[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 91 (Monday, May 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25965-25966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12325]


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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 and/or threatened species. This 
notice is provided pursuant to section 10(A) of the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1532, et seq.).

Permit No. PRT-826939

Applicant: Jerome Stefferud, Phoenix, Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization to take (using electrofishing, all 
types of nets, minnow traps, snorkeling, and other accepted techniques) 
voucher specimens, and to monitor fish habitats and populations of the 
Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis) in waters on or adjacent to 
the Coronado, Prescott, and Tonto National Forests, Arizona.

Permit No. PRT-827366

Applicant: Dr. Michael Powell, Alpine, Texas.


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    Applicant requests authorization to collect buds, flowers, fruits, 
seeds, spine clusters, and whole plants from the following species: 
bunched cory cactus (Coryphantha ramillosa), Sneed pincushion cactus 
(Coryphantha sneedii var. sneedii), Lee pincushion cactus (Coryphantha 
sneedii var leei) (flowers and/or fruits only), Lloyd's mariposa cactus 
(Echinomastus mariposensis=Neolloydia mariposensis), Lloyd's hedgehog 
cactus (Echinocereus lloydii), and Chisos Mountain hedgehog cactus 
(Echinocereus chisoensis).

Permit No. PRT-827367

Applicant: Levi D. Deike, Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization to handle, measure, tag, and 
immediately release unharmed at the capture site, and monitor out-grow 
activities or razorback suckers (Xyrauchen texanus) and bonytail chubs 
(Gila elegans) from Lake Havasu and the Colorado River south of the 
Interstate 40 bridge on Havasu National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona and 
California.

Permit No. PRT-827368

Applicant: Dr. W.E. Briles, DeKalb, Illinois.

    Applicant requests authorization to captively propagate masked 
bobwhites (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) for the purpose of 
characterization of the major histocompatibility complex (a group of 
loci which have been implicated in disease resistance).

Permit No. PRT-827372

Applicant: Dr. William M. Block, Flagstaff, Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization to monitor populations by 
recording all sightings (date, time, location, activity, age, class), 
capture, handle, band, and attach radio transmitters and satellite 
transmitter units, and release unharmed at the capture sites Mexican 
spotted owls (Strix occidentalis lucida), and bald eagles (Haliaeetus 
leucocephalus) wintering on the Coconino National Forest in Arizona.

Permit No. PRT-827402

Applicant: Dennis M. Herbert, Ft. Hood, Texas.

    Applicant requests authorization to capture, band, and immediately 
release unharmed at the capture sites golden-cheeked warblers 
(Dendroica chrysoparia) and black-capped vireos (Vireo atricapillus).

Permit No. PRT-827369

Applicant: John R. (Rusty) Mase, Jr., Austin, Texas.

    Applicant requests authorization to survey for golden-cheeked 
warblers (Dendroica chrysoparia) in central Texas, and Houston toads 
(Bufo houstonensis) in east-central Texas.

Permit No. PRT-797127

Applicant: Lloyd S. Wagner, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    Applicant requests authorization to add the Pecos bluntnose shiner 
(Notropis simus pecosensis), and the Rio Grande silvery minnow 
(Hybognathus amarus) to his U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered 
Species Permit, and to take limited numbers of these species from the 
wild to monitor the effects of flood control projects and activities on 
these protected fishes.

Permit No. PRT-828234

Applicant: Steven Towers, Redding, California.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 
extimus) throughout its historic range in Arizona, New Mexico, and 
Texas.

Permit No. PRT-798107

Applicant: Kenneth J. Kingsley, Tucson, Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum 
cactorum) in Arizona.

Permit No. PRT-822998

Applicant: John M. McGee, Tucson, Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum 
cactorum) in Arizona.

Permit No. PRT-828640

Applicant: Dr. Lisa K. Harris, Tucson, Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum 
cactorum) in Arizona.

Permit No. PRT-828642

Applicant: Mary E. Darling, Tucson, Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum 
cactorum), southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), 
and the Sonora tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi) in 
Arizona.

Permit No. PRT-828647

Applicant: Dr. Charles M. Mather, Chickasha, Oklahoma.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the Ouachita rock pocketbook (Arkansia wheeleri) in the 
Kiamichi, Little River, and Red River drainages in southeast Oklahoma 
and northeast Texas.

Permit No. PRT-828655

Applicant: Mike Ford, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 
extimus), Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida), and 
peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) on Bureau of Land Management lands 
in New Mexico.

Permit No. PRT-828723

Applicant: Dr. C. Val Grant, Logan, Utah.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 
extimus), and Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida), in Las 
Animas and Costilla Counties, Colorado, and Colfax and Taos Counties, 
New Mexico.

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
on or before June 11, 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, (see address above). 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.
David Yazzie,
Regional Director, Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
[FR Doc. 97-12325 Filed 5-9-97; 8:45 am]
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