[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 118 (Monday, June 20, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39955-39956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14552]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R4-ES-2016-N103]


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 July 20, 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: Karen Marlowe, Acting Permit 
Coordinator).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Marlowe, Acting 10(a)(1)(A) 
Permit Coordinator, telephone 205-726-2667; facsimile 205-726-2479.

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

Permit Applications

Permit Application Number: TE 56749B-1

Applicant: Patrick R. Moore, Little Rock, AR
    The applicant requests an amendment of his current permit to add 
authorization to 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, swab, and 
wing-punch) Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus (=plecotus) townsendii 
virginianus) in addition to conducting those activities with the 
Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), gray bat (Myotis grisescens), northern 
long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), and Ozark big-eared bat 
(Corynorhinus townsendii ingens) and to add authorization to conduct 
all activities in the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Maryland, 
Vermont, New Jersey, and Delaware for scientific research aimed at 
recovery of the species, such as presence/absence surveys, studies to 
document habitat use, population monitoring, and evaluation of 
potential impacts of white-nose syndrome or other threats.

Permit Application Number: TE 125557-2

Applicant: Barbara P. Allen, Gulf Shores, AL
    The applicant requests renewal of her permit to continue the 
following activities: Take (monitor nests, excavate, temporarily retain 
nestlings, and relocate) Kemp's ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys 
kempii), loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), and green sea 
turtles (Chelonia mydas) for purposes of monitoring and protecting 
nests; take (capture, mark, and release); Alabama beach mice 
(Peromyscus polionotus ammobates) and Perdido Key beach mice 
(Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis) for presence/absence surveys; and 
take (scope burrows) gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus) for 
presence/absence surveys in Baldwin and Mobile Counties, Alabama.

Permit Application Number: TE 070796-8

Applicant: Apogee Environmental & Archaeological, Inc., Whitesburg, KY
    The applicant requests an amendment of their current permit to take 
(capture with mist net or harp trap, enter hibernacula and roosts, 
band; radio-tag; and wing punch) Ozark big-eared bat (Corynorhinus 
townsendii ingens) for the purpose of conducting presence/absence 
surveys throughout the range of the species.

Permit Application Number: TE 98532B-0

Applicant: John A. Fridell, Weaverville, NC
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, identify, tag, 
release, and salvage relict shells) Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta 
raveneliana), Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata), dwarf 
wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterondon), James River spinymussel 
(Pleurobema collina), little-wing pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), Tar 
River spinymussel (Elliptio steinstansana), and noonday globe (Patera 
clarki nantahala) in North Carolina and South Carolina for qualitative 
and quantitative surveys, relocation and monitoring efforts, and other 
scientific research to promote management and recovery of the species.

Permit Application Number: TE 810274-12

Applicant: Eco-Tech Consultants, Inc., Frankfort, KY
    The applicant requests renewal of their permit to 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 (Myotis sodalis), 
gray bats (Myotis grisescens), Virginia big eared bats (Corynorhinus 
townsendii virginianus), northern long eared bats (Myotis 
septentrionalis), and Ozark big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii 
ingens) while conducting presence/absence surveys, studies to document 
habitat use, and population monitoring; take (capture, identify, 
release) blackside dace (Phoxinus cumberlandensis), Citico darter 
(Etheostoma sitikuense), Cumberland arrow darter (Etheostoma sagitta 
sagitta), Cumberland darter (Etheostoma

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susannae), diamond darter (Crystallaria cincotta), duskytail darter 
(Etheostoma percnurum), Kentucky arrow darter (Etheostoma sagitta 
spilotum), marbled darter (Etheostoma marmorpinnum), palezone shiner 
(Notropis albizonatus), snail darter (Percina tanasi), and tuxedo 
darter (Etheostoma lemniscatum) while conducting presence/absence 
surveys; and take (capture, identify, release, collect relict shells) 
53 endangered and threatened species of freshwater mussels while 
conducting presence/absence surveys. Activities are permitted in 39 
states.

Permit Application Number: TE 114069-3

Applicant: Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, FL
    The applicant requests renewal and amendment of their current 
permit to continue collection of seeds and cuttings (removal and 
reduction to possession) of Key tree cactus (Pilosocereus robinii), 
Garber's spurge (Chamaesyce garberi), Cape Sable thoroughwort 
(Chromolaena frustrate), Vahl's boxwood (Buxus vahlii), Catesbaea 
melanocarpa (no common name), and Agave eggersiana (no common name) and 
add authorization to collect seeds and cuttings of Florida semaphore 
cactus (Consolea corallicola), Calyptranthes thomasiana (no common 
name), and St. Thomas prickly ash (Zanthoxylum thomasianum), along with 
the proposed endangered sand flax (Linum arenicola), Big Pine partridge 
pea (Chamaecrista lineata var. keyensis), wedge spurge (Euphorbia 
(Chamaesyce) deltoidea ssp. serpyllum), and the proposed threatened 
Blodgett's silverbush (Argythamnia blodgetii) from Key West National 
Wildlife Refuge, Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge, National Key 
Deer Refuge, Everglades National Park, and Virgin Islands National Park 
for propagation, conducting genetic studies, and long-term seed 
storage.

Permit Application Number: TE 089074-3

Applicant: Corblu Ecology Group, LLC, Woodstock, GA
    The applicant requests renewal of their permit to take (capture, 
identify, release) blue shiner (Cyprineila caerulea), Etowah darter 
(Etheostoma etowahae), Cherokee darter (Etheostoma scotti), amber 
darter (Percina antesella), goldline darter (Percina aurolineata), 
Conasauga logperch (Percina jenkinsi), eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon 
corais couperi) and take (capture, identify, release, collect relict 
shells) Coosa moccasinshell (Medionidus parvulus), fine-lined 
pocketbook (Lampsilis altilis), southern pigtoe (Pleurobema 
georgianum), Alabama moccasinshell (Medionidus acutissimus), fat 
threeridge (Amblema neisleri), purple bankclimber (Elliptoideus 
sloatianus), shiny-rayed pocketbook (Hamiota subangulata), gulf 
moccasinshell (Medionidus penicillatus), oval pigtoe (Pleurobema 
pyriforme), and cylindrical lioplax (Lioplax cyclostomaformis) for 
presence/absence surveys in Georgia.

Permit Application Number: TE 98596B-0

Applicant: Sarah E. Veselka, Fairmont, WV
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, release) 
pink mucket pearly mussel (Lampsilis abrupta), northern riffleshell 
(Epioblasma torulosa rangiana), fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), 
clubshell (Pleurobema clava), snuffbox (Epioblasma triquetra), rayed 
bean (Villosa fabalis), spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta), 
sheepnose (Plethobasus cyphyus), and rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica 
cylindrica) for presence/absence surveys throughout the species' 
ranges.

Permit Application Number: TE 064856-3

Applicant: Trent A. Farris, Gulf Shores, AL
    The applicant requests renewal of his permit to take (trap, mark, 
examine, and release) Alabama beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus 
ammobates), Perdido Key beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus 
trissyllepsis), Choctawatchee beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus 
allophrys), and St. Andrew beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus 
peninsularis) for presence/absence surveys in Alabama and Florida.

Permit Application Number: TE 834070-3

Applicant: Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Tacoma, WA
    The applicant requests renewal of their current permit to continue 
to cooperate with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the captive 
propagation and reintroduction of the red wolf (Canis rufus), which may 
include take (capture, handle, tag, and release) in addition to the 
normal husbandry activities carried out by the permittee for which no 
permit is required.

     Dated: June 13, 2016.
Leopoldo Miranda,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2016-14552 Filed 6-17-16; 8:45 am]
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