[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 27292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12545]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Receipt of Application for Endangered Species Permit

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Receipt of Application for Endangered Species Permit.

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SUMMARY: 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.).

DATES: Written data or comments on these applications must be received, 
at the address given below, by June 18, 1999.

ADDRESSES: 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 to the following 
office within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice: U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30345 (Attn: David Dell, Permit Biologist). Telephone: 404/679-
7313; Facsimile: 404/679-7081.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Dell, Telephone: 404/679-7313; 
Facsimile: 404/679-7081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Applicant: Dr. Caryn C. Vaughn, Oklahoma Biological Survey, Norman, 
Oklahoma, TE011464-0.

    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, identify, 
release, and retain selected voucher specimens for taxonomic research) 
the threatened leopard darter, Percina pantherina, and Arkansas 
fatmucket, Lampsilis powelli; and the endangered Ouachita rock-
pocketbook, Arkansia wheeleri, pink mucket pearlymussel, Lampsilis 
abrupta, speckled pocketbook, Lampsilis streckeri, and winged mapleleaf 
mussel, Quadrula fragosa, throughout the species' ranges in Arkansas 
and Oklahoma for the purpose of enhancement of survival of the species.

    Applicant: Patrick Rakes and John R. Shute, Conservation Fisheries, 
Inc., Knoxville, Tennessee, TE011542-0.

    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture and retain 
for captiv propagation) fourteen species of threatened and endangered 
fish native to the southern Appalachian region and the Atlantic coastal 
plain in North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Alabama. The proposed 
activities will enhance survival of the species by providing specimens 
for restocking in historically known habitat, and to provide specimens 
for pollutant toxicity trials and taxonomic research.

    Dated: May 12, 1999.
H. Dale Hall,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 99-12545 Filed 5-18-99; 8:45 am]
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