[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 63 (Friday, April 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18873-18875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07390]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R4-ES-2016-N056; 40120-1112-0000-F2]


Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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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 in ADDRESSES by May 2, 2016.

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, Ecological Services, 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) 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 in FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to 
the Fish and Wildlife Service office in 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 Applications

Permit Application Number: TE 83011B-0

Applicant: Prescott Weldon, Bristol, Virginia
    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) gray 
bats (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), northern long-
eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis), and Virginia big-eared bats 
(Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), for presence/absence surveys, 
population monitoring, and research purposes throughout these species' 
ranges.

Permit Application Number: TE 83013B-0

Applicant: Kathleen O'Connor, Syracuse, New York
    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) 
Indiana bats and northern long-eared bats for presence/absence surveys, 
population monitoring, and research purposes throughout these species' 
ranges.

Permit Application Number: TE 53149B-1

Applicant: Hans Otto, Omaha, Nebraska
    The applicant requests to amend their permit to take (capture with 
mist-net and harp trap, handle, band, and radio tag) Indiana bat, 
northern long-eared bat, gray bat, Ozark big-eared bat (Corynorhinus 
townsendii ingens), and Virginia big-eared bat throughout the species' 
ranges for conducting presence/absence surveys, studies to document 
habitat use, and population monitoring.

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The applicant requests additional authorizations to take (capture with 
mist-net, harp trap, and hand nets; handle; measure; collect hair 
samples, fecal material, and pollen samples; take wing biopsy tissue 
samples; band, radio tag, light tag, and pit tag) the lesser long-nosed 
bat (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae) for conducting presence/
absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, and population 
monitoring in Arizona. The applicant also requests to take (capture 
with live traps, handle, and take measurements), the New Mexico jumping 
mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus) for conducting presence/absence surveys, 
studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring in Arizona, 
Colorado, and New Mexico.

Permit Application Number: TE 206872-7

Applicant: Joy O'Keefe, Terre Haute, Indiana
    The applicant requests a permit to take (enter hibernacula or 
maternity roost caves; capture with mist-nets and harp traps; collect 
biometric data, tissue, and/or hair; band; and radio-tag) gray bats, 
Indiana bats, northern long-eared bats, and Virginia big-eared bats for 
presence/absence surveys, population monitoring, and research purposes 
throughout these species' ranges.

Permit Application Number: TE 83000B-0

Applicant: Jason Weese, Midway, Kentucky
    The applicant requests a permit to take (enter hibernacula or 
maternity roost caves; capture with mist-nets and harp traps; collect 
biometric data, tissue, and/or hair; band; and radio-tag) gray bats, 
Indiana bats, northern long-eared bats, and Virginia big-eared bats for 
presence/absence surveys, population monitoring, and research purposes 
throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Permit Application Number: TE 12392A-2

Applicant: Institute for Marine Mammal Studies, Gulfport, Mississippi
    The applicant requests renewal of their permit to continue flipper-
tagging and attaching Passive Integrated Transponders (PIT) tags to 
Kemps ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), 
leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), green (Chelonia mydas), loggerhead 
(Caretta caretta), and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles 
prior to release following veterinary treatment and rehabilitation at 
their facility.

Permit Application Number: TE 48579B-1

Applicant: Ecological Solutions, Inc., Roswell, Georgia
    The applicant requests an amendment of their current permit, which 
authorizes the following activities in the State of Georgia alone: Take 
(enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, salvage dead bats, capture 
with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect hair samples, 
band, radio-tag, light-tag, and wing-punch) Indiana bats, gray bats, 
and northern long-eared bats while conducting presence/absence surveys, 
studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring. The 
applicant has requested authorization to swab the above-listed bats for 
white-nose syndrome studies and to conduct all activities in Alabama, 
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, in addition to Georgia.

Permit Application Number: TE 37661B-1

Applicant: Deep South Eco Group, Morton, Mississippi
    The applicant requests an amendment of their current permit, which 
authorizes the following activities in the states of Louisiana and 
Mississippi: Take (capture with mist nets, handle, identify, and 
release) Indiana bats and northern long-eared bats for the purpose of 
conducting presence/absence surveys. The applicant has requested 
authorization to conduct the above-listed activities in the State of 
Arkansas as well.

Permit Application Number: TE 88778B-0

Applicant: John Lamb, Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee
    The applicant requests a permit to take (enter hibernacula or 
maternity roost caves; capture with mist-nets, with harp traps, or by 
hand; collect biometric data, tissue, and/or hair; band; and radio-tag) 
gray bats, Indiana bats, northern long-eared bats, and Virginia big-
eared bats, for presence/absence surveys, population monitoring, and 
research purposes throughout the State of Tennessee.

Permit Application Number: TE 88797B-0

Applicant: Amber Nolder, Luthersburg, Pennsylvania
    The applicant requests a permit to take (enter hibernacula or 
maternity roost caves; capture with mist-nets or harp traps; collect 
biometric data, tissue, and/or hair; band; and radio-tag) Indiana bats 
and northern long-eared bats, for presence/absence surveys, population 
monitoring, and research purposes throughout these species' ranges.

Permit Application Number: TE 88809B-0

Applicant: Ray Eaton, Berea, Kentucky
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture with mist-net and 
harp trap; handle; band; and radio tag) Indiana bat, northern long-
eared bat, gray bat, Ozark big-eared bat, and Virginia big-eared bat 
throughout the species' ranges for conducting presence/absence surveys, 
studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring. The 
applicant requests additional authorizations to take (capture with 
mist-net, harp trap, and hand nets; handle; measure; collect hair 
samples, fecal material, and pollen samples; take wing biopsy tissue 
samples; and band, radio tag, light tag, and pit tag) the lesser long-
nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae) for conducting presence/
absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, and population 
monitoring in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

Permit Application Number: TE 88811B-0

Applicant: James Thacker, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, 
Tenneessee
    The applicant requests a permit to take (reduce to possession) 
seeds of the Short's bladderpod (Physaria globosa), an endangered 
plant, for growth, fecundity, germination, seed viability, and 
ecological relationship studies in the State of Tennessee.

Permit Application Number: TE 88823-B

Applicant: Brian Schaetz, Raleigh, North Carolina
    The applicant requests a permit to take (enter hibernacula or 
maternity roost caves; capture with mist-nets or harp traps; collect 
biometric data, tissue, and/or hair; band; and radio-tag) gray bats, 
Indiana bats, and northern long-eared bats, for presence/absence 
surveys, population monitoring, and research purposes in the States of 
Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

Permit Application Number: TE 88817B-0

Applicant: Archer Larned, University of Maryland Baltimore County
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture with mist-nets, 
band, song

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playback experiments) the endangered Florida grasshopper sparrow 
(Ammodramus savannarum floridanus) for a multi-part behaviorial ecology 
study in the State of Florida.

Permit Application Number: TE 125620-4

Applicant: Brian Roh, Burns & McDonnel Environmental Consulting, Kansas 
City, Missouri
    The applicant requests an amendment to their 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, Nebraska, Oklahoma, 
and South Dakota.

Permit Application Number: TE 91373A-3

Applicant: Jonathan Miller, Brundidge, Alabama
    The applicant requests to amend their current permit to take 
(capture, identify, release) additional species of federally listed 
mussels for the purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys in the 
States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

Permit Application Number: TE 91366A-3

Applicant: Paul Stewart, Troy, Alabama
    The applicant requests to amend their current permit to take 
(capture, identify, release) additional species of federally listed 
mussels for the purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys in the 
States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

Permit Application Number: TE 54578B-1

Applicant: Mary Frazer, Raleigh, North Carolina
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture with mist-net and 
harp trap, handle, band, and radio tag) Indiana bat, northern long-
eared bat, gray bat, and Virginia big-eared bat throughout the species' 
ranges for conducting presence/absence surveys, studies to document 
habitat use, and population monitoring.

Permit Application Number: TE 63633A-3

Applicant: Biodiversity Research Institute, Portland, Maine
    The applicant requests to amend their current permit to take 
(capture with mist nets, handle, identify, and release) Indiana bats 
and northern long-eared bats for the purpose of conducting presence/
absence surveys, population monitoring, and research purposes 
throughout the species' range.

Permit Application Number: TE 13844A-3

Applicant: Tony Miller, Lexington, Kentucky
    The applicant requests to amend their permit to take (enter 
hibernacula or maternity roost caves; capture with mist-nets and harp 
traps; collect biometric data, tissue, and/or hair; band; and radio-
tag) gray bats, Indiana bats, northern long-eared bats, and Virginia 
big-eared bats for presence/absence surveys, population monitoring, and 
research purposes throughout the species' range.

Permit Application Number: TE 91733B-0

Applicant: Joshua Adams, Lexington, Kentucky
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture with mist-net and 
harp trap, handle, band, and radio tag) Indiana bat, northern long-
eared bat, gray bat, Ozark big-eared bat, and Virginia big-eared bat 
throughout the species' ranges for conducting presence/absence surveys, 
studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring. The 
applicant requests additional authorizations to take (capture with 
electrofishing and seining) the blackside dace (Chrosomus 
cumberlandensis) and the Kentucky arrow darter (Etheostoma spilotum) 
for conducting presence/absence surveys, studies to document habitat 
use, and population monitoring in Kentucky and Tennessee.

Permit Application Number: TE 91755B-0

Applicant: Nathan Clink, Frankfort, Kentucky
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, identify, and 
release) several species of federally listed mussels for the purpose of 
conducting presence/absence surveys in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

    Dated: March 28, 2016.
Franklin J. Arnold III,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Southeast 
Region.
[FR Doc. 2016-07390 Filed 3-31-16; 8:45 am]
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