[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 47 (Friday, March 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14190-14191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5806]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Endangered Species Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications.

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SUMMARY: The following applicants have applied for a scientific 
research permit to conduct certain activities with endangered species 
pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, 
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

Permit No. TE-038221

Applicant: Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District, 
Gothenburg, Nebraska.
    The applicant requests a permit to take American burying beetles 
(Nicrophorus americanus) in conjunction with recovery activities 
throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing survival and 
recovery.

Permit No. TE-038344

Applicant: Turner Endangered Species Fund, Atlanta, Georgia.

    The applicant requests a permit to take gray wolves (Canis lupus)

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throughout the species' range in conjunction with recovery activities 
for the purpose of enhancing species survival and recovery.

Permit Nos. TE-038450, TE-038460, TE-038461, TE-038463-038469, and TE-
038471-384501

Applicant: Forty private landowners, Montana and central Idaho.

    The applicants request a permit to take gray wolves (Canis lupus) 
in the nonessential experimental population area of Montana and central 
Idaho to reduce conflicts with livestock operations for the purpose of 
enhancing species survival and recovery.

Permit No. TE-038510

Applicant: City of Wichita, Wichita, Kansas.

    The applicant requests a permit to take Arkansas River shiners 
(Notropis girardi) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout 
the species' range for the purpose of enhancing survival and recovery.

Permit No. TE-038527

Applicant: Scott Campbell, Kansas Biological Survey, Lawrence, 
Kansas.

    The applicant requests a permit to take Topeka shiners (Notropis 
topeka) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' 
range for the purpose of enhancing survival and recovery.

Permit No. TE-038530

Applicant: Mike Fitzgerald, Ecosphere Environmental Services, 
Durango, Colorado.

    The applicant requests a permit to take southwest willow 
flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) in conjunction with recovery 
activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing 
survival and recovery.

Permit No. 704930

Applicant: Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 
6, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Denver, Colorado.

    The permittee requests renewal of this current permit for take 
activities for all listed species in the States of Colorado, Kansas, 
Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. This 
permit possessed by the Regional Director allows Fish and Wildlife 
Service employees and subpermittees to lawfully conduct threatened or 
endangered species activities, in conjunction with recovery activities 
throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing survival and 
recovery as outlined in Fish and Wildlife Service employee's position 
descriptions.
    Written data or comments in regard to the applications should be 
sent to the address provided below. Documents and other information 
submitted in conjunction with this application 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, P.O. Box 
25486, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225-0486 (Attn: ARD-
Ecological Services); phone (303) 236-7400 or fax (303) 236-0027.

    Dated: March 2, 2001.
John A. Blankenship,
Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.
[FR Doc. 01-5806 Filed 3-8-01; 8:45 am]
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