[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 43264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21258]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications.

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    The following applicants have applied for permits 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-818186

Applicant: National Biological Service, Missouri Cooperative Fish 
and Wildlife Research Unit, Columbia, Missouri (David L. Galat, 
Principal Investigator).

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) 
Pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) within the Missouri River at the 
mouth of the River (River Mile 0) to Sioux City, Iowa, and the 
Mississippi River from the Iowa-Missouri border south to the Missouri-
Arkansas border. Activities are proposed in conjunction with benthic 
fish population and habitat use studies along the River. Data obtained 
will assist Federal agencies and others in planning activities on the 
River in compliance with the Endangered Species Act and in support of 
recovery of the species.

PRT-805269

Applicant: Dr. Daniel Soluk, Illinois Natural History Survey, 
Champaign, Illinois.

    The applicant requests an amendment to his permit authorizing take 
(collect, live-capture and handle) of Hine's Emerald Dragonflies 
(Somatochlora hineana). The application for amendment requests 
additional authority at sites in Cook, DuPage, and Will Counties, 
Illinois, and in Door County, Wisconsin. Proposed activities are for 
the purpose of enhancement of survival of the species through 
scientific research.
    Written data or comments should be submitted to the Regional 
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Ecological 
Service 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 these applications 
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 Ecological Services Operations, 1 Federal Drive, Fort 
Snelling, Minnesota 55111-4056. Telephone: (612/725-3536 x250); FAX: 
(612/725-3526).

    Dated: August 15, 1996.
T. J. Miller,
Acting Assistant, Regional Director, IL, IN, MO (Ecological Services), 
Region 3, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
[FR Doc. 96-21258 Filed 8-20-96; 8:45 am]
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