attach/insert scientific devices, relocate, and release) the
Alabama red-bellied turtle (Pseudemys alabamensis), eastern indigo
snake (Drymarchon couperi), flattened musk turtle (Sternotherus
depressus), gopher tortoise (Gopherus Polyphemus), and red hills
salamander (Phaeognathus hubrichti) in Alabama and Mississippi.
Permit Application Number: TE 47720B-0
Applicant: Hector Perez, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
The applicant requests authorization to take (harvest immature
fruits) Harper's beauty (Harperocallis flava) from Apalachicola
National Forest, Liberty County, Florida, for the purpose of
cultivating seedlings at the University of Florida Plant Science
Greenhouse Facility in Liberty County, Florida. Cultivated seedlings
will be
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reintroduced to Apalachicola National Forest to aid in recovery and
provide information on the germination ecology and seedling
establishment of Harper's Fairy.
Permit Application Number: TE 816862-7
Applicant: Joseph Settles, Young and Settles, Winchester, Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, identify,
tag, and release) northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis),
Virginia big-eared bats (Plecotus townsendii virginianus), Indiana bats
(Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and 29 species of
freshwater mussels, for the purpose of conducting presence/absence
surveys studies to document habitat use throughout each species'
respective range in reference to bats, and in the State of Kentucky in
reference to mussels.
Permit Application Number: TE 94704A-1
Applicant: Dorothy Brown, Alpharetta, Georgia
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, and wing-punch) Indiana
bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and northern
long-eared bats (Myotis Septentrionalis) while conducting presence/
absence surveys and studies to document habitat use in North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Kentucky,
Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, Missouri,
Illinois. The applicant also requests authorization to take (capture,
handle, tag, and release) Carolina northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys
sabrinus coloratus) and bog turtle (Clemmys muhlenbergii) for the same
purposes and states listed above.
Permit Application Number: TE 070800-4
Applicant: Ecological Services Inc., Roswell, Georgia
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture and release)
45 species of freshwater mussels, 11 species of snails, 20 species of
freshwater fish, and 22 species of plants for the purpose of conducting
presence/absence surveys in Georgia.
Permit Application Number: TE 48579B-0
Applicant: J. Erik Alford, Ecological Solutions, Roswell, Georgia
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 and tissue samples, swab for white nose syndrome, band,
transmitter, light-tag, and wing-punch) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis),
gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and northern long-eared bats (Myotis
Septentrionalis) while conducting presence/absence surveys and studies
to document habitat use in Georgia.
Dated: October 9, 2014.
Michael Oetker,
Acting Regional Director, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2014-24702 Filed 10-16-14; 8:45 am]
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