[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 147 (Monday, August 1, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50542-50543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-18180]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R4-ES-2016-N126; 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 August 31, 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) 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 40523A-1

    Applicant: David H. Nelson, University of South Alabama, Mobile, 
AL.
    The applicant requests renewal and amendment of his current permit 
to add authorization to take (draw blood) for DNA analyses and continue 
take (trap, hand-capture, collect tail snips, measure, mark, and attach 
scientific devices) of Alabama red-bellied turtles (Pseudemys 
alabamensis) in Alabama and Mississippi for scientific research 
purposes.

Permit Application Number: TE 060988-3

    Applicant: Fort Jackson, Department of the Army, Fort Jackson, SC.
    The applicant requests renewal of the current permit to continue 
take (construct and monitor nest cavities and restrictors, capture, 
band, and translocate) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) at 
Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and as directed by the

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for enhancement of propagation and 
survival of the species.

Permit Application Number: TE 31141A-2

    Applicant: Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Nashville, TN.
    The applicant requests renewal of the current permit to continue 
take (humane euthanasia) of gray bats (Myotis grisescens) and Indiana 
bats (Myotis sodalis) for white-nose syndrome surveillance and testing 
purposes.

Permit Application Number: TE 009638-11

    Applicant: Appalachian Technical Services, Inc., Wise, VA.
    The permittee requests amendment of their current permit to add 
authorization to take (capture, handle, identify, mark, and release) 
Big Sandy crayfish (Cambarus callainus), Guyandotte crayfish (Cambarus 
veteranus), clubshell (Pleurobema clava), Cumberland elktoe 
(Alasmidonta atropurpurea), fluted kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus 
subtentum), sheepnose mussel (Plethobasus cyphyus), snuffbox mussel 
(Epioblasma triquetra), slabside pearlymussel (Pleuronaia 
dolabelloides), orangefoot pimpleback (Plethobasus cooperianus), fat 
pocketbook (Potamilus capax), purple cat's paw (Epioblasma obliquata 
obliquata), rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica ssp. cylindrica), northern 
riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana), ring pink (Obovaria 
retusa), and Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma brevidens) and take 
(capture via seining and electroshocking, handle, identify, and 
release) Kentucky arrow darter (Etheostoma sagitta spilotum) for 
presence/absence surveys in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West 
Virginia.

Permit Application Number: TE 42183A-1

    Applicant: Eglin Air Force Base, Niceville, FL.
    The applicant requests renewal of the current permit to continue 
continue take (construct and monitor nest cavities and restrictors, 
capture, band, and translocate) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides 
borealis) at Eglin Air Force Base and as directed by the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service for enhancement of propagation and survival of the 
species.

Permit Application Number: TE 00868C-0

    Applicant: Fred C. Shaffner, University of Turabo, Gurabo, PR.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture with mist-nets, 
band, and release) Puerto Rican nightjar (Caprimulgus noctitherus) and 
yellow-shouldered blackbird (Agelaius xanthomus) for presence/absence 
surveys and to mark birds for future population monitoring purposes.

Permit Application Number: TE 33465A-1

    Applicant: U.S. Forest Service, Montgomery, AL.
    The applicant requests renewal of the current permit to continue 
take (construct and monitor nest cavities and restrictors, capture, 
band, and translocate) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) on 
national forests in the State of Alabama and as directed by the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service for enhancement of propagation and survival 
of the species.

Permit Application Number: TE 824723-9

    Applicant: Reed Bowman, Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, 
FL.
    The applicant requests renewal of the current permit to continue 
take (construct and monitor nest cavities and restrictors, capture, 
band, draw blood, salvage nonviable eggs, and translocate) red-cockaded 
woodpeckers (Picoides borealis), take (capture, band, radio-tag, draw 
blood, take feathers, treat with Ivermectin) Florida scrub jays 
(Aphelocoma coerulescens), and take (capture, band, draw blood, salvage 
unhatched eggs) Florida grasshopper sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum 
floridanus) in Florida for scientific research purposes.

    Dated: July 22, 2016.
Steven Bekkerus,
Acting Deputy Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, 
Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2016-18180 Filed 7-29-16; 8:45 am]
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