[Federal Register: November 24, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 227)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

 
Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

ACTION: Notice of Receipt of Applications

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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--10472

Applicant: Geo-Marine, Newport News, Virginia

    Applicant requests authorization for recovery purposes to conduct 
presence/absence surveys for the southwestern willow flycatcher 
(Empidonax traillii extimus) in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.

Permit No. TE--034087

Applicant: University of New Mexico, Dept. of Biology, Albuquerque, 
New Mexico

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct activities for research 
and recovery purposes for the Comanche Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon 
elegans) and the Leon Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon bovinus).

Permit No. TE--34960

Applicant: Arizona Department of Transportation-Natural Resources, 
Phoenix, Arizona

    Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence 
surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum 
cactorum) and the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii 
extimus) in Arizona on Department of Transportation right-of-ways.

Permit No. TE--35179

Applicant: Denis P. Humphrey, Show Low, Arizona


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    Applicant requests authorization for recovery purposes to conduct 
presence/absence surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl 
(Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) on Bureau of Reclamation lands in 
central and south central Arizona.

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received 
on or before December 26, 2000.

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: The 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 before December 26, 2000, to the 
address above.

Stephen C. Helfert,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 2, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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