[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 43 (Friday, March 5, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 10714-10716] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-5460] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The following applicants have applied for a permit to conduct certain activities with endangered species. This notice is provided pursuant to section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.). Permit No. TE-006882-0 Applicant: David Evans & Associates, Tucson, Arizona. [[Page 10715]] Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) within Arizona. Permit No. PRT-826091 Applicant: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Phoenix Field Office, Phoenix, Arizona. Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis), desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius), lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae), and Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris) on public lands administered by the BLM, Phoenix Field Office in Arizona. Permit No. TE-007231-0 Applicant: Lois Balin, Tucson, Arizona. Applicant requests authorization for scientific research purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy- owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum), and southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in Pima, Santa Cruz, Cochise, Pinal, and Gila Counties, Arizona. Permit No. TE-007718-0 Applicant: Henry J. Messing, Phoenix, Arizona. Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum), and southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in Graham, Pima, Santa Cruz, Cochise, Pinal, Maricopa, and Gila Counties, Arizona. Permit No. TE-007874-0 Applicant: Sverdrup Civil, Inc., Tempe, Arizona. Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus), Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida), and cactus ferruginous pygmy- owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) within Arizona and New Mexico. Permit No. TE-008187-0 Applicant: Stephanie R. Fudge, Huntington, Arkansas. Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the American burying beetle (Nicrophorous americanus) in Oklahoma counties where construction activities threaten the species. Permit No. TE-819458-0 Applicant: Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Ajo, Arizona. Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in Grand Canyon National Park, and Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra sonoriensis) on Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. Permit No. TE-008209-0 Applicant: Arizona Army National Guard, Phoenix, Arizona. Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) on military training lands within Arizona. Permit No. TE-008218-0 Applicant: Glenn Arther Proudfoot, Armstrong, Texas. Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) within the species historic range in Arizona. Permit No. TE-008233-0 Applicant: U.S.G.S., Biological Resources Division, Museum of Southwestern Biology, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Applicant requests authorization to incidentally capture the lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae) and the Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis) incidental to conducting a study of the Mexican long-tongued bat (Choeronycteris mexicana) in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Permit No. PRT-797129 Applicant: Arizona State University, Department of Biology, Tempe, Arizona. Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and recovery purposes to conduct activities for the following endangered and threatened species: humpback chub (Gila cypha) Yaqui chub (Gila purpurea) woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus) razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus) Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis o. occidentalis) Sonora tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum stebbens) bonytail chub (Gila elegans) Virgin River chub (Gila robusta seminuda) Colorado squawfish (Ptycholcheilus lucius) desert pupfish (Cyprinodon m. macularis) Yaqui topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis sonoriensis) Quitobaquito pupfish (C. macularis eremus) Permit No. PRT-826124 Applicant: USGS, Biological Resources Division, Denver, Colorado. Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and recovery purposes to conduct endangered and threatened species activities for razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus), and bonytail chub (Gila elegans) in the Colorado mainstem and reservoirs bordered by Nevada, Arizona, and California from Hoover Dam to the Mexican border. Permit No. PRT-829114 Applicant: The Arboretum at Flagstaff, Flagstaff, Arizona. Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and recovery purposes to collect cuttings, seeds, and fruits from the sentry milk-vetch (Astragalus cremnophylax var. cremnophylax) from various locations in Arizona. Permit No. PRT-798958 Applicant: New Mexico State University, Department of Biology, Las Cruces, New Mexico. Applicant requests authorization to salvage the following endangered and threatened species in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma for scientific research and educational display purposes. lesser long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae) Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis) black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) jaguar (Panthera onca) jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi) ocelot (Felis pardalis) Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis) Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis) New Mexico ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalis willardi obscurus) Permit No. PRT-825591 Applicant: Celia A. Cook, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) and black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) in New Mexico and Arizona. [[Page 10716]] Permit No. TE-008380-0 Applicant: Alfred M. Boyajian, Atlanta, Georgia. Applicant requests authorization to purchase in interstate commerce one captive-bred ocelot (Felis pardalis) for recovery and educational display purposes. Permit No. TE-008513-0 Applicant: Arizona Game & Fish Department, Flagstaff, Arizona. Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and recovery purposes to collect humpback chub (Gila cypha) in the Lower Little Colorado River on the Navajo Nation and Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona and conduct activities with bonytail chub (Gila elegans) obtained from the Dexter National Fish Hatchery. Permit No. TE-008365-0 Applicant: Bureau of Indian Affairs/Navajo Indian Irrigation Project, Farmington, New Mexico. Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) on the Navajo Agriculture Products Industry Land in northwest New Mexico. DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received on or before April 5, 1999. ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the Legal Instruments Examiner, Division of Endangered Species/Permits, Ecological Services, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103. Please refer to the respective permit number for each application when submitting comments. All comments received, including names and addresses, will become part of the official administrative record and may be made available to the public. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, Division of Endangered Species/Permits, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103. Please refer to the respective permit number for each application when requesting copies of documents. 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, by any party who submits a written request for a copy of such documents within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice, to the address above. Bryan Arroyo, ARD-Ecological Services, Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico. [FR Doc. 99-5460 Filed 3-4-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4510-55-M