[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 116 (Friday, June 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30254-30255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15127]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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-815942

    Applicant: National Biological Service, Iowa Cooperative Fish and 
Wildlife Unit, Ames, Iowa (Clay L. Pierce, Principal Investigator).
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) 
Pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) within the Missouri River in 
Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri. Activities are proposed in conjunction 
with benthic fish population and habitat use studies along

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the River. Data obtained will assist Federal agencies and others in 
planning activities on the River in compliance with the Endangered 
Species Act.
    Written data or comments should be submitted to the Regional 
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Ecological 
Services Operations, 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 requests 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 Ecological Services Operations, 1 Federal Drive, Fort 
Snelling, Minnesota 55111-4056. Telephone: (612/725-3536, x250); FAX: 
(612/725-3526).

    Dated: June 10, 1996.
John A. Blankenship,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 3, Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
[FR Doc. 96-15127 Filed 6-13-96; 8:45 am]
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