Notice2026-10856
Endangered Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications
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Published
June 1, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentFish and Wildlife Service
Abstract
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have received applications for permits to conduct scientific research to promote conservation or other activities intended to enhance the propagation or survival of endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. We invite local, State, and Federal agencies; Tribes; and the public to comment on these applications. Before issuing the requested permits, we will take into consideration any information that we receive during the public comment period.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 104 (Monday, June 1, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32424-32426]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10856]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[Docket No. FWS-R5-ES-2026-1321; FXES11130500000-267-FF05E00000]
Endangered Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have received
applications for permits to conduct scientific research to promote
conservation or other activities intended to enhance the propagation or
survival of endangered or threatened species under the Endangered
Species Act. We invite local, State, and Federal agencies; Tribes; and
the public to comment on these applications. Before issuing the
requested permits, we will take into consideration any information that
we receive during the public comment period.
DATES: We must receive your written comments on or before July 1, 2026.
Comments submitted electronically using the Federal eRulemaking Portal
(see ADDRESSES, below) must be received by 11:59 p.m. eastern time on
the closing date.
To ensure your comment is received and considered, you must submit
it using one of the methods identified in the ADDRESSES section of this
document. Comments submitted through any method not authorized in this
document, or sent to an address not listed here, will not be
considered.
ADDRESSES:
Comment submission: All submissions must include the docket number
[FWS-R5-ES-2026-1321] for this document. You must submit comments using
one of the following methods:
<bullet> Electronic submission: Federal eRulemaking Portal at:
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. In the Search box, enter FWS-R5-ES-2026-
1321, which is the docket number for this action. Then click the Search
button. On the resulting page, you may submit a comment by clicking on
``Comment.'' Please ensure that you have found the correct document
before submitting your comments.
<bullet> U.S. mail: Public Comments Processing, Attn: Docket No.
FWS-R5-ES-2026-1321, Policy and Regulations Branch, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, MS: PRB (JAO/3W), 5275 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church,
VA 22041-3803.
Comments submitted through any method not authorized in this
document, or sent to an address not listed here, will not be
considered. We will not accept comments via email, fax, or hand
delivery. We are not required to consider comments that are submitted
after the comment period ends or that are submitted via a method
outside of these instructions. Comments containing profanity,
vulgarity, threats, or other inappropriate content will not be
considered.
We will post all comments at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. You may
request that we withhold personal identifying information from public
review; however, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. See
Public Availability of Comments for more information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abby Goldstein, 413-253-8212 (phone),
or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f78792859a9e8384a5c2b2a4b7918084d9909881"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="94e4f1e6f9fde0e7c6a1d1c7d4f2e3e7baf3fbe2">[email protected]</span></a> (email). Submit requests for copies of the
applications and related documents, by one of these methods. All
requests should specify the applicant name(s) and application number(s)
(e.g., ESXXXXXX; see table in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION). Individuals
in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have
a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United
States should use the relay services offered within their country to
make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
invite local, State, and Federal agencies; Tribes; and the public to
review and comment on applications we have received for permits 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 implementing regulations in part
17 of title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). The requested
permits would allow the applicants to conduct activities intended to
promote recovery of species that are listed as endangered under the
ESA. Documents and other information submitted with the applications
are available for review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy
Act of 1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a) and the Freedom of Information
Act (5 U.S.C. 552).
Background
With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits activities that constitute
take of listed species, unless a Federal permit is issued that allows
such activity. The ESA's definition of ``take'' includes such
activities as pursuing, harassing, trapping, capturing, or collecting,
in addition to hunting, shooting, harming, wounding, or killing.
A recovery permit issued by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA
authorizes the permittee to conduct activities constituting or
resulting in take of endangered or threatened species for scientific
purposes that promote recovery or for enhancement of propagation or
survival of the species. 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 plant species, and 50 CFR 17.72 for threatened
plant species.
Permit Applications Available for Review and Comment
In accordance with the ESA, we invite local, State, and Federal
agencies; Tribes; and the public to submit written data, views, or
arguments with respect to the applications in table 1.
Table 1--Permit Applications Received
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Application No. Applicant Species Location Activity Type of take Permit action
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PER31379402-0.......... Fort Drum Military Indiana bat (Myotis New York........... Capture via Capture............ New.
Reservation, U.S. sodalis), northern mistnet, band,
Army; Fort Drum, NY. long-eared bat telemetry, release.
(Myotis
septentrionalis).
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CS18420331............. Hillary Mower; Crab Indiana bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Capture via mistnet Capture............ New.
Orchard, WV. sodalis), northern Connecticut, and harp trap,
long-eared bat Delaware, Florida, band, telemetry,
(Myotis Georgia, Illinois, release.
septentrionalis), Indiana, Kansas,
tricolored bat Kentucky,
(Perimyotis Louisiana, Maine,
subflavus), gray Maryland,
bat (Myotis Massachusetts,
grisescens), Mississippi, New
Virginia big-eared Hampshire, New
bat (Corynorhinus Jersey, New York,
(=Plecotus) North Carolina,
townsendii Ohio, Oklahoma,
virginianus). Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas,
Vermont, Virginia,
West Virginia.
PER82615D-4............ Downeast Salmon Atlantic salmon Maine.............. Electrofish, trap, Capture, Collect... Renew with
Federation; (Salmo salar). mark, propagate. amendment.
Columbia Falls, ME.
PER12175217-1.......... Jacob Miller; Add: Guadalupe Orb Add: Connecticut, Capture, release... Capture............ Amend.
Hurricane, WV. (Cyclonaias necki), Delaware,
Rusty patched Louisiana, Maine,
bumble bee (Bombus Massachusetts, New
affinis), Alabama Jersey, North
lampmussel Dakota, Rhode
(Lampsilis Island, South
virescens), Carolina, Texas.
Balcones spike
(Fusconaia
iheringi),
Cumberlandian
combshell
(Epioblasma
brevidens),
Cumberland
monkeyface
(Theliderma
intermedia),
Dromedary
pearlymussel
(Dromus dromas),
Dwarf wedgemussel
(Alasmidonta
heterodon), False
spike (Fusconaia
mitchelli), Fluted
kidneyshell
(Ptychobranchus
subtentus),
Guadalupe fatmucket
(Lampsilis
bergmanni), James
Spinymussel
(Parvaspina
collina), Oyster
Mussel (Epioblasma
capsaeformis),
Purple Bean
(Villosa
perpurpurea), Rough
Rabbitsfoot
(Quadrula
cylindrica
strigillata), Shiny
Pigtoe (Fusconaia
cor), Texas
Fatmucket
(Lampsilis
bracteata), Texas
Fawnsfoot
(Truncilla
macrodon), Texas
Pimpleback
(Cyclonaias
petrina), Yellow
Lance (Elliptio
lanceolata).
PER26044385-0.......... Walter Veselka; Rusty patched bumble West Virginia...... Capture, Capture............ New.
Reedsville, WV. bee (Bombus photograph,
affinis). release.
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Public Availability of Comments
Written comments we receive become part of the administrative
record associated with this action. 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 request in your comment that we
withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Moreover, all
submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as representatives or officials of organizations
or businesses, will be made available for public disclosure in their
entirety.
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Next Steps
If we decide to issue permits to the applicants listed in this
notice, we will publish a notice in the Federal Register.
Authority: Section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Amanda Cross,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Northeast
Region.
[FR Doc. 2026-10856 Filed 5-29-26; 8:45 am]
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