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Applicant
TE38856A ........
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Application No.
Skelly & Loy, Inc ..........
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Dated: November 15, 2016.
Paul Phifer,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological
Services, Northeast Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R3–ES–2016–N190;
FXES11130300000–178–FF03E00000]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Permit Applications
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comments.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications
for a permit to conduct activities
intended to enhance the survival of
endangered or threatened species.
Federal law prohibits certain activities
with endangered species unless a permit
is obtained.
DATES: We must receive any written
comments on or before December 27,
2016.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments by
U.S. mail to the Regional Director, Attn:
Carlita Payne, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Ecological Services, 5600
American Blvd. West, Suite 990,
Bloomington, MN 55437–1458; or by
electronic mail to permitsR3ES@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carlita Payne, (612) 713–5343.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
The Endangered Species Act of 1973
(ESA), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
Species
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Applications Available for Review and
Comment
We invite local, State, Tribal, and
Federal agencies and the public to
comment on the following applications.
Please refer to the permit number when
you submit comments. Documents and
other information the applicants have
submitted with the applications are
available for review, subject to the
requirements of the Privacy Act (5
U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
Permit Applications
Proposed activities in the following
permit requests are for the recovery and
enhancement of survival of the species
in the wild.
Location
Indiana bat (Myotis
sodalis), northern
long-eared bat
(Myotis
septentrionalis), Virginia big eared bat
(Corynorhinus
townsendii
virginianus).
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seq.), prohibits certain activities with
endangered and threatened species
unless the activities are specifically
authorized by a Federal permit. The
ESA and our implementing regulations
in part 17 of title 50 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) provide for
the issuance of such permits and require
that we invite public comment before
issuing permits for activities involving
endangered species.
A permit granted by us under section
10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA authorizes the
permittee to conduct activities with U.S.
endangered or threatened species for
scientific purposes, enhancement of
propagation or survival, or interstate
commerce (the latter only in the event
that it facilitates scientific purposes or
enhancement of propagation or
survival). Our regulations implementing
section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA for these
permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22 for
endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR
17.32 for threatened wildlife species, 50
CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species,
and 50 CFR 17.72 for threatened plant
species.
Activity
Type of take
Permit action
Rangewide ...................
Conduct presence/absence surveys, document habitat use,
conduct population
monitoring, evaluate
impacts.
Capture, handle, radiotag, release.
Amend, renew.
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Application No.
Applicant
Species
TE11135C ........
Herpetological Resource and Management, LLC.
TE11145C ........
Lisa Kleinschmidt .........
Copperbelly water
snake (Nerodia
erythrogaster
neglecta), Eastern
massasauga
(Sistrurus catenatus
catenatus), Karner
blue butterfly
(Lycaeides melissa
samuelis), Mitchell’s
satyr butterfly
(Neonympha
mitchellii mitchellii),
Poweshiek
skipperling butterfly
(Oarisma poweshiek),
Pitcher’s Thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri),
Dwarf Lake Iris (Iris
lacustris), Michigan
monkey flower
(Mimulus
michiganensis), and
Eastern prairie
fringed orchid
(Platanthera
leucophaea).
Indiana bat, northern
long-eared bat, gray
bat (Myotis
grisescens).
TE11170C ........
Ashleigh Cable .............
Indiana bat, northern
long-eared bat, gray
bat.
Illinois ...........................
TE174388 ........
Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo
Area.
Karner blue butterfly
(Lycaeides melissa
samuelis).
Ohio .............................
TE64241B ........
Barker Lemar Engineering Consultants.
Indiana bat, northern
long-eared bat.
Illinois, Iowa .................
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
National Environmental Policy Act
The proposed activities in the
requested permits qualify as categorical
exclusions under the National
Environmental Policy Act, as provided
by Department of the Interior
implementing regulations in part 46 of
title 43 of the CFR (43 CFR 46.205,
46.210, and 46.215).
Public Availability of Comments
We seek public review and comments
on these permit applications. Please
refer to the permit number when you
submit comments. Comments and
materials we receive in response to this
notice are available for public
inspection, by appointment, during
normal business hours at the address
listed above in ADDRESSES.
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
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Location
Activity
Permit action
Michigan, Indiana, IlliSurvey and Monitoring,
nois, Wisconsin, Ohio.
Habitat mapping and
assessment.
Capture and release ....
New.
Rangewide ...................
Capture, handle, radiotag, harp trap, release.
New.
Capture, handle, radiotag, harp trap, release.
New.
Conservation and species management.
Renew.
Capture, handle, radiotag, release.
Amend.
Conduct presence/absence surveys, document habitat use,
conduct population
monitoring, evaluate
impacts.
Conduct presence/absence surveys, document habitat use,
conduct population
monitoring, evaluate
impacts.
Conduct habitat management for the benefit of the species;
document habitat use.
Conduct presence/absence surveys, document habitat use,
conduct population
monitoring, evaluate
impacts.
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.
Authority: We provide this notice under
section 10 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: November 18, 2016.
Lori H. Nordstrom,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological
Services, Midwest Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–LE–2016–N182; FF09L00200–FX–
LE18110900000]
Freedom of Information Act; Notice of
Lawsuit
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service seeks information about
potential objections to the public release
of possibly confidential information
regarding import and export activities
tracked via the Service’s Law
Enforcement Management Information
System. We issue this notice and solicit
this information in response to a lawsuit
under the Freedom of Information Act.
DATES: You must submit comments on
or before December 16, 2016.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R3-ES-2016-N190; FXES11130300000-178-FF03E00000]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Permit
Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications for a permit to conduct
activities intended to enhance the survival of endangered or threatened
species. Federal law prohibits certain activities with endangered
species unless a permit is obtained.
DATES: We must receive any written comments on or before December 27,
2016.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments by U.S. mail to the Regional Director,
Attn: Carlita Payne, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological
Services, 5600 American Blvd. West, Suite 990, Bloomington, MN 55437-
1458; or by electronic mail to permitsR3ES@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carlita Payne, (612) 713-5343.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), as amended (16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.), prohibits certain activities with endangered and
threatened species unless the activities are specifically authorized by
a Federal permit. The ESA and our implementing regulations in part 17
of title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) provide for the
issuance of such permits and require that we invite public comment
before issuing permits for activities involving endangered species.
A permit granted by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA
authorizes the permittee to conduct activities with U.S. endangered or
threatened species for scientific purposes, enhancement of propagation
or survival, or interstate commerce (the latter only in the event that
it facilitates scientific purposes or enhancement of propagation or
survival). Our regulations implementing section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA
for these permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22 for endangered wildlife
species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.62 for
endangered plant species, and 50 CFR 17.72 for threatened plant
species.
Applications Available for Review and Comment
We invite local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies and the public
to comment on the following applications. Please refer to the permit
number when you submit comments. Documents and other information the
applicants have submitted with the applications are available for
review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a)
and Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
Permit Applications
Proposed activities in the following permit requests are for the
recovery and enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Application No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of take Permit action
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TE38856A............. Skelly & Loy, Inc... Indiana bat (Myotis Rangewide........... Conduct presence/ Capture, handle, Amend, renew.
sodalis), northern absence surveys, radio-tag, release.
long-eared bat document habitat
(Myotis use, conduct
septentrionalis), population
Virginia big eared monitoring,
bat (Corynorhinus evaluate impacts.
townsendii
virginianus).
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TE11135C............. Herpetological Copperbelly water Michigan, Indiana, Survey and Capture and release New.
Resource and snake (Nerodia Illinois, Monitoring, Habitat
Management, LLC. erythrogaster Wisconsin, Ohio. mapping and
neglecta), Eastern assessment.
massasauga
(Sistrurus
catenatus
catenatus), Karner
blue butterfly
(Lycaeides melissa
samuelis),
Mitchell's satyr
butterfly
(Neonympha
mitchellii
mitchellii),
Poweshiek
skipperling
butterfly (Oarisma
poweshiek),
Pitcher's Thistle
(Cirsium pitcheri),
Dwarf Lake Iris
(Iris lacustris),
Michigan monkey
flower (Mimulus
michiganensis), and
Eastern prairie
fringed orchid
(Platanthera
leucophaea).
TE11145C............. Lisa Kleinschmidt... Indiana bat, Rangewide........... Conduct presence/ Capture, handle, New.
northern long-eared absence surveys, radio-tag, harp
bat, gray bat document habitat trap, release.
(Myotis grisescens). use, conduct
population
monitoring,
evaluate impacts.
TE11170C............. Ashleigh Cable...... Indiana bat, Illinois............ Conduct presence/ Capture, handle, New.
northern long-eared absence surveys, radio-tag, harp
bat, gray bat. document habitat trap, release.
use, conduct
population
monitoring,
evaluate impacts.
TE174388............. Metropolitan Park Karner blue Ohio................ Conduct habitat Conservation and Renew.
District of the butterfly management for the species management.
Toledo Area. (Lycaeides melissa benefit of the
samuelis). species; document
habitat use.
TE64241B............. Barker Lemar Indiana bat, Illinois, Iowa...... Conduct presence/ Capture, handle, Amend.
Engineering northern long-eared absence surveys, radio-tag, release.
Consultants. bat. document habitat
use, conduct
population
monitoring,
evaluate impacts.
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National Environmental Policy Act
The proposed activities in the requested permits qualify as
categorical exclusions under the National Environmental Policy Act, as
provided by Department of the Interior implementing regulations in part
46 of title 43 of the CFR (43 CFR 46.205, 46.210, and 46.215).
Public Availability of Comments
We seek public review and comments on these permit applications.
Please refer to the permit number when you submit comments. Comments
and materials we receive in response to this notice are available for
public inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the
address listed above in ADDRESSES.
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.
Authority: We provide this notice under section 10 of the ESA
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: November 18, 2016.
Lori H. Nordstrom,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. 2016-28346 Filed 11-23-16; 8:45 am]
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