[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5609-5610]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2808]


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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.).

DATES: Written data or comments on these applications must be received, 
at the address given below, by March 8, 2002.

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: Victoria Davis, Permit Biologist). Telephone: 404/
679-4176; Facsimile: 404/679-7081.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Davis, Telephone: 404/679-
4176; Facsimile: 404/679-7081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    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 above (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. However, we will not 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.
    Applicant: Jerry L. Farris, Arkansas State University, State 
University, Arkansas TE051013-0.
    The applicant requests authorization to take (remove, tag, collect 
shells, remove glochidia, exam, measure, transport, hold in raceways 
and/or recirculating trough units)the Ouachita-rock pocketbook, 
(Arkansia wheeleri) for the following purposes: To characterize the 
population size, sex ratio, age structure, and associated fish and 
mussel species; to determine gravidity and glochidial release periods 
for currently reported populations; and to determine suitable host fish 
that occur within the Little River and the Kiamichi River. The 
activities will occur in the Little Red River, Sevier and Little River 
counties, Arkansas and the Kiamichi River in Le Flore and Pushmataha 
Counties, Oklahoma.
    Applicant: National Park Service, Big Cypress National Preserve, 
Superintendent John J. Donahue, Ochopee, Florida, TE051015-0.
    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, tranquilize, 
hold temporarily, transport, radio collar, provide medical treatment 
for injury or illness, release, and euthanize) the Florida panther 
(Puma concolor coryi) for the following purposes: To maintain a healthy 
panther population, to assess the habitat potential to support 
panthers, to monitor the effects of the genetic restoration project, 
and to make sound management decisions regarding the increasing 
recreational demands on the resources as well as the proposed 
restoration projects affecting the Big Cypress National Preserve. The 
proposed activities will take place on the Big Cypress National 
Preserve, Collier, Dade, and Monroe Counties, Florida.
    Applicant: Peter Frederick, University of Florida, Gainesville, 
Florida, TE051429-0.
    The applicant requests authorization to take (monitor, capture, 
collect blood, radio and satellite tag, and perform necropsies when 
necessary) 120 young wood storks (Mycteria americana). The purposes of 
the study are to measure the survival rates of young storks for up to 3 
years of age, develop a demographic model, describe movement patterns 
and habitats used by storks, and develop an interactive educational Web 
site for K-12 use. The capture and handling of young birds will occur 
in Dade, Broward, Collier, Monroe, Lee and Palm Beach counties, 
Florida.
    Applicant: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Frank 
Montalbano, Tallahassee, Florida, TE051553-0.
    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, tranquilize, 
hold temporarily, transport, radio collar, provide medical treatment 
for injury or

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illness, release, and euthanize) the Florida panther (Puma concolor 
coryi) for the following purposes: To maintain a healthy panther 
population, to assess the habitat potential to support panthers, to 
monitor the effects of the genetic restoration project, and to make 
sound management decisions. The activities will take place throughout 
the state of Florida.
    Applicant: USDA Forest Service, Bankhead Ranger District, Tom 
Counts, Double Springs, Alabama, TE052205-0.
    The applicant requests authorization to take (survey, capture, 
identify, and release) gray bat (Myotis grisescens) and Indiana bat 
(Myotis sodalis) to determine if maternity colonies are present in 
caves and to determine more accurate dates of entry and exit at 
hibernacula. The proposed activities will take place on the Bankhead 
Ranger District in Winston, Lawrence, and Franklin Counties, Alabama.
    Applicant: Dowling Environmental Services, Inc., Hugh Dowling, 
Mobile, Alabama, TE052208-0.
    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture and release) 
the Alabama beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus ammobates) to conduct 
surveys to determine the presence of beach mice for the future 
development of a Habitat Conservation Plan. The activities will take 
place in Baldwin County, Alabama.

    Dated: January 24, 2002.
Sam D. Hamilton,
Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 02-2808 Filed 2-5-02; 8:45 am]
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