[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34302-34303]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16606]


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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(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.).

Permit No. PRT-821577

Applicant: Duane Shroufe, Phoenix, Arizona.

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

Permit No. PRT-819531

Applicant: Russell B. Duncan, Phoenix, Arizona.

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

Permit No. PRT-828823

Applicant: Dr. Bryon K. Clarke, Durant, Oklahoma.

    Applicant requests authorization to survey for, capture, and 
release unharmed at capture sites Ozark big-eared bats (Plecotus 
townsendii ingens), Indiana gray bats (Myotis sodalis), and gray bats 
(Myotis grisescens) occurring in Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Cherokee, 
Choctaw, Delaware, Johnston, Latimer, LeFlore, Marshall, McCurtain, 
Ottawa, Pushmataha, and Sequoyah Counties, Oklahoma.

Permit No. PRT-828830

Applicant: Jeffrey R. Simms, Tucson, Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization to survey, take, handle, measure, 
weigh, photograph, and immediately release unharmed at capture sites 
lesser long-nosed bats (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuena), Gila 
topminnows (Poeciliopsis occidentalis), desert pupfish (Cyprinodon 
macularius), woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus), Virgin River chub 
(Gila robusta seminuda), and razorback suckers (Xyrauchen texanus).

Permit No. PRT-828916

Applicant: Becky Yeager, Logan, Utah.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii 
extimus) between the mouth of the Virgin River Gorge near Littlefield, 
Arizona, to the Arizona side of Lake Mead.

Permit No. PRT-829362

Applicant: Dr. Bruce Thompson, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct a nest watch program 
for bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) and to survey for 
southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) in New 
Mexico.

Permit No. PRT-829114

Applicant: Dr. Joyce Maschinski, Flagstaff, Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization to collect the following seedheads 
from Arizona cliffrose (Purshia subintegra) in the Verde Valley, 
Arizona; seedheads from San Francisco Peaks groundsel (Senecio 
franciscanus) from the San Francisco Peaks, Arizona; cuttings from the 
Todsen's pennyroyal (Hedeoma todsenii) in the Sacramento Mountains, New 
Mexico; fruits from the Holy Ghost ipomopsis (Ipomopsis sanctispiritus) 
from Holy Ghost Canyon, New Mexico; and fruits from Sacramento prickly-
poppy (Argemone pleiacantha ssp. pinnathisects) in each of the 7 
drainages on the west side of the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico.

Permit No. PRT-829118

Applicant: Deborah M. Finch, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii 
extimus) at the Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque, and at the 
Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in Socorro, New Mexico.

Permit No. PRT-829191

Applicant: Jerry D. Fife, Laveen, Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization to obtain radiated (Geochelone 
radiata) and Galapagos (Geochelone elephantopus) tortoises and breed 
them in Arizona.

Permit No. PRT-829243

Applicant: Amy M. Kear, Los Lunas, New Mexico.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii 
extimus) within New Mexico.

Permit No. PRT-829281

Applicant: Charles J. Burt, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii 
extimus), aplomado falcons (Falco femoralis septentrionalis), Mexican 
spotted owls (Strix occidentals lucida), peregrine falcons (Falco 
pereginus anatum), and cactus ferruginous pygmy-owls (Glaucidium 
brasilianum cactorum) in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

Permit No. PRT-829960

Applicant: Jonathan Thompson, Kingsville, Texas.

    Applicant requests authorization to survey for, band, and radio-
mark piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) along the southern Gulf Coast 
of Texas.

Permit No. PRT-828963

Applicant: Dr. Stuart Henry Woods, Warner, Oklahoma.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) in 
Muskogee County, Oklahoma.

Permit No. PRT-829761

Applicant: Linda Rundell, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for aplomado falcons (Falco femoralis septentrionalis), 
peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus), southwestern willow flycatchers 
(Empidonax traillii extimus), and Mexican spotted owls (Strix

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occidentals lucida) in Las Cruces District Lands of the Bureau of Land 
Management in New Mexico.

Permit No. PRT-829855

Applicant: Timothy G. Baumann, Evergreen, Colorado.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii 
extimus) in New Mexico and Arizona.

Permit No. PRT-829996

Applicant: Richard A. Bayer, Houston, Texas.

    Applicant requests authorization to acquire and maintain a 
hawksbill sea turtle (Eretomochelys imbricata) and 2 Kemp's ridley sea 
turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) at the Houston Zoological Gardens.

Permit No. PRT-830177

Applicant: Anthony F. Amos, Port Aransas, Texas.

    Applicant requests authorization to rescue and/or receive, 
transport, and maintain for rehabilitation purposes at the Marine 
Science Institute, sick and injured specimens of the following 
protected species: green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), Kemp's ridley sea 
turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), 
hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), and the leatherback sea 
turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). Rehabilitated sea turtles will be 
released back into the wild at location of capture. Applicant also 
requests authorization to salvage and necropsy dead specimens.

Permit No. PRT-829943

Applicant: John Axtell, Minden, Nevada.

    Applicant requests authorization to obtain and breed masked 
bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) for scientific research 
and recovery purposes.

Permit No. PRT-829995

Applicant: Richard W. Buickerood, Dallas, Texas.

    Applicant requests authorization to obtain 100 fountain darters 
(Etheostoma fonticola) for educational display purposes from the San 
Marcos National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center in San Marcos, 
Texas for the Dallas Zoo and Dallas Aquarium.

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
by July 25, 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.
Lynn B. Starnes,
Regional Director, Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
[FR Doc. 97-16606 Filed 6-24-97; 8:45 am]
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