[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 56 (Thursday, March 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17601-17602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05961]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R5-ES-2023-N019; FXES11130500000-234-FF05E00000]
Endangered Species; Receipt of 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 the requested
permits, we will take into consideration any information that we
receive during the public comment period.
DATES: We must receive any written comments on or before April 24,
2023.
ADDRESSES: Use one of the following methods to request documents or
submit comments. Requests and comments should specify the applicant's
name and application number (e.g., PER0001234):
Email: permitsR5ES@fws.gov.
U.S. Mail: Abby Gelb, Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 300 Westgate Center Dr., Hadley, MA 01035.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abby Gelb, 413-253-8212 (phone), or
permitsR5ES@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 the public to comment on applications for permits under section
10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The requested permits would allow the applicants
to conduct activities intended to promote recovery of species that are
listed as endangered under the ESA.
Background
With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits activities that constitute
take of listed species, unless a Federal permit is issued that allows
such activity. The ESA's definition of ``take'' includes such
activities as pursuing, harassing, trapping, capturing, or collecting,
in addition to hunting, shooting, harming, wounding, or killing.
A recovery permit issued by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA
authorizes the permittee to conduct activities with endangered or
threatened species for scientific purposes that promote recovery or for
enhancement of propagation or survival of the species. 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
We invite local, State, and Federal agencies; Tribes; and the
public to comment on the following applications.
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Application Permit
No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of take action
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1540434...... Steve Tanguay, Rusty patched Virginia, West Presence/ Capture........ New.
Hot Springs, bumble bee Virginia. absence survey.
VA. (Bombus
affinis).
60434D-1..... Sea Turtle Kemp's ridley New Jersey..... Add: stranding Salvage, Amend.
Recovery, West sea turtle response, nest capture,
Orange, NJ. (Lepidochelys monitoring and collect.
William Deerr. kempii), relocation,
hawksbill sea telemetry.
turtle
(Eretmochelys
imbricata),
leatherback
sea turtle
(Dermochelys
coriacea),
loggerhead sea
turtle
(Caretta
caretta),
green sea
turtle
(Chelonia
mydas).
20359D-1..... Add: Roseate Add: New York.. Survey, Capture........ Amend..........
tern (Sterna capture, band,
dougallii release.
dougallii).
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1541732...... Emily Pody, Indiana bat Alabama, Presence/ Capture, New.
Lexington, VA. (Myotis Arkansas, absence collect.
sodalis), gray Connecticut, survey, band,
bat (Myotis Delaware, collect non-
grisescens), Florida, intrusive
northern long- Georgia, measurements,
eared bat Illinois, tag.
(Myotis Indiana, Iowa,
septentrionali Kansas,
s), Ozark big- Kentucky,
eared bat, Louisiana,
(Corynorhinus Maine,
(=Plecotus) Maryland,
townsendii Massachusetts,
ingens), Michigan,
Virginia big- Minnesota,
eared bat Mississippi,
(Corynorhinus Missouri,
(=Plecotus) Nebraska, New
townsendii Hampshire, New
virginianus). Jersey, New
York, North
Carolina,
Ohio,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
South
Carolina,
Tennessee,
Vermont,
Virginia, West
Virginia, and
Wisconsin.
1541934...... Audubon Sea Roseate tern Maine, Telemetry Capture........ New.
Bird (Sterna Massachusetts. attachment
Institute, dougallii research,
Bremen, ME. dougallii). capture, band,
Donald Lyons. tag.
1745522...... Zeinab Haidar, Indiana bat Pennsylvania, Presence/ Capture, New.
Arcata, CA. (Myotis Virginia, West absence collect.
sodalis), gray Virginia. survey, band,
bat (Myotis collect non-
grisescens), intrusive
northern long- measurements,
eared bat tag, wing
(Myotis punch.
septentrionali
s), tricolored
bat
(Perimyotis
subflavus).
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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 request in your comment that we
withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Moreover, 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 permits to the applicants listed in this
notice, we will publish a notice in the Federal Register.
Authority
Section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Martin Miller,
Manager, Division of Endangered Species, Ecological Services, Northeast
Region.
[FR Doc. 2023-05961 Filed 3-22-23; 8:45 am]
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