[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19237-19238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7435]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Receipt of Application of 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 our receipt of applications to conduct certain 
activities pertaining to enhancement of survival of endangered species.

DATES: Written comments on this request for a permit must be received 
by May 9, 2008.

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 30 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

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Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

Applicants: Bureau of Land Management, Kanab Field Office, Kanab, 
Utah, TE-057401; and Colorado Division of Wildlife, Region 5, 
Durango, Colorado, TE-067482.


    The applicants request a renewed permit to take Southwestern willow 
flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in conjunction with recovery 
activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing 
their survival and recovery.

Applicants: Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Fisheries and Wildlife, 
Blacksburg, Virginia, TE-103272; and, Tern and Plover Conservation 
Partnership, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, TE-070027.

    The applicants request a renewed permit to take Interior least 
terns (Sternula antillarum) and piping plovers (Charadrius melodus) in 
conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' range for 
the purpose of enhancing their survival and recovery.

Applicants: Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Cheyenne, Wyoming, TE-
067397; National Park Service, Badlands National Park, Interior, 
South Dakota, TE-067734; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Prairie 
Management Program, Eagle Butte, South Dakota, TE-069539; and, U.S. 
Forest Service, Buffalo Gap National Grasslands, Wall, South Dakota, 
TE-069553.

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

Applicant: Montana State University, Western Transportation 
Institute, Bozeman, Montana, TE-150365.

    The applicant requests a renewed permit to take Topeka shiners 
(Notropis topeka) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout 
the species' range for the purpose of enhancing their survival and 
recovery.

Applicant: National Park Service, Capitol Reef National Park, 
Torrey, Utah, TE-064680.

    The applicant requests a renewed permit to take Barneby reed-
mustard (Schoenocrambe barnebyi) in conjunction with recovery 
activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing 
their survival and recovery.

Applicant: University of Nebraska, Department of Entomology, 
Lincoln, Nebraska, TE-121912.

    The applicant requests a renewed permit to take Salt Creek tiger 
beetle (Cicindela nevadica lincolniana) in conjunction with recovery 
activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing 
their survival and recovery.

    Dated: March 4, 2008.
James J. Slack,
Deputy Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.
[FR Doc. E8-7435 Filed 4-8-08; 8:45 am]
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