80 FR 19342 - Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 69 (April 10, 2015)
Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 69 (April 10, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-08263 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 69 (Friday, April 10, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 19342-19343] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-08263] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-R4-ES-2014-N066; 40120-1112-0000-F2] Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) prohibits activities with listed species unless a Federal permit is issued that allows such activities. The ESA requires that we invite public comment before issuing these permits. DATES: We must receive written data or comments on the applications at the address given below by May 11, 2015. ADDRESSES: 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, by any party who submits a written request for a copy of such documents to the following office within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30345 (Attn: Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Marlowe, 10(a)(1)(A) Permit Coordinator, telephone 205-726-2667; facsimile 205-726-2479. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public is invited to comment on the following applications 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 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and [[Page 19343]] our regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17. This notice is provided under section 10(c) of the Act. If you wish to comment, you may submit comments by any one of the following methods. You may mail comments to the Fish and Wildlife Service's Regional Office (see ADDRESSES section) or send them via electronic mail (email) to [email protected]. Please include your name and return address in your email message. If you do not receive a confirmation from the Fish and Wildlife Service that we have received your email message, contact us directly at the telephone number listed above (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). Finally, you may hand- deliver comments to the Fish and Wildlife Service office listed above (see ADDRESSES). Before including your address, telephone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comments, 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 comments to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Permit Applications Permit Application Number: TE 59645B-0 Applicant: Stephen Brock, Brandon, Mississippi The applicant requests authorization to take (install artificial cavities and restrictors) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) for population management to enhance the propagation and survival of the species in Mississippi. Permit Application Number: TE 59798B-0 Applicant: Braven Beaty, Daguna Consulting LLC, Bristol, Virginia This applicant requests authorization to take (capture, identify, mark with plastic shell tags, PIT-tag, and release) 31 species of mussels for purposes of conducting presence/absence surveys and population monitoring studies in the Tennessee and Cumberland River Basins in Tennessee. Permit Application Number: TE 206777-2 Applicant: Ralph Costa, Mountain Rest, South Carolina This applicant requests renewal of his current permit to take (capture, band, release, install artificial cavities and restrictors, monitor nest cavities, and translocate) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) for population management to enhance the propagation and survival of the species throughout the species' range and as directed by the red-cockaded woodpecker recovery coordinator. Permit Application Number: TE 60238B-0 Applicant: Byron Freeman, Georgia Museum of Natural History, Athens, Georgia This applicant requests authorization to take (enter hibernacula, salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect hair samples, band, radio-tag, light-tag, wing-punch, and selectively euthanize for white-nose syndrome) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) for the purposes of conducting presence/ absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring throughout the species' respective ranges. Permit Application Number: TE 237544-1 Applicant: Stephen Golladay, Newton, Georgia This applicant requests renewal of his current permit to take (capture, identify, and release) fat threeridge (Amblema neislerii), purple bankclimber (Elliptoideus sloatianus), shiny-rayed pocketbook (Lampsilis subangulata), gulf moccasinshell (Medionidus penicillatus), and oval pigtoe (Pleurobema pyriforme) while conducting presence/ absence surveys in Georgia. Permit Application Number: TE 61981B-0 Applicant: Jacques Jenny, the Peregrine Fund Inc., Boise, Idaho The applicant requests authorization to take (capture; band; radio- tag; collect blood samples, feathers, egg shells, and infertile eggs; and salvage carcasses) Puerto Rican sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus venator) for scientific research to promote conservation of the species in Puerto Rico. Dated: April 3, 2015. Leopoldo Miranda, Assistant Regional Director--Ecological Services, Southeast Region. 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ADDRESSES: Brenda Tapia, U.S. Fish and your entire comment—including your purpose of enhancement of the survival
Wildlife Service, Division of personal identifying information—may of the species.
Management Authority, Branch of be made publicly available at any time. Applicant: Kenneth Dalton,
Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike, While you can ask us in your comment Mansfield, TX; PRT–61948B;
Falls Church, VA 22041; fax (703) 358– to withhold your personal identifying Applicant: Joseph Cutillo, The
2281; or email DMAFR@fws.gov. information from public review, we Woodlands, TX; PRT–59502B;
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: cannot guarantee that we will be able to Applicant: Mark Robinson, Leesburg,
Brenda Tapia, (703) 358–2104 do so. VA; PRT–59527B.
(telephone); (703) 358–2281 (fax); II. Background Brenda Tapia,
DMAFR@fws.gov (email). Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch
To help us carry out our conservation
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: of Permits, Division of Management
responsibilities for affected species, and
Authority.
I. Public Comment Procedures in consideration of section 10(a)(1)(A) of
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as [FR Doc. 2015–08205 Filed 4–9–15; 8:45 am]
A. How do I request copies of
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), along BILLING CODE 4310–55–P
applications or comment on submitted
with Executive Order 13576,
applications? ‘‘Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and
Send your request for copies of Accountable Government,’’ and the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
applications or comments and materials President’s Memorandum for the Heads Fish and Wildlife Service
concerning any of the applications to of Executive Departments and Agencies
the contact listed under ADDRESSES. of January 21, 2009—Transparency and [FWS–R4–ES–2014–N066; 40120–1112–
Please include the Federal Register Open Government (74 FR 4685; January 0000–F2]
notice publication date, the PRT- 26, 2009), which call on all Federal
number, and the name of the applicant agencies to promote openness and Receipt of Applications for
in your request or submission. We will transparency in Government by Endangered Species Permits
not consider requests or comments sent disclosing information to the public, we AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
to an email or address not listed under invite public comment on these permit Interior.
ADDRESSES. If you provide an email applications before final action is taken. ACTION: Notice.
address in your request for copies of
III. Endangered Species Permit
applications, we will attempt to respond SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Applications
to your request electronically. Wildlife Service, invite the public to
Please make your requests or Applicant: Marvin Turner, Henderson, comment on the following applications
comments as specific as possible. Please TX; PRT–71826A to conduct certain activities with
confine your comments to issues for The applicant requests renewal of endangered species. With some
which we seek comments in this notice, their permit authorizing interstate and exceptions, the Endangered Species Act
and explain the basis for your foreign commerce, export, and cull of (ESA) prohibits activities with listed
comments. Include sufficient excess barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii) species unless a Federal permit is issued
information with your comments to from the captive herd maintained at that allows such activities. The ESA
allow us to authenticate any scientific or their facility, for the purpose of requires that we invite public comment
commercial data you include. enhancement of the survival of the before issuing these permits.
The comments and recommendations species. This notification covers DATES: We must receive written data or
that will be most useful and likely to activities to be conducted by the comments on the applications at the
influence agency decisions are: (1) applicant over a address given below by May 11, 2015.
Those supported by quantitative 5-year period. ADDRESSES: Documents and other
information or studies; and (2) Those
Applicant: Adeen Brooks, Tucson, AZ; information submitted with the
that include citations to, and analyses
PRT–57488B applications are available for review,
of, the applicable laws and regulations.
subject to the requirements of the
We will not consider or include in our The applicant requests a captive-bred Privacy Act and Freedom of Information
administrative record comments we wildlife registration under 50 CFR Act, by any party who submits a written
receive after the close of the comment 17.21(g) for the Galapagos giant tortoise request for a copy of such documents to
period (see DATES) or comments (Chelonoidis nigra), radiated tortoise the following office within 30 days of
delivered to an address other than those (Astrochelys radiata), bolson tortoise the date of publication of this notice:
listed above (see ADDRESSES). (Gopherus flavomarginatus), aquatic U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875
B. May I review comments submitted by box turtle (Terrapene coahuila), and
Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta,
others? spotted pond turtle (Geoclemys
GA 30345 (Attn: Karen Marlowe, Permit
hamiltonii) to enhance the species’
Comments, including names and Coordinator).
propagation or survival. This
street addresses of respondents, will be notification covers activities to be FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
available for public review at the street conducted by the applicant over a 5- Karen Marlowe, 10(a)(1)(A) Permit
address listed under ADDRESSES. The year period Coordinator, telephone 205–726–2667;
public may review documents and other facsimile 205–726–2479.
Multiple Applicants
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
information applicants have sent in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
support of the application unless our The following applicants each request public is invited to comment on the
allowing viewing would violate the a permit to import the sport-hunted following applications for permits to
Privacy Act or Freedom of Information trophy of one male bontebok conduct certain activities with
Act. Before including your address, (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus) culled endangered and threatened species
phone number, email address, or other from a captive herd maintained under under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the
personal identifying information in your the management program of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
comment, you should be aware that Republic of South Africa, for the amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and
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our regulations in the Code of Federal restrictors, monitor nest cavities, and DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17. This translocate) red-cockaded woodpeckers
notice is provided under section 10(c) of (Picoides borealis) for population Bureau of Land Management
the Act. management to enhance the propagation [LLNV912000 L10100000.PH0000
If you wish to comment, you may and survival of the species throughout LXSS0006F0000; 12–08807;
submit comments by any one of the the species’ range and as directed by the MO#4500077801; TAS: 14X1109]
following methods. You may mail red-cockaded woodpecker recovery
comments to the Fish and Wildlife coordinator. Notice of Public Meetings:
Service’s Regional Office (see Northeastern Great Basin Resource
ADDRESSES section) or send them via Permit Application Number: TE Advisory Council, Nevada
electronic mail (email) to permitsR4ES@ 60238B–0
fws.gov. Please include your name and AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Applicant: Byron Freeman, Georgia Interior.
return address in your email message. If
Museum of Natural History, Athens,
you do not receive a confirmation from ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
the Fish and Wildlife Service that we Georgia
have received your email message, SUMMARY: In accordance with the
This applicant requests authorization
contact us directly at the telephone Federal Land Policy and Management
to take (enter hibernacula, salvage dead
number listed above (see FOR FURTHER Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory
bats, capture with mist nets or harp
INFORMATION CONTACT). Finally, you may Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S.
traps, handle, identify, collect hair
hand-deliver comments to the Fish and Department of the Interior, Bureau of
samples, band, radio-tag, light-tag, wing- Land Management (BLM) Northeastern
Wildlife Service office listed above (see punch, and selectively euthanize for
ADDRESSES). Great Basin Resource Advisory Council
white-nose syndrome) Indiana bats (RAC), will hold three meetings in
Before including your address, (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis
telephone number, email address, or Nevada in fiscal year 2015. The
grisescens), and northern long-eared meetings are open to the public.
other personal identifying information bats (Myotis septentrionalis) for the
in your comments, you should be aware DATES: Dates And Times: May 21, Hilton
purposes of conducting presence/
that your entire comment—including Garden Inn, 3650 East Idaho Street,
absence surveys, studies to document
your personal identifying information— Elko, Nevada; Aug. 13–14, BLM Battle
habitat use, and population monitoring
may be made publicly available at any Mountain District Office, 50 Bastian
throughout the species’ respective
time. While you can ask us in your Road, Battle Mountain, Nevada; and
ranges.
comments to withhold your personal Oct. 22, BLM Ely District Office, 702
identifying information from public Permit Application Number: TE North Industrial Way, Ely, Nevada.
review, we cannot guarantee that we 237544–1 Meeting times will be published in local
will be able to do so. and regional media sources at least 14
Applicant: Stephen Golladay, Newton, days before each meeting. All meetings
Permit Applications Georgia will include a public comment period.
Permit Application Number: TE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
59645B–0 This applicant requests renewal of his
current permit to take (capture, identify, Chris Rose, BLM Nevada RAC
Applicant: Stephen Brock, Brandon, and release) fat threeridge (Amblema Coordinator, Nevada State Office, 1340
Mississippi neislerii), purple bankclimber Financial Blvd., Reno, NV 89502,
The applicant requests authorization (Elliptoideus sloatianus), shiny-rayed telephone: (775) 861–6480, email:
to take (install artificial cavities and pocketbook (Lampsilis subangulata), crose@blm.gov. Persons who use a
restrictors) red-cockaded woodpeckers gulf moccasinshell (Medionidus telecommunications device for the deaf
(Picoides borealis) for population penicillatus), and oval pigtoe (TDD) may call the Federal Information
management to enhance the propagation (Pleurobema pyriforme) while Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
and survival of the species in conducting presence/absence surveys in to contact the above individual during
Mississippi. Georgia. normal business hours. The FIRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
Permit Application Number: TE Permit Application Number: TE to leave a message or question with the
59798B–0 61981B–0 above individual. You will receive a
Applicant: Braven Beaty, Daguna reply during normal business hours.
Applicant: Jacques Jenny, the Peregrine
Consulting LLC, Bristol, Virginia SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15-
Fund Inc., Boise, Idaho
This applicant requests authorization member Council advises the Secretary
to take (capture, identify, mark with The applicant requests authorization of the Interior, through the BLM, on a
plastic shell tags, PIT-tag, and release) to take (capture; band; radio-tag; collect variety of planning and management
31 species of mussels for purposes of blood samples, feathers, egg shells, and issues associated with public land
conducting presence/absence surveys infertile eggs; and salvage carcasses) management in Nevada. Topics for
and population monitoring studies in Puerto Rican sharp-shinned hawk discussion at each meeting will include,
the Tennessee and Cumberland River (Accipiter striatus venator) for scientific but are not limited to:
Basins in Tennessee. research to promote conservation of the • May 21 (Elko)—Nevada and
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
species in Puerto Rico. Northeastern California Sub-regional
Permit Application Number: TE Greater Sage-Grouse Proposed Land Use
206777–2 Dated: April 3, 2015.
Plan Amendment and Final
Applicant: Ralph Costa, Mountain Rest, Leopoldo Miranda, Environmental Impact Statement, and
South Carolina Assistant Regional Director—Ecological Wild Horse Population Control Pilot
This applicant requests renewal of his Services, Southeast Region. Project.
current permit to take (capture, band, [FR Doc. 2015–08263 Filed 4–9–15; 8:45 am] • August 13–14 (Battle Mountain)—
release, install artificial cavities and BILLING CODE 4310–55–P Drought, Greater Sage-Grouse, and
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| FR Citation | 80 FR 19342 |
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