[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 73 (Friday, April 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19987-19988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8719]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R2-ES-2010-N066; 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 May 17, 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-02368A

    Applicant: Martin Schlaefer, Syracuse, New York.
    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys for Sonoran tiger salamander 
(Ambystoma tigirium stebbinsi) within Arizona.

Permit TE-07059A

    Applicant: Paul Marsh, Chandler, Arizona.
    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys for the following species: Humpback 
chub (Gila cypha), bonytail chub (Gila elegans), Virgin River chub 
(Gila robusta seminuda), woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus), Colorado 
pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius), razorback sucker (Xyrauchen 
texanus), desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius), Yaqui topminnow 
(Poeciliopsis occidentalis sonorensis), Quitobaquito desert pupfish 
(Cyprinodon macularius eremus), Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis 
occidentalis), and Gila chub (Gila intermedia) within Arizona, Nevada, 
and California.

Permit TE-07308A

    Applicant: Debbie Buecher, Tucson, Arizona.
    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys for lesser long-nosed bat 
(Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) within Arizona.

Permit TE-178778

    Applicant: Marks Lab of Aquatic Ecology, Flagstaff, Arizona.
    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for bonytail 
chub (Gila elegans) within Texas.

Permit TE-07360A

    Applicant: Nancy Nicolai, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
    Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes 
to conduct presence/absence surveys for southwestern willow flycatcher 
(Empidonax taillii extimus) within New Mexico.

Permit TE-819473

    Applicant: National Park Service--Grand Canyon National Park, Grand 
Canyon, Arizona.
    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
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recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for humpback chub 
(Gila cypha) and razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) within Arizona.

Permit TE-160521

    Applicant: Tetra Tech, Salt Lake City, Utah.
    Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research 
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for 
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax taillii extimus) within 
Arizona, Colorado, and Utah.

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

    Dated: April 8, 2010.
Thomas L Bauer,
Acting Regional Director, Southwest Region, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-8719 Filed 4-15-10; 8:45 am]
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