[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 212 (Monday, November 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62314-62315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27546]


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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 December 3, 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: 

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Permit No. TE-834782

Applicant: WestLand Resources, Inc., Tucson, Arizona
    Applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit to allow 
presence/absence surveys for Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris 
yumanensis) within Arizona.

Permit No. TE-077699

Applicant: Charles H. Lewis, Phoenix, Arizona

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-
owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) within Arizona.

Permit No. TE-076050

Applicant: McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, McAlester, Oklahoma

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys for the American burying beetle 
(Nicrophorus americanus) within Oklahoma.

Permit No. TE-078070

Applicant: University of Arizona, Environmental Research Laboratory, 
Tucson, Arizona

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to receive bonytail chub (Gila elegans) and Apache trout (Oncorhynchus 
apache), in order to assess the effects of water quality on the 
endocrine system function of these species.

Permit No. TE-078189

Applicant: Adkins Consulting, Farmington, New Mexico

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys for the following species within 
New Mexico: black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes), southwestern willow 
flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), Knowlton cactus (Pediocactus 
knowltonii), and Mancos milk-vetch (Astragalus humillimus).

Permit No. TE-078127

Applicant: The Dallas World Aquarium Corporation, Dallas, Texas

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to allow education display of the hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys 
imbricata) and Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii).

Permit No. TE-078304

Applicant: Terri L. Symonds, Dallas, Texas
    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys for the following species where 
they occur within Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas: black-
capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla), cactus ferruginous pygmy owl 
(Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum), golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica 
chrysoparia), least Bell's vireo (Vireo bellii pusillus), southwestern 
willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), and Yuma clapper rail 
(Rallus longirostris yumanensis).

Permit No. TE-078347

Applicant: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ajo, Arizona

    Applicant requests a permit for individuals to possess, capture, 
administer health care, introduce, manage, monitor, maintain, and breed 
Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis) within the Semi-
Captive Breeding Facility located on the Cabeza Prieta National 
Wildlife Refuge.

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

    Dated: October 14, 2003.
Bryan Arroyo,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 2, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
[FR Doc. 03-27546 Filed 10-31-03; 8:45 am]
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