80_FR_15297 80 FR 15242 - Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

80 FR 15242 - Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 55 (March 23, 2015)

Page Range15242-15246
FR Document2015-06573

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities with endangered or threatened species. The Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), prohibits activities with endangered and threatened species unless a Federal permit allows such activities. Both the Act and the National Environmental Policy Act require that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R2-ES-2015-N037; FXES11130200000-156-FF02ENEH00]


Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications; request for public comment.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to 
comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities 
with endangered or threatened species. The Endangered Species Act of 
1973, as amended (Act), prohibits activities with endangered and 
threatened species unless a Federal permit allows such activities. Both 
the Act and the National Environmental Policy Act require that we 
invite public comment before issuing these permits.

DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or 
before April 22, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Division of Classification and 
Restoration, by U.S. mail at Division of Classification and Recovery, 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103; 
or by telephone at 505-248-6920. Please refer to the respective permit 
number for each application when submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Division of 
Classification and Restoration, by U.S. mail at P.O. Box 1306, 
Albuquerque, NM 87103; or by telephone at 505-248-6920.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) prohibits 
activities with endangered and threatened species unless a Federal 
permit allows such activities. Along with our implementing regulations 
in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR 17, the Act provides 
for permits, and requires that we invite public comment before issuing 
these permits.
    A permit granted by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act 
authorizes applicants to conduct activities with U.S. endangered or 
threatened species for scientific purposes, enhancement of survival or 
propagation, or interstate commerce. Our regulations regarding 
implementation of section 10(a)(1)(A) permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22 
for endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened wildlife 
species, 50 CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species, and 50 CFR 17.72 
for threatened plant species.

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Applications Available for Review and Comment

    We invite local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies and the public 
to comment on the following applications. Please refer to the 
appropriate permit number (e.g., Permit No. TE-123456) when requesting 
application documents and when submitting comments.
    Documents and other information the applicants have submitted with 
these applications are available for review, subject to the 
requirements of the Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and Freedom of 
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552).

Permit TE-830213

    Applicant: EcoPlan Associates, Inc., Mesa, Arizona.
    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following 
species within Arizona:

 Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)
 Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius)
 Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis)
 Hualapai Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus hualpaiensis)
 Jaguar (Panthera onca)
 Lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae)
 Mount Graham red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus 
grahamensis)
 Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus)
 Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis)
 Sonoran tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi)
 Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)
 Virgin River chub (Gila seminuda)
 Woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus)
 Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis)

Permit TE-829761

    Applicant: U.S. Bureau of Land Management--Phoenix District Office, 
Phoenix, Arizona.
    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following 
species within Arizona:

 Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius)
 Gila chub (Gila intermedia)
 Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis)
 Lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae)
 Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis)
 Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)

Permit TE-797127

    Applicant: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the following 
species in New Mexico:

 Interior least tern (Sterna antillarum)
 Jemez Mountain salamander (Plethedon neomexicanus)
 Northern aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis)
 Piping plover (Charadrius melodus)
 Rio Grande silvery minnow (Hybognathus amarus)
 Whooping crane (Grus americana)
 Holy Ghost ipomopsis (Ipomopsis sancti-spiritus)
 Knowlton cactus (Pediocactus knowltonii)
 Kuenzler's hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus fendleri var. 
kuenzleri)
 Mancos milk-vetch (Astragalus humillimus)
 Sacramento prickly poppy (Argemone pleiacantha spp. 
pinnatisecta)
 Sneed pincushion cactus (Coryphantha sneedii var. sneedii)
 Todsen's pennyroyal (Hedeoma todsenii)
 Gypsum wild-buckwheat (Eriogonum gypsophilum)
 Lee pincushion cactus (Coryphantha sneedii var. leei)
 Mesa Verde cactus (Sclerocactus mesae-verdae)
 Pecos sunflower (Helianthus paradoxus)
 Sacramento Mountains thistle (Cirsium vinaceum)
 Zuni fleabane (Erigeron rhizomatus)

Permit TE-42739A

    Applicant: Sea Life Arizona, Tempe, Arizona.
    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct husbandry and holding of the following 
species at the facility in Arizona:

 Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
 Bonytail chub (Gila elegans)
 Humpback chub (Gila cypha)
 Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus)
 Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis)
 Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae gilae)
 Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius)
 Apache trout (Oncorhynchus apache)
 Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius)
 Loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis)
 Spikedace (Meda fulgida)
 Woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus)
 Yaqui beautiful shiner (Cyprinella formosa)
 Yaqui chub (Gila purpurea)
 Yaqui tominnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis sonoriensis)

Permit TE-064085

    Applicant: Iris Rodden, Tucson, Arizona.
    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the following 
species in Arizona:

 Interior least tern (Sterna antillarum)
 Lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae)
 Northern aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis)
 Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)

Permit TE-053104

    Applicant: ACI Group Consulting, Austin, Texas.
    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following 
species in Texas:

 Austin blind salamander (Eurycea waterlooensis)
 Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea sosorum)
 Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella reddelli)
 Black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla)
 Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi)
 Braken Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina venii)
 Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus)
 Cokendolpher Cave harvestman (Texella cokendolpheri)
 Golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia)
 Government Canyon Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina vespera)
 Government Canyon Bat Cave spider (Neoleptoneta microps)
 Ground beetle (Unnamed) (Rhadine exilis)
 Ground beetle (Unnamed) (Rhadine infernalis)
 Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes venyivi)
 Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis)
 Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (Texamaurops reddelli)
 Madla Cave meshweaver (Cicurina madla)
 Robber Baron Cave meshweaver (Cicurina baronia)
 Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)

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 Texas blind salamander (Eurycea rathbuni)
 Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine persephone)
 Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion (Tartarocreagris texana)
 Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta (=Leptoneta) myopica)

Permit TE-48847A

    Applicant: Texas A&M University Sea Life Center, Galveston, Texas.
    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys, stranding 
activities, holding, and rehabilitation for Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys 
kempii) and hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles within 
Texas.

Permit TE-043399

    Applicant: Eagle Environmental Consulting, Inc., Vinita, Oklahoma.
    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for interior 
least tern (Sterna antillarum) within Oklahoma and American burying 
beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) within Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, 
Oklahoma, and Texas.

Permit TE-829995

    Applicant: Dallas Zoo and Aquarium, Dallas, Texas.
    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct husbandry and holding for the following 
species at the zoo in Texas:

 Austin blind salamander (Eurycea waterlooensis)
 Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea sosorum)
 Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
 Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis)

Permit TE-051819

    Applicant: Fort Worth Zoo, Fort Worth, Texas.
    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct husbandry and holding of Austin blind 
salamanders (Eurycea waterlooensis) at the zoo in Texas.

Permit TE-066229

    Applicant: Whitenton Group, San Marcos, Texas.
    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following 
species in Texas:

 Austin blind salamander (Eurycea waterlooensis)
 Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea sosorum)
 Black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla)
 Fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola)
 Golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia)
 Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis)
 Northern aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis)
 Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
 Piping plover (Charadrius melodus)
 Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)
 San Marcos gambusia (Gambusia georgei)

Permit TE-58226B

    Applicant: James Hall, Austin, Texas.
    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys for golden-cheeked warbler 
(Dendroica chrysoparia) within Texas.

Permit TE-58243B

    Applicant: Austin Hill, Richardson, Texas.
    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys for American burying beetle 
(Nicrophorus americanus) within Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Arkansas.

Permit TE-195191

    Applicant: Baer Engineering and Environmental Consulting, Austin, 
Texas.
    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys for black-capped vireo (Vireo 
atricapilla) and golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) within 
Texas.

Permit TE-676811

    Applicant: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service--Region 2, Albuquerque, 
New Mexico.
    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of and 
regular management duties associated with the following species within 
the southwest region:

 Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)
 Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis)
 Gray bat (Myotis grisescens)
 Gray wolf (Canis lupus)
 Hualapai Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus hualapaiensis)
 Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis)
 Jaguar (Panthera onca)
 Jaguarundi (Herpailurus (=Felis) yagouaroundi)
 Lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae)
 Louisiana black bear (Ursus americanus luteolus)
 Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi)
 Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis)
 Mount Graham red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus 
grahamensis)
 New Mexico meadow jumping mouse (Zapus husonius lutueus)
 Ocelot (Leopardus (=Felis) pardalis)
 Ozark big-eared bat (Plecotus townsendii ingens)
 Red wolf (Canis rufus)
 Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis)
 Attwater's greater prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido 
attwateri)
 Black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus)
 California condor (Gymnogyps californianus)
 Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis)
 Golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia)
 Interior least tern (Sterna antillarum)
 Ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis)
 Lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus)
 Masked bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi)
 Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida)
 Northern aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis septentrionalis)
 Piping plover (Charadrius melodus)
 Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)
 Southwestern willow flycatcher (Expidonax traillii extimus)
 Western yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
 Whooping crane (Grus americana)
 Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis)
 Desert tortoise (Gopherus (=Xerobates, =Scaptochelys) 
agassizii)
 Narrowheaded gartersnake (Thamnophis rufipunctatus)
 New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi 
obscurus)
 Northern Mexico gartersnake (Thamnophis eques megalops)
 Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii)
 Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
 Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)
 Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
 Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
 Austin blind salamander (Eurycea waterlooensis)
 Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea sosorum)
 Chiricahua leopard frog (Rana chiricahuensis)

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 Georgetown salamander (Eurycea naufragia)
 Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis)
 Jemez Mountains salamander (Plethodon neomexicanus)
 Jollyville Plateau salamander (Eurycea tonkawae)
 Salado salamander (Eurycea chisholmensis)
 San Marcos salamander (Eurycea nana)
 Sonora tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi)
 Texas blind salamander (Typhlomolge rathbuni)
 Apache (=Arizona) trout (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) apache)
 Arkansas River shiner (Notropis girardi)
 Beautiful shiner (Cyprinella (=Notropis) formosa)
 Big Bend gambusia (Gambusia gaigei)
 Bonytail chub (Gila elegans)
 Chihuahua chub (Gila nigrescens)
 Clear Creek gambusia (Gambusia heterochir)
 Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius)
 Comanche Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon elegans)
 Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius)
 Devil's Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis)
 Devil's River minnow (Dionda diaboli)
 Fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola)
 Gila chub (Gila intermedia)
 Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis)
 Gila trout (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) gilae)
 Humpback chub (Gila cypha)
 Leon Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon bovinus)
 Leopard darter (Percina pantherina)
 Little Colorado spinedace (Lepidomeda vittata)
 Loach minnow (Rhinichthys (=Tiaroga) cobitis)
 Neosho madtom (Noturus placidus)
 Ozark cavefish (Amblyopsis rosae)
 Pecos bluntnose shiner (Notropis simus pecosensis)
 Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis)
 Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus)
 Rio Grande silvery minnow (Hybognathus amarus)
 San Marcos gambusia (Gambusia georgei)
 Sharpnose shiner (Notropis oxyrhynchus)
 Smalleye shiner (Notropic buccula)
 Sonora chub (Gila ditaenia)
 Spikedace (Meda fulgida)
 Virgin River chub (Gila robusta semidnuda)
 Woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus)
 Yaqui catfish (lctalurus pricei)
 Yaqui chub (Gila purpurea)
 Yaqui topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis sonoriensis)
 Zuni bluehead sucker (Catostomus discobolus yarrowi)
 Neosho mucket (Lampsilis rafinesqueana)
 Ouachita rock-pocketbook (Arkansia wheeleri)
 Rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica)
 Scaleshell (mussel) (Leptodea leptodon)
 Winged mapleleaf (mussel) (Quadrula fragosa)
 Alamosa springsnail (Tryonia alamosae)
 Chupadera springsnail (Pyrgulopsis chupaderae)
 Diamond tryonia (Pseudotryonia adamantine)
 Gonzales tryonia (Tryonia circumstriata)
 Kanab ambersnail (Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis)
 Koster's springsnail (Juturnia kosteri)
 Pecos assiminea (Assiminea pecos)
 Phantom springsnail (Pyrgulopsis texana)
 Phantom tryonia (Tryonia cheatumi)
 Roswell springsnail (Pyrgulopsis roswellensis)
 San Bernadino springsnail (Pyrgulopsis bernardina)
 Socorro springsnail (Pyrgulopsis neomexicana)
 Three Forks springsnail (Pyrgulopsis trivialis)
 American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus)
 Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus)
 Comal Springs dryopid beetle (Stygoparnus comalensis)
 Comal Springs riffle beetle (Heterelmis comalensis)
 Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (Texamaurops reddelli)
 Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine persephone)
 Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella reddelli)
 Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi)
 Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion (Tartarocreagris texana)
 Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta myopica)
 ground beetle, no common name (Rhadine exilis)
 ground beetle, no common name (Rhadine infernalis)
 Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes venyivi)
 Cokendolpher cave harvestman (Texella cokendolpheri)
 Robber Baron cave meshweaver (Cicurina baronia)
 Madla's cave meshweaver (Cicurina madla)
 Bracken Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina venii)
 Government Canyon Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina vespera)
 Government Canyon Bat Cave spider (Neoleptoneta microps)
 Diminutive amphipod (Gammarus hyalleloides)
 Peck's Cave amphipod (Stygobromus (=Stygonectes) pecki)
 Pecos amphipod (Gammarus pecos)
 Socorro isopod (Thermosphaeroma thermophilus)
 Noel's amphipod (Gammarus desperatus)
 Acu[ntilde]a cactus (Echinomastus erectocentrus var. 
acunensis)
 Arizona hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. 
arizonicus (=E. arizonicus))
 Arizona cliffrose (Purshia (=Cowania) subintegra)
 Ashy dogwood (Thymophyla (=Dyssodia) tephroleuca)
 Black lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albertii 
(=E. melanocentrus))
 Brady pincushion cactus (Pediocactus (=Toumeya) bradyi)
 Bunched cory cactus (Coryphantha ramillosa)
 Canelo Hills ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes delitescens)
 Chisos Mountain hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus chisosensis var. 
chisosensis)
 Cochise pincushion cactus (Coryphantha (=Cochiseia, Escobaria) 
robbinsorum)
 Davis' green pitaya (Echinocereus viridiflorus var. Davisii 
(=E. Davisii))
 Eastern prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)
 Fickeisen plains cactus (Pediocactus peeblesianus var. 
fickeiseniae)
 Gierisch mallow (Sphaeralcea gierischii)
 Gypsum wild-buckwheat (Eriogonum gypsophilum)
 Hinckley's oak (Quercus hinckleyi)
 Holmgren milk-vetch (Astragalus holmgreniorum)
 Holy Ghost ipomopsis (Ipomopsis sancti-spiritus)
 Huachuca water umbel (Lilaeopsis schaffneriana var. recurva)
 Johnston's frankenia (Frankenia johnstonii)
 Jones cycadenia (Cycadenia humilis var. jonesii)
 Kearney's blue-star (Amsonia kearneyana)
 Knowlton cactus (Pediocactus (=Toumeya) knowltonii) (=P. 
Bradyi var. k.)
 Kuenzler hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus fendleri var. 
kuenzleri)

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 Large-fruited sand verbena (Abronia macrocarpa)
 Lee pincushion cactus (Coryphantha (=Escobaria, =Mammillaria) 
sneedii var. leei)
 Little Aguja pondweed (Potamogeton clystocarpus)
 Lloyd's mariposa cactus (Echinomastus (=Echinocactus, 
=Sclerocactus, =Neolloydia mariposensis))
 Mancos milk-vetch (Astragalus humillimus)
 Mesa Verde cactus (Sclerocactus (=Coloradoa, =Echinocactus, 
=Pediocactus) mesae- verdae)
 Navajo sedge (Carex specuicola)
 Navasota ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes parksii)
 Neches River rose-mallow (Hibiscus dasycalyx)
 Nellie cory cactus (Coryphantha (=Escobaria, =Mammillaria) 
minima (=nellieae))
 Nichol's Turk's head cactus (Echinocactus horizonthalonius 
var. nicholii)
 Pecos (=puzzle) sunflower (Helianthus paradoxus)
 Peebles Navajo cactus (Pediocactus (=Echinocactus, =Navajoa, 
=Toumeya, =Utahia) peeblesianus var. peeblesianus)
 Pima pineapple cactus (Coryphantha scheeri var. robustispina)
 Sacramento prickly-poppy (Argemone pleiacantha ssp. 
pinnatisecta)
 Sacramento Mountains thistle (Cirsium vinaceum)
 San Francisco Peaks groundsel (Senecio franciscanus)
 Sentry milk-vetch (Astragalus cremnophylax var. cremnophylax)
 Siler pincushion cactus (Pediocactus (=Echinocactus, =Utahia) 
sileri)
 Slender rush-pea (Hoffmannseggia tenella)
 Sneed pincushion cactus (Coryphantha (=Escobaria, 
=Mammillaria) sneedii var. sneedii)
 South Texas ambrosia (Ambrosia cheiranthifolia)
 Star cactus (Astrophytum asterias)
 Terlingua Creek cat's eye (Cryptantha crassipes)
 Texas ayenia (Ayenia limitaris)
 Texas golden gladecress (Leavenworthia texana)
 Texas prairie dawn (=Texas bitterweed) (Hymenoxys texana)
 Texas poppy-mallow (Callirhoe scabriuscula)
 Texas trailling phlox (Phlox nivalis ssp. texensis)
 Texas wild-rice (Zizania texana)
 Texas snowbells (Styrax texana)
 Tobusch fishhook cactus (Ancistrocactus (=Echinocactus, 
=Mammillaria) tobuschii)
 Todsen's pennyroyal (Hedeoma todsenii)
 Walker's manioc (Manihot walkerae)
 Welsh's milkweed (Asclepias welshii)
 Western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara)
 White bladderpod (Lesquerella pallida)
 Zapata bladderpod (Lesquerella thanmnophila)
 Zuni (=Rhizome) fleabane (Erigeron rhizomatus)

Permit TE-5878A

    Applicant: University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
    Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys and research 
activities for ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) and jaguar (Panthera onca) 
within Arizona.

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

    In compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), we have made an 
initial determination that the proposed activities in these permits are 
categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare an environmental 
assessment or environmental impact statement (516 DM 6 Appendix 1, 
1.4C(1)).

Public Availability of Comments

    All comments and materials we receive in response to this request 
will be available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal 
business hours at the address listed in the ADDRESSES section of this 
notice.
    Before including your address, phone number, email address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

Authority

    We provide this notice under section 10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 
et seq.)

    Dated: March 11, 2015.
Stephen Robertson,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service.
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15242 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 55 / Monday, March 23, 2015 / Notices Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is significant direct federal funds HUD has DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR requesting comment from all interested been collecting compensation parties on the proposed collection of information to enhance regulatory Fish and Wildlife Service information. The purpose of this notice oversight by HUD, as well as state and [FWS–R2–ES–2015–N037; is to allow for 60 days of public local authorities. HUD provides the FXES11130200000–156–FF02ENEH00] comment. information collected to the public. The DATES: Comments Due Date: May 22, compensation data collected includes Endangered and Threatened Species 2015. base salary and bonus, and incentive Permit Applications ADDRESSES: Interested persons are and other compensation, and the extent AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, invited to submit comments regarding to which these payments are made with Interior. this proposal. Comments should refer to federal funds. ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications; the proposal by name and/or OMB Respondents: Public Housing request for public comment. Control Number and should be sent to: Agencies. Colette Pollard, Reports Management SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Officer, QDAM, Department of Housing Estimated Number of Respondents: Wildlife Service, invite the public to and Urban Development, 451 7th Street Approximately 4,000. comment on the following applications SW., Room 4176, Washington, DC Estimated Number of Responses: to conduct certain activities with 20410–5000; telephone 202–402–3400 Approximately 4,000. endangered or threatened species. The (this is not a toll-free number) or email Endangered Species Act of 1973, as Frequency of Response: Annual. amended (Act), prohibits activities with at Colette.Pollard@hud.gov for a copy of the proposed forms or other available Average Hours per Response: 30 endangered and threatened species information. Persons with hearing or minutes unless a Federal permit allows such speech impairments may access this Total Estimated Burdens: The total activities. Both the Act and the National number through TTY by calling the toll- burden hours is estimated to be 2,000 Environmental Policy Act require that free Federal Relay Service at (800) 877– we invite public comment before hours annually. The total burden cost is 8339. issuing these permits. estimated to be $44,740. DATES: To ensure consideration, written FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arlette Mussington, Office of Policy, B. Solicitation of Public Comment comments must be received on or before Programs and Legislative Initiatives, April 22, 2015. This notice is soliciting comments ADDRESSES: Susan Jacobsen, Chief, PIH, Department of Housing and Urban from members of the public and affected Development, 451 7th Street SW., Division of Classification and parties concerning the collection of Restoration, by U.S. mail at Division of (L’Enfant Plaza, Room 2206), information described in Section A on Washington, DC 20410; telephone 202– Classification and Recovery, U.S. Fish the following: and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 1306, 402–4109, (this is not a toll-free number). Persons with hearing or (1) Whether the proposed collection Albuquerque, NM 87103; or by speech impairments may access this of information is necessary for the telephone at 505–248–6920. Please refer number via TTY by calling the Federal proper performance of the functions of to the respective permit number for each Information Relay Service at (800) 877– the agency, including whether the application when submitting comments. 8339. Copies of available documents information will have practical utility; FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: submitted to OMB may be obtained Susan Jacobsen, Chief, Division of (2) The accuracy of the agency’s from Ms. Mussington. Classification and Restoration, by U.S. estimate of the burden of the proposed mail at P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This collection of information; notice informs the public that HUD is NM 87103; or by telephone at 505–248– (3) Ways to enhance the quality, 6920. seeking approval from OMB for the information collection described in utility, and clarity of the information to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Act Section A. be collected; and (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) prohibits (4) Ways to minimize the burden of activities with endangered and A. Overview of Information Collection threatened species unless a Federal the collection of information on those Title of Proposal: Public Housing who are to respond; including through permit allows such activities. Along Agency Executive Compensation the use of appropriate automated with our implementing regulations in Information. the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at collection techniques or other forms of OMB Approval Number: 2577–0272. 50 CFR 17, the Act provides for permits, information technology, e.g., permitting Type of Request: Reinstatement, with and requires that we invite public changes, of a previously approved electronic submission of responses. comment before issuing these permits. collection. HUD encourages interested parties to A permit granted by us under section Form Number: Form HUD–52725. submit comment in response to these 10(a)(1)(A) of the Act authorizes Description of the need for the questions. applicants to conduct activities with information and proposed use: Pursuant U.S. endangered or threatened species Authority: Section 3507 of the Paperwork to PIH Notice 2014–01, HUD collects for scientific purposes, enhancement of Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35. information on the compensation survival or propagation, or interstate Dated: March 17, 2015. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES provided by public housing agencies commerce. Our regulations regarding (PHAs) to the top management official, Merrie Nichols-Dixon, implementation of section 10(a)(1)(A) top financial official, and highest Deputy Director, Office of Policy, Programs permits are found at 50 CFR 17.22 for compensated employee, similar to the and Legislative Initiatives. endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR information that non-profit [FR Doc. 2015–06545 Filed 3–20–15; 8:45 am] 17.32 for threatened wildlife species, 50 organizations receiving federal tax BILLING CODE 4210–67–P CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species, exemptions are required to report to the and 50 CFR 17.72 for threatened plant IRS annually. Because PHAs receive species. VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:51 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\23MRN1.SGM 23MRN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 55 / Monday, March 23, 2015 / Notices 15243 Applications Available for Review and • Southwestern willow flycatcher • Spikedace (Meda fulgida) Comment (Empidonax traillii extimus) • Woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus) We invite local, State, Tribal, and • Yaqui beautiful shiner (Cyprinella Permit TE–797127 Federal agencies and the public to formosa) comment on the following applications. Applicant: U.S. Army Corps of • Yaqui chub (Gila purpurea) Please refer to the appropriate permit Engineers, Albuquerque, New Mexico. • Yaqui tominnow (Poeciliopsis number (e.g., Permit No. TE–123456) Applicant requests a renewal to a occidentalis sonoriensis) when requesting application documents current permit for research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence Permit TE–064085 and when submitting comments. Documents and other information the surveys for the following species in New Applicant: Iris Rodden, Tucson, applicants have submitted with these Mexico: Arizona. applications are available for review, • Interior least tern (Sterna antillarum) Applicant requests a renewal to a subject to the requirements of the • Jemez Mountain salamander current permit for research and recovery Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a) and (Plethedon neomexicanus) purposes to conduct presence/absence Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. • Northern aplomado falcon (Falco surveys for the following species in 552). femoralis) Arizona: • Piping plover (Charadrius melodus) • Interior least tern (Sterna antillarum) Permit TE–830213 • Rio Grande silvery minnow • Lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris Applicant: EcoPlan Associates, Inc., (Hybognathus amarus) yerbabuenae) Mesa, Arizona. • Whooping crane (Grus americana) • Northern aplomado falcon (Falco Applicant requests a renewal to a • Holy Ghost ipomopsis (Ipomopsis femoralis) current permit for research and recovery sancti-spiritus) • Southwestern willow flycatcher purposes to conduct presence/absence • Knowlton cactus (Pediocactus (Empidonax traillii extimus) surveys of the following species within knowltonii) Permit TE–053104 Arizona: • Kuenzler’s hedgehog cactus • Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) (Echinocereus fendleri var. kuenzleri) Applicant: ACI Group Consulting, • Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus • Mancos milk-vetch (Astragalus Austin, Texas. lucius) humillimus) Applicant requests a renewal to a • Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis • Sacramento prickly poppy (Argemone current permit for research and recovery occidentalis) pleiacantha spp. pinnatisecta) purposes to conduct presence/absence • Hualapai Mexican vole (Microtus • Sneed pincushion cactus surveys of the following species in mexicanus hualpaiensis) (Coryphantha sneedii var. sneedii) Texas: • Jaguar (Panthera onca) • Todsen’s pennyroyal (Hedeoma • Austin blind salamander (Eurycea • Lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris todsenii) waterlooensis) yerbabuenae) • Gypsum wild-buckwheat (Eriogonum • Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea • Mount Graham red squirrel gypsophilum) sosorum) (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus • Lee pincushion cactus (Coryphantha • Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella grahamensis) sneedii var. leei) reddelli) • Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen • Mesa Verde cactus (Sclerocactus • Black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla) texanus) mesae-verdae) • Bone Cave harvestman (Texella • Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra • Pecos sunflower (Helianthus reyesi) americana sonoriensis) paradoxus) • Braken Bat Cave meshweaver • Sonoran tiger salamander • Sacramento Mountains thistle (Cicurina venii) (Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi) • Southwestern willow flycatcher (Cirsium vinaceum) • Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes • Zuni fleabane (Erigeron rhizomatus) texanus) (Empidonax traillii extimus) • Virgin River chub (Gila seminuda) Permit TE–42739A • Cokendolpher Cave harvestman • Woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus) (Texella cokendolpheri) • Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris Applicant: Sea Life Arizona, Tempe, • Golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica Arizona. chrysoparia) yumanensis) Applicant requests a renewal to a • Government Canyon Bat Cave Permit TE–829761 current permit for research and recovery meshweaver (Cicurina vespera) Applicant: U.S. Bureau of Land purposes to conduct husbandry and • Government Canyon Bat Cave spider Management—Phoenix District Office, holding of the following species at the (Neoleptoneta microps) Phoenix, Arizona. facility in Arizona: • Ground beetle (Unnamed) (Rhadine Applicant requests a renewal to a • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) exilis) current permit for research and recovery • Bonytail chub (Gila elegans) • Ground beetle (Unnamed) (Rhadine purposes to conduct presence/absence • Humpback chub (Gila cypha) infernalis) surveys of the following species within • Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen • Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes Arizona: texanus) venyivi) • Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon • Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis • Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis) • Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES macularius) occidentalis) • Gila chub (Gila intermedia) • Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae gilae) (Texamaurops reddelli) • Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis • Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus • Madla Cave meshweaver (Cicurina occidentalis) lucius) madla) • Lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris • Apache trout (Oncorhynchus apache) • Robber Baron Cave meshweaver yerbabuenae) • Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon (Cicurina baronia) • Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra macularius) • Southwestern willow flycatcher americana sonoriensis) • Loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis) (Empidonax traillii extimus) VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:51 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\23MRN1.SGM 23MRN1

15244 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 55 / Monday, March 23, 2015 / Notices • Texas blind salamander (Eurycea • Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea • Louisiana black bear (Ursus rathbuni) sosorum) americanus luteolus) • Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine • Black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla) • Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus persephone) • Fountain darter (Etheostoma baileyi) • Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion fonticola) • Mexican long-nosed bat (Tartarocreagris texana) • Golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica (Leptonycteris nivalis) • Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta chrysoparia) • Mount Graham red squirrel (=Leptoneta) myopica) • Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis) (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus • Northern aplomado falcon (Falco grahamensis) Permit TE–48847A femoralis) • New Mexico meadow jumping mouse Applicant: Texas A&M University Sea • Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) (Zapus husonius lutueus) Life Center, Galveston, Texas. • Piping plover (Charadrius melodus) • Ocelot (Leopardus (=Felis) pardalis) Applicant requests a renewal to a • Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides • Ozark big-eared bat (Plecotus current permit for research and recovery borealis) townsendii ingens) purposes to conduct presence/absence • San Marcos gambusia (Gambusia • Red wolf (Canis rufus) surveys, stranding activities, holding, georgei) • Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra and rehabilitation for Kemp’s ridley americana sonoriensis) Permit TE–58226B (Lepidochelys kempii) and hawksbill • Attwater’s greater prairie-chicken (Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles Applicant: James Hall, Austin, Texas. (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) within Texas. Applicant requests a new permit for • Black-capped vireo (Vireo research and recovery purposes to atricapillus) Permit TE–043399 conduct presence/absence surveys for • California condor (Gymnogyps Applicant: Eagle Environmental golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica californianus) Consulting, Inc., Vinita, Oklahoma. chrysoparia) within Texas. • Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis) Applicant requests a renewal to a Permit TE–58243B • Golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica current permit for research and recovery chrysoparia) purposes to conduct presence/absence Applicant: Austin Hill, Richardson, • Interior least tern (Sterna antillarum) surveys for interior least tern (Sterna Texas. • Ivory-billed woodpecker antillarum) within Oklahoma and Applicant requests a new permit for (Campephilus principalis) American burying beetle (Nicrophorus research and recovery purposes to • Lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus americanus) within Arkansas, Kansas, conduct presence/absence surveys for pallidicinctus) Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. American burying beetle (Nicrophorus • Masked bobwhite quail (Colinus americanus) within Texas, Oklahoma, virginianus ridgwayi) Permit TE–829995 Kansas, and Arkansas. • Mexican spotted owl (Strix Applicant: Dallas Zoo and Aquarium, occidentalis lucida) Permit TE–195191 Dallas, Texas. • Northern aplomado falcon (Falco Applicant requests a renewal to a Applicant: Baer Engineering and femoralis septentrionalis) current permit for research and recovery Environmental Consulting, Austin, • Piping plover (Charadrius melodus) purposes to conduct husbandry and Texas. • Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides holding for the following species at the Applicant requests a new permit for borealis) zoo in Texas: research and recovery purposes to • Southwestern willow flycatcher • Austin blind salamander (Eurycea conduct presence/absence surveys for (Expidonax traillii extimus) waterlooensis) black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla) • Western yellow-billed cuckoo • Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea and golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica (Coccyzus americanus) sosorum) chrysoparia) within Texas. • Whooping crane (Grus americana) • Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys Permit TE–676811 • Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris imbricata) yumanensis) • Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis) Applicant: U.S. Fish and Wildlife • Desert tortoise (Gopherus Service—Region 2, Albuquerque, New (=Xerobates, =Scaptochelys) agassizii) Permit TE–051819 Mexico. • Narrowheaded gartersnake Applicant: Fort Worth Zoo, Fort Applicant requests an amendment to (Thamnophis rufipunctatus) Worth, Texas. a current permit for research and • New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake Applicant requests an amendment to recovery purposes to conduct presence/ (Crotalus willardi obscurus) a current permit for research and absence surveys of and regular • Northern Mexico gartersnake recovery purposes to conduct management duties associated with the (Thamnophis eques megalops) husbandry and holding of Austin blind following species within the southwest • Kemp’s ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys salamanders (Eurycea waterlooensis) at region: kempii) the zoo in Texas. • Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) • Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) Permit TE–066229 • Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) • Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) • Gray bat (Myotis grisescens) • Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys Applicant: Whitenton Group, San • Gray wolf (Canis lupus) imbricata) Marcos, Texas. • Hualapai Mexican vole (Microtus • Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Applicant requests a renewal to a mexicanus hualapaiensis) coriacea) current permit for research and recovery • Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) • Austin blind salamander (Eurycea purposes to conduct presence/absence • Jaguar (Panthera onca) waterlooensis) surveys of the following species in • Jaguarundi (Herpailurus (=Felis) • Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea Texas: yagouaroundi) sosorum) • Austin blind salamander (Eurycea • Lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris • Chiricahua leopard frog (Rana waterlooensis) curasoae yerbabuenae) chiricahuensis) VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:51 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\23MRN1.SGM 23MRN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 55 / Monday, March 23, 2015 / Notices 15245 • Georgetown salamander (Eurycea • Woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus) • Madla’s cave meshweaver (Cicurina naufragia) • Yaqui catfish (lctalurus pricei) madla) • Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis) • Yaqui chub (Gila purpurea) • Bracken Bat Cave meshweaver • Jemez Mountains salamander • Yaqui topminnow (Poeciliopsis (Cicurina venii) (Plethodon neomexicanus) occidentalis sonoriensis) • Government Canyon Bat Cave • Jollyville Plateau salamander • Zuni bluehead sucker (Catostomus meshweaver (Cicurina vespera) (Eurycea tonkawae) discobolus yarrowi) • Government Canyon Bat Cave spider • Salado salamander (Eurycea • Neosho mucket (Lampsilis (Neoleptoneta microps) chisholmensis) rafinesqueana) • Diminutive amphipod (Gammarus • San Marcos salamander (Eurycea • Ouachita rock-pocketbook (Arkansia hyalleloides) nana) wheeleri) • Peck’s Cave amphipod (Stygobromus • Sonora tiger salamander (Ambystoma • Rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica (=Stygonectes) pecki) tigrinum stebbinsi) cylindrica) • Pecos amphipod (Gammarus pecos) • Texas blind salamander (Typhlomolge • Scaleshell (mussel) (Leptodea • Socorro isopod (Thermosphaeroma rathbuni) leptodon) thermophilus) • Apache (=Arizona) trout • Winged mapleleaf (mussel) (Quadrula • Noel’s amphipod (Gammarus (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) apache) fragosa) desperatus) • Arkansas River shiner (Notropis • Alamosa springsnail (Tryonia • Acuña cactus (Echinomastus girardi) alamosae) erectocentrus var. acunensis) • Beautiful shiner (Cyprinella • Chupadera springsnail (Pyrgulopsis • Arizona hedgehog cactus (=Notropis) formosa) chupaderae) (Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. • Big Bend gambusia (Gambusia gaigei) • Diamond tryonia (Pseudotryonia arizonicus (=E. arizonicus)) • Bonytail chub (Gila elegans) adamantine) • Arizona cliffrose (Purshia (=Cowania) • Chihuahua chub (Gila nigrescens) • Gonzales tryonia (Tryonia subintegra) • Clear Creek gambusia (Gambusia circumstriata) • Ashy dogwood (Thymophyla heterochir) • Kanab ambersnail (Oxyloma haydeni (=Dyssodia) tephroleuca) • Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus kanabensis) • Black lace cactus (Echinocereus lucius) • Koster’s springsnail (Juturnia kosteri) reichenbachii var. albertii (=E. • Pecos assiminea (Assiminea pecos) • Comanche Springs pupfish melanocentrus)) • Phantom springsnail (Pyrgulopsis • Brady pincushion cactus (Pediocactus (Cyprinodon elegans) texana) • Desert pupfish (Cyprinodon • Phantom tryonia (Tryonia cheatumi) (=Toumeya) bradyi) macularius) • Bunched cory cactus (Coryphantha • Roswell springsnail (Pyrgulopsis • Devil’s Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon roswellensis) ramillosa) diabolis) • Canelo Hills ladies’-tresses • San Bernadino springsnail • Devil’s River minnow (Dionda (Pyrgulopsis bernardina) (Spiranthes delitescens) diaboli) • Socorro springsnail (Pyrgulopsis • Chisos Mountain hedgehog cactus • Fountain darter (Etheostoma neomexicana) (Echinocereus chisosensis var. fonticola) • Three Forks springsnail (Pyrgulopsis chisosensis) • Gila chub (Gila intermedia) trivialis) • Cochise pincushion cactus • Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis • American burying beetle (Coryphantha (=Cochiseia, Escobaria) occidentalis) (Nicrophorus americanus) robbinsorum) • Gila trout (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) • Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes • Davis’ green pitaya (Echinocereus gilae) texanus) viridiflorus var. Davisii (=E. Davisii)) • Humpback chub (Gila cypha) • Comal Springs dryopid beetle • Eastern prairie fringed orchid • Leon Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon (Stygoparnus comalensis) (Platanthera leucophaea) bovinus) • Comal Springs riffle beetle • Fickeisen plains cactus (Pediocactus • Leopard darter (Percina pantherina) (Heterelmis comalensis) peeblesianus var. fickeiseniae) • Little Colorado spinedace • Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle • Gierisch mallow (Sphaeralcea (Lepidomeda vittata) (Texamaurops reddelli) gierischii) • Loach minnow (Rhinichthys • Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine • Gypsum wild-buckwheat (Eriogonum (=Tiaroga) cobitis) persephone) gypsophilum) • Neosho madtom (Noturus placidus) • Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella • Hinckley’s oak (Quercus hinckleyi) • Ozark cavefish (Amblyopsis rosae) reddelli) • Holmgren milk-vetch (Astragalus • Pecos bluntnose shiner (Notropis • Bone Cave harvestman (Texella holmgreniorum) simus pecosensis) reyesi) • Holy Ghost ipomopsis (Ipomopsis • Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) • Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion sancti-spiritus) • Razorback sucker (Xyrauchen (Tartarocreagris texana) • Huachuca water umbel (Lilaeopsis texanus) • Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta schaffneriana var. recurva) • Rio Grande silvery minnow myopica) • Johnston’s frankenia (Frankenia (Hybognathus amarus) • ground beetle, no common name johnstonii) • San Marcos gambusia (Gambusia (Rhadine exilis) • Jones cycadenia (Cycadenia humilis • mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES georgei) ground beetle, no common name var. jonesii) • Sharpnose shiner (Notropis (Rhadine infernalis) • Kearney’s blue-star (Amsonia oxyrhynchus) • Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes kearneyana) • Smalleye shiner (Notropic buccula) venyivi) • Knowlton cactus (Pediocactus • Sonora chub (Gila ditaenia) • Cokendolpher cave harvestman (=Toumeya) knowltonii) (=P. Bradyi • Spikedace (Meda fulgida) (Texella cokendolpheri) var. k.) • Virgin River chub (Gila robusta • Robber Baron cave meshweaver • Kuenzler hedgehog cactus semidnuda) (Cicurina baronia) (Echinocereus fendleri var. kuenzleri) VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:51 Mar 20, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\23MRN1.SGM 23MRN1

15246 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 55 / Monday, March 23, 2015 / Notices • Large-fruited sand verbena (Abronia • Texas prairie dawn (=Texas personal identifying information—may macrocarpa) bitterweed) (Hymenoxys texana) be made publicly available at any time. • Lee pincushion cactus (Coryphantha • Texas poppy-mallow (Callirhoe While you can ask us in your comment (=Escobaria, =Mammillaria) sneedii scabriuscula) to withhold your personal identifying var. leei) • Texas trailling phlox (Phlox nivalis information from public review, we • Little Aguja pondweed (Potamogeton ssp. texensis) cannot guarantee that we will be able to clystocarpus) • Texas wild-rice (Zizania texana) do so. • Lloyd’s mariposa cactus • Texas snowbells (Styrax texana) (Echinomastus (=Echinocactus, • Tobusch fishhook cactus Authority =Sclerocactus, =Neolloydia (Ancistrocactus (=Echinocactus, We provide this notice under section mariposensis)) =Mammillaria) tobuschii) 10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) • Mancos milk-vetch (Astragalus • Todsen’s pennyroyal (Hedeoma Dated: March 11, 2015. humillimus) todsenii) • Mesa Verde cactus (Sclerocactus • Walker’s manioc (Manihot walkerae) Stephen Robertson, (=Coloradoa, =Echinocactus, • Welsh’s milkweed (Asclepias welshii) Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region, =Pediocactus) mesae- verdae) • Western prairie fringed orchid U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. • Navajo sedge (Carex specuicola) (Platanthera praeclara) [FR Doc. 2015–06573 Filed 3–20–15; 8:45 am] • Navasota ladies’-tresses (Spiranthes • White bladderpod (Lesquerella BILLING CODE 4310–55–P parksii) pallida) • Neches River rose-mallow (Hibiscus • Zapata bladderpod (Lesquerella dasycalyx) thanmnophila) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR • Nellie cory cactus (Coryphantha • Zuni (=Rhizome) fleabane (Erigeron (=Escobaria, =Mammillaria) minima rhizomatus) Fish and Wildlife Service (=nellieae)) Permit TE–5878A • Nichol’s Turk’s head cactus [FWS–R6–ES–2015–N010; Applicant: University of Arizona, FXES11130600000–156–FF06E00000] (Echinocactus horizonthalonius var. nicholii) Tucson, Arizona. Applicant requests a renewal to a Endangered and Threatened Species; • Pecos (=puzzle) sunflower Permits (Helianthus paradoxus) current permit for research and recovery • Peebles Navajo cactus (Pediocactus purposes to conduct presence/absence AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, (=Echinocactus, =Navajoa, = surveys and research activities for ocelot Interior. Toumeya, =Utahia) peeblesianus var. (Leopardus pardalis) and jaguar ACTION: Notice of issuance of permits. peeblesianus) (Panthera onca) within Arizona. • Pima pineapple cactus (Coryphantha National Environmental Policy Act SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and scheeri var. robustispina) (NEPA) Wildlife Service, have issued the • Sacramento prickly-poppy (Argemone following permits to conduct certain pleiacantha ssp. pinnatisecta) In compliance with NEPA (42 U.S.C. activities with endangered species • Sacramento Mountains thistle 4321 et seq.), we have made an initial under the authority of the Endangered (Cirsium vinaceum) determination that the proposed Species Act, as amended (Act). • San Francisco Peaks groundsel activities in these permits are FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (Senecio franciscanus) categorically excluded from the Kathy Konishi, Recovery Permit • Sentry milk-vetch (Astragalus requirement to prepare an Coordinator, Ecological Services, (719) cremnophylax var. cremnophylax) environmental assessment or 628–2670 (phone); permitsR6ES@ • Siler pincushion cactus (Pediocactus environmental impact statement (516 DM 6 Appendix 1, 1.4C(1)). fws.gov (email). (=Echinocactus, =Utahia) sileri) • Slender rush-pea (Hoffmannseggia SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We have Public Availability of Comments issued the following permits in response tenella) • Sneed pincushion cactus All comments and materials we to recovery permit applications we (Coryphantha (=Escobaria, receive in response to this request will received under the authority of section =Mammillaria) sneedii var. sneedii) be available for public inspection, by 10 of the Act (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). • South Texas ambrosia (Ambrosia appointment, during normal business Issuance of each permit occurred only cheiranthifolia) hours at the address listed in the after we determined that it was applied • Star cactus (Astrophytum asterias) ADDRESSES section of this notice. for in good faith, that granting the • Terlingua Creek cat’s eye (Cryptantha Before including your address, phone permit would not be to the disadvantage crassipes) number, email address, or other of the listed species, and that the terms • Texas ayenia (Ayenia limitaris) personal identifying information in your and conditions of the permit were • Texas golden gladecress comment, you should be aware that consistent with purposes and policy set (Leavenworthia texana) your entire comment—including your forth in the Act. 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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of receipt of applications; request for public comment.
DatesTo ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or before April 22, 2015.
ContactSusan Jacobsen, Chief, Division of Classification and Restoration, by U.S. mail at P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103; or by telephone at 505-248-6920.
FR Citation80 FR 15242 
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