[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 158 (Monday, August 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43952-43953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21988]


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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--TE 000894-0

Applicant: Sul Ross State University, Department of Biology, Alpine, 
Texas.

    Applicant requests authorization to take 500 Big Bend gambusia 
(Gambusia gaigei) from springs in the vicinity of Rio Grande Village 
and Boquillas crossing in Big Bend National Park for genetic analysis.

Permit No. PRT--TE000948-0

Applicant: Western New Mexico University, Silver City, New Mexico.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), peregrine falcons 
(Falco peregrinus), and southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax 
traillii extimus) in southwest New Mexico.

Permit No. PRT--814933

Applicant: Texas Parks and Wildlife, Austin, Texas.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct activities for 
scientific research and recovery purposes for black-capped vireos 
(Vireo atricapillus), Texas blind salamanders (Typhlomolge rathbuni), 
San Marcos salamanders (Eurycea nana), Barton Springs salamanders 
(Eurycea sosorum), San Marcos gambusia (Gambusia georgei), fountain 
darter (Etheostoma fonticola), Texas wildrice (Zizania texana), Comal 
Springs riffle beetles (Heterelmis comalensis), Chisos Mountain 
hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus chisoensos), Lloyd's mariposa cactus 
(=Echinomastus (=Echinocactus, =Sclerocactus, =Neolloydia 
mariposensis), bunched cory cactus (Coryphantha ramillosa), Big Bend 
gambusia (Gambusia gaigei), Clear Creek gambusia (Gambusia heterochir), 
Comanche Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon elegans), and Leon Springs pupfish 
(Cyprinodon bovinus).

Permit No. PRT--826091

Applicant: Bureau of Land Management, Phoenix Field Office, Phoenix, 
Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys and monitoring activities for peregrine falcons (Falco 
peregrinus), Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis), and 
cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) on lands 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management, Phoenix, Arizona.

Permit No. TE001623-0

Applicant: University of New Mexico, Department of Biology, Museum 
of Southwestern Biology, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    Applicant requests authorization for research and recovery purposes 
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collect Rio Grande Silvery minnow (Hybognathus amarus) between Cochiti 
Dam and Elephant Butte Reservoir in New Mexico.

Permit No. PRT--813088

Applicant: Bureau of Reclamation, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    Applicant requests authorization for research and recovery purposes 
to collect Rio Grande silvery minnow (Hybognathus amarus) in various 
sites along the Rio Grande River in New Mexico.

Permit No. TE001669-0

Applicant: Southwest Texas State University, Edwards Aquifer 
Resource and Data Center, San Marcos, Texas.

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct activities and salvage Texas blind 
salamanders (Typhlomolge rathbuni), San Marcos salamanders (Eurycea 
nana), and fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola) in the Edwards 
Aquifer region of Texas.

Permit No. TE001660-0

Applicant: Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, 
U.S.G.S.--BRD, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct activities for Gila topminnow 
(Poeciliopsis occidentalis), razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus), and 
Colorado squawfish (Ptychocheilus lucius).

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
on or before September 16, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the Legal 
Instruments Examiner, Division of Endangered Species/Permits, 
Ecological Services, PO 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, PO 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.
Susan MacMullin,
ARD-Ecological Services, Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
[FR Doc. 98-21988 Filed 8-14-98; 8:45 am]
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