[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 23, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55012-55013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27140]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


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. 820022

Applicant: Gary Lee Galbraith, Austin, Texas.

    The applicant requests a permit to conduct population surveys for 
the golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) and black-capped 
vireo (Vireo atricapillus) in Travis, Bosque, and Hill Counties, Texas; 
and piping plover (Charadrius melodus) along the Channel to Port 
Mansfield, Willacy County, Texas.

Permit No. 820062

Applicant: Ellen DeBruin, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    The applicant requests a permit to survey, census, and document 
newly discovered populations of Kuenzler's hedgehog cactus 
(Echinocereus fendleri var. kuenzleri) on Fort Stanton Reservation, New 
Mexico.

Permit No. 820085

Applicant: T. James Fries, Austin, Texas.

    The applicant requests a permit to conduct surveys, map previously 
unknown populations, photograph, and monitor populations throughout the 
26 counties within the Texas Hill Country Bioreserve's area of 
responsibility in Texas for the Tobusch fishhook cactus (Ancistrocactus 
tobuschii), Texas snowbells (Styrax texana), South Texas ambrosia 
(Ambrosia cheiranthifolia), and slender rush pea (Hoffmanseggia 
tenella).

Permit No. 820119

Applicant: Dr. Carol McIvor, Tucson, Arizona.

    The applicant requests a permit to capture, tag, and determine 
spawning migration movements of the flannelmouth sucker (Catostomus 
latipinnis), a non-listed species. If either the humpback chub (Gila 
cypha) and/or razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) (both listed 
species) are inadvertently captured, they will be returned to the water 
unharmed. Fish will be caught in the following tributaries of the 
Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park: Paria River, Little 
Colorado River, Havasu Creek, Kanab Creek and Bright Angel Creek.

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Permit No. 820283

Applicant: Dr. David M. Leslie, Stillwater, Oklahoma.

    The applicant requests a permit to collect 30 leopard darters 
(Percina pantherina) for research studies to be conducted during 1997, 
in the Mountain Fork River, McCurtain County, Oklahoma.

Permit No. 820337

Applicant: Terry L. Myers, Springerville, Arizona.

    The applicant requests a permit to conduct surveys on Arizona 
hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. Arizonicus) and 
lesser long-nosed bats (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuena). Portions of 
up to 50 plants will be collected during 1997 for genetic analysis for 
the purpose of recovery of the species. Lesser long-nosed bats will be 
surveyed by using mist nets for capture and immediately released 
unharmed in 1997 and subsequent years.
    The applicant will also be sampling non-listed fish populations 
yearly with electrofishing, seines, and dip nets in portions of the 
Blue and San Francisco Rivers and Eagle Creeks, and their tributaries. 
Any razorback suckers captured during sampling will be released 
immediately.
    All the above activities will be conducted in the Clifton Ranger 
District in Apache and Greenlee Counties, Arizona.

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
on or before November 22, 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.
    All comments received, including names and addresses, 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. 96-27140 Filed 10-22-96; 8:45 am]
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