98-2522. Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 5567]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2522]


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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 1973, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.).

PRT-83713

    Applicant: Zambrana Engineering, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri; Paul T. 
Raibley, Senior Aquatic Scientist.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) 
pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus), fanshell [Cyprogenia stegaria 
(=irrorata)], fat pocketbook [Potamilus (=Proptera) capax], and 
Higgins' eye pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsi) from the Mississippi and 
Ohio Rivers and their tributaries bordering or occurring in Illinois, 
Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin. 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-838714

    Applicant: University of Minnesota, Raptor Center, St. Paul, 
Minnesota; Patrick Redig, Director.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, fit with radio 
tracking units, and release) bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in 
Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Activities are proposed for the purpose 
of scientific research aimed at survival and enhancement of the species 
in the wild.

PRT-838715

    Applicant: The Nature Conservancy, Oak Openings Project Office, 
Swanton, Ohio; David Weekes, Executive Director.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass and kill through 
habitat management) Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis) 
at the Kitty Todd Nature Preserve in Swanton, Ohio. Activities are 
proposed to maintain and increase habitat for a reintroduced population 
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: [phone]); FAX: [phone]).

    Dated: January 26, 1998.
Matthias A. Kerschbaum,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, IL, IN, MO (Ecological Services), 
Region 3, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
[FR Doc. 98-2522 Filed 2-2-98; 8:45 am]
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