Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55304-55305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26485]


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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

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

Permit No. TE-795602

    Applicant: Mevatech Corporation, White Sands Missile Range, New 
Mexico.
    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct population surveys and photograph aplomado 
falcons (Falco femoralis septentrionalis) in various New Mexico 
counties.

Permit No. TE-16215

    Applicant: Andrea R. Wickham-Rowe, Port Aransas, Texas.
    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to rehabilitate the Kemp's ridley sea turtle 
(Lepidochelys kempii), loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), 
hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), green sea turtle 
(Chelonia mydas), and the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) 
brought in from in and around the Texas Gulf Coast.

Permit No. TE-823354

    Applicant: Angelo State University, Department of Chemistry, San 
Angelo, Texas.
    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct population surveys, map territory 
distribution, capture (using mist nets), band (Master Banding Permit 
22280), measure and immediately release unharmed golden-cheeked 
warblers (Dendroica chrysoparia) in Real County, Texas.

Permit No. TE-004439

    Applicant: Albuquerque Biological Park & Aquarium, Albuquerque, New 
Mexico.
    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to collect the Socorro isopod (Thermosphaeroma 
(=exosphaeroma) thermophilum) and the Socorro springsnail (Pyrgulopsis 
neomexicana), and the Alamosa springsnail (Tryonia alamosae) all in 
Socorro County, New Mexico.

Permit No. TE-017728

    Applicant: Cameron L. Johnson, 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 various 
counties in Arizona.

Permit No. TE-825473

    Applicant: Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, Texas.
    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for Texas wild 
rice (Zizania texana), northern aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis 
septentrionalis), bald eagles (haliaeetus leucocephalus) and whooping 
cranes (Grus americana).

Permit No. TE-017942

    Applicant: Arizona Biological Consultants, Peoria, Arizona.
    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for southwestern 
willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus), lesser long-nosed bats 
(Leptonycteris curasoae), and Mexican long-nosed bats (Leptonycteris 
nivalis) in Arizona.

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
on or before November 12, 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: 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.
[FR Doc. 99-26485 Filed 10-8-99; 8:45 am]
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