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	<summary><p type="2">SUMMARY:</p>
<p type="1">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.</p>
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	<supplInfo><p type="2">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</p>
<p type="1">The public is invited to comment on the following applications for permits to conduct certain activities with endangered and threatened species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ) and our regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17. This notice is provided under section 10(c) of the Act. If you wish to comment, you may submit comments by any one of the following methods. You may mail comments to the Fish and Wildlife Service's Regional Office ( see  ADDRESSES section) or via electronic mail (e-mail) to: permitsR4ES@fws.gov . Please include your name and return address in your e-mail message. If you do not receive a confirmation from the Fish and Wildlife Service that we have received your e-mail message, contact us directly at the telephone number listed above ( see  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section). Finally, you may hand deliver comments to the Fish and Wildlife Service office listed above ( see  ADDRESSES section).</p>
<p type="1">Before including your address, telephone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your comments, 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 comments to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Paul Johnson</applicant>, Marion, <research_location woeId="2347559" type="State" name="Alabama, US">Alabama</research_location>, TE130300.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests an amendment to authorize the capture, captive propagation, and collection of tissue samples for genetic analysis for royal <species_scientific name="Marstonia">Marstonia</species_scientific> ( <species_scientific name="Pyrgulopsis ogmorhaphe">Pyrgulopsis ogmorhaphe</species_scientific> ), Ouachita rock pocketbook ( <species_scientific name="Arkansia wheeleri">Arkansia wheeleri</species_scientific> ), and pygmy sculpin ( <species_scientific name="Cottus paulus">Cottus paulus</species_scientific> ).</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>The Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2488768" type="Town" name="Sanibel, FL, US">Sanibel, Florida</applicant_location>, TE054963.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests <applicant>Dr. Amber McNamara</applicant>, DVM, be authorized as a permittee to perform veterinary services for endangered and threatened species of sea turtles: Kemp's Ridley ( <species_scientific name="Lepidochelys kempii">Lepidochelys kempii</species_scientific> ), hawksbill <species_scientific name="Eretmochelys imbricata">(Eretmochelys imbricata</species_scientific> ), leatherback ( <species_scientific name="Dermochelys coriacea">Dermochelys coriacea</species_scientific> ), green ( <species_scientific name="Chelonia mydas">Chelonia mydas</species_scientific> ), loggerhead ( <species_scientific name="Caretta caretta">Caretta caretta</species_scientific> ), and olive <applicant>Ridley</applicant> ( <species_scientific name="Lepidochelys olivacea">Lepidochelys olivacea</species_scientific> ).</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Anna George</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2378695" type="Town" name="Chattanooga, TN, US">Chattanooga, Tennessee</applicant_location>, TE22311A.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys and collect tissue samples from the following freshwater fishes throughout their respective ranges: Blue shiner ( <species_scientific name="Cyprinella caerulea">Cyprinella caerulea</species_scientific> ), spotfin chub ( <species_scientific name="Erimonax monacha">Erimonax monacha</species_scientific> ), blackside dace ( <species_scientific name="Phoxinus cumberlandensis">Phoxinus cumberlandensis</species_scientific> ), laurel dace ( <species_scientific name="Phoxinus saylori">Phoxinus saylori</species_scientific> ), amber darter ( <species_scientific name="Percina antesella">Percina  antesella</species_scientific> ), goldline darter ( <species_scientific name="Percina aurolineata">Percina aurolineata</species_scientific> ), conasauga logperch ( <species_scientific name="Percina jenkinsi">Percina jenkinsi</species_scientific> ), and snail darter ( <species_scientific name="Percina tanasi">Percina tanasi</species_scientific> ).</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Nashville Zoo</applicant>, Nashville, Tennessee, TE22570A.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys, population monitoring, captive propagation, and maintain a live educational exhibit at the <applicant_institution woeId="23649558" type="POI" name="Nashville Zoo, Nashville, TN, US">Nashville Zoo</applicant_institution> for the <applicant_institution woeId="23649558" type="POI" name="Nashville Zoo, Nashville, TN, US">Nashville</applicant_institution> crayfish ( <species_scientific name="Orconectes shoupi">Orconectes shoupi</species_scientific> ).</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Archbold Expeditions</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2511668" type="Town" name="Venus, FL, US">Venus, Florida</applicant_location>, TE88035.</p>
<p type="1">Applicant requests renewed authorization to take (wildlife) or destroy (plants): The Florida scrub jay ( <species_scientific name="Aphelocoma coerulescens">Aphelocoma coerulescens</species_scientific> ), Audubon's crested caracara ( <species_scientific name="Polyborus plancus audubonii">Polyborus plancus audubonii</species_scientific> ), eastern indigo snake ( <species_scientific name="Drymarchon corais couperi">Drymarchon corais couperi</species_scientific> ), bluetail mole skink ( <species_scientific name="Eumeces">Eumeces</species_scientific> egregarius lividus ), sand skink ( <species_scientific name="Neoseps reynoldsi">Neoseps reynoldsi)</species_scientific>, Florida panther ( <species_scientific name="Felis concolor coryi">Felis concolor coryi</species_scientific> ), wood stork ( <species_scientific name="Mycteria americana">Mycteria americana</species_scientific> ), Florida perforate cladonia ( <species_scientific name="Cladonia perforate">Cladonia perforate</species_scientific> ), pigeon-wing ( <species_scientific name="Clitoria fragrans">Clitoria fragrans</species_scientific> ), scrub mint ( <species_scientific name="Dicerandra frutescens">Dicerandra frutescens</species_scientific> ), scrub buckwheat ( <species_scientific name="Eriogonum longifolium">Eriogonum longifolium</species_scientific> var., <species_scientific name="Gnaphifolium sp">Gnaphifolium sp</species_scientific>.), snakeroot ( <species_scientific name="Eryngium cuneifolium">Eryngium cuneifolium)</species_scientific>, highland's scrub hypericum ( <species_scientific name="Hypericum cumulicola">Hypericum cumulicola</species_scientific> ), scrub blazing star ( <species_scientific name="Liatris ohlingerae">Liatris ohlingerae</species_scientific> ), Britton's beargrass ( <species_scientific name="Nolina brittoniana">Nolina brittoniana</species_scientific> ), papery whitlow-wort ( <species_scientific name="Paronychia chartacea">Paronychia chartacea</species_scientific> ), wireweed ( <species_scientific name="Polygonella basiramia">Polygonella basiramia</species_scientific> ), sandlace ( <species_scientific name="Polygonella myriophylla">Polygonella myriophylla</species_scientific> ), scrub plum ( <species_scientific name="Prunus geniculata">Prunus geniculata</species_scientific> ), and Carter's mustard ( Warea carteri ) during land management investigations. This activity will take place on Archbold Biological Station properties in <research_location woeId="12587830" type="County" name="Highlands, FL, US">Highlands County, Florida</research_location>.</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Tennessee Valley Authority</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2433662" type="Town" name="Knoxville, TN, US">Knoxville, Tennessee</applicant_location>, TE-117405.</p>
<p type="1">Applicant is requesting renewed authority to take endangered species, including seven (7) listed mammal species, four (4) listed bird species, four (4) listed reptile species, two (2) listed insect species, one (1) listed arachnid species, four (4) listed crustacean species, twenty-four (24) listed fish species, sixty six (66) listed mussel species, and forty nine (49) listed plant species for the purpose of scientific studies and to ensure agency activities contribute to species recovery efforts. This activity will take place across species ranges in a multi-state area.</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Gulf South Research Corporation</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2359991" type="Town" name="Baton Rouge, LA, US">Baton Rouge, Louisiana</applicant_location>, TE-16637A.</p>
<p type="1">Applicant requests authority to take red-cockaded woodpeckers ( <species_scientific name="Picoides borealis">Picoides borealis</species_scientific> ) and sample <research_location woeId="2347577" type="State" name="Louisiana, US">Louisiana</research_location> quillwort ( <species_scientific name="Isoetes louisianensis">Isoetes louisianensis</species_scientific> ) during presence/absence surveys on the Stennis Western Maneuver Area, <research_location woeId="12588906" type="County" name="Hancock, MS, US">Hancock County, Mississippi</research_location>.</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>U.S. Forest Service</applicant>, Chattahoocee-Oconee National Forest, <applicant_location woeId="2453452" type="Town" name="Monticello, NY, US">Monticello</applicant_location>, <research_location woeId="2347569" type="State" name="Georgia, US">Georgia</research_location>, TE-27344.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests renewal of authorization for trapping, banding, translocating and installing artificial nesting cavities for red-cockaded woodpeckers on the Chattahoocee-Oconee National Forests in Georgia.</p>
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<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Larry Wood</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2447603" type="Town" name="Mcclellanville, SC, US">McClellanville, South Carolina</applicant_location>, TE-33469.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests renewal of authorization for trapping, banding, translocating and installing artificial nesting cavities for red-cockaded woodpeckers throughout South Carolina, <research_location woeId="2347569" type="State" name="Georgia, US">Georgia</research_location>, Florida and <research_location woeId="2347559" type="State" name="Alabama, US">Alabama</research_location>.</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>St. Johns Water Management District</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2467580" type="Town" name="Palatka, FL, US">Palatka, Florida</applicant_location>, TE-84047.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests renewal of authorization for trapping, banding, translocating and installing artificial nesting cavities for red-cockaded woodpeckers on Water Management District properties in Orange, <research_location woeId="12587807" type="County" name="Brevard, FL, US">Brevard</research_location>, <research_location woeId="12587833" type="County" name="Indian River, FL, US">Indian River</research_location>, <research_location woeId="12587851" type="County" name="Osceola, FL, US">Osceola</research_location>, Alachua and <applicant>Duval</applicant> Counties, <research_location woeId="2347568" type="State" name="Florida, US">Florida</research_location>.</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>James Moyers</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2467937" type="Town" name="Panama City, FL, US">Panama City, Florida</applicant_location>, TE-125589.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests renewal of authorization for trapping, banding, translocating and installing artificial nesting cavities for red-cockaded woodpeckers in Gulf and Bay Counties, Florida.</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Monica Folk</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2433186" type="Town" name="Kissimmee, FL, US">Kissimmee, Florida</applicant_location>, TE-21809A.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests authorization to take the following species during presence/absence surveys and scientific research projects: Red-cockaded woodpecker , wood stork ( <species_scientific name="Mycteria americana">Mycteria americana)</species_scientific>, and snail kite ( <species_scientific name="Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus">Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus</species_scientific> ). This activity will be conducted throughout the species ranges in <research_location woeId="2347568" type="State" name="Florida, US">Florida</research_location>.</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Peter Frederick</applicant>, <applicant_institution woeId="23511647" type="POI" name="University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, US">University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida</applicant_institution>, TE-51552-4.</p>
<p type="1">Applicant requests renewal of authority to take wood storks, for the purpose of researching nesting activities in Lee, Dade, <research_location woeId="12587808" type="County" name="Broward, FL, US">Broward</research_location>, <research_location woeId="12587846" type="County" name="Monroe, FL, US">Monroe</research_location>, Palm Beach, <research_location woeId="12587845" type="County" name="Martin, FL, US">Martin</research_location>, <research_location woeId="12587853" type="County" name="Pasco, FL, US">Pasco</research_location>, <research_location woeId="12587831" type="County" name="Hillsborough, FL, US">Hillsborough</research_location>, Polk and Brevard Counties, Florida.</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Georgia Department of Natural Resources</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2495493" type="Town" name="Social Circle, GA, US">Social Circle, Georgia</applicant_location>, TE-16654A.</p>
<p type="1">Applicant requests authority to collect rock gnome lichen ( <species_scientific name="Cetrdonia linearis">Cetrdonia linearis</species_scientific>) for the purpose of obtaining voucher specimens, to include a portion of an individual plant from previously undocumented locations from throughout the species range in <research_location woeId="2347569" type="State" name="Georgia, US">Georgia</research_location>.</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2503713" type="Town" name="Tallahassee, FL, US">Tallahassee, Florida</applicant_location>, TE-51553.</p>
<p type="1">Applicant requests renewed authorization to take the Florida panther ( <species_scientific name="Felis concolor coryi">Felis concolor coryi</species_scientific> ) for the purpose of species recovery activities. Such activities include immobilize, temporarily hold, transport, mark, attach tracking devices, provide medical assistance and euthanize. These activities may take place throughout <research_location woeId="2347568" type="State" name="Florida, US">Florida</research_location>.</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>National Park Service</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2464152" type="Town" name="Ochopee, FL, US">Big Cypress National Preserve, Ochopee, Florida</applicant_location>, TE-146761.</p>
<p type="1">Applicant requests renewed authorization to take the Florida panther for the purpose of species recovery activities. Such activities include immobilize, temporarily hold, transport, mark, attach tracking devices, provide medical assistance and euthanize. These activities will take place within and adjacent to the <research_location woeId="23489862" type="LandFeature" name="Big Cypress National Preserve, FL, US">Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida</research_location>.</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Jacksonville Zoological Society</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2428344" type="Town" name="Jacksonville, FL, US">Jacksonville, Florida</applicant_location>, TE-763744.</p>
<p type="1">Applicant requests renewal of authorization to take by housing and providing care for <species_scientific name="Florida">Florida</species_scientific> panther for the purpose of public education. This activity will take place in <research_location woeId="12587818" type="County" name="Duval, FL, US">Duval County, Florida</research_location>.</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Carola Hass</applicant>, <applicant_institution woeId="23511669" type="POI" name="Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, US">Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia</applicant_institution>, TE-49502.</p>
<p type="1">Applicant requests authorization to take flatwoods salamander ( <species_scientific name="Ambystoma">Ambystoma</species_scientific> bishop ) for the purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys. This work will be conducted on <research_location woeId="12519601" type="Airport" name="Eglin Air Force Base, Postil, FL, US">Eglin Air Force Base, Florida</research_location>.</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Joyce Klaus</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2388144" type="Town" name="Culloden, GA, US">Culloden, Georgia</applicant_location>, TE-83992.</p>
<p type="1">Applicant requests renewed authorization to take by collecting flatwoods salamander for the purpose of conducting presence/absence surveys. This work will be conducted in South Carolina, <research_location woeId="2347569" type="State" name="Georgia, US">Georgia</research_location>, Florida and <research_location woeId="2347559" type="State" name="Alabama, US">Alabama</research_location>.</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>CH2M Hill</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2357024" type="Town" name="Atlanta, GA, US">Atlanta, Georgia</applicant_location>, TE-18225A.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests authorization to take during presence/absence surveys amber darter ( <species_scientific name="Percina antesella">Percina antesella</species_scientific> ) and short-nose sturgeon ( <species_scientific name="Acipenser brevirostrum">Acipenser brevirostrum</species_scientific> ) throughout <research_location woeId="2347569" type="State" name="Georgia, US">Georgia</research_location>.</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Dr. Reed Noss</applicant>, <applicant_institution woeId="23546965" type="POI" name="University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, US">University of Central Florida</applicant_institution>, TE-20020A.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests authorization to take Florida grasshopper sparrows ( <species_scientific name="Ammodramus savannarum floridanus">Ammodramus savannarum floridanus</species_scientific> ) through capture and banding. This activity will take place on State and Federal lands in Okeechobee, <research_location woeId="12587851" type="County" name="Osceola, FL, US">Osceola</research_location>, <research_location woeId="12587830" type="County" name="Highlands, FL, US">Highlands</research_location>, and <research_location woeId="12587855" type="County" name="Polk, FL, US">Polk</research_location> Counties, <research_location woeId="2347568" type="State" name="Florida, US">Florida</research_location></p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Michael LaVoie</applicant>, Eastern Band of <research_location woeId="12589393" type="County" name="Cherokee, NC, US">Cherokee</research_location> Indians, Cherokee, North Carolina TE-20026A.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests authorization to take Carolina northern flying squirrels ( <species_scientific name="Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus">Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus</species_scientific> ) by capture and tagging. This activity will take place on tribal lands of the Eastern Band of the <research_location woeId="12589393" type="County" name="Cherokee, NC, US">Cherokee, North Carolina</research_location>.</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Michael LaVoie</applicant>, <research_location woeId="12589393" type="County" name="Cherokee, NC, US">Cherokee, North Carolina</research_location>, TE-20026A.</p>
<p type="1">The applicant requests authorization to take Carolina northern flying squirrels for the purpose of presence/absence surveys and to conduct scientific research through capture/marking studies. This activity will take place on tribal lands of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians.</p>
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