Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 5 (Friday, January 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1209-1210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-175]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


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(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.).

Permit No. TE-004811-0

Applicant: SMS Consulting, Tucson, Arizona
    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the cactus 
ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) in Arizona.

Permit No. TE-005180-0

Applicant: Border Wildlife Consultants, Las Cruces, New Mexico
    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for bald eagles 
(Haliaeetus leucocephalus), aplomado falcons (Falco femoralis 
septentrionalis), American peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus), 
Mexican spotted owls (Strix occidentalis lucida), and southwestern 
willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) within New Mexico.

Permit No. PRT-837751

Applicant: Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), Phoenix Area Office, Phoenix, 
Arizona
    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the cactus 
ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum), and endangered 
species activities for desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularis macularis), 
Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis), Colorado 
squawfish (Ptychocheilus lucius) and razorback sucker (Xyrauchen 
texanus) within lands administered by the BOR.

Permit No. TE-005818-0

Applicant: Diane M. Laush, Tempe, Arizona
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum 
cactorum) in Maricopa, Pinal, Pima, Santa Cruz, Cochise, Graham, 
Greenlee, Gila, and Yuma Counties, Arizona.

Permit No. TE-006141-0

Applicant: Bruce D. Wilcox, Phoenix, Arizona
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum 
cactorum) in areas of potential habitat in Arizona.

Permit No. TE-006655-0

Applicant: Logan Simpson Design, Inc., Tempe, Arizona
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum 
cactorum), desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), southwestern willow 
flycatcher

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(Empidonax traillii extimus), and the coastal California gnatcher 
(Polioptila c. californica) in Arizona.

Permit No. TE-006156-0

Applicant: Johnson & Haight Environmental Consultants, Tucson, Arizona
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum 
cactorum) in southern Arizona species habitat.

Permit No. TE-006166-0

Applicant: Tetra Tech, La Jolla, California
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum 
cactorum) in Pima County outside the Tucson urban area, and 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in various 
rivers in New Mexico and Arizona.

Permit No. TE-006210-0

Applicant: Angelo State University, Department of Biology, San Angelo, 
Texas
    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to collect flowers, fruit, and seed of the Chisos 
Mountain hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus chisoensis cacataceae) in Big 
Bend National Park, Texas. No live plants will be collected.

Permit No. PRT-820022

Applicant: PBS&J (Formerly Gary Galbraith), Austin, Texas
    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for bald eagle 
(Haliaeetus leucocephalus), red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides 
borealis), Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis), Bee Creek Cave harvestman 
(Texella redelli), Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi), Coffin Cave 
mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus), Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle 
(Texamaurops redelli), Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine persephone), 
Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion (Tartarocreagis texana), Tooth Cave spider 
(Neoleptoneta myopica) in Texas.

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
on or before February 8, 1999.

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. 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: 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.
Renne Lohoefener,
Acting Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 2 Albuquerque, 
New Mexico.
[FR Doc. 99-175 Filed 1-7-99; 8:45 am]
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