80 FR 73808 - Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 227 (November 25, 2015)
Fish and Wildlife Service
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 227 (November 25, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 73808-73810] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-30002] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 December 28, 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: James Gruhala, Permit Coordinator). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Gruhala, 10(a)(1)(A) Permit Coordinator, telephone 404-679-7097; facsimile 404-679-7081. 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 [[Page 73809]] review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Permit Applications Permit Application Number: TE 68616B-0 Applicant: Carla Atkinson, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, mark, and release) 32 species of endangered and threatened mussels and the Tulotoma snail (Tulotoma magnifica) for qualitative and quantitative surveys and collect tissue samples and sacrifice 21 individual Southern clubshells (Pleurobema decisum) for studies on excretion, filtration, and respiration and genetic analyses in Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. Permit Application Number: TE 78650-B Applicant: Cassie Schmidt, Fayetteville, Arkansas The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, release) the federally endangered American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) for the purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys in the states of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Permit Application Number: TE 045109-4 Applicant: Kenneth Jack Kilgore, US Army ERDC WES, Vicksburg, Mississippi The applicant requests renewal and amendment of the permit to continue previously permitted take (capture, release and salvage shells) fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax), rabbitsfoot (Quadrula c. cylindrica), sheepnose (Plethobasus cyphyus), orangefoot pimpleback (Plethobasus cooperianus), and pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta) in Illinois and Kentucky for presence/absence surveys; continue previously permitted take (capture, tag, tissue sample, insert internal and external radio transmitters) pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) in Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri and Illinois for surveys, population monitoring, and research purposes; take (capture, release and salvage shells) Alabama heelsplitter (Potamilus inflatus), spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta), take (lethal take and mantle clips for metal bioaccumulation and genetic analyses) spectaclecase, and take (retain for captive propagation) orangefoot pimpleback in Arkansas, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia; and take (capture, tag, tissue sample, insert internal and external radio transmitters) Gulf sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi for surveys, population monitoring, and research purposes. Permit Application Number: TE 237535-2 Applicant: Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales, Florida The applicant requests an amendment to their current permit to add authorization to remove and reduce to possession (collect) seeds of Carter's mustard (Warea carteri) from Lake Wales Ridge National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, for germplasm storage, seed germination, and seed storage research purposes. Permit Application Number: TE 81500B-0 Applicant: Sara Samoray, BDY Environmental, LLC, Nashville, TN The applicant requests a permit to take (enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves; capture with mist-nets, harp traps, or by hand; collect biometric data, tissue, and/or hair; band; and radio-tag) Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), and northern long- eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) for presence/absence surveys, population monitoring, and research purposes throughout these species' ranges. Permit Application Number: TE 81492B-0 Applicant: Dylan Brooks, Sylva, NC The applicant requests a permit to take (enter hibernacula; salvage; capture with mist-nets or harp traps; handle; measure; identify; collect hair and fecal samples; apply fungal lift tape; swab; wing-punch; band; radio-tag; and light-tag Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), and northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) for presence/absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, population monitoring, and other research purposes throughout these species' ranges. Permit Application Number: TE 81353B-0 Applicant: Stephanie Penk, Perth, Sylva, NC The applicant requests a permit to take (enter hibernacula; salvage; capture with mist-nets or harp traps; handle; measure; identify; collect hair and fecal samples; apply fungal lift tape; swab; wing-punch; band; radio-tag; and light-tag Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), and northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) for presence/absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, population monitoring, and other research purposes throughout these species' ranges. Permit Application Number: TE 81430B-0 Applicant: Heather Wallace, Mulkey Engineers and Consultants, Cary, NC The applicant requests a permit to take (enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves; capture with mist-nets and harp traps; collect fur, fecal, and tissue samples; swab; band; and radio-tag) Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), and northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) for presence/absence surveys, population monitoring, and research purposes in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Permit Application Number: TE 34778A-1 Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Blacksburg, VA The applicant requests amendment of their current permit to add authorization to take (enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves; capture with mist-nets and harp traps; wing-punch; band; and radio-tag) Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), gray bat (Myotis grisescens), and northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) for research purposes and add authorization to take (collect hair samples) of the Carolina northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus) for genetic analyses throughout these species' ranges. Permit Application Number: TE 102292-10 Applicant: Jeremy Jackson, Jackson Group, Richmond, Kentucky The applicant requests a permit to take (mist-net, harp trap, handle, band, and radio tag) Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Ozark big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), and the Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) throughout the species' ranges for conducting presence/absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring. [[Page 73810]] Permit Application Number: TE 31057A-1 Applicant: North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission The applicant requests to amend their current permit to take (collect, handle, maintain in captivity, propagate, release, and translocate) individuals from 10 federally listed mussel species for the purpose of restoring and augmenting wild populations in the state of North Carolina. Permit Application Number: TE 86220A-2 Applicant: Jaret Daniels, University of Florida, Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida The applicant requests to amend their current permit to take (capture, hold, propagate in captivity, collect body parts or tissues, attach markers and release) Schaus swallowtail butterfly (Heraclides aristodemus ponceanus) and Miami blue butterflies (Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri) for enhancement of propagation and survival of the species. Permit Application Number: TE 021030-3 Applicant: Stanley Rudzinski, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, identify, release) Nashville crayfish (Orconectes shoupi) for the purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys in Tennessee. Permit Application Number: TE 81587B-0 Applicant: Alexander Silvis, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA The applicant requests a permit to take (mist-net, harp trap, handle, wing-punch, band, and radio tag) Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Ozark big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), and the Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) for migration, day-roost, and foraging ecology research in the eastern United States and central and southern Appalachians. Permit Application Number: TE 121073 Applicant: Christopher Skelton, Little Rock, Arkansas The applicant requests to amend their current permit to take (capture, identify, release) an additional eighteen species of federally listed fish, nineteen species of federally listed mussels, the Nashville crayfish (Orconectes shoupi), and the interrupted rocksnail (Leptoxis foremani) for the purpose of conducting presence/ absence surveys in Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee. Dated: November 17, 2015. Franklin J. Arnold III, Acting Assistant Regional Director--Ecological Services, Southeast Region. [FR Doc. 2015-30002 Filed 11-24-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: frequency of response is on the occasion exceptions, the Endangered Species Act
Anna Guido, Reports Management of application for benefits. An (ESA) prohibits activities with listed
Officer, QMAC, Department of Housing estimation of the total number of hours species unless a Federal permit is issued
and Urban Development, 451 7th Street needed to prepare the forms for each that allows such activities. The ESA
SW., Washington, DC 20410; email at grant application is estimated to average requires that we invite public comment
Anna Guido@hud.gov or telephone 202– 30 minutes per response however, the before issuing these permits.
402–5535. This is not a toll-free number. burden will be assessed against each DATES: We must receive written data or
Persons with hearing or speech individual grant program submission comments on the applications at the
impairments may access this number under the Paperwork Reduction Act; address given below by December 28,
through TTY by calling the toll-free number of respondents is 33,000, 2015.
Federal Relay Service at (800) 877–8339. frequency of response is on the occasion
Copies of available documents of application for benefits. ADDRESSES: Documents and other
submitted to OMB may be obtained information submitted with the
from Ms. Guido. B. Solicitation of Public Comment applications are available for review,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This This notice is soliciting comments subject to the requirements of the
notice informs the public that HUD is from members of the public and affected Privacy Act and Freedom of Information
seeking approval from OMB for the parties concerning the collection of Act, by any party who submits a written
information collection described in information described in Section A on request for a copy of such documents to
Section A. the following: the following office within 30 days of
The Federal Register notice that (1) Whether the proposed collection the date of publication of this notice:
solicited public comment on the of information is necessary for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875
information collection for a period of 60 proper performance of the functions of Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta,
days was published on September 18, the agency, including whether the GA 30345 (Attn: James Gruhala, Permit
2015 at 80 FR 56489. information will have practical utility; Coordinator).
(2) The accuracy of the agency’s FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
A. Overview of Information Collection
estimate of the burden of the proposed James Gruhala, 10(a)(1)(A) Permit
Title of Information Collection: HUD collection of information; Coordinator, telephone 404–679–7097;
Standard Grant Application forms: (3) Ways to enhance the quality, facsimile 404–679–7081.
Detailed Budget Form (HUD–424–CB), utility, and clarity of the information to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Budget Worksheet (HUD–424CBW), be collected; and public is invited to comment on the
Application for Federal Assistance (SF– (4) Ways to minimize the burden of following applications for permits to
424), and the Third-Party the collection of information on those conduct certain activities with
Documentation Facsimile Transmittal who are to respond; including through endangered and threatened species
Form (HUD–96011). the use of appropriate automated under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the
OMB Approval Number: 2501–0017. collection techniques or other forms of
Type of Request: Extension of a Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
information technology, e.g., permitting amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and
currently approved collection. electronic submission of responses.
Form Number: HUD–424CB, HUD– our regulations in the Code of Federal
HUD encourages interested parties to Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17. This
424CBW, SF–424 and HUD–96011. submit comment in response to these
Description of the need for the notice is provided under section 10(c) of
questions. the Act.
information and proposed use: HUD-
Common Budget Form and Worksheet Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1701z–1 Research If you wish to comment, you may
intended to offer consolidated and and Demonstrations. submit comments by any one of the
streamlined grant application processes Dated: November 19, 2015. following methods. You may mail
in accordance with the provisions of Anna Guido, comments to the Fish and Wildlife
Public Law 106–107, The Federal Department Reports Management Officer, Service’s Regional Office (see
Financial Assistance Improvement Act Office of the Chief Information Officer. ADDRESSES section) or send them via
of 1999. [FR Doc. 2015–30112 Filed 11–24–15; 8:45 am]
electronic mail (email) to permitsR4ES@
The use of the Third-Party fws.gov. Please include your name and
BILLING CODE 4210–67–P
Documentation Facsimile Transmittal return address in your email message. If
Form allows the Department to collect you do not receive a confirmation from
the same information electronically as the Fish and Wildlife Service that we
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR have received your email message,
we would for a paper-based application.
It also produces an electronic version of Fish and Wildlife Service contact us directly at the telephone
the document that will be matched with number listed above (see FOR FURTHER
the electronic application submitted [FWS–R4–ES–2015–N086; 40120–1112– INFORMATION CONTACT). Finally, you may
0000–F2] hand-deliver comments to the Fish and
through grants.gov to HUD.
Estimation of the total number of Wildlife Service office listed above (see
Receipt of Applications for
hours needed to prepare the information ADDRESSES).
Endangered Species Permits
collection including number of Before including your address,
respondents, frequency of response, and AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, telephone number, email address, or
hours of response: An estimation of the Interior. other personal identifying information
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total number of hours needed to prepare ACTION: Notice. in your comments, you should be aware
the forms for each grant application is that your entire comment—including
5 minutes per response, however, the SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and your personal identifying information—
burden will be assessed against each Wildlife Service, invite the public to may be made publicly available at any
individual grant program submission comment on the following applications time. While you can ask us in your
under the Paperwork Reduction Act; to conduct certain activities with comments to withhold your personal
number of respondents is 33,000, endangered species. With some identifying information from public
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Permit Application Number: TE Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Ecological Services Office (see
31057A–1 Tennessee. ADDRESSES); telephone: 772–469 –4234.
Applicant: North Carolina Wildlife Dated: November 17, 2015. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Resources Commission Franklin J. Arnold III,
Submitting Comments
The applicant requests to amend their Acting Assistant Regional Director—
current permit to take (collect, handle, Ecological Services, Southeast Region. If you wish to comment on the ITP
maintain in captivity, propagate, [FR Doc. 2015–30002 Filed 11–24–15; 8:45 am] application or HCP, you may submit
release, and translocate) individuals BILLING CODE 4310–55–P comments by any one of the following
from 10 federally listed mussel species methods:
for the purpose of restoring and Email: alfredo_begazo@fws.gov. Use
augmenting wild populations in the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ‘‘Attn: Permit number ‘‘TE67461B–0’’ as
state of North Carolina. your message subject line.
Fish and Wildlife Service
Permit Application Number: TE Fax: Alfredo Begazo, 772–469–4234,
86220A–2 [FWS–R4–ES–2015–N214; Attn.: Permit number ‘‘TE67461B–0.’’
Applicant: Jaret Daniels, University of FXES11120400000–167–FF04EF2000] U.S. mail: Alfredo Begazo, South
Florida, Museum of Natural History, Florida Ecological Services Field Office,
Gainesville, Florida Endangered and Threatened Wildlife Attn: Permit number ‘‘TE67461B–0,’’
The applicant requests to amend their and Plants; Receipt of Application for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1339
current permit to take (capture, hold, an Incidental Take Permit; Availability 20th Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960–3559.
propagate in captivity, collect body of Low-Effect Habitat Conservation
Plan and Associated Documents; Polk In-person drop-off: You may drop off
parts or tissues, attach markers and comments or request information during
release) Schaus swallowtail butterfly County, FL
regular business hours at the above
(Heraclides aristodemus ponceanus) AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, office address.
and Miami blue butterflies (Cyclargus Interior.
thomasi bethunebakeri) for Public Availability of Comments
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
enhancement of propagation and Before including your address, phone
for comment/information.
survival of the species. number, email address, or other
Permit Application Number: TE SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife personal identifying information in your
021030–3 Service (Service), announce the comments, you should be aware that
availability of an incidental take permit your entire comment—including your
Applicant: Stanley Rudzinski, Mt. Juliet, (ITP) and a Habitat Conservation Plan
Tennessee personal identifying information—may
(HCP). Verano Land Investment, LLC be made publicly available at any time.
The applicant requests a permit to (applicant) requests ITP TE67461B–0 While you can request in your
take (capture, identify, release) under the Endangered Species Act of comments that your personal
Nashville crayfish (Orconectes shoupi) 1973, as amended (Act). The applicant identifying information be withheld
for the purpose of conducting presence/ anticipates taking about 4 acres of from public review, we cannot
absence surveys in Tennessee. feeding, breeding, and sheltering habitat guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Permit Application Number: TE used by the sand skink (Neoseps
reynoldsi) and blue-tailed mole skink Applicant’s Proposed Project
81587B–0
(Eumeces egregius lividus) (skinks) We received an application from the
Applicant: Alexander Silvis, Virginia
incidental to land preparation and applicant for an incidental take permit,
Tech, Blacksburg, VA
construction in Polk County, Florida. along with a proposed habitat
The applicant requests a permit to The applicant’s HCP describes proposed
take (mist-net, harp trap, handle, wing- conservation plan. The applicant
minimization measures and mitigation requests an ITP under section
punch, band, and radio tag) Indiana bat measures to address the effects of
(Myotis sodalis), northern long-eared bat 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
development on the covered species. seq.). If we approve the application, the
(Myotis septentrionalis), gray bat (Myotis
DATES: We must receive your written applicant anticipates taking a total of
grisescens), Ozark big-eared bat
comments on the ITP application and approximately 4 acres of skink breeding,
(Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), and
HCP on or before December 28, 2015. feeding, and sheltering habitat,
the Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus
townsendii virginianus) for migration, ADDRESSES: See the SUPPLEMENTARY incidental to land preparation and
day-roost, and foraging ecology research INFORMATION section below for construction in Section 25, Township
in the eastern United States and central information on how to submit your 25 South, Range 26 East, Polk County,
and southern Appalachians. comments on the ITP application and Florida. The applicant currently has
HCP. You may obtain a copy of the ITP neither a time-frame for development,
Permit Application Number: TE 121073 application and HCP by writing the nor a specific site plan; however,
Applicant: Christopher Skelton, Little South Florida Ecological Services development of this parcel would likely
Rock, Arkansas Office, Attn: Permit number TE67461B– include construction of one or more
The applicant requests to amend their 0, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1339 structures, a parking area, and
current permit to take (capture, identify, 20th Street, Vero Beach, FL 32960–3559. installation of associated utilities.
In addition, we will make the ITP
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release) an additional eighteen species The applicant proposes to minimize
of federally listed fish, nineteen species application and HCP available for impacts to skinks by preserving a total
of federally listed mussels, the Nashville public inspection by appointment of 8 acres of skink-occupied habitat off
crayfish (Orconectes shoupi), and the during normal business hours at the site. The Service listed the skinks as
interrupted rocksnail (Leptoxis above address. threatened in 1987 (November 6, 1987;
foremani) for the purpose of conducting FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 52 FR 20715), effective December 7,
presence/absence surveys in Tennessee, Alfredo Begazo, South Florida 1987.
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