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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R4–ES–2024–N026;
FXES11140400000–245–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
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SUMMARY:
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 May
31, 2024.
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’s 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):
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, via
telephone at 404–679–7097 or via email
at karen_marlowe@fws.gov. 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
Permit application No.
Applicant
Species
Location
ES117405–5 ...............
Tennessee
Valley Authority;
Knoxville,
TN.
Tricolored bat (Perimyotis subflavus) ........
Alabama, Arkansas,
Georgia, Kentucky,
Mississippi, North
Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
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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 definition of ‘‘take’’ in
the ESA 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.
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) of the
ESA for these permits are found at 50
CFR 17.22 for endangered wildlife
species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened
wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.62 for
endangered plant species, and 50 CFR
17.72 for threatened plant species.
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.
Activity
Presence/
probable
absence
surveys.
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Type of take
Enter hibernacula or
maternity roost
caves, capture
with mist nets or
harp traps, handle,
identify, collect hair
samples, band,
radio tag, light tag,
wing punch, and
release.
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Permit application No.
Applicant
Species
Location
ES79580A–4 ..............
Jason Butler; Midway, KY.
Tricolored bat (Perimyotis subflavus) ........
Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia,
and West Virginia.
ES75560C–1 ..............
Jeffrey Hawkins; Richmond, KY.
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), Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus
townsendii virginianus), blackside dace
(Phoxinus cumberlandensis), Kentucky
arrow darter (Etheostoma spilotum), and
40 species of freshwater mussels.
ES171493–5 ...............
Memphis
Zoo;
Memphis,
TN.
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Activity
Type of take
Presence/
probable
absence
surveys.
Enter hibernacula or
maternity roost
caves, capture,
handle, identify,
band, radio tag,
and release.
Scientific re- Bats: Enter
search
hibernacula or maand poputernity roost caves,
lation
capture, handle,
monitoring.
identify, collect hair
samples, band,
radio tag, light tag,
swab, and wing
punch; fishes and
mussels: capture,
identify, and release.
Renewal and
amendment
Dusky gopher frog:
capture by hand
and with dip nets,
PIT tag, VIA tag,
collect eggs, collect toe clips,
swab, preserve deceased specimens,
transport, release,
monitor, and humanely euthanize
captive-bred individuals; Louisiana
pinesnake: capture, handle, PIT
tag, collect semen,
collect blood and
shed skins, conduct in-situ gastric
washing, swab,
and remove up to
five males from the
wild.
Renewal and
amendment
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,
Vermont, Virginia,
West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Dusky gopher frog (Rana sevosa) and
Louisiana, MisCaptive
Louisiana pinesnake (Pituophis ruthveni).
sissippi, Tenpropaganessee, and Texas.
tion and
release,
monitoring
of reintroduced
populations,
and scientific research.
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Permit application No.
Applicant
ES75551C–1 ..............
Phillip Arant;
Fairmont,
WV.
Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis), and northern longeared bat (Myotis septentrionalis).
ES100626–10 .............
Selby Environmental,
Inc; Decatur, AL.
Atlantic pigtoe (Fusconaia masoni),
birdwing pearlymussel (Lemiox
rimosus), black warrior waterdog
(Necturus alabamensis), Canoe Creek
clubshell (Pleurobema athearni),
longsolid (Fusconaia subrotunda), oyster mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis),
purple bankclimber (Elliptoideus
sloatianus), round hickorynut (Obovaria
subrotunda), sheepnose (Plethobasus
cyphyus), snuffbox (Epioblasma
triquetra), Suwannee moccasinshell
(Medionidus walkeri), tan riffleshell
(Epioblasma florentina walkeri [=E.
walker]), and yellow lance (Elliptio
lanceolata).
PER0018443–1 ..........
U.S. Army
Cylindrical lioplax (Lioplax
Engineer
cyclostomaformis), Lacy elimia (Elimia
Research
crenatella), painted rocksnail (Leptoxis
and Detaeniata), rough hornsnail (Pleurocera
velopment
foremani), and tulotoma snail (Tulotoma
Center;
magnifica).
Vicksburg,
MS.
Carl Dick;
Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat
Bowling
(Myotis sodalis), northern long-eared bat
Green, KY.
(Myotis septentrionalis), and Virginia
big-eared bat (Corynorhinus towsendii
virginianus).
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Alabama, Arkansas,
Connecticut, Delaware, District of
Columbia, 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,
Vermont, Virginia,
West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia,
Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri,
Nebraska, New
Mexico, New York,
North Carolina,
Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania,
South Dakota,
Tennessee, Texas,
Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Alabama ...................
North Carolina ..........
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Activity
Type of take
Permit action
Presence/
probable
absence
surveys.
Capture, handle,
identify, band,
radio tag, and release.
Renewal
Presence
probable
absence
surveys.
Capture, handle
identify, release,
and salvage relic
shells.
Renewal and
amendment
Presence/
probable
absence
surveys
and scientific
studies.
Capture, handle,
identify, and release.
Amendment
Parasitic
micro
fungi
study.
Capture, handle,
identify, band, and
release.
New
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Permit application No.
Applicant
Species
Location
PER8279969–0 ..........
Drew Powell; Louisville, KY.
Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat
(Myotis sodalis), northern long-eared bat
(Myotis septentrionalis), and tricolored
bat (Perimyotis subflavus).
Presence/
probable
absence
surveys.
Enter hibernacula or
maternity caves,
capture, handle,
identify, band,
radio tag, collect
hair, swab, fungal
lift tape, and release.
New
PER8275393–0 ..........
Scott
Slankard;
Lawrenceburg, KY.
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), Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus
townsendii virginianus).
Presence/
probable
absence
surveys.
Capture, handle,
identify, band,
radio tag, and release.
New
ES102418–3 ...............
Florida Army Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides boNational
realis) and eastern indigo snake
Guard;
(Drymarchon corais couperi).
Starke, FL.
Alabama, Arkansas,
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware,
District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, 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,
Connecticut, Delaware, District of
Columbia, 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,
Vermont, Virginia,
West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Camp Blanding Joint
Training Center,
Starke, FL.
Presence/
probable
absence
surveys
and population
management.
Renewal and
amendment
ES50300D–1 ..............
Edward Wil- Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat
son; Lex(Myotis sodalis), northern long-eared bat
ington, KY.
(Myotis septentrionalis), and tricolored
bat (Perimyotis subflavus).
Appalachian Tricolored bat (Perimyotis subflavus) ........
Technical
Services,
Inc.; Wise,
VA.
Kentucky, Ohio, and
Tennessee.
Presence/
probable
absence
surveys.
Presence/
probable
absence
surveys.
Red-cockaded woodpecker: monitor
nest cavities, capture, band, release, and install
artificial nest cavities; eastern indigo snake: scope
burrows, capture,
handle, and release.
Capture, handle,
identify, band,
radio tag, and release.
Enter hibernacula,
capture, handle,
identify, band,
radio tag, and release.
ES009638–13 .............
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Indiana, Kentucky,
Mississippi, North
Carolina, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia,
and West Virginia.
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Species
Location
Alabama, Arkansas,
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware,
Florida, Georgia,
Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,
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, Wyoming.
South Carolina .........
ES82659D–1 ..............
Sarah
Messer;
Huntington,
WV.
Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), gray bat
(Myotis grisescens), northern long-eared
bat (Myotis septentrionalis), and tricolored bat (Perimyotis subflavus).
CS5916357–0 .............
Peter
Hazelton,
University
of Georgia; Athens, GA.
Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata)
PER9340831–0 ..........
Jeffrey Garner; Florence, AL.
Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Mississippi, North
Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
ES676379–8 ...............
NOAA/National Marine Fisheries
Service;
Pascagoula, MS.
Scott Rush,
Mississippi
State University;
Starkville,
MS.
Anthony’s riversnail (Athearnia anthonyi),
armored marstonia (Marstonia pachyta),
cylindrical lioplax (Lioplax
cyclostomatiformis), flat pebblesnail
(Lepyrium showalteri), interrupted
rocksnail (Leptoxis foremani), lacy elimia
(Elimia crenatella), painted rocksnail
(Leptoxis taeniata), plicate rocksnail
(Leptoxis plicata), rough hornsnail
(Pleurocera foremani), round rocksnail
(Leptoxis ampla), royal marstonia
(Marstonia ogmorhaphe), slender
campeloma (Campeloma decampi),
tulotoma (Tulotoma magnifica), and 73
species of freshwater mussels.
Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas),
hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys
imbricata), Kemp’s ridley sea turtle
(Lepidochelys kempii), leatherback sea
turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), and loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta).
Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), gray bat
(Myotis grisescens), northern long-eared
bat (Myotis septentrionalis), and gopher
tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus).
Alabama, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Ohio,
and Tennessee.
ES41910B–4 ..............
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Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi,
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
and Texas.
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Type of take
Presence/
probable
absence
surveys.
Capture, handle,
identify, band,
radio tag, and release.
Permit action
Amendment
Presence/
Capture, handle,
probable
identify, release,
absence
and salvage relic
surveys
shells.
and population demographic
and habitat data
collection.
Presence/
Capture, handle,
probable
identify, release,
absence
and salvage relic
surveys,
shells.
quantification of
community composition
and density, and
nonlethal
collection
of DNA
samples.
Population
PIT tag and flipper
monitoring.
tag; collect biopsy,
blood, and scute
samples.
New
Presence/
probable
absence
surveys
and scientific research.
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Bats: capture, handle, identify, band,
collect hair samples, and release;
Gopher tortoise:
scope burrows,
capture, handle,
mark, attach transmitters, and attach
GPS data loggers.
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Permit application No.
Applicant
Species
Location
PER9604902–0 ..........
Kaitlyn
Torrey;
Woodstock, GA.
Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), gray bat
(Myotis grisescens), northern long-eared
bat (Myotis septentrionalis), and tricolored bat (Perimyotis subflavus).
PER9605390–0 ..........
Amanda
Rosenberger;
Cookeville, TN.
Chucky madtom (Noturus crypticus) and
53 species of freshwater mussels.
Alabama, Arkansas,
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware,
District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine,
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.
Tennessee and Virginia.
Public Availability of Comments
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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 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
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.
Type in your search exactly as the
application number appears above, with
spaces and hyphens as necessary. For
example, to find information about the
potential issuance of Permit No. PER
1234567–0, you would go to https://
www.regulations.gov and put ‘‘PER
1234567–0’’ in the Search field.
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.).
Sean Blomquist,
Acting Deputy Assistant Regional Director,
Ecological Services, Southeast Region.
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Fish and Wildlife Service
After the comment period closes, we
will make decisions regarding permit
issuance. If we issue permits to any of
the applicants listed above in this
notice, we will publish a subsequent
notice in the Federal Register. You may
locate the notice announcing the permit
issuance by searching https://
www.regulations.gov for the application
number listed above in this document.
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Receipt of Incidental Take Permit
Application and Proposed Habitat
Conservation Plan for the Sweet Acres
Wind Project, White County, IN;
Categorical Exclusion
AGENCY:
Fish and Wildlife Service,
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Type of take
Permit action
Presence/
probable
absence
surveys.
Capture, handle,
identify, band,
radio tag, and release.
New
Presence/
probable
absence
surveys
and scientific research.
Fishes: capture, handle, identify, swab,
fin clip, and release; Mussels:
capture, handle,
identify, release,
and salvage relic
shells.
New
Notice of availability of
documents; request for comment and
information.
ACTION:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, have received an
application from Indiana Crossroads
Wind Farm II LLC (applicant), for an
incidental take permit (ITP) under the
Endangered Species Act, for its Sweet
Acres Wind Project (project). If
approved, the ITP would be for a 6-year
period and would authorize the
incidental take of the federally
endangered Indiana bat, the federally
endangered northern long-eared bat, and
the tricolored bat and little brown bat,
both of which are proposed for listing.
The applicant has prepared a habitat
conservation plan in support of the
application. We request public comment
on the application, which includes the
applicant’s proposed habitat
conservation plan (HCP), and on the
Service’s preliminary determination that
the proposed permitting action may be
eligible for a categorical exclusion
pursuant to the Council on
Environmental Quality’s National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
regulations, the Department of the
Interior’s (DOI) NEPA regulations, and
the DOI Departmental Manual. To make
this preliminary determination, we
prepared a draft environmental action
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2024-N026; FXES11140400000-245-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
May 31, 2024.
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's 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, via
telephone at 404-679-7097 or via email at [email protected].
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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
definition of ``take'' in the ESA 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. 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) of the ESA for these permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22 for
endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened wildlife
species, 50 CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species, and 50 CFR 17.72
for threatened plant species.
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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ES117405-5.................... Tennessee Valley Tricolored bat Alabama, Presence/probable Enter hibernacula Renewal and
Authority; (Perimyotis Arkansas, absence surveys. or maternity amendment
Knoxville, TN. subflavus). Georgia, roost caves,
Kentucky, capture with
Mississippi, mist nets or
North Carolina, harp traps,
Tennessee, and handle,
Virginia. identify,
collect hair
samples, band,
radio tag, light
tag, wing punch,
and release.
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ES79580A-4.................... Jason Butler; Tricolored bat Kentucky, Presence/probable Enter hibernacula Renewal and
Midway, KY. (Perimyotis Tennessee, absence surveys. or maternity amendment
subflavus). Virginia, and roost caves,
West Virginia. capture, handle,
identify, band,
radio tag, and
release.
ES75560C-1.................... Jeffrey Hawkins; Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Scientific Bats: Enter Renewal and
Richmond, KY. grisescens), Indiana Arkansas, research and hibernacula or amendment
bat (Myotis sodalis), Connecticut, population maternity roost
northern long-eared Delaware, monitoring. caves, capture,
bat (Myotis Florida, handle,
septentrionalis), Georgia, identify,
Ozark big-eared bat Illinois, collect hair
(Corynorhinus Indiana, Iowa, samples, band,
townsendii ingens), Kansas, radio tag, light
tricolored bat Kentucky, tag, swab, and
(Perimyotis Louisiana, wing punch;
subflavus), Virginia Maine, Maryland, fishes and
big-eared bat Massachusetts, mussels:
(Corynorhinus Michigan, capture,
townsendii Minnesota, identify, and
virginianus), Mississippi, release.
blackside dace Missouri,
(Phoxinus Montana,
cumberlandensis), Nebraska, New
Kentucky arrow darter Hampshire, New
(Etheostoma Jersey, New
spilotum), and 40 York, North
species of freshwater Carolina, North
mussels. Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Vermont,
Virginia, West
Virginia,
Wisconsin, and
Wyoming.
ES171493-5.................... Memphis Zoo; Dusky gopher frog Louisiana, Captive Dusky gopher Renewal and
Memphis, TN. (Rana sevosa) and Mississippi, propagation and frog: capture by amendment
Louisiana pinesnake Tennessee, and release, hand and with
(Pituophis ruthveni). Texas. monitoring of dip nets, PIT
reintroduced tag, VIA tag,
populations, and collect eggs,
scientific collect toe
research. clips, swab,
preserve
deceased
specimens,
transport,
release,
monitor, and
humanely
euthanize
captive-bred
individuals;
Louisiana
pinesnake:
capture, handle,
PIT tag, collect
semen, collect
blood and shed
skins, conduct
in-situ gastric
washing, swab,
and remove up to
five males from
the wild.
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ES75551C-1.................... Phillip Arant; Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Presence/probable Capture, handle, Renewal
Fairmont, WV. grisescens), Indiana Arkansas, absence surveys. identify, band,
bat (Myotis sodalis), Connecticut, radio tag, and
and northern long- Delaware, release.
eared bat (Myotis District of
septentrionalis). Columbia,
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,
Vermont,
Virginia, West
Virginia,
Wisconsin, and
Wyoming.
ES100626-10................... Selby Atlantic pigtoe Alabama, Presence probable Capture, handle Renewal and
Environmental, (Fusconaia masoni), Arkansas, absence surveys. identify, amendment
Inc; Decatur, AL. birdwing pearlymussel Florida, release, and
(Lemiox rimosus), Georgia, salvage relic
black warrior Illinois, shells.
waterdog (Necturus Indiana, Iowa,
alabamensis), Canoe Kansas,
Creek clubshell Kentucky,
(Pleurobema Louisiana,
athearni), longsolid Michigan,
(Fusconaia Minnesota,
subrotunda), oyster Mississippi,
mussel (Epioblasma Missouri,
capsaeformis), purple Nebraska, New
bankclimber Mexico, New
(Elliptoideus York, North
sloatianus), round Carolina, Ohio,
hickorynut (Obovaria Oklahoma,
subrotunda), Pennsylvania,
sheepnose South Dakota,
(Plethobasus Tennessee,
cyphyus), snuffbox Texas, Virginia,
(Epioblasma West Virginia,
triquetra), Suwannee and Wisconsin.
moccasinshell
(Medionidus walkeri),
tan riffleshell
(Epioblasma
florentina walkeri
[=E. walker]), and
yellow lance
(Elliptio lanceolata).
PER0018443-1.................. U.S. Army Cylindrical lioplax Alabama.......... Presence/probable Capture, handle, Amendment
Engineer (Lioplax absence surveys identify, and
Research and cyclostomaformis), and scientific release.
Development Lacy elimia (Elimia studies.
Center; crenatella), painted
Vicksburg, MS. rocksnail (Leptoxis
taeniata), rough
hornsnail (Pleurocera
foremani), and
tulotoma snail
(Tulotoma magnifica).
PER0039682-0.................. Carl Dick; Gray bat (Myotis North Carolina... Parasitic micro Capture, handle, New
Bowling Green, grisescens), Indiana fungi study. identify, band,
KY. bat (Myotis sodalis), and release.
northern long-eared
bat (Myotis
septentrionalis), and
Virginia big-eared
bat (Corynorhinus
towsendii
virginianus).
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PER8279969-0.................. Drew Powell; Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Presence/probable Enter hibernacula New
Louisville, KY. grisescens), Indiana Arkansas, absence surveys. or maternity
bat (Myotis sodalis), Colorado, caves, capture,
northern long-eared Connecticut, handle,
bat (Myotis Delaware, identify, band,
septentrionalis), and District of radio tag,
tricolored bat Columbia, collect hair,
(Perimyotis Florida, swab, fungal
subflavus). Georgia, lift tape, and
Illinois, release.
Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
Montana,
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.
PER8275393-0.................. Scott Slankard; Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Presence/probable Capture, handle, New
Lawrenceburg, KY. grisescens), Indiana Arkansas, absence surveys. identify, band,
bat (Myotis sodalis), Connecticut, radio tag, and
northern long-eared Delaware, release.
bat (Myotis District of
septentrionalis), Columbia,
Ozark big-eared bat Florida,
(Corynorhinus Georgia,
townsendii ingens), Illinois,
tricolored bat Indiana, Iowa,
(Perimyotis Kansas,
subflavus), Virginia Kentucky,
big-eared bat Louisiana,
(Corynorhinus Maine, Maryland,
townsendii Massachusetts,
virginianus). 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.
ES102418-3.................... Florida Army Red-cockaded Camp Blanding Presence/probable Red-cockaded Renewal and
National Guard; woodpecker (Picoides Joint Training absence surveys woodpecker: amendment
Starke, FL. borealis) and eastern Center, Starke, and population monitor nest
indigo snake FL. management. cavities,
(Drymarchon corais capture, band,
couperi). release, and
install
artificial nest
cavities;
eastern indigo
snake: scope
burrows,
capture, handle,
and release.
ES50300D-1.................... Edward Wilson; Gray bat (Myotis Kentucky, Ohio, Presence/probable Capture, handle, Amendment
Lexington, KY. grisescens), Indiana and Tennessee. absence surveys. identify, band,
bat (Myotis sodalis), radio tag, and
northern long-eared release.
bat (Myotis
septentrionalis), and
tricolored bat
(Perimyotis
subflavus).
ES009638-13................... Appalachian Tricolored bat Alabama, Georgia, Presence/probable Enter Amendment
Technical (Perimyotis Indiana, absence surveys. hibernacula,
Services, Inc.; subflavus). Kentucky, capture, handle,
Wise, VA. Mississippi, identify, band,
North Carolina, radio tag, and
Ohio, release.
Pennsylvania,
Tennessee,
Virginia, and
West Virginia.
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ES82659D-1.................... Sarah Messer; Indiana bat (Myotis Alabama, Presence/probable Capture, handle, Amendment
Huntington, WV. sodalis), gray bat Arkansas, absence surveys. identify, band,
(Myotis grisescens), Colorado, radio tag, and
northern long-eared Connecticut, release.
bat (Myotis Delaware,
septentrionalis), and Florida,
tricolored bat Georgia,
(Perimyotis Illinois,
subflavus). Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maine, 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,
Wyoming.
CS5916357-0................... Peter Hazelton, Carolina heelsplitter South Carolina... Presence/probable Capture, handle, New
University of (Lasmigona decorata). absence surveys identify,
Georgia; Athens, and population release, and
GA. demographic and salvage relic
habitat data shells.
collection.
PER9340831-0.................. Jeffrey Garner; Anthony's riversnail Alabama, Florida, Presence/probable Capture, handle, New
Florence, AL. (Athearnia anthonyi), Georgia, absence surveys, identify,
armored marstonia Mississippi, quantification release, and
(Marstonia pachyta), North Carolina, of community salvage relic
cylindrical lioplax Tennessee, and composition and shells.
(Lioplax Virginia. density, and
cyclostomatiformis), nonlethal
flat pebblesnail collection of
(Lepyrium DNA samples.
showalteri),
interrupted rocksnail
(Leptoxis foremani),
lacy elimia (Elimia
crenatella), painted
rocksnail (Leptoxis
taeniata), plicate
rocksnail (Leptoxis
plicata), rough
hornsnail (Pleurocera
foremani), round
rocksnail (Leptoxis
ampla), royal
marstonia (Marstonia
ogmorhaphe), slender
campeloma (Campeloma
decampi), tulotoma
(Tulotoma magnifica),
and 73 species of
freshwater mussels.
ES676379-8.................... NOAA/National Green sea turtle Alabama, Florida, Population PIT tag and Renewal and
Marine Fisheries (Chelonia mydas), Georgia, monitoring. flipper tag; amendment
Service; hawksbill sea turtle Louisiana, collect biopsy,
Pascagoula, MS. (Eretmochelys Mississippi, blood, and scute
imbricata), Kemp's North Carolina, samples.
ridley sea turtle South Carolina,
(Lepidochelys and Texas.
kempii), leatherback
sea turtle
(Dermochelys
coriacea), and
loggerhead sea turtle
(Caretta caretta).
ES41910B-4.................... Scott Rush, Indiana bat (Myotis Alabama, Presence/probable Bats: capture, Renewal and
Mississippi sodalis), gray bat Louisiana, absence surveys handle, amendment
State (Myotis grisescens), Mississippi, and scientific identify, band,
University; northern long-eared Ohio, and research. collect hair
Starkville, MS. bat (Myotis Tennessee. samples, and
septentrionalis), and release; Gopher
gopher tortoise tortoise: scope
(Gopherus polyphemus). burrows,
capture, handle,
mark, attach
transmitters,
and attach GPS
data loggers.
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PER9604902-0.................. Kaitlyn Torrey; Indiana bat (Myotis Alabama, Presence/probable Capture, handle, New
Woodstock, GA. sodalis), gray bat Arkansas, absence surveys. identify, band,
(Myotis grisescens), Colorado, radio tag, and
northern long-eared Connecticut, release.
bat (Myotis Delaware,
septentrionalis), and District of
tricolored bat Columbia,
(Perimyotis Florida,
subflavus). Georgia,
Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maine, 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.
PER9605390-0.................. Amanda Chucky madtom (Noturus Tennessee and Presence/probable Fishes: capture, New
Rosenberger; crypticus) and 53 Virginia. absence surveys handle,
Cookeville, TN. species of freshwater and scientific identify, swab,
mussels. research. fin clip, and
release;
Mussels:
capture, handle,
identify,
release, and
salvage relic
shells.
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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 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
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
After the comment period closes, we will make decisions regarding
permit issuance. If we issue permits to any of the applicants listed
above in this notice, we will publish a subsequent notice in the
Federal Register. You may locate the notice announcing the permit
issuance by searching https://www.regulations.gov for the application
number listed above in this document. Type in your search exactly as
the application number appears above, with spaces and hyphens as
necessary. For example, to find information about the potential
issuance of Permit No. PER 1234567-0, you would go to https://www.regulations.gov and put ``PER 1234567-0'' in the Search field.
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.).
Sean Blomquist,
Acting Deputy Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services,
Southeast Region.
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