[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29971-29972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7906]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Receipt of Applications for Endangered Species Permits

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The public is invited to comment on the following applications 
to conduct certain activities with endangered species.

DATES: We must receive written data or comments on these applications 
at the address given below, by June 23, 2006.

ADDRESSES: 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, by any party who 
submits a written request for a copy of such documents to the following 
office within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice: U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, 
Georgia 30345 (Attn: Victoria Davis, Permit Biologist).

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Davis, telephone (404) 679-
4176; facsimile (404) 679-7081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public is invited to comment on the 
following applications for permits to conduct certain activities with 
endangered and threatened species. This notice is provided under 
section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). If you wish to comment, you may submit comments 
by any one of the following methods. You may mail comments to the 
Service's Regional Office (see ADDRESSES section) or via electronic 
mail (e-mail) to [email protected]. Please include your name and 
return address in your e-mail message. If you do not receive a 
confirmation from the Service that we have received your e-mail 
message, contact us directly at the telephone number listed above (see 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section). Finally, you may hand deliver 
comments to the Service office listed above (see ADDRESSES section).
    Our practice is to make comments, including names and home 
addresses of respondents, available for public review during regular 
business hours. Individual respondents may request that we withhold 
their home address from the administrative record. We will honor such 
requests to the extent allowable by law. There may also be other 
circumstances in which we would withhold from the administrative record 
a respondent's identity, as allowable by law. If you wish us to 
withhold your name and address, you must state this prominently at the 
beginning of your comments. However, we will not consider anonymous 
comments. We will make all submissions from organizations or 
businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses, available 
for public inspection in their entirety.

Applicant: Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, Miquel A. 
Garcia, Cupey, Puerto Rico, TE125521-0.

    The applicant requests authorization to take (examine, treat 
medically, release, monitor) the Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata) 
while holding in captivity for rearing, performing captive rearing 
techniques, and re-establishing wild populations. The proposed 
activities would occur in the Rio Abajo Commonwealth Forest and the 
Abajo State Forest, Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

Applicant: Barbara P. Allen, Gulf Shores, Alabama, TE125557-0.

    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, identify, 
relocate nest, release) the following species: Alabama beach mouse 
(Peromyscus polionotus ammobates), Kemps ridley sea turtle 
(Lepidochelys kempii), green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), loggerhead 
sea turtle (Caretta caretta), and gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) 
while conducting presence/absence surveys and nest monitoring 
activities. The proposed activities would occur in Mobile and Baldwin 
Counties, Alabama.

Applicant: James Bernard Akins, Jasper, Tennessee, TE125570-0.

    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, identify, 
release) the gray bat (Myotis grisescens) and Indiana bat (Myotis 
sodalis) while conducting presence/absence surveys. The proposed 
activities would occur at the Russell Cave National Monument, Jackson 
County, Alabama and Little River Canyon National Preserve, Dekalb 
County, Alabama.

Applicant: Robert W. Thomas, III, Hendersonville, North Carolina, 
TE125573-0.

    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, monitor 
nests, install inserts, band, release) the Red-cockaded woodpecker 
(Picoides borealis) while conducting presence/absence surveys, nest 
monitoring, artificial cavity creation using boxes and drilled 
cavities, and banding of juvenile and adult birds. The proposed 
activities would occur throughout the species range in the states of 
Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, and Florida.

Applicant: Ouachita National Forest-Poteau Ranger District, Hot 
Springs, Arkansas, TE125590-0.

    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, identify, 
release) the American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) while 
conducting presence/absence studies. The proposed activities would 
occur throughout the Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

Applicant: Robert W. Thomas, III, Hendersonville, North Carolina, 
TE125573-0.

    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, monitor 
nests, install inserts, band, release) the Red-cockaded woodpecker 
(Picoides borealis) while conducting presence/absence surveys, nest 
monitoring, artificial cavity creation using boxes and drilled 
cavities, and banding of juvenile and adult birds. The proposed 
activities would occur throughout the species range in the states of 
Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, and Florida.

Applicant: Jane L. Indorf, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 
TE125595-0.

    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, identify, 
collect tissue samples, release) the Rice rat (Oryzomys palustris 
natator) while conducting genetic research. The proposed activities 
would occur throughout the species range in the state of Florida.

Applicant: Ouachita National Forest, Richard L. Rosemier, Hot Springs, 
Arkansas, TE125605-0.

    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, identify, 
band, release) the Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) while monitoring and 
conducting inventory surveys. The proposed activities would occur 
throughout the Ouachita National Forest in the states of Arkansas and 
Oklahoma.
Applicant: Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc., Brian R. Roh, 
Kansas City, Missouri, TE125620-0.

    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, identify, 
release) the American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) while 
conducting presence/absence studies. The proposed activities would 
occur in Crawford County, Arkansas.

Applicant: USDA Forest Service, National Forest in Alabama, Steve 
Rickerson, Montgomery, Alabama, TE125740-0.

    The applicant requests authorization to take (capture, monitor 
nests, install inserts, band, translocate, release) the Red-cockaded 
woodpecker (Picoides borealis) while conducting presence/absence 
surveys, nest monitoring, artificial cavity creation using boxes and 
drilled cavities, and banding of juvenile and adult birds. The proposed 
activities would occur throughout the species range in the Talladega 
National Forest and the Conecuh National Forest, Alabama. Also, 
translocation, Safe Harbor, and special assignments may occur 
throughout the species range.

    Dated: May 10, 2006.
Noreen E. Walsh,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. E6-7906 Filed 5-23-06; 8:45 am]
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