[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 40 (Thursday, February 28, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10801-10802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3768]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R4-ES-2008-N0027]
[40120-1112-0000-F5]


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 applications 
to conduct certain activities with threatened and endangered species.

DATES: We must receive written data or comments on the application at 
the address given below, by March 31, 2008.

ADDRESSES: Documents and other information submitted with the 
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: David Dell, HCP Coordinator).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Dell, telephone 404/679-7313; 
facsimile 404/679-7081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public is invited to comment on the 
following applications for permits to conduct certain activities with 
endangered and threatened species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.). This notice is provided under section 10(c) of the Act. 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).
    Before including your address, telephone number, e-mail address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comments, 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 comments to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so. 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. We will 
not, however, 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: Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida, TE083085.
    The applicant requests authorization to amend an existing permit to 
collect seeds of scrub plum (Prunus geniculata) from throughout the 
species range in Florida for use in propagation and research.

Applicant: Robert Shane Prescott, Compliance Monitoring Labs, Inc., 
Chapmanville, West Virginia, TE148279.
    The applicant requests authorization to survey, capture and attach 
radiotransmitters to Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii 
virginianus), gray bat (Myotis grisescens) and Indiana bat (Myotis 
sodalis). Activities will occur throughout West Virginia, Virginia, 
Tennessee, North Carolina, and Kentucky.

Applicant: Jack D. Wilhide, Compliance Monitoring Labs, Inc., 
Chapmanville, West Virginia, TE148282.
    The applicant requests authorization to survey, capture and attach 
radiotransmitters to Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii 
virginianus), gray bat (Myotis grisescens), and Indiana bat (Myotis 
sodalis). Sampling will occur throughout West Virginia, Virginia, 
Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas.

Applicant: Byron J. Freeman, Institute of Ecology, University of 
Georgia, Athens, Georgia, TE132114.
    The applicant requests amendment of an existing permit to capture 
and sacrifice for genetic research, amber darter (Percina antesella), 
from the Etowah River and the Conasauga River. The applicant also 
requests to collect Cherokee darter (Etheostoma scotti) from Hickory 
Log Creek. The applicant also seeks permission to hold Etheostoma 
scotti from multiple locations, collect trematode parasites and release 
the fish.

Applicant: Gary D. Schnell, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, 
TE040080.

    The applicant requests authorization to amend an existing permit to 
add Texas to their authorized work area. Activities authorized are the 
capture, tagging and translocation of American burying beetle 
(Nicrophorus americanus).

Applicant: Carol E. Johnston, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, 
TE163433.

    The applicant requests authorization to study spawning of the Cape 
Fear shiner (Notropis mekistocholas) in Chatham and Lee Counties, North 
Carolina.

Applicants: Steven Bradford Cook, Tennessee Technological University, 
Cookeville, Tennessee, TE083014. Matt A. Kulp, National Park Service, 
Tennessee, TE148237.

    The applicant requests an amendment to his current permit to 
capture, mark, and monitor spotfin chub (Erimonax monachus), duskeytail 
darter (Etheostoma percnurum), smoky madtom (Noturus baileyi), and 
yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis) in Abrams Creek watershed, 
Sevier County, Tennessee.

Applicant: Stuart W. McGregor, Geological Survey of Alabama, 
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, TE027346.

    The applicant requests an amendment to his current permit to 
salvage shells of endangered and threatened fresh water mollusks via 
wading, snorkeling, or scuba diving in the Chattahoochee River drainage 
in Alabama and Georgia.

Applicant: Paul D. Johnson, Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center, 
Marion, Alabama, TE130300.

    The applicant requests an amendment to his current permit to 
collect, identify, sacrifice, temporarily hold, permanently hold, and 
release the following mollusks and fish species: rough pigtoe 
(Pleurobema plenum), black clubshell (Pleurobema curtum), Alabama 
heelsplitter (Potamilus inflatus), and Alabama sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus 
suttkusi). The activities will occur while conducting surveys, 
population estimates and genetic, morphological, anatomical, and 
captive propagation studies.

Applicant: Thomas S. Risch, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, 
Arkansas, TE075913.

    The applicant requests an amendment to his current permit to 
conduct mist netting of Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis)

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in Arkansas, Kentucky, western Virginia and eastern Ohio for population 
surveys.

Applicant: Steven E. Buler, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, 
TE163451.

    The applicant requests authorization to capture and sacrifice blue 
shiner (Cyprinella caerulea), palezone shiner (Notropis albizonatus), 
Cahaba shiner (Notropis cahabae), slackwater darter (Etheostoma 
boschungi), boulder darter (Etheostoma wapiti), goldline darter 
(Percina aurolineata), and snail darter (Percina tanasi) as voucher 
specimens from streams throughout Alabama.

Applicant: Arthur C. Benke, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 
TE163435.

    The applicant requests authorization to capture and release the 
following species: cylindrical lioplax (Lioplax cyclostomaformis); flat 
pebblesnail (Lepyrium showalteri); round rocksnail (Leptoxis ampla); 
fine-lined pocketbook (Lampsilis altilis), and orange-nacre mucket 
(Lampsilis perovalis) for research and surveys on Cahaba River National 
Wildlife Refuge, Bibb County, Alabama.

Applicant: Barry S. Payne and Mark D. Farr, USACE/ERDC, Vicksburg, 
Mississippi, TE163434.

    The applicants request authorization to capture and release fat 
threeridge mussels (Amblema neislerii) as part of a study to determine 
depth distribution of the species in the Apalachicola River, Florida.

Applicant: Lee E. Carolan, Palmer Engineering. Winchester, Kentucky, 
TE156345.

    The applicant requests permission to conduct presence/absence 
surveys on a contract basis for four endangered bat species, seven 
threatened or endangered bird species, two threatened reptiles, thirty 
endangered mussels, twelve threatened or endangered fish, one 
endangered snail, four endangered insects, one endangered crustacean 
and seven threatened or endangered plants. Depending on the contracts 
let, species may be sampled in Missouri, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, 
Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia.

Applicant: Ya Yang, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 
TE156323.

    The applicant requests permission to collect leaf samples from 
Chamaesyce deltoidea, Chamaesyce garberi, Chamaesyce hooveri, and 
Euphorbia telephioides as well as two herbarium vouchers for each 
species. All species will be collected in Dade, Monroe, or Collier 
County, Florida for research purposes.

Applicant: Andrew Case Miller, Ecological Applications, Tallahassee, 
Florida, TE156374.

    The applicant requests authorization to capture and release the 
endangered threeridge mussel (Amblema neislerii) for population surveys 
in the Apalachicola River, Florida.

Applicant: Peter Scott Floyd, Sr., Pascagoula, Mississippi, TE156426

    The applicant requests authorization to trap, radio-tag, and 
release the endangered Alabama redbellied turtle (Pseudemys 
alabamensis), for research and surveys throughout the species range in 
Alabama.

Applicant: Gerald R. Dinkins, Dinkins Biological Consulting, Powell, 
Tennessee, TE069754.

    The applicant requests renewal of his permit to capture, identify, 
and release federally listed fish and mussels for population surveys 
throughout their ranges in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, 
Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, 
Iowa, and Minnesota.

Applicant: Roberg Environmental Consulting Services, Cabot, Arkansas, 
TE105626.

    The applicant requests renewal and amendment of his current permit 
to capture, mark, and release the American burying beetle for 
population surveys throughout the species range in Arkansas and 
Oklahoma.

    Dated: January 30, 2008.
Jeffrey M. Fleming,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. E8-3768 Filed 2-27-08; 8:45 am]
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