96-24160. Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications  

  • [Federal Register Volume 61, Number 184 (Friday, September 20, 1996)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 49477-49478]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 96-24160]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
    
    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. 819477
    
        Applicant: Kevin L. Hamann.
        The applicant requests a permit to conduct field surveys, locate 
    roosts and/or nests, map the distribution, and monitor activities of 
    all Mexican spotted owls (Strix occidentails lucida) located five to 
    six miles north of Tres Ritos on NM Highway 518; at the intersection of 
    NM 48 and the Rio Bonito in Taos County, New Mexico, and along NM 
    Highway 48 between Alto and Angus in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
    
    Permit No. 819489
    
        Applicant: Tod Hull, Flagstaff, Arizona.
        The applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys 
    for the Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) 
    along the Upper Gila River Area, and the Redrock area south of the 
    Upper Gila River Area in New Mexico.
    
    Permit No. 819491
    
        Applicant: Michael J. Fitzgerald, Farmington, New Mexico.
        The applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys 
    for the Southwestern willow flycatcher in New Mexico and Arizona.
    
    Permit No. 819493
    
        W.L. Taylor, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
        The applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys 
    for the Southwestern willow flycatcher in San Juan Pueblo, Ojo 
    Caliente, and Mule Creek, New Mexico.
    
    Permit No. 819528
    
        Applicant: Patricia Mehlhop, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
        The applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys 
    for the Southwestern willow flycatcher in the Rio Grande Valley from 
    Velarde in Rio Arriba County to the north end of Elephant Butte 
    Reservoir in Socorro County and in the Organ Mountains in Dona Ana 
    County, New Mexico.
    
    Permit No. 819531
    
        Applicant: Russell B. Duncan, Tucson, Arizona.
        The applicant requests a permit to conduct field surveys, capture, 
    band, and obtain blood samples from Mexican spotted owls, and conduct 
    field surveys for the Southwestern willow flycatcher, Yuma clapper rail 
    (Rallus longirostris yumanensis), desert pupfish (Cyprindon 
    macularius), Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis), 
    razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus), Colorado squawfish (Ptychocheilus 
    lucius), spikedace (Meda fulgida), loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis) and 
    lesser long-nosed bat.
    
    Permit No. 819536
    
        Applicant: William J. Schreier, Denver, Colorado.
        The applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence 
    surveys, and map locations and territory distribution for Southwestern 
    willow flycatchers at Rattlesnake Springs, Carlsbad Caverns National 
    Park, Eddy County, New Mexico.
    
    Permit No. 819538
    
        Applicant: Paul E. Sawyer, Phoenix, Arizona.
        The applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys 
    for Southwestern willow flycatchers in Arizona.
    
    Permit No. 819541
    
        Applicant: Michael Tremble, Gallup, New Mexico.
        The applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys 
    for Southwestern willow flycatchers, Mexican spotted owls, American 
    peregrine falcons (Falco peregrine anatum), and black-footed ferrets 
    (Mustela nigripes) on the San Juan River edges and floodplain riparian 
    vegtation at Shiprock, New Mexico and the Navajo Nation in Arizona.
    
    Permit No. 819549
    
        Applicant: Cisney Havaton, Peach Springs, Arizona.
        The applicant requests a permit to conduct field surveys, locate, 
    and map the distribution of Mexican spotted owls; and to acquire 
    razorback suckers and transport them to Willow Beach National Fish 
    Hatchery for a radio telemetry study on the Colorado River to stock 
    into the Grand Canyon within the Hualapai Indian Reservation in Peach 
    Springs, Arizona.
    
    Permit No. 819558
    
        Applicant: Warren B. Starnes, Lufkin, Texas.
        The applicant requests a permit to survey, monitor, capture, and 
    band red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) in State, private, 
    and National Forests and grasslands in East Texas.
    
    Dates: Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
    by no later than October 21, 1996.
    
    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.
    
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    All comments received, including names and addresses, received 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.
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Document Information

Published:
09/20/1996
Department:
Interior Department
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of receipt of applications.
Document Number:
96-24160
Dates:
Written comments on these permit applications must be received by no later than October 21, 1996.
Pages:
49477-49478 (2 pages)
PDF File:
96-24160.pdf