[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 155 (Friday, August 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49880-49883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17340]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2022-N042; FXES11140400000-223-FF04E00000]
Endangered Species; Recovery Permit Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have received
applications for permits, permit renewals, and/or permit amendments to
conduct activities intended to enhance the propagation or survival of
endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended. We invite the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal
agencies to comment on these applications. Before issuing any of the
requested permits, we will take into consideration any information that
we receive during the public comment period.
DATES: We must receive written data or comments on the applications by
September 12, 2022.
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. Submit a request for
a copy of such documents to Karen Marlowe (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT).
Submitting Comments: If you wish to comment, you may submit
comments by one of the following methods:
U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Office,
Ecological Services, 1875 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30345 (Attn:
Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator).
Email: permitsR4ES@fws.gov. Please include your name and
return address in your email message. If you do not receive a
confirmation from the U.S. 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), karen_marlowe@fws.gov (email), or 404-679-
7081 (fax). Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind,
hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals
outside the United States should use the relay services offered within
their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in
the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We invite review and comment from the public
and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies 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 (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and our
regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR part 17.
With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits take of listed species unless a
Federal permit is issued that authorizes such take. The ESA's
definition of ``take'' includes hunting, shooting, harming, wounding,
or killing, and also such activities as pursuing, harassing, trapping,
capturing, or collecting.
A recovery permit issued by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA
authorizes the permittee to take endangered or threatened species while
engaging in activities that are conducted for scientific purposes that
promote recovery of species or for enhancement of propagation or
survival of species. These activities often include the capture and
collection of species, which would result in prohibited take if a
permit were not issued. Our regulations implementing section
10(a)(1)(A) for these permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22 for endangered
wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened wildlife species, 50 CFR
17.62 for endangered plant species, and 50 CFR 17.72 for threatened
plant species.
Permit Applications Available for Review and Comment
Proposed activities in the following permit requests are for the
recovery and enhancement of propagation or survival of the species in
the wild. The ESA requires that we invite public comment before issuing
these permits. Accordingly, we invite local, State, Tribal, and Federal
agencies and the public to submit written data, views, or arguments
with respect to these applications. The comments and recommendations
that will be most useful and likely to influence agency decisions are
those supported by quantitative information or studies.
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.
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Permit application
No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of take Permit action
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TE 56588D-2......... Martin J. Melville, Palezone shiner Alabama............ Presence/probable Capture, handle, Amendment.
Marietta, GA. (Notropis albizonatus) absence surveys. identify, and
and rush darter release.
(Etheostoma
phytophilum).
TE 91755B-1......... Nathan Click, Clubshell (Pleurobema Kentucky........... Presence/probable Capture, handle, Renewal.
Kentucky clava), cracking absence surveys. identify, mark,
Transportation pearlymussel (Hemistena and release.
Cabinet, lata), Cumberland bean
Frankfort, KY. (Villosa trabilis),
Cumberland elktoe
(Alasmidonta
atropurpurea),
Cumberlandian combshell
(Epioblasma brevidens),
dromedary pearlymussel
(Dromus dromas),
fanshell (Cyprogenia
stegaria), fat
pocketbook (Potamilus
capax), fluted
kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus
subtentus), littlewing
pearlymussel (Pegias
fabula), northern
riffleshell (E.
rangiana), orangefoot
pimpleback (Plethobasus
cooperianus), oyster
mussel (E.
capsaeformis), pink
mucket (Lampsilis
abrupta), purple cat's
paw (E. obliquata
obliquata), rabbitsfoot
(Quadrula cylindrica
cylindrica), rayed bean
(V. fabalis), ring pink
(Obovaria retusa),
rough pigtoe
(Pleurobema plenum),
scaleshell (Leptodea
leptodon), sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus),
slabside pearlymussel
(Pleuronaia
dolabelloides),
snuffbox (E.
triquetra),
spectaclecase
(Cumberlandia
monodonta), tan
riffleshell (E.
florentina walkeri),
white wartyback
(Plethobasus
cicatricosus), and
winged mapleleaf (Q.
fragosa).
TE 008077-3......... John Palis, Frosted flatwoods Florida, Georgia, Presence/probable Capture, mark, Renewal.
Jonesboro, IL. salamander (Ambystoma and South Carolina. absence surveys. release, and
cingulatum) and collect voucher
reticulated flatwoods specimens.
salamander (A. bishopi).
TE 98596B-3......... Sarah Veselka, Mussels: Clubshell Mussels: Alabama, Presence/probable Mussels: Remove Renewal and
BioSurvey Group, (Pleurobema clava), Arkansas, absence surveys from the amendment.
LLC, Morgantown, cracking pearlymussel Connecticut, and mark-recapture substrate for
WV. (Hemistena lata), Delaware, projects. identification,
fanshell (Cyprogenia Illinois, Indiana, handle, identify,
stegaria), James Iowa, Kansas, tag, and release;
spinymussel (Parvaspina Kentucky, Crayfish: Capture
collina), northern Louisiana, via seining,
riffleshell (Epioblasma Maryland, handle, identify,
rangiana), orangefoot Massachusetts, and release.
pimpleback (Plethobasus Michigan,
cooperianus), pink Minnesota,
mucket (Lampsilis Mississippi,
abrupta), purple cat's Missouri, New
paw (E. obliquata Hampshire, New
obliquata), rabbitsfoot Jersey, New York,
(Quadrula cylindrica North Carolina,
cylindrica), rayed bean Ohio, Oklahoma,
(Villosa fabalis), ring Pennsylvania,
pink (Obovaria retusa), Tennessee,
rough pigtoe Vermont, Virginia,
(Pleurobema plenum), West Virginia, and
sheepnose (Plethobasus Wisconsin;
cyphyus), snuffbox (E. Crayfish:
triquetra), Kentucky,
spectaclecase Virginia, and West
(Cumberlandia Virginia.
monodonta), and white
catspaw (E. obliquata
perobliqua); Crayfish:
Big Sandy crayfish
(Cambarus callainus)
and Guyandotte River
crayfish (C. veteranus).
TE 33465A-4......... U.S. Forest Red-cockaded woodpecker Alabama, Florida, Population Capture; band; Renewal.
Service, (Picoides borealis). Georgia, management and drill nest
Montgomery, AL. Mississippi, and monitoring. cavities; install
South Carolina. inserts,
restrictors, and
snake and
squirrel
excluders;
monitor nest
cavities and
artificial nest
cavities;
recapture; and
translocate.
PER 0047056......... Margaret Lamont, Green sea turtle Alabama............ Population and PIT and flipper New.
U.S. Geological (Chelonia mydas), distribution tag, weigh,
Survey, Kemp's ridley sea monitoring, mark- measure, and
Gainesville, FL. turtle (Lepidochelys recapture studies, collect scute,
kempii), and loggerhead genetic and diet tissue, and blood
sea turtle (Caretta research. samples.
caretta).
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TE 079883-5......... Arkansas Department Mussels: Arkansas Arkansas........... Presence/probable Mussels: Remove Renewal and
of Transportation, fatmucket (Lampsilis absence surveys. from substrate, amendment.
Little Rock, AR. powellii), Curtis handle, identify,
pearlymussel swab, release,
(Epioblasma florentina and salvage relic
curtisii), fanshell shells; Insects:
(Cyprogenia stegaria), Live trap and
fat pocketbook release.
(Potamilus capax),
Neosho mucket (L.
rafinesqueana),
Ouachita rock
pocketbook (Arcidens
wheeleri), pink mucket
(L. abrupta),
rabbitsfoot (Quadrula
cylindrica cylindrica),
scaleshell mussel
(Leptodea leptodon),
snuffbox mussel (E.
triquetra), speckled
pocketbook (Lampsilis
streckeri),
spectaclecase
(Cumberlandia
monodonta), turgid
blossom (E. turgidula),
and winged mapleleaf
(Q. fragosa); Insects:
American burying beetle
(Nicrophorus
americanus).
TE 35594A-5......... Alabama Power Red-cockaded woodpecker Alabama............ Presence/probable Red-cockaded Renewal and
Company, (Picoides borealis); absence surveys woodpecker: amendment.
Birmingham, AL. flattened musk turtle and population Monitor nest
(Sternotherus monitoring. cavities;
depressus); gopher flattened musk
tortoise (Gopherus turtle: Capture,
polyphemus); black handle, radio
pinesnake (Pituophis tag, and release;
melanoleucus lodingi); gopher tortoise
Black Warrior waterdog and black
(Necturus alabamensis); pinesnake: Scope
Fishes: Trispot darter burrows; Black
(Etheostoma trisella) Warrior waterdog:
and rush darter (E. Capture, handle,
phytophilum); Mussels: collect tissue
Finelined pocketbook samples, and
(Hamiota altilis), release; Fishes:
Georgia pigtoe Capture, handle,
(Pleurobema and release;
hanleyianum), southern Mussels and
clubshell (P. decisum), Snails: Remove
and southern pigtoe (P. from substrate,
georgianum); Snails: handle, tag,
Cylindrical lioplax release, and
(Lioplax collect relic
cyclostomaformis), shells.
interrupted rocksnail
(Leptoxis foremani),
painted rocksnail (L.
taeniata), rough
hornsnail (Pleurocera
foremani), and tulotoma
(Tulotoma magnifica).
TE 02167C-1......... James Gore, Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Enter hibernacula Renewal and
Columbia, SC. grisescens), Indiana Connecticut, absence surveys, and maternity amendment.
bat (Myotis sodalis), Delaware, District population roost caves,
northern long-eared bat of Columbia, monitoring, and capture with mist
(Myotis Georgia, Illinois, stable isotope nets or harp
septentrionalis), Ozark Indiana, Iowa, analyses. traps, handle,
big-eared bat Kansas, Kentucky, identify, band,
(Corynorhinus Louisiana, Maine, radio tag, and
(=Plecotus) townsendii Maryland, collect hair
ingens), and Virginia Massachusetts, samples.
big-eared bat Michigan,
(Corynorhinus Minnesota,
(=Plecotus) townsendii Mississippi,
virginianus). Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York,
North Carolina,
North Dakota,
Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Vermont, Virginia,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin, and
Wyoming.
TE 065972-3......... U.S. Forest Mammals: Gray bat Ozark-St. Francis Presence/probable Mammals: Enter Renewal and
Service, (Myotis grisescens), National Forests, absence surveys. hibernacula and amendment.
Russellville, AR. Indiana bat (Myotis Arkansas. maternity roost
sodalis), northern long- caves, capture
eared bat (Myotis with mist nets or
septentrionalis), and harp traps,
Ozark big-eared bat handle, identify,
(Corynorhinus band, and radio
(=Plecotus) townsendii tag; Insects:
ingens); Insects: Live-trap and
American burying beetle release.
(Nicrophorus
americanus).
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Authority
We publish this notice under section 10(c) of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
John Tirpak,
Deputy Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services Southeast
Region.
[FR Doc. 2022-17340 Filed 8-11-22; 8:45 am]
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