[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 211 (Thursday, October 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64627-64628]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-25901]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R4-ES-2008-N0291; 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 December 1, 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: Paul Yokley, Florence, Alabama, TE027307

    The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to 
capture, identify, and release 67 species of mussel, fish, snail, and 
turtle for presence/absence surveys throughout the species ranges in 
Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia.

Applicant: CCR Environmental, Atlanta, Georgia, TE059008

    The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to 
capture, identify, and release 110 species of mussel, fish, snail, 
crayfish, reptile and amphibian; and to harass five bird species for 
presence/absence surveys throughout the species ranges in Alabama, 
Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, North 
Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida.

Applicant: East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Winchester, Kentucky, 
TE816862

    The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to 
capture, identify, and release Virginia big-eared bats (Plecotus 
townsendii virginianus), Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), and gray bats 
(Myotis grisescen), as well as nineteen species of mussels, for 
presence/absence surveys throughout

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Kentucky. Indiana bat surveys are also conducted throughout the species 
range in the southeast and midwestern United States.

Applicant: Geosyntac Consultants, Inc., Kennesaw, Georgia, TE095972

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

Applicant: The University of Florida, Fort Lauderdale Research and 
Education Center, Davie, Florida, TE077258

    The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to 
capture, tag, salvage, collect blood and tissue, and release American 
crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) for research and monitoring populations 
throughout the species range in Florida.

 Applicant: Mark Merchant, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, 
Louisiana, TE196632

    The applicant requests authorization to capture, collect blood and 
tissue, and release American crocodiles for research purposes 
throughout the species range in Florida.

Applicant: Register-Nelson, Inc., McDonaugh, Georgia, TE114088

    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: Hopi Hoekstra, Harvard University, Cambridge, 
Massachussetts, TE095962

    The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to 
capture, tag, collect tissue samples, and release, Perdido Key 
(Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis), Choctawhatchee (P.p. 
polionotus), and St. Andrews (P.p. peninsularis) beach mice while 
conducting research activities throughout Florida.

Applicant: Christopher Skelton, Athens, Georgia, TE121073

    The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to 
capture, identify, and release seven species of fish and seventeen 
species of mussel for presence/absence surveys throughout the species 
ranges in Georgia.

Applicant: Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, Florida, TE763742

    The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to receive 
and maintain in captivity Florida panthers (Felis concolor coryi) in 
cooperation with the State of Florida and the Service for species 
recovery activities.

Applicant: Ronald Rohrbaugh, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New 
York, TE108852

    The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to harass 
ivory-billed woodpeckers (Campephilus principalis) for survey and 
research purposes throughout the species potential range in the 
southeastern and Midwestern United States.

Applicant: James B. Layzer, Tennessee Cooperative Fishery Research 
Unit, Cookeville, Tennessee, TE078207

    The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to 
capture, retain for captive propagation, and release seventeen species 
of mussels while conducting research and recovery-related activities 
throughout the species ranges in Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, 
and Kentucky.

Applicant: Sunlight Gardens, Anderson, Tennessee, TE125626

    The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to sell in 
interstate commerce artificially propagated specimens of Tennessee 
purple coneflower (Echinaceae tennesseensis) and Cumberland rosemary 
(Conradina verticillata).

    Dated: October 16, 2008.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Acting Regional Director.
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