[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 251 (Wednesday, December 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80420-80421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-31119]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R2-ES-2008-N0316; 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 under the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act).

DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or 
before January 30, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to the Chief, 
Endangered Species Division, Ecological Services, P.O. Box 1306, Room 
6034, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103. Documents and other information 
submitted with these applications are available for review, subject to 
the

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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 6034, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Please refer to the 
respective permit number for each application when submitting comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Jacobsen, 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-819477

Applicant: Parametrix, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of the 
following species: Rio Grande silvery minnow (Hybognathus amarus), 
lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae), Mexican long-nosed 
bat (Leptonycteris nivalis), and Pima pineapple cactus (Coryphantha 
robustispina) within New Mexico and Arizona.

Permit TE-195991

Applicant: Bonnie Doggett, Austin, Texas.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys of golden-cheeked warbler 
(Dendroica chrysoparia) within Texas.

Permit TE-198059

Applicant: Christopher Taylor, Plano, Texas.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following species: Northern 
aplomado falcon (Falco femeralis), black-capped vireo (Vireo 
atricapilla), and golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) within 
Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico.

Permit TE-198057

Applicant: Blackbird Environmental, LLC, Norman, Oklahoma.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys of American burying beetle 
(Nicrophorus americanus) within Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.

Permit TE-195191

Applicant: Baer Engineering and Environmental Consultants, Inc., 
Austin, Texas.

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

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

    Dated: December 4, 2008.
Thomas L. Nauer,
Regional Director, Southwest Region, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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