99-13794. Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29331-29332]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13794]


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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 a permit or permit 
amendment 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 Number TE 839763

    Applicant: John O. Whitaker, Jr., Indiana State University, Terre 
Haute, Indiana.
    The applicant requests an amendment to his endangered species 
scientific take permit number TE 839763 for Indiana bat (Myotis 
sodalis) and gray bat (Myotis grisescens) to add activities in Ohio. 
Activities are proposed for the purpose of enhancement of survival of 
the species in the wild.

Permit Number TE 838055

    Applicant: Ecological Specialists, Inc., St. Peters, Missouri.
    The applicant requests an amendment to existing endangered species 
scientific take permit number TE 838055 to increase the scope of 
covered activities to include projects in the States of Kentucky and 
Tennessee. Covered species are the following endangered and threatened 
unionids: clubshell (Pleurobema clava), fanshell [(Cyprogenia stegaria 
(=irrorata)], fat pocketbook [Potamilus (=Proptera) capax], Higgins' 
eye pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsi), northern riffleshell (Epioblasma 
torulosa rangiana), orange-foot pimpleback pearlymussel (Plethobasus 
cooperianus), pink mucket pearlymussel [Lampsilis abrupta 
(=orbiculata)], Alasmidonta atropurpurea, Epioblasma nbrevidens, 
Epioblasma capsaeformis, Pegias fabula, Villosa trabilis, and winged 
mapleleaf mussel (Quadrula fragosa). Activities are proposed for the 
purpose of enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.

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    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: May 25, 1999.
Stanley L. Smith,
Acting Program Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 
3, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
[FR Doc. 99-13794 Filed 5-28-99; 8:45 am]
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