[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 189 (Tuesday, September 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 51120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25908]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications.

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    The following applicants have applied for permits 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.).

PRT-834589

    Applicant: R.D. Zande & Associates, Inc., Columbus, Ohio; Robert F. 
Madej, principal investigator.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release; 
survey hibernacula) gray bat (Myotis grisescens) and Indiana bat 
(Myotis sodalis); take (capture and release; collect one voucher 
specimen per site) American burying (=giant carrion) beetle 
(Nicrophorus americanus); take (capture and release) Hine's (=Ohio) 
emerald dragonfly (Somatochlora hineana); and take (survey habitat) 
Mitchell's satyr butterfly (Neonympha mitchellii mitchellii) throughout 
their ranges. Activities are proposed to document presence or absence 
of the species for the purpose of survival and enhancement of the 
species in the wild.

PRT-834596

    Applicant: 3D/International, Inc. Environmental Group, Cincinnati, 
Ohio.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release; 
collect empty shells) clubshell mussel (Pleurobema clava) and northern 
riffleshell mussel (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana) and to take (capture 
and release) American burying (=giant carrion) beetle (Nicrophorus 
americanus) and Hine's (=Ohio) emerald dragonfly (Somatochlora hineana) 
at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Activities are proposed to 
document presence or absence of the species 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 on or before October 30, 1997.
    Documents and other information submitted with these applications 
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 x224); FAX: (612/725-
3526).

    Dated: September 26, 1997.
John A. Blankenship,
Assistant Regional Director, IL, IN, MO (Ecological Services), Region 
3, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
[FR Doc. 97-25908 Filed 9-29-97; 8:45 am]
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