[Federal Register: October 30, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 211)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2008-N0291; 40120-1112-0000-F5]
Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The public is invited to comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with threatened and endangered species.
DATES: We must receive written data or comments on the applications at
the address given below, by December 1, 2008.
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: Fish
and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta,
Georgia 30345 (Attn: David Dell, HCP Coordinator).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Dell, telephone 404/679-7313;
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 pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.). 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 section) or via electronic mail (e-mail)
to david_dell@fws.gov. Please include your name and return address in
your e-mail message. If you do not receive a confirmation from the Fish
and Wildlife Service that we have received your e-mail message, contact
us directly at the telephone number listed above (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section). Finally, you may hand deliver comments to
the Fish and Wildlife Service office listed above (see ADDRESSES
section).
Before including your address, telephone number, e-mail 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. There may also be other circumstances in which we would
withhold from the administrative record a respondent's identity, as
allowable by law. If you wish us to withhold your name and address, you
must state this prominently at the beginning of your comments. We will
not, however, consider anonymous comments. We will make all submissions
from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or
businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.
Applicant: Paul Yokley, Florence, Alabama, TE027307
The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to
capture, identify, and release 67 species of mussel, fish, snail, and
turtle for presence/absence surveys throughout the species ranges in
Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Georgia.
Applicant: CCR Environmental, Atlanta, Georgia, TE059008
The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to
capture, identify, and release 110 species of mussel, fish, snail,
crayfish, reptile and amphibian; and to harass five bird species for
presence/absence surveys throughout the species ranges in Alabama,
Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, North
Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida.
Applicant: East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Winchester, Kentucky,
TE816862
The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to
capture, identify, and release Virginia big-eared bats (Plecotus
townsendii virginianus), Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), and gray bats
(Myotis grisescen), as well as nineteen species of mussels, for
presence/absence surveys throughout
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Kentucky. Indiana bat surveys are also conducted throughout the species
range in the southeast and midwestern United States.
Applicant: Geosyntac Consultants, Inc., Kennesaw, Georgia, TE095972
The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to
capture, identify, and release Conasauga logperch (Percina jenkinsi),
blue shiner (Cyprinella caerulea), amber darter (Percina antesella),
goldline darter (Percina aurolineata), Etowah darter (Etheostoma
etowahae), snail darter (Percina tanasi), and Cherokee darter
(Etheostoma scotti) for presence/absence surveys throughout the species
ranges in Georgia. The applicant requests amendment of this
authorization to add eleven species of mussels and to add flatwoods
salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum) and eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon
corais couperi) for presence/absence surveys throughout the species
ranges in Georgia.
Applicant: The University of Florida, Fort Lauderdale Research and
Education Center, Davie, Florida, TE077258
The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to
capture, tag, salvage, collect blood and tissue, and release American
crocodiles (Crocodylus acutus) for research and monitoring populations
throughout the species range in Florida.
Applicant: Mark Merchant, McNeese State University, Lake Charles,
Louisiana, TE196632
The applicant requests authorization to capture, collect blood and
tissue, and release American crocodiles for research purposes
throughout the species range in Florida.
Applicant: Register-Nelson, Inc., McDonaugh, Georgia, TE114088
The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to
capture, identify, and release blue shiner (Cyprinella caerulea),
Etowah darter (Etheostoma etowahae), Cherokee darter (Etheostoma
scotti), amber darter (Percina antesella), goldline darter (Percina
aurolineata), snail darter (Percina tanasi), Conasauga logperch
(Percina jenkinsi), and the eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon corais
couperi) for presence/absence surveys throughout the species ranges in
Georgia.
Applicant: Hopi Hoekstra, Harvard University, Cambridge,
Massachussetts, TE095962
The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to
capture, tag, collect tissue samples, and release, Perdido Key
(Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis), Choctawhatchee (P.p.
polionotus), and St. Andrews (P.p. peninsularis) beach mice while
conducting research activities throughout Florida.
Applicant: Christopher Skelton, Athens, Georgia, TE121073
The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to
capture, identify, and release seven species of fish and seventeen
species of mussel for presence/absence surveys throughout the species
ranges in Georgia.
Applicant: Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo, Tampa, Florida, TE763742
The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to receive
and maintain in captivity Florida panthers (Felis concolor coryi) in
cooperation with the State of Florida and the Service for species
recovery activities.
Applicant: Ronald Rohrbaugh, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New
York, TE108852
The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to harass
ivory-billed woodpeckers (Campephilus principalis) for survey and
research purposes throughout the species potential range in the
southeastern and Midwestern United States.
Applicant: James B. Layzer, Tennessee Cooperative Fishery Research
Unit, Cookeville, Tennessee, TE078207
The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to
capture, retain for captive propagation, and release seventeen species
of mussels while conducting research and recovery-related activities
throughout the species ranges in Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina,
and Kentucky.
Applicant: Sunlight Gardens, Anderson, Tennessee, TE125626
The applicant requests renewal of existing authorization to sell in
interstate commerce artificially propagated specimens of Tennessee
purple coneflower (Echinaceae tennesseensis) and Cumberland rosemary
(Conradina verticillata).
Dated: October 16, 2008.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Acting Regional Director.
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