Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits, 48908-48909 [2015-20061]

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[FR Doc. 2015–20028 Filed 8–13–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–55–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Fish and Wildlife Service [Docket No. FWS–R7–ES–2014–0060; FF07CAMM00 FXES11130700000] Draft Polar Bear Conservation Management Plan Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of extension of public comment period. AGENCY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:50 Aug 13, 2015 Jkt 235001 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gives notice that the comment period on the draft Polar Bear Conservation Management Plan will be extended an additional 30 days. Since we announced the availability of the draft plan, we have seen significant public interest and have received a request from the State of Alaska for an extension of time to allow for public input. DATES: To ensure consideration of your comments in our preparation of the final plan, we must receive your comments and information by September 19, 2015. ADDRESSES: Document availability: The draft Polar Bear Plan is available for viewing at https://www.fws.gov/alaska/ pbrt/ or at www.regulations.gov at Docket No. FWS–R7–ES–2014–0060. Comment submission: You may submit comments on the draft Polar Bear Plan by one of the following methods: • U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Public Comments Processing, ATTN: FWS–R7– ES–2014–0060, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters, MS: BPHC, 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041– 3803; or • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments to Docket No. FWS–R7–ES–2014–0060. SUMMARY: Public Availability of Comments Before including your address, phone 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 can 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Colligan, Chief, Marine Mammals Management, by telephone at 907–786– 3800; by U.S. mail at Marine Mammals Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99503; or by email at mary_colligan@fws.gov. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 800–877–8339. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background In a final rule published in the Federal Register on May 15, 2008 (73 FR 28212), we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, listed the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) as a threatened PO 00000 Frm 00105 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). In the July 6, 2015, Federal Register (80 FR 38458), we announced the availability of a draft Polar Bear Conservation Management Plan, which is designed to meet the recovery requirements of the ESA as well as the conservation management goals of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.). We are currently soliciting public comment on this draft plan. Since we announced the availability of the draft plan, we have seen significant public interest and have received a request from the State of Alaska for an extension of time to allow for public input. Providing additional time for full consideration of the objectives for conserving the polar bear is important to our overall management effort. Therefore, we extend the current 45-day comment period by an additional 30 days. All comments received by the date specified in DATES will be considered prior to approval of this plan. For a description of the polar bear, taxonomy, distribution, status, breeding biology and habitat, and a summary of factors affecting the species, please see the final listing rule (73 FR 28212, May 15, 2008). For information regarding the draft plan, please see the July 6, 2015, notice of availability (80 FR 38458). Authority We publish this notice under ESA section 4(f) (16 U.S.C. 1533(f). Dated: July 31, 2015. Karen P. Clark, Acting Regional Director, Alaska Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. 2015–20059 Filed 8–13–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–55–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS–R4–ES–2015–N086; 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 SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\14AUN1.SGM 14AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 157 / Friday, August 14, 2015 / Notices that allows such activities. The ESA requires that we invite public comment before issuing these permits. We must receive written data or comments on the applications at the address given below by September 14, 2015. DATES: 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: James Gruhala, Permit Coordinator). ADDRESSES: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Gruhala, 10(a)(1)(A) Permit Coordinator, telephone 404–679–7097; facsimile 404–679–7081. 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. asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:50 Aug 13, 2015 Jkt 235001 Permit Applications Permit Application Number: TE 125557–2 Applicant: Barbara Allen, Mobile, Alabama The applicant requests renewal of her current permit to take (monitor, excavate, temporarily retain nestlings, release nestlings) green (Chelonia mydas), Kemp’s ridley (Lepidochelys kempi), and loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtles for the purpose of monitoring and protecting nests in Mobile and Baldwin Counties, Alabama. Permit Application Number: TE 68773B Applicant: Olivia Munzer, Cardno, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina The applicant requests a permit to take (mist-net, harp trap, handle, band, and outfit with radio transmitters) Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Ozark bigeared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) and the Florida bonneted bat (Eumops floridanus) for the purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys throughout the species respective range. Permit Application Number: TE 079863–3 Applicant: Michael Gangloff, Boone, North Carolina The applicant requests renewal of his current permit to take (hand collecting via wading and snorkeling, handle, nonlethal tissue clipping, releasing and translocating) 93 federally listed mollusks for the purpose of presence and absence surveys in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Caroline, Tennessee, and Virginia. Permit Application Number: TE 088035–1 Applicant: Hilary Swain, Archibald Expeditions, Venus, Florida The applicant requests renewal of her current permit to take (destroy, remove, harass, restore, and research) the endangered Florida perforate cladonia (Cladonia perforata), scrub mint (Dicerandra frutescens), snakeroot (Eryngium cunefolium), Highland’s scrub hypericum (Hypericum cumulicola), scrub blazingstar (Liatris ohlingerae), Britton’s beargrass (Nolina brittoniana), wireweed (Polygonella basiramia), sandlace (Polygonella myriophylla), scrub plum (Prunus geniculata), Carter’s mustard (Warea carteri), pigeon wings (Clitoria PO 00000 Frm 00106 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 48909 fragrans), scrub buckwheat (Eriogonum longifolium gnaphalifolium), and papery whitlow-wort (Paronychia chartacea) for the purpose of conducting prescribed burns for habitiat management, in the state of Florida. Permit Application Number: TE 69912B–0 Applicant: John Mikos, Biotech Consulting Inc., Orlando, Florida The applicant requests a permit to take (capture with live traps, handle, identify, and release) the federally listed Southeastern beach mouse (Peromyscus polionolus niveiventris), Perdido Key Beach Mouse (Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis), Choctawhatchee beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus allophrys), and Anastasia Island beach mouse (Peromyscus polioinotus phasma) for the purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys in the state of Florida. Permit Application Number: TE 040792–4 Applicant: Thomas Mims, United States Forest Service, New Ellenton, South Carolina The applicant requests a permit to take (translocate, capture, mark, band, and monitor populations and nest cavities) the federally endangered redcockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) for the purpose of attaining a viable population of the species in the states of Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Dated: August 7, 2015. Leopoldo Miranda, Assistant Regional Director—Ecological Services, Southeast Region. [FR Doc. 2015–20061 Filed 8–13–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–55–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. Geological Survey [GX15.WB12.C25A1.00] Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Interior. ACTION: Notice of a new information collection, Alaska Beak Deformity Observations. 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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 157 (Friday, August 14, 2015)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20061]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R4-ES-2015-N086; 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

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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 September 14, 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: James Gruhala, Permit Coordinator).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Gruhala, 10(a)(1)(A) Permit 
Coordinator, telephone 404-679-7097; facsimile 404-679-7081.

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 125557-2

Applicant: Barbara Allen, Mobile, Alabama
    The applicant requests renewal of her current permit to take 
(monitor, excavate, temporarily retain nestlings, release nestlings) 
green (Chelonia mydas), Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempi), and 
loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtles for the purpose of monitoring 
and protecting nests in Mobile and Baldwin Counties, Alabama.

Permit Application Number: TE 68773B

Applicant: Olivia Munzer, Cardno, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina
    The applicant requests a permit to take (mist-net, harp trap, 
handle, band, and outfit with radio transmitters) Indiana bat (Myotis 
sodalis), northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), gray bat 
(Myotis grisescens), Ozark big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii 
ingens), Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) 
and the Florida bonneted bat (Eumops floridanus) for the purpose of 
conducting presence/absence surveys throughout the species respective 
range.

Permit Application Number: TE 079863-3

Applicant: Michael Gangloff, Boone, North Carolina
    The applicant requests renewal of his current permit to take (hand 
collecting via wading and snorkeling, handle, non-lethal tissue 
clipping, releasing and translocating) 93 federally listed mollusks for 
the purpose of presence and absence surveys in the states of Alabama, 
Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Kentucky, North Carolina, South 
Caroline, Tennessee, and Virginia.

Permit Application Number: TE 088035-1

Applicant: Hilary Swain, Archibald Expeditions, Venus, Florida
    The applicant requests renewal of her current permit to take 
(destroy, remove, harass, restore, and research) the endangered Florida 
perforate cladonia (Cladonia perforata), scrub mint (Dicerandra 
frutescens), snakeroot (Eryngium cunefolium), Highland's scrub 
hypericum (Hypericum cumulicola), scrub blazingstar (Liatris 
ohlingerae), Britton's beargrass (Nolina brittoniana), wireweed 
(Polygonella basiramia), sandlace (Polygonella myriophylla), scrub plum 
(Prunus geniculata), Carter's mustard (Warea carteri), pigeon wings 
(Clitoria fragrans), scrub buckwheat (Eriogonum longifolium 
gnaphalifolium), and papery whitlow-wort (Paronychia chartacea) for the 
purpose of conducting prescribed burns for habitiat management, in the 
state of Florida.

Permit Application Number: TE 69912B-0

Applicant: John Mikos, Biotech Consulting Inc., Orlando, Florida
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture with live traps, 
handle, identify, and release) the federally listed Southeastern beach 
mouse (Peromyscus polionolus niveiventris), Perdido Key Beach Mouse 
(Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis), Choctawhatchee beach mouse 
(Peromyscus polionotus allophrys), and Anastasia Island beach mouse 
(Peromyscus polioinotus phasma) for the purpose of conducting presence/
absence surveys in the state of Florida.

Permit Application Number: TE 040792-4

Applicant: Thomas Mims, United States Forest Service, New Ellenton, 
South Carolina
    The applicant requests a permit to take (translocate, capture, 
mark, band, and monitor populations and nest cavities) the federally 
endangered red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) for the purpose 
of attaining a viable population of the species in the states of 
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, and 
South Carolina.

    Dated: August 7, 2015.
Leopoldo Miranda,
Assistant Regional Director--Ecological Services, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2015-20061 Filed 8-13-15; 8:45 am]
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