[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 
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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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