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survey) American burying beetle 

(Nicrophorus americanus) in 

conjunction with population monitoring 

activities in Nebraska and South Dakota 

for the purpose of enhancing the 

species’ survival. 

Permit Application Number: TE–052005 

Applicant: Edwin Miller, Kansas 

Department of Wildlife and Parks, 

Independence, Kansas. 

The applicant requests renewal of an 

existing permit to take (harass by 

survey) American burying beetle 

(Nicrophorus americanus) in 

conjunction with population monitoring 

activities in Nebraska and South Dakota 

for the purpose of enhancing the 

species’ survival. 

National Environmental Policy Act 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (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)). 

Public Availability of Comments 

All comments and materials we 

receive in response to this request will 

be available for public inspection, by 

appointment, during normal business 

hours at the address listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this notice. 

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. 

Authority 

We provide this notice under section 

10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 

Dated: March 12, 2012. 

Michael G. Thabault, 

Acting Regional Director, Mountain-Prairie 

Region. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6656 Filed 3–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–ES–2012–N068; 40120–1112– 

0000–F2] 

Receipt of Applications for 

Endangered Species Permits 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 

(ESA) prohibits activities with listed 

species unless a Federal permit is issued 

that allows such activities. The ESA 

requires that we invite public comment 

before issuing these permits. 

DATES: We must receive written data or 

comments on the applications at the 

address given below, by April 19, 2012. 

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: 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 

Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, 

GA 30345 (Attn: Cameron Shaw, Permit 

Coordinator). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cameron Shaw, telephone 904/731– 

3191; facsimile 904/731–3045. 

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.) and 

our regulations in the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17. 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 (email) to: permitsR4ES@fws.gov. 

Please include your name and return 

address in your email message. If you do 

not receive a confirmation from the Fish 

and Wildlife Service that we have 

received your email 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, email 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. 

Permit Application Number: TE–206872 

Applicant: Joy O’Keefe, Indiana State 

University, Terre Haute, Indiana. 

Applicant requests authorization for 

non-lethal take of gray bats (Myotis 

grisescens) for the purpose of 

conducting presence/absence surveys 

and collecting scientific data. This work 

will be conducted throughout the range 

of this species. 

Permit Application Number: TE–206886 

Applicant: Kentucky Division of 

Abandoned Mines, Frankfort, Kentucky. 

Applicant requests authorization to 

conduct presence/absence surveys and 

to conduct scientific studies on the 

following species: 

Indiana bat Myotis sodalis. 

Gray bat Myotis grisescens. 

Virginia big-eared bat Corynorhinus 

townsendii virginianus. 

Ozark big-eared bat Corynorhinus 

townsendii ingens. 

Relict Darter Etheostoma chienense. 

Blackside dace Chrosomus 

cumberlandensis. 

This work will be carried out on lands 

under the authority of the Kentucky 

Division of Abandoned Mines. 

Permit Application Number: TE–65002A 

Applicant: Robert Oney, Winchester, 

Kentucky. 

Applicant requests authorization to 

conduct presence/absence surveys and 

to conduct scientific studies on the 

following species: 

Indiana bat Myotis sodalis. 

Gray bat Myotis grisescens. 

Virginia big-eared bat Corynorhinus 

townsendii virginianus. 

This work will be carried out in 

Kentucky. 

Permit Application Number: TE–65346A 

Applicant: Matthew Roberts, Berea 

Kentucky. 

Applicant requests authorization for 

non-lethal take of gray bats (Myotis 

grisescens) and Indiana bats (Myotis 


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sodalis) for the purpose of conducting 

presence/absence surveys and collecting 

scientific data. This work will be 

conducted throughout the range of these 

species. 

Permit Application Number: TE–139474 

Applicant: FTN Associates, LTD., 

Little Rock, Arkansas. 

Applicant requests authorization for 

non-lethal take of American burying 

beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) while 

conducting presence/absence surveys in 

the State of Kansas. 

Permit Application Number: TE–65550A 

Applicant: Dale Gawlik, Florida 

Atlantic University, Boca Raton, 

Florida. 

Applicant requests authorization to 

capture and collect biological specimens 

from wood storks (Mycteria Americana) 

while conducting scientific research in 

Dade and Collier Counties, Florida. 

Permit Application Number: TE–171516 

Applicant: Copperhead 

Environmental Consulting, Paint Lick, 

Kentucky. 

Applicant requests the addition of 

Missouri, Indiana, Illinois and Ohio to 

the location authorized for conducting 

presence/absence surveys and scientific 

investigation on listed freshwater 

mussel species and authorization to 

conduct presence/absence surveys for 

the blackside dace (Chrosomus 

cumberlandensis). 

Permit Application Number: TE–65968A 

Applicant: Jason Dickey, Tallahassee, 

Florida. 

Applicant requests authorization to 

conduct presence/absence surveys on 

the following freshwater mussel species: 

Fat threeridge Amblema neislerii. 

Shinyrayed pocketbook Hamiota 

subangulata. 

Gulf moccasinshell Medionidus 

penicillatus. 

Ochlockonee moccasinshell 

Medionidus simpsonianus. 

Oval pigtoe Pleurobema pyriforme. 

Chipola slabshell Elliptio 

chipolaensis. 

Purple bankclimber Margaritifera 

marrianae. 

These surveys will be conducted in 

Alabama, Georgia and Florida. 

Permit Application Number: TE–66039A 

Applicant: Arkansas Game and Fish 

Commission, Benton, Arkansas. 

Applicant requests authorization to 

take (non-lethally) the Ozark hellbender 

(Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishop) 

for the purpose of scientific research. 

This activity will take place in 

Arkansas. 

Dated: March 5, 2012. 

Mark J. Musaus, 

Acting Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6643 Filed 3–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R9–FHC–2012–N037: 94140–1341– 

0000–N5] 

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Aquatic Nuisance 

Species (ANS) Task Force. The ANS 

Task Force’s purpose is to develop and 

implement a program for U.S. waters to 

prevent introduction and dispersal of 

aquatic nuisance species; to monitor, 

control, and study such species; and to 

disseminate related information. The 

meeting is open to the public. 

DATES: The ANS Task Force will meet 

from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., from Wednesday, 

May 2 through Thursday May 3, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: The ANS Task Force 

meeting will take place at the 

O’Callaghan Annapolis Hotel, 174 West 

Street, Annapolis, MD 21401 (410–263– 

7700). You may inspect minutes of the 

meeting at the office of the Chief, 

Division of Fisheries and Aquatic 

Resource Conservation, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax 

Drive, Arlington, VA 22203, during 

regular business hours, Monday through 

Friday. You may also view the minutes 

on the ANS Task Force Web site at: 

http://anstaskforce.gov/meetings.php. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Susan Mangin, Executive Secretary, 

ANS Task Force, at (703) 358–2466, or 

by email at Susan_Mangin@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. App.), this notice announces 

meetings of the ANS Task Force. The 

ANS Task Force was established by the 

Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance 

Prevention and Control Act of 1990 

(Pub. L. 106–580, as amended). 

Agenda 

Topics that the ANS Task Force plans 

to cover during the meeting include: 

• ANSTF Strategic Plan 

• ANSTF Recreational Guidelines 

• Nutria 

• Landscape Conservation 

Cooperatives 

• Impact of Fish Passage on the 

Movement of ANS. 

The agenda and other related meeting 

information are on the ANS Task Force 

Web site at: http://anstaskforce.gov/ 

meetings.php. 

Accessibility Information 

The meeting location is accessible to 

wheelchair users. If you require 

additional accommodations, please 

notify us at least 1 week in advance of 

the meeting. 

Authority 

We publish this notice under section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) 

Dated: March 6, 2012. 

Jeffrey Underwood, 

Acting Co-Chair, Aquatic Nuisance Species 

Task Force, Deputy Assistant Director— 

Fisheries and Habitat Conservation. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6660 Filed 3–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AA–11785; LLAK–965000–L14100000– 

HY0000–P] 

Alaska Native Claims Selection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of decision approving 

lands for conveyance. 

SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 

2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that 

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

will issue an appealable decision to 

Ahtna, Incorporated. The decision will 

approve the conveyance of the surface 

and subsurface estates in certain lands 

pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 

Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 

The lands are located northwesterly of 

Mentasta, Alaska, and contain 7.25 

acres. Notice of the decision will also be 

published four times in the Anchorage 

Daily News. 

DATES: Any party claiming a property 

interest in the lands affected by the 

decision may appeal the decision within 

the following time limits: 

1. Unknown parties, parties unable to 

be located after reasonable efforts have 

been expended to locate, parties who 

fail or refuse to sign their return receipt, 

and parties who receive a copy of the 

decision by regular mail which is not 

certified, return receipt requested, shall 


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