[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 201 (Monday, October 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 55887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27881]


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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 application.

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    The following applicant has applied for a permit 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.).
TE003872-0
    Applicant: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, Rock 
Island, Illinois; Dudley M. Hanson, Chief, Planning, Programs, and 
Project Management Division.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release; 
collect dead specimens) fat pocketbook [Potamilus (=Proptera) capax] 
and Higgins' eye pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsi) in Pools 11 to 22 of 
the Upper Mississippi River, river miles 615 to 300 in the states of 
Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, and Wisconsin for biological survey purposes. 
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 this application 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: October 8, 1998.
T.J. Miller,
Acting Program Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 
3, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
[FR Doc. 98-27881 Filed 10-16-98; 8:45 am]
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