[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31875-31876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-12466]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R2-ES-2008-N0081; 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

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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 July 7, 2008.

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, 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-175891

Applicant: Robert Burton, Winkelman, Arizona.
    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys of southwestern willow flycatcher 
(Empidonax traillii extimus) within Arizona.

Permit TE-051819

Applicant: Fort Worth Zoo, Fort Worth, Texas.
    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit to establish 
and maintain captive breeding facilities for Barton Spring salamander 
(Eurycea sosorum) and Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis) within the Fort 
Worth Zoo.

Permit TE-037118

Applicant: Scott Carroll, Tucson, Arizona.
    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) within 
Arizona.

Permit TE-178778

Applicant: Jane Marks, Marks Lab of Aquatic Ecology, Northern Arizona 
University.
    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys of Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis 
occidentalis) and razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) within Fossil 
Creek and Gila Counties, Arizona.

Permit TE-794593

Applicant: Texas State Aquarium, Corpus Christi, Texas.
    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to hold and maintain brown pelicans (Pelecanus 
occidentalis) within the Texas State Aquarium.

Permit TE-014168

Applicant: Peter Sprouse, Buda, Texas.
    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of the 
following species: San Marcos salamander (Eurycea nana), Texas blind 
salamander (Eurycea rathbuni), Peck's Cave amphipod (Stygobromus 
pecki), Comal Springs dryopid beetle (Stygoparnus comalensis), Comal 
Springs riffle beetle (Heterelmis comalensis), and Mexican blindcat 
(catfish) (Prietella phreatophila) within Texas.

Permit TE-051832

Applicant: Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix, Arizona.
    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit to hold and 
maintain the following species: Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus 
baileyi), thick-billed parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha), masked 
bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianius ridgwayi), speckled dace 
(Rhinichthys osculus), Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis), and 
desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius) within the Phoenix Zoo.

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

    Dated: May 1, 2008.
Thomas L. Bauer,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. E8-12466 Filed 6-3-08; 8:45 am]
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