[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 156 (Monday, August 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 46504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13275]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Endangered Species Recovery Permits

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability and receipt of applications.

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SUMMARY: We announce the receipt of applications to conduct certain 
activities pertaining to enhancement of survival of endangered species.

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
by September 13, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the 
Assistant Regional Director, Fisheries-Ecological Services, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 25486, Denver Federal Center, Denver, 
Colorado 80225-0486; facsimile 303-236-0027. Documents and other 
information submitted with these applications are available for review, 
subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act [5 U.S.C. 552A] and 
Freedom of Information Act [5 U.S.C. 552], by any party who submits a 
request for a copy of such documents within 20 days of the date of 
publication of this notice to Kris Olsen, by mail or by telephone at 
303-236-4256. All comments received from individuals become part of the 
official public record.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following applicants have requested 
issuance of enhancement of survival permits to conduct certain 
activities with endangered species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.).

Applicant: Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, Department of Wildlife, Fish and 
Recreation, Lower Brule, South Dakota, TE-131398.

    The applicant requests a permit to take black-footed ferrets 
(Mustela nigripes) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout 
the species' range for the purpose of enhancing its survival and 
recovery.

Applicant: Brent Andersen, The Living Planet Aquarium, Sandy, Utah, TE-
131638.

    The applicant requests a permit to possess bonytail (Gila elegans), 
Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius), razorback sucker (Xyrauchen 
texanus), and June sucker (Chasmistes liorus) for public display and 
propagation in conjunction with recovery activities for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival and recovery.

    Applicant: U.S. Forest Service, Nebraska National Forest, Bessey 
District, Halsey, Nebraska, TE-131639.

    The applicant requests a permit to take blowout penstemon 
(Penstemon haydenii) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout 
the species' range for the purpose of enhancing its survival and 
recovery.

    Dated: July 24, 2006.
James J. Slack,
Deputy Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.
[FR Doc. E6-13275 Filed 8-11-06; 8:45 am]
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