[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 96 (Thursday, May 18, 2023)] [Notices] [Pages 31805-31813] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2023-10647] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS-R4-ES-2023-N042; FXES11140400000-234-FF04E00000] Endangered Species; Recovery Permit Applications AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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 June 20, 2023. ADDRESSES: Reviewing Documents: Submit requests for copies of applications and other information submitted with the applications to Karen Marlowe (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). All requests and comments should specify the applicant name and application number (e.g., Mary Smith, ESPER0001234). Submitting Comments: If you wish to comment, you may submit comments by one of the following methods:Email (preferred method): 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. U.S. mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Office, Ecological Services, 1875 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30345 (Attn: Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator, 404-679-7097 (telephone) or karen_marlowe@fws.gov (email). Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite review and comment from the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies 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. Documents and other information submitted with the applications are available for review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a) and the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). Background With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits take of listed species unless a Federal permit is issued that authorizes such take. 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 take endangered or threatened species while engaging in activities that are conducted for scientific purposes that promote recovery of species or for enhancement of propagation or survival of species. [[Page 31806]] These activities often include the capture and collection of species, which would result in prohibited take if a permit were not issued. 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 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. Proposed activities in the following permit requests are for the recovery and enhancement of propagation or survival of the species in the wild. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Permit application No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of take Permit action -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PER0018443-0......... U.S. Army Engineer Fishes: Alabama sturgeon Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Capture, handle, New. Research and (Scaphirhynchus Florida, Illinois, absence surveys and identify, collect Development Center; suttkusi), Arkansas Indiana, Kentucky, scientific studies. glochidia, and Vicksburg, MS. River shiner (Notropis Louisiana, release. girardi), Big Bend Mississippi, gambusia (Gambusia Missouri, Ohio, gaigei), Clear Creek Tennessee, Texas, gambusia (Gambusia and West Virginia. heterochir), Comanche Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon elegans), Devils River minnow (Dionda diaboli), duskytail darter (Etheostoma percnurum), fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola), Leon Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon bovinus), Neosho madtom (Noturus placidus), pearl darter (Percina aurora), Pecos bluntnose shiner (Notropis simus pecosensis), Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis), peppered chub (Macrhybopsis tetranema), Rio Grande silvery minnow (Hybognathus amarus), San Marcos gambusia (Gambusia georgei), sharpnose shiner (Notropis oxyrhynchus), smalleye shiner (Notropis buccula), Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka [= tristis]), and yellowcheek darter (Etheostoma moorei); Mussels: Alabama lampmussel (Lampsilis virescens), Alabama moccasinshell (Medionidus acutissimus), Arkansas fatmucket (Lampsilis powellii), black clubshell (Pleurobema curtum), clubshell (Pleurobema clava), Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma brevidans), Curtis pearlymussel (Epioblasma florentina curtisii), false spike (Fusconaia mitchelli), fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), finerayed pigtoe (Fusconaia cuneolus), flat pigtoe (Pleurobema marshalli), Guadalupe fatmucket (Lampsilis bergmanni), Guadalupe orb (Cyclonaias necki), heavy pigtoe (Pleurobema taitianum), Higgins eye (Lampsilis higginsii), longsolid (Fusconaia subrotunda), Louisiana pearlshell (Margaritifera hembeli), Neosho mucket (Lampsilis rafinesqueana), northern riffleshell (Epioblasma rangiana), orangenacre mucket (Hamiota perovalis), Ouachita rock pocketbook (Arcidens wheeleri), ovate clubshell (Pleurobema perovatum), round hickorynut (Obovaria subrotunda), scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon), slabside pearlymussel (Pleuronaia dolabelloides), snuffbox (Epioblasma triquetra), southern clubshell (Pleurobema decisum), southern combshell (Epioblasma penita), speckled pocketbook (Lampsilis streckeri), spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta), stirrupshell (Quadrula stapes), Texas fatmucket (Lampsilis bracteate), Texas fawnsfoot (Truncilla macrodon), Texas hornshell (Popenaias popeii), Texas pimpleback (Cyclonaias petrina), turgid blossom (Epioblasma turgidula), and winged mapleleaf (Quadrula fragosa); Insects: American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus). [[Page 31807]] ES91373A-4........... Jonathan Miller; Alabama lampmussel Alabama, Florida, Presence/probable Capture, handle, Renewal. Brundidge, AL. (Lampsilis virescens), Georgia, Louisiana, absence surveys. identify, release, Alabama moccasinshell and Mississippi. and salvage relic (Medionidus shells. acutissimus), Alabama pearlshell (Margaritifera marrianae), black clubshell (Pleurobema curtum), Chipola slabshell (Elliptio chipolaensis), Choctaw bean (Obovaria choctawensis), Coosa moccasinshell (Medionidus parvulus), cracking pearlymussel (Hemistena lata), Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma brevidens), dark pigtoe (Pleurobema furvum), dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus dromas), fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax), fat threeridge mussel (Amblema neislerii), finelined pocketbook (Hamiota altilis), finerayed pigtoe (Fusconaia cuneolus), fluted kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus subtentus), fuzzy pigtoe (Pleurobema strodeanum), Georgia pigtoe (Pleurobema hanleyianum), Gulf moccasinshell (Medionidus penicillatus), heavy pigtoe (Pleurobema taitianum), inflated heelsplitter (Potamilus inflatus), Louisiana pearlshell (Margaritifera hembeli), narrow pigtoe (Fusconaia escambia), orangenacre mucket (Hamiota perovalis), oval pigtoe (Pleurobema pyriforme), ovate clubshell (Pleurobema perovatum), pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta), purple bankclimber (Elliptoideus sloatianus), rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica), ring pink (Obovaria retusa), rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), round ebonyshell (Reginaia rotulata), sheepnose (Plethobasus cyphyus), shiny pigtoe (Fusconaia cor), shinyrayed pocketbook (Hamiota subangulata), slabside pearlymussel (Pleuronaia dolabelloides), snuffbox (Epioblasma triquetra), southern clubshell (Pleurobema decisum), southern kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus jonesi), southern pigtoe (Pleurobema georgianum), southern sandshell (Hamiota australis), tapered pigtoe (Fusconaia burkei), and triangular kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus greenii). ES56749B-5........... Patrick Moore; Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Enter hibernacula or Renewal and Johnson City, TN. grisescens), Indiana bat Connecticut, absence surveys, maternity roost amendment. (Myotis sodalis), Delaware, Florida, studies to document caves, capture with northern long-eared bat Georgia, Illinois, habitat use, mist nets or harp (Myotis Indiana, Iowa, population traps, handle, septentrionalis), Ozark Kansas, Kentucky, monitoring, and identify, band, big-eared bat Louisiana, Maine, studies to evaluate radio tag, and (Corynorhinus townsendii Maryland, potential impacts release. ingens), tricolored bat Massachusetts, of white-nose (Perimyotis subflavus), Michigan, syndrome or other and Virginia big-eared Minnesota, threats. bat (Corynorhinus Mississippi, townsendii virginianus). Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. [[Page 31808]] ES070800-7........... Ecological Fishes: amber darter Alabama, Florida, Presence/probable Capture, handle, Renewal. Solutions, Inc; (Percina antesella), Georgia, North absence surveys. identify, and Roswell, GA. blue shiner (Cyprinella Carolina, and release. caerulea), Cherokee Tennessee. darter (Etheostoma scotti), Conasauga logperch (Percina jenkinsi), Etowah darter (Etheostoma etowahae), goldline darter (Percina aurolineata), rush darter (Etheostoma phytophilum), snail darter (Percina tanasi), spring pygmy sunfish (Elassoma alabamae), and vermilion darter (Etheostoma chermocki); Mussels: Alabama moccasinshell (Medionidus acutissimus), Alabama pearlshell (Margaritifera marrianae), Altamaha spinymussel (Elliptio spinosa), Chipola slabshell (Elliptio chipolaensis), Choctaw bean (Obovaria choctawensis), Coosa moccasinshell (Medionidus parvulus), Cumberland bean (Villosa trabalis), fat threeridge (Amblema neislerii), finelined pocketbook (Hamiota altilis), fuzzy pigtoe (Pleurobema strodeanum), Georgia pigtoe (Pleurobema hanleyianum), Gulf moccasinshell (Medionidus penicillatus), narrow pigtoe (Fusconaia escambia), Ochlockonee moccasinshell (Medionidus simpsonianus), orangenacre mucket (Hamiota perovalis), oval pigtoe (Pleurobema pyriforme), ovate clubshell (Pleurobema perovatum), purple bankclimber (Elliptoideus sloatianus), rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica), round ebonyshell (Reginaia rotulata), sheepnose (Plethobasus cyphyus), shinyrayed pocketbook (Hamiota subangulata), slabside pearlymussel (Pleuronaia dolabelloides), snuffbox (Epioblasma triquetra), southern acornshell (Epioblasma othcaloogenis), southern clubshell (Pleurobema decisum), southern combshell (Epioblasma penita), southern kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus jonesi), southern pigtoe (Pleurobema georgianum), southern sandshell (Hamiota australis), spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta), tapered pigtoe (Fusconaia burkei), triangular kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus greenii), and upland combshell (Epioblasma metastriata). ES070796-12.......... Apogee Environmental Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Enter hibernacula or Renewal. & Archaeological, grisescens), Indiana bat Connecticut, absence surveys, maternity roost Inc.; Pittsburgh, (Myotis sodalis), Delaware, Georgia, studies to document caves, capture with PA. northern long-eared bat Illinois, Indiana, habitat use, mist nets or harp (Myotis Iowa, Kansas, population traps, handle, septentrionalis), Ozark Kentucky, monitoring, and identify, band, big-eared bat Louisiana, Maine, studies to evaluate radio tag, and (Corynorhinus townsendii Maryland, potential impacts release. ingens), and Virginia Massachusetts, of white-nose big-eared bat Michigan, syndrome or other (Corynorhinus townsendii Mississippi, threats. virginianus). Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. [[Page 31809]] ES129703-7........... HMB Professional Bats: gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Georgia, Presence/probable Bats: enter Renewal and Engineers, Inc.; grisescens), Indiana bat Indiana, Kentucky, absence surveys, hibernacula or amendment. Frankfort, KY. (Myotis sodalis), North Carolina, studies to document maternity roost northern long-eared bat Ohio, Tennessee, habitat use, and caves, capture with (Myotis and West Virginia. population mist nets or harp septentrionalis), monitoring. traps, handle, tricolored bat identify, band, (Perimyotis subflavus), radio tag, and and Virginia big-eared release; Fishes and bat (Corynorhinus Crustacean: townsendii virginianus); capture, handle, Fishes: amber darter identify, and (Percina antesella), release; Mussels: blackside dace, capture, handle, (Phoxinus identify, release, cumberlandensis), blue and salvage relic shiner (Cyprinella shells. caerulea), bluemask darter (Etheostoma akatulo), boulder darter (Etheostoma wapiti), Conasauga logperch (Percina jenkinsi), Cumberland darter (Etheostoma susanae), diamond darter (Crystallaria cincotta), duskytail darter (Etheostoma percnurum), Kentucky arrow darter (Etheostoma spilotum), palezone shiner (Notropis albizonatus), pygmy madtom (Noturus stanauli), relict darter (Etheostoma chienense), and smoky madtom (Noturus baileyi); Mussels: Alabama lampmussel (Lampsilis virescens), Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta raveneliana), Appalachian monkeyface (Theliderma sparsa), birdwing pearlymussel (Lemiox rimosus), clubshell (Pleurobema clava), Coosa moccasinshell (Medionidus parvulus), cracking pearlymussel (Hemistena lata), Cumberland bean (Villosa trabalis), Cumberland elktoe (Alasmidonta atropurpurea), Cumberland monkeyface (Theliderma intermedia), Cumberland pigtoe (Pleuronaia gibber), Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma brevidans), dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus dromas), fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax) finerayed pigtoe (Fusconaia cuneolus), fluted kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus subtentus) green blossom (Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum), littlewing pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), longsolid (Fusconaia subrotunda), northern riffleshell (Epioblasma rangiana), orangefoot pimpleback (pearlymussel) (Plethobasus cooperianus), oyster mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis), pale lilliput (Toxolasma cylindrellus), pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta), purple bean (Villosa perpurpurea), purple cat's paw (Epioblasma obliquata obliquata), rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica), ring pink (Obovaria retusa), rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), rough rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica strigillata), round hickorynut (Obovaria subrotunda), sheepnose (Plethobasus cyphyus), shiny pigtoe (Fusconaia cor), slabside pearlymussel (Pleuronaia dolabelloides), snuffbox (Epioblasma triquetra), southern acornshell (Epioblasma othcaloogensis), southern pigtoe (Pleurobema georgianum), spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta), tan riffleshell (Epioblasma florentina walker [=E. walker]), triangular kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus greenii), turgid blossom (Epioblasma turgidula), upland combshell (Epioblasma metastriata), white wartyback (Plethobasus cicatricosus), winged mapleleaf (Quadrula fragosa), and yellow blossom (Epioblasma florentina florentina); Crustacean: Big Sandy crayfish (Cambarus callainus). [[Page 31810]] ES171545-4........... Ronald Redman; Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Enter hibernacula or Renewal. Benton, AR. grisescens), Indiana bat Delaware, Florida, absence surveys and maternity roost (Myotis sodalis), Georgia, Illinois, white-nose syndrome caves, capture with northern long-eared bat Indiana, Iowa, research. mist nets or harp (Myotis Kansas, Kentucky, traps, handle, septentrionalis), Ozark Louisiana, identify, band, big-eared bat Maryland, Michigan, radio tag, swab, (Corynorhinus townsendii Minnesota, and release. ingens), and Virginia Mississippi, big-eared bat Missouri, New (Corynorhinus townsendii Jersey, New York, virginianus). North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. ES71854A-1........... David Eargle; Carolina heelsplitter North Carolina and Presence/probable Capture, handle, Renewal. Columbia, SC. (Lasmigona decorata). South Carolina. absence surveys. identify, release, and salvage relic shells. PER1922058-0......... Tracy Feltman; Fishes: amber darter Georgia............. Presence/probable Capture, handle, New. Chatsworth, GA. (Percina antesella), absence surveys. identify, and blue shiner (Cyprinella release. caerulea), Cherokee darter (Etheostoma scotti), Conasauga logperch (Percina jenkinsi), Etowah darter (Etheostoma etowahae), frecklebelly madtom (Noturus munitus), goldline darter (Percina aurolineata), and trispot darter (Etheostoma trisella); Mussels: Alabama moccasinshell (Medionidus acutissimus), Coosa moccasinshell (Medionidus parvulus), fat threeridge (Amblema neislerii), finelined pocketbook (Hamiota altilis), purple bankclimber (Elliptoideus sloatianus), shinyrayed pocketbook (Hamiota subangulata), and southern acornshell (Epioblasma othcaloogenis). ES63577A-3........... Mammoth Cave Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Georgia, Presence/probable Enter hibernacula or Renewal and National Park; grisescens), Indiana bat Kentucky, absence surveys, maternity roost amendment. Mammoth Cave, KY. (Myotis sodalis), Mississippi, North studies to document caves, capture with northern long-eared bat Carolina, South habitat use, mist nets or harp (Myotis Carolina, disease traps, handle, septentrionalis), and Tennessee, and surveillance identify, band, tricolored bat Virginia. activities, and radio tag, collect (Perimyotis subflavus). population hair samples, PIT monitoring. tag, light tag, wing punch, and release. ES37900B-2........... Sarah Lauerman; Red-cockaded woodpecker Osceola National Population Capture, handle, Renewal. Gainesville, FL. (Picoides borealis). Forest, Florida. monitoring and band, monitor nest translocation of cavities, and subadults from translocate. Osceola National Forest (donor population) to recruitment clusters. [[Page 31811]] ES53149B-3........... Hans William Otto; Mammals: Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arizona, Presence/probable Bats: enter Renewal. Tucson, AZ. grisescens), Indiana bat Arkansas, absence surveys and hibernacula or (Myotis sodalis), Connecticut, scientific research. maternity roost northern long-eared bat Delaware, Florida, caves, capture with (Myotis Georgia, Illinois, mist nets or harp septentrionalis), Ozark Indiana, Iowa, traps, handle, big-eared bat Kansas, Kentucky, identify, collect (Corynorhinus townsendii Maryland, hair samples, band, ingens), and Virginia Massachusetts, radio tag, light big-eared bat Michigan, tag, collect fecal (Corynorhinus townsendii Minnesota, material, apply virginianus); Mice: New Mississippi, fungal lift tape, Mexico meadow jumping Missouri, Nebraska, swab, wing punch, mouse (Zapus hudsonius New Hampshire, New and release; Mice: luteus). Jersey, New Mexico, live trap, handle, New York, North identify, and Carolina, North release. Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. ES142294-6........... William Holiman; Red-cockaded woodpecker Alabama, Arkansas, Population Capture, band, Renewal. Little Rock, AR. (Picoides borealis). Florida, Georgia, management and construct and Louisiana, monitoring. monitor artificial Mississippi, North nest cavities and Carolina, Oklahoma, restrictors, South Carolina, and translocate, Texas. recapture, and release. ES066980-6........... Brandon Rutledge; Red-cockaded woodpecker Georgia............. Population Capture, band, Renewal. Newton, GA. (Picoides borealis). management and construct and monitoring. monitor artificial nest cavities and restrictors, translocate, recapture, buccal swab, and release. PER2378263-0......... Anthony Ledbetter; Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Enter hibernacula or New. Clyde, NC. grisescens), Indiana bat Connecticut, absence surveys. maternity roost (Myotis sodalis), Delaware, Florida, caves, capture with northern long-eared bat Georgia, Illinois, mist nets or harp (Myotis Indiana, Iowa, traps, handle, septentrionalis), and Kansas, Kentucky, identify, band, tricolored bat Louisiana, Maine, radio tag, and (Perimyotis subflavus). Maryland, release. Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. [[Page 31812]] ES63633A-7........... Biodiversity Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Enter hibernacula or Renewal. Research Institute; grisescens), Indiana bat Connecticut, absence surveys, maternity roost Portland, ME. (Myotis sodalis), and Delaware, District studies to document caves, capture with northern long-eared bat of Columbia, habitat use, mist nets or harp (Myotis septentrionalis). Georgia, Illinois, population traps, handle, Indiana, Iowa, monitoring, and identify, band, Kansas, Kentucky, studies to evaluate collect hair Louisiana, Maine, potential impacts samples, radio tag, Maryland, of white-nose wing punch, and Massachusetts, syndrome or other release. Michigan, threats. 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. ES034476-5........... Florida Forest Red-cockaded woodpecker Florida............. Population Install artificial Renewal. Service; Milton, FL. (Picoides borealis). management and nest cavities and monitoring. restrictors, monitor nest cavities, capture, band, translocate, and release. PER2417230-0......... Zachariah Alley; Amber darter (Percina Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/probable Capture, handle, New. Cincinnati, OH. antesella), blackside Georgia, Illinois, absence surveys. identify, and dace (Phoxinus Iowa, Kansas, release. cumberlandensis), blue Kentucky, shiner (Cyprinella Louisiana, caerulea), candy darter Mississippi, (Etheostoma osburni), Missouri, Montana, Carolina madtom (Noturus Nebraska, North furiosus), Cherokee Carolina, North darter (Etheostoma Dakota, South scotti), chucky madtom Dakota, Tennessee, (Noturus crypticus), Virginia, and West Conasauga logperch Virginia. (Percina jenkinsi), Cumberland darter (Etheostoma susanae), diamond darter (Crystallaria cincotta), Etowah darter (Etheostoma etowahae), frecklebelly madtom (Noturus munitus), goldline darter (Percina aurolineata), Kentucky arrow darter (Etheostoma spilotum), laurel dace (Chrosomus saylori), pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus), relict darter (Etheostoma chienense), Roanoke logperch (Percina rex), smoky madtom (Noturus baileyi), and trispot darter (Etheostoma trisella). ES22311A-6........... Tennessee Aquarium; Alabama cavefish Alabama, Georgia, Presence/probable Capture, identify, Renewal and Chattanooga, TN. (Speoplatyrhinus Kentucky, absence surveys, take fin clips, and amendment. poulsoni), amber darter Tennessee, and tissue collection release. (Percina antesella), Virginia. for genetic Barrens topminnow analysis, and (Fundulus julisia), blue captive propagation. shiner (Cyprinella caerulea), Cahaba shiner (Notropis cahabae), Conasauga logperch (Percina jenkinsi), Cumberland darter (Etheostoma susanae), frecklebelly madtom (Noturus munitus), goldline darter (Percina aurolineata), laurel dace (Chrosomus saylori), rush darter (Etheostoma phytophylum), sickle darter (Percina williamsi), snail darter (Percina tanasi), trispot darter (Etheostoma trisella), vermilion darter (Etheostoma chermocki), and watercress darter (Etheostoma nuchale). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public Availability of Comments Written comments we receive become part of the administrative record associated with this action. 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. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, will be made available for public disclosure in their entirety. [[Page 31813]] Next Steps If we decide to issue a permit to an applicant listed in this notice, we will publish a notice in the Federal Register. 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, Southeast Region. [FR Doc. 2023-10647 Filed 5-17-23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4333-15-P