[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 29 (Monday, February 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7599-7600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3236]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R4-ES-2012-N031; 40120-1112-0000-F2]


Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to 
comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities 
with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species 
Act (ESA) prohibits activities with listed species unless a Federal 
permit is issued that allows such activities. The ESA requires that we 
invite public comment before issuing these permits.

DATES: We must receive written data or comments on the applications at 
the address given below, by March 14, 2012.

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: U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, 
GA 30345 (Attn: Cameron Shaw, Permit Coordinator).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cameron Shaw, telephone (904) 731-
3191; facsimile (904) 731-3045.

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.) 
and our regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 
part 17. 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 (email) to: [email protected]. Please include your name and 
return address in your email message. If you do not receive a 
confirmation from the Fish and Wildlife Service that we have received 
your email 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, email 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.

Permit Application Number: TE-56762A

    Applicant: University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
    Applicant requests authorization to take (capture, transport, 
temporarily house, conduct captive breeding, release and monitor 
populations), the yellowcheek darter (Etheostoma moorei). This 
activity will be conducted on the Little Red River in Arkansas and 
at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

Permit Application Number: TE-58322A

    Applicant: Brent Mock, Nashville, Tennessee
    Applicant requests authorization for non-lethal take of Indiana 
bats (Myotis sodalist) and gray bats (Myotis grisescens) for the 
purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys and collecting 
scientific data. This work will be conducted throughout the ranges 
of these species.

Permit Application Number: TE-58442A

    Applicant: James Cox, Tallahassee, Florida
    Applicant requests authorization to take Florida grasshopper 
sparrows (Ammodramus savannarum floridanus) by netting, handling, 
marking and releasing for the purpose of conducting scientific 
research in Osceola and Okeechobee Counties, Florida.

Permit Application Number: TE-63270A

    Applicant: Dr. Robert Reynolds, Quincy, Massachusetts
    Applicant requests authorization to take Puerto Rican boa 
(Epicrates inornatus) and Virgin Island boa (Epicrates monensis 
granti) by capturing, handling, collecting blood and tissue samples 
and releasing for the purpose of conducting scientific research in 
the Mato del Platano Nature Reserve, Puerto Rico.

Permit Application Number: TE-14097A

    Applicant: Daniel Judy, Mount Dora, Florida
    Applicant requests amendment of permit to allow for the take of 
Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) and 
Ozark big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens) while 
conducting presence/absence surveys. Applicant further requests 
authorization to conduct such activities in Oklahoma and Kansas.

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Permit Application Number: TE-75916

    Applicant: Dr. Julie Lockwood, Rutgers University, New 
Brunswick, New Jersey
    Applicant requests authorization to take Cape Sable seaside 
sparrows (Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis) by netting, handling, 
marking and releasing for the purpose of conducting scientific 
research in Florida.

Permit Application Number: TE-63577A

    Applicant: National Park Service, Mammoth Cave National Park
    Applicant requests authorization for non-lethal take of Indiana 
bats (Myotis sodalist) and gray bats (Myotis grisescens) for the 
purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys and collecting 
scientific data. This work will be conducted at and in the vicinity 
of Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky.

Permit Application Number: TE-63633A

    Applicant: Biodiversity Research Institute, Gorham, Maine
    Applicant requests authorization for non-lethal take of Indiana 
bats (Myotis sodalist) and gray bats (Myotis grisescens) for the 
purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys and collecting 
scientific data. This work will be conducted in Tennessee, New 
Jersey and New York.

Permit Application Number: TE-63797A

    Applicant: Christopher Owen, Louisville, Kentucky
    Applicant requests authorization for take (capture, survey, 
handle, hold in captivity, propagate and release), for the purpose 
of collecting scientific data and artificial propagation research, 
the following freshwater mussel species:

Cumberland bean (Villosa trabalis)
Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
Little-wing pearlymussel (Pegias fabula)
Orangefoot pimpleback (Plethobasus cooperianus)
Ring pink mussel (Obovarua retusa)
Rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum)

    This work will be conducted in the Cumberland, Green, Kentucky, 
Licking, Salt and Ohio River basins.

    Dated: January 27, 2012.
Franklin J. Arnold, III,
Acting Regional Director.
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