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BILLING CODE 4210–67–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R4–ES–2023–N042;
FXES11140400000–234–FF04E00000]
Endangered Species; Recovery Permit
Applications
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit
applications; request for comments.
AGENCY:
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
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 written data or
comments on the applications by June
20, 2023.
ADDRESSES:
Reviewing Documents: Submit
requests for copies of applications and
other information submitted with the
applications to Karen Marlowe (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). All
requests and comments should specify
the applicant name and application
number (e.g., Mary Smith,
ESPER0001234).
SUMMARY:
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Submitting Comments: If you wish to
comment, you may submit comments by
one of the following methods:
• Email (preferred method):
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.
• U.S. mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service Regional Office, Ecological
Services, 1875 Century Boulevard,
Atlanta, GA 30345 (Attn: Karen
Marlowe, Permit Coordinator).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator,
404–679–7097 (telephone) or karen_
marlowe@fws.gov (email). Individuals in
the United States who are deaf,
deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a
speech disability may dial 711 (TTY,
TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite
review and comment from the public
and local, State, Tribal, and Federal
agencies 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 (ESA; 16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and our regulations
in the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) at 50 CFR part 17. Documents and
other information submitted with the
applications are available for review,
subject to the requirements of the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5
U.S.C. 552a) and the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
Background
With some exceptions, the ESA
prohibits take of listed species unless a
Federal permit is issued that authorizes
such take. The ESA’s definition of
‘‘take’’ includes hunting, shooting,
harming, wounding, or killing, and also
such activities as pursuing, harassing,
trapping, capturing, or collecting.
A recovery permit issued by us under
section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA
authorizes the permittee to take
endangered or threatened species while
engaging in activities that are conducted
for scientific purposes that promote
recovery of species or for enhancement
of propagation or survival of species.
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These activities often include the
capture and collection of species, which
would result in prohibited take if a
permit were not issued. 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
The ESA requires that we invite
public comment before issuing these
permits. Accordingly, we invite local,
State, Tribal, and Federal agencies, and
the public to submit written data, views,
or arguments with respect to these
applications. The comments and
recommendations that will be most
useful and likely to influence agency
decisions are those supported by
quantitative information or studies.
Proposed activities in the following
permit requests are for the recovery and
enhancement of propagation or survival
of the species in the wild.
Permit
application No.
Applicant
Species
Location
Activity
PER0018443–0
U.S. Army Engineer
Research and Development Center;
Vicksburg, MS.
Fishes: Alabama sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus
suttkusi), Arkansas River shiner (Notropis
girardi), Big Bend gambusia (Gambusia
gaigei), Clear Creek gambusia (Gambusia
heterochir), Comanche Springs pupfish
(Cyprinodon elegans), Devils River minnow
(Dionda diaboli), duskytail darter
(Etheostoma percnurum), fountain darter
(Etheostoma fonticola), Leon Springs
pupfish (Cyprinodon bovinus), Neosho
madtom (Noturus placidus), pearl darter
(Percina aurora), Pecos bluntnose shiner
(Notropis simus pecosensis), Pecos
gambusia (Gambusia nobilis), peppered
chub (Macrhybopsis tetranema), Rio
Grande silvery minnow (Hybognathus
amarus), San Marcos gambusia (Gambusia
georgei), sharpnose shiner (Notropis
oxyrhynchus), smalleye shiner (Notropis
buccula), Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka [=
tristis]), and yellowcheek darter
(Etheostoma moorei); Mussels: Alabama
lampmussel (Lampsilis virescens), Alabama
moccasinshell (Medionidus acutissimus), Arkansas fatmucket (Lampsilis powellii), black
clubshell (Pleurobema curtum), clubshell
(Pleurobema clava), Cumberlandian
combshell (Epioblasma brevidans), Curtis
pearlymussel (Epioblasma florentina
curtisii), false spike (Fusconaia mitchelli),
fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), finerayed
pigtoe (Fusconaia cuneolus), flat pigtoe
(Pleurobema marshalli), Guadalupe
fatmucket (Lampsilis bergmanni), Guadalupe orb (Cyclonaias necki), heavy pigtoe
(Pleurobema taitianum), Higgins eye
(Lampsilis higginsii), longsolid (Fusconaia
subrotunda), Louisiana pearlshell
(Margaritifera hembeli), Neosho mucket
(Lampsilis rafinesqueana), northern
riffleshell (Epioblasma rangiana),
orangenacre mucket (Hamiota perovalis),
Ouachita rock pocketbook (Arcidens
wheeleri), ovate clubshell (Pleurobema
perovatum), round hickorynut (Obovaria
subrotunda), scaleshell (Leptodea
leptodon), slabside pearlymussel
(Pleuronaia dolabelloides), snuffbox
(Epioblasma triquetra), southern clubshell
(Pleurobema decisum), southern combshell
(Epioblasma penita), speckled pocketbook
(Lampsilis streckeri), spectaclecase
(Cumberlandia monodonta), stirrupshell
(Quadrula stapes), Texas fatmucket
(Lampsilis bracteate), Texas fawnsfoot
(Truncilla macrodon), Texas hornshell
(Popenaias popeii), Texas pimpleback
(Cyclonaias petrina), turgid blossom
(Epioblasma turgidula), and winged
mapleleaf (Quadrula fragosa); Insects:
American burying beetle (Nicrophorus
americanus).
Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and
West Virginia.
Presence/probable absence
surveys and
scientific
studies.
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collect
glochidia,
and release.
Permit
action
New.
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application No.
Applicant
Species
ES91373A–4 ...
Jonathan Miller;
Brundidge, AL.
ES56749B–5 ...
Patrick Moore; Johnson City, TN.
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Alabama lampmussel (Lampsilis virescens),
Alabama moccasinshell (Medionidus
acutissimus), Alabama pearlshell
(Margaritifera marrianae), black clubshell
(Pleurobema curtum), Chipola slabshell
(Elliptio chipolaensis), Choctaw bean
(Obovaria choctawensis), Coosa
moccasinshell (Medionidus parvulus), cracking pearlymussel (Hemistena lata),
Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma
brevidens), dark pigtoe (Pleurobema
furvum), dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus
dromas), fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), fat
pocketbook (Potamilus capax), fat
threeridge mussel (Amblema neislerii),
finelined pocketbook (Hamiota altilis),
finerayed pigtoe (Fusconaia cuneolus),
fluted kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus
subtentus), fuzzy pigtoe (Pleurobema
strodeanum), Georgia pigtoe (Pleurobema
hanleyianum), Gulf moccasinshell
(Medionidus penicillatus), heavy pigtoe
(Pleurobema taitianum), inflated heelsplitter
(Potamilus inflatus), Louisiana pearlshell
(Margaritifera hembeli), narrow pigtoe
(Fusconaia escambia), orangenacre mucket
(Hamiota perovalis), oval pigtoe
(Pleurobema pyriforme), ovate clubshell
(Pleurobema perovatum), pink mucket
(Lampsilis abrupta), purple bankclimber
(Elliptoideus sloatianus), rabbitsfoot
(Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica), ring pink
(Obovaria retusa), rough pigtoe
(Pleurobema plenum), round ebonyshell
(Reginaia rotulata), sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus), shiny pigtoe
(Fusconaia cor), shinyrayed pocketbook
(Hamiota subangulata), slabside
pearlymussel (Pleuronaia dolabelloides),
snuffbox (Epioblasma triquetra), southern
clubshell (Pleurobema decisum), southern
kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus jonesi), southern pigtoe (Pleurobema georgianum), southern sandshell (Hamiota australis), tapered
pigtoe (Fusconaia burkei), and triangular
kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus greenii).
Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis), northern long-eared bat
(Myotis septentrionalis), Ozark big-eared bat
(Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), tricolored
bat (Perimyotis subflavus), and Virginia bigeared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii
virginianus).
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Type of take
Permit
action
Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana,
and Mississippi.
Presence/probable absence
surveys.
Capture, handle, identify,
release, and
salvage relic
shells.
Renewal.
Alabama, Arkansas,
Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New
York, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,
Vermont, Virginia,
West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Presence/probable absence
surveys,
studies to
document
habitat use,
population
monitoring,
and studies
to evaluate
potential impacts of
white-nose
syndrome or
other threats.
Enter
hibernacula
or maternity
roost caves,
capture with
mist nets or
harp traps,
handle, identify, band,
radio tag,
and release.
Renewal
and
amendment.
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Applicant
ES070800–7 ....
Ecological Solutions,
Inc; Roswell, GA.
ES070796–12 ..
Apogee Environmental
& Archaeological,
Inc.; Pittsburgh, PA.
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Activity
Fishes: amber darter (Percina antesella), blue
shiner (Cyprinella caerulea), Cherokee darter (Etheostoma scotti), Conasauga logperch
(Percina jenkinsi), Etowah darter
(Etheostoma etowahae), goldline darter
(Percina aurolineata), rush darter
(Etheostoma phytophilum), snail darter
(Percina tanasi), spring pygmy sunfish
(Elassoma alabamae), and vermilion darter
(Etheostoma chermocki); Mussels: Alabama
moccasinshell (Medionidus acutissimus),
Alabama pearlshell (Margaritifera
marrianae), Altamaha spinymussel (Elliptio
spinosa), Chipola slabshell (Elliptio
chipolaensis), Choctaw bean (Obovaria
choctawensis), Coosa moccasinshell
(Medionidus parvulus), Cumberland bean
(Villosa trabalis), fat threeridge (Amblema
neislerii), finelined pocketbook (Hamiota
altilis), fuzzy pigtoe (Pleurobema
strodeanum), Georgia pigtoe (Pleurobema
hanleyianum), Gulf moccasinshell
(Medionidus penicillatus), narrow pigtoe
(Fusconaia escambia), Ochlockonee
moccasinshell (Medionidus simpsonianus),
orangenacre mucket (Hamiota perovalis),
oval pigtoe (Pleurobema pyriforme), ovate
clubshell (Pleurobema perovatum), purple
bankclimber (Elliptoideus sloatianus),
rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica),
round ebonyshell (Reginaia rotulata),
sheepnose (Plethobasus cyphyus),
shinyrayed pocketbook (Hamiota
subangulata), slabside pearlymussel
(Pleuronaia dolabelloides), snuffbox
(Epioblasma triquetra), southern acornshell
(Epioblasma othcaloogenis), southern
clubshell (Pleurobema decisum), southern
combshell (Epioblasma penita), southern
kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus jonesi), southern pigtoe (Pleurobema georgianum), southern sandshell (Hamiota australis),
spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta),
tapered pigtoe (Fusconaia burkei), triangular
kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus greenii), and
upland combshell (Epioblasma metastriata).
Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis), northern long-eared bat
(Myotis septentrionalis), Ozark big-eared bat
(Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), and Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus
townsendii virginianus).
Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
Presence/probable absence
surveys.
Capture, handle, identify,
and release.
Renewal.
Alabama, Arkansas,
Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New
York, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia,
Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin,
and Wyoming.
Presence/probable absence
surveys,
studies to
document
habitat use,
population
monitoring,
and studies
to evaluate
potential impacts of
white-nose
syndrome or
other threats.
Enter
hibernacula
or maternity
roost caves,
capture with
mist nets or
harp traps,
handle, identify, band,
radio tag,
and release.
Renewal.
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Permit
application No.
Applicant
Species
Location
Activity
Type of take
Permit
action
ES129703–7 ....
HMB Professional Engineers, Inc.; Frankfort, KY.
Bats: gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis), northern long-eared bat
(Myotis septentrionalis), tricolored bat
(Perimyotis subflavus), and Virginia bigeared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii
virginianus); Fishes: amber darter (Percina
antesella), blackside dace, (Phoxinus
cumberlandensis), blue shiner (Cyprinella
caerulea), bluemask darter (Etheostoma
akatulo), boulder darter (Etheostoma wapiti), Conasauga logperch (Percina jenkinsi),
Cumberland darter (Etheostoma susanae),
diamond darter (Crystallaria cincotta),
duskytail darter (Etheostoma percnurum),
Kentucky arrow darter (Etheostoma
spilotum), palezone shiner (Notropis
albizonatus), pygmy madtom (Noturus
stanauli), relict darter (Etheostoma
chienense), and smoky madtom (Noturus
baileyi); Mussels: Alabama lampmussel
(Lampsilis virescens), Appalachian elktoe
(Alasmidonta raveneliana), Appalachian
monkeyface (Theliderma sparsa), birdwing
pearlymussel (Lemiox rimosus), clubshell
(Pleurobema clava), Coosa moccasinshell
(Medionidus parvulus), cracking
pearlymussel (Hemistena lata), Cumberland
bean (Villosa trabalis), Cumberland elktoe
(Alasmidonta atropurpurea), Cumberland
monkeyface (Theliderma intermedia), Cumberland pigtoe (Pleuronaia gibber),
Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma
brevidans), dromedary pearlymussel
(Dromus dromas), fanshell (Cyprogenia
stegaria), fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax)
finerayed pigtoe (Fusconaia cuneolus),
fluted kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus
subtentus) green blossom (Epioblasma
torulosa gubernaculum), littlewing
pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), longsolid
(Fusconaia subrotunda), northern riffleshell
(Epioblasma rangiana), orangefoot
pimpleback (pearlymussel) (Plethobasus
cooperianus), oyster mussel (Epioblasma
capsaeformis), pale lilliput (Toxolasma
cylindrellus), pink mucket (Lampsilis
abrupta), purple bean (Villosa perpurpurea),
purple cat’s paw (Epioblasma obliquata
obliquata), rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica
cylindrica), ring pink (Obovaria retusa),
rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), rough
rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica strigillata),
round hickorynut (Obovaria subrotunda),
sheepnose (Plethobasus cyphyus), shiny
pigtoe (Fusconaia cor), slabside
pearlymussel (Pleuronaia dolabelloides),
snuffbox (Epioblasma triquetra), southern
acornshell (Epioblasma othcaloogensis),
southern pigtoe (Pleurobema georgianum),
spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta),
tan riffleshell (Epioblasma florentina walker
[=E. walker]), triangular kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus greenii), turgid blossom
(Epioblasma turgidula), upland combshell
(Epioblasma metastriata), white wartyback
(Plethobasus cicatricosus), winged
mapleleaf (Quadrula fragosa), and yellow
blossom (Epioblasma florentina florentina);
Crustacean: Big Sandy crayfish (Cambarus
callainus).
Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky,
North Carolina, Ohio,
Tennessee, and
West Virginia.
Presence/probable absence
surveys,
studies to
document
habitat use,
and population monitoring.
Bats: enter
hibernacula
or maternity
roost caves,
capture with
mist nets or
harp traps,
handle, identify, band,
radio tag,
and release;
Fishes and
Crustacean:
capture, handle, identify,
and release;
Mussels:
capture, handle, identify,
release, and
salvage relic
shells.
Renewal
and
amendment.
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Permit
application No.
Applicant
Species
Location
Activity
Type of take
Permit
action
ES171545–4 ....
Ronald Redman; Benton, AR.
Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis), northern long-eared bat
(Myotis septentrionalis), Ozark big-eared bat
(Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), and Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus
townsendii virginianus).
Presence/probable absence
surveys and
white-nose
syndrome research.
Enter
hibernacula
or maternity
roost caves,
capture with
mist nets or
harp traps,
handle, identify, band,
radio tag,
swab, and release.
Renewal.
ES71854A–1 ...
David Eargle; Columbia, SC.
Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata) .....
Alabama, Arkansas,
Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, Michigan,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri,
New Jersey, New
York, North Carolina,
Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
Vermont, Virginia,
West Virginia, and
Wisconsin.
North Carolina and
South Carolina.
Presence/probable absence
surveys.
Renewal.
PER1922058–0
Tracy Feltman;
Chatsworth, GA.
Georgia .......................
Presence/probable absence
surveys.
ES63577A–3 ...
Mammoth Cave National Park; Mammoth Cave, KY.
Fishes: amber darter (Percina antesella), blue
shiner (Cyprinella caerulea), Cherokee darter (Etheostoma scotti), Conasauga logperch
(Percina jenkinsi), Etowah darter
(Etheostoma etowahae), frecklebelly
madtom (Noturus munitus), goldline darter
(Percina aurolineata), and trispot darter
(Etheostoma trisella); Mussels: Alabama
moccasinshell (Medionidus acutissimus),
Coosa moccasinshell (Medionidus
parvulus), fat threeridge (Amblema neislerii),
finelined pocketbook (Hamiota altilis), purple
bankclimber (Elliptoideus sloatianus),
shinyrayed pocketbook (Hamiota
subangulata), and southern acornshell
(Epioblasma othcaloogenis).
Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis), northern long-eared bat
(Myotis septentrionalis), and tricolored bat
(Perimyotis subflavus).
Capture, handle, identify,
release, and
salvage relic
shells.
Capture, handle, identify,
and release.
Alabama, Georgia,
Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, and Virginia.
Presence/probable absence
surveys,
studies to
document
habitat use,
disease surveillance activities, and
population
monitoring.
Renewal
and
amendment.
ES37900B–2 ...
Sarah Lauerman;
Gainesville, FL.
Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)
Osceola National Forest, Florida.
Population
monitoring
and
translocation
of subadults
from Osceola
National Forest (donor
population) to
recruitment
clusters.
Enter
hibernacula
or maternity
roost caves,
capture with
mist nets or
harp traps,
handle, identify, band,
radio tag, collect hair samples, PIT tag,
light tag, wing
punch, and
release.
Capture, handle, band,
monitor nest
cavities, and
translocate.
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Permit
application No.
Applicant
Species
Location
Activity
Type of take
Permit
action
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut,
Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri,
Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico,
New York, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South
Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia,
Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma,
South Carolina, and
Texas.
Presence/probable absence
surveys and
scientific research.
Bats: enter
hibernacula
or maternity
roost caves,
capture with
mist nets or
harp traps,
handle, identify, collect
hair samples,
band, radio
tag, light tag,
collect fecal
material,
apply fungal
lift tape,
swab, wing
punch, and
release;
Mice: live
trap, handle,
identify, and
release.
Capture, band,
construct and
monitor artificial nest cavities and
restrictors,
translocate,
recapture,
and release.
Capture, band,
construct and
monitor artificial nest cavities and
restrictors,
translocate,
recapture,
buccal swab,
and release.
Enter
hibernacula
or maternity
roost caves,
capture with
mist nets or
harp traps,
handle, identify, band,
radio tag,
and release.
Renewal.
ES53149B–3 ...
Hans William Otto;
Tucson, AZ.
Mammals: Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), northern longeared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), Ozark
big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii
ingens), and Virginia big-eared bat
(Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus); Mice:
New Mexico meadow jumping mouse
(Zapus hudsonius luteus).
ES142294–6 ....
William Holiman; Little
Rock, AR.
Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)
ES066980–6 ....
Brandon Rutledge;
Newton, GA.
Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)
Georgia .......................
Population
management
and monitoring.
PER2378263–0
Anthony Ledbetter;
Clyde, NC.
Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis), northern long-eared bat
(Myotis septentrionalis), and tricolored bat
(Perimyotis subflavus).
Alabama, Arkansas,
Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri,
Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,
Vermont, Virginia,
West Virginia, and
Wisconsin.
Presence/probable absence
surveys.
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Applicant
ES63633A–7 ...
Biodiversity Research
Institute; Portland,
ME.
Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis), and northern long-eared
bat (Myotis septentrionalis).
ES034476–5 ....
Florida Forest Service;
Milton, FL.
Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)
PER2417230–0
Zachariah Alley; Cincinnati, OH.
ES22311A–6 ...
Tennessee Aquarium;
Chattanooga, TN.
Amber darter (Percina antesella), blackside
dace (Phoxinus cumberlandensis), blue
shiner (Cyprinella caerulea), candy darter
(Etheostoma osburni), Carolina madtom
(Noturus furiosus), Cherokee darter
(Etheostoma scotti), chucky madtom
(Noturus crypticus), Conasauga logperch
(Percina jenkinsi), Cumberland darter
(Etheostoma susanae), diamond darter
(Crystallaria cincotta), Etowah darter
(Etheostoma etowahae), frecklebelly
madtom (Noturus munitus), goldline darter
(Percina aurolineata), Kentucky arrow darter
(Etheostoma spilotum), laurel dace
(Chrosomus saylori), pallid sturgeon
(Scaphirhynchus albus), relict darter
(Etheostoma chienense), Roanoke logperch
(Percina rex), smoky madtom (Noturus
baileyi), and trispot darter (Etheostoma
trisella).
Alabama cavefish (Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni),
amber darter (Percina antesella), Barrens
topminnow (Fundulus julisia), blue shiner
(Cyprinella caerulea), Cahaba shiner
(Notropis cahabae), Conasauga logperch
(Percina jenkinsi), Cumberland darter
(Etheostoma susanae), frecklebelly madtom
(Noturus munitus), goldline darter (Percina
aurolineata), laurel dace (Chrosomus
saylori), rush darter (Etheostoma
phytophylum), sickle darter (Percina
williamsi), snail darter (Percina tanasi),
trispot darter (Etheostoma trisella), vermilion
darter (Etheostoma chermocki), and watercress darter (Etheostoma nuchale).
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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
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Activity
Type of take
Permit
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Alabama, Arkansas,
Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New
York, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont,
Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin,
and Wyoming.
Florida .........................
Presence/probable absence
surveys,
studies to
document
habitat use,
population
monitoring,
and studies
to evaluate
potential impacts of
white-nose
syndrome or
other threats.
Enter
hibernacula
or maternity
roost caves,
capture with
mist nets or
harp traps,
handle, identify, band,
collect hair
samples,
radio tag,
wing punch,
and release.
Renewal.
Population
management
and monitoring.
Install artificial
nest cavities
and
restrictors,
monitor nest
cavities, capture, band,
translocate,
and release.
Capture, handle, identify,
and release.
Renewal.
Capture, identify, take fin
clips, and release.
Renewal
and
amendment.
Species
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Georgia, Illinois,
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska,
North Carolina,
North Dakota, South
Dakota, Tennessee,
Virginia, and West
Virginia.
Presence/probable absence
surveys.
Alabama, Georgia,
Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia.
Presence/probable absence
surveys, tissue collection
for genetic
analysis, and
captive propagation.
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. All submissions from
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Next Steps
If we decide to issue a permit to an
applicant listed in this notice, we will
publish a notice in the Federal Register.
Authority
We publish this notice under section
10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.).
John Tirpak,
Deputy Assistant Regional Director,
Ecological Services, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2023–10647 Filed 5–17–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4333–15–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[Docket No. FWS–R7–NWRS–2023–0072]
Notice of Intent To Prepare a
Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement for a Potential Land
Exchange Involving Izembek National
Wildlife Refuge Lands
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, as amended, and the Alaska
National Interest Lands Conservation
Act of 1980, as amended, along with
other laws as applicable, the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service (FWS) intends to
prepare a supplemental environmental
impact statement (supplemental EIS) to
consider the effects of a potential land
exchange of certain lands owned by the
King Cove Corporation and/or the State
of Alaska with certain lands owned by
the U.S. Government. King Cove would
use the acquired land for a road corridor
for noncommercial use through the
Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and
the Izembek Wilderness Area. We
furnish this notice to advise the public
and other agencies of our intentions and
to seek information and suggestions on
the scope of issues to be addressed in
the supplemental EIS. In particular, we
will update information used in the
2013 analysis on the impacts of a thenproposed exchange and road corridor
and the viability of alternatives to
provide safe and reliable transportation
between the City of King Cove, Alaska,
and the airport at Cold Bay, Alaska.
DATES: This notice initiates the public
scoping process for the supplemental
EIS. The FWS must receive any public
comments concerning the scope of the
analysis, potential alternatives, and
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and studies no later than June 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES:
Obtaining documents: To inform
public comment, we are making FWS’s
2013 EIS and ROD documents available
for review at https://
www.regulations.gov in Docket No.
FWS–R7–NWRS–2023–0072. In
addition, any comments and other
materials that we receive will be
available for public inspection online at
that site.
Submitting public comments: You
may submit comments related to the
potential Izembek land exchange and
other potential transportation solutions
by any of the following methods:
• Online: https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments
on Docket No. FWS–R7–NWRS–2023–
0072.
• U.S. mail: Public Comments
Processing, Attn: Docket No. FWS–R7–
NWRS–2023–0072; U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS: PRB/3W; 5275
Leesburg Pike; Falls Church, VA 22041–
3803.
We will post all comments on https://
www.regulations.gov. This generally
means that we will post any personal
information you provide us (see Public
Review Process, below, for more
information).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shane Walker, Branch Chief of
Conservation Planning and Policy, by
telephone at 907–226–4626; by email at
shane_walker@fws.gov; or via U.S. mail
at U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Alaska
Region, National Wildlife Refuge
System, 95 Sterling Highway, Suite 1,
Homer, AK 99603. Contact Shane
Walker to have your name added to our
mailing list. Individuals in the United
States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability may
dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to
access telecommunications relay
services. Individuals outside the United
States should use the relay services
offered within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
(417,533 acres (ac)) and the North Creek
(8,452 ac) and Pavlof (1,447,264 ac)
units of the Alaska Peninsula National
Wildlife Refuge are located at the
westernmost tip of the Alaska
Peninsula. The 1,008,697-ac Unimak
Island (the easternmost Aleutian Island
of the Alaska Maritime National
Wildlife Refuge) lies across the Isanotski
Strait. To the north of the Izembek
Refuge is the Bering Sea; to the south is
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the Pacific Ocean. The Izembek
Wilderness covers much of the Izembek
National Wildlife Refuge and includes
pristine streams, extensive wetlands,
steep mountains, tundra, and sand
dunes, and provides high scenic,
wildlife, and scientific values, as well as
opportunities for solitude and
recreation. The Izembek National
Wildlife Refuge includes the traditional
homelands of the of the Unangaxˆ
people.
The King Cove Corporation is an
Alaska Native Village Corporation
established under the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act of 1971 (ANCSA;
43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). Under the
authority of ANCSA, Congress granted
to King Cove Corporation land
entitlements within and adjacent to
Izembek Refuge. The State of Alaska
also owns lands, submerged lands,
shorelands, and tidelands within and
adjacent to Izembek and Alaska
Peninsula Refuges, including the
Izembek State Game Refuge.
The Alaska Maritime National
Wildlife Refuge stretches from the
Arctic Ocean to the southeast panhandle
of Alaska and protects breeding habitat
for seabirds, marine mammals, and
other wildlife on more than 2,500
islands, spires, rocks, and coastal
headlands. Sitkinak Island, which lies
within the boundaries of the Alaska
Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, is
primarily owned by the State of Alaska,
with two parcels owned by the Service.
In the Omnibus Public Land
Management Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111–
11, title VI, subtitle E (‘‘the 2009 Act’’),
Congress directed FWS to prepare an
EIS under the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969, as amended (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), and its
implementing regulations (40 CFR parts
1500–1508) to evaluate the impacts of a
proposed land exchange with the State
of Alaska and the King Cove
Corporation for the purpose of
constructing a single-lane gravel road
between the communities of King Cove
and Cold Bay, Alaska. The 2009 Act
required that the road ‘‘shall be used
primarily for health and safety purposes
(including access to and from the Cold
Bay Airport) and only for
noncommercial purposes,’’ with limited
exceptions. The land exchange
contemplated by the 2009 Act would
have involved the removal of
approximately 206 ac within the
Izembek Wilderness portion of Izembek
National Wildlife Refuge for the road
corridor and approximately 1,600 ac of
Federal land within the Alaska
Maritime National Wildlife Refuge on
Sitkinak Island. In exchange, the FWS
would have received approximately
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[Pages 31805-31813]
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[FR Doc No: 2023-10647]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2023-N042; FXES11140400000-234-FF04E00000]
Endangered Species; 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 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 written data or comments on the applications by
June 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES:
Reviewing Documents: Submit requests for copies of applications and
other information submitted with the applications to Karen Marlowe (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). All requests and comments should
specify the applicant name and application number (e.g., Mary Smith,
ESPER0001234).
Submitting Comments: If you wish to comment, you may submit
comments by one of the following methods:
Email (preferred method): [email protected]. 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.
U.S. mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Office,
Ecological Services, 1875 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30345 (Attn:
Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator,
404-679-7097 (telephone) or [email protected] (email). Individuals
in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have
a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United
States should use the relay services offered within their country to
make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
invite review and comment from the public and local, State, Tribal, and
Federal agencies 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
(ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and our regulations in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR part 17. Documents and other
information submitted with the applications are available for review,
subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5
U.S.C. 552a) and the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
Background
With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits take of listed species
unless a Federal permit is issued that authorizes such take. The ESA's
definition of ``take'' includes hunting, shooting, harming, wounding,
or killing, and also such activities as pursuing, harassing, trapping,
capturing, or collecting.
A recovery permit issued by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA
authorizes the permittee to take endangered or threatened species while
engaging in activities that are conducted for scientific purposes that
promote recovery of species or for enhancement of propagation or
survival of species.
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These activities often include the capture and collection of species,
which would result in prohibited take if a permit were not issued. 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
The ESA requires that we invite public comment before issuing these
permits. Accordingly, we invite local, State, Tribal, and Federal
agencies, and the public to submit written data, views, or arguments
with respect to these applications. The comments and recommendations
that will be most useful and likely to influence agency decisions are
those supported by quantitative information or studies. Proposed
activities in the following permit requests are for the recovery and
enhancement of propagation or survival of the species in the wild.
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Permit application
No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of take Permit action
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PER0018443-0......... U.S. Army Engineer Fishes: Alabama sturgeon Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Capture, handle, New.
Research and (Scaphirhynchus Florida, Illinois, absence surveys and identify, collect
Development Center; suttkusi), Arkansas Indiana, Kentucky, scientific studies. glochidia, and
Vicksburg, MS. River shiner (Notropis Louisiana, release.
girardi), Big Bend Mississippi,
gambusia (Gambusia Missouri, Ohio,
gaigei), Clear Creek Tennessee, Texas,
gambusia (Gambusia and West Virginia.
heterochir), Comanche
Springs pupfish
(Cyprinodon elegans),
Devils River minnow
(Dionda diaboli),
duskytail darter
(Etheostoma percnurum),
fountain darter
(Etheostoma fonticola),
Leon Springs pupfish
(Cyprinodon bovinus),
Neosho madtom (Noturus
placidus), pearl darter
(Percina aurora), Pecos
bluntnose shiner
(Notropis simus
pecosensis), Pecos
gambusia (Gambusia
nobilis), peppered chub
(Macrhybopsis
tetranema), Rio Grande
silvery minnow
(Hybognathus amarus),
San Marcos gambusia
(Gambusia georgei),
sharpnose shiner
(Notropis oxyrhynchus),
smalleye shiner
(Notropis buccula),
Topeka shiner (Notropis
topeka [= tristis]), and
yellowcheek darter
(Etheostoma moorei);
Mussels: Alabama
lampmussel (Lampsilis
virescens), Alabama
moccasinshell
(Medionidus
acutissimus), Arkansas
fatmucket (Lampsilis
powellii), black
clubshell (Pleurobema
curtum), clubshell
(Pleurobema clava),
Cumberlandian combshell
(Epioblasma brevidans),
Curtis pearlymussel
(Epioblasma florentina
curtisii), false spike
(Fusconaia mitchelli),
fanshell (Cyprogenia
stegaria), finerayed
pigtoe (Fusconaia
cuneolus), flat pigtoe
(Pleurobema marshalli),
Guadalupe fatmucket
(Lampsilis bergmanni),
Guadalupe orb
(Cyclonaias necki),
heavy pigtoe (Pleurobema
taitianum), Higgins eye
(Lampsilis higginsii),
longsolid (Fusconaia
subrotunda), Louisiana
pearlshell
(Margaritifera hembeli),
Neosho mucket (Lampsilis
rafinesqueana), northern
riffleshell (Epioblasma
rangiana), orangenacre
mucket (Hamiota
perovalis), Ouachita
rock pocketbook
(Arcidens wheeleri),
ovate clubshell
(Pleurobema perovatum),
round hickorynut
(Obovaria subrotunda),
scaleshell (Leptodea
leptodon), slabside
pearlymussel (Pleuronaia
dolabelloides), snuffbox
(Epioblasma triquetra),
southern clubshell
(Pleurobema decisum),
southern combshell
(Epioblasma penita),
speckled pocketbook
(Lampsilis streckeri),
spectaclecase
(Cumberlandia
monodonta), stirrupshell
(Quadrula stapes), Texas
fatmucket (Lampsilis
bracteate), Texas
fawnsfoot (Truncilla
macrodon), Texas
hornshell (Popenaias
popeii), Texas
pimpleback (Cyclonaias
petrina), turgid blossom
(Epioblasma turgidula),
and winged mapleleaf
(Quadrula fragosa);
Insects: American
burying beetle
(Nicrophorus americanus).
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ES91373A-4........... Jonathan Miller; Alabama lampmussel Alabama, Florida, Presence/probable Capture, handle, Renewal.
Brundidge, AL. (Lampsilis virescens), Georgia, Louisiana, absence surveys. identify, release,
Alabama moccasinshell and Mississippi. and salvage relic
(Medionidus shells.
acutissimus), Alabama
pearlshell
(Margaritifera
marrianae), black
clubshell (Pleurobema
curtum), Chipola
slabshell (Elliptio
chipolaensis), Choctaw
bean (Obovaria
choctawensis), Coosa
moccasinshell
(Medionidus parvulus),
cracking pearlymussel
(Hemistena lata),
Cumberlandian combshell
(Epioblasma brevidens),
dark pigtoe (Pleurobema
furvum), dromedary
pearlymussel (Dromus
dromas), fanshell
(Cyprogenia stegaria),
fat pocketbook
(Potamilus capax), fat
threeridge mussel
(Amblema neislerii),
finelined pocketbook
(Hamiota altilis),
finerayed pigtoe
(Fusconaia cuneolus),
fluted kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus
subtentus), fuzzy pigtoe
(Pleurobema strodeanum),
Georgia pigtoe
(Pleurobema
hanleyianum), Gulf
moccasinshell
(Medionidus
penicillatus), heavy
pigtoe (Pleurobema
taitianum), inflated
heelsplitter (Potamilus
inflatus), Louisiana
pearlshell
(Margaritifera hembeli),
narrow pigtoe (Fusconaia
escambia), orangenacre
mucket (Hamiota
perovalis), oval pigtoe
(Pleurobema pyriforme),
ovate clubshell
(Pleurobema perovatum),
pink mucket (Lampsilis
abrupta), purple
bankclimber
(Elliptoideus
sloatianus), rabbitsfoot
(Quadrula cylindrica
cylindrica), ring pink
(Obovaria retusa), rough
pigtoe (Pleurobema
plenum), round
ebonyshell (Reginaia
rotulata), sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus),
shiny pigtoe (Fusconaia
cor), shinyrayed
pocketbook (Hamiota
subangulata), slabside
pearlymussel (Pleuronaia
dolabelloides), snuffbox
(Epioblasma triquetra),
southern clubshell
(Pleurobema decisum),
southern kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus jonesi),
southern pigtoe
(Pleurobema georgianum),
southern sandshell
(Hamiota australis),
tapered pigtoe
(Fusconaia burkei), and
triangular kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus greenii).
ES56749B-5........... Patrick Moore; Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Enter hibernacula or Renewal and
Johnson City, TN. grisescens), Indiana bat Connecticut, absence surveys, maternity roost amendment.
(Myotis sodalis), Delaware, Florida, studies to document caves, capture with
northern long-eared bat Georgia, Illinois, habitat use, mist nets or harp
(Myotis Indiana, Iowa, population traps, handle,
septentrionalis), Ozark Kansas, Kentucky, monitoring, and identify, band,
big-eared bat Louisiana, Maine, studies to evaluate radio tag, and
(Corynorhinus townsendii Maryland, potential impacts release.
ingens), tricolored bat Massachusetts, of white-nose
(Perimyotis subflavus), Michigan, syndrome or other
and Virginia big-eared Minnesota, threats.
bat (Corynorhinus Mississippi,
townsendii virginianus). Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York,
North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South
Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, Vermont,
Virginia, West
Virginia,
Wisconsin, and
Wyoming.
[[Page 31808]]
ES070800-7........... Ecological Fishes: amber darter Alabama, Florida, Presence/probable Capture, handle, Renewal.
Solutions, Inc; (Percina antesella), Georgia, North absence surveys. identify, and
Roswell, GA. blue shiner (Cyprinella Carolina, and release.
caerulea), Cherokee Tennessee.
darter (Etheostoma
scotti), Conasauga
logperch (Percina
jenkinsi), Etowah darter
(Etheostoma etowahae),
goldline darter (Percina
aurolineata), rush
darter (Etheostoma
phytophilum), snail
darter (Percina tanasi),
spring pygmy sunfish
(Elassoma alabamae), and
vermilion darter
(Etheostoma chermocki);
Mussels: Alabama
moccasinshell
(Medionidus
acutissimus), Alabama
pearlshell
(Margaritifera
marrianae), Altamaha
spinymussel (Elliptio
spinosa), Chipola
slabshell (Elliptio
chipolaensis), Choctaw
bean (Obovaria
choctawensis), Coosa
moccasinshell
(Medionidus parvulus),
Cumberland bean (Villosa
trabalis), fat
threeridge (Amblema
neislerii), finelined
pocketbook (Hamiota
altilis), fuzzy pigtoe
(Pleurobema strodeanum),
Georgia pigtoe
(Pleurobema
hanleyianum), Gulf
moccasinshell
(Medionidus
penicillatus), narrow
pigtoe (Fusconaia
escambia), Ochlockonee
moccasinshell
(Medionidus
simpsonianus),
orangenacre mucket
(Hamiota perovalis),
oval pigtoe (Pleurobema
pyriforme), ovate
clubshell (Pleurobema
perovatum), purple
bankclimber
(Elliptoideus
sloatianus), rabbitsfoot
(Quadrula cylindrica
cylindrica), round
ebonyshell (Reginaia
rotulata), sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus),
shinyrayed pocketbook
(Hamiota subangulata),
slabside pearlymussel
(Pleuronaia
dolabelloides), snuffbox
(Epioblasma triquetra),
southern acornshell
(Epioblasma
othcaloogenis), southern
clubshell (Pleurobema
decisum), southern
combshell (Epioblasma
penita), southern
kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus jonesi),
southern pigtoe
(Pleurobema georgianum),
southern sandshell
(Hamiota australis),
spectaclecase
(Cumberlandia
monodonta), tapered
pigtoe (Fusconaia
burkei), triangular
kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus
greenii), and upland
combshell (Epioblasma
metastriata).
ES070796-12.......... Apogee Environmental Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Enter hibernacula or Renewal.
& Archaeological, grisescens), Indiana bat Connecticut, absence surveys, maternity roost
Inc.; Pittsburgh, (Myotis sodalis), Delaware, Georgia, studies to document caves, capture with
PA. northern long-eared bat Illinois, Indiana, habitat use, mist nets or harp
(Myotis Iowa, Kansas, population traps, handle,
septentrionalis), Ozark Kentucky, monitoring, and identify, band,
big-eared bat Louisiana, Maine, studies to evaluate radio tag, and
(Corynorhinus townsendii Maryland, potential impacts release.
ingens), and Virginia Massachusetts, of white-nose
big-eared bat Michigan, syndrome or other
(Corynorhinus townsendii Mississippi, threats.
virginianus). Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York,
North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South
Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee,
Virginia, Vermont,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin, and
Wyoming.
[[Page 31809]]
ES129703-7........... HMB Professional Bats: gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Georgia, Presence/probable Bats: enter Renewal and
Engineers, Inc.; grisescens), Indiana bat Indiana, Kentucky, absence surveys, hibernacula or amendment.
Frankfort, KY. (Myotis sodalis), North Carolina, studies to document maternity roost
northern long-eared bat Ohio, Tennessee, habitat use, and caves, capture with
(Myotis and West Virginia. population mist nets or harp
septentrionalis), monitoring. traps, handle,
tricolored bat identify, band,
(Perimyotis subflavus), radio tag, and
and Virginia big-eared release; Fishes and
bat (Corynorhinus Crustacean:
townsendii virginianus); capture, handle,
Fishes: amber darter identify, and
(Percina antesella), release; Mussels:
blackside dace, capture, handle,
(Phoxinus identify, release,
cumberlandensis), blue and salvage relic
shiner (Cyprinella shells.
caerulea), bluemask
darter (Etheostoma
akatulo), boulder darter
(Etheostoma wapiti),
Conasauga logperch
(Percina jenkinsi),
Cumberland darter
(Etheostoma susanae),
diamond darter
(Crystallaria cincotta),
duskytail darter
(Etheostoma percnurum),
Kentucky arrow darter
(Etheostoma spilotum),
palezone shiner
(Notropis albizonatus),
pygmy madtom (Noturus
stanauli), relict darter
(Etheostoma chienense),
and smoky madtom
(Noturus baileyi);
Mussels: Alabama
lampmussel (Lampsilis
virescens), Appalachian
elktoe (Alasmidonta
raveneliana),
Appalachian monkeyface
(Theliderma sparsa),
birdwing pearlymussel
(Lemiox rimosus),
clubshell (Pleurobema
clava), Coosa
moccasinshell
(Medionidus parvulus),
cracking pearlymussel
(Hemistena lata),
Cumberland bean (Villosa
trabalis), Cumberland
elktoe (Alasmidonta
atropurpurea),
Cumberland monkeyface
(Theliderma intermedia),
Cumberland pigtoe
(Pleuronaia gibber),
Cumberlandian combshell
(Epioblasma brevidans),
dromedary pearlymussel
(Dromus dromas),
fanshell (Cyprogenia
stegaria), fat
pocketbook (Potamilus
capax) finerayed pigtoe
(Fusconaia cuneolus),
fluted kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus
subtentus) green blossom
(Epioblasma torulosa
gubernaculum),
littlewing pearlymussel
(Pegias fabula),
longsolid (Fusconaia
subrotunda), northern
riffleshell (Epioblasma
rangiana), orangefoot
pimpleback
(pearlymussel)
(Plethobasus
cooperianus), oyster
mussel (Epioblasma
capsaeformis), pale
lilliput (Toxolasma
cylindrellus), pink
mucket (Lampsilis
abrupta), purple bean
(Villosa perpurpurea),
purple cat's paw
(Epioblasma obliquata
obliquata), rabbitsfoot
(Quadrula cylindrica
cylindrica), ring pink
(Obovaria retusa), rough
pigtoe (Pleurobema
plenum), rough
rabbitsfoot (Quadrula
cylindrica strigillata),
round hickorynut
(Obovaria subrotunda),
sheepnose (Plethobasus
cyphyus), shiny pigtoe
(Fusconaia cor),
slabside pearlymussel
(Pleuronaia
dolabelloides), snuffbox
(Epioblasma triquetra),
southern acornshell
(Epioblasma
othcaloogensis),
southern pigtoe
(Pleurobema georgianum),
spectaclecase
(Cumberlandia
monodonta), tan
riffleshell (Epioblasma
florentina walker [=E.
walker]), triangular
kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus
greenii), turgid blossom
(Epioblasma turgidula),
upland combshell
(Epioblasma
metastriata), white
wartyback (Plethobasus
cicatricosus), winged
mapleleaf (Quadrula
fragosa), and yellow
blossom (Epioblasma
florentina florentina);
Crustacean: Big Sandy
crayfish (Cambarus
callainus).
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ES171545-4........... Ronald Redman; Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Enter hibernacula or Renewal.
Benton, AR. grisescens), Indiana bat Delaware, Florida, absence surveys and maternity roost
(Myotis sodalis), Georgia, Illinois, white-nose syndrome caves, capture with
northern long-eared bat Indiana, Iowa, research. mist nets or harp
(Myotis Kansas, Kentucky, traps, handle,
septentrionalis), Ozark Louisiana, identify, band,
big-eared bat Maryland, Michigan, radio tag, swab,
(Corynorhinus townsendii Minnesota, and release.
ingens), and Virginia Mississippi,
big-eared bat Missouri, New
(Corynorhinus townsendii Jersey, New York,
virginianus). North Carolina,
Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, South
Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas,
Vermont, Virginia,
West Virginia, and
Wisconsin.
ES71854A-1........... David Eargle; Carolina heelsplitter North Carolina and Presence/probable Capture, handle, Renewal.
Columbia, SC. (Lasmigona decorata). South Carolina. absence surveys. identify, release,
and salvage relic
shells.
PER1922058-0......... Tracy Feltman; Fishes: amber darter Georgia............. Presence/probable Capture, handle, New.
Chatsworth, GA. (Percina antesella), absence surveys. identify, and
blue shiner (Cyprinella release.
caerulea), Cherokee
darter (Etheostoma
scotti), Conasauga
logperch (Percina
jenkinsi), Etowah darter
(Etheostoma etowahae),
frecklebelly madtom
(Noturus munitus),
goldline darter (Percina
aurolineata), and
trispot darter
(Etheostoma trisella);
Mussels: Alabama
moccasinshell
(Medionidus
acutissimus), Coosa
moccasinshell
(Medionidus parvulus),
fat threeridge (Amblema
neislerii), finelined
pocketbook (Hamiota
altilis), purple
bankclimber
(Elliptoideus
sloatianus), shinyrayed
pocketbook (Hamiota
subangulata), and
southern acornshell
(Epioblasma
othcaloogenis).
ES63577A-3........... Mammoth Cave Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Georgia, Presence/probable Enter hibernacula or Renewal and
National Park; grisescens), Indiana bat Kentucky, absence surveys, maternity roost amendment.
Mammoth Cave, KY. (Myotis sodalis), Mississippi, North studies to document caves, capture with
northern long-eared bat Carolina, South habitat use, mist nets or harp
(Myotis Carolina, disease traps, handle,
septentrionalis), and Tennessee, and surveillance identify, band,
tricolored bat Virginia. activities, and radio tag, collect
(Perimyotis subflavus). population hair samples, PIT
monitoring. tag, light tag,
wing punch, and
release.
ES37900B-2........... Sarah Lauerman; Red-cockaded woodpecker Osceola National Population Capture, handle, Renewal.
Gainesville, FL. (Picoides borealis). Forest, Florida. monitoring and band, monitor nest
translocation of cavities, and
subadults from translocate.
Osceola National
Forest (donor
population) to
recruitment
clusters.
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ES53149B-3........... Hans William Otto; Mammals: Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arizona, Presence/probable Bats: enter Renewal.
Tucson, AZ. grisescens), Indiana bat Arkansas, absence surveys and hibernacula or
(Myotis sodalis), Connecticut, scientific research. maternity roost
northern long-eared bat Delaware, Florida, caves, capture with
(Myotis Georgia, Illinois, mist nets or harp
septentrionalis), Ozark Indiana, Iowa, traps, handle,
big-eared bat Kansas, Kentucky, identify, collect
(Corynorhinus townsendii Maryland, hair samples, band,
ingens), and Virginia Massachusetts, radio tag, light
big-eared bat Michigan, tag, collect fecal
(Corynorhinus townsendii Minnesota, material, apply
virginianus); Mice: New Mississippi, fungal lift tape,
Mexico meadow jumping Missouri, Nebraska, swab, wing punch,
mouse (Zapus hudsonius New Hampshire, New and release; Mice:
luteus). Jersey, New Mexico, live trap, handle,
New York, North identify, and
Carolina, North release.
Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South
Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, Vermont,
Virginia, West
Virginia,
Wisconsin, and
Wyoming.
ES142294-6........... William Holiman; Red-cockaded woodpecker Alabama, Arkansas, Population Capture, band, Renewal.
Little Rock, AR. (Picoides borealis). Florida, Georgia, management and construct and
Louisiana, monitoring. monitor artificial
Mississippi, North nest cavities and
Carolina, Oklahoma, restrictors,
South Carolina, and translocate,
Texas. recapture, and
release.
ES066980-6........... Brandon Rutledge; Red-cockaded woodpecker Georgia............. Population Capture, band, Renewal.
Newton, GA. (Picoides borealis). management and construct and
monitoring. monitor artificial
nest cavities and
restrictors,
translocate,
recapture, buccal
swab, and release.
PER2378263-0......... Anthony Ledbetter; Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Enter hibernacula or New.
Clyde, NC. grisescens), Indiana bat Connecticut, absence surveys. maternity roost
(Myotis sodalis), Delaware, Florida, caves, capture with
northern long-eared bat Georgia, Illinois, mist nets or harp
(Myotis Indiana, Iowa, traps, handle,
septentrionalis), and Kansas, Kentucky, identify, band,
tricolored bat Louisiana, Maine, radio tag, and
(Perimyotis subflavus). Maryland, release.
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri, Nebraska,
New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York,
North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South
Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, Vermont,
Virginia, West
Virginia, and
Wisconsin.
[[Page 31812]]
ES63633A-7........... Biodiversity Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Enter hibernacula or Renewal.
Research Institute; grisescens), Indiana bat Connecticut, absence surveys, maternity roost
Portland, ME. (Myotis sodalis), and Delaware, District studies to document caves, capture with
northern long-eared bat of Columbia, habitat use, mist nets or harp
(Myotis septentrionalis). Georgia, Illinois, population traps, handle,
Indiana, Iowa, monitoring, and identify, band,
Kansas, Kentucky, studies to evaluate collect hair
Louisiana, Maine, potential impacts samples, radio tag,
Maryland, of white-nose wing punch, and
Massachusetts, syndrome or other release.
Michigan, threats.
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York,
North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South
Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee,
Vermont, Virginia,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin, and
Wyoming.
ES034476-5........... Florida Forest Red-cockaded woodpecker Florida............. Population Install artificial Renewal.
Service; Milton, FL. (Picoides borealis). management and nest cavities and
monitoring. restrictors,
monitor nest
cavities, capture,
band, translocate,
and release.
PER2417230-0......... Zachariah Alley; Amber darter (Percina Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Capture, handle, New.
Cincinnati, OH. antesella), blackside Georgia, Illinois, absence surveys. identify, and
dace (Phoxinus Iowa, Kansas, release.
cumberlandensis), blue Kentucky,
shiner (Cyprinella Louisiana,
caerulea), candy darter Mississippi,
(Etheostoma osburni), Missouri, Montana,
Carolina madtom (Noturus Nebraska, North
furiosus), Cherokee Carolina, North
darter (Etheostoma Dakota, South
scotti), chucky madtom Dakota, Tennessee,
(Noturus crypticus), Virginia, and West
Conasauga logperch Virginia.
(Percina jenkinsi),
Cumberland darter
(Etheostoma susanae),
diamond darter
(Crystallaria cincotta),
Etowah darter
(Etheostoma etowahae),
frecklebelly madtom
(Noturus munitus),
goldline darter (Percina
aurolineata), Kentucky
arrow darter (Etheostoma
spilotum), laurel dace
(Chrosomus saylori),
pallid sturgeon
(Scaphirhynchus albus),
relict darter
(Etheostoma chienense),
Roanoke logperch
(Percina rex), smoky
madtom (Noturus
baileyi), and trispot
darter (Etheostoma
trisella).
ES22311A-6........... Tennessee Aquarium; Alabama cavefish Alabama, Georgia, Presence/probable Capture, identify, Renewal and
Chattanooga, TN. (Speoplatyrhinus Kentucky, absence surveys, take fin clips, and amendment.
poulsoni), amber darter Tennessee, and tissue collection release.
(Percina antesella), Virginia. for genetic
Barrens topminnow analysis, and
(Fundulus julisia), blue captive propagation.
shiner (Cyprinella
caerulea), Cahaba shiner
(Notropis cahabae),
Conasauga logperch
(Percina jenkinsi),
Cumberland darter
(Etheostoma susanae),
frecklebelly madtom
(Noturus munitus),
goldline darter (Percina
aurolineata), laurel
dace (Chrosomus
saylori), rush darter
(Etheostoma
phytophylum), sickle
darter (Percina
williamsi), snail darter
(Percina tanasi),
trispot darter
(Etheostoma trisella),
vermilion darter
(Etheostoma chermocki),
and watercress darter
(Etheostoma nuchale).
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Next Steps
If we decide to issue a permit to an applicant listed in this
notice, we will publish a notice in the Federal Register.
Authority
We publish this notice under section 10(c) of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
John Tirpak,
Deputy Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Southeast
Region.
[FR Doc. 2023-10647 Filed 5-17-23; 8:45 am]
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