[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 182 (Monday, September 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 50253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25126]


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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-697830

    Applicant: Assistant Regional Director for Ecological Services, 
Region 3, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ft. Snelling, Minnesota; 
William F. Hartwig, Regional Director.

    The applicant requests an amendment to his permit for take 
activities of listed species in Region 3 to add the Illinois cave 
amphipod (Gammarus acherondytes), a recently listed species, for 
scientific purposes and the enhancement of propagation or survival of 
the species in the wild, in accordance with listing, recovery outlines, 
recovery plans, and/or other Service work for the species.

PRT-838055

    Applicant: Ecological Specialists, St. Peters, Missouri; Heidi L. 
Dunn, President.

    The applicant requests an amendment to her permit for take (capture 
and release; collect dead specimens) activities of listed freshwater 
mussels to add to the scope of permitted activities the states of 
Illinois, Missouri, Ohio, and West Virginia and the following species: 
fat pocketbook [Potamilus (=Proptera) capax], orange-foot pimple back 
pearlymussel (Plethobasus cooperianus), and pink mucket pearlymussel 
[Lampsilis abrupta (=orbiculata)]. Take activities are currently 
authorized in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin for Higgins' eye 
pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsi) and winged mapleleaf mussel (Quadrula 
fragosa) for biological survey purposes. On September 2, 1998, a notice 
was published in the Federal Register seeking comments on an amendment 
request to add authorization for take activities in the state of 
Indiana for clubshell (Pleurobema clava), fanshell [(Cyprogenia 
stegaria (=irrorata)], and northern riffleshell (Epioblasma torulosa 
rangiana). 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-TE002722-0

    Applicant: Voyageurs National Park, International Falls, Minnesota; 
Barbara West, Superintendent.

    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture, radio-collar, and 
release) gray wolf (Canis lupus) in Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota. 
Activities are proposed for scientific research aimed at 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 Program, 
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 Program, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, Minnesota 
55111-4056. Telephone: (612/713-5332); FAX: (612/713-5292).

    Dated: September 11, 1998.
Matthias A. Kerschbaum,
Acting Program Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 
3, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
[FR Doc. 98-25126 Filed 9-18-98; 8:45 am]
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