[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 71 (Friday, April 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14966-14968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-07227]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R3-ES-2019-N019; FXES11130300000-190-FF03E00000]


Endangered and Threatened Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit 
Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have received 
applications for permits to conduct activities intended to enhance the 
propagation or survival of endangered or threatened species under the 
Endangered Species Act. We invite the public and local, State, Tribal, 
and Federal agencies to comment on these applications. Before issuing 
any of the requested permits, we will take into consideration any 
information that we receive during the public comment period.

DATES: We must receive your written comments on or before May 13, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Document availability and comment submission: Submit 
requests for copies of the applications and related documents, as well 
as any comments, by one of the following methods. All requests and 
comments should specify the applicant name(s) and application number(s) 
(e.g., TEXXXXXX):
     Email: [email protected]. Please refer to the respective 
permit number (e.g., Application No. TEXXXXXX) in the subject line of 
your email message.
     U.S. Mail: Regional Director, Attn: Carlita Payne, U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, 5600 American Blvd. 
West, Suite 990, Bloomington, MN 55437-1458.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carlita Payne, 612-713-5343 (phone); 
[email protected] (email). Individuals who are hearing or speech 
impaired may call the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 for TTY 
assistance.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 
et seq.), prohibits certain activities with endangered and threatened 
species unless authorized by a Federal permit. The ESA and our 
implementing regulations in part 17 of title 50 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) provide for the issuance of such permits and require 
that we invite public comment before issuing permits for activities 
involving endangered species.
    A recovery permit issued by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA 
authorizes the permittee to conduct activities with endangered species 
for scientific purposes that promote recovery or for enhancement of 
propagation or survival of the species. Our regulations implementing 
section 10(a)(1)(A) for these permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22 for 
endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened wildlife 
species, 50 CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species, and 50 CFR 17.72 
for threatened plant species.

Permit Applications Available for Review and Comment

    We invite local, State, and Federal agencies, Tribes, and the 
public to comment on the following applications.

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  Application number         Applicant              Species              Location              Activity            Type of take         Permit action
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TE03494B.............  GAI Consultants,      Indiana bat (Myotis   AL, AR, CT, DE, DC,   Conduct presence/     Capture, handle,     Renew.
                        Inc., Erlanger, KY.   sodalis), gray bat    FL, GA, IL, IN, IA,   absence surveys,      mist-net, harp
                                              (M. grisescens),      KS, KY, LA, ME, MD,   document habitat      trap, band, radio-
                                              northern long-eared   MA, MI, MN, MS, MO,   use, conduct          tag, release.
                                              bat (M.               MT, NE, NH, NJ, NY,   population
                                              septentrionalis),     NC, ND, OH, OK, PA,   monitoring,
                                              Ozark big-eared bat   RI, SC, SD, TN, VT,   evaluate impacts.
                                              (Corynorhinus         VA, WV, WI, WY.
                                              towsendii ingens),
                                              Virginia big-eared
                                              bat (C.t.
                                              virginianus).
TE206781.............  EcoAnalysts, Inc.,    Add Candy darter      Add new locations--   Conduct presence/     Capture, handle,     Amend.
                        O'Fallon, MO.         (Etheostoma           LA, NM, ND, WY--to    absence surveys,      temporarily hold,
                                              osburni), diamond     existing authorized   document habitat      relocate, release,
                                              darter                locations: AR, CO,    use, conduct          collect dead
                                              (Crystallaria         CT, DE, IL, IN, IA,   population            specimens.
                                              cincotta), pallid     KS, KY, ME, MD, MA,   monitoring,
                                              sturgeon              MI, MN, MO, NE, NH,   evaluate impacts.
                                              (Scaphirhynchus       NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA,
                                              albus), Alabama       RI, SD, TN, TX, VT,
                                              moccasinshell         VA, WV, WI.
                                              (Medionidus
                                              acutissimus),
                                              inflated
                                              heelsplitter
                                              (Potamilus
                                              inflatus),
                                              Louisiana
                                              pearlshell
                                              (Margaritifera
                                              hembeli), ovate
                                              clubshell
                                              (Pleurobema
                                              perovatum),
                                              southern clubshell
                                              (Pleurobema
                                              decisum), Texas
                                              hornshell
                                              (Popenaias popeii),
                                              and yellow lance
                                              (Ellipto
                                              lanceolata) to
                                              existing 58
                                              permitted
                                              freshwater mussel
                                              species.
TE98111A.............  State of Ohio         Clubshell             OH..................  Conduct presence/     Capture, handle,     Renew.
                        Department of         (Pleurobema clava),                         absence surveys,      temporarily hold,
                        Transportation,       fanshell                                    document habitat      relocate, release.
                        Columbus, OH.         (Cyprogenia                                 use, conduct
                                              stegaria), northern                         population
                                              riffleshell                                 monitoring,
                                              (Epioblasma                                 evaluate impacts.
                                              torulosa rangiana),
                                              pink mucket
                                              pearlymussel
                                              (Lampsilis
                                              orbiculata), purple
                                              cat's paw
                                              pearlymussel
                                              (Epioblasma
                                              obliquata
                                              obliquata),
                                              rabbitsfoot
                                              (Quadrula
                                              cylindrica
                                              cylindrica), rayed
                                              bean (Villosa
                                              fabalis), sheepnose
                                              (Plethobascus
                                              cyphyus), snuffbox
                                              (Epioblasma
                                              triquetra), white
                                              catspaw
                                              pearlymussel
                                              (Epioblasma
                                              obliquata
                                              perobliqua).
TE06801A.............  Pittsburgh Wildlife   Indiana bat (Myotis   AL, AR, FL, GA, IL,   Conduct presence/     Capture, handle,     Renew.
                        & Environmental,      sodalis), gray bat    IN, IA, KS, KY, MI,   absence surveys,      mist-net, harp
                        Inc., McDonald, PA.   (M. grisescens),      MS, MO, NJ, NY, NC,   document habitat      trap, radio-tag,
                                              northern long-eared   OH, OK, PA, SC, TN,   use, conduct          band, enter
                                              bat (M.               VA, WV, WI.           population            hibernacula,
                                              septentrionalis).                           monitoring,           release.
                                                                                          evaluate impacts.
TE81122C.............  Three Rivers Park     Rusty patched bumble  MN..................  Conduct presence/     Add new activity--   Amend.
                        District, Plymouth,   bee (Bombus                                 absence surveys,      radio-tag--to
                        MN.                   affinis).                                   document habitat      existing
                                                                                          use, conduct          authorized
                                                                                          population            activities:
                                                                                          monitoring,           capture, handle,
                                                                                          evaluate impacts.     hold, release.
TE24570D.............  Sean Kline, Stow, OH  Indiana bat (Myotis   AL, AR, CT, DE, GA,   Conduct presence/     Capture, handle,     New.
                                              sodalis), gray bat    IL, IN, IA, KY, MD,   absence surveys,      mist-net, radio-
                                              (M. grisescens),      MA, MI, MS, MO, NJ,   document habitat      tag, release.
                                              northern long-eared   NY, NC, OH, OK, PA,   use, conduct
                                              bat (M.               TN, VT, VA, WV.       population
                                              septentrionalis),                           monitoring,
                                              Virginia big-eared                          evaluate impacts.
                                              bat (Corynorhinus
                                              towsendii
                                              virginianus).
TE11145C.............  Lisa Kleinschmidt,    Add Indiana bat       AL, AR, CT, DE, FL,   Conduct presence/     Capture, handle,     Amend.
                        Syracuse, NY.         (Myotis sodalis) to   GA, IL, IN, IA, KS,   absence surveys,      mist-net, harp
                                              existing permitted    KY, MD, MA, MI, MN,   document habitat      trap, band, radio-
                                              species: Gray bat     MS, MO, NE, NH, NJ,   use, conduct          tag, wing biopsy,
                                              (Myotis               NY, NC, ND, OH, OK,   population            release.
                                              grisescens),          PA, RI, SC, SD, TN,   monitoring,
                                              northern long-eared   VT, VA, WV, WI.       evaluate impacts.
                                              bat (M.
                                              septentrionalis).

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TE02373A.............  Environmental         Add Candy darter      AL, AR, CT, DE, DC,   Conduct presence/     Candy darter:        Amend.
                        Solutions &           (Etheostoma           GA, IL, IN, IA, KS,   absence surveys,      Capture, identify,
                        Innovations, Inc.,    osburni) to           KY, LA, ME, MD, MA,   document habitat      release, relocate.
                        Cincinnati, OH.       existing permitted    MI, MN, MS, MO, MT,   use, conduct          Bats: Capture,
                                              species: Indiana      NE, NH, NJ, NY, NC,   population            handle, mist-net,
                                              bat (Myotis           ND, OH, OK, PA, RI,   monitoring,           harp trap, band,
                                              sodalis), gray bat    SC, SD, TN, VT, VA,   evaluate impacts.     radio-tag, enter
                                              (M. grisescens),      WV, WI, WY.                                 hibernacula or
                                              northern long-eared                                               maternity roost
                                              bat (M.                                                           caves, release.
                                              septentrionalis),                                                 Crayfish: Collect,
                                              Ozark big-eared bat                                               transport, hold in
                                              (Corynorhinus                                                     captivity,
                                              towsendii ingens),                                                propagate,
                                              Virginia big-eared                                                relocate, release.
                                              bat (C.t.                                                         Rusty patched
                                              virginianus), Big                                                 bumble bee:
                                              Sandy crayfish                                                    Capture, handle,
                                              (Cambarus                                                         hold, release,
                                              callainus),                                                       salvage. American
                                              Guyandotte River                                                  burying beetle:
                                              crayfish (C.                                                      Live-trap,
                                              veteranus), amber                                                 release.
                                              darter (Percina                                                   Butterflies,
                                              antesella),                                                       Eastern massasauga
                                              blackside dace                                                    rattlesnake and
                                              (Phoxinus                                                         Plants: Visual
                                              cumberlanden-sis),                                                surveys. Other
                                              blue shiner                                                       Fish and Mussels:
                                              (Cyprinella                                                       Capture, identify,
                                              caerulea), Cherokee                                               release.
                                              darter (Etheostoma
                                              scotti), Conasauga
                                              logperch (Percina
                                              jenkinsi), diamond
                                              darter
                                              (Crystallaria
                                              cincotta), Etowah
                                              darter (Etheostoma
                                              etowahae), Maryland
                                              darter (Etheostoma
                                              sellare), Ozark
                                              cavefish
                                              (Amblyopsis rosea),
                                              Niangua darter
                                              (Etheostoma
                                              nianguae), Roanoke
                                              logperch (Percina
                                              rex), Topeka shiner
                                              (Notropis topeka),
                                              American burying
                                              beetle (Nicrophorus
                                              americanus), Karner
                                              blue butterfly
                                              (Lycaeides melissa
                                              samuelis),
                                              Mitchell's satyr
                                              butterfly
                                              (Neonympha
                                              mitchellii
                                              mitchellii), rusty
                                              patched bumble bee
                                              (Bombus affinis),
                                              eastern massasauga
                                              rattlesnake
                                              (Sistrurus
                                              catenatus),
                                              northeastern
                                              bulrush (Scirpus
                                              ancistrochaetus),
                                              running buffalo
                                              clover (Trifolium
                                              stloniferum), and
                                              35 freshwater
                                              mussel species.
TE28559D.............  Radford's Run Wind    Indiana bat, (Myotis  Macon County, IL....  Conduct scientific    Harass, kill,        New.
                        Farm, LLC, Chicago,   sodalis), northern                          research on the       salvage.
                        IL.                   long-eared bat (M.                          efficacy of wind
                                              septentrionalis).                           turbine bat
                                                                                          deterrent
                                                                                          technology,
                                                                                          population
                                                                                          management and
                                                                                          monitoring.
TE28573D.............  Adam Rusk, Prairie    Indiana bat (Myotis   AL, AR, CT, DE, DC,   Conduct presence/     Capture, handle,     New.
                        Village, KS.          sodalis), gray bat    FL, GA, IL, IN, IA,   absence surveys,      mist-net, radio-
                                              (M. grisescens),      KS, KY, LA, ME, MD,   document habitat      tag, release.
                                              northern long-eared   MA, MI, MN, MS, MO,   use, conduct
                                              bat (M.               MT, NE, NH, NJ, NY,   population
                                              septentrionalis),     NC, ND, OH, OK, PA,   monitoring,
                                              Ozark big-eared bat   RI, SC, SD, TN, VT,   evaluate impacts.
                                              (Corynorhinus         VA, WV, WI, WY.
                                              towsendii ingens),
                                              Virginia big-eared
                                              bat (C.t.
                                              virginianus).
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Public Availability of Comments

    Written comments we receive become part of the administrative 
record associated with this action. 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 request in your comment that we 
withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we 
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Moreover, all 
submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals 
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations 
or businesses, will be made available for public disclosure in their 
entirety.

Next Steps

    If we decide to issue permits to any of the applicants listed in 
this notice, we will publish a notice in the Federal Register.

Authority

    We publish this notice under section 10(c) of the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

Lori Nordstrom,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. 2019-07227 Filed 4-11-19; 8:45 am]
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