[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 179 (Thursday, September 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 47814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-22377]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R2-ES-2009-N189; 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 October 19, 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. 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-829996

Applicant: Houston Zoo, Houston, Texas.

    Applicant requests an amendment to their current permit for 
research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys of 
jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi cacomitli) within Texas.

Permit TE-051832

Applicant: The Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix, Arizona.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit to capture and 
breed Mt. Graham red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis) to 
be held in the zoo and eventually released back into the wild.

Permit TE-225730

Applicant: Scott Cutler, El Paso, Texas.

    Applicant requests a new permit for education purposes to display 
skeletons and skins of salvaged California condors (Gymnogyps 
californianus) at the Centennial Museum within the University of Texas 
at El Paso.

Permit TE-226653

Applicant: The Arboretum at Flagstaff, Flagstaff, Arizona.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys of the following plants: sentry 
milk-vetch (Astragalus cremnophylax var. cremnophylax), Mancos milk-
vetch (Astragalus humillimus), Arizona cliffrose (Purshia subintegra), 
and autumn buttercup (Ranunculus aestivalis) within New Mexico, 
Arizona, and Utah.

Permit TE-192855

Applicant: Amnis Opes Institute, LLC., Cornvallis, Oregon.

    Applicant request a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys of humpback chub (Gila cypha) 
within the Colorado River, Arizona.

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

    Dated: September 10, 2009.
Brian Millsap,
Regional Director, Southwest Region, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. E9-22377 Filed 9-16-09; 8:45 am]
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