[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62808-62809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25513]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Receipt of Application for Endangered Species Permit

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application for endangered species permit.

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SUMMARY: The following applicants have applied for permits to conduct 
certain activities with endangered species. This notice is provided 
pursuant to Section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

DATES: Written data or comments on these applications must be received, 
at the address given below, by November 7, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Documents and other information submitted with these 
applications are available for review, subject to the requirements of 
the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act, by any party who 
submits a written request for a copy of such documents to the following 
office within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice: U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30345 (Attn: Victoria Davis, Permit Biologist). Telephone: 404/
679-4176; Facsimile: 404/679-7081.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Davis, Telephone: 404/679-
4176; Facsimile: 404/679-7081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you wish to comment, you may submit 
comments by any one of several methods. You may mail comments to the 
Service's Regional Office (see ADDRESSES). You may also comment via the 
internet to ``[email protected].'' Please submit comments over 
the internet as an ASCII file avoiding the use of special characters 
and any form of encryption. Please also include your name and return 
address in your internet message. If you do not receive a confirmation 
from the Service that we have received your internet message, contact 
us directly at either telephone number listed above (see FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT). Finally, you may hand deliver comments to the 
Service office listed below (see ADDRESSES). Our practice is to make 
comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, available 
for public review during regular business hours. Individual respondents 
may request that we withhold their home address from the administrative 
record. We will honor such requests to the extent allowable by law. 
There may also be other circumstances in which we would withhold from 
the administrative record a respondent's identity, as allowable by law. 
If you wish us to withhold your name and address, you must state this 
prominently at the beginning of your comments. However, we will not 
consider anonymous comments. We will make all submissions from 
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying 
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or 
businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.
    Applicant: Jeff S. Glitzenstein, South Carolina Native Plant 
Society, Tallahassee, Florida, TE059092-0.
    The applicant requests authorization to remove and reduce to 
possession cuttings and seeds of Lindera melissifolia (pondberry) for 
the purposes of initiating colonies in the Francis Marion National 
Forest. The proposed activities will take place in the Francis Marion 
National Forest, Charleston and Berkeley Counties, South Carolina.
    Applicant: United States Army Corps of Engineers Research and 
Development Center, Dr. Andrew C. Miller, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 
TE060818-0.
    The applicant requests authorization to take (survey, capture, and 
translocate) approximately 3,000 endangered fat pocketbook mussels 
(Potamilus capax)

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from Stateline Outlet Ditch, Mississippi County, Arkansas. The 
applicant has requested to relocate mussels from the dredge site to 
other suitable sites in the river.
    Applicant: United States Army Corps of Engineers Research and 
Development Center, Dr. Andrew C. Miller, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 
TE060835-0.
    The applicant requests authorization to take (survey, capture, and 
translocate) by clamshell dredging the endangered orangefoot 
(pearlymussel) pimpleback (Pletobasus cooperianus) and the pink 
(pearlymussel) mucket (Lampsilis abrupta). Clamshell dredging is 
proposed as an experimental technique to minimize mussel mortality. The 
proposed activity will occur in the Tennessee River navigation channel 
near Diamond Island, Hardin County, Tennessee.
    Applicant: Arkansas Tech University, Joseph N. Stoeckel, 
Russellville, Arkansas, TE060875-0.
    The applicant requests authorization to take (survey, handle, 
identify, examine, release, and collect voucher specimens and relics) 
the fat pocketbook mussel (Potamilus capax) while conducting presence 
and absence surveys. The surveys will be conducted at Old Frenchman's 
Bayou and ditch number 1 in Mississippi and Critendon counties, 
Arkansas.
    Applicant: Natural Resources Conservation Service, James David 
Ellis, Little Rock, Arkansas, TE059043-0.
    The applicant requests authorization to take (survey, capture, tag, 
mark, and release) the American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) 
while conducting presence and absence surveys to determine if the 
species is present in the South Logan Counties Water Supply project 
area. The proposed activities will occur in Logan and Scott Counties, 
Arkansas.
    Applicant: Ichauway, Inc. d.b.a. Joseph W. Jones Ecological 
Research Center, Newton, Georgia, TE059033-0.
    The applicant requests authorization to remove and reduce to 
possession seeds of Lindera melissifolia (pondberry) to determine the 
role of seed predation, longevity of seeds, and the effects of leaf 
litter on seed germination in order to promote sexual reproduction. The 
proposed activities will take place in the Francis Marion National 
Forest, Charleston and Berkeley Counties, South Carolina and the Delta 
National Forest, Sharkey County, Mississippi.
    Applicant: Dr. William D. Pearson, University of Louisville, 
Louisville, Kentucky, TE059028-0.
    The applicant requests authorization to take (survey, capture, and 
release) the Kentucky cave shrimp (Palaemonias ganteri) to determine 
presence and absence and to gather population data while conducting 
long term monitoring of the aquatic fauna in subterranean streams of 
Mammoth Cave National Park. The proposed activities will take place in 
Roaring River, Echo/Styx River, Mystic River, Owl cave, Eyeless Fish 
Trail, and Golden Triangle streams within the Mammoth Cave National 
Park, Edmonson County, Kentucky.
    Applicant: CCR Environmental, Inc., Mr. Christian M. Crow, Atlanta, 
Georgia, TE059008-0.
    The applicant requests authorization to take (survey, capture, and 
release) the fat threeridge mussel (Amblema neislerii), shinyrayed 
pocketbook (Lampsilis subangulata), gulf moccasinshell (Medionidus 
penicillatus), oval pigtoe (Pleurobema pyriforme), and purple 
bankclimber (Elliptoideus sloatianus) to determine the absence or 
presence in various streams, including bridge and roadway crossings 
throughout Georgia.
    Applicant: Kenneth Neil Medlin, North Carolina Department of 
Transportation, Clayton, North Carolina, TE061055.
    The applicant requests authorization to take (survey, capture, and 
release) the Cape Fear shiner (Notropis mekistocholas) and the spotfin 
chub (Cyprinella monacha) while conducting presence and absence surveys 
when potential transportation projects occur. The proposed activities 
will occur in the Cape Fear River Basin and the Tennessee River Basin, 
North Carolina.
    Applicant: International Carnivorus Plant Society, Barry Rice, 
Fullerton, California, TE060992-0.
    The applicant requests authorization to remove and reduce to 
possession seeds of Sarracenia jonesii (mountain sweet pitcher plant), 
Sarracenia oreophila (green pitcher plant), Sarracenia alabamensis 
(Alabama canebrake pitcher plant), and Pinguilcula ionantha (Godfrey's 
butterwort) for interstate commerce distribution in the United States.
    Applicant: International Carnivorus Plant Society, Barry Rice, 
Fullerton, California, TE061005-0.
    The applicant requests authorization to remove and reduce to 
possession seeds of Sarracenia jonesii (mountain sweet pitcher plant), 
Sarracenia oreophila (green pitcher plant), Sarracenia alabamensis 
(Alabama canebrake pitcher plant), and Pinguilcula ionantha (Godfrey's 
butterwort) interstate commerce distribution in the United States. The 
seeds would be germinated and grown under the expert care and when they 
are approximately two years old, the vigorous individuals would be 
sold.
    Applicant: United States Army Corps of Engineers-Memphis District, 
David L. Reece, Memphis, Tennessee, TE061069-0.
    The applicant requests authorization to take (survey, collect, and 
replace at point of collection) the endangered orangefoot 
(pearlymussel) pimpleback (Pletobasus cooperianus), pink (pearlymussel) 
mucket (Lampsilis abrupta), fat pocketbook mussel (Potamilus capax), 
Turgid-blossom pearly mussel (Epioblasma turgidula), and ring pink 
mussel (Obovaria retusa) while conducting presence and absence surveys. 
The proposed activities will occur within the boundaries of the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers-Memphis District in the following states: 
Arkansas, Tennessee, and Kentucky.
    Applicant: Dennis R. DeVries, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, 
TE061284-0.
    The applicant requests authorization to take (survey, collect, 
measure, count, and replace at point of collection) the endangered 
Tulotoma snail (Tulotoma magnifica) while conducting presence and 
absence surveys. The proposed activities will occur in the Coosa River 
drainage, Alabama.

    Dated: September 18, 2002.
Christine E. Eustis,
Acting Regional Director, Region IV.
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