[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6374-6375]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3041]


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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 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.).

Permit Number TE842503

Applicant: The Organization for Bat Conservation, Williamston, 
Michigan.

    The applicant requests an amendment to existing permit number 
842503 to expand take activities with endangered Indiana bats (Myotis 
sodalis) in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, 
Ohio, and Wisconsin. The applicant has applied for authorization

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to attach radio transmitters to captured bats for research purposes. 
Activities are proposed to further study roosting, foraging, and 
habitat utilization of the species for the purpose of survival and 
enhancement of the species in the wild.

Permit Number TE007350-1

Applicant: The Nature Conservancy, East Lansing, Michigan.

    The applicant requests an amendment to existing permit number 
840112 (new file number TE007350) for the endangered Mitchell's satyr 
(Neonypha mitchellii mitchellii) butterfly. The applicant proposes to 
complete the following activities which may take the Mitchell's satyr: 
(1) research and monitor the distribution and abundance of the species 
and quality of its habitat, (2) control invasive, non-native shrub and 
herbaceous species to manage/maintain suitable Mitchell's satyr 
habitat, and (3) to expand and restore habitat suitable for occupation 
by the species. Take (capture and release, handle, kill) is expected to 
occur in association with proposed activities. Proposed activities are 
for the enhancement of survival 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 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 Operations, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, 
Minnesota 55111-4056. Telephone: (612/713-5343); FAX: (612/713-5292).

    Dated: February 1, 1999.
T. J. Miller,
Acting Program Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 
3, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
[FR Doc. 99-3041 Filed 2-8-99; 8:45 am]
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