[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56589-56590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23998]


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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-28605

    Applicant: SWCA, Flagstaff, Arizona.
    Applicant requests authorization for recovery purposes to conduct 
presence/absence surveys for the following endangered species in 
Arizona and New Mexico:

Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis)
lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae)
Hualapai Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus hualpaiensis)
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)
cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum)
desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)
bonytail chub (Gila elegans)
humpback chub (Gila cypha)
Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius)
razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus)
Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis)
woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus)
Kanab ambersnail (Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis)
Pima pineapple cactus (coryphantha scheeri var. robustispina)

Permit No. TE-31666

    Applicant: Prewitt & Associates, Austin, Texas.
    Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and 
recovery purposes to collect the following endangered or threatened 
species in Texas:

Peck's Cave amphipod (Stygobromus pecki)
Coffin Cave Mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus)
Kretschmarr Cave Mold beetle (Texamaurops reddelli)
Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine persephone)
Tooth Cave Pseudoscorpion (Tartarocreagris texana)
Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella reddelli)
Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi)
Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta myopica)
Texas blind salamander (Typhlomolge rathbuni)
Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis)
Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea sosorum)

    The following species will not be collected but potentially 
impacted.

San Marcos salamander (Eurycea nana)
fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola)
Big Bend gambusia (Gambusia gaigei)
Clear Creek gambusia (Gambusia heterochir)
Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis)
San Marcos gambusia (Gambusia georgei)
Comanche Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon elegans)
Leon Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon bovinus)
Comal Springs dryopid beetle (Stygoparnus comalensis)
Comal Springs riffle beetle (Heterelmis comalensis)
Texas wild rice (Zizania texana)

Permit No. TE--19458

    Applicant: National Park Service, Organ Pipe Cactus National 
Monument, Ajo, Arizona.
    Applicant requests authorization for research and recovery purposes 
to establish and maintain a refugium to hold approximately 600 desert 
pupfish, subspecies Quitobaquito desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius 
eremus).

Permit No. TE--32576

    Applicant: Tetra Tech EM Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico.
    Applicant requests authorization for recovery purposes to conduct 
presence/absence surveys for the southwestern willow flycatcher 
(Empidonax traillii extimus) in various counties in New Mexico.

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
on or before October 19, 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

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days of the date of publication of this notice, to the address above.

Stephen C. Helfert,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 2, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
[FR Doc. 00-23998 Filed 9-18-00; 8:45 am]
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