Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits, 13609-13610 [2015-05896]

Download as PDF Rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 50 / Monday, March 16, 2015 / Notices along the Potomac River and to update the Council on implementation projects. Designated through an amendment to the National Trails System Act (16 U.S.C. 1241 to 1251, as amended), the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic trail consists of ‘‘a series of water routes extending approximately 3,000 miles along the Chesapeake Bay and the tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay in the States of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and in the District of Columbia,’’ tracing the 1607–1609 voyages of Captain John Smith to chart the land and waterways of the Chesapeake Bay. DATES: The Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Advisory Council will meet from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 (EASTERN). ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Murphy Hall at Westmoreland State Park, 145 Cliff Road, Montross, VA 22520. For more information, please contact the NPS Chesapeake Bay Office, 410 Severn Avenue, Suite 314, Annapolis, MD 21403, telephone (410) 260–2477. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Lucero, Partnership Coordinator, telephone (757) 258–8914 or email Christine_Lucero@nps.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is open to the public. Preregistration is required for both public attendance and comment. Any individual who wishes to attend the meeting and/or participate in the public comment session should register via email at Christine_Lucero@nps.gov or telephone (757) 258–8914. For those wishing to make comments, please provide a written summary of your comments prior to the meeting. The Designated Federal Official for the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail Advisory Council is Jonathan Doherty, Assistant Superintendent, telephone (410) 260– 2477. Comments will be taken for 30 minutes at the end of the meeting (from 2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.). Before including your address, telephone number, email address, or other personal indentifying 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. All comments will be made part of the public record and will be VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:09 Mar 13, 2015 Jkt 235001 electronically distributed to all Council members. Dated: March 10, 2015. Alma Ripps, Chief, Office of Policy. [FR Doc. 2015–05931 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–EE–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS–R4–ES–2014–N047; 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 April 15, 2015. 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: Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Marlowe, 10(a)(1)(A) Permit Coordinator, telephone 205–726–2667; facsimile 205–726–2479. 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 SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00096 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 13609 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 041314–5 Applicant: Kenneth Moore, U.S. Army, Fort Polk, Louisiana The applicant requests renewal of his current permit to take (capture, band, release, install artificial cavities and restrictors for, monitor nest cavities for, and translocate) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) on Fort Polk military base, with translocations allowed to Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana, for the enhancement of propagation and survival of the species. Permit Application Number: TE 087191–3 Applicant: Kerry Brust, Sandhills Ecological Institute, Southern Pines, North Carolina The applicant requests renewal of her current permit to take (capture, band, release, install artificial cavities and restrictors for, and monitor nest cavities for) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) in the North Carolina Sandhills—Moore, Hoke, Cumberland, Richmond, and Scotland Counties, North Carolina, and Dorchester County, South Carolina—for the enhancement of propagation and survival of the species. Permit Application Number: TE 56746B–0 Applicant: Joseph Johnson, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania The applicant requests authorization to take (capture with mist nets, handle, E:\FR\FM\16MRN1.SGM 16MRN1 13610 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 50 / Monday, March 16, 2015 / Notices weigh, measure, radio-tag, band, and release) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) in the Shoal Creek Ranger District of the Talladega National Forest in Cleburne and Calhoun Counties, Alabama, to determine presence/absence and examine the impacts of fire management and forest thinning on the species. Permit Application Number: TE 56749B–0 Applicant: Patrick Moore, Little Rock, Arkansas The applicant requests authorization to take (enter hibernacula, salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect hair samples, band, radio-tag, light-tag, wingpunch, and selectively euthanize for white-nose syndrome) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), Ozark big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), and northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) for the purposes of conducting presence/absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring throughout the following States: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. Permit Application Number: TE 822525–6 Applicant: Joe McGlincy. Southern Forestry Consultants, Bainbridge, Georgia Permit Application Number: TE 22311A–1 Rmajette on DSK2VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Applicant: Anna George, Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, Tennessee The applicant requests renewal of her current permit to take (capture, identify, take fin clips from, and release) up to 30 individuals of each of the fish species amber darter (Percina antesella), goldline darter (Percina aurolineata), snail darter (Percina tanasi), Conasauga logperch (Percina jenkinsi), blue shiner (Cyprinella caerulea), and Laurel dace (Chrosomus saylori), in Alabama, 14:09 Mar 13, 2015 Jkt 235001 Permit Application Number: TE 58576B–0 Permit Application Number: TE 38522A–1 The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, attach video and data recorder to, release, and recapture) 15 to 20 adult female leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) for the purpose of revealing new information on foraging ecology in Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, Frederiksted, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. Applicant: Michael Lacki, University of Kentucky, Georgetown, Kentucky The applicant requests renewal and amendment of his current permit to take (enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves of, salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect hair samples, band, radio-tag, light-tag, wing-punch, and selectively euthanize for white-nose syndrome) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and northern longeared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) for the purposes of conducting presence/ absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring in Kentucky. Permit Application Number: TE 207117–1 Applicant: Samuel Gaines, The South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism, Columbia, South Carolina The applicant requests renewal of his current permit to take (inspect nest cavities of) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) for the purpose of monitoring populations in Cheraw State Park and Hampton Plantation State Historic Site in Chesterfield and Charleston Counties, South Carolina. Permit Application Number: TE 075913–5 The applicant requests renewal of his current permit to take (capture, monitor, band, release, install artificial cavities for, and translocate) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) throughout the species’ range for the enhancement of propagation and survival of the species. VerDate Sep<11>2014 Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, for the purposes of conducting presence/ absence surveys and genetic analyses. Applicant: Randall Davis, Texas A&M University, Galveston, Texas Permit Application Number: TE 35313B–2 Applicant: Emma Willcox, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee The applicant requests an amendment to include additional States on her current permit to take (capture, handle, band, radio-tag, pit tag, collect hair and fecal samples of, wing punch, swab, undertake longwave ultraviolet fluorescence screening, and release) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens) and northern longeared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) for the purposes of conducting presence/ absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, population monitoring, and white-nose syndrome surveillance. The applicant requests the addition of the following States: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. Dated: March 9, 2015. Leopoldo Miranda, Assistant Regional Director- Ecological Services, Southeast Region. [FR Doc. 2015–05896 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] Applicant: Thomas Risch, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas BILLING CODE 4310–55–P The applicant requests an amendment of his current permit to add take (salvage of dead bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handling, identification, collection of hair samples, banding, radio-tagging, lighttagging wing-punching, and selectively euthanizing for white-nose syndrome) of northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) and to add the following States for purposes of conducting presence/absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. 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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R4-ES-2014-N047; 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 April 15, 2015.

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: Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Marlowe, 10(a)(1)(A) Permit 
Coordinator, telephone 205-726-2667; facsimile 205-726-2479.

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 041314-5

Applicant: Kenneth Moore, U.S. Army, Fort Polk, Louisiana
    The applicant requests renewal of his current permit to take 
(capture, band, release, install artificial cavities and restrictors 
for, monitor nest cavities for, and translocate) red-cockaded 
woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) on Fort Polk military base, with 
translocations allowed to Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and Louisiana, for 
the enhancement of propagation and survival of the species.

Permit Application Number: TE 087191-3

Applicant: Kerry Brust, Sandhills Ecological Institute, Southern Pines, 
North Carolina
    The applicant requests renewal of her current permit to take 
(capture, band, release, install artificial cavities and restrictors 
for, and monitor nest cavities for) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides 
borealis) in the North Carolina Sandhills--Moore, Hoke, Cumberland, 
Richmond, and Scotland Counties, North Carolina, and Dorchester County, 
South Carolina--for the enhancement of propagation and survival of the 
species.

Permit Application Number: TE 56746B-0

Applicant: Joseph Johnson, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture with mist 
nets, handle,

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weigh, measure, radio-tag, band, and release) Indiana bats (Myotis 
sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and northern long-eared bats 
(Myotis septentrionalis) in the Shoal Creek Ranger District of the 
Talladega National Forest in Cleburne and Calhoun Counties, Alabama, to 
determine presence/absence and examine the impacts of fire management 
and forest thinning on the species.

Permit Application Number: TE 56749B-0

Applicant: Patrick Moore, Little Rock, Arkansas
    The applicant requests authorization to take (enter hibernacula, 
salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, 
identify, collect hair samples, band, radio-tag, light-tag, wing-punch, 
and selectively euthanize for white-nose syndrome) Indiana bats (Myotis 
sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), Ozark big-eared bats 
(Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), and northern long-eared bats (Myotis 
septentrionalis) for the purposes of conducting presence/absence 
surveys, studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring 
throughout the following States: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, 
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, 
New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, 
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Permit Application Number: TE 822525-6

Applicant: Joe McGlincy. Southern Forestry Consultants, Bainbridge, 
Georgia
    The applicant requests renewal of his current permit to take 
(capture, monitor, band, release, install artificial cavities for, and 
translocate) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) throughout 
the species' range for the enhancement of propagation and survival of 
the species.

Permit Application Number: TE 22311A-1

Applicant: Anna George, Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, Tennessee
    The applicant requests renewal of her current permit to take 
(capture, identify, take fin clips from, and release) up to 30 
individuals of each of the fish species amber darter (Percina 
antesella), goldline darter (Percina aurolineata), snail darter 
(Percina tanasi), Conasauga logperch (Percina jenkinsi), blue shiner 
(Cyprinella caerulea), and Laurel dace (Chrosomus saylori), in Alabama, 
Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, for the 
purposes of conducting presence/absence surveys and genetic analyses.

Permit Application Number: TE 38522A-1

Applicant: Michael Lacki, University of Kentucky, Georgetown, Kentucky
    The applicant requests renewal and amendment of his current permit 
to take (enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves of, salvage dead 
bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect 
hair samples, band, radio-tag, light-tag, wing-punch, and selectively 
euthanize for white-nose syndrome) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray 
bats (Myotis grisescens), and northern long-eared bats (Myotis 
septentrionalis) for the purposes of conducting presence/absence 
surveys, studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring in 
Kentucky.

Permit Application Number: TE 207117-1

Applicant: Samuel Gaines, The South Carolina Department of Parks, 
Recreation & Tourism, Columbia, South Carolina
    The applicant requests renewal of his current permit to take 
(inspect nest cavities of) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) 
for the purpose of monitoring populations in Cheraw State Park and 
Hampton Plantation State Historic Site in Chesterfield and Charleston 
Counties, South Carolina.

Permit Application Number: TE 075913-5

Applicant: Thomas Risch, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas
    The applicant requests an amendment of his current permit to add 
take (salvage of dead bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, 
handling, identification, collection of hair samples, banding, radio-
tagging, light-tagging wing-punching, and selectively euthanizing for 
white-nose syndrome) of northern long-eared bats (Myotis 
septentrionalis) and to add the following States for purposes of 
conducting presence/absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, 
and population monitoring: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, 
Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, 
Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, 
Virginia, and West Virginia.

Permit Application Number: TE 58576B-0

Applicant: Randall Davis, Texas A&M University, Galveston, Texas
    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, attach video 
and data recorder to, release, and recapture) 15 to 20 adult female 
leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) for the purpose of 
revealing new information on foraging ecology in Sandy Point National 
Wildlife Refuge, Frederiksted, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands.

Permit Application Number: TE 35313B-2

Applicant: Emma Willcox, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
    The applicant requests an amendment to include additional States on 
her current permit to take (capture, handle, band, radio-tag, pit tag, 
collect hair and fecal samples of, wing punch, swab, undertake longwave 
ultraviolet fluorescence screening, and release) Indiana bats (Myotis 
sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens) and northern long-eared bats 
(Myotis septentrionalis) for the purposes of conducting presence/
absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, population 
monitoring, and white-nose syndrome surveillance. The applicant 
requests the addition of the following States: Alabama, Arkansas, 
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, 
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia.

    Dated: March 9, 2015.
Leopoldo Miranda,
Assistant Regional Director- Ecological Services, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2015-05896 Filed 3-13-15; 8:45 am]
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