81_FR_18936 81 FR 18873 - Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits

81 FR 18873 - Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 63 (April 1, 2016)

Page Range18873-18875
FR Document2016-07390

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-2016-N056; 40120-1112-0000-F2]


Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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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 in ADDRESSES by May 2, 2016.

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, Ecological Services, 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) 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 in FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Finally, you may hand-deliver comments to 
the Fish and Wildlife Service office in 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 83011B-0

Applicant: Prescott Weldon, Bristol, Virginia
    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) gray 
bats (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), northern long-
eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis), and Virginia big-eared bats 
(Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), for presence/absence surveys, 
population monitoring, and research purposes throughout these species' 
ranges.

Permit Application Number: TE 83013B-0

Applicant: Kathleen O'Connor, Syracuse, New York
    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) 
Indiana bats and northern long-eared bats for presence/absence surveys, 
population monitoring, and research purposes throughout these species' 
ranges.

Permit Application Number: TE 53149B-1

Applicant: Hans Otto, Omaha, Nebraska
    The applicant requests to amend their permit to take (capture with 
mist-net and harp trap, handle, band, and radio tag) Indiana bat, 
northern long-eared bat, gray bat, Ozark big-eared bat (Corynorhinus 
townsendii ingens), and Virginia big-eared bat throughout the species' 
ranges for conducting presence/absence surveys, studies to document 
habitat use, and population monitoring.

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The applicant requests additional authorizations to take (capture with 
mist-net, harp trap, and hand nets; handle; measure; collect hair 
samples, fecal material, and pollen samples; take wing biopsy tissue 
samples; band, radio tag, light tag, and pit tag) the lesser long-nosed 
bat (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae) for conducting presence/
absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, and population 
monitoring in Arizona. The applicant also requests to take (capture 
with live traps, handle, and take measurements), the New Mexico jumping 
mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus) for conducting presence/absence surveys, 
studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring in Arizona, 
Colorado, and New Mexico.

Permit Application Number: TE 206872-7

Applicant: Joy O'Keefe, Terre Haute, Indiana
    The applicant requests a permit to take (enter hibernacula or 
maternity roost caves; capture with mist-nets and harp traps; collect 
biometric data, tissue, and/or hair; band; and radio-tag) gray bats, 
Indiana bats, northern long-eared bats, and Virginia big-eared bats for 
presence/absence surveys, population monitoring, and research purposes 
throughout these species' ranges.

Permit Application Number: TE 83000B-0

Applicant: Jason Weese, Midway, Kentucky
    The applicant requests a permit to take (enter hibernacula or 
maternity roost caves; capture with mist-nets and harp traps; collect 
biometric data, tissue, and/or hair; band; and radio-tag) gray bats, 
Indiana bats, northern long-eared bats, and Virginia big-eared bats for 
presence/absence surveys, population monitoring, and research purposes 
throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

Permit Application Number: TE 12392A-2

Applicant: Institute for Marine Mammal Studies, Gulfport, Mississippi
    The applicant requests renewal of their permit to continue flipper-
tagging and attaching Passive Integrated Transponders (PIT) tags to 
Kemps ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), 
leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), green (Chelonia mydas), loggerhead 
(Caretta caretta), and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles 
prior to release following veterinary treatment and rehabilitation at 
their facility.

Permit Application Number: TE 48579B-1

Applicant: Ecological Solutions, Inc., Roswell, Georgia
    The applicant requests an amendment of their current permit, which 
authorizes the following activities in the State of Georgia alone: 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, and wing-punch) Indiana bats, gray bats, 
and northern long-eared bats while conducting presence/absence surveys, 
studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring. The 
applicant has requested authorization to swab the above-listed bats for 
white-nose syndrome studies and to conduct all activities in Alabama, 
North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, in addition to Georgia.

Permit Application Number: TE 37661B-1

Applicant: Deep South Eco Group, Morton, Mississippi
    The applicant requests an amendment of their current permit, which 
authorizes the following activities in the states of Louisiana and 
Mississippi: Take (capture with mist nets, handle, identify, and 
release) Indiana bats and northern long-eared bats for the purpose of 
conducting presence/absence surveys. The applicant has requested 
authorization to conduct the above-listed activities in the State of 
Arkansas as well.

Permit Application Number: TE 88778B-0

Applicant: John Lamb, Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee
    The applicant requests a permit to take (enter hibernacula or 
maternity roost caves; capture with mist-nets, with harp traps, or by 
hand; collect biometric data, tissue, and/or hair; band; and radio-tag) 
gray bats, Indiana bats, northern long-eared bats, and Virginia big-
eared bats, for presence/absence surveys, population monitoring, and 
research purposes throughout the State of Tennessee.

Permit Application Number: TE 88797B-0

Applicant: Amber Nolder, Luthersburg, Pennsylvania
    The applicant requests a permit to take (enter hibernacula or 
maternity roost caves; capture with mist-nets or harp traps; collect 
biometric data, tissue, and/or hair; band; and radio-tag) Indiana bats 
and northern long-eared bats, for presence/absence surveys, population 
monitoring, and research purposes throughout these species' ranges.

Permit Application Number: TE 88809B-0

Applicant: Ray Eaton, Berea, Kentucky
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture with mist-net and 
harp trap; handle; band; and radio tag) Indiana bat, northern long-
eared bat, gray bat, Ozark big-eared bat, and Virginia big-eared bat 
throughout the species' ranges for conducting presence/absence surveys, 
studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring. The 
applicant requests additional authorizations to take (capture with 
mist-net, harp trap, and hand nets; handle; measure; collect hair 
samples, fecal material, and pollen samples; take wing biopsy tissue 
samples; and band, radio tag, light tag, and pit tag) the lesser long-
nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae) for conducting presence/
absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, and population 
monitoring in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

Permit Application Number: TE 88811B-0

Applicant: James Thacker, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, 
Tenneessee
    The applicant requests a permit to take (reduce to possession) 
seeds of the Short's bladderpod (Physaria globosa), an endangered 
plant, for growth, fecundity, germination, seed viability, and 
ecological relationship studies in the State of Tennessee.

Permit Application Number: TE 88823-B

Applicant: Brian Schaetz, Raleigh, North Carolina
    The applicant requests a permit to take (enter hibernacula or 
maternity roost caves; capture with mist-nets or harp traps; collect 
biometric data, tissue, and/or hair; band; and radio-tag) gray bats, 
Indiana bats, and northern long-eared bats, for presence/absence 
surveys, population monitoring, and research purposes in the States of 
Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

Permit Application Number: TE 88817B-0

Applicant: Archer Larned, University of Maryland Baltimore County
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture with mist-nets, 
band, song

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playback experiments) the endangered Florida grasshopper sparrow 
(Ammodramus savannarum floridanus) for a multi-part behaviorial ecology 
study in the State of Florida.

Permit Application Number: TE 125620-4

Applicant: Brian Roh, Burns & McDonnel Environmental Consulting, Kansas 
City, Missouri
    The applicant requests an amendment to their 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, Nebraska, Oklahoma, 
and South Dakota.

Permit Application Number: TE 91373A-3

Applicant: Jonathan Miller, Brundidge, Alabama
    The applicant requests to amend their current permit to take 
(capture, identify, release) additional species of federally listed 
mussels for the purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys in the 
States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

Permit Application Number: TE 91366A-3

Applicant: Paul Stewart, Troy, Alabama
    The applicant requests to amend their current permit to take 
(capture, identify, release) additional species of federally listed 
mussels for the purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys in the 
States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, and Louisiana.

Permit Application Number: TE 54578B-1

Applicant: Mary Frazer, Raleigh, North Carolina
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture with mist-net and 
harp trap, handle, band, and radio tag) Indiana bat, northern long-
eared bat, gray bat, and Virginia big-eared bat throughout the species' 
ranges for conducting presence/absence surveys, studies to document 
habitat use, and population monitoring.

Permit Application Number: TE 63633A-3

Applicant: Biodiversity Research Institute, Portland, Maine
    The applicant requests to amend their current permit to take 
(capture with mist nets, handle, identify, and release) Indiana bats 
and northern long-eared bats for the purpose of conducting presence/
absence surveys, population monitoring, and research purposes 
throughout the species' range.

Permit Application Number: TE 13844A-3

Applicant: Tony Miller, Lexington, Kentucky
    The applicant requests to amend their permit to take (enter 
hibernacula or maternity roost caves; capture with mist-nets and harp 
traps; collect biometric data, tissue, and/or hair; band; and radio-
tag) gray bats, Indiana bats, northern long-eared bats, and Virginia 
big-eared bats for presence/absence surveys, population monitoring, and 
research purposes throughout the species' range.

Permit Application Number: TE 91733B-0

Applicant: Joshua Adams, Lexington, Kentucky
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture with mist-net and 
harp trap, handle, band, and radio tag) Indiana bat, northern long-
eared bat, gray bat, Ozark big-eared bat, and Virginia big-eared bat 
throughout the species' ranges for conducting presence/absence surveys, 
studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring. The 
applicant requests additional authorizations to take (capture with 
electrofishing and seining) the blackside dace (Chrosomus 
cumberlandensis) and the Kentucky arrow darter (Etheostoma spilotum) 
for conducting presence/absence surveys, studies to document habitat 
use, and population monitoring in Kentucky and Tennessee.

Permit Application Number: TE 91755B-0

Applicant: Nathan Clink, Frankfort, Kentucky
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, identify, and 
release) several species of federally listed mussels for the purpose of 
conducting presence/absence surveys in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

    Dated: March 28, 2016.
Franklin J. Arnold III,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Southeast 
Region.
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                                                      The meeting materials will be posted                  DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                            and Wildlife Service that we have
                                                    to the Council Web site at: http://                                                                           received your email message, contact us
                                                    www.dhs.gov/homeland-security-                          Fish and Wildlife Service                             directly at the telephone number in FOR
                                                    academic-advisory-council-hsaac on or                   [FWS–R4–ES–2016–N056; 40120–1112–                     FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Finally,
                                                    before April 15, 2016.                                  0000–F2]                                              you may hand-deliver comments to the
                                                      Responsible DHS Official: Alaina                                                                            Fish and Wildlife Service office in
                                                    Clark,                                                  Receipt of Applications for                           ADDRESSES.
                                                    AcademicEngagement@hq.dhs.gov,                          Endangered Species Permits                               Before including your address,
                                                    202–447–4686.                                                                                                 telephone number, email address, or
                                                                                                            AGENCY:   Fish and Wildlife Service,                  other personal identifying information
                                                      Dated: March 17, 2016.                                Interior.                                             in your comments, you should be aware
                                                    Alaina Clark,                                           ACTION: Notice of availability.                       that your entire comment—including
                                                    Acting Designated Federal Officer, Homeland                                                                   your personal identifying information—
                                                    Security Academic Advisory Council.                     SUMMARY:   We, the U.S. Fish and
                                                                                                                                                                  may be made publicly available at any
                                                    [FR Doc. 2016–06644 Filed 3–31–16; 8:45 am]             Wildlife Service, invite the public to
                                                                                                                                                                  time. While you can ask us in your
                                                    BILLING CODE 9110–9B–P                                  comment on the following applications
                                                                                                                                                                  comments to withhold your personal
                                                                                                            to conduct certain activities with
                                                                                                                                                                  identifying information from public
                                                                                                            endangered species. With some
                                                                                                                                                                  review, we cannot guarantee that we
                                                                                                            exceptions, the Endangered Species Act
                                                                                                                                                                  will be able to do so.
                                                    DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND                               (ESA) prohibits activities with listed
                                                    URBAN DEVELOPMENT                                       species unless a Federal permit is issued             Permit Applications
                                                                                                            that allows such activities. The ESA                  Permit Application Number: TE
                                                    [Docket No. FR–5907–N–14]                               requires that we invite public comment                83011B–0
                                                                                                            before issuing these permits.
                                                    Federal Property Suitable as Facilities                 DATES: We must receive written data or                Applicant: Prescott Weldon, Bristol,
                                                    To Assist the Homeless                                  comments on the applications at the                   Virginia
                                                                                                            address given in ADDRESSES by May 2,                     The applicant requests a permit to
                                                    AGENCY:  Office of the Assistant                        2016.                                                 take (enter hibernacula or maternity
                                                    Secretary for Community Planning and                                                                          roost caves; capture with mist-nets, harp
                                                                                                            ADDRESSES: Documents and other
                                                    Development, HUD.                                                                                             traps, or by hand; collect biometric data,
                                                                                                            information submitted with the
                                                    ACTION: Notice.                                         applications are available for review,                tissue, and/or hair; band; and radio-tag)
                                                                                                            subject to the requirements of the                    gray bats (Myotis grisescens), Indiana
                                                    SUMMARY:    This Notice identifies
                                                                                                            Privacy Act and Freedom of Information                bats (Myotis sodalis), northern long-
                                                    unutilized, underutilized, excess, and
                                                                                                            Act, by any party who submits a written               eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis), and
                                                    surplus Federal property reviewed by
                                                                                                            request for a copy of such documents to               Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus
                                                    HUD for suitability for possible use to
                                                                                                            the following office within 30 days of                townsendii virginianus), for presence/
                                                    assist the homeless.
                                                                                                            the date of publication of this notice:               absence surveys, population monitoring,
                                                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,                       and research purposes throughout these
                                                    Juanita Perry, Department of Housing                    Ecological Services, 1875 Century                     species’ ranges.
                                                    and Urban Development, 451 Seventh                      Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, GA 30345
                                                    Street SW., Room 7262, Washington, DC                                                                         Permit Application Number: TE
                                                                                                            (Attn: James Gruhala, Permit                          83013B–0
                                                    20410; telephone (202) 402–3970; TTY                    Coordinator).
                                                    number for the hearing- and speech-                                                                           Applicant: Kathleen O’Connor,
                                                    impaired (202) 708–2565, (these                         FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                                                                                                                                  Syracuse, New York
                                                    telephone numbers are not toll-free), or                James Gruhala, 10(a)(1)(A) Permit
                                                                                                            Coordinator, telephone 404–679–7097;                     The applicant requests a permit to
                                                    call the toll-free Title V information line
                                                                                                            facsimile 404–679–7081.                               take (enter hibernacula or maternity
                                                    at 800–927–7588.
                                                                                                            SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The                        roost caves; capture with mist-nets, harp
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In                                                                                 traps, or by hand; collect biometric data,
                                                    accordance with the December 12, 1988                   public is invited to comment on the
                                                                                                            following applications for permits to                 tissue, and/or hair; band; and radio-tag)
                                                    court order in National Coalition for the                                                                     Indiana bats and northern long-eared
                                                    Homeless v. Veterans Administration,                    conduct certain activities with
                                                                                                            endangered and threatened species                     bats for presence/absence surveys,
                                                    No. 88–2503–OG (D.D.C.), HUD                                                                                  population monitoring, and research
                                                    publishes a Notice, on a weekly basis,                  under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the
                                                                                                            Endangered Species Act of 1973, as                    purposes throughout these species’
                                                    identifying unutilized, underutilized,                                                                        ranges.
                                                    excess and surplus Federal buildings                    amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and
                                                    and real property that HUD has                          our regulations in the Code of Federal                Permit Application Number: TE
                                                    reviewed for suitability for use to assist              Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17. This                  53149B–1
                                                    the homeless. Today’s Notice is for the                 notice is provided under section 10(c) of
                                                                                                            the Act.                                              Applicant: Hans Otto, Omaha, Nebraska
                                                    purpose of announcing that no
                                                    additional properties have been                           If you wish to comment, you may                       The applicant requests to amend their
                                                                                                            submit comments by any one of the                     permit to take (capture with mist-net
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                                                    determined suitable or unsuitable this
                                                    week.                                                   following methods. You may mail                       and harp trap, handle, band, and radio
                                                                                                            comments to the Fish and Wildlife                     tag) Indiana bat, northern long-eared
                                                      Dated: March 24, 2016.                                Service’s Regional Office (see                        bat, gray bat, Ozark big-eared bat
                                                    Tonya Proctor,                                          ADDRESSES) or send them via electronic                (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), and
                                                    Deputy Director, Office of Special Needs                mail (email) to permitsR4ES@fws.gov.                  Virginia big-eared bat throughout the
                                                    Assistance Programs.                                    Please include your name and return                   species’ ranges for conducting presence/
                                                    [FR Doc. 2016–07059 Filed 3–31–16; 8:45 am]             address in your email message. If you do              absence surveys, studies to document
                                                    BILLING CODE 4210–67–P                                  not receive a confirmation from the Fish              habitat use, and population monitoring.


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                                                    The applicant requests additional                       veterinary treatment and rehabilitation               harp traps; collect biometric data, tissue,
                                                    authorizations to take (capture with                    at their facility.                                    and/or hair; band; and radio-tag)
                                                    mist-net, harp trap, and hand nets;                                                                           Indiana bats and northern long-eared
                                                                                                            Permit Application Number: TE
                                                    handle; measure; collect hair samples,                                                                        bats, for presence/absence surveys,
                                                                                                            48579B–1
                                                    fecal material, and pollen samples; take                                                                      population monitoring, and research
                                                    wing biopsy tissue samples; band, radio                 Applicant: Ecological Solutions, Inc.,                purposes throughout these species’
                                                    tag, light tag, and pit tag) the lesser long-           Roswell, Georgia                                      ranges.
                                                    nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae                          The applicant requests an amendment                Permit Application Number: TE
                                                    yerbabuenae) for conducting presence/                   of their current permit, which                        88809B–0
                                                    absence surveys, studies to document                    authorizes the following activities in the
                                                    habitat use, and population monitoring                  State of Georgia alone: Take (enter                   Applicant: Ray Eaton, Berea, Kentucky
                                                    in Arizona. The applicant also requests                 hibernacula or maternity roost caves,                    The applicant requests a permit to
                                                    to take (capture with live traps, handle,               salvage dead bats, capture with mist                  take (capture with mist-net and harp
                                                    and take measurements), the New                         nets or harp traps, handle, identify,                 trap; handle; band; and radio tag)
                                                    Mexico jumping mouse (Zapus                             collect hair samples, band, radio-tag,                Indiana bat, northern long-eared bat,
                                                    hudsonius luteus) for conducting                        light-tag, and wing-punch) Indiana bats,              gray bat, Ozark big-eared bat, and
                                                    presence/absence surveys, studies to                    gray bats, and northern long-eared bats               Virginia big-eared bat throughout the
                                                    document habitat use, and population                    while conducting presence/absence                     species’ ranges for conducting presence/
                                                    monitoring in Arizona, Colorado, and                    surveys, studies to document habitat                  absence surveys, studies to document
                                                    New Mexico.                                             use, and population monitoring. The                   habitat use, and population monitoring.
                                                    Permit Application Number: TE                           applicant has requested authorization to              The applicant requests additional
                                                    206872–7                                                swab the above-listed bats for white-                 authorizations to take (capture with
                                                                                                            nose syndrome studies and to conduct                  mist-net, harp trap, and hand nets;
                                                    Applicant: Joy O’Keefe, Terre Haute,                    all activities in Alabama, North                      handle; measure; collect hair samples,
                                                    Indiana                                                 Carolina, South Carolina, and                         fecal material, and pollen samples; take
                                                      The applicant requests a permit to                    Tennessee, in addition to Georgia.                    wing biopsy tissue samples; and band,
                                                    take (enter hibernacula or maternity                                                                          radio tag, light tag, and pit tag) the lesser
                                                                                                            Permit Application Number: TE
                                                    roost caves; capture with mist-nets and                                                                       long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae
                                                                                                            37661B–1
                                                    harp traps; collect biometric data, tissue,                                                                   yerbabuenae) for conducting presence/
                                                                                                            Applicant: Deep South Eco Group,                      absence surveys, studies to document
                                                    and/or hair; band; and radio-tag) gray
                                                                                                            Morton, Mississippi                                   habitat use, and population monitoring
                                                    bats, Indiana bats, northern long-eared
                                                    bats, and Virginia big-eared bats for                      The applicant requests an amendment                in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
                                                    presence/absence surveys, population                    of their current permit, which                        Permit Application Number: TE
                                                    monitoring, and research purposes                       authorizes the following activities in the            88811B–0
                                                    throughout these species’ ranges.                       states of Louisiana and Mississippi:
                                                                                                            Take (capture with mist nets, handle,                 Applicant: James Thacker, Tennessee
                                                    Permit Application Number: TE                           identify, and release) Indiana bats and               Tech University, Cookeville, Tenneessee
                                                    83000B–0                                                northern long-eared bats for the purpose                The applicant requests a permit to
                                                    Applicant: Jason Weese, Midway,                         of conducting presence/absence                        take (reduce to possession) seeds of the
                                                    Kentucky                                                surveys. The applicant has requested                  Short’s bladderpod (Physaria globosa),
                                                                                                            authorization to conduct the above-                   an endangered plant, for growth,
                                                      The applicant requests a permit to                    listed activities in the State of Arkansas            fecundity, germination, seed viability,
                                                    take (enter hibernacula or maternity                    as well.                                              and ecological relationship studies in
                                                    roost caves; capture with mist-nets and                                                                       the State of Tennessee.
                                                    harp traps; collect biometric data, tissue,             Permit Application Number: TE
                                                    and/or hair; band; and radio-tag) gray                  88778B–0                                              Permit Application Number: TE 88823–
                                                    bats, Indiana bats, northern long-eared                                                                       B
                                                                                                            Applicant: John Lamb, Arnold Air Force
                                                    bats, and Virginia big-eared bats for                   Base, Tennessee                                       Applicant: Brian Schaetz, Raleigh,
                                                    presence/absence surveys, population                      The applicant requests a permit to                  North Carolina
                                                    monitoring, and research purposes                       take (enter hibernacula or maternity                    The applicant requests a permit to
                                                    throughout the Commonwealth of                          roost caves; capture with mist-nets, with             take (enter hibernacula or maternity
                                                    Kentucky.                                               harp traps, or by hand; collect biometric             roost caves; capture with mist-nets or
                                                    Permit Application Number: TE                           data, tissue, and/or hair; band; and                  harp traps; collect biometric data, tissue,
                                                    12392A–2                                                radio-tag) gray bats, Indiana bats,                   and/or hair; band; and radio-tag) gray
                                                                                                            northern long-eared bats, and Virginia                bats, Indiana bats, and northern long-
                                                    Applicant: Institute for Marine Mammal                  big-eared bats, for presence/absence                  eared bats, for presence/absence
                                                    Studies, Gulfport, Mississippi                          surveys, population monitoring, and                   surveys, population monitoring, and
                                                      The applicant requests renewal of                     research purposes throughout the State                research purposes in the States of
                                                    their permit to continue flipper-tagging                of Tennessee.                                         Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and
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                                                    and attaching Passive Integrated                                                                              South Carolina.
                                                                                                            Permit Application Number: TE
                                                    Transponders (PIT) tags to Kemps ridley                 88797B–0                                              Permit Application Number: TE
                                                    (Lepidochelys kempii), hawksbill                                                                              88817B–0
                                                    (Eretmochelys imbricata), leatherback                   Applicant: Amber Nolder, Luthersburg,
                                                    (Dermochelys coriacea), green (Chelonia                 Pennsylvania                                          Applicant: Archer Larned, University of
                                                    mydas), loggerhead (Caretta caretta),                     The applicant requests a permit to                  Maryland Baltimore County
                                                    and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea)                take (enter hibernacula or maternity                    The applicant requests a permit to
                                                    sea turtles prior to release following                  roost caves; capture with mist-nets or                take (capture with mist-nets, band, song


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                                                    playback experiments) the endangered                    monitoring, and research purposes                     DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                    Florida grasshopper sparrow                             throughout the species’ range.
                                                    (Ammodramus savannarum floridanus)                                                                            Fish and Wildlife Service
                                                    for a multi-part behaviorial ecology                    Permit Application Number: TE
                                                                                                            13844A–3                                              [FWS–R8–ES–2015–N220; FXES11130000–
                                                    study in the State of Florida.                                                                                156–FF08E00000]
                                                    Permit Application Number: TE                           Applicant: Tony Miller, Lexington,
                                                    125620–4                                                Kentucky                                              Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
                                                                                                                                                                  and Plants; Recovery Plan for the
                                                    Applicant: Brian Roh, Burns &                             The applicant requests to amend their               Behren’s Silverspot Butterfly
                                                    McDonnel Environmental Consulting,                      permit to take (enter hibernacula or
                                                    Kansas City, Missouri                                   maternity roost caves; capture with                   AGENCY:   Fish and Wildlife Service,
                                                      The applicant requests an amendment                   mist-nets and harp traps; collect                     Interior.
                                                    to their permit to take (capture, handle,               biometric data, tissue, and/or hair; band;            ACTION: Notice of availability of
                                                    release) the federally endangered                       and radio-tag) gray bats, Indiana bats,               documents.
                                                    American burying beetle (Nicrophorus                    northern long-eared bats, and Virginia
                                                                                                                                                                  SUMMARY:    We, the U.S. Fish and
                                                    americanus) for the purpose of                          big-eared bats for presence/absence                   Wildlife Service, announce the
                                                    conducting presence/absence surveys in                  surveys, population monitoring, and
                                                    the States of Arkansas, Kansas,                                                                               availability of the final recovery plan for
                                                                                                            research purposes throughout the                      the Behren’s silverspot butterfly. The
                                                    Nebraska, Oklahoma, and South Dakota.                   species’ range.                                       recovery plan includes recovery
                                                    Permit Application Number: TE                           Permit Application Number: TE                         objectives and criteria, and it includes
                                                    91373A–3                                                91733B–0                                              specific actions necessary to reclassify
                                                    Applicant: Jonathan Miller, Brundidge,                                                                        the species from endangered to
                                                                                                            Applicant: Joshua Adams, Lexington,                   threatened, and to achieve removal of
                                                    Alabama
                                                                                                            Kentucky                                              the species from the Federal Lists of
                                                       The applicant requests to amend their                                                                      Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
                                                    current permit to take (capture, identify,                 The applicant requests a permit to                 and Plants.
                                                    release) additional species of federally                take (capture with mist-net and harp
                                                                                                                                                                  ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of
                                                    listed mussels for the purpose of                       trap, handle, band, and radio tag)
                                                                                                                                                                  the final recovery plan from our Web
                                                    conducting presence/absence surveys in                  Indiana bat, northern long-eared bat,                 site at http://www.fws.gov/endangered/
                                                    the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia,                gray bat, Ozark big-eared bat, and                    species/recovery-plans.html.
                                                    Mississippi, and Louisiana.                             Virginia big-eared bat throughout the                 Alternatively, you may contact the
                                                    Permit Application Number: TE                           species’ ranges for conducting presence/              Arcata Fish and Wildlife Office, U.S.
                                                    91366A–3                                                absence surveys, studies to document                  Fish and Wildlife Service, 1655
                                                                                                            habitat use, and population monitoring.               Heindon Road, Arcata, CA 95521
                                                    Applicant: Paul Stewart, Troy, Alabama                  The applicant requests additional                     (telephone 707–822–7201).
                                                       The applicant requests to amend their                authorizations to take (capture with                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                    current permit to take (capture, identify,              electrofishing and seining) the blackside             Bruce Bingham, Field Supervisor, at the
                                                    release) additional species of federally                dace (Chrosomus cumberlandensis) and                  above street address or telephone
                                                    listed mussels for the purpose of                       the Kentucky arrow darter (Etheostoma                 number (see ADDRESSES).
                                                    conducting presence/absence surveys in                  spilotum) for conducting presence/
                                                    the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia,                                                                      SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                                                                            absence surveys, studies to document
                                                    Mississippi, and Louisiana.                             habitat use, and population monitoring                Background
                                                    Permit Application Number: TE                           in Kentucky and Tennessee.                               Recovery of endangered or threatened
                                                    54578B–1                                                                                                      animals and plants to the point where
                                                                                                            Permit Application Number: TE
                                                    Applicant: Mary Frazer, Raleigh, North                                                                        they are again secure, self-sustaining
                                                                                                            91755B–0
                                                    Carolina                                                                                                      members of their ecosystems is a
                                                                                                            Applicant: Nathan Clink, Frankfort,                   primary goal of our endangered species
                                                       The applicant requests a permit to                   Kentucky                                              program and the Endangered Species
                                                    take (capture with mist-net and harp                                                                          Act of 1973, as amended (Act; 16 U.S.C.
                                                    trap, handle, band, and radio tag)                        The applicant requests a permit to                  1531 et seq.). Recovery means
                                                    Indiana bat, northern long-eared bat,                   take (capture, identify, and release)                 improvement of the status of listed
                                                    gray bat, and Virginia big-eared bat                    several species of federally listed                   species to the point at which listing is
                                                    throughout the species’ ranges for                      mussels for the purpose of conducting                 no longer appropriate under the criteria
                                                    conducting presence/absence surveys,                    presence/absence surveys in the                       specified in section 4(a)(1) of the Act.
                                                    studies to document habitat use, and                    Commonwealth of Kentucky.                             The Act requires the development of
                                                    population monitoring.                                                                                        recovery plans for listed species, unless
                                                                                                              Dated: March 28, 2016.
                                                    Permit Application Number: TE                                                                                 such a plan would not promote the
                                                                                                            Franklin J. Arnold III,
                                                    63633A–3                                                                                                      conservation of a particular species.
                                                                                                            Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological           The purpose of a recovery plan is to
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                                                    Applicant: Biodiversity Research                        Services, Southeast Region.                           provide a framework for the recovery of
                                                    Institute, Portland, Maine                              [FR Doc. 2016–07390 Filed 3–31–16; 8:45 am]           species so that protection under the Act
                                                      The applicant requests to amend their                 BILLING CODE 4310–55–P                                is no longer necessary. A recovery plan
                                                    current permit to take (capture with                                                                          includes scientific information about
                                                    mist nets, handle, identify, and release)                                                                     the species and provides criteria that
                                                    Indiana bats and northern long-eared                                                                          enable us to gauge whether downlisting
                                                    bats for the purpose of conducting                                                                            or delisting the species may be
                                                    presence/absence surveys, population                                                                          warranted. Furthermore, recovery plans


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Document Created: 2016-04-06 00:08:40
Document Modified: 2016-04-06 00:08:40
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 of availability.
DatesWe must receive written data or comments on the applications at
ContactJames Gruhala, 10(a)(1)(A) Permit Coordinator, telephone 404-679-7097; facsimile 404-679-7081.
FR Citation81 FR 18873 

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