[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 161 (Friday, August 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51705-51706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19109]


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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 September 20, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to the Chief, 
Endangered Species Division, Ecological Services, P.O. Box 1306, Room 
4102, 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 Ave. 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-837751

    Applicant: Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix, Arizona.
    Applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit to allow 
presence/absence surveys for the Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris 
yumanensis) within Arizona.

Permit No. TE-829996

    Applicant: Houston Zoo, Houston, Texas.
    Applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit to allow 
educational display and captive propagation of the following species, 
at appropriate Houston Zoo facilities: Big Bend gambusia (Gambusia 
gaigei), Comanche Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon elegans), and Leon 
Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon bovines).

Permit No. TE-813088

    Applicant: Bureau of Reclamation, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
    Applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit to allow 
presence/absence surveys and nest monitoring for the interior least 
tern (Sterna antillarum) within New Mexico.

Permit No. TE-022190

    Applicant: Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona.
    Applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit to allow 
educational display and captive propagation of the Mount Graham red 
squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis) at appropriate Arizona-
Sonora Desert Museum facilities.

Permit No. TE-091673

    Applicant: Madeline Terry, Denver, Colorado.
    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys for the southwestern willow 
flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) within Arizona, Colorado, New 
Mexico, and Utah.

Permit No. TE-091552

    Applicant: Zane Homesley, Kyle, Texas.
    Application requests a new permit for research and recovery 
purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the following species 
within Texas: black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus), golden-cheeked 
warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia), southwestern willow flycatcher 
(Empidonax traillii extimus), and Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis).

Permit No. TE-091844

    Applicant: Jeff Howard, Braggs, 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.

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


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    Dated: August 11, 2004.
Stuart Leon,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 2, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
[FR Doc. 04-19109 Filed 8-19-04; 8:45 am]
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