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)

Page Range		78838-78839
FR Document		2016-27039

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.

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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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Place: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, 301– Email: brian.makela@samhsa.hhs.gov.
Natcher Building, Rm 3AN12, 45 Center 435–6878, wedeenc@mail.nih.gov.
Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, (Telephone Brian Makela,
(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
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Program Nos. 93.864, Population Research; Services Administration.
Contact Person: Lisa Dunbar, Ph.D.,
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Dated: November 3, 2016.
Program Nos. 93.375, Minority Biomedical
Research Support; 93.821, Cell Biology and Michelle Trout, Fish and Wildlife Service
Biophysics Research; 93.859, Pharmacology, Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory [FWS–R4–ES–2016–N193];
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Research; 93.862, Genetics and [FR Doc. 2016–26969 Filed 11–8–16; 8:45 am]
Developmental Biology Research; 93.88, Endangered Species Recovery Permit
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Minority Access to Research Careers; 93.96,
Applications
Special Minority Initiatives; 93.859,
Biomedical Research and Research Training, AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,
National Institutes of Health, HHS) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND Interior.
Dated: November 3, 2016. HUMAN SERVICES
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit
Melanie J. Gray,
Substance Abuse and Mental Health applications; request for comment.
Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory Services Administration
Committee Policy. SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, invite the public to
[FR Doc. 2016–26971 Filed 11–8–16; 8:45 am] Center for Substance Abuse comment on the following applications
BILLING CODE 4140–01–P Prevention; Notice of Meeting to conduct certain activities with
endangered species. With some
Pursuant to Public Law 92–463, exceptions, the Endangered Species Act
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
notice is hereby given that the (Act) prohibits activities with listed
HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health species unless a Federal permit is issued
National Institutes of Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) that allows such activities. The Act
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention requires that we invite public comment
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National (CSAP) Drug Testing Advisory Board before issuing these permits.
Institute of Child Health & Human (DTAB) will meet via web conference on DATES: We must receive written data or
Development; Notice of Closed December 7, 2016, from 10:00 a.m. to comments on the applications at the
Meeting 5:00 p.m. EST. address given in ADDRESSES by
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the The Board will meet in closed session December 9, 2016.
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as on December 7, 2016, from 10:00am to ADDRESSES:
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is 5:00pm, to review and discuss draft Reviewing Documents: Documents
hereby given of the following meeting. Mandatory Guidelines for Federal and other information submitted with
The meeting will be closed to the Workplace Drug Testing Programs (Hair) the applications are available for review,
public in accordance with the subject to the requirements of the
proposals. Therefore, this meeting is
provisions set forth in sections Privacy Act and Freedom of Information
closed to the public as determined by
552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., Act, by any party who submits a written
the Administrator, SAMHSA, in
as amended. The grant applications and request for a copy of such documents to
accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) the following office within 30 days of
the discussions could disclose and 5 U.S.C. App. 2, Section 10(d).
confidential trade secrets or commercial the date of publication of this notice:
property such as patentable material, Meeting information and a roster of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional
and personal information concerning DTAB members may be obtained by Office, Ecological Services, 1875
individuals associated with the grant accessing the SAMHSA Advisory Century Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30345
applications, the disclosure of which Committees Web site, http:// (Attn: Karen Marlowe, Permit
would constitute a clearly unwarranted www.samhsa.gov/about-us/advisory- Coordinator).
invasion of personal privacy. councils/drug-testing-advisory-board- Submitting Comments: If you wish to
dtab, or by contacting Brian Makela. comment, you may submit comments by
Name of Committee: National Institute of
any one of the following methods:
Child Health and Human Development Committee Name: Substance Abuse and
Special Emphasis Panel; Structural Birth
• U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Fish
Mental Health Services Administration’s and Wildlife Service’s Regional Office
Defects. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Drug
Date: December 9, 2016. (see above).
Testing Advisory Board. • Email: permitsR4ES@fws.gov.
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Dates/Time/Type: December 7, 2016, from Please include your name and return
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
applications. 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., EST: Closed. address in your email message. If you do
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Place: National Institutes of Health, Place: Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers
not receive a confirmation from the Fish
Building 31, 31 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
and Wildlife Service that we have
20892 (Telephone Conference Call). Contact: Brian Makela, Division of
received your email message, contact us
Contact Person: Cathy J. Wedeen, Ph.D., Workplace Programs, 5600 Fishers Lane,
directly at the telephone number listed
Scientific Review Officer, Division of Room 16N02B, Rockville, Maryland 20857.
Scientific Review, OD, Eunice Kennedy in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Telephone: 240–276–2600.
Shriver National Institute of Child Health Fax: 240–276–2610. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
and Human Development, NIH, DHHS 6710B Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator,

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comment.
Dates		We must receive written data or comments on the applications at
Contact		Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator, 205-726-2667 (telephone) or 205-726-2479 (fax).
FR Citation		81 FR 78838

81 FR 78838 - Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORFish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 217 (November 9, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service