[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 102 (Friday, May 25, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28922-28923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13241]


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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 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.). These take permits are for 
research and recovery purposes.

Permit No. TE-041875-0

    Applicant: John L. Koprowski, Tucson, Arizona.
    Applicant requests a permit to capture, ear-tag, and release Mt. 
Graham red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis) for a 
population ecology study within Arizona.

Permit No. TE-041877-0

    Applicant: Southland Consulting Services, L.L.C., Clinton, 
Louisiana.
    Applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys for 
interior least tern (Sterna antillarum athalassos) in Oklahoma and 
Texas.

Permit No. TE-042679-0

    Applicant: Charles A. Bergman, Tacoma Washington.
    Applicant requests a permit to photograph a southwestern willow 
flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) at a nest site in Arizona as 
part of an education book concerning endangered species.

Permit No. TE-042663-0

    Applicant: Kathleen E. Conway, Grand Junction, Colorado.
    Applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys for 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) within 
Colorado.

Permit No. TE-041874-0

    Applicant: WestWater Engineering, Grand Junction, Colorado.
    Applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys for 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) within 
Colorado.

Permit No. TE-041869-0

    Applicant: The Louis Berger Group, Inc., Santa Fe, New Mexico.
    Applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys for 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) within 
Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, California, and Nevada.

Permit No. TE-042659-0

    Applicant: Marty R. Stratman, Gunnison, Colorado.
    Applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys for 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) within 
Colorado.

Permit No. TE-041873-0

    Applicant: Lynn Cudlip, Gunnison, Colorado.

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    Applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys for 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) within 
Colorado.

Permit No. TE-041868-0

    Applicant: Kevin L. Hamann, Edgewood, New Mexico.
    Applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys for 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) within 
Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado.

Permit No. TE-042958-0

    Applicant: Dwight Chapman, dba, Southwest Research, Boulder, 
Colorado.
    Applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys for 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) within 
Utah.

Permit No. TE-043060-0

    Applicant: ERO Resources Corporation, Denver, Colorado.
    Applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys for 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) within 
Colorado.

Permit No. TE-042955-0

    Applicant: Greystone Environmental Consultants, Inc., Greenwood 
Village, Colorado.
    Applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys for 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), Yuma 
clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis), and cactus ferruginous 
pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) within Arizona.

Permit No. TE-023159-1

    Applicant: SORA (Southwestern Ornithological Research & 
Adventures), Albuquerque, New Mexico.
    Applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys for 
the northern aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis septentrionalis) within 
New Mexico.

Permit No. TE-042662-0

    Applicant: Charles Rex Wahl, Tucson, Arizona.
    Applicant requests a permit conduct presence/absence surveys for 
the following species: Brown pelican (Pelicanus occidentalis), Yuma 
clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis), black-capped vireo 
(Vireo atricapillus), golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia), 
piping plover (Charadrius melodus), cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl 
(Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum), Mexican spotted owl (Strix 
occidentalis lucida) and southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax 
traillii extimus) within Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico.

Permit No. TE-041879-0

    Applicant: Michele S. Johnson, Houston, Texas.
    Applicant requests a permit to capture and rehabilitate the brown 
pelican (Pelicanus occidentalis) and piping plover (Charadrius melodus) 
in case of an oil spill or if orphaned or injured within Texas.

Permit No. TE-042951-0

    Applicant: Gila River Indian Community, Department of Land and 
Water, Sacaton, Arizona.
    Applicant requests a permit to propagate bonytail chub (Gila 
elegans) for restocking into the Colorado River at Lake Havasu, 
Arizona.

Permit No. TE-042961-0

    Applicant: Marlis R. Douglas, Fort Collins, Colorado.
    Applicant requests a permit to capture, tag, take fin clippings for 
genetic analyses of bonytail chub (Gila elegans) within Arizona.

Permit No. TE-028649-0

    Applicant: Chris Thibodaux, Wimberley, Texas.
    Applicant requests a permit to conduct presence/absence surveys for 
the following karst invertebrates species in Bexar County, Texas: 
Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes venyivi), Robber Baron Cave harvestman 
(Texella cokendolpheri), Robber Baron Cave spider (Cicurina baronia), 
Madla's cave spider (Cicurina madla), vesper cave spider (Cincurina 
vespera), Government Canyon cave spider (Neoleptoneta microps), as well 
as another cave spider (Cicurina venii) and two cave beetles (Rhadine 
exilis and Rhadine infernalis) that do not have common names. These 
activities will be conducted within Texas.

Permit No. TE-041876-0

    Applicant: Loreen Allphin Woolstenhulme, Provo, Utah.
    Applicant requests a permit to collect plant parts, fruits, and 
seeds from the Sentry milk-vetch (Astragalus cremnophalax var. 
cremnophalax) within Arizona.

Permit No. TE-042662-0

    Applicant: Gena K. Janssen, Austin, Texas.
    Applicant requests a permit to collect fruits and seeds from the 
following plant species: Zapata bladderpod (Lesquerella thamnophila), 
Texas Ayenia (Ayenia limitaris), Walker's manioc (Manihot walkerae), 
and Johnston's frankenia (Frankenia johnstonii) within Texas.

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
on or before June 25, 2001.

ADDRESS: Written data or comments should be submitted to the Chief, 
Endangered Species Division, Ecological Services, P.O. Box 1306, Room 
4102, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103; (505) 248-6649; Fax (505) 248-
6788. Documents will be available for public inspection by written 
request, by appointment only, during normal business hours (8:00 to 
4:30) at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Albuquerque, New Mexico. 
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: Chief, Endangered Species Division, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico, at the above address. 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.

Stephen C. Helfert,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 2, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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