80 FR 29018 - Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 97 (May 20, 2015)
Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 97 (May 20, 2015)
| Page Range | 29018-29019 | |
| FR Document | 2015-12188 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 97 (Wednesday, May 20, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 29018-29019] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-12188] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-R4-ES-2015-N086; 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 June 19, 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 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 100070-2 Applicant: J. Alison Cochran, U.S. Forest Service, Double Springs, Alabama The applicant requests renewal of her permit to take (enter hibernacula and maternity roosts, capture via mist-net or harp trap, band, radio-tag, collect hair and fecal samples, wing-punch, light-tag, and salvage) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) and gray bats (Myotis grisescens) and to add authorization to conduct the same activities with the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) on U.S. Forest Service lands in the State of Alabama. Permit Application Number: TE 64232B-0 Applicant: Joshua R. Young, Lexington, Kentucky The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, identify, tag, and release) the gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus (=plecotus) townsendii virginianus) and 29 species of freshwater mussels for purposes of conducting presence/ absence surveys and habitat and population monitoring in Kentucky. Permit Application Number: TE 171516-4 Applicant: Mark Gumbert, Copperhead Consulting, Paint Lick, Kentucky The applicant requests an amendment of his current permit to add authorization to conduct surveys for the rayed bean (Villosa fabalis) and to expand the geographic area of permitted activities to include the State of West Virginia. Permit Application Number: TE 206741-1 Applicant: Veronica Mullen, Metro Water Services, Nashville, Tennessee The applicant requests renewal of her current permit to take (capture, identify, measure, sex, release) Nashville crayfish (Orconectes shoupi) for the purposes of conducting presence/absence studies and population surveys in Davidson County, Tennessee. Permit Application Number: TE 62778B-0 Applicant: Chanston Osborne, Apogee Environmental, Richmond, Kentucky The applicant requests authorization to take (enter hibernacula, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, band, radio- tag) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) and northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) for the purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys throughout the species' respective ranges. Permit Application Number: TE 65346A-1 Applicant: Matthew Roberts, Apogee Environmental, Berea, Kentucky The applicant requests renewal and amendment of his current permit to take (enter hibernacula, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, band, radio-tag) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) for the purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys [[Page 29019]] throughout the species' respective ranges. Permit Application Number: TE 65002A-1 Applicant: Robert Oney, Apogee Environmental, Winchester, Kentucky The applicant requests renewal and amendment of his current permit to take (enter hibernacula, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, band, radio-tag) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) for the purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys throughout the species' respective ranges. Permit Application Number: TE 007748-3 Applicant: Jason Nolde, USDA Forest Service, Pineville, Louisiana The applicant requests renewal of the current permit to take (capture, band, translocate, install artificial nest cavities and restrictors, monitor nest cavities) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis), primarily for population monitoring and management in Louisiana and, secondarily, to assist in recovery activities throughout the species' range in Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama. Permit Application Number: TE 63355B-0 Applicant: David Heil, T.H.E. Engineers, Lexington, Kentucky The applicant requests authorization to take (capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, band, and radio-tag) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis), and Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens) for the purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys in Kentucky. Permit Application Number: TE 63357B-0 Applicant: Timothy Estep, Worcester, Massachusetts The applicant requests authorization to sell in interstate commerce artificially propagated green pitcher plants (Sarracenia oreophila), Alabama canebrake pitcher plants (Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis), mountain sweet pitcher-plants (Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii), and hairy rattleweeds (Baptisia arachnifera) throughout the United States. Permit Application Number: TE 056217-4 Applicant: Jeanette Wyneken, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida The applicant requests renewal of her current permit to take (survey, collect hatchlings, hold in captivity, examine, and release) leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), green (Chelonia mydas), and loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtles for the purposes of inventory, monitoring, and research activities. Dated: May 11, 2015. Leopoldo Miranda, Assistant Regional Director--Ecological Services, Southeast Region. [FR Doc. 2015-12188 Filed 5-19-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
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(2) The accuracy of the agency’s FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Permit Application Number: TE
estimate of the burden of the proposed Karen Marlowe, 10(a)(1)(A) Permit 64232B–0
collection of information; Coordinator, telephone 205–726–2667; Applicant: Joshua R. Young, Lexington,
(3) Ways to enhance the quality, facsimile 205–726–2479. Kentucky
utility, and clarity of the information to
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The The applicant requests a permit to
be collected; and
public is invited to comment on the take (capture, handle, identify, tag, and
(4) Ways to minimize the burden of
following applications for permits to release) the gray bat (Myotis grisescens),
the collection of information on those
conduct certain activities with Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), northern
who are to respond; including through
endangered and threatened species long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis),
the use of appropriate automated
under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus
collection techniques or other forms of
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as (=plecotus) townsendii virginianus) and
information technology, e.g., permitting
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and 29 species of freshwater mussels for
electronic submission of responses.
our regulations in the Code of Federal purposes of conducting presence/
HUD encourages interested parties to
Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17. This absence surveys and habitat and
submit comment in response to these
notice is provided under section 10(c) of population monitoring in Kentucky.
questions.
the Act. Permit Application Number: TE
Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35. If you wish to comment, you may 171516–4
Dated: May 13, 2015. submit comments by any one of the Applicant: Mark Gumbert, Copperhead
Laura M. Marin,
following methods. You may mail Consulting, Paint Lick, Kentucky
comments to the Fish and Wildlife
Associate General Deputy Assistant Secretary The applicant requests an amendment
Service’s Regional Office (see
for Housing-Associate Deputy Federal of his current permit to add
Housing Commissioner. ADDRESSES section) or send them via
authorization to conduct surveys for the
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electronic mail (email) to permitsR4ES@ rayed bean (Villosa fabalis) and to
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fws.gov. Please include your name and expand the geographic area of permitted
return address in your email message. If activities to include the State of West
you do not receive a confirmation from Virginia.
the Fish and Wildlife Service that we
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR have received your email message, Permit Application Number: TE
contact us directly at the telephone 206741–1
Fish and Wildlife Service
number listed above (see FOR FURTHER Applicant: Veronica Mullen, Metro
[FWS–R4–ES–2015–N086; 40120–1112– INFORMATION CONTACT). Finally, you may Water Services, Nashville, Tennessee
0000–F2] hand-deliver comments to the Fish and The applicant requests renewal of her
Wildlife Service office listed above (see current permit to take (capture, identify,
Receipt of Applications for ADDRESSES).
Endangered Species Permits measure, sex, release) Nashville crayfish
Before including your address, (Orconectes shoupi) for the purposes of
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, telephone number, email address, or conducting presence/absence studies
Interior. other personal identifying information and population surveys in Davidson
ACTION: Notice. in your comments, you should be aware County, Tennessee.
that your entire comment—including
Permit Application Number: TE
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and your personal identifying information—
62778B–0
Wildlife Service, invite the public to may be made publicly available at any
comment on the following applications time. While you can ask us in your Applicant: Chanston Osborne, Apogee
to conduct certain activities with comments to withhold your personal Environmental, Richmond, Kentucky
endangered species. With some identifying information from public The applicant requests authorization
exceptions, the Endangered Species Act review, we cannot guarantee that we to take (enter hibernacula, capture with
(ESA) prohibits activities with listed will be able to do so. mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify,
species unless a Federal permit is issued band, radio-tag) Indiana bats (Myotis
that allows such activities. The ESA Permit Applications
sodalis) and northern long-eared bats
requires that we invite public comment Permit Application Number: TE (Myotis septentrionalis) for the purpose
before issuing these permits. 100070–2 of conducting presence/absence surveys
DATES: We must receive written data or throughout the species’ respective
comments on the applications at the Applicant: J. Alison Cochran, U.S. ranges.
address given below by June 19, 2015. Forest Service, Double Springs,
Alabama Permit Application Number: TE
ADDRESSES: Documents and other 65346A–1
information submitted with the The applicant requests renewal of her
applications are available for review, permit to take (enter hibernacula and Applicant: Matthew Roberts, Apogee
subject to the requirements of the maternity roosts, capture via mist-net or Environmental, Berea, Kentucky
Privacy Act and Freedom of Information harp trap, band, radio-tag, collect hair The applicant requests renewal and
and fecal samples, wing-punch, light-
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Act, by any party who submits a written amendment of his current permit to take
request for a copy of such documents to tag, and salvage) Indiana bats (Myotis (enter hibernacula, capture with mist
the following office within 30 days of sodalis) and gray bats (Myotis nets or harp traps, handle, identify,
the date of publication of this notice: grisescens) and to add authorization to band, radio-tag) Indiana bats (Myotis
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 conduct the same activities with the sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens),
Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, northern long-eared bat (Myotis and northern long-eared bats (Myotis
GA 30345 (Attn: Karen Marlowe, Permit septentrionalis) on U.S. Forest Service septentrionalis) for the purpose of
Coordinator). lands in the State of Alabama. conducting presence/absence surveys
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throughout the species’ respective Permit Application Number: TE National Environmental Policy Act
ranges. 63357B–0 (NEPA), and the Framework Agreement
Applicant: Timothy Estep, Worcester, for Early Restoration Addressing
Permit Application Number: TE
Massachusetts Injuries Resulting from the Deepwater
65002A–1
Horizon Oil Spill, the Federal and State
Applicant: Robert Oney, Apogee The applicant requests authorization natural resource trustee agencies
Environmental, Winchester, Kentucky to sell in interstate commerce artificially (Trustees) have prepared a Draft Phase
The applicant requests renewal and propagated green pitcher plants IV Early Restoration Plan and
amendment of his current permit to take (Sarracenia oreophila), Alabama Environmental Assessments (Draft
(enter hibernacula, capture with mist canebrake pitcher plants (Sarracenia Phase IV ERP/EA) describing and
nets or harp traps, handle, identify, rubra ssp. alabamensis), mountain proposing a suite of early restoration
band, radio-tag) Indiana bats (Myotis sweet pitcher-plants (Sarracenia rubra projects intended to continue the
sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), ssp. jonesii), and hairy rattleweeds process of restoring natural resources
and northern long-eared bats (Myotis (Baptisia arachnifera) throughout the and services injured or lost as a result
septentrionalis) for the purpose of United States. of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill,
conducting presence/absence surveys Permit Application Number: TE which occurred on or about April 20,
throughout the species’ respective 056217–4 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico. The Draft
ranges. Phase IV ERP/EA proposes 10 early
Applicant: Jeanette Wyneken, Florida
Permit Application Number: TE restoration projects that are consistent
Atlantic University, Boca Raton,
007748–3 with the early restoration program
Florida
alternatives selected in the Final Phase
Applicant: Jason Nolde, USDA Forest The applicant requests renewal of her III Early Restoration Plan/Programmatic
Service, Pineville, Louisiana current permit to take (survey, collect Environmental Impact Statement (Phase
The applicant requests renewal of the hatchlings, hold in captivity, examine, III ERP/PEIS). The Draft Phase IV ERP/
current permit to take (capture, band, and release) leatherback (Dermochelys EA also includes a notice of change and
translocate, install artificial nest cavities coriacea), green (Chelonia mydas), and supporting analysis for one Phase III
and restrictors, monitor nest cavities) loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtles Early Restoration Project,
red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides for the purposes of inventory, ‘‘Enhancement of Franklin County Parks
borealis), primarily for population monitoring, and research activities. and Boat Ramps—Eastpoint Fishing Pier
monitoring and management in Dated: May 11, 2015. Improvements.’’ The purpose of this
Louisiana and, secondarily, to assist in Leopoldo Miranda, notice is to inform the public of the
recovery activities throughout the availability of the Draft Phase IV ERP/
Assistant Regional Director—Ecological
species’ range in Kentucky, Mississippi, Services, Southeast Region. EA and to seek public comments on the
South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, 10 proposed early restoration projects
[FR Doc. 2015–12188 Filed 5–19–15; 8:45 am]
Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, and supporting analysis.
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and Alabama.
DATES: Comments Due Date: We will
Permit Application Number: TE consider public comments received on
63355B–0 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR or before June 19, 2015.
Applicant: David Heil, T.H.E. Engineers, [FWS–R4–FHC–2015–N088: Public Meetings: The Trustees have
Lexington, Kentucky FVHC98210408710–XXX–FF04G01000] scheduled a series of public meetings to
The applicant requests authorization facilitate public review and comment on
to take (capture with mist nets or harp Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; Draft the Draft Phase IV ERP/EA. Both written
traps, handle, identify, band, and radio- Phase IV Early Restoration Plan and and verbal comments will be taken at
tag) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray Environmental Assessments each public meeting. The Trustees will
bats (Myotis grisescens), northern long- AGENCY: Interior. hold an open house for each meeting
eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis), and ACTION:Notice of availability; request followed by a formal meeting. Each
Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus for comments. public meeting will include a
townsendii ingens) for the purpose of presentation of the Draft Phase IV ERP/
conducting presence/absence surveys in SUMMARY: In accordance with the Oil EA. The public meeting schedule is as
Kentucky. Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), the follows:
Date Time Location
Tuesday, June 2, 2015 ............. 6:00 p.m. Open House ..................................... Crowne Plaza Pensacola Grand Hotel, 200 East Pensacola
6:30 p.m. Public Meeting ................................. Street, Pensacola, FL.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015 ........ 6:00 p.m. Open House ..................................... Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel, 64 South Water
6:30 p.m. Public Meeting ................................. Street, Mobile, AL.
Thursday, June 4, 2015 ............ 6:00 p.m. Open House ..................................... University of Southern Mississippi, FEC Auditorium, 730 East
6:30 p.m. Public Meeting ................................. Beach Boulevard, Long Beach, MS.
Monday, June 8, 2015 .............. 6:00 p.m. Open House ..................................... Belle Chasse Auditorium, 8398 Louisiana 23, Belle Chasse,
6:30 p.m. Public Meeting ................................. LA 70037.
Wednesday, June 10, 2015 ...... 6:00 p.m. Open House ..................................... Texas A&M University at Galveston, Seawolf Parkway on
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6:30 p.m. Public Meeting ................................. Pelican Island, Auditorium, Galveston, TX.
Thursday, June 11, 2015 .......... 6:00 p.m. Open House ..................................... Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas
6:30 p.m. Public Meeting ................................. A&M University at Corpus Christi, 6300 Ocean Drive, Cor-
pus Christi, TX.
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| Contact | Karen Marlowe, 10(a)(1)(A) Permit Coordinator, telephone 205-726-2667; facsimile 205-726-2479. | |
| FR Citation | 80 FR 29018 |
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