[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 249 (Thursday, December 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68049-68050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32747]
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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(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.).
Permit No. 820730
Applicant: Robert Sivinski, Santa Fe, New Mexico
The applicant requests a permit to collect new populations of all
federally listed plant species that potentially occur in New Mexico for
the purposes of resource management and plant conservation.
Permit No. PRT-821356
Applicant: Dr. Lawrence E. Stevens, Flagstaff, Arizona
The applicant requests a permit to conduct laboratory and field
monitoring studies and collect the Kanab ambersnail (Oxyloma haydeni
kanabensis) as eggs in egg masses in Grand Canyon National Park and
vicinity.
Permit No. 821369
Applicant: Rhonda Sidner, Tucson, Arizona
The applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys
of lesser long-nosed bats (Leptonycteris curasoae) on Ft. Huachuca,
Arizona.
Permit No. 821577
Applicant: Duane Shroufe, Arizona Game and Fish Department,
Phoenix, Arizona. The applicant requests a permit to allow take of a
voucher specimen of the New Mexico ridgenose rattlesnake (Crotalus
willardi obscurus) from the Peloncillo Mountains, Cochise County,
Arizona for the purpose of documenting occurrence of this taxon in the
state of Arizona. Applicant also requests a permit to take any resident
endangered/threatened fish or wildlife listed below for conservation
purposes, provided: (1) the taking is not reasonably anticipated to
result in death or permanent disabling of the specimen; (2) the
speciment is not removed from the State of Arizona without prior
written permission from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; or (3) the
live specimen is not held in captivity for more than 45 consecutive
days.
Birds
peregrine falcon (Falco pereginus)
aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis)
Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis)
masked bobwhite (Collinus virginianus
bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax trillii extimus)
Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis)
Fish
bonytail chub (Gila elegans)
humpback chub (G. cypha)
yaqui chub (G. purpurea)
Virgin River chub (G. robusta seminuda)
desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius macularius)
Quitobaquito pupfish (C. m. eremus)
Colorado squawfish (Ptychocheilus lucius)
Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis)
Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae)
woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus)
razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus)
Reptiles
desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)
Mammals
lesser long-nosed bat (Leptoncyteris curasoae)
black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)
Mount Graham red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
Hualapai Mexican vole (Microptus mexicanus)
jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi)
ocelot (F. Paradalis)
Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus bailey)
Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis)
Invertebrates
Kanab ambersnail (Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis)
Permit No. 821901
Applicant: Robert Tafanelli, Las Cruces, New Mexico
The applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys
of the aplomado falcon and bald eagle in southwestern New Mexico south
of Socorro and west of but including the Sacramento and Guadalupe
Mountains.
Permit No. 820062
Applicant: Don Blanton, Hicks & Company, Inc., Austin, Texas
The applicant requests permission to conduct surveys throughout the
ranges of the following for scientific and recovery purposes when
necessary:
Invertebrates
Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion (Microcreagris texana)
Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta myopica)
Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine persephone)
Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (Texamaurops reddelli)
Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella reddelli)
Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi)
Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus)
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Amphibian
Houston toad (Bufo houstonenis)
Birds
bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis)
piping plover (Charadrius melodus)
interior least tern (Sterna antillarum athalassos)
black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus)
golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia)
red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)
Plants
large-fruited sand verbena (Abronia macrocarpa)
Navasota ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes parksii)
Texas trailing phlox (Phlox nivalis ssp. texensis)
slender rush-pea (Hoffmannseggia tenella)
South Texas ragweed (Ambrosia cheiranthifolia)
Texas Ayenia (Ayenia limitaris)
Walker's manioc (Manihot walkerae)
ashy dogweed (Thymophylla tephroleuca)
Johnston's frankenia (Frankenia johnstonii)
black lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albertii)
star cactus (Echinocactus asterius)
Tobusch fishhook cactus (Ancistrocactus tobuschii)
Texas poppy mallow (Callirhoe scabriuscula)
Nellie cory cactus (Coryphanthus minima)
bunched cory cactus (C. ramillosa)
Sneed pincushion cactus (C. sneedii var. sneedii)
Terlingua Creek cat's eye (Cryptantha crassipes)
Chisos Mountain hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus chisoensis)
Lloyd's hedgehog cactus (E. lloydii)
Davis' green pitaya (E. viridiflorus var. davisii)
McKittrick pennyroyal (Hedeoma apiculatum)
Lloyd's mariposa cactus (Neolloydia mariposensis)
Little Aguja pondweed (Potamogeton clystocarpus)
Hinckley's oak (Quercus hinckleyi)
Permit No. 822908
Applicant: Dr. Michael E. Tewes, Kingsville, Texas
The applicant requests authorization for scientific research and
recovery purposes to live-capture (using live box traps), handle,
sedate, collect blood, fecal, tissue, and parasite samples from, attach
a 100 g radio-collar to, ear tag and tattoo, hold (for approximately 6
hours) during recovery from sedation, release unharmed following
complete recovery from sedation, and monitor the species listed below
at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, and Cameron, Starr,
Willacy, Hidalgo, Kennedy, Brooks, Jim Wells, Webb, Live Oak, McMullen,
Dimmit, Zavala, Maverick, Atascosa, San Patricio, Nueces, Bee, Aransas,
Jim Hogg, Zapata, Kleberg, and Duval Counties, Texas:
Ocelots (Felis pardalis), no more than 20 total for all locations
listed,
Jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi), no more than 5 total for all locations
listed.
Permit No. 822942
Applicant: Gregory J. Tickle, Dallas, Texas
The applicant requests authorization to conduct population surveys
for the golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) and black-capped
vireo (Vireo atricapillus) at various sites in Texas, Oklahoma, and
Arizona.
Permit No. 822998
Applicant: John M. McGee, Tucson, Texas
The applicant requests authorization for scientific research and
recovery purposes to census, survey, and monitor the activities of the
Mt. Graham red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) and lesser long-nosed
bat (Leptoncyteris curasoae).
Permit No. 823089
Applicant: Dr. Ralph J. Gutierrez, Arcata, California
The applicant requests authorization for scientific research and
recovery purposes to conduct field surveys, locate, map the
distribution of, capture, and immediately release unharmed at the
capture sites adult and juvenile Mexican spotted owls (Strix
occidentalis lucida) in New Mexico and Arizona.
Permit No. 823097
Applicant: Dr. Rebecca Reiss, Socorro, New Mexico
The applicant requests authorization to collect the Socorro isopod
(Thermosphaeroma thermophilum) to establish a colony for propagation
and molecular genetic analysis at Sedillo Springs, New Mexico.
DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received
on or before January 27, 1997.
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.
Joseph P. Mazzoni,
Acting Regional Director, Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
[FR Doc. 96-32747 Filed 12-24-96; 8:45 am]
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