[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 44 (Friday, March 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11303-11304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5795]
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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-838058 A1
Applicant: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Analysis
Branch, Memphis, Tennessee; Kristin J. Pelizza, Principal
Investigator.
The applicant requests an amendment to permit PRT-838058, which
allows take (capture and release) of fat pocketbook [Potamilus
(=Proptera) capax], pink mucket pearlymussel [Lampsilis abrupta
(=orbiculata)], and winged mapleleaf mussel (Quadrula fragosa) in
Missouri. A request has been made in the current application for a
permit to allow take (capture and release) of the same species in
Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee as well. 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-839762
Applicant: Owen A. Perkins, Royal Oak, Michigan.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release;
collect voucher specimens) Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa
samuelis) and Mitchell satyr's butterfly (Neonympha mitchellii
mitchellii) in the state of Michigan. 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-839763
Applicant: John O. Whitaker, Jr., Indiana State University, Terre
Haute, Indiana.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, radio-
tag, and release) gray bat (Myotis grisescens) and Indiana bat (M.
sodalis) in Indiana and Iowa. Activities are proposed for the purpose
of scientific research aimed at enhancement and survival of the species
in the wild.
PRT839764
Applicant: John E. Schwegman, Metropolis, Illinois.
The applicant requests a permit to take (salvage dead shells)
Alabama lampmussel (Lampsilis virescens), Appalachian monkeyface
pearlymussel (Quadrula sparsa), Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta
raveneliana), birdwing pearlymussel (Conradilla caelata), clubshell
(Pleurobema clava), Coosa moccasinshell (Medionidus parvulus), cracking
pearlymussel [Hemistena (=Lastena) lata], Cumberland bean pearlymussel
[Villosa (=Micromya) trabalis], Cumberland monkeyface pearlymussel
(Quadrula intermedia), Cumberland pigtoe (=Cumberland pigtoe mussel)
(Pleurobema gibberum), Curtis' pearlymussel [Epioblasma (=Dysnomia)
florentina curtisi], dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus dromas), fanshell
[Cyprogenia stegaria (=irrorata)], fat pocketbook [Potamilus
(=Proptera) capax], fine-rayed pigtoe (Fusconaia cuneolus), green-
blossom pearlymussel [Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) torulosa gubernaculum],
Higgins' eye pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsi), little-wing
pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), northern riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa
rangiana), orange-foot pimple back pearlymussel (Plethobasus
cooperianus), ovate clubshell (Pleurobema perovatum), pale lilliput
pearlymussel [Toxolasma (=Carunculina) cylindrellus], pink mucket
pearlymussel [Lampsilis abrupta (=orbiculata)], purple cat's paw
pearlymussel [Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) obliquata obliquata (=sulcata
sulcata)], ring pink mussel (=golf stick pearly), (Obovaria retusa),
rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), shiny pigtoe [Fusconaia cor
(=edgariana)], southern pigtoe (Pleurobema georgianum), southern
acornshell (Epioblasma othcaloogensis), tan riffleshell (Epioblasma
walkeri), triangular kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus greeni), tubercled-
blossom pearlymussel [Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) torulosa torulosa],
turgid-blossom pearlymussel [Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) turgidula], upland
combshell (Epioblasma metastriata), white cat's paw pearlymussel
[Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) obliquata perobliqua], white wartyback
pearlymussel (Plethobasus cicatricosus), winged mapleleaf mussel
(Quadrula fragosa), and yellow-blossom pearlymussel [Epioblasma
(=Dysnomia) florentina florentina] in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky,
Missouri, and Tennessee. Activities are proposed for the purpose of
scientific research aimed at enhancement and survival of the species in
the wild.
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PRT-839766
Applicant: Patrick Redig, The Raptor Center at the University of
Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota.
The applicant requests a permit to take (trap, radio-tag, and
release; and re-trap, remove radio tags, and release) peregrine falcons
(Falco peregrinus) in the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Activities
are proposed for the purpose of scientific researched aimed at
enhancement and survival of the species in the wild.
PRT-839774
Applicant: Michael J. Harvey, Cookeville, Tennessee.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) grey
bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat (M. sodalis), Ozark big-eared bat
(Plecotus townsendii ingens), and Virginia big-eared bat (P. townsendii
virginianus) throughout the ranges of the species. Activities are
proposed for the purpose of presence or absence surveys aimed at
survival and enhancement of the species in the wild.
PRT-839777
Applicant: Don R. Helms, Helms & Associates, Bellevue, Iowa.
The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, release, and
translocate) Higgin's eye pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsi) in the
states of Illinois and Iowa. Activities are proposed to document
presence or absence of the species for the purpose of survival and
enhancement of the species in the wild and to translocate as authorized
in a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Opinion.
PRT-839779
Applicant: Bruce A. Kingsbury, Purdue University, Fort Wayne,
Indiana.
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass through survey,
capture, hold, radio-tag, and release) copper belly water snake
(northern population) (Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta) throughout the
range of the species. Activities are proposed to document presence or
absence of the species and to conduct scientific research aimed at the
survival and enhancement of the species in the wild.
PRT-839782
Applicant: Bob Vande Kopple, University of Michigan Biological
Station, Pellston, Michigan.
The applicant requests a permit to take (harass through survey,
capture, and release) Hungerford's crawling water beetle (Brychius
hungerfordi) in the states of Michigan 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.
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: (612/713-5332); FAX: (612/713-5292).
Dated: February 26, 1998.
Matthias A. Kerschbaum,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, IL, IN, MO (Ecological Services),
Region 3, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
[FR Doc. 98-5795 Filed 3-5-98; 8:45 am]
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