81 FR 62529 - Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 175 (September 9, 2016)

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) prohibits activities with listed species unless a Federal permit is issued that allows such activities. The ESA requires that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 175 (Friday, September 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62529-62530]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21702]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R4-ES-2016-N148; 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 October 11, 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: Karen Marlowe, Acting Permit 
Coordinator).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Marlowe, Acting 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) 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 02165C-0

Applicant: I. Jack Stout, Winter Springs, FL

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, tag, 
collect tissue, and release) Anastasia Island (Peromyscus polionotus 
phasma) and southeastern beach mice (P. p. niveiventris) in Florida for 
presence/absence surveys and genetic analyses.

Permit Application Number: TE 089075-4

Applicant: Donna M. Oddy, Kennedy Space Center, FL

    The applicant requests renewal of her permit to continue to take 
(capture, hold, identify, tag, collect tissue and hair samples, use 
fluorescent tracking powder, radio-tag, release, and translocate) the 
Perdido Key (Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis), St. Andrews (P. p. 
peninsularis), Choctawhatchee (P. p. allophrys), Southeastern (P. p. 
niveiventris), Anastasia Island (P. p. phasma), and Alabama beach mouse 
(P. p. ammobates) and amend her permit to include authorization to 
conduct permitted activities in Alabama as well as Florida.

Permit Application Number: TE 049502-7

Applicant: Carola A. Haas, Blacksburg, VA

    The applicant requests renewal of her permit to continue to take 
(capture, measure, weigh, temporararily hold, and release) reticulated 
flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma bishopi) and frosted flatwoods 
salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum) and amend her permit to add 
authorization to take (capture, handle, take scale clips,

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release, and salvage shed skins) of Eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon 
corais couperi) and take tail clips of larval reticulated flatwoods and 
frosted salamanders for presence/absence surveys and genetic analyses.

Permit Application Number: TE 02166C-0

Applicant: Zoe D. Bryant, Tabernacle, NJ

    The applicant requests a permit to take (enter hibernacula and 
maternity roost caves, capture with mist nets and harp traps, salvage, 
handle, measure, take hair samples, swab, wing-punch, band, and radio-
tag) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) and northern long-eared bats (Myotis 
septentrionalis) in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, 
Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, 
Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South 
Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and Wyoming for presence/
absence surveys and white-nose syndrome surveillance.

Permit Application Number: TE 02167C-0

Applicant: James W. Gore, Paragould, AR

    The applicant requests a permit to take (enter hibernacula and 
maternity roost caves, capture with mist nets and harp traps, handle, 
measure, salvage, collect hair samples, swab, wing-punch, band, and 
radio-tag) gray bats (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bats (Myotis 
sodalis), northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis), and Ozark 
big-eared bats (Corynorhinus (=Plecotus) townsendii ingens) throughout 
the species' ranges for presence/absence surveys and white-nose 
syndrome surveillance.

Permit Application Number: TE 130300-5

Applicant: Paul D. Johnson, Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center, 
Marion, AL

    The applicant requests renewal of his permit to continue to take 
(collect, transport, hold in captivity for more than 45 consecutive 
days, release, translocate, and euthanize) endangered species of 
freshwater mussels, gastropods, and fish for presence/absence surveys, 
captive propagation, reintroduction, and scientific research purposes 
in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

Permit Application Number: TE 03305C-0

Applicant: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis, TN

    The applicant requests amendment of their permit (formerly TE 
061069-2) to add authorization to take (capture, identify, hold 
temporarily, and release) the Alabama (=inflated) heelsplitter 
(Potamilus inflatus) and southern clubshell (Pleurobema decisum) for 
presence/absence surveys in Alabama, and continue those same activities 
with the following freshwater mussels in Arkansas, Kentucky, and 
Mississippi: Pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta), fat pocketbook (Potamilus 
capax), turgid-blossom (Epioblasma turgidula), ring-pink (Obovaria 
retusa), and orange-footed (Plethobasus cooperianus).

Permit Application Number: TE 183402-1

Applicant: U.S. Army, Fort Jackson, SC

    The applicant requests renewal of their permit to continue to 
collect seeds (remove and reduce to possession) of the smooth 
coneflower (Echinacea laevigata) on Fort Jackson Military Reservation 
and sow the seeds in adjacent areas to expand and increase existing 
populations.

Permit Application Number: TE 087194-4

Applicant: Goethe State Forest, Dunellon, FL

    The applicant requests renewal of their permit to continue to take 
(construct and monitor artificial nest cavities and restrictors, 
capture, band, translocate) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides 
borealis) in Goethe State Forest and other State forest lands in 
Florida for population management and monitoring purposes.

Permit Application Number: TE 812344-6

Applicant: Pennington and Associates, Inc., Cookeville, TN

    The applicant requests renewal of their permit to continue to take 
(capture, identify, release) the Nashville crayfish (Orconectes 
shoupi), Anthony's riversnail (Athearnia anthonyi), Royal marstonia 
(Pyrgulopsis ogmorhaphe), and several species of endangered and 
threatened fish and take (capture, identify, release, and salvage relic 
shells) several species of freshwater mussels in Alabama, Georgia, 
Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia for presence/absence 
surveys.

    Dated: September 2, 2016.
Leopoldo Miranda,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2016-21702 Filed 9-8-16; 8:45 am]
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