[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 93 (Friday, May 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22957-22958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11372]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R2-ES-2009-N0091; 20124-1113-0000-F5]


Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications; request for public comment.

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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). The Act requires that 
we invite public comment on these permit applications.

DATES: To ensure consideration, written comments must be received on or 
before June 15, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be submitted to the Chief, 
Endangered Species Division, Ecological Services, P.O. Box 1306, Room 
6034, Albuquerque, NM 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 6034, Albuquerque, NM. 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, Albuquerque, NM 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.

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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-212451

    Applicant: Peter Ortiz, Houston, Texas.
    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys for the following species: Houston 
toad (Bufo hustonensis), Monito gecko (Sphaerodactylus micropithecus), 
green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys 
imbricate), leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), Puerto Rican 
boa (Epicrates inornatus), Virgin Island tree boa (Epicrates monensis 
granti), black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus), golden-cheeked 
warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia), brown pelican (Pelecanus 
occidentalis), interior least tern (Sterna antillarum), Roseate tern 
(sterna dougalii dougalii), whooping crane (Grus Americana), 
Mississippi sandhill crane (Grus canadensis pulla), red-cockaded 
woodpecker (Picoides borealis), Puerto Rican sharp-shinned hawk 
(Accipiter striatus venator), Puerto Rican plain pigeon (Columbia 
inornata wetmorei), Puerto Rican nightjar (Caprimulgus noctitherus), 
yellow-shouldered blackbird (Agelaius xanthomus xanthomus), Attwater's 
greater prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri), California 
condor (Gymnogyps californiananus), masked bobwhite (Colinus virgianus 
ridgwayi), northern aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis septentrionalis), 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), Yuma 
clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis), Cape Sable seaside 
sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis), Everglade snail kite 
(Ammodramus svannarum floridanus), and wood stork (Mycteria Americana) 
throughout the entire range of these species within the jurisdiction of 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, specifically the Southwest and 
Southeast Regions.

Permit TE-212896

Applicant: University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys for humpback chub (Gila cypha) 
within Arizona.

Permit TE-213424

Applicant: Jonah Evans, Boerne, Texas.

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

Permit TE-006655

Applicant: Logan Simpson Design, Tempe, 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 
Utah.

Permit TE-144755

Applicant: Reagan Smith Energy Solutions, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of red-
cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) within Arkansas, Texas, 
Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Florida, South Carolina, 
Georgia, Oklahoma, Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.

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

    Dated: May 6, 2009.
Thomas L. Bauer,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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