[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 1998)] [Notices] [Pages 248-249] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-77] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications ACTION: Notice of Receipt of Applications. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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-836329 Applicant: Don Blanton, Blanton & Associates, Inc., Austin, Texas. Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for the following species within the state of Texas: Birds northern aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis septentrionalis) black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus) golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Attwater's greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) Amphibian Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis) Mammals ocelots (Felis pardalis) jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi cacomitli) Plants Texas prairie dawn (Hymenoxys texana) large-fruited sand verbena (Abronia macrocarpa) Navasota ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes parksii) Texas trailing phlox (Phlox nivalis ssp. texensis) South Texas ragweed (Ambrosia cheiranthifolia) Texas ayenia (Ayenis limitaris) Walker's Manioc (Manihot walkerae) ashy dogwood (Thymophylla tephroleuca) Johnston's frankenia (Frankenia johnstonii) Star cactus (Astrophytum asterius) white bladderpod (Lesquerella pallida) Permit No. PRT-836371 Applicant: Robert X. Barry, Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range, Luke AFB, Arizona. Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for [[Page 249]] the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) on the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range in Yuma, Maricopa, and Pima Counties, Arizona. Permit No. PRT-819538 Applicant: Paul Sawyer, Bureau of Land Management, Phoenix, Arizona. Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for cactus ferruginous pygmy-owls (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) in Arizona. Permit No. PRT-802956 Applicant: John O. Mills, Walcoff & Associates, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for the following endangered/threatened species: Mexican gray wolves (Canis lupus) whooping cranes (Grus americana) Arctic peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus tundrius) bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) interior least terns (Sterna antillarum) aplomado falcons (Falco femoralis) southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) Mexican spotted owls (Strix occidentalis lucida) piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) Kuenzler hedgehog (Echinocereus fendleri var. kuenzeri) Sneed pincushion cactus (Coryphantha sneedii var. sneedii) Todsen's pennyroyal (Hedeoma todsenii) Sacramento Mountains thistle (Cirsium vinaceum) Permit No. PRT-837577 Applicant: Laura R. Duncan, SEC, Sedona, Arizona. Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) and peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) in Arizona and New Mexico. Permit No. PRT-689914 Applicant: Donna J. Shaver, Padre Island National Seashore, Corpus Christi, Texas. Applicant requests authorization to take necessary measures to protect naturally occurring sea turtle nests on all Texas beaches, not limited to but including the following species for scientific research and recovery purposes: Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) loggerhead (Caretta caretta) green (Chelonia mydas) Permit No. PRT-835115 Applicant: Loretta A. Pressly, Corpus Christi, Texas. Applicant requests authorization to conduct activities for scientific research and recovery purposes for the slender rush-pea (Hoffmannseggia tenella) in Corpus Christi, Texas. Permit No. PRT-799099 Applicant: Dale W. Stahlecker, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Applicant request authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys for, measure, weigh and band for bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) in New Mexico. DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received on or before February 4, 1998. 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. Renee Lohoefener, Regional Director, Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico. [FR Doc. 98-77 Filed 1-2-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-55-P