# City of Wadsworth, Ohio; Notice of Teleconference
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Ohio Ecological Services Field Office and West Virginia Field Office (FWS) requested a teleconference regarding Commission staff's March 11, 2015, request for formal consultation on the pink mucket pearly mussel ( *Lampsilis abrupta* ), eastern fanshell mussel ( *Cyprogenia stegaria* ), snuffbox mussel ( *Epioblasma triquetra* ), sheepnose mussel ( *Plethobasus cyphyus* ), and Indiana bat ( *Myotis sodalis* ) for the proposed R.C. Byrd Hydroelectric Project. The FWS requested a discussion of: (1) The Commission's hydropower licensing process; (2) the recent action listing the northern long-eared bat ( *Myotis septentrionalis* ) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act; (3) FWS' information needs to complete section 7 consultation for listed bats and mussels; and (4) possible solutions to gathering the information needed by FWS.
The teleconference will be held on Monday, April 20, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time). All local, state, and federal agencies, Indian tribes, and other interested parties are invited to participate by phone. Please call Andy Bernick at (202) 502-8660 by Monday, April 13, 2015, to RSVP and to receive specific instructions on how to participate.
Dated: April 3, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.