[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 249 (Thursday, December 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68049-68050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32747]


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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. 820730

Applicant: Robert Sivinski, Santa Fe, New Mexico

    The applicant requests a permit to collect new populations of all 
federally listed plant species that potentially occur in New Mexico for 
the purposes of resource management and plant conservation.

Permit No. PRT-821356

Applicant: Dr. Lawrence E. Stevens, Flagstaff, Arizona

    The applicant requests a permit to conduct laboratory and field 
monitoring studies and collect the Kanab ambersnail (Oxyloma haydeni 
kanabensis) as eggs in egg masses in Grand Canyon National Park and 
vicinity.

Permit No. 821369

Applicant: Rhonda Sidner, Tucson, Arizona

    The applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys 
of lesser long-nosed bats (Leptonycteris curasoae) on Ft. Huachuca, 
Arizona.

Permit No. 821577

    Applicant: Duane Shroufe, Arizona Game and Fish Department, 
Phoenix, Arizona. The applicant requests a permit to allow take of a 
voucher specimen of the New Mexico ridgenose rattlesnake (Crotalus 
willardi obscurus) from the Peloncillo Mountains, Cochise County, 
Arizona for the purpose of documenting occurrence of this taxon in the 
state of Arizona. Applicant also requests a permit to take any resident 
endangered/threatened fish or wildlife listed below for conservation 
purposes, provided: (1) the taking is not reasonably anticipated to 
result in death or permanent disabling of the specimen; (2) the 
speciment is not removed from the State of Arizona without prior 
written permission from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; or (3) the 
live specimen is not held in captivity for more than 45 consecutive 
days.

Birds

peregrine falcon (Falco pereginus)
aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis)
Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis)
masked bobwhite (Collinus virginianus
bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax trillii extimus)
Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis)

Fish

bonytail chub (Gila elegans)
humpback chub (G. cypha)
yaqui chub (G. purpurea)
Virgin River chub (G. robusta seminuda)
desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius macularius)
Quitobaquito pupfish (C. m. eremus)
Colorado squawfish (Ptychocheilus lucius)
Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis)
Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae)
woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus)
razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus)

Reptiles

desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)

Mammals

lesser long-nosed bat (Leptoncyteris curasoae)
black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)
Mount Graham red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)
Hualapai Mexican vole (Microptus mexicanus)
jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi)
ocelot (F. Paradalis)
Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus bailey)
Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis)

Invertebrates

Kanab ambersnail (Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis)

Permit No. 821901

Applicant: Robert Tafanelli, Las Cruces, New Mexico

    The applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys 
of the aplomado falcon and bald eagle in southwestern New Mexico south 
of Socorro and west of but including the Sacramento and Guadalupe 
Mountains.

Permit No. 820062

Applicant: Don Blanton, Hicks & Company, Inc., Austin, Texas

    The applicant requests permission to conduct surveys throughout the 
ranges of the following for scientific and recovery purposes when 
necessary:

Invertebrates

Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion (Microcreagris texana)
Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta myopica)
Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine persephone)
Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (Texamaurops reddelli)
Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella reddelli)
Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi)
Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus)

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Amphibian

Houston toad (Bufo houstonenis)

Birds

bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis)
piping plover (Charadrius melodus)
interior least tern (Sterna antillarum athalassos)
black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus)
golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia)
red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)

Plants

large-fruited sand verbena (Abronia macrocarpa)
Navasota ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes parksii)
Texas trailing phlox (Phlox nivalis ssp. texensis)
slender rush-pea (Hoffmannseggia tenella)
South Texas ragweed (Ambrosia cheiranthifolia)
Texas Ayenia (Ayenia limitaris)
Walker's manioc (Manihot walkerae)
ashy dogweed (Thymophylla tephroleuca)
Johnston's frankenia (Frankenia johnstonii)
black lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albertii)
star cactus (Echinocactus asterius)
Tobusch fishhook cactus (Ancistrocactus tobuschii)
Texas poppy mallow (Callirhoe scabriuscula)
Nellie cory cactus (Coryphanthus minima)
bunched cory cactus (C. ramillosa)
Sneed pincushion cactus (C. sneedii var. sneedii)
Terlingua Creek cat's eye (Cryptantha crassipes)
Chisos Mountain hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus chisoensis)
Lloyd's hedgehog cactus (E. lloydii)
Davis' green pitaya (E. viridiflorus var. davisii)
McKittrick pennyroyal (Hedeoma apiculatum)
Lloyd's mariposa cactus (Neolloydia mariposensis)
Little Aguja pondweed (Potamogeton clystocarpus)
Hinckley's oak (Quercus hinckleyi)

Permit No. 822908

Applicant: Dr. Michael E. Tewes, Kingsville, Texas

    The applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to live-capture (using live box traps), handle, 
sedate, collect blood, fecal, tissue, and parasite samples from, attach 
a 100 g radio-collar to, ear tag and tattoo, hold (for approximately 6 
hours) during recovery from sedation, release unharmed following 
complete recovery from sedation, and monitor the species listed below 
at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, and Cameron, Starr, 
Willacy, Hidalgo, Kennedy, Brooks, Jim Wells, Webb, Live Oak, McMullen, 
Dimmit, Zavala, Maverick, Atascosa, San Patricio, Nueces, Bee, Aransas, 
Jim Hogg, Zapata, Kleberg, and Duval Counties, Texas:

Ocelots (Felis pardalis), no more than 20 total for all locations 
listed,
Jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi), no more than 5 total for all locations 
listed.

Permit No. 822942

Applicant: Gregory J. Tickle, Dallas, Texas

    The applicant requests authorization to conduct population surveys 
for the golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) and black-capped 
vireo (Vireo atricapillus) at various sites in Texas, Oklahoma, and 
Arizona.

Permit No. 822998

Applicant: John M. McGee, Tucson, Texas

    The applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to census, survey, and monitor the activities of the 
Mt. Graham red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) and lesser long-nosed 
bat (Leptoncyteris curasoae).

Permit No. 823089

Applicant: Dr. Ralph J. Gutierrez, Arcata, California

    The applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct field surveys, locate, map the 
distribution of, capture, and immediately release unharmed at the 
capture sites adult and juvenile Mexican spotted owls (Strix 
occidentalis lucida) in New Mexico and Arizona.

Permit No. 823097

Applicant: Dr. Rebecca Reiss, Socorro, New Mexico

    The applicant requests authorization to collect the Socorro isopod 
(Thermosphaeroma thermophilum) to establish a colony for propagation 
and molecular genetic analysis at Sedillo Springs, New Mexico.

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
on or before January 27, 1997.

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.
Joseph P. Mazzoni,
Acting Regional Director, Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
[FR Doc. 96-32747 Filed 12-24-96; 8:45 am]
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