80_FR_8714 80 FR 8682 - Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits

80 FR 8682 - Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 32 (February 18, 2015)

Page Range8682-8684
FR Document2015-03314

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.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R4-ES-2014-N028; 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 March 20, 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: David Dell, 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 237537-1

    Applicant: Peter Raven, Missouri Botanical Gardens, St. Louis, 
Missouri
    The applicant requests renewal and amendment of their current 
permit to add authorization to remove and reduce to possession (through 
seed and leaf material collection) 17 species of endangered and 
threatened plant species from lands under Federal jurisdiction in 
Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Illinois, Missouri, 
Virginia, and Mississippi for ex situ conservation, research, 
propagation, and educational display.

Permit Application Number: TE 146761-3

    Applicant: Pedro Ramos, Big Cypress National Preserve, National 
Park Service, Ochopee, Florida
    The applicant requests renewal of their current permit to take 
(capture, harass, chemically immobilize, hold temporarily, transport, 
radio collar, take tissue and blood samples, provide medical treatment 
for injury or illness including appropriate vaccinations, subsequently 
release, and euthanize) the Florida panther (Felis concolor coryi) for 
the purpose of maintaining a healthy panther population, to assess the 
habitat potential to support panthers, to monitor the effects of the 
genetic restoration project, and to evaluate the accuracy of the global 
positioning system radio-collars and aerial telemetry throughout the 
species' range.

Permit Application Number: TE 092945-3

    Applicant: James Lindsay, Florida Power and Light Company, Juno 
Beach, Florida
    The applicant requests renewal and amendment of their permit to 
authorize the capture of non-breeding American crocodiles (Crocodylus 
acutus) less than

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2 meters in total length during the nesting season for assessment of 
survival and growth rates and to authorize all permitted activities 
(capture, examine, weigh, sex, collect tissue samples, mark, radio-tag, 
radio track, relocate, and release) for American crocodiles in the 
Florida Power and Light Everglades Mitigation Bank, in addition to the 
previously permitted location of the Florida Power and Light Turkey 
Point Power Plant Cooling Canals, for purposes of conducting monitoring 
surveys and documenting nesting activity and utilization of the cooling 
canal system in Dade County, Florida.

Permit Application Number: TE 54578B-0

    Applicant: Mary Frazer, Raleigh, North Carolina
    The applicant requests authorization to take (enter hibernacula or 
maternity roost caves, salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets or 
harp traps, handle, identify, collect hair and tissue samples, band, 
radio-tag, pit-tag, light-tag, wing-punch, and selectively euthanize 
for white-nose syndrome testing) Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus 
(=plecotus) townsendii virginianus), 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, determining presence of white 
nose syndrome, and population monitoring in North Carolina, South 
Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia.

Permit Application Number: TE 002412-6

    Applicant: Cecil Comalander, Milliken Forestry Company Inc., 
Columbia, South Carolina
    The applicant requests renewal of his current permit to take 
(capture, band, install artificial cavities and restrictors, and 
translocate) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) for the 
purposes of monitoring and managing populations in South Carolina.

Permit Application Number: TE 54891B-0

    Applicant: Luke Dodd, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, 
Kentucky
    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture with mist 
nets or harp traps, handle, band, radio-tag) 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 in Kentucky.

Permit Application Number: TE 834056-5

    Applicant: Kellie Keys, North Florida Wildlife LLC, Crawfordville, 
Florida
    The applicant requests renewal of the current permit to take 
(capture, band, release, construct and monitor nest cavities and 
restrictors) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) for the 
purposes of monitoring and managing populations in Arkansas, Florida, 
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, 
Mississippi, Virginia, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Permit Application Number: TE 079972-3

    Applicant: Eric Baka, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and 
Fisheries, Pineville, Louisiana
    The applicant requests renewal of his current permit to take 
(capture, band, release, install drilled and insert cavities, install 
cavity restrictors, and translocate) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides 
borealis) for the purposes of banding juveniles and adults, and 
monitoring populations and nest cavities in Louisiana.

Permit Application Number: TE 096554-3

    Applicant: James Robinson, Biological Systems Consultants Inc., 
Lexington, Kentucky
    The applicant requests renewal of his current permit to take 
(capture, identify, and release) blackside dace (Phoxinus 
cumberlandensis) and take (capture, sex, weigh, measure, band, and 
radio-tag) Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), gray bat (Myotis grisescens), 
and Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) for 
the purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys in Tennessee and 
Kentucky.

Permit Application Number: TE 55292B-0

    Applicant: Robert Fletcher, University of Florida, Gainesville, 
Florida
    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, band, mark, 
radio-tag, measure, collect feather samples, release, and monitor) 
everglade snail kites (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus) for demographic 
and movement studies in the State of Florida to enhance the survival of 
the species.

Permit Application Number: TE 55286B-0

    Applicant: Hayden Mattingly, Tennessee Technical University, 
Cookeville, Tennessee
    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture via seining, 
kick-seining, electrofishing, trapping, and/or hand-netting, and 
marking and fin-clipping) pygmy madtoms (Noturus stanauli) in the 
Clinch and Duck River drainages in the state of Tennessee for the 
purposes of conducting presence/absence surveys and developing DNA 
detection techniques.

Permit Application Number: TE 48833A-1

    Applicant: Brian Carver, Tennessee Technical University, 
Cookeville, Tennessee
    The applicant requests an amendment to the current permit to take 
(enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, salvage dead bats, capture 
with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect hair and tissue 
samples, band, radio-tag, pit-tag, light-tag, and wing-punch) northern 
long eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) throughout the range of the 
species.

Permit Application Number: TE 100626-9

    Applicant: Jeff Selby, AST Environmental, Decatur, Alabama
    The applicant requests an amendment to the current permit to take 
(capture, identify, release) the following species: Diamond tryonia 
(Pseudotryonia adamantina), Gonzalez springsnail (Tryonia 
circumstriata), Pecos assiminea snail (Assiminea pecos), phantom 
springsnail (Tryonia cheatumi), San Bernadino springsnail (Pyrgulopsis 
bernardina), three forks springsnail (Pyrgulopsis trivialis), Neosho 
mucket (Lampsilis rafinesqueana), rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica 
cylindrica), scaleshell mussel (Leptodea leptodon), and winged 
mapleleaf (Quadrula fragosa) for the purpose of conducting presence/
absence surveys throughout the species' ranges.

Permit Application Number: TE 94704A-1

    Applicant: Dorothy C. Brown, Woodstock, Georgia
    The applicant requests an amendment to her current permit to take 
(enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, 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 testing) the Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus 
(=plecotus) townsendii virginianus) in West Virginia, Virginia, North 
Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and to add States throughout the 
range of the Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), gray bat (Myotis 
grisescens), and northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) for 
the purposes of

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conducting presence/absence surveys and white-nose syndrome 
surveillance and research-related activities.

Permit Application Number: TE 38906B-0

    Applicant: Ian Lundgren, National Park Service, Christiansted, 
Virgin Islands
    The applicant requests authorization to take (relocate nests; 
excavate hatched nests; collect tissue, blood, and carapace samples; 
and attach satellite, acoustic, flipper, and PIT tags) hawksbill sea 
turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata), green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas), 
leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), and loggerhead sea 
turtles (Caretta caretta) within Buck Island Reef National Monument 
boundaries, for inventory, monitoring, and research activities.

Permit Application Number: TE 14102A-1

    Applicant: Carl Dick, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, 
Kentucky
    The applicant requests an amendment to the current permit to take 
(capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, and collect 
ectoparasites) northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) 
throughout the range of the species.

Permit Application Number: TE 56028B-0

    Applicant: Terry Hopkins, Eagleville, Tennessee
    The applicant requests authorization to take (enter hibernacula or 
maternity roost caves, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, 
and identify) Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), gray bat (Myotis 
grisescens), and northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) for 
purposes of conducting presence/absence surveys, documenting habitat 
use, and evaluating potential impacts of industrial, commercial, and 
military activities throughout the species' respective ranges.

Permit Application Number: TE 56430B-0

    Applicant: Jonathan Hootman, Whitesburg, Kentucky
    The applicant requests authorization to take (enter hibernacula, 
salvage dead bats, capture with mist nests or harp traps, handle, take 
measurements, collect hair samples and fecal material, fungal lift 
tape, swab, wing-punch, band, light-tag, radio-tag, pit-tag, and 
release) Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) and northern long-eared bat 
(Myotis septentrionalis) for purposes of conducting presence/absence 
surveys, documenting habitat use, white nose detection and 
surveillance, and evaluating the effectiveness of acoustic 
identification methods throughout the species' respective ranges.

    Dated: February 10, 2015.
Leopoldo Miranda,
Assistant Regional Director--Ecological Services, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2015-03314 Filed 2-17-15; 8:45 am]
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                                                                                                                                                                                        Completion time per
                                                                                                                       Number of household                    Number of participant
                                                                           Activity                                                                                                         response                          Annual burden hours
                                                                                                                           responses                             respondents                (minutes)

                                                Wave 3 Wildlife Watching interviews ..............                     ....................................                    3,697                                   20                   1,232

                                                     Totals ........................................................                            14,010                        15,624   ....................................                 6,770



                                                III. Comments                                                          exceptions, the Endangered Species Act                          in your comments, you should be aware
                                                   We invite comments concerning this                                  (ESA) prohibits activities with listed                          that your entire comment—including
                                                information collection on:                                             species unless a Federal permit is issued                       your personal identifying information—
                                                   • Whether or not the collection of                                  that allows such activities. The ESA                            may be made publicly available at any
                                                information is necessary, including                                    requires that we invite public comment                          time. While you can ask us in your
                                                whether or not the information will                                    before issuing these permits.                                   comments to withhold your personal
                                                have practical utility;                                                DATES: We must receive written data or                          identifying information from public
                                                   • The accuracy of our estimate of the                               comments on the applications at the                             review, we cannot guarantee that we
                                                burden for this collection of                                          address given below by March 20, 2015.                          will be able to do so.
                                                information;                                                           ADDRESSES: Documents and other                                  Permit Applications
                                                   • Ways to enhance the quality, utility,                             information submitted with the
                                                and clarity of the information to be                                   applications are available for review,                          Permit Application Number: TE
                                                collected; and                                                         subject to the requirements of the                              237537–1
                                                   • Ways to minimize the burden of the                                Privacy Act and Freedom of Information                            Applicant: Peter Raven, Missouri
                                                collection of information on                                           Act, by any party who submits a written                         Botanical Gardens, St. Louis, Missouri
                                                respondents.                                                           request for a copy of such documents to                           The applicant requests renewal and
                                                   Comments that you submit in                                         the following office within 30 days of                          amendment of their current permit to
                                                response to this notice are a matter of                                the date of publication of this notice:                         add authorization to remove and reduce
                                                public record. We will include or                                      U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875                            to possession (through seed and leaf
                                                summarize each comment in our request                                  Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta,                          material collection) 17 species of
                                                to OMB to approve this IC. Before                                      GA 30345 (Attn: David Dell, Permit                              endangered and threatened plant
                                                including your address, phone number,                                  Coordinator).                                                   species from lands under Federal
                                                email address, or other personal                                                                                                       jurisdiction in Alabama, Tennessee,
                                                                                                                       FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                identifying information in your                                                                                                        Kentucky, West Virginia, Illinois,
                                                comment, you should be aware that                                      Karen Marlowe, 10(a)(1)(A) Permit
                                                                                                                       Coordinator, telephone 205–726–2667;                            Missouri, Virginia, and Mississippi for
                                                your entire comment, including your                                                                                                    ex situ conservation, research,
                                                personal identifying information, may                                  facsimile 205–726–2479.
                                                                                                                                                                                       propagation, and educational display.
                                                be made publicly available at any time.                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                While you can ask us in your comment                                   public is invited to comment on the                             Permit Application Number: TE
                                                to withhold your personal identifying                                  following applications for permits to                           146761–3
                                                information from public review, we                                     conduct certain activities with                                    Applicant: Pedro Ramos, Big Cypress
                                                cannot guarantee that we will be able to                               endangered and threatened species                               National Preserve, National Park
                                                do so.                                                                 under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the                                Service, Ochopee, Florida
                                                                                                                       Endangered Species Act of 1973, as                                 The applicant requests renewal of
                                                  Dated: February 11, 2015.
                                                                                                                       amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and                           their current permit to take (capture,
                                                Tina A. Campbell,                                                      our regulations in the Code of Federal                          harass, chemically immobilize, hold
                                                Chief, Division of Policy, Performance, and                            Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17. This                            temporarily, transport, radio collar, take
                                                Management Programs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife                            notice is provided under section 10(c) of
                                                Service.
                                                                                                                                                                                       tissue and blood samples, provide
                                                                                                                       the Act.                                                        medical treatment for injury or illness
                                                [FR Doc. 2015–03237 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am]                               If you wish to comment, you may                              including appropriate vaccinations,
                                                BILLING CODE 4310–55–P                                                 submit comments by any one of the                               subsequently release, and euthanize) the
                                                                                                                       following methods. You may mail                                 Florida panther (Felis concolor coryi) for
                                                                                                                       comments to the Fish and Wildlife                               the purpose of maintaining a healthy
                                                DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                                             Service’s Regional Office (see                                  panther population, to assess the habitat
                                                                                                                       ADDRESSES section) or send them via                             potential to support panthers, to
                                                Fish and Wildlife Service
                                                                                                                       electronic mail (email) to permitsR4ES@                         monitor the effects of the genetic
                                                [FWS–R4–ES–2014–N028; 40120–1112–                                      fws.gov. Please include your name and                           restoration project, and to evaluate the
                                                0000–F2]                                                               return address in your email message. If                        accuracy of the global positioning
                                                                                                                       you do not receive a confirmation from                          system radio-collars and aerial telemetry
                                                Receipt of Applications for                                            the Fish and Wildlife Service that we
                                                Endangered Species Permits                                                                                                             throughout the species’ range.
                                                                                                                       have received your email message,
                                                AGENCY:   Fish and Wildlife Service,                                   contact us directly at the telephone                            Permit Application Number: TE
                                                                                                                                                                                       092945–3
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                                                Interior.                                                              number listed above (see FOR FURTHER
                                                ACTION: Notice.                                                        INFORMATION CONTACT). Finally, you may                            Applicant: James Lindsay, Florida
                                                                                                                       hand-deliver comments to the Fish and                           Power and Light Company, Juno Beach,
                                                SUMMARY:  We, the U.S. Fish and                                        Wildlife Service office listed above (see                       Florida
                                                Wildlife Service, invite the public to                                 ADDRESSES).                                                       The applicant requests renewal and
                                                comment on the following applications                                     Before including your address,                               amendment of their permit to authorize
                                                to conduct certain activities with                                     telephone number, email address, or                             the capture of non-breeding American
                                                endangered species. With some                                          other personal identifying information                          crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) less than


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                                                2 meters in total length during the                     habitat use, and population monitoring                seining, electrofishing, trapping, and/or
                                                nesting season for assessment of                        in Kentucky.                                          hand-netting, and marking and fin-
                                                survival and growth rates and to                                                                              clipping) pygmy madtoms (Noturus
                                                                                                        Permit Application Number: TE
                                                authorize all permitted activities                                                                            stanauli) in the Clinch and Duck River
                                                                                                        834056–5
                                                (capture, examine, weigh, sex, collect                                                                        drainages in the state of Tennessee for
                                                tissue samples, mark, radio-tag, radio                    Applicant: Kellie Keys, North Florida               the purposes of conducting presence/
                                                track, relocate, and release) for                       Wildlife LLC, Crawfordville, Florida                  absence surveys and developing DNA
                                                American crocodiles in the Florida                        The applicant requests renewal of the               detection techniques.
                                                Power and Light Everglades Mitigation                   current permit to take (capture, band,
                                                                                                        release, construct and monitor nest                   Permit Application Number: TE
                                                Bank, in addition to the previously
                                                                                                        cavities and restrictors) red-cockaded                48833A–1
                                                permitted location of the Florida Power
                                                and Light Turkey Point Power Plant                      woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) for the                 Applicant: Brian Carver, Tennessee
                                                Cooling Canals, for purposes of                         purposes of monitoring and managing                   Technical University, Cookeville,
                                                conducting monitoring surveys and                       populations in Arkansas, Florida,                     Tennessee
                                                documenting nesting activity and                        Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina,                The applicant requests an amendment
                                                utilization of the cooling canal system                 Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi,                      to the current permit to take (enter
                                                in Dade County, Florida.                                Virginia, Oklahoma, and Texas.                        hibernacula or maternity roost caves,
                                                                                                        Permit Application Number: TE                         salvage dead bats, capture with mist
                                                Permit Application Number: TE                                                                                 nets or harp traps, handle, identify,
                                                54578B–0                                                079972–3
                                                                                                                                                              collect hair and tissue samples, band,
                                                                                                           Applicant: Eric Baka, Louisiana                    radio-tag, pit-tag, light-tag, and wing-
                                                  Applicant: Mary Frazer, Raleigh,                      Department of Wildlife and Fisheries,
                                                North Carolina                                                                                                punch) northern long eared bats (Myotis
                                                                                                        Pineville, Louisiana                                  septentrionalis) throughout the range of
                                                  The applicant requests authorization                     The applicant requests renewal of his
                                                to take (enter hibernacula or maternity                                                                       the species.
                                                                                                        current permit to take (capture, band,
                                                roost caves, salvage dead bats, capture                 release, install drilled and insert                   Permit Application Number: TE
                                                with mist nets or harp traps, handle,                   cavities, install cavity restrictors, and             100626–9
                                                identify, collect hair and tissue samples,              translocate) red-cockaded woodpeckers                    Applicant: Jeff Selby, AST
                                                band, radio-tag, pit-tag, light-tag, wing-              (Picoides borealis) for the purposes of               Environmental, Decatur, Alabama
                                                punch, and selectively euthanize for                    banding juveniles and adults, and                        The applicant requests an amendment
                                                white-nose syndrome testing) Virginia                   monitoring populations and nest                       to the current permit to take (capture,
                                                big-eared bats (Corynorhinus (=plecotus)                cavities in Louisiana.                                identify, release) the following species:
                                                townsendii virginianus), Indiana bats                                                                         Diamond tryonia (Pseudotryonia
                                                (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis                     Permit Application Number: TE
                                                                                                        096554–3                                              adamantina), Gonzalez springsnail
                                                grisescens), and northern long-eared                                                                          (Tryonia circumstriata), Pecos assiminea
                                                bats (Myotis septentrionalis) for the                     Applicant: James Robinson, Biological
                                                                                                                                                              snail (Assiminea pecos), phantom
                                                purposes of conducting presence/                        Systems Consultants Inc., Lexington,
                                                                                                                                                              springsnail (Tryonia cheatumi), San
                                                absence surveys, studies to document                    Kentucky
                                                                                                          The applicant requests renewal of his               Bernadino springsnail (Pyrgulopsis
                                                habitat use, determining presence of                                                                          bernardina), three forks springsnail
                                                white nose syndrome, and population                     current permit to take (capture, identify,
                                                                                                        and release) blackside dace (Phoxinus                 (Pyrgulopsis trivialis), Neosho mucket
                                                monitoring in North Carolina, South                                                                           (Lampsilis rafinesqueana), rabbitsfoot
                                                Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia.                       cumberlandensis) and take (capture,
                                                                                                        sex, weigh, measure, band, and radio-                 (Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica),
                                                Permit Application Number: TE                           tag) Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), gray               scaleshell mussel (Leptodea leptodon),
                                                002412–6                                                bat (Myotis grisescens), and Virginia big-            and winged mapleleaf (Quadrula
                                                                                                        eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii                    fragosa) for the purpose of conducting
                                                  Applicant: Cecil Comalander,                                                                                presence/absence surveys throughout
                                                Milliken Forestry Company Inc.,                         virginianus) for the purpose of
                                                                                                        conducting presence/absence surveys in                the species’ ranges.
                                                Columbia, South Carolina
                                                  The applicant requests renewal of his                 Tennessee and Kentucky.                               Permit Application Number: TE
                                                current permit to take (capture, band,                  Permit Application Number: TE                         94704A–1
                                                install artificial cavities and restrictors,            55292B–0                                                 Applicant: Dorothy C. Brown,
                                                and translocate) red-cockaded                             Applicant: Robert Fletcher, University              Woodstock, Georgia
                                                woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) for the                 of Florida, Gainesville, Florida                         The applicant requests an amendment
                                                purposes of monitoring and managing                       The applicant requests authorization                to her current permit to take (enter
                                                populations in South Carolina.                          to take (capture, band, mark, radio-tag,              hibernacula or maternity roost caves,
                                                Permit Application Number: TE                           measure, collect feather samples,                     salvage dead bats, capture with mist
                                                54891B–0                                                release, and monitor) everglade snail                 nets or harp traps, handle, identify,
                                                                                                        kites (Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus)                collect hair samples, band, radio-tag,
                                                   Applicant: Luke Dodd, Eastern                        for demographic and movement studies                  light-tag, wing punch, and selectively
                                                Kentucky University, Richmond,                          in the State of Florida to enhance the                euthanize for white nose syndrome
                                                Kentucky                                                survival of the species.                              testing) the Virginia big-eared bat
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                                                   The applicant requests authorization                                                                       (Corynorhinus (=plecotus) townsendii
                                                to take (capture with mist nets or harp                 Permit Application Number: TE                         virginianus) in West Virginia, Virginia,
                                                traps, handle, band, radio-tag) Indiana                 55286B–0                                              North Carolina, Kentucky, and
                                                bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis                  Applicant: Hayden Mattingly,                        Tennessee, and to add States throughout
                                                grisescens), and northern long-eared                    Tennessee Technical University,                       the range of the Indiana bat (Myotis
                                                bats (Myotis septentrionalis) for the                   Cookeville, Tennessee                                 sodalis), gray bat (Myotis grisescens),
                                                purposes of conducting presence/                          The applicant requests authorization                and northern long-eared bat (Myotis
                                                absence surveys, studies to document                    to take (capture via seining, kick-                   septentrionalis) for the purposes of


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                                                conducting presence/absence surveys                     documenting habitat use, white nose                   1306, Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM
                                                and white-nose syndrome surveillance                    detection and surveillance, and                       87103; or by telephone at 505–248–
                                                and research-related activities.                        evaluating the effectiveness of acoustic              6651.
                                                                                                        identification methods throughout the
                                                Permit Application Number: TE                                                                                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                        species’ respective ranges.
                                                38906B–0
                                                                                                          Dated: February 10, 2015.                           Introduction
                                                   Applicant: Ian Lundgren, National
                                                                                                        Leopoldo Miranda,
                                                Park Service, Christiansted, Virgin                                                                              Under the Endangered Species Act, as
                                                Islands                                                 Assistant Regional Director—Ecological
                                                                                                        Services, Southeast Region.                           amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; Act),
                                                   The applicant requests authorization                                                                       we, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
                                                to take (relocate nests; excavate hatched               [FR Doc. 2015–03314 Filed 2–17–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                              invite the public to comment on
                                                nests; collect tissue, blood, and carapace              BILLING CODE 4310–55–P
                                                                                                                                                              incidental take permit (ITP) applications
                                                samples; and attach satellite, acoustic,                                                                      for take of the federally listed American
                                                flipper, and PIT tags) hawksbill sea                                                                          burying beetle (Nicrophorus
                                                turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata), green                 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                                                                                                                              americanus) resulting from activities
                                                sea turtles (Chelonia mydas),                           Fish and Wildlife Service                             associated with geophysical exploration
                                                leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys                                                                          (seismic) and construction,
                                                coriacea), and loggerhead sea turtles                   [FWS–R2–ES–2015–N014;
                                                                                                        FXES11130200000–156–FF02ENEH00]                       maintenance, operation, repair, and
                                                (Caretta caretta) within Buck Island
                                                                                                                                                              decommissioning of oil and gas well
                                                Reef National Monument boundaries,
                                                                                                        Receipt of Incidental Take Permit                     field infrastructure within Oklahoma. If
                                                for inventory, monitoring, and research
                                                                                                        Applications for Participation in the Oil             approved, the permits would be issued
                                                activities.
                                                                                                        and Gas Industry Conservation Plan                    to the applicants under the Oil and Gas
                                                Permit Application Number: TE                           for the American Burying Beetle in                    Industry Conservation Plan Associated
                                                14102A–1                                                Oklahoma                                              with Issuance of Endangered Species
                                                  Applicant: Carl Dick, Western                         AGENCY:   Fish and Wildlife Service,                  Act Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permits for the
                                                Kentucky University, Bowling Green,                     Interior.                                             American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma
                                                Kentucky                                                                                                      (ICP). The ICP was made available for
                                                                                                        ACTION: Notice of availability; request
                                                  The applicant requests an amendment                                                                         comment on April 16, 2014 (79 FR
                                                                                                        for public comments.
                                                to the current permit to take (capture                                                                        21480), and approved on May 21, 2014
                                                with mist nets or harp traps, handle,                   SUMMARY:    Under the Endangered                      (publication of the FONSI notice was on
                                                identify, and collect ectoparasites)                    Species Act, as amended (Act), we, the                July 25, 2014; 79 FR 43504). The ICP
                                                northern long-eared bats (Myotis                        U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite                and the associated environmental
                                                septentrionalis) throughout the range of                the public to comment on incidental                   assessment/finding of no significant
                                                the species.                                            take permit applications for take of the              impact are available on the Web site at
                                                                                                        federally listed American burying beetle              http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/
                                                Permit Application Number: TE
                                                                                                        resulting from activities associated with             oklahoma/ABBICP. However, we are no
                                                56028B–0
                                                                                                        the geophysical exploration (seismic)                 longer taking comments on these
                                                  Applicant: Terry Hopkins, Eagleville,                 and construction, maintenance,                        documents.
                                                Tennessee                                               operation, repair, and decommissioning
                                                  The applicant requests authorization                  of oil and gas well field infrastructure              Applications Available for Review and
                                                to take (enter hibernacula or maternity                 within Oklahoma. If approved, the                     Comment
                                                roost caves, capture with mist nets or                  permits would be issued under the
                                                harp traps, handle, and identify) Indiana                                                                       We invite local, State, Tribal, and
                                                                                                        approved Oil and Gas Industry                         Federal agencies, and the public to
                                                bat (Myotis sodalis), gray bat (Myotis                  Conservation Plan Associated with
                                                grisescens), and northern long-eared bat                                                                      comment on the following applications
                                                                                                        Issuance of Endangered Species Act                    under the ICP, for incidental take of the
                                                (Myotis septentrionalis) for purposes of                Section 10(a)(1)(B) Permits for the
                                                conducting presence/absence surveys,                                                                          federally listed ABB. Please refer to the
                                                                                                        American Burying Beetle in Oklahoma
                                                documenting habitat use, and evaluating                                                                       appropriate permit number (TE–
                                                                                                        (ICP).
                                                potential impacts of industrial,                                                                              123456), listed below, when requesting
                                                                                                        DATES: To ensure consideration, written               application documents and when
                                                commercial, and military activities
                                                                                                        comments must be received on or before                submitting comments. Documents and
                                                throughout the species’ respective
                                                                                                        March 20, 2015.                                       other information the applicants have
                                                ranges.
                                                                                                        ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of                   submitted with these applications are
                                                Permit Application Number: TE                           all documents and submit comments on                  available for review, subject to the
                                                56430B–0                                                the applicant’s ITP applications by one               requirements of the Privacy Act (5
                                                   Applicant: Jonathan Hootman,                         of the following methods. Please refer to             U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of
                                                Whitesburg, Kentucky                                    the specific permit number when                       Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
                                                   The applicant requests authorization                 requesting documents or submitting
                                                to take (enter hibernacula, salvage dead                comments.                                             Permit TE–55184B
                                                bats, capture with mist nests or harp                      Æ U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife                Applicant: TOMPC, LLC, Edmond, OK
                                                                                                        Service, Division of Endangered
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                                                traps, handle, take measurements,
                                                collect hair samples and fecal material,                Species—HCP Permits, P.O. Box 1306,                      Applicant requests a new permit for
                                                fungal lift tape, swab, wing-punch,                     Room 6034, Albuquerque, NM 87103.                     oil and gas midstream production,
                                                band, light-tag, radio-tag, pit-tag, and                   Æ Electronically: fw2_hcp_permits@                 including construction, maintenance,
                                                release) Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) and               fws.gov.                                              operation, repair, decommissioning, and
                                                northern long-eared bat (Myotis                         FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      reclamation of oil and gas gathering,
                                                septentrionalis) for purposes of                        Marty Tuegel, Branch Chief, by U.S.                   transmission, and distribution pipeline
                                                conducting presence/absence surveys,                    mail at Environmental Review, P.O. Box                infrastructure within Oklahoma.


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Document Created: 2018-02-16 11:10:19
Document Modified: 2018-02-16 11:10:19
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesWe must receive written data or comments on the applications at
ContactKaren Marlowe, 10(a)(1)(A) Permit Coordinator, telephone 205-726-2667; facsimile 205-726-2479.
FR Citation80 FR 8682 

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