[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 241 (Monday, December 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76173-76174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-29833]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R3-ES-2013-N272; FXES11130300000F3-145-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 January 15, 
2014.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments by U.S. mail to the Regional Director, 
Attn: Karl Tinsley, 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: Karl Tinsley, (612) 713-5330.

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 part 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: TE21829B.
Applicant: Larisa J. Bishop-Boros, Rochester, NY.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release, with 
additional authorization for: (a) hibernacula or maternity roost cave 
entry; (b) salvage dead specimens; (c) capture with harp traps; (d) 
collection of hair, fecal samples, and wing biopsy punches; and (e) 
light-tagging) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis 
grisescens), Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii 
virginianus), and Ozark big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens) 
within the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, 
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, 
Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New 
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, 
Pennsylvania,, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, 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: TE62286A.
Applicant: Jason B. Whittle, Cuyahoga Falls, OH.

    The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (capture and 
release, with additional authorization for: (a) Capture with harp trap, 
and (b) collection of hair, wing biopsy punches, and fungal lift tape 
and/or swab samples) Indiana bats within the States of Alabama, 
Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, 
Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and 
Tennessee. The proposed activity is for the recovery and enhancement of 
survival of the species in the wild.

Permit Application Number: TE21831B.
Applicant: Katherine L. Caldwell, Ball State University, Muncie, IN.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release, with 
additional authorization for: (a) Collection of hair, wing biopsy 
punches and fungal lift tape and/or swab samples; and (b) salvage dead 
specimens) Indiana bats and Northern long-eared bats (Myotis 
septentrionalis) on Morgan-Monroe and Yellowwood State Forests in 
Brown, Monroe, and Morgan Counties, IN. The applicant requests 
additional authorization to enter winter hibernacula in the State of 
Illinois. Proposed activities are for the recovery and enhancement of 
survival of the species in the wild.

Permit Application Number: TE06797A.
Applicant: Rod D. McClanahan, Anna, IL.

    The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (capture and 
release) Indiana bats, gray bats, Virginia big-eared bats, Ozark big-
eared bats, and Northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) within 
the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, 
Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, 
Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, 
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, 
Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. The proposed 
activities are for the enhancement of survival of the species in the 
wild.

Permit Application Number: TE06778A.
Applicant: USDA Forest Service, Shawnee National Forest (Rod 
McClanahan, P.I.), Vienna, IL.

    The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (capture and 
release; salvage dead specimens) Indiana bats and gray bats on federal 
lands within the States of Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Ohio. 
Proposed activities are aimed at enhancement of survival of the species 
in the wild.

Permit Application Number: TE09947B.
Applicant: Missouri Department of Conservation (David Herzog, P.I.), 
Jackson, MO.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) 
pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) in the Mississippi River Basin, 
the Middle Mississippi River (MMR, between the confluences of the 
Missouri and Ohio Rivers, Upper Mississippi River miles 0-200), and the 
lower Mississippi River

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(LMR, from the Ohio River Confluence to the tip of the Missouri 
Bootheel, Lower Mississippi River miles 954-825). Proposed activities 
are aimed at enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.

Permit Application Number: TE02344A.
Applicant: Mainstream Commercial Divers, Inc. (Donald Fortenbery, 
P.I.), Murray, KY.

    The applicant requests authorization to renew and amend an existing 
permit to take (capture, handle, conduct tissue sampling, release, and 
collect dead shells for identification) species of freshwater mussels 
for the purpose of conducting presence/absence/population surveys and 
assisting in species recovery efforts. The applicant is requesting 
authorization to conduct activities within the States of Alabama, 
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, 
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, 
Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin for the following species: 
clubshell (Pleurobema clava), fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), fat 
pocketbook (Potamilus capax), Higgins' eye pearlymussel (Lampsilis 
higginsii), Northern riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana), orange 
footed pimpleback pearlymussel (Plethobasus cooperianus), pink mucket 
pearlymussel (Lampsilis orbiculata), purple cat's paw pearlymussel 
(Epioblasma obliquata obliquata), rayed bean (Villosa fabalis), rough 
pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon), sheepnose 
(Plethobasus cyphyus), snuffbox (Epioblasma triquetra), spectaclecase 
(Cumberlandia monodonta), white cat's paw pearlymussel (Epioblasma 
obliquata perobliqua), winged mapleleaf (Quadrula fragosa).

Permit Application Number: TE71821A.
Applicant: David T. Zanatta, Mount Pleasant, MI.

    The applicant requests a permit renewal, with amendments, to take 
(capture and release; temporary holding) the following mussel species: 
snuffbox, rayed bean, clubshell, and Northern riffleshell. Proposed 
activities may occur within Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin for the 
purpose of research and enhancement of propagation and survival of the 
species in the wild.

Permit Application Number: TE73598A.
Applicant: Fowler Ridge Wind Farm LLC, Fowler Ridge II Wind Farm LLC, 
Fowler Ridge III Wind Farm LLC, Houston, TX.

    The applicant requests a permit renewal with amendments to take 
(capture and release) Indiana bats at Fowler Ridge Wind Farm LCC, 
Fowler Ridge II Wind Farm LLC, and Fowler Ridge III Wind Farm LCC in 
Benton County, IN. Proposed activities are aimed at enhancement of 
survival of the species in the wild.

Permit Application Number: TE62297A.
Applicant: Michael D. Whitby, (USGS Coop Unit--U Nebraska), Lincoln, 
NE.

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

Permit Application Number: TE194099.
Applicant: Dr. Michael A. Hoggarth, Westerville, OH.

    The applicant requests a permit renewal with amendments to take 
(capture and release) the following mussel species: Clubshell, cracking 
pearlymussel (Hemistena lata), Cumberland bean (Villosa trabalis), 
Cumberland combshell (Epioblasma brevidens), Cumberland elktoe 
(Alasmidonta atropurpurea), Dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus dromas), 
dwarf wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterodon), fanshell, fat pocketbook, 
James spinymussel (Pleurobema collina), littlewing pearlymussel (Pegias 
fabula), Northern riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana), oyster 
mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis), orange-footed pimpleback 
pearlymussel, pink mucket pearlymussel, purple catspaw pearlymussel, 
Rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica), rayed bean, ring pink, 
rough pigtoe, scaleshell, sheepnose, slabside pearlymussel (Lexingtonia 
dolabelloides), spectaclecase, snuffbox, tan riffleshell (Epioblasma 
florentina walkeri), tubercled blossom (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa), 
white cat's paw pearlymussel, white wartyback (Plethobasus 
cicatricosus), and winged mapleleaf. Proposed activities may occur 
within the States of Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, 
Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, and are for the enhancement of 
survival of the species in the wild.

Permit Application Number: TE809630.
Applicant: Dr. Allen Kurta, Ypsilanti, MI.

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

Permit Application Number: TE02365A.
Applicant: Lynn W. Robbins, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO.

    The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (capture, sample, 
and release) Indiana bats, gray bats, Ozark big-eared bats, and 
Northern long-eared bats throughout the range of the species in the 
States of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, 
Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, 
New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, 
Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. Proposed activities are for 
scientific research, documentation of presence/probable absence of the 
species, and documentation of habitat use to enhance the recovery and 
survival of the species in the wild.

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: December 3, 2013.
Lynn M. Lewis,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. 2013-29833 Filed 12-13-13; 8:45 a.m.]
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