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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 

Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permit.

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    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.):
PRT-791803
Applicant: Mr. Ron Redman, Conway, Arkansas.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (survey and monitor) gray 
bats (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bats (Myotis sodalis), and Ozark big-
eared bats (Plecotus townsendii ingens) to document new populations in 
the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. These 
activities are proposed for the purpose of enhancement of survival of 
the species.
PRT-791805
Applicant: Mr. Chris Charlton, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (trap, survey, and monitor) 
American burying beetles (Nicrophorus americanus) to document new 
populations in Arkansas. These activities are proposed for the purpose 
of enhancement of survival of the species.
PRT-791797
Applicant: Leithold Wildlife Management Consulting, Shulerville, South 
Carolina.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (conduct population 
surveys, handle, band, and release) red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides 
borealis) throughout the Southeastern United States. These activities 
are proposed for the purpose of enhancement of survival of the species.
PRT-791801
Applicant: Barry A. Vittor & Associates, Incorporated, Mobile, Alabama.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (conduct population 
surveys, handle, collect 1 dead shell of each species) 44 species of 
endangered mussels throughout the Southeastern United States for the 
purpose of enhancement of survival of the species.
PRT-791799
Applicant: Mr. Douglas N. Shelton, Mobile, Alabama.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (conduct population 
surveys, handle, collect 1 dead shell of each species) 43 species of 
endangered mussels and snails throughout all southeastern States for 
the purpose of enhancement of survival of the species.
PRT-792102
Applicant: Mr. Rex Roberg, Cabot, Arkansas.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (conduct population 
surveys) Ozark big-eared bats (Plecotus townsendii ingens) in Arkansas, 
Oklahoma, and Missouri for the purpose of enhancement of survival of 
the species.
PRT-792106
Applicant: Mr. Glyn Turnipseed, Russellville, Arkansas.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (trap, survey, and monitor) 
American burying beetles (Nicrophorus americanus) to document new 
populations in Arkansas. These activities are proposed for the purpose 
of enhancement of survival of the species.
PRT-792116
Applicant: Mr. William L. Matthews, M & M Environmental, Fort Smith, 
Arkansas.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (trap, survey, and monitor) 
American burying beetles (Nicrophorus americanus) on Fort Smith, 
Arkansas. These activities are proposed for the purpose of enhancement 
of survival of the species.
PRT-792113
Applicant: Mr. Bruce Shackleford, Little Rock, Arkansas.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (trap, survey, and monitor) 
American burying beetles (Nicrophorus americanus) to document new 
populations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. These 
activities are proposed for the purpose of enhancement of survival of 
the species.
PRT-750477 (Renewal)
Applicant: Mr. Gerald B. Pottern, Robert J. Goldstein and Associates, 
Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (collect dead shells) of 
dwarf wedge mussel (Alasmidonta heterodon) in North Carolina for the 
purpose of enhancement of survival of the species.
PRT-769270 (Renewal)
Applicant: Mr. Gerald B. Pottern, Robert J. Goldstein and Associates, 
Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture using sienes) the 
Cape Fear shiner (Notropis mekistocholas) in North Carolina for the 
purpose of enhancement of survival of the species.
PRT-697819
Applicant: Fish and Wildlife Service, Atlanta, Georgia.

    The applicant requests an amendment to their current permit to 
include take activities for the following species if and when they 
become federally protected as endangered or threatened under the 
Endangered Species Act:

Alabama sturgeon--Scaphirhynchus suttkusi
Appalachian elktoe-- Alasmidonta raveneliana
ortegon--Coccoloba rugosa
uvillo--Eugenia haematocarpa
no common name--Mitracarpus maxwelliae
no common name--Mitracarpus polycladus
no common name--Eugenia woodburyana
no common name--Gesneria pauciflora
chupacallos--Pleodendron macranthum
Cherokee darter--Etheostoma (Ulocentra) sp.
Etowah darter--Etheostoma etowahae
rock gnome lichen--Gymnoderma lineare
rock cress--Arabis perstellata
Arkansas River shiner--Notropis girardi
Jaguar--Panthera onca
Puerto Rican broad-winged hawk--Buteo platypterus brunnescens
Puerto Rican sharp-shinned hawk--Accipiter striatus venator
West Indian whistling duck--Dendrocygna arborea
Spruce-fir moss spider--Microhexura montivaga
St. Francis satyr--Neonympha mitchellii francisci
Stones River bladderpod--Lesquerella stonensis
Spring Creek bladderpod--Lesquerella perforata
Cumberland elktoe--Alasmidonta atropurpurea
Oyster mussel--Epioblasma capsaeformis
Cumberlandian combshell--Epioblasma brevidens
Purple bean--Villosa perpurpurea
Rough rabbitsfoot--Quadrula cylindrica strigillata
Chipola slabshell--Elliptio chipolaensis
purple bankclimber--Elliptiodeus sloatianus
fat three-ridge--Amblema neislerii
shiny-rayed pocketbook--Lampsilis subangulata
Gulf moccasinshell--Medionidus penicillatus
Ochlockonee moccasinshell--Medionidus simpsonianus
oval pigtoe--Pleurobema pyriforme
Armored snail--Pyrgulopsis (=Marstonia) pachyta
Eggert's sunflower--Helianthus eggertii

    The purpose of adding the species to the current permit will be to 
conduct scientific research and enhancement of propagation or survival 
of the species as prescribed by Fish and Wildlife Service recovery 
documents.
    Written data or comments on any of these applications should be 
submitted to: Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 
Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, Georgia 30345. All data and 
comments must be received by the Regional Director within 30 days of 
the date of this publication.
    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 to the following office within 30 
days of the date of publication of this notice: U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, 1875 Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, Georgia 30345 
(Attn: Permit Coordinator). Telephone: 404/679-7110; Fax: 404/679-7081.

    Dated: June 30, 1994.
John R. Eadie,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 94-16534 Filed 7-7-94; 8:45 am]
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