[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 5 (Friday, January 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1209-1210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-175]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications
ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications.
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SUMMARY: The following applicants have applied for a permit to conduct
certain activities with endangered species. This notice is provided
pursuant to section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.).
Permit No. TE-004811-0
Applicant: SMS Consulting, Tucson, Arizona
Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the cactus
ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) in Arizona.
Permit No. TE-005180-0
Applicant: Border Wildlife Consultants, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for bald eagles
(Haliaeetus leucocephalus), aplomado falcons (Falco femoralis
septentrionalis), American peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus),
Mexican spotted owls (Strix occidentalis lucida), and southwestern
willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) within New Mexico.
Permit No. PRT-837751
Applicant: Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), Phoenix Area Office, Phoenix,
Arizona
Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the cactus
ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum), and endangered
species activities for desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularis macularis),
Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis), Colorado
squawfish (Ptychocheilus lucius) and razorback sucker (Xyrauchen
texanus) within lands administered by the BOR.
Permit No. TE-005818-0
Applicant: Diane M. Laush, Tempe, Arizona
Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence
surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum
cactorum) in Maricopa, Pinal, Pima, Santa Cruz, Cochise, Graham,
Greenlee, Gila, and Yuma Counties, Arizona.
Permit No. TE-006141-0
Applicant: Bruce D. Wilcox, Phoenix, Arizona
Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence
surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum
cactorum) in areas of potential habitat in Arizona.
Permit No. TE-006655-0
Applicant: Logan Simpson Design, Inc., Tempe, Arizona
Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence
surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum
cactorum), desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), southwestern willow
flycatcher
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(Empidonax traillii extimus), and the coastal California gnatcher
(Polioptila c. californica) in Arizona.
Permit No. TE-006156-0
Applicant: Johnson & Haight Environmental Consultants, Tucson, Arizona
Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence
surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum
cactorum) in southern Arizona species habitat.
Permit No. TE-006166-0
Applicant: Tetra Tech, La Jolla, California
Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence
surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum
cactorum) in Pima County outside the Tucson urban area, and
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in various
rivers in New Mexico and Arizona.
Permit No. TE-006210-0
Applicant: Angelo State University, Department of Biology, San Angelo,
Texas
Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and
recovery purposes to collect flowers, fruit, and seed of the Chisos
Mountain hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus chisoensis cacataceae) in Big
Bend National Park, Texas. No live plants will be collected.
Permit No. PRT-820022
Applicant: PBS&J (Formerly Gary Galbraith), Austin, Texas
Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for bald eagle
(Haliaeetus leucocephalus), red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides
borealis), Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis), Bee Creek Cave harvestman
(Texella redelli), Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi), Coffin Cave
mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus), Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle
(Texamaurops redelli), Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine persephone),
Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion (Tartarocreagis texana), Tooth Cave spider
(Neoleptoneta myopica) in Texas.
DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received
on or before February 8, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the Legal
Instruments Examiner, Division of Endangered Species/Permits,
Ecological Services, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103.
Please refer to the respective permit number for each application when
submitting comments. All comments received, including names and
addresses, will become part of the official administrative record and
may be made available to the public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Ecological Services, Division of Endangered Species/Permits, P.O. Box
1306, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103. Please refer to the respective
permit number for each application when requesting copies of documents.
Documents and other information submitted with these applications
are available for review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy
Act and Freedom of Information Act, by any party who submits a written
request for a copy of such documents within 30 days of the date of
publication of this notice, to the address above.
Renne Lohoefener,
Acting Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 2 Albuquerque,
New Mexico.
[FR Doc. 99-175 Filed 1-7-99; 8:45 am]
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