Endangered and threatened species permit applications,

[Federal Register: June 21, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 118)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications.

SUMMARY: The following applicants have applied for a permit to conduct certain activities with endangered species. This notice is provided pursuant to section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.).

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Permit No. TE-799158-0

Applicant: Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman, Oklahoma.

Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and recovery purposes to conduct a study of the movement of the leopard darter (Percina pantherina) in the Glover River and Mountain Fork River on USDA Forest Lands in McCurtain County, Oklahoma.

Permit No. TE-004439-1

Applicant: Albuquerque Biological Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Applicant request authorization to capture and hold for public display the following endangered and threatened species of native New Mexican fishes.

Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae) Chihuahua chub (Gila nigrescens) Rio Grande silvery minnow (Hybognathus amarus) Spikedace (Meda fulgida) Pecos bluntnose shiner (Notropis simus pecosensis) Colorado squawfish (Ptychocheilus lucius) Loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis) razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis)

Permit No. PRT-826118

Applicant: Tulsa District, Corps of Engineers, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for the following endangered species statewide in Oklahoma and in north Texas:

gray bat (Myotis grisescens) Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) Ozark big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii ingens) leopard darter (Percina pantherina) neosho madtom (Noturus placidus) Ouachita rock pocketbook (Arkansia wheeleri)

Permit No. TE012642

Applicant: Blue Earth Biological Consultants, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) throughout New Mexico.

Permit No. TE-812212

Applicant: Karen Melody Lytle, Austin, Texas.

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), Coffin Cave mold beetle (Bastrisodes texanus), and Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea sosorum) in Travis County, Texas.

Permit No. TE-797457

Applicant: University of Texas, Department of Zoology, Austin, Texas.

Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and recovery purposes to collect the fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola), Comanche Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon elegans), Leon Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon bovinus) in Texas.

Permit No. TE--797125

Applicant: The McDonald Company, Maryville, Tennessee.

Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), gray bat (Myotis grisescens), and peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) in Latimer, Haskell, LeFlore, Cherokee, and Muskogee Counties, Oklahoma.

Permit No. TE-013086

Applicant: Ron J. Van Ommeren, Phoenix, Arizona.

Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and recovery purposed to conduct presence/absence surveys for the following endangered and threatened species in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas:

cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus) Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longiristris yumanensis) lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae) Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis) Hualapai Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus hualpaiensis) desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)

Permit No. TE--828640

Applicant: Harris Environmental Group, Tucson, Arizona.

Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), and the lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae) in New Mexico and Arizona.

Permit No. TE--013103--0

Applicant: Abilene Zoological Society, Abilene, Texas.

Applicant requests authorization for research and recovery purposes to band the black-capped vireos (Vireo atricapillus) in Taylor County, Texas.

Permit No. TE--827726--0

Applicant: Tonto National Forest, Phoenix, Arizona.

Applicant request authorization for research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the endangered and threatened wildlife and collect plant parts for the plant species listed below:

razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius macularius) Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis) lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae) southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis) Arizona hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. arizonica) Arizona agave (Agave arizonica) Arizona cliffrose (Purshia subintegra)

Permit No. TE--013143--0

Applicant: The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, California.

Applicant requests authorization for research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) and black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus) in Ft. Hood, Texas.

Permit No. TE--0131490--0

Applicant: Thomas Staudt, Tucson, Arizona.

Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the following endangered species in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas:

southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis) bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) northern aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis septentrionalis) interior least tern (Sterna antillarum) piping plover (Charadrius melodus) brown pelican (Pelicanus occidentalis) golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus) western snowy plover (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus)

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California condor (Gymnogyps californianus)

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received on or before July 21, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the Legal Instruments Examiner, Division of Endangered Species/Permits, Ecological Services, PO 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: The 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. Bryan Arroyo, Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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