[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77871-77874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27612]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2022-N074; 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 to conduct activities intended to enhance the
propagation or survival of endangered species under the Endangered
Species Act. 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
January 19, 2023.
ADDRESSES:
Reviewing Documents: Submit requests for copies of applications and
other information submitted with the applications to Karen Marlowe (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). All requests and comments should
specify the applicant name and application number (e.g., Mary Smith,
ESPER0001234).
Submitting Comments: If you wish to comment, you may submit
comments by one of the following methods:
Email (preferred method): 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.
U.S. mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Office,
Ecological Services, 1875 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30345 (Attn:
Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator,
404-679-7097 (telephone) or karen_marlowe@fws.gov (email). 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, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
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. Documents and other
information submitted with the applications are available for review,
subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5
U.S.C. 552a) and the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
Background
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
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. Proposed
activities in the following permit requests are for the recovery and
enhancement of propagation or survival of the species in the wild.
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Permit application No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of take Permit action
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ES02166C-3............. Zoe Bryant; St. Ozark big-eared bat Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Capture with mist Amendment.
Augustine, FL. (Corynorhinus Connecticut, absence surveys. nets or harp traps,
townsendii ingens) Delaware, District handle, identify,
and tricolored bat of Columbia, band, radio tag,
(Perimyotis Georgia, Illinois, and release.
subflavus). Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York,
North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South
Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee,
West Virginia,
Vermont, Wisconsin,
and Wyoming.
ES49227D-1............. Riverside Gopher tortoise Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Reptiles: Scope Amendment.
Environmental (Gopherus Florida, Georgia, absence surveys and burrows; Birds:
Consulting; polyphemus) and red- Louisiana, population Construct and
Birmingham, AL. cockaded woodpecker Mississippi, North management and monitor artificial
(Picoides borealis). Carolina, Oklahoma, monitoring. nest cavities and
South Carolina, restrictors.
Texas, and Virginia.
PER0056298-0........... Phillip Jordan; USDA Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Enter hibernacula or New.
Forest Service, grisescens), Louisiana, absence surveys and maternity roost
Southern Research Indiana bat (Myotis Missouri, and studies to document caves, capture with
Station, Hot sodalis), northern Oklahoma. habitat use. mist nets or harp
Springs, AR. long-eared bat traps, handle,
(Myotis identify, band,
septentrionalis), radio tag, and
Ozark big-eared bat release.
(Corynorhinus
townsendii ingens),
and tricolored bat
(Perimyotis
subflavus).
ES056510-7............. Joseph Pechmann; Dusky gopher frog Mississippi......... Research population Capture, examine, Renewal and
Western Carolina (Rana sevosa). monitoring and measure, mark, tag, amendment.
University, headstarting. radio tag,
Cullowhee, NC. temporarily hold,
collect tail fin
tissue samples,
swab, sacrifice
tadpoles, and
salvage.
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ES21570C-3............. Tennessee Wildlife Alabama lampmussel Tennessee........... Scientific research, Collect, transport, Renewal and
Resources Agency; (Lampsilis captive hold in captivity amendment.
Nashville, TN. virescens), propagation, and for more than 45
Appalachian elktoe relocation and consecutive days,
(Alasmidonta reintroduction release,
raveneliana), activities. translocate, and
Appalachian euthanize.
monkeyface
(Theliderma
sparsa), birdwing
pearlymussel
(Lemiox rimosus),
clubshell
(Pleurobema clava),
Coosa moccasinshell
(Medionidus
parvulus), cracking
pearlymussel
(Hemistena lata),
Cumberland bean
(Villosa trabalis),
Cumberland elktoe
(Alasmidonta
atropurpurea),
Cumberland
monkeyface
(Theliderma
intermedia),
Cumberland pigtoe
(Pleuronaia
gibber),
Cumberlandian
combshell
(Epioblasma
brevidans),
dromedary
pearlymussel
(Dromus dromas),
fanshell
(Cyprogenia
stegaria),
finerayed pigtoe
(Fusconaia
cuneolus), fluted
kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus
subtentus), Georgia
pigtoe (Pleurobema
hanleyianum), green
blossom (Epioblasma
torulosa
gubernaculum),
littlewing
pearlymussel
(Pegias fabula),
orangefoot
pimpleback
(Plethobasus
cooperianus),
oyster mussel
(Epioblasma
capsaeformis), pale
lilliput (Toxolasma
cylindrellus), pink
mucket (Lampsilis
abrupta), purple
bean (Villosa
perpurpurea),
purple cat's paw
(Epioblasma
obliquata
obliquata), rayed
bean (Villosa
fabalis), ring pink
(Obovaria retusa),
rough pigtoe
(Pleurobema
plenum), rough
rabbitsfoot
(Quadrula
cylindrica
strigillata),
scaleshell
(Leptodea
leptodon),
sheepnose
(Plethobasus
cyphyus), shiny
pigtoe (Fusconaia
cor), slabside
pearlymussel
(Pleuronaia
dolabelloides),
snuffbox
(Epioblasma
triquetra),
southern acornshell
(Epioblasma
othcaloogensis),
southern clubshell
(Pleurobema
decisum), southern
pigtoe (Pleurobema
georgianum),
spectaclecase
(Cumberlandia
monodonta), tan
riffleshell
(Epioblasma
florentina walkeri
[=E. walkeri]),
triangular
kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus
greenii), tubercled
blossom (Epioblasma
torulosa torulosa),
turgid blossom
(Epioblasma
turgidula), upland
combshell
(Epioblasma
metastriata), white
wartyback
(Plethobasus
cicatricosus),
winged mapleleaf
(Quadrula fragosa),
and yellow blossom
(Epioblasma
florentina
florentina).
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ES88809B-1............. Ray Eaton; Berea, KY Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Enter hibernacula or Renewal and
grisescens), Colorado, absence surveys, maternity roost amendment.
Indiana bat (Myotis Connecticut, studies to document caves, capture with
sodalis), northern Delaware, District habitat use, mist nets or harp
long-eared bat of Columbia, population traps, handle,
(Myotis Florida, Georgia, monitoring, and identify, band,
septentrionalis), Illinois, Indiana, evaluation of radio tag, collect
Ozark big-eared bat Iowa, Kansas, potential impacts hair samples, swab,
(Corynorhinus Kentucky, of white-nose and release.
townsendii ingens), Louisiana, Maine, syndrome or other
tricolored bat Maryland, threats.
(Perimyotis Massachusetts,
subflavus), and Michigan,
Virginia big-eared Minnesota,
bat (Corynorhinus Mississippi,
townsendii Missouri, Montana,
virginianus). Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New
Jersey, New Mexico,
New York, North
Carolina, North
Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South
Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, Vermont,
Virginia, West
Virginia,
Wisconsin, and
Wyoming.
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Public Availability of Comments
Written comments we receive become part of the administrative
record associated with this action. 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. All submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or
businesses, will be made available for public disclosure in their
entirety.
Next Steps
If we decide to issue a permit to an applicant listed in this
notice, we will publish a notice in the Federal Register.
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. 2022-27612 Filed 12-19-22; 8:45 am]
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