[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 43 (Friday, March 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10714-10716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5460]


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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. TE-006882-0

Applicant: David Evans & Associates, Tucson, Arizona.


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    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the cactus 
ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) within Arizona.

Permit No. PRT-826091

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

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the Gila 
topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis), desert pupfish (Cyprinodon 
macularius), lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae 
yerbabuenae), and Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris) on public 
lands administered by the BLM, Phoenix Field Office in Arizona.

Permit No. TE-007231-0

Applicant: Lois Balin, Tucson, Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-
owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum), and southwestern willow 
flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in Pima, Santa Cruz, Cochise, 
Pinal, and Gila Counties, Arizona.

Permit No. TE-007718-0

Applicant: Henry J. Messing, Phoenix, Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the cactus 
ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum), and 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in Graham, 
Pima, Santa Cruz, Cochise, Pinal, Maricopa, and Gila Counties, Arizona.

Permit No. TE-007874-0

Applicant: Sverdrup Civil, Inc., Tempe, Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), Mexican 
spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida), and cactus ferruginous pygmy-
owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) within Arizona and New Mexico.

Permit No. TE-008187-0

Applicant: Stephanie R. Fudge, Huntington, Arkansas.

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the American 
burying beetle (Nicrophorous americanus) in Oklahoma counties where 
construction activities threaten the species.

Permit No. TE-819458-0

Applicant: Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Ajo, Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in Grand 
Canyon National Park, and Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra sonoriensis) 
on Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.

Permit No. TE-008209-0

Applicant: Arizona Army National Guard, Phoenix, Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the cactus 
ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) on military 
training lands within Arizona.

Permit No. TE-008218-0

Applicant: Glenn Arther Proudfoot, Armstrong, Texas.

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the cactus 
ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) within the 
species historic range in Arizona.

Permit No. TE-008233-0

Applicant: U.S.G.S., Biological Resources Division, Museum of 
Southwestern Biology, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    Applicant requests authorization to incidentally capture the lesser 
long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae) and the Mexican 
long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis) incidental to conducting a study 
of the Mexican long-tongued bat (Choeronycteris mexicana) in Arizona, 
New Mexico, and Texas.

Permit No. PRT-797129

Applicant: Arizona State University, Department of Biology, Tempe, 
Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct activities for the following endangered 
and threatened species:

humpback chub (Gila cypha)
Yaqui chub (Gila purpurea)
woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus)
razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus)
Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis o. occidentalis)
Sonora tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum stebbens)
bonytail chub (Gila elegans)
Virgin River chub (Gila robusta seminuda)
Colorado squawfish (Ptycholcheilus lucius)
desert pupfish (Cyprinodon m. macularis)
Yaqui topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis sonoriensis)
Quitobaquito pupfish (C. macularis eremus)

Permit No. PRT-826124

Applicant: USGS, Biological Resources Division, Denver, Colorado.

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct endangered and threatened species 
activities for razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus), and bonytail chub 
(Gila elegans) in the Colorado mainstem and reservoirs bordered by 
Nevada, Arizona, and California from Hoover Dam to the Mexican border.

Permit No. PRT-829114

Applicant: The Arboretum at Flagstaff, Flagstaff, Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to collect cuttings, seeds, and fruits from the 
sentry milk-vetch (Astragalus cremnophylax var. cremnophylax) from 
various locations in Arizona.

Permit No. PRT-798958

Applicant: New Mexico State University, Department of Biology, Las 
Cruces, New Mexico.

    Applicant requests authorization to salvage the following 
endangered and threatened species in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and 
Oklahoma for scientific research and educational display purposes.

lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae)
Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis)
black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)
jaguar (Panthera onca)
jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi)
ocelot (Felis pardalis)
Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis)
Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis)
New Mexico ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalis willardi obscurus)

Permit No. PRT-825591

Applicant: Celia A. Cook, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the bald 
eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) and black-footed ferret (Mustela 
nigripes) in New Mexico and Arizona.

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Permit No. TE-008380-0

Applicant: Alfred M. Boyajian, Atlanta, Georgia.

    Applicant requests authorization to purchase in interstate commerce 
one captive-bred ocelot (Felis pardalis) for recovery and educational 
display purposes.

Permit No. TE-008513-0

Applicant: Arizona Game & Fish Department, Flagstaff, Arizona.

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to collect humpback chub (Gila cypha) in the Lower 
Little Colorado River on the Navajo Nation and Grand Canyon National 
Park, Arizona and conduct activities with bonytail chub (Gila elegans) 
obtained from the Dexter National Fish Hatchery.

Permit No. TE-008365-0

Applicant: Bureau of Indian Affairs/Navajo Indian Irrigation 
Project, Farmington, New Mexico.

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) on the 
Navajo Agriculture Products Industry Land in northwest New Mexico.

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
on or before April 5, 1999.

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.
Bryan Arroyo,
ARD-Ecological Services, Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
[FR Doc. 99-5460 Filed 3-4-99; 8:45 am]
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