[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 35 (Thursday, February 21, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5462-5464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02914]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2018-N139; FXES11140400000-189-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 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
March 25, 2019.
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 or hand-delivery: 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 who are hearing or speech impaired may call the
Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 for TTY assistance.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We invite review and comment from local,
State, and Federal agencies and the public 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 activities that constitute take
of listed species unless a Federal permit is issued that allows such
activities. 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 conduct activities with endangered or
threatened species for scientific purposes that promote recovery or for
enhancement of propagation or survival of the species. These activities
often include such prohibited actions as capture and
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collection. 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/numbers Location Activity Type of take Permit action
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TE 21570C-1.................... Tennessee Wildlife Alabama cavefish Tennessee.......... Captive Collect, Amendment.
Resources Agency, (Speoplatyrhinus propagation and transport, hold
Nashville, TN. poulsoni), Laurel release. in captivity for
Dace (Chrosomus more than 45
saylori), Bluemask consecutive days,
darter (Etheostoma release.
akatulo), Boulder
darter (Etheostoma
wapiti), Cherokee
darter (Etheostoma
scotti), Cumberland
darter (Etheostoma
susanae), Diamond
darter
(Crystallaria
cincotta),
Duskytail darter
(Etheostoma
percnurum), Etowah
darter (Etheostoma
etowahae), Fountain
darter (Etheostoma
fonticola),
Kentucky arrow
darter (Etheostoma
spilotum), Okaloosa
darter (Etheostoma
okaloosae), Pearl
darter (Percina
aurora), Relict
darter (Etheostoma
chienense), Rush
darter (Etheostoma
phytophilum),
Vermilion darter
(Etheostoma
chermocki),
Watercress darter
(Etheostoma
nuchale),
Yellowcheek darter
(Etheostoma
moorei), Conasauga
logperch (Percina
jenkinsi), Roanoke
logperch (Percina
rex), Chucky madtom
(Noturus
crypticus), Pygmy
madtom (Noturus
stanauli), Scioto
madtom (Noturus
trautmani), Smoky
madtom (Noturus
baileyi), Cahaba
shiner (Notropis
cahabae), Palezone
shiner (Notropis
albizonatus),
Alabama sturgeon
(Scaphirhynchus
suttkusi), Pallid
sturgeon
(Scaphirhynchus
albus), White
sturgeon (Acipenser
transmontanus), and
Spring pygmy
sunfish (Elassoma
alabamae).
TE 94849B-1.................... Copperhead Indiana bat (Myotis Alabama............ Determine Collect blood Amendment.
Environmental sodalis). pregnancy timing. samples.
Consulting, Paint
Lick, KY.
TE 02332D-0.................... Michelle Gilley, Gray bats (Myotis Bats: Alabama, Presence/absence Bats: Capture with New.
Mars Hill, NC. grisescens), Arkansas, surveys, mist nets and
Indiana bats Connecticut, population harp traps,
(Myotis sodalis), Delaware, Florida, monitoring, and handle, identify,
Northern long-eared Georgia, Illinois, studies to band, radio-tag,
bats (Myotis Indiana, Iowa, document habitat collect hair
septentrionalis), Kansas, Kentucky, use. samples, and wing-
Virginia big-eared Maryland, punch. Carolina
bats (Corynorhinus Massachusetts, northern flying
townsendii Michigan, squirrel: Capture
virginianus), and Minnesota, in nest boxes or
Carolina northern Mississippi, live traps,
flying squirrel Missouri, handle, radio-
(Glaucomys sabrinus Nebraska, New tag, collect hair
coloratus). Hampshire, New samples, and ear
Jersey, New York, tag.
North Carolina,
North Dakota,
Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota,
Tennessee, Texas,
Vermont, Virginia,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin, and
Wyoming. Carolina
northern flying
squirrel: North
Carolina,
Tennessee, and
Virginia.
TE 05528D-0.................... John Manuel, Gray bats (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/absence Enter hibernacula New.
Asheville, NC. grisescens), Connecticut, surveys, habitat or maternity
Indiana bats Delaware, District assessments, roost caves,
(Myotis sodalis), of Columbia, population capture with mist
and Northern long- Florida, Georgia, dynamics nets or harp
eared bats (Myotis Illinois, Indiana, evaluations, and traps, handle,
septentrionalis). Iowa, Kansas, migration identify, band,
Kentucky, Maine, research. radio-tag,
Maryland, collect hair
Massachusetts, samples, wing-
Michigan, punch, and swab.
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, Texas,
Vermont, Virginia,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin, and
Wyoming.
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TE 95412A-0.................... Kentucky Division Big Sandy crayfish Kentucky........... Presence/absence Collect, handle, New.
of Water, (Cambarus surveys. and release.
Frankfort, KY. callainus),
Blackside dace
(Chrosomus
cumberlandensis),
Cumberland darter
(Etheostoma
susanae), Duskytail
darter (Etheostoma
percnurum),
Kentucky arrow
darter (Etheostoma
spilotum), Palezone
shiner (Notropis
albizonatus),
Relict darter
(Etheostoma
chienense),
Clubshell
(Pleurobema clava),
Cumberland bean
(Villosa trabalis),
Cumberland
combshell
(Epioblasma
brevidens),
Cumberland elktoe
(Alasmidonta
atropurpurea),
Dromedary
pearlymussel
(Dromus dromas),
Fanshell
(Cyprogenia
stegaria), Fat
pocketbook
(Potamilus capax),
Fluted kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus
subtentum),
Littlewing
pearlymussel
(Pegias fabula),
Northern
riffleshell
(Epioblasma
torulosa rangiana),
Orangefoot
pimpleback
(Plethobasus
cooperianus),
Oyster mussel
(Epioblasma
capsaeformis), Pink
mucket (Lampsilis
abrupta), Purple
cat's paw
(Epioblasma
obliquata
obliquata),
Rabbitsfoot
(Quadrula
cylindrica
cylindrica), Rayed
bean (Villosa
fabalis), Ring pink
(Obovaria retusa),
Rough pigtoe
(Pleurobema
plenum), Scaleshell
mussel (Leptodea
leptodon),
Sheepnose mussel
(Plethobasus
cyphyus), Slabside
pearlymussel
(Pleuronaia
dolabelloides),
Snuffbox mussel
(Epioblasma
triquetra),
Spectaclecase
(Cumberlandia
monodonta), and Tan
riffleshell
(Epioblasma
florentina walkeri
(=E. walkeri)).
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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.).
Franklin Arnold,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Southeast
Region.
[FR Doc. 2019-02914 Filed 2-20-19; 8:45 am]
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