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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

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Endangered ; Recovery Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comments.

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have received applications for permits, permit renewals and/or permit amendments to conduct activities intended to enhance the propagation or survival of under the Endangered Species

Act of 1973, as amended. We invite the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies to comment on these applications. Before issuing any of the requested permits, we will take into consideration any information that we receive during the public comment period.

DATES: We must receive written data or comments on the applications by [INSERT

DATE 30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].

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. Submit a request for a copy of such documents to

Karen Marlowe (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).

Submitting Comments: If you wish to comment, you may submit comments by one of the following methods:

 U.S. mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Office, Ecological Services,

1875 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30345 (Attn: Karen Marlowe, Permit

Coordinator).  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 INFOMATION CONTACT: Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator,

404–679–7097 (telephone), [email protected] (email), or 404–679–7081 (fax).

Individuals who are hearing or speech impaired may call the Federal Relay Service at 1–

800–877–8339 for TTY assistance.

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 (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and our regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR part 17.

With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits take of listed species unless a Federal permit is issued that authorizes such take. The ESA’s definition of “take” includes hunting, shooting, harming, wounding, or killing, and also such activities as pursuing, harassing, trapping, capturing, or collecting.

A recovery permit issued by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA authorizes the permittee to take endangered or threatened species while engaging in activities that are conducted for scientific purposes that promote recovery of species or for enhancement of propagation or survival of species. These activities often include the capture and collection of species, which would result in prohibited take were a permit not issued. 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 species, and 50 CFR 17.72 for threatened plant species. Permit Applications Available for Review and Comment

Proposed activities in the following permit requests are for the recovery and enhancement of propagation or survival of the species in the wild. The ESA requires that we invite public comment before issuing these permits. Accordingly, we invite local,

State, Tribal, and Federal agencies and the public to submit written data, views, or arguments with respect to these applications. The comments and recommendations that will be most useful and likely to influence agency decisions are those supported by quantitative information or studies.

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 Applicant Species Location Activity Type of Take Permit Application Action Number TE 62026D-1 Catherine Haase, Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), and Study Hand-capture Amendment Austin Peay bat (Myotis sodalis), and community from culverts, State University, northern long-eared bat (Myotis structure and identify, and Clarksville, TN septentrionalis) use release TE 32397A-5 James Godwin, red-bellied turtle Alabama and Population Turtles: Renewal/ Auburn (Pseudemys alabamensis), eastern management, Capture, Amendment University, indigo snake (Drymarchon corais scientific handle, mark Auburn, AL couperi), flattened musk turtle research, by marginal (Sternotherus depressus) and Black population scute, PIT-tag, Warrior waterdog (Necturus surveys, and collect tissue alabamensis) monitoring and blood samples, conduct oral and cloacal swabbing, salvage hatched or depredated eggs, monitor nests, and insert data logger into nests; Eastern indigo snake: Capture, handle, PIT- tag, collect blood, collect cloacal swab, and scale-clip Black Warrior waterdog: Capture, handle, temporarily hold to photograph and measure, PIT-tag, and collect tail tip tissue sample TE 60238B-1 Georgia Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), gray Alabama, Presence/ Capture with Renewal/ Museum of bat (Myotis grisescens), and Georgia, absence mist nets, Amendment Natural History, northern long-eared bat (Myotis Kentucky, surveys, handle, Athens, GA septentrionalis) Mississippi, studies to identify, and North Carolina, document release South Carolina, habitat use, Tennessee, and and Virginia population monitoring TE 087176-4 David Blackside dace (Chrosomus Kentucky and Presence/ Capture, Renewal/ Eisenhour, cumberlandensis), relict Tennessee absence handle, Amendment Morehead, KY darter (Etheostoma chienense), surveys identify, and duskytail darter (Etheostoma release percnurum), Kentucky arrow darter (Etheostoma spilotum), Cumberland darter (Etheostoma susanae), and palezone shiner (Notropis albizonatus) TE 022690-5 Meadowview oreophila (green pitcher Virginia Interstate Sale of Renewal Biological plant), Sarracenia rubra ssp. commerce artificially Research alabamensis (Alabama canebrake propagated Station, pitcher plant), and Sarracenia specimens in Woodford, VA rubra ssp. jonesii (mountain sweet interstate pitcher plant) commerce TE 83011B-1 Prescott Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Alabama, Presence/ Enter Renewal Weldon, Bristol, Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), and Arkansas, absence hibernacula or VA northern long-eared bat (Myotis Connecticut, surveys, maternity roost septentrionalis) Delaware, population caves, capture Florida, Georgia, monitoring, with mist nets , Indiana, and studies to or harp traps, Iowa, Kansas, document handle, Kentucky, habitat use identify, band, Louisiana, radio-tag, and Maine, collect hair Maryland, samples Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, , Oklahoma, , Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, , Wisconsin, and Wyoming PER Shawn Physaria globosa (Short’s Federal lands in Examination Collection of New 0002010 Zeringue- bladderpod) Tennessee of , and Krosnick, reproductive seeds and Tennessee Tech, success, and collection of Cookeville, TN life history one voucher traits specimen from each population TE 65002A-2 Robert Oney, Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Alabama, Presence/ Enter Renewal Versailles, KY Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), Arkansas, absence hibernacula or northern long-eared bat (Myotis Connecticut, surveys, maternity roost septentrionalis), and Virginia big- Delaware, population caves, capture eared bat (Corynorhinus Florida, Georgia, monitoring, with mist nets (=Plecotus) townsendii virginianus) Illinois, Indiana, and studies to or harp traps, Iowa, Kansas, document handle, Kentucky, habitat use identify, band, Louisiana, radio-tag, and Maine, collect hair Maryland, samples Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming TE 148282-6 Jack Wilhide, Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Alabama, Presence/ Enter Renewal Franklin, TN Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), Arkansas, absence hibernacula or northern long-eared bat (Myotis Connecticut, surveys, maternity roost septentrionalis), Ozark big-eared Delaware, population caves, capture bat (Corynorhinus (=Plecotus) Florida, Georgia, monitoring, with mist nets townsendii ingens), and Virginia Illinois, Indiana, and studies to or harp traps, big-eared bat (Corynorhinus Iowa, Kansas, document handle, (=Plecotus) townsendii virginianus) Kentucky, habitat use identify, band, Louisiana, radio-tag, Maine, light-tag, wing- Maryland, punch, and Massachusetts, collect hair Michigan, samples 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, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming TE 94849B-2 Copperhead Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Alabama, Presence/ Enter Renewal/ Environmental Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), Arkansas, absence hibernacula or Amendment Consulting, northern long-eared bat (Myotis Connecticut, surveys, maternity roost Paint Lick, KY septentrionalis), Ozark big-eared Delaware, studies to caves, capture bat (Corynorhinus (=Plecotus) Florida, Georgia, document with mist nets townsendii ingens), and Virginia Illinois, Indiana, habitat use, or harp traps, big-eared bat (Corynorhinus Iowa, Kansas, population handle, (=Plecotus) townsendii virginianus) Kentucky, monitoring, identify, Louisiana, and to collect hair Maine, evaluate samples, band, Maryland, potential radio tag, light- Massachusetts, impacts of tag, swab, and Michigan, white-nose wing-punch Minnesota, syndrome or Mississippi, other threats 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, Wyoming PER Joey Weber, Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Alabama, Presence/ Enter New 0002649 Candler, NC Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), Arkansas, absence hibernacula or northern long-eared bat (Myotis Connecticut, surveys, maternity roost septentrionalis), and Virginia big- Delaware, population caves, capture eared bat (Corynorhinus District of monitoring, with mist nets (=Plecotus) townsendii virginianus) Columbia, and studies to or harp traps, Florida, Georgia, document handle, Illinois, Indiana, habitat use identify, band, Iowa, Kansas, radio-tag, and Kentucky, collect hair Louisiana, samples 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, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming PER California Pinguicula ionantha (Godfrey’s California Interstate Sale of New 0002076 Carnivores, butterwort), Sarracenia oreophila commerce artificially Sebastopol, CA (green pitcher plant), Sarracenia propagated rubra ssp. alabamensis (Alabama specimens in canebrake pitcher plant), and interstate Sarracenia rubra ssp. jonesii commerce (mountain Sweet pitcher plant) PER Jana Day, FISH: Relict darter (Etheostoma Kentucky Presence/ Capture, New 0007863 Kentucky chienense), Kentucky arrow absence handle, Transportation darter (Etheostoma spilotum), surveys identify, and Cabinet Cumberland darter (Etheostoma release susanae), palezone shiner (Notropis albizonatus), and blackside dace (Phoxinus cumberlandensis); FRESHWATER MUSSELS: Cumberland elktoe (Alasmidonta atropurpurea), spectaclecase (Cumberlandia monodonta), fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus dromas), Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma brevidens), oyster mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis), tan riffleshell (Epioblasma florentina walkeri), purple cat’s paw (=purple cat’s paw pearlymussel) (Epioblasma obliquata obliquata), white catspaw (pearlymussel) (Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua), northern riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana), tubercled blossom (pearlymussel) (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa), snuffbox (Epioblasma triquetra), cracking pearlymussel (Hemistena lata), pink mucket (pearlymussel) (Lampsilis abrupta), scaleshell mussel (Leptodea leptodon), ring pink (mussel) ( retusa), littlewing pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), white wartyback (pearlymussel) (Plethobasus cicatricosus), orangefoot pimpleback (pearlymussel) (Plethobasus cooperianus), sheepnose mussel (Plethobasus cyphyus), clubshell ( clava), rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), slabside pearlymussel (Pleuronaia dolabelloides), fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax), fluted kidneyshell ( subtentus), rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica), winged mapleleaf (Quadrula fragosa), rayed bean (Villosa fabalis), and Cumberland bean (pearlymussel) (Villosa trabalis); CRAYFISH: Big Sandy crayfish (Cambarus callainus) TE 33465A-2 USDA Forest Red-cockaded woodpecker Alabama, Population Capture, band, Amend Service, (Picoides borealis) Florida, Georgia, management drill nest National Forests Mississippi, and and cavities, install in Alabama, South Carolina monitoring inserts, install Montgomery, restrictors, AL install snake and squirrel excluders, monitor nest cavities and artificial nest cavities, and translocate. TE 132772-2 USDA Forest REPTILE: Flattened musk turtle National forests Surveys and Capture, Renewal Service, (Sternotherus depressus); FISH: in Alabama. population identify, National Forests Blue shiner (Cyprinella caerulea), monitoring measure, in Alabama, Cahaba shiner (Notropis cahabae), release, and Montgomery, goldline darter (Percina salvage relict AL aurolineata), and rush darter shells. (Etheostoma phytophilum); FRESHWATER MUSSELS: Alabama moccasinshell (Medionidus acutissimus), Alabama pearlshell (Margaritifera marrianae), Coosa moccasinshell (Medionidus parvulus), Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma brevidens), dark pigtoe (Pleurobema furvum), fine- lined pocketbook (Lampsilis altilis), fuzzy pigtoe (Pleurobema strodeanum), orange-nacre mucket (Lampsilis perovalis), ovate clubshell (Pleurobema perovatum), southern acornshell (Epioblasma othcaloogensis), southern clubshell (Pleurobema decisum), southern kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus jonesi), southern pigtoe (Pleurobema georgianum), southern sandshell (Hamiota australis), triangular kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus greenii), and upland combshell (Epioblasma metastriata); FRESHWATER GASTROPODS: Cylindrical lioplax (Lioplax cyclostomaformis), flat pebblesnail (Lepyrium showalteri), lacy elimia (Elimia crenatella), ( taeniata), round rocksnail (Leptoxis ampla), and tulotoma snail (Tulotoma magnifica) TE 12399A-5 Audubon Nature Green (Chelonia mydas), Kemp‘s Louisiana Monitoring of Insert PIT tag Renewal Institute, New ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), rehabilitated and attach Orleans, LA hawksbill (Eretmochelys turtles flipper tag imbricata), leatherback prior to release (Dermochelys coriacea), loggerhead (Caretta caretta), and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea turtles PER Mitchell D. Spectaclecase (Cumberlandia Alabama, Presence/ Capture, New 0002667 Kriege, monodonta), fanshell (Cyprogenia Arkansas, absence handle, Erlanger, KY stegaria), dromedary pearlymussel Georgia, Illinois, surveys identify, and (Dromus dromas), Cumberlandian Indiana, Iowa, release combshell (Epioblasma brevidens), Kansas, oyster mussel (Epioblasma Kentucky, capsaeformis), purple cat’s paw Louisiana, (=purple cat’s paw pearlymussel) Michigan, (Epioblasma obliquata obliquata), Minnesota, white catspaw (pearlymussel) Mississippi, (Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua), Missouri, New northern riffleshell (Epioblasma York, North torulosa rangiana), tubercled Carolina, Ohio, blossom (pearlymussel) Oklahoma, (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa), Pennsylvania, snuffbox (Epioblasma triquetra), Tennessee, cracking pearlymussel (Hemistena Virginia, West lata), pink mucket Virginia, (pearlymussel) (Lampsilis abrupta), Wisconsin Higgins eye (pearlymussel) (Lampsilis higginsii), ring pink (mussel) (Obovaria retusa), white wartyback (pearlymussel) (Plethobasus cicatricosus), orangefoot pimpleback (pearlymussel) (Plethobasus cooperianus), sheepnose mussel (Plethobasus cyphyus), clubshell (Pleurobema clava), James spinymussel (Pleurobema collina), rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax), fluted kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus subtentus), rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica), winged mapleleaf (Quadrula fragosa), rayed bean (Villosa fabalis), and Cumberland bean (pearlymussel) (Villosa trabalis) TE 66445B-1 Angelina D. FISH: Blue shiner (Cyprinella Alabama and Presence/ Capture, Renewal Fowler, caerulea), boulder darter Tennessee absence handle, Nashville, TN (Etheostoma wapiti), and snail surveys identify, and darter (Percina tanasi); release CRAYFISH: Nashville crayfish (Orconectes shoupi) PER George C. Red-cockaded woodpecker Alabama, Population Capture, band, New 0002899 Fullerton, (Picoides borealis) Arkansas, management drill nest Tallahassee, FL Florida, Georgia, and cavities, install Louisiana, monitoring inserts, install Mississippi, restrictors, North Carolina, monitor nest and South cavities and Carolina artificial nest cavities, and translocate PER National Green (Chelonia mydas), Kemp’s Harrison County, Nest Locate and New 0003043 Audubon ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), Mississippi monitoring mark nests, Society, Moss hawksbill (Eretmochelys excavate nests Point, MS imbricata), leatherback following (Dermochelys coriacea), hatchling loggerhead (Caretta caretta), and emergence, olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) and inventory sea turtles hatched nests TE 171516-9 Copperhead FISH: Kentucky arrow darter Arkansas, Presence/ Capture, Renewal/ Environmental (Etheostoma spilotum), Georgia, Illinois, absence handle, Amendment Consulting, Inc., Cumberland darter (Etheostoma Indiana, surveys identify, Paint Lick, KY susanae), and Kentucky, release, and blackside dace (Phoxinus Missouri, Ohio, salvage relict cumberlandensis); Tennessee, shells FRESHWATER MUSSELS: Virginia, West Cumberland elktoe (Alasmidonta Virginia, and atropurpurea), spectaclecase Wisconsin (Cumberlandia monodonta), fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus dromas), Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma brevidens), oyster mussel (Epioblasma capsaeformis), yellow blossom (pearlymussel) (Epioblasma florentina florentina), tan riffleshell (Epioblasma florentina walkeri), purple cat’s paw (=purple cat’s paw pearlymussel) (Epioblasma obliquata obliquata), northern riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana), green blossom (pearlymussel) (Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum), tubercled blossom pearlymussel) (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa), snuffbox (Epioblasma triquetra), turgid blossom pearlymussel) (Epioblasma turgidula), finerayed pigtoe (Fusconaia cuneolus), shiny pigtoe (Fusconaia cor), cracking pearlymussel (Hemistena lata), pink mucket (pearlymussel) (Lampsilis abrupta), scaleshell mussel (Leptodea leptodon), ring pink (mussel) (Obovaria retusa), littlewing pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), white wartyback (pearlymussel) (Plethobasus cicatricosus), orangefoot pimpleback (pearlymussel) (Plethobasus cooperianus), sheepnose mussel (Plethobasus cyphyus), clubshell (Pleurobema clava), James spinymussel (Pleurobema collina), southern clubshell (Pleurobema decisum), rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), slabside pearlymussel (Pleuronaia dolabelloides), fat pocketbook (Potamilus capax), fluted kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus subtentus), rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica), rough rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica strigillata), Appalachian monkeyface (pearlymussel) (Quadrula sparsa), rayed bean (Villosa fabalis), purple bean (Villosa perpurpurea), and Cumberland bean (pearlymussel) (Villosa trabalis); CRAYFISH: Big Sandy crayfish (Cambarus callainus) TE 88778B-2 John W. Lamb, Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Tennessee Contaminant Collect fur and Amendment Arnold Air Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), and study guano Force Base, TN northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) PER Catherine M. Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona South Carolina Investigation Collect New 0004778 Jachowski, decorata) of glochidia from Clemson impediments fish fins and University, to recruitment gills to Clemson, SC sacrifice for DNA analysis, release captive-reared individuals produced at Orangeburg National Fish Hatchery into silos for growth and survival monitoring that includes weekly handling and measuring TE 12379D-1 Robert A. Rice rat (silver rice rat) (Oryzomys Monroe County, Assessing the Radio-tag Amendment McCleery, palustris natator) Florida, from impacts of adults and University of Little Pine Key Hurricane monitor Florida, to Boca Chica Irma on the movements Gainesville, FL Key rice rat TE 54891B-1 Luke E. Dodd, Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Kentucky Presence/ Enter Renewal Eastern Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), and absence hibernacula or Kentucky northern long-eared bat (Myotis surveys and maternity roost University, septentrionalis) studies to caves, salvage Richmond, KY document dead bats, habitat use capture with mist nets and harp-traps, handle, identify, collect hair, band, attach radio- transmitters, swab, and wing-punch TE 069754-7 Gerald R. FISH: 38 species; Alabama, Presence/ Capture, Renewal/ Dinkins, FRESHWATER MUSSELS: 88 Arkansas, absence handle, Amendment Knoxville, TN species; FRESHWATER Florida, Georgia, surveys identify, GASTROPODS: 14 species Illinois, Indiana, release, and Iowa, Kansas, salvage relict Kentucky, shells Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin TE 62778B-2 Chanston T. Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Alabama, Presence/ Capture with Renewal Osborne, Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), and Arkansas, absence mist nets and Aberdeen, NC Connecticut, surveys harp traps, northern long-eared bat (Myotis Delaware, handle, septentrionalis) Florida, Georgia, identify, band, Illinois, Indiana, and attach Iowa, Kansas, radio Kentucky, transmitters Louisiana, 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 TE 237537-2 Missouri Price’s potato bean (Apios On lands under Ex situ seed Remove and Renewal/ Botanical priceana), Cumberland sandwort Federal banking, reduce to Amendment Garden, St. (Arenaria cumberlandensis), jurisdiction in artificial possession Louis, MO Mead’s milkweed (Asclepias Alabama, propagation, (collect) seeds meadii), Guthrie’s (=Pyne’s) Illinois, conservation and leaves ground-plum (Astragalus Kentucky, research, bibullatus), decurrent false aster Mississippi, educational (Boltonia decurrens), Cumberland Missouri, display, and rosemary (Conradina verticillata), Tennessee, genetic leafy prairie clover (Dalea foliosa), Virginia, and analyses tiny tim (Geocarpon minimum), West Virginia Virginia sneezeweed (Helenium virginicum), fleshyfruit gladecress (Leavenworthia crassa), Mohr’s Barbara’s button (), Missouri bladderpod (Physaria filiformis), Short’s bladderpod (Physaria globose), Virginia spiraea (Spiraea virginiana), running buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum), and Tennessee yellow-eyed grass (Xyris tennesseensis) TE 059008-9 CCR REPTILES: Eastern indigo Alabama, Presence/ Capture, Renewal/ Environmental, snake (Drymarchon corais Arkansas, absence identify, Amendment Inc., Atlanta, couperi), gopher tortoise (Gopherus Florida, Georgia, surveys release, and GA polyphemus), yellow-blotched map Kentucky, salvage relict turtle (Graptemys flavimaculata), Louisiana, shells ringed map turtle (Graptemys Mississippi, oculifera), black pine snake South Carolina, (Pituophis melanoleucus lodingi), and Tennessee Alabama red-bellied turtle (Pseudemys alabamensis), and flattened musk turtle (Sternotherus depressus); AMPHIBIANS: Reticulated flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma bishopi), frosted flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum), Black warrior (=Sipsey Fork) waterdog (Necturus alabamensis), Red Hills salamander (Phaeognathus hubrichti), and dusky gopher frog (Rana sevosa); FISH: 45 species; FRESHWATER MUSSELS: 81 species; FRESHWATER GASTROPODS: 12 species; CRAYFISH: Nashville crayfish (Orconectes shoupi) TE 59798B-2 Daguna Dwarf wedgemussel (Alasmidonta Virginia Presence/ Capture, Amendment Consulting, heterodon), yellow lance (Elliptio absence handle, LLC, Rochester, lanceolata), and James surveys identify, MN spinymussel (Pleurobema collina) measure, age by examining growth rings, sex, photograph, PIT-tag or plastic shell tag, mark, and release TE 13910A-3 Terry L. Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Georgia, Indiana, Presence/ Enter Renewal Derting, Murray Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), Kentucky, Ohio, absence hibernacula or State University, northern long-eared bat (Myotis Tennessee, and surveys, maternity roost Murray, KY septentrionalis), Virginia big-eared West Virginia habitat use caves, salvage bat (Corynorhinus townsendii studies, dead bats, virginianus), and Ozark big-eared population capture with bat (Corynorhinus townsendii monitoring, mist nets and ingens) and studies to harp-traps, evaluate handle, potential identify, impacts of collect hair, white-nose band, attach syndrome or radio- other threats transmitters, light-tag, swab, and wing- punch TE 89785B-1 North Florida Red-cockaded woodpecker Alabama, Population Capture, band, Renewal Wildlife, LLC, (Picoides borealis) Florida, Georgia, management monitor nest Crawfordville, Louisiana, and cavities, FL Mississippi, monitoring construct and North Carolina, monitor Oklahoma, artificial nest South Carolina, cavities and Texas, and restrictors, and Virginia translocate TE 34778A-3 U.S. Geological Gray bats (Myotis grisescens), Alabama, Presence/ Enter Renewal Survey, Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), Arkansas, absence hibernacula or Blacksburg, VA northern long-eared bat (Myotis Connecticut, surveys, maternity roost septentrionalis), and Virginia big- Delaware, habitat use caves, salvage eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii District of studies, dead bats, virginianus) Columbia, population capture with Florida, Georgia, monitoring, mist nets or Illinois, Indiana, and studies on harp traps, Iowa, Kansas, potential handle, Kentucky, impacts of identify, Louisiana, white-nose collect hair Maine, syndrome or samples, band, Maryland, other threats radio tag, light- Massachusetts, tag, swab, and Michigan, wing-punch 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 TE 84997D-0 James V. Cereus eriophorus var. fragrans Florida Interstate Sell artificially New Freeman, (fragrant prickly-apple) and commerce propagated Williston, FL Harrisia (=Cereus) aboriginum (= in gracilis) (aboriginal prickly-apple) interstate commerce TE 087191-6 Sandhills Red-cockaded woodpecker North Carolina Disease Capture and Amendment Ecological (Picoides borealis) and South research recapture birds Institute, Carolina that exhibit Southern Pines, Avian Keratin NC Disorder to monitor their fate in the population. ES 56588D-2 Martin J. FISH: Spring pygmy Alabama and Presence/ Capture, Amendment Melville, sunfish (Elassoma alabamae), Virginia absence handle, Marietta, GA vermilion darter (Etheostoma surveys identify, chermocki), watercress release, and darter (Etheostoma nuchale), and salvage relict Cahaba shiner (Notropis cahabae); shells FRESHWATER MUSSELS: Purple cat's paw (=purple cat's paw pearlymussel) (Epioblasma obliquata obliquata), Alabama pearlshell (Margaritifera marrianae), black clubshell (Pleurobema curtum), dark pigtoe (Pleurobema furvum), flat pigtoe (Pleurobema marshalli), heavy pigtoe (Pleurobema taitianum), inflated heelsplitter (Potamilus inflatus), and stirrupshell (Quadrula stapes)

PER South Carolina Carolina heelsplitter (Lasmigona South Carolina Captive Capture, hold New 0009923 Department of decorata) propagation in captivity for Natural for research more than 45 Resources, and consecutive Columbia, SC reintroduction days, toxicity testing and other studies, and reintroduction TE 121073-3 Christopher E. FISH: Laurel dace (Chrosomus Alabama, Presence/ Capture, Renewal Skelton, saylori), blue shiner (Cyprinella Florida, Georgia, absence handle, Madison, GA caerulea), bluemask and Tennessee surveys identify, darter (Etheostoma akatulo), release, and Etowah darter (Etheostoma salvage relict etowahae), duskytail shells darter (Etheostoma percnurum), Cherokee darter (Etheostoma scotti), Cumberland darter (Etheostoma susanae), boulder darter (Etheostoma wapiti), palezone shiner (Notropis albizonatus), smoky madtom (Noturus baileyi), chucky madtom (Noturus crypticus), pygmy madtom (Noturus stanauli), amber darter (Percina antesella), goldline darter (Percina aurolineata), Conasauga logperch (Percina jenkinsi), snail darter (Percina tanasi), and blackside dace (Phoxinus cumberlandensis); FRESHWATER MUSSELS: Fat threeridge (mussel) (Amblema neislerii), purple bankclimber (mussel) (Elliptoideus sloatianus), Altamaha spinymussel (Elliptio spinosa), upland combshell (Epioblasma metastriata), southern acornshell (Epioblasma othcaloogensis), southern combshell (Epioblasma penita), fine-lined pocketbook (Lampsilis altilis), orangenacre mucket (Lampsilis perovalis), shinyrayed pocketbook (Lampsilis subangulata); Coosa moccasinshell (Medionidus parvulus), Gulf moccasinshell (Medionidus pencillatus),Ochlockonee moccasinshell (Medionidus simpsonianus), southern clubshell (Pleurobema decisum), southern pigtoe (Pleurobema georgianum), Georgia pigtoe (Pleurobema hanleyianum), flat pigtoe (Pleurobema marshalli), ovate clubshell (Pleurobema perovatum), oval pigtoe (Pleurobema pyriforme), and triangular kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus greeni); FRESHWATER GASTROPOD: Interrupted (=Georgia) rocksnail (Leptoxis foremani); CRAYFISH: Nashville crayfish (Orconectes shoupi)

TE 111326-3 Christopher A. Nashville crayfish (Orconectes Tennessee Presence/ Capture, Renewal Fleming, shoupi) absence identify, sex, Nashville, TN surveys and measure PER Kira Lindelof, Hedyotis purpurea var. montana Pisgah National Research on Tissue and New 0010455 North Carolina (Roan Mountain bluet) Forest, North genetics and seed collection, University, Carolina habitable propagation, Raleigh, NC range and augmentation TE 37652B-1 Blue Ridge Helianthus verticillatus (whorled Blue Ridge Voucher Collection of Amendment Parkway, sunflower) Parkway, specimen for stem, leaves, National Park Franklin County, species and flowers Service, Virginia confirmation Asheville, NC TE 807672- Joseph H. Red-cockaded woodpecker Alabama, Population Capture, band, Renewal 19 Carter, Southern (Picoides borealis Florida, Georgia, management monitor nest Pines, NC Louisiana, and cavities, Mississippi, monitoring construct and North Carolina, and monitor South Carolina, investigation artificial nest of possible cavities and Texas, and parasites and restrictors, Virginia infections translocate, recapture to remove color bands, and swab TE 676379-6 NOAA/National Leatherback sea turtle Alabama, Population PIT-tag and Amendment Marine Fisheries (Dermochelys coriacea), hawksbill Florida, Georgia, monitoring flipper tag Service, sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), Louisiana, stranded, Southeast and Kemp’s ridley sea turtle Mississippi, incidentally Fisheries (Lepidochelys kempii) North Carolina, captured, cold- Science Center, South Carolina, stunned, and Pascagoula, MS and Texas rehabilitated individuals TE 054973-6 Nick M. Saint Francis' satyr North Carolina Population Capture up to Amendment Haddad, butterfly (Neonympha mitchellii monitoring, 20 adult Michigan State francisci) scientific butterflies University, research, annually for Hickory captive captive rearing Corners, MI propagation, and breeding and and transport reintroduction specimens to Michigan State University TE 65346A-2 Matthew S. Gray bat (Myotis grisescens), Alabama, Presence/ Enter Renewal Roberts, Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), and Arkansas, absence hibernacula or Richmond, KY northern long-eared bat (Myotis Connecticut, surveys, maternity roost septentrionalis) Delaware, population caves, capture Florida, Georgia, monitoring, with mist nets Illinois, Indiana, and studies to or harp traps, Iowa, Kansas, document handle, Kentucky, habitat use identify, band, Louisiana, radio-tag, Maine, collect hair Maryland, samples, and Massachusetts, salvage Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming Authority

We publish this notice under section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

John Tirpak, Deputy Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services.

[FR Doc. 2021-14683 Filed: 7/9/2021 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/12/2021]