[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 73 (Friday, April 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21399-21401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9151]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R3-ES-2011-N071; 30120-1113-0000-F6]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Permit
Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of permit applications; request for
comments.
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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 endangered and threatened species
unless a Federal permit allows such activity. The Act requires that we
invite public comment before issuing these permits.
DATES: We must receive any written comments on or before May 16, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments by U.S. mail to the Regional Director,
Attn: Lisa Mandell, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological
Services, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, MN 55111-4056; or by
electronic mail to permitsR3ES@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Mandell,(612) 713-5343.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
We invite public comment on the following permit applications for
certain activities with endangered species authorized by section
10(a)(1)(A) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and our regulations
governing the taking of endangered species in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17. Submit your written data, comments, or
request for a copy of the complete application to the address shown in
ADDRESSES.
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Permit Applications
Permit Application Number: TE38769A.
Applicant: Sarah A. Bradley, Salem, MO.
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (capture and
release) Indiana bats (Myotissodalis) and gray bats (Myotisgrisescens)
on the Mark Twain National Forest. Proposed activities are for the
enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
Permit Application Number: TE38785A.
Applicant: Merrill B. Tawse, Mansfield, OH.
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (capture and
release) Indiana bats within Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and
West Virginia. Proposed activities are for enhancement of survival of
the species in the wild.
Permit Application Number: TE38789A.
Applicant: BHE Environmental, Inc., Cincinnati, OH.
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (capture and
release) Indiana bats and gray bats throughout the range of the species
(within IL, IN, IA, MI, MO, OH, KY, TN, AL, GA, AR, MS, NC, SC, FL, PA,
and NY). Permit renewal is also requested for threatened and endangered
mussel species within AZ, NM, OK, TX, IL, IN, IA, MI, MN, MO, OH, WI,
AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, CT, DE, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY,
PA, RI, VT, VA, and WV and threatened and endangered fish species
within those States and CO, KS, MT, NE, ND, SD, UT, and WY. Proposed
activities are for enhancement of survival of the species in the wild
through studies to monitor habitat use, surveys to document presence of
the species, and through population assessments.
Permit Application Number: TE38793A.
Applicant: Kenneth S. Mierzwa, Eureka, CA.
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (capture and
release of larvae; collection of excuviae) Hine's emerald dragonfly
(Somatochlorahineana) in Will County, Illinois. Proposed activities are
for enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
Permit Application Number: TE38821A.
Applicant: Stantec Consulting Services, Louisville, KY.
The applicant requests a permit renewal/amendment to take (capture
and release) Indiana bats, gray bats, Ozark big-eared bats
(Corynorhinustownsendiiingens), Virginia big-eared bats
(Corynorhinustownsendiivirginianus), the Copperbelly water snake
(Nerodiaerythrogasterneglecta), Carolina Northern flying squirrel
(Glaucomyssabrinuscoloratus), and the bog turtle (Clemmysmuhlenbergii)
throughout their range within OK, IL, IN, IA, MI, MO, OH, AL, AR, GA,
KY, MS, NC, SC, TN, CT, DE, MA, MD,NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, VA, and WV.
Permit renewal is also requested for threatened and endangered mussel
and fish species within those States. Proposed activities are for
enhancement of survival of the species in the wild through studies to
monitor habitat use, surveys to document presence of the species, and
through population assessments.
Permit Application Number: TE38835A.
Applicant: Land Conservancy of West Michigan, Grand Rapids, MI.
The applicant requests a permit renewal/amendment to take (habitat
management; presence/absence surveys; prescribed fire) Karner blue
butterfly (Lycaeidesmelissasamuelis) on the Maas Preserve, Kent County,
Michigan. Proposed activities are for enhancement of survival of the
species in the wild.
Permit Application Number: TE38837A.
Applicant: J.F. New Associates, Inc., Walkerton, IN.
The applicant requests a permit renewal/amendment to take (capture
and release) Indiana bats and gray bats within Kentucky, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The applicant
requests a permit amendment to include Virginia big-eared bats and to
expand the geographic scope of the permit to include the range of all
three species within States above and Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut,
Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North
Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and
West Virginia. Proposed activities are for enhancement of survival of
the species in the wild.
Permit Application Number: TE38838A.
Applicant: Dr. Michael Hoggarth, Westerville, OH.
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (capture and
release) Federally listed mussels within Ohio. Species included on Dr.
Hoggarth's existing permit are: purple catspaw pearlymussel (Epioblasma
obliquata obliquata), fanshell (Cyprogeniastegaria), white catspaw
(Epioblasmaobliquataperobliqua), pink mucket pearly mussel
(Lampsilisabrupta), rayed bean (Villosafabalis), sheepnose
(Plethobasuscyphyus), clubshell (Pluerobemaclava), rabbitsfoot
(Quadrulacylindricacylindrica), and snuffbox mussel
(Epioblasmatriquetra). The applicant requests a permit amendment to
take Federally listed mussels within an expanded geographic scope
including: Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, and West Virginia. Proposed
activities are for enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
Permit Application Number: TE38842A.
Applicant: Sanders Environmental Inc., Bellefonte, PA.
The applicant requests a permit renewal/amendment to take (capture;
radio-tag; release) Indiana bats within Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The applicant requests a
permit amendment to include gray bats and to expand the geographic
scope of the permit to include the range of both species within the
States above and Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
Mississippi, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Proposed activities are for
enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
Permit Application Number: TE38849A.
Applicant: Macalester College, St. Paul, MN.
The applicant requests a permit renewal/amendment to take (capture
and release) Higgins' eye pearlymussel (Lampsilishigginsi), winged
mapleleaf mussel (Quadrulafragosa), sheepnose mussel, snuffbox mussel,
and spectaclecasemussel (Cumberlandiamonodonta) within the Chippewa
River, Mississippi River, and the St. Croix River within Minnesota and
Wisconsin. The proposed research involves community monitoring and
habitat analysis. The applicant also requests authority to conduct host
suitability trials and brooding studies on sheepnose mussels collected
in the Mississippi River Basin in Minnesota and Wisconsin; this
research involves temporarily holding females and collecting glochidia.
Proposed activities are for enhancement of survival of the species in
the wild.
Permit Application Number: TE38856A.
Applicant: Skelly and Loy, Inc., Harrisburg, PA.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release)
Indiana bats and Virginia big-eared bats throughout the range of the
species within Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio,
Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee,
Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont,
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Virginia, and West Virginia. The proposed activities are for the
enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
Permit Application Number: TE38858A.
Applicant: The Holden Arboretum, Kirtland, OH.
The applicant requests a permit to take (survey and collect seed)
Houghton's goldenrod (Oligoneuronhoughtonii) on lands within Crawford
and Kalkaska Counties, Michigan. Proposed activities are for
enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
Permit Application Number: TE38860A.
Applicant: Jason M. Garvon, Sault Sainte Marie, MI.
The applicant requests a permit to take (conduct habitat surveys;
monitor nesting sites; erect nesting enclosures) Piping plover
(Charadriusmelodus) throughout the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Proposed activities are for the recovery and enhancement of survival of
the species in the wild.
Permit Application Number: TE38862A.
Applicant: George R. Cunningham, Omaha, NE.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release)
Topeka shiners (Notropistopeka) throughout Nebraska, South Dakota,
Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, and Minnesota. Proposed activities are for the
recovery and enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
Permit Application Number: TE38866A.
Applicant: David Mech, U.S. Geological Survey, St. Paul, MN.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, radio-tag, use
chemical immobilization, assess and treat health conditions, implant
isotopes, salvage, and release) gray wolf (Canis lupus) in Minnesota,
and other locations within the 48 continental States of the United
States to monitor the status of the species. The proposed research is
for the recovery of the species in the wild.
Public Comments
We seek public review and comments on these permit applications.
Please refer to the permit number when you submit comments. Comments
and materials we receive are available for public inspection, by
appointment, during normal business hours at the address shown in the
ADDRESSES section. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail
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.
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
In compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), we have made an
initial determination that the proposed activities in these permits are
categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental
assessment or environmental impact statement (516 DM6 Appendix 1,
1.4C(1)).
Dated: April 7, 2011.
Lynn Lewis,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 3.
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