[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 137 (Friday, July 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 38667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19075]


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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-842116

Applicant: Lewisville Aquatic Ecosystem Research Facility, 
Lewisville, Texas.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct scientific research and 
recovery activities for Texas wildrice (Zizania texana).

Permit No. PRT-813889

Applicant: Navajo Fish and Wildlife Department, Window Rock, 
Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus), black-footed ferrets 
(Mustela nigripes), southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii 
extimus), Mancos milkvetch (Astragalus humillimus), and Brady 
pincushion cactus (Pediocactus (=tourmeya) bradyi) in Arizona and New 
Mexico and in portions of the Navajo Nation.

Permit No. PRT-839814

Applicant: Sea World of Texas, San Antonio, Texas.

    Applicant requests authorization to maintain Kemp's ridley 
(Lepidochelys kempii) sea turtles, hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) 
sea turtles, leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) sea turtles, green 
(Chelonia mydas) sea turtles and loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea 
turtles for research and recovery purposes, education, display and 
rehabilitation of sick and injured specimens of all sea turtles species 
from the coastal area of Texas.

Permit No. PRT-842565

Applicant: Cibola National Forest.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii 
extimus), American peregrine falcons (Falco pereginus anatum), bald 
eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), and Zuni fleabane (Erigeron 
rhizomatus) on the Cibola National Forests in New Mexico.

Permit No. PRT-842566

Applicant: Lamar University, Department of Biology, Beaumont, Texas.

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to collect specimens of 25 populations of Texas 
prairie dawn-flower (Hymenoxys texana) from the greater Houston, Texas, 
area and Harris and Fort Bend Counties, Texas.

Permit No. PRT-842583

Applicant: La Tierra Environmental Consulting, Las Cruces, New 
Mexico.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for aplomado falcons (falco femoralis septentrionalis), and 
southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) on Fort 
Bliss and New Mexico.

Permit No. PRT-831540

Applicant: City of San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.

    Applicant requests authorization to collect Texas wildrice (Zizania 
texana) for scientific research and recovery purposes in the San Marcos 
River, Texas.

Permit No. PRT-772084

Appliant: Sunrise Nursery, Leander, Texas.

    Applicant requests authorization to sell in interstate commerce 
artificially propagated specimens of the federally protected star 
cactus (Astrophytum (=Echinocactus) asterias) and Pima pineapple cactus 
(Coryphantha scheeri var. robustispina).

Permit No. PRT-839505

Applicant: Aaron D. Flesch, Flagstaff, Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization to survey for masked bobwhite 
(Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife 
Refuge in Arizona, and the Pima pineapple cactus (Coryphantha scheeri 
robustispina) in Pima County, Arizona.

Permit No. PRT-841838

Applicant: Karen Ritchie, Austin, Texas.

    Applicant requests authorization to survey for nesting red-cockaded 
woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) in Bell, Hays, Travis, Williamson, 
Hardin, Walker, Montgomery, and Walker Counties, Texas.

Permit No. PRT-844147

Applicant: Program on Genetics, University of Arizona, Tucson, 
Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization to collect Arizona hedgehop cactus 
(Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. arizonicus) from the Bureau of Land 
Management-Safford District, Cibola, Apache-Sitgreaves, Coronado, and 
Gila National Forests in Arizona and New Mexico.

Permit No. PRT-828640

Applicant: Harris Environmental Group, Tucson, Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii 
extimus) in riparian areas of Arizona and New Mexico; and lesser long-
nosed bats (Leptonycteris curasoea yerbabuenae) within Arizona and New 
Mexico.

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
on or before August 17, 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.
Renne Lohoefener,
ARD-Ecological Services Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
[FR Doc. 98-19075 Filed 7-16-98; 8:45 am]
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