[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48898-48899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-19439]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R4-ES-2013-N174 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 September 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: David Dell, Permit Coordinator).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Dell, Permit Coordinator, 
telephone 404-679-7313; facsimile 404-678-7081.

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.), and our regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 
50 CFR 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 send them 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). Finally, you may hand-
deliver comments to the Fish and Wildlife Service office listed above 
(see ADDRESSES).
    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: TE05601B

Applicant: Ross Scott, Naples, Florida.

    The applicant requests authorization to take red-cockaded 
woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) for the purpose of installing 
artificial cavity inserts, drilling cavities and advanced starts, and 
monitoring, handling, banding, and translocating red-cockaded 
woodpeckers. These activities will be conducted throughout the range of 
the species in Florida, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, North Carolina, 
South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

Permit Application Number: TE18225A

Applicant: CH2M Hill, Atlanta, Georgia.

    The applicant requests authorization to take endangered fish 
species while conducting listed species monitoring activities. These 
activities will be conducted in the Georgia segment of the 
Chattahoochee River Basin.

Permit Application Number: TE079863

Applicant: Michael Gangloff, Boone, North Carolina.

    The applicant requests authorization to amend his permit to take 
(capture, handle, conduct tissue sampling, release, and collect dead 
shells for identification) eight additional species of freshwater 
mussels for the purpose of conducting presence/absence/population 
surveys and assisting in species recovery efforts. These activities 
will be conducted throughout the range of these species: Alabama 
pearlshell (Margaritifera marrianae), Choctaw bean (Villosa/Obovaria 
choctawensis), Escambia pigtoe (Fusconaia escambia), fuzzy pigtoe 
(Pleurobema strodeanum), round ebonyshell (Fusconaia rotulata), 
Southern kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus jonesi), Southern sandshell 
(Hamiota australis), and tapered pigtoe (Fusconaia burkei).

Permit Application Number: TE12156B

Applicant: Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, Little Rock, 
Arkansas.

    The applicant is requesting authorization to perform normal 
fisheries and macroinvertebrate biomonitoring activities in streams/
rivers of Arkansas that currently host the following federally listed 
species: yellowcheek darter (Etheostoma moorei), Arkansas darter 
(Etheostoma cragini), Arkansas River shiner (Notropis girardi), leopard 
darter (Percina pantherina), pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus).

Permit Application Number: TE136808

Applicant: Loggerhead Marine Life Center, Charles A. Manire, Juno 
Beach, Florida.

    The applicant requests authorization to take (receive, hold, 
rehabilitate, release, euthanize) the Kemp's Ridley sea turtle 
(Lepidochelys kempii), hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), 
leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), green sea turtle 
(Chelonia mydas), loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), and olive 
ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) while providing medical 
treatment and rehabilitation services. The proposed activities would 
occur at the Loggerhead Marine Life Center, Juno Beach, Florida.

Permit Application Number: TE069280

Applicant: Alabama Department of Transportation, Montgomery, Alabama.

    The applicant requests authorization to take Alabama beach mouse 
(Peromyscus polionotus ammobates) for the purpose of conducting 
presence/absence/population surveys and assisting in species recovery 
efforts. These activities will be conducted throughout the range of the 
species in Alabama.

Permit Application Number: TE11866B

Applicant: USDA Forest Service, Columbia, South Carolina.

    The applicant requests authorization to take American chaffseed 
(Schwalbea americana) seeds for the purpose of improving greenhouse 
cultivation methods and reintroduction techniques. These activities 
will be conducted in the

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Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests, in South Carolina.

Permit Application Number: TE05089B

Applicant: Apogee Environmental & Archaeological, Whitesburg, Kentucky.

    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, handle, 
conduct tissue sampling, and release) 42 species of freshwater mussels 
for the purpose of conducting presence/absence/population surveys and 
assisting in species recovery efforts. These activities will be 
conducted throughout the range of each species:
    Alabama lamp pearl mussel (Lampsilis virescens), Altamaha 
spinymussel (Elliptio spinosa), Appalachian monkeyface mussel (Quadrula 
sparsa), birdwing pearly mussel (Lemiox rimosus), clubshell pearly 
mussel (Pleurobema clava), cracking pearly mussel (Hemistena lata), 
Cumberland bean mussel (Villosa trabalis), Cumberland monkeyface mussel 
(Quadrula intermedia), Curtis' pearly mussel (Epioblasma curtisi), 
Dromedary pearly mussel (Dromus dromas), dwarf wedgemussel (Alasmidonta 
heterodon), fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), fat three-ridge (Amblema 
neislerii), fat pocketbook mussel (Potamilus capax), green-blossom 
pearly mussel (Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum), Higgins' eye mussel 
(Lampsilis higginsii), James spinymussel (Pleurobema collina), 
littlewing pearly mussel (Pegias fabula), Neosho mucket (Lampsilis 
rafinesqueana), Nicklin's pearly mussel (Unio nickliniana), Northern 
riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana), orange-footed pimpleback 
mussel (Plethobasus cooperianus), oyster mussel (Epioblasma 
capsaeformis), pale lilliput pearly mussel (Toxolasma cylindrellus), 
pinkmucket mussel (Lampsilis orbiculata orbiculata), purple cat's paw 
(Epioblasma obliquata obliquata), purple bankclimber (Elliptoideus 
sloatianus), rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica), rayed bean mussel 
(Villosa fabalis), ring pink mussel (Obovaria retusa), rough pigtoe 
mussel (Pleurobema plenum), scaleshell mussel (Leptodea leptodon), 
slab-side pearly mussel (Lexingtonia dolabelloides), sheepnose 
(Plethobasus cyphyus), Tampico pearly mussel (Unio tampicoensis 
tecomatensis), Tar River spinymussel (Elliptio steinstansana), 
tubercled-blossom pearly mussel (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa), turgid-
blossom pearly mussel (Epioblasma turgidula), white cat's paw mussel 
(Epioblasma sulcata perobliqua), white wartyback mussel (Plethobasus 
cicatricosus), winged mapleleaf mussel (Quadrula fragosa), yellow-
blossom pearl mussel (Epioblasma florentina).

Permit Application Number: TE237535

Applicant: Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales, Florida.

    The applicant requests authorization to take scrub lupine (Lupinus 
aridorum) for the purpose of seed harvesting, germ plasm storage, and 
germination research in Polk County, Florida.

Permit Application Number: TE812344

Applicant: Pennington and Associates, Inc., Cookeville, Tennessee.

    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, handle, 
conduct tissue sampling, and release) 18 species of freshwater fish, 1 
species of freshwater crayfish, 2 species of freshwater snails, and 43 
species of freshwater mussels for the purpose of conducting presence/
absence/population surveys and assisting in species recovery efforts. 
These activities will be conducted throughout the range of each 
species: Cumberland elktoe (Alasmidonta atropurpurea), Appalachian 
elktoe (Alasmidonta raveneliana), Anthony's riversnail (Athearnia 
anthonyi), blue shiner (Cyprinella caerulea), birdwing pearly mussel 
(Lemiox rimosus), spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta), fanshell 
(Cyprogenia stegaria), Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma brevidens), 
oyster mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis), upland combshell (Epioblasma 
metastriata), purple cat paw pearly mussel (Epioblasma obliquata 
obliquata), Southern acornshell (Epioblasma othcaloogensis), brown-
blossom pearl mussel (Epioblasma walkeri), slackwater darter 
(Etheostoma boschungi), bluemask darter (Etheostoma (doration) sp.), 
duskytail darter (Etheostoma percnurum), snuffbox mussel (Epioblasma 
triquetra), boulder darter (Etheostoma wapiti), Cumberland darter 
(Etheostoma susanae), fine-rayed pigtoe mussel (Fusconaia cuneolus), 
shiny pigtoe mussel (Fusconaia edgariana), cracking pearly mussel 
(Hemistena lata), slender chub (Erimystax cahni), spotfin chub 
(Erimonax monachus), kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus species), finelined 
pocketbook (Lampsilis altilis), pinkmucket mussel (Lampsilis 
orbiculata), Alabama lamp pearl mussel (Lampsilis virescens), slab-side 
pearly mussel (Lexingtonia dolabelloides), scaleshell mussel (Leptodea 
leptodon), alabama moccasinshell (Medionidus acutissimus), Coosa 
moccasinshell (Medionidus parvulus), yellowfin madtom (Noturus 
flavipinnis), Pygmy madtom (Noturus stanauli), smoky madtom (Noturus 
baileyi), Chucky madtom (Noturus crypticus), palezone shiner (Notropis 
albizonatus), ring pink mussel (Obovaria retusa), Nashville crayfish 
(Orconectes shoupi), sheepnose (Plethobasus cyphyus), littlewing pearly 
mussel (Pegias fabula), amber darter (Percina antesella), Conasauga 
logperch (Percina jenkinsi), snail darter (Percina tanasi), blackside 
dace (Phoxinus cumberlandensis), dace (Phoxinus species), white 
wartyback mussel (Plethobasus cicatricosus), clubshell pearly mussel 
(Pleurobema clava), orange-footed pimpleback mussel (Plethobasus 
cooperianus), ovate clubshell (Pleurobema perovatum), Southern pigtoe 
(Pleurobema georgianum), Cumberland pigtoe (Pleurobema gibberum), 
Georgia pigtoe (Pleurobema hanleyianum), rough pigtoe mussel 
(Pleurobema plenum), triangular kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus greenii), 
royal marstonia (Pyrgulopsis ogmorhaphe), rough rabbitsfoot (Quadrula 
cylindrica strigillata), winged mapleleaf mussel (Quadrula fragosa), 
Cumberland monkeyface mussel (Quadrula intermedia), Appalachian 
monkeyface mussel (Quadrula sparsa), pale lilliput pearly mussel 
(Toxolasma cylindrellus), rayed bean mussel (Villosa fabalis), purple 
bean mussel (Villosa perpurpurea), Cumberland bean mussel (Villosa 
trabalis).

    Dated: August 5, 2013.
Mike Oetker,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-19439 Filed 8-9-13; 8:45 am]
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