[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 53 (Monday, March 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19340-19343]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05708]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2024-N002; FXES11140400000-245-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
April 17, 2024.
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): [email protected]. 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, via
telephone at 404-679-7097 or via email at [email protected].
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
definition of ``take'' in the ESA 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) of the ESA 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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ES065972-4........... U.S. Forest Service; Tricolored bat Ozark-St. Francis Presence/probable Enter hibernacula Amendment.
Russellville, AR. (Perimyotis National Forests, absence surveys. and maternity
subflavus). Arkansas. roost caves;
capture, handle,
identify, band,
radio-tag, and
release.
PER5292605-0......... Amanda Miller; Gray bat (Myotis Alabama and Presence/probable Capture, handle, New.
Winchester, TN. grisescens), Indiana Tennessee. absence surveys. identify, band,
bat (Myotis sodalis), radio-tag, and
northern long-eared release.
bat (Myotis
septentrionalis), and
tricolored bat
(Perimyotis
subflavus).
PER5294766-0......... Braci Gatlin; Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Georgia, Presence/probable Capture, handle, New.
Moundville, AL. grisescens), Indiana Mississippi, and absence surveys. identify, band,
bat (Myotis sodalis), Tennessee. radio-tag, and
northern long-eared release.
bat (Myotis
septentrionalis), and
tricolored bat
(Perimyotis
subflavus).
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ES62026D-3........... Catherine Haase, Tricolored bat Kentucky and Assess bat Capture, handle, Amendment.
Austin Peay State (Perimyotis Tennessee. community identify, band,
University; subflavus). structure and radio-tag, and
Clarksville, TN. habitat use. release.
ES02332D-4........... Michelle Gilley; Gray bat (Myotis Bats: Alabama, Bats: Presence/ Bats: Capture, Renewal and
Mars Hill, NC. grisescens), Indiana Arkansas, probable absence handle, identify, amendment.
bat (Myotis sodalis), Connecticut, surveys, studies band, radio-tag,
northern long-eared Delaware, Georgia, to document and release;
bat (Myotis Illinois, Indiana, habitat use, and Carolina northern
septentrionalis), Iowa, Kansas, population flying squirrel:
tricolored bat Kentucky, monitoring; Capture, handle,
(Perimyotis Maryland, Carolina northern identify, radio-
subflavus), Virginia Massachusetts, flying squirrel: tag, and release.
big-eared bat Michigan, Presence/probable
(Corynorhinus Minnesota, absence surveys
(=Plecotus) Mississippi, and studies of
townsendii Missouri, home ranges,
virginianus), and Nebraska, New foraging
Carolina northern Hampshire, New behaviors, and
flying squirrel Jersey, New York, roost tree
(Glaucomys sabrinus North Carolina, preferences.
coloratus). North Dakota,
Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Vermont, Virginia,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin, and
Wyoming; Carolina
northern flying
squirrel: North
Carolina,
Tennessee, and
Virginia.
PER5521520-0......... Sara Jeanine Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Georgia, Presence/probable Enter hibernacula New.
McLaughlin-Johnson; grisescens), Indiana Kentucky, absence surveys. and maternity
Kingsport, TN. bat (Myotis sodalis), Mississippi, North roost caves,
northern long-eared Carolina, capture, handle,
bat (Myotis Tennessee, and identify, band,
septentrionalis), and Virginia. radio tag, and
tricolored bat release.
(Perimyotis
subflavus).
PER0037840-1......... Cara Rogers; Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Capture with mist Amendment.
Ypsilanti, MI. grisescens), Indiana Colorado, absence surveys. nets, handle,
bat (Myotis sodalis), Connecticut, identify, band,
and tricolored bat Delaware, District radio-tag, and
(Perimyotis of Columbia, release.
subflavus). Florida, Georgia,
Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
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,
Wisconsin, West
Virginia, and
Wyoming.
ES77472C-1........... Streamtechs, LLC; Amber darter (Percina Georgia............ Presence/probable Capture, identify, Renewal.
Athens, GA. antesella), blue absence surveys. and release.
shiner (Cyprinella
caerulea), Cherokee
darter (Etheostoma
scotti), Conasauga
logperch (Percina
jenkinsi), Etowah
darter (Etheostoma
etowahae), and
goldline darter
(Percina aurolineata).
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PER5971699-0......... Theresa Wetzel; Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Enter hibernacula New.
Lexington, KY. grisescens), Indiana Colorado, absence surveys. and maternity
bat (Myotis sodalis), Connecticut, roost caves;
northern long-eared Delaware, District capture, handle,
bat (Myotis of Columbia, identify, band,
septentrionalis), Florida, Georgia, radio-tag, collect
Ozark big-eared bat Illinois, Indiana, tissue samples,
(Corynorhinus Iowa, Kansas, and release.
(=Plecotus) Kentucky,
townsendii ingens), Louisiana, Maine,
tricolored bat Maryland,
(Perimyotis Massachusetts,
subflavus), and Michigan,
Virginia big-eared Minnesota,
bat (Corynorhinus Mississippi,
(=Plecotus) Missouri,
townsendii Nebraska, New
virginianus). Hampshire, New
Jersey, New
Mexico, New York,
North Carolina,
North Dakota,
Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota,
Tennessee, Texas,
Vermont, Virginia,
Wisconsin, West
Virginia, and
Wyoming.
ES97308A-2........... John Harris; Scott, Arkansas fatmucket Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Capture, collect Renewal and
AR. (Lampsilis powellii), Illinois, Indiana, absence surveys, tissue swabs, amendment.
Curtis pearlymussel Iowa, Kansas, population release, and
(Epioblasma Kentucky, estimate surveys, salvage relic
florentina curtisii), Louisiana, and DNA sampling. shells.
fanshell (Cyprogenia Michigan,
stegaria), fat Minnesota,
pocketbook (Potamilus Mississippi,
capax), Higgins eye Missouri,
(Lampsilis Nebraska, New
higginsii), Louisiana York, Ohio,
pearlshell Oklahoma,
(Margaritifera Pennsylvania,
hembeli), Louisiana South Dakota,
pigtoe (Pleurobema Tennessee, Texas,
riddellii), Neosho Virginia, West
mucket (Lampsilis Virginia,
rafinesqueana), Wisconsin.
Ouachita fanshell
(Cyprogenia sp. cf
aberti), Ouachita
rock pocketbook
(Arcidens wheeleri),
pink mucket
(Lampsilis abrupta),
rabbitsfoot (Quadrula
cylindrica
cylindrica), ring
pink (Obovaria
retusa), rough pigtoe
(Pleurobema plenum),
salamander mussel
(Simpsonaias
ambigua), scaleshell
(Leptodea leptodon),
sheepnose
(Plethobasus
cyphyus), snuffbox
(Epioblasma
triquetra), speckled
pocketbook (Lampsilis
streckeri),
spectaclecase
(Cumberlandia
monodonta), western
fanshell (Cyprogenia
aberti), and winged
mapleleaf (Quadrula
fragosa).
ES81202C-1........... Michael Maltba; Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Enter hibernacula Presence/probable Renewal and
Whitesburg, KY. grisescens), Indiana Connecticut, and maternity absence surveys amendment.
bat (Myotis sodalis), Delaware, Florida, roost caves, and studies to
northern long-eared Georgia, Illinois, capture, handle, document habitat
bat (Myotis Indiana, Iowa, band, radio tag, use.
septentrionalis), and Kansas, Kentucky, collect hair
tricolored bat Maryland, samples, wing
(Perimyotis Massachusetts, punch, and light
subflavus). Michigan, tag.
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
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
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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
After the comment period closes, we will make decisions regarding
permit issuance. If we issue permits to any of the applicants listed
above in this notice, we will publish a subsequent notice in the
Federal Register. You may locate the notice announcing the permit
issuance by searching https://www.regulations.gov for the application
number listed above in this document. Type in your search exactly as
the application number appears above, with spaces and hyphens as
necessary. For example, to find information about the potential
issuance of Permit No. PER 1234567-0, you would go to https://www.regulations.gov and put ``PER 1234567-0'' in the Search field.
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.).
Lawrence Williams,
Acting Deputy Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services,
Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2024-05708 Filed 3-15-24; 8:45 am]
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