[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 14 (Friday, January 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3471-3472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1449]


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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-20819

    Applicant: Turner Collie & Braden, Inc., Houston, Texas.
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus), golden-cheeked 
warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia), red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides 
borealis), and Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis) in various counties in 
Texas.

Permit No. TE-20844

    Applicant: Engineering and Environmental Consultants, Inc. (EEC), 
Tucson, Arizona.
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum 
cactorum), and southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 
extimus) within Arizona.

Permit No. TE-21340

    Applicant: HDR Engineering, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona.
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 
extimus), cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum 
cactorum), and desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in Arizona and 
Nevada.

Permit No. TE-001781

    Applicant: Lewisville Aquatic Ecosystem Research Facility, 
Lewisville, Texas.
    Applicant requests authorization to incidentally take fountain 
darter (Etheostoma fonticola) eggs during biomass harvest of hydrilla 
in Spring Lake.

Permit No. TE-21563

    Applicant: Debra A. Steinberg, Peoria, Arizona.
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum 
cactorum) in Pima and Pinal Counties, Arizona.

Permit No. TE-800900

    Applicant: Lower Colorado River Authority, Austin, Texas.
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) along the 5 
central Texas lakes and the Colorado River's run to the Gulf of Mexico.

Permit No. TE-800923

    Applicant: University of Arizona, Department of Ecology and 
Evolutionary Biology, Tucson, Arizona.
    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to capture/collect from the wild and/or captive-bred 
specimens of the Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis 
occidentalis), Yaqui chub (Gila purpurea), desert pupfish (Cyprinodon 
macularius), and Colorado squawfish (Ptychocheilus lucius) from various 
sources and locations in Arizona.

Permit No. TE-21847

    Applicant: USGS, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, 
Missouri.
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct scientific research 
using the fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola), the Colorado 
pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius), and the razorback sucker (Xyrauchen 
texanus) using captive-bred specimens.

Permit No. TE-21873

    Applicant: The Nature Conservancy, Texas Chapter, Ft. Hood, Texas.
    Applicant requests authorization to net, band, and survey for the 
golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia), and black-capped vireo 
(Vireo atricapillus) at Fort Hood in Bell and Coryell Counties, Texas.

Permit No. TE-21881

    Applicant: TRC Co. Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico.
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 
extimus) in New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas.

Permit No. TE--21887

    Applicant: Karen L. Dryden, Litchfield Park, Arizona.
    Application requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum 
cactorum) in Pima and Pinal Counties, Arizona.

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DATES:  Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
on or before February 22, 2000.

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.

Susan MacMullin,
Programmatic Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 
2, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
[FR Doc. 00-1449 Filed 1-20-00; 8:45 am]
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