82 FR 27072 - Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 112 (June 13, 2017)

Page Range		27072-27073
FR Document		2017-12177

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-2017-N043; 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 July 13, 2017.

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, 
404-679-7097 (telephone) or 404-679-7081 (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 079883-4
Applicant: Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, Little Rock, 
AR

    The applicant requests renewal of their permit to take (capture, 
identify, and release) the yellowcheek darter (Etheostoma moorei), 
Arkansas fatmucket (Lampsilis powellii), Curtis pearlymussel 
(Epioblasma florentina curtisii), fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), fat 
pocketbook (Potamilus capax), Neosho mucket (L. rafinesqueana), 
Ouachita Rock pocketbook (Arkansia wheeleri), pink mucket (L. abrupta), 
rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica ssp. cylindrica), scaleshell (Leptodea 
leptodon), snuffbox (E. triquetra), speckled pocketbook (L. streckeri), 
spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta), turgid blossom (E. turgidula), 
winged mapleleaf (Q. fragosa), and American burying beetle (Nicrophorus 
americanus) while conducting presence/absence surveys in Arkansas.

Permit Application Number: TE 02166C-0
Applicant: Zoe D. Bryant, Tabernacle, NJ

    The applicant requests an amendment to her application to take 
(capture with mist-nets and harp traps, handle, band, and radio-tag) 
Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) and northern long-eared bats (M. 
septentrionalis) to include authorization to conduct the proposed 
activities in Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, 
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode 
Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia for presence/absence 
surveys. The receipt of her application was originally published in the 
Federal Register on September 9, 2016, at which time she had not 
requested the inclusion of these 14 States.

Permit Application Number: TE 20288C-0
Applicant: Scott Veum, Starkville, MS

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture with mist-nets and 
harp traps, handle, and radio-tag) gray bats (Myotis grisescens), 
Indiana bats (M. sodalis), and northern long-eared bats (M. 
septentrionalis) for presence/absence surveys in Alabama, Arkansas, 
Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, 
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, South 
Carolina, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.

Permit Application Number: TE 20308C-0
Applicant: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC


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    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture with bowl traps or 
sweep nets) the rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) while 
conducting research to describe the diversity of pollinators and 
determine if planted pollinator habitat is positively benefiting local 
pollinator communities at the Lake Wheeler Farm Complex, Wake County, 
North Carolina.

Permit Application Number: TE 98424B-2
Applicant: U.S. Geological Survey, Davie, FL

    The applicant requests amendment of their permit to add 
authorization to take (capture on beach, restrain, handle, take 
standard carapace measurements, PIT-tag, flipper tag, collect 10 
milliliters of blood from the cervical sinus, and satellite tag a 
subset of individuals) up to 5 Kemp's ridley sea turtles (Eretmochelys 
imbricata) and up to 5 green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) annually, and 
to allow for morphometric measurements to be done while the turtles are 
laying their eggs, rather than upon completion of egg-laying, in 
Baldwin County, Alabama, to determine remigration intervals and conduct 
research into the genetics and diet (isotopes) of each individual.

Permit Application Number: TE 075916-5
Applicant: Thomas Virzi, Olympia, WA

    The applicant requests renewal of his permit to continue take 
(capture with mist-nets, band, collect blood samples, monitor nests) of 
the Cape Sable seaside sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis) and 
amendment of his permit to add authorization to place temperature 
dataloggers in nests, collect breast feathers and cloacal swabs from 
adults and juveniles for genetic analysis and mercury analysis, and 
deploy nest cameras on active nests in the incubation or brooding 
stages for scientific research aimed at conservation of the species.

Permit Application Number: TE 121059-3
Applicant: Peggy Measel, Salyersville, KY

    The applicant requests renewal of her permit to continue take 
(enter hibernacula and roosts, capture with mist nets and harp traps, 
handle, identify, band, attach radio transmitters, and light-tag) 
Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (M. grisescens), and northern 
long-eared bat (M. septentrionalis) while conducting presence/absence 
surveys in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, 
Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Permit Application Number: TE 21570C-0
Applicant: Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Cumberland River Aquatic 
Center, Nashville, TN

    The applicant requests a permit to take (collect from the wild, 
collect tissues, hold in captivity, mark, and release) 48 endangered 
freshwater mussel species for captive propagation, research, and 
reintroduction in Tennessee.

Permit Application Number: TE 129703-6
Applicant: HMB Professional Engineers, Inc., Frankfort, KY

    The applicant requests renewal of their permit to continue 
authorization to take (enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, 
capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, band, and 
radio-tag) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis 
grisescens), northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis), and 
Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus); take 
(capture, identify, and release) amber darter (Percina antesella), 
blackside dace (Chrosomus cumberlandensis), blue shiner (Cyprinella 
(=Notropis) caerulea), bluemask (=jewel) darter (Etheostoma akatulo), 
boulder (=Elk River) darter (E. wapiti), Conasauga logperch (P. 
jenkinsi), duskytail darter (E. percnurum), pygmy madtom (Noturus 
stanauli), smoky madtom (N. baileyi), and snail darter (P. tanasi); and 
take (capture, identify, release, and collect relict shells) 36 species 
of freshwater mussels, and amend their permit to add authorization to 
conduct those same activities with Big Sandy crayfish (Cambarus 
callainus), Kentucky arrow darter (E. spilotum), Cumberland darter (E. 
susanae), diamond darter (Crystallaria cincotta), relict darter (E. 
chienense), palezone shiner (Notropis albizonatus), clubshell 
(Pleurobema clava), northern riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa 
rangiana), spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta), snuffbox (E. 
triquetra), scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon), sheepnose (Plethobasus 
cyphyus), slabside pearlymussel (Pleuronaia dolabelloides), fluted 
kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus subtentum), and rabbitsfoot (Quadrula c. 
cylindrica) for presence/absence surveys in Alabama, Georgia, Indiana, 
Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia.

Permit Application Number: TE 23537C-0
Applicant: Appalachian Ecological Services, LLC, Etowah, NC

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture with mist-nets, 
handle, band, and radio-tag) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) and northern 
long-eared bats (M. septentrionalis) in Arkansas, Kentucky, North 
Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia for 
presence/absence surveys.

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

    Dated: March 6, 2017.
Leopoldo Miranda,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Southeast Region.
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collection for which approval has ADDRESSES: Reviewing Documents: Applicant: Arkansas Highway and
expired. Documents and other information Transportation Department, Little
OMB Number: 1660–0076. submitted with the applications are Rock, AR
Form Titles and Numbers: FEMA available for review, subject to the The applicant requests renewal of
Form 009–0–111A, Quarterly Progress requirements of the Privacy Act and their permit to take (capture, identify,
Reports. Freedom of Information Act, by any and release) the yellowcheek darter
Abstract: FEMA administers the party who submits a written request for (Etheostoma moorei), Arkansas
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, a copy of such documents to the fatmucket (Lampsilis powellii), Curtis
which is a post-disaster program that following office within 30 days of the pearlymussel (Epioblasma florentina
contributes funds toward the cost of date of publication of this notice: U.S. curtisii), fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria),
hazard mitigation activities in order to Fish and Wildlife Service Regional fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax),
reduce the risk of future damage Office, Ecological Services, 1875 Neosho mucket (L. rafinesqueana),
hardship, loss or suffering in any area Century Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30345 Ouachita Rock pocketbook (Arkansia
affected by a major disaster. FEMA uses (Attn: Karen Marlowe, Permit wheeleri), pink mucket (L. abrupta),
applications to provide financial Coordinator). rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica ssp.
assistance in the form of awards and, Submitting Comments: If you wish to cylindrica), scaleshell (Leptodea
through recipient quarterly reporting, comment, you may submit comments by leptodon), snuffbox (E. triquetra),
monitor recipient project activities and any one of the following methods: speckled pocketbook (L. streckeri),
expenditure of funds. • U.S. mail or hand-delivery: Fish
Affected Public: State, local or Tribal spectaclecase (Cumberlandia
and Wildlife Service’s Regional Office monodonta), turgid blossom (E.
Government. (see above).
Estimated Number of Respondents: turgidula), winged mapleleaf (Q.
• Email: permitsR4ES@fws.gov. fragosa), and American burying beetle
59. Please include your name and return
Estimated Total Annual Burden (Nicrophorus americanus) while
address in your email message. If you do conducting presence/absence surveys in
Hours: 51,153.
Estimated Cost: The estimated annual not receive a confirmation from the Fish Arkansas.
burden hour cost to respondents is and Wildlife Service that we have
received your email message, contact us Permit Application Number: TE
$2,177,584. The annual costs to the 02166C–0
Federal government are $1,894,720. directly at the telephone number listed
in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Applicant: Zoe D. Bryant, Tabernacle,
There are no annual start-up or capital NJ
costs. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator, The applicant requests an amendment
Dated: June 7, 2017.
404–679–7097 (telephone) or 404–679– to her application to take (capture with
Richard Mattison, 7081 (fax). mist-nets and harp traps, handle, band,
Records Management Branch, Chief, Mission and radio-tag) Indiana bats (Myotis
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We invite
Support, Federal Emergency Management sodalis) and northern long-eared bats
Agency, Department of Homeland Security. review and comment from local, State,
and Federal agencies and the public on (M. septentrionalis) to include
[FR Doc. 2017–12216 Filed 6–12–17; 8:45 am]
applications we have received for authorization to conduct the proposed
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permits to conduct certain activities
with endangered and threatened species Kentucky, Maine, Maryland,
under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; Act), Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West
Fish and Wildlife Service Virginia for presence/absence surveys.
and our regulations in the Code of
[FWS–R4–ES–2017–N043; Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17. The receipt of her application was
FXES11140400000–178–FF04E00000] With some exceptions, the Act prohibits originally published in the Federal
activities with listed species unless a Register on September 9, 2016, at which
Endangered Species Recovery Permit time she had not requested the
Applications Federal permit is issued that allows
such activities. The Act requires that we inclusion of these 14 States.
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, invite public comment before issuing Permit Application Number: TE
Interior. these permits. 20288C–0
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit Applicant: Scott Veum, Starkville, MS
Public Availability of Comments
applications; request for comment. The applicant requests a permit to
Before including your address, phone
SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and take (capture with mist-nets and harp
number, email address, or other
Wildlife Service, invite the public to traps, handle, and radio-tag) gray bats
personal identifying information in your
comment on the following applications (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bats (M.
comment, you should be aware that
to conduct certain activities with sodalis), and northern long-eared bats
your entire comment—including your
endangered species. With some (M. septentrionalis) for presence/
personal identifying information—may
exceptions, the Endangered Species Act absence surveys in Alabama, Arkansas,
be made publicly available at any time.
(Act) prohibits activities with listed Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
While you can ask us in your comment
species unless a Federal permit is issued Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan,
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that allows such activities. The Act Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North
information from public review, we
requires that we invite public comment Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina,
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
before issuing these permits. Tennessee, and Wisconsin.
do so.
DATES: We must receive written data or Permit Application Number: TE
comments on the applications at the Permit Applications 20308C–0
address given in ADDRESSES by July 13, Permit Application Number: TE Applicant: North Carolina State
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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, 404-679-7097 (telephone) or 404-679-7081 (fax).
FR Citation		82 FR 27072

82 FR 27072 - Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORFish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 112 (June 13, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service