[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 1, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25733-25734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-10430]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R4-ES-2012-N092; 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 May 31, 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-66439A

Applicant: Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia

    Applicant requests authorization to collect seeds from Trillium 
reliquum (relict trillium) for the purpose of seed banking and 
propagation. This activity will be conducted on Fort Benning Military 
Base, Columbus, Georgia.

Permit Application Number: TE-237537

Applicant: Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri

    Applicant requests authorization to collect seeds from the 
following plant species:

Arenaria cumberlandensis Cumberland sandwort
Astragalus bibullatus Guthries ground plum
Solidago albopilosa White-haired Goldenrod
Xyris tennesseensis Tennessee yellow-eyed grass

    This project will take place on Federal properties in Alabama, 
Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Virginia and West Virginia.

Permit Application Number: TE-148282

Applicant: Jack Wilhide, Chapmanville, West Virginia

    Applicant requests reauthorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys on the following species:

Indiana bat Myotis sodalis
Gray bat Myotis grisescens
Virginia big-eared bat Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus
Ozark big-eared bat Corynorhinus townsendii ingens

    These surveys will be conducted in West Virginia, Virginia, 
Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina and Arkansas.

Permit Application Number: TE-67142A

Applicant: Woodson Asher, Mancherster, Kentucky

    Applicant requests reauthorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys on the following species:

Indiana bat Myotis sodalis
Gray bat Myotis grisescens
Virginia big-eared bat Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus

    These surveys will be conducted throughout the species ranges.

Permit Application Number: TE-67464A

Applicant: Irene Liu, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

    Applicant requests authorization to monitor nests, capture, band, 
draw blood and conduct laparotomies on yellow-shouldered blackbirds 
(Agelaius xanthomus) in Puerto Rico.

Permit Application Number: TE-108990

    Applicant: Ronald Spears, Centennial, Colorado

    Applicant requests reauthorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys on the following species:

    Indiana bat Myotis sodalis
    Gray bat Myotis grisescens
    Mexican long-nosed bat Leptonycteris nivalis
    Lesser long-nosed bat Leptonycteris curasoae

    These surveys will be conducted throughout the species ranges.

Permit Application Number: TE-88889

Applicant: The Nature Conservancy.

    Applicant requests renewed authorization to capture, band, 
translocate and install artificial nesting cavities for the red-
cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) on the Disney Preserve in 
Osceola and Polk Counties, Florida.

Permit Application Number: TE-156392

Applicant: Skybax Ecological Services, Berea, Kentucky

    Applicant requests reauthorization to conduct scientific studies 
and surveys on the following species:


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    Indiana bat Myotis sodalis
    Gray bat Myotis grisescens
    Virginia big-eared bat Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus

    These surveys will be conducted throughout the species ranges.

    Dated: April 11, 2012.
Jacquelyn B. Parrish,
Acting Regional Director.
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