[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 2, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 39590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16684]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications.

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SUMMARY: The following applicants have applied for scientific research 
permits to conduct certain activities with endangered species pursuant 
to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 
amended.

DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or 
before August 1, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to the Chief, 
Endangered Species Division, Ecological Services, P.O. Box 1306, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103. 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. 
Documents will be available for public inspection, by appointment only, 
during normal business hours at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 500 
Gold Avenue SW., Room 4102, 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, 
(505) 248-6920.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Permit No. TE-057946
Applicant: USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Flagstaff, 
Arizona.

    Applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit to allow 
presence/absence surveys for black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) 
within Arizona and New Mexico.

Permit No. TE-072498

Applicant: Shaw Environmental, Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys for the following species within 
Arizona and New Mexico: black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes), 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), northern 
aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis septentrionalis), and interior least 
tern (Sterna antillarum).

Permit No. TE-011464

Applicant: Caryn Vaughn, Norman, Oklahoma.

    Applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit to allow 
surveys and collection of the scaleshell mussel (Leptodea leptodon) 
within Oklahoma and Arkansas.

Permit No. TE-054803

Applicant: Michael Larisch, Silver City, New Mexico.
    Applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit to allow 
presence/absence surveys for the following species within New Mexico: 
black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes), southwestern willow flycatcher 
(Empidonax traillii extimus), and interior least tern (Sterna 
antillarum).

Permit No. TE-073460

Applicant: Aaron Flesch, Tucson, Arizona.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys, nest monitoring, radio tracking, 
trapping, and removal of radio transmitters for cactus ferruginous 
pygmy owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) within Arizona.

Permit No. TE-072500

Applicant: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Champaign, Illinois.

    Applicant requests a permit for research and recovery purposes to 
receive fountain darters (Etheostoma fonticola) and Texas wild-rice 
(Zizania texana), in order to assess the effects of fog oil and other 
military species chemical compounds on these species.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.

    Dated: June 19, 2003.
Bryan Arroyo,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 2, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
[FR Doc. 03-16684 Filed 7-1-03; 8:45 am]
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