[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]


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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-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

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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]
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