[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 151 (Friday, August 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42957-42958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20262]


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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-014110-0

Applicant: The University of Texas-Pan American, Coastal Studies Lab, 
South Padre Island, Texas

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct specific activities for the Kemp's ridley 
sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii), green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), 
loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta), hawksbill sea turtle 
(Eretmochelys imbricata), and leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys 
coriacea) in various locations on the Texas Gulf coast.

Permit No. TE-14168

Applicant: Peter Sprouse, Austin, Texas

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the Tooth 
Cave spider (Neoleptoneta myopica), Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella 
reddelli), Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi), Tooth Cave ground 
beetle (Rhadine persephone), Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (Texamaurops 
reddelli), Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus), Tooth Cave 
pseudoscorpion (Tartarocreagris texana), in Travis and Williamson 
Counties, Texas.

Permit No. TE-824714

Applicant: Bureau of Land Management, Farmington Field Office, 
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) in San Juan 
and Rio Arriba Counties, New Mexico.

Permit No. TE-798998

Applicant: Horizon Environmental Services, Inc., Austin, Texas

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the following 
federally listed species in Texas:

Black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus)
Golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia)
Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta myopica)
Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella reddelli)
Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi)
Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine persephone)

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Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (Texamaurops reddelli)
Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus)
Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion (Tartarocreagris texana)
Houston Toad (Bufo houstonensis)
Interior least tern (Sterna antillarum)

Permit No. TE-014994-0

Applicant: Hill Country Environmental, Inc., Austin, Texas

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the black-
capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus) and golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica 
chrysoparia) in central Texas.

Permit No. TE-14045-0

    Applicant: University of Arizona, School of Renewable Natural 
Resources, Tucson, Arizona

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to attach tail-mount fitted radio transmitters to 
Mexican spotted owls (Strix occidentalis lucida) and monitor them in 
Pima County, Arizona.

Permit No. TE-820085-0

    Applicant: The Nature Conservancy of Texas, Texas Conservation Data 
Center, San Antonio, Texas

    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the black-
capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus) and golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica 
chrysoparia) throughout Texas.

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
on or before September 7, 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 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. 99-20262 Filed 8-5-99; 8:45 am]
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