[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 144 (Thursday, July 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45355-45359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16154]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R4-ES-2022-N035; FXES11140400000-223-FF04E00000]


Endangered Species; 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, permit renewals, and/or permit amendments to 
conduct activities intended to enhance the propagation or survival of 
endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 
amended. 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 written data or comments on the applications by 
August 29, 2022.

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. Submit a request for 
a copy of such documents to Karen Marlowe (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT).
    Submitting Comments: If you wish to comment, you may submit 
comments by one of the following methods:
     U.S. mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Office, 
Ecological Services, 1875 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30345 (Attn: 
Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator).
     Email: [email protected]. Please include your name and 
return address in your email message. If you do not receive a 
confirmation from the U.S. 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), [email protected] (email), or 404-679-
7081 (fax). Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, 
hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or 
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals 
outside the United States should use the relay services offered within 
their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in 
the United States.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We invite review and comment from the public 
and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies 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 (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and our 
regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR part 17. 
With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits take of listed species unless a 
Federal permit is issued that authorizes such take. The ESA's 
definition of ``take'' includes hunting, shooting, harming, wounding, 
or killing, and also such activities as pursuing, harassing, trapping, 
capturing, or collecting.
    A recovery permit issued by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA

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authorizes the permittee to take endangered or threatened species while 
engaging in activities that are conducted for scientific purposes that 
promote recovery of species or for enhancement of propagation or 
survival of species. These activities often include the capture and 
collection of species, which would result in prohibited take if a 
permit were not issued. 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

    Proposed activities in the following permit requests are for the 
recovery and enhancement of propagation or survival of the species in 
the wild. The ESA requires that we invite public comment before issuing 
these permits. Accordingly, 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.
    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.

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  Permit application
         No.                 Applicant              Species              Location              Activity            Type of take         Permit action
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TE 28597A-2..........  Joseph Alderman,      Fishes: Cape Fear     North Carolina,       Presence/probable     Fish: Capture via     Renewal.
                        Hillsborough, NC.     shiner (Notropis      South Carolina, and   absence surveys.      seining, handle,
                                              mekistocholas); and   Virginia.                                   identify, and
                                              Mussels:                                                          release; and
                                              Appalachian elktoe                                                Mussels: Capture,
                                              (Alasmidonta                                                      handle, identify,
                                              raveneliana),                                                     mark, release, and
                                              Carolina                                                          salvage relic
                                              heelsplitter                                                      shells.
                                              (Lasmigona
                                              decorata), dwarf
                                              wedgemussel
                                              (Alasmidonta
                                              heterodon), James
                                              spinymussel
                                              (Parvaspina
                                              collina),
                                              littlewing
                                              pearlymussel
                                              (Pegias fabula),
                                              and Tar River
                                              spinymussel
                                              (Parvaspina
                                              steinstansana).
TE 11044C-1..........  Tyler Newman,         Gray bat (Myotis      Alabama, Arkansas,    Presence/probable     Capture with mist     Renewal.
                        Richmond, KY.         grisescens),          Connecticut,          absence surveys.      nets, handle,
                                              Indiana bat (M.       Delaware, Georgia,                          identify, band, and
                                              sodalis), and         Illinois, Indiana,                          radio tag.
                                              northern long-eared   Iowa, Kansas,
                                              bat (M.               Kentucky,
                                              septentrionalis).     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.
PER 0042918-0........  Frank Ridgley, Zoo    Florida bonneted bat  Florida.............  Studies to document   Capture with mist     New.
                        Miami, Miami, FL.     (Eumops floridanus).                        habitat use,          nets, handle,
                                                                                          population            identify, radio
                                                                                          monitoring, and       tag, buccal swab,
                                                                                          genetic, virome,      recapture if
                                                                                          dietary, and          needed, and release.
                                                                                          parasitology
                                                                                          analyses.

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TE 81756A-4..........  Jason Robinson,       Bats: Gray bat        Alabama, Arkansas,    Presence/probable     Bats: Capture with    Renewal.
                        Lexington, KY.        (Myotis               Florida, Georgia,     absence surveys and   mist nets or harp
                                              grisescens),          Illinois, Indiana,    population            traps, handle,
                                              Indiana bat (M.       Iowa, Kentucky,       monitoring.           identify, band, and
                                              sodalis), and         Maryland, Michigan,                         radio tag; Fishes:
                                              northern long-eared   Mississippi,                                Capture via
                                              bat (M.               Missouri, New                               seining, netting,
                                              septentrionalis);     Jersey, New York,                           or electroshock,
                                              Fishes: Blackside     North Carolina,                             handle identify,
                                              dace (Phoxinus        Ohio, Oklahoma,                             and release; and
                                              cumberlandensis)      Pennsylvania, South                         Crustaceans:
                                              and Kentucky arrow    Carolina,                                   Capture via
                                              darter (Etheostoma    Tennessee, Vermont,                         seining, handle,
                                              spilotum); and        Virginia, and West                          identify, and
                                              Crustaceans: Big      Virginia.                                   release.
                                              Sandy crayfish
                                              (Cambarus
                                              callainus).
TE 114069-3..........  Fairchild Tropical    Agave eggersiana (no  Florida, Puerto       Short- and long-term  Collect seeds,        Renewal and
                        Botanic Garden,       common name [NCN]),   Rico, and U.S.        ex situ storage,      spores, cuttings,     amendment.
                        Coral Gables, FL.     Amorpha crenulata     Virgin Islands.       artificial            propagules, and
                                              (crenulate lead-                            propagation,          whole plants.
                                              plant), Argythamnia                         reintroduction
                                              blodgettii                                  projects, and
                                              (Blodgett's                                 scientific and
                                              silverbush),                                conservation
                                             Aristida chaseae                             research.
                                              (NCN), A.
                                              portoricensis
                                              (pelos del diablo),
                                              Brickellia mosieri
                                              (Florida brickell-
                                              bush), Buxus vahlii
                                              (Vahl's boxwood),
                                              Calyptranthes
                                              thomasiana (NCN),
                                              Catesbaea
                                              melanocarpa (NCN),.
                                             Cereus eriophorus
                                              var. fragrans
                                              (fragrant prickly-
                                              apple),
                                              Chamaecrista
                                              lineata keyensis
                                              (big pine partridge
                                              pea), Chamaesyce
                                              deltoidea pinetorum
                                              (pineland sandmat),
                                              C. deltoidea
                                              serpyllum (wedge
                                              spurge), C.
                                              deltoidea ssp.
                                              deltoidea (deltoid
                                              spurge), C. garberi
                                              (Garber's spurge),.
                                             Chromolaena
                                              frustrata (Cape
                                              Sable
                                              thoroughwort),
                                              Consolea
                                              corallicola
                                              (Florida semaphore
                                              cactus), Cyathea
                                              dryopteroides.
                                             (elfin tree fern),
                                              Dalea
                                              carthagenensis
                                              floridana (Florida
                                              prairie-clover),
                                              Digitaria
                                              pauciflora.
                                             (Florida pineland
                                              crabgrass),
                                              Elaphoglossum
                                              serpens (NCN),
                                              Galactia smallii
                                              (Small's milkpea),
                                              Harrisia (=Cereus)
                                              aboriginum.
                                             (=gracilis)
                                              (aboriginal prickly-
                                              apple),
                                              Jacquemontia
                                              reclinata (beach
                                              jacquemontia),
                                              Linum arenicola
                                              (sand flax), L.
                                              carteri carteri
                                              (Carter's small-
                                              flowered flax),
                                              Lyonia truncata
                                              var. proctorii.

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                                             (NCN), Pilosocereus
                                              robinii (key tree
                                              cactus), Polygala
                                              smallii (tiny
                                              polygala),
                                              Polystichum.
                                             calderonense (NCN),
                                              Sideroxylon
                                              reclinatum ssp.
                                              austrofloridense
                                              (Everglades bully),
                                              Thelypteris
                                              inabonensis (NCN),
                                              T. yaucoensis.
                                             (NCN), Trichomanes
                                              punctatum ssp.
                                              floridanum (Florida
                                              bristle fern),
                                              Vernonia proctorii
                                              (NCN), and
                                              Zanthoxylum
                                              thomasianum (St.
                                              Thomas prickly-ash).
TE 102324-3..........  Thomas Dickinson,     Amphibians: Neuse     North Carolina and    Presence/probable     Capture, identify,    Renewal and
                        Chapel Hill, NC.      River waterdog        South Carolina.       absence surveys and   and release.          amendment.
                                              (Necturus lewisi);                          population
                                              Fishes: Cape Fear                           monitoring.
                                              shiner (Notropis
                                              mekistocholas),
                                              Carolina madtom
                                              (Noturus furiosus),
                                              Roanoke logperch
                                              (Percina rex), and
                                              yellow lance
                                              (Elliptio
                                              lanceolata); and
                                              Mussels:
                                              Appalachian elktoe
                                              (Alasmidonta
                                              raveneliana),
                                              Atlantic pigtoe
                                              (Fusconaia masoni),
                                              Carolina
                                              heelsplitter
                                              (Lasmigona
                                              decorata),
                                              Cumberland bean
                                              (pearlymussel)
                                              (Villosa trabalis),
                                              dwarf wedgemussel
                                              (Alasmidonta
                                              heterodon), James
                                              spinymussel
                                              (Parvaspina
                                              collina),
                                              littlewing
                                              pearlymussel
                                              (Pegias fabula),
                                              oyster mussel
                                              (Epioblasma
                                              capsaeformis), and
                                              Tar River
                                              spinymussel
                                              (Parvaspina
                                              steinstansana).
TE 68616B-3..........  Carla Atkinson,       Alabama pearlshell    Mississippi.........  Presence/probable     Capture, handle,      Amendment.
                        University of         (Margaritifera                              absence surveys,      identify, hold
                        Alabama,              marrianae), Choctaw                         studies to document   temporarily in
                        Tuscaloosa, AL.       bean (Obovaria                              habitat use, and      containers in
                                              choctawensis),                              excretion/            stream, and release.
                                              fuzzy pigtoe                                respiration studies.
                                              (Pleurobema
                                              strodeanum), narrow
                                              pigtoe (Fusconaia
                                              escambia), round
                                              ebonyshell
                                              (Reginaia
                                              rotulata), southern
                                              kidneyshell
                                              (Ptychobranchus
                                              jonesi), southern
                                              sandshell (Hamiota
                                              australis), and
                                              tapered pigtoe
                                              (Fusconaia burkei).
TE 18986C-3..........  North Carolina Zoo,   Virgin Islands tree   Puerto Rico and U.S.  Captive propagation   Remove from the       Renewal and
                        Asheboro, NC.         boa (Chilabothrus     Virgin Islands.       and reintroduction,   wild, handle, PIT     amendment.
                                              granti).                                    maintenance of a      tag, collect blood
                                                                                          satellite             and tissue samples,
                                                                                          population in         radio tag, and
                                                                                          captivity, genetic    salvage.
                                                                                          analyses and
                                                                                          disease screenings,
                                                                                          and studies to
                                                                                          document habitat
                                                                                          use.
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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.).

Aaron Valenta,
Acting Deputy Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services.
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