[Federal Register: June 22, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 119)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R3-ES-2010-N121; 30120-1113-0000-F6]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Permit
Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of permit applications; request for
comments.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities
with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species
Act (Act) prohibits activities with endangered and threatened species
unless a Federal permit allows such activity. The Act requires that we
invite public comment before issuing these permits.
DATES: We must receive any written comments on or before July 22, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send written comments by U.S. mail to the Regional Director,
Attn: Peter Fasbender, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological
Services, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, MN 55111-4056; or by
electronic mail to permitsR3ES@fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Fasbender, (612) 713-5343.
Background
We invite public comment on the following permit applications for
certain activities with endangered species authorized by section
10(a)(1)(A) of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and our regulations
governing the taking of endangered species in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17. Submit your written data, comments, or
request for a copy of the complete application to the address shown in
ADDRESSES.
Permit Applications
Permit Application Number: TE805269
Applicant: Daniel A. Soluk, Univ. of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD.
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (capture and
release, collect eggs, larvae, and exuviae) the Hine's Emerald
Dragonfly (Somatochlora hineana) in the States of Alabama, Illinois,
Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Proposed activities are aimed
at enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
Permit Application Number: TE15027A
Applicant: Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., Columbus, OH.
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (capture, radio-
tag, and release) Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis) and gray bats (Myotis
grisescens), and to take Hine's emerald dragonflies, American burying
beetles (Nicrophorus americanus), and Mitchell's satyr butterflies
(Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii) (capture and release). The applicant
would carry out these activities in the States of Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, in
order to document presence/absence and distribution of the species and
to conduct habitat use assessments. Proposed activities are aimed at
enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
Permit Application Number: TE15057A
Applicant: Brent M. McClane, McClane Environmental Services, St. Louis,
MO.
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (capture and
release) fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax), Higgin's eye pearlymussel
(Lampsilis higginsi), Curtis' pearlymussel (Epioblasma florentina
curtisi), pink mucket pearlymussel (Lampsilis abrupta), orangefoot
pimpleback (Plethobasus cooperianus), clubshell (Pluerobema clava)
white wartyback pearlymussel
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(Plethobasus cicatricosus), fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), and winged
mapleleaf (Quadrula fragosa) mussels in the States of Arkansas,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio,
West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Proposed activities are for the recovery
and enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
Permit Application Number: TE15061A.
Applicant: CDM Michigan, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release)
Northern riffleshell mussels (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana) within the
State of Michigan. Proposed activities are to document presence/absence
of the species for the enhancement of survival of the species in the
wild.
Permit Application Number: TE15075A
Applicant: Fowler Ridge Wind Farm, LLC, Houston, TX.
The applicant requests a permit to take (migrating) Indiana bats
within Benton County, Indiana, at the Fowler Ridge wind facility. The
salvage study is designed to inform the applicant as to the operating
parameters that avoid take of bats and, where impacts occur, the level
of impacts at various wind speeds and operating parameters. Information
to be gathered will assist with development of methods to enhance the
survival of the species in the wild.
Public Comments
We seek public review and comments on these permit applications.
Please refer to the permit number when you submit comments. Comments
and materials we receive are available for public inspection, by
appointment, during normal business hours at the address shown in the
ADDRESSES section. Before including your address, phone number, e-mail
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.
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
In compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), we have made an
initial determination that the proposed activities in these permits are
categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental
assessment or environmental impact statement (516 DM 6 Appendix 1,
1.4C(1)).
Dated: June 16, 2010.
Lynn M. Lewis,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 3.
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