[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62453-62460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24702]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2014-N214; 40120-1112-0000-F2]
Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 (ESA) prohibits activities with listed species unless a Federal
permit is issued that allows such activities. The ESA 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 below by November 17, 2014.
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: U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta,
GA 30345 (Attn: David Dell, Permit Coordinator).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela Romito, 10(a)(1)(A) Permit
Coordinator, telephone 404-679-7101; facsimile 404-678-7081.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public is invited to comment on the
following applications 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.),
and our regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR
17. 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 send them via
electronic mail (email) to: permitsR4ES@fws.gov. 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
above (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). Finally, you may hand-
deliver comments to the Fish and Wildlife Service office listed above
(see ADDRESSES).
Before including your address, telephone number, email 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.
Permit Applications
Permit Application Number: TE 083085-2
Applicant: Eric Menges, Venus, Florida
The applicant requests authorization to take (remove or reduce to
possession parts) of the pygmy fringe tree (Chionanthus pygmaeus),
scrub buckwheat (Eriogonum longifolium var. gnaphalifolium), Britton's
beargrass (Nolina brittoniana), Lewton's milkwort (Polygala lewtonii),
scrub plum (Prunus geniculata), and Florida ziziphus (Ziziphus celata),
for the purpose of conducting research and recovery activities on
federally managed lands in Highlands County, Florida.
Permit Application Number: TE 102418-2
Applicant: Paul Catlett, Starke, Florida
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(monitor nests, capture, band, release, collect nonviable eggs, and
install artificial cavities) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides
borealis) while conducting presence/absence surveys and population
management activities at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center in Starke,
Florida.
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Permit Application Number: TE 142294-3
Applicant: William Holimon, Little Rock, Arkansas
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(harass) red[hyphen]cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) for the
purposes of constructing and monitoring artificial nest cavities and
restrictors; for capturing, banding, and translocating birds; and for
monitoring populations and nest cavities in Ashley, Monroe, Bradley,
and Drew Counties, Arkansas.
Permit Application Number: TE-1
Applicant: Carl Dick, Bowling Green, Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(acoustical monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves,
salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle,
identify, collect hair samples, band, transmitter, light-tag, and wing-
punch) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens),
Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), Ozark
big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), Hawaiian hoary bats
(Lasiurus cinereus semotus), lesser long-nosed bats
(Leptonycteriscurasoae yerbabuenae), and Mexican long-nosed bats
(Leptonycteris nivalis) while conducting presence/absence surveys,
studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring throughout
the species' respective ranges.
Permit Application Number: TE 38397A-1
Applicant: Dr. Kathryn Craven, Savannah, Georgia
The applicant requests authorization to renew her permit to take
(harass, excavate hatched nests, collect hatched eggs, dead embryos and
hatchlings) loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), green sea turtles
(Chelonia mydas), Kemp's Ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii),
leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), and hawksbill sea
turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) while monitoring nest success and
conducting scientific research in Georgia.
Permit Application Number: TE 206784-2
Applicant: William Bailey, Searcy, Arkansas
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(capture, tag, translocate, release, and hold) American burying beetles
(Nicrophorus americanus) for the purpose of survey and collection
throughout the species' range in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Permit Application Number: TE 178643-2
Applicant: Jeffery West, Columbia, South Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(capture and temporarily hold for identification) the Carolina
heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata) while conducting presence/absence
surveys in North Carolina and South Carolina.
Permit Application Number: TE 25612A-1
Applicant: Stephen Samoray, Nashville, Tennessee
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(acoustical monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves,
salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle,
identify, collect hair samples, band, transmitter, light-tag, wing-
punch) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens),
Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), and
Ozark big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), while conducting
presence/absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, and
population monitoring throughout the species' respective ranges.
Permit Application Number: TE 28597A-1
Applicant: Joseph Alderman, Hillsborough, North Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(harass, capture, handle, and release) the following species: Carolina
heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata), Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta
raveneliana), tar river spinymussel (Elliptio steinstansana), dwarf
wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterodon), James spinymussel (Pleurobema
collina), little wing pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), and Cape Fear
shiner (Notropis mekistocholas), for the purpose of conducting
presence/absence surveys in North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Virginia.
Permit Application Number: TE 087176-3
Applicant: David Eisenhour, Morehead, Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(harass, capture, identify, release) blackside dace (Phoxinus
cumberlandensis) while conducting presence/absence surveys in Kentucky
and Tennessee.
Permit Application Number: TE 43704A-1
Applicant: David Saugey, Jessieville, Arkansas
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(acoustical monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves,
salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle,
identify, collect hair samples, band, transmitter, light-tag, wing-
punch) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens),
Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), and
Ozark big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), while conducting
presence/absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, and
population monitoring throughout the respective species' ranges.
Permit Application Number: TE 065756-3
Applicant: John Alderman, Pittsboro, North Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(capture, identify, and release) the following plant species: Southern
acornshell (Epioblasma othcaloogensis), purple bankclimber
(Elliptoideus sloatianus), Cumberland bean (Villosa trabalis), purple
bean (Villosa perpurpurea), green blossom (Epioblasma torulosa
gubernaculum), tubercled blossom (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa), turgid
blossom (Epioblasma turgidula), yellow blossom (Epioblasma florentina
florentina), white catspaw (Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua), clubshell
(Pleurobema clava), black clubshell (Pleurobema curtum), ovate
clubshell (Pleurobema perovatum), Southern clubshell (Pleurobema
decisum), Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma brevidens), Southern
combshell (Epioblasma penita), upland combshell (Epioblasma
metastriata), Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta raveneliana), Cumberland
elktoe (Alasmidonta atropurpurea), fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria),
Arkansas fatmucket (Lampsilis powellii), Alabama Heelsplitter
(Potamilus inflatus), Carolina Heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorate),
Higgins eye (Lampsilis higginsii), triangular kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus greenii), Alabama lampmussel (Lampsilis virescens),
pale lilliput (Toxolasma cylindrellus), winged mapleleaf (Quadrula
fragosa), Alabama moccasinshell (Medionidus acutissimus), Coosa
moccasinshell (Medionidus parvulus), gulf
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moccasinshell (Medionidus penicillatus), Ochlocknee moccasinshell
(Medionidus simpsonianus), Appalachian monkeyface (Quadrula sparsa),
Cumberland monkeyface (Quadrula intermedia), orangenacre mucket
(Lampsilis perovalis), pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta), oyster mussel
(Epioblasma capsaeformis), scaleshell mussel (Leptodea leptodon),
Louisiana pearlshell (Margaritifera hembeli), birdwing pearlymussel
(Conradilla caelata), cracking pearlymussel (Hemistena lata), Curtis
pearlymussel (Epioblasma florentina curtisii), dromedary pearlymussel
(Dromus dromas), littlewing pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), Cumberland
pigtoe (Pleurobema gibberum), dark pigtoe (Pleurobema furvum),
finerayed pigtoe (Fusconaia cuneolus), flat pigtoe (Pleurobema
marshalli), Georgia pigtoe (Pleurobema hanleyianum), heavy pigtoe
(Pleurobema taitianum), oval pigtoe (Pleurobema pyriforme), rough
pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), shiny pigtoe (Fusconaia cor), Southern
pigtoe (Pleurobema georgianum), orangefoot pimpleback (Plethobasus
cooperianus), fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax), finelined pocketbook
(Lampsilis altilis), Ouachita rock pocketbook (Arkansia wheeleri),
shinyrayed pocketbook (Lampsilis subangulata), speckled pocketbook
(Lampsilis streckeri), purple cat's paw (Epioblasma obliquata
obliquata), rough rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica strigillata),
northern riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana), tan riffleshell
(Epioblasma florentina walkeri (=E. walkeri), Ring pink (Obovaria
retusa), Chipola slabshell (Elliptio chipolaensis), James spinymussel
(Pleurobema collina), Tar River spinymussel (Elliptio steinstansana),
stirrupshell (Quadrula stapes), fat three-ridge (Amblema neislerii),
white wartyback, (Plethobasus cicatricosus), dwarf wedgemussel
(Alasmidonta heterodon), and Altamaha spinymussel (Elliptio spinosa).
The take would occur while the applicant engaged in conducting
presence/absence surveys and translocations in North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida, and Arkansas.
Permit Application Number: TE 97394A-2
Applicant: Zackary Couch, Pleasureville, Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization to take (acoustical
monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, salvage dead
bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect
hair samples, band, transmitter, light-tag, wing-punch) Indiana bats
(Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), Northern long eared
bats (Myotis septentrionalis), and Virginia big eared bats
(Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), while conducting presence/
absence surveys, studies to document habitat use, and population
monitoring throughout the species' ranges.
Permit Application Number: TE 139474-7
Applicant: Dennis Ford, Little Rock, Arkansas
The applicant requests authorization to take (harass) the American
burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) while conducting research
activities in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas.
Permit Application Number: TE 63633A-3
Applicant: David Evers, Gorham, Maine
The applicant requests authorization to take (acoustical
monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, salvage dead
bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect
hair samples, band, transmitter, light-tag, wing-punch) northern long-
eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) while conducting presence/absence
surveys in Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Virginia, Minnesota, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Missouri.
Permit Application Number: TE 13910A-2
Applicant: Terry Derting, Murray, Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(acoustical monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves,
salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle,
identify, collect hair samples, band, transmitter, light-tag, wing-
punch, and selectively euthanize for white nose syndrome testing)
Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), Virginia
big eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), Ozark big-eared
bats (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), and northern long eared bats
(Myotis septentrionalis), while conducting presence/absence surveys and
studies to document habitat use in Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio,
Indiana, and West Virginia.
Permit Application Number: TE 084047-4
Applicant: Maria Zondervan, Maitland, Florida
The applicant requests authorization to take (harass) the
red[hyphen]cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) and Florida scrub
jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) for the purposes of constructing and
monitoring artificial nest cavities and restrictors; for capturing,
banding, and the translocation of birds; and for monitoring populations
and nest cavities on lands managed by the St. John's River Management
District in Florida.
Permit Application Number: TE 092854-2
Applicant: Samuel Van Hook, Babson Park, Florida
The applicant requests authorization to take (harass and insert
artificial nest cavities) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis)
while conducting status surveys and habitat enhancement activities in
Florida.
Permit Application Number: TE 091705-3
Applicant: Peter White, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to possess (collect seeds,
spores, sporocarps, cuttings, vegetative material) Amaranthus pumilus
(sea beach amaranth), Amphianthus pusillus (little amphianthus), Arabis
serotina (shale-barren rockcress), Carex lutea (golden sedge), Clematis
socialis (Alabama leather-flower), Echinacea laevigata (smooth-purple
coneflower), Geum adiatum (Appalachian avens), Gymnoderma lineare (rock
gnome lichen), Helianthus schweinitzii (Schweinitz's sunflower),
Hexastylis naniflora (dwarf-flowered hartleaf), Hudsonia montana
(mountain golden-heartleaf), Isoetes melanospora (black-spore
quillwort), Isoetes tegetiformans (Merlin's-grass), Liatris helleri
(Heller's gayfeather), Lysimachia asperulaefolia (rough- leaved
loosestrife), Oxypolis canbyi (Canby's dropwort), Pityopsis ruthii
(Ruth's golden aster), Ptilimnium nodosum (harparella), Rhus michauxii
(Michaux's sumac), Sagittaria fasciculata (bunched arrowhead),
Sagittaria secundifolia (little river arrowhead), Sarracenia jonesii
(mountain sweet pitcher-plant), Sarracenia oreophila (green pitcher-
plant), Scutellaria montana (largeflower skullcap), Solidago spithamaea
(blue ridge goldenrod), Spiraea virginiana (Virginia spirea),
Thalictrum cooleyi
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(Cooley's meadowrue), Trifolium stoloniferum (running buffalo clover),
sensitive joint-vetch (Aeschynomene virginica), Virginia round-leaf
birch (Betula uber), Roan Mountain bluet (Hedyotis purpurea var.
montana), swamp pink (Helonias bullata), American chaffseed (Schwalbea
americana), and white irisette (Sisyrinchium dichotomum), throughout
the species' ranges on federally managed lands in North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, West Virginia,
Virginia, and Maryland.
Permit Application Number: TE 119937-3
Applicant: Susan Loeb, Clemson, South Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to take (acoustical
monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, salvage dead
bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect
hair samples, band, transmitter, light-tag, wing-punch) Indiana bats
(Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and northern long-
eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis), while conducting presence/absence
surveys, studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring in
North and South Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky.
Permit Application Number: TE 129703-5
Applicant: Mitch Green, Frankfort, Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization to renew his existing permit
to take (acoustical monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost
caves, salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle,
identify, collect hair samples, band, transmitter, light-tag, wing-
punch, and selectively euthanize for white nose syndrome testing)
Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), northern
long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis), and Virginia big-eared bats
(Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) while conducting presence/absence
surveys, studies to document habitat use, and population monitoring in
Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama. The applicant also requests
authorization to take (harass) the clubshell (Pleurobema clava),
scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon), and northern riffleshell (Epioblasma
torulosa rangiana) while conducting presence/absence surveys in North
Carolina, Alabama, and West Virginia.
Permit Application Number: TE 38519A-1
Applicant: Joshua Hofkes, Tallahassee, Florida
The applicant requests authorization to take (harass, capture, and
translocate) gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) for the purpose of
conducting population surveys and removing tortoises from development
sites to suitable alternative habitat in Louisiana, Mississippi, and
Alabama.
Permit Application Number: TE 810274-11
Applicant: Peter Droppelman, Louisville, Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization to take (acoustical
monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, salvage dead
bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect
hair samples, band, transmitter, light-tag, and wing-punch, Indiana
bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), Virginia big
eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), northern long eared
bats (Myotis septentrionalis), and Ozark big-eared bats (Corynorhinus
townsendii ingens) while conducting presence/absence surveys and
studies to document habitat use in the following States: Alabama,
Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio.
Permit Application Number: TE 71613A-1
Applicant: Gary McCracken, Knoxville, Tennessee
The applicant requests authorization to permittee is authorized to
take (acoustical monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost
caves, salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle,
identify, collect hair and fecal samples, conduct radio-telemetry, and
PIT-tag) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), northern long-eared bats
(Myotis septentrionalis), and gray bats (Myotis grisescens) while
conducting presence/absence surveys and studies to document habitat use
in Tennessee, Missouri, and the Fern and Sauta caves in Jackson County,
Alabama.
Permit Application Number: TE 108584-6
Applicant: Tim Nehus, Lebanon, Tennessee
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, hold
temporarily, release, and translocate) Nashville crayfish (Orconectes
shoupi), birdwing pearlymussel (Conradilla caelata), oyster mussel
(Epioblasma capsaeformis), tan riffleshell (Epioblasma walkeri),
Cumberland monkeyface (Quadrula intermedia), orangefoot pimpleback
(Plethobasus cooperianus), Cumberland elktoe (Alasmidonta
atropurpurea), Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta raveneliana), fanshell
(Cyprogenia stegaria (irrorata)), dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus
dromus), Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma brevidens), yellow-blossom
pearlymussel (Epioblasma florentina), upland combshell (Epioblasma
metastriata), Southern acornshell (Epioblasma othcaloogensis), green-
blossom pearlymussel (Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum), tuberculed-
blossom pearlymussel (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa), turgid-blossom
pearlymussel (Epioblasma turgidula), purple catspaw (Epioblasma
obliquata), fine-lined pocketbook (Lampsilis altilis), pink mucket
pearlymussel (Lampsilis abrupta), Alabama lampmussel (Lampsilis
virescens), Alabama moccasinshell (Medionidus acutissimus), Coosa
moccasinshell (Medionidus parvulus), ring-pink mussel (Obovaria
retusa), little-wing pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), white warty-back
(Plethobasus cicatricosus), clubshell (Pleurobema clava), Southern
clubshell (Pleurobema decisum), Southern pigtoe (Pleurobema
georgianum), Cumberland pigtoe (Pleurobema gibberum), ovate clubshell
(Pleurobema perovatum), rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), triangular
kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus greeni), rough rabbitsfoot (Quadrula
cylindrica strigillata), winged mapleleaf (Quadrula fragosa),
Appalachian monkeyface (Quadrula sparsa), pale lilliput (Toxolasma
cylindrellus), Cumberland bean pearlymussel (Villosa trabalis), purple
bean (Villosa perpurpurea), blue shiner (Cyprinella caerulea), slender
chub (Erimystax cahni), slackwater darter (Etheostoma boschungi),
duskytail darter (Etheostoma percnurum), jewel darter (Etheostoma sp.),
boulder darter (Etheostoma wapiti), spotfin chub (Cyprinella monacha),
palezone shiner (Notropis albizonatus), smoky madtom (Noturus baileyi),
yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis), pygmy madtom (Noturus
stanauli),
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amber darter (Percina antesella), Conasauga logperch (Percina
jenkinsi), snail darter (Percina tanasi), and blackside dace (Phoxinus
cumberlandensis), while conducting presence and absence studies and
translocation activities throughout the species' ranges in the State of
Tennessee.
Permit Application Number: TE 41910B-0
Applicant: Scott Rush, Starkville, Mississippi
The applicant requests authorization to take (acoustical
monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, salvage dead
bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect
hair samples, band, transmitter, light-tag, and wing-punch) Indiana
bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and northern long
eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) while conducting presence/absence
surveys and studies to document habitat use in Mississippi.
Permit Application Number: TE 37951B-0
Applicant: Michael LaVoie, Cherokee, North Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to take (acoustical
monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, salvage dead
bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect
hair samples, band, attach transmitters, light-tag, wing-punch, and
selectively euthanize for white nose syndrome testing) Indiana bats
(Myotis sodalis) in Jackson, Swain, Graham, and Cherokee Counties in
North Carolina, while conducting presence/absence surveys, studies to
document habitat use, and population monitoring.
Permit Application Number: TE 37967B-0
Applicant: Matthew Grilliot, Opelika, Alabama
The applicant requests authorization to take (acoustical
monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, salvage dead
bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect
blood, fecal, and hair samples, band, attach transmitters, light-tag,
and wing-punch) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis
grisescens), Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendii
virginianus), and Ozark big-eared bats (Corynorhinus townsendiiingens)
while conducting presence/absence surveys and other research activities
throughout the species' ranges in Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee,
Georgia, and Kentucky.
Permit Application Number: TE 37900B-0
Applicant: Sarah Lauerman, Gainesville, Florida
The applicant requests authorization to take (harass, nest monitor,
capture, band, and translocate) red[hyphen]cockaded woodpeckers
(Picoides borealis) for the purposes of constructing and monitoring
artificial nest cavities and restrictors; for capturing, banding, and
translocation of birds; and for monitoring populations and nest
cavities in Osceola National Forest.
Permit Application Number: TE 37524B-0
Applicant: Kathy Heym, Tampa Florida
The applicant requests authorization to take (hold for veterinary)
loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta), green sea turtles (Chelonia
mydas), Kemp's Ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii), leatherback
sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys
imbricata), and Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) at the
Florida Aquarium located in Tampa, Florida.
Permit Application Number: TE 37666B-0
Applicant: Jessica Allen, Bronx, New York
The applicant requests authorization to take (collect squamules)
rock gnome lichens (Gymnoderma lineare) for the purpose of conducting
population genetics research in the Great Smoky Mountains National
Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway, Pisgah National Forest, and Nantahala
National Forest, North Carolina.
Permit Application Number: TE 37663B-0
Applicant: Rebecca Ijames, Central City, Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization to take (acoustical
monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, salvage dead
bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect
hair samples, band, attach transmitters, light-tag, and wing-punch)
Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and
northern long eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis) while conducting
presence/absence surveys and studies to document habitat use in
Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, Ohio, and Missouri.
Permit Application Number: TE 37652B-0
Applicant: Bambi Teague, Asheville, North Carolina
The applicant requests authorization take (harass) the following
species: Carolina Northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus
coloratus), Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii
virginianus), Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis
grisescens), bog turtle (Clemmys muhlenbergii), Roanoke logperch
(Percina rex), spruce-fir moss spider (Microhexura montivaga), and
Mitchell's satyr (Neonympha mitchellii) for the purposes of conducting
population studies throughout the species' ranges in Virginia and North
Carolina.
Permit Application Number: TE 37530B-0
Applicant: Kelly Morrison, Nashville, Tennessee
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, identify,
hold temporarily, release, and translocate) Nashville crayfish
(Orconectes shoupi) for the purpose of minimizing effects of
development projects on individual specimens in Davidson and Williamson
Counties, Tennessee.
Permit Application Number: TE 37661B-0
Applicant: William McCartney, Morton, Mississippi
The applicant requests authorization to take (acoustical
monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, salvage dead
bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect
hair samples, band, attach transmitters, light-tag, and wing-punch)
Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) and northern long-eared bats (Myotis
septentrionalis) while conducting presence/absence surveys and studies
to document habitat use in Louisiana.
Permit Application Number: TE 105674-2
Applicant: Stephen Shurter, White Oak Conservation Holdings LLC, Yulee,
Florida
The applicant requests authorization to take (harass, maintain in
captivity, and release) Mississippi sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis
pulla) throughout the species' range in Mississippi.
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Permit Application Number: TE 39433B-0
Applicant: Linda Edwards, Smyrna, Georgia
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, hold
temporarily, and release) the bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii),
eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi), gopher tortoise (Gopherus
polyphemus), and spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata) for the purpose of
conducting presence/absence surveys in Georgia.
Permit Application Number: TE 171518-1
Applicant: Norman L. Wagoner, Ouachita National Forest, Hot Springs,
Arkansas
The applicant requests authorization to take (survey, capture,
band, radio-tag, translocate, and install artificial structures) the
red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) for the purposes of
constructing and monitoring artificial nest cavities and restrictors;
for capturing, banding, and translocating birds; and for monitoring
populations and nest cavities in Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Permit Application Number: TE 070846-3
Applicant: Jeffrey Walters, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
The applicant requests authorization to take (monitor nests,
capture, band, radio-tag, collect blood, construct cavities, and
translocate) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) for the
purposes of banding juveniles and adults, monitoring populations and
nest cavities, and for conducting basic research and recovery
activities in Florida, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
Permit Application Number: TE 084054-3
Applicant: James Orr, URS Corporation, Franklin, Tennessee
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, identify,
release, and translocate) Nashville crayfish (Orconectes shoupi) and
Anthony's river snail (Athernia anthonyi) while conducting presence/
absence surveys, population estimates, age class determination, and
relocation activities in Alabama and Tennessee.
Permit Application Number: TE 41705B-0
Applicant: John Mulvena, Naples Zoo Inc. Naples, Florida
The applicant requests authorization to take (possess) the Florida
panther (Puma concolor coryi) for the purposes of rehabilitation and
public education at the Naples Zoo in Caribbean Gardens, Naples,
Florida.
Permit Application Number: TE 056510-5
Applicant: Joseph Pechmann, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee,
North Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to renew his existing permit
to take (capture, examine, measure, mark, tag, and temporarily hold)
dusky gopher frogs (Rana sevosa) for the purpose of conducting studies
to evaluate habitat requirements.
Permit Application Number: TE 061005-3
Applicant: Rickard Myers, International Carnivorous Plant Society Inc.
Walnut Creek, California
The applicant requests authorization to sell in interstate commerce
seeds of cultivated green pitcher-plant (Sarracenia oreophil), Alabama
cane break pitcher-plant (Sarracenia rubra spp. alabamensis), mountain
sweet pitcher-plant (Sarracenia rubra spp. jonesii), and Godrey's
butterwort (Pinquicula ionantha) for propagation throughout the United
States.
Permit Application Number: TE 40178B-0
Applicant: Eric Washington, Lexington, Kenkucky
The applicant requests authorization to take (acoustical
monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, salvage dead
bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect
hair samples, band, transmitter, light-tag, and wing-punch) Indiana
bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and northern
long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) while conducting presence/
absence surveys and studies to document habitat use throughout the
species' ranges.
Permit Application Number: TE 045109-4
Applicant: Jack Killgore, US Army ERDC WES, Vicksburg, Mississippi
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(capture, hold temporarily, relocate, and release) pallid sturgeon
(Scaphirhynchus albus) for the purposes of implementing recovery
activities in in the lower Mississippi River from the mouth of the
Missouri River to the mouth of the Mississippi River.
Permit Application Number: TE 41966B-0
Applicant: Nicole McCaskill, Sandhills State Forest, Patrick, South
Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to take (harass, nest monitor,
capture, band, and translocate) the red[hyphen]cockaded woodpecker
(Picoides borealis) for the purposes of constructing and monitoring
artificial nest cavities and restrictors; for capturing, banding, and
translocating birds; and for monitoring populations and nest cavities
in South Carolina's Sand Hills State Forest.
Permit Application Number: TE 102324-2
Applicant: Thomas Dickinson, Catena Group, Hillsborough, North Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(collect relict shells, capture, identify, photograph, and release)
James spinymussel (Pleurobema collina), tar spinymussel (Elliptio
steinstansana), dwarf-wedge mussel (Alasmidonta heterodon), Carolina
heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata), Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta
raveneliana), littlewing pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), oyster mussel
(Epioblasma capsaeformis), and Cumberland bean (Villosa trabalis),
while conducting presence/absence surveys throughout the species'
ranges in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
Permit Application Number: TE 040423-4
Applicant: Kevin Roe, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
The applicant request authorization to take (capture, photograph,
examine, remove small appendages (swimmerettes), and release) Kentucky
cave shrimp (Palaemonias ganteri) for the purposes of conducting
phylogenetic studies in Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky.
Permit Application Number: TE 033469-5
Applicant: Larry Wood, McClellanville, South Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(harass) red[hyphen]cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) for the
purposes of constructing and monitoring artificial nest cavities and
restrictors; for capturing, banding, and translocating
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birds; and for monitoring populations and nest cavities in South
Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Permit Application Number: TE 066980-4
Applicant: Brandon Rutledge, JW Jones Ecological Research Center,
Newton, Georgia
The applicant requests authorization to take (harass)
red[hyphen]cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) for the purposes
conducting restoration and genetic research activities at the JW Jones
Ecological Research Center in Newton, Georgia.
Permit Application Number: TE 43261B-0
Applicant: Ann Altman, South Carolina Department of Transportation,
Columbia, South Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to take (harass) James
spinymussel (Pleurobema collina), tar spinymussel (Elliptio
steinstansana), dwarf-wedge mussel (Alasmidonta heterodon), Carolina
heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata), Atlantic pigtoe (Fusconaia masoni),
Brook floater (Alsmidonta varicose), Carolina creekshell (Villosa
vaugnhiana), green floater (Lasmigona subviridis), Savanna Lilliput
(Taxolasma pullus), and yellow lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa) for the
purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys in North Carolina and
South Carolina.
Permit Application Number: TE 43264B-0
Applicant: Nicole Riddle, South Carolina Department of Transportation,
Columbia, South Carolina
The applicant requests authorization to (take) James spinymussel
(Pleurobema collina), tar spinymussel (Elliptio steinstansana), dwarf-
wedge mussel (Alasmidonta heterodon), Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona
decorata), Atlantic pigtoe (Fusconaia masoni), Brook floater
(Alsmidonta varicose), Carolina creekshell (Villosa vaugnhiana) green
floater (Lasmigona subviridis), Savannah lilliput (Taxolasma pullus),
and yellow lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa) for the purpose of conducting
presence/absence surveys in North Carolina and South Carolina.
Permit Application Number: TE 100012-2
Applicant: Michael Reynolds, Share the Beach, Gulf Shores, Alabama
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(monitor, photograph, excavate and relocate nests, temporarily hold
nestlings, and release nestlings) green (Chelonia mydas), Kemp's ridley
(Lepidochelys kempi), and loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtles
while monitoring and protecting nests, throughout the species' ranges
on the Alabama Gulf Coast in Baldwin and Mobile Counties, Alabama.
Permit Application Number: TE 016270-9
Applicant: Michael Barron, US Army, Fort Benning, Georgia
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(harass) endangered red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) for
the purposes of constructing and monitoring artificial nest cavities
and restrictors; for capturing, banding, and translocation of birds;
and for monitoring populations and nest cavities at the Fort Benning
Army Base and throughout species' range as coordinated with the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
Permit Application Number: TE 132772-1
Applicant: John Moran, US Forest Service, Montgomery, Alabama
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture examine, and
release) the following species: Cahaba shiner (Notropis cahabae),
Cumberlandian Combshell (Epioblasma brevidens), upland Combshell
(Epioblasma metastriata), southern acornshell (Epioblasma
othcaloogensis), Coosa moccasinshell (Medionidus parvulus), southern
clubshell (Pleurobema decisum), dark pigtoe (Pleurobema furvum),
southern pigtoe (Pleurobema geogianum), ovate clubshell (Pleurobema
perovatum), triangular kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus greenii), flat
pebblesnail (Lepyrium showalteri), lacy elimia (Elimia crenatella),
cylindrical lioplax (Lioplax cyclostomaformis), Tulotoma snail
(Tulotoma magnifica), rush darter (Etheostoma phytophilum), southern
sandshell (Hamiota oustralis), Alabama pearlshell (Margaritifera
marrianae), fuzzy pigtoe (Pieurobema strodeanum), and Southern
kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus jonesi), for the purposes of conducting
land management and basic research activities throughout the species'
ranges on National Forests in Alabama.
Permit Application Number: TE 386424A-1
Applicant: Kenneth Meyer, Avian Research and Conservation Institute,
Gainesville, Florida
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, weigh,
measure, examine, collect blood and tissues, sex, band, attach
scientific devices, release, and salvage) everglades snail kites
(Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus) for the purpose of scientific study
and to determine potential contaminant levels in the following Florida
counties: Osceola, Polk, Glades, Palm Beach, Hendry, Broward, Miami-
Dade, Monroe, and Collier.
Permit Application Number: TE 069754-5
Applicant: Gerald Dinkins, Dinkins Biological Consulting, Powell,
Tennessee
The applicant requests authorization to take (harass, capture,
handle, identify, release, translocate live specimens, and collect
relict shells): 211 species of mussels, while conducting presence/
absence surveys in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina,
Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio,
Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, South
Carolina, and Maryland.
Permit Application Number: TE 069754-5
Applicant: James Godwin, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
The applicant requests authorization to renew his permit to take
(capture, harass, handle, mark, collect tissue and bodily fluid
samples, attach/insert scientific devices, relocate, and release) the
Alabama red-bellied turtle (Pseudemys alabamensis), eastern indigo
snake (Drymarchon couperi), flattened musk turtle (Sternotherus
depressus), gopher tortoise (Gopherus Polyphemus), and red hills
salamander (Phaeognathus hubrichti) in Alabama and Mississippi.
Permit Application Number: TE 47720B-0
Applicant: Hector Perez, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
The applicant requests authorization to take (harvest immature
fruits) Harper's beauty (Harperocallis flava) from Apalachicola
National Forest, Liberty County, Florida, for the purpose of
cultivating seedlings at the University of Florida Plant Science
Greenhouse Facility in Liberty County, Florida. Cultivated seedlings
will be
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reintroduced to Apalachicola National Forest to aid in recovery and
provide information on the germination ecology and seedling
establishment of Harper's Fairy.
Permit Application Number: TE 816862-7
Applicant: Joseph Settles, Young and Settles, Winchester, Kentucky
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, identify,
tag, and release) northern long-eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis),
Virginia big-eared bats (Plecotus townsendii virginianus), Indiana bats
(Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and 29 species of
freshwater mussels, for the purpose of conducting presence/absence
surveys studies to document habitat use throughout each species'
respective range in reference to bats, and in the State of Kentucky in
reference to mussels.
Permit Application Number: TE 94704A-1
Applicant: Dorothy Brown, Alpharetta, Georgia
The applicant requests authorization to take (acoustical
monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, salvage dead
bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect
hair samples, band, transmitter, light-tag, and wing-punch) Indiana
bats (Myotis sodalis), gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and northern
long-eared bats (Myotis Septentrionalis) while conducting presence/
absence surveys and studies to document habitat use in North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Kentucky,
Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, Arkansas, Missouri,
Illinois. The applicant also requests authorization to take (capture,
handle, tag, and release) Carolina northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys
sabrinus coloratus) and bog turtle (Clemmys muhlenbergii) for the same
purposes and states listed above.
Permit Application Number: TE 070800-4
Applicant: Ecological Services Inc., Roswell, Georgia
The applicant requests authorization to take (capture and release)
45 species of freshwater mussels, 11 species of snails, 20 species of
freshwater fish, and 22 species of plants for the purpose of conducting
presence/absence surveys in Georgia.
Permit Application Number: TE 48579B-0
Applicant: J. Erik Alford, Ecological Solutions, Roswell, Georgia
The applicant requests authorization to take (acoustical
monitoring, enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, salvage dead
bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect
hair and tissue samples, swab for white nose syndrome, band,
transmitter, light-tag, and wing-punch) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis),
gray bats (Myotis grisescens), and northern long-eared bats (Myotis
Septentrionalis) while conducting presence/absence surveys and studies
to document habitat use in Georgia.
Dated: October 9, 2014.
Michael Oetker,
Acting Regional Director, Region 4.
[FR Doc. 2014-24702 Filed 10-16-14; 8:45 am]
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