[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 179 (Thursday, September 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55834-55835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20877]


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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 October 18, 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-092237

Applicant: Michelle Villafranca, Alvord, Texas

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys and nest monitoring activities for 
the black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus) and golden-cheeked warbler 
(Dendroica chrysoparia) within Oklahoma and Texas.

PERMIT NO. TE-030115

Applicant: Bureau of Land Management, Safford Field Office, Safford, 
Arizona

    Applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit to allow 
educational display and captive propagation of desert pupfish 
(Cyprinodon macularius).

PERMIT NO. TE-092622

Applicant: Gabriel Valdes, El Paso, Texas

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys and nest monitoring activities for 
the following species within Arizona, California, New Mexico, and 
Texas: cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum), 
California least tern (Sterna antillarum browni), least Bell's vireo 
(Vireo bellii pusillus), and southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax 
traillii extimus).

PERMIT NO. TE-820022

Applicant: PBS&J, Austin, Texas

    Applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit to allow 
presence/absence surveys for the following species within Arizona, New 
Mexico, and Texas: cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum 
cactorum), northern aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis septentrionalis), 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), and Yuma 
clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis).

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PERMIT NO. TE-092934

Applicant: James Montgomery. Jr., Roswell, New Mexico

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys and nest monitoring activities for 
the interior least tern (Sterna antillarum) within New Mexico.

PERMIT NO. TE-092933

Applicant: Eric White. Boulder City, Nevada

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct in situ feeding, staging, and spawning studies for the 
bonytail chub (Gila elegans) and razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) 
within Arizona and Nevada.

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

    Dated: September 7, 2004.
Susan Detwiler,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 2, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
[FR Doc. 04-20877 Filed 9-15-04; 8:45 am]
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