[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 116 (Tuesday, June 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34546-34548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-14097]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R2-ES-2013-N089; FXES11130200000-145-FF02ENEH00]


Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications; request for public comment.

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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 or threatened species. The Endangered Species Act of 
1973, as amended (Act), prohibits activities with endangered and 
threatened species unless a Federal permit allows such activities. Both 
the Act and the National Environmental Policy Act require that we 
invite public comment before issuing these permits.

DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or 
before July 17, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Wendy Brown, Chief, Recovery and Restoration Branch, by U.S. 
mail at Division of Classification and Recovery, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103; or by telephone at 505-
248-6920. Please refer to the respective permit number for each 
application when submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Division of 
Classification and Restoration, by U.S. mail at P.O. Box 1306, 
Albuquerque, NM 87103; or by telephone at 505-248-6665.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Availability of Comments

    The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) prohibits activities with 
endangered and threatened species unless a Federal permit allows such 
activities. Along with our implementing regulations in the Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17, the Act provides for permits, 
and requires that we invite public comment before issuing these 
permits. A permit granted by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act 
authorizes applicants to conduct activities with U.S. endangered or 
threatened species for scientific purposes, enhancement of survival or 
propagation, or interstate commerce. Our regulations regarding 
implementation of section 10(a)(1)(A) permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22 
for endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened wildlife 
species, 50 CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species, and 50 CFR 17.72 
for threatened plant species.

Applications Available for Review and Comment

    We invite local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies, and the 
public to comment on the following applications. Please refer to the 
appropriate permit number (e.g., Permit No. TE-123456) when requesting 
application documents and when submitting comments.
    Documents and other information the applicants have submitted with 
these applications are available for review, subject to the 
requirements of the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of 
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).

Permit TE-051832

Applicant: Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix, Arizona.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct husbandry and propagation of San 
Bernardino (Pyrgulopsis bernardina) and Chupadera (Pyrgulopsis 
chupaderae) springsnails at the zoo in Arizona.

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Permit TE-800900

Applicant: Lower Colorado River Authority, Austin, Texas.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following species in Texas:

 Black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla)
 Golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia)
 Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis)
 Interior least tern (Sterna antillarum)
 Northern aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis)
 Piping plover (Charadrius melodus)
 Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)

Permit TE-830177

Applicant: Anthony Amos, Port Aransas, Texas.

    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct sea turtle stranding and stranding 
activities and nest detection of the following sea turtles in Texas:

 Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii)
 Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)
 Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
 Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
 Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)

Permit TE-236730

Applicant: Timothy Bonner, San Marcos, Texas.

    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following 
species in Texas:

 Comal Springs riffle beetle (Heterelmis comalensis)
 Devils River minnow (Dionda diaboli)
 Fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola)
 San Marcos gambusia (Gambusia georgei)
 San Marcos salamander (Eurycea nana)
 Texas wild-rice (Zizania texana)

Permit TE-083956

Applicant: Sandy Wolf, Tucson, Arizona.

    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of lesser long-
nosed bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) and Mexican long-nosed bat 
(Leptonycteris nivalis) within Arizona.

Permit TE-815409

Applicant: New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of Jemez 
Mountain salamander (Plethodon neomexicanus) within New Mexico.

Permit TE-35437B

Applicant: U.S.D.A. Forest Service--Santa Fe National Forest, Santa Fe, 
New Mexico.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys of Jemez Mountain salamander 
(Plethodon neomexicanus) within New Mexico.

Permit TE-038055

Applicant: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to collect 450 wild eggs from Rio Grande silvery 
minnows (Hybognathus amarus) in the Rio Grande River, New Mexico.

Permit TE-35438B

Applicant: Anne Bradley, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys of Jemez Mountain salamander 
(Plethedon neomexicanus) within New Mexico.

Permit TE-35440B

Applicant: Bureau of Reclamation--Upper Colorado Region, Albuquerque, 
New Mexico.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys of interior least tern (Sterna 
antillarum) and southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 
extimus) within New Mexico.

Permit TE-004439

Applicant: ABQ BioPark, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct husbandry, propagation, and holding; and 
collect from the wild (fish and aquatic invertebrates only) for the 
following species to be held at the BioPark:

 Alamosa springsnail (Tryonia alamosae)
 Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius)
 Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis)
 Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae)
 Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
 Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
 Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii)
 Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)
 Pecos bluntnose shiner (Notropis simus pecosensis)
 Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis)
 Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus)
 Rio Grande silvery minnow (Hybognathus amarus)
 Socorro isopod (Thermosphaeroma thermophilum)
 Socorro springsnail (Pyrgulopsis neomexicana)

Permit TE-146407

Applicant: Belaire Environmental, Inc., Rockport, Texas.

    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following 
species within Texas:

 Golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia)
 Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)
 Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
 Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
 Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
 Whooping crane (Grus americana)

Permit TE-840727

Applicant: National Park Service--Padre Island National Seashore, 
Corpus Christi, Texas.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct satellite tracking of adult green 
(Chelonia mydas) and Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) sea turtles 
within Texas.

Permit TE-028605

Applicant: SWCA, Inc., Flagstaff, Arizona.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct the following activities for 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus): cowbird 
addling within Arizona, California, and Nevada; and blood and feather 
collection within Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, 
Nevada, and Utah.

Permit TE-676811

Applicant: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service--Region 2, Albuquerque, New 
Mexico.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
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recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of acu[ntilde]a 
cactus (Echinomastus erectocentrus var. acunensis), Fickeisen plains 
cactus (Pediocactus peeblesianus var. fickeiseniae), Gierisch mallow 
(Sphaeralcea gierischii) within Region 2 of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service.

Permit TE-168185

Applicant: Cox/McLain Environmental Inc., Austin, Texas.

    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following 
species within Texas:

 Attwater's greater prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido 
attwateri)
 Black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla)
 Golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia)
 Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis)
 Interior least tern (Sterna antillarum)
 Northern aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis)
 Piping plover (Charadrius melodus)
 Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)
 Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)

Permit TE-168185

Applicant: SWCA Inc., Austin, Texas.

    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following 
species within Texas:

 Austin blind salamander (Eurycea rathbuni)
 Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea sosorum)
 Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella reddelli)
 Black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla)
 Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi)
 Braken Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina venii)
 Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus)
 Cokendolpher Cave harvestman (Texella cokendolpheri)
 Golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia)
 Government Canyon Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina vespera)
 Government Canyon Bat Cave spider (Neoleptoneta microps)
 Gray bat (Myotis grisescens)
 Ground beetle (Unnamed) (Rhadine exilis)
 Ground beetle (Unnamed) (Rhadine infernalis)
 Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes venyivi)
 Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (Texamaurops reddelli)
 Fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola)
 Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis)
 Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis)
 Interior least tern (Sterna antillarum)
 Madla Cave meshweaver (Cicurina madla)
 Northern aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis)
 Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
 Piping plover (Charadrius melodus)
 Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)
 Robber Baron Cave meshweaver (Cicurina baronia)
 San Marcos salamander (Eurycea nana)
 Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine persephone)
 Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion (Tartarocreagris texana)
 Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta (=Leptoneta) myopica)
 Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)
 Whooping crane (Grus americana)

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

    In compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), we have made an 
initial determination that the proposed activities in these permits are 
categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental 
assessment or environmental impact statement (516 DM 6 Appendix 1, 
1.4C(1)).

Public Availability of Comments

    All comments and materials we receive in response to this request 
will be available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal 
business hours at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section of this 
notice.
    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.

Authority

    We provide this notice under section 10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 
et seq.)

    Dated: May 30, 2014.
Benjamin N. Tuggle,
Regional Director, Southwest Region.
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