[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 6860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3869]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Application

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application.

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    The following applicant has 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-811008

    Applicant: Dr. Daniel J. Hornbach, Macalester College, St. Paul, 
Minnesota.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle and 
release; collect dead specimens) Higgins' eye pearly mussel (Lampsilis 
higginsi) and winged mapleleaf mussel (Quadrula fragosa) in the St. 
Croix River between Riverside, Wisconsin, and its confluence with the 
Mississippi River. Proposed activities are expected to result in 
population status information that will be useful in recovery of the 
species.
    Written data or comments should be submitted to the Regional 
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Endangered 
Species, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, Minnesota 55111-4056, and must 
be received within 30 days of the date of this publication.
    Documents and other information submitted with this application are 
available for review 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, 
Division of Endangered Species, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, 
Minnesota 55111-4056. Telephone: (612/725-3536 x250); FAX: (612/725-
3526).

    Dated: February 14, 1996.
Matthias A. Kerschbaum,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 3, Fish 
and Wildlife Service, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
[FR Doc. 96-3869 Filed 2-21-96; 8:45 am]
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