[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 47 (Friday, March 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 9483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5523]



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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-811679

Applicant: Arthur H. Clarke, Ecosearch, Inc., Portland, Texas.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle and 
release) Higgins' eye pearly mussel (Lampsilis higginsi) in the East 
Branch of the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien, Crawford County, 
Wisconsin, for enhancement of the species in the wild through 
scientific study of impacts to populations.
    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 29, 1996.
John A. Blankenship,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 3, Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
[FR Doc. 96-5523 Filed 3-7-96; 8:45 am]
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