[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 26 (Thursday, February 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9067-9068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02739]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R4-ES-2013-N007; 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 11, 2013.

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.

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    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-91331A

Applicant: Timothy Day, Pensacola, Florida.
    Applicant requests authorization to take (capture, mark, 
translocate and release) Perdido Key beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus 
tryssillepsis), Choctawhatchee beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus 
allophrys) and Alabama beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus ammobates) 
for the purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys and assisting in 
species recovery efforts. These activities will be conducted in 
Escambia and Walton Counties, Florida and Baldwin County, Alabama.

Permit Application Number: TE-91366A

Applicant: Dr. Paul Stewart, Troy, Alabama.
    Applicant requests authorization to take (capture, translocate, 
collect voucher specimens, and release) 68 freshwater mussels species 
and 17 freshwater fish species in the State of Alabama.

Permit Application Number: TE-91373A

Applicant: Jonathan Miller, Troy, Alabama.
    Applicant requests authorization to take (capture, translocate, 
collect voucher specimens, and release) 68 freshwater mussels species 
and 17 freshwater fish species in the State of Alabama.

Permit Application Number: TE-84054

Applicant: URS Corporation, Franklin, Tennessee.
    Applicant requests amended authorization to take (capture, handle, 
and release) the Etowah darter (Etheostoma etowahae) and the Conasauga 
logperch (Percina jenkinsi) for the purpose of conducting presence/
absence surveys in Georgia.

Permit Application Number: TE-94714A

Applicant: Natural Natives Inc., Seneca, South Carolina.
    Applicant requests authorization to engage in interstate commerce 
(sell) 19 listed plant species.

Permit Application Number: TE-206872

Applicant: Joy O'Keefe, Terre Haute, Indiana.
    Applicant requests amended authorization to take (capture, mark, 
collect tissues, salvage, attach scientific devices and release) 
Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) for the 
purpose of scientific research. These activities will be conducted 
within the states of Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia and West 
Virginia.

Permit Application Number: TE-54973

Applicant: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.
    Applicant requests renewed authorization to take (capture, hold, 
propagate in captivity and release) St. Francis Satyr butterflies for 
the purpose of scientific research and species recovery. These 
activities will occur in North Carolina.

Permit Application Number: TE-94728A

Applicant: Environmental Consulting Operations, Benton, Arkansas.
    Applicant request authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys 
on the American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) in the State of 
Arkansas.

Permit Application Number: TE-95405A

Applicant: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 
Blacksburg, Virginia.
    Applicant requests authorization to take (capture, mark, collect 
tissues, salvage, attach scientific devices and release) Indiana bats 
(Myotis sodalis) for the purpose of scientific research. These 
activities will be conducted at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and in Montgomery, 
Giles, Pulaski, Bland and Tazewell Counties, Virginia.

Permit Application Number: TE-95412A

Applicant: Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection, Frankfort, 
Kentucky.
    Applicant requests authorization to take (capture, translocate, 
collect voucher specimens, and release) 29 freshwater mussels species 
and 6 freshwater fish species while conducting surveys and scientific 
research in the State of Kentucky.

Permit Application Number: TE-86220A

Applicant: Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, 
Gainesville, Florida.
    Applicant requests authorization to take (capture, translocate, 
temporarily house, propagate in captivity, and release) Schaus 
Swallowtail butterflies (Heraclides aristodemus ponceanus) in the State 
of Florida.

    Dated: January 31, 2013.
Jacquelyn B. Parrish,
Acting Regional Director.
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