[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 20 (Wednesday, January 30, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5583-5584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1605]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R2-ES-2008-N007], [20124-1113-0000-F5]


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 February 29, 2008. Comments must be submitted before midnight 
(Eastern Standard Time) on the date specified in the DATES section.

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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chief, Endangered Species Division, 
P.O. Box 1306, Room 4102,

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Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103, (505) 248-6920.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public Availability of Comments

    Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or 
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be 
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying 
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can 
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying 
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be 
able to do so.

Permit TE-169770

Applicant: New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys of Rio Grande silvery minnow 
(Hybognathus amarus) within New Mexico.

Permit TE-166070

Applicant: New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico.

    Applicant requests an amendment to an existing permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of Gila chub 
(Gila intermedia) within New Mexico.

Permit TE-168189

Applicant: Michael Green, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys of black capped vireo (Vireo 
atricapilla) within Texas.

Permit TE-168185

Applicant: Cox McLain Environmental Consulting, Inc., Austin, Texas.

    Applicant requests a new permit to conduct presence/absence surveys 
for research and recovery purposes for the following species: black 
capped-vireo (Vireo atricapilla), golden-checked warbler (Dendroica 
chrysoparia), Attwater's prairie chicken (Tynpanuchus cupido 
attwateri), Northern aplomado falcon (Falco fernoralis 
septentrionalis), piping plover (Charadrius melodus), red-cockaded 
woodpecker (Picoides borealis), interior least tern (Sterna 
antillarium) and Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis) within Texas.

Permit TE-036436

Applicant: Environmental Planning Group, Tucson, Arizona.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a previous permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for lesser 
long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae) within Arizona.

Permit TE-168688

Applicant: Sarah Itz, Austin, Texas.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys for the following species: black-
capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla) and golden-checked warbler (Dendroica 
chrysoparia) within Texas.

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

    Dated: January 14, 2008.
Christopher T. Jones,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. E8-1605 Filed 1-29-08; 8:45 am]
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