[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19547-19548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9928]


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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--798107

Applicant: SWCA, Inc., Tucson, Arizona
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for Yaqui topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis sonoriensis) 
within Arizona.

Permit No. TE--009543

Applicant: Mary E. Richardson, Mesa Arizona
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum 
cactorum) on Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona.

Permit No. TE--009926-0

Applicant: Gulf South Research Corporation, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for interior least tern (Sterna antillarum athalassos) along 
the Red River in Texas and Oklahoma.

Permit No. TE--009900-0

Applicant: Biozone, Inc., Prescott, Arizona
    Applicant request authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys 
for southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in 
various counties in Arizona and New Mexico.

Permit No. TE--0005923-0

Applicant: National Park Service, Saguaro National Park, Tucson, 
Arizona
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for cactus ferruginous pygmy-owls (Glaucidium brasilianum 
cactorum) within lands administered by the National Park Service, 
Saguaro National Park.

Permit No. TE--10037-0

Applicant: Colorado River Indian Tribes, Parker, Arizona
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) 
and Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis) in Arizona and 
California.

Permit No. TE--10440-0

Applicant: David N. Stokely, Billings, Missouri
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) in 
northeastern Oklahoma.

Permit No. TE--006141-1

Applicant: Bruce D. Wilcox, Phoenix, Arizona
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) and 
black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus) in Texas and Oklahoma.

Permit No. TE--010441

Applicant: Jones & Stokes Associates, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis), cactus 
ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum), southwestern 
willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), and northern aplomado 
falcon (Falco femoralis septentrionalis) in California, Arizona, New 
Mexico, and Texas.

Permit No. TE--828642

Applicant: Darling Environmental & Surveying, Ltd., Tucson, Arizona
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for Gila topminnow (including Yaqui) (Poeciliopsis 
occidentalis) in various counties in Arizona.

Permit No. TE--800900

Applicant: Lower Colorado River Authority, Austin, Texas
    Applicant requests authority to conduct presence/absence surveys 
for black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus), golden-cheeked warbler 
(Dendroica chrysoparia), Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis), and fountain 
darter (Etheostoma fonticola) on Lower Colorado River counties within 
Texas.

Permit No. TE--820022

Applicant: PBS&J, Austin, Texas
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the Concho water snake (Nerodia harteri paucimaculata) and 
fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola) in Concho and Comal Counties, 
Texas.

Permit No. TE--010472-0

Applicant: Geo-Marine, Inc., Plano, Texas
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the northern aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis 
septentrionalis), peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus anatum/tundrius), 
Sneed pincushion cactus (Coryphantha sneedii sneedii) in southeastern 
New Mexico and west Texas.

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
on or before May 21, 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: The 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

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days of the date of publication of this notice, to the address above.
Bryan Arroyo,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 2, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
[FR Doc. 99-9928 Filed 4-20-99; 8:45 am]
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