[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 50 (Thursday, March 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16288-16291]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-05824]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R3-ES-2013-N043; FXES11130300000F3-134-FF03E00000]


Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Permit 
Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of permit applications; request for 
comments.

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

DATES: We must receive any written comments on or before April 15, 
2013.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments by U.S. mail to the Regional Director, 
Attn: Lisa Mandell, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological 
Services, 5600 American Blvd. West, Suite 990, Bloomington, MN 55437-
1458; or by electronic mail to [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Mandell, (612) 713-5343.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    We invite public comment on the following permit applications for 
certain activities with endangered species authorized by section 
10(a)(1)(A) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and our regulations 
governing the taking of endangered species in the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17. Submit your written data, comments, or 
request for a copy of the complete application to the address shown in 
ADDRESSES.

Permit Applications

Permit Application Number: TE98032A

Applicant: James E. Gardner, Jefferson City, MO.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) 
Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), Gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and Ozark 
big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens) throughout the States 
of Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, 
Oklahoma, and Tennessee. Proposed activities are for the recovery and 
enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.

Permit Application Number: TE38769A

Applicant: Sarah A. Bradley, Mark Twain National Forest, Salem, MO.

    The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (capture and 
release) Indiana bats and gray bats within the Mark Twain National 
Forest, Missouri. Proposed activities are for the recovery and 
enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.

Permit Application Number: TE98039A

Applicant: Kevin J. Roe, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, sample, and 
collect) the Iowa Pleistocene Snail (Discus maccklintocki) within Iowa 
and Illinois. The proposed scientific research is for the conservation 
and recovery of the species in the wild.

Permit Application Number: TE77530A

Applicant: Douglas J. Kapusinski, Cleveland, OH.

    The applicant requests a permit amendment to take (capture and 
release) the following mussels within the States of Illinois, Indiana, 
Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Wisconsin:

Dwarf wedgemussel--Alasmidonta heterodon
Spectaclecase--Cumberlandia monodonta
Fanshell--Cyprogenia stegaria
Purple Catspaw--Epioblasma obliquata obliquata
White Catspaw--Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua
Northern riffleshell--Epioblasma torulosa rangiana
Tubercled blossom--Epioblasma torulosa torulosa
Snuffbox--Epioblasma triquetra
Cracking pearlymussel--Hemistena lata
Pink mucket--Lampsilis abrupta
Higgins eye pearlymussel--Lampsilis higginsii
Scaleshell--Leptodea leptodon
Ring pink--Obovaria retusa
White wartyback--Plethobasus cicatricosus
Orangefoot pimpleback--Plethobasus cooperianus
Sheepnose--Plethobasus cyphyus
Clubshell--Pleurobema clava
James spinymussel--Pleurobema collina

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Rough pigtoe--Pleurobema plenum
Fat pocketbook--Potamilus capax
Winged mapleleaf--Quadrula fragosa
Rayed bean--Villosa fabalis

    Proposed activities are for the recovery and enhancement of 
survival of the species in the wild.

Permit Application Number: TE207178

Applicant: Amy L. Halsall, Aurora, IL.

    The applicant requests a renewed permit to take (capture and 
release) Indiana bats within the States of Illinois and Indiana. 
Proposed activities are for the recovery and enhancement of survival of 
the species in the wild.

Permit Application Number: TE98057A

Applicant: Lynda M. Mills, Festus, MO.

    The applicant requests a renewed permit to take (capture and 
release) Indiana bats and Gray bats within the State of Missouri. 
Proposed activities are for the recovery and enhancement of survival of 
the species in the wild.

Permit Application Number: TE181256

    Applicant: Lewis Environmental Consulting, LLC, Murray, KY.

    The applicant requests a permit amendment to add the rabbitsfoot 
mussel (Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica) to the list of species covered 
under the permit and to include authorization to work within the State 
of Michigan. Proposed activities are for the enhancement of survival 
and recovery of mussel species in the wild.

Permit Application Number: TE98063A

Applicant: Kathryn M. Womack, Columbia, MO.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) 
Indiana bats and gray bats within the State of Missouri. Proposed 
activities are for the recovery and enhancement of survival of the 
species in the wild.

Permit Application Number: TE207526

Applicant: Columbia Environmental Research Center, U.S. Geological 
Survey, Columbia, MO.

    The applicant requests a permit amendment to take (capture, sample, 
release; capture and hold) Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirhyncus albus) within 
the Missouri River and Middle Mississippi River. Proposed research 
activities are for the conservation and recovery of the species in the 
wild.

Permit Application Number: TE135297

Applicant: Saint Louis Zoo, St. Louis, MO.

    The applicant requests a permit renewal and amendment to take 
(capture and release; capture and hold) American burying beetle 
(Nicrophorus americanus) within the States of Missouri and Arkansas, 
and at the Zoo facility in St. Louis, MO. Proposed activities are for 
the propagation and enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.

Permit Application Number: TE38789A

Applicant: BHE Environmental, Inc., Cincinnati, OH.

    The applicant requests a permit renewal and amendment to take 
(capture and release) the following mammal, mussel and fish species:

Bat, Gray--Myotis grisescens
Bat, Indiana--Myotis sodalis
Pocketbook, Ouachita rock--Arkansia wheeleri
Bean, rayed--Villosa fabalis
Catspaw, white (pearlymussel)--Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua
Higgins eye (pearlymussel)--Lampsilis higginsii
Mapleleaf, winged--Quadrula fragosa
Mussel, scaleshell--Leptodea leptodon
Mussel, sheepnose--Plethobasus cyphyus
Mussel, snuffbox--Epioblasma triquetra
Pearlymussel, Curtis--Epioblasma florentina curtisii
Purple cat's paw pearlymussel--Epioblasma obliquata obliquata
Spectaclecase (mussel)--Cumberlandia monodonta
Acornshell, southern--Epioblasma othcaloogensis
Bankclimber, purple (mussel)--Elliptoideus sloatianus
Bean, Choctaw--Villosa choctawensis
Bean, Cumberland (pearlymussel)--Villosa trabalis
Blossom, green (pearlymussel)--Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum
Blossom, tubercled (pearlymussel)--Epioblasma torulosa torulosa
Blossom, turgid (pearlymussel)--Epioblasma turgidula
Blossom, yellow (pearlymussel)--Epioblasma florentina florentina
Clubshell, black--Pleurobema curtum
Clubshell, ovate--Pleurobema perovatum
Clubshell, southern--Pleurobema decisum
Combshell, Cumberlandian--Epioblasma brevidens
Combshell, southern--Epioblasma penita
Combshell, upland--Epioblasma metastriata
Ebonyshell, round--Fusconaia rotulata
Elktoe, Appalachian--Alasmidonta raveneliana
Elktoe, Cumberland--Alasmidonta atropurpurea
Fanshell--Cyprogenia stegaria
Fatmucket, Arkansas--Lampsilis powellii
Heelsplitter, Alabama (=inflated)--Potamilus inflatus
Heelsplitter, Carolina--Lasmigona decorata
Kidneyshell, southern--Ptychobranchus jonesi
Kidneyshell, triangular--Ptychobranchus greenii
Lampmussel, Alabama--Lampsilis virescens
Lilliput, pale (pearlymussel)--Toxolasma cylindrellus
Moccasinshell, Alabama--Medionidus acutissimus
Moccasinshell, Coosa--Medionidus parvulus
Moccasinshell, Gulf--Medionidus penicillatus
Moccasinshell, Ochlockonee--Medionidus simpsonianus
Monkeyface, Cumberland (pearlymussel)--Quadrula intermedia
Mucket, orangenacre--Lampsilis perovalis
Mucket, pink (pearlymussel)--Lampsilis abrupta
Mussel, oyster--Epioblasma capsaeformis
Pearlshell, Alabama--Margaritifera marrianae
Pearlshell, Louisiana--Margaritifera hembeli
Pearlymussel, birdwing--Lemiox rimosus
Pearlymussel, cracking--Hemistena lata
Pearlymussel, dromedary--Dromus dromas
Pearlymussel, littlewing--Pegias fabula
Pigtoe, Cumberland--Pleurobema gibberum
Pigtoe, dark--Pleurobema furvum
Pigtoe, finerayed--Fusconaia cuneolus
Pigtoe, flat--Pleurobema marshalli
Pigtoe, fuzzy--Pleurobema strodeanum
Pigtoe, Georgia--Pleurobema hanleyianum
Pigtoe, heavy--Pleurobema taitianum
Pigtoe, narrow--Fusconaia escambia
Pigtoe, oval--Pleurobema pyriforme
Pigtoe, rough--Pleurobema plenum
Pigtoe, shiny--Fusconaia cor
Pigtoe, southern--Pleurobema georgianum
Pigtoe, tapered--Fusconaia burkei
Pimpleback, orangefoot (pearlymussel)--Plethobasus cooperianus
Pocketbook, fat--Potamilus capax
Pocketbook, finelined--Lampsilis altilis
Pocketbook, shinyrayed--Lampsilis subangulata
Pocketbook, speckled--Lampsilis streckeri
Riffleshell, tan--Epioblasma florentina walkeri (=E. walkeri)
Ring pink (mussel)--Obovaria retusa
Slabshell, Chipola--Elliptio chipolaensis
Spinymussel, Altamaha--Elliptio spinosa

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Spinymussel, Tar River--Elliptio steinstansana
Stirrupshell--Quadrula stapes
Three-ridge, fat (mussel)--Amblema neislerii
Wartyback, white (pearlymussel)--Plethobasus cicatricosus
Bean, purple--Villosa perpurpurea
Clubshell--Pleurobema clava
Monkeyface, Appalachian (pearlymussel)--Quadrula sparsa
Rabbitsfoot, rough--Quadrula cylindrica strigillata
Riffleshell, northern--Epioblasma torulosa rangiana
Spinymussel, James--Pleurobema collina
Wedgemussel, dwarf--Alasmidonta heterodon
Darter, Niangua--Etheostoma nianguae
Madtom, Scioto--Noturus trautmani
Cavefish, Ozark--Amblyopsis rosae
Dace, Laurel--Chrosomus saylori
Sculpin, pygmy--Cottus paulus (=pygmaeus)
Shiner, blue--Cyprinella caerulea
Chub, spotfin--Erimonax monachus
Chub, slender--Erimystax cahni
Darter, slackwater--Etheostoma boschungi
Darter, vermilion--Etheostoma chermocki
Darter, relict--Etheostoma chienense
Darter, Etowah--Etheostoma etowahae
Darter, yellowcheek--Etheostoma moorei
Darter, watercress--Etheostoma nuchale
Darter, Okaloosa--Etheostoma okaloosae
Darter, duskytail--Etheostoma percnurum
Darter, rush--Etheostoma phytophilum
Darter, bayou--Etheostoma rubrum
Darter, Cherokee--Etheostoma scotti
Darter, bluemask (=jewel)--Etheostoma sp.
Darter, Cumberland--Etheostoma susanae
Darter, boulder--Etheostoma wapiti
Silverside, Waccamaw--Menidia extensa
Shiner, palezone--Notropis albizonatus
Shiner, Cahaba--Notropis cahabae
Shiner, Cape Fear--Notropis mekistocholas
Madtom, smoky--Noturus baileyi
Madtom, chucky--Noturus crypticus
Madtom, yellowfin--Noturus flavipinnis
Madtom, pygmy--Noturus stanauli
Darter, amber--Percina antesella
Darter, goldline--Percina aurolineata
Logperch, Conasauga--Percina jenkinsi
Darter, snail--Percina tanasi
Dace, blackside--Phoxinus cumberlandensis
Sturgeon, Alabama--Scaphirhynchus suttkusi
Cavefish, Alabama--Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni
Darter, Maryland--Etheostoma sellare
Logperch, Roanoke--Percina rex
Shiner, Topeka--Notropis topeka (=tristis)
Madtom, Neosho--Noturus placidus

    Activities are proposed throughout the range of the species which 
includes the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, 
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, 
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, 
Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, 
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West 
Virginia, and Wisconsin. The purpose of the proposed activities is to 
conserve and enhance the survival of the species in the wild through 
population monitoring, habitat assessments, and determination of 
presence/absence of the species in the wild.

Permit Application Number: TE98111A

Applicant: Ohio Department of Transportation, Columbus, OH.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release/
relocate) the following mussel species throughout the State of Ohio: 
clubshell, fanshell, northern riffleshell, pink mucket pearlymussel, 
purple catspaw, white catspaw, rayed bean, snuffbox, sheepnose and 
rabbitsfoot. Proposed activities are for the purpose of conservation 
and recovery of the species in the wild through project planning and 
habitat evaluation.

Permit Application Number: TE15027A

Applicant: Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., Columbus, OH.

    The applicant requests a permit renewal and amendment to take 
(capture and release) Indiana bats and gray bats throughout the States 
of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, 
Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New 
York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vermont, 
Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Proposed activities are for the 
recovery and enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.

Permit Application Number: TE212440

Applicant: John Chenger, Bat Conservation and Management, Carlisle, PA.

    The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (capture and 
release) Indiana bats and gray bats throughout the States of Alabama, 
Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, 
Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New 
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, 
Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, 
and Wisconsin. Proposed activities are for the recovery and enhancement 
of survival of the species in the wild.

Permit Application Number: TE113009

Applicant: Steven Ahlstedt, Norris, TN.

    The applicant requests a permit amendment to include the following 
mussel species: Littlewing pearly mussel, Fluted kidneyshell 
(Ptychobranchus subbtentum), Cumberland bean, Cumberland Combshell, and 
Tan Riffleshell. The proposed amendment includes expanding the 
geographic area in which the applicant may work to include locations 
within Kentucky. Proposed activities are for the recovery and 
enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.

Permit Application Number: TE98294A

Applicant: Normandeau Associates, Stowe, PA.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) 
Indiana bats throughout the State of Ohio. Proposed activities are for 
the recovery and enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.

Permit Application Number: TE212427

Applicant: Ecology and Environment, Inc., Lancaster, NY.

    The applicant requests a permit renewal and amendment to take 
(capture and release) Indiana bats, gray bats, Virginia big eared bats 
(Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), and Ozark big-eared bats 
throughout the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, 
Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, 
Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New 
Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode 
Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, 
and Wisconsin. Proposed activities are for the recovery and enhancement 
of survival of the species in the wild.

Permit Application Number: TE98295A

Applicant: Dallas Scott Settle, DBA Alliance Consulting, Fayetteville, 
WV.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) 
Indiana bats, gray bats, and Virginia big eared bats within the States 
of Illinois and West Virginia. Proposed activities are for the

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recovery and enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.

Permit Application Number: TE98296A

Applicant: Braden A. Hoffman, DBA Alliance Consulting, Fayetteville, 
WV.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) 
Indiana bats and gray bats throughout the range of the species: 
Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Illinois, 
Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, New 
Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, South Carolina, 
Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Proposed activities 
are for the recovery and enhancement of survival of the species in the 
wild.

Permit Application Number: TE82665A

Applicant: Melody L. Myers-Kinzie, Indianapolis, IN.

    The applicant requests a permit amendment to add rabbitsfoot and 
spectaclecase mussels to the list of mussels on her permit to take 
(capture and release) mussel species for the purpose of enhancement of 
survival of the species in the wild. The proposed amendment also 
includes adding the States of Illinois, Iowa, and Michigan to the scope 
of the permit.

Permit Application Number: TE98298A

Applicant: Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Groveport, OH.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release; 
salvage dead specimens) mussels within Ohio's streams and rivers. 
Federally listed species proposed to be included on the permit are: 
clubshell, fanshell, northern riffleshell, pink mucket pearlymussel, 
purple catspaw, rabbitsfoot, rayed bean, sheepnose, snuffbox, and white 
catspaw. Proposed activities are for the conservation and recovery of 
the species through evaluation and protection of habitats.

Public Comments

    We seek public review and comments on these permit applications. 
Please refer to the permit number when you submit comments. Comments 
and materials we receive are available for public inspection, by 
appointment, during normal business hours at the address shown in the 
ADDRESSES section. Before including your address, phone number, email 
address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, 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 comment to withhold your personal 
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we 
will be able to do so.

    Dated: March 7, 2013.
Lynn M. Lewis,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Midwest Region.
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