[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 151 (Friday, August 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 48010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19757]


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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-30115-0

    Applicant: Bureau of Land Management (BLM)-Safford Field Office, 
Safford, Arizona; Applicant requests authorization for recovery 
purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the southwestern 
willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), cactus ferruginous 
pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum), Mexican spotted owl (Strix 
occidentalis lucida), desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius), razorback 
sucker (Xyrauchen texanus), Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis), 
and lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae) on lands 
administered by the BLM-Safford Field Office in Arizona.

Permit No. TE-22582

    Applicant: Marilyn Murov, Flagstaff, Arizona; Applicant requests 
authorization for recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys 
for the humpback chub (Gila cypha) within Arizona.

Permit No. TE-30902

    Applicant: The Environmental Company, Inc., Santa Barbara, 
California; Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/
absence surveys for the northern aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis 
septentrionalis) in Arizona and New Mexico for the U.S. Air Force.

Permit No. TE-20819

    Applicant: Turner Collie and Braden Inc.; Applicant requests 
authorization for recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys 
and other recovery activities for the Comal Springs riffle beetle 
(Heterelmis comalensis), fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola), and 
San Marcos salamander (Eurycea nana) in Hays and Comal Counties, Texas.

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
on or before September 5, 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,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 2, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
[FR Doc. 00-19757 Filed 8-3-00; 8:45 am]
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