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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R4–ES–2014–N047; 40120–1112–
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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
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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, 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
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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,
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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.
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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.
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Applicant: Thomas Risch, Arkansas
State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas
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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.
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