[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 184 (Friday, September 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49477-49478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24160]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications.

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SUMMARY: 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.).

Permit No. 819477

    Applicant: Kevin L. Hamann.
    The applicant requests a permit to conduct field surveys, locate 
roosts and/or nests, map the distribution, and monitor activities of 
all Mexican spotted owls (Strix occidentails lucida) located five to 
six miles north of Tres Ritos on NM Highway 518; at the intersection of 
NM 48 and the Rio Bonito in Taos County, New Mexico, and along NM 
Highway 48 between Alto and Angus in Lincoln County, New Mexico.

Permit No. 819489

    Applicant: Tod Hull, Flagstaff, Arizona.
    The applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys 
for the Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) 
along the Upper Gila River Area, and the Redrock area south of the 
Upper Gila River Area in New Mexico.

Permit No. 819491

    Applicant: Michael J. Fitzgerald, Farmington, New Mexico.
    The applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys 
for the Southwestern willow flycatcher in New Mexico and Arizona.

Permit No. 819493

    W.L. Taylor, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
    The applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys 
for the Southwestern willow flycatcher in San Juan Pueblo, Ojo 
Caliente, and Mule Creek, New Mexico.

Permit No. 819528

    Applicant: Patricia Mehlhop, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
    The applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys 
for the Southwestern willow flycatcher in the Rio Grande Valley from 
Velarde in Rio Arriba County to the north end of Elephant Butte 
Reservoir in Socorro County and in the Organ Mountains in Dona Ana 
County, New Mexico.

Permit No. 819531

    Applicant: Russell B. Duncan, Tucson, Arizona.
    The applicant requests a permit to conduct field surveys, capture, 
band, and obtain blood samples from Mexican spotted owls, and conduct 
field surveys for the Southwestern willow flycatcher, Yuma clapper rail 
(Rallus longirostris yumanensis), desert pupfish (Cyprindon 
macularius), Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentalis), 
razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus), Colorado squawfish (Ptychocheilus 
lucius), spikedace (Meda fulgida), loach minnow (Tiaroga cobitis) and 
lesser long-nosed bat.

Permit No. 819536

    Applicant: William J. Schreier, Denver, Colorado.
    The applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence 
surveys, and map locations and territory distribution for Southwestern 
willow flycatchers at Rattlesnake Springs, Carlsbad Caverns National 
Park, Eddy County, New Mexico.

Permit No. 819538

    Applicant: Paul E. Sawyer, Phoenix, Arizona.
    The applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys 
for Southwestern willow flycatchers in Arizona.

Permit No. 819541

    Applicant: Michael Tremble, Gallup, New Mexico.
    The applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys 
for Southwestern willow flycatchers, Mexican spotted owls, American 
peregrine falcons (Falco peregrine anatum), and black-footed ferrets 
(Mustela nigripes) on the San Juan River edges and floodplain riparian 
vegtation at Shiprock, New Mexico and the Navajo Nation in Arizona.

Permit No. 819549

    Applicant: Cisney Havaton, Peach Springs, Arizona.
    The applicant requests a permit to conduct field surveys, locate, 
and map the distribution of Mexican spotted owls; and to acquire 
razorback suckers and transport them to Willow Beach National Fish 
Hatchery for a radio telemetry study on the Colorado River to stock 
into the Grand Canyon within the Hualapai Indian Reservation in Peach 
Springs, Arizona.

Permit No. 819558

    Applicant: Warren B. Starnes, Lufkin, Texas.
    The applicant requests a permit to survey, monitor, capture, and 
band red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) in State, private, 
and National Forests and grasslands in East Texas.

Dates: Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
by no later than October 21, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the Legal 
Instruments Examiner, Division of Endangered Species/Permits, 
Ecological Services, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103. 
Please refer to the respective permit number for each application when 
submitting comments.

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All comments received, including names and addresses, received will 
become part of the official administrative record and may be made 
available to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, Division of 
Endangered Species/Permits, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, New Mexico 
87103. Please refer to the respective permit number for each 
application when requesting copies of documents. 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 within 30 days of the date of publication of this 
notice, to the address above.
Lynn B. Starnes,
Regional Director, Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
[FR Doc. 96-24160 Filed 9-19-96; 8:45 am]
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