[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 71 (Monday, April 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 18141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9511]
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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. PRT--826081
Applicant: John C. Newnam, Austin Texas.
Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence
surveys for golden-cheeked warblers (Dendroica chrysoparia) and black-
capped vireos (Vireo atricapillus); and to capture, identify, measure,
weigh, photograph, record the exact location of, and release Houston
toads (Bufo houstonenis) unharmed at capture sites in Hays, Blanco,
Gillespie, Llano, Mason, Bexar, Kendall, Comal, Kerr, Bandera, Medina,
Uvalde, Real, Edwards, Kimball, Terrell, and Pecos Counties, Texas.
Permit No. PRT--825574
Applicant: Ron Dunton, Socorro, New Mexico.
The applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence
surveys for aplomado falcons (Falco femoralis septentrionalis) and
southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) on Bureau
of Land Management lands in Socorro County, New Mexico.
Permit No. PRT--826091
Applicant: Michael Taylor, Phoenix, Arizona.
The applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence
surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii
extimus) along the Santa Maria River and Agua Fria and Gila River
tributaries; and to capture and release unharmed Gila topminnows
(Poeciliopsis occidentalis) and desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularis)
in Yerba Mansa Spring, La Paz County, Arizona; and in Peoples Canyon,
Yavapai County, Arizona; and to capture and release lesser long-nosed
bats (Leptoncycteris curasoae) in Maricopa, Pima, Pinal, Yavapai,
Mohave, La Paz, and Yuma Counties, Arizona.
Permit No. PRT--825591
Applicant: Celia A. Cooper, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence
surveys for the Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida) and
nest searches and monitoring for the southwestern willow flycatcher
(Empidonax traillii extimus) in Arizona and New Mexico.
Permit No. PRT--825792
Applicant: Alma Barrera, Austin, Texas.
The applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence
surveys for black-capped vireos (Vireo atricapillus), and golden-
cheeked warblers (Dendroica chrysoparia) on Lake Pointe, Lake Pointe
IV, and Wolfe Ranch in Austin, Texas.
Permit No. PRT--826118
Applicant: G. David Steele, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The applicant requests authorization to survey for nesting interior
least terns (Sterna antillarum), American burying beetles (Nicrophorus
americanus), golden-cheeked warblers (Dendroica chrysoparia) and black-
capped vireos (Vireo atricapillus) in Oklahoma.
Permit No. PRT--825977
Applicant: Dr. Peter B. Stacey, Reno, Nevada.
The applicant requests authorization to band and collect blood
samples from Mexican spotted owls in New Mexico.
Permit No. PRT--826124
Applicant: Gordon Mueller, Denver, Colorado.
Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence
surveys for razorback suckers (Xyrauchen texanus), and bonytail chubs
(Gila elegans) on Lake Mojave in Arizona and Nevada.
Permit No. PRT--826731
Applicant: Sherry L. Sass, Tubac, Arizona.
Applicant requests authorization to capture and release Gila
topminnows to track populations along the Santa Cruz River between the
Mexican border and the Santa Cruz/Pima County line.
Permit No. PRT--826897
Applicant: Mark K. Sogge, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence
surveys for the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii
extimus) in Arizona and New Mexico.
DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received
on or before May 14, 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.
Lynn B. Starnes,
Regional Director, Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
[FR Doc. 97-9511 Filed 4-11-97; 8:45 am]
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