[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80913-80914]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22950]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R5-ES-2024-N048; FXES11130500000-245-FF05E00000]


Endangered Species; Receipt of 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 scientific research to promote 
conservation or other activities intended to enhance the propagation or 
survival of endangered or threatened species under the Endangered 
Species Act. We invite the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal 
agencies to comment on these applications. Before issuing the requested 
permits, we will take into consideration any information that we 
receive during the public comment period.

DATES: We must receive any written comments on or before November 4, 
2024.

ADDRESSES: Use one of the following methods to request documents or 
submit comments. Requests and comments should specify the applicant's 
name and application number (e.g., PER0001234):
    <bullet> Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#176772657a7e6364452252445771606439707861"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f68693849b9f8285a4c3b3a5b6908185d8919980">[email protected]</span></a>.
    <bullet> U.S. Mail: Abby Goldstein, Ecological Services, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, 300 Westgate Center Dr. Hadley, MA 01035.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abby Goldstein, 413-253-8212 (phone), 
or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#176772657a7e6364452252445771606439707861"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ec9c899e8185989fbed9a9bfac8a9b9fc28b839a">[email protected]</span></a> (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 the public to comment on applications for permits under section 
10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The requested permits would allow the applicants 
to conduct activities intended to promote recovery of species that are 
listed as endangered under the ESA.

Background

    With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits activities that constitute 
take of listed species, unless a Federal permit is issued that allows 
such activity. The ESA's definition of ``take'' includes such 
activities as pursuing, harassing, trapping, capturing, or collecting, 
in addition to hunting, shooting, harming, wounding, or killing.
    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. 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

    We invite local, State, and Federal agencies; Tribes; and the 
public to comment on the applications in table 1.

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                                                          Table 1--Permit Applications Received
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       Application No.             Applicant                 Species                  Location          Activity        Type of take      Permit action
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01086D-4.....................  Virginia          Appalachian monkeyface           Virginia,         Collect,          Capture, collect  Renew.
                                Department of     (Quadrula sparsa), birdwing      Tennessee.        transport, hold
                                Wildlife          pearlymussel (Lemiox rimosus),                     in captivity
                                Resources,        cracking pearlymussel                              for longer than
                                Marion, VA;       (Hemistena lata), Cumberland                       45 days,
                                Timothy Lane.     monkeyface (Quadrula                               propagate,
                                                  intermedia), Cumberlandian                         release,
                                                  combshell (Epioblasma                              research, and
                                                  brevidens), dromedary                              translocate.
                                                  pearlymussel (Dromus dromas),
                                                  fanshell (Cyprogenia
                                                  stegaria), finerayed pigtoe
                                                  (Fusconaia cuneolus), fluted
                                                  kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus
                                                  subtentus), littlewing
                                                  pearlymussel (Pegias fabula),
                                                  oyster mussel (Epioblasma
                                                  capsaeformis), pink mucket
                                                  (Lampsilis abrupta), purple
                                                  bean (Villosa perpurpurea),
                                                  rough pigtoe (Pleurobema
                                                  plenum), rough rabbitsfoot
                                                  (Quadrula cylindrica
                                                  strigillata), sheepnose
                                                  (Plethobasus cyphyus), shiny
                                                  pigtoe (Fusconaia cor),
                                                  slabside pearlymussel
                                                  (Pleuronaia dolabelloides),
                                                  snuffbox (Epioblasma
                                                  triquetra), spectaclecase
                                                  (Cumberlandia monodonta), tan
                                                  riffleshell (Epioblasma
                                                  florentina walkeri).
PER12175217..................  Jacob Miller,     Clubshell (Pleurobema clava),    Alabama,          Presence/absence  Capture.........  New.
                                Hurricane, WV.    dwarf wedgemussel (Alasmidonta   Arkansas,         survey.
                                                  heterodon), fanshell             Connecticut,
                                                  (Cyprogenia stegaria), fat       Georgia,
                                                  pocketbook (Potamilus capax),    Illinois,
                                                  Higgins' eye Pearlymussel        Indiana, Iowa,
                                                  (Lampsilis higginsii), James     Kansas,
                                                  spinymussel (Parvaspina          Kentucky,
                                                  collina), longsolid (Fusconaia   Louisiana,
                                                  subrotunda), northern            Maryland,
                                                  riffleshell (Epioblasma          Michigan,
                                                  rangiana), orangefoot            Minnesota,
                                                  pimpleback (Plethobasus          Mississippi,
                                                  cooperianus), pink mucket        Missouri,
                                                  (Lampsilis abrupta), purple      Montana,
                                                  catspaw (Epioblasma              Nebraska, New
                                                  obliquata), rabbitsfoot          Hampshire, New
                                                  (Quadrula cylindrica             York, North
                                                  cylindrica), rayed bean          Carolina, Ohio,
                                                  (Villosa fabalis), ring pink     Oklahoma,
                                                  (Obovaria retusa), rough         Pennsylvania,
                                                  pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum),      Tennessee,
                                                  round hickorynut (Obovaria       Vermont,
                                                  subrotunda), sheepnose           Virginia, West
                                                  (Plethobasus cyphyus),           Virginia,
                                                  snuffbox (Epioblasma             Wisconsin.
                                                  triquetra), spectaclecase
                                                  (Cumberlandia monodonta),
                                                  white catspaw (Epioblasma
                                                  perobliqua), white wartyback
                                                  (Plethobasus cicatricosus).
PER12201376..................  Monongahela       Rusty patched bumble bee         West Virginia...  Presence/absence  Capture.........  New.
                                National          (Bombus affinis).                                  survey.
                                Forest,
                                Parsons, WV;
                                Andrew Moore.
PER1541732-1.................  Emily Pody, New   Add: Ouachita rock pocketbook    Add: Texas......  Survey, collect   Capture, collect  Amend.
                                Braunfels, TX.    (Arcidens wheeleri), Guadalupe                     samples, tag,
                                                  orb (Cyclonaias necki),                            salvage shells.
                                                  Balcones spike (Fusconaia
                                                  iheringi), false spike
                                                  (Fusconaia mitchelli),
                                                  Guadalupe fatmucket (Lampsilis
                                                  bergmanni), Texas fatmucket
                                                  (Lampsilis bracteata), Texas
                                                  hornshell (Popenaias popeii),
                                                  Texas pimpleback (Cyclonaias
                                                  petrina), Texas fawnsfoot
                                                  (Truncilla macrodon).
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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 request in your comment that we 
withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we 
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Moreover, 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.

Next Steps

    If we decide to issue permits to the applicants listed in this 
notice, we will publish a notice in the Federal Register.

Authority

    Section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

Martin Miller,
Manager, Division of Endangered Species, Ecological Services, Northeast 
Region.
[FR Doc. 2024-22950 Filed 10-3-24; 8:45 am]
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