[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 84 (Monday, May 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 25362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10737]



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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.).
    If you wish to comment, you may submit comments by any one of 
several methods. You may mail comments to the Service's Regional Office 
(see ADDRESSES). You may also comment via the internet to 
``[email protected]''. Please submit comments over the internet as 
an ASCII file avoiding the use of special characters and any form of 
encryption. Please also include your name and return address in your 
internet message. If you do not receive a confirmation from the Service 
that we have received your internet message, contact us directly at 
either telephone number listed below (see FURTHER INFORMATION). 
Finally, you may hand deliver comments to the Service office listed 
below (see ADDRESSES). Our practice is to make comments, including 
names and home addresses of respondents, available for public review 
during regular business hours. Individual respondents may request that 
we withhold their home address from the administrative record. We will 
honor such requests to the extent allowable by law. There may also be 
other circumstances in which we would withhold from the administrative 
record a respondent's identity, as allowable by law. If you wish us to 
withhold your name and address, you must state this prominently at the 
beginning of your comments. We will not; however, consider anonymous 
comments. We will make all submissions from organizations or 
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available 
for public inspection in their entirety.

DATES: Written data or comments on these applications must be received, 
at the address given below, by May 31, 2000.

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: Ken Graham, Permits Biologist). Telephone: 404/
679-7358; Facsimile: 404/679-7081.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ken Graham, Telephone: 404/679-7358; 
Facsimile: 404/679-7081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Applicant: The Maryland Reptile Farm, Reisterstown, Maryland, TE023415-
0

    The applicant requests a permit to purchase a pair of captive bred 
Puerto Rican boas, Epicrates inornatus, from the Heritage Park Zoo in 
Prescott, AZ in order to establish a captive breeding program for the 
species.

Applicant: Forest Supervisor, Daniel Boone National Forest, Winchester, 
Kentucky, TE025674-0

    The applicant requests authorization to take (survey for, harass, 
and in some instances to collect dead mussel shells, plants or plant 
parts for identification purposes only) four endangered mammal species, 
one endangered bird species, two endangered fish species, twenty 
endangered mussel species, and three endangered plant species all 
present or potentially present on the Daniel Boone National Forest. Any 
taking would occur during routine biological surveys and monitoring, 
for the purpose of enhancement of survival of the species.

Applicant: Phillip R Scheuerman, Johnson City, Tennessee, TE023821-0

    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, handle, 
identify, and release during biological surveys), the endangered 
Cumberland monkeyface, Quadrula intermedia, throughout the South Fork 
Holston River drainage in Tennessee, for the purpose of enhancement of 
survival of the species.

Applicant: Michael Catalini, of the CP Jungle, Cordova, Tennessee, 
TE022974-0

    The applicant requests a permit to sell in interstate commerce, the 
endangered green pitcher-plant, Sarracenia oreophila, the endangered 
Alabama canebreak pitcher plant, Sarracenia rubra spp. alabamensis, and 
the endangered mountain sweet pitcher plant, Sarracenia rubra spp. 
jonesii, all which have been reared from propagated stock.

Applicant: Phil Sheridan, of the Meadowview Biological Research 
Station, Woodford, Virginia, TE022690-0

    The applicant requests a permit to sell in interstate commerce, the 
endangered green pitcher-plant, Sarracenia oreophila, the endangered 
Alabama canebreak pitcher plant, Sarracenia rubra spp. alabamensis, and 
the endangered mountain sweet pitcher plant, Sarracenia rubra spp. 
jonesii, all which have been reared from propagated stock.

Applicant: Kathryn Stephenson Craven, Texas A&M University, College 
Station, Texas, TE025759-0

    The applicant requests authorization to accept, possess, and 
conduct bioassays on legally obtained blood, tissue and egg yolk 
samples for five species of endangered or threatened sea turtles. 
Assays would be conducted for protein and steroid hormones, and samples 
would be utilized for DNA and yolk lipid extraction. Samples would be 
legally obtained from researchers at various universities and 
scientific institutions, and through a Texas A&M University cooperative 
agreement with the Cayman Turtle Farm. Authorization has also been 
requested for collection of a limited number of wild green sea turtle 
eggs at the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge in Florida for yolk 
sampling. The sampling and bioassay program would be conducted for the 
purpose of enhancement of survival of the species.

Applicant: Mr. Donald Robohm, Sea Chick Mississippi Inc., Escatawpa, 
Mississippi, TE025761-0

    The applicant requests authorization to take (harass, conduct 
research utilizing non-lethal aversion techniques), the endangered 
brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, at Sea Chick's facility in 
Jackson County, Mississippi, for the purpose of reducing fish predation 
at a commercial fish farming operation.

    Dated: April 24, 2000.
H. Dale Hall,
Acting Regional Director.
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