[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17068-17072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8488]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Notice of Issuance of Permits for Incidental Take

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Issuance of 229 Permits for Incidental Take of 
Threatened and Endangered Species.

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SUMMARY: Between April 21, 2000 and December 31, 2002, Region 2 of the 
Fish and Wildlife Service issued 229 permits for the incidental take of 
threatened and endangered species, pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended. Of the 229 
permits issued, in the greater Austin, Texas area; 9 were for the 
golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) (GCW) related to the 
Balcones Canyonlands Preserve, and 220 were for the Houston toad (Bufo 
houstonesis) (HT). In addition, between October 1, 2000, and September 
30, 2001, 5 permits were amended, one for several karst invertebrate 
species, and 4 for HT.

ADDRESSES: If you would like copies of any of the above documents, 
please contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, 
P.O. Box 1306, Room 4012, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87103.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leslie Dierauf, Regional Habitat 
Conservation Plan Coordinator, P.O. Box 1306, Room 4012, Albuquerque, 
New Mexico, 87103, 505-248-6651. Further details of these permits may 
also be viewed on the Internet at http://ecos.fws.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 9 of the Act and Federal Regulation 
prohibit the ``take'' of wildlife species listed as threatened or 
endangered species. Under the Act, the term ``take'' means to harass, 
harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect 
listed wildlife, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct. The 
Service may, under limited circumstances, issue permits to authorize 
incidental take, i.e. that is incidental to, and not the purpose of, 
the carrying out of an otherwise lawful activity. Regulations governing 
permits for endangered species are at 50 CFR 17.22.

                                       229 Incidental Take Permits Issued
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                 Permittee                      (State)Species             Permit No.           Date of issuance
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Cornerstone 1.....................  (TX)HT.............  TE-021793-0                            4/27/00
Ehler......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-021561-0                            4/27/00
Sanchez....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-021792-0                            4/27/00
SPS Builders...............................  (TX)HT.............  TE-021532-0                            5/10/00
Cook Classic Home..........................  (TX)HT.............  TE-023593-0                            5/19/00
Walters....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-021659-0                            5/24/00
Hanks and Sims.............................  (TX)HT.............  TE-024872-0                             6/9/00
Tilley.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-023965-0                             6/9/00
Johnson....................................  (TX)GCW............  TE-024873-0                            7/17/00
Comanche Canyon Ranch......................  (TX)GCW............  TE-004683-0                            7/17/00
Crossings, The.............................  (TX)HT.............  TE-024619-0                            7/27/00
Berger.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-027260-0                            7/28/00
Cantrell...................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025654-0                            7/28/00
Hodges.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025653-0                            7/28/00
Cooper.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-027163-0                            7/28/00
Manferd....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025655-0                            7/28/00
Cornerstone 2.....................  (TX)HT.............  TE-026687-0                            7/28/00
Pettit.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025656-0                            7/28/00
Mixon......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-027746-0                            8/17/00
Bush.......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-029602-0                            8/31/00
Macleod....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-009                        9/15/00
Ludwig/Wheeler.............................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-001                        9/15/00

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Miles......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-029947-0                            9/18/00
Broussard..................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-029946-0                            9/18/00
Decker.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-028087-0                            9/18/00
Rush Green Builder.........................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-033                        9/18/00
Russo......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-029605-0                            9/18/00
Aiello.....................................  (TX)GCW............  TE-025965-0-001                        9/28/00
Lake of the Woods..........................  (TX)HT.............  TE-029780-0                            9/28/00
Bastrop Co 4 Low Quality...................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-0-000                        9/28/00
Bastrop Co 42 Medium Quality...............  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-000                        9/28/00
Bastrop Seventh Day Adventist..............  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-003                        10/2/00
Becerra....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-004                        10/2/00
Kummermehr.................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-010                        10/2/00
Seifert....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-005                        10/2/00
Jarrels....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-006                       10/13/00
SEB Circle B Homes.........................  (TX)Karst..........  TE-025997-0-011                       10/13/00
McClure 1.........................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-014                       10/13/00
McClure 2.........................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-015                       10/13/00
Schena.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-029608-0                           10/27/00
MacQueen...................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-021                       10/31/00
Pierson....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-025                         11/21/00
Ligopn.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-014                       11/21/00
Smith, L...................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-024                       11/21/00
Lindenau...................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-023                       11/21/00
Kelley.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-008                        12/1/00
Johnson 2.........................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-027                       12/21/00
Groves.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-026                       12/21/00
Niehus.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-029                       12/21/00
Walraven...................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-033185                              1/18/01
Gilfillan..................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-33887-0                             1/23/01
Gillespie..................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-032                        1/29/01
Stahl......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-032117-0                            1/29/01
Vavricek...................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-028                        1/29/01
Holter.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-030                        1/29/01
Stobaugh 1........................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-0-002                        2/20/01
Steines....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-0-003                        2/20/01
Miller.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-033                        2/20/01
Nira.......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-034                        2/20/01
Sinclair...................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-031                        2/20/01
Walters....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-036                        2/20/01
Parker.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-037                        2/20/01
Gardner....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-035                        2/20/01
Live Oak Homes.............................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-016                        2/26/01
McClure 3.........................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-040                        2/26/01
Cornerstone Construction 3........  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-042                        2/26/01
Havens.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-038                         3/1/01
Young......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-0-004                         3/9/01
Sultan & Kahn..............................  (TX)HT.............  TE-035525-0                             3/9/01
Roush......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-041                         3/9/01
Macafee....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-039                         3/9/01
Advantage Builders 1..............  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-045                        3/23/01
Colter.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-044                        3/23/01
Bishop.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-049                        3/23/01
Miller.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-0-047                        3/23/01
McCluree 4........................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-0-048                        3/23/01
Advantage Builder 2...............  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-046                        3/23/01
Mosley.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-0-006                         4/6/01
Slater.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-0-007                         4/6/01
Mendoza....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-0-009                         4/6/01
Smith, A...................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-0-008                         4/6/01
Hansen.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-0-010                         4/6/01
Casey......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-050                         4/6/01
Wright.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-043                        4/25/01
CT-620.....................................  (TX)GCW............  TE-036095-0                            4/30/01
Skye & Eckert..............................  (TX)HT.............  TE-035908-0                            4/30/01
Beeman.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-035919-0                            4/30/01
DuCharme...................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-053                        5/10/01
Shigo......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-071                        5/10/01
Juarez Construction, Inc...................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-0-016                        5/10/01
Tod Phillips Homes 5..............  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-0-014                        5/10/01
Tod Phillips Homes 16.............  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-1-015                        5/10/01
Tod Phillips Homes 1..............  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-059                        5/10/01
Tod Phillips Homes 2..............  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-060                        5/10/01

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Tod Phillips Homes 3..............  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-061                        5/10/01
Tod Phillips Homes 64.............  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-064                        5/10/01
Haeffner & Rostetter.......................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-063                        5/10/01
Glenn......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-055                        5/10/01
Stobaugh 2........................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-011                        5/10/01
Shen Inc...................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-054                        5/10/01
Goode......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-062                        5/10/01
West.......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-056                        5/10/01
Hinkston...................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-057                        5/10/01
Ingram 1..........................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-0-018                        6/15/01
Conrad.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-073                        6/15/01
Cornerstone Construction 4........  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-113                        6/15/01
Alley......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-0-017                        6/15/01
Brigham....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-0075                       6/15/01
Martinez...................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-080                        6/15/01
Brady......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-075                        6/15/01
Vasquez....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-037190-0                            6/26/01
Harding....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-36096-0                             6/28/01
Gray Mountain, Ltd.........................  (TX)GCW............  TE-037888-0                            6/28/01
Bell.......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-039440-0                            6/28/01
Wirries....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-037191-0                             7/1/01
JRS Builders 1....................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-093                         7/5/01
JRS Builders 2....................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-094                         7/5/01
City of Bastrop, Water Dept................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-0-013                         7/5/01
Kailing....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-090                           7/5/01
Ellington..................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-0-020                         7/5/01
Wright.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-0-019                         7/5/01
McClure 5.........................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-097                        7/27/01
McClure 6.........................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-098                        7/27/01
Greenwood..................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-096                        7/27/01
Howard.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-058                        7/27/01
Holberg....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-100                         8/1/01
Matl.......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-101                         8/1/01
Bastrop County WCID 2.............  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-1-023                         8/1/01
Steiwig....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-099                         8/3/01
Capstone Builders 1...............  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-1-021                         8/3/01
Capstone Builders 2...............  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-1-022                         8/3/01
Cornerstone Construction 5........  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-104                        8/23/01
Whited.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-108                        8/23/01
Fuller.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-105                        8/23/01
Myers......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-109                        8/27/01
Bowman Builders 1.................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-081                        8/27/01
Bowman Builders 2.................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-082                        8/27/01
Tyre.......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-106                        8/27/01
Samaro.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-107                        8/27/01
Burnham....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-111                        9/10/01
Garcia.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-113                        9/10/01
Fernandez..................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-112                        9/10/01
Taylor.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-024                        9/18/01
Serna......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-114                        9/18/01
Holcomb....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-041785-0                            10/2/01
Nicholson..................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-041784-0                           10/10/01
Beathard...................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-046419-0                           10/10/01
Adams......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-041787-0                           10/10/01
La Cantera.................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-044512-0                           10/22/01
Raz........................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-042729-0                           10/25/01
Scarpato...................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-042733-0                           10/26/01
Abell......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-115                        11/1/01
Briscoe....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-120                        11/1/01
Gonzales...................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-116                       11/14/01
Attra......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-1-029                       11/14/01
Creamer....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-1-027                       11/14/01
Vogel......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-123                       11/14/01
King.......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-1-028                       11/14/01
Juarez.....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-1-026                        12/7/01
Beveridge..................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-045264-0                           12/13/01
Woodside Trails Wilderness.................  (TX)HT.............  TE-041786-0                           12/13/01
Alley......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-0-030                       12/21/01
Erickson...................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-126                       12/21/01
Whitfield..................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-125                       12/21/01
McNulty....................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-1-031                       12/21/01
Paradise Land & Cattle Co. 1......  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-1-032                       12/21/01

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Paradise Land & Cattle Co 2.......  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-127                       12/21/01
McClure 7.........................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-132                         1/7/02
Scheuerman.................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-133                         1/7/02
Sheuerman..................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-130                         1/7/02
Ingram 2..........................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-1-035                         1/7/02
Arcy.......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-129                         1/7/02
Akin.......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-045263-0                             1/9/02
Millenium Custom Homes 2..........  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-0-139                        1/30/02
Orta.......................................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025997-1-036                        1/31/02
Alley 4...........................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-0-037                        1/31/02
Alley 3...........................  (TX)HT.............  TE-025965-0-039                        1/31/02
Morriss....................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-1-134                        1/31/02
Hyatt......................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-1-138                        1/31/01
Milliken...................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-1-137                        1/31/01
Alley 5...........................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025965-0-038                        1/31/01
Johnson 3.........................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-1-136                        1/31/01
Gilpin.....................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-1-135                        1/31/01
Clayton....................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-046417-0                            2/14/02
Ribelin Ranch Partners, Ltd................  (TH)HT.............  TE-40090-0                             2/14/02
Jacobson...................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-045267-0                            2/14/02
Little.....................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-045265-0                            2/14/02
Reams......................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-042731-0                            2/15/02
Jones......................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-1-140                        2/19/02
Barnes.....................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025965-1-041                        2/21/02
Patton.....................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-1-124                        2/21/02
Nicholson..................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-049665-0                            2/26/02
Edwards....................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-1-141                         3/4/02
Daggett....................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-1-145                        3/21/02
Godwin.....................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025965-1-043                        3/21/02
Burgan.....................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-1-144                        3/21/02
Tapia......................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-1-146                        3/21/02
Voicestream Wireless.......................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-1-148                        3/21/02
Odom.......................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-1-147                        3/21/02
JRS Builders 6....................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-1-152                        3/21/02
JRS Builders 5....................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-1-151                        3/21/02
JRS Builders 4....................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-1-150                        3/21/02
Jenkins....................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-1-143                        3/21/02
JRS Builders 3....................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-1-149                        3/21/02
Smith, TM..................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-0-092                        3/21/02
LCRA.......................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-046500-0                             5/6/02
Williams...................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-049666-0                             6/5/02
Bartlett...................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-049034-0                             6/5/02
Paradise Lands & Cattle Co 3......  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-1-154                        6/11/02
McClure 8.........................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-1-132                        6/25/02
Maldonado..................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-2-160                        6/25/02
Parker.....................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-1-159                        6/25/02
Russel Park Estates........................  (TH)GCW............  TE-051567-0                            7/12/02
Nichols....................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-2-163                        7/29/02
Travis.....................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-1-158                        7/31/02
Blairwood, Ltd./Silver Oa..................  (TH)GCW............  TE-053021-0                             8/5/02
King.......................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025965-0-012                        8/13/02
Dyer.......................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-2-164                        8/30/02
Yoch.......................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-2-162                        8/30/02
Parks......................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-2-165                        9/30/02
Weinstein..................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-2-166                        10/7/02
Angulo.....................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-049664-0                           10/31/02
Vickers....................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025965-1-47                         11/1/02
Goodwin....................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025965-2-048                        12/3/02
May........................................  (TH)HT.............  TE-025997-2-167                        12/5/02
Laster/Pardue..............................  (TH)HT.............  TE-053011-0                           12/13/02
Bastrop County WCID 2.............  (TH)HT.............  TE-025965-049                         12/13/02
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                                                  5 Amendments
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                   Permittee                        (State) species           Permit No.        Date of issuance
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Sultan and Kahn Partners, Lt..................  (TX)HT................  TE-023822-00.........           12/19/02
Bastrop County 4 Low Quality..................  (TX)HT................  TE-025965-1-000......            7/27/01
Bastrop County 42 Med Quality.................  (TX)HT................  TE-025997-1-000......            7/27/01
Gaines........................................  (TX)HT................  TE-023822-1-1........            2/19/02
Laughlin......................................  (TX)HT................  TE-023822-001........            2/19/02
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Susan MacMullin,
Acting Regional Director, Region 2.
[FR Doc. 03-8488 Filed 4-7-03; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4510-55-P