[Federal Register: July 1, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 127)]
[Notices]               
[Page 37470-37471]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-R6-ES-2008-N0159; 60120-1113-0000-D2]

 
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Permits

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for permits.

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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 July 31, 2008.

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, Denver, 
Colorado 80225-0486; facsimile 303-236-0027. Before including your 
address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal indentifying 
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. 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

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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--Eric Zach, Nebraska Department of Roads, Lincoln, 
Nebraska, TE-186282. The applicant requests a permit to take American 
burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) in conjunction with recovery 
activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing 
its survival and recovery.
    Applicant--William Busby, University of Kansas, Kansas Biological 
Survey, Lawrence, Kansas, TE-186231. The applicant requests a permit to 
take American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) in conjunction 
with recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose 
of enhancing its survival and recovery.
    Applicant--Chadwin Smith, Headwaters Corporation, Kearney, 
Nebraska, TE-183430. The applicant requests a permit to take interior 
least tern (Sterna antillarum athalassos) and piping plover (Charadrius 
melodus) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the 
species' range for the purpose of enhancing their survival and 
recovery.
    Applicant--Randy Wisthoff, Kansas City Zoo, Kansas City, Missouri, 
TE-183432. The applicant requests a 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--Paul Wolf, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, TE-
057399. The applicant requests a renewed permit to take Primula 
maguirei (Maguire primrose) in conjunction with recovery activities 
throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing its survival 
and recovery.
    Applicant--Mike Phillips, Turner Endangered Species Fund, Cimarron, 
New Mexico, TE-051139. The applicant requests a permit amendment to add 
reintroduction of black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes) to their 
permit in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' 
range for the purpose of enhancing its survival and recovery.
    Applicant--U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bozeman Fish Technology 
Center, Bozeman, Montana, TE-038970. The applicant requests a permit 
amendment to add take of bonytail (Gila elegans) and woundfin 
(Plagopterus argentissimus) to their permit in conjunction with 
recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of 
enhancing their survival and recovery.
    Applicant--John Sowell, Western State College of Colorado, 
Gunnison, Colorado, TE-186566. The applicant requests a permit to take 
Uncompahgre fritillary butterfly (Boloria acrocnema) in conjunction 
with recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose 
of enhancing its survival and recovery.

    Dated: June 18, 2008.
Sharon R. Rose,
Acting Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.
[FR Doc. E8-14852 Filed 6-30-08; 8:45 am]

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