[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 47 (Monday, March 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13485-13486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-04846]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R4-ES-2017-N012; 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 April 12, 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, 
404-679-7097 (telephone) or 404-679-7081 (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 part 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 23583B-2

Applicant: Holly K. Ober, University of Florida, Quincy, FL

    The applicant requests amendment of her permit to increase the 
number of Florida bonneted bats (Eumops floridanus) that may be radio-
tagged or tagged with GPS satellite transmitters from 30 non-
reproductive adults to up to 70, and to renew the permit to continue 
take (work around bat houses and other roost sites, salvage dead bats, 
capture, handle, identify, collect biological samples, band (or freeze 
brand), radio-tag, GPS satellite tag, and tag with Passive Integrated 
Transponder (PIT) tags) Florida bonneted bats while conducting 
presence/absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, and 
population monitoring in Florida.

Permit Application Number: TE 61981B-2

    Applicant: The Peregrine Fund, Boise, ID.
    The applicant requests renewal of their permit to continue take 
(capture; band; radio-tag; collect blood; collect chest feathers; 
salvage carcasses, eggshells, and infertile eggs; and treat for 
parasites) the endangered Puerto Rican sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter 
striatus venator) in Puerto Rico for scientific research aimed at 
conservation of the species.

Permit Application Number: TE 41910B-1

    Applicant: Scott A. Rush, Mississippi State University, Starkville, 
MS.
    The applicant requests amendment of his permit to add authorization 
to take (capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, and 
release) Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus (= plecotus) townsendii 
virginianus) for presence/absence surveys in Tennessee, and to add the 
States of Alabama and Tennessee to his current permit, which authorizes 
take (capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, and 
release) of gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat (M. sodalis), and 
northern long-eared bat (M. septentrionalis) for presence/absence 
surveys in the State of Mississippi only.

Permit Application Number: TE 35594A-2

    Applicant: Alabama Power Company, Birmingham, AL.
    The applicant requests renewal of their permit to continue take 
(capture, identify, and release) of gopher tortoise (Gopherus 
polyphemus), flattened musk turtle (Sternotherus depressus), fine-lined 
pocketbook (Lampsilis altilis), Georgia pigtoe (Pleurobema 
hanleyianum), southern clubshell (P. decisum), southern pigtoe (P. 
georgianum), cylindrical lioplax (Lioplax cyclostomaformis), 
interrupted rocksnail (Leptoxis foremani), painted rocksnail (L. 
taeniata), rough hornsnail (Pleurocera foremani), and tulotoma 
(Tulotoma magnifica) while conducting presence/absence surveys, and 
take (cavity and nest monitoring) of red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides 
borealis) for population monitoring throughout the State of Alabama.

Permit Application Number: TE 16616C-0

    Applicant: Thomas E. Nupp, Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, 
AR.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (enter nesting colony, 
monitor nests, float eggs, capture chicks, and band chicks) interior 
least terns (Sterna antillarum) for the purpose of calculating nest 
survival, chick survival, and fledgling rates in the Arkansas River 
Valley, Arkansas.

Permit Application Number: TE 48579B-2

    Applicant: Ecological Solutions, Inc. Roswell, GA.
    The applicant requests amendment of their permit to add the 
following States to their permit to take (enter hibernacula or 
maternity roost caves, salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets or 
harp traps, handle, identify, collect hair

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samples, band, radio-tag, light-tag, swab, and wing-punch) Indiana bats 
(Myotis sodalis), gray bats (M. grisescens) and northern long-eared 
bats (M. septentrionalis) while conducting presence/absence surveys, 
studies to document habitat use, population monitoring, and white-nose 
syndrome surveillance: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of 
Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, 
Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, 
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, 
New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, 
South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, 
and Wyoming.

Permit Application Number: TE 18119C-0

    Applicant: Joey A. Weber, Candler, NC.
    The applicant requests a 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, swab, and wing-punch) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray 
bats (M. grisescens), northern long-eared bats (M. septentrionalis), 
and Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus (= plecotus) townsendii 
virginianus) while conducting presence/absence surveys, studies to 
document habitat use, population monitoring, and white-nose syndrome 
surveillance in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of 
Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, 
Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, 
Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, 
New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, 
Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, 
Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Permit Application Number: TE 56746B-2

    Applicant: Joseph S. Johnson, Ohio University, Athens, OH.
    The applicant requests amendment of his permit to add authorization 
to take (capture with mist nets, handle, band, and radio-tag) up to 5 
adult Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) in Athens and Hocking counties, 
Ohio, for scientific research to identify the habitat characteristics 
associated with reproductive success.

Permit Application Number: TE 18986C-0

    Applicant: North Carolina Zoological Park, Asheboro, NC.
    The applicant requests a permit to conduct the following activities 
with the Virgin Islands tree boa (Epicrates monensis granti) in St. 
Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands: Collect 10 males and 10 females from the 
wild for holding and captive propagation at the North Carolina Zoo and 
Fort Worth Zoo to serve as founder stock for future reintroduction 
efforts and as an assurance colony population; take (capture, handle, 
PIT-tag, collect blood, clip ventral scales or tail tip, and salvage) 
all Virgin Islands tree boas encountered in the field while searching 
for appropriate individuals for the captive propagation program for 
population monitoring and genetic analyses; and take (capture, handle, 
radio-tag, and release) up to 10 individuals to study the species' 
spatial/temporal habitat use.

Permit Application Number: TE 68616B-1

    Applicant: Carla Atkinson, Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL.
    The applicant requests amendment of her permit to authorize take 
(relocate into in-stream enclosures, attach individually labeled 
fishing line) of up to 800 southern clubshells (Pleurobema decisum) in 
the Sipsey River, Alabama, for a 3-month mussel movement and burial 
preferences study.

Permit Application Number: TE 62778B-1

    Applicant: Chanston T. Osborne, Kennesaw, GA.
    The applicant requests amendment of his permit to add authorization 
to take (capture with mist nets and harp traps, handle, identify, band, 
and attach radio transmitters) gray bats (Myotis grisescens) in 
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, 
Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, 
and West Virginia while conducting presence/absence surveys.


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


    Dated: February 1, 2017.
Leopoldo Miranda,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2017-04846 Filed 3-10-17; 8:45 am]
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