[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 56 (Thursday, March 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15118-15119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5800]


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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 permits to conduct 
certain activities with endangered species. This notice is provided 
pursuant to section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.).

DATES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the Regional 
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, 1 
Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, Minnesota 55111-4056, and must be 
received on or before April 25, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Peter Fasbender, (612) 713-5343.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Permit Number: TE100141.
    Applicant: Melissa Yanek, Madison, Wisconsin.
    The applicant requests a permit to take the Karner blue butterfly 
(Lycaeides melissa samuelis) in Wisconsin. The scientific research is 
aimed at enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.

    Permit Number: TE100143.
    Applicant: Devetta Hill, Zanesfield, Ohio.
    The applicant requests a permit to take the Indiana bat (Myotis 
sodalis), gray bat (M. grisescens), and Virginia big-eared bat 
(Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) throughout Ohio. The scientific 
research is aimed at enhancement of survival of the species in the 
wild.
    Permit Number: TE100148.
    Applicant: Bradley Steffen, Carbondale, Illinois.
    The applicant requests a permit to take the Indiana bat (Myotis 
sodalis) throughout Illinois. The scientific research is aimed at 
enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.

    Permit Number: TE100150.
    Applicant: Neil Bossart, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    The applicant requests a permit to take the Indiana bat (Myotis 
sodalis) throughout seven states within U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
Region 3. The scientific research is aimed at enhancement of survival 
of the species in the wild.

    Permit Number: TE100155.
    Applicant: Sanders Environmental Inc., Centre Hall Pennsylvania.
    The applicant requests a permit to take the Indiana bat (Myotis 
sodalis), gray bat (M. grisescens), and Virginia big-eared bat 
(Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) throughout seven states within 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 3. The scientific research is 
aimed at enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.

    Permit Number: TE100159.
    Applicant: Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri.
    The applicant requests a permit to take the following species: 
Cumberland false rosemary (Conradina verticillata), Cumberland 
stichwort (Arenaria cumberlandensis), Virginia spirea (Spiraea 
virginiana), Eggert's sunflower (Helianthus eggertii), Missouri 
bladderpod (Lesquerella filiformis), Price's potato bean (Apios 
priceana), Nevada rockcress (Arabis perstellata), Leafy prairie-flower 
(Dalea foliosa), Tennessee yellow-eyed grass (Xyris tennesseensis), 
Guthries ground plum (Astragalus bibullatus), and Tennessee purple 
coneflower (Echinacea tennesseensis). The applicant intends to collect 
seeds from the listed plant species within National Park Service 
properties within Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and 
Tennessee. The scientific research is aimed at enhancement of survival 
of the species in the wild.
    Permit Number: TE101191.
    Applicant: Russell A. Benedict, Pella, Iowa.
    The applicant requests a permit to take the Indiana bat (Myotis 
sodalis) throughout Iowa. The scientific research is aimed at 
enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.

    Permit Number: TE101192.
    Applicant: Arthur Howard, Indiana Army National Guard, Edinburgh, 
Indiana.
    The applicant requests a permit to take the Indiana bat (Myotis 
sodalis) at Camp Atterbury, Indiana. The scientific research is aimed 
at enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.

    Permit Number: TE101193.
    Applicant: Robert R. Kiser, Whitesburg, Kentucky.

    The applicant requests a permit to take the Indiana bat (Myotis 
sodalis), gray bat (M. grisescens), Virginia big-eared bat 
(Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus), and the Blackside dace (Phoxinus 
cumberlandensis) throughout the species range. The scientific research 
is aimed at enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
    Permit Number: TE101297.
    Applicant: Catherine E. Brown McCall, Georgetown University, 
Washington, DC.


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    The applicant requests a permit to take the Karner blue butterfly 
(Lycaeides melissa samuelis) in Wisconsin. The scientific research is 
aimed at enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.
    Permit Number: TE091328.
    Applicant: John Chenger, Bat Conservation and Management, Inc., 
Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

    The applicant requests a permit amendment to take the Indiana bat 
(Myotis sodalis) throughout Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, North 
Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. The scientific research is 
aimed at enhancement of survival of the species in the wild.

    Dated: March 14, 2005.
Jeffery C. Gosse,
Acting Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 3, Fort 
Snelling, Minnesota.
[FR Doc. 05-5800 Filed 3-23-05; 8:45 am]
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