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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 

part 17. Submit your written data, 

comments, or request for a copy of the 

complete application to the mailing 

address or email address shown in 

ADDRESSES. 

Permit Applications 

Permit Application Number: TE35517B 

Applicant: Bryan Arnold, Illinois 

College, Jacksonville, IL 

The applicant requests a permit 

renewal, with amendments to the 

existing permit to take (capture and 

release, conduct nonlethal sampling, 

and radio-tag) Florida bonneted bat 

(Eumops floridanus) and add the State 

of Florida. Proposed activities are for 

the recovery and enhancement of 

survival of the species in the wild. 

Permit Application Number: 81974B 

Applicant: Eastern Illinois University, 

Charleston, IL 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (conduct phylogeny studies) pallid 

sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) and 

shovelnose sturgeon (S. platorynchus) 

in Illinois. Proposed activities are for 

the recovery and enhancement of 

survival of the species in the wild. 

Permit Application Number: 81973B 

Applicant: Chequamegon-Nicolet 

National Forest and Northern 

Research Station, Washburn, WI 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (capture and release, conduct 

nonlethal sampling, band, and radio-tag) 

Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) and 

northern long-eared bat (M. 

septentrionalis) in the States of Illinois, 

Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New 

Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, 

Vermont, and Wisconsin. Proposed 

activities are for the recovery and 

enhancement of survival of the species 

in the wild. 

Permit Application Number: 81968B 

Applicant: Curtis Hart, Hudson, MI 

The applicant requests a permit to 

take (capture and release, harass, 

conduct nonlethal sampling, band, trap, 

radio-tag, and salvage) Indiana bat 

(Myotis sodalis), northern long-eared bat 

(M. septentrionalis), Virginia big-eared 

bat (Corynorhinus townsendii 

virginianus), and Ozark big-eared bat (C. 

t. ingens) in the States of Alabama, 

Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, 

Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, 

Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, 

Massachusetts, Michigan, 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, Texas, Vermont, 

Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and 

Wyoming. Proposed activities are for the 

recovery and enhancement of survival 

of the species in the wild. 

Permit Application Number: TE697830 

Applicant: Assistant Regional Director, 

Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Bloomington, MN 

The applicant requests a permit 

renewal to take listed species that occur 

within the States of Illinois, Indiana, 

Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, 

Ohio, and Wisconsin for activities to 

recover the species and enhance the 

survival of the species in the wild. 

Request for 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, 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. 

Dated: January 27, 2016. 

Lynn M. Lewis, 

Assistant Regional Director, Ecological 

Services, Midwest Region. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R6–ES–2015–N246]; 

[FXES11130600000–167–FF06E00000] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Recovery Permit 

Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct activities intended to 

enhance the survival of endangered or 

threatened species. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, please 

send your written comments by March 

3, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

or requests for copies or more 

information by any of the following 

methods. Alternatively, you may use 

one of the following methods to request 

hard copies or a CD–ROM of the 

documents. Please specify the permit 

you are interested in by number (e.g., 

Permit No. TE–XXXXXX). 

• Email: permitsR6ES@fws.gov. 

Please refer to the respective permit 

number (e.g., Permit No. TE–XXXXXX) 

in the subject line of the message. 

• U.S. Mail: Ecological Services, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 

25486–DFC, Denver, CO 80225. 

• In-Person Drop-off, Viewing, or 

Pickup: Call (719) 628–2670 to make an 

appointment during regular business 

hours at 134 Union Blvd., Suite 645, 

Lakewood, CO 80228. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathy Konishi, Recovery Permits 

Coordinator, Ecological Services, (719) 

628–2670 (phone); 

permitsR6ES@fws.gov (email). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

prohibits certain activities with 

endangered and threatened species 

unless authorized by a Federal permit. 

Along with our implementing 

regulations at 50 CFR 17, the Act 

provides for permits and requires that 

we invite public comment before 

issuing these permits for endangered 

species. 

A permit granted by us under section 

10(a)(1)(A) of the Act authorizes the 

permittees to conduct activities with 

U.S. endangered or threatened species 

for scientific purposes, enhancement of 

propagation or survival, or interstate 

commerce (the latter only in the event 

that it facilitates scientific purposes or 

enhancement of propagation or 

survival). 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. 


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Applications Available for Review and 

Comment 

We invite local, State, and Federal 

agencies and the public to comment on 

the following applications. Documents 

and other information the applicants 

have submitted with their applications 

are available for review, subject to the 

requirements of the Privacy Act (5 

U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of 

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). 

Permit Application Number TE85057B 

Applicant: George Cunningham, 

Omaha, NE. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

conduct presence/absence surveys for 

Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka) in 

Nebraska, Kansas, and South Dakota to 

conduct presence/absence surveys for 

the purpose of enhancing the species’ 

survival. 

Permit Application Number TE047288 

Applicant: National Park Service, 

Heartland Network, Republic, MO. 

The applicant requests a renewal to 

an existing permit to continue presence/ 

absence surveys for Topeka shiner 

(Notropis topeka) in Kansas and 

Minnesota for the purpose of enhancing 

the species’ survival. 

Permit Application Number TE85664B 

Applicant: Wingate Biological 

Solutions, LLC, Durango, CO. 

The applicant requests a permit to 

conduct survey and monitoring 

activities for the southwestern willow 

flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) 

in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and 

Arizona for the purpose of enhancing 

the species’ survival. 

Permit Application Number TE056001 

Applicant: East Dakota Water 

Development District, Brookings, SD. 

The applicant requests a renewal to 

an existing permit to continue presence/ 

absence surveys for Topeka shiner 

(Notropis topeka) in Kansas and 

Minnesota 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 these requests 

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.). 

Michael G. Thabault, 

Assistant Regional Director, Mountain-Prairie 

Region. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01834 Filed 2–1–16; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCON00000 L10200000 

DF0000.LXSS080C0000] 

Notice of Public Meetings, Northwest 

Resource Advisory Council Meeting 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) Northwest 

Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will 

meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The Northwest RAC has 

scheduled meetings August 18 and 

December 8, 2016, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

with public comment periods regarding 

matters on the agenda at 10 a.m. and 2 

p.m. A specific agenda for each meeting 

will be available prior to the meetings 

at http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_

Resources/racs/nwrac.html. 

ADDRESSES: The August 18 meeting will 

be held in Craig, Colorado, at the Craig 

Memorial Hospital on 750 Hospital 

Loop, Craig, CO 81625. The December 8 

meeting will be held at the Courtyard by 

Marriott, 765 Horizon Drive, Grand 

Junction, CO 81506. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Chris Joyner, Public Affairs Specialist, 

Grand Junction Field Office, 2815 H 

Road, Grand Junction, CO 81506, or by 

telephone at (970) 244–3097. Persons 

who use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339 to contact the above 

individual during normal business 

hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a 

day, seven days a week, to leave a 

message or question with the above 

individual. You will receive a reply 

during normal business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Northwest RAC advises the Secretary of 

the Interior, through the BLM, on a 

variety of public land issues in 

northwestern Colorado. 

Topics of discussion during 

Northwest RAC meetings may include 

management of Greater Sage-Grouse, 

working group reports, recreation, fire 

management, land use planning, 

invasive species management, energy 

and minerals management, travel 

management, wilderness, wild horse 

herd management, land exchange 

proposals, cultural resource 

management, and other issues as 

appropriate. 

These meetings are open to the 

public. Subcommittees under this RAC 

may meet this year regarding travel 

management in the White River Field 

Office. Active subcommittees report to 

the NW RAC at each council meeting. 

Subcommittee meetings are open to the 

public. More information is available at 

http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_

Resources/racs/nwrac.html. The public 

may present written comments to the 

RACs. Each formal RAC meeting will 

also have time, as identified above, 

allocated for hearing public comments. 

Depending on the number of persons 

wishing to comment and time available, 

the time for individual oral comments 

may be limited. 

Ruth Welch, 

BLM Colorado State Director. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLORS00100.L63340000.PH0000.LXSSH

1020000.16XL1116AF.HAG 16–0064] 

Notice of Meeting of the Northwest 

Oregon Resource Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act and the Federal Advisory 


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