[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 37 (Thursday, February 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9291-9292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4370]


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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--797466

    Applicant: Champion International Corporation, Huntsville, Texas.
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct endangered species 
activities for the red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) and the 
Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis) in Texas.

PERMIT NO. TE--22749

    Applicant: SWCA, Phoenix, Arizona.
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 
extimus), cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium basilianum 
cactorum), and Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis) in 
Maricopa, Pima, and Pinal Counties, Arizona.

PERMIT NO. TE--837751

    Applicant: Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix Area Office, Phoenix, 
Arizona.
    Applicant requests authorization for recovery purposes to conduct 
activities for the Pima pineapple cactus (Coryphantha scheeri var. 
robustispina) in the San Javier District of the Tohono O'Odham 
Reservation and the Tucson metropolitan area of Arizona.

PERMIT NO. TE--814841

     Applicant: Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
    Applicant requests authorization for research and recovery purposes 
to collect seeds and voucher specimens from the Pima pineapple cactus 
(Coryphantha scheeri var. robustispina) in El Paso, Texas.

PERMIT NO. TE--23152

    Applicant: Michael Baker Jr., Inc., Midvale, Utah.
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum 
cactorum) in Pima and Maricopa Counties, Arizona.

PERMIT NO. TE--23159

    Applicant: Southwestern Ornithological Research and Adventures, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 
extimus) within New Mexico.

PERMIT NO. TE 822998

    Applicant: Coronado National Forest, Tucson, Arizona.
    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the Yaqui chub (Gila purpurea) within lands of the Coronado 
National Forest.

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PERMIT NO. TE 004401

    Applicant: Robert Schmalzel, Tucson, Arizona.
    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to conduct activities with the Pima pineapple cactus 
(Coryphantha scheeri var. robustispina) at the Arizona-Sonora Desert 
Museum in Arizona.

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be on or 
before March 27, 2000.
    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. 00-4370 Filed 2-23-00; 8:45 am]
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