[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 85 (Thursday, May 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24596-24597]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8461]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The public is invited to comment on the following nine 
applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species.

DATES: We must receive written data or comments on these applications 
at the address given below, by June 4, 2007.

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: Fish 
and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30345 (Attn: Victoria Davis, Permit Biologist).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public is invited to comment on the 
following nine applications for permits to conduct certain activities 
with endangered and threatened species. This notice is provided under 
section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). If you wish to comment, you may submit comments 
by any one of the following methods. You may mail comments to the Fish 
and Wildlife Service's Regional Office (see ADDRESSES section) or via 
electronic mail (e-mail) to [email protected]. Please include 
your name and return address in your e-mail message. If you do not 
receive a confirmation from the Fish and Wildlife Service that we have 
received your e-mail message, contact us directly at the telephone 
number listed above (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section). 
Finally, you may hand deliver comments to the Fish and Wildlife Service 
office listed above (see ADDRESSES section).
    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: Phillip W. Bettoli, USGS-Tennessee Coop Fish Unit, Tennessee 
Tech University, Cookeville, TN, TE145272-0.

    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, radio tag, 
fin clip, release) the pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) while 
monitoring movements and while assessing by-catch in a commercial 
shovelnose sturgeon fishery. The activities would occur in the main 
channel of the Mississippi River between Memphis, Tennessee and New 
Madrid, Missouri.

Applicant: Dr. Julie L. Lockwood, North Brunswick, New Jersey, 
TE075916-2.

    The applicant requests authorization to amend an existing permit to 
harass (capture, band, monitor nest, release) the Cape Sable seaside 
sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis) while installing temperature 
loggers, predator-proof barriers, and nest cameras. The proposed 
activities would occur while performing population monitoring and 
management activities within the Everglades National Park, Florida.
Applicant: U.S. Forest Service, Savannah River, New Ellenton, South 
Carolina, TE040792-2.

    The applicant requests authorization to renew an existing permit to 
take (band, monitor nests, release) the red-cockaded woodpecker 
(Picoides borealis) while conducting monitoring and management 
activities. The proposed activities would occur on U.S. Forest Service 
land at the Savannah River site, South Carolina.
Applicant: The Nature Conservancy-VA, Brian P. van Eerden, 
Charlottesville, Virginia, TE092887-1.

    The applicant requests authorization to renew an existing permit to 
take (band, monitor nests, release) the red-cockaded woodpecker 
(Picoides borealis) while conducting monitoring and management 
activities. The proposed activities would occur at the Piney Grove 
Preserve, Sussex County, Virginia.
Applicant: Department of the Army, Signal Center, Fort Gordon, Georgia, 
TE146376-1.

    The applicant requests authorization to renew an existing permit to 
take (capture, band, monitor nest, release) the red-cockaded woodpecker 
(Picoides borealis) while conducting monitoring and management 
activities. The proposed activities would occur on military land at 
Fort Gordon, Georgia.

Applicant: Tim J. Nehus, Cookeville, TN, TE108584-4.

    The applicant requests authorization to amend an existing permit to 
take (capture and release) the blue shiner (Cyprinella caerulea), 
slender chub (Erimystax cahni), slackwater darter (Etheostoma 
boschungi), duskytail darter (Etheostoma percurum), boulder darter 
(Etheostoma wapiti), spotfin chub (Cyprinella (=Hybopsis monacha)), 
palezone shiner (Notropis albizonatus), smoky madtom (Noturus baileyi), 
yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis), pygmy madtom (Noturus 
stanauli), amber darter (Percina antesella), Conasauga logperch 
(Percina jenkinsi), snail darter (Percina tanasi), and blackside dace 
(Phoxinus cumberlandensis) while conducting presence/absence surveys 
and relocation activities. The proposed activities would occur 
throughout the state of Tennessee.

Applicant: Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Eric John 
Baka, Baton Rouge, LA, TE079972-1.

    The applicant requests authorization to renew an existing permit to 
take (capture, band, release) the red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides 
borealis) while conducting monitoring and management activities. The 
proposed activities would occur throughout the species range in 
Louisiana.

Applicant: HMB Professional Engineers, INC, Frankfort, KY, TE129703-1.

    The applicant requests authorization to amend an existing permit to 
take (capture, release) the fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax), Running 
Buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum), short's goldenrod (Solidago 
shortii), Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), and gray bat (Myotis 
grisescens) while conducting presence/absence surveys. The surveys 
would be conducted throughout the species range in Indiana and 
Kentucky.

Applicant: Nicholas M. Haddad, North Carolina State University, 
Raleigh, NC, TE054973-1.
    The applicant requests authorization to amend and renew an existing 
permit to take (capture, release, collect eggs, rear in captivity, 
salvage, preserve) Saint

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Francis' satyr (Neonympha mitchelli francisici) while identifying 
hostplants and perfecting captive rearing for the potential 
establishment of experimental populations in the future. The activities 
would take place at the Fort Bragg Military Base, Cumberland and Hoke 
Counties, North Carolina.

    Dated: March 1, 2007.
Jackie Parrish,
Acting Regional Director.
 [FR Doc. E7-8461 Filed 5-2-07; 8:45 am]
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