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	<summaries>

		<summary>
			<p type="2">SUMMARY:</p>
			<p type="1">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.</p>
		</summary>
	</summaries>
	<supplementary_information>

		<supplInfo>
			<p type="2">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</p>
			<p type="2">Background</p>
			<p type="1">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 17. Submit your
				written data, comments, or request for a copy of the complete
				application to the address shown in ADDRESSES .</p>
			<p type="2">Permit Applications</p>
			<p type="4">Permit Application Number: TE71464A.</p>
			<p type="4">
				Applicant:
				<applicant>Bishop Hill Energy LLC</applicant>
				, Chicago, IL.
			</p>
			<p type="1">
				The applicant requests a permit to take (salvage) the endangered
				Indiana bat (
				<species_scientific name="Myotis sodalis">Myotis sodalis
				</species_scientific>
				) at the Bishop Hill Wind Energy Project,
				<research_location woeId="12588114" type="County"
					name="Henry, IL, US">Henry County, IL</research_location>
				. The applicant proposes a maximum take of two Indiana bats during
				proposed research to determine operating methods to avoid long-term
				take of the species at the facility.
			</p>
			<p type="1">Under the research proposal, Bishop Hill Energy would
				evaluate bat mortality and take avoidance at the facility to benefit
				listed and unlisted bat species. The primary goal of the research is
				to evaluate and devise biologically based operational protocols for
				turbines at the Henry County facility to successfully avoid take of
				listed bat species.</p>
			<p type="1">
				In addition, information generated by the proposed research could be
				used to inform operational protocols at other operating wind energy
				projects within the range of
				<research_location woeId="2347573" type="State"
					name="Indiana, US">Indiana</research_location>
				bats, thereby enhancing the propagation and survival of the listed
				species. The proposed study is designed to research (1) effective
				methods to avoid mortality of listed bats through curtailment of
				turbines and (2) the relationship between temperature and risk of
				bat mortality. The applicant requests a permit term of two years.
			</p>
			<p type="1">The environmental impacts of the proposed study have been
				evaluated in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act
				of 1969 (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). The USFWS has prepared an
				Environmental Assessment (EA) to conduct this evaluation prior to
				making its decision on permit issuance. The EA is available for
				public review concurrent with the permit application.</p>
			<p type="4">Permit Application Number: TE71680A.</p>
			<p type="4">
				Applicant:
				<applicant>Megan Caylor</applicant>
				,
				<applicant_location woeId="2427032" type="Town"
					name="Indianapolis, IN, US">Indianapolis</applicant_location>
				, IN.
			</p>
			<p type="1">
				The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release)
				Indiana bats and Gray bats (
				<species_scientific name="Myotis grisescens">Myotis grisescens
				</species_scientific>
				) throughout the range of the species. The applicant requests
				authority to conduct activities aimed at enhancement of survival of
				the species in the wild in
				<research_location woeId="2347559" type="State"
					name="Alabama, US">Alabama</research_location>
				, Arkansas, Connecticut,
				<research_location woeId="2347568" type="State"
					name="Florida, US">Florida</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347572" type="State"
					name="Illinois, US">Illinois</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347573" type="State"
					name="Indiana, US">Indiana</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347574" type="State"
					name="Iowa, US">Iowa</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347576" type="State"
					name="Kentucky, US">Kentucky</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347579" type="State"
					name="Maryland, US">Maryland</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347581" type="State"
					name="Michigan, US">Michigan</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347582" type="State"
					name="Minnesota, US">Minnesota</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347584" type="State"
					name="Missouri, US">Missouri</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347583" type="State"
					name="Mississippi, US">Mississippi</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347589" type="State"
					name="New Jersey, US">New Jersey</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2459115" type="Town"
					name="New York, NY, US">New York</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347592" type="State"
					name="North Carolina, US">North Carolina</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347594" type="State"
					name="Ohio, US">Ohio</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347595" type="State"
					name="Oklahoma, US">Oklahoma</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347597" type="State"
					name="Pennsylvania, US">Pennsylvania</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347598" type="State"
					name="Rhode Island, US">Rhode Island</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347599" type="State"
					name="South Carolina, US">South Carolina</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347601" type="State"
					name="Tennessee, US">Tennessee</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347604" type="State"
					name="Vermont, US">Vermont</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347605" type="State"
					name="Virginia, US">Virginia</research_location>
				, Washington, DC, and
				<research_location woeId="2347607" type="State"
					name="West Virginia, US">West Virginia</research_location>
				.
			</p>
			<p type="4">Permit Application Number: TE15027A.</p>
			<p type="4">
				Applicant:
				<applicant>Stantec Consulting</applicant>
				,
				<applicant_location woeId="2383660" type="Town"
					name="Columbus, OH, US">Columbus</applicant_location>
				, OH.
			</p>
			<p type="1">
				The applicant requests a renewal of their permit, with an amendment,
				to take the following species: Indiana bats, gray bats,
				<applicant>Hine</applicant>
				's emerald dragonfly (
				<species_scientific name="Somatochlora hineana">Somatochlora hineana
				</species_scientific>
				), American burying beetle (
				<species_scientific name="Nicrophorus americanus">Nicrophorus americanus
				</species_scientific>
				), and
				<applicant>Mitchell</applicant>
				's satyr butterfly (
				<species_scientific name="Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii">Neonympha mitchellii
					mitchellii</species_scientific>
				) for the purpose of enhancement of the survival of the species in
				the wild. Proposed activities may occur within the following States:
				<research_location woeId="2347572" type="State"
					name="Illinois, US">Illinois</research_location>
				,
				<applicant_location woeId="2347573" type="State"
					name="Indiana, US">Indiana</applicant_location>
				,
				<applicant_location woeId="2347581" type="State"
					name="Michigan, US">Michigan</applicant_location>
				,
				<applicant_location woeId="2347584" type="State"
					name="Missouri, US">Missouri</applicant_location>
				,
				<applicant_location woeId="2347589" type="State"
					name="New Jersey, US">New Jersey</applicant_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347594" type="State"
					name="Ohio, US">Ohio</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347597" type="State"
					name="Pennsylvania, US">Pennsylvania</research_location>
				, and
				<research_location woeId="2347608" type="State"
					name="Wisconsin, US">Wisconsin</research_location>
				.
			</p>
			<p type="4">Permit Application Number: TE71718A.</p>
			<p type="4">
				Applicant:
				<applicant>Steffen J. Bradley</applicant>
				,
				<applicant_location woeId="2403482" type="Town"
					name="Finneytown, OH, US">Finneytown</applicant_location>
				, OH.
			</p>
			<p type="1">
				The applicant requests a permit to take Indiana bats and gray bats
				within Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and
				<research_location woeId="2347608" type="State"
					name="Wisconsin, US">Wisconsin</research_location>
				. Proposed activities are for the recovery of the species and
				enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
			</p>
			<p type="4">Permit Application Number: TE71720A.</p>
			<p type="4">
				Applicant:
				<applicant>Forest Preserve District of Will County</applicant>
				, Plainfield, IL.
			</p>
			<p type="1">
				The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release)
				Indiana bats and gray bats within the Forest Preserve District,
				<research_location woeId="12588176" type="County"
					name="Will, IL, US">Will County, IL</research_location>
				, for the purpose of recovery and enhancement of survival of the
				species in the wild.
			</p>
			<p type="4">Permit Application Number: TE71730A.</p>
			<p type="4">
				Applicant:
				<applicant>Missouri Department of Conservation</applicant>
				, Lost Valley Hatchery, Warsaw, MO.
			</p>
			<p type="1">
				The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and hold; propagate
				and release) the Topeka shiner (
				<species_scientific name="Notropis topeka">Notropis topeka
				</species_scientific>
				) within the State of Missouri. Propagation activities will be
				conducted in accordance with the 10-year Strategic Plan for Recovery
				of the
				<research_location woeId="2507158" type="Town"
					name="Topeka, KS, US">Topeka</research_location>
				<research_location woeId="2492837" type="Town"
					name="Shiner, TX, US">Shiner</research_location>
				in
				<research_location woeId="2347584" type="State"
					name="Missouri, US">Missouri</research_location>
				. Proposed activities are for the enhancement of propagation and
				survival of the species in the wild.
			</p>
			<p type="4">Permit Application Number: TE00622A.</p>
			<p type="4">
				Applicant:
				<applicant>Upper Peninsula Land Conservancy</applicant>
				, Marquette, MI.
			</p>
			<p type="1">
				The applicant requests a permit renewal to take Piping Plover (
				<species_scientific name="Charadrius melodus">Charadrius melodus
				</species_scientific>
				) within Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Proposed activities involve
				protection of nests and adults, collection, and participating in
				captive rearing/release in accordance with USFWS protocols.
				Activities proposed are for the recovery of the species in the wild.
			</p>
			<p type="4">Permit Application Number: TE06846A.</p>
			<p type="4">
				Applicant:
				<applicant>Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center</applicant>
				, Washington, DC
			</p>
			<p type="1">
				The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (capture, band/tag,
				and release) the Kirtland's warbler (
				<species_scientific name="Dendroica kirtlandii">Dendroica kirtlandii
				</species_scientific>
				) throughout Michigan for scientific research aimed at recovery of
				the species.
			</p>
			<p type="4">Permit Application Number: TE71737A.</p>
			<p type="4">
				Applicant:
				<applicant>Roger A. Klocek</applicant>
				, Plainfield, IL.
			</p>
			<p type="1">
				The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release)
				<applicant>Higgins</applicant>
				' eye pearlymussel (
				<species_scientific name="Lampsilis higginsii">Lampsilis higginsii
				</species_scientific>
				), spectaclecase mussel (
				<species_scientific name="Cumberlandia monodonta">Cumberlandia monodonta
				</species_scientific>
				), and sheepnose mussel (
				<species_scientific name="Plethobasus cyphus">Plethobasus cyphus
				</species_scientific>
				) within the
				<research_location woeId="23460094" type="Drainage"
					name="Mississippi River, KY, US">Mississippi River</research_location>
				in Iowa. Proposed activities are for the enhancement of survival of
				the species in the wild.
			</p>
			<p type="4">Permit Application Number: TE71819A.</p>
			<p type="4">
				Applicant:
				<applicant>The University of Michigan</applicant>
				, Dearborn, MI.
			</p>
			<p type="1">
				The applicant requests a permit to take Karner blue butterfly (
				<species_scientific name="Lycaeides melissa samuelis">Lycaeides melissa
					samuelis</species_scientific>
				) within Michigan, Ohio, and
				<research_location woeId="2347573" type="State"
					name="Indiana, US">Indiana</research_location>
				. Proposed take involves capture and handling, nonlethal collection
				of tissue, and release. Activities are proposed to enhance the
				recovery of the species through research into genetic diversity.
			</p>
			<p type="4">Permit Application Number: TE08603A.</p>
			<p type="4">
				Applicant:
				<applicant>Michelle Malcosky</applicant>
				,
				<applicant_location woeId="12589266" type="County"
					name="Hudson, NJ, US">Hudson</applicant_location>
				, OH.
			</p>
			<p type="1">The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (capture
				and release) Indiana bats throughout the species' range for the
				purpose of enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.</p>
			<p type="4">Permit Application Number: TE71821A.</p>
			<p type="4">
				Applicant:
				<applicant>David T. Zanatta</applicant>
				, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI.
			</p>
			<p type="1">
				The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release;
				temporary holding) the following mussel species: Snuffbox (
				<species_scientific name="Epioblasma triquetra">Epioblasma triquetra
				</species_scientific>
				), rayed bean (
				<species_scientific name="Villosa fabalis">Villosa fabalis
				</species_scientific>
				), Clubshell (
				<species_scientific name="Pleurobema clava">Pleurobema clava
				</species_scientific>
				), and Northern riffleshell (
				<species_scientific name="Epioblasma torulosa rangiana">Epioblasma torulosa
					rangiana</species_scientific>
				). Proposed activities may occur within Michigan and
				<research_location woeId="2347608" type="State"
					name="Wisconsin, US">Wisconsin</research_location>
				for the purpose of research and enhancement of propagation and
				survival of the species in the wild.
			</p>
			<p type="4">Permit Application Number: TE71827A.</p>
			<p type="4">
				Applicant:
				<applicant>Benjamin T. Hale</applicant>
				, Jacksonville, IL.
			</p>
			<p type="1">
				The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release)
				Indiana bats, gray bats, Ozark big-eared bats (
				<species_scientific name="Corynorhinus townsendii ingens">Corynorhinus townsendii
					ingens</species_scientific>
				), and Virginia big-eared bats (
				<species_scientific name="Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus">Corynorhinus townsendii
					virginianus</species_scientific>
				) throughout the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware,
				Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,
				Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,
				<research_location woeId="2347582" type="State"
					name="Minnesota, US">Minnesota</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347583" type="State"
					name="Mississippi, US">Mississippi</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347584" type="State"
					name="Missouri, US">Missouri</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347586" type="State"
					name="Nebraska, US">Nebraska</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347588" type="State"
					name="New Hampshire, US">New Hampshire</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347589" type="State"
					name="New Jersey, US">New Jersey</research_location>
				, New York,
				<research_location woeId="2347592" type="State"
					name="North Carolina, US">North Carolina</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347594" type="State"
					name="Ohio, US">Ohio</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347595" type="State"
					name="Oklahoma, US">Oklahoma</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347597" type="State"
					name="Pennsylvania, US">Pennsylvania</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347598" type="State"
					name="Rhode Island, US">Rhode Island</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347599" type="State"
					name="South Carolina, US">South Carolina</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347601" type="State"
					name="Tennessee, US">Tennessee</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347602" type="State"
					name="Texas, US">Texas</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347604" type="State"
					name="Vermont, US">Vermont</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347605" type="State"
					name="Virginia, US">Virginia</research_location>
				,
				<research_location woeId="2347607" type="State"
					name="West Virginia, US">West Virginia</research_location>
				, and
				<research_location woeId="2347608" type="State"
					name="Wisconsin, US">Wisconsin</research_location>
				. Proposed activities are for the enhancement of survival of the
				species in the wild.
			</p>
			<p type="4">Permit Application Number: TE206778.</p>
			<p type="4">
				Applicant:
				<applicant>U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service</applicant>
				, Ecological Services Field Office,
				<applicant_location woeId="2509090" type="Town"
					name="Twin Cities, CA, US">Twin Cities</applicant_location>
				, MN.
			</p>
			<p type="1">
				The applicant requests a permit amendment to add snuffbox,
				spectaclecase, and sheepnose mussels to existing Fish and Wildlife
				Permit Number TE206778. Proposed activities would occur within
				Minnesota and
				<research_location woeId="2347608" type="State"
					name="Wisconsin, US">Wisconsin</research_location>
				for the enhancement of propagation and survival of the species in
				the wild.
			</p>
			<p type="4">Permit Application Number: TE71834A.</p>
			<p type="4">
				Applicant:
				<applicant>Robert J. Welch</applicant>
				,
				<applicant_location woeId="2515454" type="Town"
					name="Waupaca, WI, US">Waupaca</applicant_location>
				Biological Field Station, Waupaca, WI.
			</p>
			<p type="1">
				The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release)
				snuffbox mussels within
				<research_location woeId="2347608" type="State"
					name="Wisconsin, US">Wisconsin</research_location>
				for the enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
			</p>
			<p type="4">Permit Application Number: TE02360A.</p>
			<p type="4">
				Applicant:
				<applicant>Sydney Morgan</applicant>
				,
				<applicant_location woeId="2378319" type="Town"
					name="Charleston, SC, US">Charleston</applicant_location>
				, WV.
			</p>
			<p type="1">
				The applicant requests a permit renewal to take (capture and
				release) Indiana bats, gray bats, and Virginia big-eared bats
				throughout the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware,
				Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts,
				Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
				York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
				South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia,
				and
				<research_location woeId="2347608" type="State"
					name="Wisconsin, US">Wisconsin</research_location>
				. Proposed activities are for the enhancement of survival of the
				species in the wild.
			</p>
			<p type="2">Public Comments</p>
			<p type="1">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.</p>
		</supplInfo>
	</supplementary_information>
</results>