[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 217 (Tuesday, November 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63069-63070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30061]
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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 003208-0
Applicant: Frances Prevost, Ponchatoula, Lousiana
Applicant requests authorization to purchase in interstate commerce
masked bobwhites (Colinus virginianus
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ridgwayi) to conduct captive propagation activities.
Permit No. PRT-830213
Applicant: EcoPlan Associates, Inc., Mesa, Arizona
Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for southwestern
willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) and cactus ferruginous
pygmy-owls (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) in Arizona.
Permit No. PRT-813088
Applicant: Bureau of Land Management, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and
recovery purposes to sample, identify, measure, and immediately release
unharmed Comanche Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon elegans), and Pecos
gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) in various sites on the Rio Grande River,
and on the Rio Grande River Drainage, Phantom Lake Spring Refugium near
Balmorhea, Texas.
Permit No. TE004131-0
Applicant: Steiner C. Kierce, Castroville, Texas
Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the following
endangered and threatened species in south Texas from I-10 to San
Antonio, Texas, to Ozona, Texas, south on the Rio Grande River to the
Gulf of Mexico:
Mammals--
jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi)
ocelot (Felis pardalis)
Birds--
interior least term (Sterna antillarum)
black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus)
golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia)
Amphibian--
Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis)
Plants--
South Texas ambrosia (Ambrosia cheiranthifolia)
Tobusch fishhook cactus (Ancistrocactus (=Echinocactus mammillaria)
tobuschii
Texas ayenia (Ayenia limitaris)
black lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albertii (=E.
melanocentrus)
Johnston's frankenia (Frankenia johnstonii)
slender rush-pea (Hoffmannseggia tenella)
Walker's manioc (Manihot walkerae)
Navasota ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes parksii)
Texas snowbells (Styrax texanus)
ashy dogweed (Thymophylla (=Dyssodia) tephroleuca)
star cactus (Astrophytum (=Echinocactus) asterias)
Permit No. TE-004401-0
Applicant: Robert J. Schmalzel, Oracle, Arizona
Applicant request authorization for scientific research and
recovery purposes to collect 5 plants of the Nichol's Turk's Head
cactus (Echinocactus horizonthalonius var. nicholii L. Benson) from the
Tohono O'Odham Nation with written permission.
Permit No. TE-004439-0
Applicant: Albuquerque Biological Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Applicant request authorization to obtain and hold Loggerhead sea
turtles (Caretta caretta), green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), Kemp's
ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys kempii), and Hawksbill sea turtle
(Eretmochelys imbricata), for public display and educational purposes.
Permit No. TE-004472-0
Applicant: James R. Dixon, Bryan, Texas
Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and
recovery purposes to collect a blood sample, mark (by pit tag, toe
clip, or cold brand), weigh, measure and release unharmed back into the
wild the following endangered and threatened amphibians and reptiles:
Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea sosorum), San Marcos salamander
(Eurycea nana), Texas blind salamander (Typhlomolge rathbuni), Houston
toad (Bufo houstonensis), American alligator (Alligator
mississippiensis), American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus), and the
Concho water snake (Nerodia harteri paucimaculata).
Permit No. TE-004510-0
Applicant: William D. Boyett, Greenville, Wisconsin
Applicant request authorization for research and recovery purposes
to live-trap, mark, and immediately release unharmed unlimited numbers
of Hualapai Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus hualapaiensis) in the
Hualapai Mountains in northwest Arizona.
Permit No. TE-TE004573-0
Applicant: Raven Ecological Services, Huntsville, Texas
Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for aplomado
falcon (Falco femoralis), black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus), and
golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia), bald eagle (Haliaeetus
leucocephalus), and Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis).
Permit No. TE-004654-0
Applicant: Dennis J. Abbate, Tucson, Arizona
Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for cactus
ferruginous pygmy-owls (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) in Pima,
Pinal, and Maricopa Counties, Arizona.
DATES: Written comments on these permit applicants must be received on
or before December 10, 1998.
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.
Steven M. Chambers,
ARD-Ecological Services, Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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