# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Permit Applications
**AGENCY:**
Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
**ACTION:**
Notice of availability of permit applications; request for comments.
**SUMMARY:**
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), 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 endangered and threatened species unless a Federal permit allows such activity. The Act requires that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.
**DATES:**
We must receive any written comments on or before April 18, 2014.
**ADDRESSES:**
Send written comments by U.S. mail to the Regional Director, Attn: Karl Tinsley, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, 5600 American Blvd. West, Suite 990, Bloomington, MN 55437-1458; or by electronic mail to *[email protected]* .
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Karl Tinsley, (612) 713-5330.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
**Background**
We invite public comment on the following permit applications for certain 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 address shown in *ADDRESSES* .
**Permit Applications**
**Permit Application Number:
TE71718A**
*Applicant:* Steffen J. Bradley, Cincinnati, OH.
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (capture and release) Indiana bats ( *Myotis sodalis* ) and gray bats ( *Myotis grisescens* ) within the States of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Proposed activities are for the recovery of the species and enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Permit Application Number:
TE71827A**
*Applicant:* Benjamin T. Hale, Bloomington, IN.
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (capture and release) Indiana bats, gray bats, Ozark big-eared bats ( *Corynorhinus townsendii ingens* ), and Virginia big-eared bats ( *Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus* ) within the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Proposed activities are for the enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Permit Application Number:
TE71680A**
*Applicant:* Megan Caylor, Indianapolis, IN.
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (capture and release) Indiana bats and gray bats within the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, DC, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Proposed activities are for the recovery and enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Permit Application Number:
TE07358A**
*Applicant:* Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., Indianapolis, IN.
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (capture and release) Indiana bats and gray bats within the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. Proposed activities are for the recovery and enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Permit Application Number:
TE130900**
*Applicant:* EnviroScience, Inc., Stow, OH.
The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (capture and release) the following listed fish and mussel species throughout their range, within the States of Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, and Wisconsin:
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| --- | --- |
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| Alabama lampmussel | . |
| Alabama moccasinshell | . |
| Appalachian elktoe | . |
| Appalachian monkeyface | . |
| Arkansas fatmucket | . |
| Birdwing pearlymussel | . |
| Chipola slabshell | . |
| Clubshell | . |
| Coosa moccasinshell | . |
| Cracking pearlymussel | . |
| Cumberland bean | . |
| Cumberland elktoe | . |
| Cumberland monkeyface | . |
| Cumberland pigtoe | . |
| Cumberland combshell | . |
| Curtis pearlymussel | , |
| Dromedary pearlymussel | . |
| Fanshell | . |
| Fat pocketbook | . |
| Fat three-ridge | . |
| Fine-lined pocketbook | . |
| Finerayed pigtoe | . |
| Fluted kidneyshell | . |
| Georgia pigtoe | . |
| Gulf moccasinshell | . |
| Higgins' eye pearlymussel | . |
| Littlewing pearlymussel | . |
| Northern riffleshell | . |
| Ochlockonee moccasinshell | . |
| Orange-footed pimpleback | . |
| Ouachita Rock pocketbook | . |
| Oval pigtoe | . |
| Ovate clubshell | . |
| Oyster musselshell | . |
| Pale lillput | . |
| Pink mucket pearlymussel | . |
| Purple bankclimber | . |
| Purple bean | . |
| Purple cat's paw pearlymussel | . |
| Rayed bean | . |
| Rink pink | . |
| Rough pigtoe | . |
| Rough rabbitsfoot | . |
| Shiny pigtoe | . |
| Shiny-rayed pocketbook | . |
| Slabside pearlymussel | . |
| Snuffbox | . |
| Southern acornshell | . |
| Southern clubshell | . |
| Southern pigtoe | . |
| Tan riffleshell | . |
| Triangular kidneyshell | . |
| Upland combshell | . |
| White cat's paw pearlymussel | . |
| White wartyback | . |
| Winged mapleleaf | . |
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| Shortnose sturgeon | . |
| Blue shiner | . |
| Cherokee darter | . |
| Etowah darter | . |
| Amber darter | . |
| Goldline darter | . |
| Conasauga logperch | . |
| Snail darter | . |
Proposed activities are for the recovery and enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Permit Application Number: TE15027A**
*Applicant:* Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., Columbus, OH.
The applicant requests a permit renewal, with amendments, to take (capture and release) Indiana bats and gray bats within the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Proposed activities are for the recovery and enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Permit Application Number: TE94321A**
*Applicant:* Brian J. O'Neill, Deerfield, IL.
The applicant requests a permit renewal, with amendments, to take (capture and release) the following listed fish and mussel species throughout their range, within the States of Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin:
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| --- | --- |
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| Palezone shiner | |
| Blackside dace | |
| Relict darter | |
| Tuxedo darter | |
| Cumberland darter | |
| Scioto madtom | |
| Pallid sturgeon | |
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| Cumberland elktoe | |
| Fanshell | |
| Dromedary pearlymussel | |
| Cumberland combshell | |
| Oyster mussel | |
| Tan riffleshell | |
| Purple cat's paw | |
| White cat's paw | |
| Northern riffleshell | |
| Tubercled blossom | |
| Cracking pearlymussel | |
| Pink mucket pearlymussel | |
| Higgins' eye pearlymussel | |
| Scaleshell | |
| Ring pink | |
| Littlewing pearlymussel | |
| White wartyback | |
| Orangefoot pimpleback | |
| Clubshell | |
| Rough pigtoe | |
| Fat pocketbook | |
| Winged mapleleaf | |
| Cumberland bean | |
| Sheepnose | |
| Snuffbox | |
| Spectaclecase | |
| Rabbitsfoot | |
| Rayed bean | |
Proposed activities are for the recovery and enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Permit Application Number: TE120259**
*Applicant:* Missouri Department of Conservation, Chillicothe, Missouri.
The applicant requests a permit amendment to take (capture and release, temporarily hold for propagation) pallid sturgeon in the Missouri River, including its tributaries, the Upper Mississippi River and Grand River within the State of Missouri, and the Kansas River within the State of Kansas. Activities will be conducted in conjunction with long-term population assessment and recovery work. Proposed activities are for the recovery and enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Permit Application Number: TE89557A**
*Applicant:* URS Corporation, Cleveland, OH.
The applicant requests a permit amendment to take (capture and release) the following endangered mussel species within the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Wisconsin:
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| --- | --- |
| Clubshell | |
| Sheepnose | |
| Spectaclecase | |
| Fanshell | |
| Snuffbox | |
| Higgins' eye pearlymussel | |
| Fat pocketbook | |
| Pink mucket pearlymussel | |
| Rabbitsfoot | |
| Northern riffleshell | |
| Purple cat's paw | |
| White cat's paw | |
| Orangefoot pimpleback | |
| Speckled pocketbook | |
| Scaleshell | |
| Neosho mucket | |
| Oval pigtoe | |
| Fat three-ridge | |
| Gulf moccasinshell | |
| Rayed bean | |
Proposed activities are for the recovery and enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Permit Application Number: TE43605A**
*Applicant:* Daniel R. Cox, Streator, IL.
The applicant requests a permit renewal, with amendments, to take (capture and release) Indiana bats and northern long-eared bats ( *Myotis septentrionalis* ) within the States of Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Proposed activities are for the recovery and enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Permit Application Number: TE06845A**
*Applicant:* Bernardin, Lochmueller, and Associates, Inc., Evansville, IN.
The applicant requests a permit renewal, with amendment, to take (capture and release) Indiana bats and gray bats within the States of Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. Proposed activities are for the recovery and enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Permit Application Number: TE10891A**
*Applicant: * Illinois State Museum Research and Collection Center, Dr. Everett Cashatt, P.I., Springfield, IL.
The applicant requests a permit renewal, with amendments, to take Hine's emerald dragonfly ( *Somatochlora hineana* ) within the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Proposed activities are for the recovery and enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Permit Application Number: TE38856A**
*Applicant:* Skelly & Loy, Inc., Harrisburg, PA.
The applicant requests a permit renewal, with amendments, to take (capture and release) the Indiana bat, gray bat, and Virginia big-eared bat ( *Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus* ), throughout the range of the species within the States of Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. Proposed activities are for the recovery and enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Permit Application Number: TE62311A**
*Applicant:* Mary B. Gilmore, Cincinnati, OH.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) Indiana bats throughout the range of the species within the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. Proposed activities are for the recovery and enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Permit Application Number: TE27915B**
*Applicant:* Wildlife Specialists, LLC., Wellsboro, PA.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) Indiana bats within the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. Proposed activities are for the recovery and enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**Permit Application Number: TE71737A**
*Applicant:* Roger A. Klocek, Oak Brook, IL.
The applicant requests a permit renewal, with amendments, to take (capture and release) Higgins' eye pearlymussel, spectaclecase, sheepnose, and snuffbox mussels within the States of Illinois and Iowa. Proposed activities are for the recovery of the species and enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
**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: March 3, 2014.
Lynn M. Lewis,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Midwest Region.