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)

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.

[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]


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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.

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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 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

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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.
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