[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15992-15993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6634]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R2-ES-2011-N036; 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 April 21, 2011.
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 87102. 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-33863A
Applicant: Deborah Blackburn, Austin, 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, and southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii
extimus) within Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, Utah, Nevada,
California, and Colorado.
Permit TE-33921A
Applicant: City of San Antonio, San Antonio, 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-34030A
Applicant: Dustin McBride, North Richland Hills, Texas.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys for Houston toad (Bufo
houstonensis) within Texas.
Permit TE-106816
Applicant: Douglas High School, Douglas, Arizona.
Applicant requests a new permit for holding a refugium and breeding
population for Yaqui topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis sonoriensis)
and Yaqui chub (Gila pupurea) at Douglas High School, to establish,
reestablish, or augment populations consistent with appropriate
agreements and necessary State and Federal permits.
Permit TE-819451
Applicant: Ecosystem Management, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Applicant requests a renewal to a current permit for research and
recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for black-footed
ferret (Mustela nigripes), interior least tern (Sterna antillarum
anthalassos), northern aplomado falcon (Falco femeralis
septentrionalis), and southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax
traillii extimus) within New Mexico and Arizona.
Permit TE-35152A
Applicant: Ronald Van Den Bussche, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys for Ozark big-eared bat
(Corynorhinus townsendii ingens) and gray bat (Myotis grisescens)
within Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Permit TE-35159A
Applicant: New Mexico State Land Office, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys for southwestern willow flycatcher
(Empidonax traillii extimus) and Rio Grande silvery minnow (Hybognathus
amarus) within New Mexico.
Permit TE-35163A
Applicant: Joseph Grzybowski, Norman, Oklahoma.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys, nest surveys, and banding
activities for black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla) within Texas and
Oklahoma.
Permit TE-169770
Applicant: New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, Santa Fe, New
Mexico.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct a spawning study, propagate, and
collect and transport eggs for Rio Grande silvery minnows (Hybognathus
amarus) within the Los Lunas Silvery Minnow Refugium, New Mexico.
Permit TE-837751
Applicant: Bureau of Reclamation, Phoenix, Arizona.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and
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recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for woundfin
(Plagopterus agrentissimus) within Arizona.
Permit TE-35429A
Applicant: Chris Sledge, Weatherford, 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-35437A
Applicant: Tulsa District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa,
Oklahoma.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys for gray bat (Myotis grisescens),
Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis), Ozark big-eared bat (Corynorhinus
townsendii ingens), black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla), interior
least tern (Sterna antillarum), leopard darter (Percina pantherina),
Neosho madtom (Noturus placidus), Arkansas River shiner (Notropis
girardi), Ouachita rock pocketbook (Arkansia wheeleri), winged
mapleleaf (Quadrula fragosa), and American burying beetle (Nicrophorus
americanus) within Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas.
Permit TE-35591A
Applicant: Marc Baker, Chino Valley, Arizona.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to collect flower buds for chromosome counts from Arizona hedgehog
cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. arizonicus) within the Tonto
National Forest, Arizona.
Permit TE-35429A
Applicant: Chris Sledge, Weatherford, Texas.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys for two ground beetles without
common names (Rhadine exilis and Rhadine infernalis), Helotes mold
beetle (Batrisodes venyivi), Cokendolpher Cave harvestman (Texella
cokendolpheri), Robber Baron Cave meshweaver (Cicurina baronia), Madla
Cave meshweaver (Cicurina madla), Bracken Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina
venii), Government Canyon Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina vespera),
Government Canyon Bat Cave spider (Neoleptoneta microps), Tooth Cave
spider (Neoleptoneta myopica), Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion
(Tartarocreagris texana), Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella reddelli),
Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (Texamaurops reddelli), Tooth Cave ground
beetle (Rhadine persephone), Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi), and
Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus) within Texas.
Permit TE-36653A
Applicant: PBS&J, Austin, Texas.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys for golden-cheeked warbler
(Dendroica chrysoparia), black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla),
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), interior
least tern (Sterna antillarum anthalassos), northern aplomado falcon
(Falco femeralis septentrionalis), red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides
borealis), Yuma clapper rail (Rallus logirostris yumanensis), Houston
toad (Bufo houstonensis), Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea sosorum),
San Marco salamander (Eurycea nana), Texas blind salamander
(Typhlomolge rathbuni), fountain darter (Etheostoma fonticola), San
Marcos gambusia (Gambusia georgei), Comal Springs riffle beetle
(Heterelmis comalensis), Comal Springs dryopid beetle (Stygoparnus
comalensis), Peck's Cave amphipod (Stygobromus pecki), two ground
beetles without common names (Rhadine exilis and Rhadine infernalis),
Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes venyivi), Cokendolpher Cave harvestman
(Texella cokendolpheri), Robber Baron Cave meshweaver (Cicurina
baronia), Madla Cave meshweaver (Cicurina madla), Bracken Bat Cave
meshweaver (Cicurina venii), Government Canyon Bat Cave meshweaver
(Cicurina vespera), Government Canyon Bat Cave spider (Neoleptoneta
microps), Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta myopica), Tooth Cave
pseudoscorpion (Tartarocreagris texana), Bee Creek Cave harvestman
(Texella reddelli), Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (Texamaurops
reddelli), Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine persephone), Bone Cave
harvestman (Texella reyesi), and Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes
texanus) within Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Arizona, and
New Mexico.
Permit TE-012642
Applicant: Blue Earth Ecological Consultants, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to conduct presence/absence surveys for southwestern willow flycatcher
(Empidonax traillii extimus) within New Mexico.
Permit TE-066458
Applicant: National Aquarium, Washington, DC.
Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes
to hold and display, for educational purposes, the following species:
Texas blind salamander (Typhlomolge rathbuni), bonytail chub (Gila
elegans), desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius), razorback sucker
(Xyrauchen texanus), Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis), and
woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus), which were obtained from the
Dexter National Fish Hatchery in New Mexico and will be held at the
National Aquarium.
Permit TE-168185
Applicant: Cox-McLain Environmental Consulting, Inc., Austin, Texas.
Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research
and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for
southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) within
Texas.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Dated: March 7, 2011.
Joy Nicholopoulos,
Regional Director, Southwest Region, Fish and Wildlife Service.
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