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Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R5–ES–2018–N163;
FXES11130500000–190–FF05E00000]
Endangered and Threatened Species;
Receipt of Recovery Permit
Applications
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit
applications; request for comments.
AGENCY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, have received
applications for permits to conduct
activities intended to enhance the
propagation or survival of endangered
or threatened species under the
Endangered Species Act. We invite the
public and local, State, Tribal, and
Federal agencies to comment on these
applications. Before issuing any of the
requested permits, we will take into
consideration any information that we
receive during the public comment
period.
DATES: We must receive your written
comments on or before April 3, 2019.
SUMMARY:
Application
No.
TE18372D ..
Use one of the following
methods to request documents or
submit comments. Requests and
comments should specify the applicant
name(s) and application number(s) (e.g.,
TE123456):
• Email: permitsR5ES@fws.gov.
• U.S. Mail: Abby Gelb, Ecological
Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
300 Westgate Center Dr. Hadley, MA
01035.
ADDRESSES:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Abby Gelb, 413–253–8212 (phone), or
permitsR5ES@fws.gov (email).
Individuals who are hearing or speech
impaired may call the Federal Relay
Service at 1–800–877–8339 for TTY
assistance.
We, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite
the public to comment on applications
for permits under section 10(a)(1)(A) of
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
The requested permits would allow the
applicants to conduct activities
intended to promote recovery of species
that are listed as endangered or
threatened under the ESA.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Applicant
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Hadley, MA.
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17:33 Mar 01, 2019
Background
With some exceptions, the ESA
prohibits activities that constitute take
of listed species unless a Federal permit
is issued that allows such activity. The
ESA’s definition of ‘‘take’’ includes such
activities as pursuing, harassing,
trapping, capturing, or collecting in
addition to hunting, shooting, harming,
wounding, or killing.
A recovery permit issued by us under
section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA
authorizes the permittee to conduct
activities with endangered or threatened
species for scientific purposes that
promote recovery or for enhancement of
propagation or survival of the species.
Our regulations implementing section
10(a)(1)(A) 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.
Permit Applications Available for
Review and Comment
We invite local, State, and Federal
agencies; Tribes; and the public to
comment on the following applications.
Species
Location
Activity
Type of take
Amphibians: Shenandoah salamander (Plethodon shenandoah);
Birds: Piping plover (Charadrius melodus), Red-cockaded
woodpecker (Picoides borealis), Roseate tern (Sterna
dougallii dougallii);
Fish: Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), Diamond darter
(Crystallaria cincotta), Duskytail darter (Etheostoma
percnurum), Maryland darter (Etheostoma sellare), Roanoke logperch (Percina rex);
Invertebrates: American burying beetle (Nicrophorus
americanus), Appalachian monkeyface pearlymussel
(Quadrula sparsa), Birdwing pearlymussel (Lemiox
rimosus), Clubshell mussel (Pleurobema clava), Cracking
pearlymussel (Hemistena lata), Cumberland bean
pearlymussel (Villosa trabalis), Cumberland monkeyface
pearlymussel (Quadrula intermedia), Cumberlandian
combshell mussel (Epioblasma brevidens), Dromedary
pearlymussel (Dromus dromas), Dwarf wedgemussel
(Alasmidonta heterodon), Fanshell mussel (Cyprogenia
stegaria), Fine-rayed pigtoe mussel (Fusconaia
cuneolus), Fluted kidneyshell mussel (Ptychobranchus
subtentum), Green blossom pearlymussel (Epioblasma
torulosa gubernaculum), Guyandotte River crayfish
(Cambarus veteranus), Hay’s Spring amphipod
(Stygobromus hayi), James spinymussel (Pleurobema
collina), Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa
samuelis), Lee County cave isopod (Lirceus usdagalun),
Littlewing pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), Mitchell’s satyr
butterfly (Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii), Northern
riffleshell mussel (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana),
Orangefoot pimpleback pearlymussel (Plethobasus
cooperianus), Oyster mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis),
Pink mucket pearlymussel (Lampsilis abrupta), Purple
bean mussel (Villosa perpurpurea), Rayed bean mussel
(Villosa fabalis), Ring pink mussel (Obovaria retusa),
Rough pigtoe mussel (Pleurobema plenum), Rough
rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica strigillata), Rusty patched
bumble bee (Bombus affinis), Sheepnose mussel
(Plethobasus cyphyus), Shiny pigtoe mussel (Fusconaia
cor), Slabside pearlymussel (Pleuronaia dolabelloides),
Snuffbox mussel (Epioblasma triquetra), Spectaclecase
mussel (Cumberlandia monodonta), Spruce-fir moss spider (Microhexura montivaga), Tan riffleshell mussel
(Epioblasma florentina walkeri), Tubercled blossom
pearlymussel (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa), Virginia
fringed mountain snail (Polygyriscus virginianus);
CT, DE, MA, MD,
ME, NH, NJ,
NY, PA, RI,
VA, VT, WV,
DC.
Survey, capture, collect, handle, transport, release, selective euthanize, propagate, translocate, reintroduce.
Harass, harm, pursue,
wound, lethal collection, trap, capture, or
collect.
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Application
No.
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Applicant
Species
Aquatic Wildlife Conservation
Center, Virginia Department of Game and Inland
Fisheries, Marion, VA.
Location
Mammals: Carolina northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys
sabrinus coloratus), Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Gray
wolf (Canis lupus), Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), Virginia
big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus);
Reptiles: Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata),
Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii),
Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), Northern
red-bellied turtle (Pseudemys rubriventris);
Plants: American chaffseed (Schwalbea americana),
Canby’s dropwort (Oxypolis canbyi), Furbish lousewort
(Pedicularis furbishiae), Harperella (Ptilimnium
nodosum), Jesup’s milk-vetch (Astragalus robbinsii var.
jesupi), Michaux’s sumac (Rhus michauxii), Northeastern
bulrush (Scirpus ancistrochaetus), Peter’s Mountain mallow (Iliamna corei), Roan Mountain bluet (Hedyotis
purpurea var. montana), Rock gnome lichen
(Gymnoderma lineare), Running buffalo clover (Trifolium
stoloniferum), Sandplain gerardia (Agalinis acuta),
Schweinitz’s sunflower (Helianthus schweinitzii), Shale
barren rock cress (Arabis serotina), Small-anthered
bittercress (Cardamine micranthera), Smooth coneflower
(Echinacea laevigata).
Appalachian monkeyface (Quadrula sparsa), Birdwing
pearlymussel (Lemiox rimosus), Cracking pearlymussel
(Hemistena lata), Cumberland monkeyface (Quadrula
intermedia), Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma
brevidens), Dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus dromas),
Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), Finerayed pigtoe
(Fusconaia cuneolus), Fluted kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus subtentum), Green blossom
(Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum), Littlewing
pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), Oyster mussel
(Epioblasma capsaeformis), Pink mucket (Lampsilis
abrupta), Purple bean (Villosa perpurpurea), Rough
pigtoe (Pleurobema planum), Rough rabbitsfoot
(Quadrula cylindrica strigillata), Sheepsnose Mussel
(Plethobasus cyphyus), Shiny pigtoe (Fusconaia cor),
Slabside Pearlymussel (Pleuronaia dolabelloides),
Snuffbox mussel (Epioblasma triquetra), Spectaclecase
mussel (Cumberlandia monodonta), Tan riffleshell
(Epioblasma florentina walkeri)
VA, TN ................
Public Availability of Comments
Authority
Written comments we receive become
part of the administrative record
associated with this action. 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 request in your comment
that we withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so. Moreover, all
submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
made available for public disclosure in
their entirety.
Section 10(c) of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Next Steps
If we decide to issue permits to any
of the applicants listed in this notice,
we will publish a notice in the Federal
Register.
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:33 Mar 01, 2019
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Martin Miller,
Chief, Division of Endangered Species,
Ecological Services, Northeast Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training
Administration
Selection Procedures for Reviewing
Applications Filed by Employers
Seeking Temporary Employment of
H–2B Foreign Workers in the United
States
Employment and Training
Administration (ETA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Labor’s
(Department’s or DOL’s) Office of
Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) is
making this announcement to inform
employers and other interested
stakeholders of how H–2B Applications
for Temporary Employment
Certification, Form ETA–9142B, filed by
employers on or after July 3, 2019, will
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Activity
Collect adults as
broodstock and ark
populations; propagate; release juveniles and adults.
Type of take
Capture, collect, transport, propagate, release, reintroduce.
Permit
action
Renew.
be assigned to staff for review. The
Department believes these procedural
changes will provide for fairer and more
orderly assignment and review of
applications. The Department is seeking
public comments on these procedural
changes.
DATES: To be ensured for consideration,
comments must be submitted in writing
on or before April 3, 2019. OFLC will
review all of the comments received and
will make any changes it determines are
appropriate prior to July 3, 2019. The
new procedural changes are applicable
on July 3, 2019.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by one of the following methods:
Mail and hand delivery/courier:
Submit comments to Thomas M. Dowd,
Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Employment and Training
Administration, Box PPII 12–200, 200
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20210. Due to security-related
concerns, there may be a significant
delay in the receipt of submissions by
United States Mail. You must consider
this when preparing to meet the
deadline for submitting comments.
Email: Submit comments to
H2BReform.Comments@dol.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas M. Dowd, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Employment and Training
Administration, Department of Labor,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R5-ES-2018-N163; FXES11130500000-190-FF05E00000]
Endangered and Threatened Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit
Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have received
applications for permits to conduct activities intended to enhance the
propagation or survival of endangered or threatened species under the
Endangered Species Act. We invite the public and local, State, Tribal,
and Federal agencies to comment on these applications. Before issuing
any of the requested permits, we will take into consideration any
information that we receive during the public comment period.
DATES: We must receive your written comments on or before April 3,
2019.
ADDRESSES: Use one of the following methods to request documents or
submit comments. Requests and comments should specify the applicant
name(s) and application number(s) (e.g., TE123456):
Email: permitsR5ES@fws.gov.
U.S. Mail: Abby Gelb, Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 300 Westgate Center Dr. Hadley, MA 01035.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abby Gelb, 413-253-8212 (phone), or
permitsR5ES@fws.gov (email). Individuals who are hearing or speech
impaired may call the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 for TTY
assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
invite the public to comment on applications for permits under section
10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The requested permits would allow the applicants
to conduct activities intended to promote recovery of species that are
listed as endangered or threatened under the ESA.
Background
With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits activities that constitute
take of listed species unless a Federal permit is issued that allows
such activity. The ESA's definition of ``take'' includes such
activities as pursuing, harassing, trapping, capturing, or collecting
in addition to hunting, shooting, harming, wounding, or killing.
A recovery permit issued by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA
authorizes the permittee to conduct activities with endangered or
threatened species for scientific purposes that promote recovery or for
enhancement of propagation or survival of the species. Our regulations
implementing section 10(a)(1)(A) 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.
Permit Applications Available for Review and Comment
We invite local, State, and Federal agencies; Tribes; and the
public to comment on the following applications.
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Application No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of take Permit action
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TE18372D....... U.S. Fish and Amphibians: Shenandoah salamander CT, DE, MA, MD, ME, Survey, capture, Harass, harm, Renew.
Wildlife Service, (Plethodon shenandoah); NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, collect, handle, pursue, wound,
Hadley, MA. Birds: Piping plover (Charadrius VA, VT, WV, DC. transport, lethal
melodus), Red-cockaded woodpecker release, collection, trap,
(Picoides borealis), Roseate tern selective capture, or
(Sterna dougallii dougallii); euthanize, collect.
Fish: Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), propagate,
Diamond darter (Crystallaria translocate,
cincotta), Duskytail darter reintroduce.
(Etheostoma percnurum), Maryland
darter (Etheostoma sellare), Roanoke
logperch (Percina rex);
Invertebrates: American burying
beetle (Nicrophorus americanus),
Appalachian monkeyface pearlymussel
(Quadrula sparsa), Birdwing
pearlymussel (Lemiox rimosus),
Clubshell mussel (Pleurobema clava),
Cracking pearlymussel (Hemistena
lata), Cumberland bean pearlymussel
(Villosa trabalis), Cumberland
monkeyface pearlymussel (Quadrula
intermedia), Cumberlandian combshell
mussel (Epioblasma brevidens),
Dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus
dromas), Dwarf wedgemussel
(Alasmidonta heterodon), Fanshell
mussel (Cyprogenia stegaria), Fine-
rayed pigtoe mussel (Fusconaia
cuneolus), Fluted kidneyshell mussel
(Ptychobranchus subtentum), Green
blossom pearlymussel (Epioblasma
torulosa gubernaculum), Guyandotte
River crayfish (Cambarus veteranus),
Hay's Spring amphipod (Stygobromus
hayi), James spinymussel (Pleurobema
collina), Karner blue butterfly
(Lycaeides melissa samuelis), Lee
County cave isopod (Lirceus
usdagalun), Littlewing pearlymussel
(Pegias fabula), Mitchell's satyr
butterfly (Neonympha mitchellii
mitchellii), Northern riffleshell
mussel (Epioblasma torulosa
rangiana), Orangefoot pimpleback
pearlymussel (Plethobasus
cooperianus), Oyster mussel
(Epioblasma capsaeformis), Pink
mucket pearlymussel (Lampsilis
abrupta), Purple bean mussel
(Villosa perpurpurea), Rayed bean
mussel (Villosa fabalis), Ring pink
mussel (Obovaria retusa), Rough
pigtoe mussel (Pleurobema plenum),
Rough rabbitsfoot (Quadrula
cylindrica strigillata), Rusty
patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis),
Sheepnose mussel (Plethobasus
cyphyus), Shiny pigtoe mussel
(Fusconaia cor), Slabside
pearlymussel (Pleuronaia
dolabelloides), Snuffbox mussel
(Epioblasma triquetra),
Spectaclecase mussel (Cumberlandia
monodonta), Spruce-fir moss spider
(Microhexura montivaga), Tan
riffleshell mussel (Epioblasma
florentina walkeri), Tubercled
blossom pearlymussel (Epioblasma
torulosa torulosa), Virginia fringed
mountain snail (Polygyriscus
virginianus);
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Mammals: Carolina northern flying
squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus
coloratus), Gray bat (Myotis
grisescens), Gray wolf (Canis
lupus), Indiana bat (Myotis
sodalis), Virginia big-eared bat
(Corynorhinus townsendii
virginianus);
Reptiles: Hawksbill sea turtle
(Eretmochelys imbricata), Kemp's
ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys
kempii), Leatherback sea turtle
(Dermochelys coriacea), Northern red-
bellied turtle (Pseudemys
rubriventris);
Plants: American chaffseed
(Schwalbea americana), Canby's
dropwort (Oxypolis canbyi), Furbish
lousewort (Pedicularis furbishiae),
Harperella (Ptilimnium nodosum),
Jesup's milk-vetch (Astragalus
robbinsii var. jesupi), Michaux's
sumac (Rhus michauxii), Northeastern
bulrush (Scirpus ancistrochaetus),
Peter's Mountain mallow (Iliamna
corei), Roan Mountain bluet
(Hedyotis purpurea var. montana),
Rock gnome lichen (Gymnoderma
lineare), Running buffalo clover
(Trifolium stoloniferum), Sandplain
gerardia (Agalinis acuta),
Schweinitz's sunflower (Helianthus
schweinitzii), Shale barren rock
cress (Arabis serotina), Small-
anthered bittercress (Cardamine
micranthera), Smooth coneflower
(Echinacea laevigata).
TE01086D....... Aquatic Wildlife Appalachian monkeyface (Quadrula VA, TN.............. Collect adults as Capture, collect, Renew.
Conservation sparsa), Birdwing pearlymussel broodstock and transport,
Center, Virginia (Lemiox rimosus), Cracking ark populations; propagate,
Department of Game pearlymussel (Hemistena lata), propagate; release,
and Inland Cumberland monkeyface (Quadrula release juveniles reintroduce.
Fisheries, Marion, intermedia), Cumberlandian combshell and adults.
VA. (Epioblasma brevidens), Dromedary
pearlymussel (Dromus dromas),
Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria),
Finerayed pigtoe (Fusconaia
cuneolus), Fluted kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus subtentum), Green
blossom (Epioblasma torulosa
gubernaculum), Littlewing
pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), Oyster
mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis),
Pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta),
Purple bean (Villosa perpurpurea),
Rough pigtoe (Pleurobema planum),
Rough rabbitsfoot (Quadrula
cylindrica strigillata), Sheepsnose
Mussel (Plethobasus cyphyus), Shiny
pigtoe (Fusconaia cor), Slabside
Pearlymussel (Pleuronaia
dolabelloides), Snuffbox mussel
(Epioblasma triquetra),
Spectaclecase mussel (Cumberlandia
monodonta), Tan riffleshell
(Epioblasma florentina walkeri)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Public Availability of Comments
Written comments we receive become part of the administrative
record associated with this action. 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 request in your comment that we
withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Moreover, all
submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations
or businesses, will be made available for public disclosure in their
entirety.
Next Steps
If we decide to issue permits to any of the applicants listed in
this notice, we will publish a notice in the Federal Register.
Authority
Section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Martin Miller,
Chief, Division of Endangered Species, Ecological Services, Northeast
Region.
[FR Doc. 2019-03779 Filed 3-1-19; 8:45 am]
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