[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73808-73810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30002]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R4-ES-2015-N086; 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 December 28, 2015.

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: James Gruhala, Permit Coordinator).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Gruhala, 10(a)(1)(A) Permit 
Coordinator, telephone 404-679-7097; facsimile 404-679-7081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public is invited to comment on the 
following applications for permits to conduct certain activities with 
endangered and threatened species under 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

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review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.

Permit Applications

Permit Application Number: TE 68616B-0

Applicant: Carla Atkinson, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, mark, and 
release) 32 species of endangered and threatened mussels and the 
Tulotoma snail (Tulotoma magnifica) for qualitative and quantitative 
surveys and collect tissue samples and sacrifice 21 individual Southern 
clubshells (Pleurobema decisum) for studies on excretion, filtration, 
and respiration and genetic analyses in Alabama, Georgia, and 
Tennessee.

Permit Application Number: TE 78650-B

Applicant: Cassie Schmidt, Fayetteville, Arkansas

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, release) 
the federally endangered American burying beetle (Nicrophorus 
americanus) for the purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys in 
the states of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.

Permit Application Number: TE 045109-4

Applicant: Kenneth Jack Kilgore, US Army ERDC WES, Vicksburg, 
Mississippi

    The applicant requests renewal and amendment of the permit to 
continue previously permitted take (capture, release and salvage 
shells) fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax), rabbitsfoot (Quadrula c. 
cylindrica), sheepnose (Plethobasus cyphyus), orangefoot pimpleback 
(Plethobasus cooperianus), and pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta) in 
Illinois and Kentucky for presence/absence surveys; continue previously 
permitted take (capture, tag, tissue sample, insert internal and 
external radio transmitters) pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) in 
Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri and 
Illinois for surveys, population monitoring, and research purposes; 
take (capture, release and salvage shells) Alabama heelsplitter 
(Potamilus inflatus), spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta), take 
(lethal take and mantle clips for metal bioaccumulation and genetic 
analyses) spectaclecase, and take (retain for captive propagation) 
orangefoot pimpleback in Arkansas, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, 
Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia; and take (capture, tag, 
tissue sample, insert internal and external radio transmitters) Gulf 
sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, 
and Mississippi for surveys, population monitoring, and research 
purposes.

Permit Application Number: TE 237535-2

Applicant: Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales, Florida

    The applicant requests an amendment to their current permit to add 
authorization to remove and reduce to possession (collect) seeds of 
Carter's mustard (Warea carteri) from Lake Wales Ridge National 
Wildlife Refuge, Florida, for germplasm storage, seed germination, and 
seed storage research purposes.

Permit Application Number: TE 81500B-0

Applicant: Sara Samoray, BDY Environmental, LLC, Nashville, TN

    The applicant requests a permit to take (enter hibernacula or 
maternity roost caves; capture with mist-nets, harp traps, or by hand; 
collect biometric data, tissue, and/or hair; band; and radio-tag) 
Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), gray bat 
(Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), and northern long-
eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) for presence/absence surveys, 
population monitoring, and research purposes throughout these species' 
ranges.

Permit Application Number: TE 81492B-0

Applicant: Dylan Brooks, Sylva, NC

    The applicant requests a permit to take (enter hibernacula; 
salvage; capture with mist-nets or harp traps; handle; measure; 
identify; collect hair and fecal samples; apply fungal lift tape; swab; 
wing-punch; band; radio-tag; and light-tag Indiana bat (Myotis 
sodalis), and northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) for 
presence/absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, population 
monitoring, and other research purposes throughout these species' 
ranges.

Permit Application Number: TE 81353B-0

Applicant: Stephanie Penk, Perth, Sylva, NC

    The applicant requests a permit to take (enter hibernacula; 
salvage; capture with mist-nets or harp traps; handle; measure; 
identify; collect hair and fecal samples; apply fungal lift tape; swab; 
wing-punch; band; radio-tag; and light-tag Indiana bat (Myotis 
sodalis), and northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) for 
presence/absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, population 
monitoring, and other research purposes throughout these species' 
ranges.

Permit Application Number: TE 81430B-0

Applicant: Heather Wallace, Mulkey Engineers and Consultants, Cary, NC

    The applicant requests a permit to take (enter hibernacula or 
maternity roost caves; capture with mist-nets and harp traps; collect 
fur, fecal, and tissue samples; swab; band; and radio-tag) Virginia 
big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), gray bat (Myotis 
grisescens), Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), and northern long-eared bat 
(Myotis septentrionalis) for presence/absence surveys, population 
monitoring, and research purposes in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, 
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South 
Carolina, and Tennessee.

Permit Application Number: TE 34778A-1

Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia Cooperative Fish and 
Wildlife Research Unit, Blacksburg, VA

    The applicant requests amendment of their current permit to add 
authorization to take (enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves; 
capture with mist-nets and harp traps; wing-punch; band; and radio-tag) 
Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), gray bat 
(Myotis grisescens), and northern long-eared bat (Myotis 
septentrionalis) for research purposes and add authorization to take 
(collect hair samples) of the Carolina northern flying squirrel 
(Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus) for genetic analyses throughout these 
species' ranges.

Permit Application Number: TE 102292-10

Applicant: Jeremy Jackson, Jackson Group, Richmond, Kentucky

    The applicant requests a permit to take (mist-net, harp trap, 
handle, band, and radio tag) Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), northern 
long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), gray bat (Myotis grisescens), 
Ozark big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), and the Virginia 
big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) throughout the 
species' ranges for conducting presence/absence surveys, studies to 
document habitat use, and population monitoring.

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Permit Application Number: TE 31057A-1

Applicant: North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission

    The applicant requests to amend their current permit to take 
(collect, handle, maintain in captivity, propagate, release, and 
translocate) individuals from 10 federally listed mussel species for 
the purpose of restoring and augmenting wild populations in the state 
of North Carolina.

Permit Application Number: TE 86220A-2

Applicant: Jaret Daniels, University of Florida, Museum of Natural 
History, Gainesville, Florida

    The applicant requests to amend their current permit to take 
(capture, hold, propagate in captivity, collect body parts or tissues, 
attach markers and release) Schaus swallowtail butterfly (Heraclides 
aristodemus ponceanus) and Miami blue butterflies (Cyclargus thomasi 
bethunebakeri) for enhancement of propagation and survival of the 
species.

Permit Application Number: TE 021030-3

Applicant: Stanley Rudzinski, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, identify, 
release) Nashville crayfish (Orconectes shoupi) for the purpose of 
conducting presence/absence surveys in Tennessee.

Permit Application Number: TE 81587B-0

Applicant: Alexander Silvis, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

    The applicant requests a permit to take (mist-net, harp trap, 
handle, wing-punch, band, and radio tag) Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), 
northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), gray bat (Myotis 
grisescens), Ozark big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), and 
the Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) for 
migration, day-roost, and foraging ecology research in the eastern 
United States and central and southern Appalachians.

Permit Application Number: TE 121073

Applicant: Christopher Skelton, Little Rock, Arkansas

    The applicant requests to amend their current permit to take 
(capture, identify, release) an additional eighteen species of 
federally listed fish, nineteen species of federally listed mussels, 
the Nashville crayfish (Orconectes shoupi), and the interrupted 
rocksnail (Leptoxis foremani) for the purpose of conducting presence/
absence surveys in Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee.

    Dated: November 17, 2015.
Franklin J. Arnold III,
Acting Assistant Regional Director--Ecological Services, Southeast 
Region.
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