[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 98 (Tuesday, May 20, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29143-29144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11292]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R4-ES-2008-N0123; 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 applications at 
the address given below, by June 19, 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: Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region, TE697819

    The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to take or 
remove and reduce to possession listed species occurring in the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service's Southeast Region for scientific purposes, 
the enhancement of propagation or survival, and for approved recovery 
activities. The applicant also requests amendment of their existing 
permit to add or remove all newly listed or de-listed species since the 
last permit renewal, as well as to add candidate species expected to be 
listed in the near future.

Applicant: Harold Schramm, USGS, Mississippi Cooperative Fish and 
Wildlife Research Unit, Mississippi State, Mississippi, TE178448

    The applicant requests authorization to capture, implant acoustic 
transmitters into, and release pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) 
for tracking purposes in the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Rivers in 
Mississippi and Louisiana.

Applicant: Scott Slankard, Eco-Tech Consultants, Inc., Frankfort, 
Kentucky, TE810274

    The applicant requests authorization to amend an existing permit to 
capture, handle, radio-tag, and release Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) 
and gray bats (Myotis grisescen) for presence/absence surveys and 
scientific research aimed at recovery of the species throughout the 
states of New Jersey, West Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina, 
South Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.

Applicant: Peggy Measel, Round Mountain Biological and Environmental 
Studies, Inc., Nicholasville, Kentucky, TE121059

    The applicant requests authorization to amend an existing permit to 
capture, identify, measure, sex, and release Indiana bats and gray bats 
while conducting presence/absence surveys throughout the species ranges 
in Tennessee.

Applicant: Norman Wagoner, Forest Supervisor, Ouachita National Forest, 
Hot Springs, Arkansas, TE125605

    The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to 
capture, handle, band, and release the Indiana bat while conducting 
inventory and monitoring surveys within the boundaries of Ouachita 
National Forest, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

Applicant: Chris Fleming, BDY Environmental, LLC, Nashville, Tennessee, 
TE111326

    The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to 
capture, identify, sex, photograph, temporarily hold, release, and 
relocate the Nashville crayfish (Orconectes shoupi) while conducting 
presence/absence surveys and translocation activities in Mill Creek 
Watershed, Davidson and Williamson Counties, Tennessee.

Applicant: Robert Oney, Palmer Engineering, Winchester, Kentucky, 
TE178524

    The applicant requests authorization to capture, identify, 
temporarily hold, and release Indiana bats, gray bats, and Virginia 
big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus); cumberlandian 
combshell (Epioblasma brevidens), Cumberland elktoe (Alasmidonta 
atropurpurea), Cumberland bean (Villosa trabalis), fanshell (Cyprogenia 
stegaria), ring pink (Obovaria retusa), orangefoot pimpleback 
(Plethobasus cooperianus), rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), pink 
mucket (Lampsilis abrupta), clubshell (Pleurobema clava), and fat 
pocketbook (Potamilus capax); and locate white-haired goldenrod 
(Solidago albopilosa), running buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum), 
and Virginia spiraea (Spiraea virginiana) while conducting presence/
absence surveys throughout the range of the species.

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Applicant: Paul Stone, Crosby Resource Management, LLC, DeRidder, 
Louisiana, TE179330

    The applicant requests authorization to harass the red-cockaded 
woodpecker (Picoides borealis) while surveying population occurrence 
and conducting management activities for this species throughout 
Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.

Applicant: Jeffrey Walters, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia 
Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, TE070846

    The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to monitor 
nests, capture, band, radio-tag, collect blood, construct cavities, and 
translocate red-cockaded woodpeckers for the purposes of banding 
juveniles and adults, monitoring populations and nest cavities, and 
various research projects throughout the species range in Florida, 
South Carolina, and North Carolina.

Applicant: Michael Keys, North Florida Wildlife, Crawfordville, 
Florida, TE834056

    The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to 
capture, band, and release red-cockaded woodpeckers for the purposes of 
banding juveniles and adults and monitoring populations and nest 
cavities throughout the species range in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, 
South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, 
Virginia, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Applicant: Shaun Williamson, Forest Supervisor, National Forests in 
Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, TE020890

    The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to harass 
red-cockaded woodpeckers for the purposes of constructing and 
monitoring artificial nest cavities and restrictors; for capturing, 
banding, and translocation of birds; and for monitoring populations and 
nest cavities throughout the species range in Mississippi.

Applicant: Charles Rabolli, CCR Environmental, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, 
TE096132

    The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to harass 
red-cockaded woodpeckers while conducting presence/absence surveys, 
constructing artificial nest cavities, controlling vegetation, and 
monitoring activities in clusters throughout the species range in 
Virginia, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, 
Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

Applicant: Curtis Garriock, Pittsboro, North Carolina, TE179329

    The applicant requests authorization to capture, identify, 
photograph, temporarily hold, and release the Saint Francis Satyr 
butterfly (Neonympha mitchellii francisci) while conducting presence/
absence surveys for this species throughout North Carolina and 
Virginia.

Applicant: Eric Hoffman, Department of Biology, University of Central 
Florida, Orlando, Florida, TE179312

    The applicant requests authorization to capture, examine, draw 
blood, collect hairs, and release the Lower Keys marsh rabbit 
(Sylvilagus palustris hefneri) to assess genetic diversity in Monroe 
County, Florida.

Applicant: Chris Isaac, Appalachian Technical Services, Inc., Wise, 
Virginia, TE009638

    The applicant requests authorization to amend an existing permit to 
capture, handle, radio-tag, and release Indiana bats, gray bats, 
Virginia big-eared bats, and blackside dace (Phoxinus cumberlandensis) 
for presence/absence surveys and scientific research aimed at recovery 
of the species throughout the species ranges in Georgia, North 
Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, 
Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Applicant: Brian Estes, Jordan, Jones, and Goulding, Inc., Norcross, 
Georgia, TE087127

    The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to 
capture, identify, and release blue shiner (Cyprinella caerulea), 
Etowah darter (Etheostoma etowahae), Cherokee darter (Etheostoma 
scotti), amber darter (Percina antesella), goldline darter (Percina 
aurolineata), snail darter (Percina tanasi), Conasauga logperch 
(Percina jenkinsi), and the eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon corais 
couperi) for presence/absence surveys throughout the species ranges in 
Georgia.

Applicant: Jeffrey West, Columbia, South Carolina, TE178643

    The applicant requests authorization to harass the Carolina 
heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorate) for presence/absence surveys 
throughout the species range in North Carolina and South Carolina.

Applicant: John Alford, Ecological Solution, Inc., Roswell, Georgia, 
TE070800

    The applicant requests authorization to amend an existing permit to 
harass all threatened and endangered fish, mussel, and snail species 
native to Georgia and Alabama for presence/absence surveys.

Applicant: Julie Lockwood, North Brunswick, New Jersey, TE075916

    The applicant requests authorization to amend an existing permit to 
capture, band, collect blood samples, release, and monitor nests of the 
Cape Sable seaside sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis) while 
conducting demographic studies in Everglades National Park and Big 
Cypress National Preserve, Monroe and Miami-Dade Counties, Florida.

    Dated: May 5, 2008.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Acting Regional Director.
 [FR Doc. E8-11292 Filed 5-19-08; 8:45 am]
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