[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28138-28140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11014]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R2-ES-2021-N157; FXES11130200000-212-FF02ENEH00]


Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 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, invite the public to 
comment on the following applications for a permit to conduct 
activities intended to recover and enhance endangered species survival. 
With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended 
(ESA), prohibits certain activities that may impact endangered species 
unless a Federal permit allows such activity. The ESA also requires 
that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.

DATES: To ensure consideration, please submit your written comments by 
June 24, 2021.

ADDRESSES: 
    Document availability: Request documents by phone or email: Beth 
Forbus, 505-248-6681, [email protected].
    Comment submission: Submit comments by email to 
[email protected]. Please specify the permit you are interested in 
by number (e.g., Application No. CS1234567).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth Forbus, Supervisor, 
Classification and Restoration Division, 505-248-6681. Individuals who 
are hearing or speech impaired may call the Federal Relay Service at 1-
800-877-8339 for TTY assistance.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background

    With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.) prohibits activities that constitute take of listed 
species unless a Federal permit is issued that allows such activity. 
The ESA's definition of ``take'' includes hunting, shooting, harming, 
wounding, or killing but also such activities as pursuing, harassing, 
trapping, capturing, or collecting.
    The ESA and our implementing regulations in the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) at title 50, part 17, provide for issuing such 
permits and require that we invite public comment before issuing 
permits for activities involving endangered species.
    A recovery permit we issue under the ESA, section 10(a)(1)(A), 
authorizes the permittee to conduct activities with endangered or 
threatened species for scientific purposes that promote recovery or 
enhance the species' propagation or survival. These activities often 
include such prohibited actions as capture and collection. 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

    Documents and other information submitted with these applications 
are available for review by any party who submits a request as 
specified in ADDRESSES. Releasing documents is subject to Privacy Act 
(5 U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552) 
requirements.
    Proposed activities in the following permit requests are for the 
recovery and enhancement of propagation or survival of the species in 
the wild. We invite local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies and the 
public to submit written data, views, or arguments with respect to 
these applications. The comments and recommendations that will be most 
useful and likely to influence agency decisions are those supported by 
quantitative information or studies. Please refer to the application 
number when submitting comments.

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Application                                                                                            Permit
    No.          Applicant          Species          Location         Activity       Type of take      action
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ESPER000787  Cherokee Nation;  American burying  Oklahoma.......  Presence/        Harm, harass...  Renew.
          6   Tahlequah,        beetle                             absence
              Oklahoma.         (Nicrophorus                       surveys.
                                americanus).
ESPER000958  Rieck, Jean       Southwestern      Arizona,         Presence/        Harm, harass...  Renew.
          7   Marie;            willow            Colorado, New    absence
              Flagstaff,        flycatcher        Mexico, Utah.    surveys.
              Arizona.          (Empidonax
                                traillii
                                extimus).
ESPER000958  Paramextrix;      Loach minnow      New Mexico.....  Presence/        Harm, harass...  Renew.
          9   Albuquerque,      (Tiaroga                           absence
              New Mexico.       cobitis),                          surveys.
                                northern
                                aplomado falcon
                                (Falco
                                femoralis
                                septentrionalis
                                ), piping
                                plover
                                (Charadrius
                                melodus),
                                southwestern
                                willow
                                flycatcher
                                (Empidonax
                                traillii
                                extimus),
                                spikedace (Meda
                                fulgida), Holy
                                Ghost ipomopsis
                                (Ipomopsis
                                sanctispiritus)
                                , Knowlton's
                                cactus
                                (Pediocactus
                                knowltonii),
                               Mancos milk-
                                vetch
                                (Astragalus
                                humillimus),.
                               Sacramento
                                prickly poppy
                                (Argemone
                                pleiacantha
                                ssp.
                                pinnatisecta),
                                Sneed
                                pincushion
                                cactus
                                (Coryphantha
                                sneedii var.
                                sneedii),
                                Todsen's
                                pennyroyal
                                (Hedeoma
                                todsenii).
ESPER000958  Bureau of Land    Huachuca water-   Arizona........  Presence/        Collect........  Amend.
          8   Management;       umbel                              absence
              Tucson, Arizona.  (Lilaeopsis                        surveys,
                                schaffneriana                      monitoring.
                                var. recurva).
  ES839848   U.S. Forest       Southwestern      New Mexico.....  Presence/        Harm, harass...  Renew.
              Service, Carson   willow                             absence
              National          flycatcher                         surveys.
              Forest; Taos,     (Empidonax
              New Mexico.       traillii
                                extimus).
ESPER000940  Bureau of Land    Southwestern      New Mexico.....  Presence/        Harm, harass...  Renew.
          5   Management; Las   willow                             absence
              Cruces, New       flycatcher                         surveys.
              Mexico.           (Empidonax
                                traillii
                                extimus),
                                northern
                                aplomado falcon
                                (Falco
                                femoralis
                                septentrionalis
                                ), Mexican long-
                                nosed bat
                                (Leptonycteris
                                nivalis),
                                spikedace (Meda
                                fulgida), loach
                                minnow (Tiaroga
                                cobitis).
ESPER000700  Bureau of Land    Southwestern      Arizona........  Presence/        Harm, harass...  Renew.
          4   Management;       willow                             absence
              Safford,          flycatcher                         surveys.
              Arizona.          (Empidonax
                                traillii
                                extimus),
                                spikedace (Meda
                                fulgida), loach
                                minnow (Tiaroga
                                cobitis),
                                desert pupfish
                                (Cyprinodon
                                macularius),
                                Gila chub (Gila
                                intermedia),
                                Gila topminnow
                                (Poeciliopsis
                                occidentalis),
                                Little Peebles
                                Navajo cactus
                                (Pediocactus
                                peeblesianus
                                var.
                                peeblesianus).
ESPER000510  Proppe, Darren;   Houston toad      Texas..........  Presence/        Harm, harass...  New.
          3   Dripping          (Bufo                              absence.
              Springs, Texas.   houstonensis).
ESPER000510  Schofield,        Ocelot            Texas..........  Presence/        Harm, harass...  New.
          4   Landon;           (Leopardus                         absence,
              Kingsville,       pardalis).                         trapping, live
              Texas.                                               capture, blood
                                                                   collection.

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ESPER000403  Horizon           Golden-cheeked    Texas..........  Presence/        Harm, harass...  Renew.
          2   Environmental     warbler                            absence,
              Services, Inc.;   (Dendroica                         collection.
              Austin, Texas.    crysoparia),
                                Houston toad
                                (Bufo
                                houstonensis),
                                Rhadine exilis
                                (ground beetle,
                                no common
                                name),
                               Rhadine
                                infernalis
                                (ground beetle,
                                no common
                                name),.
                               Helotes mold
                                beetle
                                (Batrisodes
                                venyivi),
                                Cokendolpher
                                Cave harvestman
                                (Texella
                                cokendolpheri),.
                               Robber Baron
                                Cave meshweaver
                                (Cicurina
                                baronia), Madla
                                Cave meshweaver
                                (Cicurina
                                madla), Braken
                                Bat Cave
                                meshweaver
                                (Cicurina
                                venii),
                                Government
                                Canyon Bat Cave
                                meshweaver
                                (Cicurina
                                vespera),
                                Government
                                Canyon Bat Cave
                                spider
                                (Tayshaneta (=
                                Neoleptoneta)
                                microps), Tooth
                                Cave spider
                                (Tayshaneta
                                (=Neoleptoneta
                                myopica)),
                                Tooth Cave
                                pseudoscorpion
                                (Tartarocreagri
                                s texana), Bee
                                Creek Cave
                                harvestman
                                (Texella
                                reddelli),
                                Kretschmarr
                                Cave mold
                                beetle
                                (Texamaurops
                                reddelli),
                                Tooth Cave
                                ground beetle
                                (Rhadine
                                persephone),
                                Bone Cave
                                harvestman
                                (Texella
                                reyesi), Coffin
                                Cave mold
                                beetle
                                (Batrisodes
                                texanus).
ESPER000938  SWCA;             Southwestern      Arizona,         Presence/        Harm, harass...  Renew.
          4   Albuquerque, NM.  willow            Colorado, New    absence
                                flycatcher        Mexico,          surveys, nest
                                (Empidonax        Nevada, Utah.    monitoring.
                                traillii
                                extimus), Rio
                                Grande silvery
                                minnow
                                (Hybognathus
                                amarus),
                                razorback
                                sucker
                                (Xyrauchen
                                texanus),
                                Colorado
                                pikeminnow,
                                (Ptychocheilus
                                lucius),
                                spikedace (Meda
                                fulgida), loach
                                minnow (Tiaroga
                                cobitis).
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Authority

    We provide this notice under section 10 of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531 
et seq.).

Amy L. Lueders,
Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-11014 Filed 5-24-21; 8:45 am]
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