[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 160 (Monday, August 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56881-56882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17852]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R5-ES-2023-N066; FXES11130500000-234-FF05E00000]


Endangered 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 species under the Endangered 
Species Act. We invite the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal 
agencies to comment on these applications. Before issuing the requested 
permits, we will take into consideration any information that we 
receive during the public comment period.

DATES: We must receive any written comments on or before September 20, 
2023.

ADDRESSES: Use one of the following methods to request documents or 
submit comments. Requests and comments should specify the applicant's 
name and application number (e.g., PER0001234):
     Email: [email protected].
     U.S. Mail: Abby Goldstein, Ecological Services, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, 300 Westgate Center Dr. Hadley, MA 01035.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abby Goldstein, 413-253-8212 (phone), 
or [email protected] (email). 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, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
invite the public to comment on applications for permits under section 
10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The requested permits would allow the applicants 
to conduct activities intended to promote recovery of species that are 
listed as endangered under the ESA.

Background

    With some exceptions, the ESA 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 such 
activities as pursuing, harassing, trapping, capturing, or collecting, 
in addition to hunting, shooting, harming, wounding, or killing.
    A recovery permit issued by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA 
authorizes the permittee to conduct activities with endangered or 
threatened 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 No.         Applicant             Species              Location            Activity                Type of take           Permit  action
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PER3765003..........  Kathleen O'Brien,    Karner blue          New York, New        Collection,         Capture, collect.............  New.
                       New York State       butterfly            Hampshire.           propagation,
                       Department of        (Lycaeides melissa                        translocation,
                       Environmental        samuelis).                                release.
                       Conservation,
                       Albany, NY.
ES01311C-1..........  Shawn McKinley,      Indiana bat (Myotis  Alabama, Arkansas,   Capture, band,      Capture, collect.............  Renew.
                       Grafton, WV.         sodalis), gray bat   Connecticut,         telemetry,
                                            (Myotis              Delaware, Georgia,   nonintrusive
                                            grisescens),         Illinois, Indiana,   measurements,
                                            northern long-       Iowa, Kansas,        release.
                                            eared bat (Myotis    Kentucky,
                                            septentrionalis),    Louisiana, Maine,
                                            Virginia big-eared   Maryland,
                                            bat (Corynorhinus    Michigan,
                                            (=Plecotus)          Minnesota,
                                            townsendii           Mississippi,
                                            virginianus).        Missouri, Montana,
                                                                 Nebraska, New
                                                                 Hampshire, New
                                                                 Jersey, New York,
                                                                 North Carolina,
                                                                 North Dakota,
                                                                 Ohio, Oklahoma,
                                                                 Pennsylvania,
                                                                 South Carolina,
                                                                 Tennessee,
                                                                 Virginia, Vermont,
                                                                 West Virginia,
                                                                 Wisconsin, Wyoming.
PER3765688..........  Jason Clingerman,    Candy darter         Virginia, West       Presence/probable   Capture, release.............  New.
                       Morgantown, WV.      (Etheostoma          Virginia.            absence survey.
                                            osburni).
PER3770204..........  Marco Carvello,      Northern long-eared  District of          Capture, band,      Capture, collect.............  New.
                       Department of        bat (Myotis          Columbia.            telemetry,
                       Energy and the       septentrionalis),                         nonintrusive
                       Environment,         tricolored bat                            measurements,
                       District of          (Perimyotis                               release.
                       Columbia.            subflavus).
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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 the applicants listed in this 
notice, we will publish a notice in the Federal Register.

Authority

    Section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

Martin Miller,
Manager, Division of Endangered Species, Ecological Services, Northeast 
Region.
[FR Doc. 2023-17852 Filed 8-18-23; 8:45 am]
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