96-17393. Application for Incidental Take Permit for Tessu Long-Nosed Bats, etc.; Hidalgo County, NM, et al.

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 36076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-17393]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Application for Incidental Take Permit for Tessu Long-Nosed Bats, 
etc.; Hidalgo County, NM, et al.

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Receipt of Application for Incidental Take Permit for 
Surveying the Species Listed Below at Previously Undocumented Locations 
including Hidalgo County, New Mexico (Peloncillo and Animas Mountains) 
and Cochise County, Arizona.

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APPLICANT: Andrew T. Holycross, Tempe, Arizona.

SUMMARY: Andrew T. Holycross has applied to the Fish and Wildlife 
Service (Service) for an incidental take permit pursuant to Section 
10(A)1(a) of the Endangered Species Act, for the purpose of scientific 
research and enhancement of propogation and survival of the species as 
prescribed by Service recovery documents. The applicant has been 
assigned permit number PRT-814837. The requested permit, which is for a 
period of 2 years, would authorize incidental take of the following 
endangered species:

    1. Lesser Long-nosed bats (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuena).
    2. New Mexico ridge-nosed rattlesnakes (Crotalus willardi 
obscurus).

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review the application may obtain a copy 
by writing to the Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, New Mexico 
87103. The request must be received by the Assistant Regional Director 
within 30 days of the date of this publication. Please refer to permit 
number PRT-814837 when submitting comments.
    Documents and other information submitted with this application 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 to the above office within 30 days 
of the date of publication of this notice.
Lynn B. Starnes,
Acting Regional Director, Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
[FR Doc. 96-17393 Filed 7-8-96; 8:45 am]
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