[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1810-1811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-451]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R2-ES-2009-N271; 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, or the Fish and Wildlife Service is amending their existing 
permit, 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 February 12, 2010.

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-233201

Applicant: Amistad National Recreation Area, Del Rio, Texas.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys for interior least tern (Sterna 
antillarum) within Texas.

Permit TE-227505

Applicant: Thomas D. Bonn, Lockhart, Texas.

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

Permit TE-841353

Applicant: Loomis Partners, Inc., Austin, Texas.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for northern 
aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis septentrionalis) within Texas.

Permit TE-045236

Applicant: SWCA Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico.

    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for Virgin 
River chub (Gila seminuda) and woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus) 
within Arizona.

Permit TE-232639

Applicant: Dixie Environmental Services Co., LP, Magnolia, Texas.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys for red-cockaded woodpecker 
(Picoides borealis) and white bladderpod (Lesquerella pallid) within 
Texas.

Permit TE-227505

Applicant: Kathleen O'Connor, Georgetown, Texas.

    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys for northern aplomado falcon (Falco 
femoralis septentrionalis) within Texas.

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Permit TE-821577

Permittee: Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, Arizona.

    The Service is amending Arizona Game and Fish Department's current 
permit for research and recovery purposes for the range of activities 
they undertake; including, but not limited to, presence/absence 
surveys, research, and reestablishment of the following species: Kanab 
ambersnail (Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis), lesser long-nosed bat 
(Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae), Mexican long-nosed bat 
(Leptonycteris nivalis), masked bobwhite (Colinus virginianus 
ridgwayi), bonytail chub (Gila elegans), Gila chub (Gila intermedia), 
humpback chub (Gila cypha), Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius), 
Quitobaquito pupfish (Cyprinodon eremus), Virgin River chub (Gila 
seminuda), woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus),Yaqui chub (Gila 
purpurea), Yaqui topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis sonoriensis), 
California condor (Gymnogyps californianus), northern aplomado falcon 
(Falco femoralis septentrionalis), thick-billed parrot (Rhynchopsitta 
pachyrhyncha), black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes), southwestern 
willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), California least tern 
(Sterna antillarum browni), jaguar (Pathera onca), jaguarundi 
(Herpailurus yagouaroundi tolteca), ocelot (Leopardus pardalis), 
Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis), desert pupfish 
(Cyprinodon macularius), Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris 
yumanensis), Sonoran tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi), 
Mount Graham red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis), 
razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus), Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis 
occidentalis), Hualapai Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus hualpaiensis), 
gray wolf (Canis lupus), Kearney's blue-star (Amsonia kearneyana), 
Arizona hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. arizonicus), 
Brady pincushion cactus (Pediocactus bradyi), Nichol's Turk's head 
cactus (Echinocactus horizonthalonius var. nicholii), Peebles Navajo 
cactus (Pediocactus peeblesianus var. peeblesianus), Pima pineapple 
cactus (Coryphantha scheeri var. robustispina), Arizona cliff-rose 
(Purshia subintegra), Canelo Hills ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes 
delitescens), Holmgren milk-vetch (Astragalus holmgreniorum), sentry 
milk-vetch (Astragalus cremnophylax var. cremnophylax), and Huachuca 
water umbel (Lilaeopsis schaffneriana var. recurva).

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

    Dated: January 6, 2010.
Benjamin N. Tuggle,
Regional Director, Southwest Region, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-451 Filed 1-12-10; 8:45 am]
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