# 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 (ESA) prohibits activities with listed species unless a Federal permit is issued that allows such activities. The ESA 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 November 27, 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 (see *DATES* ): 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: [email protected].* 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.;* ESA), and our regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR part 17. With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits activities with listed species unless a Federal permit is issued that allows such activities. The ESA 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 | Applicant | Species/numbers | Location | Activity | Type of take | Permit action |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TE 049502-8 | Carola A. Haas, Blacksburg, VA | Reticulated flatwoods salamander (
) | Eglin Air Force Base and Apalachicola National Forest, Florida | Research on habitat use, population dynamics, landscape genetic analyses, and population augmentation | Take tail clips from larvae and terrestrial salamanders; remove eggs and larvae from ponds for head-starting in cattle tanks on site and release following metamorphosis | Amendment. |
| TE 070800-4 | Ecological Solutions, Inc., Roswell, GA | Alabama red-bellied turtle (
), eastern indigo snake (
), flattened musk turtle (
), gopher tortoise (
), amber darter (
), blue shiner (
), Cherokee darter (
), Etowah darter (
), goldline darter (
), rush darter (
), snail darter (
), spring pygmy sunfish (
), vermilion darter (
), Alabama pearlshell (
), Choctaw bean (
), Cumberland bean (
), fuzzy pigtoe (
), Georgia pigtoe (
), narrow pigtoe (
), rabbitsfoot (
), round ebonyshell (
), sheepnose mussel (
), slabshell pearlymussel (
), snuffbox mussel (
), southern kidneyshell (
), southern sandshell (
), spectaclecase (
), tapered pigtoe (
), and rough hornsnail (
) | AL, FL, GA, NC, SC, and TN | Presence/absence surveys | Scope burrows, capture, handle, release | Renewal and Amendment. |
| TE 171545-3 | Ronald K. Redman, Benton, AR | Gray bat (
), Indiana bat (
), northern long-eared bat (
), Ozark big-eared bat (
), Virginia big-eared bat (
) | AL, AR, CO, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, MS, MO, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VT, VA, WV, WI | Presence/absence surveys and white-nose syndrome research | Enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, band, radio-tag, wing-punch, and hold temporarily | Renewal and Amendment. |
| TE 070796-9 | Apogee, Inc., Whitesburg, KY | Ozark big-eared bat (
) | AR, MO, OK | Presence/absence surveys | Capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, collect hair samples, band, radio-tag, light-tag, and wing-punch | Amendment. |
| TE 71854A-1 | David Eargle, South Carolina DHEC Bureau of Water, Columbia, SC | Carolina heelsplitter (
) | NC, SC | Presence/absence surveys and collection of relic shells | Capture, handle, release, salvage shells | Renewal. |
| TE 05565B-1 | UT-Battelle Corp., Oak Ridge, TN | Gray bat (
), Indiana bat (
), and northern long-eared bat (
) | Oak Ridge Reservation, Tennessee | Presence/absence surveys | Enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, collect hair samples, band, radio-tag, light-tag, and wing-punch | Renewal and Amendment. |
| TE 65968A-1 | Richard J. Dickey, Tallahassee, FL | Alabama pearlshell (
), Chipola slabshell (
), Choctaw bean (
), fat threeridge (
), fuzzy pigtoe (
), Gulf moccasinshell (
), narrow pigtoe (
), Ochlockonee moccasinshell (
), oval pigtoe (
), purple bankclimber (
), round ebonyshell (
), shinyrayed pocketbook (
), southern kidneyshell (
), southern sandshell (
), Suwannee moccasinshell (
), and tapered pigtoe (Fusconaia burkei) | AL, FL, GA | Presence/absence surveys | Capture, identify, and release | Renewal and Amendment. |
| TE 37219B-1 | Roger W. Perry, USDA Forest Service, Hot Springs, AR | Gray bat (
), Indiana bat (
), and northern long-eared bat (
) | AR, LA, OK, TX | Presence/absence surveys and studies to document habitat use | Enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets, handle, identify, collect hair samples, band, radio-tag, light-tag, wing-punch, and selectively euthanize | Amendment. |
| TE 79580A-3 | Jason M. Butler, Midway, KY | Indiana bat (
) and northern long-eared bat (
) | VA | Presence/absence surveys | Enter hibernacula or maternity roost caves, salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets or harp traps, handle, identify, band, and radio-tag | Amendment. |
| TE 034476-4 | Florida Forest Service, Blackwater Forestry Center, Milton, FL | Red-cockaded woodpecker (
) | Blackwater River State Forest, Florida | Population management and monitoring | Install artificial nest cavities and restrictors, monitor nest cavities, capture, band, and translocate | Renewal and Amendment. |
**Authority:**
We provide this notice under section 10(c) of the Act.
Dated: September 7, 2017.
Aaron L. Valenta,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Southeast Region.