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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–ES–2017–N080; 

FXES11140400000–178–FF04E00000] 

Endangered Species Recovery Permit 

Applications 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit 

applications; request for comment. 

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 listed 

species unless a Federal permit is issued 

that allows such activities. The Act 

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 in ADDRESSES by 

September 14, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Reviewing Documents: 

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 Regional 

Office, Ecological Services, 1875 

Century Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30345 

(Attn: Karen Marlowe, Permit 

Coordinator). 

Submitting Comments: If you wish to 

comment, you may submit comments by 

any one of the following methods: 

• U.S. mail or hand-delivery: U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service’s Regional 

Office (see above). 

• Email: 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator, 

(404) 679–7097 (telephone) or (404) 

679–7081 (fax). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We invite 

review and comment from local, State, 

and Federal agencies and the public 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 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; Act), 

and our regulations in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 

part 17. With some exceptions, the Act 

prohibits activities with listed species 

unless a Federal permit is issued that 

allows such activities. The Act requires 

that we invite public comment before 

issuing these permits. 

Public Availability of Comments 

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. 

Permit Applications 

Permit application 

No. Applicant Species/numbers Location Activity Type of take Permit action 

TE 38792A–2 ..... U.S. Army, Fort 

Gordon, Fort 

Gordon, GA.

Red-cockaded woodpecker 

(Picoides borealis)/Unlimited.

Ft. Gordon, Ft. Stewart, and Ft. 

Benning, GA; Apalachicola and Ocala 

National Forests, 

FL; Fort Bragg, NC.

Population enhancement, 

management, 

and monitoring.

Construct and install 

artificial nest cavities and restrictors; 

monitor nest cavities; capture, band, 

and translocate.

Renewal. 

TE 55292B–1 ..... University of Florida, Gainesville, 

FL.

Everglade snail kite (Rostrhamus 

sociabilis plumbeus)/Unlimited.

Florida ....................... Demographic and 

movement studies.

Capture, band, mark, 

radio-tag, measure, 

collect feather samples, release, and 

monitor.

Renewal. 

TE 069280–5 ...... Alabama Department of Transportation, Montgomery, AL.Alabama beach mouse 

(Peromyscus polionotus 

ammobates)/Unlimited.

Alabama .................... Presence/absence 

surveys.

Capture, examine, 

and release.

Renewal. 

TE 28975C–0 ..... Bruce Stallsmith, 

Univ. of Alabama 

in Hunstville, 

Huntsville, AL.

Palezone shiner (Notropis 

albizonatus)/50 individuals.

Alabama, Kentucky ... DNA analyses for 

research on genetic diversity.

Capture, collect fin 

clips, and release.

New. 

TE 055241–3 ...... Robert Montgomery, Dare 

County Bomb 

Range, Stumpy 

Point, NC.

Red-cockaded woodpecker 

(Picoides borealis)/Unlimited.

North Carolina ........... Population enhancement, 

management, 

and monitoring.

Construct and install 

artificial nest cavities and restrictors; 

monitor nest cavities; capture, band, 

and translocate.

Renewal. 

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Permit application 

No. Applicant Species/numbers Location Activity Type of take Permit action 

TE 30733C–0 ..... Marissa Thalken, 

Aurora, CO.

Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat (M. sodalis), and 

northern long-eared bat (M. 

septentrionalis)/Unlimited.

Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, 

Massachusetts, 

Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, 

New Hampshire, 

New Jersey, New 

York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, 

Virginia, Vermont, 

West Virginia, and 

Wisconsin.

Presence/absence 

surveys.

Mist-net, harp trap, 

handle, band, radiotag, wing-punch, 

and release.

New. 

TE 063179–6 ...... Edwards-Pitman 

Environmental, 

Inc., Smyrna, GA.

Amber darter (Percina antesella), 

blue shiner (Cyprinella 

caerulea), Cherokee darter 

(Etheostoma scotti), 

Conasauga logperch (Percina 

jenkinsi), Etowah darter 

(Etheostoma etowahae), 

goldline darter (Percina 

aurolineata), snail darter 

(Percina tanasi), Alabama 

moccasinshell (Medionidus 

acutissimus), Altamaha 

spinymussel (Elliptio spinosa), 

Carolina heelsplitter 

(Lasmigona decorata), Choctaw bean (Villosa 

choctawensis), Coosa 

moccasinshell (Medionidus 

parvulus), fat threeridge 

(Amblema neislerii), fine-lined 

pocketbook (Lampsilis altilis), 

fuzzy pigtoe (Pleurobema 

strodeanum), Georgia pigtoe 

(Pleurobema hanleyianum), 

Gulf moccasinshell 

(Medionidus penicillatus), narrow pigtoe (Fusconaia 

escambia), Ochlockonee 

moccasinshell (Medionidus 

simpsonianus), orangenacre 

mucket (Lampsilis perovalis), 

oval pigtoe (Pleurobema 

pyriforme), ovate clubshell 

(Pleurobema perovatum), purple bankclimber (Elliptoideus 

sloatianus), round ebonyshell 

(Fusconaia rotulata), shinyrayed pocketbook (Lampsilis 

subangulata), southern 

acornshell (Epioblasma 

othcaloogensis), southern 

clubshell (Pleurobema 

decisum), southern combshell 

(Epioblasma penita), southern 

kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus 

jonesi), southern pigtoe 

(Pleurobema georgianum), 

southern sandshell (Hamiota 

australis), Suwanee 

moccasinshell (Medionidus 

walkeri), tapered pigtoe 

(Fusconaia burkei), triangular 

kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus 

greenii), and upland combshell 

(Epioblasma metastriata)/Unlimited.

Florida, Georgia, 

North Carolina, and 

South Carolina.

Presence/absence 

surveys.

Capture, identify, release, and salvage 

shells.

Renewal and 

amendment. 

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Permit application 

No. Applicant Species/numbers Location Activity Type of take Permit action 

TE 12169B–1 ..... Mitigation Management, Atlanta, 

GA.

Amber darter (Percina antesella), 

blue shiner (Cyprinella 

caerulea), Cherokee darter 

(Etheostoma scotti), 

Conasauga logperch (Percina 

jenkinsi), Etowah darter 

(Etheostoma etowahae), 

goldline darter (Percina 

aurolineata), and snail darter 

(Percina tanasi)/Unlimited.

Georgia ...................... Presence/absence 

surveys.

Capture, identify, and 

release.

Renewal and 

amendment. 

TE 34387C–0 ..... U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Blacksburg, VA.

Oyster mussel (Epioblasma 

capsaeformis)/240 individuals.

Tennessee and Virginia.Captive conditioning and 

spawning research.

Collect, transport, 

hold in captivity for 

90 days, tag, and 

release.

New. 

TE 34429C–0 ..... Nancy Buschhaus, 

Univ. of Tennessee at Martin, 

Martin, TN.

Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat (M. sodalis), and 

northern long-eared bat (M. 

septentrionalis)/Unlimited.

Tennessee ................. Presence/absence 

survey and population demographics study.

Capture with mistnets, collect fecal 

samples, and release.

New. 

Authority: We provide this notice under 

section 10(c) of the Act. 

Dated: June 1, 2017. 

Guy Schein, 

Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological 

Services, Southeast Region. 

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BILLING CODE 4333–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2017–N091; 

FXES11130800000–178–FF08EVEN00] 

Receipt of Application for Incidental 

Take Permit; Low-Effect Habitat 

Conservation Plan for BAE Hollister 

Test Facility, San Benito County, 

California 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit 

application; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, have received a 

request from BAE Systems Land and 

Armaments L.P., for an incidental take 

permit under the Endangered Species 

Act of 1973, as amended. The permit 

would authorize take of the federally 

endangered San Joaquin kit fox and the 

threatened California red-legged frog 

and California tiger salamander, 

incidental to otherwise lawful soil 

remediation activities associated with 

the BAE Hollister Test Facility Habitat 

Conservation Plan. We invite public 

comment. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before September 14, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: You may download a copy 

of the draft habitat conservation plan 

and draft low-effect screening form and 

environmental action statement on the 

internet at http://www.fws.gov/ventura/, 

or you may request copies of the 

documents by U.S. mail to our Ventura 

office, or by phone (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). Please address 

written comments to Stephen P. Henry, 

Field Supervisor, Ventura Fish and 

Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 2493 Portola Road, Suite B, 

Ventura, CA 93003. You may 

alternatively send comments by 

facsimile to (805) 644–3958. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Diel, Fish and Wildlife 

Biologist, at the above address or by 

calling (805) 644–1766. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have 

received a request from BAE Systems 

Land and Armaments L.P., for an 

incidental take permit under the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; Act). 

The applicant has agreed to follow all of 

the conditions in the habitat 

conservation plan for the project. The 

permit would authorize take of the 

federally endangered San Joaquin kit fox 

(Vulpes macrotis mutica) and the 

threatened California red-legged frog 

(Rana draytonii) and California tiger 

salamander (Ambystoma californiense), 

incidental to otherwise lawful activities 

associated with the BAE Hollister Test 

Facility Habitat Conservation Plan 

(HCP). We invite public comment on the 

application and related documents. 

Background 

The San Joaquin kit fox was listed by 

the Service as endangered on January 

24, 1997. The California red-legged frog 

and California tiger salamander were 

listed by the Service as threatened on 

May 23, 1996 and August 4, 2004, 

respectively. Section 9 of the Act and its 

implementing regulations prohibit the 

‘‘take’’ of fish or wildlife species listed 

as endangered or threatened. ‘‘Take’’ is 

defined under the Act to include the 

following activities: ‘‘[T]o harass, harm, 

pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, 

capture, or collect, or to attempt to 

engage in any such conduct’’ (16 U.S.C. 

1532); however, under section 

10(a)(1)(B) of the Act, we may issue 

permits to authorize incidental take of 

listed species. ‘‘Incidental Take’’ is 

defined by the Act as take that is 

incidental to, and not the purpose of, 

carrying out of an otherwise lawful 

activity. Regulations governing 

incidental take permits for threatened 

and endangered species are, 

respectively, in the Code of Federal 

Regulations at 50 CFR 17.32 and 17.22. 

Under the Act, protections for federally 

listed plants differ from the protections 

afforded to federally listed animals. 

Issuance of an incidental take permit 

also must not jeopardize the existence of 

federally listed fish, wildlife, or plant 

species. All species included in the 

incidental take permit would receive 

assurances under our ‘‘No Surprises’’ 

regulations (50 CFR 17.22(b)(5) and 

17.32(b)(5)). 

The applicants have applied for a 

permit for incidental take of the San 

Joaquin kit fox, California red-legged 

frog, and California tiger salamander. 

The potential taking would occur by 

activities associated with the soil 

remediation activities at the BAE 

Hollister Test Facility in suitable habitat 

for the covered species. 

Preliminary Determination 

The Service has made a preliminary 

determination that issuance of the 

permit is neither a major Federal action 

that will significantly affect the quality 

of the human environment within the 

meaning of section 102(2)(C) of the 

National Environmental Policy Act (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; NEPA), nor will it 

individually or cumulatively have more 

than a negligible effect on the species 

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