80 FR 17775 - Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 63 (April 2, 2015)

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We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered or threatened species. The Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), prohibits activities with endangered and threatened species unless a Federal permit allows such activities. Both the Act and the National Environmental Policy Act require that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R2-ES-2015-N055; FXES11130200000-156-FF02ENEH00]


Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications; request for public 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 or threatened species. The Endangered Species Act of 
1973, as amended (Act), prohibits activities with endangered and 
threatened species unless a Federal permit allows such activities. Both 
the Act and the National Environmental Policy Act require that we 
invite public comment before issuing these permits.

DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or 
before May 4, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Division of Classification and 
Restoration, by U.S. mail at Division of Classification and Recovery, 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103; 
or by telephone at 505-248-6920. Please refer to the respective permit 
number for each application when submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Division of 
Classification and Restoration, by U.S. mail at P.O. Box 1306, 
Albuquerque, NM 87103; or by telephone at 505-248-6920.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) prohibits 
activities with endangered and threatened species unless a Federal 
permit allows such activities. Along with our implementing regulations 
in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17, the Act provides 
for permits, and requires that we invite public comment before issuing 
these permits.
    A permit granted by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act 
authorizes applicants to conduct activities with U.S. endangered or 
threatened species for scientific purposes, enhancement of survival or 
propagation, or interstate commerce. Our regulations regarding 
implementation of section 10(a)(1)(A) 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.

Applications Available for Review and Comment

    We invite local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies and the public 
to comment on the following applications. Please refer to the 
appropriate permit number (e.g., Permit No. TE-123456) when requesting 
application documents and when submitting comments.
    Documents and other information the applicants have submitted with 
these applications are available for review, subject to the 
requirements of the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of 
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).

Permit TE-58490B

Applicant: Karen Krebbs, Tucson, Arizona.
    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys of lesser long-nosed bat 
(Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) within Arizona.

Permit TE-42739A

Applicant: Sea Life Arizona, Tempe, Arizona.
    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct husbandry and holding of the following 
species within Arizona:
     Apache trout (Oncorhynchus apache)
     Bonytail chub (Gila elegans)
     Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius)
     Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius)
     Humpback chub (Gila cypha)
     Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis)
     Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae gilae)
     Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
     Loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis)
     Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus)
     Spikedace (Meda fulgida)
     Woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus)
     Yaqui beautiful shiner (Cyprinella formosa)
     Yaqui chub (Gila purpurea)
     Yaqui topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis sonoriensis)

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Permit TE-022190

Applicant: Arizona--Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona.
    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct husbandry and holding of the following 
species within Arizona:
     Bonytail chub (Gila elegans)
     Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius)
     Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius)
     Gila chub (Gila intermedia)
     Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis)
     Humpback chub (Gila cypha)
     Lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae)
     Loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis)
     Masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi)
     Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi)
     Mount Graham red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus 
grahamensis)
     Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
     Quitobaquito pupfish (Cyprinodon eremus)
     Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus)
     Sonora chub (Gila ditaenia)
     Sonoran tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi)
     Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 
extimus)
     Spikedace (Meda fulgida)
     Woundfin (Plagopterus agentissimus)
     Yaqui chub (Gila purpurea)
     Yaqui topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis sonorensis)

Permit TE-30425B

Applicant: David Haygari, Cincinnati, Ohio.
    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for American 
burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) within Kansas and Nebraska.

Permit TE-837751

Applicant: Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix, Arizona.
    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for loach 
minnow (Rhinichthys cobitis) and spikedace (Meda fulgida) within 
Arizona.

Permit TE-820730

Applicant: New Mexico Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources.
    Department--Forestry Division, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys and collection of 
the following plants within New Mexico:
     Argemone pinnatisecta (Sacramento prickly poppy)
     Astragalus humillimus (Mancos milk-vetch)
     Cirsium vinaceum (Sacramento Mountains thistle)
     Coryphantha sneedii var. leei (Lee's pincushion cactus)
     Coryphantha sneedii var. sneedii (Sneed's pincushion 
cactus)
     Echinocereus fendleri var. kuenzieri (Kuenzler's hedgehog 
cactus)
     Erigeron rhizomatus (Zuni fleabane)
     Eriogonum gypsophilum (gypsum wild buckwheat)
     Hedeoma todsenii (Todsen's pennyroyal)
     Helianthus paradoxus (Pecos sunflower)
     Ipomopsis sancti-spiritus (Holy Ghost ipomopsis)
     Pediocactus knowltonii (Knowlton's cactus)
     Sclerocactus mesae-verdae (Mesa Verde cactus)

Permit TE-60111B

Applicant: Natalie Robb, Globe, Arizona.
    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following species within 
Arizona:
     Arizona hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. 
arizonicus)
     Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius)
     Gila chub (Gila intermedia)
     Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis)
     Loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis)
     Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 
extimus)

Permit TE-051139

Applicant: Turner Endangered Species Fund, Bozeman, Montana.
    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys; removal and 
transportation from the wild; captive breeding; and management field 
activities related to conservation, transportation, and release into 
suitable unoccupied habitat for Chupadera springsnail (Pyrgulopsis 
chupaderae) within New Mexico.

Permit TE-168688

Applicant: Sarah Itz, Austin, Texas.
    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of golden-cheeked 
warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) within Texas.

Permit TE-42737A

Applicant: Sevenecoten, LLC., Dripping Springs, Texas.
    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys and nest 
monitoring of golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) and black-
capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla) within Texas.

Permit TE-35619A

Applicant: Marvin Miller, Spring Branch, Texas.
    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following 
species in Texas:
     Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella reddelli)
     Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi)
     Braken Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina venii)
     Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus)
     Cokendolpher Cave harvestman (Texella cokendolpheri)
     Government Canyon Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina vespera)
     Government Canyon Bat Cave spider (Neoleptoneta microps)
     Ground beetle (Unnamed) (Rhadine exilis)
     Ground beetle (Unnamed) (Rhadine infernalis)
     Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes venyivi)
     Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (Texamaurops reddelli)
     Madla Cave meshweaver (Cicurina madla)
     Robber Baron Cave meshweaver (Cicurina baronia)
     Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine persephone)
     Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion (Tartarocreagris texana)
     Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta (=Leptoneta) myopica)

Permit TE-61040B

Applicant: Shenandoah Deer Services, LLC., San Marcos, Texas.
    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys for golden-cheeked warbler 
(Dendroica chrysoparia) within Texas.

Permit TE-091552

Applicant: Zane Homesley, Austin, Texas.
    Applicant requests aa renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for American 
burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) within Texas

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and Oklahoma; and for black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla), golden-
cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia), southwestern willow flycatcher 
(Empidonax traillii extimus), and Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis) 
within Texas.

Permit TE-189566

Applicant: Monica Geick, Littleton, Colorado.
    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for golden-
cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) within Texas.

Permit TE-92407A

Applicant: Raven Environmental Services, Inc., Huntsville, Texas.
    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct surveys using peeper scopes to examine 
cavities of nesting red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) 
throughout the range of the species in the United States.

Permit TE-35163A

Applicant: Joseph Grzybowski, Norman, Oklahoma.
    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of black-capped 
vireo (Vireo atricapilla) within Oklahoma and Texas.

Permit TE-61045B

Applicant: Jennifer Scott, Yukon, Oklahoma.
    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys of black-capped vireo (Vireo 
atricapilla) within Oklahoma and Texas; southwestern willow flycatcher 
(Empidonax traillii extimus) within Arizona, California, Colorado, 
Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah; and Least Bell's vireo (Vireo 
bellii pusillus) within California.

Permit TE-61046B

Applicant: Christina Perez, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys of Americans burying beetle 
(Nicroporus americans) within Oklahoma.

Permit TE-61048B

Applicant: Veteran Environmental, LLC., Choctaw, Oklahoma.
    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys of American burying beetle 
(Nicrophorus americanus) within Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma.

Permit TE-61124B

Applicant: Curtis Creighton, Hammond, Indiana.
    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys of American burying beetle 
(Nicrophorus americanus) within Oklahoma.

Permit TE-028605

Applicant: SWCA Environmental Consultants, Inc., Flagstaff, Arizona.
    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following 
species, where they occur, in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, 
New Mexico, Texas, and Utah:
     Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella reddelli)
     Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)
     Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi)
     Bonytail chub (Gila elegans)
     Braken Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina venii)
     Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus)
     Cokendolpher Cave harvestman (Texella cokendolpheri)
     Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius)
     Comal Springs dryopid beetle (Stygoparnus comalensis)
     Comal Springs riffle beetle (Heterelmis comalensis)
     Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius)
     Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis)
     Government Canyon Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina vespera)
     Government Canyon Bat Cave spider (Neoleptoneta microps)
     Ground beetle (Unnamed) (Rhadine exilis)
     Ground beetle (Unnamed) (Rhadine infernalis)
     Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes venyivi)
     Hualapai Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus hualpaiensis)
     Kanab ambersnail (Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis)
     Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (Texamaurops reddelli)
     Lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae)
     Loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis)
     Madla Cave meshweaver (Cicurina madla)
     Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis)
     Mount Graham red squirrel (Tamasciurus hudsonicus 
grahamensis)
     Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus)
     Robber Baron Cave meshweaver (Cicurina baronia)
     Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 
extimus)
     Spikedace (Meda fulgida)
     Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine persephone)
     Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion (Tartarocreagris texana)
     Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta (=Leptoneta) myopica)
     Woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus)
     Yaqui chub (Gila purpurea)
     Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis)

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

    In compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), we have made an 
initial determination that the proposed activities in these permits are 
categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental 
assessment or environmental impact statement (516 DM 6 Appendix 1, 
1.4C(1)).

Public Availability of Comments

    All comments and materials we receive in response to this request 
will be available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal 
business hours at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section of this 
notice.
    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.

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

    Dated: March 25, 2015.
Joy E. Nicholopoulos
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service.
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Permit Applications
The Service, State conservation number (e.g., Permit No. TE–123456)
agencies, university associates, and AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, when requesting application documents
other interested parties use the data for Interior. and when submitting comments.
various research and management ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications; Documents and other information the
projects. request for public comment. applicants have submitted with these
Comments Received and Our Responses applications are available for review,
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
subject to the requirements of the
Comments: On September 12, 2014, Wildlife Service, invite the public to
Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and
we published in the Federal Register comment on the following applications
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.
(79 FR 54739) a notice of our intent to to conduct certain activities with
552).
request that OMB renew approval for endangered or threatened species. The
this information collection. In that Endangered Species Act of 1973, as Permit TE–58490B
notice, we solicited comments for 60 amended (Act), prohibits activities with Applicant: Karen Krebbs, Tucson,
days, ending on November 12, 2014. We endangered and threatened species Arizona.
received one comment. The commenter unless a Federal permit allows such
Applicant requests a new permit for
objected to the hunting of birds and the activities. Both the Act and the National
research and recovery purposes to
survey, but did not address the Environmental Policy Act require that
conduct presence/absence surveys of
information collection requirements. We we invite public comment before
lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris
have not made any changes to our issuing these permits.
yerbabuenae) within Arizona.
requirements. DATES: To ensure consideration, written
comments must be received on or before Permit TE–42739A
Request for Public Comments May 4, 2015. Applicant: Sea Life Arizona, Tempe,
We again invite comments concerning ADDRESSES: Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Arizona.
this information collection on: Division of Classification and Applicant requests a renewal to a
• Whether or not the collection of Restoration, by U.S. mail at Division of current permit for research and recovery
information is necessary, including Classification and Recovery, U.S. Fish purposes to conduct husbandry and
whether or not the information will and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 1306, holding of the following species within
have practical utility; Albuquerque, NM 87103; or by Arizona:
telephone at 505–248–6920. Please refer • Apache trout (Oncorhynchus
• The accuracy of our estimate of the to the respective permit number for each apache)
burden for this collection of application when submitting comments. • Bonytail chub (Gila elegans)
information;
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: • Colorado pikeminnow
• Ways to enhance the quality, utility, Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Division of (Ptychocheilus lucius)
and clarity of the information to be Classification and Restoration, by U.S. • Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon
collected; and mail at P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, macularius)
• Ways to minimize the burden of the NM 87103; or by telephone at 505–248– • Humpback chub (Gila cypha)
collection of information on 6920. • Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis
respondents. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Act occidentalis)
Comments that you submit in (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) prohibits • Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae
response to this notice are a matter of activities with endangered and gilae)
public record. Before including your threatened species unless a Federal • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
address, phone number, email address, permit allows such activities. Along • Loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis)
or other personal identifying with our implementing regulations in • Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen
information in your comment, you the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at texanus)
should be aware that your entire 50 CFR 17, the Act provides for permits, • Spikedace (Meda fulgida)
• Woundfin (Plagopterus
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comment, including your personal and requires that we invite public
identifying information, may be made comment before issuing these permits. argentissimus)
publicly available at any time. While A permit granted by us under section • Yaqui beautiful shiner (Cyprinella
you can ask OMB in your comment to 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act authorizes formosa)
withhold your personal identifying applicants to conduct activities with • Yaqui chub (Gila purpurea)
information from public review, we U.S. endangered or threatened species • Yaqui topminnow (Poeciliopsis
cannot guarantee that it will be done. for scientific purposes, enhancement of occidentalis sonoriensis)

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Permit TE–022190 purposes to conduct presence/absence Permit TE–42737A
Applicant: Arizona—Sonora Desert surveys and collection of the following Applicant: Sevenecoten, LLC., Dripping
Museum, Tucson, Arizona. plants within New Mexico: Springs, Texas.
Applicant requests a renewal to a • Argemone pinnatisecta Applicant requests a renewal to a
current permit for research and recovery (Sacramento prickly poppy) current permit for research and recovery
purposes to conduct husbandry and • Astragalus humillimus (Mancos purposes to conduct presence/absence
holding of the following species within milk-vetch) surveys and nest monitoring of golden-
• Cirsium vinaceum (Sacramento
Arizona: cheeked warbler (Dendroica
• Bonytail chub (Gila elegans) Mountains thistle)
• Coryphantha sneedii var. leei (Lee’s chrysoparia) and black-capped vireo
• Colorado pikeminnow (Vireo atricapilla) within Texas.
(Ptychocheilus lucius) pincushion cactus)
• Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon • Coryphantha sneedii var. sneedii Permit TE–35619A
macularius) (Sneed’s pincushion cactus)
Applicant: Marvin Miller, Spring
• Gila chub (Gila intermedia) • Echinocereus fendleri var. kuenzieri
Branch, Texas.
• Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis (Kuenzler’s hedgehog cactus)
• Erigeron rhizomatus (Zuni fleabane) Applicant requests a renewal to a
occidentalis) current permit for research and recovery
• Humpback chub (Gila cypha) • Eriogonum gypsophilum (gypsum
wild buckwheat) purposes to conduct presence/absence
• Lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris surveys of the following species in
yerbabuenae) • Hedeoma todsenii (Todsen’s
pennyroyal) Texas:
• Loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis) • Bee Creek Cave harvestman
• Masked bobwhite quail (Colinus • Helianthus paradoxus (Pecos
sunflower) (Texella reddelli)
virginianus ridgwayi) • Bone Cave harvestman (Texella
• Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus • Ipomopsis sancti-spiritus (Holy
Ghost ipomopsis) reyesi)
baileyi) • Braken Bat Cave meshweaver
• Mount Graham red squirrel • Pediocactus knowltonii (Knowlton’s
cactus) (Cicurina venii)
(Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis) • Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes
• Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) • Sclerocactus mesae-verdae (Mesa
• Quitobaquito pupfish (Cyprinodon Verde cactus) texanus)
• Cokendolpher Cave harvestman
eremus) Permit TE–60111B
• Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen (Texella cokendolpheri)
Applicant: Natalie Robb, Globe, • Government Canyon Bat Cave
texanus)
• Sonora chub (Gila ditaenia) Arizona. meshweaver (Cicurina vespera)
• Sonoran tiger salamander Applicant requests a new permit for • Government Canyon Bat Cave
(Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi) research and recovery purposes to spider (Neoleptoneta microps)
• Southwestern willow flycatcher conduct presence/absence surveys of • Ground beetle (Unnamed) (Rhadine
(Empidonax traillii extimus) the following species within Arizona: exilis)
• Spikedace (Meda fulgida) • Arizona hedgehog cactus • Ground beetle (Unnamed) (Rhadine
• Woundfin (Plagopterus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. infernalis)
agentissimus) arizonicus) • Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes
• Yaqui chub (Gila purpurea) • Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon venyivi)
• Yaqui topminnow (Poeciliopsis macularius) • Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle
occidentalis sonorensis) • Gila chub (Gila intermedia) (Texamaurops reddelli)
• Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis • Madla Cave meshweaver (Cicurina
Permit TE–30425B occidentalis) madla)
Applicant: David Haygari, Cincinnati, • Loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis) • Robber Baron Cave meshweaver
Ohio. • Southwestern willow flycatcher (Cicurina baronia)
Applicant requests an amendment to (Empidonax traillii extimus) • Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine
a current permit for research and persephone)
Permit TE–051139 • Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion
recovery purposes to conduct presence/
absence surveys for American burying Applicant: Turner Endangered Species (Tartarocreagris texana)
beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) within Fund, Bozeman, Montana. • Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta
Kansas and Nebraska. Applicant requests an amendment to (=Leptoneta) myopica)
a current permit for research and
Permit TE–837751 recovery purposes to conduct presence/ Permit TE–61040B
Applicant: Bureau of Reclamation, absence surveys; removal and Applicant: Shenandoah Deer Services,
Phoenix, Arizona. transportation from the wild; captive LLC., San Marcos, Texas.
Applicant requests an amendment to breeding; and management field Applicant requests a new permit for
a current permit for research and activities related to conservation, research and recovery purposes to
recovery purposes to conduct presence/ transportation, and release into suitable conduct presence/absence surveys for
absence surveys for loach minnow unoccupied habitat for Chupadera golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica
(Rhinichthys cobitis) and spikedace springsnail (Pyrgulopsis chupaderae) chrysoparia) within Texas.
(Meda fulgida) within Arizona. within New Mexico. Permit TE–091552
Permit TE–820730 Permit TE–168688
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Applicant: Zane Homesley, Austin,
Applicant: New Mexico Energy, Applicant: Sarah Itz, Austin, Texas. Texas.
Minerals, and Natural Resources. Applicant requests a renewal to a Applicant requests aa renewal to a
Department—Forestry Division, Santa current permit for research and recovery current permit for research and recovery
Fe, New Mexico. purposes to conduct presence/absence purposes to conduct presence/absence
Applicant requests a renewal to a surveys of golden-cheeked warbler surveys for American burying beetle
current permit for research and recovery (Dendroica chrysoparia) within Texas. (Nicrophorus americanus) within Texas

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and Oklahoma; and for black-capped Permit TE–61124B • Robber Baron Cave meshweaver
vireo (Vireo atricapilla), golden-cheeked Applicant: Curtis Creighton, Hammond, (Cicurina baronia)
warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia), Indiana. • Southwestern willow flycatcher
southwestern willow flycatcher Applicant requests a new permit for (Empidonax traillii extimus)
(Empidonax traillii extimus), and • Spikedace (Meda fulgida)
research and recovery purposes to
Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis) • Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine
conduct presence/absence surveys of
within Texas. persephone)
American burying beetle (Nicrophorus • Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion
Permit TE–189566 americanus) within Oklahoma. (Tartarocreagris texana)
Applicant: Monica Geick, Littleton, Permit TE–028605 • Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta
Colorado. (=Leptoneta) myopica)
Applicant: SWCA Environmental • Woundfin (Plagopterus
Applicant requests a renewal to a
Consultants, Inc., Flagstaff, Arizona. argentissimus)
current permit for research and recovery
Applicant requests a renewal to a • Yaqui chub (Gila purpurea)
purposes to conduct presence/absence
current permit for research and recovery • Yuma clapper rail (Rallus
surveys for golden-cheeked warbler
purposes to conduct presence/absence longirostris yumanensis)
(Dendroica chrysoparia) within Texas.
surveys of the following species, where
Permit TE–92407A they occur, in Arizona, California, National Environmental Policy Act
Applicant: Raven Environmental Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, (NEPA)
Services, Inc., Huntsville, Texas. and Utah: In compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C.
Applicant requests an amendment to • Bee Creek Cave harvestman 4321 et seq.), we have made an initial
a current permit for research and (Texella reddelli) determination that the proposed
recovery purposes to conduct surveys • Black-footed ferret (Mustela activities in these permits are
using peeper scopes to examine cavities nigripes) categorically excluded from the
of nesting red-cockaded woodpeckers • Bone Cave harvestman (Texella requirement to prepare an
(Picoides borealis) throughout the range reyesi) environmental assessment or
of the species in the United States. • Bonytail chub (Gila elegans) environmental impact statement (516
• Braken Bat Cave meshweaver DM 6 Appendix 1, 1.4C(1)).
Permit TE–35163A (Cicurina venii)
Applicant: Joseph Grzybowski, Norman, • Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes Public Availability of Comments
Oklahoma. texanus) All comments and materials we
Applicant requests a renewal to a • Cokendolpher Cave harvestman receive in response to this request will
current permit for research and recovery (Texella cokendolpheri) be available for public inspection, by
purposes to conduct presence/absence • Colorado pikeminnow appointment, during normal business
surveys of black-capped vireo (Vireo (Ptychocheilus lucius) hours at the address listed in the
atricapilla) within Oklahoma and Texas. • Comal Springs dryopid beetle ADDRESSES section of this notice.
(Stygoparnus comalensis) Before including your address, phone
Permit TE–61045B • Comal Springs riffle beetle number, email address, or other
Applicant: Jennifer Scott, Yukon, (Heterelmis comalensis) personal identifying information in your
Oklahoma. • Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon comment, you should be aware that
Applicant requests a new permit for macularius) your entire comment—including your
research and recovery purposes to • Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis personal identifying information—may
conduct presence/absence surveys of occidentalis) be made publicly available at any time.
black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla) • Government Canyon Bat Cave
While you can ask us in your comment
within Oklahoma and Texas; meshweaver (Cicurina vespera)
to withhold your personal identifying
southwestern willow flycatcher • Government Canyon Bat Cave
information from public review, we
(Empidonax traillii extimus) within spider (Neoleptoneta microps)
• Ground beetle (Unnamed) (Rhadine cannot guarantee that we will be able to
Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, do so.
New Mexico, Texas, and Utah; and exilis)
Least Bell’s vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus) • Ground beetle (Unnamed) (Rhadine Authority We provide this notice under
infernalis) section 10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.)
within California.
• Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes Dated: March 25, 2015.
Permit TE–61046B venyivi) Joy E. Nicholopoulos
Applicant: Christina Perez, Baton • Hualapai Mexican vole (Microtus Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region,
Rouge, Louisiana. mexicanus hualpaiensis) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Applicant requests a new permit for • Kanab ambersnail (Oxyloma [FR Doc. 2015–07548 Filed 4–1–15; 8:45 am]
research and recovery purposes to haydeni kanabensis)
BILLING CODE CODE 4310–55–P
conduct presence/absence surveys of • Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle
Americans burying beetle (Nicroporus (Texamaurops reddelli)
americans) within Oklahoma. • Lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
yerbabuenae)
Permit TE–61048B • Loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis) Fish and Wildlife Service
Applicant: Veteran Environmental, • Madla Cave meshweaver (Cicurina
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LLC., Choctaw, Oklahoma. madla) [FWS–HQ–IA–2014–0019;
Applicant requests a new permit for • Mexican long-nosed bat FXIA167109ADV15–156–FF09A00000]
research and recovery purposes to (Leptonycteris nivalis) Advisory Council on Wildlife
conduct presence/absence surveys of • Mount Graham red squirrel Trafficking
American burying beetle (Nicrophorus (Tamasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis)
americanus) within Arkansas, Texas, • Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
and Oklahoma. texanus) Interior.

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of receipt of applications; request for public comment.
Dates		To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or before May 4, 2015.
Contact		Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Division of Classification and Restoration, by U.S. mail at P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103; or by telephone at 505-248-6920.
FR Citation		80 FR 17775
80 FR 17775 - Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORFish and Wildlife Service

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