[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 189 (Tuesday, September 29, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61024-61027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-21394]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2020-N129; 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
October 29, 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.
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 88789B-1......... Sharon Davis, Indiana bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/absence Enter hibernacula or Amendment.
Evening Shade, AR. sodalis), gray bat Connecticut, surveys, population maternity roost
(Myotis grisescens), Delaware, the monitoring. caves, salvage dead
northern long-eared District of bats, capture with
bat (Myotis Columbia, Georgia, mist nets or harp
septentrionalis), Illinois, Indiana, traps, handle,
Ozark big-eared bat Iowa, Kansas, identify, band,
(Corynorhinus Kentucky, radio-tag, collect
townsendii ingens), Louisiana, Maine, hair samples, swab,
and Virginia big- Maryland, and wing-punch.
eared bat Massachusetts,
(Corynorhinus Michigan,
townsendii Minnesota,
virginianus). 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 06338C-2......... David Foltz II, Fish: Candy darter Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/absence Fish: Electro-shock, Amendment.
Weirton, WV. (Etheostoma Georgia, Illinois, surveys, population seine, capture,
osburni), diamond Indiana, Iowa, monitoring. handle, identify,
darter (Crystallaria Kansas, Kentucky, and release;
cincotta), and Louisiana, Mussels: Remove
Roanoke logperch Michigan, from the substrate
(Percina rex); Minnesota, for identification,
Mussels: Clubshell Mississippi, identify, return,
(Pleurobema clava), Missouri, Nebraska, and salvage relic
cracking New York, North shells; Crayfish:
pearlymussel Carolina, Ohio, Capture via
(Hemistena lata), Oklahoma, seining, handle,
Cumberland combshell Pennsylvania, identify, and
(Epioblasma Tennessee, release.
brevidens), Virginia, West
dromedary Virginia, and
pearlymussel (Dromus Wisconsin.
dromas), fanshell
(Cyprogenia
stegaria), fat
pocketbook
(Potamilus capax),
fluted kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus
subtentus), Higgins
eye pearlymussel
(Lampsilis
higginsii), James
River spinymussel
(Pleurobema
collina), 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
spp. cylindrica),
rayed bean (Villosa
fabalis), ring pink
(Obovaria retusa),
rough pigtoe
(Pleurobema plenum),
sheepnose
(Plethobasus
cyphyus), snuffbox
(Epioblasma
triquetra),
spectaclecase
(Cumberlandia
monodonta),
tubercled blossom
(Epioblasma torulosa
torulosa), white
cat's paw
(Epioblasma
obliquata
perobliqua), and
white wartyback
(Plethobasus
cicatricosus);
Crayfish: Nashville
crayfish (Orconectes
shoupi).
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TE 64232B-1......... Joshua Young, Bats: Indiana bat Bats: Alabama, Presence/absence Bats: Enter Renewal.
Lexington, KY. (Myotis sodalis), Arkansas, Georgia, surveys, studies to hibernacula and
gray bat (Myotis Illinois, Indiana, document habitat maternity roost
grisescens), Kentucky, Maryland, use, and population caves, capture with
northern long-eared Mississippi, monitoring. mist nets or harp
bat (Myotis Missouri, North traps, handle,
septentrionalis), Carolina, Ohio, identify, band, and
and Virginia big- Pennsylvania, South radio-tag; Mussels:
eared bat Carolina, capture, identify,
(Corynorhinus Tennessee, tag, release, and
townsendii Virginia, and West collect relict
virginianus); Virginia; Mussels: shells.
Mussels: Clubshell Kentucky.
(Pleurobema clava),
cracking
pearlymussel
(Hemistena lata),
Cumberland bean
pearlymussel
(Villosa trabalis),
Cumberlandian
combshell
(Epioblasma
brevidans),
Cumberland elktoe
(Alasmidonta
atropurpurea),
dromedary
pearlymussel (Dromus
dromas), fanshell
(Cyprogenia
stegaria), fat
pocketbook
(Potamilus capax),
fluted kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus
subtentus), little-
wing pearlymussel
(Pegias fabula),
northern riffleshell
(Epioblasma torulosa
rangiana), orange-
foot pimpleback
pearlymussel
(Plethobasus
cooperianus), oyster
mussel (Epioblasma
capsaeformis), pink
mucket pearlymussel
(Lampsilis abrupta),
purple cat's paw
(Epioblasma
obliquata
obliquata),
rabbitsfoot
(Quadrula cylindrica
cylindrica), rink
ping (Obovaria
retusa), rough
pigtoe (Pleurobema
plenum), scaleshell
(Leptodea leptodon),
sheepnose
(Plethobasus
cyphyus), slabside
pearlymussel
(Pleuronaia
dolabelloidies),
snuffbox (Epioblasma
triquetra),
spectaclecase mussel
(Cumberlandia
monodonta), tan
riffleshell
(Epioblasma
walkeri), tubercled-
blossom pearlymussel
(Epioblasma torulosa
torulosa), and white
wartyback
pearlymussel
(Plethobasus
cicatricosus).
TE 206741-2......... Metro Water Nashville crayfish Mill Creek Presence/absence Capture, handle, Renewal/Amendment.
Services, (Orconectes shoupi). Watershed, Davidson surveys, population identify, measure,
Nashville, TN. County, TN. monitoring. sex, and release.
TE 98596B-2......... Sarah Veselka, Big Sandy crayfish Kentucky, Virginia, Presence/absence Capture, handle, Amendment.
Morgantown, WV. (Cambarus callainus) and West Virginia. surveys. identify, measure,
and Guyandotte River and release.
crayfish (Cambarus
veteranus).
TE 82659D-0......... Sarah Messer, American burying Arkansas, Kansas, Presence/absence Capture, handle, New.
Huntington, WV. beetle (Nicrophorus Massachusetts, surveys. identify, and
americanus). Nebraska, Ohio, release.
Oklahoma, Rhode
Island, South
Dakota, and Texas.
TE 83157D-0......... Matthew Miller, Sarracenia oreophila Oregon.............. Interstate commerce. Sell artificially New.
Ashland, OR. (green pitcher- propagated plants
plant), S. rubra in interstate
ssp. alabamensis commerce.
(Alabama canebrake
pitcher-plant), and
S. r. ssp. jonesii
(Mountain sweet
pitcher-plant).
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TE 68616B-2......... Carla Atkinson, Mussels: Alabama Alabama, Georgia, Presence/absence Capture, handle, Renewal.
University of (=inflated) and Tennessee. surveys and identify, hold
Alabama, heelsplitter excretion/ temporarily in
Tuscaloosa, AL. (Potamilus respiration Studies. containers in
inflatus), Alabama stream, and release.
lampmussel
(Lampsilis
virescens), Alabama
moccasinshell
(Medionidus
acutissimus),
Chipola slabshell
(Elliptio
chipolaensis), Coosa
moccasinshell
(Medionidus
parvulus), cracking
pearlymussel
(Hemistena lata),
Cumberlandian
combshell
(Epioblasma
brevidans), dark
pigtoe (Pleurobema
furvum), fat
threeridge (Amblema
neislerii), fine-
lined pocketbook
(Lampsilis altilis),
fine[dash]rayed
pigtoe (Fusconaia
cuneolus), fluted
kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus
subtentus), Georgia
pigtoe (Pleurobema
hanleyianum), Gulf
moccasinshell
(Medionidus
penicillatus), heavy
pigtoe (Pleurobema
taitianum), orange-
nacre mucket
(Lampsilis
perovalis), oval
pigtoe (Pleurobema
pyriforme), ovate
clubshell
(Pleurobema
perovatum), oyster
mussel (Epioblasma
capsaeformis), pale
lilliput
pearlymussel
(Toxolasma
cylindrellus),
purple bankclimber
(Elliptoideus
sloatianus),
rabbitsfoot
(Quadrula cylindrica
cylindrica), ring
pink (Obovaria
retusa), round
ebonyshell
(Fusconaia
rotulata), shiny
pigtoe (Fusconaia
cor), shinyrayed
pocketbook
(Lampsilis
subangulata),
slabside
pearlymussel
(Lexingtonia
dolabelloides),
snuffbox mussel
(Epioblasma
triquetra), southern
clubshell
(Pleurobema
decisum), southern
combshell
(Epioblasma penita),
southern pigtoe
(Pleurobema
georgianum), and
triangular
kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus
greeni); Gastropods:
Tulotoma snail
(Tulotoma magnifica).
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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.
[FR Doc. 2020-21394 Filed 9-28-20; 8:45 am]
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