[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 44 (Friday, March 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11303-11304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5795]


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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-838058 A1

Applicant: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Analysis 
Branch, Memphis, Tennessee; Kristin J. Pelizza, Principal 
Investigator.

    The applicant requests an amendment to permit PRT-838058, which 
allows take (capture and release) of fat pocketbook [Potamilus 
(=Proptera) capax], pink mucket pearlymussel [Lampsilis abrupta 
(=orbiculata)], and winged mapleleaf mussel (Quadrula fragosa) in 
Missouri. A request has been made in the current application for a 
permit to allow take (capture and release) of the same species in 
Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee as well. 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-839762

Applicant: Owen A. Perkins, Royal Oak, Michigan.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release; 
collect voucher specimens) Karner blue butterfly (Lycaeides melissa 
samuelis) and Mitchell satyr's butterfly (Neonympha mitchellii 
mitchellii) in the state of Michigan. 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-839763

Applicant: John O. Whitaker, Jr., Indiana State University, Terre 
Haute, Indiana.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, handle, radio-
tag, and release) gray bat (Myotis grisescens) and Indiana bat (M. 
sodalis) in Indiana and Iowa. Activities are proposed for the purpose 
of scientific research aimed at enhancement and survival of the species 
in the wild.

PRT839764

Applicant: John E. Schwegman, Metropolis, Illinois.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (salvage dead shells) 
Alabama lampmussel (Lampsilis virescens), Appalachian monkeyface 
pearlymussel (Quadrula sparsa), Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta 
raveneliana), birdwing pearlymussel (Conradilla caelata), clubshell 
(Pleurobema clava), Coosa moccasinshell (Medionidus parvulus), cracking 
pearlymussel [Hemistena (=Lastena) lata], Cumberland bean pearlymussel 
[Villosa (=Micromya) trabalis], Cumberland monkeyface pearlymussel 
(Quadrula intermedia), Cumberland pigtoe (=Cumberland pigtoe mussel) 
(Pleurobema gibberum), Curtis' pearlymussel [Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) 
florentina curtisi], dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus dromas), fanshell 
[Cyprogenia stegaria (=irrorata)], fat pocketbook [Potamilus 
(=Proptera) capax], fine-rayed pigtoe (Fusconaia cuneolus), green-
blossom pearlymussel [Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) torulosa gubernaculum], 
Higgins' eye pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsi), little-wing 
pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), northern riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa 
rangiana), orange-foot pimple back pearlymussel (Plethobasus 
cooperianus), ovate clubshell (Pleurobema perovatum), pale lilliput 
pearlymussel [Toxolasma (=Carunculina) cylindrellus], pink mucket 
pearlymussel [Lampsilis abrupta (=orbiculata)], purple cat's paw 
pearlymussel [Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) obliquata obliquata (=sulcata 
sulcata)], ring pink mussel (=golf stick pearly), (Obovaria retusa), 
rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), shiny pigtoe [Fusconaia cor 
(=edgariana)], southern pigtoe (Pleurobema georgianum), southern 
acornshell (Epioblasma othcaloogensis), tan riffleshell (Epioblasma 
walkeri), triangular kidneyshell (Ptychobranchus greeni), tubercled-
blossom pearlymussel [Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) torulosa torulosa], 
turgid-blossom pearlymussel [Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) turgidula], upland 
combshell (Epioblasma metastriata), white cat's paw pearlymussel 
[Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) obliquata perobliqua], white wartyback 
pearlymussel (Plethobasus cicatricosus), winged mapleleaf mussel 
(Quadrula fragosa), and yellow-blossom pearlymussel [Epioblasma 
(=Dysnomia) florentina florentina] in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, 
Missouri, and Tennessee. Activities are proposed for the purpose of 
scientific research aimed at enhancement and survival of the species in 
the wild.

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PRT-839766

Applicant: Patrick Redig, The Raptor Center at the University of 
Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (trap, radio-tag, and 
release; and re-trap, remove radio tags, and release) peregrine falcons 
(Falco peregrinus) in the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Activities 
are proposed for the purpose of scientific researched aimed at 
enhancement and survival of the species in the wild.

PRT-839774

Applicant: Michael J. Harvey, Cookeville, Tennessee.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release) grey 
bat (Myotis grisescens), Indiana bat (M. sodalis), Ozark big-eared bat 
(Plecotus townsendii ingens), and Virginia big-eared bat (P. townsendii 
virginianus) throughout the ranges of the species. Activities are 
proposed for the purpose of presence or absence surveys aimed at 
survival and enhancement of the species in the wild.

PRT-839777

Applicant: Don R. Helms, Helms & Associates, Bellevue, Iowa.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, release, and 
translocate) Higgin's eye pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsi) in the 
states of Illinois and Iowa. Activities are proposed to document 
presence or absence of the species for the purpose of survival and 
enhancement of the species in the wild and to translocate as authorized 
in a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Biological Opinion.

PRT-839779

Applicant: Bruce A. Kingsbury, Purdue University, Fort Wayne, 
Indiana.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass through survey, 
capture, hold, radio-tag, and release) copper belly water snake 
(northern population) (Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta) throughout the 
range of the species. Activities are proposed to document presence or 
absence of the species and to conduct scientific research aimed at the 
survival and enhancement of the species in the wild.

PRT-839782

Applicant: Bob Vande Kopple, University of Michigan Biological 
Station, Pellston, Michigan.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (harass through survey, 
capture, and release) Hungerford's crawling water beetle (Brychius 
hungerfordi) in the states of Michigan and Wisconsin. 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 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: (612/713-5332); FAX: (612/713-5292).

    Dated: February 26, 1998.
Matthias A. Kerschbaum,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, IL, IN, MO (Ecological Services), 
Region 3, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
[FR Doc. 98-5795 Filed 3-5-98; 8:45 am]
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