Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications, 38699-38701 [2017-17208]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R4–ES–2017–N080;
FXES11140400000–178–FF04E00000]
Endangered Species Recovery Permit
Applications
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit
applications; request for comment.
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
(Act) prohibits activities with listed
species unless a Federal permit is issued
that allows such activities. The Act
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 in ADDRESSES by
September 14, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Reviewing Documents:
Documents and other information
submitted with the applications are
SUMMARY:
Permit application
No.
Applicant
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 Regional
Office, Ecological Services, 1875
Century Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30345
(Attn: Karen Marlowe, Permit
Coordinator).
Submitting Comments: If you wish to
comment, you may submit comments by
any one of the following methods:
• U.S. mail or hand-delivery: U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service’s Regional
Office (see above).
• Email: permitsR4ES@fws.gov.
Please include your name and return
address in your email message. If you do
not receive a confirmation from the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service that we have
received your email message, contact us
directly at the telephone number listed
in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator,
(404) 679–7097 (telephone) or (404)
679–7081 (fax).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We invite
review and comment from local, State,
and Federal agencies and the public on
applications we have received 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.; Act),
and our regulations in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR
part 17. With some exceptions, the Act
prohibits activities with listed species
unless a Federal permit is issued that
allows such activities. The Act requires
that we invite public comment before
issuing these permits.
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.
Permit Applications
Species/numbers
Location
Activity
Type of take
Permit action
Ft. Gordon, Ft. Stewart, and Ft.
Benning, GA; Apalachicola and Ocala
National Forests,
FL; Fort Bragg, NC.
Florida .......................
Population enhancement,
management,
and monitoring.
Construct and install
artificial nest cavities and restrictors;
monitor nest cavities; capture, band,
and translocate.
Capture, band, mark,
radio-tag, measure,
collect feather samples, release, and
monitor.
Capture, examine,
and release.
Renewal.
TE 38792A–2 .....
U.S. Army, Fort
Gordon, Fort
Gordon, GA.
Red-cockaded
woodpecker
(Picoides borealis)/Unlimited.
TE 55292B–1 .....
University of Florida, Gainesville,
FL.
Everglade snail kite (Rostrhamus
sociabilis plumbeus)/Unlimited.
TE 069280–5 ......
Alabama Department of Transportation, Montgomery, AL.
Bruce Stallsmith,
Univ. of Alabama
in Hunstville,
Huntsville, AL.
Robert Montgomery, Dare
County Bomb
Range, Stumpy
Point, NC.
Alabama
beach
mouse
(Peromyscus
polionotus
ammobates)/Unlimited.
Alabama ....................
Presence/absence
surveys.
Palezone
shiner
(Notropis
albizonatus)/50 individuals.
Alabama, Kentucky ...
DNA analyses for
research on genetic diversity.
Capture, collect fin
clips, and release.
New.
Red-cockaded
woodpecker
(Picoides borealis)/Unlimited.
North Carolina ...........
Population enhancement,
management,
and monitoring.
Construct and install
artificial nest cavities and restrictors;
monitor nest cavities; capture, band,
and translocate.
Renewal.
TE 28975C–0 .....
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TE 055241–3 ......
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Renewal.
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Permit application
No.
Applicant
Species/numbers
Location
Activity
Type of take
Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat (M. sodalis), and
northern long-eared bat (M.
septentrionalis)/Unlimited.
Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New
York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Virginia, Vermont,
West Virginia, and
Wisconsin.
Florida, Georgia,
North Carolina, and
South Carolina.
Presence/absence
surveys.
Mist-net, harp trap,
handle, band, radiotag, wing-punch,
and release.
New.
Presence/absence
surveys.
Capture, identify, release, and salvage
shells.
Renewal and
amendment.
Marissa Thalken,
Aurora, CO.
TE 063179–6 ......
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TE 30733C–0 .....
Edwards-Pitman
Amber darter (Percina antesella),
Environmental,
blue
shiner
(Cyprinella
Inc., Smyrna, GA.
caerulea), Cherokee darter
(Etheostoma
scotti),
Conasauga logperch (Percina
jenkinsi),
Etowah
darter
(Etheostoma
etowahae),
goldline
darter
(Percina
aurolineata),
snail
darter
(Percina
tanasi),
Alabama
moccasinshell
(Medionidus
acutissimus),
Altamaha
spinymussel (Elliptio spinosa),
Carolina
heelsplitter
(Lasmigona decorata), Choctaw
bean
(Villosa
choctawensis),
Coosa
moccasinshell
(Medionidus
parvulus),
fat
threeridge
(Amblema neislerii), fine-lined
pocketbook (Lampsilis altilis),
fuzzy
pigtoe
(Pleurobema
strodeanum), Georgia pigtoe
(Pleurobema
hanleyianum),
Gulf
moccasinshell
(Medionidus penicillatus), narrow
pigtoe
(Fusconaia
escambia),
Ochlockonee
moccasinshell
(Medionidus
simpsonianus),
orangenacre
mucket (Lampsilis perovalis),
oval
pigtoe
(Pleurobema
pyriforme), ovate clubshell
(Pleurobema perovatum), purple bankclimber (Elliptoideus
sloatianus), round ebonyshell
(Fusconaia rotulata), shinyrayed pocketbook (Lampsilis
subangulata),
southern
acornshell
(Epioblasma
othcaloogensis),
southern
clubshell
(Pleurobema
decisum), southern combshell
(Epioblasma penita), southern
kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus
jonesi),
southern
pigtoe
(Pleurobema
georgianum),
southern sandshell (Hamiota
australis),
Suwanee
moccasinshell
(Medionidus
walkeri),
tapered
pigtoe
(Fusconaia burkei), triangular
kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus
greenii), and upland combshell
(Epioblasma metastriata)/Unlimited.
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Permit application
No.
Applicant
Species/numbers
Location
Activity
Type of take
TE 12169B–1 .....
Mitigation Management, Atlanta,
GA.
Georgia ......................
Presence/absence
surveys.
Capture, identify, and
release.
Renewal and
amendment.
TE 34387C–0 .....
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Blacksburg, VA.
Amber darter (Percina antesella),
blue
shiner
(Cyprinella
caerulea), Cherokee darter
(Etheostoma
scotti),
Conasauga logperch (Percina
jenkinsi),
Etowah
darter
(Etheostoma
etowahae),
goldline
darter
(Percina
aurolineata), and snail darter
(Percina tanasi)/Unlimited.
Oyster
mussel
(Epioblasma
capsaeformis)/240 individuals.
Tennessee and Virginia.
Nancy Buschhaus,
Univ. of Tennessee at Martin,
Martin, TN.
Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat (M. sodalis), and
northern long-eared bat (M.
septentrionalis)/Unlimited.
Tennessee .................
Collect, transport,
hold in captivity for
90 days, tag, and
release.
Capture with mistnets, collect fecal
samples, and release.
New.
TE 34429C–0 .....
Captive conditioning and
spawning research.
Presence/absence
survey and population demographics study.
Authority: We provide this notice under
section 10(c) of the Act.
Dated: June 1, 2017.
Guy Schein,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological
Services, Southeast Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R8–ES–2017–N091;
FXES11130800000–178–FF08EVEN00]
Receipt of Application for Incidental
Take Permit; Low-Effect Habitat
Conservation Plan for BAE Hollister
Test Facility, San Benito County,
California
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit
application; request for comments.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, have received a
request from BAE Systems Land and
Armaments L.P., for an incidental take
permit under the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended. The permit
would authorize take of the federally
endangered San Joaquin kit fox and the
threatened California red-legged frog
and California tiger salamander,
incidental to otherwise lawful soil
remediation activities associated with
the BAE Hollister Test Facility Habitat
Conservation Plan. We invite public
comment.
DATES: Written comments should be
received on or before September 14,
2017.
ADDRESSES: You may download a copy
of the draft habitat conservation plan
and draft low-effect screening form and
environmental action statement on the
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internet at https://www.fws.gov/ventura/,
or you may request copies of the
documents by U.S. mail to our Ventura
office, or by phone (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT). Please address
written comments to Stephen P. Henry,
Field Supervisor, Ventura Fish and
Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 2493 Portola Road, Suite B,
Ventura, CA 93003. You may
alternatively send comments by
facsimile to (805) 644–3958.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher Diel, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist, at the above address or by
calling (805) 644–1766.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have
received a request from BAE Systems
Land and Armaments L.P., for an
incidental take permit under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; Act).
The applicant has agreed to follow all of
the conditions in the habitat
conservation plan for the project. The
permit would authorize take of the
federally endangered San Joaquin kit fox
(Vulpes macrotis mutica) and the
threatened California red-legged frog
(Rana draytonii) and California tiger
salamander (Ambystoma californiense),
incidental to otherwise lawful activities
associated with the BAE Hollister Test
Facility Habitat Conservation Plan
(HCP). We invite public comment on the
application and related documents.
defined under the Act to include the
following activities: ‘‘[T]o harass, harm,
pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap,
capture, or collect, or to attempt to
engage in any such conduct’’ (16 U.S.C.
1532); however, under section
10(a)(1)(B) of the Act, we may issue
permits to authorize incidental take of
listed species. ‘‘Incidental Take’’ is
defined by the Act as take that is
incidental to, and not the purpose of,
carrying out of an otherwise lawful
activity. Regulations governing
incidental take permits for threatened
and endangered species are,
respectively, in the Code of Federal
Regulations at 50 CFR 17.32 and 17.22.
Under the Act, protections for federally
listed plants differ from the protections
afforded to federally listed animals.
Issuance of an incidental take permit
also must not jeopardize the existence of
federally listed fish, wildlife, or plant
species. All species included in the
incidental take permit would receive
assurances under our ‘‘No Surprises’’
regulations (50 CFR 17.22(b)(5) and
17.32(b)(5)).
The applicants have applied for a
permit for incidental take of the San
Joaquin kit fox, California red-legged
frog, and California tiger salamander.
The potential taking would occur by
activities associated with the soil
remediation activities at the BAE
Hollister Test Facility in suitable habitat
for the covered species.
Background
The San Joaquin kit fox was listed by
the Service as endangered on January
24, 1997. The California red-legged frog
and California tiger salamander were
listed by the Service as threatened on
May 23, 1996 and August 4, 2004,
respectively. Section 9 of the Act and its
implementing regulations prohibit the
‘‘take’’ of fish or wildlife species listed
as endangered or threatened. ‘‘Take’’ is
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The Service has made a preliminary
determination that issuance of the
permit is neither a major Federal action
that will significantly affect the quality
of the human environment within the
meaning of section 102(2)(C) of the
National Environmental Policy Act (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; NEPA), nor will it
individually or cumulatively have more
than a negligible effect on the species
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2017-N080; FXES11140400000-178-FF04E00000]
Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comment.
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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 (Act) prohibits activities with listed species unless a Federal
permit is issued that allows such activities. The Act 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 in ADDRESSES by September 14, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Reviewing Documents: 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 Regional Office, Ecological
Services, 1875 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30345 (Attn: Karen
Marlowe, Permit Coordinator).
Submitting Comments: If you wish to comment, you may submit
comments by any one of the following methods:
U.S. mail or hand-delivery: U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service's Regional Office (see above).
Email: permitsR4ES@fws.gov. Please include your name and
return address in your email message. If you do not receive a
confirmation from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that we have
received your email message, contact us directly at the telephone
number listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator,
(404) 679-7097 (telephone) or (404) 679-7081 (fax).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We invite review and comment from local,
State, and Federal agencies and the public on applications we have
received 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.; Act), and our
regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR part 17.
With some exceptions, the Act prohibits activities with listed species
unless a Federal permit is issued that allows such activities. The Act
requires that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.
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.
Permit Applications
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Permit application No. Applicant Species/numbers Location Activity Type of take Permit action
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TE 38792A-2........... U.S. Army, Fort Red-cockaded Ft. Gordon, Ft. Population Construct and Renewal.
Gordon, Fort woodpecker (Picoides Stewart, and Ft. enhancement, install
Gordon, GA. borealis)/Unlimited. Benning, GA; management, and artificial nest
Apalachicola and monitoring. cavities and
Ocala National restrictors;
Forests, FL; Fort monitor nest
Bragg, NC. cavities;
capture, band,
and translocate.
TE 55292B-1........... University of Everglade snail kite Florida............ Demographic and Capture, band, Renewal.
Florida, (Rostrhamus movement studies. mark, radio-tag,
Gainesville, FL. sociabilis plumbeus)/ measure, collect
Unlimited. feather samples,
release, and
monitor.
TE 069280-5........... Alabama Department Alabama beach mouse Alabama............ Presence/absence Capture, examine, Renewal.
of Transportation, (Peromyscus surveys. and release.
Montgomery, AL. polionotus ammobates)/
Unlimited.
TE 28975C-0........... Bruce Stallsmith, Palezone shiner Alabama, Kentucky.. DNA analyses for Capture, collect New.
Univ. of Alabama (Notropis research on fin clips, and
in Hunstville, albizonatus)/50 genetic diversity. release.
Huntsville, AL. individuals.
TE 055241-3........... Robert Montgomery, Red-cockaded North Carolina..... Population Construct and Renewal.
Dare County Bomb woodpecker (Picoides enhancement, install
Range, Stumpy borealis)/Unlimited. management, and artificial nest
Point, NC. monitoring. cavities and
restrictors;
monitor nest
cavities;
capture, band,
and translocate.
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TE 30733C-0........... Marissa Thalken, Gray bat (Myotis Connecticut, Presence/absence Mist-net, harp New.
Aurora, CO. grisescens), Indiana Delaware, District surveys. trap, handle,
bat (M. sodalis), and of Columbia, band, radio-tag,
northern long-eared Illinois, Indiana, wing-punch, and
bat (M. Iowa, Kentucky, release.
septentrionalis)/ Maryland,
Unlimited. Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Missouri, New
Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York,
North Carolina,
Ohio,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
Tennessee,
Virginia, Vermont,
West Virginia, and
Wisconsin.
TE 063179-6........... Edwards-Pitman Amber darter (Percina Florida, Georgia, Presence/absence Capture, identify, Renewal and
Environmental, antesella), blue North Carolina, surveys. release, and amendment.
Inc., Smyrna, GA. shiner (Cyprinella and South Carolina. salvage shells.
caerulea), Cherokee
darter (Etheostoma
scotti), Conasauga
logperch (Percina
jenkinsi), Etowah
darter (Etheostoma
etowahae), goldline
darter (Percina
aurolineata), snail
darter (Percina
tanasi), Alabama
moccasinshell
(Medionidus
acutissimus),
Altamaha spinymussel
(Elliptio spinosa),
Carolina heelsplitter
(Lasmigona decorata),
Choctaw bean (Villosa
choctawensis), Coosa
moccasinshell
(Medionidus
parvulus), fat
threeridge (Amblema
neislerii), fine-
lined pocketbook
(Lampsilis altilis),
fuzzy pigtoe
(Pleurobema
strodeanum), Georgia
pigtoe (Pleurobema
hanleyianum), Gulf
moccasinshell
(Medionidus
penicillatus), narrow
pigtoe (Fusconaia
escambia),
Ochlockonee
moccasinshell
(Medionidus
simpsonianus),
orangenacre mucket
(Lampsilis
perovalis), oval
pigtoe (Pleurobema
pyriforme), ovate
clubshell (Pleurobema
perovatum), purple
bankclimber
(Elliptoideus
sloatianus), round
ebonyshell (Fusconaia
rotulata), shiny-
rayed pocketbook
(Lampsilis
subangulata),
southern acornshell
(Epioblasma
othcaloogensis),
southern clubshell
(Pleurobema decisum),
southern combshell
(Epioblasma penita),
southern kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus
jonesi), southern
pigtoe (Pleurobema
georgianum), southern
sandshell (Hamiota
australis), Suwanee
moccasinshell
(Medionidus walkeri),
tapered pigtoe
(Fusconaia burkei),
triangular
kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus
greenii), and upland
combshell (Epioblasma
metastriata)/
Unlimited.
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TE 12169B-1........... Mitigation Amber darter (Percina Georgia............ Presence/absence Capture, identify, Renewal and
Management, antesella), blue surveys. and release. amendment.
Atlanta, GA. shiner (Cyprinella
caerulea), Cherokee
darter (Etheostoma
scotti), Conasauga
logperch (Percina
jenkinsi), Etowah
darter (Etheostoma
etowahae), goldline
darter (Percina
aurolineata), and
snail darter (Percina
tanasi)/Unlimited.
TE 34387C-0........... U.S. Fish and Oyster mussel Tennessee and Captive Collect, New.
Wildlife Service, (Epioblasma Virginia. conditioning and transport, hold
Blacksburg, VA. capsaeformis)/240 spawning research. in captivity for
individuals. 90 days, tag, and
release.
TE 34429C-0........... Nancy Buschhaus, Gray bat (Myotis Tennessee.......... Presence/absence Capture with mist- New.
Univ. of Tennessee grisescens), Indiana survey and nets, collect
at Martin, Martin, bat (M. sodalis), and population fecal samples,
TN. northern long-eared demographics study. and release.
bat (M.
septentrionalis)/
Unlimited.
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Authority: We provide this notice under section 10(c) of the
Act.
Dated: June 1, 2017.
Guy Schein,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Southeast
Region.
[FR Doc. 2017-17208 Filed 8-14-17; 8:45 am]
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