[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34215-34221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11994]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2020-N066; 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
July 6, 2020.
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: 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.
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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 Location Activity Type of take Permit action
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TE 41955C-1.......... Anthony Miller, BATS: Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), gray Bats: Alabama, Presence/absence Bats: Enter Renewal.
Lexington, KY. bats (Myotis grisescens), northern long- Arkansas, surveys. hibernacula and
eared bats (Myotis septentrionalis), and Connecticut, summer roost
Virginia big-eared bats (Corynorhinus Delaware, caves, capture
townsendii virginianus); FISH: Blackside District of with mist nets
dace (Phoxinus cumberlandensis) and Columbia, or harp traps,
Kentucky arrow darter (Etheostoma Florida, handle,
spilotum); MUSSELS: Clubshell Georgia, identify, band,
(Pleurobema clava), Cumberland bean Illinois, radio-tag,
(Villosa trabilis), Cumberland elktoe Indiana, Iowa, collect hair
(Alasmidonta atropurpurea), Kansas, samples, light-
Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma Kentucky, tag, wing-
brevidens), fanshell (Cyprogenia Louisiana, punch; Fish:
stegaria), fat pocketbook (Potamilus Maine, Capture with
capax), littlewing pearlymussel (Pegias Maryland, hand nets and
fabula), northern riffleshell Massachusetts, seines, handle,
(Epioblasma torulosa rangiana), Michigan, identify, and
orangefoot pimpleback (Plethobasus Minnesota, release;
cooperianus), oyster mussel (Epioblasma Mississippi, Mussels: Remove
capsaeformis), pink mucket (Lampsilis Missouri, from the
abrupta), purple cat's paw (Epioblasma Montana, substrate for
obliquata obliquata), ring pink Nebraska, New identification,
(Obovaria retusa), and rough pigtoe Hampshire, New data
(Pleurobema plenum). Jersey, New collection, and
York, North return.
Carolina, North
Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Vermont,
Virginia, West
Virginia,
Wisconsin, and
Wyoming; Fish
and Mussels:
Kentucky.
TE 67197D-0.......... Tyler Black, CRAYFISH: Big Sandy crayfish (Cambarus Delaware, Presence/ Capture, handle, New.
Chapel Hill, NC. callainus), Guyandotte River crayfish Kentucky, absence identify, mark,
(Cambarus veteranus), and Nashville Maryland, New surveys, tag, collect
crayfish (Orconectes shoupi); FISH: Jersey, North population tissue samples,
Laurel dace (Chrosomus saylori), blue Carolina, monitoring, and release.
shiner (Cyprinella caerulea), bluemask Pennsylvania, genetic
darter (Etheostoma akatulo), relict South Carolina, sampling,
darter (Etheostoma chienense), candy Tennessee, collection for
darter (Etheostoma osburni), duskytail Virginia, and propagation and
darter (Etheostoma percnurum), Maryland West Virginia. translocation.
darter (Etheostoma sellare), Kentucky
arrow darter (Etheostoma spilotum),
Cumberland darter (Etheostoma susansae),
trispot darter (Etheostoma trisella),
boulder darter (Etheostoma wapiti),
Barrens topminnow (Fundulus julisia),
palezone shiner (Notropis albizonatus),
Cape Fear shiner (Notropis
mekistocholas), smoky madtom (Noturus
baileyi) chucky madtom (Noturus
crypticus), pygmy madtom (Noturus
stanauli), amber darter (Percina
antesella), goldline darter (Percina
aurolineata), Conasauga logperch
(Percina jenkinsi), Roanoke logperch
(Percina rex), snail darter (Percina
tanasi), and blackside dace (Phoxinus
cumberlandensis); MUSSELS: Cumberland
elktoe (Alasmidonta atropurpurea), dwarf
wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterodon),
Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta
raveneliana), spectaclecase
(Cumberlandia monodonta), fanshell
(Cyprogenia stegaria), dromedary
pearlymussel (Dromus dromas), yellow
lance (Elliptio lanceolata), Tar River
spinymussel (Elliptio steinstansana),
Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma
brevidens), oyster mussel (Epioblasma
capsaeformis), yellow blossom
(Epioblasma florentina florentina), tan
riffleshell (Epioblasma florentina
walkeri), upland combshell (Epioblasma
metastriata), purple cat's paw
(Epioblasma obliquata obliquata),
southern acornshell (Epioblasma
othcaloogensis), green blossom
(Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum),
northern riffleshell (Epioblasma
torulosa rangiana), tubercled blossom
(Epioblasma torulosa torulosa), snuffbox
mussel (Epioblasma triquetra), turgid
blossom (Epioblasma turgidula), shiny
pigtoe (Fusconaia cor), finerayed pigtoe
(Fusconaia cuneolus), Atlantic pigtoe
(Fusconaia masoni), cracking
pearlymussel (Hemistena lata), pink
mucket (Lampsilis abrupta), finelined
pocketbook (Lampsilis altilis), Alabama
lampmussel (Lampsilis virescens),
Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona
decorata), birdwing pearlymussel (Lemiox
rimosus), scaleshell mussel (Leptodea
leptodon), Alabama moccasinshell
(Medionidus acutissimus), Coosa
moccasinshell (Medionidus parvulus),
ring pink (Obovaria retusa), littlewing
pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), white
wartyback (Plethobasus cicatricosus),
orangefoot pimpleback (Plethobasus
cooperianus), sheepnose (Plethobasus
cyphyus), clubshell (Pleurobema clava),
James spinymussel (Pleurobema collina),
southern clubshell (Pleurobema decisum),
southern pigtoe (Pleurobema georgianum),
Cumberland pigtoe (Pleurobema gibberum),
Georgia pigtoe (Pleurobema hanleyianum),
ovate clubshell (Pleurobema perovatum),
rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum),
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), rayed
bean (Villosa fabalis), purple bean
(Villosa perpurpurea), and Cumberland
bean (Villosa trabalis); SNAILS:
Anthony's riversnail (Athearnia
anthonyi).
TE 66039A-1.......... Arkansas Game AMPHIBIANS: Ozark hellbender Arkansas........ Captive Capture, Renewal and
and Fish (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi); propagation and transport, amendment.
Commission, MUSSELS: Ouachita rock pocketbook release. artificially
Benton, AR. (Arkansia wheeleri), snuffbox mussel propagate, and
(Epioblasma triquetra), Arkansas release.
fatmucket (Lampsilis powellii), speckled
pocketbook (Lampsilis streckeri), Neosho
mucket (Lampsilis rafinesqueana),
rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica
cylindrica), and winged mapleleaf
(Quadrula fragosa).
TE 68453D-0.......... Andrew Edelman, Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), northern Alabama, Presence/absence Enter New.
University of long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), Georgia, and surveys, hibernacula and
West Georgia, and Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis). South Carolina. population maternity roost
Carrolton, GA. monitoring. caves, mist-
net, capture,
handle, band,
radio-tag, and
collect hair
samples.
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TE 040792-5.......... US Forest Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides Arkansas, Population Capture, band, Renewal and
Service--Savann borealis). Florida, management and monitor nest amendment.
ah River Site, Georgia, monitoring. cavities,
New Ellenton, Louisiana, construct and
SC. Mississippi, monitor
North Carolina, artificial nest
and South cavities and
Carolina. restrictors,
and translocate.
TE 697819-5.......... US Fish and All endangered species in the Southeast Alabama, All activities Conduct take of Renewal.
Wildlife Region. Arkansas, in furtherance endangered
Service, Florida, of the U.S. species of
Atlanta, GA. Georgia, Fish and wildlife
Kentucky, Wildlife wherever found
Louisiana, Service's and removal and
Mississippi, mission to reduction to
North Carolina, conserve possession of
South Carolina, endangered endangered
Tennessee, wildlife and species of
Commonwealth of plants and the plants from
Puerto Rico, ecosystems upon lands under
and U.S. Virgin which they Federal
Islands. depend. jurisdiction in
the Southeast
Region.
TE 075925-3.......... Shaw Air Force Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides Alabama, Population Capture, band, Renewal and
Base, Columbia, borealis). Florida, management and monitor nest amendment.
SC. Georgia, monitoring. cavities,
Louisiana, construct and
Mississippi, monitor
North Carolina, artificial nest
South Carolina, cavities and
Texas, and restrictors,
Virginia. and translocate.
TE 70041D-0.......... Kristina Witter, Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides Alabama, Population Capture, band, New.
Jacksonville, borealis). Arkansas, management and monitor nest
FL. Florida, monitoring. cavities,
Georgia, construct and
Kentucky, monitor
Louisiana, artificial nest
Mississippi, cavities and
North Carolina, restrictors,
South Carolina, and translocate.
and Tennessee.
TE 35594A-4.......... Alabama Power Rush darter (Etheostoma phytophilum) and Alabama......... Presence/absence Capture with Amendment.
Company, trispot darter (Etheostoma trisella). surveys. hand nets and
Birmingham, AL. seines, handle,
identify, and
release.
TE 108584-7.......... Tim Nehus, CRAYFISH: Nashville crayfish (Orconectes Tennessee....... Presence/absence Capture, Renewal.
Lebanon, TN. shoupi); MUSSELS: Birdwing pearlymussel surveys. identify,
(Conradilla caelata), oyster mussel measure, sex,
(Epioblasma capsaeformis), tan and release.
riffleshell (Epioblasma walkeri),
Cumberland monkeyface (Quadrula
intermedia), orangefoot pimpleback
(Plethobasus cooperianus), Cumberland
elktoe (Alasmidonta atropurpurea),
Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta
raveneliana), fanshell (Cyprogenia
stegaria), dromedary pearlymussel
(Dromus dromas), Cumberlandian combshell
(Epioblasma brevidens), yellow-blossom
pearlymussel (Epioblasma florentina),
upland combshell (Epioblasma
metastriata), Southern acornshell
(Epioblasma othcaloogensis), green
blossom pearlymussel (Epioblasma
torulosa gubernaculum), tuberculed-
blossom pearlymussel (Epioblasma
torulosa torulosa), turgid blossom
pearlymussel (Epioblasma turgidula),
purple cat's paw (Epioblasma obliquata
obliquata), fine-lined pocketbook
(Lampsilis altilis), pink mucket
pearlymussel (Lampsilis abrupta),
Alabama lampmussel (Lampsilis
virescens), Alabama moccasinshell
(Medionidus acutissimus), Coosa
moccasinshell (Medionidus parvulus),
ring pink mussel (Obovaria retusa),
little-wing pearlymussel (Pegias
fabula), white wartyback (Plethobasus
cicatricosus), clubshell (Pleurobema
clava), Southern clubshell (Pleurobema
decisum), Southern pigtoe (Pleurobema
georgianum), Cumberland pigtoe
(Pleurobema gibberum), ovate clubshell
(Pleurobema perovatum), rough pigtoe
(Pleurobema plenum), triangular
kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus greeni),
rough rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica
strigillata), winged mapleleaf (Quadrula
fragosa), Appalachian monkeyface
(Quadrula sparsa), pale lilliput
(Toxolasma cylindrellus), Cumberland
bean pearlymussel (Villosa trabalis),
and purple bean (Villosa perpurpurea);
FISH: Blue shiner (Cyprinella caerulea),
bluemask darter (Etheostoma akatulo),
duskytail darter (Etheostoma percnurum),
boulder darter (Etheostoma wapiti),
palezone shiner (Notropis albizonatus),
smoky madtom (Noturus baileyi),
yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis),
pygmy madtom (Noturus stanauli), amber
darter (Percina antesella), Conasauga
logperch (Percina jenkinsi), snail
darter (Percina tanasi), and blackside
dace (Phoxinus cumberlandensis).
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TE 59798B-2.......... Daguna Cumberland elktoe (Alasmidonta Illinois, Iowa, Presence/absence Capture, handle, Renewal.
Consulting, atropurpurea), Appalachian elktoe Minnesota, surveys. identify,
LLC, Rochester, (Alasmidonta raveneliana), birdwing Tennessee, and measure, age by
MN. pearlymussel (Conradilla caelata), Wisconsin. examining shell
spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta), growth rings,
fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), sex,
dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus dromus), photograph, PIT-
Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma tag or plastic
brevidens), oyster mussel (Epioblasma shell tag,
capsaeformis), yellow-blossom mark, and
pearlymussel (Epioblasma florentina), release.
green-blossom pearlymussel (Epioblasma
torulosa gubernaculum), tuberculed-
blossom pearlymussel (Epioblasma
torulosa torulosa), snuffbox (Epioblasma
triquetra), turgid-blossom pearlymussel
(Epioblasma turgidula), tan riffleshell
(Epioblasma walkeri), fine-rayed pigtoe
(Fusconaia cuneolus), shiny pigtoe
(Fusconia cor), cracking pearlymussel
(Hemistena lata), pink mucket
pearlymussel (Lampsilis abrupta),
Higgins eye (Lampsilis higginsii),
Alabama lampmussel (Lampsilis
virescens), scaleshell (Leptodea
leptodon), slabside pearlymussel
(Lexingtonia dolabelloides), little-wing
pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus), clubshell
(Pleurobema clava), rough pigtoe
(Pleurobema plenum), fat pocketbook
(Potamilus capax), fluted kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus subtentum), rough
rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica
strigillata), winged mapleleaf (Quadrula
fragosa), Cumberland monkeyface
(Quadrula intermedia), Appalachian
monkeyface (Quadrula sparsa), pale
lilliput (Toxolasma cylindrellus),
purple bean (Villosa perpurpurea), and
Cumberland bean pearlymussel (Villosa
trabalis).
TE 71050D-0.......... Brett Andersen, Northern long-eared bat (Myotis Alabama, Presence/absence Enter New.
Papillion, NE. septentrionalis) and Indiana bat (Myotis Arkansas, surveys and hibernacula,
sodalis). Connecticut, habitat use capture with
Delaware, studies. mist-nets and
District of harp traps,
Columbia, handle, band,
Georgia, and radio-tag.
Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas,
Kentucky,
Louisiana,
Maine,
Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan,
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 178815-1.......... Kentucky Cumberland elktoe (Alasmidonta Kentucky........ Captive Capture, handle, Renewal.
Department of atropurpurea), fanshell (Cyprogenia propagation and transport,
Fish and stegaria), dromedary pearlymussel release. propagate, and
Wildlife (Dromus dromus), Cumberlandian combshell release.
Resources, (Epioblasma brevidens), oyster mussel
Frankfort, KY. (Epioblasma capsaeformis), yellow-
blossom pearlymussel (Epioblasma
florentina), purple cat's paw
(Epioblasma obliquata obliquata), white
cat's paw (Epioblasma sulcate
perobliqua), green-blossom pearlymussel
(Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum), tan
blossom pearlymussel (Epioblasma
torulosa rangiana), tuberculed-blossom
pearlymussel (Epioblasma torulosa
torulosa), turgid-blossom pearlymussel
(Epioblasma turgidula), tan riffleshell
(Epioblasma walkeri), crackling
pearlymussel (Hemistena lata), pink
mucket pearlymussel (Lampsilis abrupta),
Higgins eye (Lampsilis higginsii),
Alabama lampmussel (Lampsilis
virescens), scaleshell (Leptodea
leptodon), ring pink mussel (Obovaria
retusa), little-wing pearlymussel
(Pegias fabula), white wartyback mussel
(Plethobasus cicatricosus), sheepnose
(Plethobasus cyphyus), clubshell
(Pleurobema clava), orange footed
pimpleback (Plethobasus cooperianus),
rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), fat
pocketbook (Potamilus capax), rough
rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica
strigillata), winged mapleleaf (Quadrula
fragosa), Appalachian monkeyface
(Quadrula sparsa), and Cumberland bean
pearlymussel (Villosa trabalis).
TE 142806-2.......... James Cox, Tall Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides Florida and Population Capture, band, Renewal.
Timbers borealis). Georgia. management and monitor nest
Research monitoring. cavities,
Station, construct and
Tallahassee, FL. monitor
artificial nest
cavities and
restrictors,
and translocate.
TE 71653D-0.......... The Nature Louisiana quillwort (Isoetes Department of Demographic and Collect leaves, New.
Conservancy, louisianensis). Defense lands life history sporophylls,
Camp Shelby, MS. and Desoto study. and whole
National Forest plants.
lands within
Camp Shelby,
Mississippi
DeSoto National
Forest.
TE 72782D-0.......... Michael Cove, Key Largo woodrat (Neotoma floridana Crocodile Lake Presence/absence Capture, ear- New.
Zebulon, NC. smalli) and Key Largo cotton mouse National surveys, nest tag, radio-tag,
(Peromyscus gossypinus allapaticola). Wildlife Refuge monitoring, and PIT-tag,
and Dagny population release, and
Johnson monitoring. insert data
Botanical State loggers into
Park, Key nests.
Largo, Monroe
County, Florida.
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TE 38906B-1.......... National Park Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), Buck Island Reef Population Capture, Renewal and
Service, green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), National monitoring and restrain, amendment.
Christiansted, leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys Monument, St. scientific handle,
VI. coriacea) and hawksbill sea turtle Croix, U.S. research. relocate nests,
(Eretmochelys imbricata). Virgin Islands. excavate
hatched nests,
collect tissue,
blood, and
carapace
samples, PIT-
tag, attach
flipper,
acoustic, and
satellite tags.
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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.).
John Tirpak,
Deputy Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services.
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