[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 233 (Monday, December 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87584-87585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29063]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R4-ES-2016-N209; FXES11140400000-178-FF04E00000]


Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for 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 species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species 
Act (Act) prohibits activities with listed species unless a Federal 
permit is issued that allows such activities. The Act 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 January 4, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Reviewing Documents: 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 Regional Office, Ecological 
Services, 1875 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30345 (Attn: Karen 
Marlowe, Permit Coordinator).
    Submitting Comments: If you wish to comment, you may submit 
comments by any one of the following methods:
     U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Fish and Wildlife Service's 
Regional Office (see above).
     Email: [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 
in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator, 
205-726-2667 (telephone) or 205-726-2479 (fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We invite review and comment from local, 
State, and Federal agencies and the public on applications we have 
received 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.; Act), and our 
regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17. With 
some exceptions, the Act prohibits activities with listed species 
unless a Federal permit is issued that allows such activities. The Act 
requires that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.

Public Availability of Comments

    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.

Permit Applications

Permit Application Number: TE 054973-5

Applicant: Nick Haddad, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

    The applicant requests renewal of his permit to take (capture, 
mark, transport, release, recapture, and salvage) the endangered Saint 
Francis' satyr butterfly (Neonympha mitchellii francisci) for 
population monitoring, scientific research, captive propagation, and 
release into suitable habitat in North Carolina.

Permit Application Number: TE 95412A-0

Applicant: Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection, Division 
of Water, Frankfort, KY
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, release) 
19 species of endangered and threatened freshwater mussels and the 
threatened Big Sandy crayfish (Cambarus callainus) for presence/absence 
surveys in Kentucky.

Permit Application Number: TE 81756A-2

Applicant: Jason B. Robinson, Lexington, KY
    The applicant requests renewal of his permit to continue take 
(capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, band, radio-
tag, salvage) of Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis 
grisescens), and northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) for 
presence/absence surveys and monitoring in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, 
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, 
Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, 
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and West 
Virginia, and an amendment to authorize take (capture, handle, release) 
of blackside dace (Phoxinus cumberlandensis) in Kentucky and Tennessee, 
Kentucky arrow darters (Etheostoma spilotum) in Kentucky, and Big Sandy 
crayfish (Cambarus callainus) in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia, 
for presence/absence surveys.

Permit Application Number: TE 59798B-1

Applicant: Daguna Consulting, LLC, Bristol, VA
    The applicant requests amendment of their permit to add the States 
of Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin as locations where they may 
conduct take (capture, handle, tag, release) of 31 species of 
endangered and threatened freshwater mussels for presence/absence 
surveys and add authorization to take (capture, handle, tag, and 
release) of spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta), Higgins eye 
(Lampsilis higginsii), scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon), and fat 
pocketbook (Potamilus capax) mussels for presence/absence surveys in 
Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.

    Authority: We provide this notice under section 10(c) of the 
Act.


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    Dated: November 23, 2016.
Aaron Valenta,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Southeast 
Region.
[FR Doc. 2016-29063 Filed 12-2-16; 8:45 am]
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