[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 10 (Thursday, January 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2405-2406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-979]


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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

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1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.).

PRT-838053

    Applicant: Ohio Division of Wildlife, Columbus, Ohio; Michael J. 
Budzik, Chief.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and breed in 
captivity) Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis). Capture 
will occur in Allegan County, Michigan, and captive breeding will occur 
at The Toledo Zoological Gardens, Toledo, Ohio. Activities are proposed 
for the purpose of preparation for future reestablishment of 
populations in historical areas of the species' range for the purpose 
of survival and enhancement of the species in the wild.

PRT-838055

    Applicant: Ecological Specialists, Inc., St. Peters, Missouri; 
Heidi L. Dunn, President.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release; 
relocate) Higgins' eye pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsi) and winged 
mapleleaf mussel (Quadrula fragosa) in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin 
in the Mississippi River and all its tributary rivers. Activities are 
proposed for the purpose of presence/absence surveys and relocation 
aimed at survival and enhancement of the species in the wild.

PRT-838056

    Applicant: Joseph R. Holomuzki, Ohio State University--Mansfield, 
Mansfield, Ohio.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) 
Hungerford's crawling water beetle (Brychius hungerfordi) in the 
Cheybogan River watershed, Michigan. Activities are proposed for the 
purpose of scientific research aimed at survival and enhancement of the 
species in the wild.

PRT-838058

    Applicant: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Analysis 
Branch, Memphis, Tennessee; Kristin J. Pelizza, principal investigator.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) fat 
pocketbook [Potamilus (=Proptera) capax], pink mucket pearlymussel 
[Lampsilis abrupta (=orbiculata)], and winged mapleleaf mussel 
(Quadrula fragosa) in the following counties in Missouri: Bollinger, 
Butler, Cape Giradeau, Mississippi, New Madrid, Ripley, Scott, 
Stoddard, and Wayne. 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-838059

    Applicant: David E. Kamms, Parma, Ohio.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (salvage dead shells) of 
the following species: clubshell (Pleurobema clava), cracking 
pearlymussel [Hemistena (=Lastena) lata], Curtis' pearlymussel 
[Epioblasma (Dysnomia) florentina curtisi], fanshell [Cyprogenia 
stegaria (=irrorata)], fat pocketbook [Potamilus (=Proptera) plenum], 
Higgins' eye pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsi), northern riffleshell 
(Epioblasma torulosa rangiana), orange-foot pimple back pearlymussel 
(Plethobasus cooperianus), pink mucket pearlymussel [Lampsilis abrupta 
(=orbiculata)], purple cat's paw pearlymussel [Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) 
obliquata obliquata (=sulcata sulcata)], ring pink (=golf stick pearly) 
mussel (Obovaria retusa), rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), tubercled-
blossom pearlymussel [Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) torulosa torulosa), 
turgid-blossom pearlymussel [Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) turgidula], white 
cat's paw pearlymussel [Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) obliquata perobliqua], 
white wartyback pearlymussel (Plethobasus cicatricosus), and winged 
mapleleaf mussel (Quadrula fragosa) in the following states: Illinois, 
Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. 
Activities are proposed for the purpose of scientific research aimed at 
survival and enhancement of the species in the wild.

PRT-838062

    Applicant: Paul R. Burton, Ephraim, Wisconsin.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (salvage dead specimens; 
capture, harass by holding and examination, and release of live 
specimens) Hine's emerald dragonfly (Somatochlora hineana) in Door 
County, Wisconsin. Activities are proposed to document the morphology 
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 within 30 days of the date of this publication.
    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: January 8, 1998.
Matthias A. Kerschbaum,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, IL, IN, MO (Ecological Services), 
Region 3, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
[FR Doc. 98-979 Filed 1-14-98; 8:45 am]
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