[Federal Register: February 28, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 40)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2008-N0027]
[40120-1112-0000-F5]
Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The public is invited to comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with threatened and endangered species.
DATES: We must receive written data or comments on the application at
the address given below, by March 31, 2008.
ADDRESSES: 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, by any party who
submits a written request for a copy of such documents to the following
office within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice: Fish
and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta,
Georgia 30345 (Attn: David Dell, HCP Coordinator).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Dell, telephone 404/679-7313;
facsimile 404/679-7081.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public is invited to comment on the
following applications for permits to conduct certain activities with
endangered and threatened species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.). This notice is provided under section 10(c) of the Act. If you
wish to comment, you may submit comments by any one of the following
methods. You may mail comments to the Fish and Wildlife Service's
Regional Office (see ADDRESSES section) or via electronic mail (e-mail)
to david_dell@fws.gov. Please include your name and return address in
your e-mail message. If you do not receive a confirmation from the Fish
and Wildlife Service that we have received your e-mail message, contact
us directly at the telephone number listed above (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section). Finally, you may hand deliver comments to
the Fish and Wildlife Service office listed above (see ADDRESSES
section).
Before including your address, telephone number, e-mail address, or
other personal identifying information in your comments, 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 comments to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so. There may also be other circumstances in which we would
withhold from the administrative record a respondent's identity, as
allowable by law. If you wish us to withhold your name and address, you
must state this prominently at the beginning of your comments. We will
not, however, consider anonymous comments. We will make all submissions
from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or
businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.
Applicant: Archbold Biological Station, Lake Placid, Florida, TE083085.
The applicant requests authorization to amend an existing permit to
collect seeds of scrub plum (Prunus geniculata) from throughout the
species range in Florida for use in propagation and research.
Applicant: Robert Shane Prescott, Compliance Monitoring Labs, Inc.,
Chapmanville, West Virginia, TE148279.
The applicant requests authorization to survey, capture and attach
radiotransmitters to Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii
virginianus), gray bat (Myotis grisescens) and Indiana bat (Myotis
sodalis). Activities will occur throughout West Virginia, Virginia,
Tennessee, North Carolina, and Kentucky.
Applicant: Jack D. Wilhide, Compliance Monitoring Labs, Inc.,
Chapmanville, West Virginia, TE148282.
The applicant requests authorization to survey, capture and attach
radiotransmitters to Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii
virginianus), gray bat (Myotis grisescens), and Indiana bat (Myotis
sodalis). Sampling will occur throughout West Virginia, Virginia,
Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas.
Applicant: Byron J. Freeman, Institute of Ecology, University of
Georgia, Athens, Georgia, TE132114.
The applicant requests amendment of an existing permit to capture
and sacrifice for genetic research, amber darter (Percina antesella),
from the Etowah River and the Conasauga River. The applicant also
requests to collect Cherokee darter (Etheostoma scotti) from Hickory
Log Creek. The applicant also seeks permission to hold Etheostoma
scotti from multiple locations, collect trematode parasites and release
the fish.
Applicant: Gary D. Schnell, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma,
TE040080.
The applicant requests authorization to amend an existing permit to
add Texas to their authorized work area. Activities authorized are the
capture, tagging and translocation of American burying beetle
(Nicrophorus americanus).
Applicant: Carol E. Johnston, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama,
TE163433.
The applicant requests authorization to study spawning of the Cape
Fear shiner (Notropis mekistocholas) in Chatham and Lee Counties, North
Carolina.
Applicants: Steven Bradford Cook, Tennessee Technological University,
Cookeville, Tennessee, TE083014. Matt A. Kulp, National Park Service,
Tennessee, TE148237.
The applicant requests an amendment to his current permit to
capture, mark, and monitor spotfin chub (Erimonax monachus), duskeytail
darter (Etheostoma percnurum), smoky madtom (Noturus baileyi), and
yellowfin madtom (Noturus flavipinnis) in Abrams Creek watershed,
Sevier County, Tennessee.
Applicant: Stuart W. McGregor, Geological Survey of Alabama,
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, TE027346.
The applicant requests an amendment to his current permit to
salvage shells of endangered and threatened fresh water mollusks via
wading, snorkeling, or scuba diving in the Chattahoochee River drainage
in Alabama and Georgia.
Applicant: Paul D. Johnson, Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center,
Marion, Alabama, TE130300.
The applicant requests an amendment to his current permit to
collect, identify, sacrifice, temporarily hold, permanently hold, and
release the following mollusks and fish species: rough pigtoe
(Pleurobema plenum), black clubshell (Pleurobema curtum), Alabama
heelsplitter (Potamilus inflatus), and Alabama sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus
suttkusi). The activities will occur while conducting surveys,
population estimates and genetic, morphological, anatomical, and
captive propagation studies.
Applicant: Thomas S. Risch, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro,
Arkansas, TE075913.
The applicant requests an amendment to his current permit to
conduct mist netting of Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis)
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in Arkansas, Kentucky, western Virginia and eastern Ohio for population
surveys.
Applicant: Steven E. Buler, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama,
TE163451.
The applicant requests authorization to capture and sacrifice blue
shiner (Cyprinella caerulea), palezone shiner (Notropis albizonatus),
Cahaba shiner (Notropis cahabae), slackwater darter (Etheostoma
boschungi), boulder darter (Etheostoma wapiti), goldline darter
(Percina aurolineata), and snail darter (Percina tanasi) as voucher
specimens from streams throughout Alabama.
Applicant: Arthur C. Benke, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama,
TE163435.
The applicant requests authorization to capture and release the
following species: cylindrical lioplax (Lioplax cyclostomaformis); flat
pebblesnail (Lepyrium showalteri); round rocksnail (Leptoxis ampla);
fine-lined pocketbook (Lampsilis altilis), and orange-nacre mucket
(Lampsilis perovalis) for research and surveys on Cahaba River National
Wildlife Refuge, Bibb County, Alabama.
Applicant: Barry S. Payne and Mark D. Farr, USACE/ERDC, Vicksburg,
Mississippi, TE163434.
The applicants request authorization to capture and release fat
threeridge mussels (Amblema neislerii) as part of a study to determine
depth distribution of the species in the Apalachicola River, Florida.
Applicant: Lee E. Carolan, Palmer Engineering. Winchester, Kentucky,
TE156345.
The applicant requests permission to conduct presence/absence
surveys on a contract basis for four endangered bat species, seven
threatened or endangered bird species, two threatened reptiles, thirty
endangered mussels, twelve threatened or endangered fish, one
endangered snail, four endangered insects, one endangered crustacean
and seven threatened or endangered plants. Depending on the contracts
let, species may be sampled in Missouri, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana,
Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia.
Applicant: Ya Yang, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan,
TE156323.
The applicant requests permission to collect leaf samples from
Chamaesyce deltoidea, Chamaesyce garberi, Chamaesyce hooveri, and
Euphorbia telephioides as well as two herbarium vouchers for each
species. All species will be collected in Dade, Monroe, or Collier
County, Florida for research purposes.
Applicant: Andrew Case Miller, Ecological Applications, Tallahassee,
Florida, TE156374.
The applicant requests authorization to capture and release the
endangered threeridge mussel (Amblema neislerii) for population surveys
in the Apalachicola River, Florida.
Applicant: Peter Scott Floyd, Sr., Pascagoula, Mississippi, TE156426
The applicant requests authorization to trap, radio-tag, and
release the endangered Alabama redbellied turtle (Pseudemys
alabamensis), for research and surveys throughout the species range in
Alabama.
Applicant: Gerald R. Dinkins, Dinkins Biological Consulting, Powell,
Tennessee, TE069754.
The applicant requests renewal of his permit to capture, identify,
and release federally listed fish and mussels for population surveys
throughout their ranges in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina,
Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Ohio,
Iowa, and Minnesota.
Applicant: Roberg Environmental Consulting Services, Cabot, Arkansas,
TE105626.
The applicant requests renewal and amendment of his current permit
to capture, mark, and release the American burying beetle for
population surveys throughout the species range in Arkansas and
Oklahoma.
Dated: January 30, 2008.
Jeffrey M. Fleming,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. E8-3768 Filed 2-27-08; 8:45 am]
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