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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R4–ES–2016–N103]
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 July 20, 2016.
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,
Ecological Services, 1875 Century
Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30345
(Attn: Karen Marlowe, Acting Permit
Coordinator).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Marlowe, Acting 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,
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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.
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trissyllepsis) for presence/absence
surveys; and take (scope burrows)
gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus)
for presence/absence surveys in
Baldwin and Mobile Counties, Alabama.
Permit Application Number: TE
070796–8
Applicant: Apogee Environmental &
Archaeological, Inc., Whitesburg, KY
Permit Applications
The applicant requests an amendment
of their current permit to take (capture
with mist net or harp trap, enter
hibernacula and roosts, band; radio-tag;
and wing punch) Ozark big-eared bat
(Corynorhinus townsendii ingens) for
the purpose of conducting presence/
absence surveys throughout the range of
the species.
Permit Application Number: TE
56749B–1
Permit Application Number: TE
98532B–0
Applicant: Patrick R. Moore, Little Rock,
AR
Applicant: John A. Fridell, Weaverville,
NC
The applicant requests an amendment
of his current permit to add
authorization to take (enter hibernacula
or maternity roost caves, salvage dead
bats, capture with mist nets or harp
traps, handle, identify, collect hair
samples, band, radio tag, light-tag, swab,
and wing-punch) Virginia big-eared bat
(Corynorhinus (=plecotus) townsendii
virginianus) in addition to conducting
those activities with the Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis), gray bat (Myotis
grisescens), northern long-eared bat
(Myotis septentrionalis), and Ozark bigeared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii
ingens) and to add authorization to
conduct all activities in the states of
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Maryland,
Vermont, New Jersey, and Delaware for
scientific research aimed at recovery of
the species, such as presence/absence
surveys, studies to document habitat
use, population monitoring, and
evaluation of potential impacts of whitenose syndrome or other threats.
The applicant requests a permit to
take (capture, identify, tag, release, and
salvage relict shells) Appalachian elktoe
(Alasmidonta raveneliana), Carolina
heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata), dwarf
wedgemussel (Alasmidonta
heterondon), James River spinymussel
(Pleurobema collina), little-wing
pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), Tar River
spinymussel (Elliptio steinstansana),
and noonday globe (Patera clarki
nantahala) in North Carolina and South
Carolina for qualitative and quantitative
surveys, relocation and monitoring
efforts, and other scientific research to
promote management and recovery of
the species.
Permit Application Number: TE
125557–2
Applicant: Barbara P. Allen, Gulf
Shores, AL
The applicant requests renewal of her
permit to continue the following
activities: Take (monitor nests, excavate,
temporarily retain nestlings, and
relocate) Kemp’s ridley sea turtles
(Lepidochelys kempii), loggerhead sea
turtles (Caretta caretta), and green sea
turtles (Chelonia mydas) for purposes of
monitoring and protecting nests; take
(capture, mark, and release); Alabama
beach mice (Peromyscus polionotus
ammobates) and Perdido Key beach
mice (Peromyscus polionotus
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Permit Application Number: TE
810274–12
Applicant: Eco-Tech Consultants, Inc.,
Frankfort, KY
The applicant requests renewal of
their permit to take (enter hibernacula
or maternity roost caves, salvage dead
bats, capture with mist nets or harp
traps, handle, identify, collect hair
samples, band, radio-tag, 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, studies to
document habitat use, and population
monitoring; take (capture, identify,
release) blackside dace (Phoxinus
cumberlandensis), Citico darter
(Etheostoma sitikuense), Cumberland
arrow darter (Etheostoma sagitta
sagitta), Cumberland darter (Etheostoma
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susannae), diamond darter (Crystallaria
cincotta), duskytail darter (Etheostoma
percnurum), Kentucky arrow darter
(Etheostoma sagitta spilotum), marbled
darter (Etheostoma marmorpinnum),
palezone shiner (Notropis albizonatus),
snail darter (Percina tanasi), and tuxedo
darter (Etheostoma lemniscatum) while
conducting presence/absence surveys;
and take (capture, identify, release,
collect relict shells) 53 endangered and
threatened species of freshwater
mussels while conducting presence/
absence surveys. Activities are
permitted in 39 states.
Permit Application Number: TE
114069–3
Applicant: Fairchild Tropical Botanic
Garden, Coral Gables, FL
The applicant requests renewal and
amendment of their current permit to
continue collection of seeds and
cuttings (removal and reduction to
possession) of Key tree cactus
(Pilosocereus robinii), Garber’s spurge
(Chamaesyce garberi), Cape Sable
thoroughwort (Chromolaena frustrate),
Vahl’s boxwood (Buxus vahlii),
Catesbaea melanocarpa (no common
name), and Agave eggersiana (no
common name) and add authorization
to collect seeds and cuttings of Florida
semaphore cactus (Consolea
corallicola), Calyptranthes thomasiana
(no common name), and St. Thomas
prickly ash (Zanthoxylum
thomasianum), along with the proposed
endangered sand flax (Linum arenicola),
Big Pine partridge pea (Chamaecrista
lineata var. keyensis), wedge spurge
(Euphorbia (Chamaesyce) deltoidea ssp.
serpyllum), and the proposed threatened
Blodgett’s silverbush (Argythamnia
blodgetii) from Key West National
Wildlife Refuge, Crocodile Lake
National Wildlife Refuge, National Key
Deer Refuge, Everglades National Park,
and Virgin Islands National Park for
propagation, conducting genetic studies,
and long-term seed storage.
parvulus), fine-lined pocketbook
(Lampsilis altilis), southern pigtoe
(Pleurobema georgianum), Alabama
moccasinshell (Medionidus
acutissimus), fat threeridge (Amblema
neisleri), purple bankclimber
(Elliptoideus sloatianus), shiny-rayed
pocketbook (Hamiota subangulata), gulf
moccasinshell (Medionidus
penicillatus), oval pigtoe (Pleurobema
pyriforme), and cylindrical lioplax
(Lioplax cyclostomaformis) for
presence/absence surveys in Georgia.
Permit Application Number: TE
98596B–0
Applicant: Sarah E. Veselka, Fairmont,
WV
The applicant requests a permit to
take (capture, handle, release) pink
mucket pearly mussel (Lampsilis
abrupta), northern riffleshell
(Epioblasma torulosa rangiana),
fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), clubshell
(Pleurobema clava), snuffbox
(Epioblasma triquetra), rayed bean
(Villosa fabalis), spectaclecase
(Cumberlandia monodonta), sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus), and rabbitsfoot
(Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica) for
presence/absence surveys throughout
the species’ ranges.
Permit Application Number: TE
064856–3
Applicant: Trent A. Farris, Gulf Shores,
AL
The applicant requests renewal of his
permit to take (trap, mark, examine, and
release) Alabama beach mouse
(Peromyscus polionotus ammobates),
Perdido Key beach mouse (Peromyscus
polionotus trissyllepsis), Choctawatchee
beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus
allophrys), and St. Andrew beach mouse
(Peromyscus polionotus peninsularis)
for presence/absence surveys in
Alabama and Florida.
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Permit Application Number: TE
089074–3
Permit Application Number: TE
834070–3
Applicant: Corblu Ecology Group, LLC,
Woodstock, GA
The applicant requests renewal of
their permit to take (capture, identify,
release) blue shiner (Cyprineila
caerulea), Etowah darter (Etheostoma
etowahae), Cherokee darter (Etheostoma
scotti), amber darter (Percina antesella),
goldline darter (Percina aurolineata),
Conasauga logperch (Percina jenkinsi),
eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon
corais couperi) and take (capture,
identify, release, collect relict shells)
Coosa moccasinshell (Medionidus
Applicant: Point Defiance Zoo &
Aquarium, Tacoma, WA
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The applicant requests renewal of
their current permit to continue to
cooperate with the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service in the captive
propagation and reintroduction of the
red wolf (Canis rufus), which may
include take (capture, handle, tag, and
release) in addition to the normal
husbandry activities carried out by the
permittee for which no permit is
required.
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Dated: June 13, 2016.
Leopoldo Miranda,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological
Services, Southeast Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2016-N103]
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 July 20, 2016.
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, Ecological Services, 1875 Century Boulevard,
Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30345 (Attn: Karen Marlowe, Acting Permit
Coordinator).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Marlowe, Acting 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 56749B-1
Applicant: Patrick R. Moore, Little Rock, AR
The applicant requests an amendment of his current permit to add
authorization to take (enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves,
salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle,
identify, collect hair samples, band, radio tag, light-tag, swab, and
wing-punch) Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus (=plecotus) townsendii
virginianus) in addition to conducting those activities with the
Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), gray bat (Myotis grisescens), northern
long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), and Ozark big-eared bat
(Corynorhinus townsendii ingens) and to add authorization to conduct
all activities in the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Maryland,
Vermont, New Jersey, and Delaware for scientific research aimed at
recovery of the species, such as presence/absence surveys, studies to
document habitat use, population monitoring, and evaluation of
potential impacts of white-nose syndrome or other threats.
Permit Application Number: TE 125557-2
Applicant: Barbara P. Allen, Gulf Shores, AL
The applicant requests renewal of her permit to continue the
following activities: Take (monitor nests, excavate, temporarily retain
nestlings, and relocate) Kemp's ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys
kempii), loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), and green sea
turtles (Chelonia mydas) for purposes of monitoring and protecting
nests; take (capture, mark, and release); Alabama beach mice
(Peromyscus polionotus ammobates) and Perdido Key beach mice
(Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis) for presence/absence surveys; and
take (scope burrows) gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) for
presence/absence surveys in Baldwin and Mobile Counties, Alabama.
Permit Application Number: TE 070796-8
Applicant: Apogee Environmental & Archaeological, Inc., Whitesburg, KY
The applicant requests an amendment of their current permit to take
(capture with mist net or harp trap, enter hibernacula and roosts,
band; radio-tag; and wing punch) Ozark big-eared bat (Corynorhinus
townsendii ingens) for the purpose of conducting presence/absence
surveys throughout the range of the species.
Permit Application Number: TE 98532B-0
Applicant: John A. Fridell, Weaverville, NC
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, identify, tag,
release, and salvage relict shells) Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta
raveneliana), Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata), dwarf
wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterondon), James River spinymussel
(Pleurobema collina), little-wing pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), Tar
River spinymussel (Elliptio steinstansana), and noonday globe (Patera
clarki nantahala) in North Carolina and South Carolina for qualitative
and quantitative surveys, relocation and monitoring efforts, and other
scientific research to promote management and recovery of the species.
Permit Application Number: TE 810274-12
Applicant: Eco-Tech Consultants, Inc., Frankfort, KY
The applicant requests renewal of their permit to take (enter
hibernacula or maternity roost caves, salvage dead bats, capture with
mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect hair samples, band,
radio-tag, 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, studies to document
habitat use, and population monitoring; take (capture, identify,
release) blackside dace (Phoxinus cumberlandensis), Citico darter
(Etheostoma sitikuense), Cumberland arrow darter (Etheostoma sagitta
sagitta), Cumberland darter (Etheostoma
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susannae), diamond darter (Crystallaria cincotta), duskytail darter
(Etheostoma percnurum), Kentucky arrow darter (Etheostoma sagitta
spilotum), marbled darter (Etheostoma marmorpinnum), palezone shiner
(Notropis albizonatus), snail darter (Percina tanasi), and tuxedo
darter (Etheostoma lemniscatum) while conducting presence/absence
surveys; and take (capture, identify, release, collect relict shells)
53 endangered and threatened species of freshwater mussels while
conducting presence/absence surveys. Activities are permitted in 39
states.
Permit Application Number: TE 114069-3
Applicant: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, FL
The applicant requests renewal and amendment of their current
permit to continue collection of seeds and cuttings (removal and
reduction to possession) of Key tree cactus (Pilosocereus robinii),
Garber's spurge (Chamaesyce garberi), Cape Sable thoroughwort
(Chromolaena frustrate), Vahl's boxwood (Buxus vahlii), Catesbaea
melanocarpa (no common name), and Agave eggersiana (no common name) and
add authorization to collect seeds and cuttings of Florida semaphore
cactus (Consolea corallicola), Calyptranthes thomasiana (no common
name), and St. Thomas prickly ash (Zanthoxylum thomasianum), along with
the proposed endangered sand flax (Linum arenicola), Big Pine partridge
pea (Chamaecrista lineata var. keyensis), wedge spurge (Euphorbia
(Chamaesyce) deltoidea ssp. serpyllum), and the proposed threatened
Blodgett's silverbush (Argythamnia blodgetii) from Key West National
Wildlife Refuge, Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, National Key
Deer Refuge, Everglades National Park, and Virgin Islands National Park
for propagation, conducting genetic studies, and long-term seed
storage.
Permit Application Number: TE 089074-3
Applicant: Corblu Ecology Group, LLC, Woodstock, GA
The applicant requests renewal of their permit to take (capture,
identify, release) blue shiner (Cyprineila caerulea), Etowah darter
(Etheostoma etowahae), Cherokee darter (Etheostoma scotti), amber
darter (Percina antesella), goldline darter (Percina aurolineata),
Conasauga logperch (Percina jenkinsi), eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon
corais couperi) and take (capture, identify, release, collect relict
shells) Coosa moccasinshell (Medionidus parvulus), fine-lined
pocketbook (Lampsilis altilis), southern pigtoe (Pleurobema
georgianum), Alabama moccasinshell (Medionidus acutissimus), fat
threeridge (Amblema neisleri), purple bankclimber (Elliptoideus
sloatianus), shiny-rayed pocketbook (Hamiota subangulata), gulf
moccasinshell (Medionidus penicillatus), oval pigtoe (Pleurobema
pyriforme), and cylindrical lioplax (Lioplax cyclostomaformis) for
presence/absence surveys in Georgia.
Permit Application Number: TE 98596B-0
Applicant: Sarah E. Veselka, Fairmont, WV
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, release)
pink mucket pearly mussel (Lampsilis abrupta), northern riffleshell
(Epioblasma torulosa rangiana), fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria),
clubshell (Pleurobema clava), snuffbox (Epioblasma triquetra), rayed
bean (Villosa fabalis), spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta),
sheepnose (Plethobasus cyphyus), and rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica
cylindrica) for presence/absence surveys throughout the species'
ranges.
Permit Application Number: TE 064856-3
Applicant: Trent A. Farris, Gulf Shores, AL
The applicant requests renewal of his permit to take (trap, mark,
examine, and release) Alabama beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus
ammobates), Perdido Key beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus
trissyllepsis), Choctawatchee beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus
allophrys), and St. Andrew beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus
peninsularis) for presence/absence surveys in Alabama and Florida.
Permit Application Number: TE 834070-3
Applicant: Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Tacoma, WA
The applicant requests renewal of their current permit to continue
to cooperate with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the captive
propagation and reintroduction of the red wolf (Canis rufus), which may
include take (capture, handle, tag, and release) in addition to the
normal husbandry activities carried out by the permittee for which no
permit is required.
Dated: June 13, 2016.
Leopoldo Miranda,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2016-14552 Filed 6-17-16; 8:45 am]
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