81 FR 78838 - Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 217 (November 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 (Act) prohibits activities with listed species unless a Federal permit is issued that allows such activities. The Act requires that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78838-78839]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-27039]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R4-ES-2016-N193]; [FXES11140400000-178-FF04E00000]


Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comment.

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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 (Act) prohibits activities with listed species unless a Federal 
permit is issued that allows such activities. The Act 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 December 9, 2016.

ADDRESSES:
    Reviewing Documents: 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 Regional Office, Ecological Services, 1875 
Century Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30345 (Attn: Karen Marlowe, Permit 
Coordinator).
    Submitting Comments: If you wish to comment, you may submit 
comments by any one of the following methods:
     U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Fish and Wildlife Service's 
Regional Office (see above).
     Email: [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 
in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator,

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205-726-2667 (telephone) or 205-726-2479 (fax).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We invite review and comment from local, 
State, and Federal agencies and the public on applications we have 
received 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.; Act), and our 
regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17. With 
some exceptions, the Act prohibits activities with listed species 
unless a Federal permit is issued that allows such activities. The Act 
requires that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.

Public Availability of Comments

    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, 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 comment 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 136808-3

Applicant: Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Juno Beach, FL
    The applicant requests a permit to tag (flipper tag, PIT-tag, and 
attach satellite transmitters) to rehabilitated sea turtles prior to 
release in Florida. The sea turtle species are the green (Chelonia 
mydas), loggerhead (Caretta caretta), leatherback (Dermochelys 
coriacea), hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), Kemp's ridley 
(Lepidochelys kempii), and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea 
turtles.

Permit Application Number: TE 06337C-0

Applicant: Zachary J. Loughman, West Liberty, WV
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, identify, 
release) the Guyandotte River crayfish (Cambarus veteranus) and Big 
Sandy crayfish (Cambarus callainus) for presence/absence surveys in 
Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Permit Application Number: TE 06338C-0

Applicant: David A. Foltz, Weirton, WV
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, identify, 
release) the Guyandotte River crayfish (Cambarus veteranus) and Big 
Sandy crayfish (Cambarus callainus) in Kentucky, Virginia, and West 
Virginia and 22 species of endangered and threatened freshwater mussels 
in Ohio and West Virginia for presence/absence surveys.

Permit Application Number: TE 139474-8

Applicant: FTN Associates, Ltd., Little Rock, AR
    The applicant requests renewal of their permit to continue to live-
trap and release the American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) 
for presence/absence surveys in Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Permit Application Number: TE 22311A-3

Applicant: Anna George, Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, TN
    The applicant requests amendment of her current permit to add 
authorization to take (capture, handle, take fin clips, and release) 
the Cumberland darter (Etheostoma susanae) in Kentucky and Tennessee 
for a population genetics study.

Permit Application Number: TE 171516-5

Applicant: Copperhead Environmental Consulting, Paint Lick, KY
    The applicant requests amendment of their current permit to add the 
State of Virginia as a geographic location in which presence/absence 
surveys for 36 species of endangered mussels may be conducted and add 
authorization to take (capture, handle, release) the Kentucky arrow 
darter (Etheostoma spilotum) in Kentucky for presence/absence surveys.

Permit Application Number: TE 11044C-0

Applicant: Tyler C. Newman, Richmond, KY
    The applicant requests a permit to take (mist-net, handle, band, 
radio-tag) the gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat (Myotis 
sodalis), and northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) in 37 
States for presence/absence surveys.

    Authority: We provide this notice under section 10(c) of the 
Act.

    Dated: November 2, 2016.
Christine Willis,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Southeast 
Region.
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