[Federal Register: February 16, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 32)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

 
Receipt of Application of Endangered Species Recovery Permits

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability and receipt of applications.

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SUMMARY: We announce our receipt of applications to conduct certain 
activities pertaining to enhancement of survival of endangered species.

DATES: Written comments on this request for a permit must be received 
by March 19, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the 
Assistant Regional Director, Fisheries-Ecological Services, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 25486, Denver Federal Center,

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Denver, Colorado 80225-0486; facsimile 303-236-0027. Documents and 
other information submitted with these applications are available for 
review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act [5 U.S.C. 552A] 
and Freedom of Information Act [5 U.S.C. 552], by any party who submits 
a request for a copy of such documents within 30 days of the date of 
publication of this notice to Kris Olsen, by mail or by telephone at 
303-236-4256. All comments received from individuals become part of the 
official public record.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following applicants have requested 
issuance of enhancement of survival permits to conduct certain 
activities with endangered species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.).
    Applicant--Colorado State University, Larval Fish Laboratory, Fort 
Collins, Colorado, TE-056079. The applicant requests a renewed permit 
to take Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus lucius) in conjunction with 
recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival and recovery.
    Applicant--Prairie Wildlife Research, Inc., Wellington, Colorado, 
TE-064682. The applicant requests a renewed permit to take black-footed 
ferret (Mustela nigripes) in conjunction with recovery activities 
throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing its survival 
and recovery.
    Applicant--Bureau of Land Management, Moab Field Office, Moab, 
Utah, TE-59105. The applicant requests a renewed permit to take 
Southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in 
conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' range for 
the purpose of enhancing its survival and recovery.
    Applicant--Toledo Zoological Gardens, Toledo, Ohio, TE-052627. The 
applicant requests a renewed permit to take Wyoming toad (Bufo baxteri) 
in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' range 
for the purpose of enhancing its survival and recovery.
    Applicant--East Dakota Water Development District, Brookings, South 
Dakota, TE-056001. The applicant requests a renewed permit to take 
Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka) in conjunction with recovery activities 
throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing its survival 
and recovery.
    Applicant--Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Department of 
Natural Resources, Salt Lake City, Utah, TE-047266. The applicant 
requests a renewed permit to take black-footed ferret (Mustela 
nigripes), bonytail (Gila elegans), Colorado pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus 
lucius), Humpback chub (Gila cypha), June sucker (Chasmistes liorus), 
razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus), Southwestern willow flycatcher 
(Empidonax traillii extimus), Virgin River chub (Gila robusta 
seminuda), and woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus) in conjunction with 
recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival and recovery.
    Applicant--Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, Colorado, TE-106182. The 
applicant requests a renewed permit to take San Rafael cactus 
(Pediocactus despainii) in conjunction with recovery activities 
throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing its survival 
and recovery.
    Applicant--HDR Engineering, Salt Lake City, Utah, TE-058896. The 
applicant requests a renewed permit to take Southwestern willow 
flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in conjunction with recovery 
activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing 
its survival and recovery.
    Applicant--Red Butte Botanic Garden and Arboretum, Salt Lake City, 
Utah, TE-049109. The applicant requests a renewed permit to take Autumn 
buttercup (Ranunculus acriformis aestivalis), Barnaby reed-mustard 
(Schoenocrambe barnebyi), Barnaby ridge-cress (Lepidium barnebyanum), 
clay phacelia (Phacelia argillacea), Holmgren milk-vetch (Astragalus 
holmgreniorum), and Kodachrome bladderpod (Lesquerella tumulosa) in 
conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' range for 
the purpose of enhancing their survival and recovery.
    Applicant--Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Topeka, 
Kansas, TE-064685. The applicant requests a renewed permit to take 
Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka) and pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus 
albus) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' 
range for the purpose of enhancing their survival and recovery.
    Applicant--Cedar Creek Associates, Fort Collins, Colorado, TE-
050704. The applicant requests a renewed permit to take Southwestern 
willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) in conjunction with 
recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of 
enhancing its survival and recovery.
    Applicant--Wildlife Specialties, Lyons, Colorado, TE-080647. The 
applicant requests a permit amendment to add surveys for Southwestern 
willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) in Arizona, in 
conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' range for 
the purpose of enhancing its survival and recovery.

    Dated: January 29, 2007.
James J. Slack,
Deputy Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.
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