[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 70 (Monday, April 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18032-18033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9586]


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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 
research and recovery 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--839848

Applicant: Richard P. Braun, Carson National Forest, Taos, New 
Mexico

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii 
extimus) on the Carson National Forest in New Mexico.

Permit No. PRT--802209

Applicant: Dr. Virginia M. Dalton, Tucson, Arizona

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for lesser long-nosed bats (Leptonycteris curasoae) and Mexican 
long-nosed bats (Leptonycteris nivalis) within Arizona and New Mexico.

Permit No. PRT--840014

Applicant: Gail Tunberg, Santa Fe National Forest, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii 
extimus) in New Mexico.

Permit No. PRT--840171

Applicant: Vicky J. Meretsky, Indiana University, Bloomington, 
Indiana

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for Kanab ambersnails (Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis) in Arizona.

Permit No. PRT--840214

Applicant: J. Matthew Tanner, Texas Utilities Services, Inc., 
Dallas, Texas

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for interior least terns (Sterna antillarum) in the Big Brown 
Mine in Fairfield, Freestone County, Texas.

Permit No. PRT--841353

Applicant: Clifton Ladd, Loomis & Moore, Austin, Texas
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the following endangered species in Texas:

Tooth Cave Pseudoscorpion (Tartarocreagis texanus)
Tooth Cave spider (Letoneta myopica)
Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine persephone)
Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (Texamaurops reddelli)
Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella reddelli)
Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi)
Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus)
Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis)
bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
piping plover (Charadrius melodus)
red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)
black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus)
golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia)

Permit No. PRT--820337

Applicant: Terry Myers, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, 
Springerville, Arizona

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys and nest monitoring for southwestern willow flycatchers 
(Empidonax traillii extimus) on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests 
in Arizona.

Permit No. PRT--822998

Applicant: John M. McGee, Coronado National Forest, Tucson, Arizona

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii 
extimus) on the Coronado National Forest in Arizona.

Permit No. PRT--841359

Applicant: Abel M. Camarena, Gila National Forest, Silver City, New 
Mexico

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for American peregrine falcons (Falco pereginus), and 
southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) in New 
Mexico.

Permit No. PRT--799294

Applicant: Paul E. Boldt, U.S.D.A., Agricultural Research Service, 
Temple, Texas

    Applicant requests authorization to collect stem cuttings from the 
wild population of Johnston's frankenia (Frankenia johnstonii) in Starr 
County, Texas.

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
on or before May 13, 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

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days of the date of publication of this notice, to the address above.
Susan MacMullin,
Acting ARD-Ecological Services, Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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