[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9796-9800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03429]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2020-N016; FXES11140400000-201-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 23, 2020.
ADDRESSES:
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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 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 56515D-0........ Leslie Meade, Virginia big-eared bat Alabama, Florida, Presence/absence Capture with mist New.
Olympia, WA. (Corynorhinus townsendii Georgia, surveys. nets, handle,
virginianus), gray bat (Myotis Illinois, identify, band,
grisescens), northern long-eared Indiana, Iowa, radio-tag, and
bat (Myotis septentrionalis), Kentucky, release.
and Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis). Michigan,
Mississippi,
Missouri, North
Carolina, Ohio,
South Carolina,
and Tennessee.
TE 56588D-0........ Martin Melville, FISH: Laurel dace (Chrosomus Florida, Georgia, Presence/absence Capture, handle, New.
Marietta, GA. saylori), blue shiner North Carolina, surveys. identify, and
(Cyprinella (=Notropis) South Carolina, release.
caerulea), bluemask darter and Tennessee.
(Etheostoma akatulo), Etowah
darter (Etheostoma etowahae),
Okaloosa darter (Etheostoma
okaloosae), duskytail darter
(Etheostoma percnurum), Cherokee
darter (Etheostoma scotti),
Cumberland darter (Etheostoma
susanae), trispot darter
(Etheostoma trisella), boulder
darter (Etheostoma wapiti),
smoky madtom (Noturus baileyi),
chucky madtom (Noturus
crypticus), pygmy madtom
(Noturus stanauli), amber darter
(Percina antesella), goldline
darter (Percina aurolineata),
Conasauga logperch (Percina
jenkinsi), snail darter (Percina
tanasi), blackside dace
(Phoxinus cumberlandensis)
MUSSELS: Cumberland elktoe
(Alasmidonta atropurpurea),
Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta
raveneliana), fat threeridge
(Amblema neislerii),
spectaclecase (Cumberlandia
monodonta), fanshell (Cyprogenia
stegaria), dromedary
pearlymussel (Dromus dromas),
Chipola slabshell (Elliptio
chipolaensis), Altamaha
spinymussel (Elliptio spinosa),
purple bankclimber (Elliptoideus
sloatianus), Cumberlandian
combshell (Epioblasma
brevidens), oyster mussel
(Epioblasma capsaeformis),
yellow blossom (Epioblasma
florentina florentina), tan
riffleshell (Epioblasma
florentina walkeri), upland
combshell (Epioblasma
metastriata), southern
acornshell (Epioblasma
othcaloogensis), southern
combshell (Epioblasma penita),
green blossom (Epioblasma
torulosa gubernaculum),
tubercled blossom (Epioblasma
torulosa torulosa), snuffbox
mussel (Epioblasma
triquetra),turgid blossom
(Epioblasma turgidula), tapered
pigtoe (Fusconaia burkei), shiny
pigtoe (Fusconaia cor),
finerayed pigtoe (Fusconaia
cuneolus), narrow pigtoe
(Fusconaia escambia), round
ebonyshell (Fusconaia rotulata),
southern sandshell (Hamiota
australis), cracking
pearlymussel (Hemistena lata),
pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta),
finelined pocketbook (Lampsilis
altilis), orangenacre (Lampsilis
perovalis), shinyrayed
pocketbook (Lampsilis
subangulata), Alabama lampmussel
(Lampsilis virescens), Carolina
heelsplitter (Lasmigona
decorata), birdwing pearlymussel
(Lemiox rimosus), Alabama
moccasinshell (Medionidus
acutissimus), Coosa
moccasinshell (Medionidus
parvulus), Gulf moccasinshell
(Medionidus penicillatus),
Ochlockonee moccasinshell
(Medionidus simpsonianus),
Suwannee moccasinshell
(Medionidus walkeri), ring pink
(Obovaria retusa), littlewing
pearlymussel (Pegias fabula),
white wartyback (Plethobasus
cicatricosus), orangefoot
pimpleback (Plethobasus
cooperianus), sheepnose mussel
(Plethobasus cyphyus), clubshell
(Pleurobema clava), southern
clubshell (Pleurobema decisum),
southern pigtoe (Pleurobema
georgianum), Cumberland pigtoe
(Pleurobema gibberum), Georgia
pigtoe (Pleurobema hanleyianum),
ovate clubshell (Pleurobema
perovatum), rough pigtoe
(Pleurobema plenum), oval pigtoe
(Pleurobema pyriforme), fuzzy
pigtoe (Pleurobema strodeanum),
slabside pearlymussel
(Pleuronaia dolabelloides), fat
pocketbook (Potamilus capax),
triangular kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus greenii), fluted
kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus
subtentum), rabbitsfoot
(Quadrula cylindrica
cylindrica), rough rabbitsfoot
(Quadrula cylindrica
strigillata), winged mapleleaf
(Quadrula fragosa), Cumberland
monkeyface (Quadrula
intermedia), Appalachian
monkeyface (Quadrula sparsa),
pale lilliput (Toxolasma
cylindrellus), Choctaw bean
(Villosa choctawensis), rayed
bean (Villosa fabalis),purple
bean (Villosa perpurpurea),
Cumberland bean (Villosa
trabalis), and CRAYFISH:
Nashville crayfish (Orconectes
shoupi).
TE 61239D-0........ Smithsonian Red wolf (Canis rufus)........... Washington, D.C... Genome banking... Sperm collection New.
National Zoo, and
Washington, DC. cryopreservation.
TE 62026D-0........ Catherine Haase, Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Fort Campbell Army Assessment of bat Capture with mist New.
Austin Peay State northern long-eared bat (Myotis Base, Kentucky community nets, band,
University, septentrionalis), and Indiana and Tennessee. structure and radio-tag, and
Clarksville, TN. bat (Myotis sodalis). habitat use. release.
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TE 064740-2........ Fort Stewart Fish Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides Georgia........... Population Red-cockaded Renewal and
and Wildlife borealis), eastern indigo snake monitoring and woodpecker: amendment.
Branch, Fort (Drymarchon corais couperi), management; capture, band,
Stewart, GA. frosted flatwoods salamander surveys; and construct and
(Ambystoma cingulatum), and captive rearing monitor
smooth coneflower (Echinacea trials. artificial nest
laevigata). cavities and
restrictors, and
translocate;
eastern indigo
snake: capture,
measure, weigh,
and PIT-tag;
frosted
flatwoods
salamander:
capture with dip-
nets and minnow
traps, drift
fences and
buckets and
collect larvae
for captive
rearing trials;
smooth
coneflower:
remove and
reduce to
possession
(collect) seeds
for sowing on-
site.
TE 66005D-0........ Joseph T. Johnson, Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/absence Enter hibernacula New.
Todd, NC. Indiana bat (M. sodalis), Connecticut, surveys, habitat or maternity
northern long-eared bat (M. Delaware, assessments, roost caves,
septentrionalis), Ozark big- District of habitat use capture with
eared bat (Corynorhinus Columbia, studies, mist-nets or
(=Plecotus) townsendii ingens), Florida, Georgia, population harp traps,
and Virginia big-eared bat Illinois, monitoring, and handle, collect
(Corynorhinus (=Plecotus) Indiana, Iowa, studies to hair, fungal
townsendii virginianus). Kansas, Kentucky, evaluate the lift tape, swab,
Louisiana, Maine, effectiveness of wing-punch,
Maryland, acoustic band, radio-tag,
Massachusetts, identification light-tag, PIT-
Michigan, methods. tag, and salvage.
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,
Vermont,
Virginia, West
Virginia,
Wisconsin, and
Wyoming.
TE 56746B-4........ Joseph Johnson, Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) and Ohio.............. Migration study.. Capture with harp- Amendment.
Ohio University, northern long-eared bat (M. traps, band, and
Athens, OH. septentrionalis). radio-tag.
TE 59318D-0........ Marie Selby Harrisia (=Cereus) aboriginum J.N. ``Ding'' Genetic research Remove and reduce New.
Botanical (=gracilis) (aboriginal prickly- Darling National and artificial to possession
Gardens, apple). Wildlife Refuge, propagation. (collect)
Sarasota, FL. Sanibel, FL. spines, areoles,
and seeds.
TE 65875D-0........ William Pruitt, FISH: blue shiner (Cyprinella Alabama, Georgia, Presence/absence Capture, handle, New.
Roswell, GA. (=Notropis) caerulea), bluemask Mississippi, surveys. identify, and
darter (Etheostoma akatulo), North Carolina, release.
relict darter (Etheostoma Tennessee, and
chienense), vermilion darter Virginia.
(Etheostoma chermocki), Etowah
darter (Etheostoma etowahae),
yellowcheek darter (Etheostoma
moorei), watercress darter
(Etheostoma nuchale), duskytail
darter (Etheostoma percnurum),
rush darter (Etheostoma
phytophilum), Cherokee darter
(Etheostoma scotti), Cumberland
darter (Etheostoma susanae),
trispot darter (Etheostoma
trisella), boulder darter
(Etheostoma wapiti), Cahaba
shiner (Notropis cahabae), Cape
Fear shiner (Notropis
mekistocholas), smoky madtom
(Noturus baileyi), pygmy madtom
(Noturus stanauli), goldline
darter (Percina aurolineata),
Conasauga logperch (Percina
jenkinsi), Roanoke logperch
(Percina rex), snail darter
(Percina tanasi), and blackside
dace (Phoxinus cumberlandensis).
MUSSELS: fat threeridge (Amblema
neislerii), purple bankclimber
(Elliptoideus sloatianus), shiny-
rayed pocketbook (Lampsilis
subangulata), Gulf moccasinshell
(Medionidus penicillatus), and
oval pigtoe (Pleurobema
pyriforme).
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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.).
Matthew Dekar,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, South
Atlantic, Gulf & Mississippi Basin Regions.
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