[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 58 (Monday, March 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20690-20691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06220]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R5-ES-2024-N018; FXES11130500000-245-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,
2024.
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: [email protected].
U.S. Mail: Abby Goldstein, Ecological Services, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, 300 Westgate Center Dr., Hadley, MA 01035.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abby Goldstein, 413-253-8212 (phone),
or [email protected] (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 No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of take Permit action
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PER7305940-0............ Robert E. Indiana bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Capture, band, Capture, collect.. New.
Adelstein, sodalis), northern Arizona, Colorado, telemetry,
Huntington, WV. long-eared bat Connecticut, Delaware, nonintrusive
(Myotis Florida, Georgia, measurements,
septentrionalis), Illinois, Indiana, release.
gray bat (Myotis Iowa, Kansas,
grisescens), Kentucky, Louisiana,
tricolored bat Maine, Maryland,
(Perimyotis Massachusetts,
subflavus). Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, North
Carolina, North
Dakota, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South
Carolina, South
Dakota, Texas,
Tennessee, Utah,
Vermont, Virginia,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
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PER1745522-1............ Zeinab Haidar, Indiana bat (Myotis Add: Alabama, Arkansas, Capture, band, Capture, collect.. Amend.
Arcata, CA. sodalis), northern Colorado, Connecticut, telemetry,
long-eared bat Delaware, Florida, nonintrusive
(Myotis Georgia, Illinois, measurements,
septentrionalis), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, wing punch,
gray bat (Myotis Kentucky, Louisiana, release.
grisescens), Maine, Maryland,
tricolored bat Massachusetts,
(Perimyotis Michigan, Minnesota,
subflavus). Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, North
Carolina, North
Dakota, Ohio, Rhode
Island, South
Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee,
Utah, Vermont,
Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
PER1541934-1............ Audubon Sea bird Roseate tern Add: New Hampshire..... Capture and band Capture........... Amend.
Institute, Bremen, (Sterna dougallii adults and
ME; Donald Lyons. dougallii). chicks,
telemetry,
research, release.
PER8719125-0............ Audubon Sea Bird Roseate tern Maine.................. Capture and band Capture........... New.
Institute, Bremen, (Sterna dougallii adults and
ME; Donald Lyons. dougallii). chicks, mark
chicks, release,
salvage.
PER9408441-0............ Luke Fultz, Indiana bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Capture, band, Capture, collect, New.
Huntingdon, PA. sodalis), northern Connecticut, Delaware, telemetry, non- wound.
long-eared bat Florida, Georgia, intrusive
(Myotis Illinois, Indiana, measurements,
septentrionalis), Iowa, Kansas, light-tag,
gray bat (Myotis Kentucky, Maryland, release.
grisescens). Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri,
Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, North
Carolina, North Dakota
Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South
Carolina, South
Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, Vermont,
Virginia, West
Virginia, and
Wisconsin.
ES37632D-1.............. U.S. Forest Candy darter West Virginia.......... Electrofish, Capture........... Renew.
Service, (Etheostoma survey, monitor,
Monongahela osburni). release.
National Forest,
Bartow, WV; Chad
Landress.
PER8716069-0............ West Virginia Candy darter West Virginia.......... Electrofish, fin Capture, collect.. New.
Department of (Etheostoma clip, release.
Environmental osburni).
Protection,
Charleston, WV;
Gary Rogers.
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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. 2024-06220 Filed 3-22-24; 8:45 am]
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