[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 104 (Friday, May 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 29366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14117]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Application

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application.

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    The following applicant has 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.).
    Applicant: Ronald L. Richards, Indianapolis, Indiana.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (collect, dead shells only) 
the following unionid species in Indiana: Clubshell (Pleurobema clava), 
Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), Ring-pink mussel (Obovaria retusa), 
Winged Mapleleaf Mussel (Quadrula fragosa), Cracking pearly mussel 
(Hemistena lata), Orange-footed pearly mussel (Plethobasus 
cooperianus), Pink mucket pearly mussel (Lampsilis abrupta), Purple 
cat's paw pearly mussel (Epioblasma obliquata obliquata), Tubercled-
blossom (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa), White cat's paw (Epioblasma 
sulcata delicata), White wartyback pearly mussel (Plethobasus 
cicatricosus) Rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), Fat Pocketbook 
(Potamilus capax), and Northern Riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa 
rangiana). Activities are proposed to supplement the collection at the 
Indiana State Museum and to document the former distribution and 
abundance of freshwater mussels in Indiana for the purpose of survival 
and enhancement of the species in the wild.
    Written data or comments should be submitted to the Regional 
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services 
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 this application 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, 
Ecological Services Operations, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, 
Minnesota 55111-4056. Telephone: (612/725-3536 x250); FAX: (612/725-
3526).

    Dated: May 20, 1997.
John A. Blankenship,
Assistant Regional Director, IL, IN, MO (Ecological Services), Region 
3, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
[FR Doc. 97-14117 Filed 5-29-97; 8:45 am]
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