[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 10 (Thursday, January 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2405-2406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-979]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications.
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The following applicants have applied for permits to conduct
certain activities with endangered species. This notice is provided
pursuant to section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of
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1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.).
PRT-838053
Applicant: Ohio Division of Wildlife, Columbus, Ohio; Michael J.
Budzik, Chief.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and breed in
captivity) Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis). Capture
will occur in Allegan County, Michigan, and captive breeding will occur
at The Toledo Zoological Gardens, Toledo, Ohio. Activities are proposed
for the purpose of preparation for future reestablishment of
populations in historical areas of the species' range for the purpose
of survival and enhancement of the species in the wild.
PRT-838055
Applicant: Ecological Specialists, Inc., St. Peters, Missouri;
Heidi L. Dunn, President.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release;
relocate) Higgins' eye pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsi) and winged
mapleleaf mussel (Quadrula fragosa) in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin
in the Mississippi River and all its tributary rivers. Activities are
proposed for the purpose of presence/absence surveys and relocation
aimed at survival and enhancement of the species in the wild.
PRT-838056
Applicant: Joseph R. Holomuzki, Ohio State University--Mansfield,
Mansfield, Ohio.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release)
Hungerford's crawling water beetle (Brychius hungerfordi) in the
Cheybogan River watershed, Michigan. Activities are proposed for the
purpose of scientific research aimed at survival and enhancement of the
species in the wild.
PRT-838058
Applicant: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Analysis
Branch, Memphis, Tennessee; Kristin J. Pelizza, principal investigator.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) fat
pocketbook [Potamilus (=Proptera) capax], pink mucket pearlymussel
[Lampsilis abrupta (=orbiculata)], and winged mapleleaf mussel
(Quadrula fragosa) in the following counties in Missouri: Bollinger,
Butler, Cape Giradeau, Mississippi, New Madrid, Ripley, Scott,
Stoddard, and Wayne. Activities are proposed to document presence or
absence of the species for the purpose of survival and enhancement of
the species in the wild.
PRT-838059
Applicant: David E. Kamms, Parma, Ohio.
The applicant requests a permit to take (salvage dead shells) of
the following species: clubshell (Pleurobema clava), cracking
pearlymussel [Hemistena (=Lastena) lata], Curtis' pearlymussel
[Epioblasma (Dysnomia) florentina curtisi], fanshell [Cyprogenia
stegaria (=irrorata)], fat pocketbook [Potamilus (=Proptera) plenum],
Higgins' eye pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsi), northern riffleshell
(Epioblasma torulosa rangiana), orange-foot pimple back pearlymussel
(Plethobasus cooperianus), pink mucket pearlymussel [Lampsilis abrupta
(=orbiculata)], purple cat's paw pearlymussel [Epioblasma (=Dysnomia)
obliquata obliquata (=sulcata sulcata)], ring pink (=golf stick pearly)
mussel (Obovaria retusa), rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), tubercled-
blossom pearlymussel [Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) torulosa torulosa),
turgid-blossom pearlymussel [Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) turgidula], white
cat's paw pearlymussel [Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) obliquata perobliqua],
white wartyback pearlymussel (Plethobasus cicatricosus), and winged
mapleleaf mussel (Quadrula fragosa) in the following states: Illinois,
Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
Activities are proposed for the purpose of scientific research aimed at
survival and enhancement of the species in the wild.
PRT-838062
Applicant: Paul R. Burton, Ephraim, Wisconsin.
The applicant requests a permit to take (salvage dead specimens;
capture, harass by holding and examination, and release of live
specimens) Hine's emerald dragonfly (Somatochlora hineana) in Door
County, Wisconsin. Activities are proposed to document the morphology
of the species for the purpose of survival and enhancement of the
species in the wild.
Written data or comments should be submitted to the Regional
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services
Operations, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, Minnesota 55111-4056, and
must be received within 30 days of the date of this publication.
Documents and other information submitted with these applications
are available for review 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: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Ecological Services Operations, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling,
Minnesota 55111-4056. Telephone: (612/725-3536 x224); FAX: (612/725-
3526).
Dated: January 8, 1998.
Matthias A. Kerschbaum,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, IL, IN, MO (Ecological Services),
Region 3, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
[FR Doc. 98-979 Filed 1-14-98; 8:45 am]
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